Today was a LONG day for me. I spent all day in a training class for 6 hrs and had to watch a 2 hr long video. In that time I was able to rough out two new children's books. I am really enjoying writing and wish I could find more time to do so.
We watched Ella Enchanted for the fifth time this week and now KJ is dancing and singing at every opportunity. She even went up to the TV all giggly and kissed the prince at the end to night. She is cracking us up all the time. Having a girl has blessed our lives more than I ever imagined. Girls are so magical.
There really isn't much new from my last post. I thought that I would try to post a few pictures up on here since I have a few moments.
Lincoln is doing well being a good house hubby on the days that I work. He has dinner ready or cooking when I come home and the kids have no complaints. How lucky am I. He has been very supportive and hoping a check will come soon.

What free time?

Free time is hard to come by these days. If I am not home with the kids than I am in the office doing training and following up on leads. Which haven't been very prosperous. However I have to keep in mind that I am here to learn something and I don't have to get a check. Although a sell would be nice but our food source doesn't rely on it. My schedule is still working itself out. Linc has 3-4 days off per week so he is filling in on kid duty and those are the days I go to the office. He is finding a new found appreciation for what I do daily and I am finding a greater love for my children and my time with them. MOPS is starting and that just adds an extra log for the fire. I am staying on as Hospitality Coordinator again this year. I love getting with the girls.

Austin is going to be going threw some more test for his breath holding, passing out spells that he has had most of his life. He will be 4 this month and hasn't grown out of it yet and it seems to be coming back again more frequent. YEAH! More doctors jerking me around. Ding Ding! Round ?......
Rylan is loving K school. Although I have noticed a lot more whining from him lately. He is meeting new friends and being Mr. social. He enjoys riding his bike to school and riding home with all the BIG kids from the neighborhood.

Austin is really doing well in Pre school. After working with him for two years and thinking he was colored blind he is actually seeing his colors. I think he learned them years ago but just played me.

KJ get a little time but not much being by herself. With Austin in am. school three days and Ry in pm she might get 1-2 hrs by herself. Day two of no accidents and I think I can say that soon we will be 100% diaperless. YEAH!!!!

Our lives are busy and on the go. But today is one of those days that made me realize why we are here.FAMILY. The kids and I just hung. I let the house go, but got some work done outside. Let the kiddos swim and showed the boys how to build a fort in the back yard. We had a blast.

Finally so time.

Oh my gosh time is hard to come by these days. So finding the time to blog since I have been home from my Indy trip has been Nada. The day after I got home from my three week visit I started right in on getting things done. I paid my dues and signed up on the boards of Fresno Realtors. Now I am an official Realtor. I started working in the #1 Real Estate firm in the Central Valley. With that being said I am blessed with a great supportive husband that is staying home with the kids on his days off and sending me to the office to get so training and work done. We have been busy.

Oh before school started we were able to make a trip to the coast. We were able to leave ALL the kids with the in-laws for a night and spent a memorable night at the beach. We ate at our old Chinese restaurant that we use to go to when we lived in Shell Beach. Then we caught the end of the sunset at the beach in the same place we first told each other " I love you". We sat there and talked more than we have talked in a long time. Kid less, stress less and peaceful. Just like we were dating. Then we meet some old friends at the Santa Barbra Zoo with the kids and hit the beach down there. Watching the kids play in the water and jump the waves was like bringing back memories of my childhood.

When we got home it was back to the craze of life. School shopping and schedule organizing has kept me on the go. Rylan is in afternoon kindergarten and Austin is in Morning preschool. Finding a nap time for KJ has been difficult.

Week one of school is over and much success. The boys are loving it and eager to go to school
daily. Week three of me going to the office and Linc staying home with the kids, successful. He is even understanding the concept of making dinner. Week two in to potty training KJ. Yeah no more diapers! Just when Linc was convincing me to throw the towel in and say she wasn't ready she proved us wrong. That is my girl.

In the efforts to keep long stories short. This is it.

We are up in air to if we are to move and sell or stay here and suck it up. Not that this is a bad place to be stuck we have been blessed with a nice house and pool. But do we want to live in the country. The market sucks now and we are upside down. But now is the time to sell before it gets worse. It will get worse! So we are praying for God to lead us where he wants us.

I will try to keep updating the blog better than I have been.

What a trip.

