Do I still love Florida?

So after the non-exsistent tropical storm fay for us. It barely rained where we live. We were in the eye of the storm pretty much the whole time. Mind you, I was so worried on Saturday that I did not let the kids go anywhere and they even cancelled church for sunday thinking the storm was coming right for us. But now we are waiting to find out where Gustav is headed. Last year we did not have to worry about even one storm. I guess we are making up for it this year. All the uncertainty is exhausting me! They are expecting this to turn into a huge storm once it hits the Gulf Of Mexico. As of right now they think it may be Category 3 when it gets out into the warm water. Right now we are in the "cone of uncertaintity", hopefully we will know more sooner than later.
On another note Hannah lost her 2nd tooth today. She lost it at school right before I got there to pick her up. I am not as sad this time as I was with the first one. She was so excited she got a little treasure chest from the school to put it in. I really think she made a point of pulling it out at school just for the treasure chest. Wish us luck with this storm, I can only pray that we don't get hit. This love hate relationship with Florida is exhausting!

I'm Still Laughing

So the other day I got this email from my in-laws titled First Day of School. I thought maybe they had something to say about my blog. So I open the email and there is a link to this picture!
I am still laughing.

Here She Comes!

Well, I guess this weekend Tropical Storm Fay will be heading our way. I wish this was a long last Aunt coming to visit, but unfortunatley this is an unwanted visitor. This storm has really beaten up Florida. We are allready in a Flash Flood watch, and the rain is not expected till Saturday. It should be a very interesting weekend. When this is all over I will let you know if I still love Florida!

First Day of School

Today was the first day of school for the kids. Someone asked me today when I saw them at the store, "how do you spell relief" S-C-H-O-O-L!! Don't get me wrong I love my kids, but I do enjoy the school year when I can have a few hours to get things done with no interupptions. This year is very enventful. Carissa started her Senoir year today with much excitment.
She is so excited to be a senior. It is fun to see her so happy about what the future holds for her. I am excited for all the fun things we have to look forward to this year. Christopher started High School today. He was quite nervous. He kept asking Carissa all sorts of things and more than once. I am sure his year will be a success after he gets over the first day jitters.
Bryan this year is the big man on campus. Being in the 8th grade. He is excited to moving forward and I am sure this will be an exciting and busy year for him. Hannah started first grade today. She was so excited and very cute. She has her really good friend in class with her and that made things even better.Well off to welcome the kids home from school. I am sure we will have a busy and eventfull year. Stay Tuned! Oh I almost forgot. I guess I had no need to worry as of right now Fay is not heading our way! But I have learned my lesson and will be more prepared for what lies ahead. So for right now, I still love Florida!

Fay Who??

OK, I have been out of the loop for the past week or so. I have not seen or heard the news. Matt came home tonight and asked if I had gas in the van. I thought he was asking because we have to get Uncle Mike to the airport in the morning. No, he is asking because Tropical Storm Fay is possibly heading this way. What? I am not ready for a Tropical Storm that could possibly turn into a Hurricane according to the news report I saw this evening. There is so much I had planned on doing to be more organized in the event that we had to leave our home and bring our valubles with us ie: my pictures. I have pictures stored everywhere around the house. I kept putting off and putting off thinking I had all the time in the world to get everything in a central location in the event we have to leave! Now, I have no time to get everything ready. I am sure I am stressing way to much about this and all will be fine in the end, but I will be up thinking about this all night. Tomorrow is allready busy as it is. I need to take the kids school shopping, chaperone a church dance in the evening, plan a lesson for sunday, clean my house, do laundry. To many things to do and now to add on top of all of that I have to prepare for a possible Hurricane. Seriously who would not be stressed out and if you are one who would not be please inform me of how you do it, I need some serious advice! To top this all off the kids first week of school starts on Monday. And I was just saying today how much I love living in Florida. We shall see if I still feel the same way after all this excitement!

Mixed Emotions

Well, it is official Hannah has lost her first tooth. She has been working for weeks to loosen this tooth up and get it out. Yesterday she really got it loose while we were at the Mall. Every mirror we saw she had to stop at and see how much it would wiggle. As Hannah and I were sitting in the car waiting for my 3 other ones to emerge from the movies, she says to me, "look mom" Here tooth at this point was just really hanging on by a thread. So I told her " you need to pull that thing out" and with that she says with a proud smile on her face " I just did". She was so excited the blood pouring from the spot was not an issue. She was so excited she had to call her daddy and then grandma's to tell them the exciting news. She came straight home put the tooth in a baggy and straight under her pillow for the tooth fairy. Thank goodness the tooth fairy stopped by last night, and since it being her first tooth and all she received $5.00. She is one lucky girl. Just a side note the reason why this is titled mixed emotions is because, I am pretty sad that my little baby is growing up and this is just one more milestone that makes me realize how fast they grow up and how I need to enjoy every moment I have with my 4 beautiful children.