Hold on if shopping for dad. In the car on the way to April's Saturday I found out that it is not Chuck Norris but Clint Eastwood. So if you went out and bought a bunch of Chuck Norris movies take them back and exchange them for Clint Eastwood, actually it sounded like you would be safe with any old western.
The family party was lonely without everyone there. I sure wish we could all get together, put our own selfish interests aside and just enjoy one anothers company. Maybe that is too much to ask.
How about we all get together for Thanksgiving next year. It's a pretty harmless Holiday, and plenty of time to get back home. Just a thought.
Ok, so I am in the process of taking a break from studying for finals. I realized earlier today that my math final is tomorrow not Wednesday. I had planned to finish everything else today and focus on math tomorrow. No such luck, oh well, hopefully it will come back to me. I have fried my brain for tonight and now I am going to bed. Maybe if I sleep on my math book I will absorb it in my sleep? Wouldn't that be nice.
Now for my next stresser. Corbin has a girlfriend. Yes, it is true. In fact he has spent the last two evenings, plus every day last week with her, and the week before that, you get the picture. He is with her all the time. She is a nice girl but really, what can they have to talk about. If they aren't together then they are texting. It's been a while since I was his age but don't they get sick of each other? I keep telling him that if he keeps this up he is going to have to buy her a pretty nice Christmas gift or else they will be sick of each other and break up. We can hope.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Tis the Season
Today is Friday and instead of going to school today was set aside as a study day for finals. I spent the last three days studying for a math test and still I'm not sure if I passed. I decided to take the day off and go shopping. I had done very little since Thanksgiving and was reminded at the dentist (did I mention that I broke a tooth and had to get a crown, merry Christmas to me.) that Christmas is only 2 weeks away. Needless to say I dragged Heidi along for company and we went to several stores. I believe I got most and then some for everyone on my list.
Family members, dad could use a new wallet, bilfold style, early movies with Chuck Norris or Charles Bronson (Yes, I'm serious), movie passes are always a good idea, and maybe black socks. Those first items were suggestions from Euniece
Korinn's birthday is next week, she is going to be 8 and getting baptized on Jan 3. She really wants Grandpa Brenchley to baptize and confirm her. I am trying to get her to allow Corbin to do the baptism so dad won't have to get wet, we will see. Of course you are all invited to join us.
Family members, dad could use a new wallet, bilfold style, early movies with Chuck Norris or Charles Bronson (Yes, I'm serious), movie passes are always a good idea, and maybe black socks. Those first items were suggestions from Euniece
Korinn's birthday is next week, she is going to be 8 and getting baptized on Jan 3. She really wants Grandpa Brenchley to baptize and confirm her. I am trying to get her to allow Corbin to do the baptism so dad won't have to get wet, we will see. Of course you are all invited to join us.
Friday, November 21, 2008
So I guess I should update my own blog. Heidi is right, I rarely have time to blog, either read or write. In fact right now I am sitting in English class listening to presentations and figure I should be able to do both.
Life is pretty busy right now. I have been planning my schedule both for school and work and trying to get them to work together. Not this time. I will be going to school everyday next semester, which means laundry will be done at night and the house will always be a mess. Oh well, the kids will have to pitch in.
The kids are doing well. Corbin, Trevor and Kortney all made honor roll, Kortney even got straight A's. She was very excited about that. Corbin, and I, are both excited that he received a full tuition scholarship to Snow College, based on his grades and ACT score. He is a great example for all of us. My kids will be hearing about the importance of good grades due to this. He now just needs to worry about housing, which is very cheap, and food. He is going to try for other scholarships to help cover those expenses.
We hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving and eat lots of turkey!
Life is pretty busy right now. I have been planning my schedule both for school and work and trying to get them to work together. Not this time. I will be going to school everyday next semester, which means laundry will be done at night and the house will always be a mess. Oh well, the kids will have to pitch in.
The kids are doing well. Corbin, Trevor and Kortney all made honor roll, Kortney even got straight A's. She was very excited about that. Corbin, and I, are both excited that he received a full tuition scholarship to Snow College, based on his grades and ACT score. He is a great example for all of us. My kids will be hearing about the importance of good grades due to this. He now just needs to worry about housing, which is very cheap, and food. He is going to try for other scholarships to help cover those expenses.
We hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving and eat lots of turkey!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
What to do.............
