Bye, Bye Travel Trailer

So yes, we sold the trailer. It was a hard decision to make, but we know it is the right decision for us. We will miss it, but will eventually buy another one. Most likely a smaller one. I would like a smaller fifth wheel. We can't have a fifth wheel without a truck. That is a long way into the future.

A message from Kruz...

Happy Birthday Mica!

How to maintain a healthy level of insanity.

Here it is ... a list of ways to maintain a healthy (or not so healthy) insanity.

1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.

2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice!

3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.

4. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.

5. Finish all your sentences with 'in accordance with the prophecy'.

6. Skip down the hall rather than walk and see how many looks you get.

7. Order a diet water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.

8. Specify that your drive-through order is 'to go'.

9. Sing along at the Opera.

10. Put mosquito netting around your work area and play tropical sounds all day.

11. 5 days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party because you have a headache.

12. When the money comes out of the ATM, scream 'I won! I won!'.

13. When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot, yelling 'Run for your lives! They're loose!'.

14. Tell your children over dinner, 'Due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go'.

It's called Therapy. (Not that it would work.)

Kruz Wins!!

The kids were playing the Wii today. JJ & Kort were actually playing. Kruz & Kolby just thought that they were playing. We handed them the PS2 paddles, it was turned off. They were really into it. Every time someone won, Kruz thought it was him. Kids are so much fun!

4-Wheeler Fun

Jalynn, Kortney, Kaycee, Cody & Cody.
JJ & Kort
Kelly & JJ
Kruz & Kolby

We went out the other night and rode our 4-wheelers. It was a lot of fun. There were several neighbors out at the same time on theirs as well. We helped Cody Gibson find his lost dog. It was at another neighbors house. We also made trails through our weeds, most of which are taller than Kelly. Sad, I know. It will take a tornado to get rid of them. It kicked up my allergies a little. I did like riding the trails with the boys though. I got several good pictures and some video. In the video, I was teasing Kruz by moving the 4-wheeler.

Taking down the pool.

It finally got cold enough that we took down our pool. We took it down over Labor Day Weekend. It is just taking me this long to post it. The boys played in the water as it covered the ground. Then we cleaned the pool and Kelly sprayed the boys with the hose. This was our last fun day in the water until next summer.

Starting my CTMH Club.

I am getting my scrapping club going. We met for the first time on Sept 11th. I thought it went well. We have 5 of us that have signed up. There are 3 more that want to. It will be fun to meet with them and have our ladies night out. I will teach a different 2 page spread each time. I can't wait!

September is National Stamping Month!

To celebrate National Stamping Month, CTMH is giving away a prize. It is CTMH products worth $1,085.00! No purchase necessary, so everyone get to my CTMH site and enter to win. It is right there on my home page. Hope one of you gets it! (one entry per household (-; )

New camera on the blitz! :-(

I am kind of bummed. We bought our new camera and used it for about a week. When the battery ran down, we recharged it and now we can't get the camera to work. We don't mkow if it is the battery or the camera. I figured I would buy a new battery. I found one on the internet and bought it. I couldn't buy the battery at Wal-Mart, because it is a new battery. Hopfully that takes care of the problem.

Kruz starts school, too.

Kolby and Kruz on the way to school.
Kruz at his locker.
Kruz and Kolby
Kruz and Kolby are so happy to see each other after school. They roll around and play.

Kruz's 1st day of school was on September 2nd. I took the day off and Kolby and I went with him. His teachers are Miss Marlane and Miss Karen. He is in the Little Willow classroom. I don't think he can understand as well as the girls did, what is going on. Although he liked the trip to and from school on his bus today. Kolby was asleep when I put Kruz on the bus. So when we left to take Kolby to Joan's, Kolby was upset that we were leaving without Kruz. How do you explain that one? So next week when Kruz gets on the bus, I will be sure to have Kolby up and walk out with Kruz. Then he might understand Mom's not just leaving Kruz home. I realized that this was the first big time that they have been separated. I took tomorrow off because Joan will be out of town,but it works out great because I can spend more time with Kruz. Kolby and I will spend the day with him at school again. They encourage lots of parent involvement. I was only able to get a few pictures of Kruz at school because they have strict rules about taking pictures of the kids. So I was able to get some of him when he was alone by his locker.