Christmas and Bev and Tommy's house

This was so much fun....this is Christmas for all the cousins to be able to visit and spend some Christmas fun together. I tried to post pics of everyone there, but with so many it was hard to get a picture with all of us in one shot...so here are a couple of different shots....

Christmas at our house

This year didn't go as we had planned it to go...but...it went just fine....the kids were happy and so was Phillip and I. Just some random pictures.

And they're off! I can't believe the day has come. They were all so ready and really so was I, but now that i have had a minute to sit down and let it all sink in, I really just can't believe it. My oldest girl Kaelina is in 4th grade this year!! I know huh...wow. She is so excited about all these things she has been waiting to do since she was in kindergarten. the day has finally come. She can play on the big kid playground (which turns out to be the same playground that she has been playing on all along....she can just play a little bit farther out than the smaller kids.) She can sign up to play the violin....Now this is the most important thing to her....seriously i have heard violin this and violin that. I am happy that she getst to do it this year. Although --I can see that this is another thing i have to spend money on...but hey its worth it. She also gets to go to more exciting places for field trips this year. I think i have covered all the exciting things but it is only the second week of school.

My second oldest daughter is Emily. She is in 2nd grade (but my brain is really really thinking that she is in 1st grade--i keep telling everyone 1st grade) She too is excited about school but not for the same reasons. She wants to talk and play with all of her friends. She loves learning and she is very smart but really she likes school to be social. She has voiced her opinion on school yet...She does however like that this year she gets to use a binder for school.

And my boy Jacob has started kindergarten this year. He couldnt wait for the day to come. We get him to school and he is instantly Bye mom...you can wait over there for 5 mins. I say ok and of course i watch him play and make friends. He is soooo cute. He has this friend he plays with every day, and everyday i say what is your friends name... he says- i don't know. So he says Hi friend--and bye friend. He loves the teacher and he loves his time away from me like a big boy. We wake up at 6:30 for school and he wants to leave the house atleast 20 mins later.....Hope the love for school sticks!!!

So that is it for me...my kids all love that they are at school, and they love they're teacher and they love coming home to me after a day of school....

I kicked my kids out

Well today I had a pretty good day with the kids....I sat down and had a talk with them because lately i have been a big stress ball, and i can see how they are affected by it....So i reassured them that i do love them and that they are good kids- moms just stressed (or something)

Anyways after that things seemed normal...They didn't look sad. They were playing fine I was happy, they were happy. 3:40 came so I say Kids its time to go to your bowling league....Okay mom...and we were off.

When we got home i was preparing dinner and they were in their room...they have been waiting all day to go on a bike ride. So i say...hey kids...come here i wanna talk to you. So as I'm trying to tell them that i want them to put they're shoes on and get their bikes out front..i had to stop 8 times because they would talk over me and the ignore me.. and play with each other ---While i was talking....

Now this has been a big problem lately and i just cant take it anymore. So I go on a yelling rampage and then I decide that's it...GET YOUR BAG PACKED AND GET OUT OF MY HOUSE.

Instantly they start crying and i felt bad but i made them get what they thought they might need for the rest of they're lives.....They got they're bags all packed so i made them say good bye to they're oldest sister and then get out...

They said their goodbyes and then walked out the door...after being outside with their backpacks they slowly walked down the walk way (crying the whole time). I watched them and only let them get to the sidewalk before I called them back inside...I then talked to them about how that made them feel and then i explained (once again) how they have made me feel...

Emily says I knew you wouldn't really make us leave...she was crying so i knew she was lying.
Jacob (who was absolutely scared) said that i broke his heart. He doesn't ever want to leave me so he will never make me feel that way.

So then i say so let me see what you packed...the only things you would have for the rest of your lives....

Jacob packed: His big grave digger, a rail road crossing (a piece from a train table) 1 car (from a train) and then a hot wheel....

How freaking cute is that.....while looking at his stuff i burst out laughing so hard...i couldn't help it...He was so sad ---screaming in embarrassment---I NEED THAT STUFF...MOM...STOP LAUGHING!!!

Emily packed as many dolls as she could fit in her back pack. a jewelry box, a glass egg and a magazine.....

Again how funny.....She didn't care that i was laughing .

I asked them what about your clothes...they both looked each other and then to me and said I DON'T KNOW...

Anyways I hope they now see that i am serious about them respecting me....

I felt bad, but hopefully it will be worth it. I might be crazy... you tell me

San Fransisco

My family and I got to sneak away. It was nice. Sure it wasn't the intention of the trip, but who cares....right.

We ended up down there because we had to retrieve some of my husbands belongings. Since we were down there, we decided to make a day of it.

We did things a little backwards the we normally would have. We hit the pier first. It was weird to not be freezing ( seeing as we are normally on the pier around 8 pm or so....and it is freezing by then) anyways after we walked the pier we ended up waking the town. Everyone was so tired but they made it. i think i had them walking for a good 7 hours. After we were done there we jumped in the car and headed for my husbands favorite beach. Baker beach. We had dinner and then we walked up and down the beach. Then we climbed over some rocks to a secret beach. (not really a secret beach, but it was to the kids) We attempted some pictures. Some were OK...some needed some help.

After that we just drove around the town. Which was OK, until we got to the hilly streets and then I was over it. So we started the long drive home. We got home around 1:30 am. and got pretty much no sleep.... it was awesome.

Super Jake

He turned 5!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACOB........I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!

He is Indiana Jones in this picture....but don't worry---He has not given up on Superman....He forgot to wear his cape for that picture...he quickly remembered that.

Howards Pest Control

Today I was calling around to get the best deal on pest control services. I had called about five different companies. I had started to call companies that I have never heard of. I thought that maybe the smaller companies that I have never heard of. Tiny, Tiny little pest control you would have never heard of.

So I called this one called Howard's Pest Control. This little Old lady answers. (so old that picking up the phone probably wore her out) and she says Hello.. I say Hi, I'm calling about your pest control services..

She says: who is this?

I say oh- My name is Jessica
She says: What is this in regards to?
Now I'm a little confused- So I say Um- Pest control services

Then she shocks the hell out of me:

She says Oh, we are out of business-- MY HUSBAND IS DEAD.

I was sooooo shocked--I say, OH I'm soooo sorry!!!
She quickly says OK and hangs up.

How sad. I was very uncomfortable--- So I hang up and Immediately I started busting up laughing. I mean It was kinda funny!!!!