Well it then end of the week here for us and one more week till the kids are out of school and I am on leave from work. To say we are looking forward to it would be an understatement!
The kids are into their last weeks of school thing. The boys are at the age when they have final (hard to believe they are that big already!) and choosing classes for their next school year.
Dave picked Art this go around (so glad we didn't buy that band instrument) and will be AP everything except English. That kid is scary smart!!
Zac is doing the same and will not have elective again next year so he can have extra study hall. He said that doing this is the reason we have seen such a rise in his grade (he has done soo much better this year) so I am more then happy to see him choose this.
Ari took the TASK test this year and did wonderful in everything except writing which is what we expected. She is looking forward to the 5th grade and will be taking art elective and a drama elective which I think she'll enjoy. Should be a great year for her.
I am trucking along. Tonight is ladies night and we are going to one of my fave PF Chang's and going to see the Sex in the City movie. Maybe if we are up to it dancing later. I am still trying to decided what I am going to wear but have it down to 2 choice. It should be fun.
That what up with us.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Dave 12th birthday party
The boys
We had Dave 12th birthday party today. It was going to see "Iron Man", eat pizza, and play x-box party and I think it went well. We had the ladies in attendance to (Ari and her friends) but they didn't want to take a pic with the boys. It just not done I tell you!! In total there was 15 kids, Auntie Mel (Who made the cake), Uncle Gup ( he helped with making the boys "share" the x-box), Ms. Melanie (who volunteered to go to the movie with the kids, which was wonderful), and Ms. Jenifer who brought the baby for all of us to love on and we really enjoyed Amber and her company. It was a great time for all and every one was really well behaved.
With all the teen age boys in the house even sing "happy birthday" and opening presents was a hoot. Zac brought the coolness factor of course, even if it was in his own head and both boys wore their medals for everyone to look at. The other boys felt that they were supplying all the laughs and one liners. Around here everyone thinks they are a comedian and this party was full of the them! :)
Dave got so many wonderful present and great cards. He is very lucky boy and he certainly felt that way today.I can't believe my baby is 12. Yuck!
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Swim Meet
We are the swim meet!
Today we had the kids first swim meet. They did great!! We are soo proud of them! They lowered their times and showed allot of stroke improvement. It is amazing how far they have come in just a year time.
Ariana had a good meet. She had the largest group with the most swimmer in it. She didn't place for any medals but show good sportsman ship and is really our most improved swimmer. Just last summer she was afraid to put her head in the water and couldn't even swim one lap. Now she can swim all strokes in one lap under 30 secs and can do the I.M.,which is four laps (one of the 4 strokes each), in 2 minutes. I have a feeling she be placing for metals next year!
David had a wonderful meet and was our big surprised. Anyone who knows Dave knows he is slow and steady man. Well not any more, he said that is just for practice. He got the silver in his fave stroke, the breast, and came in a 1/2 a sec behind, to come in 4th on the I.M. He really enjoyed racing and can't wait to race again!! Who knew. Wow!!
Zac had an great meet all around. He got 2 gold and 3 silver (he only had 5 races) and was quite the go getter. His back stroke, a stroke he didn't want to do but coach made him, was 13 sec and he completely control the race in the I.M. He said that this is the start of his metal collection and he not stopping till he gets Olympic gold. Boy got big dreams, go Zac, go.Well I am off to go and get ready for Dave birthday party tomorrow. It is such a busy week-end here it crazy!
Friday, May 23, 2008
Dave's Birthday today
Dave and Rose, he named her!
Dave is 12 today. I have no idea were the time has gone! :( He is turning into a hansom, smart, and funny little man. He is so excited and can't wait till his party on Sunday. His best friends are coming and they are going to see Iron Man, eat pizza, and cake (Auntie Mel is making an Iran Man cake. He still loves space (if he get all passing grades and no detention he gets to go to space camp next summer) and comic books. If you add pirates it even better. He likes to swim (his breast stoke is killer and his fave) and like to play soccer with friends. He loves video games, is starting to get into computer games and of course board games. He also like to read allot. I can't believe he is get so big, I remember my little brown eyed baby who loved Elmo.
"Dave wake up it time for our close-up!!"
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Closer to Friday and our new diet
This week has been busy busy around here. The kids are getting more excited as the summer get closer. I can't wait to have time off to just be with the kids, friends, and so family. It will be nice and well needed.
