Wordless Wednesday!

My 12 year old champion number 39!

My new scrapbooking friend!

I wanted to show you some pages I have done- but these pictures are loading sideways and I have no clue how to fix it-can anyone help? Please? I even loaded the pictures sideways hoping it would flip them- but it picks and chooses which ones it wants to flip.

I got a new Cricut machine- it prints and cuts and I love it! I have been scrap booking about 4 pages a day. Have I ever mentioned how much I love to scrapbook?



I had to buy a new cartridge just for the train tracks.

My new Cricut Imagine!!! I love this machine

A page I made

Some pictures

Bryce's Jr. Year


Trey football- heavy weights

Dylan football- middle weights

Taya the morning of school pictures

No pictures of Toby yet- they are not back yet. Not much going on here- just busy with kids on 4 different football teams, having a teenager dating a College girl is taking it's tole on me!

I get my new scrap booking machine tomorrow and I just can not wait- I will have to show you some of the amazing projects that it does!!

I can feel fall in the air- and I am not happy- I love Summer- and I hate the snow- I need to live where it is warmer.

Hope everyone is doing great!

Cat girl and Facebook!

This is how my daughter fell asleep- she thinks she is a cat- so she lays on the back of the couch with the cat!

On the Facebook front- I think I am going to move my posts back to my blog- I have too many friends on FB that it has become awkward- family, and parents of kids on my children's sports teams that I really have never had a conversation with in my life- I know you say- just ignore them- but we live in a small town and what if I offend someone? I am a pleaser! So it has just become weird on FB. How do you deal with FB requests from people you are not sure you want to know everything about your life?

John Lynch Commercial

Well here is the puppy commercial that I did with my pups- hope you like it- it was fun.

Our puppies were in a commercial that was released today- kind of fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unYRiSRtuLE

Kate

Dog Days of Summer

So the day before they close the pool for good- you can bring Fido down for a swim- it seems we are always busy during this time- but this year it worked out- so we brought Lei hua- she loves the water. We stayed for about an hour and had fun with her- I sure do love this dog.


The Dive


Fetch

Reach for the step

My girl swimming- other dogs watching!

Waiting for Jen to say it is OK to go in the water.

Animals bring us such good pleasure- I am certainly thankful for mine.

Football

Toby is number 39- now I have all four boys on 4 different football teams! Since I am not a big fan of the sport- it should be a fun season! :)

I figured out the other day- if each child needs to go two places a day, and forgets just one item a day then I am making 45 car trips a day- ug!

Summer is ending...

Summer is my favorite time of the year- we just love the sun. When we go tot he lake- all our friends are sitting in the shade- and Jen and I have moved our chairs into the sun- we just can't get enough.

We went to the lake again this weekend. One more trip and then that is it- we will camp for Labor Day. School starts tomorrow. I really enjoy having the kids home- so I am bummed out that they have to go back already.

We finished up sports physicals today. Toby hurt his wrist in football already- so we need to go to the Dr. to get an x-ray later today.

I always remember people saying that kids grow up fast- but I am really starting to get it now- I just want time to stop- Bryce only has 2 years left- I have no kids in elementary school anymore- it is crazy!

Hope everyone else is enjoying these last few weeks or days of summer.


Root Beer loves to ride the jet ski


Look at this camping Diva mess!

Trey making some cookies

Toot Beer camping

Newest Lifeguard!

Swimming

And the pointed toes!


Belly Flop

Notice the leg!

Taya is enjoying swimming lessons- the Twins on the other hand hate life because I am making them take a class to work on their stroke- lol!

School starts for us on Tuesday and so will the craziness- so I am trying to enjoy these last few days of summer. We are going to the lake this weekend and again for Labor Day- but then that is about it for this year! :(

I am giving up!

So, I am frustrated and tired today- it was a long day, Taya was being a brat- school clothes shopping with Toby is painful to say the least- I get home and go to give the dogs fresh water, spray for grasshoppers, and water the trees- outside maybe an hour- while Taya was inside with Jen and Dylan- I come in and her room looks like this!

I asked her time and time again to clean her room, and she said she did not feel like it-

So I bagged up most of the toys, a lot of her clothes- and I am dropping them off tonight to get rid of them. Taya was screaming and crying and telling me I was so mean.

Here are 4 of the 6 bags.

and now her room looks like this! I am much happier- and she has 6 bags of crap less to mess it up with!

Some days- like today I try to remind myself that this won't last forever- I was really grouchy with Jen because I am tired of doing it all- but she is leaving for work again- so now I get to tackle the living room- which looks almost as bad as Taya's room used to.

Bryce gets off work at midnight- and since I am a mean Mom and won't let him get his license I have to go get him- so I can't even go to bed and pull the covers over my head and try to forget about this horrible day!

