Kendra's pre-wedding fun!!!

Topeka Duck Race and Sept Branson trip

Captain Underwear!!! He was so proud!!!

Branden and I met Papa Jared and Grandma Linda at the Topeka Duck race after Dee's Baby Shower. The walk down the hill to where the "race" on the lake was........... was a NOT so fun experience. It was STEEP so and pushing the stroller down hill was more like trying to hold back a train and keep up with it so it didn't roll away.

And the Ducks were on a race for the finish line!!

Papa held Branden up high so he could get a better look. He looks a little bored up there to me or maybe just comfy, but he had a blast.

The Roadrunner, we see him everywhere. Branden loves him. He hugs him, gives him high fives. I think I need to get one for home to keep lil' man happy. :)

BRANSON TRIP- Wayne, Branden and I left Thursday morning, Sept 17th and drove to Branson, MO to meet my parents at their time share "hotel". Westgate Resort!!!! We got there after a LONG drive and dad helped us unload the luggage. That was the 1st trip then came back for the suit cases. :)

We went and saw a MAGIC show soon after we arrived, it was right there on the resort. Branden was so excited to go, but once in there he didn't get to help the guy as much as he had hoped for so Wayne and I took turns taking Branden for a walk. My walk ended us at the COLD outside pool. It was still ok for feet soaking. But NOT swimming. Even though a couple days later after an indoor swim my dad did go out and swim there. CRAZY old man and it started to rain. What was he thinking?!?!?

We went down to the "LANDING". It had tons of shopping stores and then a night show of fountains and fire. It was cool, and HOT. The flames warmed us up FAST!!! And we were even close!!

Wayne and Branden outside of Caleba's with the bear.

Our fuzzy Family pic by the fountain at night!!

A better family photo as we were waiting on our Red Lobster food to arrive. I LOVE the endless shrimp!!! In Topeka and Branson!!! :P And Branden in his new camo hat we had bought across the street at a craft mall. He is ATTACHED to it.

My Cheesy train conductor. His papa got him that hat and coloring book a couple weeks before at a train exhibit and just gave it to him. He loved it of course. SPOILED!!!

This one is a poser. Always something new with him.

Branson was a fun trip, We did lots of things.

Ride the Ducks ride, Branden even got to drive the DUCK BOAT on the lake,

Titanic (till Branden thru a fit, and me and him sat in the car),

Dixie Stampede, lucky us there was an extra seat next to us so Branden didn't have to sit on my lap. And got his own meal. We all know how he likes his food, so that worked out very well for us. He LOVED all the horses and was up in his seat dancing and stomping. He did great.

The days flew by. But we got in as much as we could while there. We left Sun morning. Went and visited Papa Bill and Grandma anita for a couple hours. We visited and then road the 4 wheelers to go see the cows in the back field. Branden loves to go feed them cubes. Wayne and Branden on one and me and Weston on the other. :) I don't ever drive so I was nervous. Then back to the house to play with the kitties. Grandma Anita had made some cute blankets for Weston and

Then back on the road. We tried to find Rhonda's house in Savonburg. Finally we found it but she wasn't home. :( Maybe next time.

Then home for relaxing and laundry before going back to work the next day.

Another month has gone by.....

Another month come and gone. So I'm not great at keeping up on my postings.... it happens. :)

Let's see what has been going on? Aug 1st we went to our very first outdoor movie(drive-in). Lake Shawnee held the 1st annual movie night. They played Goonies and Ghost Busters. So we stopped and got our picnic dinner from KFC and headed to meet Tasha and fam at the Lake. It was a ton of fun. The kids ran wild of course, but they loved it. So maybe not much of the movie got watched but it was very memorable. It got cold fast that night. Lucky (or not so lucky??) for us Tasha had an extra jacket of Gracie's that Branden could wear. He sure was pretty in pink that night. Running around in a tight pink jacket was too funny, Wayne didn't feel quite the same way of course. :P I can't wait till next year to do it again.

