6 months late!

And no the title of this does NOT mean I'm pregnant! Its been 6 months since I've done a blog! I guess with seeing everyone so much over the holidays, this kinda slipped my mind!

This year has already started flying by and its almost March. Corbin asks me every day if he gets to go to school, its kind of sad. But when I ask him if he wants to go he says no, so it means he still wants to come home with me! I'm a boring parent. I do homework all day and laundry and he starts begging to go get Cohen around 11am, daily! The last few weeks he has really started playing by himself more and letting his imagination run wild! Thursday, he wasn't feeling well and was just being a little toot and would just throw a fit and cry for no reason. So we had to go to the bank and I decided it was time to wash my hair for the week (ha) and when I got done I walked into the kitchen and there was trash everwhere. So, I got Bella, beat her and threw her out. Corbin starts crying and runs to his room, like he'd done a million times already, so I ignored him and finished getting ready. When I'm done, he is still crying in his bed so I go in there to see what's wrong and he tells me that it wasn't Bella that made the mess, it was him! He was sad because Bella got in so much trouble!! It was the sweetest thing to see him have feelings for something else! So, I told him to go get Bella and bring her back in the house, she wouldn't come to me!!

Cohen can read. I do not remember reading in Kindergarten! He can also do addition and some subtraction. Its insane! He brings this homework home and does it in no time! Blows my mind! I hope he can stay on top of doing the math. I hate math and was never able to get the concept of it and I hope he doesn't feel that way!

Randy will be participating in the Bataan Death March this year. I think its around the end of March. He wants me to do it too but I don't think I'd make a 26 mile walk across the desert! No Thanks, I'll have a jug of water waiting at the finish line! ha ha Eating a chili cheese dog drinking a dr pepper! hahaha
I'm going to go do some homework and try to get a head start on this week! HA!

Back to School

I can not believe how fast this summer has gone! My baby starts KINDER next week and I dread it! He is excited, at times, and not so excited at times. I am a little nervous, anxious, (and ready)! Corbin will not be in a 'daycare center' this year. I have found a lady that does a daycare out of her home, AND....she has an 8 month old little girl!! SO CUTE! Randy has already told me to not go there. But the lady is really nice, she has 4 other kids she watches and its only $60 a week!! (vs. $140 at daycare) I found her on CRAIGSLIST!!! Randy was against the whole idea of it, but I have met her and Corbin loved it at her house, so I think we'll be fine! He starts Monday!
As for our college life, ugh, I dread it. Randy is taking night classes on MTF and has a mid morning class on MWF, so he will be busy, but at least he'll be home 2 nights a week! I'm only taking 1 class that requires me to go, and 3 online classes. Hopefully the days that Corbin is at 'school' I'll be able to do my school work rather than clean house so much. At least that is my ultimate goal!!
As for Cohen, his arm is doing fine. He doesn't have to wear the sling any longer and goes back to the dr on Aug 24th. He thinks its so cool now since all 4 of us are now the same, we've all broke something! woohoo. :
Sorry there aren't any pictures, my batteries are dead and I refuse to go to WalMart for ONE item!

Long Over Due!!!

I know, I haven't posted on here in FOERVER! I hope everyone is haveing a wonderful summer, we are! I took and passed (with A's) 2 summer classes, so now I am a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant)! I get to wipe butts and clean crap and get PAID!! hahahaha Now I just need to get a job. I've applied to both hospitals so I hope to hear something soon! (Pray for me!)

We started the summer off with birthdays! I can't believe Cohen is FIVE already! And my baby is THREE!! (is it time for another yet!?!) Since Randy and I have both been so busy we've been fishing alot to be with the kids. I still haven't caught a stinkin fish! Cohen has caught the most! Corbin and I aren't so patient!! We like to cast it out and reel it in!!! And we've gone to Roswell a few times and to the Ranch to work cows. Tball season came and went so fast! It was alot of fun again! Cohen LOVED playing! About half way thru the season he started hitting the ball really well and making it to second base! (hes' slow so 2nd base is amazing!) And was even able to play the whole game when they let him! He misses now but we play catch alot!

Corbin is growing like a weed. He is tall and skinny and can't keep shorts up because he has no hips and no butt!! He thinks he is just as big as Cohen and does just about everything Cohen does, except the monkey bars! I had to put a stop to that one!! He kind of has issues with me right now, I think its because I have been gone with school. And the Horrible 3's are all rolled into one.

Randy and I have the front of the house ready for the rocks! We got the base coat on today and I hope we do it all right from here on out! This is the side that people will see! :S And I'm nervous about it looking odd! I think we're going to do rock it this week while the kids are in Lubbock! Or not, I could use a few days of lounging!!

