Happy 4th Of July! And Hay b-day to my mom!

Happy 4th to you all! Give thanks to all those serving overseas so we can maintain our freedom!

And Happy Birthday to my mom who is an Independence day baby. When she was growing up she thought all the fireworks were for her. LOL

WE have had a nice couple of days. Yesterday I thought it would be a good idea to get the kids all nice for pictures for my mom for her birthday. WOW! Was that a bad idea, G did not want any part of taking pictures, and L was mad that no one was sitting by her so she started to cry. Here are a few of the pictures I did manage to get.

Then we did sparklers with out neighbors, L didn't really care for them. She did a couple and then she hid behind a chair and watched. Poor baby. G was already in bed so I wasn't really sure how he would do.

SO today after work we all went to get fireworks, we got some cool ones, or so we thought, but of course the kid in hubby had to have some black cats, and G and L HATED them they were both screaming and crying. SO I put G to bed, but at that point L was done she wanted nothing to do with any of the fireworks. I felt bad for her. I am not sure how she will do tomorrow when we go watch the fireworks, we will see. We may not get to stay and watch all of them .

I have also been looking into schools for H, the district that we are in is not a good school, they are below average on all of their test scores, so that leaves us with private that is $360. 00 per month. Or magnet schools, well I found a magnet school that is just opening this year, it is a combination of two magnet schools into one, and it focus' on fine arts which is right up H's avenue. With the No child left behind, I am afraid to put her in a school that isn't performing well I am afraid it will hold her back. So we will see, Hubby is concerned about the drive each day to take her to and from school, but for me I don't care if it gets her a better education. SO we will see what happens. I called and left a message this week for the school district to call me back, but I am not sure when they will be in the office to call me. SO I will keep you posted. Please pray for us that we find a school.

Another prayer request. My dad. In Dec. he had a mini-stroke, and he has not been feeling right since, and despite the efforts of his Dr.s so far we haven't found out what is going on. He is very fatigued, he is having chronic lower right back pain, his ankle is going cold, and he is just not feeling well. They need to figure out what is going on. I am worried about him. Please pray that he finds out soon what is going on. Well I am off to bed, so till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come......