This month has been full moon crazy weird. The weather is great, which is sort of weird for September in OK, it rained for days and was cold. The temp the other morning was 49 degrees, which when put in one perspective is 17 degress above freezing. The daytime highs are from low70's to low 80's. Like I said, weird.
Wyatt didn't leave for the Marines. He had an incomplete frontal lobe incident with some friends and has some legal issues to resolve. He is talking with an Army guard recruiter and may go that route if he can. Which is probably a good thing since he's going to be a daddy in March. He and Ashlee are expecting a baby. After the initial shock of being a grandma at 42, I'm excited. Its kind of weird. When I was pregnant with the boys, I really wanted to have a boy. With this grandbaby, I really don't have a preference. Just healthy.
Wyatt & Ashlee lost a good friend last week. Their friend Ben was killed in a car accident. He was a really great guy and will be missed. His funeral was Thursday. He was in the army so they had a military honor guard there. It brought back some of the memories of Corey. Same gun salute and taps played. Wyatt has really taken this hard. He looked up to Ben and is also close with Ben's brother Adam. Their group of friends are devastated and trying to make sense of all of it. It is hard to understand why someone so young dies.
School is going well. I have 6 kids now. The other day, one of the boys unscrewed the faucet in the bathroom and was having himself a good time playing the fountain he created. It is hard to get mad at that kind of curiosity.
Got to go take care of Lance. He's barking really loudly and Nadia is griping at him to stop. It is getting REALLY loud downstairs.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
Holy Moly
I realized this morning how long it has been since I updated so the 2 other people who usually read this can read what I've told them on the phone:)
School has started. Ethan has tons of homework every night. I'm at school for 10 hours everyday and Clint doesn't get home until 5:15ish so our evenings are busy. I LOVE my new class. It is challenging but worth it. I have 5 kiddos and 2 para-teachers. Sounds easy huh? Join me for a day and you'll see we work hard. The kids are very sweet though and are basically typical kids who happen to have several challenges they have to deal with.
Wyatt leaves in 2 weeks for boot camp. His buddy Scott is back from boot camp so I'm sure he'll update Wyatt on all the realities of it. Speaking of Wyatt, he and his girlfriend of 2 years are going to have a baby the end of February or the first of March. I'm not sure of Ashlee's exact due date. After the initial WHAT?!#!? wore off (in about 3 seconds) I'm very excited. I'm going to be a grandma! I'm hoping Wyatt and Ashlee can work things out between them and make the right decisions. Ashlee is willing to let me be a part of the babies life even if she and Wyatt can't work things out. Our family loves her and she's the mama of one of the greatgrandbabies so she's family now (we thought of her that way even before the baby)
Clint and I went to Mississippi for the season opener of Ole Miss football. Go Rebs! We won 41-24 over Memphis. Houston Nutt is the new coach (thank you Razorbacks). MamaKin is doing ok. We got to visit with Uncle David and Aunt Carolyn, Uncle Lynn and David2. We left Friday after work for MS and got back Sunday evening. Very fast trip but always worth it.
Clint's job plays out the end of September. We are praying for the right full time position to be there when this one is over.
Mom bought a new car last weekend. It is really cool. She bought a Hyundai Elantra. She picked blue since her Dodge was blue and she would be able to remember which car is hers easier:) They went to Norman with Pequeta and Royal this weekend. She and Pete LOVE the casino and I think that's where they are spending most of their time except for Saturday when the OU game was on TV. Last I heard, she had almost won enough to buy her car tag and tax. She and Pete are the luckiest people. I NEVER win so I just quit going.
Beth is painting her dining room and finishing getting her house the way she wants it. She made curtains for my classroom that look really cute. I get tons of compliments on how cute my room looks. Thank you Leann for the hand-me-downs and Beth for the curtains.
If you read this before Sunday the 7th, you're invited to the house for a send off for Wyatt. He leaves the 14th and will be gone for 13 weeks. I'm trying to not be hysterical. I don't go 13 hours w/o talking to the boys and I have to go 13 weeks. Clint says it is time to let him go, I'm thinking NOT! I know it is the best thing for him, but can someone tell me it is ok to just be mommy for a minute and not want him to grow up?????? Since we only have 2 kids, Wyatt gets the reaction for being the first to leave, and Ethan gets it for being my baby. Maybe I should get a life........
School has started. Ethan has tons of homework every night. I'm at school for 10 hours everyday and Clint doesn't get home until 5:15ish so our evenings are busy. I LOVE my new class. It is challenging but worth it. I have 5 kiddos and 2 para-teachers. Sounds easy huh? Join me for a day and you'll see we work hard. The kids are very sweet though and are basically typical kids who happen to have several challenges they have to deal with.
Wyatt leaves in 2 weeks for boot camp. His buddy Scott is back from boot camp so I'm sure he'll update Wyatt on all the realities of it. Speaking of Wyatt, he and his girlfriend of 2 years are going to have a baby the end of February or the first of March. I'm not sure of Ashlee's exact due date. After the initial WHAT?!#!? wore off (in about 3 seconds) I'm very excited. I'm going to be a grandma! I'm hoping Wyatt and Ashlee can work things out between them and make the right decisions. Ashlee is willing to let me be a part of the babies life even if she and Wyatt can't work things out. Our family loves her and she's the mama of one of the greatgrandbabies so she's family now (we thought of her that way even before the baby)
Clint and I went to Mississippi for the season opener of Ole Miss football. Go Rebs! We won 41-24 over Memphis. Houston Nutt is the new coach (thank you Razorbacks). MamaKin is doing ok. We got to visit with Uncle David and Aunt Carolyn, Uncle Lynn and David2. We left Friday after work for MS and got back Sunday evening. Very fast trip but always worth it.
Clint's job plays out the end of September. We are praying for the right full time position to be there when this one is over.
Mom bought a new car last weekend. It is really cool. She bought a Hyundai Elantra. She picked blue since her Dodge was blue and she would be able to remember which car is hers easier:) They went to Norman with Pequeta and Royal this weekend. She and Pete LOVE the casino and I think that's where they are spending most of their time except for Saturday when the OU game was on TV. Last I heard, she had almost won enough to buy her car tag and tax. She and Pete are the luckiest people. I NEVER win so I just quit going.
Beth is painting her dining room and finishing getting her house the way she wants it. She made curtains for my classroom that look really cute. I get tons of compliments on how cute my room looks. Thank you Leann for the hand-me-downs and Beth for the curtains.
If you read this before Sunday the 7th, you're invited to the house for a send off for Wyatt. He leaves the 14th and will be gone for 13 weeks. I'm trying to not be hysterical. I don't go 13 hours w/o talking to the boys and I have to go 13 weeks. Clint says it is time to let him go, I'm thinking NOT! I know it is the best thing for him, but can someone tell me it is ok to just be mommy for a minute and not want him to grow up?????? Since we only have 2 kids, Wyatt gets the reaction for being the first to leave, and Ethan gets it for being my baby. Maybe I should get a life........
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