Gonna make it.......

Just an update. I started my new job and I love it!!! I think this will be a good fit for me. I like the night shift people and if I can get used to working nights and being up during the day too. I might stay on nights. Yesterday I got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that because of the economy we will not be going to standardized uniforms like had been previously planned. The bad news also due to the economy is that the hospital(Banner Ironwood) that was scheduled to open the end of next year is now indefinitely pushed back. It would be nice to be that close to home, however I am making friends quickly at where I am at now.
In other news Bre had her first basket-ball game yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately her team lost, but she played a good game. I do have to say the kids are mean when they play, there were a lot of fouls and some foul mouths from the players(the other team). I am all for a competitive game however these girls need to learn some respect and have there mouths washed out. lol. Anyway she really seems to be liking it which is good for all of us.

The other three are doing well and are as rotten as ever. More news on them later.\

Love to all.

So busy that I skipped a couple of weeks.

Well according to my friends I have missed a few weeks of updates. LOL. So let me go back and catch up on everything. I did have a birthday this month and I had a great day with phone calls and emails from midnight to midnight. I went out to lunch with a friend and then had dinner with the kids. As an early b-day celebration I went to Edgefest with some friends, see here...
Then a week after my b-day I got to go to the Cardinals vs. Cowboys game as you can see in my last post.
In other news, I am happy that the kids father has been calling them weekly. After much discussion with some of my friends who have been through this, I was advised to stop protecting my kids from him (or lack of him.) As I have been really worried that he would just call sporadically (which still maybe the case) and really just mess with their heads. I have decided that to some extent his choices are not my problem. To that extent I can only be there for my kids when something does go wrong and not try to predict that it will go wrong. So here's to new beginings and new choices for everyone.
On the school front, Nate got in another fight and punched a kid in the mouth and broke his braces. I gotta tell you on one hand "my kid kicked your kids ass!" and I am slightly proud. On the other hand I don't really know how to deal with it because well I am not supposed to encourage that kind of behavior and because the school is not doing anything to help the situations. For example I have been trying to get Nate an IEP for over a year now. I finally got them to say they would start testing but only after I called the district office and raised hell. However so far that is all they have done and have not actually done anything in that effort. So I finally have started setting my own appointments and and just telling the people involved to be there. Let me just say this AZ schools suck! I miss Kansas schools, better education and better teachers.
Just a side note, last night I was cooking diner and looked out the back to see what Noah was doing and this is what I saw...

Notice the jeep he drove to the side of the trampoline to get up there? After about five minutes of asking him to get off I finally had to climb up there and get him.

Happenings

Wow! We have been super busy. So here is the 411 on what's transpired in the last couple of weeks. Bre made the basketball team and has her first game on the 27th of this month. She is very excited to be playing basketball. For her good grades, I had agreed to let her get her nose pierced; however there is a law in the state of AZ that prevents children under 14 from getting body piercings. So instead she settled on a really ridiculous looking hat. Nate unfortunately did not make the good grade cut this time around, but hopefully I have inspired him to do better. Abby has made a new friend that she just cant get enough of. Luckily her new friend just lives next door to us and they are able to play together alot. Noah is rotten as ever. He is just starting to talk but it is pretty unclear what he is saying most of the time. Noah also knows sign language which is far easier to understand then his words. On the upside his gross motor skills are very advanced (lol). He loves to jump on the trampoline with Nate and Abby and he drives Abby's jeep more than she does.
As for me, I am always busy trying to keep up. First off, I am back to the working world after being unemployed all summer. I am working for a great company and in a year or so I should be able to transfer to the new hospital that is very close to my house when it opens. I am not sure but I think they will be able to help facilitate me getting into a nursing program faster. We also were able to go to the state fair this last Saturday. Everybody had a great time, except for Noah but he didn't seam to mind to much. And on Sunday I got to go to a NFL game for the first time. I had the best time and am already planning more trips to the games. But as most of you know I am a Bears fan and getting to their games are not easy, maybe when they make the playoffs they will play out here since AZ is doing so well. Wishful thinking!

Under Construction!

Check out my new siggie. It is sad that I can figure that out but I can't figure out the rest of the background. The other thing that is sad is that it is 4 am and I just had to stay up and figure out exactly how to do this. Maybe tomarrow I will put as much determination into the rest of the page. lol I Should really get some sleep so I can keep up with Noah and Abby they are very busy little people. Love to all.