Okay now that im so busy all the time i have hired my daughter Kaytlyn to start a blog for the family..... we need you to be our friends on that blog also. The blog is called "the Deering family" we already have a post on there.Thanks so much!

The Happiest Place On Earth

Here's a news flash!!! We went to Disneyland!! If you know us at all, you know that we go to the Happiest Place On Earth" frequently. Keith has been known to go at least 5 times a year. Oh he has "good reasons" like choir trips, Kaytlyn's musical theatre performances, his sister will be there, it's summer, it's fall, it's winter, it's spring, it's his birthday,he has a long weekend... You get what I'm saying. Anyway, Kaytlyn had a performance and it was soon to be Keith's birtday so we went. We had a wonderful time. It wasn't too busy and the weather was beautiful. Kaytlyn sang like a song bird and danced like Fred Astaire. The pictures are to show how we girls totally showed up the boys in energy and stamina. We ran them into the ground!! Girls one, Boys nada.

Let's try this again

What a crazy few months these have been. Between holding Whitney's hair out of her toilet or throw up bowl ( Zach needed a break), driving Kaytlyn everywhere she needed to go( no really, I'm not kidding. I am in the car at least 2 hours everyday getting her to school and her many activities and social events) and making sure I am here ready with lunch for Weston and his pals I have had no time for blogging. Let's don't even get into the hours I spend studying for my extremely hard Basic Arithmetic class I am taking at MCC. It's killing me!! I'm getting an A so far. Quick everyone go knock on wood. Let's don't jinx it when I only have a little over a month left. I have to tell you that I couldn't do it without my two sons Weston and Kyle. They are geniuses. Just when I'm sure I can't do it they come and help me. When I'm freaking out about exponents and integers they get me to a drug free calm and encourage me. What great boys they are. I would never be able to do this without my brilliant offspring.
Does everyone know that I am going to be a Grandma in April? I am so thrilled and excited about that. Whitney's got a cute little baby bump right now. I can hardly wait to see the huge basketball it is soon to become. She's finally starting to feel better now, Thank heaven!!
I love this time of year when the weather gets cooler and it feels all festive. I get giddy with excitement to think of Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner. I love it when people put lights on their houses and in their yards and light up the neighborhood. It's wonderfulto go shopping with a purpose instead of "just looking" til I lose 10 pounds. What do you love about the holidays?
Whew I just got through my 2nd blog. Next time I'll try to add pictures. How hard could it be.

Well Here Goes Nothin!

This is my very first post and to be perfectly honest I'm a little nervous. What if I misspell every other word and everyone figures out that I'm not as smart as I act. Oh!! wonderful there is a spell check!
This is 2 of my children's 2nd week of school. Weston started High School and is saying out loud many positive comments about Westwood. Weston, at times, can be very hard to please. He smiles alot lately and melts my heart with his happiness. He is on the Golf Team and is loving Mr. Seaman's CP Chemistry class. He even wants me to take Spanish at MCC so we can talk to each other while we learn Spanish.
Kaytlyn started Junior High at Stapley and is having a great time also. She has already made new friends and is flirting(looking at and even tried the bend and snap) with a "really hot boy" in some of her classes. She was in the 7th grade choir and tried out for the advanced choir and made it!! How thrilling it is to watch her not let her fears stop her from doing what she wants to do.
All summer I have been working up my nerve to go to MCC and take the asset test to see where I should begin my learning for the brain dead. I finally did it last week. I was the oldest one in the testing center( this includes the people that work there). I was so nervous when I got there that something would go wrong that I went into the bookstore and bought alot of their pencil supply. What if my lead broke or I ran out of lead. I would definitely need back up lead. By the time I finished shopping I had notebooks and pencils enough for everyone in the room. I went into the room and lo there was pencils in little cups all over the place and scratch paper (no notebooks aloud) to use. I was a tad embarrassed when asked if I was going to take the Algebra test and did I need a calculator. I looked over the example and decided the numerical test was all I could handle. Every other person took the really hard(Greek to me) tests and I was sweating over the easy one. "That's OK "I told myself. " I am unique, it's fun to be different." I did as expected on the math test and must start pretty much at the beginning, but to my surprise I did fabulously on the Writing and Reading tests. They even recommended me for the "honors" classes!! I am thrilled and excited to begin my math class next week! I'm not too worried because I have a 7th grader who can help me.
I feel like life is the best teacher and that we should learn from all of our experiences. So.... what have I learned from this experience? " Don't let your fears win! Be led by your successes"