The Tough things in life

Where to even begin. Brandon and Rickman started there own business called Chosen Construction Inc. I am very proud of them and I new it would be tough I just didnt think it would be this though. The Brandon's have this customer that keeps adding stuff for them to do which is great but Brandon is gone all the time and we havent been paid yet either. I feel like a single mom all the time. I wake the kids up, feed them, bathe them and put them to bed pretty much all the time by myself. I know Brandon is just trying to get going in this business but its literally tearing us apart. I need the physical, emotional and yes... SEXUAL connenction with him but by the time he gets home at night after cooking, cleaning, doing the laundry and running after the kids all day I am exhausted. I know Brandon is exhausted to and Im trying to understand and support him but sometimes its hard. I quit Cracker Barrel a few weeks ago due to never havin Brandon home to watch the kids and because I had a very innapropiate manager. We think I need to find a job somewhere else so help out with the finances and believe me I want to but, Brandon hours are so long and unexpected sometimes that me working would be hard.

A couple weeks Brandon was driving to Austin, Texas in the Expedition and he hit some metal in the road and totally messed up my Transmission. Our insurance company is fixing our Transmission and has givin us a rental car but..... We have to give our rental back on the 17th of June and the adjuster still hasn't been by to asses the damages so needless to say I'm screwed. This really sucks because we were supposed to be going to AZ June 23rd for my Grandma's birthday

The Day at Blora's Outside recreational center

Last weekend ( June 5, 2011) we went to the lake's recreational center. We met Jj, Dorothy and their girls and we had a blast. We arrived at the lake at 10am and were there until 3pm. At the lake there was a man made beach, a child's canoe area, child's bounce house and Little water slide, 2 huge slides ( that the kids loved) and paddle boats. The slide was so much fun but we could not get Jared to go on it at all, Casey and Tony went on t but not Jared. We spent a lot of our time at the mad made beach because that's where Jared felt comfortable. We at lunch at the lake, yummy, yummy hot dogs and cheese burgers. I told Brandon that I was gonna get Jared on that slide by the time we left even if I had to push him down it. about 2 hours before we left we finally got Jared to go down the slide and once we got him on it we couldn't get him off it. The last 3 hours we spent going down the slide but that's OK because it was all about Casey, Jared and Tony. We all had sunburns by the end of the day, mine was the worst though. Next time we will be bringing sunscreen with us. I got pictures of the beach but not of the slide, the boys went down way to fast and I didn't want to get my camera wet :( We had such an amazing time and plan on going back before the summer is over for sure, hopefully we can get the Rickman family to go with us :)

Boys will be Boys!!!

Last week while Casey was playing the XBOX I told Jared and Tony that they could go play outside. They were being really quiet so I decided that I would grab my camera and go check on them. They weren't doing anything wrong, just sitting and playing nicely







They are so cute when they are actually playing nice and not being yelled at. Most days I love being a mom... Just kidding.. I love being a mommy everyday <3 <3 <3

Last Day Of School... YAY!!!

The day that all parents and students have been waiting for is here, the last day of school. I don't know about the other parents but we had to get up extra early the past 6 months to get the boys ready for school because we moved about 15 minutes away and completely out of the school district. Believe me when I say I am very very HAPPY that we have the next few months to sleep in. The boys last day of school was June 2, 2011 so I went to the school and got some cute pictures of the boys and only some of their friends.

Casey struggled this year and I think it is because he was still trying to adjust to a new environment so his grades were low all year long. I am happy to report Casey got all B's and C's, one A and one D ( the D I am not so happy about but he tried) Casey passed the reading TAKS test with a 98 percent and failed his Math Taks test with a 32... OUCH!!! Casey's Teacher said she felt that Casey stayed back in 3rd grade and Casey agreed. Casey said he felt he didn't know the 3rd grade math well enough to just be thrown into 4Th grade math so Brandon and I decided to hold him back in 3rd grade as well. We feel this will be good for him and hopefully he will be top of his 3rd grade class.

Jared did really well and believe it or not, has better hand writing then Casey. In Jared's report card they are graded with numbers from 1 to 4, 4 being the highest. On Jared's final report card he got at all 3 and 4's and just 5 2's. His teacher said she was really shocked with his progress the last 9 weeks and that he was more then ready to go onto 1st grade.

