My mind is a big jumbled mess right now, so this post is nothing but random thoughts! I apologize.
Classes started today! I am taking 3 classes and 3 labs. I must be crazy! We'll see :)
Ally started back at school today too. She has been wanting to go back all summer. I'm so happy she loves school so much. And, I'm so happy with the school that she is in. They are wonderful!
There is been so much going on with my family the last 2 weeks. Much more than I can write in one post. I will write another post on baby Thomas....when I can write it without crying!
Ugh, our computer has been on the fritz for a couple weeks now. And we finally got it back today. I'm just praying it doesn't crash again!!! I need to post pictures from the 4th of July....but will do that another day. I can't believe it has been almost 2 months since my last blog....I'm a slacker!!!
Last week we went up to St. Augustine for a family reunion. We had such a fun time. We went to the beach every day and the pool every night. We also went to the Castillo de San Marco. It was fun, but way too hot. It's those kind of hot days that make me hate living in Florida!!!
Looking in the prison door to see if there was anyone in there. Getting ready to fire the cannon. It was so loud!! I couldn't imagine how loud it would have been with all the cannons going off during the war. My Dad and nephew, Troy, with one of the guards She kept telling me it was dirty! Ally & Daddy in front of the fort Me and my honey
This was so fun to watch!! So glad I was taking the picture :)
Ally was not in the mood for a family picture....can you tell?
The Odom Family....we were missing my PaPa and my Uncle Wynn's Family
There is a local restaurant here that we love...KafeKokopelli. They have the best French Baguettes ever! They also have the best Sangria I have ever had in my life! But, the best thing on their menu is the Belgian Waffle a la mode. You can make it any way you want. We went to dinner Friday night and ordered one. This was Ally's first waffle from there. We ordered it with vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, caramel sauce and whipped cream. The look on Ally's face when it came out was priceless. After a few bites she leans over to me and says "Mommy, this is how I need you to make my waffles for breakfast!". My husband and I about died, it was so funny!!!
I've been meaning to write down some of the silly things Ally says and does.
Her favorite right now is "You're gonna get fired"...she says this whenever she is mad at us. Like she can fire us from being her parents. Don't ask me where she heard this phrase from?? I guess she will be the new Donald Trump :)
Another one she says if she's mad is "You are not invited to my birthday party anymore" I keep telling her she's going to un-invite everyone and there will be nobody there but her. FYI her birthday isn't until November!!!
Instead of ta-da she says da-ta!
She can sing all the lyrics from Boom Boom Pow, That's Not My Name and Halo. She loves music and learns the songs very quickly! She also likes to watch the videos and dance to them. I can't wait for her to start ballet in January. I think she will be a natural.
My friend gave me this book to read about 4 months ago. Since I was in school I did not get around to reading it until last week. Oh my goodness....the funniest book I've ever read. If you've ever been on a diet or have known someone who has....this is a must read. I read it in 2 days!! I started a "diet" a little over 4 weeks ago and this book just puts into words what my head and body are going through. She talked about everything from making fun of Jenny Craig to her personal trainer conveniently named Barbie!!!
My friend Stephanie and I have been working out for about 4 weeks now. We go Sunday-Thursday around 9:00 at night. There is a 24 hour gym near by. We put the kiddos to bed and head off to the gym. We usually get home around 11. I look forward to this time to "escape" from Mommyville. It's fun to sweat my rump off with one of my best friends. She pushes me to try new things and harder things...and in return I push her too. In the last 4 weeks I've lost 7 pounds and have lost almost 15 inches!!! Can you believe that, because I sure can't. I've pretty much lost at least 2 inches from every part of my body. In June we will start working with a personal trainer 3 times a week. We decided that we wanted to try and get back into exercising before we have a trainer kill us!! :) :) It should be interesting to see the things he will have us do.
My final grades finally came in! I got 4 A's and 2 B's. I'm so very happy with these grades. I was so close to getting all A's too. My 2 B's were 2 points from being A's. I just keep thinking how I really enjoy school this time and am actually putting my mind to it. I decided not to take any classes over the summer, I want to spend as much time with Ally these next 4 months. I missed doing fun things with her while I was in classes. But, it will be worth it in the end!
I can not possibly put anymore information into my brain right now. Which means I can't think of anything worth blogging about....so I'll just post some pictures that I took a couple days ago of Ally playing outside. She had to put on her princess costume to play outside...such a girly girl :)
Tomorrow is my last day of classes for this semester. Then I have my finals. I can't believe this semester is over. It's gone by so fast. I've enjoyed it all. I'm fascinated by all the new things I've learned, and can't wait to do it again in the fall. I won't be taking any classes over the summer. So, I'm trying to find a job for the summer. My school has a couple openings, and I have applied for them. If I don't get a job over the summer, I'm be completely satisfied staying home with Ally :)
Thank God this week is my spring break. Saturday I caught a cold head on! It hit me like a ton of bricks. Sunday and Monday I spent in bed. Luckily my in-laws kept Ally for us Sunday night. I got some good sleep that night. I'm feeling about 80% better. It's a sucky way to spend spring break, but at least I'm not missing any classes!!
We went to the zoo on Thursday with my Mom, sister and nephew. I love the zoo!!! Ally and Brady had so much fun. We got the yearly pass, so now we can go back whenever we want. Here are some pictures from our day.
Today my sister and nephew come down. They will be here for a week. My Mom will come down on Wednesday too. I haven't seen my Mom in over a year, and my sister I haven't seen since July. We have plans to go to the Zoo one day. We are going to have so much fun :)
It's been a little over a year since Eldon had his accident at work. He went to the Ortho today for his year follow-up. Everything looks great. Besides all the "hardware" in his leg, you can barely tell that he broke it. Dr. Clare said that he is amazed at how fast Eldon has recovered. He still gets a little sore when he's been working too long. But he's got great range-of-motion in his knee and ankle.
