It's Been too Long!

So I have been MIA for a bit---well I guess it has been over a month! I had my 10 year old cousin come and stay for a month and her 13 year old brother joined us for a few weeks as well. I had 4 kids! There is absolutely no time for blogging with 4 kids, or movies or TV or anything for yourself. They both went home last Saturday and I have been playing catch up since.

Courtney was going to stay with us for the school year. Her dad is having financial woes (who isn't?) so we wanted to help out, however, after a lot more consideration her dad (my first cousin) decided it was best that she stay with his brother and sister in law (they live about 20 min from him and we live about 3 hours away) so that she would be closer. I was sad because we had already started planning the year out. It has all worked out for the best and now I am back to being a two kid mom and boy, is it easier!

The boys and I have been having fun just hanging out at home and getting back into the groove of things. We have been nonstop since school got out on June 13th. We have been swimming almost everyday. We went on vacation to Don Pedro Lake (our family has a lake house up there), a day trip to Yosemite & spent time wandering the area. It was nice. I have traveled so much in my life and Chris is a pilot and he is always flying somewhere and staying in hotels and eating out---we really enjoy California so it is so easy for us to decide to stay home for vacations. We love being outside. It also means that the money we save from not traveling afar we get to spend more doing the things we really enjoy. As the boys get older of course we will want to take them the far away places but for now going to the family Lake House is just about as far as we want to take them, plus Jettson loves (and I cannot stress love enough) going to his Abada's (Jett's name for his grandpa) Lake House.

I got sick last week and have been sick since. Yuck! I am feeling a bit better today---but geez! I am really tried of my body failing me! I am so not used to it. It seems like every since I had Owen I have not been able to catch a break physically. Oh, well---I still have to march on like a big girl and take care of my boys.

My best friend since we were 15 years old, moved back to Bend, OR. They had been living in SV for the past 20 months and decided that it was best that they move back to Bend. They had been living there prior to their move back to SV. In any event, I was happy for her and her family. They were having a hard time with work and such and it felt right for them to move back to Bend. I was not too sad this time. We have been to Bend and we loved it there. I was sad that we would not be able to visit them in Bend, but now we can!

My good friend Selena had her baby girl, Nora Jean Herrin last month. She is a cutie pie! & My sister Melissa is 3 weeks away from giving birth to her second child, a baby girl. We had her Baby Shower last week. It was a very nice gathering of her friends and family.

Well, that is about all for now. A lot to catch up on.