Monday!!

Ok, wow, well today has been long, and it is only half over. This weekend was ... fun...! All my boys were sick. Aaron is still runny/crusty nose, and he has a cough. I can tell he is not feeling well because he is whiny and very sensitive to everything around him. Justin had thrown up in the middle of the night Saturday.. Why do kids always wait until the middle of the night to do things?? lol. Joseph was ill as well. He hardly ever gets sick, so for him to get this as well means it is aggressive. I have been feeling icky today. I hope it does not last. I have been sick enough these past couple months!!!

Justin has been having issues with school lately. We had to have a conference with the teacher last week. He has been hitting and not listening. It got really bad the end of October and the beginning of November. She is going to try some things in class for him, and we are working with him at home. I was worried about this.. but I hope it was just because he was not feeling well, and will be back to his good self soon.

We are getting ready to make a trip up to Colorado, and Idaho for Christmas time. We are all excited and looking forward to it.

That is about it for now. I think I am going to check out new cameras in the next couple of days because I cannot seem to find our battery charger for the other camera. I have been wanting a new, more professional camera, so we will see. I do not want to go on vacation without one. I miss taking pictures of the kiddos.

TTYL

Cancellation

There has been a cancellation for Justin's wrestling tournament!!! :( So now his first one will not be until his birthday, December 6th. Oh well. That just means he will get to practice more, and be more prepared.

On a different tangent, The house is drowning me! I feel like I cannot keep up with three kids, a dog and a husband. Though the husband does not make that big of a mess.. thankfully! But I can not keep up with these mess-makers! It seems like every inch of the house is covered with something. Looks like I am going to be busy cleaning the house all day! Fun for me!!!!

November

Today is November 5th! The year is almost over, and a new president is in sight. What will this mean for our country? I am very curious to find out what will happen in the coming years. I have no doubt Sen. Obama will be a good president, but he has a lot of work to do to better our economy and repair many things. I do not have more to say on the subject other than we need to give this man a chance, instead of judging him before he has even begun.

We are doing well here. I am taking my 2nd Psych class, and I have an elective this round too. I chose to learn about different cultures and ethnics. It is interesting. It has been a painful couple of weeks with it just with reading about the past. It makes me sad to know that many people have suffered, and are still suffering. It is an eye opening class, and I am glad I chose to do this. Both classes are going well, and I am looking forward to my small winter break!!

Joseph is doing well. He has been busy with work, of course. There is much to do, and he always has something going on.

Savannah is doing well. We took her out of Judo for now. She does not seem to mind. She said that it was not challenging for her. (I think she would be better at competition stuff than what she was learning) Anyway, after the winter break she said she would like to try gymnastics. We'll see how that goes.

Justin is doing.... okay. He has adjusted well to school and has found his groove. He still has issues with listening, but we are working on that. He never listens to me either... Wrestling is going good. He has his first takedown tournament this Saturday. We are excited to see what happens. This will be my first time for this as well, and it is very exciting. Justin keeps saying, "all i have to do is take someone down".

Aaron is hanging in there. He has lazy days with Mom, and we watch cartoons when I am not working on homework or something else. He is growing up too fast! I wish I could bottle him up right now and just keep him as he is forever. He is my little cuddle bug still, and I dread when that changes!

Thats about it for now. We are not as busy since we knocked out Judo, but I have been volunteering all over the place with the FRG (family readiness group) and that is busy, busy work.

Miss you all, talk to you all later!!

Last week for October

What a week! The rest of last week went on. Savannah has been fighting a cold for about 3 weeks now. I had to keep her home AGAIN yesterday since Sunday evening she got sick to her stomach and well, I am sure you can guess what happened all over the living room floor.. Yeah... So she stayed home with me, and Aaron.

I got a lot done at the Halloween party. I know there is more to set up, but it looks amazing. We have a very creative person in the group and she is awesome. The party should be on Friday, so I think the kids are going to love it.

Saturday was the fundraiser yard sale. It went ok. We did not have much to work with, but we made about $80. I think that is good with what we had. We worked it for about 3 hours and decided it was time to pack up. We moved everything outside, and whatever was left over was going to be picked up by one of the teams coaches. I went to take a nap.. and a couple people came by and offered to buy the remaining stuff, so Joseph sold EVERYTHING! LOL. It was great. So there was nothing to pick up.

Sunday, Joseph stayed home with Aaron. He has a nasty cough that he got from Savannah, and he has crusty nose too. :( But, hopefully it will all be outta this house. I am ready for everyone to be healthy again.

Sunday I was called into the Bishops office. I always feel like I am going to the principals office at school! lol. He was just concerned since Joseph and I have missed so much Church lately. He asked how I was feeling and I well, I came to realize that the depression is back. :( Yea, so I am back on medicine and feeling 100% better. It is amazing how this stuff creeps into your life and you are completely unaware. I will keep you updated with it, but I plan on staying on my meds for a long time now. Oh yeah, and I think Joseph is getting a different calling and will be leaving me by myself in the Primary...