Now we have to try and keep is Work Comp. case open. They will of course press us to close it. But with him being 31, Dr. Clare said more than likely in 20 years he will need another surgery to redo everything. And, we do not want to pay for that. I just pray that Work Comp. doesn't get super pushy with us.
I haven't updated my blog in quite awhile. Ally has been sick for what seems like an eternity. She had croup 2 weeks ago. Then got better, and now she's sick again. I hate this. I feel so bad for her when she's sick. Her poor nose is pouring snot, and her cough sounds horrible. And to top it all off...she's passed it on to my husband! I am a hand-washing fool, so I'm praying I don't get it.
I however, sprained my wrist last week. I was going up a flight of stairs and tripped. I know, horribly embarrassing! I caught myself with my hands, and bent my left wrist back a little too far. I just have to keep it in a brace for a couple more days. It's feeling much better.
We had a fun Valentine's Day. We went shopping with some good friend's. Then we went to Build-a-Bear. Ally made a Panda Bear, which she named Juliette! She got a little back pack for Juliette and she's been wearing her non-stop. She's so cute!!
In my Zoology and Botany classes we have been talking non-stop about Evolution vs. Creationism. I grew up in a religious household, and still continue to be religious. I have always believed that God created the earth and everything in it, in 7 days. These classes have started to make me wonder about the whole controversy with Evolution. There is a lot of scientific data supporting Evolution. So much so it had me thinking...what if the story we've all read in the Bible is just that: a story. I mean I was seriously doubting everything that I grew up believing. Today as I was leaving my Botany lab I got into my car and on the radio came this song....
WOW, was all I could say. This verse pretty much sums it up for me.
Who taught the sun where to stand in the morning? And who told the ocean you can only come this far? And who showed the moon where to hide till evening? Whose words alone can catch a falling star?
It just goes to show me, I should not doubt my faith. I might have to learn these things in school, but it doesn't mean I believe them!
This past week as been crazy busy. Between my classes and Eldon's classes starting then Ally getting sick. She ended up getting Croup this week. The poor thing had the worst cough on Tuesday and Wednesday. So Thursday I took her to see the Doctor. She's such a good little patient. She lets the doctor look in her ears, mouth and nose all without flinching. He listened to her lungs and then heard her barking cough and the Croup diagnose came about. She's was on steroids for the last 3 days, but it hasn't kicked the cough completely. Hopefully it will go away soon.
Classes are going well. Zoology and Botany are a lot of work, but they are fun. I got a B on my first Zoology quiz and A's on the last 2. I have my first big exam for that class tomorrow. And my first Botany exam I got 100% plus got the extra credit question right! I had to learn 15 different plants by the common name, scientific name and their family group.
Math is going to kill me! The professor is so fast speaking that I don't understand him at all. He just breezes right through the entire lecture and just assumes everyone in the class understands what he has said. My husband has been a life saver with helping me though. He's been so patient in explaining the ins and outs of Pre-Calculus. I'm actually understanding it!
And of course my music class is my favorite. It's the easiest. Right now we're just learning different sounds (pitch, melody, harmony etc). If I can't get into the photography class next semester I will definitely take another music class with this professor.
I got a B on my first Zoology quiz! I only missed two questions. I was upset that I missed those two at first. But, then I looked at the class average. The class average was 65%! Woo Hoo....I did above average :) Now, if I can only do that in math!
Driving to church yesterday the song Holy, Holy, Holy came on the radio. It's one of my husband's favorites so we turned it up. Ally started singing along with the radio. But instead of Holy, Holy, Holy; she was singing Holy, Moly, Moly! It was so cute. And walking into church she was still singing it. I thought my father-in-law was going to loose it!
My sister and her family left yesterday. It was so nice seeing them for an entire week. They talked about moving back down to Florida in a couple years. It would be so nice to have some of my family living by me again. My husband says that his family is my family, and they all live around here. But, it's not the same. I don't have the same relationship with my sister-in-law like I do with my own sister. I really hope they do decided to move back down!!
Today was my first day of classes. I'm the oldest student in all of my classes...and maybe older than one of my instructors! I'm taking 14 credit hours, and it's going to be a lot of hard work. Unlike the other students when I'm done with classes I have a family to attend to. Oh goodness, what was I thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Saturday we had such a blast at Sea World with my sister and her family. We saw all the shows and fed all the animals and ride all the rides!
Yesterday we went to a horse farm. My sister's Mother-in-law works with the horses in the afternoon. Ally was in such awe. The babies kept trying to eat her and Turner's hair...they thought it looked like the hay!!
It seems like every time I pull the camera out to take Ally's pictures, this is the pose that I get. It's cute....but does it have to be every time!
We are going to Sea World again this weekend. I'm looking forward to it, my sister and her family are meeting us there, then they will come back to our house for a week! I haven't seen them since last April. Ally is super excited to see Troy and Turner, it's all she's been talking about the last couple days.
Today at church, all was quiet. It's supposed to be quiet...we were taking the Lord's Supper. People are praying and just observing. Well my daughter decides that it's the perfect time to pass some gas. And not just a little bit, A LOT! Then to make even more embarrassing, she says out loud "Eeewww, I stink. Mommy I just let out a butt-snort" People started giggling, and turning around. She thought it was hilarious. Her Dad and I did not. But, we couldn't help but laugh because it was so embarrassing!
I'm just your typical Mom. I love my baby girl..who really is 3. But, in my head she'll always be my little baby! My husband is my rock. He's an amazing man, and I love him more and more every day.
