Summer is here

Holy cow its hot outside!  I love that it stays cool for so long here but wow the heat hit really fast.  Last week we enjoyed a day in the 60's and today its 96, kind of a big jump right?  I have a feeling my kids are going to be pro's at the Wii by the end of the summer.  Anyone have fun indoor play ideas?  We only lasted about 30 minutes at the park today because I was starting to melt.  Caroline has told me several times today that summer is not her favorite time of year.  Join the club kid.  Thankfully have lots to look forward to this summer.  First up is my trip to visit my sister in DC which is going to be the best weekend of my life,  then a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Funk, then my brother and his family, then a stop from friends from Houston.  So this summer should be a blast even if Shawn is starting his dreaded (my me not him) second year of ortho.  And just because I'm feeling nostalgic today marks our 1 year anniversary of living here!  Oh the memories.

Cicadas

I am a totally pansy.  Wanna know why?  Well today when I was mowing my lawn the wonderful cicadas that have come out of their 13 year absence started attacking me.  Well not really attacking me but several few in my general direction and sent me running in the opposite way as fast as I could go.  Needless to say it took me a bit longer to mow my lawn.  I know its really lame to be scared of a bug that's 10000 times smaller than me but they're HIDEOUS and make the most awful noise as they come at you.  Sure they don't bite, sting or do anything to cause physical pain but I still HATE them.  I'm glad they'll be gone in a week or two and I can look forward to less ugly summer bugs, like fireflies.  Until then I'm staying inside.   Just to prove my point here's a picture of the bug from you know where.  I"m not to crazy for running away from this nasty thing right?

SCAMMED!!!!!!!!

Remember how we got new phones not too long ago?  Well to help pay for them Shawn decided to sell his  iphone on ebay.  Good idea right?  Wrong!  It sold for a good amount and we were excited at first.  But when we got the shipping information the name and address was different than who had originally purchased the phone.  Thankfully Shawn's no dummy and told me not to mail it off.  We inquired the buyer about it and they said they were buying it for someone in overseas and needed it sent there.  Shawn was still weary so he called ebay and sure enough they had no record of anyone purchasing the iphone even though we had been sent emails saying the transaction had gone through.  So basically they wanted us to mail them a phone without actually paying for it.  Not the best experience ever.  On the bright side we didn't send the phone so we can still sell it but we're not to happy about the whole thing.  So to those selling/buying on ebay be careful!

Things to remember

There are  a few things the kids are really into right now that I want to document so I can remember later on.
Caroline- Is SO into Tangled right now its ridiculous.  Everyday she asks if she can watch it right when she wakes up.  She even recites lines with Devin at dinner.  Its a little embarrassing that she can almost tell me the entire first 10 minutes word for word.   But hey she's improving her memory right?
Devin- Loves dirt.  Everyday when the kids play outside I can always find Devin digging in the dirt.  At first it really irritated me and I'd tell him not to but I'm pretty sure that its imprinted in his DNA to love dirt. He has also discovered he can go to the bathroom anywhere.  We were at the park and he needed to go so I told him to go in the bushes and now when I tell him to go potty before going to the park he says, "don't worry I'll just go in the bushes."  We're real classy like that.
Graham- Wants to be big.  He will follow the big kids anywhere they go and wants to be just like them.  Today we had fudgesicles for dessert so of course Graham needed one too.  It turns out he didn't want to eat it just hold it like Devin and Caroline.
Shawn- is very busy but he still makes time to make bird houses with the kids because he's awesome like that.  For some reason blogger is still being stupid so I can't put up any pictures.

Nasty boy

Is it horrible to think your child is not very bright?  Because sometimes Graham isn't the brightest crayon in the box. Let me tell you why first.  He eats the nastiest things!  And I"m not talking about food here I'm talking about mud, soap, and trash.  I can't count how many times I've caught him outside eating mud.  At first I cut him some slack because hey lots of kids eat mud right?  Well he keeps doing it!  Something is not registering saying hey, this doesn't taste good maybe I shouldn't eat it again and again.  Last night I caught him eating soap and a few days ago he was eating a pear that had been thrown away that was covered in dirt from the floor.  All I can say is its a good thing he's pretty and I hope he wises up soon!