We left yesterday morning, point A at 8:30am and reached our destination at 11pm. west coast time. Our trip was an adventure. Traveling with three kids alone I got the looks. Looks of pitty, irritation and looks of understanding. If I had a dollar for every person that told me "Wow, you have your hands full." I would have enough to hire a nanny.
Ok rewind a bit.The night before our trip Kaelyn burned her finger on the stove. So I had to pack all the burn treatment stuff. She had ran a fever two days before our trip so that was concerning to begin with. So we were on our way to the San Jose airport and she threw up. Now with the way the trip was starting out I was not looking forward to the rest. Poor baby.
The kids all had their own bags to carry with all their toys and activities. MOM was prepared. Everything went great despite the rude people at security. Don't they realize that with three kids one stroller and two bags for (myself) that it takes TIME. Ok so got through that, kids did great. Got onto the plane KJ started screaming. Yes I was the one with the screaming two year old. " I wanna go home". Honey the trip has barely started.
Got in the air and she was out. Boys did great. Next leg from Reno a little better. Austin slept on that one. By the third leg from Vegas we were good. On every flight we met new people, the kids made new friends. No one slept on the longest leg to Indy. I was just hoping that they would settle down but they kept busy and played with their new friends.
The trip was great a little bumpy at first but God knew how much I could handle. I am so proud of my kids. They did awesome.It was great to see my Dad and we are looking forward to a fun adventure here. I wish we were staying longer. I hope the kids will meet some friends here that the can play with and build those memories that I had of my summers in Indy.

I love the weather here. I will get pics up soon.

Update and quotes

Well life has been crazy here at the McKenna Mad house. We went camping last week at Hume Lake. We normally go for Father's Day weekend but since Linc's schedule has changed so do our plans. AW WW the life of a officer's schedule. We had our first annual fishing derby. Lincoln 4 Rylan 0. Ry caught all the snails in the lake. We had a great time getting dirty and eating smores.

Lincoln started July 2 as acting sergeant. Yeah! We are very proud of him. I should be getting my license in the mail soon. Rylan got notice that he got afternoon Kindergarten with a new teacher. So those are a list of our small updates. One big accomplishment in our family is with Austin. He learned how to swim today. He is a very independent child so he fought me for weeks and I finally bribed and left him to his self and he did it. Now he is swimming like a fish and excited about it. Perfect just before we go out to dad's house. We have been living in the pool this week.

We leave soon for three weeks to visit my dad. The kids are so excited to ride a plane for the first time. I am carefully preparing. I believe that a organized and prepared parent is a sane parent.LOL!

Ok so here are the Quote from the week!

Austin: " Mom can I put your armpit smell on?"
KJ: "Mommy nose ring, I want a nose ring, too? NOSE RING!"
Austin: "WOW, mommy looks pretty, broder look at mommy's dress."

I love these times.

the kids are getting so big.

Ok so I was cleaning out the guest closet and found some old photos of the kids and I just started crying. I know hard to imagine me getting emotional, right. But I just tried to think of how they got from there to here. I couldn't remember them being that stage. It seeemed like it was so long ago. I feel like I have had these kids forever. Then I realized my time is short with them. We need to cherish these moments of insanity because on day I will be sane and totally bored.
Yesterday we had a great day. It was no TV day. The boys played so well together. Very little fighting and lots of "hey you want to play.....".Music to my hears. KJ was not to far from her brothers I can't believe I don't have a baby anymore. Life is short.
Last week we went fishing at Hume Lake and Rylan caught 2 fish and Linc 0 so now Rylan thinks he is the pro fisherman and has challange Linc to a derby. So we are going to start an annual fishing derby with a trophy and all. HAHA! I can't wait. I think I even might want to get a pole. I have boys who can bait my hook for me now.
Does that count?
So if you are reading this and find a few tyeos please note that last week KJ took many keys off my keyboard and so nowthey stick and are in some misplaced areas. Man she is talking to much now. She repeats everything her brothers say. We can't help but laugh at everything she does.
This morning Austin woke up with a bad dream and I asked him what it was about and he said that "Mommy got aten by junk food." LOL. I love him. Has is becomming so much more gentler and kind hearted with a streek of temper.
It is true don't blink you might miss something. I wish my parents realized how much they are missing out on.

Vegas and football.

On Friday Amanda and I drove to Vegas with her kids in tow. 7 hrs from Fresno to Vegas. We had a great trip and many of fun moments which was nice compared to our last trip together. I spoiled the girls like as a favorite auntie should. We got in late Friday night. My mom and I walked the casino learing how to play the tables. I learned the concept of Roulette although I didn't win anything at that table. Next morning I got up hit the gym. Had a great workout and followed it up with a morning at the spa. Relaxing in the sauna with cucumbers and a iced towel on the eyes was priceless. I got the royal treatment. Hung out by the pool for a few before we headed to the strip. We stayed at the M Hotel off the strip.
We meet up with an old friend and went to Tao. There is where the fun just got more fun. We danced our feet off. I danced with 50 cent and totally blew his ego when I asked him who he was and if he was someone important. And NO I wasn't going home with him. HAHA! That is a funny story. Whatever I am a country girl.
Recouped at Bass Pro for three hrs from the night before. Then hit the spa again to do some more ME time.
Loved seeing my mom and spending some time with her. I was also missing my kids and hubby.
Flew into Burbank to meet with Linc and the kids for his flag football olypmic games. I love watching him play. Man he took some good hits. I can only imagine how he rocked it in high school. Well they played well but got eleminated so we got to go home early, which was bittersweet. Now I am home and can have some down time before we pack up and head to my daddy's. The kids are so looking forward to riding the plane.
So that is McKenna life, the last week.