Happy Birthday New Year Eve Baby

Today C turns 12 years, the past 12 years have gone fast. He has came a long way this year. He has become a nice young man. He took his first train ride this year from Minot to St.Paul and back.
One more year and he will be a teenager.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY C

Merry Christmas everyone

Merry Christmas and have safe travels everyone
Love the Young Family

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving. I hope eveyone will be able to spent time with family and friends

A few thing

K had her late Birhtday party on sunday two friend and aunt D came. K had a good time and was very happy for this time. They got to be outside and play ball in the fresh air.
K played her second BB game of the season last night.
Tomorrow we will enjoy our day off together, something I miss since I am teaching and going to school.

E Confirmation

E received the rite of confirmation today at our church.
We are very proud of you.

Happy 14th Birthday K

Happy Birthday K, we love you!
We had to postpone the birthday that was going to be this past Saturday the 17th. We will have a party in Nov sometime.

Happy Birthday E

Happy 16th Birthday E, I hope you have a great Birthday.
We will be having a Birthday on Saturday with friends and family.

Labor Day

Happy Labor Day, the end of the summer and on to fall, fall is my favor season.
I hope everyone was able to have a good Labor.

First week and plus of School

The kids had a good first and half week of school. We are starting to get into a routine again. I have started working at White Shield and my college classes. We are busy busy .

T is attending band camp

T is attending Band Camp this week at Washburn,(county wide ) he is enjoying it . We think that T has found his thing that he will be good at. He is very force when doing his lesson with his section and the whole group.
He got his first ride on DH motorcycle today , his ride home from band camp

Happy Birthday M

M is 8yrs old today Happy Birthday.
I am glad that you are in our family.

Aunt D is coming to day to take him to Minot for some shopping

M's BD Party

We had M BD party today, we invited a few friend and family. One friend was able to come to the party and M had a good time with his friends. His actual Birthday is Wednesday and his Aunt D will come then and we will have more cake.

I have two week left of summer school, I have alot of work to get done before then. Then I have three week to rest before school starts.

C's surgery

C is doing very well since his surgery. He is on all liquid diet for two weeks, he is getting tired of all this. He is starting to talk some. He spends more of he day on my bed watching TV.

On another note yesterday Scooter got run into and he is at the vet. but we are not sure if he will come home or not, prays for the children would be nice

Tommorrow

Tomorrow we leave for St. Paul for Cole's surgery. We are almost packed and ready. We are trying to leave here at 8am and to leave Bismarck by 10:30, we will see.
Please kept Cole in your prays

Three Days

We are leaving three days, I need to wash clothes pack clothes for T M C and myself. We are taking the other four as far as Bismarck and they will being starting with aunt S and M will stay one night with aunt D. Cole surgery is Thursday around noon

Busy

Today C had his pro-op visit, there are five days until we leave for the surgery. I have been gone very day this week. Monday Wednesday Thursday and Friday I taught at white Shield Tuesday I went to Minot for Classes and other things. This weekend I need to wash clothes and start packing, I also have do homework. Monday I teach again and Tuesday I have classes. We leave Wednesday about 8:00

I spoke to soon

I have been teaching at White Shield two days this week and will be teaching 4 days next and 1 day the following week. Next week I teach Mon,wed,Thurs and Fri, next week Tuesday I have class. The next week I teach Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday we leave for St. Paul for C surgery. this weekend I need to bake 10 dozen things for Church and wash clothes and do a lot of homework.

summer break

I am enjoying not having to White Shield every day and being able to spend more time with my husband and children. It is nice to be able to not be so busy. The children are having fun just have the day to do what they want .
M has been getting in trouble because he thinks that he is able to play in the cars ,van or the pick up truck. If he would stay out of them he would have more time to play outside. Other then that the summer is going ok .
K has a friend here visiting from Bismarck, she will be here a few days. E and DH took a quite road trip to Minot to night.
DH has been busy working on computer and building up his business and he also been working on his PHD work. DH and K planted the garden last week.
C has been thinking about his surgery, that will happen in about 2 1/2 weeks .
The girls are getting ready for their camp , that they going to at the end of June.
I have been working on my classes and studying for my Praxis II test that I am taking at the end of July.

