New Year and already 3 months into it

Wow. Blogging is really not going to be a top priority I see. Well let me backtrack a little to my last post. The kids a had a great Christmas and we left Christmas Eve to go to Louisiana and see family and friends down there. While we were in David had some interviews and when we returned to Missouri; he got the call regarding a new Job. He took the job with Farmer's Insurance. February was a busy month for us. Getting David ready to leave for Louisiana and going to see the dentist just about wore me out. I did have my scan done and got great news that I am cancer free as of now. And I am hoping it stays that way. Kaylee had to have two crowns put on her teeth and they had to put her out for that. Skyler is going to have to have two crowns and two teeth filled as well. David left Feb 25th and the kids and I are still here until they finish school, then we will make the move down there. But in a nut shell that is our life in a few sentences.

Only 3 more days to go

The kids are so excited for Christmas they can't stand it. Yesterday I wrapped gifts that were from daddy and I and then a gift from each other. They have been going up to the tree looking at me and ask very nicely if they can "Open just one" up? And the answer each and every time is "No". They don't like that response, but I did tell them their patience will be worth it. I thought long and hard about what to get each kiddo and Skyler's was easy we got him two transformers and the DVD Mater's Tall Tales. Skyler has been wanting that DVD forever since they brought it out. I just know he is going to be super excited. As for Kaylee she is in utter LOVE with Justin Bieber. I have no clue how she found out about him but she adores him. Everytime he sings, she puts her hand over her heart. My Best Friend Michelle got her a Justin Bieber doll for Christmas and when she got it, she screamed like 14 year old girls do. Everyone had a good laugh. Well I started looking for other Justin Bieber stuff. I found a shirt, a watch *that I got at an amazing price at Kohls(regularly $20, on sale for $9 and I got 30% off of that)*, a dog tag necklace, a bracelet, a CD and I finally found her Justin Bieber PJ's that were another awesome price at Kohl's at just $7.00. Oh yeah and stickers to go in her stocking. I am super excited to see her open it up, she is going to be tickled pink. Kaylee got Skyler Handy Manny's workshop which he loves to build stuff so this is perfect. And Skyler got Kaylee a Jewel Sparkles Lalaloopsy. David suprised me and picked up another gift from mommy and daddy to each of the kiddos. He picked up Skyler Iron Man sets and Kaylee is getting the mini lalaloopsy's. She has been going crazy for those.


Kaylee *helped* me wrap gifts for my sister, my mom, my dad, Taylor and Zach and I think that was a mistake as when we dropped the presents off at my mom's today she started telling grandma what all the items were. She is my big mouth of the two. Skyler can keep a secret but Kaylee can't. She always says that she will not tell, but right after you tell her give her two minutes and she can't hold it in any longer. :)


Santa is bringing the rest of the gifts and from what he and I have discussed Skyler is getting Chugginton sets, Transformers, Stinky the truck and a few batman items that he wanted and of course some candy...what Christmas would not be complete without that vital piece of the puzzle. Now from what Santa told me he is bring Kaylee the Olivia platset, The Plum Pudding purple car, and lalaloopsy's and candy too.


Skyler's last day of school was yesterday. They had breakfast in his classroom complete with sausage and cinnamon rolls. Then they were to wear their sleeping clothes, bring a pillow and blanket and a stuffed animal. He brought his heart puppy. He got it for Valentine's day when he was two and still sleeps with that thing. It's one of Ty's items and thank goodness it can be washed. Then they had Happy Meals for lunch. They had a good time. On Monday they made Gingerbread houses. David went to help out and Kaylee got to tag along so she got to make them too.


Kaylee's last day was Monday and she had a Christmas party. Each kiddo was to bring a book and they play a game and then whatever book you wind up with you get to take home. Well when Kaylee opened hers she got a Toy Story book, she does not like Toy Story at all, David told me she said "I don't want this" and threw the book down. I just couldn't believe it. Lately she has been doing stuff like that and I am not pleased at all with those reactions from her. So I asked David if he corrected her, he said no. But she did apologize to everyone and to her teacher. I am not sure what her deal is lately but she and I had a talk and I told her she was lucky daddy was there with her, because I would of taken her out of her chair and in another room and spanked her bottom. (I realize for some that just talking to your kids or taking toys away, or time out or so forth works, but for mine it just doesn't and believe me I have tried everything, the only thing that works is a spanking)

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I am headed to Louisiana Christmas nite and will be bringing in the New Year there.

