Massive Catch Up...

Oh my its been ages since I have posted seriously almost 2 years ago. I had to update this old thing as it had cobwebs. So the last time I posted the kids were about to start pre-school. Well they started in Sept. of 06' & loved it. We decided in Dec. of 06' that we needed a bigger house & so we bought one on contingency that our house would sell. Put the house on the market in Jan 07' had an open house every weekend with prospective buyers but the housing market was crashing right before our eyes & the lookers figured out they could get a "brand new" house for next to nothing. We kept our house on the market until June 07' & finally threw in the towel, we were stuck in our small house for a while. We of course had to back out of the house we were going to purchase. Thank god it was a contingent sale & we didn't lose any money. Well with S working for Lennar building homes & the market crashing our life was getting scarey as far as stability was going. It seemed like every 6 weeks they were having big layoffs. Thankfully my dear husband is excellent at what he does & he made it through every one of them. He did however get asked to take a step down from a Construction Manager to an Assistant Construction Manager & a paycut. He agreed to it because it meant still having a job. Well let me back up a bit here I left some stuff out... Since I knew for sure we were going to be moving & our cute house was for sure going to sell I pulled the kids out of pre-school in March because there was no way I was going to drive 1/2 hour there & back for them to only be in school a few hours 3 days a week. Well I jumped the gun on that one didn't I. We also asked my Mom to move out here to be with us (she was living in AZ & was miserable & lonely) & there was going to be all this room in our "new" house. Ok so you getting the picture we are fucking cramped in this house. Well since I pulled the kids out of pre-school early I decided to order this pre-school pack on line from this company called "The Learning Box". It was actually a really great curriculumn & my Mom did class with the kids 5 days a week for 2 hours a day. Ok so that brings us through to about June of 07'. What happened next???? Oh mommy brain really sucks. Oh yes I was on the committee for my 20 year reunion...OUCH!... It was such a blast being a part of that. I didnt make it to my 10 year so I was totally looking forward to this one. It turned out awesome & totally blew away everyones expectations. It was really great seeing so many people after 20 years. During the summer we started D in Karate & he is still going strong just got his orange belt this past Saturday. GO D! We started R & M in Ballet last Fall which they are just crazy about & they have their first BIG recital coming up at the end of June. Their dance is to Beauty & the Beast. I can't wait to see them perform on the big stage. It better go well their damn costumes were $60 each. WTF! Getting ahead of myself again... So after my 20 year reunion we spent a week down in Carlsbad. Of course keeping with our family tradition of terrible things happening when we travel our week was right when southern california was on fire. There were fires everywhere except Carlsbad. It made for a real shitty time at the beach or laying by the pool. We did get to go to Legoland with the kids & had a really good time other than that we played a lot of games & even did a puzzle woo hoo we are one wild and crazy bunch. So after the wild fire week in Carlsbad it was time for Halloween. The kids absolutely LOVE Hallowen R was a Cat M was a Witch & D was Spideyman. This was the 3rd year in a row that we've gone to Papas neighborhood to trick or treat. It is the perfect amount of houses to hit & super kid friendly. See photo above...lol... I have no fucking clue how to get the damn picture down here.

The kids celebrated their 5th birthday at Pump it Up & had the time of their life with all their buddies. It was so worth the money not to have all those people at my house & no mess to clean up. We had their party early since they are Christmas Eve kids & who wants to come to a birthday party right before Christmas. Speaking of Christmas the kids got some great stuff. We opened presents first thing & then headed over to Papas house for breakfast presents there. S decided to take the kids to AZ for a few days to visit his family. I was totally not into making the 5 hour trip in the car with the kids & was really in need of some me time. They came home late New Years Eve actually arrived right after midnight. It was nice to have them home...of course until the next morning when all the chaos of 5 year old triplets had me screaming again. Once the new year started I began homeschooling the kids in pre-k through our local charter school. They are doing awesome in school. I have figured out however that I am a suck ass teacher and I have zero patients. I am definately my mothers daughter. My kids are all so totally different fro each other. R is super smart & I feel will do really well in school she will be book smart for sure. She is however the biggest fucking whiner & it drives me fucking crazy. M is also smart but very impatient. She is always in a big hurry to be first it gets old real quick. Hey M that picture would look GREAT if you would just take your time... SLOW DOWN life really isn't about always being first. She even hates the fact that she wasn't first born...lol.. D also a smart but second guesses himself all the time. He is extremely artistic & his printing is impecable. Here is our BIG news.. After surviving all the layoffs S was offered a position with a company in AZ. He went for two interviews & then got the offer. The part that sucks is its in AZ UGH!!!! I hate AZ. Fucking Furnace Ass Hot Arizona. Well after talking about it non stop for a week, weighing all the pros & cons, & deciding that we really had no stability with his job he decided to accept the offer. Well since you know we still have our house here & the market still sucks for selling it looks like we are going to try & rent it out. Thank god we have excellent neighbors who will watch over our house & my Dad living nearby if there are any major problems he can take care of them for us. S gave his two week notice with Lennar & was really bummed out, they too were equally bummed to lose him. They gave him a great going away party. He left on Sunday the 27th (April). His buddy Brian drove him to AZ & they took a bunch of crap with them. Thankfully we had 2 HUGE garage sales the two weekends before he left & got rid of tons of shit. Funny thing is people really only buy the shit stuff & never the good stuff. WHATEVER! My Mom the kids & I aren't moving to AZ until the weekend of the 21st at the end of June. We need to finish up the school year & also the Ballet recital. We have started to pack things up.... This past weekend was my Dads wedding, wife #3. The kids were all in it & did great. D was the ring Bearer & the girls were flower girls. They looked really adorable. Lots of awwww's from the guests. My brother & I walked my Dad down the isle. It turned out to be a very beautiful wedding. So I mentioned this is the 3rd wife right? My Dad has remained friends with the other two (my Mom & my brothers Mom) mostly because he really hates confrontations he just remains the nice guy. Ok back to the story.. All wives were present at the wedding. My mother decides to ask the new wife if she would like the photographer to take a photo of all "three" wives. Wife #3 laughs out loud & says ABSOLUTELY. They grab the photographer & explain the picture they want, he is totally beside himself. He says this is a first for him & that he is actually blown away that the ex's are even at the wedding. To top it off they get my Dad & have him sprawl out in front of them & wife #2 puts her shoe on his back wraps her scarf around his neck & gives it to wife #3. It was the funniest damn picture. I'm sure a moment the photographer will never forget. Who knows maybe it will make his webpage...lol Ok so I believe I have caught up on our lives. I didnt even get to mention that I hate 5 year olds. I will save that for the next post. I really hope to be updating more often. Ciao for now