it's a milestone . . . .

here i am about two years since i started this blog and i finally made it to 50. its hard to believe that i really got here . . lol

anyway there is a real reason for this blog. yesterday was my first day at Lamar. though it was not a real class day it was orientation for my Internet classes. the first started at nine. because i didn't want to be late i left early. i got there about an hour early and had to wait by the door. it's been 8 years since the last time i was in school. it really makes me nervous. i want to do good and finish my RN. this is a BIG step for me. i'm jumping right into it and taking 12 hours. i only have to drive to campus two nights a week. the Internet classes i'm taking are going to be alot of work. i think my study skills need improvement and i hope that i can hang in there. wish me luck .

jess :-P

it's here again . . .

yep . . .summer is coming to an end and we will soon be sending the kids back to school.
i promised myself that i would avoid the malls on tax free weekend but something (maybe a wild hair) got me there. in fact i even braved a school shopping trip and two kids and no husband.
art's sister, allison had her baby on friday. so i decided that we would make the most of our beaumont trip and try and get some shopping done before the crowds.
i think it payed off or something like that LOL. i was able to make a pretty good dent in school clothes. we hit JC Penney, Maci's, Academy, and Target. i can offically say that the only thing lacking are those darn red colored pencils.
our kids are starting to get excited about school . . i think. baileigh is going to be in the first grade this year and caleb the 4th. i can't believe that they are getting so big. . . . now i'm really starting to feel my age.

jess :-P

vacation at last . . . . .

so we went on vacation this week... we had a great time. this year annette and jamie colemen and their kids came with us. cassity and anna are about the same ages as caleb and baileigh so we thought it would be nice to invite them to go with us to schlitterbahn.
we met early monday morning and headed out. we got to schlitterbahn about 11:30. we checked in to the hotel and had a bite to eat. the kids had a good time and after about 6 hours at the park we called a day and got cleaned up. we all went to eat at a place called Clear Springs Restaurant. it was good and had pretty darn good onion rings. after we stuffed ourselves we went back to the hotel. i must let you know that we did stay at one of the resorts at schlitterbahn so we were able to use the swimming pools late. we took advantage and the kids had fun.
tuesday morning we started early. we got to the gate before they opened and rode the dragons revenge first thing. our kid had been looking forward to it ever since we told them we were going to schlitterbahn. Tuesday we stayed at the park until around 7:30. after a quick meal at whataburger we drove into san antonio. the gordons were nice enough to let us crash at their pad for a couple of nights. thanks angie and greg !!
wednesday was my birthday. my 30th birthday. we kept it low key and spent the day at seaworld. afterwards we went to chris madrids for my favorite san antonio burger. they are the best. though i didn't get a cake for my birthday i did get some cake batter ice cream from coldstone.
thursday was our last day at sea world. we went to the water park and saw the shows we had missed the day before. we ate pizza at the gordons and stayed up late.
this morning we ended our vacation and headed back before lunch. we stopped at the usual places and had lunch/dinner at red robin in houston. we even braved IKEA and houston 5:00 traffic.
i am so grateful that we were able take the kids on a small vacation and spend time with friends and family. thanks annette, jamie, cassity, anna, angie, greg, mackenzi, maci, maryn, and meg

jess :-P