Olympsticks

For the past 4 weeks we have been watching the best of the best compete in the Olympics much like the rest of the world sooo.... Hopefully, you find this as funny as I do! I was putting Madeline to bed the other night as she said "No mommy, I want to watch seseme street!" Of course I told her they were sleeping too. Then she says "Mommy, I just want to watch TV." Again I tell her its "night, night." Finally she says "Fine, I will just watch the Olympsticks."

HAHAA!! I start laughing! I have lost hours of sleep watching the olympics, so I found the humor in that.

Tonight, I flip on the news at 10 just to catch the end of the Democratic Party Convention. Madeline's response, "Is this the Olympsticks?" I have to laugh again! She says, "oohhh" and lays her head back down. I guess it must have been the fireworks.

Goodnight!

I would love to post a recent picture of my really cute kids or my giant dogs, but I cant! I lost our camera! I had it in the diaper bag on sunday when I dropped to girls off at church and havent seen it since. :( Hopefully, It just fell out and someone found it.

Above, I think this was in June Before Madeline got her teeth. She went down the slide and looked like this when she was getting off!!! HAHAHAAaaa

You can call me Speedy!

What a week! Monday, I had jury duty! It was terrible for the 2 hours I was there, I was standing in line with about 300 other people, then forced to sit in a stuffy basement. Then an announcement!!! "If there is any reason you can not perform jury duty at this time, please go to room 314 on the 3rd floor." I was excited and was nearly the first one out the door. So I see a judge, "why cant you do your jury duty?" he asked. So I reply in a sweet voice, "Well I am a stay at home mom and cant find a sitter for an entire week." He says, "your jury date will be postponed 6 month, that should be attiquite time to get your childcare situated." So they ship me off to a different room to decide on a new date. January 12! Needless to say, I am looking for a sitter for the week. :( But my sister was in town to watch my girls for the day, so we got to hang out for a while once I left the courthouse.

Tuesday, started a new job. :) I like it. (MDO teacher for 1yr olds)

Wednesday, Work for my mom from 9-5 then Josh and I are "moms and pops" of a youth community group from 6:30-8. It went much better than I expected. The kids are great!

Thursday, back to work with the kiddos. Then back to help my mom for a few hours, then we went to Utica Square for "summers fifth night"

FRIDAY... a day of much needed rest. The girls and I slept in till 10, then Josh scheduled me a massage, then I came home rested, showered, then we went out to dinner! It was a good day....... OTHER than the speeding ticket I earned on the way home from the massage! So I was trying to hurry home because I knew josh needed to get back to work. He had an appt at 12:30. Well guess what, I sat up from my massage at 12:30! AHHH!! So I was racing, literally, home and I come up over a hill and see the cop! I start slowing down and sure enough, she flips her lights on!

She come to my window and says "Do you know why I pulled you over?" I love this question. I mean really??? Like I didnt know I was speeding! Not to mention now I am going to be even later!!!!!!!!! So I say, "Yes, I was speeding, but I dont know how fast I was going." She informed me that my speed was 55 IN A 40!!!! ughhhhh.... I didnt even know they still had 40 as a speed limit. She was nice enough to write my ticket for 9 over, so it doesnt hit my driving record or insurance. :)

So I am racing home again, as fast as the law allows! I walk in the door, its almost 1! Josh says to me nicely ;) "what? did you forget?" Just as I am about to explain, he looks at my hand, see the pink slip, Yells and storms out!!! At this point I am thinking... thanks for the massage, but I am no longer relaxed!

He called back an hour later said that he wasnt mad anymore and that he should just expect it from me since IT WAS MY 4TH TICKET THIS YEAR!!!! He said he was more worried about me since he couldnt get ahold of me... and he was running late.

Hahaa... what a week.

Today is sunday, we spent all of the morning at church. We are headed back in just about 30 min so I need to get all of us girls ready.

Hopefully we will be in a routine soon!

Above is a picture that makes me laugh everytime I see it! It was taken when I was 6 months prenant with Cait, we were on a cruise to the Bahamas and we wanted to take a picture by the rails to prove that we were in the middle of nowhere.... much to my suprise, its windy next to the rails... but not really anywhere else!! Hahaaaa.. it was so funny! The picture turned out perfect!!!

Birthdays....

Yesterday was my dads birthday!! 60!! I cant believe it. I cant imagine what my dad must have felt like 24 1/2 years ago on his birthday. He must have felt every emotion possible... scared, excited, anxious, etc. For his birthday he recieved 2 baby girls! Twins, just 18 months old. He and my mom only had 3 days to prepare for this birthday party! They were called by DHS and were told "we have twin girls ready for adoption, would you like them?" Of course their answer was yes, after years of being unable to concieve. The DHS worker said ok, they are yours, in 3 days, August 18, my dads birthday.


