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It sure has been a long time since I have blogged. Since then I have turned a year older and am now only one year away from the big 30. Isaac has also started kindergarten, Avery has started speech and Isaac has also started softball.
The week after my birthday we took the boys to the Brown County Fair here in Aberdeen. They really enjoyed the rides. To the left is a picture of the boys on the car ride. Isaac was a great big brother and let his two little brothers sit up front so they could pretend that they were driving.
On August 24th Isaac started kindergarten and he was so excited to go. He really seems to enjoy school. He also likes going to the boys and girls club after school. The bus from there picks him up and he goes there until Ronnie and I get off of work. He has a lot of friends there and the staff really seems to like him. He has also started soccer and has only four games left. He seems to be picking the game up a lot better and seems to score at least once every game. He obviously gets his athletic ability from his father as I am not very athletic or coordinated.
Avery has also started up on speech classes again this year. As of now he is going to speech on Tuesday and Thursday. The bus picks him up to take him there and then Ronnie picks him up and takes him to daycare. Not sure how long this will be as Ronnie will no longer have a job after October since his company is closing. Guess we will have to see when the time comes. Until then he really does seem to enjoy going. We let him get a backpack so that he can put his stuff in there and that really seems to work well.
I have also been working a lot lately. One of the ladies is still out because of her broken hand. I am just trying to enjoy a day off today. My last day off was Thursday of last week. I am just exhausted. I have been really tired lately and 4 am comes really quickly when I have to be up and get to work by 5. It has been pretty busy at work too so that could be why I am so tired.
Today I am just going to try to catch up on laundry. Mason had an appointment early this morning after we dropped Isaac off at school and Ronnie at work. After his appointment we then went to stop at my Pfeiffer grandparents house for a little while. Later today Ronnie has a friend coming up from Minnesota and he will be staying with us for the weekend. Hopefully all goes well. Will try to post real soon.
Once again it has been a long time since I have blogged and I apologize. I am not very good at this.
July had been a busy month with work and then I actually made a trip up to Eureka to my grandpa Earl's birthday party. It was nice to see my family that I have not seen in a long time. At the end of July my mom had a birthday so we had them in for supper and the boys enjoyed playing games with grandma and grandpa.
Now August has come and is almost half way gone. I have been working a lot as one of the ladies I work with broke her arm so she is unable to work. Most days it is not so bad but it has been kind of busy and lately my back and my legs have really started to hurt.
Last weekend Ronnie had the state men's softball tournament in Huron, SD. He had left Friday night with some of his teammates. I was not sure if the boys and I were going to go or not. Saturday morning came and they won their first two games so we decided to venture to Huron. I had only been there once in my life and that was a long time ago. Amazingly enough we made it there, I am very bad at giving and taking directions. Ronnie met us at the Taco John's parking lot and then we met up with one of my friends and former co-workers who just moved back to Huron. She let us stay there that night with her and her family. Her name is Lynne and her and Randy took Ronnie and I out to eat and surprised us by paying for the whole thing. We then stopped at Dairy Queen and I picked up an ice cream cake to celebrate Randy's, Mason's and my upcoming birthdays. Everybody had a good time and my kids enjoyed playing with Lynne's six kids. In fact they did not want to leave!
Yesterday we celebrated Mason's 2nd birthday. It is hard to believe that my little baby is already 2! Both Ronnie and I had to work but I made some cookies on Wednesday night so that they could take them to daycare and have a little party there. All in all it was a pretty good day. Today I actually have a day off of work. Four in fact because Sunday is my birthday and then I work a stretch of 6 days in a row. I am not looking forward to that. Then, on the 24th of August Isaac starts school. Actually, that day Ronnie and I have to go and Isaac will start on the 25th. We also were able to sign him up for the Boys and Girls Club here in Aberdeen and on their Kare Bus. So, after school Isaac will ride the Kare Bus to the Boys and Girls Club and be able to play with friends and do homework there until Ronnie or I am able to pick him up after work. He is excited. I am a mixture of excited, scared, and a little sad that he is this old already. I will have to take pictures of him on his first day of school and I promise to post them.
Also, if any of you are on facebook I have lots of pictures of the boys and my family there for all to see. Take care and I will try to blog more often.
