Bert & Family

Will I ever rest?

2010-09-28T20:01:00.000-07:00

I'm so tired.. been up since 5:30 this morning. I was asked to represent non-traditional/re-entry students on the student advisory board. Kinda cool... I am so glad that I can participate in activities. I wish that I had gone to school when I was younger so I could do more.

The boys are in flag football and so I'm always running somewhere with them. We almost missed Miguel's game... good thing I put it in my calendar and got a reminder. Miguel likes it okay and Eddie just absolutely hates it. Meh.. now I know. He'll still have to play something and Miguel says he's ready for tackle football. .. I can't wait. Sasha is in cheer and she loves it and my Andi-bear is just too little. Maybe next year.

Willy is working nights and I hate it. He was on days for a while and it was wonderful. Now I never get to see him. He started school but being on nights has totally thrown him for a loop. Don't know if he'll get to finish this semester.

Work is fine and school is fine too. I'm kinda excited I switched to a Business major. More money and more chance for advancement. I get to see Stephen Covey speak on Thursday.... I'm like a giddly little school girl. Well time to put the kiddies to bed... until next time.. :)

January

2009-01-06T16:24:00.000-08:00

So.. I'm so freakin excited to be back at work. Blah... It's the first week of classes and I swear everyone wants to drop or add classes.
Anyway... New Year's was perfect. We stayed home and had McDonald's for dinner. Willy drank beer, I had a few sips of a mixed drink and I felt woozy, and we had fireworks. That is my idea of perfect. Just being home. William looked like he wanted to run away screaming but oh, well.. he decided to get married so, he has to deal with it :-)
The kids were very excited with their Christmas presents. Thank you family for your kindness and generosity.
Sasha decided she wanted pink hair. So my kids are now rainbow hair children. Sasha has pink hair extensions, Eddie had green sprayed into his hair and Miguel decided he wants red hair for school. Everyday.
I took the girls to the dr. Sasha has strep throat and the baby has Hand-Foot-Mouth disease. (Not to be confused with foot-and-mouth disease which is a cattle disease and not related to this one) It sounds gross but it's just little bumps in the back of the throat, fever and rash. She just has the bumps and fever but the dr said is should get better in about a week. Yay me.
Anyway... I guess I'll pretend to work.

Just you know, an update

2008-12-23T14:32:00.000-08:00

So... it's been a while. Halloween was fantastic. The kids all looked so cute. Halloween was not a bust this year. So we were all happy, yay!

Thanksgiving was good. We went to Willy's family's and I was pleasantly surprised that everyone was so well behaved. I'm just a little bundle of negative energy because I was prepared for the worst, but it was good and Mallory's mom made the best stuffing every, yummy...

I love all my kids but my Eddie bear is quite a character. He made a cute little Christmas tree out of Popsicle sticks. He decided that his "tree" needed a name. He decide to call it Tony... Tony Sorensen. Um... I'm not sure where he picked this name from..but ok.

Then Eddie bear and Sasha wanted to play dress-up. With my clothes. Eddie looks fantastic in my high heels. That's not good, is it? Oh, so then... the next day Eddie and Sasha change their names. Sasha is now "Holly" and Eddie is "Ginger" (imagine my face)

I love my babies. So yeah, I'm kinda without a phone and internet and cable, but you know what? I have four beautiful children and a loving husband. What else could ask for? (maybe cookies)

Anyway, Merry Christmas to everyone and a Happy New Year!!!

Nothing New

2008-10-28T14:43:00.001-07:00

Ugh, I haven't updated because I've been sick (cough, cough) I'm feeling better, but not really. Everything is okay. William is still working at the farm. The kids are doing fantastic: Miguel is still struggling w/ homework. Eddie has a new toy octopus he names Squidy. Sasha is super tall and needs new pants, and Andi-bear is a cookie monster just like her mom. I'm trying to catch up in school and that's about it.
Oh, this weekend we went to go see William's cousin that is on leave. He's been in Iraq and has two weeks off to see family.
Um, other than that everything is hunky dory

Poor Bambi

2008-10-20T14:40:00.000-07:00

Ugh, so I guess this weekend was the big deer hunt. Um, no comprendo. But I guess this is the the "thing" to do in Utah. I feel so bad for Bambi's mom...or dad.

So William busted out 3 knives, purchased 3 different kinds of bullets( shells) whatever, all kinds of orange clothes, and went a huntin' So after three days of trekking all over the mountainous hills he came back with.... NADA! Poor Willy. While hanging out with his family I found out he never actually has shot a deer. He's had help but hasn't actually got one on his own and yet every year he tries. He will succeed.

On the other hand, my brother in law, Jack, caught a big one. (so I assume) I really don't understand. Really I don't. Oh, and then you have to clean, skin, and fillet the poor creature and then stuff it in your freezer. EWWWWWW... no deer guts for me, thank you very much.

I want to know what the difference is with shooting a deer and tagging one? Isn't that the same thing? Huh? Lame.

I want to go back home and enjoy my favorite sports.... eating out and shopping!! Yay for all the outlets in CA.

Anyway, back to work...

The Kids

2008-10-15T12:32:00.000-07:00

So everyone is recuperating from strep, asthma, and the like. I've got Eddie and William on inhalers. Eddie is doing better but that guy, William, will not give up smoking. The doctor told him he has a little bit of damage on his lungs and the kids heard and they started crying (well only Miguel) but still they got scared. I hope he realizes that the kids love him.

Anyways, this was supposed to be about the kids. I went to parent teacher conferences and my babies are doing fantastic. Eddie is doing above average in Math and Reading...(I'm not sure which parent he got that from, but I know not from me or his dad... strange)

Miguel is doing better. The teacher says Miguel is a wonderful student, but like always, he'll sit to do homework and then just zone out. He needs someone to sit with him.

I am very proud of both my boys. Yay for boys! I hope they stick with school and make their career goals come true.

My Little Bear

2008-10-10T12:25:00.000-07:00

I'm so sad :-( my little Eddie bear is sick. I hate when he is sick. If you know my little bear he is really, really stubborn. If he doesn't know you or like you he will not talk to you. He knows me and he won't talk to me sometimes. So I ask him what is wrong and he just looks at me with his big brown eyes. Ugh.... So we went to the doctor and he has strep throat and his asthma is acting up too. He just called me and told me he wants me to go home, but my supervisor is MIA. (grrr)

Um, hi

2008-10-06T12:07:00.000-07:00

I'm such a copycatter... I saw Stick's and Lauren's Blog and now I want to be cool too :-) I love doing things like this once I figure out how to use it. Now I can brag about my babies and me. Yay me! So... now what?? I guess I'll just figure out what to do later. I have to go back and pretend I'm working.