a little of everything

Well it is about 12:30 in the morning and I'm still up so I thought I would blog. I think that sometimes I stay up late just to be in the quiet. My everyday is so loud and hectic that the quiet is a rare but wonderful treat. And even though I'm not very good at it I like to write, it helps me clear my mind and also focus on the positive things around me. So because I haven't written in a while I will try to update as much as I can.

First of all we have had a very good summer so far. The boys are doing so well at swimming! Joshy is now swimming like a fish just like his parents. Scott is back to being his fearless self, as long as he has floaties and a ring float on. Eli hated the big pool at first but love his small "bath" as he calls it. Now Eli likes the big pool as long as he is with his daddy cause his mommy dunked him :) So swimming is a lot of fun with the boys this year.

Our 4th was really fun! We went to Cindy's fireworks stand and saw her for her birthday , and then we got lots of toys (or as most would call them fireworks) for my husband. We all chip in so that we can buy lots of good stuff. This year our contribution had to just be the good prices we get. So we went to our friends house(Kerri and Joe) and had a good dinner and then fireworks. The men turn into really big kids when we pull out the fireworks. It is truely like Christmas to them and they love putting on a good show for us! Eli didn't like the fireworks and Joshy really doesn't care much for them either. Scotty does like them as long as his ears are coverd. You would think seeing the shuttle lift off that sound wouldn't be an issue anymore!

So we are getting ready to move to my parent's house in a few weeks. Packing has been a big pain. I think that maybe the trying to pack with three kids is the hardest part. First of all the boxes have been so fun for them and I can't keep them out of them! Second if I sit down for one second to look through something the Eli wants to be in my lap. Third, we have lived here for 6 years and that means we have a lot of stuff and trying to decide what goes with us, what goes to storage and what goes to trash is so hard. I am getting excited about moving though. I know that this is a good thing because we will have a fresh start after Josh gets out of rookie school! My plan is to only live there a year but if need be we can stay longer. My parents have really been awsome in this whole process! Life is about to change for everyone, but I think it's going to be fun!

So Josh did get onto the Fire Department and we are of course exstatic! He has been trying for 10 years and presistance has finally paid off. God amazes me in how he can see the big picture and we just have to wait on Him for us to get a glimps of it. Through the years of trying I would get so frusterated with God, because I knew this would be such a good thing for our family and I just couldn't understand why Josh couldn't catch a brake. Now I know that some of it was that we just needed to grow up. After being a cop Josh is so different. He is way more confident of his abilities and has more knowledge of whats out there! I joke that we have watched eachother grow up! But in so many ways it is the truth! We have gone from teenagers to adults and we are lucky enough to have grown together instead of apart. Anyways, I also think that God wanted to see how bad we wanted this. Every year except this year we would have gotten a pay increase if he had gotten on the Department but this year we are going to take a 7000 dollar pay cut for the fire dept. But we know that it is worth it in the long run! So now all I'm worried about is loosing 40lbs before is fire dept. graduation in November!

Well I think that I have hit on most of what is going on here and I'll try to update more often and post some pictures :)