Bothell

Barfell, or Awethull... is the new name for Bothell according to my Young Women in Sultan. I miss them dearly and my good friends over in the old neighborhood. It's not Maple Valley, but I couldn't be happier with the move. Our monkey is now so happy in an amazing school, he has a great teacher and has started band! We gave him two different choices for instruments, both of which were his dads'. The sax from his dad Sean, and the trumpet from his dad B. He chose the trumpet, which I think is easier and B is around to help direct. It's so cool to listen to him play. I really have no basis for an opinion, other than I am his mom.. but he picks up music so well. He had taken some piano lessons from our friends the Risenmays over the few spring months. We had to stop for a while because of the summer schedule and Allyson was due with their new son Logan. But I still find him playing songs on the piano and now fiddling with notes on the trumpet. I have always wanted a home of music, and I am loving every bit of it. Speaking of the home, it still is just a house as of right now. It looks like it has been flipped upside down, with STUFF that needs a place everwhere. We finally finished cleaning our beautiful home in Sultan for the next lucky family, and then Seth had the Swine Flu all week. Watch out! It's horrible! lol.. just kidding. Actually he had a very mild dose of it. His top fever was 103.7, but that was before tylenol. Otherwise it stayed between 99-100.5. For the most part, it was just like the regular flu. Unfortunately, we had it before we knew it and passed it on to our neice Chloe. Ooops. Luckily hers is just as mild. So back to unpacking, cleaning, unpacking, and cleaning I go... wish me luck.

Moving- that is the answer..

Well i guess this is it.. we are moving, again. ugh. It's all my fault ofcourse. I just can't get passed the fact that monkey will be in middle school next year with all the kids having sex and doing drugs.... yikes! Mostly i worry about the drugs. It may sound stupid, but if it were just a few kids doing pot.. i don't think i'd worry about it. But no, it's meth.. and it's not just the kids- it's the kids who go home to their parents who are also doing it. So, it's time to move. I'm sad to go.. We are leaving our perfect home, in the perfect spot of the perfect neighborhood, with the perfect neighbors.. But man am i excited for his new school!!! I can't wait! We'll be in the Northshore school district, in an amazing school.. and, he gets to stay in elementary through the 6th grade! wooohooooo! no middle school, i get one more year of innocence. Now we just need to pray we get that right fit, with the teacher who'll help his enthusiam for school come back.

fingers crossed XX

to move or not to move? that is the question

not sure if anyone remembers the song in which the line says, "should we stay or should we go now. If we stay there will be trouble, if we go will there be double?"... anyone? yah. Well that's how i'm feeling. I am in the middle of a huge decision and the anxiety that goes with it. We live in the perfect home, in the perfect spot of the perfect neighborhood.. for that i could not be happier. But there is a BUT. That comes into play with the school. Most everyone knows how i feel about the school. We have found an amazing school and ward. Only problem is the neighborhood. the new house itself would be just fine, not as amazing as our current home- but we cant have everything.. I guess the biggest issue is the street is busy, and there are lots of kids- they just don't play outside. Our backyard is a cement patio, but that is rivaled with a small park being next door and a green belt behind us. Ideally, i'd stay here and drive monkey to bothell (30-45min) .. but they don't allow transfers. ugh.. i know i'm rambling, but this is my brain at the moment.... Help

double digits

it's not uncommon to hear people say, "it goes by so fast", or "blink and they'll be grown".. but seriously- who knew that ten years would go by that fast. i certainly didn't. I think i'm still in a little bit of disbelief. Sunday was Seth's 10th birthday. He likes to laugh at me while i fake cry about my baby growing up. He tells me he's no longer my baby-boy, but my young-man. there will never be another single digit birthday for my little man. And as he and his two friends are having their birthday sleepover spectacular, the reminders that they are older than i'd like are a constant. Things that regular boys talk about, that i am so not ready for. Like noticing the scantily clad pop star on the cover of a magazine or movie title at the store- and we don't even want to go into where the conversation of "sperm whales" went. holy-moly i'm so not ready for this. just a few more years of innocence is all i ask..

SIlly people

okay so this is a completely retarded picture of us, but we were having so much fun. (at the children's museum of seattle with jessyka's family-keaton is the little robot behind seth's hand)

Well it's about time....

