Teenage Daughters

My little sweetheart..............

UHHHGGGG!

Looking back I am not sure how my parents got thru my teen years without beating me to death! ha ha

Kali is such a sweetheart, laughs and loves life every minute, EXCEPT when she has to help around the house......

She pouts, sighs, and takes about five years to actually start whatever I ask her to do!

Now you all know my parents are sitting back and reading this with a chuckle.... ok maybe they are really using the full blown laugh out loud until they cry laugh.....

I know everyone always says "she is just like you"..... most of the time I take full pleasure in that compliment, BUT not this week! I swear I can tell her something and two seconds later she forgets what in the hell I just said..... but you know if it has something to do with her friends, going somewhere or her PHONE, she will NOT forget it for anything.......

We are working hard on LISTENING and following instructions with a SMILE! Did you get that I said with a smile not a glare....... YES I am pulling my hair out and she is NOT liking her mom right now..... And is missing her only LIFE line her CELL PHONE...... I may just have to call in reinforcements by the end of the week! MEEEEMMMMAAAA!

Stay tuned for the rest of the story.......

LIFE...

GOOD TIMES:)

Well we have been BUSYYYYY, enjoying the good life the past week! :) There is never a dull moment in our lives..... everything from laughing, visiting meema and papa, harvest, growing up toooo fast, and monster trucking it........

I sit some days and just stare at my kids and can't believe how time flies! of course I have those days when I ask myself when in the hell is this day going to end? ha but for the most part I wish I could just stop some or most of the moments in our day to day lives and just bottle them up to keep it and savior the seconds, moments, hours and days from passing us by toooo fast. I have enjoyed the summer soooo much and can't seem to get any REAL work done, but I decided today that it is OK to just play and laugh and enjoy not doing anything, but hang out with the kiddos. Blake started First Tee Golf this morning, and seem to love it.....

a little bored with the basics, since he his the next Tiger Woods.... :) But was ready to go back tomorrow!

Kali had VB camp this morning and loved it.... not sure if she loved the work part or seeing all of her buddies, but she came home with a smile so that is a good thing..... and Jaylee and I just road the golf cart and visited with everyone while the other two were busy...... ahhhhh

She is NOT shy at all...... acts like her social daddy! :)

NOW the big thing with the five year old BOY is FIREWORKS! GEEEEZZZZZ he is all boy! When, when, when, can we get some more fireworks????? SO that is the question of the day..... he asked it not 15 times but 150 times..... ughhhhhhh! my answer????? are you ready for this??????? WHEN YOUR DAD GETS HOME! ahahahahaha Stay tuned for more good times, and enjoy some of the new photos..... :)

DENTIST= Cavities

Well we went over bright and early today to the Dentist..... of course we all flossed, brushed and put on our best smiles..... Did that save us from cavities........ NOPE..... Blake has 1 and Kali has 2.

YIKES can you say NO MORE POP and CANDY?????

He also told us that Blake is about ready to lose his two front bottom teeth! Blake's response to that was WHAOOOOOO bring in on Tooth Fairy....... ha...

************what a way to look at life! ******

I wish every moment was a WHAOOOOO moment, but let's just hope he keeps that spunk when he goes back to fill the cavity!

I will keep you posted on that! :)

Father's Day

What a weekend! :)

Jen one of my best friends came up and spent the weekend with us. Jason, Jen and I went and attempted to play golf on Sunday.... Jason of course played awesome, BUT Jen and I played three lovely holes, on grass greens and from there we drank! ha Now that is my kind of golf......

We had a wonderful weekend! Jason woke to his favorite breakfast, lots of hugs and kisses from the kiddos and lots of lovin from the wife!

I have to say that when I look at Jason being a dad my heart completely melts. He is such a wonderful, patient, loving dad and husband that I sometimes still can't believe he is actually mine! I have learned a lot from him and know that love can and does still happen. I was thinking back to before we had Blake, and as he got to know Kali, he was nervous! I asked him about what..... " I just want to be a dad for her and her to know even though she isn't from me, that I love her.... I would never want her to feel otherwise! " WOW! That sums up what a great dad is right there!

