First Day of school 2013.....and the break down!

Boys started school so far so good. Teachers are amazing Praise God! Boys are quite the celebrities due to their lunch boxes this year. They have R2D2 and it makes that beep boop beep noise. Their Grandma Lupe fell in love & had to buy them. Funny thing is I feel in love with it at Disney World but was not spending 26.99 per lunch box....insane! Good Ol Target had them for $13... What a value! So their first week was fantastic my first week not so fantastic. I realized I have all the  classes needed to apply for nursing. But my GPA needs work. Only option is to take more classes to bring that bad boy up & try my best on the Hesi exam. Then fill out that application and give it all to God. Cause this I know, I WILL get a degree this I can promise you. But before I had this clear thinking I broke down crying. Just the thought of another summer & year of school before I can apply to nursing. I made myself sick all day. My nerves shot, baby running a low grade temperature and I have homework that at the moment looked like blurry lines instead of words. Nick and my cousin made me see the light & told me not to give up. Nick told me I was allowing the devil to get the best of me. I was not giving it to God. Thankful for a Godly husband. So after a shower, nap and curling up in the fetal position all is good. YES! I'm this crazy. It's tough being a mom to 3 kids and going to school not to mention my professor this semester has a serious accent, don't get me started on that!!

Summer 2013.....I survived, barely.

Summer was well.....an adventure. Right before school was out Pops & I set out on the scariest of adventures. What's  that you ask? Well we tossed all our $$ into starting our own business. I type this while sitting in a cardboard box. I'm kidding but seriously praying I don't end up there :/.  Let me start in The beginning... Summer Day one ( seriously, not gonna timeline it day by day): Day after school lets out we whisk off to Disney World for 4 days courtesy of Wish Connection, nonprofit organization that grants wishes to children with learning disabilities, Thank You Wish Connection by AT&T!! We love it, boys are loving Star Wars week. Well our flight gets delayed several times, a woman puts her life in danger by making a nasty remark about Baby A crying on the plane. I put her in check real quick! It was almost midnight, flight change due to no fault of our own so my baby was tired, kids were tired, I was losing it then Miss. Most likely has no kids, no responsibility besides herself, sleep in, can have wine at all hours, knows what a hot meal  tastes like sits there grumping?? Oh Hell NO! Better believe I put her in check! Don't fly coach on bargain airlines then Miss. Priss!! Fly First class or get to your destination by Burro!! Choice Is Yours!! But don't sit next to an exhausted mom who is coming home to reality that there's been no income cause business hasn't taken off & start running your mouth. Your lucky I let you keep your teeth. Ok on to the next thing. Our return home we hit the ground running, homeschooling the boys, making them do daily readings, teaching them a second language of Spanish and working...a lot! Work meant putting on our work shirts stuffing all 3 kids in the truck & going dealership to dealership giving our sales pitch. Want to feel like gum under a shoe?? Try convincing used car managers to give you a chance, yup gum under shoes. Not all were bad some were pretty nice. We also baptized Baby A, stress,hit the water park a few times ( Another shout out to AT&Ts Wish Connection!!), stress,cousins came to visit,stress,Grandma & Grandpa came to visit,stress cause they are leaving,  aunt Lori came to visit,stress, 4 teeth jumped out of Baby As gums, stress,birthday sleep over with tons of little boys,stress, Trip to Six Flags, stress, boys homeschooling & readings became sleep, video game, too much TV and frozen pizza feasts and I just gave up. But never gave up on prayer. He's the only reason I'm slightly sane. Oh did I mention our vans dying & I'm way too poor to fix it? And I'm returning to night classes since having baby A and am scared to death? My nerves are pretty shot too. Of all things for my baby sister & I to inherit, my grandmas severe anxiety & depression. Why couldn't we have inherited her beautiful teeth, gorgeous smile, knock out shape & sass for wearing heels??? Ok baby sister can rock some mile high heels. Anyway with all that's hit us God blesses me with a new morning everyday & a fabulous husband by my side every night. Parents who love & support us & remind us through prayer all is possible. There you go I survived Summer 2013....barely. Now bring on the school year! I have a fighting match with this exam our crazy state insists on torturing our kids with called STAAR. I've got my gloves on, I'm ready.

This place....

