Sunday

It seems like lately when the kids get called to do stuff in primary, we have been on vacation and have to pass. I received a last minute phone call asking if we could have the girls do a talk and article of faith for primary. I gladly accepted due to us bagging that last couple of times. Jake helped Kaelyn write her talk (note to dad, use smaller words next time), Jessica did great on her article of faith, Ryan was super cute as always rocking the scripture and the Evans family was the family spot light. Did you know Cory is AMAZING! haha
On the way to church Talia had her journal and I found these two entries of "I love Ryan" and a picture of Jake and I. I hope that is my dress and not a tail!

Baptism

Saturday was just a great day! Today was Jackson, Gunner and Jasmyn's baptism. There was so many people there to support them, people I haven't seen in a while came. Jackson and Gunner's smiles were just perfect and you can tell they were so happy to be there. Afterward we were invited to the park with the Evans and Anderson family for food. The weather was perfect and the company, as always was great. The kids played, crazy husbands rode scooters, cooked, played baseball and became a freakin zoo keeper of snakes. Why does my husband find fascination in this? Better yet why does he send little cute blonde girl (Andi) to get me so I can get scared of the snake?
Love these families and look forward to many more gatherings!

Ventura RV park

While I was in school Jill mentioned going to the RV park the day school gets out for the kids. I was in the middle of the semester and all I remember was "here is my credit card, just let me know after finals what I said yes to!" No joke, I can't remember what I say yes to half the time and the last 16 weeks were a big blur. I'm just glad I said yes because it was a fun trip. I love Ventura, the weather and ocean are my friend. Jake had to work so he came later in the day to hang. Thanks to Cory, Andrew, Irwin and Cody for the kids entertainment. The kids played dodge ball and watched Cory climb a huge rock tower as the moms would keep saying "Laurel, that's your hubby!' Always a fun time with these families. The Saturday after I went to visit Jake in Ojai for breakfast at this little diner, the people where so kind and a party of 6 was a lot to them. The food was GREAT!
Father's day was Sunday the day we left and with tons of hugs we headed home to visit the other dads. I am so very happy that I have the husband I have, what a great father. He is someone respect and love so much. Our kids are some lucky ducks to have him.

GREAT!

Every time I get a new teacher for a semester I check out Rate my professor to see what others have experienced  with the teacher I need to take. So this scares me, I guess I will have to sit and be quiet. I usually like asking questions and clarifying things but now I'm not sure what to do. My best bet is to feel it out and go from there. I've decide to preceptor with my OB teacher for the summer so that when I go into the hospital during my next semester I'm prepared and not fumbling. Wish me luck and pray her heart is softened!

Picnic/last day of school

the year has flown by so quickly and I will have a 1st grader again. How dow this happen? I don't want my kids to get older fast, I want these years to stick around for a bit. Today was Talia's kindergarten picnic up the street from the house. She loved it and it was fun to hang with the moms. Mrs. Evans won't have another Milhoan kid till 2016, hope she doesn't retire, better yet, hope we didn't scare her off haha
Also, here are the last day of school pictures….What a great year, it had really gone by fast. So happy to still be close to these families and make new friends as well.

Always a fight but with reason at the end

Wednesday was what I called the day from hell. For the last two weeks I have been trying to register for my classes, you might ask why I kept trying to register and didn't wait till my registration date? Good question, I don't get a registration date, I have to keep trying or until I get an email saying that its all good to register. Weird, yes it is! So, a couple of days ago I get an email saying that we can register on Wednesday. Awesome, finally don't have to be on edge this will all be over and I can enjoy summer instead of waiting around all day to hopefully get my classes and days I need. HA, 9am came around and I went to enter my codes and I get an error saying that I have made too many attempts to register and I was blocked. WHAT!!!!! So I signed out and signed back in and I got the error again. At this point I am crying and freaking out while all the classes are filling up and I cannot do anything about it. I call the school, no ones answering. I call the nursing department and they try to help but it went no where. So I get all four kids in the car to race up to the school to try and get this fixed. On the way there, baby jake barfs. Jessica is trying to help him and thank goodness it was not that bad. I get to the school and the classes are all filled and I am told that I am blocked for the rest of the semester. WHATTTT!!!! So if someone drops out and I can get in I cannot switch unless I call and get someone to change it for me. They NEVER answer the phone, I'm sure they are busy but something I can do from home cannot be done due to this block. My friend Nikki came to help me, she is such a good person.
Pretty much I could do nothing and the days I got where different than all my friends and now I needed to make arrangement for the kids. I felt helpless and in shock that this was happening. But in a weird way I felt comfort. Go figure! I wanted to crawl under a hole, I felt like it was the end of the world and I was not going to pull this off with the kids. I sat outside and just had a million things run through my head but it was weird, I knew it would be okay. Jake has always told me that things don't always go our way but it works out in the end. He is right, don't tell him I told you that.
I called my friend Rachel and just sobbed, I probably sounded like a baby but I needed to say all of this out loud. She is just an amazing friend, grateful is what I am for her in my life. It's weird but she is like blood to me, not just a friend.
After a good cry I walked to my car and my friend texted me that someone dropped out and to get in the class I needed. So I grabbed the kids and started to run for the office, by the way did I tell you I had to park across campus due to no parking?! As the kids and I are running Jessica gets stung by a bee. FOR THE LOVE! With that craziness coming to an end I get in the office, wave someone down and yeahhhhhhh the spot got filled and I was back to square one.
At this point I just get in the car and go home. Jake calls me and I tell him the story and I just wanted it to all go away. Thank heavens for my mother inlaw and being able to help me, Rachel and Laurel for making me feel that, yes it will be fine and for my awesome husband who has faith in me.
I just and to get school done and be done with this crazy stress. Wish me luck!

Busy Bee's

Found more pictures on my phone! First trip to the pool with the kids, thank you Nikki for the invite. Kaelyn has been very excited that she gets to see her best friend Taylor. I think we will be around water a lot this summer. It was Gunner's bday and with a little park trip the kids had a blast. I just love that kid and really happy he loved his gift, I even got a hug. Baby Jake loves reading every night, I get the "mommy, I got a book so we can read." As I read he will stop me and say "I can do it mama!" He gets the just of what the page is saying and with an animated voice tells me the story. His favorite right now is a Dr. Seuss book, Sam I am.  What can I say about Jake and Kaelyn? Like father like daughter, these too fall asleep everywhere!