I am soooo excited for the summer to be here. I love spending time with friends and letting the kids all go run and play at the pool. I love that we don’t have to have a schedule too. I love not having to get up early to rush kids off to school and packing lunch’s. Next school year will be just Cameron going. It is going to be a little different. I will still have to get up early and pack a lunch, but then I get to spend some quality time with my other two boys. I can’t wait. I think they are still excited. I know I am.
The ARD for Cameron went well. ARD is a meeting with the school teachers and principal to make sure we are meeting Cameron’s goals for the year and to make sure he is getting everything he needs. Well this ARD was short, but they told me that he will be in all day kindergarten with bridging. He will be in the classroom for: Science, Social Studies, Calendar, Centers, Specials, Lunch and Recess. So for the most part he will be with his peers. I am so excited for that. He also will get 2 30minute speech therapy sessions that will be one on one. I really think it will be a good year for him. I can just hope that he gets a good teacher.
I started a home school blog that I have been brain storming on. It is gibblovehomeschool.blogspot.com
It has been nice to brainstorm and keep notes all together on. I have tried the writing it out and loosing the papers. This way I can keep track of everything and also keep track of all of our work we do. Just in case the boys don’t like it and want to go back to school. I just can’t believe how much resources are out there. It’s almost too much.
So this summer I am going to Utah to stay with my grandma who is passing away soon. I am sad. The boys just love their GG. I am staying almost all month. It should be fun. We plan on visiting a few of our families that have moved from Texas back to Utah. I just can’t wait to spend some time with family. It has been awhile since I have been there.
For July and August I just hope to escape the heat by going swimming almost everyday. I just need to get to September. Then Adam will be here!!!! I love how excited the boys are to meet him. Even Cameron is getting excited. I think it helps that my belly is getting bigger. Randy still hasn’t felt him move though. I hope soon he can. I know Adam is moving. I feel it!
So today as I sat in Stake Conference I had MANY thoughts come to mind as I laughed and teared up with all the talks that were given. They spoke of attending the temple more often. I know that a as a goal of mine and Randy’s is to try and attend every month. But as I sat there I thought “Why can’t I go more often?”. I know why. Life is so busy. Raising kids takes so much of your time. Now that Ricky is older and can stay with the kids, we should go more often. I really think that the kids would really see the importance of attending the temple if we were the example they needed. That is just one of the thoughts and ideas that came to mind.
Another talk was on “Do it now”. When I get those promptings from the Holy Ghost, I need to act on them. I often don’t act on it and later regret it. Most of the time I don’t act on it is because I am scared. It’s scary to me to take that leap of faith and just do it. As I sit in RS on Sunday’s I often want to make a comment but chicken out. Thank goodness I have Sister Brown who always says what I wanted to. She is so good at that. I know this will happen. It is a goal of mine. I need to show the boys how the Holy Ghost feels and how important it is to act on those feelings.
I have a missionary that I wanted to write a letter to when he was in the MTC, but of course I didn’t do it. He is almost returning home now and I still haven’t written it. It’s nothing big, but I just have felt the need to say a few things. He is an amazing missionary too. I love to hear and see the updates. Today at Conference I just felt the overwhelming feeling to write it. I will. Hopefully I can say all that I want/need to.
I loved one of the talks about the importance of doing all we can here on earth to prepare us for an eternity in the Celestial Kingdom. There is a lot I don’t do that I need to do. I need to start making the time now to fit them in. I am trying to slow down life a bit. I don’t want to miss anything. I want to have my boys accomplish all they need to. It is my hope and prayer that through home schooling we can get the things done we need to. I know it will still be busy, but it will be a good busy. I am getting so close to finally being the mom/wife I always wanted to be. Thank you Randy for supporting me in this and for providing this beautiful life for me and the boys. I can’t wait to be able to spend eternity with you:-)
I went to the doctor today and got to see our baby Adam. So far the name Adam is sticking with us. We will see. Anyways, he is very healthy. He is growing faster than my original due date. He is measuring about a week ahead, which isn’t bad. He is definitely a boy too. Randy was able to come with me. It was fun. I just love sitting there watching him move around. Sometimes I just wish our bellies became clear so we can watch them all the time. But I guess I wouldn’t get anything done if that was the case. My due date is going to be written down as September 21st. I can’t believe how fast this pregnancy is going. I am sure it helps having three other boys to chase after. The sports alone make the days go by fast too. I am loving it. Now if I can make it through the Texas summer heat. Bring on the swimming pools!!