This place is where it all started, this very Animal Clinic right here.

I had just turned 20 and was working on a research paper for my Clinical Pathology course, my topic "Rabies in Texas". I was living with my aunt and uncle and looked up near by vet clinics, found one and decided to call. I needed pamphlets on Rabies vaccinations/prevention and this clinic I called told me I was more than welcome to pick some up. So my aunt and I got into the car and off we went. I pulled up to Edgefield and found them to be rather busy. I was helped by a sweet girl whose blue green eyes were stunning! Oh just the site of them! I remember thinking how they looked like Christmas ornaments and how I wish mine were such a color. I explained how I had called and was told to come pick up some pamphlets. She looked confused but told me she would ask "Doc" as soon as he was done with his current patient. When he finally came over to talk to me it was very clear.... I was at the wrong clinic! They were very understanding and "Doc" even offered to let me use his library to look up info. Though I only needed pamphlets, my report was already typed up and completed. He then asked if I was bilingual and looking for work. I was both! That following Saturday I went in for a "Test Run" on the job and was hired. That pretty girl with the Blue green eyes is now my cousin by marriage. About 4 months later I was to meet my now husband of almost 12 years while watching "Grease" at Miss Pretty Blue Green Eyes house, Aka Stacey. Nick and I drove by this past weekend after dropping some clothes off at a church donation box. And it just hit us....we met, married and have children all because I drove up to the wrong clinic that afternoon. "See now who says theres no God?" commented Nick. Yes we know he had a hand in this or I would of driven to the clinic I called to begin with, so glad I didn't, so glad we had no GPS back then too! Oh I can't believe I walked in there 16 years ago.....where does time go??

Pass me the Xanax please!!

This time of year gives me mixed feelings. Happy summer is upon us but scared to death of tornado season. Those who know me know that I am C-H-E-A-P CHEAP! But that's not stopping me from giving up my desire for a fancy and pricey Canon DSLR and directing funds towards a storm shelter. I know silly ol Liza but ya know I'll be running into that sucker a few times a year. Gift that keeps on giving right?! So while we were under potential Tornado watch I baked, Pops idea, not that he had a hankering for chocolate chip cookies or anything.
I even let the boys put their homework on hold and help me bake....YES homework.on. hold like I said, I was scared. Well storm weakened before it reached us so we got some yummy warm cookies!

My baking helpers during the rainstorm!

Baby A wasn't bothered one bit by the rain, he blew raspberries the whole time.

 

Everyone one was doing great while I dreamed of this! Yes my underground shelter. You can donate to my "Fraidy Cat Fund" if you'd like ;).

And FYI I don't take Xanax not that I wouldn't of popped one in if I had one but I don't....unfortunately.

~ Liza

Summer is almost here!!!!

With the arrival of summer first things first.....  DISNEY WORLD! Followed by frequent trips to Hawaiian Falls, Zoo trips, play dates, swimming at Maw maw & Pa paws, trips to the lake and stay in our PJ's all day kind of days. So for now we are doing our pre-summer thing!

Boys last baseball game, I was so proud of them!!

A little Sunday at the park fun!

Relaxing pool side like a Rockstar! Mamaw and Papaw reserved him his own Cabana! ;)

Already teaching Baby A the way of video games, nothing like a little Angry Birds on the ipad...sigh.

Yeah we are definitely ready for summer!

~ Liza

Just a bit crazy.....

Home life's been a little insane..........

Baseball......

Baby who can now use jumper......

Trying to eat healthy (McDonald's Oatmeal...yum! It's like breakfast crack!)......

Not to mention its Teacher Appreciation week which means I didn't clean and on top of that boys have switched to the guest room so now the boys old room is our guest room which in turn the old switch a roo has left our house like this.......

So we look like we belong on an episode of Hoarders but at least our Teachers were treated to a little something everyday this week. Now who would like to come tackle this mess for me cause I'm going to bed!

Little of this, a little of that.

Our weeks been full. Preparing for a new family adventure (stay tuned for that), boys had STAAR testing, and Pops and I have been on the hunt for a truck...know of one for sale?? When you have a set budget for a vehicle the hunt becomes tricky. All together I'm trying to get back into running, boys have their Saturday baseball games, and I can't wait for summer VACATION!!