Aug 12th I headed to Lawrence to stay with a Tastefully Simple team member. Cause we were heading out from our leaders house in KC at 3:30 on the dot. We DID make it on time, I know what a surprise(ok, maybe a couple min behind). I can't seem to make it on time to anything. We traveled to Minneapolis MN for four days. It was hard for me to leave my boys. Branden was sad to see me go. I was very emotional and ever chance I got I would call and see how it was going. I slept almost all the drive there and more than half of it back. I love the girls for giving me the whole back bench to lay on. I hate long drives. So we got to MN and checked in the hotel and were on the go from there. It was a non-stop fun/information filled couple of days. The Conference was just what I needed to get me pumped and back into the selling groove and moving up the leader ladder. Came home from conference had 3 taste-testing parties and 1 book party. Aug was a kick butt month is sales. Hopefully I can keep that up. And my growing team of 5 (as of NOW) had an awesome month too. I love the leadership checks I get from their hard work too.

We made a trip to Wichita to meet baby Isaac. The new Stout baby. It was a great visit. The kids(not the new baby) played in the sprinkler outside and had a blast. No pictures to post yet. Teresa has to get them to me. He is adorable and I was sad it took a couple weeks to make it to meet him. But I am glad we made it.

JA bowl-a-thon is here again. I am the coordinator here at work. We got 3 teams together for a fun and very beneficial cause. I have been to 2 meeting for it lately. The coordinator one and the team captain one. Just a little over a month till the bowling day itself, so I hope to raise lots of money to help out. I know money is tight for everyone but it doesn't hurt to ask. I'm sure I will look great bowling with my "over-sized" belly. We got all the teams to bowl at the same time so it should be even more fun.

Then our Anniversary!!! 4 YEARS!!!! WOW!!!! Who thought we would make it that long? I know we are all surprised. :P Branden had a slumber party with one of his many girlfriends (SHELBY) and we went to Kikus and to see G I Joe. It was a good movie. Then we drove around, ran some errands, went to walmart and headed home. A nice peaceful night of sleep. Wayne was asleep in his chair super early that night. Good Thing. He needed all the rest he could get for his next night of fun.

The bachelor party for Jared in our parts dept. Branden and I hung out and he left with all the young folk to go party. And that story is too long to tell, but I'm sure you've all heard it by now. All I gotta say is that is why grown men need supervision.

I know you've all been waiting to hear how the pregnancy is going, right? Well if not, here you go anyways. I am 27 weeks and 2 days. Boy this time is flying. I had an appt yesterday. Measured 29 weeks. My sugar test came back normal. My appt are now every 2 weeks. That makes it seem soooo close. VERY SCARY!!!! I started going thru clothes from Branden. I think I won't need much at all just need to organize. That part isn't too much fun. Oh and the name IS PICKED!!!! For now!?!?!? Weston William Partridge.

Wayne and his dad work in the basement this weekend. Men and their projects. YES this needed done, but I am even more SCARED to go look now they are done. Cement dust filled the whole house all night and I'm sure is caked on everything in the basement including my scrapbook stuff and new toy room. I may go look in the next couple days. So anyone who wants to brave it with me and help me clean it up is more than welcome.

AND that starts our CRAZY schedule. We are booking up like crazy, Kendra's wedding stuff, baby showers ( not for me, for friends), Tastefully Simple parties, bowl-a-thon, prepping for baby and Halloween (grandma Anita is going to make Branden a dr. costume).

That is our crazy lives for now. Hope I didn't forget anything important.

It's a BOY!!!!

PROFILE

Lil man playing with his parts, if you know what I mean. ;) Typical man, started already.

So Rhonda mentioned I hadn't posted about our news. I have posted it so many places I guess I forgot. OOPS!! We went for our sono at 20 weeks on July 21st 2009. Everything looked great. They look lots of measurements. As of then he weighed 12 oz. And when I weighed at home that morning I was only up 2 lbs from start weight. I was excited to see that. My weight definitely fluctuates on a day to day but overall I am still doing great. Especially compared to what I had gained with Branden at this point in his pregnancy. Over half way. WOOHOO!!! Can't wait to meet this little guy.

