Super Busy

I've been up to a few things..

started clinicals Tuesday.
it rocked!
I have a job interview for the facility I "clinicked" at.. how do you say that?
eh well..
yep. a job interview and I'm not even done with the class yet! I rock.
kinda

the teenager had drill team tryouts.. again..
she made it..
again..

looky at my cute scrubs

the youngest has strep. yay.
she's keeping it to herself.. hopefully

idk why the pic is upside down.

busy

I've been super busy lately..
family stuff
work stuff
other stuff

kids stuff

me n lacey at dinner

lexi n her daddy..

she had drill team camp for three days. we picked her up and went shopping and dinner :)

I hope everyone had a great holiday

we had a fireworks ban so it was kinda boring yesterday.

we went to the local golf course that was doing a big show. that was awesome!

they had some parachuters.

some flyovers.

a live band.

tons of people.. I mean tons!

and then amazing fireworks.

 can ya see my pink monkey on a parachute? cute huh?

 a cool kid at bkfast lol

have a great day!

Hi kids!

I am such a neglectful blog mommy..

but I have awesome news!

My rockstar teenager..

made the dance competition team!!

this makes  me squeeeeeee!!!

I am so thrilled and excited for her.. she worked so hard the last couple years, getting better.. and she made it!!

she will be able to compete in different cities.. which I am sooooo stoked about!

it's going to cost a fortune.. but she is worth it!

pics n stuff

I have more pics for ya..
it's been a rough week.. I found out yesterday that my oldest sister passed away. I am struggling how to deal with that.. not sure how I feel about it..

but..
here are some pics of fun family stuff..
Lexi and Shaydee

My darling teenager!

the kids at Harry potter..

 sexy men mmmmmmm

 a cute float

 the girls' dance company in the parade

 if you look really really close you can see my girls..

 see em? In pink..

theres lexi..

 me n lacey

 at Lagoon..

my hubs @ boondocks

me n my teenager.. again..

Lacey being silly

 Lacey @ Boondocks

 Lexi.. gasp.. on the phone? yup..

Grampa..

 the hubs n his mom

 me n hubs @ Harry Potter

the kids being cute.. lol

awwww..

 at Lagoon

 Playin games with Trina :)

 at boondocks..

weekend plans and my kitteh

what's everyone got planned for the weekend?
the celebration of our Country's birthday?

I stopped last night and strolled around a local nursery. I loved it!
Every little plant begged me to take it home.
I ended up with four different colored snapdragons, some little purple flowers and some pink somethings..
I have to go back!
pics will be posted soon.
dragonflies were everywhere.. following us around. I loved it!
I told Lexi (the oldest rockstar teenager) they were fairies. she agreed.
awesome!
ah..
the little things that make us happy.
We are going to the inlaws for a bbq on Sunday.. yay!
I truly adore my inlaws. it is rare from what I hear. lol.
they have always accepted and loved me and I feel the same.

when my dad died, Josh (the hubs) said something that I will never forget.
I was sad that me n my sis have no parents now.
he said. "You can borrow mine"
awwww, huh?
so sweet.
and he is right.
they have always been more than just inlaws.
*sigh*

anyways..
Saturday me and the kidlets are going to hide in the mountains and play for a while. I can't wait to embrace nature and clear my head. find some peace..all that good stuff.. I may even get started writing something. I totally flopped June writing with the group. sorry kids. I just didn't have it in me..
then we are having a bbq on Monday.. with us and prolly a bunch of teenagers.
Tuesday we took the day off work to have family day at Boondocks. I can't wait!
We are going to have a great weekend..
I will have tons of pics next week
cuz yanno I'm addicted!

Have a great weekend all!

oh yeah.. forgot to share my kitteh

First day of school!

It's finally here!! The first day of school! Woohoo!!
rock star teenager is going into eighth grade..how crazy is that?
and the youngest is going into fourth..
The long boring summer is over!
Bring on the homework, the new friends, the phone calls from school, the drama, the homework and cramming life in the rest of the days. :)

Diggin the gloves?Yep, it's a skunk back-packLoving the shirt!Their back-packs have built in hoodies..they are the cutest things ever! (or so I was squeeled at while in the store)

A few updates

I have been a bit busy and neglected my blogger friends, I do apologize..

It was a busy day.
Hubster n I took the kidlets and friends to see The Sorcerer's Apprentice and I loved it! I love Nic Cage..He is sexy, in a weird kinda way to me..

The hair was good on him..

I loved the Merlinian aspect of it! The magic was fun.. High heeled boots *funny, even to my kids* Walking and cleaning brooms and mops..good :) Riding a big metal bird would be awesome!

The reference to Fantasia was silly but still a good movie. I can't wait to try my hand at raising the dead or maybe..just controlling some electricity!

Then we had another fire at our complex.. this one wasn't a townhome..but it was the field next to us. Too close, a driveway from our complex..It burned about an acre and was very hot very fast. Turns out my kids were there. (leave it to them).. but it wasn't them that lit the match..but a friend. I don't know what will happen, but my rockstar teenager is pretty upset. She didn't want to tell on her friend and she didn't want to get in trouble. She had the feeling that being the oldest, she was responsible.

turns out the investigators and firemen (nothing like seeing hot firemen to raise the temps a lil) anyway..they were very understanding and very nice to the kids. They knew how to handle them and not one felt attacked or blamed. They actually thanked them for calling adults and then them. That makes a mom feel better.
I don't know what will happen, but I am glad my kids didn't do it. I am just glad no one got hurt. It could have been worse.

fitness updates...
I am still struggling along with losing weight. I held pretty much steady for the week. I have been going to the gym and walking, ellipticaling (made up my own word woot!) taking classes..and leave it to me to hurt myself on the treamill. For some odd reason.. I was feeling good enough to raise the incline and my speed..(I'm sure the pain pills helped) so..later Friday night I hurt like hell. My neck has issues. I have a pinched nerve again I think. I can barely move my head and the pain when I even breathe...(&*&^*&^^)
But silly me..thinking if I go try again I can feel better.
WRONG!
I hurt again today. Luckily I go back to my rhuemy tomorrow and can see what the deal is. I know he is going to say there is nothing he can do but give me meds. And odly I'm ok with that. Whatever gets me through the day.

2nd Place Phillies!

This is my second post for the day..so scroll down to see the Tuturial!!

Just wanted to share, Lacey's team (who dad coached) got 2nd place in the championships last night!! Not bad considering we lost to the only undefeated team in the league :)

Lacey got smacked with a fast ball right on her hand, but she hung in there, crying, but got struck out (yeah..bad call by the ump, but that's another issue)

But it was great to see her stay in the game after. I heard some moms yelling to her "let's show em how tough girls can be" lol..it was awesome! (she was the only girl on the team)

We had a great time, the kids were amazing, I just wanted to hug em all!

What a great learning experience for us all, and the gratitude after the double header from the boys, well, that was unbelievable. They were all so happy and so proud of themselves, as were myself and coach. I hope we can have a great team like that next year, and can't wait for football tryouts!

It seems my oldest is a rock star or something. There were two adorable little girls, that kept asking her "Are you from California?" "why are you wearing your sunglasses?" "How did you get your hair that color?" and it kept going, these little girls were enamoured with my teenager. Their mom even came and said, she had to go buy a matching tutu, like my daughter's. It is her trademark. :)  What a great day!