So what would you do if you had someones computer and it went straight to their blog page? Well you would put in a blog for them, (you all know you would) I was using Debbie's laptop to catch up on my blogs. I in to my site and was reading blogs. Well I need to update my names as my brother is changing his site. Anyway I went in to sign in and it brought me straight to here. I will update a little bit for her. She is really busy with school, work and kids. At the moment she is at a play with Trevor,Kortney, and Kenzie. Its a play that the high school is putting on and her neighbor is in it. The play is Beauty and the Beast. I am here watching here kids and Survivor.I think that I will also fold some of her laundry, as I have nothing better to do.
As for Thanksgiving, she is having dinner here at her house. My family will be here, mainly because the Seahawks play the Cowboys which are Mike and Corbin's teams! Sad I know but to me its not a holiday without lots of family. She will also have Dentin's parents over, I am not sure about his brother thats still here but probably him too. We will then peruse the newspaper to see what deals are out there and yep, Black Friday here we come!!!!
I guess I better stop now and figure out how to get on my own site.
As for Thanksgiving, she is having dinner here at her house. My family will be here, mainly because the Seahawks play the Cowboys which are Mike and Corbin's teams! Sad I know but to me its not a holiday without lots of family. She will also have Dentin's parents over, I am not sure about his brother thats still here but probably him too. We will then peruse the newspaper to see what deals are out there and yep, Black Friday here we come!!!!
I guess I better stop now and figure out how to get on my own site.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
more about D.C. ( sorry some is repeat)
this trip to DC was boring except for the museums and the world war two memorial. oh and i wont forget the changing of the gaurds ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetary.
That was Trevor's two cents.
Unfortunately he is probably right. My one complaint was that everything closed at 5:30 pm. It really limited what we could cover in just 3 days. Also I would probably have left Korinn and maybe Trent home. We did alot of walking and after a few hours they were both tired.
The Metro is definately the way to travel in D.C. We took it to the Pentagon, Arilington National Cemetary, the Mall (where all the Museums and Monuments are), and then out to our friends, the Curtis family. We missed seeing Nicole and her family, they were in Idaho that weekend.
Corbin had the camera and loved Arlington and the WWII monument. He took most of the pictures and very few of them have people in them, but he seemed to be having a good time.
Trent was very impressed with the Lincoln Memorial and Korinn loved standing up on the subway. Kortney I am really not sure about. She was upset because she left her camera either where we ate lunch or on the subway. I think her favorite part was shopping.
That was Trevor's two cents.
Unfortunately he is probably right. My one complaint was that everything closed at 5:30 pm. It really limited what we could cover in just 3 days. Also I would probably have left Korinn and maybe Trent home. We did alot of walking and after a few hours they were both tired.
The Metro is definately the way to travel in D.C. We took it to the Pentagon, Arilington National Cemetary, the Mall (where all the Museums and Monuments are), and then out to our friends, the Curtis family. We missed seeing Nicole and her family, they were in Idaho that weekend.
Corbin had the camera and loved Arlington and the WWII monument. He took most of the pictures and very few of them have people in them, but he seemed to be having a good time.
Trent was very impressed with the Lincoln Memorial and Korinn loved standing up on the subway. Kortney I am really not sure about. She was upset because she left her camera either where we ate lunch or on the subway. I think her favorite part was shopping.
It's a new month
Ok, so I just realized that my last few posts were saved not posted. So here is about our trip to D.C.