Tired. So I had chemo yesterday and still tired from it. The last couple days the kids have been pretty challenging. We put up the tree and Christmas decorations and you would of thought that neither one had seen a Christmas decoration in their life. They were so wound up from seeing them put up. Skyler informed me that we need Christmas lights up outside, and I told him that would require me doing it and it wasn't going to happen this year. David refuses to anything guy-ish at all. He doesn't put anything together or anything manly at all. He can't fix anything or repair anything. Sometimes I feel like I married another girl. I can do all of this myself but yet he can't do any of it. But if I don't put up Christmas lights it doesn't get done.

My friend Michelle is coming in town on Friday. Just her and her daughter Emma. I am excited to see her. I haven't seen her since last summer in 2009. They are staying with us and should prove to be interesting since I am not sure where we are going to put Kaylee and Kaylee is fighting about letting Michelle and Emma sleep in her bedroom. Kaylee has a daybed and it has a trundle underneath. But she doesn't want Michelle or Emma to sleep in her room. So I know I am going to have a battle on my hands.

I also finished the book No Place to Run by Maya Banks. It's the 2nd in her KGI series and the series is simply amazing. Yep they are romance books, and get a bit racy. But the stories are just amazing. The first one is called The Darkest Hour. This one had me crying and just pulled at my heart strings. You could feel the desperation in the characters in her books. I highly recommend either one of these.

Can you say LaLaloopsy?

That is what is on top of Kaylee's Christmas List. She wants Lalaloopsy's, and she wants them all. She is getting the twin set that is at ToysRUs from Santa. They are the cutest rag dolls and have the most unique names. We saw them on the shelves at Target back in July and she went straight to them and got so excited. From what I have heard from the toy stores they are a very hot item, and if you see it on the shelf and you want it grab it because it won't be there again. And that is so true, all the shelves that I saw today are sold out. The one that she really likes is called Spot Splatter Splash and I can not find her anywhere. This is what she looks like:


These are the twins Sunny Side-Up and Berry Jars N Jam


My sister is getting her Bea Spells-a-Lot (she's my favorite):


My grandma is getting her Peanut Big Top:


And Skyler got his sister Mittens Fluff 'n Stuff:


Skyler hasn't really asked for much this year. On top of his list is Stinky the Garbage Truck which Santa is bringing:


This is the funniest truck I have ever seen. He says over 90 phrases and he burps and toots. Skyler busted up laughing when he pressed it's tummy and it tooted and said "Oh excuse me". Also on his list are Iron Man 2 figures and of course Transformers and a few Handy Manny items.

We are getting the kids Nintendo DS Lites for Christmas. This has been something Skyler has been asking for and this year Wal-Mart is having for $89 on Black Friday and we have some gifts cards to use, so we won't have to pay for it. They are also having a lot of games for $10, along with Target and ToysRUs. I am buying my nieces from her for $50, she doesn't use it and that is going to be Kaylee's and it's in extremely good condition. I have to say this year I have really watched the sale ads starting since October and the deals that I have gotten are so much better than what Black Friday is going to be. I am a bargain shopper and if there is a better deal I will find it.

I sold a whole bunch of jewelry that I don't wear at all to the pawn shop and wasn't expecting much, maybe $150 I got $435! So that bought Christmas to us. I just have a few stocking stuffers and a few things yet to get, but Christmas is taken care of. Kaylee is getting the Olivia 2-in-1 Real World Play set and family set, Blythe loves littlest pet shop the scooter one, Plum Puddings purple car from Strawberry shortcake, and the twin LaLaloopsy's and the other from Skyler. Skyler is getting Stinky the Garbage truck, an iron man trio set that has Iron Man, the bad guy and then the bad iron man in it along with War Machine, a Transformers double pack from ToysRUs, Handy Manny workshop and Handy Manny dump truck from Kaylee. They both are getting the DS Lites. They will get some coloring books an of course some things in their stockings but I have a feeling they are going to be super excited when they open up their presents.

