Back to school we go :(

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Summer is now a distant memory and we are back in school...YUCK! As crazy as my fools can make me, I absolutely love being home with them, taking them fun places and just spending time with them. Each time we start a new school year I am forced to admit that they are getting bigger and bigger and that they will not want to be spending everyday of the Summer with me in the very near future...and this literally kills me!

This year we are starting 5'th, 4'th and 1'st. Luke is in full fledged real school, Matt is getting way too big for me (he has 1 inch and 20 lbs on Brian!) and Brian is in the middle school transition year at their school meaning he switches classes and plays school JV sports! Sending them back to school for 35+ hours each week kills me, I miss them and hate that they just happily disappear from my life! Fear not...I found a solution that enables me to spend 2 of those days with them! You may be assuming since I have my Master's in teaching I am teaching at their school....HA! NOPE! I found something even better, something that puts me at their school for two whole days each week but doesn't come with the parents, the grading, the homework, the drama, the lesson plans or even the classroom! What is this dream job you might ask??? I am...(ready for it)...a lunch lady! Their school is so small that Mom's have always run the cafeteria. This year one of my close friends is taking it over and asked me to help...I immediately jumped on it! Brian is overjoyed that he no longer has to eat cold sandwiches as I can bring him warm leftovers, Matt could care less either way but my little Luke thinks I walk on water! He is so beyond proud that his Mommy is a lunch lady and tells everyone he meets this big news! Craig on the other hand tells him to quit telling people and is wishing I was making better use of the Masters degree he paid for!!! I am thrilled to be at their school every week, spending a lot of time with them both in the cafeteria and their classrooms helping out and getting paid to do one of my all time favorite hobbies...cooking!

Summer 2014

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We had such a FUN Summer...it makes me physically ill that it is over! While we didn't really go anywhere, and we really didn't do anything, WE HAD SO MUCH FUN DOING IT! After the beach, our Summer consisted of a very messy house due to our nonstop playing, everyone switching bedrooms and redecorating them, endless wrestling and fighting, swimteam, lots of daytrips with friends, lots of bowling, tons of swimming, Sea World, Six Flags, Schlitterbahn with Papa, RR Express baseball game and sleepover on the field, a couple visits to Top Golf, endless hours of video games, a few days at the lake, movies, fireworks, dirtbikes and Polaris with friends, football camp, a few trips to the aquarium, lots of ice cream, backyard fun, bikes and go-karts, boating & knee boarding, a few trips to the Doctor (and even a call to poison control), and the very best part was time with our cousins!

Kerry & her girls came out to spend most of July in Texas (sadly Uncle Jerms had to work!). This gave us the perfect opportunity to spend time at Gaga & Papa's with the O'Brein clan... Aunts, Uncles and cousins galore! We celebrated Maggie's 1'st Birthday, made fun use of our waterproof camera, went to Bluebell Ice Cream Factory, went out on the boat, went to Incredible Pizza and even attempted a group photo! We also managed to take KK to Sea World to see her beloved Elmo, had fun taking the girls bowling, watching Michael & Macy get Baptized and just spending time with everyone.

Brian & Matt got another surprise when they were chosen (again!!) by Six Flags to come be a part of "media day" in which they were filming for their commercials, media print and brochures advertising their new waterslide...Bahama Blaster! Its crazy steep, ridiculously fast, sky high and my two fools rode it at least 25 times in a row!!! Matt got to make an appearance on Telemundo (yep, the Spanish TV network!) and Brian was interviewed live for a local radio station!! It was another once in a lifetime experience giving them the privilege to ride a brand new ride before it opens as much as they wanted and something they'll remember forever!