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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Laundry Situation

Do you agree that laundry is the worst job ever, ever, ever!? It doesn't really matter if you agree. I know for a fact without anyone agreeing with me that it is. I know this because it's the only chore that causes fights in our home. The worst is when I am trying to explain to Brian that I didn't know he needed the "green" scrubs but I did do laundry and the kids come in and say "Mom, I don't have any socks." and I am like "look in the sock basket then" and in comes Jayme "Mom I don't have any shirts for school......"well, did you look on the recliner in my room?" I mean don't they know how to look? Doesn't everyone keep there socks in a basket and there clothes (clean ones) on the recliner. If it is on the floor it is dirtyI hate it. I have to admit that I was never ever going to have a sock basket . It also grosses me out to watch the show Clean House or even Cops. Then I go through our bedroom and reality sets in. Then I kinda feel bad for the people on those shows and wonder if they just had a bad day or maybe just let the Laundry situation get out of hand.

Deck Update

Time for an update. The deck is almost done. It is about 3/4ths done. I do have to tell Brian how awesome he is for doing this thing. Our yard has changed so much. I love it. It will be so worth it in the end. Also a shout out to Jas. Without him it would have really sucked. Soon we can have a deck party. Can't wait.

The Deck

First Day Back

Well like everyone they went back today. Drake started 5th grade. Jayme started 3rd and Davin is in Kindergarten. They were all excited but showed it in different ways. Drake was dead set against me walking him to class. Jayme was afraid no one would like her. Davin was just ready. Drake, well he did end up needing my help after all ;) and as you all know people just loved Jayme (how could you not) Davin did get to go for a little bit today and his first real day will be on Thursday. I am so excited for all of them. I remember the tears the day Drake left for Kindergarten and I think there were some when he went to 1st grade. Now it is more tears of joy that they have to go. j/k I really do love them to pieces and know that they are having fun there. As you can tell by the picture (cell phone in the parking lot) the day was crazy. At least there is this one to remember it by. Best wishes to all back to schoolers and cheers to all stay at home moms :0

Our Summer Trip

We finally made the trip to AZ. I was sitting around thinking and realized that school starts on August 12th. That is only two weeks away. It seems like the summer has flown by. We never really went anywhere with the kids. So we decided that this was the time to go. Lucky for us the 24th is a day off for Bri. He ended up taking Friday off and that way we could go for 5 days. It was so worth the drive. The kids had so much fun together. Me and Shannon and Amanda went to the spa on the 24th for Amanda's 15th B-day. It was so so so fun. Brian spent the morning with the kids and then took Jayme and Becca (two 8 year olds) shopping. Then we all met up for lunch at the Cheese Cake Factory. The day was good and fun. The rest of the week we played in the pool, and our new favorite game,Ticket to Ride. On Saturday it was my b-day. Shannon made me tons of cinnamon rolls and we went to eat at Caraba's (the best place ever). Then we went to Jestrz Improv Club. They were hilarious. We did also go to a water park.( some people may still be chaffed from that) All in all it was a fun time and the kids now have something to write about when the teacher asks them what they did over summer break.

Funny Things

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