I am very happy for both of my boys, being held back or not. They did and awesome job and tried all year long. I look forward to next year as my boys go on to accomplish more in their lives.

The pictures I am getting ready to post has some of their friends in them but forgive me because I do not know all their friends names


Casey and his Teacher Mrs. Torres



Austin, Casey and Kendrick... 3 Musketeer's



Casey and Maurice






Jared watching Mrs. Hall open the gift he got her



Jared sitting at his desk waiting for his friends to show up



Jared and half of his class... Such cute kids

Jared's Kindergarten Celebration

I feel bad for being so behind in blogging, I really am trying to catch up.
On May 31st 2011 Jared " graduated" Kindergarten, actually it was just called their, " End of Kindergarten Celebration." It was way cute. Jared's class among 4 other Kindergarten classes got together and sang a few songs and then following was a slide show from all year long memories. My camera decided to die so I only got a few pictures :( I think it is time for a new camera. Since Jared " Graduated" Kindergarten I took him out early and we went to McDonalds and got some lunch and opened up his presents. It was a fun afternoon that's for sure








I did get some really cute pictures before my camera died but for some reason all the pictures that I took at first went to the internal memory instead of my memory card so once I get a usb cord I will post the really cute pictures

Busy, Busy, Busy

Things have been very Crazy recently and most days I dont feel like blogging but i better get blogging for those who are interested in my life... I will start with me.



- I am still working at Cracker Barrel which most days I hate. Easter weekend I got very sick and lost my voice so I took the day before Easter off because I couldn't talk and with being a server you HAVE to talk. I went back to work Monday but tried to call in because I had just started to get my voice back. My boss said he really needed me so I came in anyways despite my not feeling well at all. I got to work and before I could even clock in another employee told me that I needed to re-evaluate my life and work and my schedule because I " NEVER " want to come in and my kids are always sick. Correction, Jared, my 6 year old is ALWAYS sick. There is something wrong with him and the doctors aren't quite sure what. I went off on her and walked out because my family comes before work period... I did end up going back to work a few days later. With summer coming I have changed my work schedule to just weekends so that way I dont have to find a babysitter for my boys. I will eventually quit, hopefully sooner then later.

I finally went to the doctors 130 dollars later to find that my ovaries ( that arent supposed to be in me) are fine with no more tare which makes doctors believe that I was just going through my monthly when they found that tare. Also, my muscles are very tender and weak and all I need for that is a little Physical Therapy ( thats a little weird) and I have NO cervix, that was awesome to find out.
- The end of April my parents came for 11 day visit and it was very nice and I miss them dearly.

- Brandon has recently quit his job with Weiland Construction and he and Rickman started there own construction business called Chosen Construction Inc. I was hopping for just an LLC but Brandon said he and Rickman had bigger plans.. lol I hear the only difference is the two for our case in a bigger line of credit. I am very happy for both Brandon's and hopefully their business will take off :)

- Casey is doing ok in school, he has all b's and c's except his Science grade went from a 96 to a 32. Im not too happy about that. Casey has told me that he doesn't want to go into the 4th grade because he doesnt feel he is ready so I will be talking to his teacher to find other options.

- Jared is doing good other then for having an illness that we are thinking is just asthma. We will continue his 3 medications twice a day until he is tested for CF and scope his lungs for polyps and tumors or anything else that shouldnt be there. When we go to Jared's next appt. at the end of June we will make dates for those procedures. Other then his all that crap Jared is doing great in school and is such a smart little guy.

- Tony has a mind of his own, he is so funny and smart. Tony is talking ALOT more these days which is crazy to me because he is still my baby. Tony LOVES ducks which he calls his pato ( duck in spanish) and it is so adorable. There is so much to say about Tony but it might take forever to blog it. In a shoty version, Tony is an amazing little guy and I so blessed that I am able to be his momma.

There is a lot going on in our lives so I will do my best to give a daily blog like I WANT but... We will see. We do plan on coming to Arizona for the 4th of July to drop the kids off with my parents for a few weeks. I hope to be able to stay for at least 4 days but there is not telling right now. GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE!!!!

Easter Continued...

Sorry to cut the last post short but my computer freaked out.

When we got home from taking pictures we colored eggs. The boys had been patient all day to color eggs so once we started that the boys were very happy. We had a very plain day but we all loved it and it was great to us.