I miss my man!

I know I am pathetic but I miss my husband. This week Taylor's shift at work changed and he now works graveyards which means I am sleeping alone and it sucks! When we were first married Taylor had this same graveyard shift where he worked midnight to 8am. I don't remember it being this terrible but maybe I was just used to it since he had worked that shift since we started dating and for about two years into our marriage. Now that he has been on days for so long and I am used to having him here at night I am struggling and it is only the second night. He is supposed to start at midnight but they have had him coming him at 10 which means he is leaving here at 9:30. That is my time! I always look so forward to 9pm because that is OUR time. Our kids are in bed and that is when we snuggle on the couch and watch a movie, or catch up on the shows we haven't watched, and talk. Now 9pm comes and I am alone. I don't want to watch anything by myself and I can't go to sleep, so here I am blogging and playing on Facebook and it is only 11pm. I will probably end up putting on a movie I have all ready seen and fall asleep on the couch like last night. I feel really bad for all those wives who have to live apart from their husbands for any period of time, or who's husbands travel a lot. I guess you get used to it and hopefully I will too. I love you Taylor!

There is no stopping him now...

I decided last week when the weather was nice that Isaac needed a bike that he could ride. Last Wednesday we went to Kid to Kid to go see if they had bikes. The moment we walked in the store Isaac found the perfect bike so we paid for it and went straight home. The minute we got home he wanted to ride his bike. I tortured him by making him come inside and wait for me to make him a little lunch since it was 11:00. Normally we don't eat that early but I had to meet my visiting teaching partner and the girl we visit at 11:15 at the park so I knew he would get hungry. Well he decided to take his lunch with us and knew just how to get it there.




He loves his new bike and I cannot keep in the house. The first thing he asks when he wakes up in the morning is, "ride bike"?. I love this kid so much!!!

Dance Festival

This year my kids school had a Spanish themed dance festival where all the grades performed a different dance representing a spanish country. Makaila's class did a street Samba, I'm not sure what the !st grade did cause I missed it, and the kindergartners did the chicken dance and then sang a song in Spanish. After all the grades performed there was a school picnic where they sold tacos and nachos and had a family dance. I tried to take some pictures but my camera batteries died right as soon as I turned it on, however, I was able to snap a couple pictures with my phone. Cell phones are so useful and come in handy for so many purposes.

Out with a BANG!

Makaila's team had their last game against Sparta on Saturday. This team is doing such a fantastic job! Their team has been through some ups and down this past year and is on their 3rd coach but they have grown and pulled through strong. We don't know the final standing but we believe they are solidly in 2nd place or tied for 1st. This last game was so exciting for me and I have to brag a minute. Makaila came out and played so hard she scored the first goal of the game with a hard left foot and she is not a lefty when we saw her take the shot we were waiting for her to shank it but she cleared it hard and it was powerful, she sent the goalie out with it actually. That first goal changed the momentum for the whole team. Makaila scored the 2nd goal with a penaly kick from nearly mid-field. Right before the end of the first half she then headed it and almost got a 3rd goal and quite a reaction from the coaches. She was on fire and aggressive and won the MVP award. The rest of the game she made great passes and great assists and her team went on to win 6-0.

9th Grade Night Dance

Timberline Junior High had their 9th Grade Night Dance on Friday Night. Vai had told me for the past two weeks that she didn't want to go. When the couple she was supposed to babysit for called to cancel that all changed. It was 4pm on Friday and she decided she wanted to go but she didn't have a dress. I told her to go take a shower so we could do her hair and make-up and then we would run and find a dress. The great thing about Vai is that she is so easy to please! It does not take Vai a week of shopping and trying things on, when she find something she likes, she takes right then and there. So when she was ready we jumped in the car and we were going to run to Kohl's but the I decided we would try Ross first. I have to admit I never think to go to Ross because I never really shopped there but my in-laws love it and always find things. We walked into Ross and within 5 minutes Vai found a dress she loved and 2 minutes later shoes she loved. The dress was sleeveless it just had these tiny spaghetti straps and also a pretty deep v-cut. I told her she could have it if she would wear a shades shirt under it. She looked adorable and was very happy she couldn't stop smiling all night. Once she got to the dance she called to see if she could got to a friends after and watch a movie and have a treat so I told her yes. The dance ended at 9pm and she called at 8:45 telling me ot pick her up at the school at 9 instead. Taylor when to get her and asked her why she didn't go to her friends and she said she wanted to come home and hang out with us. WHAT! at that age the last thing I wanted to do was hang with my family on a weekend. Taylor told her next time she had to gow ith her friends and be social. Vai is a good girl and I am glad that she likes being home and that home is a safe and secure place for her. I feel very blessed that she likes being a part of our family as much as we like having her a part of our family and that is this is home and we are her family. You always worry a little when raising somebody else's child how that child really feels and I am able to know. Her dress had a really cute bubble skirt and her hair looked really cute but it is hard to tell cause the wind was blowing so hard when we were trying to take the picture. I should have taken it inside.

What a week!

I am so glad this week is finally over! I had two secrets I was keeping and this week just seemed to drag on. My Dad turned 60 on Mother's Day and my mom, sister, and I decided to have a surprise Birthday party for him on Thursday night. My Dad doesn't like attention and does not like people to make a fuss over him so we thought he might be a little annoyed with us but 60 is big one and thought we should celebrate. My Dad has been very fortunate to have great friends and they have a friendship that has spanned 50 years. So lying to my Dad when he asked me what I had going on this week was secret #1. My brother Ryan moved to Alaska to start school the end of April and his wife Megan stayed behind to work until June 12 when she can start her job in Alaska. Well Ryan got up to Alaska and as it turned out his program was pushed back and he didn't start school until May 18th so he has been up in Alaska all alone knowing nobody. Mother's Day Sunday his wife came over and Megan and I were talking and I reminded her that he still had a round trip buddy pass from last month and asked her if she would want to fly him down this week since he didn't have school so he could be here for my Dad's party and so we called Ryan and conspired and decided not to tell anybody and surprise them all at the party. Ryan flew down Monday night on a red-eye and that was secret #2. I was so excited for my Dad's party and very excited for everybody's reaction when Ryan was there. The party was a hit and my Dad was very surprised and both my parents were shocked and very excited to have Ryan there.
These are some of my Dad's good friends socializing before the party Robert and Catherine Chatfield and Layne and Diane Downs. The awesome Birthday cake above was made by one of my Dad's coworkers Larry Newton's wife Geri.