WELL HELLO!!!!!!!

Well it has been a while since I have made a post. SOOOOOOO, this one is for you Jill. Alot has happened in the last several months. Kayton finished her 1st year of school. She had a great year and is reading up a storm. After school was out we made a trip to Ft. Worth to help celebrate cousin Jase's b-day. It was great to get to see my sister and her family(as well as my brother) we had not seen them since December. Then when we got home it was time to get Kayton ready for dance recital. It was met with alot of tears and I don't want tos. In the end she did great and is now pestering me "when is dance going to start". Jacob is doing great. He is really starting to look like a little boy and not a baby. For those of you that do not know he was in speech therapy this last year. His speech has improved so much over these last months, but we will pick up with it again in the fall. He will turn 5 in November , so only 1 more year with him at home.Matthew has grown so much and he has developed his on little personality. He loves to scream and make lots of noise. He says a few words : cheese, more, bottle, sissy, bubba, momma, daddy, please, and his favorite EAT!!!!!!! He is a fun little guy but at the same time a hand full.

Ok so I have been trying to get pictures on here of the boys on here but it won't let me. So I will keep trying.

The end of June beginning of July, I loaded up the kids with my friend Sasha and headed to Ft.Worth/Dallas for an overnight trip. It was a lot of fun, 2 adults and 5 kids in one car. Amazingly everyone got along just fine. We took Sasha to a warehouse sale , then we drove to Ft. Worth to go to the zoo. It was a quick trip but tons of fun. The rest of this summer has been spent swimming ,making trips to the library, and playing with friends. Now sadly it is time to start getting ready for school. I have not done any school shopping yet, but Kayton is still young enough that there is not a strict dress code for her age. Her Grammy took her shopping this summer so she does have some stuff she can wear. I will go and get her new shoes and a few outfits for school. It stays so warm for the first couple months of school that we really have no need for pants at this point.She is not too excited about starting 1st grade, she says that she is scared and that it is going to be hard. I keep assuring her that 1st grade will be fun. She is also not ready to get up early and get to school . I had to get her up this morning for cheer camp at the high school and she told me that it was worse than getting up for school. Little does she know that it was 8 when I got her up . We go on Tuesday to meet her teacher , so hopefully this will get her excited about school. The boys will be returning to our church PDO on the first day of school. Jake is excited, he loves his "school" and can't wait. I have yet to tell him that his favorite teacher Ms.Stacy is not going to be there. He is easy going ,so hopefully he won't be to upset. I hope to keep my blog updated more often ,but I am not going to make any promises. We start back to school on August 24th, dance on Sept 9th, and because my life is not a big enough circus Jake will start playing soccer in Sept also. Well that's it for now. Blog to you soon.

CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OKAY, SINCE THE LAST TIME I POSTED WE HAVE GOTTEN A DOG. MY FRIEND BRIDGET'S DOG HAD PUPPIES ON DEC 5TH, BUT THE FUNNY THING IS SHE DID NOT KNOW THAT HER DOG WAS A GIRL . SO HERE SHE IS STUCK WITH ALL THESE PUPPIES.THE FUNNY THING SHE IS A LABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE TO SOO YOU THINK WE MIGHT COULD TELL. SO I DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED A PUPPY. SCOTT TOLD ME THAT IF I GOT ONE IT WAS ALL ME AND THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. SO A COUPLE A WEEKS AGO WE STOPPED AT BRIDGETS AND PICKED ONE OUT. I WASN'T SURE IF I WANTED A GIRL OR A BOY , BUT KAYTON BEGGED AND PLEADED FOR A GIRL DOG BECAUSE SHE HAS NOTHING BUT BROTHERS AND NEEDS A GIRL DOG. SO WE HAVE A GIRL DOG WITH A BOY NAME. JAKE WAS SO SET ON NAMING THE DOG SHEPP SO IT HAS STUCK . I THINK SHE IS GOING TO BE HUGE, AND EVEN THE VET THINKS SO. THE FUNNY THING IS THAT THIS DOG LIKES SCOTT MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE. HE LOVES ON HER ALL THE TIME AND HE FEEDS HER IF I HAVEN'T YET. SHEPP SPENT THE FIRST WEEK WHINING ALL NIGHT BUT NOW SHE IS SO MUCH BETTER. OKAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE DOG. THE KIDS HAVE OFF AND ON BEEN SICK. IT STARTED WITH JACOB ON THE 27TH OF JANUARY WITH A COUGH AND NOT FEELING GOOD. HE SAT AROUND ALL DAY AND WANTED ME TO HOLD HIM. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY SCOTT TOOK MATTHEW TO THE ER HE WAS CRANKY ,RUNNING FEVER, SNOTTY , AND COUGHING. THE ER DR. SAID HE PROBABLY HAS RSV BUT DID NOT TEST HIM . WHICH I THOUGHT WAS RIDICULOUS. I WENT TO WORK ON TUES AND CAME HOME TO A BABY THAT WAS BREATHING RAPIDLY AND WORKING HARD. SO TO DR. KLEPPERS' WE WENT. THEY TESTED HIM FOR RSV WHICH HE HAD . SO FOR A WEEK I HELD A CRANKY FUSSY BABY WHO WOULD NOT LET ME PUT HIM DOWN. THEN HE ENDED UP WITH AN EAR INFECTION , CUTTING TEETH , AND WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE ROTOVIRUS. AS FAR AS KAYTON AND JAKE I TOOK THEM TO SEE DR. KLEPPER ON MONDAY 2/9 THEY BOTH WERE COMPLAINING OF THEIR EARS HURTING. NO INFECTION JUST FLUID IN THEIR EARS.EVERYBODY IS WELL FOR NOW. SO KNOW WE ARE GETTING READY FOR VALENTINES PARTIES THIS FRIDAY. THE KIDS ARE VERY EXCITED. SO THAT IS ABOUT IT. I'M HOPING TO GET A NEW COMPUTER SOON. SO HOPEFULLY I CAN GET SOME PICTURES POSTED SOON. I WILL FINALLY HAVE MY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEKEND. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIFE

WELL IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I LAST UPDATED THIS. I HAVE DISCOVERED FACE BOOK AND I LIKE THAT ALOT, SO I HAVE BEEN PUTTING STUFF ON THAT . CHRISTMAS WAS FUN THE KIDS HAD AN AWESOME TIME AND MADE AWAY LIKE BANDITS. I WELL HOPEFULLY POST PICTURES LATER. KAYTON HAD A HARD TIME GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. SHE LIKED NOT BEING ON A SCHEDULE. SHE IS SO TIRED WHEN SHE COME HOME EVERYDAY.I AM SURPRISED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF HOMEWORK THAT SHE HAS AT 5 YEARS OLD.NEEDLESS TO SAY SHE IS READING ,PRETTY WELL I THINK. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON A 100 DAY PROJECT TO CELEBRATE THAT 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL . ALL I KEEP THINKING IS,THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE SCOTT AND I WENT TO KINDERGARTEN.JAKE IS JUST AS HAPPY AS ALWAYS , HE CONTINUES TO ATTEND MOTHERS DAY OUT AT THE CHURCH AND LOVES IT. MATTHEW IS A HANDFULL CRAWLING AROUND GETTING INTO EVERYTHING. HE IS SAYING A FEW WORDS MOMMA, DADDA,UH-OH, NONO . OF COURSE WE JUST THINK THAT HE IS THE GREATEST. THE KIDS ARE GOOD WITH HIM , KAYTON GETS A LITTLE FRUSTRATED BY HIM BUT JAKE WILL JUST PICK HIM UP AND MOVE HIM IF HE IS BEING BOTHERSOME. SCOTT JUST HAD A BIRHTDAY , WE WENT TO SNYDER FOR THE WEEKEND. HE HELPED THE KIDS RIDE HIS OLD HORSE POCO .OF COURSE I HAD NO CAMERA WITH ME.KAYTON THINKS SHE IS BIG STUFF BECAUSE DADDY TAUGHT HER HOW TO USE THE REINS. THE OTHER THING IS THAT COUSIN MACKENZIE CAME OUT TO RIDE TOO, SHE HAD SO MUCH FUN THAT NOW SHE WANTS A HORSE TO NAME TRIXI.HER MOM SAID THAT UNCLE SCOTT HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE STARTED. AS FOR ME I AM GOOD , I WILL BE HAVING A BIRTHDAY SOON . YEAH ME ANOTHER YEAR OLDER.