Everything here is going pretty well. I have today off as I work tomorrow and the whole weekend. After I get off of work on Saturday the plan is to go to my sister Darby's house to celebrate the 4th. We usually do this every year and the kids just love getting together and watching the fireworks. I just will not be able to stay out too late as I work at 6 on Sunday also.
The kids are enjoying the nice weather. They helped me mow the lawn once again on Tuesday and it will probably need to get done again soon. We are thinking of setting their pool back up. We had it up once this year when it had gotten hot but as soon as we had it set up that is when we had all those days of rain so we took it down. Hopefully that does not happen again.
At the moment we are just finishing up lunch and then we will probably lay down for a nap as I have been awfully tired and my side still really hurts. Mason and Avery also have a bit of a runny nose so I made sure they took their vitamins today and they just need to make sure they get some rest.
Will write more later and just in case it is not before the 4th I hope that everyone has a happy and a safe fourth of July.
I meant to write yesterday but I was not feeling very well. I ended up missing work as my side and my head were just hurting. What I wanted to write about is how Ronnie and I are very thankful and have said many prayers of thanks since Saturday.
On Saturday afternoon we decided to take the kids outside for a quick walk on the bike path by our house. They had wanted to go for a walk and we figured before it started to rain we could go for a quick walk to enjoy the outdoors and to help the kids burn off some energy. Isaac and Avery drove their bikes while I pushed Mason in his stroller. We felt a few sprinkles as we started on the bike path but it was not bad at all. We got passed the softball fields and then were by the little dog park when Avery had fallen on his bike. As Ronnie helped Avery up it started to rain hard so we decided to turn around. As we were on the way back to the house the wind also picked up. Ronnie was trying to yell at Isaac and Avery to slow down as they were pretty far ahead of us and we were afraid that they were going to fall because of how slick the path was becoming and how fast they were going, especially Isaac. They finally heard somehow over the strong winds that had come up. Ronnie and I had been doing a really fast walk to try and catch up. For some reason we had pretty much stopped when they did. At that very moment a tree fell and landed a about 3 to 4 inches behind Isaac's bike and landed right in front of Avery's bike. It was literally touching his tire. Avery also managed to be in the only place where there were no branches on the tree. I had seen the whole thing happen and it seemed to happen in slow motion. Ronnie had not seen it start to fall and this was good as he probably would have yelled for them to move and since I was in shock I did not yell for them to move. If we had they would have moved and been hit by the tree. They would probably not be here right now if that had happened. Ronnie took off running towards them and had to tell me about 3 times to cut through the field of grass to get back to the house. I was in shock I what had just happened and also torn between not going to help my babies. Ronnie got to Avery and sent him towards me but I think Avery was panicked as he started to run the wrong way. I was yelling for him and he ran quite a ways yelling for me before he stopped and started crying. I was finally able to get his attention as I could not just leave Mason by himself. I had left the stroller a little ways and yelled at Avery and then he came running towards me.
When we got in the house at home we checked the boys over. Avery had cotton from the tree in his hair but was fine. Isaac was okay too. He had not seen what happened as his back was to the tree. We said many prayers that day and continue too. The storm passed very quickly and Ronnie went back and took a picture of the tree. That is when he told me how lucky Avery had been and that he had been in the only place where there had been no branches. He also said that the tree had not been dead, the live trunk just snapped. There had been no lightening that hit that tree either. I was still in shock. Hard to believe that we could have lost one if not two of our children just like that! I am very thankful that I believe in God and have said even more prayers of thanks since Saturday. I am just glad that everything has turned out okay.
I will write more later but I have to get some laundry done and the house cleaned. Did not get a whole lot done yesterday as I was feeling bad.
It has been a long time since I have blogged. Since the last time I have blogged my husband Ronnie has turned 30. His mom came up the week of his birthday and got to spend some time with the boys. Then on Saturday, May 30th, the day after Ronnie's birthday, I threw a surprise party for him. He was totally surprised which I was happy about. I had been planning it for about 2 months and was sure that if I didn't blow it someone else might. It is hard to keep a secret from my husband. Anway, everyone had a great time and Ronnie enjoyed himself so it was worth the stress I had in planning it.
June has come and has almost gone. I had been having some problems getting onto the site to blog and then when I finally fixed it we had a big storm here and the cable and internet was out for almost a week. I have been working a lot just like Ronnie has and the boys just do not seem to quit growing. They are getting so tall already! On August 24th it is hard to believe that Isaac will be starting school. It seems like he was just a baby. And speaking of babies, my littlest one Mason will be 2 years old on the 13th of August.
