Home Alone

Well the kids are both gone and it is unbelieveably quiet around here. Ryan has been gone for a month now. He is in upstate NY with his grandparents and Ashlyn is in Maryland at my sister's house. She has been there a week now. It is so weird to be alone w/ Duane. That hasn't happened in 12 1/2 yrs :) Although I am enjoying the alone time with him, I do so desperatey miss my kids. Good news is I will get to see them both sooner than expected!! Turns out that Big Brother Bob has decided to get married on July 26th so we are all meeting in NJ for that and I get my babies back!!

Other than that not much is going on here. I went up and met my newest neice last weekend, she is so beautiful and such a good baby. ALMOST makes me want another of my own.

That's pretty much it for me. Only 3 more weeks till I get a break from school!!

It's A Girl!

Not too much going on around here these days. My beautiful new niece was born on Monday. Her name is Avery Marie. I can't wait to go see her. Unfortunately I have to wait till 4th of July weekend before I have any time off to go up there.

Ryan has been gone for a week now. My father-in-law came down last week and took Ryan back to New York with him. I miss him so much already and just want him to come home. But he is having a great time with his grandpa so I guess it's all good. Time for me to stop being selfish and let him grow up. When I go see Avery, Ashlyn is going to stay in Maryland with my sister for a month so it's going to be pretty quiet around here.

Other than that not much else is going on over here. School is going good. I am starting to hate going there every day though. Some days I really need a break from it but if I want to graduate in May I have to keep going. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel so I can't stop now.

Chaos Reigns Again

Well it's that time of year again. All the end of school activities, Ryan's school play next weekend, Ashlyn's dance recitial 3 days later, plus I started new classes at the college this week. I have to take summer classes this year which really stinks. But they only offer these 2 classes over the summer so if I want to graduate next May I have to do it. Unfortunately it will cause great problems this summer with the kids and babysitters. So both my babies are going away this summer. Can anyone see the huge mental breakdown already? Ryan will once again go to upstate NY to visit with my in-laws and Ashlyn will be spending the whole month of July at my sister's in Delaware. Hoepfully it will go by fast. I am already stressing about not having either one of them at home. That's pretty much all that's going on here I'll try and get back next week and post pictures of the play and the recital.

Happy Day!!

I took my last 2 exams for this semester today!! Got 100's on both of them!! Now I have 2 weeks off!! Well that's about the highlights of life over here. Don't have my final grades in yet. But if my calculations are right I believe I got A's in all 5 of my classes this semester which is way cool. Other than that I am going to NJ with my mom this weekend. A friend of the family is getting married on Saturday, but my favorite part is I get to visit my bestest friend Stacey. I haven't seen her in almost 4 years so I am pretty excited. Unfortunately we will only have the afternoon to spend together. i wish i could stay longer but I must get back to Duane and the kids. Hopefully I get a chance to go up there in August after summer classes are over.

Hey Strangers!!

Wow it really has been a long time since I last posted. Although nothing really interesting has happened since i was last here. Ashlyn is done with her dance competitions. She turned 7 last week. I can't believe how fast she is growing up. She had her 1st slumber party, there were 9 girls and they had a blast. I was a little nervous but they all got along great and the night went smoothly.

Ryan has been working hard learning his part for the play but nothing else really going on with him.

I am almost done with this semester at school. we finish up classes this week and my last exam is next wednesday!!! Unfortunately i have to go to school this summer so i only get a 10 day break before classes start again.

we are working on plans for the summer. Ryan wants to go spend time in NY again at my in-laws and because of my school and sitter problems with Ashlyn she will be spending July in Delaware with my sister :( Hopefully this summer will go by fast because i don't know how well i will function without my babies. The panic is already beginning to set in when i think about it and it's still months away.