Trip,Rylan and bathroom

Well where do I start. Last week Lincoln and I got a way for three days and ran off to Vegas. We had a blast it was my third visit of the year and Lincoln's first trip ever. I am proud to say that he came back the same man. He did not waiver. The first day we walked and walked and walked and saw all the sites. Then next day we had a game plan. We got to see a REAL Vegas show. Jubilee. AMAZING! I highly recommend it. Yes it is a topless show but it was so well done it was classy. Before the show we were walking through a casino and Linc stopped to watch the end of the World Series and so I pick a close by penny slot and won $50 on my second hit. WOW! He was so proud of me I was his meal ticket that night. He even played a FEW penny slots. Afraid that if he played to much he would get struck by lighting. OK so I corrupted him a little. We went on a gondola ride and went up to the Strat tower. We had a great romantic time. Oh however our hotel room was far from romantic. It was more like a disco truck stop. We stayed at the Tropicana and it was like staying in a room from the 60's. No kidding. Bamboo motif and mirrors on the ceiling. Maybe that would have been cool on our honeymoon but not ten years and three kids later. Not cool.

It was great to get away and get Lincoln's mind off the bathroom for a while. Which I am glad to say is almost complete. Lincoln has been working so much on the bathroom. He is my hired slave. I can't wait to relax in my tub just taking in the new look with a bottle of wine.

Rylan got his first major award at school yesterday. He made Reader of the month. The first in his class. I am so proud of him. He loves to read and just loves to absorb learning. At his parent conference I was told he is one of the top 3 kids in his class. We know he doesn't get it from me. I give all that credit to my super smart hubby.

We are so blessed to have our kids in all their personalities and minds.

3hr trip turned in to 7.

Well to follow up on the bathroom before I move on, it is coming along. I am so proud of my handy husband and all the talent he has with power tools. I come up with the ideas and he puts them into reality. If I can figure out to do pictures I would like to get them up. The niche is made, backer board up and we are ready to tile. I painted Monday and Linc is starting the tile today.

So with that said. Yesterday I traveled up to San Francisco to visit my mom who was coming into the state for some medical tests. Hawaii doesn't have the best medical services. Anyways I knew leaving Fresno it was going to be windy trip. That was just the half of it. I decided to take all the kids so I wasn't on a time restraint to get home. Which now I am glad I did. However we weren't even on the road an hr before Rylan started bugging about oh he was thirty and hungry and are we there yet. 1 hr an d15 minutes into the trip we had to make a pee stop. Mind you we ate a big breakfast just before we left. My plan was to stop just outside city traffic in Liverpool to get something to eat, so I put him off. The wind was so bad that it was pushing my suburban into the other lane a couple of times. SCARY! I was white knuckled the whole way. What tension. We finally stopped in Liverpool. 1 hr away from our destination. Feed and settled we were back on the road. 20 minutes later I am flagged down by another motorist telling me I had a flat tire. GREAT! Pulled over off the freeway at he next exit, called AAA for the tow guy to take 1 1/2 hrs to tell me he couldn't get my spare tire off. He then filled me up with air and sent me down the street to the tire shop. 1hr later and 3 squiggly kids we were back on the road. Toll bridge and traffic and we were here in San Francisco. Finally. Not looking to the trip home. But I do love remembering all the memories I have of San Francisco.

Bathroom demo

I have waited four years to get my bathroom redone. With mauve 90"s tile it is just screaming at me everyday. I hate cleaning it, I would always tell Linc one day you are going to come home to a bathroom torn a torn apart on a cleaning day. YUCK!!! When we were ready two years ago to redo it, it got put on hold for us to redo other things in the house so that my Grandma could move in. Now it is my turn. My bathroom. The boys were so excited to get to help Daddy. With hammer in hand they were ready to hit some tile. Our copper sinks came in and the granite is in so things are going according to plan. Ok I really don't have a plan but I must say the bathroom looks better with nothing than it did with the mauve tile. I think I found the tile for the wall and I have had the floor tile for about 2 years now. I never pay full price for anything so the budget is looking good too. I still and always reserve the to change my mind in anything. Linc loves that part, haha. There maybe some electrial things to get done so I have to check out it is worth sending for my daddy to come out and do the work. I still have to decide if I want to go with a jetted tub or leave it. However since the market is the way it is I see us staying here for a LONG time. I think we should do it right if we are gonna do it. I will keep posting our updates.

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.