Life

I am so glad that school is almost done and baseball is only two and a half months. We have not been home all week and you can really tell it with the kids. We are fighting, crying over anything and evrything and whine oh don't we have that down pat!!! One thing I am so glad about is that we don't have to drive any where and that is the best. I really miss all my baseball moms from last year we always had such a GREAT time. On top of all the baseball stuff we have all the end of the year things. I never knew we could have a meeting for everything like Coleman is going into 3rd which it will be a new building, Carson going to first so we have to have a meeting for that, then Cameron he is also going to a new building so we now have one meeting done for him but there will be more CRAZY!! Then Camille well I don't know for sure what school we should send her to. Tuesday night we were getting the boys in bed and I told Coleman to come and take his pills and she stood there with her hand on her hip and says Coleman come now. I told her that I am the mom and I can handle it just fine. I heard her later saying I am Cameron's mother, Coleman's mother and Carson's mother I am. She told me once that all her friends were being mean to her so I asked her who her friends were and she went over opened her bedroom door and said they are my friends and they are being mean. I looked in and it was all her brothers. We never know if for the day they are friends, or her brothers or if they are her kids believe me she can hold her own with no problems at all. She loves going over to our neighbor so one morning it was really quiet and I knew she was up to something she had went into her room and got dressed and put her church flip flops, and her neckless and rings comes out and says mom I need to go to Ann's house now she wants me and out the slider she went. Days like that I know why God gave me 3 boys and 1 girl He knew best!!! I found that she has a wart on her hand and I said to her we have to get that off before the wedding then I asked her what are you doing in the wedding and her words were hold flowers and give Jackie my wart. I asked her if she had asked Jackie if she wanted it and she said yes she do great that fine give to her then. I am really loving being at home with her but the time has gone to fast. But then there are days like wednesday when I called the transplant office because I need to go visit with a couseler to make sure I want to give my kidney to Coleman which is dumb but they have to so I called and said set it up real soon I need a day away. I told Shannon I did that and she started laughing so I asked her why and she said Kim you just didn't want to call me and say hey let's do something tonight. I didn't think about doing that so I told her she will just have to go with me anyway. Nothing like a good laugh!!

NOT READY

I remember as though it was the day Cameron was born and here we are going to his middle school open house. Where did the time go? Just to see him growing up and becoming quite the young man. I really miss having my baby's being little. I just want to be there for him and make sure that he makes the right decisions. He will be getting on the bus around 7: 30 and coming home by 3:00 it will be fun to see if his bus driver will remember to pick him up. For the past 3 months he has been going to a reading intervention and so he has to ride that bus. The first time he got left we laughed and I called them and they came back, but since then he has been left 3 other times I am so ready to buy a spot light and turn it on, and have it shining down on him. I can understand when it is dark but when the sun is up and you still drive right past him then I have no clue what to do. He is so excited about being in middle school so I guess I just need to let it go. By the time it is Colemans turn it will be no big deal I'm sure. Well after that meeting I can't really say it made me feel any better. So many decisions!!!!

Just rambles

WOW what a week!! It is so crazy here and by the end of the day we are just shot but the kids still have to much energy. My mom called today and wanted to talk to the kids bu just Camille was here so I handed her the phone instead of saying hi she say "who is your name" ? Mom must of said something to her about coming there and so now that is all she keeps talking about. She asked if daddy could come to and when grandma said yes she turns to me and squeals "my daddy can go to." I'm sure by now you have all heard about the earthquake, Jared was up and reading his devotions around 5:45 and when I got up at 6:00 I turned the news on for weather and they were talking about an earthquake. I was trying to tell Jared about this lady that said she felt an earthquake ,and he was like what, when, where anyway he also felt it. At first he thought our dog was shaking his chair then when he looked up he saw the lamps shaking. I asked him what he was reading that God was shaking him. The only thing I could think of was God was saying Jared your wife needs a VERY LONG get away. He didn't think that at all can't say I didn't try. Anyway I need to get things done around here before tomorrow since I can't start my vacation is going to happen.

