I am sorry it has been so long since my last post but a lot has gone on in our home since last time. On September 29, 2011 a very special man left this earth. My Uncle Bobby. Uncle Bobby was always so nice and funny. I will miss him so much. He could always bring a smile to my face.
Last night my youngest Erin and I helped a friend set up for her daughters wedding. I was a long hard job but I must say that I was so proud of little Erin. She is only 8 years old but she got in there and helped the whole time. She worked her butt off. I love her so much.
Alex is trying to get things ready for her trip to Europe. A lot to be done and it feels like we have a life time to get it done but if you stop and think about it we don't have much time at all.
Jennifer has had a rough couple of weeks but I think things are about back to normal for her. She is a sweet child but sometimes we forget that she too has her limits.
Jessica got her class ring and is enjoying her new freedom of driving. I am getting more use to it but still it is an adjustment.
Well I think you are caught up.
Til next time
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Scary day for mom
Well today was the scariest day....I gave my oldest daughter the keys to her car and she drove her and her sisters to church. I am worried...scared and proud all at once. She has turned into such a great young lady.
Erin, my youngest, brought home her progress report today and I am so proud of her she has a 92% in math and 87% in Literacy. For those of you who don't know she almost didn't make it to third grade. Her principle didn't want to let her go to third grade because she didn't feel that Erin was ready but I fought like crazy and got her to third grade. This just shows me that I was right and she was wrong.....ok can't you just see me sticking my tongue out at her. ;P
The girls are all growing up so fast and I am so very proud of them all. They all have their own personalities and their own gifts in life. I am one proud mom.
Well til next time.
Erin, my youngest, brought home her progress report today and I am so proud of her she has a 92% in math and 87% in Literacy. For those of you who don't know she almost didn't make it to third grade. Her principle didn't want to let her go to third grade because she didn't feel that Erin was ready but I fought like crazy and got her to third grade. This just shows me that I was right and she was wrong.....ok can't you just see me sticking my tongue out at her. ;P
The girls are all growing up so fast and I am so very proud of them all. They all have their own personalities and their own gifts in life. I am one proud mom.
Well til next time.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Busy weekend
Well this weekend has been very busy. We had a Soccer game and house cleaning yesterday and well today was pretty great. It rained most of the day and I just did laundry and that was it.
You know one thing that is really hard about blended families is dealing with the children. Like yesterday one child had a soccer game and in my opinion the whole family should be there to support the other, if at all possible. Well since this is a blended family I don't have complete say in how things run. We have one child that said it was no fun for her at all and didn't go. But we are going to be doing some fundraising for her to go on a trip this summer and I will make sure that all the children are there to help even if it is not fun for them. I get really upset because I don't feel like that is fair to the other children. But what do you do. I just have to remember that I choose this life and grin and bear it.
I love all of our children but it is hard. What makes it real hard is that three of them are teenagers and having to deal with teenager attitudes. Like the one that I told you that is wanting to drive she can really get the attitude and make my life a living hell. But she is one that I can take the keys and phone away. And she quite often wants to claim that she is not treated fair. Well lets see ....she has a car, a cell phone, cheers and gets pretty much what she wants. Now she plays my husband and he feels sorry for her and gives her what she wants but I get mad and say no she is being a brat.lol
My 13 year old has just started with the whole attitude thing and I think I was caught off guard by that one. I know I can hear you now how is that possible but she has always been a real quite and sweet. And the other day she got really mad at me and told me she was her own person and she could walk out the door if she wanted to. Well yea but what when the police pick you up little girl. But we worked it out and I do have to admit that sometimes I feel for her because she is so quite that we sometimes forget about her. She is so pretty, smart and sweet. If feel bad that she may thing that I don't notice her much. I think after I get done with this I will go hug and kiss her. She will wonder what is up...lol keep them wondering.
Well thanks again for letting me ramble.
Till next time
You know one thing that is really hard about blended families is dealing with the children. Like yesterday one child had a soccer game and in my opinion the whole family should be there to support the other, if at all possible. Well since this is a blended family I don't have complete say in how things run. We have one child that said it was no fun for her at all and didn't go. But we are going to be doing some fundraising for her to go on a trip this summer and I will make sure that all the children are there to help even if it is not fun for them. I get really upset because I don't feel like that is fair to the other children. But what do you do. I just have to remember that I choose this life and grin and bear it.
