08Jul10
Ian had a nice four day weekend for the holiday and wouldn’t you know it rained ALL four days. We spent our 4th of July huddled under tarps and screen tents. At least the weather was warm even with the rain… Small favors, I suppose.
We discovered that Gabe absolutely HATES fireworks, so we dropped him off with Uncle Dan for the night. Even a bottlerocket makes Gabe panic and run away screaming. Poor little buddy just really does not like loud noises of any kind – unless it comes out of his mouth. Then he is absolutely okay with it. Go figure.
I am so excited for tonight; Big Brother 12 is starting! I loved last season, it was so dramatic and fun to watch. I am so glad that Jordan won it.
I am also very excited that I finally received my Financial Aid voucher from school so I could order my Early Fall semester books. I’m taking Foundations of Math, Intro to Clinical Skills, Office Procedures 1 and Composition. I’m excited about the Clinical Skills class the most, but still glad I have another two weeks of vacation left. 
This weekend we have a birthday party Saturday afternoon and Ian’s 10 year class reunion to go to later that night. Next week we have my school’s Night At The Loggers and Ian’s work’s Race Night. The following week is the kids’ annual check up on Monday and hopefully on Saturday we are going to my first ever Brewers game!
01Jul10
I cannot believe it is July already! I also cannot believe that it is only 70 degrees outside. This summer has been chilly and rainy. We’ve only had a couple hot days so far; it’s ridiculous. Due to the crappy weather, our summer activities have been seriously hindered. We’ve gone canoeing once, had a handful of cookouts and went to the annual Father’s Day horse pull. That’s it. No camping, fishing or water parks. Though we are thinking of taking the kids to an indoor water park in a few weeks. It’s in a hotel and is also equipped with indoor laser tag, mini golf and an arcade. Sounds like a pretty good time!
I have no idea what we are going to do for 4th of July weekend. Gabe hates fireworks and to be honest, I could do without them, too. Mariah LOVES fireworks and Ian likes setting them off. My mom offered to watch Gabe overnight so we can take Mariah somewhere to watch the fireworks, so I’m sure that’s what will happen. Yay me.
I’m so excited tomorrow is Friday, I love Fridays. This one might suck though; we have to pay Dish and Century Link. I also have to turn off our long distance on the house phone since Ian and I got cell phones through US Cellular last Sunday. I got the Samsung Freeform and LOVE it! So yeah, we don’t need long distance on the house phone anymore, but I don’t want to turn the entire line off. It’s rare that our kids are babysat at our house, but just in case, I want there to be a phone in the house. You never know what will happen.
29Jun10
Today has been hectic and LONG. I had go to a OB/GYN appointment at 11:30 so I could get my IUD removed. Ian and I are finally ready to have another baby. Since my IUD was hormone-free and just made out of copper, I’m hoping it doesn’t take too long to get knocked up. When it comes to us, we’ve been the classic case of Fertile Mertile. Our families have been pretty adamant about us not having anymore, but it’s our decision. There’s no way I won’t be able to finish school just because I’m adding to our family. Even though I’m going full time, it’s still just two days a week.
After the OB/GYN, we had about 3 hours to waste before Mariah’s dentist appointment. My mom bought us lunch at McDonald’s and the kids ran around like hooligans until 1:45. When we got to the dentist, Mariah immediately burst into tears. This continued up until they finally called her name at 3:30, a full hour after her scheduled time. The entire time the doctor worked on her mouth she screamed and cried. Luckily the dentist is a very patient man. Poor baby had to have a tooth removed. The upside (the only upside), is she had her first visit from the Tooth Fairy!
So yes, quite an eventual day. And as soon as Ian got home and we put the kids to bed, we made it even more eventual and took advantage of me being IUD-free. 
28Jun10
After like 2 years I finally have my domain back. I kind of really miss love-julia.com, too but I might buy that later this year. I’m one of those people who like the mommy-blogger type names.
Every day I find it amazing how big my children are getting. Mariah is such a mature 5 year-old and the things that come out of her mouth are both astounding and hilarious. Gabriel has started really stringing his sentences together more and more. He picks up quotes and phrases like crazy.
I don’t know how often I will blog, but I do know that I need a place to store my thoughts and feelings.