Catching up is hard to do!

These are posts from 2008!!

5/28 – Abby and Ally started Kindermusik at Aldersgate Church. The class went for 5 weeks on Wednesday nights. Jack’s always so busy and the girls seem to get lost in the shuffle so I wanted to sign them up for something fun. They both LOVED it!

5/30 – I finally took the plunge and had Novasure surgery to help with my periods. The procedure itself was fine and recovery was easy. I bled for 3 weeks after that…not so fun…but now everything is MUCH better!!

6/2 – June 2nd was a busy day for Jack! We signed him up for a 4 day basketball camp at EBA. It was for Kindergarten through 6th grade so Tyler signed up too. It was from 8-11am. The first day went fine. Jack was definitely the youngest and smallest kid there. On the second day, I dropped him and Tyler off at EBA and headed to work…Mom was going to pick them up at 11am when it was over. On the second day, the EBA guy called as soon as I got to work. He said Jack was crying and said he wasn’t feeling good. So, I turned around and went back and picked him up. Tyler stayed. On Day 3, Jack wouldn’t even stay (Mom was dropping them off). He said he never got the ball and didn’t like it at all. That was $60 down the drain!!

6/2 – Also on June 2nd, Jack started golf lessons for 3 days with Pro Doc Hammerstein (sp?) at Eagle Valley Golf Course. He was so excited and did a great job. Doc kept asking me if he played a lot or had ever had lessons before. Doc and I were very impressed with him!!

6/6 – We decided to go back to West Boggs in Loogootee with Chris and Amanda. We got up there Friday and set up on the peninsula that Jeff really wanted to stay on. We were just feet from the water. All evening long, the weather wasn’t looking great. As the kids were watching a movie, we could hear thunder in the distance. I checked my Blackberry to see what was coming and it was a band of storms that looked like it was just going to miss us. Mom and Lori both called and said that they said it was going to be bad up by us. We talked about what to do. The wind would pick up and die down and we could see lightening in the distance. We put the kids to bed and ours were asleep. At around 11pm, we could tell it was getting closer and I could just see the camper going into the water. We decided to get the kids up and go sit in the truck up by the bathhouse. So, we loaded up in our truck and the Blakes got in theirs. It was windy and raining and the kids were scared (as was I!). We waited for about 30 minutes or so and the Blakes decided to head back. I (scaredy-cat Mommy) still wasn’t comfortable. Just about as soon as the Blakes got back to their camper, the wind picked up and it started pouring! We stayed where we were at but more people started arriving up there and some were going in the bathhouse. C&A came right back and ran into the bathhouse. We stayed put. We had all the kids in the front seat with us and we were all nervous. Finally about midnight, we headed back to the camper and went to bed. It thundered and rained all night and even into the morning. The storm had done lots of damage in the cities around us and had stayed basically stationary for around 12 hrs. There was flooding just to the Northwest. I’ve never been more scared camping. We’ve been in hard rain before but not like that. The rest of the weekend was good…and HOT!

6/4 – Since Jeff got his wish last fall and had the 13 pine trees pulled up behind the pool, we had to do something to get our privacy back. We recruited several helpers (Bobby, Lori, Chris and Greg P.) to help us clean up the landscaping and dig up those stumps left from the trees. It was A LOT of hard work. Shortly after that, Jeff rented a tiller and finished up back there. Finally, on June 4th, we had Davis Fencing come and put a white vinyl privacy fence where the trees used to be. It looks really nice!

6/9 – Jack had his first golf tournament today at Wesselman’s. I took him not knowing what to expect. They played 3 holes and were in groups of 4. Jack did great but was the only one without a nice set of clubs. I don’t know much about golf so we luckily only had 3 clubs to choose from! His first hit from the tee went right on the green. Everyone was impressed. It only took him like 6 more shots to get it in the hole!! We, the parents, kept score for our own kids. One of the workers said that if they “whiff” the ball that we don’t count it but if they hit it even a couple feet then you do. Once it was over, we went to the clubhouse and noticed some trophies. We waited for the other teams to get in (Ethan Elkins was in a different group). As they started filling out a board with each player and their numbers, it was clear that Jack was right in the middle. They gave out trophies to the top 3. One of the boys that was in Jack’s group got a good score…he definitely do as well as his Mom said so that was frustrating!! Ethan got 3rd place. Jack couldn’t figure out why he didn’t get a trophy. At every other event, everyone gets one. I explained to him that only the top 3 scores get them and he’ll just have to try harder next time. I’m actually glad he didn’t get one because after that moment, he tried very hard and knew that he had to earn it!!

6/21 – San Fran

7/4 – Decided to go to Randy and Tina’s for July 4th weekend since Dee and Stacey were coming up. We had camping plans but felt like we should go visit them. Greg and Billie FINALLY decided to actually go. Mom and Dad weren’t busy so they went with us. We all had a nice time and the kids love it there. I wish we lived closer to them!

7/14 – After San Fran and Fayetteville comes Wabash, IN! I had to go to Wabash to our Martin Yale company for UPK training for a week. What a small town. It wasn’t bad but I was so ready to come home and get away from work people. Seeing them day and night wasn’t so fun!!

7/19 – I had Lori’s bachelorette party at our house. We had a lingerie party and then went out afterwards. Lori’s friends all came and Lori had A LOT to drink! J We went to Blush downtown by Casino Aztar. It was very ‘high class’ and boring. After 1 expensive drink, we headed to Icon (the old Breakers). It was pretty nice. They played good music that I love but Lori’s group was ready to go to Woody’s (the old Harpoles)! Not me and Amanda…we headed home!!!

7/25 – Boy, I think I’m in over my head! I had my first TH meeting as President at Lauren’s to go over our 2008-2009 budget. It was me, Lauren, Kairon and Brande. We went over every line on the budget and discussed whether to keep it the same, increase it, etc. In the meantime, there were 9 kids running around and Ally peed and pooped in her pants! It lasted 3 hrs…what have I gotten myself into?!?!?!?

A BUSY WEEK!
Greg, Billie, Jeff and I had plans to go to the Jimmy Buffett concert in Indianapolis. When Lori decided to get married in Florida that same week, we just decided to fly from Indy. G&B decided that they didn’t care too much about going to the concert so we put our tickets up for sale. Jeff sold 2 of them for a good price but we still had 2. So, on Tuesday, July 29, he and I left for Indy and went to the concert. We then got up Wednesday morning, hopped on a plane and flew to Orlando to be with Lori, Bobby and Devyn for their wedding!

We got to Orlando on Wednesday about noon. We rented a car and then drove to Cape Canaveral to the hotel to meet up with Lori. She called 10 times during our 30 minutes drive because they were waiting on us to get margaritas!! We got there and immediately changed into our bathing suits (our room wasn’t ready yet) and hung out at the pool for a while. After our room was ready, we got dressed up and went to dinner for their “rehearsal dinner”. We had seafood and everyone had a great time. Devyn loved being the only child (Mom had my 3 and Dylen).