The Pitts Stop

2011-03-05T07:56:00.001-05:00

BOO!!!

2009-09-28T11:01:00.002-04:00

I know I have not been on here in a while but I really have not felt that anything interesting has been happening in my life.
The kids are back in school. That is awesome! Reilly and Bradley have lap top computers for their daily use at school and at home provided by the school. That is awesome! Brayden and Jaedyn are in separate classes this year. They are doing wonderful. I think they do better apart. They need their own set of friends. Brayden tends to be emotionally dependent on Jaedyn so this is a great thing. Reilly is in a "new" school this year. New as in Middle School and it was just built. She loves it. Bradley is in 4th grade and has good teachers. I go help in Bradley's class on Tuesdays for 3 hours. It is nice to take some time for him. We get to eat lunch together that day too. I haven't made it to the elementary school yet to help out. Maybe soon. I just need to slowly ease myself into being busy all day. (haha) I like my "ME" time that I get at home.
Ron is busy at work. He applied for a new job in the same company. We will see if he gets it. I hope so. It will be a pay increase! I do need to get a job. I have applied online for a few but I really need to go do follow up visits at the company and that way they see my face. Applying online is dumb. No one can see you. Oh well.
See I told you nothing exciting was going on.

Reunited

2009-07-02T10:54:00.001-04:00

Reunited....together again.

Very Happy....

Today

2009-07-01T16:38:00.001-04:00

Michael is coming home from his 2 year Mission today.! That's all my brain can handel right now. YIPEE

Just a Little.

2009-06-23T21:12:00.002-04:00

I don't know why but I hit enter after I wrote the title and it posted to my blog. It looks dumb. Sorry.
Life has been flying by. I have not been keeping up on this like I should but I will try to quickly update things.
Last week of school here was fun. Bradley made the "A/B Honor Roll" and also received a "most improved" award for the 4th quarter. I'm so proud of him. Reilly finished up 6th grade a very happy girl. Her class went to "Carrowinds" for a fun day. It is a huge amusement park out here. She is my daredevil and went on all the rides she could. The twins just had regular end of school stuff going on. Not too thrilling but they did have fun at their "Fun In The Sun" day even though it rained. In the fall we will have a 7th grader, a 4th grader and 2nd graders!
Last week was busy for us. Bradley was at "Cub Scout Day Camp" He loved it. Each day was a new thing he was able to do. He went inside an army helicopter, shot a bow and arrow, made slime, built a tool box, shot a gun, had a cooking class. played chess and learned about being a responsible citizen. I went up on Wednesday and helped in our pac's station.
Reilly went to girls camp this past week. It was such a growing experience for her. I loved it when she came home and told me about all the fun she had. It was a Pirate themed camp this year. They had strict rules of no bullies and no practical jokes. If you were caught being mean they sent you home. Reilly said 2 girls were sent home. Daily they chose different girls to be the "Hamode", This was a girl who was "in charge". You had to do what ever they said... On Thursday Reilly was the "Hamode" and she made all the leaders do the chicken dance during lunch in the mess hall. She enjoyed it very much. They also had a on going game , the girls were to try to steal the "flag" outside of a different cabin. If you grabbed a flag you had to run with it to the mess hall and turn it in for a piece of "pirate booty". The cabin with the most "booty" won the game at camp. The 4 year girls won , but Reilly did get to take the 4 year girls flag once and run it up to the mess hall. She was so proud. It was an awesome experience for her. She made a lot of new friends.
Otherwise things are as normal as they can be. Ron's working very hard. I'm trying to get some energy. I am always sluggish. Any suggestions?
Our Dear Friend Elder Michael Carlson comes home from his mission in 8 days!!!!! Our family is very excited about that.
Sorry I don't have any fun pics to post. If I get any I'll post them. Just try to imagine our wonderful life. lol

Just a Little.

2009-06-23T21:11:00.001-04:00

Not Feeling IT!

2009-05-28T14:04:00.002-04:00

O. K. Honestly I am not feeling it... I don't want to blog. I think it is annoying. But I have this set up so I should do it . Maybe tomorrow... I haven't forgotten about my friends out there I just don't feel like doing it.

quick update

2009-05-06T13:54:00.002-04:00

Things are good here. Unfortunately Bradley "made up" with his friend. I knew he would. We will see how it all pans out. I am going to keep an eye on that mean kid though.
Hopefully not to personal... we hit a milestone this week. Our oldest child Reilly got her first period. Yes, 15 days after she turned 13! She is handling it very well. The first day she "HATED" it. But she is doing very well now. Yes , she is becoming a woman!
Brayden and Jaedyn are doing great! School is almost out for summer ...Hooray! I want my lazy mornings back!