This pregnancy hasn't been bad at all so far. My allergies have been kicking my butt lately and I have thrown up several times compared to 0 with Branden. They have mostly all been recently. Smells, that's the biggy. I start mornings off feeling like a "normal" person, after lunch and by afternoon my belly is full and expanded to the max. Then a little waddle to go with it. LOVE IT. Hormones on top of my normal CRAZY self makes for an exciting time. :)

Oh and names. MY MY. That is always a chore. Wayne is PICKY. It isn't his pick. He got to pick Branden's. Weston, Carter, Brent, Gavin, Dakota, Hunter, Cooper, Carson, Blake are some floating around right now.

Not much else I can think of right now. I will try to keep you posted.

My TERRIBLE date night!!!

So Wayne and I planned a little date night. I was looking forward to it. This week had been hectic and stressful, so dinner and a movie sounded fun and relaxing. WRONG!!!! I couldn't have been more wrong.

Started by dealing with my pain in the ass sister on the phone on the way to drop Branden off and grandma and papa's. Here I am trying to do something nice and help plan her a bridal shower and she wants to be a b****. I am so tired of people. Forget it I don't need the stress and I don't want to deal with her and her wedding drama. Talk about a mess. I get to mom and dads and she was there huffing and puffing around. Slamming shit around and acting like a child. I am so glad she left. I hung out for awhile waiting till Wayne got done at the gym.

Movie time finally here. Thank goodness. The Ugly Truth. Previews looked super funny. I was excited. TILL we walk in the theater and I recognize a couple of people who hang with Chris and Cal. Yeah, I said it. The unmentionable people. I always fear going places cause we may run into them. This was exactly what happened last movie date night. But it is an early movie and they never do early. WRONG again. I turn and there Chris is in the ticket line. I tell Wayne and we go into the movie so we won't have an awkward moment. I keep getting MORE WRONG. SHE walked into the same movie we were in. WOW almost 4 months of this you would think I would not feel this way. WRONG again. This is the first time I have seen her since.... We were 2 rows back. You know, the first people you see when you walk in. Yep that was us. NO WAY they all didn't see us. I can't imagine the day we actually have a one on one encounter. If it is this bad for me just to see her. I hope that day never comes. I have NOTHING to say to her.

Right then and there the night was RUINED. Gets worse, the guy that sits next to me smelled like a carton of cigarettes. How does someone not know they smell that bad?? I don't get it. Every 3 minutes or less, it was like I was slapped in the mouth with a cig. The smell made me want to puke the whole movie, right along with my nerves. Asthma+ cigs= cough/hard time breathing. LOVE IT!! Finally movie was over. It was good. Even though I didn't enjoy myself. We snuck out the back entrance of the theater. Glad that was over.

Now for Red Lobster which has been sounding good for days. We get there and I can't even think about the food. My appetite was not agreeing with my nervous stomach. I just knew they would show up there too. That is my luck. So I was on alert the whole time. Watching the parking lot like a stalker or something. Wayne and I talked very little but I am very emotional so that was not good either. If I talked about it I started to cry. SO I ended up hanging in the Red Lobster bathroom having a breakdown. I composed myself and came back to eat. We ate and left. They didn't ever show. BUT the anticipation of what might happen was enough to drive me crazy.

We then went back to pick up Branden from my parents. Branden was laying all relaxing on the couch watch tv. We got ready to leave and he was throwing a fit cause he saw the tooth brush in the bathroom and wanted to brush. I told him we would when we got home. NOT good enough. So he grabbed mom's bag balm tub and handed it to her. WHY? I don't know. I told her not to open it cause we were leaving and I didn't want him greasy and lube..... and guess what? SURPRISE, SURPRISE!!!! She didn't listen. She opened it and he scooped a huge wad out. Ok so with the night I had I watched to kill her at that point. As he is putting in on her, I said, that's enough we gotta go. NOPE wrong again on my part. She gets more shows him where to put it and then puts it on his legs. It was late, I was tired, crabby and tired of everyones shit for the night. I grabbed him and was ready to leave. Then here she comes as always. Can't hardly get out of the door cause she won't stop with hugs and kisses. He didn't want them and I had had enough of her. Yeah, maybe mean on my part, but I am so fet up.

