VBS

Well this week at church is VBS week. We are doing something new and having a night one, but wanted to keep the regular day one too, so we are having BOTH. I work at Target in the AM and at summer school after that, so I can't so the morning one, but have been there for the evening. The morning one goes all 5 days M-F and a parents night Friday night. The night one goes T-Th and the same parents closing night on Friday. On Tuesday they had 120 kids in the morning one which is great and at night we had 9 I think. AWESOME! Well Michael is supposed to be brushing, but he seems to need some guidance tonight, got to run.

Sick

Both Michael and I are fighting a cold right now. So hard when we have such a busy schedule right now. I guess that could be why we are sick, tired and run down. I am so glad it is just a cold and I know we will get through it. I just hope it doesn't hang around for weeks on end. I have been giving him medicine at night so he can sleep at least and I hope by the wekend we will be as good as new. Speaking of sleep I better hit the sack too. I have 2 weeks without a day off, and working at 4am all week (all 5 days) this week. So resting when I can will be good. I don't think I will be getting any extra projects done this week, I am glad I did so much over the past weekend.

Training Wheels

Well in May Michael finally made the move to get them off for good. I took them off when he was 5 and said that's it, they are not going back on and hoped he would learn to do without them if he wanted to ride. Well that didn't work, I couldn't stand the whining and him never wanting to ride since he couldn't do it and didn't want to try to do it without the training wheels. So to make it easy, I put them back on and just let him ride. He loves to ride his bike so very much, I just felt bad taking that from him. So then I said fine at 6 they are coming off for good, April 14th I planned to take them off and be done with them. Well life got busy and time got away from us as always and I never had time to do it. For a month he kept asking mom why haven't you taken them off yet?. I again was too afraid, I didn't want to mess with the whines, the holding on to him, the frustration of trying and trying. He kept asking, I kept saying another day. Well finally on May 24th he came to me and very sternly said he wanted them off, it was time to take them off. So I thought.. worth a shot. I pulled out the wrench and did it real quick. I was surprised, he was really ready. He took off as soon as I pushed him and got him going. HE rode and rode. and he never crashed in the street. He is one smart cookie and somehow figured out that if he rode up in the driveway and then into the grass it was a nice soft cushiony place to land and not get hurt, so he did that over and over all day long. He was not able to hold the bike, get on and learn to push off with one foot yet and get himself started so I did that for about a 1.5 months longer, but that was not a big deal, once he got going he could ride and ride and did so well not even crashing. Well now it is July, he can do so much more. He can slow down and stop and not crash, he can stop, rest with the bike and keep it standing up, not crashing over. He even took the bike a few times to bike day at his daycare. After he came home the first day from that he could start all by himself too. It is amazing what lil kids can teach each other and what they will try for each other, that parents can't do or they won't do for us. So now he starts by himself, stops, slows down, watches for traffic and he is learning tricks too. He practices wheelies, going real fast and putting his legs up on the middle bar, or both spread eagle out to his sides as he cruises down the street. He LOVES his bike. Here are a few shots from the day the training wheels came off for good.

4th of July

Well last year we did something new and we headed out to Aunt Diana's house (my sister's) to do some fireworks of your own. In Airway Heights they are still allowed. But this year trying to change things up and get a feel for all there is to do, give Michael plenty of experiences and try a bit of everything, we decided to head to Silverwood instead. I had to work for 8.5 hours that morning first, but we headed out as soon as I got off at 4:30. After stopping by to get a coffee and a steamer for him, then to Subway to get a foot long to split for dinner (both possible due to gift cards.. thanks friends!), we were on our way. We got to Silverwood at 5:30and ate real fast so we could get going. We headed to Boulder Beach first, the water park cause it closed at 7pm. I thought that would be plenty of time, since Michael has never been a big fan of the water activities. Well of course just to prove me wrong, he had a blast this time and the time just wasn't enough. If we had all day to spend there though.. I bet he would have hung out 45min tops.. go figure. Oh well, we did the wave pool most of the time I think and had a ball. For a guy who hates to get water in his face, hates to get splashed and hates to go under water.. you never would have known this time. We got so thrown around, toppled over, hit with such force, flung here and there and even flew off the raft.. but he still wanted more and more. I am glad he is liking the water more and more each time and now I know to plan for more time there. We stayed out there playing at the rides til the fireworks started at dusk. What a fun show, it was 20min long, ending at 10:10. After a 10min hike back to the car, we started the long trek back home of slow moving vehicles and lots of waiting. We finally got home just short of midnight, the drive took about 1.5 hours, instead of 1 hour like normal. I am just glad we made it safe. With all the tired and drunk drivers out there, it could have been real scary. I myself even kept dozing off no matter what I tried to do to stay awake and I was not even sure we would make it safely. God was on our side and I will NEVER EVER do that again, what a scary drive, not sure I would make it awake! Michael missed actually doing the fireworks ourselves, but in Spokane we don't have a lot of choices since those are banned. We did have a lil of our own fun the next day though shooting off some party poppers in the backyard. hee hee. Here are some pics from that.

new job in my future????

applying for a bunch of teaching jobs in the fall, please keep your fingers crossed and your prayers going to God. I so need this and have done my portion of hard trials and 2+ years of struggling, I could use a break here.. or maybe even a miracle. please pray!

Busy day

I had planned to do a few hours of yardwork after church today then tidy up the house a BIT. Well a few hours uh? how about 6. We moved rock, then mowed and trimmed. Fast bite to eat then I was going to go home and REST and BE DONE. Well I saw all the dirt left over in the driveway, so I will just spray that off real fast, then I thought I would run the sprinkler system and fix just ONE zone.. 4 zones later.. many adjustments made. That's all done. oh but THEN Michael wanted his bubble machine fixed, so we did that. Of course he was now playing so well with that, I decided to take a lil rake and de-thatch a small portion of the side yard and get it ready for new seed, to fill in the bare spots. Well it stared to thunder, so we went in to wash up I thought I might as well tackle the toilet now too. The cover had dyed the toilet red, so I bleached and scrubbed that all clean, then of course I had to actually clean the toilet. awe.. time to rest. NOPE then the tub really looked dirty and since I already had the bleach cleaner out, might as well clean that. DONE now? nope since I was already in the bathroom, I thought I would tackle the clogged sink too. Got my tools, took the trap all apart, washed it all out and put back together. Took a plunger to it and got it working again. YAY! Then of course I had to clean the counters and mirrors from all the splashing. I so want to relax now, but will be hard, I have dinners to divide up and freeze still. The laundry needs to be done, the dishes are calling my name, I really need to vacuum, sweep and mop too. BUT BUT BUT I am going to TRY and rest. More cleaning tomorrow. sigh!