Just an update!!

It has been forever since I have updated our blog!!! We have been on the run!! Last week we made a trip to Arizona to visit Les & Cindy!! Our trip was great! We stopped in Vegas the first night, and stayed at the Excaliber! The one thing I do know it that unfortunately our kids have a new education!! ~Yikes~ We walk in the lobby, and a woman is dancing on the bar, with not a lot of clothes on!! It shocked Jay and I as much as it did our kids!! We tried to walk faster, but there were a lot of people!! Needless to say, on the way home we stopped and stayed in Vegas again, but stayed at Circus Circus, it was a better environment for the kids!! ;-)

It was so great to see Les & Cindy, the kids have missed them so much over the winter, and I know they were glad to see us! We got to meet all of their friends and see what Quartzsite is really all about, now we know why they stay so busy! It was great fun!!

We are also staying busy with work, Jay is a 24 hour on call boss!! He says occasionally how much easier life would be if he was just an operator, but he does so well in what he is doing I think really he wouldn't enjoy it that much!! I have been staying busy as well, it seems like I run all the time!! With the kids, and with work. I won't complain though, I feel so lucky to be were we are, when there are so many people struggling right now!! I did however have my first dog attack!! ( I think it is a job hazard!! ) But I made it through with no bites!! ( Thanks to a client file!!)

So all in all things are really great, just busy!! Jay and I leave for Iowa next Wednesday to pick up Kaity's animals for stockshow. She is staying home, she has the all important maturation class at school! I think we all remember that! The hard thing is knowing that I have a daughter old enough to attend!! Yikes!!! Kali is coming over to stay with my kids, they are so excited!! I just hope she knows what she is getting in to!! ;-)

You will laugh at it later.....

I have finally found the time to write about my small, and it is funny already, crisis!! Last week I had floor time at the office, I got finished, rushed home picked up the kids from school, Abby from Grandma's, stopped at a house to show a client, and finally home, only to hear from the client, saying they wanted to write an offer on the home. Most of the time that would be really exciting. That day it was just a little to much!! The kids decided they would stay home, it was only going to take an hour - maybe an hour and a half...... they could handle it.

I ran to the office, met with the client wrote up the home, and finished up - time 1 1/2 hours. I headed home, only to realize it was a Thursday, I had to have my ad in by 6:00, it was 5:45. I ran in the house, checked the kids, they were all watching a movie, and sat down at the computer to email my ad to the paper. A few minutes pass, before Brody walks up to me and asks......"Mom, haven't you always wanted an indoor swimming pool?" I replied "Not really, that would be just to much work" He adds "Are you sure?" Confused I look at him, and say "No..." At that point I realize that there is more to this then a conversation. " Come here Mom...." Brody says nicely as he grabs my hand. (He is such a caring little guy, it makes me so proud)

I walk into the bathroom, and gasp as I see about 1 inch of water covering the entire floor, and the sink just a running!! It was the breaking point!! I lost it!! I wish I could have kept my head long enough to take a picture, but it was too late! My kids were so shocked to see me break down like that! We live in a tri level home, so down below the bathroom, it the utility closet, the water had seeped through the floor, into the utility closet, it was a mess. So after the initial shock of it all, I started to use my shampooer, and start sucking up the water, as I cried!

Kaity walked in, she couldn't help but tell the truth, she had started the water, so Abby could bathe her baby, and started talking on the phone, and forgot the water!! It had ran, hot water for 1 1/2 hours! Needless to say the phone was off limits for a few days. But at least she had told me the truth!! Through it all we made it, the flooring in the bathroom didn't fair so well, but I didn't like it anyway!! Jay, the great guy he is showed up with dinner, no questions asked!;-)

What a night!!

Christmas 2009

Hard to believe the holidays are over! It is amazing how it takes months to get ready, and only minutes for it to be over! Santa found the Schofield house, he brought the kids everything they wanted and a lot that they didn't know they wanted. Kaity got an I-Touch, and a reborn baby! Brody, a PSP, and a gun, and Abby, a kitchen, and a baby. The kids were so well behaved the week before, it is to bad we don't have "Santa is watching" all through the year! ;-) It was a fun Christmas with Abby, she actually understood everything, and was so excited!!!

