I apologize for the wait!

I know that it has been a long time since I wrote anything. I was just not feeling the awesomeness that is me. Caitlynn has been home for just over a week now and she still tells me, "I missed you mommy!" every time I walk in the door. I missed her too, but I am not still thinking about missing her. I am hoping that she will find it in her to calm down a notch and stop hanging on me!

Andruw is almost done with kindergarten. Just 2 days left! I am sad, happy, excited, and unsure all at the same time. I know that he is going to love first grade, and I know that Trevor is going to love having him go to school for a full day rather than only a half day! Now if we could move to a place with a traditional calander school, that would be great. I don't like year round school most of the time, but hey! What can I do about it?

There isn't really anything wild, fun and crazy for me to talk about, but we are hoping to go to Bear Lake with Trevor's family this weekend. That will be fun!

A whole lot of nothing

So, there isn't really a lot to say today. We went to Lava this weekend. It was rainy and 60 degrees. We played in the water and now we are sick. But, it was so much fun and so worth it.

We have to spend more money than we have to fix my car...again..but hey, I have a car.

I miss Caitlynn while she is with Trevor's mom, but I am enjoying my quiet time.

How is that for keeping positive?

Westvale is the Fox 13 Cool School of the Week

Today Andruw's school was on tv. He got to sing Three Cheers for the Red White and Blue with his class on the news and meet Big Budah. He was so excited to go..doesn't he just look handsome?
Trevor sent me the pictures to make sure that I approved of what he was wearing. Of course, I think that he looks fantastic. I can't make the video fit here, but here is the link to the Fox 13 site where the video is: http://www.fox13now.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=3852456

Andruw is on the front row. And yes, that is his teacher, Mrs. Krogue.

The Rains Came Down

We had an amazing down pour here in West Jordan this evening. When I got home at work today at 6 the sidewalk and road were dry, but at 6:30, it looked like this. It is hard to see, but there is about 2 to 3 inches of water running through our parking lot. All of this water came within 5 minutes. And it was just pouring our of the sky.
There was a lake in our flower bed with a Mountain Dew boat floating. I guess I don't have to water the flowers today, right?
The best part was watching it pour off the building and land in the spot that NEVER gets rained on. This corner of the flower bed is always dry..the flowers are dying because I can't keep it moist enough.

That is what spring is about I guess.

It is another Monday

Today was just another Monday at our house. Work, school, chores, and family time. Today the only thing out of the ordinary is that we are packing for Caitlynn to go stay with Grandma Atkinson. She will be leaving in the morning and will be home on the 18th. The fun part for Andruw is that he will be out of school most of the time that she is gone because of Kindergarten testing.

I put the kids to bed tonight with Finding Nemo hoping that would keep them in bed, and so far seems to be working. Thank you Disney, for the mommy time.

Sunday at the park

Even though the day started out raining, we went to the park. We have a park near us here in West Jordan that is so fun for the kids. It is hard for the parents, because there are big kids and we can't always see our babies, but it is fun for them.

We had a little birthday picnic with KFC and watermelon. I love watermelon and tomatoes. I think that Marla picks some of the best produce ever. Maybe that is why I ate well when we lived with them, I don't know. As I sit here dripping leftover watermelon down my tummy, I am at peace.

So today we went to church. It is hard for Caitlynn to be quiet for any amount of time, but it seems like sacrament meeting raises her volume 10 decibels. So, the sacrament prayer starts and we tell her to fold her arms for the prayer and she starts praying. "Heavenly Father, thank you for the crayon colors, and for my mom and dad, and my mommy..." it was pretty cute.

Now I am looking forward to the long week ahead!

Saturday is a..busy...day

As I sat waiting for my Chinese takeout to be ready because I didn't get anything out for dinner, I thought back on what we had done today, and I am proud. It has been a really long time since we cleaned our whole house in one day. Trevor wants a puppy really bad, so I told him that puppies eat EVERYTHING, so he would need to clean under the bed and stuff so that we could get one. Of course, we are not getting a puppy this weekend or anything, but you have to prove that you can do it before you can have one, right.

We are still taking care of the flowers hoping to win the money, but it is so hot that they are kinda wilting. I am a bit worried that they will die before the judging, but at least we can plant more up until the day of the judging. It is funny that I am talking about my flowers..I just decided that.

Anyway, I read a novel today as well. I love to read, so it was nice to just veg and read for a while. It was one of the first times in a while that I was glad that Marla didn't plan her time very well and wasn't able to keep the plans with us. Except the part where the kids were very whiney and Trevor went to sleep of course.

There are not really any plans for tonight, just putting the kids to bed and maybe watching a movie with Trevor, but hey! It is all good!

Life comes at you fast

I have been so crazy busy the last few days that I haven't taken the time to post anything. It isn't that there hasn't been anything worthy of the posting, because I am sure that I could think of something entertaining daily.

So, here is the thing. We are getting ready to send Caitlynn to Blanding again. It is going to be sad, but fun. She will be there for just under 2 weeks. That is a long time in mommy years.

Before she leaves, we are supposed to spend the weekend spending time with Marla and Ron. There are plans for a possible picnic and other such fun. I am hoping that it stays overcast too because I hate the hot. I have decided that I like spring and fall. I hate snow..so winter is out. I hate being hot..so summer is out.

Anyway, we planted a flower bed for a contest in our apartment complex. The winner gets a $500 prize. The money comes off of July's rent, but hey, that is as good as cash right? Second place is $300 and third is $200. Either way, I think that it would be awesome, but of course I would LOVE to win first place.

Well, I am hoping to be able to spend some time posting this weekend, but if not, I am sure that I will be posting the weekend update Monday.