Summer School

I started summer school today. I am taing classes on the IVN system and the first classes they didn't have things set up for me, so i missed the first class of this class. They did have things set yo for my second class. I was able to attend this class. I hope I can get all the assigments done for both classes.

School out for the summer

My children and I are glad that school is out for them and for me.
Now let the fun begin.

Mother Day

My children gave me an I-pod Nano today, it is pink and its has 8gb. DH transferred all my songs on it.
After church I have done nothing but watched TV and my DH made me supper.
I did however remember to call my own mother today

New plan

I was accepted into a resident teacher program for Master in Special Education. Each resident teacher assumes responsibility for a special education caseload and must be licensed to teach in North Dakota.
I will start class May 26, I will start the school that I be doing my resident teaching this fall.
I will have the first part of Aug off from classes.
I am very excited about this change

C's surgery

C surgery is schedule for June 18 at Gillette Children's , he will have to stay in the hospital over night.

Spring is here

Spring is here and so are the spring projects, clean the yard, organizing my office (which I have be unable to use this winter), getting the roof word on and other home improvements. The boys have been playing outside and the girls have been riding bikes. I have been teaching and doing my school for my classes I am taking online. I do hope to go for walks soon. We still don't don't know when C will have his surgery, so most of the summer plans are put on hold for now, hopefully we find out soon.

Happy Easter

I hope everyone is celebration the joys of Easter and what the Jesus did for us.

St. Paul clinic appt. Tuesday

C, DH, and I leave tomorrow at 9:30 pm on the train for the appt. Tuesday. We should get to St. Paul Tuesday morning about 8am. Aunt S will be here tomorrow evening to stay with the other children. I am asking for prays that everything goes well.
C is excited about going on the train and going to the Mall of America.

My BD gift

My DH gave me a new Laptop on Tuesday as a early early birthday gift, he couldn't 20 some day until my actual Birthday. I love the new laptop, it makes my homework go better.

St. Paul clinic appt.

The train tickets are bought and the car in St Paul rented. DH, C and I leave Monday evening on the train for C preop. appt. in St. Paul. On Tuesday he had a few test and we meet with the DR. and I believe that we will set the date for his palate surgery for sometime this summer.
We will get back sometime Wednesday morning. Aunt S will come and stay with the other children.
I am praying that this trip will go well and that there will be no surprises.
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Finally Nice Weather

Today was a very nice ,lots of melting. It so nice to have nicer weather.
DH, T, M and I went to Minot to get some supplies and stuff. T had gift Cards for Barner and Noble so we went to and he got a new book and Magic kit. T also paid for a book for M. We had a good time and the boys were very well behaved.
I am hoping that the weather checks getting nicer.

Praying for family and Friends in Bismarck

We are praying for all the people in Bismarck area and in the Fargo area.
We especially are praying for family and friends in Bismarck.

Spring where are you

More snow and no school yesterday, I am praying for family and friends in the Bismarck area.
When will spring come and stay. I did not go to work today because the School is closed, WS got 18 inches of snow.
I hope that spring will be here soon and we can be outside and have some fun.
I am suppose to go to Bismarck on Thursday evening and stay until Saturday, three of the five have appt., we will see if I can make it As of now there is a road covered with water about 15 miles from there.

We decided that we will not go to Bismarck for the appts. and reschedule for sometime in April.

Spring ??????????????????

What happen to our spring weather? The last few days were very nice but today it's rainy and cold. They said that it is going to snow. Our driveway is a mud pits, we do need any more water. Oh well
the girls and I served fellowship that church this morning, we had fun working together. The boys were not felling well.
I will be taking some of the children to the doctor that the end of the week.
I an enjoying take my classes and working in the high school special education resource room at WC.

Happy Birthday to my 10 years

T is 10 years old today, he is now in double digits. We had a party for him this past Saturday. Only two friends showed, T said that his party was great. He took cupcake to school for his class.

Happy Birthday DH

My DH Birthday is today.
Happy Birthday to my best and the father of my children.
E baked and decorated a cake for him and she also made supper tonight.

