September 26, 2010

Timmy got to come home for a week 2 weeks ago. We were able to take our family pictures finally, which we have never done in the 9 1/2 years we have been together. I will say they turned out amazing! I have a beautiful family and of course I'm proud of it! Jamie did amazing capturing each of the kids personalities.

Being a "single" mom is crazy. Life is crazy that's for sure. I'm blessed to have the strength that I do to get through all of it. I'm also blessed to have children who aren't super crazy and disobedient. I have to have the kids on a schedule so I can make it through the day, and if they aren't, it makes everything chaotic. I love my life and wouldn't change it for the world.

I had parent teacher conference Thursday for Braeden. My son is top 2 in the class. Advanced in all subjects and is starting to do 2nd grade work. He is being put in ELD as well, which is a class for advanced students. Now when the teacher first told me that I wanted to freak out on her, cause I always thought those were classes for kids who have a hard time doing any school work. LOL. Turns out it's a class for advanced students who spend an hour a day doing research on whatever topics the teacher gives them. He was pretty excited about it. The teacher asked him how he felt about his school work, if he thought it was too easy, or if it was hard, and his response to her was, "I need harder". Of course he does. I'm blessed to have amazingly intelligent children. The apple never falls too far from the tree. LOL. I'm a proud mommy that's for sure. He also told her that he is a good brother and he loves to read to his sisters and teach them. Obviously. Arianna knows all of her ABC's, letters, and can count to 30 and she's only 3. Kamari knows her ABC's and is learning the letters and can count to 20 and she's only 2. Thanks to Braeden, my girls may just be skipping through grades when they get older. LOL. He himself may just be skipping through at the rate he's going. Only the Lord will know though. I'm truly blessed to have amazing kids. They absolutely drive me nuts too, but they're kids.

I was able to road trip back to Cali with Tim. He took my Charger and left me the Durango. Dodge family? Yes of course. He wasn't kidding when he said he was in the middle of no where. I mean... literally in the middle of no where.... As in "movie, stuck in the wilderness and something waiting to kill you style"... His barracks look like a condemned hospital. White with dark orange trim. A little freaky, but they're are barracks. You can't really expect 5 star living conditions. It's literally 30-45 minute drive to the closest city's. I absolutely loved the wine country though. It felt so relaxing, and I wasn't stressed out, or freaking out about anything. Amazing what happens when you put yourself in a different environment. I was able to meet 2 of the soldiers he normally hangs out with and they are quite the characters I will say. I will say that the Army experience definitely brings you to meet new people all the time, all with different backgrounds and all with a life story of their own. We hung out at the bar on post and water the is disgusting, but it was fun. We drove up to San Jose on Saturday and was able to go to Santana Row. That place is awesome!!! We stayed at the Crowne Royal (beautiful) and walked downtown to the Asian festival and to the area that had the live band and patio seating dining. We were in the heart of the Art world there. I loved every minute with the hubby. I will say it was weird to wake up and not have a kid with me at any point in time in the 4 days I was gone. The break was well needed that's for sure. Anyway that was my time with spent with the hubby. =)

Now it's a week later and I'm sitting here with 5 cups of coffee in me, and trying to figure out a really cute way to collage my family pictures on a huge 24x36 frame and blogging of course. This is going to be fun. =)

This is the update for now.....