Almost shut down the ABQ Airport

Today was one of those days...

I went to the 6:30am session at the temple and I really hope that the person that I went through for forgives me for completely blacking out for it.

I then went on a 3 mile walk with the family that was really good. I am determined to be back in my pre-mission weight before I turn 35.

We then went to airport to send off a really good friend on her mission. While we were there Mik decided to go to the bathroom. Well he didn't tell me that was where he was going, so I turn around and no Mikhail. I go into all the stores and ask if they have seen him, no one has., Security is called and I have gone into the bathrooms at one end, the other people that were there to send off our friend have gone into the other bathrooms, one person went down to the baggage claim area. No Mikhail. Security showed up and I was a complete nervous wreck, I could barely describe him. Once the security guard figured out that I was Mom, he told me not to worry they were shutting down the airport and they were going to find him. At this point Mikhail comes out of the bathroom that 4 different people had gone into calling his name. However as he didn't recognize their voices he didn't respond. They canceled the closing and I held onto him for the next hour.

After that my boys were lucky to be out of my line of sight the rest of the day.

I ended the day by taking the boys and one friend each to a screening of the movie UP, which is fantastic.

Just another day in my paradise....

Catching up....

So every time we log onto the internet, both on the laptop and on the desktop this page comes up. The other day I realized that I hadn't updated this almost a month. For a couple of reasons.

1- I love the picture of Mik that is the first thing you see when you bring it up.
2- It has been crazy around our house for the last month, why you ask? Well I will tell you....

For those that don't already know, on the 30th of last month we were served with foreclosure papers. Our landlord is apparently in foreclosure. We then spent the next week trying to get someone to tell us why our names were on the court documents. While this was going on our swamp cooler broke and we had record highs in the low 90's. So needless to say Mike was in a very bad mood for a while.

We finally got an attorney, and they are in the process of figuring out why we are listed on the foreclosure. So we have put the entire mess in their hands.

This week is the last week of school and so I am crazy busy, with grading papers and getting the final all ready to go.

Oh and in the midst of all this Mike and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary.

As you can see it has been a really hectic week.

I probably won't update this again until Mat goes into the hospital, where I will update it daily to keep people that read this informed of what is going on.

Sealing Day

So today is the anniversary of our sealing. It seems like only yesterday, that they were that small. We recently got out the picture box, and I can't believe how small they were.

Here are some pictures from that day...

And here is a recent picture of them....aren't they something??

Why do I do this...

It has been one of those weeks and today I lost it. I made Mike and the boys walk around the mall as I vented and spewed about a variety of things. We normally walk the bosque however we had rain and snow all day. We then came home and I have spent the last three hours playing on line with my various blogs, avoiding my email, FB, and any other site where I may spew my venom on unsuspecting people. I vented my spleen on my ranting blog (yes another blog).

Anyways, I am now going to vent here. I started this blog as a way for our friends and family to keep up with what is going on in our life. However I have come to the conclusion that only a couple of people even read it, and so I am going to change the way that I do things on here.

This is now a journal for our family. I could careless if anyone else reads this. I am no longer going to be upset when I see that no one has posted a single comment on a post. This is a way for me record what is happening in our family, for our family.

So if you read this to keep abreast with our family keep doing so, just know that it is for us that I am doing this now.

What a day...

So the day started off with me stressing about the fact that I thought that grades were due today, and I hate the gradebook that I have to use. I can't look at the grade book at a glance and see what assignments are missing and what aren't so that I have open every single assignment and when there are 22 assignments it is very annoying. So then I think that I have it, and come to find out I have told all my students there wrong grades.

Then I go to pick the boys up, and discover that Mike forgot to pick them up from school. He realized it an hour after school got out. Luckily a friend of ours had had to go back to school and saw them. She then tried for 20 min to get a hold of either me or Mike. I had left my cell phone at home and so I never got the messages until I got home from getting the boys. Unable to get a hold of Mike the boys told her where they go on Weds. and so she took them there and even dropped her own kids off there.

When Mike realized that he had forgotten them, he felt like crap, and has been beating himself up all day. At least when I have forgotten them I am only 5 min late. But hey these things happen.

They boys had scouts tonight, when I pulled out of the driveway I backed into a car parked across the street. Of course there was no damage to their car but I dented in corner of my back bumper. I am so upset.

Oh well that is life....crap happens. At least no one was hurt.

New website/blog

No I don't have a new blog/website. I was catching up on Oprah today and at some point this week and she was talking to a mom that is also a blogger, I loved what the mom (Heather) had to say and so I went and checked out her site. I bookmarked her page and plan to be a regular visitor to her site.

Here is the link to her site www.dooce.com

I saw this video this morning and I have to share. It brought back such poignant memories. I have to say that it was one of the best 18 months of my life. I learned so much.

Vegas

We are home now. We had a good trip even if the boys were a little bored, okay a lot bored.

We were able to visit with Kim and her family, and see the new baby Owen. The boys loved being at Kim's house even if they had to play "true love" with a 4 yr old Maddy. They were very good sports about playing barbies with her. We went to the Children's Place to buy clothes and the boys were a great help, they carried Owen around as if he was the most precious thing that they had ever held.

While I was there I had the opportunity to attend a ti chi class with my mother-in-law, I have to say that for the first time in a long time I felt great. I am definitely going to try and find someone here that teaches it.

I drove around with Melanie looking for houses in their area, as it will make the mornings easier for us to be close to the school that we are going to register the boys in. They aren't happy about their new school as it is an international school and they will have some subjects in spanish, and that means that they have to start paying attention to what I am saying.

The thing that made the biggest difference though was that as I sat in the living room of my in-laws home, I got the most overwhelming feeling that it was time to go back to Vegas, that the Lord will prepare the way for us. At the same time Mike got the same feeling.

So that is the wrap up of the trip to Vegas.....

Interview Update

I had my interview with the Clark County School District on Monday, I feel like it went well. It was the priliminary interview. Now it is a waiting game to see whether or not they hire me. Now I need to do all the stuff for my license in NV, and then wait and see what happens.

Boring and Mundane..

It occurred to me this morning that I haven't updated this in a while and there might be one reader out there that is interested in what is going on in our lives...

So here it is in a nutshell, we are very boring and mundane right now. Mike is still at the jail, and loving what he does. I am teaching Spanish full-time and loving it. Mik well he is Mik and we love him for it. Mat is doing great so long as we don't talk about the surgery.

I do have an interview tomorrow afternoon with the Clark County School District (for those that read this and don't know where that is it is in Vegas). I am a little nervous, however I got a blessing and so I feel that if I am meant to teach there then it will happen..

....oh almost forgot the mohawk has made another appearance on Mat's head.