We are also going into Louisiana the day after Christmas to see our family down there. We haven't been in for a Holiday down there since Kaylee was 7 months old. And David really wants to get back down there. He had wanted to go in for Christmas and I had some reservations about that. One I didn't want to have to pack Christmas gifts in the truck and try to squeeze two suitcases of luggage in the car (that was so not going to happen), two I like being at home in our house opening up presents, and three my grandpa is not doing that well and I just have a feeling that this maybe his last Christmas, I am hoping not but he isn't in that great of shape. I don't think I could of been able to live with myself if I had missed his last Christmas. Well it's late and I am off to bed. Have a good nite everyone! Talk to you soon.

Where did November come from?

Yep me keeping up with blogging is not going to be my thing I guess. I can honestly say life is busy and I would rather read then be on the computer. This year has went by soooooooo FAST! Thanksgiving is just a little over a week away. There are so many things to be thankful for.

Skyler got student of the month for October. We were very proud of him. Since last David's mom and dad came in for Halloween. We had a good visit with them. They enjoyed taking the kids trick or treating. Skyler and Kaylee got lots of candy and are still eatting on it.

I have gotten most of the Christmas shopping done just a few things left to get then it will be done. I have looked at some of the black friday ads and there are just a few things that I am going to get other than that not much. I can generally find good deals on things before then.

Wow I am so bad!

I can't believe here it is the middle of October and I haven't blogged at all. But I can honestly say life has been busy and when not busy I truly enjoy reading. So I am going to try to get better. Just bare with me.

Today we celebrated Zach turning ONE! He officially turned one on the 13th. He had such a fun time. I think he like the tissue paper in his bags better than the presents. He got cake EVERYWHERE! It was a lot of fun. He did enjoy his bath right after.

Tomorrow we go to Ashtyn's Birthday. The kids are excited.

The 14th marked my 31st Birthday. How is that possible? But I am fine with it, just really don't know where 31 years has come and gone.

I have started Christmas shopping and have found some pretty good deals. So far I have 3 of the 6 presents for Skyler. He doesn't want much. Just Iron Man toys, Transformers, and some games for his leapster.

Happy 4th of July!

I just can't believe that half the year is gone already! The kids and I went to my moms to eat and my grandparents were there and my sister and Zach stopped by for a bit. Kelley has made a decision about her life with Joe (zach's dad) and has decided to move out. Things have not been good with them for awhile and she finally had the courage to tell him. He told her "One day someone is going to piss in your corn flakes." Not really sure what that means and then he told her that one day "you are going to get what's coming to you". Since Kelley was pregnant he has just gotten kind of for lack of better word crazy. He needs help because he just does. He also informed her that Zach is going to stay with him half the time which is not right because Zach is just 8 months old and is with Kelley all the time. She does everything for him. She is the one who gets up in the middle of the night with him and goes on little to no sleep and goes to work. Joe is more worried about his animals that he has. Kelley had a horrible toothache which wound up being that she needed a root canal. He didn't offer to help her with Zach so she said that she was going to go stay at moms and he had no objection. He just doesn't help with him. He is a dad when he wants to be. So I am very upset with him about this. And we are going to find a lawyer to fight it. Someone who wants to be a parent when they want to be does not need to have their kid half time. I am just so upset because there is so much more to this story but I don't want to put too much out there.

The kids had a good time today. We didn't get to do smores with a real campfire because it was raining. And they didn't get to go swimming either.

On Wednesday I went to the premiere of Eclipse and I have to say I LOVED it! It was really good. I also went Friday with David and thought it was even better. It was pretty funny, which was different. My favorite line has to be from Jacob when he tells Edward "I am hotter than you." I about died laughing. But they did a good job with it staying close to the book. I just don't know how I am going to wait until November of next year to see the first part of Breaking Dawn.

I am working Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday this week. So it is going to be a busy week for me. Also next Monday is David and my 7th Wedding anniversary. Seems like a lot longer than that though.

Have a good nite!