Graduations

Friday was our last day of school. This little lady had her 7th grade awards that morning. I am so proud of her...she got awards for Honor Roll, Beta Club, Exceeding in Math and Language Arts on the CRCT, and the Presidential Excellence Award. She also got some sort of Champs award and Cheerleading awards.

Then we had H's high school graduation that night. The silver means she is an honor graduate! She spends so much time at our house, I feel like she is one of my own and I am so proud of her!

American Idol

Since I have spent the better part of Tuesday and Wednesday nights glued to the TV, I thought I would share my ramblings about American Idol.

1. I am very happy with the results. I thought Adam looked ridiculous all evening. Kris seems to be such a nice, humble guy and I am glad "the underdog" won! Not to mention he is just so cute and adorable!

2. I would have liked the final more if it had been Danny and Kris as the top two.

3. No way, no how should they have let bikini girl up there or let Kara open her 'dress'.

4. The thing with Tantiana (or however her name is spelled) was just way too staged.

5. KISS is old...good thing they wear so much makeup!

6. Cyndi Lauper should have worn more makeup.

7. Simon showed no class when they announced Kris as the winner.

8. People who keep saying Adam got 'robbed' should have voted more and/or accept defeat gracefully.

9. I was very thankful for my unlimited AT&T texting!

10. I wonder what I am going do on Tuesday and Wednesday nights now?? Maybe get a real life?! LOL

Happy 16th Birthday!

Yesterday was one of my favorite guys' birthday! He turned 16. Yikes! He can't get his driver's license until he completes Driver's Ed. so he'll be waiting over a month. We got him a new cell phone (that he picked out) and are in the process of looking for a car or truck for him...preferably one big enough that I will feel safe letting him drive. I know it sounds lame, but I honestly can't believe he is already 16.

His girlfriend decorated his locker at school and I made sure to put his picture in the birthday section of the paper.

We took him out to eat. He ordered Filet Mignon. He has expensive taste. Here he is eating the Filet Mignon and the huge salad.

Then we came home and had cookie cake and opened presents.

Happy Birthday baby boy! We are so proud of you!!

Time is flying

I am still here, just really busy. End of school projects are about to make me regret not homeschooling my kids! Nah, not really. I just hate bugs. More on that later though. E had a major birthday and is now offically a teenager. Z's is next week and he will be 16. Be still my heart! Pool is opened and the water is COLD. We had to have a new liner and it took 3 days to fill the pool up. The kids will swim...I am a weinie and will not even stick my big toe in that water. It might help if the temperature outside would get above 80 degrees. Hope everyone has a great day! I am off to get a pizza box to put these nasty bugs in...or should I say for my Mother to put those bugs in. I won't touch them.

busy, busy, busy

Busy...describes my life right now. I am sure in 3 weeks, after school ends, it will be better. Z and E have some major projects due and I am helping with those and then we have all the other end of the year activities going on too. And we have 2 major birthdays coming up in the next 2 weeks. C is in the mist of finals and getting stuff transfered for next year.

Ever notice how everything breaks all at once? In the last two weeks we have had to buy a new lawn mower (riding), a new pool liner, new tires for my van, new windshield wipers for my van, a new toilet seat, and now the weed eater has decided to die on us. Thank goodness for savings as we have spent some major money ~ including the bill for our cruise. I know this is life and we deal with it, but I really hope stuff stays fixed and nothing else breaks.