WHY?

2009-05-02T12:41:00.003-04:00

I know That kids grow up and they start to like and dislike their own things. They start to develop their personality more. My second child Bradley is 9 1/2 years old. His older sibling is a girl so he looks to his peers for his roll models. I am so frustrated because his friend that he plays with all the time who happens to live by us....I can't stand! When Bradley is around him ... Bradley turns into a little boy I do not know. He's mean and he gets disrespectful towards me. I usually tell him to knock it off. I will say to him.. This isn't you. You are my sweet boy and I will not let you speak to me like that. Then he feels bad and usually cries. He is a sweet boy most of the time. I just have noticed that he is a follower. Maybe because Reilly is so bossy? I just imagined my boy being very strong and being able to stand for something and stand strong in what he knows. I don't want to ban the friend from here because it is Bradley's only friend right by us. This friend has also introduced my children to WWE (wrestling) Hate that too. But the kids love it now. (JOY) He needs so meet more people. Luckily he has scouts here. But that's only twice a month. I better make sure he gets to scouts so he has some positive role models. I do love my boy. I am so glad he is my son. Maybe if I'm a better example he might have the qualities I want to see in him. I have to start within the walls of my home. ( I think I just answered my quandary) Thanks for listening to me rant!

Let's Bowl, Let's Bowl , Let's ...Rock 'n Roll

2009-04-25T22:56:00.003-04:00

April 19th was a school ( elementary school) sponsored Mother / Son bowling date!!! So Brayden and I headed to the lanes for some mommy/ Brayden one on one time. We had a blast. It was great to spend some time with him. He was so sweet and was very encouraging. I am a horrible bowler. The bumper guards were up for the boys but went down for the Mom's. My first game I bowled a 32. My second was a 52. Brayden's first game was a 84. His second was a 64. I love my boy. He was so sweet on our "date".

He looks so happy!!! Thanks for our fun date Brayden!

2009-04-25T22:32:00.006-04:00

Edward

Reilly's 13th Birthday

Bradley at school.

We have been so busy and I have been so lazy.

On April 17th there was an awards assembly at Reilly and Bradley's school. They do the awards by grade. A note was sent home telling us that Bradley would be getting an award so Ron and I went to the school at noon. Bradley made it on the A-B Honor roll !!! Wooo Hooo!!!! yea Bradley. We were so proud. It was a great day for him. I know he was beaming knowing that his parents were there. Reilly came home with an award too. They did not send a note home so we didn't know we needed to be there. We suck but it wasn't our fault. Reilly came home with a "Most Improved" award. Wooo Hoooo Reilly. Love ya girl.

On April 18 Reilly turned 13. Like sands through the hourglass so our the days of our lives... where did the time go? She is a beautiful teenager. We gave her a party. She had fun. Only boys showed up. Lucky girl :) Between her party and family that girl made out with $225.00. WOW What do you think Reilly bought with part of her money, a hamster. She named him "Edward " yes after Edward Cullen. We think he's part vampire any way. He has already bitten her and drawn blood. He's cute we all love him.

*** O.K. so as I am putting this together I realize how computer retarded I am... I don't know how to put a little blurb , then a picture, Put a little blurb , then a picture. ect... Sorry. Ron is asleep so he can't help me. So I guess for now I'll just write about this stuff then make a new post to talk about other news.

Sad Boy

2009-04-14T15:45:00.002-04:00

I don't know if I'm a good Mom sometimes. We had a situation this morning that broke my heart. As I was driving Brayden and Jaedyn to school. Jaedyn was complaining that her stomach hurt and she had a headache. So with both kids in the car I decided that I would take Brayden to school and bring Jaedyn back home. Brayden did not think this was a good idea. He did not want to go to school without his sister. He cried the saddest cry. I could tell his heart was breaking. But he has to go to school right?? I started to walk to the school and told Brayden that if he wouldn't come in of his own free will I would go get the assistant Principal. He followed me to the school but he was pushing me and punching me the whole way there. And CRYING. My heart was breaking but I knew he had to go to school. He was not sick. By the time I got to the front of the school there was a woman there helping with the car riders. She started to help me to tell Brayden that he needed to go to school. He followed us both up the steps to the school (still crying). The bell rang so now he was late. Then another teacher came to the door and was trying to help. I told the second lady what was going on. I asked her what should I do. Stay or Go? She said "GO". I walked down the steps to go to my car, by now there was a third woman at the door "helping" Brayden. All I could hear was "I want my mommy". Over and over with this sad cry. I cried the whole way to the car. I know I had to enforce this rule of him going to school or else he would try it again. But it was so heartbreaking.

