Daggum it!!

Been thinking about writing a quick update for like a week now, and haven’t gotten to it, so I’m not sure now how quick it will be.  Hehe

Joe, my oldest, turned *16* on the 20^th.  Gulp!!  We kept it pretty low key, he wanted to take his best bud with him to see the movie “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”, so that’s what we did.  We did have cake and ice cream for him on his actual Birthday.  Kati picked the cake, and added a few extra decorations… purple flowers, and pink and purple letters that said “Happy Birthday”.  LOL   I said, “Well, it IS your sweet 16!!”  hehe  He did see the humor in our silliness, so that made it even better.  She also got him some Yu-gio cards that he’s been wanting, even if she did wrap them in Hello Kitty paper… LOL

My Dad would have been 80 on the 23^rd.  My nephew turned 5 that day too.  Of course, we weren’t invited to the party.  Mom was, but she didn’t really think it was a good idea for her to go considering the junk that has happened with all of us(which is getting really OLD by the way!!).  I took her over to where the party was and waited in the van(her choice since her car was in the shop) while she took his card to him, and gave him some hugs and kisses and wished him a Happy Birthday.  She said a few words to my brother, and that was that.  No one really asked why she wasn’t staying, etc.  Of course my brother’s wife likely didn’t even care since we’re all such horrible people and how dare we/she try to ruin one of her parties… whatever…  it was too hot for Mom to be outside for even a few minutes much less an hour or more.  No matter, we had our own little party at my house.  I made one of my Dad’s favorite chocolate cakes (Texas sheet cake), and we had supper and then cake and ice cream and talked about Dad, we laughed, we cried… it was really a nice evening.  The kids had fun asking about the stories of when we were kids. 

Today was Timothy’s appointment with the Ds doc in Ia City.  She agreed that he definitely has ADHD, and would benefit from some medication.  I’m so glad.  I hope we can figure it all out in the next few weeks before school starts.    I have to admit that I hope it helps, some days he is just exhausting.  LOL

Olivia has been going to the school for Math lessons every day.  She LOVES it!!  She is so darn smart too!!  Not that I’m biased or anything.  Hehe

Well, I guess that wasn’t as long as it could have been!   All of the kids are getting haircuts this weekend, so I’ll have some fun pics to share after that.  It’s been a little while since I shared any cuteness!