6 Quirks...

Okay... this is kinda hard. I asked Justin to help me out and he is sitting on the couch eating his jerky with no suggestions... so I guess I have to think of my little weird-isms all by myself.
1. The toilet- the lid MUST always, always, always be DOWN when the toilet is not in use. Do you know how many germs are just hanging out in there?! EW.
2. Like Erin, I too pee with the bathroom door open. Sometimes this can pose a problem... our upstairs bathroom can be seen right into when someone walks into the front door. If Justin or the kids walk in the door and have a friend with them, well you get the picture.
3. Apparently I tend to exaggerate a tad bit. I have no knowledge of this. Justin has finished his jerky and is now full of ideas. I also LOVE the number 47 and when I am exaggerating tend to use this number when referring to how many times I've asked him to do something, how many times I did something, etc. It seems I can always find someway to throw in a number when exaggerating.
4. I'm paranoid. About everything. If Justin has a bloody nose, I KNOW it's because he has a brain tumor and may die. If I send the girls out to get the mail and they take longer than they should (approximately 47 seconds) then they have either been kidnapped or have fallen into the ditch. Lexi got stung by a bee yesterday and I KNEW she was going to have a severe allergic reaction (she is not allergic to bee stings) and I would have to call 911 and they are SO slow (the EMT's, not the deputies), her airway would close up and she would die. I made her sit by me on the couch for 45 minutes. I won't let the girls play in the play land at any fast food restaurants (it's a breeding ground for germs), especially the ones with the ball pits... I know they will jump in and be stabbed by a needle thrown in by a drug user that has AIDS and Hepatitis C and who knows what else. Or they could find a murder weapon someone tossed in there. You never know. How did I get this way? I don't know. But Justin loves me anyway.
5. Justin's PJ's. I thought all wives wore their husbands' PJ's. I don't know why, but they are SO much more comfortable than all my 47 pairs. And they fit over my belly. That's always nice.
6. I am a germ-a-phobe. Lexi was in the NICU for 5 weeks when she was born, and I know that's where this started. Before you go into the NICU you have to scrub your hands for 2 minutes. Then when the babies get out of the NICU they have to be in isolation because their immune systems are so weak. Anyway, 9 1/2 years later I still have this "problem". When I get home from anywhere, I go straight to the kitchen sink and wash my hands. I use more hand sanitizer than I do hairspray! I was informed this evening that Griffin is following in my footsteps. We were at back to school night and her teacher told us that she uses her hand sanitizer (she has her own bottle) obsessively. I see nothing wrong with this.
So those are my six things... now I want to read about all of yours!

Still Alive

Hey everone, I just figured I'd let everybody know we are still alive and kickin. It's been a pretty hectic couple of weeks around here and we haven't had much time to just hang out as a family.

School started and now Griffie is in "all day" school (1st grade), which made Summer sad but is really pretty nice. It makes it easier when I work graveyard shifts to get some sleep during the day now. Griffie loves school and already says she has a boyfriend. Unbelievable..........

Lexi is in 4th grade and is making me realize that she is a young woman now. She likes school but there is always DRAMA and now she's even shaving her legs......again Unbelievable.....I don't even want to talk about it anymore. It is nice that they both go to Groveland together because they do look out for each other.....I think, at least they say they do.

Summer has been incredibly busy because of the fair this past week. She was working at her work booth almost every day and we were both trying to shuffle the girls to dance practice in between jobs. Summer also found time to take an emergency trip to the ER twice! In case you forgot, she is pregnant and the time is rapidly approaching when Aiden will be here. Yes I said Aiden. Anyway, she started having contractions twice and so we had to get her to the hospital so that they could stop them. Bye the way, Thank you Nancy J. for helping out! She is now 30 weeks, but still too soon. The doctor said that if we can hold him in there for a couple more weeks we'll be good to go. Hopefully we can keep him in there for more than a couple of weeks, but if he should decide to come then he has a good chance (90%) of being perfectly healthy. So she has been taking it easy the past few days and is on medication to keep her contractions at a minimum.

As for me, I have also been pretty busy. In between taking the girls to dance and Summer to the ER I worked every night of the fair. The carnies didn't cause much of a ruccus this year, but it was a long week. I had to work bike patrol around the fair one of the nights and my butt is still sore. You can't just hop on a bike and ride around for 8 hours and not have a sore butt. You have to gradually work your way into it.......or get a banana seat and a big butt pad for the bike, which is what I did. I had a banana seat, a horn and a basket on the front.

Anyways, we are all doing well and hope all of you are well. Also I think we've decided for sure on the name Aiden. I was pulling for a more manly name like Sven Von Olefson Dance or Maximus Urlacher Dance or Maximillius Ditka Dance but Summer wouldn't let me. But I think we both agree on Aiden.........for now. I guess we'll see. Anyways, I've attached a few pics for your viewing pleasure.

First Day of School





Griffie with her Teacher


At the Fair with cousin Karter







On the Ferris Wheel....kinda Scary