I wasn’t sure if I was going to post this, but I need to. It all started Friday night when I was invited to a purse/jewelry party at a new friend of mines house. I was so excited to go. I invited this friend that we will call Julie. I haven’t really hung out with her much except for when we have our special needs kids together. Needless to say I thought it was a great opportunity to invite her to come along. She has mentioned that she doesn’t have friends.
So we go to dinner. I had a blast. This was my girls night out while Randy and the boys were camping. We then went to the party where I met my friend and all of her friends. I was having a blast. Finally around 11pm I was pooped out. Julie took me home and I gave her a hug and said thanks for coming with me.
It was then on Saturday morning I got the dreaded phone call. My new friend had called to tell me what had happened at the party that I missed because I was talking to her husband. This “friend” Julie tried to steal a very expensive wallet that my friend found at the bottom of the purse that she paid for. The night went on and while we were all in the kitchen chit chatting she had disappeared three times. Again I am totally oblivious, being pregnant and talking to another friend that I hadn’t seen in awhile. But my new friend was watching. My new friend told me that a necklace had disappeared now. Of course it was the necklace that Julie wanted as well. Julie did buy me this really cute binky holder for our little Adam. I thought that was so nice. Again I wasn’t worried, just embarrassed.
Now after that phone call and total embarrassment, I went out with my other friends. I go to a stampin up party every month where we all take turns hosting. It is a great group of friends. We saw a garage sale at the corner of the house we were meeting at. I of course can’t help myself but look to see what I can get for Adam. I got a few cute shoes and a toy. It all added up to be $12. So as I went into my wallet I noticed I only had a $20 bill. I had $140 in that pocket for our next weeks grocery food. I was so sad. The poor Hispanic ladies standing there while I tried to get my emotions in check to pay the $12. I’m sure they have no idea why I was so sad. I couldn’t believe my “friend” would steal from me. So now I realized that not only did I buy the binky holder, I also bought her purse!! I asked my new friend how she paid for it and she said that she handed her a wad of 20’s. That was my money. I am still in shock that this happened to me. I never thought I would have to worry about this. I called my husband who told me that it is going to be ok and that I had to confront her.
I called her and asked her that when she was looking at my wallet at dinner if she noticed the money in the zipped pocket. She said she noticed the 20’s. I then told her that they were missing. She said that she knew for sure that there was a $20 in there. Then on and on the conversation went and she mentioned that that is why she never carries cash. She looses it. Right then I new she took it. I was so sick to my stomach. I feel so violated. I don’t care about the money, it is the fact that she stole from me. And now she isn’t “remembering” if she did or didn’t.
I went to the police department to talk to our friend/neighbor about all of this and to get some advice. He looked her up and advised me to write a report. This was the hardest thing to do, but I know it was the right thing to do. She needs help. She stole from me and my new friend. Something is seriously wrong with her. So I did. She apparently has priors.
I really thought I had a good judge of people. I guess not. I don’t want this experience to change me. What I learned from it.
1. Don’t let anyone look through your wallet.
2. Watch your purse at parties.
3. Don’t carry that much cash unless I intend to use it.
4. Still be forgiving.
So onto the Monday. I went to my new friends house to hang and chat about what I just did. Now onto the worst part. I went to leave. I ended up backing up over her little cliff (about 3 or 4 ft tall) she house out front, over her NEW mailbox she just put in. All of this in the little new corolla Randy just bought a few months ago. It couldn’t have been in my 4-runner. Seriously!! Is this really happening to me??!!
Yes, it did. Cameron and I are all ok. The car…well it needed some love when Randy got home. I feel so bad. I can’t tell you how stupid I feel too. Accidents stink. Needless to say the car only had bumper damage that is being popped out. It isn’t as bad as it looked. Thank goodness. I am still mortified about doing this now. I not only invited a guest in my friends house that stole from her, she stole from me and now I drive off her cliff and over her mailbox!!!!! HELP! I am never getting pregnant again. I am totally going in hiding until this baby is born. All friendships need to be put on hold. I need to preserve what I have left. I haven’t ever been this clumsy before. I hope to laugh about all of this. I hope sooner than later.
The End of my very long story.
Just thought I would put this cute pic of Cameron to get a smile from you:-)