I have been slowly over the past 3 months (I think) changing our family to mostly organic (with daycare it just cost to much but I do about half and half) and I have to say it has not been as bad as I thought it would be. I did it because I am always worried that they eat to much junk and not enough of the good stuff they need to grow healthy. As they get older they can get their hand on tons of crap at school and all that. Add to the fact I am also try to be healthier and all that good stuff. The kids really love the food and while they always have been really good eaters, now they claim to be able to tell the difference. :) Plus for Z I have removed about 75% of dairy from his diet and added soy in it place. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. He has been complaining for the past year or so that he didn't like milk or yogurt because it upset his stomach but I made his eat or drink it anyways because really needed the calcium for his poor bones. Well on my trip recently my BF told me her doc strongly recommend soy to her for a good source of all that stuff so I got some while on our trip. I was surprised how good it tasted and how much I liked it better. So when I got home I gave it to the boy and he liked it. After that I slowly replaced everything till we are were we are now at only 25% dairy. He is doing really great and to be honest he has been allot calmer this week too, plus no tummy aches either. Wonder if the two are connected? The other two like it to so it all good for me, well until hubby comes home, he sooo not going to like it. Anything healthy and not cheese nips is bad :)
I have been slowly over the past 3 months (I think) changing our family to mostly organic (with daycare it just cost to much but I do about half and half) and I have to say it has not been as bad as I thought it would be. I did it because I am always worried that they eat to much junk and not enough of the good stuff they need to grow healthy. As they get older they can get their hand on tons of crap at school and all that. Add to the fact I am also try to be healthier and all that good stuff. The kids really love the food and while they always have been really good eaters, now they claim to be able to tell the difference. :) Plus for Z I have removed about 75% of dairy from his diet and added soy in it place. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. He has been complaining for the past year or so that he didn't like milk or yogurt because it upset his stomach but I made his eat or drink it anyways because really needed the calcium for his poor bones. Well on my trip recently my BF told me her doc strongly recommend soy to her for a good source of all that stuff so I got some while on our trip. I was surprised how good it tasted and how much I liked it better. So when I got home I gave it to the boy and he liked it. After that I slowly replaced everything till we are were we are now at only 25% dairy. He is doing really great and to be honest he has been allot calmer this week too, plus no tummy aches either. Wonder if the two are connected? The other two like it to so it all good for me, well until hubby comes home, he sooo not going to like it. Anything healthy and not cheese nips is bad :)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Our update
Well here goes my attempt to update everyone about everyone in one post, fun fun.
We'll start with the hubby, down side first he is currently serving a 15 month tour in Iraq. He has been there since September and we are finally at the 8th month mark, thank god. He should be home Dec sometime, if everything goes as planned, never know with the Army. On the upside, he made his E-7 and I am soo proud of him. He works really hard and is really good at want he does (plus making more money for my shoe and wine addiction too, good man.), he happy and so are we. He will be home on R&R around the 25th of June till about the 18th of July which will be great timing for us. he also re-enlisted so it going to be the Army life for us for at least 8 more years, joy. Other then that he doing good, can't wait to be out of Iraq and back at the nuthouse (I mean home of course) with all of us.
Next about my oldest Z, he almost 14 and man are we all feeling the pain. Got to love how they re embrace the word "No".His upside is he doing much better at school this year and is quite the popular one, good or bad I haven't decided. He LOVES swimming and according to him will be the next Micheal Phelps. He really good so we'll see, you can never aim to high in my opinion. He is getting to go to the Longhorn Training camp for swimming this summer (June) with the Olympic Swim coach and get to swim and be taught by at least 3 Olympic swimmers. To say he excited would be such an understatement. We took him to a meet in March at UT and the boy was in heaven (wasn't bad for mom and Auntie Mel either ;)) so he is ready to go. He in swim practice 2x a week now and will go 4x a week as we get closer so he is ready for the camp. After that he hopes to join the team. He has his 1st swim meet on the 24th of this month (the other two will be competing also) competing in ALL races, so it will be cool. The downside for him is that he will be having his 2 or 3rd (I am losing track, he has had one once a year since we have moved here) surgery for his leg. He was diagnosed with McCune-Albright shortly after our PCS here and that is what has cause the secondary illness (fiber displaysia) in the right leg, hip, chest, and skull. He is a patient at Shiner's in Houston and they have been wonderful. We are going to have metal plates put on the right side of his right leg bones to encourage the leg to grow straight (it is very bowed and add to the length problem). He is very excited about this surgery because he feels ( and it will) it will lead to his leg looking more normal and get him closer to where he needs to be. The docs feel that it could help a lot with the the length problem (one leg is longer then other by an inch and 3/4). Daddy will be home for this so that will help.
My middle one D, has had a busy year also. He is also in swimming and loves it. He will have his 1 st meet on the 24 (day after his 12 b-day) and will be doing the breast, freestyle, and IM. He still loves space and hopefully will be able to go to space camp next year. He was in band this year and had his first x-mas band concert. We even bought the cd! He named his instrument Bob and they were quite the happy pair until D decided he likes art better. He is almost done with the 6th grade and is such a little clone of the hubby it not even funny. His down side was that he got Mono (told him to stay away from the girls) in Dec and it took him a really long time to recover. Add to the fact it took them forever to figure out he had it and that he caught every bug going around, poor guy. Other then that he good.
The baby princess A has been busy this year too. She has been doing great in school (she a perfectionist, fun fun) and swimming too. She doing the back stoke, freestyle, and IM at the meet. She turning into a lady even though her daddy and I are soo not ready for it. We have had boyfriend drama, Friend drama, and brother drama already and I am sure till is just the beginning. She is a clothes horse already and always dress to impress (herself or so she tells me) and is stealing my shoes (kid has big feet). She still loves music and art the most and can't wait till next year when she can take an art and drama course.
