all of the children

Yes we now have six children in our home. Actually they got here Sunday night, but they were sleeping when they got here.

Monday went so well. I just told all of the boys to go out back and play with butter. The our girls snatched up miss Becka and she was so happy. Miss Becka loves to hang out with the big girls, because Amber will paint her nails and Nikki lets her watch dvd's on her computer.

Rusty had to go get some blood drawn today, because he has a doctors appointment on Monday. We are hoping that his cholesterol and blood pressure will down enough that they can cut his meds. However we have not hit the one year anniversary of his heart attack yet, so who knows.

Well the children are watching a movie, so I am going to go get some stuff done while they are not running around.

to all of my friends

I have been thinking about all of our friend this week. I do not know why but everyone has been on my mind.

who should I start with? I will start with Ray and Sonja. I came home from work today and all of their children are sleeping on the floor! Man I love those children. I have only known for a few years but they are special to me. I was so thrilled when Sonja came home from Iraq. I also cried when I was rocking her babies and telling them that mom would be home soon. Last night Sonja, Ray and all of the children came over for a cookout. As I sat there with Sonja she said that she was jazzed about going to Va. for a few days, but on the other hand she knows that orders are on their way down for Ray to go to Irag.

Then I was thinking about Renee. Man we have shared some good time and some really hard times. Life is now good for both of us and to a great extent I think we deserve a great life. I was moving a crate of stuff that Renee wanted and was wishing that she were closer. I wish our boys could play together and I wish we could once again kick back and do nothing together!

Kevin called yesterday while we were cooking out. Man I miss him. I still remember meeting him for the first time! Kevin has a soft spot in my heart. I will never forget our late night talks and the girls picking on him. I so wish Kevin was here, but until he comes home we will keep sending him packages.

Jen and Matt called after the cook out. They thought I had lost my mind since I called and asked them to come over for a cook out and they are now living in New York. Matt has been then for us through thick and thin. I even told Matt one time that he better bring my husband home alive! Then there is Jen. She is so perfect for Matt and I could not have picked a better person for him. I miss sewing with Jen, and I miss all of the stupid things we would do. That is o.k.. One of these days we will show up on their doorsteps and just surprise them!

Elle is so cool and I miss her so much! Elle is my true oldest daughter. I am so proud of Elle and all that she has accomplished! I remember the first Christmas we spent together, because it was 80 degrees here and she wanted to make smores! Now every time we put the fire pit out we have to make smores! It's an Elle thing!

Jason and Jacinda are an awesome couple. Jason took me by surprise when he started getting serious with Jacinds. I never thought that Jason would settle down. Now here he is married, a baby on the way, and he only lives two exits from us! I so cannot wait to hold their baby and just love on it!

So to all of our friend out there who are not mentioned, we do often think about the good old days. However we also try to remember that these are the good old days! LOL

new glasses

Ryan got his new glasses today and he looks so handsome in them. We got off easy this time. We only had to pay $250 dollars! We also got frames that are made of steel, so maybe they will last longer. LOL

We were suppose to cook out today so I hope that the rain stops soon. I was really looking forward to hanging out with some friends this evening.

Last night was so strange. Rusty and I went to bed, but then I woke up because I was hungry. So I get up and I am thinking that I will make myself some cereal, but we had no milk. So I went to the bed room to grab my shoes and then Rusty woke up and said that he was hungry! So at 11 last night I was at the store buying hamburgers and milk. We like babies. Once our bellies were full we went back to bed and went to sleep.

Hay Jules! My brother in law lives in the U.K., so I hope is not trying to mess up the elections there. He is married to a lady from the U.K. so I guess he has a right to be there. My mother in law told me that he was actually going to give up his u.s. citizen ship! And he never registered his son's birth at the U.S. embassy, so now the child will have to get a pass port just to come into this country. I guess non of this really matters since he will never come back to the United States.

my husband

I have the most wonderful husband in the world!

Last night I talked to my parents and offered to fly them out here for Ambers sweet 16 party. Rusty was so jazzed that I came up with that idea. I told Rusty that if they come out we will have to do rearranging to help my dad. Rusty said that he does not care and that he will do whatever needs to be done!

I must have done something right to deserve such a great man!

Work is turning into a nightmare! I just keep telling myself only 6 more weeks left and then I am so out of there!

Well not to much else is going on, so I am going to go clean.

never a dull moment

So, when you live in California you can never know what to expect. My dad calls us the land of fruits and nuts and sometimes I think he is right!

For those of you who do not know what is going on here let me fill you in. There is a bill in the Senate that would make you a felon if you are in America ILLEGALLY! Go figure, since you are braking the law. Anyway since this bill looks like it is going to pass, all of the children of ILLGALL'S are walking out of schools and protesting on school grounds!

Now if that is not saying here I am come get us I don't know what is. Our 13 year old was forced to go to a rally to support these children. We are so pissed off!

The high school students are jumping fences and running out onto the freeway's! These children are so stupid.

I swear I just want to scream! Then we get this phone call from the school. ( a recorded message) Telling all of us parents that we should talk to our children about this issue. So now I am super pissed.

I did talk to our children and here is what I said. " o.k. girls here is the deal. I do not support the walk outs and I do not support Illegal. My grandparents had to come to this country LEGALLY. On my mom's side, who is 1/2 native American, has been here forever. If these people cannot come here the right way then they need to leave. If I find out that you went to a rally to support these these people then I will kick your ass. Is that clear?" The girls got the message.

Then Nikki tells me that they were locked in the lower field for an hour! What? it was wet and raining off and on all day. Then we get another recorded message from the school saying there was a bomb threat at the school. What the hell is going on here?

o.k. I am off my soap box now.

I think that I am going to do some sewing today and I don't know what else. I just do not feel like doing much.

Yesterday I did a good clean out on the house. I got rid of the games that the children to do not play, all of the puzzles that I have done, and most of all, I got rid of a ton of just crap.

I think our stuff just breeds and it never breeds into anything good! LOL

I did find Rick and Leslies flags yesterday. I had put them up so that they would not get ruined. I need to go get some flag boxes so that we can display them and keep them from getting ruined.

I hope everyone has a good day!

busy

Well, I made it through two days of work. I offered to take some extra hours, since Ryans glasses broke. The things we parents do for our children! LOL Now don't get me wrong, I could just go take the money out savings, but I would rather not do that.

My goal is to go back and visit my father around fathers day. If for some reason that date does not work then, I will have to pick a new date.

One of my co workers is a breast cancer survivor and she asked me to walk in the walk for a cure. I just might do that. I do know that I am going to buy a candle and have my dads name put on it.

The girls have been in rare form for the last week. We have suddenly become the most stupid people on the planet. Well even more then before. I do see us coming to blows, but I am trying real hard for that not to happen. Every time something negative or mean comes out of their mouth I say something positive and nice back to them. That usually shuts them up.

Well it is back to my day. I have some cleaning to do and then I am going to do nothing for the rest of the day.

bike riding

Rusty and I went for a bike ride this morning. I am just so happy that the weather is now nice again. I was really starting to miss our bike rides.

Rusty said that his fat boy jeans are now getting big on him, but he still is not back to pre heart attack weight. I know it will happen for him, we just need to moving and the weight will come off.

Yesterday I took Nikki shopping for some summer skirts and we found none. I did however find some clothes for Ryan.

Finding clothes that actually fit Ryan is very hard. He is just so small for his age and so damn skinny.

Any way there is not to much else going on here.

I hope everyone has a great day!