Greyson's Pre-School Graduation

Greyson is heading to Kindergarten!

Greyson and his teachers

Isn't he cute? I can't believe what a big boy he looks like.

Greyson holding his Pre-School Diploma

Greyson and his cake for all the graduating friends.

Greyson was also awarded each and every "Fruits of the Spirit" award from Miss Shawnie! I am so proud of him.

Kerstyn's Awards Ceremony

Kerstyn and Mrs. Desourdy

Kerstyn and me looking like my eyes are closed.
Watch the video below for her award. She also got 4's on both Reading and Math in FCAT. When she brought the report home on Friday, I looked at it and she was only a little away from 5's on each. I am very proud of her.

Way to go Kerstyn!

Finished 6th grade!

Brennan's last day of school was today. He is now a seventh grader. Really? I have a seventh grader? I feel like I was in seventh grade just the other day.

Back to the topic at hand.

This was a pretty good year for Brennan. He did not go to public middle school, instead, we sent him to Mount Dora Bible, a private Christian school and were VERY pleased!

He has done really well academically, socially and spiritually.

I picked up his standardized tests today from the office and I was really pleased. He scored ninth grade equivalent or higher in all the grade-level equivalent scores and all of his stanines were 6 or higher. He scored nine stanines in Science and Social Studies which was really great.

Overall, a good year for a great boy!

Way to go Brennan!

Maybe, maybe not

I got a call from the urologists office this morning saying that they could move Aislinn's surgery to June 10. They told me to get Aislinn in today or tomorrow for clearance so I made the call and Dr. Soto worked her in.

I also took Brennan so he could get his physical for Scout Camp next week and get his shots for seventh grade.

Well, Aislinn did not pass. I have to take her back on Monday and see if her asthma is better. In the meanwhile, I have to put her on the nebulizer 3 and try for 4 times a day until then. I also have to give her the Flovent twice a day instead of once a day.

Wow! So, if she isn't cleared on Monday, we have to wait until another date is open and her asthma is better.

This is seriously crazy and stressful!

Lauklan's Classroom Awards

I went to Lauklan's classroom awards this morning. I had my camera and was ready to go!

Well, I sit down and get ready to take a picture and APPARENTLY someone decided that they would leave my camera on 'on', so the battery was dead! The camera is new, so I know that it wasn't just that the battery was old! I don't know why I was surprised, but I was.

So, I don't have any pictures to post right now, but will hopefully get some from a friend that said she would e-mail them to me.

Lauklan received the Completion of First Grade Award, Reading Recognition Award and Best Author Award from his teacher. From his classmates, he was voted "Funniest". Great...

Mrs. Raczkowski has been wonderful this year and it has been great for Lauklan. I can't believe he is finishing first grade and second grade is around the corner.

Where does the time go?

It was better

Church today was not as hard for me. I am so glad! I bet it sounds silly though, saying that it was hard and is hard for me to go to our ward when I'm no longer the Primary President. I do know that it is getting easier, but still hard.

Debbie Carter was released today as the Young Women's President. She was called to that a week after my call. We served together loving it all and loving each other. She did an amazing job and I know that she changed lives.

I feel so blessed to be a part of a church where I get the opportunity to grow and learn the way I do.

But boy, do I miss those kids.

I feel like each of them were my own.
I know in a way, they are.

Fun, relaxing and busy

How can it be relaxing and busy? Well, it was just relaxing today that we just did whatever we wanted. It was busy, because we did a lot.

This morning, Chris had a client appointment at 9 so I loaded everyone up and went to the gym.

Following the gym and Chris' appointment, we met back at home and loaded up again to go eat lunch at our favorite place, Cracker Barrel.

After lunch, we just came home and let the kids drive each other crazy. I worked on the pool, getting the chemicals right and stuff and the kids swam.

In the evening, Debbie and I decided to make a Krispy Kreme run. Tasty is all that needs to be said about that. And, of course, I had a great time with my friend. :)

Happy Anniversary!

