First day of school!!!!

I had substitute orientation yesterday so Bradley went to his first day of school at Bright Ideas Learning Center. He had a great time and was so excited about going back today. In my family we always take a first day of school picture (even in college).

He was so excited about his backpack and lunch pail.

Disney Pics

Disney world was so much fun!!!! My family did it the right way, they stayed at a Disney hotel which was amazing and they had a meal plan which worked out wonderfully. It was a huge money saver and it allowed us to do alot of the more expensive dinners and lunches that we would not have done, if we were paying cash for. Thanks mom!!!! So my camera is a video camera and doesn't take very good still pictures, but my mom and sister took a lot of pictures so I will hopefully get theirs from them and will post more.

The first night Bradley and I arrived was my nephews 10th birthday and we went to Chef Mickeys. All the main characters came around to your table and it was so much fun.

One day we went to an early dinner in Epcot at the German Pavilion restaurant. It was a surprise for my dad. He loves the German pavilion (it's the dark beer and it's where he was born). The show was amazing but Bradley woke up from his nap in an odd mood. This is the look we got from him until his chocolate milk arrived. The boy drank more chocolate milk than you would think was possible. The dinner came with a show and it was amazing. These two guys played these huge horn things and it was so cool.

We stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge and I don't have pictures but when I get some I will post. Everyone morning we would wake up and look out at the balcony and there would be giraffes, Giselle's, some African horned animal and these really cool birds.

Generally everyone we ran into was really nice and friendly. Some people where grumpy, but it was super hot and the humidity was incredible. My sister made friends with a worker at one of the parades and he said that the best time to go is in November, he said the parks are practically empty. Another trick we learned is that you need a wheelchair. My sister had broke her foot a while back and couldn't walk very long or far so we rented a wheelchair and it helps with the wait in lines. Also when you have to park the stroller we where able to put Bradley on her lap so waiting in line with him was easier too. All Disney employees where very nice and accommodating for the wheelchair, they have made it very handicap friendly and the seating at the shows is better if you have wheelchair. I did a lot of pushing of the wheelchair which wasn't fun but it was worth it. My nephew even sat her lap for some of the ride.

Bradley does amazing in the car and I have learned that if I put him in a porta crib then he will sleep just fine in a hotel room. My car is filthy but it was so much fun that I would totally do it again. I have never driven that far and I really don't mind driving. We will definitely do Disney World again now that I know we can drive it.

Road Trip???

So Sunday afternoon I decided to join my family at Walt Disney World in Florida. They had arrived the day before and I couldn't stand not being there. Bryan was leaving for work again on Sunday so he booked me a hotel room in Baton Rouge, LA and I took off in the car with Bradley Sunday afternoon. The drive was long but easy, Bradley does amazing in the car. He just sat in his seat and colored, ate or danced to the tunes. We arrived at Disney on Saturday night and have been having so much fun since we got here. Pictures and video to come.

Back to School Supplies...

Ok, so I haven't had to buy school supplies in a lot of years. So I have been kind of looking around on the Internet for some stuff I want for our office and for school and I came across this website www.officediscountclub.com. I was mainly looking for a cork board and a white board. I figured I would make my own cork board, but cork is really expensive, but on this website I got a cork board that is 2 ft by 1 1/2 ft for under $7. Which from what I can find on other websites was a really good deal. Why I am posting this is they have great prices (I think) on binders, notebooks, etc. Also the shipping is UPS, so it didn't seem to bad and it comes to you, so I figure driving around finding everything I want will cost more in gas!!

Bradley's New Talant

So Bradley came out of his room today and this is what I saw...

He had dressed himself and everything was on backwards. He loves to get dressed and likes to always have clothes on. The last few nights I have been able to put him to bed in just a onesie and he hasn't peed on anything. It was very cute when he dressed himself and I could tell he was so proud.

When I asked him to turn around so I could get his back. This is what I got.

Tonight I put him to bed with just shorts on, it was hot and he has been doing really well with not putting his hands down his pants. So I went in his room to check on him and noticed and he had found a onesie and tried to get it on, it was just around his stomach. I can't believe he is getting so big.

His new trick is to tell me where he wants to go. His favorite place to say he wants to go is the Doctor. As soon as we get near the Dr's office he says "I wanna go Dr and get owie." I don't think he really remembers the owies. He also says "I wanna ride train" every time we see a train. It just amazes me how he can put complete thought's together.

On other news, most of you know I had to take a test to get into grad school. I was pretty stressed about it considering when I thought back to the last time I was in school it was years ago, but I passed all three sections!!! I was hoping to start school this summer, but my residency requirements didn't work out. So now I will be starting in the Fall. It is really exciting, I got my packet of paperwork today and register for classes on August 18. Hopefully financial aid will come through and then it will be a piece of cake. I don't know what we will do if financial aid doesn't work out, but we will cross that bridge when we get there. I am also going to start substitute teaching in the Fall and I have already applied for the Saginaw school district and the Fort Worth school district. So if anyone out there knows some teachers, please pass my name along.

When it rains it pours.....

So I first want to start off by saying I had a great time last night at dinner. Thanks to everyone who went.

