August 29th

I can't believe it is almost Labor day! And that it has been almost a month since I have been on here... where to begin...

Kristian started 6th grade and he is loving it. They switch classes every 50 minutes. He really likes that. He has not one bad thing to say about it. Although the first day of school his lock did get stuck on his locker and he couldn't get back in it, but that has been fixed. He is taking band again this year and still playing the bass guitar. We went to Open House the other night and his teachers had nothing but good things to say about him, so that made us feel really proud of him.

Mike has been going back and forth to California the last month. He had a trip there the first week of August and another one the 3rd week, but it keeps him busy. Work seems to be going good for him right now.

Dylan is doing great. He is loving having Rebecca and Jacob over during the week! So far this year the two older ones, (Dylan and Rebecca), have been getting along. Last year at this time, it was he hit me, she hit me, he pushed me, etc, etc, etc. What a difference a year makes.

I have been busy with watching the kiddos. They keep me on my toes that is for sure. Jacob is walking now and so far hasn't shown much interest in climbing our stairs. I have told him no when I see him going for them, so now every time he walks by them I know because he says, no no no no and tells on himself. We have gotten a lot of rain this month, which has been great, except that the yard needs mowing a lot more than usual. It took me all day Sunday to get everything mowed. I was so ready to be done. I spent Sunday evening sniffling and sneezing. Not to mention waking up with a huge head ache!

I had planned a Pampered Chef party for the 18th, but the day before our well messed up, so I had to postpone it till the 15th of September. I was so bummed. But it is a bit hard to have a get together with no water. We were without water for 2 days, but spent the night at a hotel so we could at least take a shower. They replaced everything but the pump and it came back on, but then two days later we had to reset it again. Knock on wood it hasn't messed up anymore.

Last weekend we went to Cheyenne Canon in town. It is so beautiful there and lots of places to hike. There is also a water fall, which was so pretty. We ended up hiking for about 2 hours and letting the boys play in the water. They had so much fun. Afterwards we went to Old Colorado City to the ice cream creamery and had, what else, ice cream. It was a great day!

Well I guess that should about catch everyone up on our goings on. I never did find the pictures from our trip to Oklahoma. Mike said he saved them on the computer, but?? But I do have pictures this time.

I hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend. Enjoy the last weekend of summer!

Pictures are of Kristian on his first day of school, the boys by the water fall, the boys resting on the hike where Dylan is being his usual silly self and then one of Mike and Dylan.

Our July and Start of August

I will start where I left off many moons ago...





Our trip back to Oklahoma went great. It was uneventful as far as the suburban was concerned. We had a great time visiting with everyone. We had the chance to go and visit my grandma in Bonham where the boys were able to do some fishing with my Uncle Gary. We took them garage selling and to Trades Day. They each had a dollar and in the first few minutes of Trades Day had already spent it. The boys had lots of fun with their cousins and spent most of their time playing in the water, since it was so hot there. They were not ready to come home, but... all good things must come to an end.





The day after I got back my suburban broke down on us! I couldn't believe it. I was so thankful that it waited until my trip was over. It turned out to be the fuel pump, which is what happened with our other one. We are two for two now and doubt that our next vehicle will be a suburban.





My brother rode back with us and spent the next week with us. His girlfriend, who lives a few hours away, came up too. We had a great time. We hung out, went to the movies and went to Manitou Springs for the day. The boys really enjoyed having Matt around. He is like a big kid. He took Dylan for rides on the 4 wheeler anytime he asked. Once Dylan fell asleep on it, but of course woke right up when it stopped.





I decided to do some painting inside the house. I painted our room and then did an accent wall in the dining room. It turned out really good. Mike said he wasn't helping at all, which was fine. I only needed him to help move furniture anyway! He has spent a lot of time working out on the '56 wagon. He just about has it ready for sandblasting. I can tell he is getting very excited about it. Every weekend he goes out and takes pictures of the progress!



Last Friday, Mike and I had a date night. We went out to dinner with some friends and walked around downtown. We were going to go see the new Bourne movie, with Matt Damon, but it was all sold out. So we just came home. It was still nice because it was just Mike and I at the house, which hardly ever happens. On Saturday we went and picked the boys up around noon and took Tracy's kids for a while.

Mike left yesterday for San Jose California. He comes back tomorrow evening, so not too long of a trip.



I started back to watching Tracy's kids today. I can't believe the summer is over!! Where did it go? Kristian starts back to school on Monday. He had to go get two shots yesterday and did just fine. His arms are a little sore today, but not too bad. He now weighs 95 lbs and is half an inch away from being 5 foot! 5 more inches away from being as tall as I am! Yikes!

The pictures are of the rooms I painted. I had pictures of our trip home, but for some reason they aren't on my card. I figure Mike unloaded them somewhere on my computer to make room for his car pictures. I will find out and add them later.

Have a great week!