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Viva Fiesta 2012

Have I said lately that I love this boy? He is my heart outside my body, my love...  He has been reading like crazy the last week!  I'm not sure what has gotten into him but Momma sure approves! 

Where did the weekend go?

It's Monday again and although it was a busy Saturday, Sunday was pretty quiet, didn't get a whole lot done, but pretty quiet.  I'm just finishing up some office work for my honey and then I'm going to start cleaning up, well, picking up, the exterminator is coming around lunchtime so I will have to wait til he leaves to wipe everything down.  We have been seeing more of these little brown beetle type bugs and it was grossing me out, so, never even thought to do it but Chachi, our youth minister at church, googled small brown bug and what do you know I found a picture of it!  Turns out our dog biscuits under the sink are the culprit...  lesson learned, so I am definitely getting under there today, should be fun, hopefully someone will check on me today!  LOL  Have a blessed and peaceful Monday!

Easter

My Easter trees with all the goodies the bunny dropped off for Noah!

Johnny's cousin Suzie and her daughter Whitney came down to spend Easter with us, we had a lot of fun and it was really nice to get to visit with them...

Isn't the resurrection cross beautiful!

Jessica and TJ relaxing at the park, they lucked out, they almost had to hunt with Noah but we had plenty of kiddos, I don't think they would have minded...

OMG

It has been much to long and way past due for a post here.  I keep trying to send pictures and little uplifting quotes I find but it's not as nice as the words...  I don't even know where I left off to be perfectly honest.  I am trying to get through this school year, lot's of teaching issues this year makes me just want to put first grade behind us, and I hate that, but I am looking forward to a great summer and a better school year.  I feel responsible because I have really let some lack of teaching on my son's part go and now we are going to spend much of our summer playing catch up on reading skills and reading in general.  BUT, there is nothing like a good book, right?

I really have started to be concerned with my lack of focus, and I have felt a need to tackle this issue within myself because it is so frustrating, and I guess with age I see so many areas in my life that it has effected and I never realized it.  I know that I have ADD, but in my time, that was called a daydreamer, and that's what I can do, I can't finish tasks, I can't stay focused, my attention span is very short and I start speaking the words verbally when the first half of the conversation took place in my head, leaving the other person asking "what?"...

I say that I see where it has really made an impact now because my husband told me something that kinda shook me...  he asked about something and I told him I hadn't done it and he said 'I really count on you to handle that stuff."  and for some reason, even though I know this, it kinda slapped me into reality and it's like something in my mind clicked and I started looking around at all the things my family does count on me for and I feel like a failure, because I get so overwhelmed I can't move.  I look at tasks that need to be done and I have no clue where to start, I move things from here to there but have no focus...  It is really a problem, one that I need to work on and I am.

I don't want to look back and wish I had done something differently, I want to do it differently now.  We'll see where this goes, but it will definitely go somewhere...

Have a Blessed day, and stay tuned!

Everyday....

Candle Light

Look at my Big Girls all smiles....

Alice and Her Girls....

Look at these hotties...

Our babies...

Go Red Wings!!!

Well here we are in the midst of baseball season, and once again I am sitting in the stands rooting for my son, I have noticed that I have gotten a little more vocal, gotta watch myself!  LOL...  When the coach tells me, "i got this Mom", guess i need to back off...  good thing the coach is a good friend of ours LOL, good for HIM that is...  !!!

Stations of the Cross

These are the priceless moments that make me not regret being more available to my son...  He did Stations of the Cross during Lent at school, love this little guy..

Camping we will go!

They did get to see a huge yellow catfish caught in a net but this little crawfish was the real entertainer...

Camping trip...

Our annual Spring camping trip was absolutely spectacular...  the kiddos had a blast and it was sooo relaxing! great company, great times...

Love

You see this man, I have to tell you, I don't think there is a guy that is more loved by his wife and son than this one...  we absolutely adore our guy!  He doesn't think much of himself, but we sure do...

Love him....