DANCE GALLERY CHRISTMAS

LAST NIGHT WAS KAYTON'S FIRST DANCE GALLERY CHRISTMAS. ONCE THEY GET INTO SCHOOL THEY GET TO BE IN THE CHRISTMAS RECITAL. SHE GOT TO WEAR CHRISTMAS CLOTHES , AND HER GRAMMY MADE SURE SHE HAD A NEW OUTFIT. SHE LOOKED SO CUTE. SHE KEPT TELLING ME THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW HER DANCE , BUT SHE COULD HAVE FOOLED ME.SHE HAD A GOOD TIME. WE TOOK PICTURES WITH ARE COUSIN BAYLESS WHICH IS CUSTOMARY AT EVERY RECITAL, WE ALSO TOOK PICTURES WITH SKYLER WHO HAS BEEN IN KAYTON'S DANCE CLASS EVERY YEAR.

I TOOK THE KIDS TO MY WORK CHRISTMAS PARTY ON 12/16/08. THEY HAD A BLAST. SANTA CAME IN WITH A BIG BAG OF TOYS . THE KIDS GOT GIFTS FROM SANTA(THAT MOMMY HAD DROPPED OFF EARLIER). AMAZINGLY NOBODY WAS SCARED OF SANTA THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN ALONG TIME THAT KAYTON WOULD SIT IN SANTAS LAP. SHE EVEN HAD HUGGED HIS NECK. HOPE EVERYBODY IS WELL.

LONG WEEK

OKAY SIS HERE YOU GO. MY SISTER TOLD ME EITHER AT THANKSGIVING OR THIS PAST WEEK THAT I NEEDED TO UPDATE MY BLOG. SO HERE IT IS.SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST MONTH. IT SEEMS ALL I DO IS WORK. WELL IT HAS BEEN A LONG WEEK . LAST MONDAY THE 8TH MY MOM CALLED ME AT WORK TO SAY THAT MY DADS DAD HAD PASSED AWAY. WE KNEW THAT IT WAS COMING BUT IT WAS STILL DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. MY BROTHER FLEW IN ON TUESDAY AND THEN MY SISTER AND FAMILY CAME IN ON WEDNESDAY. IT WAS NICE TO GET TO BE WITH THEM AGAIN SO SOON EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FOR A FUNERAL. WE ALSO HAD VARIOUS COUSINS COMING IN FROM ALL OVER. ON WEDNESDAY DAD DROVE MOM, LONNY AND I OVER TO MATADOR TO THE FUNERAL HOME. ALL I COULD THINK WAS GRANDADDY DID NOT LOOK LIKE HIMSELF, SO SKINNY. SOME BODY HAD BUTTONED THE SIDES OF HIS OVERALLS AND HE NEVER HAD THEM BUTTONED( MAINLY BECAUSE HE COULD NEVER GET THEM BUTTONED).I KEPT TELLING MY DAD I WANTED THEM UNBUTTONED. SOMEONE DID THAT BEFORE THE FUNERAL. IT WAS NICE TO SEE ALL OF MY DADS FAMILY BUT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. I GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH MY COUSIN AMY WHO I HAD NOT SEEN IN A VERY LONG TIME AND EVERYTHING I DID THAT SHE THOUGHT WAS WEIRD SHE REFFERED TO IT AS "A TEXAS THING". I REALY ENJOYED IT.I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET SOME CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DONE BUT NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB. I HOPE TO GET SOME DONE SOON OR SOMEBODY IS NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING FOR XMAS. WELL THAT IT IS ABOUT IT . I HOPE TO GET SOME PICTURES OF THE KIDS POSTED SOON ,IF I CAN FIGURE IT ALL OUT. I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A BLESSED CHRISTMAS.

HOW ABOUT THOSE RED RAIDERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH MY GOODNESS . I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT TECH BEAT TEXAS. I HAD TO WORK THAT NIGHT,BUT WE HAD THE TV ON. TORESSA COULD NOT TAKE IT SHE WAS SO EXCITED EVERY TIME TECH DID SOMETHING GOOD SHE WAS PUNCHING MY ARM ,IF TEXAS GOT THE BALL SHE PUNCHED MY ARM. I AM SURPRISED I HAVE AN ARM LEFT. WE WERE ALL STANDING IN THE LOUNGE WATCHING THE LAST 8SECS OF THE GAME. WHEN TECH SCORED WE COULD NOT QUIT SCREAMING. WE EVEN WOKE A PATIENT UP , THE GOOD THING SHE IS ONE OF OUR NURSES. SHE TOLD HER HUSBAND TO COME JOIN US. I HOPE THAT THEY CAN KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND NOT LET THE BCS STANDINGS GET TO THEM. GO RED RAIDERS BEAT OSU!!!!!!