This week will be same Ole stuff. Tonight Savannah has Judo, and she is excited about that. I think we are going to let her do it until the year is over and then switch her to something else.. We are not too sure yet. Wednesday is Wrestling and Achievement Day, Thursday is Judo and Wrestling. Friday we have the Halloween party, and Saturday we are doing a 3 mile walk for wounded soldiers.

Busy, Busy. I am sure there is more to add in between it all, but I cannot remember it, so I will have to update as I go. I hope everyone is well, and doing great.

Crazy Week, and it is not over yet!

This week is crazy! There has been so much going on, and my list keeps getting longer and longer!!

Monday was a typical day. I stayed home to clean and catch up from the weekend. I wanted to go grocery shopping, but decided I can go Tuesday. About 1pm I got a call to come get Savannah from school due to a bad cough and a slight fever. I had to pick her up early twice last week, and I kept her home twice too. So, Monday I repeated, and picked the kids up an hour early. Not much more happened Monday. I did however start a new block of classes, and so far they are very interesting. I will talk more about them later, I am sure.

Tuesday I had Savannah stay home with me, and at noon I decided I had to get some groceries, so off we went. Oh, and I was not feeling well Tuesday, I had a slight fever that would come and go all day. :( Tuesday continued and I ended up having to get one of Joseph's soldier's wife from the hospital. It was a surprise to me, but it worked out well. Then I finally got home, and was confined to the couch the rest of the evening.

Wednesday I went back to the commissary to get groceries for the couple I helped out. I made them dinners for the next 3 days, and had to get the stuff. I came back and started cooking. I was only in the kitchen for about an hour and a half and made 3 dinners.... Hmmm.. sounds like I should pick a day to cook, and make my weeks worth of meals, and freeze them! It would save a lot of money, time and well, sanity. So I took the meals over and dropped them off. Then headed over to the company's office to help decorate for a Halloween party for the families. I was there for about 2 or so hours and got nothing done, but I will be back today so hopefully I can be a better helper. After that I picked the kids up from school, and had about an hour before Justin had wrestling practice. Luckily Joseph called me and he got home in time to take the kids. I had a Primary meeting at 7 that I needed to attend, and was so grateful that he was able to take the kids with him, and give me a couple hours to relax. I went to the meeting and did not get back until after 9, and I was pooped!

Today will be like yesterday, but with a few little differences. I am not cooking this morning, but I do have a TON of dishes to wash. I am helping to decorate for the Halloween party, will hopefully be home to clean up and such, then pick the kids up from school, and Justin has wrestling tonight and Savannah has Judo. We also volunteered to help do a fundraiser yard sale at our house this Saturday for Justin's wrestling team. They are trying to raise some money to help offset the cost of uniforms, equipment, travel etc. So I am trying to get ready for that too.

Friday should be a pretty normal day. Just same Ole stuff, I do however need to clean, clean, clean!!! Savannah has a birthday party to go to, and she is excited.

I am sorry I have not set up recent pictures. I cannot find my camera charger anywhere! Hopefully I will find it soon.

AUSA Convention

From October third to October ninth, Joseph was in Washington DC for an AUSA exposition. AUSA stands for Association of the United States Army. It is a great organization, and every year holds a convention to show up and coming military items and discussions. Since Joseph had won the Omar Bradley award last month, he was awarded a trip to this convention and was asked to talk about the FCS (Future Combat Systems) program that brought us here to Fort Bliss in late 2006. His talk is amazing! He did a fantastic job in informing others of what FCS can do for military members. I am very proud of him, and love him very much for what he has accomplished, and what he stands for. I am very proud that he got the chance to work with the FCS program, and that he can assist the future military with the equipment he has been testing. Here is the link to his speech, and he is the first speaker, so it will not be too hard to find. I do warn you it is 24 minutes long, so have some time to watch it or listen to it. He included videos of what he has done in the FCS program as well, so there is visual as well.

http://www.blueskybroadcast.com/client/AUSA/2008_review/

Happy October!

Happy October everyone! I cannot believe it is the tenth month of the year, and the year is almost over. It has gone by in a blink. I just wanted to write a quick note today. I have been sick almost all the month of September, and did not get much done that I did not have to (ie Blog). I am feeling much better, and have a least a little extra energy to use up.

Things are still going good. The kids are doing well with school, and their after school sports. Justin has had a great outlet with wrestling for all his energy. Savannah is going to get her white belt on Thursday! She is so excited!

Joseph is still busy with his new unit. They have much to do still, but it will all come together soon. He is off to Washington DC on Friday. He will be gone a week, and is excited. As it gets closer he is finding out he will be busier than he thought, and hopes to have time to sight see.

I have nothing new to report. I am still enjoying school, and I am super happy about getting over this cold. It really knocked me on my tushie.

We hope you all are well and happy!