Soccer

I totally forgot to post about the end of soccer.  Last season I'd be lying if I said I was sad for the season to be over but this time around I am a little sad.  I kind of miss having something to do Saturday mornings and seeing her run around like a crazy person.  Her team has improved so much over the last year, and we even won a few games.  Caroline did great in her last game and scored a goal all by herself!  She's scored before but this one seemed intentional and not luck.  I would have gotten a picture but I was to busy jumping up and down in excitement.  We had a great season and are so excited for fall!  And for some reason stupid blogger can't find the pictures on my computer so I'll have to post those later.

Welcome to the future

I think I finally caught up with technology that happened over 5 years ago.  I finally got a phone with texting!  Not only texting but it does about everything else. Sadly the one place Shawn needed his phone to work, the hospital, it didn't.  At all.  I got so used to him calling from a hospital phone that I had the number memorized.  I also got used to paging him to answer simple questions or to just say hi.  Kind of lame I know.  So we decided that since we don't see a ton of each other we'd at least like to talk to each other so Shawn's precious iphone and the horrible AT&T service had to go.  So hello to texting, data, and getting to talk to my husband.  Its going to take some getting used to but I think I'll manage.
On a much funnier note yesterday when Devin was saying his bedtime prayer he said, "And thank thee I could play with my friends, but not that much."  I don't know if he wasn't that grateful or just thought he didn't get to play with them enough.  He's adorable.

Mothers Day

I wish I could say that mothers day was really relaxing, but that would be a lie.  Shawn had to work most of the day so I did have a typical "mother's day" in the aspect I did the normal mom stuff all day.  On the bright side my kids are great and did everything in her power to make it a great day.
1.  They didn't bother me until 7 even though they woke up around 6.
2. The first words out of Devin and Caroline's mouth were Happy Mother's Day!
3. Caroline sang really loud for me at church and smiled at me the entire time!
4.  Caroline made me a card that she decorated and wrote, Caroline to mom, on it all by herself.  And helped Devin make one for me.
5. Caroline helped me make a really tasty key lime pie for dessert.
6. Devin didn't run off the stage while the primary sang today.
7. Shawn took us out to dinner last night so I didn't have to cook.
8. After dinner last night Devin got in the car and said, "Life is good." I guess corndogs and french fries are as good as it gets for a 3 year old.  
9. Graham didn't require a trip to the ER.  This child falls of something or into or on his face at least once a day!  But not today!
Maybe next year will be a bit more relaxing, I won't hold my breath.

Preschool Graduation

Today Caroline took one more step towards kindergarten.  She "graduated" preschool.  I use that term loosely because a mom from our group just printed out a certificate from her computer at home nothing fancy but it was great!  Kids played moms talked and we ate cupcakes, not bad in my book.  It was a little weird thinking Caroline will be going to a full day of school next year but she's ready.  Here are some highlights.

The graduating class.  Left to right Camille, Kira, Logan, Kambria, and Caroline.

Throwing their hats in celebration.

Getting her diploma. 

My graduate.

And Devin, he was happy to get to make a monkey puppet.

And my monkey, this kid is really crazy.

H2O

We have been getting a ton of rain here lately.  We were lucky enough to miss the deadly tornadoes that hit further south but I had no idea it would rain this much.  For the past month its rained about 2-3 days a week.  Its nuts!  On the bright side all the trees and grass and just about everything here is green.  I still get distracted driving down the freeway sometimes because its so pretty here! 

This is a terrible picture but this little place is just up the road from us and you can see a little better how green it is, just ignore the railing and power lines.

Last week it rained off and on for two days straight and the flood plain that is also close to our house looked like this.  Usually there is a path to walk around but it got flooded and yes that is the top of a tree in the middle of the picture.

Volleyball

I play volleyball just about every Monday at church.  I love it.  We talk, play and have a lot of fun.  For me its more to socialize than exercise but yesterday was different.  A few husbands were able to come an join us and we played for 2 hours.  In that amount of time I popped a blood vessel in my hand, got hit really hard in the face with the volleyball, and played hard enough that my legs are on fire today.  Even after all that it was the most fun I've had playing sports in a really long time!