laken picks his nose a lot

just had to capture one picture of it for future blackmail

sadie--my bathing beauty

in trouble

my husband is going to kill me--this I am pretty sure of

I went to super walmart today to look at stuff--you know a time waster kind of trip. two little kids were giving away a litter of kittens as I walked in. I am such a sucker but yes I brought one home. she pooped on sadie on the way home......dan is in sacramento for the weekend and will be home anytime now. I promise I will get rid of the guinea pigs--cross my heart

this past weekend--sadie went to grandmas for a weekend of lavish spoilage --I think she comes back with twice as much "stuff" as she left with. this time she brought a new barbie scooter and a pair of roller skates home. it's nice that she is able to spend that time with papa and grandma

it certainly does create a different dynamic at home without sadie. she is our little ball of energy and things seem to be a little calmer. Laken thinks he is the boss when gemma and brecken are around--probaly because they haven't been around very often lately. he was constantly telling brecken to get off of the trampoline. what a little hitler!

look at our new toy

yes it is a trampoline--a death trap and bone breaker. but hey--it was free. The kids have had so much fun with it already and it's only been a day. Laken screams if someone bounces him too high and we can see into the neighbors yard and swimming pool really well---which I don't think the neighbor appreciated today.

my grandma fell this week and broke her hip--either having a heart attack after the fall or before. she is 91 and very high risk for having hip surgery so she is now in hospice care. my mom left to be with her and I am hopeful for a recovery. I have not seen my grandma in many years and really wish I would have taken the time just to go visit her. Why is it these sort of events have to happen in order for me to have these thoughts. I want to thank all of my friends for their thoughts and prayer for grandma sarver.

I realized this week that I cannot physically make a better score then 80.5 on a microbiology test, that I am not 22 anymore, and my daughter is going to outgrow me in the next year.
I took my second micro test this week--feeling like I did way better then on my first one. I knew more questions and it just felt good. I got the same score!!!! not complaining but I really just wanted to kick some booty in this class to show I still have all of my mental capacities:)
I also started playing volleyball twice a week with an amazing bunch of women who I met through my friend jen. LOVE it--I am super addicted--don't nobody mess with me on volleyball days...between all of us there are about 20 kids running around in the gym--they all know not to come on the court. anyway I tweaked my arm somehow and it hurts. as i write this it is feeling much better but still way more aches and pains here then 10 years ago. or even 3 years ago
gemma is 5'4" and growing super fast. she is going to pass me by in the next year and then I will get to look up to my 12 year old. hip hip hooray. she knows it too. I think it is now her personal goal--to outgrow her mom. I think I will start buying her coffees to stunt her growth....

we took the kids on a hike last saturday--we hiked up what is called table rock in medford. http://www.oregon.com/hiking/tablerocks.cfm

the hike is 2.8 miles and all of the kids did pretty well. Laken kept falling on the loose gravel about every 10-15 minutes or so--his knee got pretty bloody by the end of the hike. the hike was beautiful and at the top you can look down at all of beautiful southern oregon. I took a bunch of pictures as this is my favorite type of thing to photograph--nature and my family in nature...talk about cheap entertainment!!!!!

I am truly blessed as a mommy--my four children are the loves of my life and I am so thankful to have them in my life

I went to bend today to pick up gemma and brecken--I am so happy to finally see them again--I think they both grew an inch while they were away. we are so close to moving back to bend--I can almost taste it. It is really pending on my finishing micobiology and finding renters for our house. I will be the happiest woman alive when I move back to bend. microbiology is kicking my booty for the time being. I did make an 80.5 percent on my first exam which I am thrilled with but the content is not sinking in--it feels so alien and foreign to me--incomprehendible. therefore I am just going to study, study, and study some more...It has been 12 years since I took a college class and it never is going to get easier i guess....