Life...

• I am ready for the weekend!
• Took the boys swimming today. I am pasty white so I thought I would get a little sun.
• I am burnt. :( It hurts.
• I dont know what the deal is with my kids but at 8:30 every night they think they need to be loud. I am not talking I have five kids loud. I mean hurt my ears loud. Its got to the point where I have to make the go to bed to keep them quiet.
• I hat that cause its summer and the oldest one hates even more cause he is going to bed way earlier than he did during the school year.
• This week has been a long week. A week of worry and waiting. Today I got somewhat of a relief but I would have preferred a phone call myself.
• My step sister is doing ok and is handling things well (as well as can be expected) and she is with her kids tonight so that makes me smile inside.
• I have made about 10 post about what is going on but non of them seem right and the one that did just felt like I was sharing more than I should.
• On a brighter note its almost the weekend. :)
• I am up right now because when my hubby went to bed he asked our 6 year old if he wanted to go with him. I cant sleep with both of them. We have a king size bed and I only get about a foot and half as it is with him added I dont even get that.
• I took a picture but got yelled out when I did so I dont think I will be posting it.

Life...

• Something extremely tragic has happened in my family. I know better but I keep reading the news about it and the comments people have.


• The worry and waiting is killing me. I want to know what is going on and what is going to happen. I have been promised a call as soon as they figure anything out or know anything. I know the call will come but.....sigh.


• I have thought of a few thing to add about our trip but I keep forgetting to post them and/or write them down.


• My hubby at one point during the ride home looks in the mirror and says "Damn. I am good looking." I dont know why this cracks me or or that I am even surprised he does stuff like that. He is very full of himself.


• My kids keep picking at each other. It is driving me crazy.


• The oldest is well...I guess driving me crazy would work here too. Every time I even mention their summer projects its an argument. Either its not fair he has to work on it or its not fair someone else doesnt have to do what he does. It got him sent to his room today. All because I wanted his paper so I would know which book to order for him. GRRRRRRRR......


• I think I have an ear infection. One whole side of my head is killing me and has been for a few days. I am avoiding going to the doctor. I might break down and go though.


• Have I mentioned that I am stressed. Its summer its supposed to be all happy and swimming and hanging out.

Home again, home again gig-a-ti-gig.

• We made it home :)
• The trip there was better than I thought it would be. The kids were great.
• We took two days to get there. We stopped in Destin to play at the beach. It was still clean and oil free while we were there but on the way home we heard that it was getting close.
• We had a blast at the parks.
• Day one was at Animal Kingdom. We walked all over that park. Back and forth. Back and forth. We were trying to make sure we got to do all the things that everyone really wanted to do.
• We took a break everyday about 2 o'clock. We went back to the room and had a nap. Well sorta. My kids didnt really sleep so as much of a nap as I could have.
• Day 2 was at the water park. Blizzard Beach. We split up for this one because well big kids dont really like little slides and the little kids cant ride the big ones...not that I would have let them anyway.
• Day 3 was at Magic Kingdom. I think this was my favorite park. Most of the lines here are shaded and half maybe more of them the lines go through building with ac.
• Kolby had a fit on one ride that wasnt really a ride. They had to let him out in the middle. The hubby wasnt happy at all.
• The rest of the rides were uneventful.
• All the parks had a fast pass. Everyone can use it. You slide your ticket and it gives you a time to be back and you get to go to the front of the line. You only get to use it every 2 hours or after your time has arrived for the previous one. So it works out pretty well.
• My legs and feet hurt. Bad.
• It was hot but too bad.
• We took lots of pictures and video. Pictures will but up on fb soon...I hope. The hubby already put them up on his but me I am feeling kinda lazy so it may be a day or two :)
• The fire work show at Magic Kingdom was great. I was surprised.
• That place has changed since the last time I went, but that has been almost 20 years now soooo I guess I should have expected it. I dont know why but when I am not around things when they are changing I expect them to be the same as last time. That typically goes for children as well. I guess in my head time stands still when I am not around. Go figure.
• The drive there and back were beautiful. Well the parts I didnt sleep though.
• I have lots more in my head but I am going to have to write them down when they pop up cause I cant remember them right now. :)

Edit:

• We didnt buy any food while we were there which was a big plus. We had a quick service meal plan added to our tickets. One of the best things we did. I was worried the food wasnt going to be enough or that it wasnt going to be good. I was wrong. It was plenty of food and it was all good. We even had some left on the card that we didnt use.

Busy!

• I have been super busy lately.
• We are headed to Disney World :) I am so excited and cant wait.
• We are driving. We are taking 2 days to get there. I am hoping that it goes well.
• My Uncle and his family are going as well.
• So we are driving to his wife's house first and then starting our journey the next morning.
• Yes they are married and are still together they just have 2 houses about 4 hours apart. Its complicated but works for them so....
• I am still have laundry to do before I am completely ready. I hate laundry and I am out of soap so its going to be an early day tomorrow.
• The trip is all I can think about right now even though lots of stuff has happened in the last week or so :) Oh well I guess that stuff will wait and I will forget before I get back so the next post will be all about my trip too :)

I love family time....

• Had a great weekend :)
• Everything seemed to work out. My scheduling conflict was resolved by doing pictures earlier in the morning (thank goodness because it was sooo hot) and then heading off to the SIL's after.
• Family pictures were at my Mom's house. We all wore white shirts and blue jeans.
• I am amazed at how well it went. We started at 8 am, which means we had to leave the house by 7. Yea that was fun.
• We manage to keep the boys white shirts clean and everything :)
• It was humid as all get out though. I dont think I have ever sweat that much before 10 am.
• The Sil's was fun as usual. We hung out when swimming and played cards. I love her little ones they are so darn cute :)
• We forgot the kids birthday presents that she gave them though. They werent too happy about it but we didnt have time to go back for them.
• The kids started swim lessons this yesterday.
• The aunt that gives them sold her house and doesnt have a pool this year so she is renting one from a friend of hers.
• It seems like its farther out in the country because this place has lots of land surrounding it but its not really. I love the pool here. It is beautiful.
• Did I say I won a Tom Tom last week? I did and we played with it this weekend. That thing is awesome. I have figured out if I can make it take certain roads or not yet, but it changes if I take them anyway.
• We are making the last of the plans for our vacation. Getting the neighbors to take care of our dogs, and figuring out where we are going to stop on the way.
• I am getting really excited about it.
• The kids wanted to know why we were not flying. Gee it only cost an arm and a leg for 7 people to fly.
• We mapped it out and since we are taking 2 days to get there we should only be in the car for 8-10 hours. That leaves plenty of time to stop and stretch and move around.
• Thats all this early in the morning. I need to get back to bed :)