Memorial Day......

I miss you dad!!!!

OUT OF THE MOUTH OF ELIJAH & ADRIAN

We returned to our house & slept in our beds tonight... The boys were soooo excited to finally be home.

My life is a whirlwind....

You know I'm normally running in circles but the past week has even been more crazy than usual.

My mom was in a car accident on May 19th. She had just turned the corner by the Senior Center in Moses Lake & a car backed into her. Well you wouldn't think that would bring much damage but .... we were all wrong, Over 7,000.00 damage to her Ford Focus - 3 days in the I.C.U. & a broken sternum at the age of 73. All makings for a crazy week.

When they released her it was under the orders that she couldn't be left alone. Well my brother Mike came down for 2 days (THANK YOU!!) and stayed with her at home but on Sunday I moved in. You take 2 very independent women who both live on their own, very late nights, very different personalities, 2 little boys that have had to give up spring concert, spring band concert, bowling practice in the evening, all their toys at home, and RAIN not allowing for energy to burn off and the camping trip planned for the past few months & things tend to get a little edgey...

I'm so grateful for so many things... No one else was hurt, she wasn't hurt worse, I have a great job that has allowed me flexible hours this past 10 days so I could tend to her in the mornings, get my kids to school, for her great friends that have volunteered to sit with & help her during the day,my older kids that have tried to keep me in sanity check and especially for my co-workers that have had to put up with me...

The plan is for her to go stay with her sister starting on Monday. Both her & her husband are retired & we are hoping by then she will have most of her independence back.

I have figured out one thing... I'm glad that I'm not a planner, that I can work around change.. Cuz if I wasn't this curve ball that life has sent me these past few days, would have sent me a sailing but instead I still feel like I'm in control and punting the best that I can....

Milayah Graduates from Kindergarten....

Milayah graduated from Kindergarten tonight. She is such a beautiful little girl inside and out..





Congrats Milayah

Mazzie graduates from Pre-School!!

05/26/2010Mazlin graduated from Pre-School tonight. She was so excited & looked so pretty!!!



Congrats Mazlin.....

(pictures to post soon)

Jensen Farms Luncheon

Once a year we get invited to a luncheon at one of our customers house. The food is always fabulous, the company is great but my favorite part is touring their beautiful yard. Here a few pics of their flowers, ponds & etc. Thanks Ken & Barb!!!

I thought these were absolutely beautiful.. just pretty & simple...

The Koi fish are amazing. Every year we go out there are many more & lots bigger.. We were saying that when they come up to get the food they are one of the ugliest fish we'd ever seen..

Confusius Says.....

#1 - When running in circles, chasing your tail, DON'T I repeat DON'T throw a banana in your purse in hopes to remember to eat it... I'm just saying...

#2 - When in Walmart buying groceries, DO NOT put the dipping dots ice cream in the cart first. Walk around & get other items first & then put the dipping dots in the cart... Hmmmm

State Pepsi Bowling Tournament

Elijah bowled in the State Pepsi Bowling Tournament held at Go Bowl in Pasco...

He did a great job & had fun. He went in with a 66 average and bowled a 65, 89, 65. So he actually bowled his average for the series. They awarded 8th place and above. The 8th

place finisher had 690 which included handicapp & Elijah had a 649.

Way to go Elijah....

#1 thing to remember to ask your child when you leave the house - " Did you put underware on & he replied - Nope I have issues " *lol* Only Elijah!!! (Imagine my suprise when we did a quick change in the car & waaalaaa *lol*)

Jenn came over late at night & decorated the car windows.. He was so suprised when he went outside and saw them :)

Waiting for warm up to start...

My little PBA Bowler !!!

Solar Paneled Race Cars

On Friday, the GCPUD & REC from Moses Lake teamed together and put on a race for the 5th grade classes with Solar Paneled Race Cars. Adrian has been so excited all week . He has asked me so many times if I was gonna be able to make it to watch & I did...

Adrian & Tanner racing on the cement Adrian waiting patiently in line (not) *lol*

On your mark, get set, go!!!

Building strategy before the race...

It was fun to watch the kids when they got outside and the sun hit the panel, their wheels started turning like crazy... I think they were all amazed at that...

Kevin Asked & Amanda said YES!!!

Well, last night I got a call from Kevin.. "Mom tonight's the night"... I'm gonna ask Amanda to marry me ... She's had a crappy day at work, everything keeps going wrong, so I know she won't be expecting it.. so it's tonight... I got off early, ran down and picked up the ring, have flowers set around the house, rose petals to the bedroom and a stand with the ring & a vase full of her favorite flowers where I will be waiting on one knee.....

*I have pics on my phone but will download them later*

Congratulations to you both!!! Amanda welcome to this crazy family !!!

Medical Insurance.......

I'm not sure if anyone else has come across this issue but I have had absolutely nothing but trouble getting one of Adrian's prescriptions filled. The prescription is Adderall XR. He takes that and a regular dose of Adderall. Now here's the kicker. We are double covered. When the boys were adopted the state provides them for insurance until they are 18. I too have insurance on them thru work. So basically whatever my insurance doesn't cover the state's insurance picks up. Well... Here are a few things I've learned. My Wilbur Insurance frowns upon using generic prescriptions (on some) ... They will fill the Adderall generic with no problem but will not allow them to fill the Adderall XR generic has to be name brand. Why??? To get the generic filled, they have to have authorization from the doctor and from the insurance.. What do you do when your doctor is on jury duty??? Pharmacy X will fill all my prescriptions except the Adderall XR because with my insurance & the boys insurance he is losing out on $25.00 but if the insurance would let them fill the generic they would fill it. So basically if I wanted to pay the $25.00, they would fill it... But why would I?? I can go to Pharmacy Y and they will fill it non-generic with no problems... I tell you, your head is probably spinning reading this and you should have seen me the last few days trying to figure this all out....