I buckle Branden in and get in the passenger seat ready to go. WRONG. I forgot we drove seperate. I had to drive home cause wayne had his truck there. I just wanted to sit back and relax on the way home. I got out and walked around, ready to go to bed. Well Wayne goes to tell Branden he'll see him at home. HERE came the fit throwing. NO Daddy, No daddy. He wanted to ride with Wayne and Wayne was just as mopy as Branden. I said take him. If it bothers you that much take him. He is tired and will fall asleep on the way. OK settled the boys head to wayne's truck and i start to pull out of the driveway. Here Wayne comes hollering something. I stop to see what he is say. "Branden says he wants to ride with you now" GREAT. Put him in. Changed his mind AGAIN. Now wants to ride with Wayne. Ok my patients level is non existant. I told him to take him and if he cries he cries.

HOME AT LAST!!!! After venting to Anna the whole drive home I am ready to crash. 2:30 AM WIDE AWAKE!!! Heartburn, backpain, cramps. I LOVE IT. It is now 5:30 in the morning haven't been back to sleep. Watched tv, listened to the storm, visited with some friends online that were awake. TIRED,TIRED,TIRED. Can't sleep. The radiating pain wont allow my body to relax and get comfy. Branden has woke up crying a couple times. I think it was from the thunder. So I went in and checked and got him back to sleep so Wayne could sleep, even though he is laying right next to him. That is a WHOLE nother thing.

I just had to get on here and vent and let it all out. It seems that it is never ending with me. I just don't get people. Best friends one day and now this. How do you talk to someone EVERYDAY for years and then just crap on them. She has become this person who I have no respect for? I don't get it. Man I am glad my eyes were open to it. Someday I hope she realizes what she has done. I just wonder if it bothers her as much as me? I know, I know. She has the control as long as I let it get to me. BUT, it's hard to let go. I am so glad Wayne is here by my side and has my back. For awhile I wondered. But I think he sees her true colors now too.

I am gonna go try and sleep in Branden's bed. Maybe it will be comfy enough for me. I don't think he'll mind since he isn't using it. Baby in belly is kicking like crazy. He better go to sleep for me too. Thanks for letting me vent.

Not Too Much to report

Well I am 19 weeks and 2 days today. Only 6 more days till we find out if this precious baby #2 will be a boy or girl. I am so excited and can hardly wait. Then that will put me HALF way through this pregnancy. The names aren't coming to us very easily. I know we still have a while so we will concentrate more on this once we know what we are having. I am very proud of myself because I am only up 2 lbs so far from my start weight. WOOHOO!!! That is amazing compared to the @30 I had already gained while preggo with Branden. I am trying hard not to gain too much. Since I didn't lose the Branden baby weight I don't need lots more to add to my plump body.

I don't feel too much movement and haven't been able to get it to move for Wayne yet. He doesn't seem very interested anyways so I guess it's ok. Branden on the other hand loves to try. I pretend by bouncing the belly and he says "it kicked me" or "it got me" silly boy.

Potty training, WOW!! Lots of work. He really doesn't do too bad. Don't get me wrong we still have accidents. He goes most days in the same outfit and underwear he left the house in, but won't tell us when he needs to go. He holds it a lot longer though. So that is good he trained himself to do that. EXCEPT when he has to POOP! OH MY!!! He will go then tell us and there is nothing worse than POOPY UNDERWEAR while being preggo. What a nasty mess. Diapers only at bedtime. Which is saving LOTS of money. Now if he could be fully trained by Dec would be great.

The basement projects. Well they are coming along. We have a mess of papers cause we sold the desk from down there. But toy room walls are finally all sheet rocked. Wayne finished that last night and I painted the one outside wall with primer. Now it is ready to be painted the chalk board wall paint. Branden will love it. He can draw all over it. As long as he doesn't try it upstairs too. :) You never know. Mudding comes next. I've never done it but Wayne says it is no fun. So soon we will start there and then painting next. Then the nursery will be reclaimed.

Saturday I had my Tastefully Simple meeting in KC. So Wayne had heard of this place, Deanna Rose Farm and really wanted to take Branden. So they went and were gonna come back and get me but Branden was worn out and asleep. So I didn't get to go but they had fun. He loved feeding the goats. Wayne said they were very aggressive.

