Days of our Lives

Well, here I am again. Thought I would update you with the the things going on in our lives. The kids are enjoying their summer break, looking forward to Zach coming to visit. He will be here in a few days and we have an epic camping trip planned. That should be a great time. Think Kathy plans on coming over too, just not real sure on her dates yet. Look forward to seeing her and the girls and possibly meeting the elusive Steven! Hannah is still doing her cheerleading, but the boys are just sort of vegging for the summer. They are doing lots of swimming. Josh and I went canoeing down the buffalo river. we went with Shannon and Joy (his new one for now). Cody(Josh's Bro) and his girlfriend Mallory. They guys fished all day and me and the girls did alot of swimming. It was a great time. Then we decided to act like kids and try to drown each other. Screamed messages under water for the others to guess, and I learned what the bubbler is. Dont ask and I will spare the details :) It was a perfect day with the exception of the roasting I got, and Josh losing his keys in the river! He had lost his phone, but we later found it in the car. This weekend is the 4th of July.. Happy 35th? anniversary Mom and Dad. Josh has worked all weekend Friday at Ark Rod and Friday night on patrol. He got up Saturday morning and went back in to Ark Rod, then Saturday night he was out on patrol again. It is 2:00 Sunday morning and he still hasn't made it in yet. Tomorrow we have plans to go fishing on the Buffalo, but we will see if we are able to wake him up.. Monday we will probably go to the Harrison Park and mess around. Then I will be working the next 7 days straight so I won't be a very happy camper! But it makes it so I can have my days off when Zach is here. Josh plans on taking them out to his parents house so they can shoot guns and who knows what else we will get into. Will blog again and post pics when I can. will try to upload some from the float trip before I go to bed tonight. Getting ready to start my schooling back up in August. I only have 2 more classes to take before the RN Program. decided to take 1 each sememster so it wont be so hard on me. Cant start the program until August anyways so might as well. Still cant believe Kaleb will be in highschool. so weird to me! Hannah in the 7th and Johnathan will be in the 4th grade. Holy crap, I'm almost done with elementary too! Hope everyone is doing well, will try to get on here again soon, but you know how I am...

Life is Moving on again.. Sorry I have been so busy that I haven't kept up with this. I am still in school but taking the summer off. I received my Pre-Allied Health Certificate in May. I am pretty stoked about that. Josh is busy busy busy all the time with the cop stuff. Kaleb is going to highschool in the fall. Dont know how that is possible since i am only 23! I know, I know...OLD! Hannah has started doing cheer again. Guess she really loves to yell! She wants to do track in the fall. (She is going into the 7th grade). Johnathan is doing good. Still struggling in school. but we are working on that too. He will be going to the 4th grade this fall. Last year of elementary! Again with the old. But as you can see everything is well here. Summer has arrived and we have plans on seeing Zach. Kaleb is beside himself! Dont know what all we will get into yet. But will post pics when we do!

Well, it is long overdue for an update! Everyone here is staying super busy. Josh as you know is now a reserve deputy and is enjoying that. Except for the part where he got pepper sprayed..still waiting on that video. ;) I am busy knocking out more classes, I may end up being the oldest person ever to graduate..but I am getting there. Have been so busy I have met myself 3 times on our street alone! Kaleb is in band and they have been playing at the football games, he is loving that! Hannah is still doing gymnastics and is having a great time. Johnny has played flag football this year and they won some trophies. Have pictues I will try to add later. We don't have Halloween pics this year because we did't trick or treat. The kids all decided they wanted to stay home and watch movies and eat a bunch of candy. Josh and I spent $45 on candy and rented some movies. (Still cheaper than 3 kids costumes) We watched The Ring, to scare the kids and when it was over Josh called the house phone and none of the kids wanted to answer it! It was too funny. Unfortunately dad did not make county judge this time, but I still think he was the best damn judge that county has ever had and I am proud of him for all his hard work. Mom is staying busy at school and doing well there also..hey wait..maybe I won't be the oldest grad afterall...lol. Well, I will try to go back and add pics later. It's about time for some updated ones!

Camping!

