Bye bye October!

Ever have a stressful month? Well for me that was October! Wow is really all I can say, besides im glad its almost over!

Well our Halloween party was alot of fun! Don and I went as angry birds lol it was great! After, not so great! Our friend Kim ended up falling outside and shattered her ankly in 3 places! So I escorted her to the ER and from there we got to take an ambulence ride to Spokane where we waited til surgery! Which she had to get 13 screws and a metal plate in her ankle. Her daughter came and relieved me and Don picked me up at 12:45pm so if your calculating by this time I had been up 30 hours and not have eated at all! So after leaving we stop in airway heights for lunch and head to my friend Cassie's house who is having a halloween party for kids. She kept the boys and brought them home at 5 so we could take a nap. Then woke up fed kids and got Parker and Patrick to their party at 6pm. Don picked them up so I could go to bed and boy did I sleep GOOD that night..and last night! Yesterday was the town carnival so I packed up all 5 kids (yes i had kims daughter julie) hung out there til I ran out of money and headed to Kims house to make dinner for her and the kids. Came home put all the kids to bed (with the help of my sweet husband of course) and then don and i ate dinner and went to bed! And here is monday all over again!

So needless to say Im glad October is almost over!

My brain!

Sometimes I wonder if I could ever sort through my brain! There is so much going on that I feel scattered! I dont like that feeling at all! Normally never "what if's" or anything like that just so much stuff and I dont know how to sort through it!

Tomorrow is our last flag football games, thank goodness its really cold! Yesterday was 18 degrees when I left for work! Yes that said 18 degrees! Tonight is our adult halloween party and me and don are going as "angry birds" yes you did read that one right too lol hes the yellow and im the red! Im excited to be them!

I survived!

Well its offical, im 35 and still alive! My birthday was good! The boys kept saying "mom we will do whatever you want cause its your birthday" of course jared would forget so i would kindly remind him of the day and he was sorry and he will be good lol it really was just for the day, on thursday he said after he was getting in trouble "its not your birthday anymore" ha! The boys got me a wind chime that i LOVE and don (who wasnt suppose to get me a thing since i got my dishwasher) got me 10 free hot cocoas at our coffee stand. That made me so excited lol

The boys had football on saturday, jareds team lost and joshuas team won. after we came home and did work! Well i did laundry and floors and the stairs and don and pat put in new pipes under the house. Now my washer doesnt drain into my shower and i dont have to clean it everyday!! That made me SO happy!! Yesterday was a lazy day well except laundry lol took patrick into town so he could hang out with keisha. Oh and on saturday we saw jackie parkers "friend" she is super cute!

So here starts a new week of flashlight reading at school, football, youth group, work,laundry and of course our halloween party on friday and the boys have 1 on saturday then the school carnival on sunday. Wow, im already tired lol!

Age is just a number?

So yesterday it hit me like a ton of bricks..im going to be 35 tomorrow! When did this happen? When did I become an adult? I honestly still think im in my early 20's and my family think im in my teen years mentally lol!! There were so many things I was going to do before I got to this age, but look at me, nothing! Then on the other hand I have accomplished alot, I mean come on I have 4 great boys a great husband great frinds great house, so in reality I have accomplished a butt ton! So I guess age really is just a number.

This last weekend was a good one! Patrick raced on saturday and sunday and did amazing!! Him and Don stayed in the trailer at the racetrack and had the best time. Im so glad they did, they bonded and had ome good father son time! During his races saturday the other boys had football so off to Ritzville I went with the 5 kids. Jared played at 8am and Josh and Bradly didnt play til noon...ugh! So we went to the park and McDonalds. Later that night jennifer came and got her kids yay!! So I shampooed the carpet and did laundry and cuddled with my boys. Sunday mom picked up Keisha (pats girlfriend) and we all headed to the races! Such a fun day watching Patrick, he is so awesome! Came home and relaxed! That was our weekend!

Frustrations!

