Wow...

This week has been a blast for the kids and I am so glad they were able to do it. My oldest who is no longer my baby at 12 has gone away to girls camp for the first time. I will have to update on that when she gets back. My 2nd and 3rd monkeys were both in a day camp for soccer and are absolutely LOVING it. So much so they are pretty much knocked out by 7 each night! YEAH! My lil monkey though isnt too happy with this change. She hates being the only one ever left at home. Poor lil monkey!

Next summer we will have to put her in the soccer camp too. Three for soccer camp (one all day camp and 2 1/2 day campers) and another Girls camp for the big one. YES! I cant believe it. Soon it will be 2 girls' camp campers. I can still remember my first time at girls camp and how I loved it. The day I dropped the oldest off I had all these memories come flooding back to me.

One of them was my favorite of my YW Stake leader. She is the bomb and guess who called me yesterday?? YES it was that leader. I was so shocked and couldnt believe it. I love her so much and she is just like family. Anyways I cant wait to hear from her again.

Too funny for all the moms out there

So Monkey #4 is still a mama's baby...

This lil monkey just doesnt want to walk EVER! I do make her walk when I cant carry her anymore. She hates a stroller... so my friends have this link for a free give away... so I looked. I think its a great idea and hope to win. Anyways you can look here or at the shop she has here . She does stuff for the natural mom. Cloth diapering, breastfeeding etc. Happy searching...

New thoughts...

Well with one school age monkey home and two still in school life is a bit rough right now. The oldest monkey lives to torment everyone because she can! Why is it so important for her to let them know she is superior because she is home all day. So no the 2 younger ones dont want to go to bed at night because she is up and they dont want to go to school because she is home. GRRR! I think I am going to push to have them moved to a traditional school. I dont want to but its the only way I can think of to make it fair. Not to mention that in fall of 2008 I will have two on traditonal and two on year round. Anyways I got a new bed for the the 2 younger girls. Going to get it next week. I am working on redoing their whole room... my hubby says WHAT? why not MY room. Haha we are next just chill big boy! School is going well. I am ready to finish. HAHA I guess its like kids and school. Anyways I am still going to go my next two classes though are offset because they had the same major due dates... so now instead of starting both on July 16 they start one on July 16th and the other on the 23rd. STRANGE! Other than that I am hanging in there and hope you are...

July 2nd....

Well here we are in the OFFICIAL blazes of summer. Literally and figuratively. We do have a nice lil fire going about 20 miles from here...here is where you can see we actually have a few going on but this is roughly the closest.

We are already really hot and dry and in desperate need of a good rain. You cant use your ovens or really your stoves after noonish because it gets SOOO hot in the house. So we have been eating a) takeout, b) salads or c) sandwiches for over a week. Good huh? hehe We have been eating lots of fruits and veggies as you can see.

School is still rolling on. I start my new classes in 2 wks. I have my English paper almost completely done and have about a 1/4 of the other one done. Not to bad for a class that isnt over until the 15th. Monkey #1 should be getting her report card any day now and is out of school until Sept. The other monkeys that are in school have about 3 wks to go till they are out.

We are hanging in there and hoping to get to Seaworld or Legoland this summer break. We will not be going home though.

Holy Cow...

What in the world is going through the popular kids heads these days?

Let me say that one SIXTH grade popular girl at my oldest monkey's school has phoned in BOMB threats TWICE in the past 5 mos. She had the audacity to use someone elses phone the first time... he got punished by suspension. The second time she used her own and was taken in handcuffs to juvie. This is not the first time this child has been in trouble either. She got busted last year at her elementary drinking beer from a gatorade bottle on campus (HOW did someone not notice something going on like this??) This year she came to school drunk and threw up in her first class. Where are this child's parents? How is it that she is still in their care? At the very least those two acts alone are grounds for child neglect. Now she is phoning in bomb threats? WHY? The other question what is going to be her punishment? I dont know if I want my child at the same school as this girl... would you? I am seriously thinking of making them put her in a different school if they do not expel her. AND she should lose credit for this semester and be held back because of it.

Anyways this is very upsetting to me...

Wow its been a long time...

Well there have been some definite things I need to update on. The first one I am going to update on has to deal with ME. Yep ME which is a rarity. I have gone back to school. I am a 1/3 of the way through this quarter already. WOW! So far I am maintaining an A avg., but things are getting a bit stickier and I am having to work a bit harder now. I have been so busy with this AND with my chairman position at the lodge that I am going crazy. Then add in the added YW activities and sports OH BOY! My typical day right now has me up at 530am and in bed around midnight. On sports, church or chairman nights it can be later.

Which brings me to we have slimmed down the summer sports... bowling is now on Saturday mornings and we will be moving to swim lessons during the week. We now have church activites on every wednesday and the 2nd and 4th tuesdays every month as well as my chairman activities every tuesday. Homework is typically due on tuesdays, thursdays, fridays and sundays for my classes. SO life can become quite hectic. I am also noticing that I need to have soundproof headphones on for homework because everything else is distracting me.

Anyways enough about me.

As for the monkeys....
Well monkey #1 got a trophy and some badges and pins from this last bowling session. It was nice. She got a report card and it looked good. She also turned 12 in mid april. WOOT! Now she is preparing for the end of school and the beginning of summer school as well as girls camp.

Monkey #2's team took 2nd place in the last bowling session so she came home with two trophies and some badges. She also brought home an good report card. Now she is gearing up for state testing and some major field trips.

Monkey #3's team took 1rst place in his groups last bowling session (he doesnt bowl in the same league as the bigger monkeys) and came home with two trophies. He went to seaworld recently and had an awesome report card. He is growing lettuce and radishes in his classroom at school and going to the state fair with them. WOW talk about exciting... Monkey #2 is also doing this!

Monkey #4 WELL lets just say she has had a VERY long month this month and has handled it like a trooper and we hope this is the last trauma we go through for a long while!