Brock vs Brian

We were eating ice cream with my birthday cake last night. We had two kinds of ice cream....chocolate and chocolate chip cookie dough. Brian announced that he doesn't like chocolate ice cream. Brock very passionately said to his dad, "WE don't talk like that in this house!"

Latenight study sessions go south FAST!

Ysabel has a test, Brian was helping her study for said test. Ethan...now there is the problem! He can't focus at all...ok, I change my last statement....Brian is just as bad as Ethan! He is spouting off in Spanish, throwing socks, talking about gross things. How can my poor baby study? According to Ethan the only thing that scares Brian is Chuck Norris. OIY! Its gonna be a long night!

PEACE OUT

In Jersey you have to cover your text books with "book sox". Our family found a more practical use. "PEACE OUT"

Uncle Cliffy-poo

My brother was in NYC for work this weekend. I have to get pictures from Rebekah before I can blog about that....but in the mean time here is Me and Clifton. I LOVE MY BROTHER!!!! It was so wonderful having him around for a little while. We used to be pretty mischievous when we were younger! It was fun remembering how that felt and getting a little bit of that back. However, I must admit I, we probably owe our sisters a number of apologies from our childhood! (WE really thought we were funny, and we were, just probably not to them.)

Emily Dorman

I was very sad to find out that one of my very best friends here in Jersey was moving back to the West. Emily Dorman! What a sweet friend! She has been Ysabel's church teacher since we moved to Jersey and my Visiting Teacher. She even spoke at Ysabel's baptism. GOSH we are going to miss you Em!

We had a dinner for her with some of the ladies at church. (l to r: Emily, Rilee, Molly, Kristine, Me, and Tracy.) We had a great time eating and chatting. The only thing that would have made the night perfect would have been her deciding to stay. But as life has its tough turns, so has she and we sadly had to let her go. So Em! This post is for you! WE WILL MISS YOU! WE WISH YOU TONS AND TONS OF LUCK!

LOVE YOU

First day of SCHOOL

This was a hard day for me! The kids of course were excited, but I cried. My good and sweet Brian stayed home with me. E and Bella's bus was sooo late! School starts on the hour, the bus didn't show up until 10 after at which time we had to still walk Brock and Nan to their school! It was nuts. Once we got back I decided I would exercise, and I cried a good share of the time. I just can't believe my little Brock is old enough to be in school ALL DAY LONG! I was comforted to have Brian there with me.

Day two was better. Brian had to go to work, that made me feel lonely. I got the Lunch Aid job at School #2, so that makes me happy. I will get so see a couple of my sweeties every day. The bus was there at 5 after, so Brock and Nan were not quite as late. After exercising I showered and left the house. I don't know how many of you know the significance there....but I didn't have to get anyone else ready, look for a baby sitter, or even tell anyone where I was going, I just left! I haven't done that since college! But that night, 20 after 4 E and Bella were not back yet from school. I got a phone call from E saying the bus had not made it to the school yet. I decided to pick them up since they would still have a 40 minuted bus ride home if I didn't. I picked them up just after the bus had left.

Day three was even better. We caught the bus a few minutes after the hour, getting Nan and Brock to school before everyone went in, and I picked them all up from school so we could have dinner with Ramos' before cleaning the church. Stacie and I made sushi for us and the kids and pizza for Tali. Brian was working late so he missed out. Poor guy! It was really yummy!

It really was quite a week. I am bushed today!