Spring Break

I remember when we first moved here I wondered why we have to have a whole week of spring break. One day was fine with me, but now I understand. Everyone goes to Florida for the sun and you really try and be happy for those who have family there but deep down you kinda hope it rains the whole time (NOT REALLY SHANNON)!! We can't complain at least this year we have had sun last year it snowed. We were going to go to Kansas and visit with Joe's, but since we have been sick and surgery's we just decided to stay here so on Sunday morning Jared and the boys went to Michigan City and took the train to Chicago to the Cubs game. They had so much fun, and since they are all playing baseball this year they were very excited. Camille and I went to church and then to a meeting at church then back home for naps. We were going to go to prayer meeting but since it starts at 5:00 and we woke up at 4:45 we didn't make it. Anyway back to the boys. Jared said they took everything in and we are waiting for something crazy from Carson since he always has something to say. He reminds me a lot of his cousin Austin. Maybe that is who has taught him. He has really grown up so much lately you can see it in his actions he loves playing ball. It has been so nice having Jared here all week to that don't happen very often. We don't have anything else this week which is nice it won't be long and things will soon get busy. It seems once we have spring break school is soon over with getting field trips, field day and this year Cameron will be leaving the later elementary so they make it a big deal he will go over to the middle school, and Coleman will be leaving the early elementary and going to the Later Ele. so we will have all 3 boys in different buildings. Enjoy the pictures and hopefully I will remember how to do it.

Boys on the train to Chicago Cubs game.

Outside the stadium with the boys.

Future ballplayers?

Carson out!

Tired Dad..................

The Wedding

My sister Jackie has asked for Camille to be the flower girl in her wedding which we are planning on doing that. Our boys get out of school on June 6th and the wedding is on the 7th so since we are planning on being in Nebraska on May 10th for graduation we were just going to leave Camille there so she would be there for the rehersal. I didn't think about how long I would be without her until the other day when i was talking to Luann and she said Kim I don't know if you could do that she said she won't be able to. So I have been trying now to figure out how we were going to do this. But after last night I think I sure could use the break. She has this thing every night she says she isn't tired so she don't need to go to bed she just watch tv NO NO!! So here is my night. We put her to bed around nine and at 2:30 here she comes to our room mom mom I need to sleep with you. I told her no so she goes to the foot of the bed and lays down on the floor as though I won't know it. I shut the tv off and I heard her whimper so I said go to bed now. It lasted 10 minutes and here she comes again "I need to go potty" so then back to bed she goes. I kept hearing things and sure enough here she comes again this time for her daddy. "Daddy my bed is all messy you need to fix it" NO GO TO BED!! About ten minutes later I hear her again so I finally got up and she runs to her room lays down on her bed and she grabbed her blanket to cover up her face and her feet were sticking out and she had her Hello Kitty water shoes on. She laid there like I was even in the room and all of a sudden she takes her blanket off her face sees me standing there and she jumped and quick grabbed her blanket again over her face. Now I have had my times with the boys but she acts like I am as dumb as a brick. So after that I will gladly let Jackie have her for a month it will be great birth control or maybe just maybe she will change. GOOD LUCK Jackie!!! HAVE FUN

Kids Glasses

I am looking for some good ideas of how to make a kid pay to replace his glasses. For the last two days I have turnd this house upside down and today I am starting again. I know they don't understand how much they cost, but how do you teach them that? I know that my sisters will tell you that when something is lost I let it consume me until found, but at the same time ask Annete if she is glad it consumes me I don't think I have ever seen someone that excited as an adult. She was that happy all night!! Miss you so much Annete!!!! Go ahead lose something again then maybe that will get us to come to Nebraska. The thing that is driving me crazy is I can't even tell you when I seen them on his face. I told them all this morning that we will be doing nothing during spring break but look for them glasses!!! We were wanting to take family pictures but that to is on hold now. So if anyone has any good ideas let me know.