Rejoining the Blogging world!

It is hard to believe the last time I blogged was in March! We have been rather busy the past six months. Along with going to school, we have moved into a house finally! Yay!! Apartment living was not our style at all. So that is over and done, thank heavens. We moved into the house on June 3rd. It is a cute three bedroom, two and a half bath with a two car garage and a very nice front and backyard. The dogs love the backyard which is fenced in. The only thing that bothered me was the fact there was so many gardens, but not flower gardens. Landscaping I guess, so we had to go get some bark because Chloe and Indy were getting all muddy. It is so much better now and looks fabulous. The inside is cozy. We have a living room and dining room with vaulted ceiling, a nice comfortable kitchen with lots of cupboards and considerably more counter space that the apartment. Cooking is so much nicer and we can all fit in there and not step on each other. Pergo flooring in all of those rooms. Next we have a nice family room that has the love seat, two IKEA chairs, all of the DVD's and Blueray, Murphy and Indy's bunk bed that Chloe LOVES and Mark's desk along with a beautiful wood burning fire place. This is going to be a very nice room in the winter time. Laundry room and 1/2 bath are off the family room. Upstairs has the three bedrooms, the Master is larger than the one in the apartment and has it's own bathroom and walk-in closet. Patrick's room is smaller but he is good with that and Matthew's room is larger and it seems to be the place to hang out because he has a large TV and the X-Box 360. The deck off the family room is in OK condition, sooner or later is has to be replaced, but we are living with it as is for now. We have four or five tall fir trees in the back yard and the house also came with a very nice shed, so all lawn equipment is now stored in that! It was perfect for the family BBQ we had last month. It was so nice to spend time with family members I had not seen in over six years. Fun was had by all!!

So Matt and I took summer classes. It was difficult because it is rather hard to study when the sun was shining, but we got through it. :) Patrick has had a fun summer also. He spent a week with the Medina family at Sun Lake. Of course when he got home all he would talk about was the hot girl he met and how much he wanted a jet ski!! LOL Patrick also enlisted in the US Air Force on the DEP. Our good friend Gary Medina swore him into the Air Force. Check out my Facebook if you want to see the video. He should find out in January what his job will be and then when he will be sent to boot camp in Austin, TX. This is his Senior year of high school and there is so much to accomplish before his graduation day on June 9th. (Yes Jan...June 9th! I know Emily and Kyle are getting married that day so it looks like we won't be able to make it!! I am very sad about that.) I am not sure when I am due to graduate from college next summer. I need to talk with my advisor when school starts on the 19th of Sept. I only have 9 more classes to take and I will have an Associated Degree in Accounting. Mark is working his behind side off at the restaurant. Being the Manager is not easy when there are crazy servers to deal with on a daily basis. He works long hours, but I have to say at least he is not out to sea and he doesn't have to deal with nasty XO's and Warrants that have no business being in the CG!!

So with all of that said, I will again try my hardest to blog more frequently. I have three classes this fall and I have a feeling they are going to be difficult. Intro to Business, Business Math (not a hard one) and Advanced Excel (UGH!!). So my attempt will be to blog at least once a month...we will see!!