So my boys are into girls! UGH! When I say this, I don't mean that I don't want them to like boys... it's just that their liking of girls has already started. My son Danny has been gaga for this girl named Brianna for a long time now, but I know now that he is smitten. She could talk him into doing anything.... Maybe I should adopt her and he would behave and listen to me more and clean his room when he's told? :p
Brianna's mom had to work today, so we went and picked Bri up at her house in St. David, and she came over and we boiled eggs & colored them & hid candy-filled eggs and they found them. I also made a yummy potato salad. All in all, it turned out to be a pretty good day.
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Easter Weekend
So today is the day before Easter. Danny is inviting his best friend that is a girl over to dye eggs & hide them. David is going with my dad to pick up my Grandpa from Casa Grande.... it is just about halfway between my Aunt Donna's house and here.
My Grandpa has lived with my parents for close to 3 years now, but goes every few weeks for two weeks to stay with my Aunt Donna. My uncle Rex lives in Florida, so he doesn't really get a turn and my Uncle Dallas passed away in 2007 from cancer. My Grandpa is 91 years old & still just as spunky as ever. He gave us a scare several weeks ago and ended up in the hospital for a long time, so it has been a while since I have seen him.
My parents work in the Gila Valley Temple on Friday's, so I help out with watching him so they don't have to hire someone to take care of him for them.
Easter weekend causes me to reflect on the life, the Atonement, the death & the resurrection of the Savior. I just don't see how people don't believe that He did that for us, that He loved us that much that He would bare his own life so that we could live again. Sometimes, I reflect on all of the happenings we have right now that are the signs of the times and I worry, but most of the time I think "Gosh! I can't wait! I can't wait to see loved ones and friends who have left this life! I can't wait to be away from this wretched world that we live in".
My Grandpa has lived with my parents for close to 3 years now, but goes every few weeks for two weeks to stay with my Aunt Donna. My uncle Rex lives in Florida, so he doesn't really get a turn and my Uncle Dallas passed away in 2007 from cancer. My Grandpa is 91 years old & still just as spunky as ever. He gave us a scare several weeks ago and ended up in the hospital for a long time, so it has been a while since I have seen him.
My parents work in the Gila Valley Temple on Friday's, so I help out with watching him so they don't have to hire someone to take care of him for them.
Easter weekend causes me to reflect on the life, the Atonement, the death & the resurrection of the Savior. I just don't see how people don't believe that He did that for us, that He loved us that much that He would bare his own life so that we could live again. Sometimes, I reflect on all of the happenings we have right now that are the signs of the times and I worry, but most of the time I think "Gosh! I can't wait! I can't wait to see loved ones and friends who have left this life! I can't wait to be away from this wretched world that we live in".
Friday, April 11, 2014
I need to remember to blog!
I am about as good to remember to blog as I am to write in my own journal! I need to get better at it... My patriarchal blessing said I needed to keep a journal, and I have one I just forget to write in it. I'll go months or years without a single journal entry. Maybe it would help to have sticky note reminders??
Even then, my ADD mind would probably get distracted.
Anyway so today David had Stanford 10 testing for his online high school. The lady that did the testing was very nice, she said it could take all day... it took 2 1/2 hours. He seemed pretty happy when he came out of the testing too... he said it was easy. So let's all keep our fingers, toes & eyes crossed that he did ok. Danny is headed to Palominas, AZ for his baseball game. After what happened to that tour bus full of kids this morning, I am on pins and needles. A tour bus carrying a bunch of kids heading to debut a college was hit by a fed ex truck and 10 people were killed and a bunch were injured. Very sad. And this thing with the school stabbings and shootings. It just makes a parent un-easy. If I had the patience, I would take Danny out of public school & just homeschool him... but homeschooling David, I am barely hanging on by a very tattered and worn thread.
As for me, I have strep throat for the first time since I had my tonsils out 26 years ago... Yes, you read that right... I have not had strep throat since before I had my tonsils out! I just pray that Danny does not get this. David is the one who gave it to me.
The boys have little over a month left of school. I can't wrap my head around the fact that the school year is almost over and in a few weeks Danny will be in 8th grade! I clearly remember dropping him off for his first day of Kindergarten and just crying my eyes out. :)
Next Wednesday, I have to take David back up to Gilbert (AGAIN) to get another oral surgery... He had his wisdom teeth out in December & I guess some bone fragments were left in his mouth, so the oral surgeon is going to take them out for him. :)
Even then, my ADD mind would probably get distracted.
Anyway so today David had Stanford 10 testing for his online high school. The lady that did the testing was very nice, she said it could take all day... it took 2 1/2 hours. He seemed pretty happy when he came out of the testing too... he said it was easy. So let's all keep our fingers, toes & eyes crossed that he did ok. Danny is headed to Palominas, AZ for his baseball game. After what happened to that tour bus full of kids this morning, I am on pins and needles. A tour bus carrying a bunch of kids heading to debut a college was hit by a fed ex truck and 10 people were killed and a bunch were injured. Very sad. And this thing with the school stabbings and shootings. It just makes a parent un-easy. If I had the patience, I would take Danny out of public school & just homeschool him... but homeschooling David, I am barely hanging on by a very tattered and worn thread.
As for me, I have strep throat for the first time since I had my tonsils out 26 years ago... Yes, you read that right... I have not had strep throat since before I had my tonsils out! I just pray that Danny does not get this. David is the one who gave it to me.
The boys have little over a month left of school. I can't wrap my head around the fact that the school year is almost over and in a few weeks Danny will be in 8th grade! I clearly remember dropping him off for his first day of Kindergarten and just crying my eyes out. :)
Next Wednesday, I have to take David back up to Gilbert (AGAIN) to get another oral surgery... He had his wisdom teeth out in December & I guess some bone fragments were left in his mouth, so the oral surgeon is going to take them out for him. :)
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
David's 15th Birthday!
So many thoughts, emotions and memories are going through my mind right now, as I reflect on the last 15 years of my life. I had just turned 22 and I became a new mom of a baby boy I named David. He was 6 lbs 14 oz. and 19 inches long. Little did I know how much my life would be turned upside down & sent me on so many roller coasters. I've been a single mom pretty much the whole time I've been a mom to him and his younger brother Daniel. He witnessed a lot of not so good stuff between his father and I.
When David was 7 years old, he was formally diagnosed with high functioning Autism and Aspergers.... back then they were separate, but I think now they are considered the same thing. These past few months have been the hardest... he's a teenager and has been going through a lot of different things and hormones... he was in love with a girl that did not like him like that and he didn't understand.... we've had a lot of emotional and verbal issues with him, including having to call the authorities a few times. I think though now, that those days are pretty much over. He seems to be doing a lot better. He's not 100% back to the way he was before the holidays, but I have to admit things are much better than they were.
When David was 7 years old, he was formally diagnosed with high functioning Autism and Aspergers.... back then they were separate, but I think now they are considered the same thing. These past few months have been the hardest... he's a teenager and has been going through a lot of different things and hormones... he was in love with a girl that did not like him like that and he didn't understand.... we've had a lot of emotional and verbal issues with him, including having to call the authorities a few times. I think though now, that those days are pretty much over. He seems to be doing a lot better. He's not 100% back to the way he was before the holidays, but I have to admit things are much better than they were.
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