Busy Day!

Well, I had to work this morning! It was great, I worked with Dr.Irwin. We were busy, but our schedule did not get full, so I got to leave around 11:30. We went to Dale's parents house this afternoon and ate supper. The kids of course spent the night! Laura and Austin were there and there was no talking them out of staying the night. We came home and Hayden took a bath with me and then went right to sleep. Now, Dale is watching some Sci-Fi movie and I am thinking about going to bed! Caitlyn has a game tomorrow, hopefully the weather warms up some for her! Other than that, I don't think we have much planned for tomorrow! That usually means Dale will have to start tearing something up! He cannot stand to be bored and usually the house pays for it! LOVE YOU HONEY!!! Uh-Oh here he comes...better go!!! These are the pics of the garden...

Friday!

Today was pretty wonderful at work! We were busy as usual, but the pace seemed better. The kids had a good day with mom, Caitlyn got to practice cursive writing and could not wait to show me what she wrote! Tomorrow we are not doing much that I know of! Probably we will try to get some stuff done around here. I cannot wait to start planting the garden! I think we will be able to get started this weekend. Well, I have a book to read, so I must go...more later!

Great Times!

This week has been great! Work has gotten better, Thank God! Caitlyn and Jackson are out of school the rest of the week, so mom has her hands full! We had parent teacher conferences today and they went well. Jackson has improved a lot since school first started and Caitlyn talks all the time (no real shocker there!)! I am posting some misc pics for yall to look at!

Soccer Time!

Caitlyn had a soccer game today! Can you believe that? It was FREEZING out there. The game was in Little Rock off John Barrow Road. They had to play on a field that had more mud puddles than grass! Our Goalie was sick with strep and two of the other girls were late. We had to start the game with only 4 players, most of them wearing only their jerseys and shorts. Caitlyn had to be goalie for the second half of the game and was literally standing in a huge puddle of freezing cold water for about 30 minutes. Their new coach is very loud and sometimes gets a little too into it and yells at them. Dale was ready to pull her from the team today because we didn't have enough players to sub any out and they all had to play the entire game without a break. The other team had about 20 players and every 10 minutes or so they put in all new players. Our girls got stomped! I think the final score was 20 to 2. They are having to play against older girls that are used to league play and we are not. By the time the game was over, Caitlyn's legs were bright red from the cold and her knees were blue. I got the truck warm about half way through the last half and when the game was over, I made her take off all her clothes (except for panties) and put on my warm dry jacket and wrapped her in a warm blanket. She was frozen. I don't understand why we didn't just forfit the game. The poor girls are probably going to get pneumonia from it.
Dale finished working at his mom's today! He really enjoyed getting to re-do an entire kitchen! Tomorrow, he has to move my fridge to the opposite wall and go under the house to move the water line! Poor Dale, he never gets to rest! Our Sunday morning pancake breakfast is still going on. Tomorrow, we will have Jennifer, Mark, Hannah and Mom over for breakfast. I started Hayden on Amoxil today so hopefully he will feel better soon. If not, we are going to have to see and ENT to get tubes. I hope that when spring comes he will stop all this snottiness! Anyways, I am going to take a NICE hot bath, goodnight!!!

Sorry!

I am SOOO sorry that it has taken so long to blog...my life is a roller coaster ride! Hayden was sick, got better, now sick again. Jack is a ball of energy and that really never changes!!! Caitlyn is a raging ball of hormones and cries at the drop of a hat (it's gonna be a long hard 18 years)!!! Dale has been working on his moms house for about a week installing tile counter tops and hardwood floors. We have spent a lot of time over there and are finally getting near the end! We got a new fridge, it is so big! It is a GE and it has the pull out freezer in the bottom and two big doors that open on the top for the fridge, it is funny because I dont feel like our food is worthy to be in there! We also bought a new vent-a-hood microwave and dishwasher. Our kitchen is getting smaller by the minute!!! Our lives are so busy anymore that it is hard to make time for blogging, but I vow to do better.
I have been a little MORE moodier than normal lately (no I am NOT pregnant, at least I hope not)! Not really sure why, maybe my hormones are out of wack! Who knows? I tried to arrange my work schedule so that I could be more available at home, but that was pretty much a failed attempt! I think the exact quote was, "I will not build my practice around Shanna's wants and Shanna's needs." For me that was a big eye opener. I don't expect to forgive him for that anytime soon! I cannot explain how difficult it is to raise three kids, work full time and be NORMAL! I am obviously not good at any of them! I have thought more lately about getting on meds for depression to see if that would make a difference, but for now I will just try to do my best! Caitlyn told me the other day that I never smile. She said "It's like you forgot how." That makes me want to cry every time I think about it. I wonder if working so late every night and being so stressed when I am home is making things harder on them. I should be at home with them more. I keep telling myself that it wont be like this for long and one day I will be a stay at home mom! He did agree to try to be done by 6pm every night, so maybe that will help a little. Probably, I am just worn out from the winter months at the clinic and listening to kids screaming at work and home! My kids are doing great though! Jackson is really doing well in Pre-K...Thank GOD for Ms.Jessica! Caitlyn is meeting all of her Accelerated Reader goals and Hayden is trying to figure out how to walk! He is so funny, quite the little mocking bird! He will say just about anything he wants to now! Anyway, I hope I have caught everyone up on my life! I will blog again tomorrow night if I have time!