School is officially out today. Trevor went for a few hours just to sign yearbooks and hang out with his friends, Corbin has a few signatures in his yearbook and thinks the whole idea is dumb so he stayed home today. Kortney wore a white t-shirt and took a sharpie with the intention of having her friends sign her t-shirt. Trent and Korinn just went to say goodbye to their teachers and because mom said. So I am curious as to where the signing of the yearbooks began. I also find it interesting that in 20+ years the comments haven't changed. It is still "have a great summer, see ya next year." On the other hand what are they going to say.

I wanted to add pictures but I can't find the usb cable for my camera. I guess I will have to make a trip to Best Buy. So stay tuned for pictures.

Memorial Day!!

So it is Memorial Day weekend and of course Walmart was packed and the gas stations were busy. How I wish I had some kind of recreational vehicle to go and play. Well the playing I will be doing is yard work, house work, and a little fun by way of Seven Peaks. Reminder to those who can come. There is a barbeque at my house on Monday at 5:00pm before that we will be at Seven Peaks.

School's out!!!!!

So I will say I am very excited for school to be out. I just love to sleep in and it will be nice to be able to sleep til 10 am if I want to. I have a question though. My kids have all turned in their books, homework is over, finals last half the day for Corbin. I am wondering what purpose this last week of school has? It seems like a waste of time for both teacher and student. My kids spend their days doing little art projects, reading with the teacher and cleaning everything in sight. Corbin spent yesterday cleaning out his locker and getting an ok from the janitor. He still has a week to go. Does that mean he can trash his locker in the next week and not be fined? I just don't get it. I could understand the necessity for half days if they actually needed to study for a final but it sounds to me like he is watching more movies and playing games than taking finals.

Oh well, maybe next year we will plan our vacation for the last week of school.

Birthdays a plenty!

May is a wonderful yet busy month for us. It seems that there is something to celebrate each week. May 5 was my anniversary and it past with only a small amount of regret and sadness. Thank you Alisa and Becky you are wonderful friends. Best friend Trudy has her birthday a few days later, and she is one year closer to the big 40. Happy birthday to Kortney, Kaycee and Mom all on the 14th, Wendy, Kortney says thank you for the dollar and the card, same to you Natasha. Then we are on to Greg, Happy birthday today.

I celebrated mother's day today with Emily. We went to Home Depot to get some things and when they were unavailable decided to get Pedicures and nails. I love being pampered and nails make me feel like a girl.

I am not sure if there are any more birthdays this month but if there are Happy Birthday!!!!

One more thing, school is out in 2 1/2 weeks. Should we start celebrating now? Time to sleep in!!!!

Mother's Day

Well another day come and gone. Unlike Wendy, I like the one day a year when I should be able to sit and read, watch a movie, whatever and hope that someone else will take over my duties. Unfortunately that did not happen this year. Although the boys, meaning Corbin and Trevor, did try, I was still in much demand by my younger two. I did steal away for an hour or so with Tammy and went over and planted flowers at moms grave. Sorry everyone the flower bed is full. Or maybe I should say your welcome. We drove around the old neighborhood. It was weird to drive and not really recognize much of anything anymore. I probably should have stopped and visited Bev, she was my second mom, but oh well. When I got back, Corbin was nice and actually barbequed some pretty good steaks. I just love a good steak. Then it was a good ending to an ok day with the season finale of Survivor.

I've been tagged

Three characters I would like to be....

Jordan Cavenaugh (Jordans Landing):she's smart, brave, and sticks to her convictions.
Eve Dallas (Death series by J.D. Robb): She's courageous, and strong.
Blonde girl on friends(can't remember her name at the moment) she is fun, quirky, not worried about what others think.

Three characters I would like to meet....

The Steele family from Work and Glory series.
Roarke (Death series by J.D. Robb)
Any character played by Meg Ryan or Sandra Bullock (I love both actresses)

Three character that scare me....

Can't think of any. Although the Umpas from Willy Wonka scared the dickens out of me when I was 4.


I will tag April, Heidi, and Holly B. (Yes Scott, your daughter).

Price of a pretty smile

Well it happened. I officially had a heart attack. As many of you know my little Trent has an interesting smile. So like any good mother I took him to the orthodontist to see what could be done. The heart attack came when the good Dr. told me we would be fixing that interesting smile in two phases. Phase one: which includes braces on the front teeth only and an interesting head gear, at the low price of $2400. and then on to phase two. That is the actual braces in say about 5 years or so which will approx. be $4500. and by the way half of phase one can be the down payment of phase two, so actually by doing phase one I am saving money. Because without phase one he would probably have braces for a very long time. On a more positive note Trevor, who was blessed with the Brenchley mouth and Kortney as well, will only need phase two and therefore will only cost approximately $4500. each. All I can say is start saving now. Who would have thought that a pretty smile could cost as much as a used car.....

friends and family

Last week we had a friend move in with us for a few weeks. She is finishing up a job and didn't want to renew her lease. We have loved having Emily here. The only confusion seems to be whether we treat her like a guest or like family. At first she was a guest but after a few days she was a friend. What's the difference? At first I hated to go in and get something out of my bedroom when she was here. She is staying in my room. A few days after she was here I would go in when she was sleeping and getting ready for work. Now she is family. The kids go in to talk to her, I go in anytime. I wonder if she would rather be considered a guest again.

We love having Emily here. Kortney loves to sit and talk with her. She, after all, is an adult that is not mom. They talk about fashion, boys, and music. You know all the important things. The older boys love having her here. She took them to opening day of Spiderman 3, they went to the 12:20 am showing, no thanks. I enjoy the company, but more than that, she cooks!!!!!

Wendy was right, you can't choose your family but you definately can choose your friends, and if your lucky they become your family too.