back from hiatus...

well, I'm back from blogging hiatus. I have not made the time to write or to tell you about my crazy ass kids. Well, not much has changed, Ryan chooses when he will potty train... he was doing really good and then we left for the river and for 4 days he didn't potty train at my moms... so, now its been a real struggle to get him back into the swing of things. Aaron is really starting to stick up for himself now and is quite verbal. I haven't seen Brandon since the end of last month...we were supposed to go to the river this weekend but that is now out the window as Hans has decided to go to work.
Ryan has a new obsession with bouncy balls, he now calls them "jelly balls"... don't know where the phrase came from or why, but he can't stop talking about them.. He is also finding them all over the house and is driving everyone crazy with them.
Karen's boyfriend and his daughter and brother went to the river with us this past weekend... I think the daughter has ADD, enough said.
in all the years I have been going to the river with my husband, this past weekend was the shittiest... bad weather, rain... it sucked.
we had a lot of fun taking the rhino out for rides thru the trails at Parker... we almost hit a teryx head on ( or should I say a teryx almost hit us) in a canyon but we pulled out of it.
Work is going okay, its starting to get a little better, I love the location, the people and the flexibility, I just wish it was salary! miss that nice salary... oh well.
I splurged at big lots the other night and bought the boys a 3 piece summer pool... there is an alligator pool, an elephant that shoots water and a giraffe that has a waterfall from its long neck. I'm hoping it will warm up soon so that the boys can play with it. I think they are going to love it.
did i mention that Big Lots is freaking out of control... Walmart is definatley cheaper than them.. I almost shat myself when i saw this cute little zebra ottoman... for $250. WTF?! This isn't freaking Pier 1 !!!! and a really nice TV console for $1100. HOLY JESUS... Did Ethan Allen have a sale?! Can you believe those prices? That's ridiculous expensive. The Mathis Brothers and Living Spaces has furniture for cheaper... I'm still in shock.. Thank God my house is furnished!
I think I'm taking ryan to disneyland on friday after work... I'll have to convince my mom to go with us since I won't have a sitter for Aaron, unless my mom wants to stay home with Aaron...hmmm..... I doubt it, she's like a kid...she'll totally want to go. anyways, Mrs. Procrastination is here and she's got to write Chapter 4 of her thesis... so until then... here are your words for today.

Aaron: NOOOOO, IT's MINE!!!
Ryan: Daddy, you are not the boss, mommy is. ( that's my boy)