Thankful

I need to post while it is fresh on my mind. I have stumbled upon some blogs that I have just been totally engrossed in. Call me morbid but all the blogs are about kids that have passed away from tragic accidents. One is about a little girl named Lucy who choked on an apple when she was 23 months old and died, another about a little girl named Preslee who fell in a canal at her grandparents house, drowned and ended up dying 7 days later. Both these girls were born the same year Kam was. When I read these blogs and see what the mother's say, it makes every tantrum that Kam throws and every difficult moment priceless to me. These mother's would do anything to have to deal with their daughter's tantrums right now. Please cherish every moment you have with your loved ones, be it your sons/daughters, husbands, mother's, father's, sister's, brother's anyone whom you love. They can be gone in an instance and all you are left with is pain.

Just Me and Kam

So now it's just me and Kam. The kids left on Friday and as soon as they got picked up Kam and I met up with Nana (my mom) and Payton (my niece) and drove down to Galveston. We stayed in my Aunt's beach house with her and my Grandmother. What a fun girls weekend! Kam and I really enjoyed the beach and just relaxing. We spent a lot of time on the front porch just enjoying the breeze.

Got home Sunday and got to see Daddy(Michael) for a little while...Yay! We hadn't seen Daddy since Monday night so it was almost a full week...not fun. Monday night we had dinner at my mom's OMG did we eat and eat. Mom made hamburger steaks wrapped in bacon, cream peas, potatoes, fried squash and corn bread...along with fresh tomatoes and onions. So good I ate and ate and ate! Now Kam and I have the rest of the week to chill before Michael comes home again. Not sure what we will do but I am sure we will swim a little and clean a lot. I have lot's of house plans for this summer while the kids are gone.

D-Day Tomorrow

Tomorrow's the big day. The kids leave until August 6 :'( seriously sad today. Every time I think about it my eyes start to water. They will be gone for 44 LONG days. Mom and I are packing up Kamdyn and Payton and taking them to Galveston for the weekend. It really kind of helps if I am not sitting at home walking through their (empty) rooms feeling very melancholy. Colton is taking Keaton so Payton is being left behind for a week as is Kamdyn. They are both going to be so sad tomorrow morning when the 4 other kids (Taylor, her friend Emily, Colton and Keaton) leave, but hopefully will perk up when we see the ocean. Kamdyn is already afraid of sharks, probably shouldn't have let her watch Jaws, so I am hoping that I can actually get her in the water. My sweet aunt Debi has a house there in Galveston and she is letting us stay there with her so it will be a relatively cheap trip.

Colton has gotten very clingy lately, I think he is reacting to Michael being gone and him being the "man" of the house. Sweet boy worries about his Momma. He spent the night with Mom Tuesday night and called me 2x...he never calls me. I hope he forgets about me while he is in Utah and doesn't worry. I think he will be ok but he is such a lover and protector, I want him to have a wonderful time and not spend it worrying that I am at home alone. Kam and I will be fine, we are going to join a gym here in Tyler and take some classes after work. Should be lots of fun and hopefully I can get my butt in shape and finally lose some weight.

Oh well off to work!

1 week

Kids leave in one week :(

I am starting to feel that sad, weepy feeling coming over me.

Everyday I think about it.

Just want to skip through the next few weeks and get on to August, summer means nothing to me other than TOO HOT temps anymore.

Summer Fun

Already June...can you believe it? 9 more days and Taylor and Colton leave for Utah to spend 42 uninterrupted days with their dad. Boo!!! This time though they get to take a friend for a week which is really cool for them. They have this whole other life in Utah that no one is apart of from Texas, now they get to mesh the two together a little. I am dreading them leaving, Kamdyn is going to be so lost without them, right now she is so stuck on Taylor. She sleeps with her, is in her room 24/7 and if Taylor is not home...Kamdyn asks constantly when her Sissy is going to be home. She must know that something is about to happen.
The kiddos have been swimming like fish this summer so far. You should see their tans...even Kam has one. Now I am going to have to get out in the pool with her when the kids leave so she will have someone to swim with...yuck! I don't like swimming!!!
**Kamdyn Post**
Saturday night I got a text that they were bringing a soldier's body home who had been killed in Afghanistan and they would be coming through Lindale on their way to Quitman. They requested that everyone come out and honor the soldier's sacrifice by lining the road with flags. The kids and I went on out. We met up with my FIL and BIL who were also out there. We sat out there for 25 minutes and it started really filling up...there were lots of vets around, elderly men and women. So for some reason (not really sure what she was looking at, talking about) Kamdyn just busts out with "Holy Sh!t" very loudly. I was so embarrassed and Colton starts screaming laughing. It was awful.
On to Colton..other than the inappropriate laughing incident I am so proud of that kid! He had over 800 A/R points in school for 5th grade. The most in his whole grade! He loves to read so much that I have to take the books away from him at night so he will go to sleep. How lucky am I???
Taylor...well she is in that teenage drama/emotional age that is probably going to be the death of me. Usually she is ok but man she and I have some major clashes sometimes. It is weird, she is as tall as me and I feel like I am fussing at a grown woman. I will be so glad when her hormones even out just a little and we can get back to where we were. She is such an amazing person I love being her friend. I know I have to be her mom too but I just enjoy hanging out with her. It is the most awesome thing...
So that is all for now, we are going to six flags tomorrow..hope we don't melt or die of heat stroke. :)