Kids in New Orleans and having them home

The kids had a great time in New Orleans with their Grandparents. They went to many places and did lots of fun things, Kiarra even learned to sew on her sewing machine. She made Jeff and I each a pillow and did a fantastic job. She recently sewed Tamia a purse for her birthday and did a great job on it as well. I would take pictures to post, but unfortunately there will be no pictures for a while. Kiarra had our only camera with her in New Orleans and accidentally left it in her pocket. Well, it got washed – the memory card is still good, but the camera is toast.
Although Taryn enjoyed her alone time with Mommy and Daddy she was so excited to see Kiarra and Jayden. I thought she was going to wet herself when the door bell rang and she saw them standing at the door. She shrieked and ran to the door so fast, seriously – lightning speed. She had tears when hugging them! It was oh so precious.
We had a great weekend with Shirley and Perry when they brought the kids home. Jeff’s brother Cory and his wife Joy came over for dinner one night and we all hung out. It was really nice to see them and spend time together as a family. Cory and Joy are moving to Katy within the next few weeks so we are looking forward to spending even more time with them. Now if we can just get Perry and Shirley to move out here.
The kids haven’t been involved in sports or many extra-curricular activities outside of church and we don’t mind the non-busy schedule that most parents pull their hair out trying to accommodate one kid going this way and another kid going that way. Recently Kiarra has found an interest in volleyball so we figure she is going into Jr. High, a little volleyball won’t hurt anything. It happened to fall the first week she got back from New Orleans and she did really well considering she’s never really played before. She had a great time, met new friends and learned the powerful overhand serve. At the end of the week, she was accepted in their fall power league. We are really proud of her. She did a great job. Will all this sports talk, it has of course peeked Jayden’s interest and now he wants to play football, baseball and basketball! YIKES – what have we started? Guess it’s time to look into something for him as well.
It’s hard to believe the kids only have 3 weeks of summer vacation left. 3 weeks and Kiarra will be in Jr. High!! I think I’ve blogged before about how upset Jayden is that they won’t be in the same school. He literally breaks down crying when he thinks about it and each time we discuss it. He loves his sister so much and that makes me so happy. He pointed out that they won’t be in school together again for 7 years, when Kiarra is a senior and Jayden is a freshman. Gosh, that seems like so far away but I know it will be here before we know it.
Jeff really likes his job and even though it’s a bit demanding at times he has learned a great deal about managing and I’ve seen a change in the way he runs our home – a good change! He has to deal with some serious stuff and some funny stuff as well (he had to help one of his employees chase a dog to get it back in the fence the other day and as you all know – Jeff is NOT a fan of dogs). Too funny!
As for me, working for BP hasn’t been easy these past few months. The media has slaughtered us and if you’ve heard me say it once, you’ve heard it a million times –don’t believe everything you hear on the news…heck, you can’t even believe the weather guy half the time! I continue to be proud to work for BP and hope that one day; everyone will see we are doing our best to fix this.