I thought last week was busy, but it didn't hold a candle to this week. I have been out of pocket all week at school. Training on Monday and Tuesday followed by using what I learned to help test kids in the entire school. It has been a task. I have came home with a headache both days. I am glad it is over. The boys had football practice on M, T, and Th. I had a meeting at Lindsey Wilson College on Thursday night for my student teacher that is coming in Oct.
I am looking forward to the long weekend. I have to tackle the huge task of laundry again. Fun, Fun! I am soooo excited about that!!
Kendall is trying to walk. She is taking a few steps when she turns loose. She is still a little off balance. It won't be much longer though.

Chris won with Broken Apple but Mr. Friendly Man ran 5th. The kids and I went to church this morning and then came back home. Not anything big going on around here. Tomorrow and Tuesday I won't be at school because I have a training to attend. The boys have football Mon., Tues., and Thurs. this week. I have a student teacher dinner at LWC on Thursday night. It is going to be another busy week.

This week is finally over. It has been a long one. I had breakfast duty which made it even longer. My house has seen better days. I definitely must get it cleaned up and the laundry done today and tomorrow. Chris is gone again this weekend to the races in Mountaineer, West Virginia. He is racing Broken Apple and Mr. Friendly Man.
I picked up Kendall's shirt. It is really cute. I think the outfit will be cute for the football games. Not much else going on.

This week has been busy thus far. On Monday and Tuesday, the boys had football practice from about 5:00-6:30. Today, I had to leave school early and take Kendall to the doctor for her 9 month old check up. She weighed 24 lbs. 4 oz. and was 31 inches long. He said she was healthy. Tomorrow evening the boys have football practice and I have a Site Base and PTO meeting. Chris is taking the boys to practice while I go to the meetings. I will just take Kendall with me.
I have to run to Russell Springs tomorrow before 5:00 and pick up a shirt I had embroidered (I guess that's how you spell it. I checked spell check and it said it was ok.). I bought a white long sleeve shirt and a pair of brown pants with polka dots to go with it. I am having a football with Lil' Sis put on it. I hope it turns out. I am anxious to see it.
I think Chris is leaving out for Mountaineer either Friday or Saturday to run two horses.

Kendall went to the hearing doctor yesterday and they said everything seemed to be perfect. Praise the Lord! That makes me feel so much better. I then took straight to the pediatrician. She had a runny nose and was coughing. He gave her an antibiotic and something for her nose. He didn't want it to go to her chest.
I went to check on carpet for our living room today. We decided that we would like to get some so it wouldn't be so cold and hard on Kendall. Of course, most of you know that we have laminate all through the house. I don't want to mess up it incase I ever want to go back to it. So, there only fix to not hurting it is to bind the edges of the carpet and just roll it out like an area rug. Well, Chris is not real excited about that idea. I'm not for sure what we will do. We will see.
As of this morning, Chuckie Stuart is no longer with us. He was found stiff. He had plenty of food and water but apparently something went wrong.
My dad took the boys to the creek today. They were on a mission for Ms. Audra. She has a pet turtle in her room at school and wanted a crayfish to go with it. So, they have caught several for her. Hopefully, they will make it or at least a couple. They also came home with about 8-10 small frogs, several minnows, and a couple of tadpoles. Nature boys, I guess.
Chris is gone again. He left this afternoon for Ellis Park. He has taken 4 horses there to work them. He will be back tomorrow afternoon.

The first football practice is officially here. The boys had it last night. It was from 5:15-7:00. Chance's team only has about 20 kids now and Corey's has about 50.
Chris had 2 horses win yesterday. Fleeting Frolic at Mountaineer Park and She's a TenPoint O at River Downs. He was pretty excited about that. Also, the man in charge of inspecting training centers came yesterday and told him that his facility was in the top 10% in the state. He is now able to publish his own workouts for the horses. This will save him lots of time and money. He was having to take the horses to a track to do this. He was extremely excited about that.
School is still going well. We were notified of a change in our schedule. That has made things more difficult especially to get things covered. I guess I have to go with the flow.

It has been a while but finally I got a chance to write, type, or whatever. The first three days of school were really good. I am enjoying only having 12 kids. This week will be the real test of what it will be like for a while. Chance and Corey start football practice this week also and Chris is going to be gone most of the week. BACK TO REALITY for me.
I have not done much of anything this weekend. I cleaned the house some and made Kendall some more hairbows. (She really needed some more! Ha!) Chance and Kendall both have doctors appointments on Friday afternoon at the same time. Chris will have to help out if he is in town, if not, I will probably cancel Chance's and reschedule for next week.
The new time change for school is good in the morning but it kind of hurts me in the afternoons. I could usually get to Columbia by 3:10 if needed but not now. The last bus is not there until about that time. I will have to ask my fellow teachers to help me out sometimes. I better go and cook supper then start preparing for a busy week.

One down, one hundred sixty-nine to go! The first day of school went extremely well. I feel like it is going to be a great year. With only a few kids in my class, hopefully I will be able to give them a lot of extra attention. Corey has come home, ate a bowl of cereal, and now is asleep. Apparently, he is really tired. He is not used to getting up so early. He likes to sleep in when he can.
It seems as if both my boys are pulling teeth right and left. Chance pulled a tooth last night because another tooth was coming in over the top of it. He has another one doing the same thing on the other side. Corey pulled a tooth this afternoon beside his front teeth. It is one of the teeth the orthodontist wanted pulled so that is great. I don't have to pay the dentist to pull it. He needs to get the other one out also.
Chris was totally worn out last night. He hauled in about 500 bales of hay yesterday. He could barely move this morning. I don't know how he stood being out in that heat for so long.

Tomorrow is the first day of school dor kids. I went Monday night for Open House and today for opening day for teachers. I will only have 12 kids this year and 10 of them showed up for Open House which was good. I am excited about this year but also a little anxious. We received test scores today for the areas I teach and they were great! I am really relieved and excited about that. Now, I have the task of keeping the scores up there.
Chance broke part of his front tooth off again. I had to take him to the dentist and get it built back up. So, that was $60 for a little piece of nothing.
Kendall got her first riding toy today at Wal-Mart with the money her great grandmother gave her. She really enjoyed it as you can probably tell by the picture.
Chucky Stuart (the new hamster) is an escape artist. He has gotten out twice and been missing for about 2 days each time. I went to K-Mart and bought a bigger bin to put him in. He hasn't gotten out of it YET.

Whew!!! What a week! It has been really busy. Kendall got her tubes put in yesterday. She did good. She was a little fussy about 30-45 minutes right before going back and then after she was really scared. Once she was home, she was fine.
Yes, Brianna, Corey is disliking his braces. They are irritating his jaw in the back. I guess you have to put up with it for straight and beautiful teeth! Ha!
Mom and I had a yard sale today. We had it in town this year and did much better. Chance and Corey liked it also . They sold several of their things and made over $70 each. I guess they will be ready for a trip to spend it.
Chris raced last night at Mountaineer and won with Impressible. He was happy about that. Then he raced today in a Stakes race with Peace Warrior and placed 4th. He was especially tickled with that. He didn't think he could do any better than 5th if he even got that.
I had a training yesterday and then one on Monday. Teacher start school on Tuesday and the kids on Wednesday so my summer vacation if OVER!