I will try to write more later. Am tired as it has been a very busy week already, following a busy week last week. Five in the morning to be at work just seemed a lot earlier today then normal. Glad I have tomorrow off but will be busy as Avery and Mason have an appointment with the pulmonologist tomorrow. Isaac is at a softball game watching his dad play and the other two are getting ready to head to bed. Will try to post some pictures as I just gave them all haircuts on Sunday. Hope to keep up better with the blog.
Things here have been going really good. Since I have posted last we have kept fairly busy. Both Ronnie and I worked Thursday and Friday. Friday when we got off of work and picked up the boys we thought that we would do our family night. We let the boys pick what they wanted to eat and then we watched a movie together. We try to do something like this every week and Friday night just works really well especially if I don't work the next morning. After the movie the kids went to bed.
Saturday morning started early as both Isaac and Avery thought it was time to get up at 6 in the morning! They do not even want to get up that early during the week. Ronnie took Isaac to his soccer game at 1 and the two younger boys stayed at home with me since it was pretty cold out. The boys actually took a little nap that afternoon but I am not surprised since they got up early. While they were napping we got ready to go out to celebrate one of our friend's 30th birthdays. Ronnie's friend Crystal watched the boys and they were all excited to go over there. They were asking about it as soon as they woke up. They really like to play with her three daughters. Ronnie and I then enjoyed a nice evening out together. We do not get to do that too often so we enjoy it when we can.
Sunday brought some nice weather. I had Ronnie help me get the lawnmower started since I have so much trouble with it all the time. I then mowed the back yard while Ronnie helped my parents move in a new couch. They took our old one out and gave us a newer one. I didn't realize how large the back yard is and how out of shape I was. I am feeling it today. Ronnie then took Isaac and Avery out fishing since it was free fishing weekend here in South Dakota. They did not catch anything but had a good time. When they finally got back we headed out to my parents farm. The boys really wanted to see their aunt Kylie and their aunt Raine. They also were looking forward to seeing the ducks and the horses.
The boys all enjoyed feeding the ducks but unfortunately I was not able to take pictures since the battery in our camera was dead. Kylie did so we will have to see how they turn out. The boys then got to sit on Mercy, aunt Raine's horse. Mason was all brave until we got up to the horses and then he wanted to go back to Ronnie. Isaac and Avery rode the horse and really liked it. We then enjoyed a wonderful meal prepared by my mother and sisters. We brought an ice cream pizza from Dairy Queen for dessert. It was nice spending some time with the family.
When Avery woke up this morning the first thing he wanted to do was go out and feed the ducks again. He actually liked that more then riding the horse. He liked the dogs too. He thought at one point that one of the mother dogs was fighting with her baby but they were only playing. Avery just got back from speech so I will have to go and get him. Will try to write more later. Have laundry to do, and a lot of it. Then Bailey might be coming over today. This is the kids last week of school too so they are all excited. Will have to find some activity for them all to do. Will write more later.
I do so enjoy my days off during the middle of the week. I occasionally get more then one but that is only when I work the weekend. But, I enjoy my weekend off even more because then Ronnie is able to spend time with the boys and myself. And I guess I can not say that it is a totally free day off as I already have swept and mopped the floors and done a few loads of laundry.
Right now Avery and Mason are playing with their blocks and building towers. They do love to do this and have gotten a lot better at playing together. They don't fight nearly as much as they used too. Isaac is at school and his teacher comes today at one for an end of the year review to let us know how Isaac has been doing. His last day of Headstart is the 21st of May. Avery's last speech session is May 18th and then they will both have no school and be on summer break. Isaac was a little disappointed when we told him that he will not be going to school for now. He can't wait until September though when he gets to start kindergarten.
Last night he had a soccer game and he did really well. He went after the ball and had a great time. It was really windy but that did not seem to bother any of the kids. Luckily his game was over before the thunderstorm decided to roll in. He only has a few soccer games left too before the spring season is over. He will then have to wait until fall to play again. Ronnie and I might try to get Isaac and Avery in swimming lessons this summer. We just have to check out what days they are on and if we are able to work it out with our schedules.
Other then that do not have any big plans for right now. Will write more later.