When he got off the bus today he ran up to me fast and gave me a huge hug. I asked him if he hated me. He said "No". And he said that he did have a good day! I love that boy , but what a tough morning.

Easter

2009-04-12T17:21:00.003-04:00

I have a few moments in between all of the cooking I'm doing today. I guess last year I made Easter Dinner but we had friends with us too. This year is the first year I am making Easter Dinner for our family and our family only. It's a lot of work. My hat goes off to my Mom who is always busy at the stove for every hoilday. Even though it's just us it is an important Hoilday so I'm working on the whole sha-bang! My kids and Ron are the IMPORTANT people I'm cooking for this year. I have made a simple menu but it's a lot for one person. I miss the family gatherings when I just have to bring one side dish to share. A labor of Love is what it is.

This past week was the kids' Spring Break. We really didn't do much out but the kids had fun here. The weather was good and they were able to play outside all but one day. The day the weather was yucky we had decided to take the kids to Lake Norman for a walk and play on the shoreline. But within 30 min of us getting there the rain started. But we are not whimps we stayed another 30 min and we were soaking wet. But it's a great memory.Hopefully when the kids are grown they will know that we had fun.

Just a Picture

2009-04-05T17:46:00.001-04:00

Hey here is a picture of the kids in those "bunny ears" (thanks Dottie). There is Beadley and Jaedyn on the left side. Too Cute!

Kids and Egg Hunt

2009-03-31T08:52:00.003-04:00

Sorry I have been lazy and not posted. I really mean lazy. I have had the time .. just haven't done it. Things are moving along here.
Reilly's testing is done... She will finally receive special education services for Math. The class she was in was way too hard. The I.E.P. only took two months to complete. (too long) But it's done now and Reilly is much happier now.
On Thursday Bradley is going to the eye doctor. Oh Happy Day! Poor baby has had to squint and sit close to the T.V too long. I bet he's excited to see again. I know it will take a while till he gets his glasses but at least we will have them ordered.
Brayden is jumping leaps and bounds in school. He is very smart. He loves to read and do math. (Two things I do not enjoy) Yesterday he brought home a Finger Puppet script and puppets from school. So we got to enjoy a short play of "The Three Little Pigs" last night. It was great. Thanks Brayden and Jaedyn for putting that in for us.
Jaedyn is growing up too fast for me. I just look at my "baby" and see that she's so grown up. In about 6 weeks the twins will be 7. Jaedyn has started to get the hang of reading. It is not something she enjoys. But I hope someday she will like it.
Ron and I seem to be just trugging along doing the same old same old. Ron's working and I'm trying (but failing) to keep my house clean.
This past weekend was our Ward Easter Egg Hunt. The three younger children had fun. They provided a yummy breakfast. The egg hunt was inside because it was raining. So off to find eggs they went. They had fun. There was a lot of eggs and all the kids got enough. Bradley even won a special prize there. At the end of the activity they had a team relay race. It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Each team picked a "Jumper" (Bradley for us) When she said go we had to open a brown lunch sack which contained a pair of panty hose and some pink balloons. We had to blow up the balloons , and shove then into the legs of the panty hose when the legs were stuffed (ah-la bunny ears) The first person in line had to turn them upside down and put the panty hose on their head(bunny ears) and then hop in a bur lap sack down the length of the gym and back. Then each person traded the items and went down back and forth. Let me just say it was a SIGHT! I laughed so hard. There were even a few brave adults there who did it too. Sorry I forgot my camera. If I somehow get a picture from someone I will post it. Someone in the Lake Norman Ward has a great imagination. It was amazing.
The past few days have been hard for me emotionally. I have 2 dear friends who have had Birthdays in the past week and it has made me think of them a lot during this week. It has made me so sad. I want them to know I miss them terribly. I love you both and I miss you. I guess that I really didn't realize how much I was going to miss everyone. You are all in my thoughts. I think of my family and friends in NV a lot. I love you.

Kids!!!

2009-03-17T11:21:00.002-04:00

Last week we rented a movie from our childhood... Pippi Longstocking. We thought that the kids would like it. So Reilly and Bradley were not that interested so Ron , Jaedyn, Brayden and I were watching it. Ron asked if Jaedyn liked her clothes. Jaedyn said "NO". But the best part was when I asked Brayden if he liked Pippi.. He said yes he did then he opened his eyes very wide and said , "I think she is Beautiful". So I guess Brayden has a thing for red heads!