I love all of our children but it is hard. What makes it real hard is that three of them are teenagers and having to deal with teenager attitudes. Like the one that I told you that is wanting to drive she can really get the attitude and make my life a living hell. But she is one that I can take the keys and phone away. And she quite often wants to claim that she is not treated fair. Well lets see ....she has a car, a cell phone, cheers and gets pretty much what she wants. Now she plays my husband and he feels sorry for her and gives her what she wants but I get mad and say no she is being a brat.lol
My 13 year old has just started with the whole attitude thing and I think I was caught off guard by that one. I know I can hear you now how is that possible but she has always been a real quite and sweet. And the other day she got really mad at me and told me she was her own person and she could walk out the door if she wanted to. Well yea but what when the police pick you up little girl. But we worked it out and I do have to admit that sometimes I feel for her because she is so quite that we sometimes forget about her. She is so pretty, smart and sweet. If feel bad that she may thing that I don't notice her much. I think after I get done with this I will go hug and kiss her. She will wonder what is up...lol keep them wondering.
Well thanks again for letting me ramble.
Till next time
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Welcome to my first blog HELP!!!!
Hello everyone. Please be patient with me this is the first time I have ever blogged. Let me tell you about myself. I am a mother of 3 by birth and 4 by choice. This means that I have 2 children from my first marriage, 1 from my current marriage and my husband has one from his 1st marriage. That means we have mine, his and ours. You may ask how to we make it work...well I am not sure. I can tell you that we have to take it day by day. Let me tell you a little more detail about our big family. We have a 16 year old, a 15 year old, 13 year old and the spoiled 8 year old. By the way if you think the 8 year old isn't spoiled just ask the TEENAGERS. lol And by the way the are ALL girls. Yes my poor husband.
I will tell you raising 4 girls in this word scares the heck out of me. I worry for them all the time. The two older ones want to grow up so badly. They are all pretty good girls...as good as teenagers can be. It is like today my oldest just turned 16 last Thursday but because of not passing her learner permit the first 3 times she took it she doesn't get to drive by herself til next Thursday. Let me tell you this is driving her up the wall. She can't wait to be behind the wheel of that pretty little car she has and be free. Personally I am scared to death Anyway as I was saying today she is trying to talk me into letting her drive to school tomorrow (yes that is right no drivers license yet). HAS SHE LOST HER MIND. But I am sure (yea right) that when she realizes that I am just not going to let her do that she will be understanding.
Well I feel like I am rambling...and yes I know I AM rambling. Let me explain why I started this blog. First of all I think other people must face a lot of the same difficulties that we do. Maybe reading about ours they will see that they are not alone. 2nd blogging is A LOT cheaper than a therapist. ;) So thank you to the world for being my shoulder to lean on.
Well I guess this is all for tonight. My goal is to write at least once a week. So if you think of a topic that you would like to hear my insane rambling about please feel free to leave suggestion in the comment box.
Till next time
mom of 4
I will tell you raising 4 girls in this word scares the heck out of me. I worry for them all the time. The two older ones want to grow up so badly. They are all pretty good girls...as good as teenagers can be. It is like today my oldest just turned 16 last Thursday but because of not passing her learner permit the first 3 times she took it she doesn't get to drive by herself til next Thursday. Let me tell you this is driving her up the wall. She can't wait to be behind the wheel of that pretty little car she has and be free. Personally I am scared to death Anyway as I was saying today she is trying to talk me into letting her drive to school tomorrow (yes that is right no drivers license yet). HAS SHE LOST HER MIND. But I am sure (yea right) that when she realizes that I am just not going to let her do that she will be understanding.
Well I feel like I am rambling...and yes I know I AM rambling. Let me explain why I started this blog. First of all I think other people must face a lot of the same difficulties that we do. Maybe reading about ours they will see that they are not alone. 2nd blogging is A LOT cheaper than a therapist. ;) So thank you to the world for being my shoulder to lean on.
Well I guess this is all for tonight. My goal is to write at least once a week. So if you think of a topic that you would like to hear my insane rambling about please feel free to leave suggestion in the comment box.
Till next time
mom of 4
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