HOT HOT HOT!!!

oh my word! haha...how ironic is it, that when it's 50 degrees in florida during the month of april, people are complaining (ok ok...i was totally complaining to)...and now that it's 100 degrees like it's supposed to be in florida, people are STILL complaining!! ha! i can say that i'm NOT complaining! i'd rather be hot than cold ANY day!! i guess it helps that we have a pool in the backyard, but still, i'm so LOVING reading people's FB status'!! it totally proves that we as humans, can NEVER be satisfied! i'm so including myself in that statement as well!

on a lighter note, my son, isaac and i started making a papier-maiche or "pinata" to most people! ;) we'll finish it tomorrow if we did it correctly! it's drying now! we just blew up a balloon and then started gluing the newspaper to it! i'm so excited! isaac loved it because his hands were all gooey and slimy from dipping the paper! he thought it was the best! we are making it for father's day! yes! i bought candy and all!! and YES! jay will be blindfolded and try to hit it and break it! haha, i'm planning some fun relay games for father's day that we all can enjoy! instead of buying a few gifts that we can't afford anyways, i am thinking that this year we will just spend the afternoon playing games as a family! and not just board games; i'm talking relay games like we all used to play when we were young! how exciting!! (at least i think so!!)

wishing it didn't have to end...

we are having such a blessed weekend! we found out that jay passed his ASVAB test to get into the military! :) yay...here comes a job!! woo woo!! and he'll be sworn in sometime this coming week. what an experience this will be! my husband has on the the MILITARY channel right now and it is showing how the people in bagdad blew up a US army truck. :( i mean, we are pretty much guaranteed that he will have to serve at least 1 tour even though he is only doing the RESERVE right now. BUT, we know this is the way that we are supposed to go and other families have it worse than we will. we are thankful...very thankful for the opportunity to make some money and have a job. as of now, he will be shpped off to basic training August 25 and he'll go straight to A.I.T school for a total of 29 weeks gone :( again, most families have it worse than we will. and we also know, from other military friends, that the military always changes so this info is based on what they have told us now. anyways, praise the lord for this opportunity!!

last night we had a fabulous time hosting the high school youth group at the house for a luau!!! limbo, tiki torches, leis, s'mores....ahh...what else could be more fun?! NOTHING!! haha...it was fun watching the kids do a hula relay and play "feed the monkey"! we laughed, and screamed, and just enjoyed life! we spent all day cleaning and setting up and about an hour before guests were to arrive, an ominous cloud gathered in the sky and drenched everything! lol, we don't know why these things happen, but it didn't stop us at all! we did all the games in the rain and the kids jumped in the pool (yes, even in the rain and thunder)! to be honest, i think the luau was a much better hit in the rain! it was hilarious! the night ended with all of us sitting in a circle playing catch phrase!!

this morning, one of isaac's friends had a birthday party! they played "pirates" filled with a treasure map, a plank, and pirate hats! he had a blast! now, we are off for a game night with friends! our kids are getting ready to be tucked into bed as we slip out for the evening! hence why the title is "wishing it didn't have to end..." what a hysterical and wonderful weekend!

SLOW DOWN!!!

ok! so i know i haven't written a single thing in like...i don't know...let's just say FOREVER! obviously, we all know that it hasn't been that long, and i only started this blog a few weeks ago; but it has somehow become therapy for me! lol...(a lot cheaper than getting professional help!) i don't even know how to use this blog to it's fullest capacity; however, it's not like that for me. i guess i'm not even worried if anyone even reads these short incriptions into my soul. my days are so jam packed with "stuff" that i just can't seem to take 5 minutes to write even a little something daily!

Now, this week, was pure MAYHEM...(spell check??) i had 3 cakes due for 1 graduation party this past saturday! but all was successful!! very excited and proud of myself, and now i can feel that i'm not 21 anymore this week!! haha...i'm dragging! i know all the moms out there will understand when i say, "im kinda glad my kids have colds and ear aches! lol...they just want to lie in bed and watch Scooby Doo!" which in turn, gives me opportunity to just have a 'chill' day!

we went to the lake house yesterday and it was so wonderful to see isaac and noah baiting their hooks and catching little fish by themselves!! even I baited my own hook and caught a few;) woo-woo!! go me!! :):) i've become such a pansy since motherhood! lol...but i'm working on discovering myself again!! all in all, this week that i've missed writing about turned out to be pretty rewarding and special! yes, very cumbersome and tiresome at the same time, but the good seems to always outweigh the bad!