What a week!

Last Thursday I sponataniously decided to load up the kids and spend a few days with my mom over the 24th. Kurtis had to work all weekend anyway so I figured instead of being home bored this would be a good time to see everyone before school starts. We had so much fun on the 24th. My sister and her baby Tristan went with us to the parade and all the fun activities in Monroe and we really had a blast. Then come Saturday, my car decided it wasn't going to start anymore. The next couple of days it was in the shop getting fixed and so I just extended my vacation until today when it was finally fixed, yea!! So I am making the 4 hour drive home when 5 miles out of Price it decides to die in the middle of the highway. So I get it over to the side of the road as far as I can and then I start to smell gas, bad bad bad. It is 96 degrees outside and here I am all by myself with 4 little kids in the middle of nowhere. The closest person to me is over 2 hours away and I felt so helpless and I just started crying. I called the mechanic who had worked on my car and he was nice enough to find me a tow truck, but I couldn't stay in the car because gas was leaking everywhere, but it was too dangerous to get the kids out. I ran to the nearest highway sign which was just a few yards away so I could tell them exacty where I was because like I said I was in the middle of nowhere. A nice guy driving by seen that I was in trouble and offered to give us a ride into town. I hesitated of course because you never know, but I was desperate. He was such a nice person and I am so grateful that he helped us because we were in a very dangerous situation. I was truely blessed today. I kept thanking him and he said that he would hope someone would do the same for his wife if she was ever in my situation. I can think of so many times that Kurtis has stopped and helped people out, he never hesitates. So today I felt grateful that some of that goodness was passed back to our family. The car won't be fixed for a couple more days, so Kurtis came and picked us up from Price. Even though I am going to be over $700 into getting the darn thing fixed I still feel very blessed that we are all safe, and I am grateful that my kids were able to experience first hand what it means to be a good samaritan and help others out. These are the times when I am reminded to always pay it forward.

Children's Museum

For all of you haven't been to the Children's Discovery Museuem at Gateway- you have to plan a trip. I took Kaitlyn, Nicholas, and Jackson(Tyler was at the theatre seeing the new Harry Potter with my mom) there on Wednesday, and they had so much fun! We were there for almost 3 hours and still didn't do everything there was.


Kaitlyn and Nicholas as news anchors

Touring a Life flight helicopter

Role playing at the supermarket

little helper

4TH OF JULY

I know this is sort of a belated post, but I just never got around to uploading the photos until tonight!! We spent the 4th of July weekend in Richfield and Circleville this year. I love the parade in Circleville because it is not too long, plus we love to watch Gramps on the float. We had a really nice visit with my mom and siblings, unfortunately it was too short. My mom moved into a cute new place, which is also great news for us because now we can visit more often, the old place was a little too tiny for the family. Here are some pics!




This was the night before the 4th doing some sparklers with the kids. As you can see my brother Darren is the biggest kid of them all! It was Tristan, Jackson, and Kayson's first 4th and they really liked the fireworks as long as they weren't too loud.

Here is Kurt trying to copy Nick's face, he was not in a great mood that morning as you can see, but he came around once he got some candy!!





These are some pictures of the kids at the parade, and of course Kurt's grandpa who is in it every year. The baby was really into the whole thing, he just sat there and watched the whole thing so patiently.



On the 4th we also celebrated my nephew Brennan's 6th birthday so we had a bounce house and slip and slides, it kept thm buisy all day. They didn't even want to leave to go to the park for all the activities. The kids had a great time and we enjoyed spnding time with Kurt's grandparents.

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TUESDAY, July 7, 2009
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8 things I'm looking forward to:
1. Getting together with friends on Friday
2. Company picnic this weekend
3. American Idol concert
4. Disneyland
5. Nicholas being potty trained
6. Going back to school in August
7. Weekend getaway with Kurt
8. 24th of July

8 things I did yesterday:
1. Baked cookies
2. went grocery shoping
3. cleaned my house
4. talked to Kim on the phone
5. went for a walk with the kids
6. returned books to the library
7. took the garbage out
8. went to bed

8 things I wish I could do:
1. lose weight
2. eat like i used to and not gain weight
3. have a date with my husband
4. finish my degree
5. see my family more
6. move to a bigger house
7. add a few more hours to my day
8. grow my hair long



8 shows I watch:
1. Jon & Kate plus Eight
2. Grey's Anantomy
3. Private Practice
4. House
5. Seinfield
6. Friends
7. Chelsea Lately
8. Tori and Dean