We then went to Dighton to have supper with my parents.... I can't remember a time when I have ever missed a Father's Day with my dad.... We ate an awesome supper, rode the four wheeler and just sat around the farm visiting..... Father's Day has always been a sentimental day for me, not just because of what the day is suppose to mean, but what is actually does mean to me..... I look at my dad with so much admiration. He is not a man of many words, but when he does say something it means everything to me.... He has always been my SILENT rock.... one I knew was always there if a needed a place of comfort, strength, reality, common sense, a place to cry to, and a place of unconditional love even when at times I knew it was hard to watch me make some of the choices I did. I was always worried about letting my dad down, and took pride in the fact that I was worried about that. Of course there were many times that I didn't want to listen or face HIS facts..... But I have always looked to him for guidance. Now of course there are things dad and I just simply disagree on, and I know that is ok..... We can both be very stubborn, and let's just say I didn't get his quite disposition.... haha I am very proud to say my dad is Jon Risley and even prouder to know that almost 37 years ago they picked me to be part of their amazing family! That is why no matter what LIFE is GOOD......

I have been so blessed to have a wonderful family and two wonderful men in my life!

Teacher vs. Mom

We have had a hard time trying to decide if we should hold Blake back a year for Kindergarten. It has wayed heavy on my mind since he started pre-school last year. He struggles..... Of course we thought it was just him being "all boy"..... then came his speech problem, then came his frustration, and now he actually "hates" school..... A teachers kid who hates school...... of course as a Teacher I always thought situations like this were a NO BRAINER..... Don't make the kid struggle his entire life, let him be successful, holding him back will ONLY benefit him in the long run..... Sounds like I have all the answers right? Now as a mom..... He cried when we talked to him about maybe staying back to make things easier for him..... "I just want to be with my friends", "School is hard for me" and then came the flood of tears..... not mad tears, heartbroken tears........ My mom instinct says, he will be fine and we are sending him, but my teacher instinct says we are not sending him to Kindergarten next year..... It is SUCH a hard decision...... but I know one thing is for sure Jason and I only want what is best for him..... and sometimes that reality comes with tears for us all! We don't want him to struggle and all we want for him is hard working success!

After reading this I find myself teary eyed and knowing the answer......

Laughter can change every outlook!

Jaylee

Kali

Blake

Last night I was downstairs on the computer, thinking about every task I didn't get done, and of course that made me a little more tired and ok let's just say a bit GROUCHY! :)


Then there was this sound coming from upstairs..... a sound that I couldn't figure out...... As I got closer I could hear Jaylee laughing in her sleep..... not just a little giggle it was a full blown hardy laugh and it just kept going! ha That has to be the cutest sound in the world! She must have been dreaming about "golfing or getting that big buck deer" as Daddy would say! At that very moment the day was PERFECT! I had forgotten the "list" of undones and how tired I was! I just savored the moment and went and kissed all three of my kiddos and Jason .....
Just a little silent way of saying "Thank you God" for the day! :)

Another Busyyyy DAY! :)

Got the kiddo's up and off to summer school I go...... I have twelve little second graders who are fantastic! Bless Kali she is getting Blake to summer school and watching Jaylee for me while I teach! She loves to watch her sister, but HATES getting up before 11:00....
Kids had library fun today, swimming and I was trying to get a nap in there somewhere....
Jason got home and we did yard work.... or should I say he did yard work.... I just worked on my poor flowers that got hailed out.... the insurance adjuster comes tomorrow.... so lets hope for a new roof and paint for the house.....
Supper was at 8:30 tonight, then baths and now hopefully off to dream land we go!

Well welcome us to the world of BLOGGING???? uh???? It was fun to create our page, but lots of decisions had to be made.... not exactly what I need to be doing at 11:00pm! :)
I am going to try hard to blog everyday if I can..... There is always something going on in our lives that of course everyone needs to know about... so..... wish me luck on getting something posted everyday?????