Well I just noticed it has been a month since my last post. This why I don't write in a journal. I realize it is important but I really don't like to write. The kids and I had a great time in D.C. My only complaint would be that everything closed early. The city pretty much shuts down at 5:30 pm. Now I can understand the government buildings but the museums as well? What about all of us tourists that want to put in a full day. It really limited us on what we could see. Also if I could do it again I would probably leave home Korinn and maybe even Trent. There was alot of walking and they got tired. Trevor was really good about giving piggy back rides but Corbin complained about a hurt shoulder and wasn't very willing. I plan to go back without the kids so I can spend more time looking and reading. I think the younger kids liked the monuments best. Corbin seemed to enjoy the war monuments and Arlington National Cemetary. He had the camera and took most of the pictures. Too bad they have very few people in them. I'm not really sure about Trevor and Kortney. Trevor had fun in the Air and Space Museum. There is an interactive section that you can try out a bunch of things dealing mainly with air currents. Why planes fly
Well I just noticed it has been a month since my last post. This why I don't write in a journal. I realize it is important but I really don't like to write. The kids and I had a great time in D.C. My only complaint would be that everything closed early. The city pretty much shuts down at 5:30 pm. Now I can understand the government buildings but the museums as well? What about all of us tourists that want to put in a full day. It really limited us on what we could see. Also if I could do it again I would probably leave home Korinn and maybe even Trent. There was alot of walking and they got tired. Trevor was really good about giving piggy back rides but Corbin complained about a hurt shoulder and wasn't very willing. I plan to go back without the kids so I can spend more time looking and reading. I think the younger kids liked the monuments best. Corbin seemed to enjoy the war monuments and Arlington National Cemetary. He had the camera and took most of the pictures. Too bad they have very few people in them. I'm not really sure about Trevor and Kortney. Trevor had fun in the Air and Space Museum. There is an interactive section that you can try out a bunch of things dealing mainly with air currents. Why planes fly
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Procrastination
So one of my many faults is procrastination. I have a tendancy to put off what needs to be done until the last minute. This bad habit has begun to show itself at school. Mainly in my English class. This class is the one that focus' on writing a big research paper. My instructor is a goofy kid who is in the process of writing his disertation and so had some time on his hand and decided to teach. He tends to go off on tangents and we really don't seem to be learning a whole lot. Anyway I decided to write my paper on Asperger's Syndrome. With Trent being diagnosed I thought it would help to get a little more info. The last couple of short essays have been ok, I mainly described what Asperger's is. Now it gets more in depth and I am not sure the direction I want to go. I have been doing research all night and I can't seem to locate anything else besides several different and yet the same descriptions of Asperger's. So I decided to update my blog. Ahh procrastination!!!
Life is crazy hectic these days. What is it with these teachers. We spend the first few weeks doing nothing and then all of a sudden they all decide to get pro-active and now I am swimming in homework. Luckily work is slow so I have had a lot more time off. This really is the perfect job for me right now.
The kids are doing well. Corbins team is doing better this year, although they have had a few upsets the last few games. He is now trying to decide on colleges for next year. So far he is thinking about Utah State or Snow, they both have good engineering departments. It's weird to think of him in college. When did he grow up? Trevors team is doing great! They are undefeated and having a great season so far. I am still hopeful that he will want to play next year but it's not looking very promising. Kortney loves Jr. High. She is doing well and her social life just continues to grow. There are so many girls her age in the neighborhood that she is always with someone. I am just glad that so far they are all good girls and staying out of trouble. Now if she could just learn how to tell time. Her latest and greatest desire is to have a cell phone. What is with all these little kids thinking that they need to be connected at all times. She wants it to txt all her friends, whats wrong with using the phone? Trent just joined the black belt club in karate. He gets to learn weapons, sparring, and two extra lessons a month. He is doing quite well and is now a purple belt. Needless to say he really enjoys it. Korinn is a very busy little girl and bossy as ever. I spend more time reminding her that I am mom than is necessary. She really wants to take cheer and tumbling lessons but unfortunately the only time they are offered at the place by us is on tues. I work tues. so she will have to wait until winter.
As you can see life is good, we are all busy and that makes for a crazy schedule. We are currently planning a trip to D.C. in a few weeks. That will be fun, I hope. We're very excited.
Life is crazy hectic these days. What is it with these teachers. We spend the first few weeks doing nothing and then all of a sudden they all decide to get pro-active and now I am swimming in homework. Luckily work is slow so I have had a lot more time off. This really is the perfect job for me right now.
The kids are doing well. Corbins team is doing better this year, although they have had a few upsets the last few games. He is now trying to decide on colleges for next year. So far he is thinking about Utah State or Snow, they both have good engineering departments. It's weird to think of him in college. When did he grow up? Trevors team is doing great! They are undefeated and having a great season so far. I am still hopeful that he will want to play next year but it's not looking very promising. Kortney loves Jr. High. She is doing well and her social life just continues to grow. There are so many girls her age in the neighborhood that she is always with someone. I am just glad that so far they are all good girls and staying out of trouble. Now if she could just learn how to tell time. Her latest and greatest desire is to have a cell phone. What is with all these little kids thinking that they need to be connected at all times. She wants it to txt all her friends, whats wrong with using the phone? Trent just joined the black belt club in karate. He gets to learn weapons, sparring, and two extra lessons a month. He is doing quite well and is now a purple belt. Needless to say he really enjoys it. Korinn is a very busy little girl and bossy as ever. I spend more time reminding her that I am mom than is necessary. She really wants to take cheer and tumbling lessons but unfortunately the only time they are offered at the place by us is on tues. I work tues. so she will have to wait until winter.
As you can see life is good, we are all busy and that makes for a crazy schedule. We are currently planning a trip to D.C. in a few weeks. That will be fun, I hope. We're very excited.
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