Finally!

You have no idea what I have been going through with my computer. Since I have loaded Photoshop for my class, I have been unable to load this blogger home page to log in. It is the only page on the whole world wide web I cannot open. I don't know why this is or how to fix it and it is driving me crazy. Since Chance is always on his puter, I am using the laptop to type this. I have wanted to write so many different times and spent hours trying to get that page to load. I have given up.

So now that it has been an eternity, I don't know where to start. The kids and I are officially on spring break. That is a big WOO HOO! Unfortunately, or fortunately, Chance is way busy with work so I will only see him in the evenings. He has tons of work so I am very thankful for that. His business grows each year. If you haven't had a chance to check it out, he has revamped the website - www.premierlandscapesok.com The other link at the bottom is his new business venture - Morgan Memorabilia. He created an online memorabilia store and an ebay store. I was a little freaked out at first when he purchased a ton of what I would call useless stuff that not many people would be interested in. However, each day I am proven wrong. Chance has been shipping stuff out each week. We even have a customer in Japan who writes his English in a very interesting way. He keeps us entertained and is very friendly. We have also sold some unwanted household items that I absolutely can't believe anyone would want. Proves that one man's trash is another man's treasure!

Taylor has decided that she now wants to cheer at school. I am so very excited about that. I want her to get involved with school and see that you can have fun there. And it will be an incentive to get her grades up. She has been working hard for rewards to get them up. I hope she keeps it up to the end of the year. I had her check on tryouts for next year and she missed them. So we are going to put her in tumbling at the Twisters (where she all-starred) so she can get her skills back up. Then she can try out for high school. If she gets her tuck, I'm sure she will have a really good shot. Well even if she doesn't - she can do multiple handsprings anyway. Now that she's had her hair short and dark for a while, she now wants it long and blonde. Somehow I knew that would happen. She got some blonde highlights tonite and it took it's toll on her hair. She's gonna have to wait to make another major change.

Tristan is doing OK. We had to take him for his first dentist trip (I hadn't taken him yet due to his behavior with such things) and it was an experience to say the least. He has another grown up tooth that came in behind the baby tooth. The baby tooth is not very loose. So we found a really cool dentist that has a rocket ship, Playstation and cartoons in the ceiling. Even though it was a cool place, when it came down to laying in the chair and having a stranger clean his teeth, he went bazerko. He screamed at the top of his lungs and we had to hold him down in Chance's lap. It was not pleasant. But he survived and even liked the the suction straw. I hope we don't have to have that tooth pulled. It will not be fun. He has been having trouble behaving at school again. His teacher thinks it might be due to the work getting harder. He clams up and won't test for her. We are testing him for sensory disorders - he hates loud noises and she thinks it would help him to have an IEP for first grade. So we'll see. It's causing me some major stress and worry but I won't go into all of it now. I am just hoping that some of it is maturity too. I am very proud tho - he is reading to me a little bit. In his sight word homework. He's such a little cutie when he reads to me.

We have been so busy this past month. We have hardly had a weekend to ourselves. I am really glad to not have any plans this week. I want to take Tristan to the park and work his other muscles. He has really strong thumbs from the PS2 but he needs to get some excercise. We've had extra kids all weekend but surprisingly, it wasn't stressful. Taylor's best friend, Ariane, came over Friday and we took them to the movies yesterday. Then Ashley and Dustin came last nite to spend the nite. They all played together really well. I guess that's the good part about them getting older.

Today was such a beautiful day. I just love spring. It was one of those days that I just like to sit outside and reflect. It was so beautiful and when it's like that, I see God everywhere. It's like a heightened sense or something. Everything is so gorgeous - the birds, the sky, the wind, the sun, the animals, and the newly mown lawn. I just love to sit and take it all in. I decided that we should cook out. But alas, while making dinner, I really cooked up the baked potatoes. Our new microwave has a so-called "sensor" for cooking certain items like my potatoes. I put the best of our potatoes in and went about all my other business...cooking and laundry. After about an hour, yes I said an hour, I realized my potatoes were still on. I then saw the words ERROR-CHECK YOUR FOOD flashing on my microwave. You should have seen those shriveled up potatoes. So I had to punt and made some box scalloped potatoes really quick. Then came the noodles, in which I spilled scalding hot water all over my hand. I screamed so loud Chance thought I had cut my hand off. So then I had to put my hand in ice water and Chance lanocained me. It burned and ached for hours and I could barely hold my utensils. It is better now but the skin is really tender. So my beautiful day ended with a bang you could say.

We are preparing for our vacation in July. I am so pumped. I actually got 2 weeks in a row approved. And we get to actually see Tina this year. We have been planning. We are going to visit Nashville on the way and the smoky mountains. Then Tina is going to take us Williamsburg and Baltimore and DC. We have many things planned. I am beside myself waiting. This will be a long 3 months. I hope she is as excited as me. I'm gonna needs lots of memory for pictures and lots of money for souvenirs. I would leave tomorrow if I could.

Well I am writing a novel. Since Chance will be at work, I can use his puter. This laptop is making me crazy - I like my cordless mouse. Sorry if I have many spelling errors. Not as used to the navigation on this thing. Iwill write again soon. Adios all!