Also, I am no longer a runner up for the Mother of the Year award! I (and Randy mostly) LOST CORBIN!!!! On the 4th of July!! In a mob of people, at a lake!! He was actually found before I knew he was lost, Thank God!! It was the worst feeling in the world. Then Cohen felt bad because he thought it was his fault since they were supposed to STAY TOGETHER! hahaha But we assured him it was not his fault. I'm afraid to take them to El Paso yet I lose them in Dexter, a po-dunk dairy town with less than 1000 residents! hahaha Thankfully they were both accounted for when we left and still are here.

We've also had a litter of puppies! 11 again! This time they have all survived and have found good homes! Except for one, he must be special! They have been alot of fun and watching them grow so fast has been an experience! I didn't name any of them, I didn't get attached to any of them, and I didn't cry when any of them left!! Amazing, I know, but I was so busy with school, I barely had time to feed them all!! And I don't think we're going to have any more! Dixie was being sucked to death by 3 weeks! I was feeding them puppy milk and rice cereal as soon as their eyes were open and walking around! And the first few left at 5 weeks! She still looks way too skinny, but I hope with only one puppy left she'll fatten back up soon!

I'll try to keep this thing up to date a little better now that I'm not SO busy! Enjoy the pics!

just another day at the Reed house!

Lizzards

To start the morning off, Bella kept pouncing around playing with what I thought was a feather, but eventually realized it wasn't a feather. Corbin wanted to keep it, but this time I said no! I don't want another mouth to feed (and Dixie's about to pop, again!) Corbin was sad, but he was a big boy and let it go!

T-ball

Around here T-ball practice gets cancelled at least once a week, due to wind...so Randy took it upon himself to have practice with Cohen today. Our big tall fense protects us from the wind back there (for the most part)!

Haircuts

And Randy gave them both haircuts this afternoon and they look so much better! Anyway, Randy just informed me that I don't have time off until suppers cooked! HAHAHA Boy does he have something else coming to him! Cohen wants everyone to see his short hair! Corbin just want the food!

Gardening

And, the boys and I planted flowers today but I don't have any pictures of that! Amazing I know! They even got to pick out their own batch! Cohen picked red patunias and Corbin picked some little blue flowered things...not blue bonnets, but I don't know what they are! Ok, I'm starting to get really hungry now and the meat has been marinating long enough!

Corbin wants to put the movie I took up...he's about to have a break down about it! So enjoy!!

Our Housing Update

Well, as some of you might know...we ended up paying someone else to finish. Actually we just wanted him/them to put the colored coat on so it would look right. So Noel came by and informed us that what we'd done wasn't right, and we were done with all 3 sides (except the color coat). UGH. So, he said he can fix it by putting a whole new coat on top of what we'd done to smooth it out and make it even....for $1400. We don't have a money tree, but I think my Mom does, I hope she does...because she saved us and was brave enough to lend us the money!
THANKS MOM!!!

So, they started working on Monday and finished today around 3. It looks amazing. These pics don't show it very well, but it really looks so awesome! They did in 3 days what its taked us 3 months to do! And they did it right!

Cohen had to be in the pictures too...

And Cohen/ the Stinger's had their first Tball game yesterday (we missed it) but they won!!! Woo Hoo. Our next game is on Saturday at 10am. And this team has been practicing since January, twice a week! I know one of the players and his Mom...They mean business!!!!

And Corbin building fire stations and houses for his cars and dinosaurs!

T-Ball'in with Daddy

Randy and the boys playing catch...not very good pictures b/c I was hiding by the back door so they wouldn't see me! They played for several hours! Most things go for a few minutes,

20-30 at most before they are bored with it, but not today!! I was amazed! Maybe they'll go to bed and to sleep fast tonight...they are in the bath right now! I know, as long as I can hear them...they aren't drowning, OK!!

Yes, Randy was playing with the legos, he hates for toys to be in the livingroom unless he gets to play!!! What-a-baby!

Shoes and Hard Hat Required!

For starters, the wind isn't blowing today, and I hope it stays this way. Not sure about the rest of the world, but it has been SO WINDY here!

Leslie and Lesa came down for a few days and we got a lot done on the house. When I saw 'we', I mean Randy and Leslie. I hammered in some nails, but thats about it.

Anyway, I have to go put sheets on Corbins bed, we're trying to transition from pullups at night to big boy undies and washing sheets everyday is a pain in my...you know what. When he wears a pullup, he wakes up dry...when he wears undies, he pees...I'm not sure whats going on!!

Thowing on some base coat, I'll stand around and take some pictures...I'm not much help when I'm "not in the mood"....hahaha

And our lovely garden is surviving the wind!