Mom and Dad celebrate 39 years of marriage today!

Impressive!

All I can say is "thank you"!

Another procedure needed

I took Aislinn to her urologist appointment this morning. She has now developed what they call reflux. That is where the urine backs out of the bladder and back into the ureter and kidney. It makes you sick, just like she has been getting sick. Dr. Rich said that she will continue to be sick until we get it 'fixed'. Thought we did that, right? Me too!

Anyway, the old 'extra' ureter apparently provided pressure to the kidney which made it to where the urine did not go back up. Now that it is gone, the ureter and the pressure, she is experiencing reflux on the right ureter and kidney.

Dr. Rich says that he wants to do a procedure where they go in with a scope and inject something behind the bladder to apply pressure to it. Kind of like putting a pillow under you. He says that it will 'hopefully' work. I guess that this less invasive procedure is better than going in like before, but I imagine that they will have to if this doesn't fix this new problem.

I'll tell you what, this girl of mine is a trooper! I have prayed for her, like I know most of you have and continue to do. I know she will be okay, but I keep finding myself going back to words and an impression that I received when she got a blessing. She will be made well. I also felt in my blessing that she would be made well, but that the path to that might be 'rocky'. I believe that this is what I would call 'rocky'.

The path to get to the first surgery was rough. Constant antibiotics and trips to the hospital when she got sick anyway. Now this. Trips to the hospital, antibiotics and still sick!

I don't know how I could handle this without having the blessings that we have received. I KNOW we are in His hands. For that, I am EXTREMELY grateful.

Made it!

All of the kids were back to school today. Chris and I were back to work. There is something comfortable about routine. I really like routine, as you know.

Aislinn seems to not be any worse except that tonight when I was getting her in bed, she told me her back was hurting and when I asked her to show me where, she pointed at her lower right side. Doesn't sound good!

Cycle class tonight was great! I really shouldn't have eaten all that movie popcorn and all those doughnuts! I'm hating those choices right now for sure!

Memorial Day

Not good! Aislinn started running a fever again this morning. So, I started her on the second antibiotic, the one that they prescribed last time for her UTI. I filled it on Saturday night, but the nephrologist told me he didn't think that I should give it to her. See! She did need it! She isn't getting better!

We also called them again, but had to talk to him. Guess he was the doctor on call all weekend. I'm so glad that I take her to the urologist on Wednesday! I am going to need some answers!

We headed home a little after 3 and arrived here around 8. It was really nice to get away and relax, but it is really nice to get home too.

Back to the rat race tomorrow!

Family Sunday

We went to church this morning. It was really nice to see all those familiar faces.

Aislinn seems to be doing better, the asthma medication really helps! She did not initially want to go to Primary, but I left her with my keys and she allowed me to leave.

Each of the children went through a stage where they would accept our keys and let us go to wherever, work, gym, class. Isn't that odd? I guess they know that we can't go anywhere if they have the keys. Whatever works is my philosophy there!

Watch us go!

We met Nana and her family at Chick-Fil-A this morning.

Following that, we headed to Carolyn's for a quick visit. This afternoon, we went to Alyssa's dance recital and then to celebrate, we went to Osaka for dinner.

However, Aislinn is sick again and I had to take her to an urgent care facility. She was running a fever of 103 after 4 hours with Motrin. Also, her asthma is acting up and apparently the inhaler that is the rescue medication is out because it is NOT working!

To top it all off, BlueCross and BlueShield dropped all the children from insurance for NO REASON! So, I had to pay everything out of pocket.

She had a trace of blood in her urine and protein and the white blood cell count was elevated again! We left with 3 prescriptions! I talked to the nephrologist that was on call, not Aislinn's doctor, but her partner. All that left me was frustrated! He does not know how she acts, like her doctor, and he dismissed it and said that he wasn't sure that Aislinn actually has a UTI!

WHATEVER!

We finally got out of here!