Just a note, when I contacted our HR rep for insurance in San Francisco, she said that it is getting to the point that the insurance companies will not pay for the generic drugs.. So keep this in mind...aghh!!! What will be next???

The Best Mother's Day Ever.....

I wasn't supposed to get home until 5:00 from Leavenworth but got home about 2:00 instead. I'm so happy I did all the kids came over & we bbq'd. We had a blast... Thank you so much, you will never know how much that day meant to me.. To see your smiles, to hear your laughter and to feel the love our family has!! I love you all!!!

Vanessa & Eric playing with the Ninja swords!!

Kevin & Amanda My mom

Mom Letter from Elijah

"I want to thank my mom for adopting me"

(made me cry)

Jenn-DeAndre & Girls

Nick & Elijah planted the flowers to suprise me.

Nick & I - You don't see this very often *lol*

Elijah

Adrian loves having pic taken with me *lol*

Woody aka Kevin

Eric

Jenn

DeAndre and the girls

My nephew Travis

I love standing by him he makes me feel little *lol*

Thanks again kids !!! Great food, lots of laughs, lots of smiles.. I love you all!!!


I almost forgot Kujo "World's Best Dog" - She belongs to Eric but she LOVES coming to "Grandma Darla's" house !!! *lol*

Weekend Get-a-Way!!!

A Rivers Echo - Leavenworth

The view from the house
A Scrappin we shall go - Annette


Donna

Nicole trying to cactch the hail...

Can you believe this was the dining room & living room *lol*

Deb & her grand kids .....

Lex & Alyson.. Why don't I have any pictures of you????

A great weekend of visiting, scrappin', eatin' and restin... Thanks everyone for a great time.. Can't wait to do it again....

Adrian Update....

Last week was a bad week.. Lots of emotions running high. Trouble in school with several teachers. Even had a melt down in class, tears and all. Then it dawned on me... (Why does it take a brick in the head for me to figure things out *lol*) Adrian was acting up because I was leaving..... Every time I leave for a few days he goes into this mode but I will say I think this time it was worse. I received several emails that day on his disruptive behavior. On Thursday afternoon when I picked him up I asked him what was going on & he broke down.. Told me he even cried in class. I asked if he knew why and he said he wasn't sure. Finally I asked if it was cause I was heading out for a few days. He tried to deny it but his eyes were filling with tears, it was a dead give a way. Finally he broke loose. He cried and asked me if I would please not go. I explained to him that I was coming back. That he was stuck with me & wasn't gettin rid of me that easy. He wanted to know why I was leaving. I told him I just needed a little time by myself to regroup and he would be absolutely fine.

I'm not sure how many of you know but when Adrian's mom left she told him she was going to take Elijah to the doctor and would be back for him & then never showed up until the supervised visits kicked in. He still remembers it till this day. I can't even imagine what he went thru but I assured him I would be back to torment him.. By the time I left he seemed to be doing better & when I came home, you would of thought I was just returning from getting groceries. He was just fine.....

So now that I've been giving him his meds at the correct time, and I'm home & not leaving him again.. He has had 3 good days... Wow... I'm holdin' out for 4 *lol*

Last night of bowling....

Tonight was the last night of Family Bowling (whohoo!!) The He-Man Women Haters club is finally over... Don't get me wrong the boys had fun bowling with Kevin. It was just the late nights that played havoc on everything.. Sleep, homework, you've heard me a million times say ROUTINE *lol*... Adrian got a trophy for...high game scratch & Elijah got a coupon for free bowling & pizza for high game with handicap... Elijah was a little ousted by Adrian's trophy, and it didn't help Adrian was twisting the knife a tad but what would life be with out brother rivalry??


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Please forgive me.....

Please don't think bad of me but I'm going to vent....

I HATE ADHD!!!!!!! I Hate how it can take a perfectly normal day & turn it topsy turvy in a flip of a coin!!!! I Hate that my life now rotates around it's clock... for instance.... I can't go shopping after 6:00 p.m. for that matter I can't do anything after 6:00 p.m. outside of my house. I can't just drop off the boys for a quick getaway without leaving a list of times & medications and no exception rules ... I hate that my mornings (even on the weekends) are strapped to an alarm clock to make sure that no med's are missed!!! I hate having to be so strict & so structured.. Life is so short but I don't have a choice!!! I hate that I can't let the kids have pop when they want!!! I hate that I have to be such a control freak when it comes to candy/sweets & etc.
I hate that when we go camping they can't have more than one marshmellow, they still have to be in bed by 9:00, they can't sit around the fire with the rest of us .... I want to bowl next year , I probably won't be able to because the boys can't stay out that late & tonight just proved it again.... It is like a light switch... One minute they are sitting calm and the next minute, they are spinning in the chairs, jumping from the lane to the carpet, running from one place to the other... You may think that that is no big deal but I'm sorry it is... they go from being very well behaved to acting like out of control kids & I know whythey are doing it but the people staring at us don't !!! I hate when I lose my temper & yell then after I calm down realize their meds were no longer working.!!! I hate the guilt I feel after we've had an ADHD meltdown!!! I hate having to deal with it all the time!!! I hate ADHD!!!! And the flip side if I hate it this much.. Can you imagine how they must feel :(

Have you met George???

George is Elijah's pet fish. He worked extremely hard in the yard and cleaning the camper to earn his most prize possession.... After only a week.. Guess who feeds him... ME!!! (aghh)