Well, I know it has been a long time, but here I am! Mom, Kathy and I all got together and took the 6 kids on a camping trip Sunday and Monday night. It was pouring down rain as we left the house, but we decided to go anyways because the weather behind it looked clear.. We got there and got all set up, thought we had the perfect location for our tents..boy was we wrong..but more on that later! After camp was set up we went for a nice swim, and had lots of fun! Might have almost lost a kid who decided to head back to camp to look for goggles and ended up looking in someone else's van for them! We got back to camp and we had foil dinners prepared to eat..yum! Sausage link, potatoes, and corn on the cob. We ate well, then decided as it was getting dark to go for a quick dip to cool off, but didn't let the kids swim because of the fact it was getting dark. When we got back we roasted marshmellows and made smores! That night we sat around the campfire and told stories (though not scary ones) and sang songs (yes I know) and had a good time. About midnight we all decided to hit the sack.. About 4 am the thunderstorm came and we all realized just how bad our tent site was! Kathy's tent was in the middle of an ocean and mine and mom's tent was in the trench that formed the ocean. so by 4:30 we were all wide awake except the 2 boys, apparently their tent was mostly dry. We started our camp fire up again and went on about our day. We went swimming 4 times on Monday, played in the mud, and caught bugs. the kids dug a trench, and chased each other around while the adults were busy trying to prepare meals and dry bedding. On one of the swimming trips, Mom saw a snake and about had a heart attack..for real.. I was looking for something to slow her breathing down. On another swimming trip Johnny got ahead of us and hurt his toe, when I got over there his big toenail was bent up about half way back.. but we got that fixed too with no major problems, just one big yelp! And Mom who can't swim well almost flipped her tube so I had to go out and rescue her, she was frozen stiff on her tube! That night we went to bed exhausted! (and yes we did move our tents!) We still got damp that night, but not as bad, except for poor Kaleb he woke up soaked..Johnny slept on! We stayed most of the last day and played and took down camp. over all it was a good time.
Famous qoutes..
Becca-How many humans are we feeding?
Brooklyn- Its my cowapiwwer-speaking of a centipede
Brooklyn- this float is for your mommy not mine
Brooklyn- Kathy said to say thank you..she said yourwelcome!
Brooklyn kept calling me her buddy
Brooklyn and I were looking at rocks, and i was picking them up and telling her this one looks like a car, and this one looks like a square..and so she picks one up and says this one looks like a rock!
the little ones loved their tatoes!
Ashlie wanted to keep every bug and butterfly she found to take home.
Becca swore she saw an alligator in the water so she wouldn't go back in. (the older kids told her they spanked him and sent him back to his momma!)
I spent alot of time with Brooklyn so I have more of her quotes than anyone elses, but they all had a great time! Will add pics later!

The Cop and I...

Ok this story starts back in november, I think... I went to pick up Hannah from gymnastics decided that I would drop Josh off at Arkrod to turn off the wheels, and I would pick him back up when I came through with Hannah. I got to gym. and picked up Hannah and took off, it wasn"t long and I realized I had a flat tire. I pulled into Hudson's and called Josh (who is at work vehicle-less). He said go in and buy some fix a flat and when you get to arkrod I will change your tire or patch it for you. OK , so I bought fixaflat, put it in and took off. I made it to the mall parking lot, you know the dark side where Quality Cleaners is, and pull over. I call josh back and he says well, I will walk up there (About a mile and a half) and change your tire. SO I tell him, no I will change the tire, I just wanted you to know what was going on. He said ok call me if you have any more problems...So I get out my donut, and start looking for the jack... there is no jack (oh yeah, I remember Josh taking it out to fix his trailer...) So, I call Josh back, I cant change the tire because I dont have a jack. So he decides to walk home to get his truck, so he will have a jack to come help me..meanwhile, back at the car.. (I am in my work skirt, Hannah in a leotard) Hannah decides she needs to pee. so we run over to the mall(me thinking the whole time josh is going to show up and we aren't going to be here and he is going to freak.) and the doors are locked... at 8:30... sad... so I tell her she has to hold it. We get back to the car and wait. Then here comes a cop, he turns his spot light on me, guess he thinks i am up to no good. Asks if he can help me, I say yes, let me borrow your jack, so i can change my tire. Sorry Ma'am I cant do that. WHat??? If there is an emergency, I would have to leave and that would leave me without a jack.(ok jerk, how long does it take to change a tire? 5 minutes max?) He asks if i have anyone i can notify so I tell him about Josh going to get his truck. Then this brilliant plan pops into mind. Can you go pick him upand take him home so he can get here faster? The cop agreed.lol so there he goes ... Skip to Josh... he is walking home probably cursing me for dropping him off and who knows what else.. then a cop cars pulls up and asks if he is Josh Smith??(LOL) so Josh says yes, (probably really confused.) The cop proceeds to tell him about me sending him to Josh.(LOL) anyways, so the tire gets fixed and everything is good. ok Skip forward to 2 weeks ago..... I am on my way to get Hannah from gymnastics. (again...) I have my MP3 player in my ears and I am cruising. I am almost to the square, when all of a sudden there are blue lights behind me..SHIT! So, I pull over, SHIT, I am in front of the only fire hydrant on the whole damn road, cant move because he is behind me. I go to unroll my window..and SHIT, I forgot, my window doesnt work. So I sit there, do I open my door? or will he pull a gun on me if I do, or do I sit here and look like I am going to be difficult? (SHIT) So I wait, better safe than sorry, I dont feel like being shot. I put my hands on the steering wheel so he can see they are empty (no more COPS for me) and then I open my door, and tell him about the window he laughs and says ok. so he wants to know if I know why he pulled me over? Ha its not my good looks, so what did I do wrong? was I speeding? possible, do I admit it? what if that wasnt the reason? So I say no. I was pulled over for a tail light that is out. ok, I can get out of this I think. Oh I didnt know... Blah blah blah.. He is real nice and tells me no big deal..Oh did I mention, this is the SAME cop as above?? (and I think he remembers, I mean how can you forget, I sent the poor man to pick up my walking husband....) <--- them guys gotta stick together right?? lol any ways license and insurance please. ok I got those... Let me see..... Where the hell is my license...SHIT.... Oh yeah, Johnathan put it up earlier when we went to doctor.. ok here it is... ok where is my insurance??? SHIT! I am flipping through everything in my glove box... including tampons... and he says.. you know, when those are expired, they are no good and you can get rid of them... NO SHIT! but where is the current one??? Cant find it anywhere. SHIT! now I know I am going to get a ticket. so he says hold on and he steps back and runs my license. thank GOD it came back clear and he says I can go.. WAit, What? no ticket. ok! He says make sure you get it first thing in the morning and get that light fixed! Yessir! Hopefully I will not have many more encounters with this poor man! (and I bet he went home and said the same) The End!