Sunday we did tons of Spring cleaning. moved furniture, dusted.... We organized toys and boxed up some and threw away some. Branden was a big help with this. Then we put a shelf of toys in his room that will stay there and put the changing table dresser back in the soon to be nursery. It is little steps, but every little bit gets us closer to being ready.

Tonight we are headed to the Mexican Fiesta. I hope it will be fun and won't get too hot. AND that Branden listens. He has been having a hard time with that lately. I know he is 2 but he has sure been testing me.

That is a run down of our fast paced boring lives.

Sunday Partridge Fun

Early in the week last week, My sister in law Michelle asked us to come visit. We were gonna do lunch and maybe go swimming. Sounded like fun to me. I have been feeling like a big bum lately. And we don't get to see Wayne's side very often since they don't live very close. I slept thru the 4th of July. Almost all day long. Wayne and Branden went to some friends for the night and I just laid around moping.

Sunday morning rolled around and I was ready to hit the road. He wanted to leave by 11:30. Well I maybe laid on the couch and fell back asleep. I woke up at 11 and he was in the shower. So I did the nice thing and got Branden ready and rounded up his swim stuff even though the weather didn't look the best, just in case we did still go swimming.

I took little man to go potty. It was just in time. You know what I mean. And thank goodness for that cause there is nothing worse especially when pregnant than cleaning out poopy underwear. Well he was so proud and wanted his daddy to come look. I know the gross things we do as parents. :)

Then everything went DOWN HILL from there and fast. Maybe it is just my emotions or maybe it was his lack of patience for my recent addition to my laziness(way more than normal). We had a HUGE blow out. Of course after that I didn't want to be stuck in a car with him and have to fake like I was in a good mood. I'm sure you all have days like that. So I shut myself in the bathroom and cried. I LOVE MOOD SWINGS!!! An hour after we should have left I finally calmed down and got in the shower. I'm sure Wayne loves dealing with me and my many personalities.

I am glad I went. It was fun and great to see the family and watch the cousins play together. And I enjoyed relaxing with a full belly while watching a good movie. After the movie, outside for some pop its.

Branden trying to hit the ball with a tennis racket. And Wayne giving Michelle a hard time, as ALWAYS.

Uncle Chris let Branden interrupt him and John's game to help Branden make a basket.

Branden playing referree between Michelle and Chris. The were wrestling and he was in the saving mood.

Then the Partridge's just sat around and visited. Branden is off to the side coloring on the sidewalk too and Papa Bill is napping in the house.

What a great trip!!!

Our Fri Night Firework Fun!!!

Well this year has flown by so fast and then BAM!! Forth of July was here. I just wasn't in the mood for it. But of course we had to do something for Branden. This is the 1st year he has any idea things were going on. So him and Wayne went and bought some fireworks and we had our friend Sarah out to share in the fun.
Branden is excited to get started!

CHEEZE!!!

Wayne and Branden lit off some little fun stuff Branden picked. That is the super fast turtle. and they did little tanks and some other things too.

Then I figured we could give sparklers a try. I made me NERVOUS!!! Branden with fire in his hand. I had to try and relax, but it wasn't easy. Fireworks are pretty to look at but keep them AWAY from me. :)

There he is. A BIG boy. Holding it out away and didn't burn himself or anything. When the stick would get short and he could feel the heat he would try to hand me the lit end. Finally I got him to throw it on the rocks when it was too hot for him.

Does he look like a trouble maker or what???

He wore the ear phones only a couple times. He didn't like the squealers that Wayne was lighting off.

Me, Branden and Sarah eating ice-pops after watching a great show Wayne put on. Thanks Wayne.

MELVERN FAIR 2009

Fri Jun 26 2009

WOW, it was a HOT one. I had already told Marcia and Teresa we were coming down so I figured we could tough it out for at least a little bit. And as you all know, I am a big wimp. I hate the heat. By the time we walked from the car to meet everyone I was hot and tired and ready to call it a night. But Branden saw all the rides and we had to go check them out. We debated for awhile, to get the $25. unlimited ride wrist band or just a couple tickets. Finally we just got the band. It was well worth it, even though we didn't think he would be able to ride many rides.

