Getting busy...

Okay...so I've signed on here for like the first time in a long time :-(

It bums me out because I have all these intentions of doing things, or at least staying on top of things.... Oh well, someday!



Anyway, so to update people who actually read this...Tatyana (my step-daughter) is now with us for the Summer...well as of July 22nd. I've been making sure that the girls are having fun and keeping up on their responsibilites around the house. (Which is hard for me 'cause I like things done a certain way!) Anyway, that's going pretty well!

They had Vacation Bible School the 23-25th. Angela was really uncertain of this and they almost called me to come pick her up 'cause she was crying and really missing me (Awww...can I just hold onto that Angela for EVER!) However, she came home feeling pretty awful...I thought maybe it was heat exhaustion...gave her something to help her head, made her drink tons of water and later that night she was feeling much better. The next night however she spiked a fever of 104.2 (Which I took as soon as we got home 'cause she was burning up) I called the doctor immediatley (of course by this time the answering service was picking up and I had to wait for a call from the on call physician) Well, we couldn't wait and James took her to the ER 'cause her fever wouldn't go down. Turns out she had a U.T.I (urinary tract infection...) I was astonished...had know idea she was feeling bad...so, anywho...we keep her "home" from VBS so we can make sure she is drinking her water and going potty regularly.

We returned to the church for the BBQ and community service project we were doing for LOVEinc. which was a lot of fun!

The girls had a doctors appointment on that following Tuesday...which is where I find out that

#1 Tatyana is exactly 1 inch shorter than me...(gulp)

#2 Angela really doesn't have a UTI... (uh oh- I hope she did not contaminate 50 plus people by being at VBS and the BBQ... (She infact did not contaminate anyone...no one else got sick. Thank God!)

James and I celebrated our Summer Wedding Anniversary on July 31st...but we didn't really do anything...actually we did the opposite of being along! We had our niece, Taylor, spend the night so the girls could have a slumber party! They had fun complete with some "loaded chocolate peanut butter cup" ice cream! Yummy!

Since we have now entered August (Yikes I can't believe it!) it seems like time is passing even faster than before! Ben is now 3 months old...and he is getting more and more social each day! He really likes to "play the drums"! My sister started making the drum music (Ton Locs Wild Thing) and Ben got the biggest smile on his face! Now everytime we do that he just starts smiling and giggling!

Angela will be starting school in about a month (ahhhh) and Tatyana will be going into 5th grade...seriously where does the time go?



Yesterday, Tuesday August 4th, James and I found out that he will be driving the Montana route for another month. I'm really bummed about that. He leaves early (1-2am) Monday morning and doesn't get back till either Wednesday or Thursday evening :-(

It totally takes time out of our weekend...'cause he has to be in bed by 5pm and then it's just me and the kids 'til he gets back...oh well, it's good for the pocket book for right now...and since I recently found out that I will NOT be getting a pay check this month ('cause of my maternity leave...blah,blah,blah and 'cause BSD just couldn't get their act together and give me a simple straight answer) Anywho...

Oh, when I wrote that I was going to be posting this big update on our lives so far since the last time I wrote something...we were going to the park for a picnic...yea my car didn't start...so we walked to Shute Park...it only took us about 28 minutes and we found the nearest picnic table and ate our lunch...we were STARVING! The kids did enjoy it though!
What's weird was as we were headed to the playground I saw one of my students from 2 years ago...and then soon realized that she was with 2 other students that had moved away 2 years ago...1 of them lives down the street from AND is good friends with the boy across the street...GULP! He seems to have grown up (keyword seems) so I'm hoping my house won't get TPed or egged...he was not one of our best students...
Ahhh...keep getting off track...anyway, the girls had a great time playing! We then walked to the library and checked out a few books...We had a longer walk back home ('cause we were exhausted!) and all of us relaxed when we got home!

We are getting ready for our vacaction to Sun River, and while it's very exciting I'm also getting very anxious...there is so much to do, and I never seem to have enough time to do it all in! The girls will be going to sports camp a few days this week, then they are off to go camping with their Grandparents and Aunts and Uncle so I know I will be able to get my house completely cleaned and have it stay that way for more than an hour!!!! I just wish (and this is the only time you will hear me say this) I could fast forward to being in Sun River, and relaxing in the hot tub, going on fun bike rides and enjoying an ice cream cone from Goody's! Ahhhh, I can taste it now!

Well, now that I'm up to date...I'm gonna hit the sack!