Snow again...

Well this is what we woke up to today, which is nice because it looks neat and we need it, but I am ready for some nice weather...

Not very good at this...

Wow I am not very good at updating.  It is always so busy here.  School is almost out, May 31st is the last day.  I am actually happy.  It is always nice to have them go and then it is also good to have them home for a couple months and not worry about getting up early to get them ready.  Plus they are ready also.  Then we have been doing all the Dr. appointments, eyes, pediatrician, dentist, blood work, heart Dr, and a visit with the lung Dr. and pediatrician to talk.  We are still working on some two of my kids are probably need braces, one needs more work on there teeth and one needs to go still one is going to join the 4 of us that wear glasses, one still has to go to the heart Dr. Then we are still waiting on a visit to be scheduled so we can go chat about stuff that I am not sure I want to talk about yet...  Joe has basically been sick since Christmas, he is better at the moment.  When he gets sick his oxygen get down in the 40-50 range and he should be in the hospital, but he does not like them at all.  So we have all the stuff at home.  His normal oxygen is low 80s high 70s, so he has chronic low oxygen.  He has not been able to ride his bike, or play on his trampoline.  It is sad, as he is overweight and needs exercise and he can not exert himself or he can't breath, so we got him a backpack that can carry a little oxygen tank and he could ride his bike and walk.  He has not tried it yet as this is the first week he has not been sick.  We keep trying though.  My first goal will be to get him to walk around the yard with me and then we will go from there.  In other news my baby Maddie 3, is potty trained now.  It is bittersweet, she is my last, so I was putting it off.  Well no more,  the first week she would not go, like you are taking my diaper and so I am not going to go, so the second week took her to my bathroom and said if you go pee I will give you some makeup and well every since then she goes, she goes when she has to, it is easier then I remember and waiting for it to stop it is not suppose to be this easy.  So we shall see.  We switched rooms around, everyone is happy for the moment.  I have been reading the Debbie Macomber  Cedar Cove Series, and I am happy to say it is going to be a TV series this summer.  Here are a couple pictures.

Us girls in the owl hats I made.

Love this....



Been awhile

Well it certainly has been awhile it just seems like it has just been crazy around here Christmas, every one sick, Joe got it and got real sick was on his oxygen for 4 days straight and did I mention he hates it, so for to keep it on you know he was really sick.  His oxygen was in the 60's.  Usually it is in the high 80's to the low 90's.  :( poor guy.  Well then of course the sickness that I was fighting since Christmas finally got me ugh.. Then there is the little bit of depression that runs around after the holidays.  Trying to keep myself busy crocheting stuff.  So now will try to keep writing.  Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday.  Here are some pictuers.

All dressed up, something she loves to do...

 Hot air balloon- that never happens here so was neat to see.

 

Christmas stuff....

 

 

 

 

My new Lego's for Christmas.

 

My new kindle I got for Christmas!

 

 

 

 

My Birthday!

 

 

 

 

Just a good picture of Joe.

 

 

 

 

The family minus Joe as he did not want to be in it...

 

Just pictures..

Maddie giving me the look....



She dressed herself.

Joe made a Dr, Pepper costume....  very creative!

Just a black -n- white pic.

Jacob and his bike.

Being good on the road.

Volleyball

Showing off her outfit.

A bunch of stuff

   Well first of all started Joe on an anxiety medicine about a month ago, as we thought that would help him.  NO it made it a whole lot worse.  So then I remembered hearing that Joe had bipolar, never been diagnosed, but to some extent yes.  Well was the first time I thought to look it up and WOW a lot of the stuff is right on.  Big ones responding horrible to depression med( which is what the anxiety med was),  over the counter cold meds-which i have always said makes Joe really hyper, so I give him a natural one.    Different seasons affect them, and on and on... So that made me feel a little better.  Wish would have read a long time ago.  So then we decided to try a med that he was on before his ordeal with the dentist.  EXCEPT there is the wonderful side effect of making him hungry.  Ugh...... The other med messes with there heart and since he has issues in that area we have to make sure his heart would take it.  So we are doing a trial of the one that makes him hungry.  Here we go again....   Well it has been a little better, but he still has his moments.  God love him... 
    Next I started noticing that Jacob talks really loud, I know it has taken me a while to notice but it is noisy in our house.  So am going to take him to get his hearing checked... Just need to make appointment.
     Then Jordyn tells me she can not see very well, so need to take her to the eye Dr. Just need to make the appointment. 
     Then yesterday Joe was leaning over the couch and I noticed from across the room a bump on his lower right back side, and went over and touched it and yes there is a hard bump there, certainly hope it is nothing bad.  His pain tolerance is very high, so he never complains about anything.   But now need to make a Dr appointment for him.  So guess that means lots of Dr's.  GOD give me the strength. 
   On a good note I got my computer back, it was the hard drive that was bad, thanks to two boys throwing pillows and knocking a vase over on it... :)
   Think Maddie is getting sick :(.  Well hope you are all having a blessed day.

School It Started.....

     Well it started and when it started my calender is full now.  This is the second week of school and volleyball practice.  Kind of crazy there is no getting use to it.  The kids are liking it though so that is good.  Jacob got in trouble one of the days last week, so he had to walk the fence, and it did not bother him.  I asked him why he got in trouble and he said: mom you know me chatterbox.  He likes to talk.  When he is playing by himself in his room it sounds like there is a bunch of kids in there.  :)   Jordyn has been doing Volleyball practice every day after school and so I have to try to go to the school two times to get the kids and Joe is being stubborn about leaving.  Makes it hard.  Her first game is this Saturday and it is a tournament.  Will be fun...

Jordyn- 7th grade, she is over in our High School oh my.....

Jacob My big 3rd grader....

 

 

 

 

 

Well we have also had three birthdays this summer.  First up was Jordyn turning 12 do they stop growing :(.   Cherry Cheese cake.  My favorite.

 

 

 

 

Then there was Jacob turning 8, oh my wasn't he just 2.    Tried to make a Lego cake, from one I seen on Pintrest (love it).

 

 

 

 

Then last but not least was Joe.  He turned 15, oh my where did the time go?  He was so excited it is fun to see. His was a monster cake another idea I seen on pintrest.  Jordyn made the face.  Turned out great.

So we had a pretty busy summer, we went on two vacations.   Had summer camps and a lot of birthdays.  Hope you all had a wonderful summer.  Now on with the school year.  I will leave you a picture of the youngest with no birthday in the summer thank heavens.  She is growing up fast too, would be nice to keep them little for a little bit.

Change..

I have always wanted to take a first day of school picture and a last day picture and compare all the changes, well I finaly got to do it today.  They were getting ready for summer camp and it hit me and I am Thankful that it did.

So they have changed and look older.. :( .  I guess that is what happens.  I am sure glad that I remembered to do that.  Kind of quite in the house without these two, as they will be gone during the day all week as the explore Montana.  They were both pretty excited also.  Hope they have lots of fun. 

We sure have been busy with Birthdays as both of theres is in June, one is on the 8th and the other is on the 23rd, and then of course there was Fathers day and my mom's birthday in between, so we have been staying busy so far this summer.  Hoping it slows down just a bit now. 

I think summer has finally hit in this part of the world it has been in the 80s the last two days.  We are getting our pools out and filled up.  Hope you all are having a wonderful summer so far. 

Hi...

Joe

our homemade fire pit....

my new 3.00 car..

Just being cute.

Love this picture and I am enjoying instagram (momof4jmsnme).