Can I "GIVE UP" yet?

It has been a long two weeks. I am so ready for October to be over. Not only have I not taken my math final that is a month over due (long story)! Leighton and I have been at each others throats over school. Can I tell you how much I take parent projects. His last book report was 10 different things and it took us (and by us I mean me) 11 hours. Need less to say I don't think he got a thing out of it. Then when I e-mail his teacher to find out why he has had so much homework for math and by this I mean about 75 problems every other night because he is not finishing in class. I want to point out that on back to school night I spacifically waited behind so I could let her know that he is on meds for ADHD and if she could let me know if she notices that he is struggling to focus (I didn't even sugar coat it I said "if you notice that work isn't getting finished or he has a hard time staying in his seat will you contact me so I can check his mead's? Her response was I will thank you for letting me know") SO I e-mail her and find out that he is missing "quite a few quizzes and that when he doesn't finish he puts them in his desk, However when he was taking his med's he wasn't struggling as bad" to this I had to say "when he was taking his med's He still is and has only missed one day I might add!" What happened to the I will contact you if I see a problem? Missing quizzes wasn't enough but to think that I had taken him off his med's and not even bother to find out arrgh!

Then I get a letter from the principal stating that he has 10 tardies for the first trimester! What the hell is going on. Have the planets collided yet!

My car had to get a new transmission cause it was acting funny, My computer had to get a new hard drive, Now I can't even take my finals on line I have to find a testing center that is open late or on Sat. Anyone want to add anything else to my plate? Like I said "I GIVE UP!"

Such a nice weekend!

It started out great. First I was off work early and Xia had Reis and Avery over to play with while Brenda went to a reunion. She loved it and I was able to get a lot of cleaning done so that when I left for Wendover my house would be clean and relaxing to come home to. Yeah! 

Then on Saturday Jake and I meet my friend Michelle and Candice in Wendover. Michelle and I have gone for the last 4 years in October to get away and I have loved this planned mini vacation. I never lose much just $20 is the most I am willing to lose. If I get down that then We play cards and games in the room and just have a good time. This year however was wonderful the whole trip after food and room cost Jake and I a whole $5.00 not bad for a weekend of play I don't think.  

I give up!

So I have offically decided that October isn't my month. It started with my crazy two weeks and has just gotten worse. First my hard drive gets a virus. The sad thing its a Mac so the odds are 1 in 100. Of course this is the second "bad apple" so to speak. Don't get me wrong I'm not swearing off apple I love mine I just have no luck with computers, Then my car starts acting funny. Turns out its the transmition good news its covered by the warrenty. And then after stressing over my math final and getting no sleep I log in to the test and find out my computer technology is too fast for the program so I had to down grade the system so I can finish school. It is then that I think it can't get any worse right wrong! As we are driving to Idaho to see family from Canada I leave my phone at a Maverick in Pocatello. They were nice enough to call my Grandma Moyes and then my mom because Grandma didn't know what they were talking about. So we had to stop on the way back home to get it.
All I can say is I hope now October can turn around and get better.

Long two weeks!!!

I know its been awhile but it has been a long two weeks. First I started both the kids in swim lessons (thinking I had time! Yeah right) so on Mon, Wed, and Fri we leave the house at 7:00 in the morning and don't get home until about 7:15 at night on these days. Then on Tues, Thurs I have had training and CPR so I leave the house at 7:00 in the morning and don't get home until around 9 at night. I have my math final tonight (which I am not ready for) then we leave for Idaho to turn around and come home tomorrow. To top it off my house is a mess because I am not home to clean it and no one else does (at least that is how I feel lately) I keep thinking that if I leave it maybe someone will get the hint however then I am just mad and can't function because of the mess so not only am I miserable but then everyone else is. What can you do. Can't wait until the 16th when I get to have a break from life and just have a good time.

