Sunday

I forgot to tell you yesterday that I forgot to get dressed on Sunday.
How retarded is that?
I didn't figure it out till I was getting ready for bed and found out I was already ready.

There was something else.
I forgot.

Oh well.

Fahren is pretty.

OH!
I remember.
I changed Sunday's picture.
For Grammy : )
She always took a picture of us standing in front of the car before we left.

Happy Birthday PoP

Today is my Dad's 80th Birthday!!

Another Tuesday Blog

Heres the third go round around.

John has been over doing things for GK today.
He is changing out the glass in the kitchen cabinets.
That makes me sad because I LOVE the gold glass that was in there, but it is important to GK to "update".
He said I could have the gold glass and that's enough to keep me happy.

Mid morning John drove GK to the eye doctor.
He got more new contacts, the kind you wear for three months and then throw away.
The Doc showed him a new way to try and put his lenses in himself, so he can try that tonight or tomorrow morning.
If not, I don't mind helping him.

The lady from the funeral home brought Grammy home today.
It's good to have her back, and she's in a pretty box in her bedroom.
GK's eyes leaked a little, but all in all he's doing well.
I think it's going to be hard for Kelly to leave tomorrow, but we all need to get on with living.
I think the best way to honor someone you love is to go on being the best you can be.
Sounds like an advertisment for the Army doesn't it.

Mike is driving for Safeway today.
He had to leave at 12:30 this morning.
Can you even imagine?
His company contracts with Safeway and hauls more groceries in the summer than logs, so they want him to start learning the ropes.
He starts in Olympia and goes a little North and then works his way back down South.

I think Kelly and I are taking the boys to open swim tonight.
The cousins would get a real gas out of getting to go again before they go home and Wyatt would think it's the coolest thing ever to go on a school night.
I'm going to sign Wyatt up for swim lessons this summer so we don't have anymore run ins with th OC lifeguards.

Ummmmmm that my be all for now.
I think Kelly and the boys are going to town to get something for dinner.

OH!

Wyatt went out to the bus this morning and waited for like twenty minutes.
No bus.
He waited.
Finally, the bus RACED up the hill passed him leaving him in the dust.
I called the bus garage.
Sub today.
She radioed and the bus had to turn around and come back for Wyatt.
You could hear the bus miss the road, back up, come back down the hill and pick him up.
Then he had to go all the way up the hill the wrong way and turn around and come back down and up the hill to get to the road to school.
Kids love that stuff.
I'm sure they were at least 20 minutes late.
Never a dull moment on the Ranch.

I think thats all.

C ya

eeeewwwwwww

GK and I took the poodles to the vet this morning for the pre-teeth cleaning check.
Yech.
It was soooo gross.
Who knew such little dogs could have such gross teeth.
As soon as I got home I looked at our fat dog's teeth.
They were all ok.
Thank Gawd.
Gross.
The girls go in next Tuesday and Thursday for the cleaning.
They have to be on anti-biotics till then so when they do the cleaning the grossness that comes off won't make them sick.
I think I need to go to the dentist to.
I hope my teeth don't look that bad : (

Wyatt is back in school today.
He was sad to go because Drew and Quinn are still here.
I think Kelly is going to try and book a flight for tomorrow.
I talked to Julie this morning and they had a good trip home and Olin is out of school this week on spring break.
Ingrid is not on break so Julie had to take her in to school this morning.
Isn't that retarded?
I think all the kids in the same district should be out at the same time.
If I was in charge thats how I would do it.

John was over today to burn garbage, but the weather has been so iffy, I don't think he got much done.
It is raining one minute and sunny the next.
Cold and windy too.

Um yeah.
Lets talk about this.
Jack quit paying his child support again.
Paid it just long enough to get out from under the courts nose and then quit.
He is such an ass.
I have called Texas and talked to the same lady a few different times.
I told her she was my only friend in Texas and thanked her for helping me.
She said "no problem Marilyn, I'll talk to you next week".
Clemmie from Texas.
Thanks Clemmie.

Ok, my show is going to be on in a little bit.
I have to go make my lunch.

Chow'

Oops

Sorry about the no blog yesterday.
We took the kids swimming and had a very busy day.
I set up a snapfish acct, so go and look at all the albums.
Trailerparkfarms.snapfish.com.
really good.

