Newest Addition

I kept saying no but the children kept saying yes. Laurens friend had brought this puppy home and her parents said no. The kids went picked this puppy up and brought it home Thursday. Well to find out there was more puppies at Bashes so the boys went and picked up another puppy for one of their friends.
So all the kids went with Ron to pick up the 5th wheel up north last night so I stayed back to organize and clean to get ready for school on Monday. So I got to babysit the puppy well she only needed to go outside twice so it was'nt to bad. Cant wait for the kids to get back and take over.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE" Mike turns 14 today. We adore this kid he's so funny and smart. Mike of course everybody knows has had a couple of trying years. He's withdrawn a few times then came back and started hanging with his friends and did this a few times but I think hes back and accepted his limitations and all his siblings and friends know this and don't remind him. Which he hates. Oh ha but he trys to use his heart condition when it comes to doing chores. Love that of course it doesn't work for me but it would and does work with his Dad. Were working on that. So everything is good he's getting all ready for high school. We were leaving yesterday and Mike is the slowest of everyone to get ready so I went to speed up the process he's laying on the end of my bed with his head hanging over the foot rail. I was like what are you doing he was letting his hair dry so that it all spiked evenly. Never heard that before but to each his own. Mike got voted best hair for the 8th grade class and he decided a few days ago to cut it off and go with his spiked hair again which looks so much better than the hair wisked in his face I think. But it looked good the other way. So anyways he gets up and looking in the mirror saying how good looking he is. I was standing there laughing and I said yes you are but can we go. " I think he gets that from Grandpa Grover". So Mike's next appointment for a MRI is in November so hopefully nothing changes. Well Mike I hope you have a great birthday and can't wait to go fishing this weekend.

"Plus a Happy Birthday to Aunt Bev"
"My nephew Tyler on the 20th"
"Jacob on the 19th" Happy Birthday to all"

High School

Well, I'll have 2 in high school this year. This is so amazing to me. Where did 15 and 14 years of raising my boys go to? Ronnie a sophomore and Mike a freshmen Lauren not to far behind in 7th grade and of course our baby Ricky going to be a 4th grader with only 2 more years in elementary. I went down this morning to get books and pay fees and all that good stuff for high school and it was so upsetting to me that my boys only have a couple more years to go. Like seriously where did time go? It made me feel older for a bit this morning but it still blows me away I have 4 children that give me so much love and joy everyday that I'm so grateful for. They've definitely made my life complete(of course my husband also). Of course there's better days than others but I believe everybody has that happen. Mike's turning 14 tomorrow and I have absolutely no idea what to do for him. Were going out of town this weekend he wanted to go fishing up north but besides that I'm clueless. Lauren and 1 of Mike's friends has come up with a idea to have his friends over for the afternoon and have pizza. I thought it would be better to take them to the mall and drop them off. Who knows I guess I'll ask Mike when he decides to wake up today.

Jujube tree

I was so sad to see this happen to my tree, but I and others believe it just got a beating on Thursday during that monsoon storm. Its not dead by any means but it just makes me sad. Look at my fig tree(to the left) that seems to be hanging on, it was larger but this heat is brutal this summer. Lauren and Ricky found our first scorpion in the house on Thusday hope no more to come.