Angels

Last night the little ones came over to play with my boys. It was very noisy at the house last night between Rock Band, guitar lessons, and wrestling matches but I am not complaining. I have come to realize I like a noisy home much better than a quiet one except when they are sleeping they look sooo sweet.



I woke up this morning and had 5 Angels crashed out in my house!

Kisses

YEAH My house is full again of men. My oldest is home for 10 days, getting him home was quite an ordeal. His plane was late from Palm Springs to Phoenix so he could not make his transfer flight to Chicago. Luckily his Aunt lives in Phoenix and he didn't have to sleep in the airport. Then US Airlines didn't confirm his flight so when he got back to the airport he didn't have a flight again but they finally found him a flight. Thank God! My middle son finally decided to visit. I had not heard from Gener(middle son) for 2 weeks and was so upset/angry/worried that I was sick to my stomach and bawling. He has made some really bad decisions lately. I have asked myself 50 times this week what have I done wrong that my son doesn't want anything to do with me. My youngest has also let his grades drop some and boy oh boy have I been in a mood. I tried yesterday to just be happy that my oldest was home but I am not good at just letting things go. I cannot pretend things are hunky dory. I have to discuss/vent/yell what my feelings and emotions are. I can't keep them to myself. I wear my emotions on my sleeve, my family can look at me and know what kind of mood I'm in.

Anyway... I don't know how this works but as I am discussing his recent actions, he hugs and kisses me and says I love you mom. Instantly I begin to wonder if he is really stubborn/reckless or have I have been over-reacting. My heart is screaming at me how can you be mad at him he loves you! I forget everything bad that has happened in the last week and my mood goes from crappy to wonderful.

I am big into family meals. When the boys were growing up we always sat down at the table together to eat but as the boys got older and so many different schedules family meals became farther and farther apart. I came from a eat together family and I love how close we are. Also I love all the commercials about families that eat together, I point them out and say see why I want everyone at the table for supper. Cheesy I know but... I made chili last night and we all sat down at the table together the 5 of us. I had forgotten how great it feels to just sit, talk, and eat.

The highlight of my day/week/year was last night. I received four different kisses good night. I have not gotten bedtime kisses in a long from the boys. I am truly blessed!!

Permit

Well my youngest got his permit so he can drive now legally with an adult. In 9 months he will have his license and I will no longer be taxi. We don't know if Jamie and I have built up a better tolerance over the years of teaching 3 boys to drive but Tilda does not scare us as much as Roo or Gener did. Roo's driving still scares the crap out of me! LOL My husband has always been afraid to ride with the boys so most of the initial driving was left up to me. Hopefully he will be better now and let Tilda drive more with him. My youngest is on a mission to get all his hours in right away so I will be a passenger for the next 9 months. I have been taking him out for the last few months day, night, rain, sleet, snow, even ice, good and bad roads trying to get him as much experience as possible. I wish I would have put him in Drive Right last summer but the stupid school said he was going to get Driver's Ed last semester. What a bunch of crock. I called the school at the beginning of this semester to find out why he was still not enrolled and was told only 60 kids out of 2000 at his school is being offered Driver's Ed. They just didn't have the funding. What the hell is the $250 for the class for was my question. I was told that poor families didn't have to pay. WTF! Anyway...I need to change the subject to get off of my soapbox.

My oldest will be home this weekend for 10 days and I am so excited. I am not going to think about him being deployed in a month at all while he is home.

Cell Phones for Soldiers

Well in the last week my youngest has started Drive Right and is finishing up with swimming including the parties that go with it. He is now the proud owner of a purple piece of crap! We call it the Barney mobile. We have managed to get our taxes done. Thank God. I still need to paint my bedroom and start covering up the paneling in the basement. We tried to go bowling with some friends Saturday night but a 10 minute wait turned into 2 hours and then we wouldn't have but a few minutes until Moonlight bowling started. My husband did some drunk dialing when we got home and pranked a few friends also his step-mom. He scared the crap out of her using the computer sound bite websites. He is such a brat. He never talks on the phone unless he has a couple cocktails. LOL I took my youngest out driving and delivered a big chocolate Kiss to my middle son I hope he got it. My oldest will be home in a week. I can't wait! I finally got to spend some time with my niece and nephews. They have been in Florida for a month. I took my first test in Statistics but have not got my grade yet, hopefully an "A". I should find out tomorrow. Tonight besides homewook I am mailing a package of cookies to Brad(Oldest sons BF) a kid that has been like a son to us for 5-6 years now. Brad was just deployed last week to Afghanistan. I delivered 20 phone to Cell phones for Soldiers. So that is 20 - 1 hour phone cards YEAH!!


The phones are sent to ReCellular, which pays Cell Phones for Soldiers for each donated phone – enough to provide an hour of talk time to soldiers abroad.


Cell Phones for Soldiers, initiated in 2004 by then 14-year-old Brittany Bergquist and her 13-year-old brother Robbie, uses funds from recycled cell phones to buy prepaid phone cards for active duty military members – to help connect them with their families.
Through generous donations and the recycling of used cell phones from drop-off sites across the country, Cell Phones for Soldiers has already raised more than $1 million and distributed more than 75 thousand phone cards to soldiers overseas.

Empty nest scares the crap out of me

Well yesterday my baby got his first car and tonight he starts drive right. I am not old enough to have 3 grown boys. I swear just yesterday they were sweet little kids! I met my children 12 years ago. My baby was 4 years old now he is driving. What the hell happened. I can't even remember my life before kids. My 17 year old isn't talking to me right now but hopefully it is a phase. I think all parents have teenager battle wounds/scars. I have made many mistakes, becoming a wife and mother at the same time was hard. I have terrific parents and wanted to be the perfect parents too. I love the boys with my whole heart and just want what is best for them and to keep them safe. We might not always like their choices but we always love them. I wish I could go back in time and do some things different but I wonder would my boys be the men they are now? My oldest lost all his boyish looks. Somehow overnight he turned into a very handsome grown man that we are so proud of. I hate the thought of my boys growing up and not needing us.

T Peed

I woke up this morning and my house was TPed. I don't know when it could have happened. I picked up Brett from a party last night around 10:30pm and we came home and watched a movie. The picture window is right by the trees the kids TPed. We were up to about 2am and never saw or heard a thing. My son is an awesome swimmer. He finished 6th in the 100 breaststroke and 8th in the 50 free. We spent the day at the NIC X Championships!

Righteous Kill

After school last night, we watched a movie. The above movie had Robert DeNiro & Al Pacino plus lots of good actors. This is the first movie in a long time that I didn't guess the ending. I was told by my sister to watch it that it was really good. She was right! My husband always falls asleep during movies but this movie managed to keep his interest all the way to the end. He actually stayed awake! The two main actors are cops trying to figure out who is a serial killer. The serial killer is only killing low lives (child killers, pimps, drug dealers). I recommend this movie but not with little kids.

On another note Great news - My oldest is coming home for 11 days! YEAH!!!!

Sunday

Well the day was great. My husband's team won! We had 20 adults and 7 kids over fun was had by everyone. The birthday cake that Lisa made was amazing! She is truly talented.
This is her talking to my oldest son. Every time I take a picture of someone talking to my oldest they all have a huge smile on their face. He is such a charmer.
My newly blond son not only looks like his dad but makes the same dorky face when I am trying to snap a picture.
This adorable face is my youngest nephew. He is 2 and too smart for his own good. He is Aunt April's baby...sorry big boy!


The winner. WOOHOO


Too Much Fun?




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