More later!

HAPPY EASTER : )

Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow

Wow.
The carlsons just left.
It seems like they just got here.
I like the part when they drive in better than when they drive out.

Kelly and the boys are still here.
I'm glad everyone didn't leave at the same time.
Things are going to be a lot different around here in a few days.
I'm glad kelly is still here.

Gk has been so happy with all the family around.
His family from Minnesota, ours from everywhere else.
He stayed up past 10:00 last night because he wanted to be part of the Easter basket brigade.
He mostly just sampled the candy.
Quality control is strict here on the fahrenholz Ranch.

Julie said he slept all night.
Didn't get up once.
Then he was outside with the kids to find eggs.
I think he wanted them to hurry and find them so Julie could devil them : )

Margie and her Mom came for breakfast and brought the best fruity cake thing ever.
I think she called it a tripple threat.
Margie just got a new Australian Shepard yesterday.
He's a rescue she got in Boise, but you would think they have been together forever.
There are some good pictures on Snapfish.
Remember, you can click the picture link in my favorite places to see the pictures.
There's TONS of good ones and you can view them as a slide show.

The egg hunt was a big success.
We hid (Mike Sr and Jr) 185 eggs.
Thats a lot a damn eggs.
We hard boiled and spray painted a goose egg.
The winner of the golden goose egg and six dollars was Fahren!
The boys were all good sports and nobody fought or cried.
I take that back.
One of the boys told Wyatt there was no Easter Bunny.
Wyatt believed him because he saw you could buy PeePs and Easter grass at Fred Meyer.
With some quick thinking and fancy talk I had him believing again in no time and the Easter Bunny lives on for another year.

Drew found a freshly laid duck egg in the bushes.
He thought maybe we had forgotten to color one, and then realized it was freshly made this morning.
I still cant believe we had all the kids together for Easter.
Except Wendy.
Wendy was here for the coloring of the eggs. (see pictures)
She misspelled her name on one of the eggs.
Silly Wendy.

Yeterday was a GREAT day at the pool!
The boys and Ingrid had so much fun.
I think Julie and I may have lost three pounds each in the sauna like bleachers.
Olin, Drew and Quinn were going off the diving board and down the slide till they were all but slick.
Wyatt couldn't pass the endurance test across the pool and a lifeguard sounded the alarm and jumped in after him.
I don't think Wyatt knew what was happening until the lifeguard turned him on his back and swam him to saftey.
He said "hey! What the heck"!
It was kind of cute and very high drama as the lifeguard dove in.
Kind of an Oregon City Baywatch type thing.
Sorry, I didn't get a picture of that.
So Wyatt was kept to the shallow end of the pool.
He was ok with that though because some little girl was having a Birthday party and Wyatt joined in with their merry making.
Becky, remember Wyatt at Delannie's YMCA pool party?
heh heh...that was funny.
How about the next year when I had to leave the pony party because I was having such terrible hot flashes.

Ok, so I'm going to go take a nap.
Drew and Quinn are doing their homework.
kelly is looking at cups and dishes.
GK is sitting on the porch with the poodles.
Mike is watching t.v with kind of a headache.
Wyatt is watching Drew and Quinn and more than likely giving them a headache!

See Ya.

The Easter Chicken

The easter chicken was very good to us this year.
72 eggs.
The kids colored them on the deck and put out some of the best lookin eggs you have ever seen.
I set up a Snapfish account so click on "Pictures" in my favorite places to the right and take a look.
All kinds of pictures we have taken through the week.

Mike Sr and Jr tried to get the cat running yesterday but determined it may be time to make yard art out of it.
I may go plant some daisies on it for GK.
I think he is still holding out hope for it though.
I think it's like a 1947, so I think it may have seen it's better days.
He's moved a lot of rocks and dirt with that old cat.

Julie bought out Costco yesterday.
With what I saw in the back of her suburban, I'm sure she must have left behind some empty shelves.
We had BBQ'd ribs with homemade ceaser salad, potatoe salad and and a table full of other goods.
It was great.
This morning she made another round of buttermilk waffles for all 14 of us and a HUGE bowl of fresh fruit.
GK LOVES it.