Ewww...

That is all I can say. Last night I had the lovely chance to deal with the result of skunk spraying. Yes, you read that right...skunk spraying. I let the girls out back to go potty since it was supposed to rain overnight and well, they discovered a new "black and white" friend. Unfortunately, not the kind of friend that we want to know. Jasmine got it on her neck and parts of her face, the strongest being on her neck. Lily got the lovely pleasure of getting it on her right hind leg. Once I got them distracted from the thing in the yard, I brought them back into the house. BIG MISTAKE!! Don't ever bring a dog into your house that has been sprayed by a skunk because you cannot get rid of the smell. We had just about all my candles lit and nothing was working. We got them in the shower and I bathed them. They looked so pathetic. I thought I was going to throw up. I tried putting some mentholatum (vapor rub) under my nose to try and help but it was too late. The smell was already in my nostrils and it was there to stay. Went to bed.

Today, luckily I am home and have had the windows open throughout the house all day long. Also lucky that it hasn't rain like it was supposed to. I guess God decided to help me out in airing out our house. I have been thanking him all day for it. Besides the windows being open, I have had the candles burning in different rooms. The kitchen has the yummy smell of christmas cookies by yankee candle while our bedroom has cinnamon sticks from white barn candle. Along with the candles, I have the AirWick sprayers going off every 9 minutes in my bathroom and every 18 minutes in the living room. It is now only faintly smelling like that awful skunk odor.

Now all we need to fix our problems is more flood lights to light up our backyard. That is going to be our next investment in the household funds. LOL.

School has started!

Well, it is August 24th and it was the first day of school. I can't believe how fast time flies these days. Tyler had his first day of junior high entering the 7th grade and Hunter walked into school as a 1st grader. Tyler is taking 3 pre-AP classes this year that include science, history, and pre-algebra. Math is his strong subject so I hope he isn't bored this year in math. Hunter enjoyed his first day.
The spotted creatures living in the house are all doing good and so is Brien. It is still hot outside and we both are looking forward to the cooler temperatures that will be coming eventually.
That's it for now.

Wow...almost forgot. Hunter has lost his top 2 front teeth and the 2 on the bottom that surround the bottom front ones. He is my toothless wonder. 4 teeth in about 6 1/2 weeks. He is trying to make the tooth fairy broke. LOL

July already???

I can't believe it is July already. Where has the time gone. I know I have totally slacked off on my blog and I do apologize for that. We had a great visit with Brien's family and it was a great surprise for him that everyone came out. Then we had a great visit with my parents later on. Not much going on except Tyler has passed 6th grade beautifully and Hunter got through kindergarten just fine. Both boys are doing good. Brien is working hard and so I am. It is now summer heat setting in and we are both trying to adjust to the hot temperatures outside. The boys are looking forward to the 14th of this month when they head to Florida for about 4-5 weeks.
We are having a little 4th of July get together tomorrow. Kristin, Jason, Courtney, CJ, us, and then Jeanna, Jillian, maybe Holly from work will be attending. Went out today and bought fireworks and food. Looking forward to spending the holiday with friends and family.

Well, I think that is it for now. I will do my best to post pictures of tomorrow nights festivities.

One week to go...

Ok, so I have been cleaning my house frantically in order to prepare for the arrive of our company next week. My mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew and 2 nieces are coming out. My niece Kaitlyn has a gymnastics meet on Sunday the 8th of February here in Dallas, so they are making a family trip of it. What is special about this family get together is that Brien has no idea that his brother, nephew and one niece are coming also and they will arrive on his birthday which is next Friday. Also, Tyler and Hunter have absolutely NO IDEA that their moo-moo and pop-pop are coming into town nor their uncle and cousins. It has been killing me to keep this from Brien and I am counting down the days until next Wednesday when his parents arrive and then on Friday when everyone else arrives.

I am hoping that my parents are able to come out soon also. I haven't seen them since I went to get the kids from Florida back in August.

Other things going on, kids are great. Tyler is doing very good in school. He made the AB honor roll again. Hunter is learning his sight words and we are working on getting him to start reading more on his own but that is a slow processes. We had a lovely ice storm this past week. The kids missed 2 days of school and Brien got to stay home as well. I already had off from work so I didn't get the opportunity to miss work. I did take some pictures which I will post later once I download them from my camera.

Ok...back to work....LOL

Gator Nation!!!

Well, all I have to say is that "It's great to be a Florida Gator! I said it's great to be a Florida Gator!" Yes, last night the Florida Gators won the BCS National Championship game against Oklahoma. It was a great game and it could have gone either way. I do feel bad for those OU fans like my nephew Josh, my sister Marti, my brother-in-law James, my cousin Kimmie, and my friend Jillian. OU put up a good fight but Florida had more fight in them. So now Florida has won 3 National Championships total and the SEC conference has won its 3rd straight BCS title. Now I am hoping that Tim Tebow, the quarterback for Florida, returns next year for his senior year.