So every year we celebrate my dads birthday and our adoption birthday together. Of course its not about gifts, its about being thankful for each other.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

This pic is from Wednesday night.... my papa showed up for a suprise visit, but it got all of us together!

I got out of just duty this week! BUT, I have to serve in January NO EXCEPTIONS! Ugh.... hopefully I get a good trial! (and can find daycare for a week)



Today was my first day of teaching at my new job and their first day of school! I was udder craziness at first, but once the kids got settled it went a little smoother! I have one girl in my class that was recently adopted from Guatamala. She is precious! I felt terrible because she cried for 2 1/2 hours straight. We called her mom, she informed us of Analise being a little untrusting at first. I think that is totally understandable. By the end of the day, she was playing and smiling, she even gave me a kiss! It made the terrible morning worth every crying minute! :)

SAHM??

Well, I got a job! I will have my own class of 1 year olds twice a week at a Mothers Day Out in Bixby, to be more specific, the church I grew up in. :) Funny how things like that happen! So now I will be working Tues and Thurs there, and will help my mom Mon and Wed, then I have my youth group on Wed nights and Sunday mornings!

HOPEFULLY, I will be able to keep my fridays and saturdays free!

I am excited to be busy again!!!


above... the girls one year ago!! They have grown up so fast! This was the first time Madeline really wanted to help with Cait and she was soooo proud of herself. Although, the moment was short lived I was quick enough to catch a picture of it! Its one of my favorite pictures.

Bring on the Rain

Finally, some rain! When it started raining on Friday, I stopped to watch it for a while. I felt like it had been months since I had seen the rain... and maybe it had been, I dont know. But it was much welcomed. It was a full 11 degrees cooler than the day previous!

This weekend Josh got his tattoo worked on Friday and Saturday! He is still pretty sore, but it is looking good. I just thought it would be done by now! He is over 28 hours in... and it still looks like it will be at least 10hours or more. Keep in mind, this started out being a 18hour job!

Marshalls opened!! Its a mile from my house!! I am super excited. They have really cute home stuff for pretty cheap! And they have really fun stuff for the kids! I got books, cd's and some clothes! They have everything! And for a bargian hunter like me, its heaven! Its probably not good thats its so close. :/

Madeline went to a birthday party this weekend! He friend Claira turned 3, and Cinderella came to her party. Madi was so excited! She couldnt believe that Belle came to her party and Cinderella showed up at Clairas party. She was so cute, she kept asking where Prince Charming was! She kept telling Cinderella that we were going to go see her in her castle, which we are going to next month when we go to Disneyland! I didnt take my camera! But I got a few pics on my phone.. so once I firgure out how to get them off.. I will post a pic!

Today I am going to buy a new bible. And I am actully excited about it. Josh and I were asked to teach a small group at our church on Wednesdays nights. If you know me, your probably thinking.. ya right. Over the last 2 months Josh and I have been making some much needed changes in our lives. I have eliminated a few friends that were not who they turned out to be. We have been attending our church for over a year now, and we love it. So, as being leaders in our youth group the next semester will be filled with high school football games, dinners, band events, and anything else that may come up. I am so so so excited about the opprotunity to have an impact on todays teens. And, what an amazing example we will be setting for our own girls. I have tears in my eyes while I write this, b/c I think it is amazing how God knows exactly what you need when you need it. :)

sweaty....

I can't believe its so HOTTTTTT!!!! I feel like I am in a constant sweat. We dont even go swimming much anymore because it just isn't refreshing.

So, Josh was outside doing yardwork the other day, as you could imagine, I was delighted when Madi wanted to go out and play. I sacked up and took the girls outside to play despite the heat. Well to my luck, the sprinkler was on, although I had my clothes on, I didnt mind the water at all. And, I got a few cute pics! Cait wanted to eat the sidewalk chalk, while Madi found it more entertaining to chase Cait with tree limbs...

OH! I have jury duty! HOW THE HECK DID THIS HAPPEN! Anyway, its August 18, my dads birthday and my adoption birthday! What Luck! I guess I need to start looking for a babysitter!

Our friends, Kelli and Shane, had their house warming party over the weekend. Its was a much needed adult night. We had alot of fun, and their house is BEAUTIFUL. I could never imagine living in a house so nice... but Josh asures me that we will.

Guess thats it for now! I am staying inside!