First day of School

School started last week and we are so excited for this school year. Lexi (2nd grade) got the teacher we were hoping for (She and her husband own raspberries and Wynden use to drive the picker for them when he was in high school during the summers) and Hunter (K) got the same teacher Lexi had and we were very impressed with her before, so it looks like we will have a great year at school. It was nice to have school start and get back on a schedule. Now I can slow down a little since summer is over.

"You'll have a scar there to remind you of this day for the rest of your life"

That is what the doctor told my niece as he put six stitches above her eye right below her eyebrow. We (by we I mean Hunter and Diesel) were in the next room getting stitched up ourselves. What could have happened to bring two kids ages 5 and 6 into the urgent care walk-in clinic on a bright Friday afternoon you might ask. Well we have a golf cart and we have such a good time with it. I use it to bring Lexi to the bus on rainy days and everyday when I am pregnant no matter rain or shine :) This summer we started letting Lexi and Hunter drive it. I had just let my friend Tina know how careful Hunter is when he drives it...Let's just say Hunter was not being very careful. Hunter was driving with my niece Hannah and my nephew Wally as passengers, and he was screwing around. Wally warned Hunter to watch where he was going and Hunter looked him right in the eye and said I am just as he smacked full speed into my niece, Elizabeth's Honda Accord. Did he hit the corner of the bumper you might ask, maybe barely just nick it?? No he hit it dead on. The wheels were not even turned a little. Golf cart meet passenger side back door. In his defense I guess you could say that car is normally not parked there as he usually just circles the house over and over again. Lots of screaming, lots of blood, "Am I going to die mom", and thankfully no ER trip. It could have been a lot worse. More kids could have been in the golf cart. The golf cart still runs, the Accord has a small dent, but we are all alive and well, the swelling has gone down and Hunter looks like Hunter again.

Let's not forget about the fair

I must not forget to post about the fair!!! My kids (and of course I) look forward to this all year long. We went every day except for one. We rode rides on Tuesday (thanks to Heidi for all her help), the kids loved it. We will miss you NW Washington Fair, until next year...

Happy Birthday Wynden!

34 years again the world was introduced to Wynden Holman, soon to be the greatest husband and father of all time! We love you Wynden.

My Heart Aches

I am so disgusted by the news of the 10 week old who was murdered by his father. What a horrible thing to happen to such an innocent little child. I can not stop thinking about it and it actually is making me feel sick to my stomach. I am so sick of horrible things happening to little children. There are so many good people out there who for some reason are unable to have children and then you have those that shouldn't have children, but do and treat them horribly. I often times think about these people who do horrible things and think about the fact that they were a child once and wonder how they got to be so bad because they started out so sweet and innocent. I do understand that sometimes their childhood is taken away from them because of bad things that happened to them, but there are people out there who had a good life and turn around and ruin someone else's. Either way there are no excuses evil is evil no matter the circumstances.

Why NOW!!!!

When I woke up this morning I could tell I was grumpy, I even told the kids right away (warned them). Nothing too horrible had even happened just a normal day. We ran a couple errands and by the time we got home I was almost complete in my transformation into Cruela. It was weird though because the kids were pretty good while we were gone. Diesel was crying because he was tired and needed a diaper change, so I took care of him and put him to sleep. Then I started making lunch, the kids were listening to this music machine and having a really good time, but they were being so loud, so of course I, Cruela made them stop having fun so they would be quieter. I knew once I got lunch on the table and I could sit down and just relax maybe I wouldn't be so grumpy. Lunch was served and a request for a smoothie was made it sounded good to me as well, so I said I would make one. I had sugared strawberries from Curt's in the fridge out in the garage, so I went to get them with Diesel in my arms. I don't put the lid on tight because I can't get it off if I do. As I was getting it out it somehow (couldn't do it again if you paid me), the handle slipped through my fingers and dropped to the stepped area leading to our door from the garage. The bucket landed straight up but the impact sent strawberries flying all over. On the shoe buckets and shoes, the coats hanging up, and all over the rug. I seriously contemplated throwing the rest of the strawberries and the bucket across the garage, but instead I started cleaning up the huge mess that I couldn't even blame on a kid for making. About an hour later...I sat down with my lunch and relaxed. That apparently was the bottom and things started to get better from there (my online purchase arrived). I guess you need a no good terrible bad day every once in a while to help you realize just how great all the other ones are :)

waterslide fun

Yesterday was a beautiful day and we got to spend it at the waterslides. We went with some friends and had a great time. My wonderful friend Laura took Diesel for me and brought him so I could feed him. After I fed him she then took Hallie with her, so Hallie could take a nap (did I luck out or what) Thanks Laura!!! After Hallie left we could do some serious sliding. Karlee went down the black hole with me two times and we finally talked tired Hunter to go down once. Lexi was in all her glory as she went with the older kids all day and had a blast. When we had first gotten there I of course sunscreened everyone and decided to hold off on myself hoping to get some color (lets just say I haven't gotten a lot of color this summer). I started to feel it on my shoulders around 1:00 so I sunscreened them. When we were driving home I could feel that I was burnt. And sure enough I am like a lobster. I am not sure what I was thinking because we were there for five hours!! I have never seen my back and shoulders so red. I am very sore and learned a great lesson. If you are glowing white then the waterslides is the last place to try to start tanning :)