Summer Days Going By

Hello all,
Summer seems to be flying by. The kids start school in 17 days. Ethan and Mikaila are pretty excited about it but Shelby is dreading it. They have school physicals this week which none of them are too happy about. We did have some fun last week though. Aubrey and the kids stopped by for a night on their way to Utah. (Really good friends of ours from Hawaii) It was good to see them again. We had fun visiting while the kids played until wee hours of the morning. The next day they left about noon and it was so sad. I wish they could have stayed a bit longer but even the short visit was wonderful. Mike got extended again. Now he doesn't get to come out here until October. I just can't wait until this is over and we don't have to be apart like this again. Dagoney is the #1 student in his puppy class. Of course there are only 3 puppies but he is still the best. He learns things very quickly. My Garden is going crazy! I have 7 watermelons growing. The biggest is the size of a large honeydew and i am hoping we can eat it in the next few weeks while Mike is here. Oh by the way he gets here next Tuesday for 10 days. Its the last time he gets to come home until he moves out here in October. We are going to make the best of it by doing some exploring and going to the zoo. Well thats all for now.
TTFN!

Swimming pool adventures

Okay, so we got the pool set up on saturday and then treated it with chemicals on Sunday to have it ready so the kids could swim yesterday. When we checked the chlorine level yesterday it was like 2-3 times the safe limit. Mike realized he added double the chlorine granules. The kids were not too happy. We had to drain about a foot of water out and add fresh to try to fix the problem. By the time i got back from taking Mike to the airport this morning it was ready for them to swim. I got some pics of them in the pool to show you. Enjoy! Also got a pic of Dagoney and Leo playing. Don't they look like best friends??

Mikaila's 10th birthday

Hey all, today is Mikaila's 10th birthday. We went to see Journey To The Center Of The Earth, which was a really good family movie. We then took her out to lunch at Red Robin and had them sing happy birthday to her. She blushed many shades of red. It was so cute. She picked a cake out at Walmart that had horses on it, because they didn't have any with cats. She got lots of fun stuff like Purr Pals for the wii and catz2 for the ds. Of course, anything cats makes her happy. Well, that and lizzards. I think she was most excited about the pool that Mike bought her though. It's a 12' above ground pool. Leave it to him to spoil her. I also got a picture of Dagoney. Oh and i got my first harvest out of my garden! I got 5 cucumbers. I was pretty shocked to find them. I thought with all the bad weather, nothing would grow. I also have about 25 tomatoes growing. I found a watermelon too. It's the size of a very small pea. The kids were so excited about it. In 3 months we should have a nice watermelon. Well, thats all for today. Have a nice one!

Kitchen

Okay, I have had a few requests to tell all about the kitchen. What can i say besides it is amazing. We use the griddle all the time to make pancakes and the oven turns out perfect baked goods. Shelby did learn the hard way that when you use the convection oven for pizza not to cook it for the recommended time. She burned her pizza beyond eatability. Mikaila is a pro at making pancakes and says she is going to cook them for Mike when he gets here today. I really have not had as much time to bake and cook as i want but now that the house is unpacked and semi in order, i hope to start. Well, we are off to go shopping! Have a good day.

Our New Home

Well all,

here we are almost all settled, in our new home in Nebraska. We are loving it here! The weather is beautiful (even with the occational severe storms). The corn is amazing! 3 1/2 days after moving in we had a very severe storm move through and we ended up having to rush to the tornado room and pray that the storm missed us. Luckily the tornado touched down about a mile south of us. We ended up buying 2 weather alert radios which have really come in handy. We have had to adjust to having them go off every couple of days. They are really loud and Mikaila says they are scary. Its really freaky to have it go off and say that the tornado is located near Gretna and then have the Gretna sirens go off. Mike is still in Hawaii and will be there until Sept. 26th. He is flying out tomorrow to visit for a week and we are really excited to see him. Shelby started her first job today at Subway here in Gretna. We had to go and have lunch there to say hi to her. She was embarrased of course. We got our new little pup on June 13th. He is very cute and knows it. He started puppy training today. For the most part he is a good dog. His name is Dagoney. House training is going wonderfully. He comes and stares at you when he has to go out potty. I will post a picture of him as soon as i can get one. I planted a garden just 4 days after getting here and have been spending many back breaking hours working in it. Hopefully it will be worth it come fall. Well thats all for now. Will post again soon.