There was really only one damper on the season, my mom's best friend unexpectedly passed away, and her funeral was on Christmas Eve. We spent so much time with her family when we were growing up, her kids are having such a hard time, I can't even imagine what they are going through, I would not be the same person without my mom! It was so sad, but really put everything in perspective. I realized how precious life is, and how we should just savor every moment. It also makes you realize it isn't the gifts that matter, it is just the time that we spend with one another!!

Jay has also caught the ice fishing buzz!! He is loving it, and is getting all geared up so the whole family can tag along!!

Make a Smilebox greeting

I got this through Candices' blog, so I thought I would give it a try I am tagging anyone that hasn't done it already!!

.1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial
3. When do you put up the tree? weekend before Thanksgiving
4. When do you take the tree down?Usually on New Years.
Do you like eggnog? No it gives me the shivers
Favorite gift received as a child? My favorite present was a porcelain doll that I got when I was 12, it was so beautiful! I still have her!
7. Hardest person to buy for? Any guy in the family!
8. Easiest to buy for? Abby
9. Do you have a nativity scene? YesI have several!! I just got a new playmobil set, the kids love it!!
10.Do you send cards or email cards? email this year!!
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I can't think of a bad one.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? I love the Hallmark and Lifetime chanels at Christmastime, I could sit and watch all day and night
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? The beginning of November, this is the first Christmas that I am completely ready!!
14. Ever recycled a Christmas present? No
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Caramels!!
16. Lights on the tree? Yes
17. Favorite Christmas song ? Let it be Christmas
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay Home & Travel
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Yes
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star with twigs
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning (one on Christmas Eve)22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Not being able to get it all done
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Dark Red & Green
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Turkey
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Just to see the joy on everyones faces!!
26. Santa or Snowmen ? Santa

Kaity's 5th Grade Program

Kaity had her 5th Grade Christmas recorder program on Monday. We searched and searched for a dress, nothing like last minute, especially in Vernal!! We ran from store to store trying to find something that would fit, there was no way she was going to wear something from Wal-Mart!! Jay swears that Kaity should not be this opinionated about clothes this early in life! It makes me wonder!!
Her program was wonderful!! She has practiced on her recorder for a long time! From the minute she walks in the door from school you can hear her play! I am always telling her to not play because it is so loud in our house, but it sounded so beautiful in a large gym, with many 5th graders playing!! She also got a singing part, and she got to sing "Nuttin for Christmas" it was really cute!! It is hard to believe that this is her last elementary school Christmas performance! It is so sad!! She has grown up so much, and she makes me so proud! She is so willing to help out with her little brother, and sister. She has her own opinion on just about everything, but it adds so much to our every day life. I am so thankful for her!!

This is a very sad post!! We had somewhat of a crisis yesterday!! Our dog "Buddy" was hit by "Grandma Nancie." The raw emotion that I experienced yesterday has me completely drained!! I felt so sorry for my mom, she would have done anything if she could have just changed it!! She had just gotten Brody on the bus, and went to leave the house when Buddy ran out in front of her! She had Abby in the car, and Abby kept saying "oh Buddy will be okay Grandma" she tried to explain the situation to Abby, but a 2 year old does not understand. I was at a Chrismas Party for the Board of Realtors, and forgot my phone at the office, so my mom called Jay. When I returned to the office I had 10 missed calls!! Talk about Panic!!! Jay was so worried about my mom!! When I told Kaity & Brody, I couldn't believe how much it hurt!! The pain I saw in their eyes is something I will never forget!! This whole experience has made me so thankful that it was only Buddy, and although he was part of our family, it could have been so much worse!! I think we will all be sad for a while, everytime that Buddy doesn't greet us at the door, or bark when someone pulls into the drive, or wake us up in the morning to go outside!! I think of how my mom must have felt, and if you are reading this mom, I could not be more thankful for you, and all that you do for us!! I am also a little thankful that it was you, because anyone else could have just left him there, and it would have been so much worse!! It also makes me respect you so much, because we buried many animals as we grew up, and now I know just how hard it is to see your kids hurt, and if you could take it all away somehow you would!! I Love You Mom!!