too young for an ipod?

disneyland pics

26 hour days?

sometimes i feel like i just need a few more hours in the day. life is so incredibly busy right now for ricky and i. i pretty much work all day on my computer. i counted my emails a few days in a row. it averaged 60 emails a day. back and forth with customers, the artist, and quote requests. then invoicing, payable, receivables. then i am doing the taxes right now for 07. then with the 5 kids it is just crazy. tyson and averi are home with me and they are so good. they hang out and play. there is so much i have to do for work that it is hard to stop and play or make lunch for that matter. then when race, kali and trent get home i let them have some "down" time and then it is homework for about an hour. this school gives them so much it is crazy. i am about to boycott. 2 pages of math, 1 language arts, 20 min of reading, and now a poem to memorize, phonogram cards. yes that is every night. when does a kid play a sport or do something else? good habits but come on? anyhow there is my venting on my crazy life right now. would i switch with someone else, no. I love it. The shop is finally really busy. Ricky prints almost everyday along with Jorge. business is doing well. okay there is my venting. whooo!

monday-school and homework
tuesday-school, volleyball game for bonnie, homework
wednesday-half day of school. took 6 kids to peter piper for races bday and with another mom and her son who had a bday and she had 5 kids. the kids had a blast of course. then homework and dinner.

update

This week was a crazy week. We were working only Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday because we were going to California Thursday morning. work is so busy, which is great but it is really hard to keep up. We are actually still in cali right now. I am up in my room so with the kids because we dont want to wake up Brett and Nanci downstairs. Last year all I said I wanted for my 30th bday was to go to Disneyland. So we decided to do it. Races 8th birthday was yesterday too. We thought this was a good time to go. I was telling my sister Nanci about our trip and she called me the next day and said that Bretts brothers' beach house was available and they were coming with us. ricky and I were so excited. So we are here in Oceanside in a beach house. this place is so cool. i mean you walk out in the backyard on to grass and then down on the beach. it is so cool. it was a surprise for the kids. we told them wed. night. they freaked out. we drove over here on thursday morning and went to California Adventure then we did Disneyland on Friday and then today is the beach. this is pathetic but i feel like i ran a marathon. my body hurts so bad. i am so sore. i am really looking forward to today to relax on the beach then go home tomorrow.
i will attach pics when i get home.

catch up

where do i start? Here is the short version:

On the 8th Race moved into a new 2nd grade class. There were too many kids in the two 2nd grade classes so they made a third. Race was chosen to move. He didnt mind. He had a few of his friends going with him. Her name is Mrs. Black. She is an older lady but really nice and good. Race likes her.

Last week we all got the throw up AND sinus bug going on. Well, Race, Trent and me did not get the throw up but. Hopefully we wont. Here is a pic of Tyson not feeling so well.

We did lunch for Tahras Birthday last Friday. That was fun. Happy birthday Tahra.

Here is a picture of Tyson feeding Averi behind my back. Yes they are chocolate chips. I wonder what else he feeds her when I am not paying attention.

On Wed. Race went to his second week of boy scouts. He loves it. We went to the store and got a shirt and everything. He is all set up. He wants all his patches right now. He wants to crank through the book.

Here is also a pic of Tyson and a gecko. We have a gecko family that lives in the door jam of our door into the garage. We see them at night. They are pretty cute. Well, on Thursday there was one in the house. Tyson wanted to hold him. He was a baby.

motorcycles

trent loves motorcycles. dirt bike or street bikes. he got a helmet from bobby and mary for his bday. bobby came over to say hi and trent ran and got on his helmet and pants to go for a ride.

labor day weekend

last weekend we headed up north for labor day weekend. so fun. it was like 60 degrees and raining on some days. then some the sun came out and it was a blast. the weather was perfect. jeff, tahra and chloe came up too. that was fun. we dont get to see them much. mom made good food of course and we all gained 5 pounds like usual when we go up to the cabin. my mom got a new ranger that seats 6. we are a big crew so we dont all exactly fit but we did take a ride all together in it with two sharing a seat belt. it is always nice to get out of the heat. we just really just bums. ricky did go for a bike ride. go ricky. he actually started getting sick when we left and he is still sick. he has a nasty sinus thing going on. it will dampers the training.