Slowly but shurly

we are making some bathroom progress..... The contractor told Jen he wanted more money and she said that we have given them half- and when it is done they will get the rest- so they are working a bit faster now.


New tub roughed in


New 5 foot shower- at least I will be able to move a little.

Destroying another bathroom

This shower is way to small!


This tub is too big!

So bye, bye tub...

and bye bye shower!

Horrible Day- but cute kitties

So yesterday was a horrible day. Root Beer got locked in our tack room by accident. This is a very small room with no windows and no fresh air- so it gets really hot like a car would. When I found her she was passed out and limp. I pulled her out and drenched her in cool water, took her inside in the a/c and after 40 mins still nothing.

I called my neighbor who is a nurse, because I did not know what to do- I was waiting for the Vet to call back- so she came over and then I lost it- Root Beer was panting so hard- and it was just so awful- I was sure she would die- and I was pissed because she was locked in there and I did not know- and so many emotions were flooding me. Dylan and I were just bawling, sure this was the end- Toby has no emotion- he does not like animals and poor Trey was trying to help.

So, we hurried her to the Vet- she was not opening her eyes or responding in any way. he put her on fluids- and I was freaking out- because he was not moving fast enough. I was crying and I did not want to know how bad it was. He put the IV on full blast- gave her some other medications to help her brain from swelling- and took her temp- we got it down to 92! 102 is normal- so now we had to warm her up! We put her on a heating pad- and she opened her eyes- after a few hours she was wagging her tail and I have never been happier. Finally he sent her home with a new IV bag after I told him there was no way she was staying at the Vet so don't even ask.

Once we got home- Root Beer was tired of the IV- so when it was about 3/4 empty I took it out- she went outside and is slowly getting her sea legs back. I am so thankful- I had nightmares all night about her being in that room, and what she was thinking, and I know it is all not rational but I feel like shit.

I spend more time in a day/week with Root Beer then anyone else in my life and I am thankful she is OK. I know most folks don't really like her- because she is a grouchy old dog- but I sure love her.

On a better note- look how cute the kittens are sleeping together.

First Job!

I promised Bryce I would not post his picture on Facebook- but I said nothing about my blog! Hee Hee. So he got his first job at McDonald's! He has these grand illusions that he will be making $400 a week- I am so glad the real world is going to slap him in the face soon. It is hard to grow up! Proud of him for getting a job- I am still not letting him get his license until his grades are better- and it is a very sore spot with him- but that is my job to teach him responsibility! I really hope he enjoys his job- as much as one can enjoy a job at McDonald's.

I am bored

I have been wanting to replace the tub for awhile now- in fact I think I bought the new tub in January and nothing has gotten done- so I just started tearing it up- so now it has to get done. However, it is a bigger project then the "how to" sheets at Home Depot- the plumbing needs to be welded and the boys are super tall so the shower head thingy needs to be moved up- so I had to call in the professionals. The old tub was cast iron- so I am glad someone else had to lift it out! I did the demolishing part of it!

So now that this project is almost done- I also think I am going to tear apart my master bath because I have always hated it- Jen just shakes her head at me- but what else am I supposed to do to keep myself from being bored?

Camping

We had a great time at the lake over the weekend- we left Thursday and then the boys came to meet us Friday night after camp so they could play too. Bryce, of course wanted to go home so he could see his girlfriend- ug!

I am so sad that there are only a few weekends left before school starts. Why does summer go so fast and winter is so slow? We are going to camp again in August and then for Labor Day but that is it- so sad.

We had such a good time on the boat and jet ski- the Twins were standing on the tube taunting the boat driver to knock them off- it was pretty funny. Taya even flipped- she was with an adult and another child- and they were fine- but her brothers were in the water so fast to make sure she was ok- it was pretty cute.



Trey puts on some sunscreen


Dylan before he drank pickle juice- yuck!

My honey chillin

Taya and some friends on the tube

Taya and Douglas rubbing dirst on the whale

Going to camp

Every year from Kindergarten on- we send the kids to camp- first they go for 2 says and work up to a week. This year Trey, Toby, and Dylan all went during the same week- usually I have to make 3-4 trips to camp for drop off and pick up- it is about a 4 hour drive each way.

Bryce wanted to go with me to drop his brothers off- and while we were there he decided he wanted to stay. I am really glad he stayed- but that meant I had to drive down the Mt. for 2 hours- go buy him clothes for camp, and then take them back up to him. I did it-and I know he will have fun.

I sure miss them all though. Bryce is in a pre-counselor camp and will get to go water rafting. the other boys will do ropes courses. I remember going to camp as a kid and how much I loved it!


Dylan rock climbing


Sky Ranch is their camp

Toby hiking- doesn't he look happy?

Bryce and Trey at camp

Root Beer, along for the ride