Master degree

Started the next class for my master degree yesterday. I think this one will take more work then the last class. The WS school is need me to work almost every day. I am not sure if I can handle that,my class and my mother/wife life. I am still trying finger this out. DH and the girls are trying to help more but , K has track now.
C has not be wanting to go to school lately and T had a take to" take a day off from school" last wednesday. T has been better behave since then, but we just don't know when he will act up again.
When will spring come, it has been snowing since last night.

Another weekend

I will be going to visit my sister again this weekend. E has a doctor appt. Friday and then she going to visit her aunt over night. Saturday we will come home again. I am going to get my hair trim on Firday.
I will be teaching the next two weeks.

The next three week

The next three weeks I will be working full time at W.S. school .
I went to the meeting for M , they decided to do lots of assessments to get the whole picture of how he learns.
T has been having better days at school and he has been bring home his homework.
DH ,C and K are sick today.
E has been trying to help out at home and with the boys.
I had a good day teaching.
Just another week in the life of my family

Back home

The girls and I home from week away. We had a great time. I didn't get very thing done while we were there.
Now back to schoolwork and housework.
The boys were kinda messy, so now I have clean the house and do a lot of washing.

Girls weekend away

The girls weekend away at my sisiters got off to a ruff start, jsut as we got to town we had a flat tire and my sister and I tried to change it but ran into problems , so I call my brother and he can to help us. About three hours later we get to my sister's place, very cold and tired.
This morning K and E got hair cuts and them the four of us did alot of shopping.
Now it is back to her place to have supper and watch some movies. I will have to work on my school as we watch movies. Tomorrow we will go back home after my bother put the tire back on the van.

Chewlery

A friend of our gave M chewlery it a special necklace for him to chew on instead of his shirt.
I hope this will help, I was trying to copy and paste a picture but it did not work.
M children study got rescheduled to Monday.
T teacher told that he is doing well lately.
C stay home today because he did feel well.
K will start track in Tuesday.
The girl and I are going to visit my sister for a girls weekend.

Prays needed

Tomorrow we are have a child study at for M to see if they will develop a behavior plan. He has been having some behavior problems. T has been having some problems at school, some of the problem involves picking on C. I have been trying figure out if I should try to get a teaching position for next fall, but I am not sure if my family could handle this. The girls and DH would need to help more then they are now. K said yesterday that she could not bring friends home because our play is never clean. DH said that I should stay home, but I should do what makes me happy. I could use some prays to work though is and do the right things for the best interest of my family.

Chewing on clothes

M seen to always chew on his clothes, I don't know what I can do to keep him from doing this. We have tried differnet things, but so far nothing has worked, if anyone has any suggestions like me

DayTime Date

DH and I took a road trip to Minot to get some stuff that he needs for the bathroom repairs and we got to spend some time together. We had a good time together with out children. Tonight K and E are playing the school band at a Boy's Basketball game , so we are going to the game and have some girl time.

We told C about the appointment for April 7, he didn't take it to bad. We might take a train to St.Paul for this appointment and that could be exciting. M has been chewing on his clothes for months and we can not get him to stop. K take C to the movie tonight they had a good time. E and I watch P.S. I Love You, she had not seen it before. T is still reading books all the time.
DH worked in the bathroom today, but it is going slow.

DH just told me that C has his first appointment with St Paul Clinic, he will be having some repairs done on his palate this summer. We hope this will help him a lot. We do have go to MN for the surgery.

Teenagers

E has been very grumpy towards me, I don't know why. I am sorry that her mother is not giving her any attention.
K and E don't think that they need to help around the house, but they do think that they are the parents to their three brothers.
I spent the weekend painting the upstairs bathroom,it looks nice. DH needs to put the floor down, install the toilet and sink. I don't know when he will be able to do that because he go to Fargo tomorrow and comes back on Friday.
I taught in the third grade today and it didn't go well. I have to go back to teach the same class.
I have to weeks left of the class and then I start a new one in March.
The are doing ok.

A new blog

I have not be able to find my old blog,so I am starting a new blog
The family has been busy with school and painting and redoing the upstairs bathroom.
My DH and E went to Bismarck for a benefit breakfast. The rest of us went to church and Sunday school today. Tomorrow I have to teach. I will continue to update later