His first stop was with Dallen to the airplanes. He loved them. Throughout the night he road them several times. Even a couple times in the back of the plane facing another kid and shooting at each other.

Next was the SUPER slide. He didn't want to go by himself so Wayne went with him the first time, THEN Branden decided it was fun and did it OVER and OVER and OVER again by himself. That is where the wrist band came in handy.

After the jump jump forever it was time for the carousel. Him and Wayne had a great ride.

And this was the ride he had been waiting for ALL night. The DRAGON roller coaster. He was the other one of the kids his age tall enough, even if it was cause of his fuzzy hair. And was found a big kid to ride with him. Thanks Emma.

After the long hot night of walking around sweating miserably the kids went back to mimi's for a swim. It was a skinny dipping party. No kiddy porn intended. Emma, Madison, Branden and later Aidan had a blast. Splashing around in that little pool.

I am glad we made it to Melvern even if it was hot and yucky out. I got to see some great friends and the kids all got to play and have fun. Next year it will be time for the baby Fair again for Teresa and I. Last time we were all in it was 2007 when the 3 boys were all babies. Hope the weather isn't what it is this year.

People????

Let's just say this year has been the toughest year I think I've ever had. Lots of loss and disappointment.

I just don't get people. I try to be a decent understanding person. I guess it isn't working as well as it should be. I don't know if people mean to be so hurtful or it just comes out that way. I am sorry for trying to make things easier on people. I work my hardest and bust my ass to not inconvenience anyone else. And you know what? It ALWAYS backfires.

Some of the loss this year were people just taken from me and others were choices I made to make my life better cause I deserve better. BUT it hasn't made anything better. It has just made me more emotional and I hurt all the time. Maybe it's my hormones right now, but i just want to cry all the time. My mind it always going non stop. What will happen the day I have to face these people again? How will I handle it? I don't deserve it. I want to quit it all. MAYBE I have a sign on me that says walk all over me and treat me like shit, I don't know.

The things that have happened make me want to pack up move away, change my phone number and start fresh, run and hide from all the hurt . BUT, I know that won't help or change anything. New problems will show up no matter where I am.

I am blessed in so many ways, but still that doesn't make a difference sometimes. I just want to crawl back into bed and not ever have to talk to anyone again.

Last night after a rough and long day, Wayne took me to dinner and a movie while mom and dad watched Branden. And it was ruined by the thoughts running through my head all night. Why do I deserve to feel like this? Just talking about things got me all worked up. The movie was great and took my mind off things for a couple hours, THEN back to reality. The second it was over. I was waiting on him to come out of the bathroom and all I could do is look around and think am I gonna run into them and if so what do I do? He left me here by myself in a place that we are very likely to encounter them.

Here I am today, a day to relax while the boys are gone and I am on here ranting and feeling all these terrible emotions. I should be able to sit back relax and let my mind be at ease but NOPE.

I just want people to think about how the things they say and do effect others before they say and do them. Is that too much to ask? Would they like to feel like this all the time? NO. and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. I want people to be happy and enjoy life. It is a great thing.

I have to keep reminding myself that I am blessed to have such a crazy lil man, and supportive hubby and another blessing on the way.

8 Things

8 Things....
My friend Jessica tagged me in the game of '8 Things....

Hope you enjoy!

8 Things I am looking forward to...

-Making money at my garage sale Saturday
-Getting my calendar full of parties
-Finding out whether our baby is a boy or a girl
-Going to the Melvern Fair
-Finishing lots of house projects
-Meeting my little one
-Swimming at home some night this week
-Building my TS team

8 Things I did yesterday...

-Went to Coyote Canyon with Dad, Wayne and Branden
-Went and visited Grandma Workman
-napped
-Mowed with Branden
-Dishes
-Cleaned
-Laundry
-Watched tv


8 things I wish I could do...

