Loving Summer 2009!

I got my REALTOR License, sold my first house 4 days later, been very busy with new clients and open houses, still have my chocolate business and praying it keeps going well without me being there much, made offers on homes for ourselves, was really under the gun since we were going to be homeless in 30 days, backed out of one contract cause we got cold feet and found out about our new home on 4.5 acres! Whew! So we moved a couple of weeks ago, and a week later went to the Ozarks for a week, now back to the grind and the mess of boxes in our house!

Ryker has grown so much the last year. He is mister independent. Does what he can to get out of chores and would be thrilled to just play with friends all day, outside or on video games. I was worried of how he would be moving because he had so many friends on our street and they were over constantly. Now we don't have neighbors and it's good and bad. He took a friend with him to the lake. That helped till we got to Grandma's cause the cousins didn't come till the weekend. They swam and lit off fireworks non stop. They also ate a LOT! He's going to all day church/soccer camp this week and leaves for bible camp on Sunday till Friday. He went there for a weekend last fall and is really looking forward to it. There are others from our church going and he requested to be in a cabin with a friend.

Raven is talking as much as ever. She still gets a bit hyper when eatting the wrong foods. (did I say a BIT?) She loves playing with her baby sister. She talks about friends non stop. She loves clothes and I have no say already. She really started swimming when we were at the ozarks. our condo had a pool as well as grandma's. she wanted to be in there non stop. She talked her cousins ears off. She also kept the conversation flowing by sitting up at grandma and grandpas bar asking what everyone's "favorite's" were. "What's your favorite color, boy singer, singing group, country, state, drink." It was fun to hear everyone's differences and if they matched you'd high five! Her idea. Hard to believe she's going to be only 7 the end of this month.

Paisley is growing and talking a lot! She can carry on a conversation like her sister. I've noticed it a lot more in the past several weeks. "That's Momma's pop Raven! You're gonna be trouble and go to your room you bad girl!" She also tells everyone she was born in Vietnam and when she was a little tiny baby Momma held me like this.. showing with her arms and legs! I really need to get started on her lifebook so I can show it and read it to her daily. I started it 2 years ago! then haven't got back to it. I also started a video of pictures, music and words. Pais became a true swimmer, putting those floaties on, jumping in and floating all around the pool. She would float on her back when you told her to as well. It was amazing! She just loves the water. Her brother and sister where never like that! But Pais has been in the water a lot more then them I think. The poor thing got stung by a bee before our trip. She didn't act like it bothered her but it left the stinger there, got all swollen and red, i took her to the dr. and he removed it. Then the next night it was all infected and oozing. She tested postive for staph so got put on antibiotic. Then a week later the dr. calls and says it tested for a kind not covered by the meds she was on. Then she started getting a boil under her arm! It oozed too! So pray this new medicine works fast! Now I have one. Here we go again. I'm hoping it goes away. I'm using the nose meds and all the hibiclins stuff. Not really worried about me though, just pais. Let's enjoy our summer kids!