How do you not get so frustrated? I wish I could answer that but lately I have been a basket of frustration. Maybe its because I have 6 kids this week? The extra kids are not bad but when you add them to mine it equals alot of kids, noise and frustration! I have had 2 meltdowns this week and it makes me go to bed crying that Im a terrible mom because it seems like all I do is yell and I HATE THAT! For instance, last night was showers for all of them, that is of course after the football game, homework and eating dinner (don was in moses fixing my van) Jared was just being a bear and he was in the shower crying and whining and all I could do was cry! Of course he said im so sorry mom and i love you the mostest and i will be good, well of course that makes me feel like about 2 inches tall and an awful person! So this morning we were running later than I thought and my red level got high really quick, so while they were eating I sat on the couch and chanted the blog I posted a couple days ago about what Im thankful for, it worked for a few minutes lol! So I ask how do you not get frustrated?

This weekend is flag football in Ritzville. Jareds game is at 8am and Josh and Bradlys game is at noon..ugh! Don and Patrick will be in Airway Heights at his race, which Im so sad I dont get to watch, but I will sunday! Im dropping the 2 extras at a friends house sunday and heading up to the races. Patrick is SO excited, its just him and his dad camping at the races and enjoying some great dad son time! Well Im off this thing til monday, hope you all have a great weekend!!

Cold :(

Many of you know I'm a big pansie when it comes to cold weather, its true I admit it. Well this am it was 39 degrees outside and I am very sad about this! But as I sit and complain about the cold I really have to think about everything I am utterly blessed with! So lets start! Don, I would be a wreck without him, he really does calm me down and love me absolutly unconditionally, not sure why half the time but he does :) My boys, oh my boys they stress me out alot but I am so in love with them its ok! My house, it still needs work on the outside but it keeps my family safe, warm and we have alot of great memories in there so far! My doggie Mona! Oh I love my puppy alot! I can rest assured every time I come out of the bathroom she is laying there waiting for me. My family, I have the greatest family ever, well most of them lol my van, i love my van! It gets me to work each day and my family to pratices. My job, I totally have the best job ever! We just got done watching the Pirates series (i have never seen them and now im totally in love with johnny dep) thats what we do is watch movies and visit! So basically I really am a lucky person somedays I just forget it.

Wow!!

I cant believe its already been a year since I posted last! Where did the time go? So much has happened I dont even know where to start lol. The boys are doing amazing! Parker is in 8th grade and 14, he actually is liking school this year and doing quite well. Patrick is in 6th and he is 12. he has been racing his dirtbike and his last race for the season is this weekend! Joshua is 7 and in 1st grade. He just got glasses and looks SO handsome! Jared is 5 and in K, he loves school! Josh and Bear are doing flag football this year so that means cold saturdays for us! Patrick opted to not do football so he can race, which makes me a nervous wreck! He ran into a tree a couple weeks ago at our house and sprained his wrist, but of course he kept riding til the pain was to bad ha! Parker is just doing his Parker stuff. He is so wonderful! This summer he babysat everyday and never ever once complained about it! This summer I started my new job! I had to train in Spokane for a month but I am a Home Hemodialysis tech person lol which means i put needles in my boss' arm so she can recieve dialysis in her home, the whole process takes about 4.5 hours everyday m-f, with my boys its the most perfect job and hours! I really get along great with my boss so that makes it even better :) We have started with the outside of our house now! We took down our bunkhouse, which didnt come down easy! We are ripping up all of our grass and hydro seeding in the spring, it will look beautiful when its done! We have been drawing out plans for our wrap around deck which i cant wait to finish! This spring we had an extra kid living with us for about 5 months, was SO happy when we were just us again, Parker gave up his room for her (such a sweet heart he has) and now his room is back to being a pigsty lol This week I have Jennifers kids again while she is up wrangling her cows, im an old pro at it ha! We are planning our Halloween party again! Cant wait, no clue what were going to be yet! Well I guess thats about it! Im not posting pics because there are certain people I dont want to see any. That old saying "what goes around comes around" well lets just say justice has been done :)