New Wedding Ring

Here is a picture of my gorgeous new wedding ring that my husband got me! It is 2.75 karats and beautiful!!!! I will forever be his! It is extremely hard to take pictures because it is so shiny.....so I did my best but still did not do it justice!

Pumpkin Patch

The girls and I went to GrapeCreek this afternoon to go watch my volleyball girls from last year play in their last game on the FRESHMAN TEAM! I was excited that they invited me to come so could not turn down the invitation. The girls did really good for the first game but I had to stay for the JV game too b/c I had one girl on that team. My girls were awful. They climbed all over the stands and just would not sit still. So...... I decided they were bored at the game and I needed to do something with them that THEY WOULD CONSIDER FUN! There is an awesome Pumpkin Patch out at Grape Creek so before we headed home I decided to take them. I felt bad taking them without Justin (he was at work), but could not resist. The girls had fun and we bought punkins to carve tonight! Enjoy the pictures!

Kinsley's Cardiologist Appointment

Well, the dreaded day of going to see the cardiologist is over. We showed up at 11:00 to not been seen until 12:30. She did great on the EKG and instead of doing her normal routine he just chatted with us about her. He asked questions like, "Is she active, how do you think she is doing, do you have any concerns?"......so on and so forth. We were like.....you need to tell us if she can do these things and how YOU think she is doing. Anyways...long story short she is doing great! Everything SEEMS the same since the last appt. (about 8 months ago). He scheduled us an appointment over Christmas break to get her in for an MRI to really see in depth how her heart looks! Hopefully it will not ruin our X-Mas but give us the greatest gift of all - - - our daughter with perfect health!



WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED BUT WE ARE GREAT!!!!!

Going Ballistic!

So.... I wake up this morning at 5:30am to get myself ready for school. As I go into my bathroom to run the shower....there was no water. I thought to myself, "maybe the pressure is just bad," so I go to my guest bathroom to check it out. On my way down the hall (house is still dark b/c the kids are sleeping) I hear a swish, swish sound and my feet start getting wet. I turn on the light to my living room and find....... A FLOOD! Apparently my water heater decided to bust in the middle of the night I never heard it b/c it is located in my garage! To make matter worse I have no idea how to turn off our water supply. I call Jusin ( who is out of town in Austin for work) and try to have him direct me.....did not work! He calls a friend who lives half way across town....at this time 5:45am. By the time his friend wakes up to help me out....YEP things could not be worse. My garage, kitchen and living room is a total disaster. IF you read my below post, I absolutely could not afford to call in from work today b/c I have my evaluation! So my husband calls someone to come over... I am trying to get myself ready and the kids in all the mess with Mike (the friend) running around my house early in the morning cleaning up things. When the RESCUE carpet cleaners arrive I head out the door to deal with the mess when I get home from school at 5pm.
RESULT - Carpet is totally ruined and needs to be replaced, insurance adjuster coming Friday, 8 big LOUD fans blowing all thru my house to dry up everything (I can not even go into the living room), and luckily a new water heater by the time I got home....thank you honey....so I got to take a shower tonight!
I hope these bad things really do not happen in 3's....Pray for me!

Current Events

Wow....well, hello! I obviously have been extremely busy and always check myspace accounts and blogs but never write or update my own. There has been alot going on in life lately.... I will start with the most anticipated questions you all might have, "How do I like my job?!"
The job is getting better. I still can not imagine teaching ELEMENTARY for 30 years but........for now it will do. I miss owning my gym so bad that at times I want to start all over and do it again.......but even that had it's ups and downs. I love teaching and I even like staying busy, I just do not like the politics of it all and doing things that I do not believe in! I disagree with the system at times so it is hard. I get evaluated tomorrow and I am really looking forward to that! I am not nervous at all......We are in a biography unit and the kids will be interviewing each other about their books and filling out a Venn Diagram! I am prepared

"How is my littlest sister doing?"
In case you did not hear, I am a sister again! Faith Kerilee Holland is now 2 weeks old and is as cute as can be. ( I will post pictures later, no time for that tonight) She is healthy as can be and mom is doing great! She sleeps alot and rarely cries, ( I know I was jealous about that...Kara still does not sleep thru the night). I have seen her twice now and I want to take her home with me. Hopie is IN LOVE with her. The really neat thing about all of this is my sister got to meet her birth mother, grandmother, and half sister for the first time. My mother said it went great, she understands, and everyone was real mature about it all! Hopie talks to her half sister and plays internet games with her on the computer at night......I am relieved their meeting and stay went so smoothly. Afterall, I truly believe it is better to start explaining to them about adoption in bits and pieces....as they can understand them....and be open and honest about everything! I am so proud to be their sister.

"What is going on with Justin and I?"
Well, funny you might be wondering. We are doing better than ever! My husband is so loving and I always have to mention HE IS THE BEST FATHER IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. I could not have chosen a better soul mate. He suckered me into letting him buy a Harley Davidson motorcycle, which I have to admit I really enjoy riding with him when I get the chance. But, it worked out in my favor too! My reward, a beautiful "NEW" wedding ring. I got to upgrade. I was sad to even do it, but there were some things about my old ring that I did not like! I got to choose one that I wanted and I am real happy!

"How are the girls?"
Kara is getting so big. She is really starting to talk so much more and communicate. She is trying to potty train herself but I have not had the time to be consistent with her. She will come and tell me when she is dirty or wet so that I can change her, and at daycare she uses the BIG potty a few times a day with no accidents. She still wakes up alot through the night and is having a hard time seperating from her pacifier. We finally took it away from her over a week ago and the poor baby has not forgotten. Every night she cries for her pacy.....We cry too!
Kinsley just needs to stop growing. She has really blossomed since school has started and I hate it. She comes home everyday with something new she has learned and it scares me to think that she will be in kindergarden soon. She loves rehearsing the months right now to us. I never updated you all on her cardiologist appt. because it got postponed. She goes Oct. 13th so I will try to let you know how that goes when I get the chance. Kinsley is still into bugs like crazy! Tonight she found a catepillar and that is all she wanted to play with. I love my bug hunter....

I know it was alot to read, I will try to post more frequently so you do not get updated about everything at once!