Now... (just venting so if you don't want to hear it stop reading)

Everything in life seems to be falling apart. A few months ago our personal laptop charger broke. So we replaced it. Then a week ago the laptop stopped working all together. Not a big deal we do have a desktop and Bryan has a laptop for work. Mainly an inconvenience because all my stuff is saved on the laptop. So since I start school in September I wanted a new laptop. Needless to say we have been looking but figured it would be easier to fix the one we have. I am also on our second new charger for the laptop. The first one was a generic one that didn't work for very long either. Now we think the battery is fried and I am not totally convinced that the new charger is working very well either, but I was able to get enough power using the new charger to get all my pictures off the laptop. I figured it out and a new battery is $150 and the second new charger we got was $90. Who would have thought a battery would be so much. I was hoping I could just pop some AA's in there and it would work. I seriously need a computer guy. Bryan knows some about computers but mainly about software. When it comes to the hardware we are total dorks. So I got on the desktop to do some stuff and now it isn't working. The screen gets these crazy lines and it is hard to see. Hoping it is just the monitor we(Bryan actually) plugged the monitor into his work laptop and it was just fine. So we definitely think it is an actual computer problem. Which sucks because computers are way more expensive then monitors. Also I was cleaning the bathroom and Bryan's sink isn't keeping the water running. The cold handle will turn the water on for about 2 seconds and then stop. We have double sinks so again not a big problem but of course the worst things pop into my head, like there is a pipe broke under our house and our foundation is getting ruined. So lets just say in our life when it rains it pours with problems.

On the bright side, we found a great pest control company. Super super nice people and it was a great deal (Bryan negotiated). While the guy was in our house he asked Bryan if we were LDS and Bryan said yes and come to find out so is he. He saw our proclamation to the family and wondered. I never really thought that people noticed what was on our walls but apparently they do. We are getting more services with him than we did with our old company and it is only about $5 more a month. If anyone wants the information let me know. They are small company so we actually dealt with one of the owners. I really like that they are small so you know who is coming into your house. Also our cable bill was messed up so I called and got negotiating with them. I am usually not good at that (probably why I didn't work out as a loan officer) but I got our cable down to $89.99 from $189.99. That includes our cable (all movie channels and dvr), phone (free long distance), and Internet. I didn't realize how you could just keep asking for lower and sooner or later I got a person that would do it. I only had to threaten to change companies once and the guy promised a year contract. Oh and by the way we now have a fax machine so if anyone needs to fax something let me know. I am sure most of you have one, but we didn't. I was having to use the place a couple stores down from Albertsons or office depot in Lake Worth but it was getting expensive. So when my dad was out here, he put the phone line in our office for us.

Also I have started working out with a personal trainer at her house. It is amazing and I am really starting to see results in my arms. I am starting to see some definition. I am still going to the gym but it is nice to get some one on one attention. She even helps with my nutrition. I do the pilates reformer machine and water aerobics at her house. I take Bradley and she has a daughter who is Red Cross certified to babysit and she watches him and plays with him. She even takes him swimming when we are doing water aerobics. Bradley loves her and is always excited to go. He doesn't like to go swimming but she gets him in and works on his kicking or lets him play in the hose or just chase the birds. She is a great babysitter, we have started using her at our house now too.

I have some new pictures of Bradley and my nephew to post, but Bryan's work computer's cdrom drive doesn't work and the pictures are on a cd. So when we get our computer problems fixed I will post.

OMG, that was a long post. Sorry :(

Much Needed Update

Let me start off by saying that if you are not family (real or fake), don't like naked baby pictures and don't really care to read a really long post then stop now. We have been gone a long time and then came back and our week has been a week of trying to get back into our regular routine. We had a great time in Bakersfield and a lot of pictures to go with it. I will explain as I post the pictures. So here it goes...

This is my nephew Brayden, he was so excited to see Bradley and loved playing with outside.

This is our first night in Bakersfield. Bradley found the sand pile at my parents house. He didn't want anything to do with the swimming pool, but he loved the sand.

As you can imagine, Bradley took a really long bath and gave himself a mud scrub. People pay big money for that in Cali, and Bradley managed to do it for free!!!

The next few pictures are of the work that my dad is doing on their house. They are adding a closet for my mom that is 10 by 13. Yes it is going to be a room with bars to hang clothes on. But she deserves it, she just finished getting her Masters Degree in Special Education. They are also adding an office and a second story game room. Bradley was desperate to help and my dad was so patient with him. My dad gave him his very own tape measure and he would put it on his belt like my dad does and then measure things. When you ask him how big it was he would say "3, 4, 5". It was adorable and a big hit with the contractor that is helping my dad.

This is a picture of just the new slab poured. I got to help and I tore off the stucco of the existing house and tore back part of the roof. I also got to help raise walls and made a couple of trips to home depot.

This is a picture with the addition on the first floor framed and some of the sheeting up.

This is my dad being really patient with Bradley, he would even explain why he was doing everything. Bradley loves his Papa Nick.

Bradley also thinks that anything that Papa Nick has he needs and my dad obliged.

This is Bradley and his Auntie Megs.

This is Bradley in the pool with Papa Nick. Papa Nick would jump off of the diving board holding Bradley and he liked that. If you can see the wall in the background, my dad built that also.

This is Bradley and his Grandma Karen.

This is Bradley in his big boy swim trunks. They were too big so most of the time he went naked or in a swim diaper. But we ran out of the swim diapers about half way through the vacation.

Bradley loved to climb in my moms cabinets that keep all the blankets. He would climb in there and shut the doors. He loved it.