-Lose all the baby weight after I have this baby
-not be so lazy
-build my business up
-Be motivated each and every day & have unlimited energy
-Let go of/be at peace with past relationships that aren't healthy.
-catch up on scrapbooking
-keep my house clean
-eat mexican every day :)

NOW 8 shows I watch...

-Tori & Dean
-Army Wives
-Law and Order SVU
-Desperate Housewives
-The Mentalist
-Criminal Minds
-John and Kate plus 8
-Flashpoint

Now it's your turn, Have fun!!!

Long time...NO blog

Well it had been pretty boring around our house for awhile so I didn't have too much to say. I wanted to save it all up to hit you at once. Then time got away from me and lots has been going on.

We have been working in the basement to get at least the toy room finished so we can bring down the toys and retake over the nursery. That last week in May we made AWESOME progress!!! All the walls are finally framed in. The boards are screwed to the floor and it is starting to look like something other than a big mess. So while we were cleaning/rearranging all the stuff in the basement we decided to go thru some of ours stuff and get it ready to put in a garage sale. Clothes, clothes, and more clothes. So throughout the years as I have grown and grown and grown I've justed toted up the clothes and put them in the basement in hopes to one day fit back into them. I am out of DENIAL. I am getting rid of all of it. WOW, the size variety. About 6 big totes of clothes and then other crap that I am ready to get rid of. Garage sale is in 2 1/2 weeks. Kendra and Dad helped me organize garage sale stuff the other night and we had fajitas as payment. YUMYUM.

Potty training!!! WOW, talk about time consuming. I thought the boy would never catch on. We would put him in underwear aka panties to him with the plastic over them to help catch the overflow. It got to be a pain. He is a SWEATER!!! I couldn't tell if he peed or sweated thru the underwear. Last week he decided at daycare he didn't want to wear the plastic anymore. So KayKay said if you keep dry you don't have to wear them. He since then he really has been doing great. Of course there are still days with accidents. But they are a lot more limited than they have been. He enjoys standing in front of the toilet and peeing too. He likes to watch the bubbles he can make with his pee pee. And let me just say, our new daycare has been a god send. She is great with everything. She has been the biggest help in potty training. My goal is to have him completely out of diapers before the new baby comes.

Lets see whatelse, Tastefully Simple. I have had several parties in the second half of May. They all went well and I love doing it. I will admit I have been a little less than 100% into it lately. I need to pick back up and get my calendar filled. The extra $$ coming in is also very nice. My team is up to 5 people including me. They are all doing great.

ROCK FEST- another fun filled day. Wayne and his friend Aaron went to rock fest. I told him he was to old to sit in a crowded, loud, hot place all day, but he had fun anyways. I just know when he sits in the car with me he always turns down the radio cause I have it too loud. He said it was an "experience". The people that were there were something else. The lines were ridiculous and it was HOT!! While he was gone all Saturday and thru the night Branden and I hung out with my parents. We went and enjoyed Chinese for lunch and a very long afternoon nap for me. Branden played with papa and then crashed in the bedroom me grandma. Then to my grandpa's to see how Angie's poker tourney went. It went great. then we hung out and had fun. Branden, Jeremy and Greg played and caused trouble. BOYS BOYS BOYS.

That is what I have up to this lastweekend. I will do more posts with pictures. Talk to you soon.

First Swim of the year June 6 2009

After much need rest from the Relay night, Branden wanted to try out the pool. The water felt ok to touch. So we all suited up and were ready to go.
Wayne and Branden cleaning out some bugs before went hopped in

I put Branden's floaty bracelets on for the 1st time. I liked them

Wayne got in and Branden followed

They looked like they were cold, but I followed. YEP, I was right. I didn't even step off the ladder and changed my mind. The boys only lasted a minuted and we decided to "swim" in the hot tub. NO it wasn't hot. It was 80 degrees. Which with the breeze was still chilly.

We opened the cover and our friend hopped out to greet us. Then that is all Branden wanted. OUT, I SEE IT, I WANT IT over and over.

Side ways me and Branden hanging in the hottub

Wayne helping Branden float on his back. He had a blast. He was jumping on the one step inside and splashing. Silly boy.

Maybe next time we swim the pool will be warm and ready.