Circus

Jake and I took the kids to the circus on opening day Wed. Sept 22,2010. We have gone to the circus for the past four years and hope to continue this tradition because both of my kids and I enjoy going. I know that Jake doesn't care to go but he goes and dispite what he says he aways seems to have a good time.
I missed my favorite part of th circus because "Little Miss" had to go to the bathroom but in the following picture is the final scene in which you can see my favorite act. The clowns have always been my favorite act.

Leighton's favorite part is the motorcycles in the shpere and on the high wire.


Xia's favorite part of course is the animals namely the tigers and elephants.


This is a picture that I took during the pre-show in which you get to go on the floor and see all the costumes and meet some of the clowns.

State Fair

I took the kids to the state fair with GIna and her family on Friday the 17. We had a lot of fun dispite how i thought it was going to turn out because both the kids were pretty tired after school.
When we got there we started in the rides where each of the kids went on the fun houses and then rode in the spinning dragons (which remind me of the teacups in Disney land). Leighton was so cute with the younger kids. Gina was with a friend that had a little boy that was about 4 and he kept an eye on him and Linclon while they were on the rides. This is the five kids in the spinning dragons.




This is a picture a Swiss cow. I have never seen a cow this big. It had the horns and all. It reminded me of the movie Hiedi and the cows you see in the Alps on the show. Both of the kids looked so small standing in front of it.



While we were going through Leighton's favorite part (the animals) we saw a week old calf that was born at the fair. The owner was allowing the kids to pet it. It is at times like these that I wish Leighton didn't have my allergies because he loves animals so much. (Not sure why this is underlined but I haven't been able to undo it please try to ignore it)




They also got to pet a big cow. Anthony got talking to the owner and it turns out that Gina knows the family that owns them in Kamas.



Leighton let the sheep nibble his hand. He thought this was fun. I love how he is with kids and animals. He is so sweet with both.



Leighton also took his money so that he could play games. He is just like his dad. He played darts and was able to hit all but one balloon so he got a stuffed tiger (just what he needs another stuffed animal). Here he is with his stuffed tiger.

September 11, Remembered

I really enjoyed yesterday. K-Bull 93 did a tribute to 9/11 where they mixed songs with calls from victims of the attacks from the people on the plane that took it back and crashed in the field or Virgina to calls made by children who lost a parent or parents to the attacks. As I listened to these with my children I retold them of what had happened on that day 9 years ago. We also pulled out my flag that is titled "flag of honor" that has all the names of the victims printed on it and proudly flew it outside on our flag pole.

I also was able to watch the commercial that Budweiser aired during the Superbowl that year that I sadly missed. As I watched this commercial of the Claude Dales kneeling in front of the statue of Liberty I still get chills because of how reverent that moment is.

I will never forget that day and will do all that I can to make sure that my children don't either. My oldest was only 4 months old when it happened but he knows about it because I make sure that he and Xia know why it is Patriots day and why all those that were lost were so important to us.

I can still recall to this day what I was doing at the time of the attacks. I was at the time opening for Learning Tree and was at work at 6:00 in the morning all of my parents were coming in talking about the planes that went down and I just kept thinking this is nothing new because there had been so many stories of plane crashes in the news that I just kind of brushed it off. Then I get a call from Amy and she says to me "we aren't talking about the plane crashes" so I asked her what the big deal was and she said that two planes had just crashed into the twin towers and our nation was under attack. I remember feeling so alone at the time and just wanting to hold my baby in my arms and know that everything was going to be okay. Then when I got home from school and was able to see the news coverage for the first time of all of the people jumping out of the buildings and running from the scene. I kept on trying to figure out why someone would want to cause so much pain to so many people.

While I was telling this to my kids in the car with tears in my eyes I still cannot answer the one question that they asked "why did someone want to hurt all those people" I wish I had the answer but I still don't.

I have great pride for this nation of ours and all the freedoms that so many others don't get. I am grateful to all the armed forces for all that they do to keep my family and me free and safe. I hope that my children never have to feel the sorrow that the whole nation felt on the fateful day 9 years ago.

I WILL NEVER FORGET AND MAKE SURE THAT MY CHILDREN NEVER FORGET THOSE THAT LOST THEIR LIVES ON 9/11/01