Open House

Jake and I went to Jessica's open house to meet her teacher and see some of what Jess has been doing. I know on a previous post I was a little upset about the teacher but I think I made myself clear with her and things got worked out. We seem to now be on the same page with Jessica, which makes me feel a whole lot better.

This is the note Jessica wrote to us and we in return had to write one back to her.

I would have pictures from Kaelyn's open house buttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

<---------this dork forgot to go when I was at school....Way ta go Jake! lol So I don't have pictures from Kaelyn's class.

Love my sweet neice

I love being an Cocia! I get all excited when I see my brothers little girl. She is definatly a wonderful addition to our family. I was at my mom's and I was able to get some cute pictures of my neice and the kids.

Babcia and her 5 cuties!

Baby Katie look is priceless..."Do I really need to sit next to him?" haha

She looks scared of him here!

Crazy baby!

when I study usually baby Jake is crawling around and finding new adventures that make mommy get up and said "No, don't touch that!" This is usually the view I have and it makes it hard to study with this crazy little man.

Trying to stay on track

I'm so tired lately! I thought the kids back in school would be a breath of fresh air but it's been alot harder. I've been running around ragged and I feel like there is no light at the end of the tunnel. Jake has been working like crazy so I don't see much of him and the weather SUCKS!

On Sunday as we were getting ready for church Talia was sitting on the floor and she looked up at me and said "Uh Oh mommy," she had peed her pants. Lately she has been HORRIBLE with peeing the toilet and Jake and I thought it was lazyness. Boy we were wrong! I finally had enough and took her to the Urgent Care, all the way there Talia was balling because she associates the doctor with shots. When we got there she calmed down and the doctor tested her urine and sure enough UTI. I have had her on the antibiotics for the last 3 days and she has been excellent, no wet undies :)

Today I recieved Jessica's homework packet from her teacher with a note that says she is behind in school. WHAT! I was like, you have only seen her for what four days. I called the teacher and spoke with her regarding this and she said that Jessica was not focused in class. So like any concerned mom I asked her what I could do to help or what can we change with her in class. The teacher responds "I have 29 students in class, I cannot focus only on Jessica." Oh snap did she just say that to me. That is when pist off mom came out and got stern. I told her that I was not going to let my child fail because there are too many students in her class and with that her attitude changed and then proceeds to tell me that she has only been in class 4 days and it's best we give it time...WHAT THE HELL LADY! If she has only seen Jessica 4 times she needs to get a clue herself. With that I wish I was rich to put her in private school, I wish I could volunteer more, I wish there was two of me and more hours in the day.

I feel like a ton of bricks are on my back and I'm trying to stay afloat. Most would say you should just not do school but sorry that is my time to get out of the house. I think it's only fair!

Little Stinker

My friend and I were studying the other day and I looked over and saw this cute little monkey in my cabinet. We watched him for a while and laughed at how determined he was to get everything out of that shelf. I didn't realize that boys are this active, jacob is in everything and he finds everything to put in his mouth.

Stressed Out

Not very happy today! I have a major test on September 30th and it's not going well. There is alot of Biology and the book that we have to study from is not preparing me for this test. There are example pre-tests online and I didn't see this in the book. I feel like crying at this point because the outcome does not look good and 3 years of school looks like a waste of time...This sucks!

First day of school 2011

Summer went really fast but in a way I'm very glad it's over. The vacation was fun with family and friends and tons of activities but there was only so much I could keep up with.

Jessica and Kaelyn are back in school and this time Jessica is in 2nd grade and Kaelyn is a Kindergartner.

The girls were very excited to go back and Jessica had a hard time sleeping because of it. I read the girls a book and they were off to bed. My mommy duties were not complete yet and lunches and outfits needed to be laid out. Let's face it, I was going to have a hard time waking up too and I didn't want to forget anything.

When we walked into the school gates Kaelyn turned to Jake and said "Daddy, look at all my new friends." If any of you know Kaelyn, you'll know that she is very friendly and loves to play.

Natalia wanted to get into all the excitment and packed her backpack and got dressed as well. Surprisingly she was really good about leaving, I thought she was going to freak out that she was not staying to go to school. On the walk back to the car there was no fighting, it was heaven. Talia played really great with the baby and I got to have a bit of peace till 2:15 :)

The girls told me that they had a great day when I picked them up. I asked Kaelyn if she got into trouble and she said that she got out of line to hug Jessica and Mrs. Evans said "Now Kaelyn you can't get out of line"...lol She said she will stay in line from now on.

Who did they get?

Today at 5pm we were able to find out who the girls got this year for teachers. Kaelyn and I were praying for Mrs. Evans and she got her. The expression on Kaelyn's face when Jake said "ahhh Kaelyn you're in Mrs. Evans class" was just priceless. She turned around and started to jump and smile, it took her a while to say something from all that excitement.

Kaelyn will have about 5 other friends in her class which will be so nice for her to see that familiar face.

Jessica is in Mrs. Nystroms class, I haven't heard anything about her but I'm excited to get to know her and help out this year. Her class has a few students that she is friends with so it will be an easy transition.

Fundraiser

Tonight I was able to attend the Zumba under the lights fundraiser at Canyon High School. It was so much fun and it was for a great cause. I have made some pretty amazing friends going to these classes and I love every minute of it.



Jamie and I sweating our butts of to 2 hours of shaking it!

One of the best instructors I know, Jehane~

Jessica's Art work

I've notice that Jessica's drawings are getting better and better. I don't think I was able to draw like this when I was her age. This is a picture of her Babcia and her. Love this little girl!

Shots

Shots are always something I love taking the kids to go do..NOT! I hate taking them for these visits. This time around it was for Jacob and I had the three girls with me. I wonder why the doctors take so long to come in our room, I think they are standing outside the door laughing at me because all you hear from the room is "Don't touch that, ohhh I'm going to tell the doctor your not listening, don't go on the stool." And then when the doctor comes in the mean mommy voice goes away and I have a smile...haha

Baby Jake is now weighing in at a big 16lbs 9oz. His height is 27.5. The doctor thinks that he will be 6 foot 1 when he gets older.

I swear my son has ants in his pants, the boy can not sit still. When the nurse weighed him he would not lay still and kept sitting up. Then when she went to measure his head he kept grabbing the measuring tape from her hands. As the nurse was getting the measuring tape out of her hands he grabbed her hair. Yes, I should of helped but I was trying to get a picture of this moment haha.

Swimming swimming and more swimming

We have spent alot of time at the pool with my mom. Jessica and Kaelyn have mastered swimming while Talia is good with her floaties...Baby Jake is a stud and loves the water. I sometimes wish I had a pool.

Big Day

Recently I received an email from the nursing department at school giving me the thumbs up to submit my papers. Every time I get an email from the nursing department I start to feel faint. Yes, I admit that I'm a bit nervous. This is a competitive program and I have worked so hard to get here. On August first I was able to turn in my papers to the department. The lady that worked there said that I would hear back in 2 weeks letting me know if I can take the test and if my application is accepted. I think I read over the application like 10 times to make sure that I filled everything out completly. As I dropped the form in the bin I walked out with a huge smile on my face and a sigh of relief.

Two days later I received another email from the nursing department and yes again I got nervous. When I read the words "We have evaluated your application for College of the Canyons RN program and you have qualified to take the ATI TEAS test." I felt relieved, two applications down now I take the test. I'm nervous about the test and I'm not sure how I will do but I pray I pass. So on September 30th at 12:45 please think of me and send some prayers my way that I will pass this test.