Not sure how many of you know this but i have been a bit of a slacker at getting my named changed. I know there are no excuses good enough to not have had it done, and no it's not because i didn't like my new last name... actually i love it! i swear i was born for this name. i've just been slow.. but it's done! yahhhhh! just thought i'd share that... hope you are all having a great day!

it's been awhile

it's been a while since i've made any posts... most of you are my close friends and already know the details of my last 9 months. So i don't really feel the need to add any of the past details on here. Maybe that's dumb, who knows. I've never been one to aire my feelings into a diary. But i figure it's time to start blogging again.. maybe this time i'll be better at it. So on to where we are right now... Since we moved to sultan we've started making some great new friends. Funny enough, one of them was already in our family. Crazy as it seems, she has fast become one of my closest friends. Oh...lol. today was a big day... I finally changed my last name! That may sound stupid, but it's been a struggle to get done. Today was the dol and tomorrow the ss. dept. Soon it'll be finished, yah! And just before our 2 year. Brandon and i are still doing great. Still getting to know eachother which can sometimes be frustrating, but also in the newly wed faze- which.. yah. good stuff. hmmmmm... yah. Seth is doing well. Almost done with the fourth grade, and ready to move onto fifth. I can't believe how big he is getting. No shoes on he's 4'7". He says his legs hurt alot, and his pants getting short look like a telltale sign of a growth spirt coming on. Oh.. Jess and the kids came up a few weeks ago. What a blast. I feel bad we couldn't do too much with my back and finances, but it was so nice having her here. Not to mention how freakin cute her kids are! they should come back soon,,,,,hint hint. Summer will soon be here, i can't wait to get out and play!

A week or so of fun...

Wow.. we had ALOT happen this last week.. I'll try to be brief. We went camping with family up at Anthony lakes. (grand ronde specifically).. And we had a blast!!! We finally got to meet the youngest member of our broadening family, Kayleigh. (Jessyka's newest little gem). What an absolute doll! We had some much fun spending time with her little family and the rest of the cousins as well. I got alot of pics, but yah, none are uploaded yet.. i'll post some later. Anyways, had one of the best bday experiences of my life! Finally learned how to fly fish, and caught almost 100 trout!.. it would've been more but the fly fell apart..lol. Seth had some much fun. He learned that he can make an Osprey sound, and was calling the birds.. pretty cool. Also the little cousins were acting like their own wolf pack, howling alot. Much to the shagrim (sp?) of the older adults. On the way home, we stopped by the Darigold factory and had some yummy icecream. Seth chose blue bubblegum and i had strawberry lemonaide sorbet. yummm. I think the only thing that would have made our trip better is if dad (brandon) would have been able to make it.. but, you know he does have to pay for my vacations.. lol... ok, not funny.
Right now Seth is having a blast over at Chloe's house, his cousin. We were able to have her for a few days this last month and now LaRee is returning the fun. The two kids are just best little buddies. It's so nice to finally have cousins... not to mention, his age and fairly close by. Hopefully, when we buy a home, they'll be much closer.
Brandon has been hard working. Lots of late hours as he tries to cram in as much time before he gets back in school. Which should be at the end of September. One more class at BCC and then onto the UW... woohooo! i'm so proud of him.
As for me.. hmmm.. pretty good i guess. Today is the big #33. Doesn't seem much different than the big 32 though. Highlights of my day- Went to work with the twins and Alexis bought me lunch.. :0) thanks! Her mom was lovely as always and gave me some funky "not white" socks.. made me laugh inside that Alexis thought of such a creative idea. Also a beautiful pic frame. A bit afterwards, i was able to meet my new niece and nephew for the first time. Not sure if i can put their names on here.. so we'll call them mark and julees kids for now. They are so cute! J was super tired, but Julee is such a natural he seemed right at home in her arms.. The little D- now she is funny. We had a blast playing together, and learning all sort of important things.. like sticking our tongues out. lol So all in all a pretty good day.
As for Bertha, aka period o' de yuckiness.. She hasn't reared her ugly head yet.. I'm not getting excited though. Not until i see 2 positive tests. (we had 1 before but it didn't hold, ugh) Today is day 32, i should have seen it by 30-31. But a couple of days is not anything abnormal for me. heck, a couple of weeks isn't either i guess. So not much to do but wait... and wait...

Here's to hoping

hmmm... sigh

Well tomorrow is another "big day".. again. We'll be going in the morning to try another iui. I'm not sure whether to be excited or not... i guess that's because i don't want to get too let down if nothing comes from this one. Maybe i should have more faith.. even though, i feel that i have alot. just not in the timing i guess. I'm tired of clomid. wow, am i tired of clomid.. all the emotional, hormonal junk.. not to mention the physical changes. Today my feet were swollen.. bizarre. It really wouldn't be that big of deal if i were pregnant, but.. yah. Head trips.. one day i feel like we really really should expand our family, and then the next i don't.. Our little family is already so perfect, and i try to convince myself that its no big deal either way.. i just wish i was better at the convincing. hmmm.. yah. too much rambling. I'm tired, i should be in bed sleeping.. but that doesn't seem to be working either.
Today was a good day for hubby though. We seemed to click really well, laugh alot, and overrall enjoyed eachothers company. We worked in the yard after church.. got alot done, i'll post pics later.
As far as Seth.. he's such a good kid. However he has been testing every boundary lately. I'm tired of arguing.. i know that this is not his normal sweet self.. just wish i could figure out what is wrong..
Oh well... tomorrow's another day...........

New at this....

Well i guess i'm going to have to cross my fingers, as this is the first post to my blog.. i'm still trying to figure it all out... thanks for the info jess. We'll see how this turns out before we actually enter some real info... lol.

wish me luck!