HOLY CRAZINESS BATMAN!!!What an exciting few months life has been in our family!!! Geesh...I'm not even sure where I should start!!!
I suppose I should start with...ummm...I know...its back a few months...BUT DEAL WITH IT...But let's jump back toooooo lets see... the beginning of March and Cayla is telling us she is already having contractions...HEELLLOOO----SHE'S NOT DUE TILL THE END OF MARCH!!! So the Big question that DJ and I start asking each other "When do I fly up to Washington and for how long?" After long discussions we decided to have me fly up a week and a half BEFORE her due date, keeping fingers crossed that NO BABY comes. I decided not to get a return ticket home because you never know what will happen- what if she's late...you know better safe then sorry.
SO up I went...then of course NO BABY!!! DAY after DAY went by...TICK TOCK...TICK TOCK...fast forward to the 29th and guess what...right as we all go to bed, make up off, PJs are on, everyone is settled in - Cayla's water broke and off we go to the hospital and on the 30th our sweet little Justin was born!!! Talk about staying up all night and all day!!
Right after that - yep grandma (ME) was heading back to the house to play with Eric and David. (Uncle Dan wasn't too happy I didn't show up 30 minutes earlier because he got stuck changing a blow out of a poopy diaper...his first, I think since his kid was little and now he's 15...blahahaha)
I ended up staying in Washington a little longer than I planned. I mean I didn't mind. I got to spend time with the grandbabies! I ended up missing Easter at home and I miss Joshua going to Prom!! But I got to do some fun things with Cayla, Craig and the boys and with Daniel!
Yep, we had Prom in April!! Gotta give Joshua credit...He looks pretty good in a tux!!! Now his dad on the other hand can't take pictures!! UGH...men!!! I left the good camera with him thinking I might not be back in time and whats he do...he takes the pictures with his phone...again...UGH...MEN!!!
Now that Prom is over its time to get down to the important stuff...SCHOOL IS ENDING...you know..."SCHOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER!!"
While at Cayla's I realized there was only a month left of school and I hadn't even done Joshuas graduation announcements - SO after the babies went to bed ever night that's what I worked on...one problem...Cayla took Joshua's Senor pictures at Christmas time and (I know I'm mom) but she did a really good job and I loved them all and I had a hard time just picking one. SO I picked a few and even those weren't the best ones they were just the easiest ones to make announcements out of! I know I could of put more than one pic on his announcements but I'm not that tech savvy, LOL. I'm as basic as you can get!!
On top of getting Joshua ready for Graduation we were also getting ready for Seth's 8th grade promotion. We didn't want him to feel left out at all. For years Seth has had a suit for Church, that is till he decided to grow like a skinny weed! The kid eats more than any grown man, heck any 10 men but is skinnery than a skeleton. So for the last 6 months, well longer, we've been looking for a suit for the skinny tall bean pole. Couldn't find anything! ugh, everything was short in the legs and arms, hug in the waist and shoulders! While in WA my nephew, who is tall and skinny had a suite and my brother said were he got one...So last week- yep last minute- off we went- WE FOUND HIM A SUIT...AND HE LOOKED AMAZING!!!
Right after we got the suit it was time to ship him off to Catalina! Yep thats right we got rid of our kid! LOL Not really...So the 8th graders take a trip to Catalina the last week of school. At 11:30 p.m...thats at night, you know just before midnight...you know when normal people are sleeping!!! The kids meet at the school, load up on the busses at 12:15 a.m-again thats in the morning!!!! Then they are off, out of our hair for 3 days!!! They get to CA and take a boat around 6:30 a.m...Now I knew my son would get sick - I even gave him meds to take cuz I knew BUT he didn't listen to me (I'M JUST MOM...WHAT DO I KNOW). He felt good so when they announced any kids who might get sick we want you up front, Seth thought he was good and stayed where he was and about half way he started feeling sick. He said he told his friends he'd be right back, went up top and proceeded to up chuck...SEE MOTHER KNOWS BEST...then he went back to his friends like nothing happened!
The rest of the week was a blast for them! They got back at 9:30p.m on Wed and had to be at the school Thursday morning at 7:30a.m for promotion practice. And then that night...THE BIG NIGHT...Seth was promoted 8th grade...HE'S NOW A FRESHMEN IN HIGHSCHOOL!! I'll be honest its been a long road to get to this point with him. There were some times I didn't think he'd live because I was going to KILL HIM!!! BUT HE DID!!! Now we are on to the next chapter in his life - HIGH SCHOOL! This shall be FUN with this one...Am I scared...OH YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!! LOL
Now Joshua had a pretty easy week leading up to graduation, actually hes last semester of school was pretty easy. He only went to school til 12:30. His first house he was a teacher assistant, second hour he had a criminal law class (which was his hardest class but pretty easy for him) and his last class was his culinary class which he had taken all 4 years for the food (smart kid). But the last week of school the seniors were out by 9...all they had was practice after finals and since Josh really didn't have any classes he was done! EASY EASY EASY!!
We went from one celebration right into another!! Joshua had to be dropped off at the High school the next morning at 6:45 a.m ...again we are talking in the morning people!!! His graduation was at 8a.m at the Goodyear Ballpark! (Let me add this little side note...it was 10 degrees cooler the next day, than it was the day of the graduation...COOLER!!!!!!!!!!!) Do you have any idea how HOT it was at 8a.m. And yes I was a BAD mother, I made my son wear a suit!! I did't think it would be so HOT at 8 in the morning...it was HOT, NO BREEZE, NO SHADE, JUST HOT.
OK back to the day...So out come the grads...Most of them were wearing these graduation shades they had made...and of course they didn't tell anyone...what rebels! Love it! The graduation it self was fine, just super long considering we were all hot! But when it was all said and done...WE HAVE A GRADUATE!! JOSHUA DID IT!!! We are super proud of him!
But that wasn't the end of our crazy day with him! You see this just lead right into our next event of the day!! Our best friend Russell was getting married! So right after the graduation was over Rus took off, didn't hang around for pictures and took off for Mesa. We took pictures then headed home, changed our clothes and headed to Mesa to be there for Rus and Cheri! Then we did the disappearing act just like him and took off before the pictures and headed BACK to our side of town to get things ready for the NEXT EVENT, Joshuas party!! But how awesome was it that Cheri and Russell took time to spend it with us...They came that night to the party!!! Crazy newlyweds!!! LOL
So now its time to rush around the house and get things ready for all the family and friends to come over to celebrate Joshua's big day! Of course it wasn't just about Josh...it was about him and his friends! So of course ALL of them were invited too! Nothing like having a house full of friends and family!!
Along with all of this there was also a trip to Tucson for my aunts funeral, physical therapy 3 times a week, a couple of concerts, getting Seth ready to leave for 3 weeks with his grandparents, seminary graduation, our 26th wedding anniversary, and whatever else I'm sure I forgot! I think I need a vacation!!!
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