Finally 70lbs

Lauren was diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease 2 years ago. Basically she has no thyroid and will probably always be tall and thin her whole life ( sickening I know). Today was our 6 month check-up. They look at her weight, height, check her hormone levels etc...  Well today she has officially hit 70 lbs ( 70lbs 2 oz to be exact)  which for her is huge. Not sure why that number is a big one for her but she was so EXCITED.  Today she said something that really stuck with me. " Mom, having thyroid issues makes me part of who I am. Taking a pill everyday kind of stinks but it makes me feel better. Its just a part of my life.".  Love her attitude. The doctor said shes in great health and she will see us again in 6 months.

Been awhile..

I know for all of the 3 people that actually read my blog. I am sure that you all have been checking in daily to see what is going on in the Wheeley House.  Well the list goes on and on .. will update you later on our exciting lives ( if only it really was ).  We are full swing into summer and I am ready for the kids to go back to school today. We still have 4 more weeks left and we all may not make it.   More to come later....

Spanking on Lebanon

Last week the kids fighting was crazy. It was constant and got louder and louder every waking minute. We were headed back from who knows where.  I look in my rear view mirror to see toys flying , kids SCREAMING ( you get the picture). I came to a complete stop on a major road, at this point the car became very quiet. I jumped out of the car went and pulled both kids out on the sidewalk. To which I spanked  them. Yes I did.. right on broad daylight on a major road. Lauren is yelling Mommy people will see you and you could go to jail. Well take me then because I am done with the fighting. Walker of course is yelling dont beat me I love you sooooo much Mommy. I sooo sooo sorry. ( Notice Lauren offers no apologies just keeps saying I could go to jail).  About the time that Lauren spoke up a car drove by and honked while giving me a thumbs up. Other Mothers know exactly what I am going thru at this point in the summer.  We have 4 weeks left.

Lord hear my Prayer -- please help me not kill my children.  If you are willing please help me in the patience department. It is extremely low and could use some assistance. Amen !!

July 4th

  A week or so before the 4th Mike and Kristi Munoz offered us the use of their pool, since they were going to be out of town.  We told them that we had plans to hang with all of the Haarala's, they said no problem. We took them up on there offer. Which I was so happy we did after all of the chaos that took place at our house the day before. 

After several hours of swimming Terri started taking pics of everyone. These were the ones taking of our family.  I am not any of the pics because NO ONE wants to see me in a swim suit. After swimming we met for dinner at Casa Rita, then over to Terri and Richie's to watch the fire works. It was a fabulous day with great friends.

Great Flood of 2012

Kids and I left the house to run a few errands before the big 4th of July holiday. We were only gone about 3 hours, when we got home Walker came in the house first as he typically does. He came running into the garage to tell me that there was water ( his voice was not panicky by any means) , I assumed one of the dogs had an accident. Lauren ran in after him to check it out, I was still getting bags out of the car. Lauren came flying out the back door with a look of PANIC on her face.  I knew something was BAD. I ran in after her to find WATER ALL OVER the place. Well let me clarify all over, 1/2 of the family room. 1/2 of the master , most of the front all, 1/3 of the dining room, all of the powder bath, all of the coat closet. So pretty much EVERYWHERE . Needless to say I lost it, several not very nice words came out of my mouth.  Walker said, " Sissy we better get out of her before Mommy's head blows off".  

The water was coming from the feeder connector tube on the toilet.  It some how burst and water was spewing everywhere. I have been married to Ken long enough to know that I needed to shut the water off from the toilet which I actually knew how to do. 

First try I was unable to get a hold of Ken. Lauren called him from her phone still no answer. I text-ed him 911 to which he called me back.  He of course was so calm and I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.  Literally I thought I was going to lose it.. Anyway we called Service Master and the insurance company. Service Master was great , they were at our house with an hour and a half.  They had to leave 8 very large fans, 4 De-humdifiers and some other fan looking thingy in the house for 5 days. It sounded like a tornado in here.  Insurance ... well they aren't so great. We are still haggling with them over what needs to be repaired and how much money they are willing to give us. ( Example, Mrs Wheeley,  we will only replace half of your base boards.) Such a HUGE PAIN IN THE BUTT.  Anyway its going to be a long process getting all of the repairs done. Silver lining it all of this .. we will get new carpet, flooring and paint.

Answers prayers

 Walker is more than ready for this school year to be over.   Tomorrow is field day but there is a 80% chance of rain. This is the conversation we had over dinner.

 Me- Walker it looks like rain tomorrow so you may not have field day.
Walker- Hmm... well Mommy I need to have a talk with God about holding off on the rain.
Me- Its always a good idea to pray but it could still rain.
Walker- Mommy he answers prayers ALL the time and this one a really important. I think God knows that my brain needs a break from learning.

For the sake of EVERYONE that has to deal with Walker tomorrow. Please let the rain not come till later. Please Lord, that is my prayer.. AMEN

Helping out...... NOT !!!

Walker has a binder that gets either a smiley face or a sad face daily. Actually he gets two faces a day. That way if he has a bad morning he can turn his day around and get a happy face in the afternoon. Last week while Mrs Montes was out for the day he had a substitute. One who he has had before and knows her rules. Anyway she asked him to come work on something. He has no desire and apparently made a fuss about it. She told him that if it didn't get done she would have to sign his binder so that I would know. Well he then took it upon himself to get his binder and but his own smiley face. If you look closely at the picture you can see that there is a smiley face with a frown drawn over it. Well that is the one he made and then his substitute changed it. When we asked him why he did it, " he said well, she was very busy with all the other children and needed some help. So Mommy, I was just helping her. Its good to help people." After I left the room to laugh and then came back. I let him know that this was not the appropriate kind of help.

My Mom reminded me that in 2nd grade I forged her name when I note came home from school. My Mom's name is Beverly.. I signed the note Beberly.. haha !! I guess that apple doesn't fall far from the tree. I do love that boy so much ..