I am plugging away as normal. I did get to runaway to Sonoma for a lovely girls get away. Everyone know I love wine and good friends and I got to enjoy both. No kids for 4 days, 3 nights (Thank you soo much Uncle Gup) was wonderful. I have decided I am doing this once a year. So ladies get ready, its on!! Up next is New York City! Other then that life ok, can't wait till hubby comes home this deployment is tooo long. Business has been really good, I have great kids and families. I am taking most of June and the beginning July off for Z training camp (got a house in Austin that has been exciting but stressful to) going to spend our birthday by the pool with wine and cheesecake, and hubby coming home plus the surgery. So it promises to be a busy summer.
Now that I have written a book (sorry) I think we are all caught up :)
We'll start with the hubby, down side first he is currently serving a 15 month tour in Iraq. He has been there since September and we are finally at the 8th month mark, thank god. He should be home Dec sometime, if everything goes as planned, never know with the Army. On the upside, he made his E-7 and I am soo proud of him. He works really hard and is really good at want he does (plus making more money for my shoe and wine addiction too, good man.), he happy and so are we. He will be home on R&R around the 25th of June till about the 18th of July which will be great timing for us. he also re-enlisted so it going to be the Army life for us for at least 8 more years, joy. Other then that he doing good, can't wait to be out of Iraq and back at the nuthouse (I mean home of course) with all of us.
Next about my oldest Z, he almost 14 and man are we all feeling the pain. Got to love how they re embrace the word "No".His upside is he doing much better at school this year and is quite the popular one, good or bad I haven't decided. He LOVES swimming and according to him will be the next Micheal Phelps. He really good so we'll see, you can never aim to high in my opinion. He is getting to go to the Longhorn Training camp for swimming this summer (June) with the Olympic Swim coach and get to swim and be taught by at least 3 Olympic swimmers. To say he excited would be such an understatement. We took him to a meet in March at UT and the boy was in heaven (wasn't bad for mom and Auntie Mel either ;)) so he is ready to go. He in swim practice 2x a week now and will go 4x a week as we get closer so he is ready for the camp. After that he hopes to join the team. He has his 1st swim meet on the 24th of this month (the other two will be competing also) competing in ALL races, so it will be cool. The downside for him is that he will be having his 2 or 3rd (I am losing track, he has had one once a year since we have moved here) surgery for his leg. He was diagnosed with McCune-Albright shortly after our PCS here and that is what has cause the secondary illness (fiber displaysia) in the right leg, hip, chest, and skull. He is a patient at Shiner's in Houston and they have been wonderful. We are going to have metal plates put on the right side of his right leg bones to encourage the leg to grow straight (it is very bowed and add to the length problem). He is very excited about this surgery because he feels ( and it will) it will lead to his leg looking more normal and get him closer to where he needs to be. The docs feel that it could help a lot with the the length problem (one leg is longer then other by an inch and 3/4). Daddy will be home for this so that will help.
My middle one D, has had a busy year also. He is also in swimming and loves it. He will have his 1 st meet on the 24 (day after his 12 b-day) and will be doing the breast, freestyle, and IM. He still loves space and hopefully will be able to go to space camp next year. He was in band this year and had his first x-mas band concert. We even bought the cd! He named his instrument Bob and they were quite the happy pair until D decided he likes art better. He is almost done with the 6th grade and is such a little clone of the hubby it not even funny. His down side was that he got Mono (told him to stay away from the girls) in Dec and it took him a really long time to recover. Add to the fact it took them forever to figure out he had it and that he caught every bug going around, poor guy. Other then that he good.
The baby princess A has been busy this year too. She has been doing great in school (she a perfectionist, fun fun) and swimming too. She doing the back stoke, freestyle, and IM at the meet. She turning into a lady even though her daddy and I are soo not ready for it. We have had boyfriend drama, Friend drama, and brother drama already and I am sure till is just the beginning. She is a clothes horse already and always dress to impress (herself or so she tells me) and is stealing my shoes (kid has big feet). She still loves music and art the most and can't wait till next year when she can take an art and drama course.
I am plugging away as normal. I did get to runaway to Sonoma for a lovely girls get away. Everyone know I love wine and good friends and I got to enjoy both. No kids for 4 days, 3 nights (Thank you soo much Uncle Gup) was wonderful. I have decided I am doing this once a year. So ladies get ready, its on!! Up next is New York City! Other then that life ok, can't wait till hubby comes home this deployment is tooo long. Business has been really good, I have great kids and families. I am taking most of June and the beginning July off for Z training camp (got a house in Austin that has been exciting but stressful to) going to spend our birthday by the pool with wine and cheesecake, and hubby coming home plus the surgery. So it promises to be a busy summer.
Now that I have written a book (sorry) I think we are all caught up :)
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