Catching up...

I guess it's been a while since I've updated my blog, so I thought I should take the time to do so. First, I'll start by saying I don't really have time to be doing this! I'm sneaking it in between loads of laundry, packing for a trip and a 4 page paper due tomorrow that I have not started yet!

I guess it's been since Easter since I added some things worth mentioning on here, so I'll do my best. After Easter two of the girls went and spent Spring break with my mom. Jacqueline was supposed to go, but at the last minute had a break down and just couldn't do it . We had a great week planned of going to the zoo and doing neat things..but then I ended up with a really bad case of food poising..If you ever have the pleasure, I am sooooo sorry! It was awful and I just wanted to sleep till it was over! But since I had Jacqueline I had to be up..sorta! She was great about it and played with herself most of the time. It took about 2 1/2 weeks to get over! We went and picked up the girls and drove through DC on our way home, it was neat for the girls to see, and we have promised to get back there for them to really see it.

Since then it's pretty much been life as usual at the Roig house which on it's best day's is just chaotic! The girls have a couple more weeks of school and are getting pretty antsy about it . We have had some pretty nice days mixed in with tons of thunderstorms. The dog and Jacqueline are not fans of them, and tend to stick together when the thunder really gets going. A couple of weekends ago we had some pretty warm weather. So, we put up the slide and had a few kids from the neighborhood around. We ordered pizza and sat outside watching the kids play, it was a lot of fun. The Jasmine..not a fan of the slide, it freaked her out so much she didn't want to come out of the garage!

I'm back in school, so my nights are pretty busy. I had a professor who got a good dose of my temper when he called me anti American. It's a long story but it boils down to my liberal democratic views and his beyond Conservative Republic views. The class was government and was supposed to be a trade of ideas... until he heard mine, then I got a good ear full of mean spirited comments for a few weeks, which I tried to take with a grain of salt-till he called me anti American and some other things, the it was a two page letter response .. I ended the class with an apology from him and a grade I deserved not the d he was trying to give me! ugh I am so glad that class is done! Now, it's on to psychology.

Adam is doing great at work, they keep sneaking in more jobs for him to do and more responsibility as if he's not going to notice! We don't mind, more over time, more money!

Makenzie is doing great, she has a couple of good friends and they spend a lot of time together. She is pretty well ahead of her grade level, so she should move on with no problems. We are keeping an eye on her, she seems to get bored when things are too easy! We too her to the orthodontist last week. We were worried about some problems with her teeth coming in sideways, but the orthodontist seems to think she has a few more teeth that need to come out and that by the time that happens, her other teeth should be okay, and so no braces for now YAY!! and they are going to see her back when she's 10 to recheck the progress.

Alexandra is loving her violin. Her teacher is great and they get along well. In fact, the instructor took her picture to put on the website, so she should be up there soon. She's excited about that. She can play the first bar of twinkle twinkle little star and lights up when she gets it right. I can't wait to see her learn the whole song! She wants to play it in the talent show next year at school! I'll probably cry. She works so hard at it, and even though it's pretty hard to learn, the violin makes her so happy. She has struggled a lot this year in school, she seems to be at grade level just barley. We have talked to her teacher about weather she should be held back or move on, we are waiting on a final word. Adam is just concerned about her having to struggle so hard her whole life. It takes her longer to get things, and then she has to be reminded a lot, she's pretty shy about things and so we would rather her stay back one year and really get it, vs struggling forever, so we will see.

Jacqueline doesn't have much to report, she's a mess! Happy as ever and runs the house when the girls are not here. Her and the dog are pretty good pals, and they run all over the place. Jasmine has learned that if she follows Jacqueline to the door, she can usually escape.. this is almost comical as Jasmine is to afraid to go anywhere, she runs into the front yard and waits for us to come get her, she's always got this dopey look on her face like she's not sure what to so next. So, we call her back and she comes running! Jacqueline is sad she can't go to school next year, so I really need to find something to get her into.

We are planning a trip to Disney world in Jan for Makenzies bday. We had plans to go with my family, but things have changed a few times.. we will blame it on my sister who started the avalanche with the wonderful news of her being pregnant. We are happy for her and hope she has a girl so the girls have another girl to play with! After many changed plans, we settled on Jan and Makenzie is just pretty thrilled with us being there for her bday.

We also got news that my mom and her husband are going to be moving to NC about 30 min away. It's a cheaper area than Maryland and should make things easier on them. The girls are excited about having family closer, so I hope they get to enjoy this time.
Tomorrow we are going to be making the trip to Maryland to try to help sort things out and have a yard sale. There are just some things my mom can't do and Al will need help with, so we are going to see if how much the girls can get in the way! =0)

That's it for now I'm afraid, not too exciting, just busy living our happy little life!

Spring time!

Okay, so we spent Easter at my brothers house in VA. The girls had a blast with their cousins who they've never been able to spend much time with. It was a lot of fun even though my poor brother got pretty sick before we left.
I had uploaded these pictures then realized I did them in reverse... so scroll to the bottom and back up! Happy looking...
Saying goodbye

Saying good bye after a fun weekend!

Getten down! boogie!!

You want a piece of me??

Jeremiah.. can I help you?

Picture with the grandparents

Our treasures

Lookin for eggs


Jeremiah found one!

We had so much fun!

Adam working on a plane with Jeremiah




Uncle Phil building a car with Jacqueline-even though he felt like death! Thanks uncle phil!

Easter morning!

Easter with our cousins Josh and Jeremiah

nks

introducing...

Jasmine! (and no we didn't name her..) She is the newest member of our family... I have been asking about a dog for a while (like years) Adam has always been against it sue to some child hood run-ins with a dog. At any rate after a long talk and some puppy dog eyes, I finally talked him into letting me look for a dog! YAY... I found Jasmine who's family was relocating to another state and couldn't take her with them. So, Jacqueline drove to SC today and picked her up. She is a gem! She's so sweet, crate trained, so when you say Jasmine crate... she goes to bed. She knows basic commands and will even let Jacqueline walk her on the leash. She is much smaller than her pictures show, she's less than two feet tall!

She has taken to Adam of course! Follows him everywhere and wants to hang out with him. But he really likes her =0). She is cute and hard to resist. She is a 10 month old Beagle though she is black and white which I guess is unusual for that breed. but, shes short and is not thrilled with our stair case. She went up it once with Adam, but came right back down! Anyway, I'm sure there will be many adventures to come with out new friend...