Busy...busy...

So for those of you who actually read this, uh...I obviously have not updated in over a month. Life has been even more busy then right after Bentley was born! So here is a quick overview of the last month and a half!

August 10th: The girls had a sleep over at their cousins 'cause they were going camping!!! Yay! This meant I was going to have some extra time to clean (except for taking care of Ben but he's a cake walk!) Well, on Wednesday I got a call from their Aunt, while they were at the Cheese Factory saying they were going to be coming home because of a bee hive near the campsite. Angela was stung and bit a few times, so they called it quits early. That was a bummer for them :-(
And then I also realized that I wasn't going to get everything done that I needed to before leaving for Sun River. It turned out ok, James ended up having the rest of the week off (which meant 2 extra days of his vacation!) and I would also just put the girls to work!
Well, during one of our cleaning episodes (Sat. the 15th to be exact) James was out doing errands and noticed something strange happening to the car (thankfully this was at the end of the errand running and he was on his way to drop off Ginger at his dad's house-which is where the dog sitter was! Anywho- the car went "KAPUT" and he had to be picked up by his sister- who was heading over to our house anyway with her daughter 'cause we were carpooling down to Sun River together. Which, thank God, since the only other car we would have been able to drive was...at the moment undrivable! Why us?!

August 16th-23rd: Our vacation down in Sun River...which, for me, was not really a vacation. Doing everything (plus some) that I normally do at home. It was fun to see the kids have fun, they got to ride a horse, play in the hot tub, (we all had a waterballoon fight!) Spent lots of time at the mall... and playing wii bowling and guitar hero, and celebrating James' 28th Birthday! We had lots of great meals, and fun evenings playing UNO!
James, of course, had to be back in Montana the day after we got home, which meant he was in bed by 7pm...which came after fixing the car that had sat for a week at his parents house! But he got it done and everything worked out!

August 26th: Chrissy, (my sister in law,the kids aunt, and James' sister) came over to watch Ben and Angela so that I could take Taty to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, which I had promised we would go see sometime during the summer! We had a great time and it convinced me to read the series!
This also happened to be that Taty was going back home :-( Which also meant that it was almost back to school time...ugh...which then meant the end of my maternity leave and Ben would be starting at daycare :-( :-(

August 31st: I went into work for a few hours (with the kids... yikes) Needless to say I didn't get much done, but it was nice to see some familar faces!

September 2nd: I went into work (without kids :-( Ben had half a day at daycare) More productive then the time before but busy,busy,busy!

September 5th: In honor of my bestest friend, Stefanie who was getting married, she was having a whole weekend Wedding fun! To kick it off we (My sister,Jenny, and I) joined them for some Karaoke! We had a blast! We sang duet on all of the songs! To kick it off we sang some Ace Of Base- Don't Turn Around, we also sang The Distance, by Cake and for our finale we sang the theme song to Fresh Prince of Belair...which I must admit was a huge success! Everyone joined in on that song!!

September 6th: This was rehearsal for Stef's wedding! Although, the weather was questionable, the sun did come up long enough to practice going through the motions of what we would be doing tomorrow! We had a blast at the dinner, great company, visiting and seeing people I hadn't seen in a while!

September 7th: Stefanie and Zach's Wedding Day! This day was a blast! I was so happy and excited for the two of them! Stefanie looked gorgeous! I can't believe the day came and went as fast as it did! After the 2 second ceremony, I joined James, mom and Jen at a table! We chatted enjoyed great company, delicious food, and very tasty beer! James even danced with me once! It was a great time! The only bummer was that James was leaving the next day very early the next morning...which meant we had to call it an early night :-( The next day was also the first day of school for Angela...and Ben's first full day at daycare... and I was back to work...I had so many emotions going through me I didn't know what to think. I didn't sleep very well that night either.

September 8th- Angela's first day of school- since this was also my first day back to work, I was unable to take Angela to school :-( But I asked my sister if she would be able to, so, thankfully she did! Angela did great, and she even took pictures for me! I still can't believe that 5 years have gone by so fast.
So, I dropped Angela off at Jen's and then made my way to daycare to drop off Ben for his first full day of daycare... Needless to say, I was a wreck in the car on my way to work(not a car wreck). It was the first time in a long time that I looked in the back of my car and there were no kids. I cried.
After dropping Ben off at daycare I made my way to work. The first day back... it was INSANE! Since the budget cuts- I was not paid to be back the week before. Which meant no time to meet with the teacher that I work with to discuss schedules and what not. The few days that I was there to help set up the classroom was me volunteering my time...
Anyway, so as soon as I get there I get thrown about a zillion different schedules...it was insanity. I did make it through, barely. But knowing what I had ahead of me at home was scary.
Since James was gone at work in Montana, it was just the kids and I. I was exhausted! After picking the kids up from daycare and finding that Ben had a rough day...didn't sleep much, and ate great...I was hesitant for the night. Well, I made it through that, but it was hard.
By Thursday, just talking to James on the phone, I cried again. But not because I was sad...but because I was just overwhelmed. Too many things were happening at once and I was by myself.
Thankfully James did talk to his boss and was able to get his route changed earlier than we had expected. He's the only person that has a young family and is gone 3-4 days/week. Now that doesn't seem very fair to anyone involved. So, I only have to deal with having him gone for another 2 weeks...I can do it, I can do it!

September 10th-12th: We had Tatyana this weekend and we had a blast! On Saturday we went to the Clackamas County Fairgrounds for a work picnic (for my dad's company- he unfortunatley was not able to make it, so we went without him)
The whole day was free! We had fun riding the fun rides, enjoying delicious food (BBQ burgers,hotdogs, chicken, corn on the cob, salads, elephant ears, ice cream, snow cones...and much much more) we got our faces painted, and went to the petting zoo, they rode on a carriage pulled by a horse! It was a fun filled day! We were all pretty exhausted by the end of the day.
Afterwards, we stopped off at my parents to drop off Jenny who also came with us, and then headed out to James' s mom's house for birthday celebrations! It was a very fun and active weekend!

September 14th-18th: Work,work,work all day long...

Really looking foward to the time I get to spend with my husband...just might have to wait one week (that's my birthday) to get some time alone with him! Oh well, I'll wait, it'll be worth it!
Well that's all for now! Happy reading! I'll try to stay more caught up- but I haven't been logging on everyday. So just to for warn you!