Johnathan

Yes, I know this is signaling out one kid, but I have some stories to tell you, the boy kills me. ok first of all, he is a real prankster and likes to trick you. Well one day he said something silly and I asked if he was pulling my leg. Which led to the discription of what pulling some ones legs means. So now, he only half has it, he will tell you something silly and then run around the room literally pulling your leg. He just doesnt get it and I think it is so funny. Also, he thinks that my knee is tickleish. ok it is, but not with his little hands, but I do this high pitched fake laugh-squeel and he beams. He has just tickled mom. I thought he realized that I was joking, but then the other day Kaleb is trying to tickle me, and I am holding out on him. And here comes Johnny. He tells Kaleb that He can make mom laugh, so he tickles me.. and of course I laugh my obnoxious, high pitched, squeel of a laugh, Johnathan is proud..lol ok ok one more Johnny story. Johnny is missing his 3 top teeth. He is starting to look like an old man, I will try to add a picture if I can get a good one. The other night we went to eat at Dixie Cafe, we had gift certificates from christmas.Johnathans favorite thing to eat there is fried corn on the cob..hehe get it he is missing his top 3 teeth. we watched him for about ten minutes trying to get his(Missing) teeth into this corn so he could take a bite. oh my sides were splitting. It was so funny. I ended up having to cut the corn off the cob so he could eat it. it was definately priceless. Kaleb tells him we are going to have to start chewing his food for him. It pisses him off. lol

Well, what do you know, a new year, a new me... naw really its still me, nothing has changed yet.I wrote up a list of new years resolutons, but have already scratched about half of them off...lol. Some just went to the "maybe next year list." Some went straight to File 13. ( the trash can) The kids all had a wonderful christmas. We have had lots of fun during the holidays, but I am real glad the kids go back to school on Monday. I took Hannah to the eye doctor this past monday and she got glasses. I think she looks real cute in them, and I think she thinks so too, but of course she is worried that the kids at school will make fun of her. I told her the story of when mom took me to get my glasses, if you don't know this story I will tell you. I didnt want glasses, I wanted to go to contacts straight off the bat. but mom wouldnt go there with me, so the whole time we were at the eye doctors I cried. I wouldnt pick glasses, because I thought mom would feel bad for me and cave. She kept on trying to get me to pick some glasses I would like, but instead I cried. So she picked for me. which was ten times worse, because as every teenager knows, mom has no style. I don't care whose mom you are or how hip you are, you have no style. Any ways this cracked Hannah up, but the moral of the story was if you dont pick them, I will. Well I didnt have half the problem with my daughter that my mom had with her daughter.lol

She doesnt look to pleased in this photo, but she is doing quite well with them.

Kaleb's hair is getting longer and redder by the day! lol

I love this grin of Johnny's it doesn't get any bigger than that, and it's all because of a hat at gloves...

Anyways, more at a later date....