We didn't leave Mount Dora until about 11:30 this morning, but we did leave! That within itself is quite an accomplishment. I kept the kids out of school today, because Chris initially had a trial in Pensacola today. They settled it a few days ago, but we decided that we would go up as a family to Tallahassee as planned and just enjoy the day.

Well, you know what happened with the computers. So, we couldn't leave as early as I wanted, but I did get the employees paid and we finally did get to leave.

I drove to Tallahassee so Chris could try to relax and work too. We got there a little after 4 this afternoon.

I'm so glad!

Funk time, AGAIN!

I'm in a funk.

A BAD funk at that!

I've had at least two mornings recently where I felt like I wasn't fully awake. Kind of felt like I was walking in a fog. I was groggy and more 'grumpy' than usual. Those of you that know me, know I do not like mornings at all, but these were worse than usual.

We were supposed to leave for Tallahassee tonight.

Obviously we didn't, because I am sitting at home typing this post on my computer. We probably could have left if I hadn't TOTALLY MESSED up the accounting program at work.

I needed to upgrade it to keep getting payroll updates and stuff, so I did it. But, I didn't back it up or do it on the server, or something like that and I could not get into the program at all! Well, that wouldn't be something to normally really panic about, but tomorrow is payday and I HAD to run paychecks today. Of course, I couldn't run payroll because the program wouldn't open.

I was in tears by the time Chris got back from Orlando and then he had to spend time today tying to fix my screw up! Time that he did not have since he is also trying to wrap things up for us to go out of town.

I don't feel well.

Sorry Kirstie, that I didn't call you back but 'it has been one of those days'. I'm sure you know what that means. Next week, we're swimming for sure!

I just got a call from Chris and he got the program to run again. However, I lost several days of entries so I am going to have to go back and enter them. I hope it won't be too much. I guess I'll have to go up later tonight or first thing in the morning.

Whew! I'm ready for this day to be over. Please tomorrow, be better than today. Please.

Really?

I came home from work today to find this
(raining, and raining, and raining),

and this!
How hard is it for a twelve year old to clean up his room? Apparently VERY, VERY hard!

Rain, rain

It has rained for two days straight. I took a picture of the pool. Even with the overflow pipe, it has almost gone over the top. The rain has been pretty steady, sometimes quite hard. We really need it though, but it makes going places and doing things much harder.
The pool water is to the top of the tile.
Brennan and Greyson playing Lego's.
Lauklan and Kerstyn doing their homework.

We had a girls night out for church last night at the Ingalls' house. It was really nice to go and chat with friends and even meet some of the new people that have joined our ward from Apopka.

After arriving home, Chris and I watched American Idol. I think both of them can really sing and I like them both, but I don't believe I would buy Adam. I might, however buy Chris. My favorite, Danny, was voted off last week, but I WILL buy his album when it comes out.

I think it is supposed to rain for another day or two. I miss the sun.

What happened?

Ever have one of those days where you wonder where it went?

Yep, today was one of those days!

It was hard

I'm not going to lie.

Today was a rough day for me.

It was my first time back in our ward since I was released.

I miss it.

I feel out of place.

I cried several times today.

I wish I could hide.

Stupid, huh?

Magic Kingdom for Grandma

We met Grandma, Karen, Krystal, Carolyn and Bay at Magic Kingdom today to celebrate Grandma's birthday.

The kids were so excited, and I think the parents were too! We got a lot done, and it was REALLY hot at times, but overall, we all had a bunch of fun.

We ate lunch at Crystal Palace which was perfect because it is a buffet and the kids could eat ALL that they wanted.
Kerstyn and Aislinn
Aislinn wasn't so excited about eating there UNTIL she saw the characters inside. This is what she did until they let us in. It was SO cute!
Lauklan sporting the ears.
Is that Brennan smiling? Impressive.
Greyson was having fun watching the show.
Krystal, Karen and Bay
Chris giving the cheesy smile.
Chris and I in the Crystal Palace
Everyone, minus me. See all the smiling faces?
Kerstyn and Brennan