3rd week of school

Friday, August 25, 2006

Long week! They keep getting longer!

*Saturday we went to see our friend Steve T. get married. We were thrilled for him. But we had somewhere else to be so we had to leave out fast and I didn't get a picture :(. But anyway, was great to see him getting happily married.

*Tanner spent the day at grandparents house with Brooke for her last day in town on Saturday. Mom took them and Kyle and Tyler to the Mexican restaurant also. Blake was at his moms I think. Rusty and I were at the warehouse rehearsal all afternoon, which still seems to be going ok.

*Sunday Rusty became determined to teach Tanner to ride a bicycle. He decided that the bike was too small. So he took Tanner to the store and bought him a brand new one that was a bit bigger. Rusty also bought HIMSELF a bicycle. lol. We spent many hours on Sunday in the heat of the day TRYING to teach Tanner to ride. Tanner was frustrated very quickly, throwing little fits, and it all turned into a battle of wills between father and son that is still going on TODAY. He tried a long time, cried a few times, got in trouble for throwing the bike down, etc. He wanted the training wheels on it, but the new bike has no place for them. By the end of the day Sunday, he was back on the OLD bike, with the training wheels on it. But on Wednesday, Rusty told him he was no longer allowed to ride the old bike, the he MUST ride the new bike or ELSE. So I guess this weekend we'll get back out there and try to get him riding. I'm hoping for a miracle that he will learn this weekend really fast and we'll be finished. Here he is with the new bike, and Rusty and Tyler with the new big bike also.

























*After the bicycle drama, Rusty and Tanner made peace and ended up playing some drums together. Kind of loud. But I did take a picture of that so thought I would mention it. lol
















*Went to the Open House at the High School on Monday night. It was such a pleasant experience. At the Jr. High, I always got the feeling that the teachers there were just so no-nonsense and serious about everything. Seemed like all they had to say was what they would do if your kid was bad, etc. But at the high school everything was so upbeat and the teachers talked about how much they enjoyed the kids and stuff. At the Jr. High Open House I always felt the teachers were looking at me as if my kid was one of the bad ones, and sometimes they would even take me to the side to tell me what he had done in class or what he needed to do to improve. But at the high school, I felt the teachers were looking at me as if my kid was awesome, and that they really truly liked him. I got to see several of them interact with Tyler and you could tell they really liked him and thought highly of him. It was great! They joked around with him while we were there, or they said something positive about him. I really enjoyed it of course.

*Had to pick Tyler up from school early Monday because he was sick. And boy was he. Had a terrible cold and breathing badly. Took him to the doctor TUesday and sure enough he had "walking" pneumonia they said. Doctor fixed him up with some good meds though and by Wednesday evening he was 75% better already. Funny enough......our usual doctor was not in so I saw the new doctor in the clinic. It ended up being a guy I was friends with in high school who was in the high school band with me. We had a nice visit, and he got to feel really old seeing me with a 14 year old son lol.

*We watched the movie Silent Hill Tuesday night, then again on Wednesday night with Dale. We played the video game of it about 2 years ago, so that made the movie fun. We also watched the movie RV, which was ok.

* Oh yeah. Guess whose house has ANOTHER LIMB on it.

Happened Tuesday with a drop of rain we got. The good news is that it is not a very big thick limb. The bad news is that this one actually IS on the house, yet still semi-attached to the tree. ARRRGGGHHHH. Speaking of limbs, our tree guy finally showed up on Thursday - 12 days late. lol. Had to tell him I"d already had it taken care of, and I'd let him know if we decide to use him for this small one.

*Thursday Keith came by for a visit, Ken and Connor came by for a visit, Mickey came by to visit and help move some speakers, then Steve T. asked us to come over and help him move a stove and we got to visit with him and his new wife and kid for a bit. Was a very social day lol.

*Friday (today) I got served a summons for court over a doctor bill that I've been PAYING on every single month!!!! So I spent my afternoon raising cane at the collection company. I only owed 81 more dollars so I just paid that, got them to give me a receipt that says "paid in full", and got them to swear that the court thing was dropped. Yes, I know, they will probably forget to drop it. But I have my reciepts and all the cancelled checks.

Until next week...............