The Rundown

Info you have been requesting.........

1. Jayda has had 2 counseling appts and they went ok. She has improved a bit and we have gotten some good insight on how to approach some of the issues she is dealing with. I will probably go into detail eventually but for now Sean wants to keep it on the downlow. His comment was something like "I think it's our business, nobody elses." I don't think he understands the whole blog thing. :)

2. My sinus surgery is scheduled for the 29th. Sucky time as I love Halloween and a great friend is coming up to visit that day. Ppbbbbst. Anway, the plan is for me to go in on Friday and have my surgery and be out that day. The doc is going in through my nostril and taking out some cartilage on one side. He is then going in the other side and taking about 2 inches of bone out of my nose/face. Then he is going to go into my sinus and clean out the cyst that is now taking up the entire right sinus. I am a little worried but excited to (hopefully) FINALLY feel better. I'm sure I will get a little more nervous the closer it gets but for now I'm aight.

3. I got my haircut. A little crazily I might add. I will post pictures as soon as I get someone to take some. Ha. I told Sean "nobody's even gonna know there was a mom in this family" because I have hardly any pics of me. sigh.....the downside to having a nice camera....I won't let the kids touch it and Sean doesn't want to.

So that's a rundown. I am feeling like I can do some posts this week so stay tuned........dun dun duuuun.

The incredible (not so edible) Egg

Jayda went on a field trip last week. She went to a Potato farm. She loved it! We've gone quite a few times before as my awesome brother in law Trent is a potato farmer. But this was a different farm and a different experience. This farm had chickens. Chickens with Eggs. Eggs that they were allowed to take home. So Jayda brought home an egg. A fresh layed poop stained egg. (Don't worry-I made her wash it...with soap) She was determined that she was going to hatch this egg. Both me and Sean tried to convince her that it wouldn't work, that she had to keep it warm, that the mommy chicken had to do it, that it would get broken on accident.

blah blah blah. Didn't matter.

She was raising that dang chicken.

She carried that egg around all day. Made it a nest with a little basket and some TP. She layed a washcloth over it to keep it warm and kept all that under the couch pillow. She watched cartoons, played and ate with her egg until................

.........she dropped it.

Needless to say she was devestated. She cried that deep sobbing cry like the world was ending and was saying

 "I killed my baby chicken Mom"

"It was an accident Mom, I didn't mean to drop it"

 and "It died Mom."

And I may or may not have said

we could get some baby chickens when we have a farm someday.

(gimme a break you weren't there and I said someday not tomorrow!)

Yep, thats My family

I wanted to do a 'grateful for my family' post. Because......I am.

-I have been blessed. I have an incredible family. Sean, Jase and Jayda. What can I say--I love em! They are great. Sean is an awesome supporter, super smart and funny to boot. One of my favorite things about him is how hard he tries. Jase amazes me all the time on what she knows and how she can learn. I am in awe of her little mind. Jayda......well she's Jayda. Cute, sensitive and pretty dang special.

-I have been blessed with Parents who are well.....thee best. And don't try and convince me otherwise because you won't win! Family who I am able to visit and watch their kids grow. Volleyball and soccer games that I make sure everyone knows who I'm rooting for! 

-I have been blessed with one heckuva cool extended family. Aunts, Uncles (Great and otherwise), Grandparents and cousins who I have been able to stay in contact with throughout my life. All have been willing and helped at sometime or another.

-And my other family--the in-laws. I have been blessed with a fun group of people. People who don't know how much I admire and love them. People who I love to read their blogs that make me laugh and cry. Some who I desperately try to be like. Some who I truly look up too. And again with watching the kids grow. It's pretty neat to see what awesome people they are turning out to be. It's not to shabby being a Redford. 

-And I have been blessed with totally Awesome friends. Friends who know when I need a call, friends who drive a full day to come visit and friends who know that sometimes life gets in the way of life but can chat like we saw each other yesterday. I love it. I love my life. I thank Heavenly Father every single day. I AM truly blessed!

Maycee and Dane

I took some pictures of Maycee and Dane a few weeks ago and they turned out pretty well.

 I sure do wish I could play with them in photoshop though!



I do love them kids!



Dane was being a goof so we rolled with it!

Maycee and her Bestie!

Better make it quick

I have been on here checking emails and reading blogs for an hour already and haven't even opened facebook. It sucks playing catch up! I thought I would give a quick update while the kids are still letting me sit in front of this screen.
1) Jayda started counseling this week. I am hoping it helps. She is such a great kid and I want to do everything in my power to help her succeed!  FYI: I hate that counseling is not cheap!! She is doing great and loving her preschool. And has her first loose tooth!
2) Sean is working 2 jobs trying to catch us up. It's working and hopefully soon he can slow down a bit. He turned the big 39. Holy Crap! I feel like I should be ordering walkers and the chairs you put in the shower! And he started telling people he's forty already. Slow down big guy I need to work up to that one! Happy Birthday you ol fart! I love you! and all your wrinkles.
3) Jase is doing absolutely AWESOME in school. We are thrilled. It really is great to see your kids succeed and watch them turn into great little people. She is reading --Fragile: The Human Condition-- right now. I recommend it if you want to teach your kids about humanity and the ways of the world. It is not a book for the weak however as it is very true life and shows pictures of  modern day extreme poverty, slavery, child soldiers and sex trafficking (although I wouldn't let Jase read that chapter). Would be an Awesome book for a spoiled rotten teenager! She has another UTI. We are getting down to the knitty gritty for options for her. She is now allergic or the bugs are immune to almost all the antibiotics used. We are playing it by ear after this one is treated as to what we do next.
4) We still have Kelsey and she is doing remarkably well. She has impressed both the state and her school with her improvements. She is a great girl and hope we keep a lifelong relationship with her.
5) And lastly: Me. I am feeling better. My ulcer is no longer hurting and I can start my pain meds again. I think I am going to try another precription though because I don't love the side effects of this newest one. This has been quite an eye opener for me. I have always thought of myself as a fairly strong person but it has been hard for me to realize I can't do everything I used to. That it's not the same and I do have to slow down. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing just not what I'm used to.

So there you have it---a little catch up. We are good, living life and enjoying it!