I guess I'm not so good at this.

2009-03-12T09:01:00.002-04:00

Things are going great for us here in NC. We have been able to do a few fun things lately.
Two weeks ago we took the kids to the movies. We saw "Coroline" in 3-D. It was a very good movie. The kids liked it. I thought the 3-D was really cool. It's a tiny bit scary. My kids were not scared but younger ones might think its scary. The movie cost us $51.00 to get in. And $13.00 for a soda and popcorn. We got the large so we could get free refills. It's crazy that it costs a family $64.00 to see a movie.
Then we went to "Target" and bought a new game system. Our XBox 360 broke shortly after we moved here. The kids and Ron decided to get a Wii. The kids have really enjoyed it. I like that they are not sitting and zoning out. But we already need new games because after a while the same ones get boaring. But I'm glad they like it. Last night Ron was at Wal-Mart and stood and stewed then finally decided to buy the "Guitar Hero World Tour". The kids were so excited when he brought it home. They all tried to play but it will take some time for everyone to get used to to beats and stuff. They are all trying to sing too. It's so fun! The twins want to sing but they can't read fast enough. So I usually stand with them and sing too.
Ron celebrated his 34th Birthday on March 10th. We went out for dinner as a family. On Tuesday kids eat free at Dennys. So we went there. Then we came home and had a "Baskin Robbins" ice cream cake. Those are his favorite. (Besides the boobie cake my Mom makes him. But we live too far away for that this year.)
Our plans are to get a new family picture done very soon. We have not done a family picture since the twins were two and that one was just the kids. This new one will be the whole family.
I love and miss everyone.

UPDATE

2009-02-20T10:46:00.003-05:00

O.K. I haven't gone back to the doctor because I can't afford it.. I know that really sucks. And I am in a lot of pain in the leg behind my knee , But all of the swelling is gone now. I wonder if my pain now is arthritus related. I am hurting but I'm poor. (Where is my help from Obama???) I have been exercising and it hurts to do the exersize but by the next day my pain is usually gone. So I just need to move my buns!!!
I gave up Pepsi 3 weeks ago and I'm doing great. I haven't gotten on a scale yet to see if it helped me drop any pounds. I've only craved it once. I was strong and didn't give in. And yesterday I didn't have to lay down to zip up my jeans!!!!
The kids are doing great. I do love them very much. They miss all of our family and friends in NV. I love you all.

It's Monday.. Can I just go back to bed and start over?

2009-02-09T10:12:00.002-05:00

This morning stared out really good. I wasn't too tired to get up like I normally am. So I got up and got the kids up. They even got up fairly easily. I went down stairs and asked what they wanted for breakfast and they asked for toast. I made some for Bradley then when I went back to the kitchen to make Reilly's I turned to put butter on them and BAM apparently there was a fork on the floor in the kitchen that I didn't see. I couldn't figure out what happened I just knew I hurt. I looked down and saw a fork sticking into my toes. Yes on my middle toe it went right into the toe sideways right by the nail. And then 2 prongs went into the top of my second toe. OUCH. I reached down and pulled the fork out. Then it bled a little on the floor. I got it to stop bleeding and put some band-aids on. I can walk but I'm wearing sandals today.
Then the terror of Brayden set in this morning. He couldn't find his book for school so he said he wasn't going to go. So I walked to the bus stop with Jaedyn and went back to the house to get Brayden. He fought me and decided he just needed a jacket. But he didn't want the jacket I picked out for him. He had a fit so Ron gave him a "what for". He started to cry then I felt bad for him (why?). Then as we were going to the bus which at this point he has not missed he was saying "I'm not going." He was running away from me and running into the street. Running in circles around me. At one point I threw his back pack at him to get him to stop. No luck. He is just a pill. He finally started to walk to the bus as it pulled up. Then he wasn't right by Jaedyn so he started to cry because he thought he wasn't going to get to sit by his sister on the bus. He did get to sit by her. So he stopped crying and got on the bus.
Then I went home and finally received a phone call back from my Dr. Apparently the blood work they did last week showed a blockage of some type in my leg. Well they want me to have a $160.00 ultrasound. HA! I have no money. I spent $226.00 just last week in medical bills. So now at this moment I have -$10.00 in my bank account and they think I can afford more medical junk. I am going to look uo online stuff about blockages. I have been taking high bloob pressure medicine for a week now and the swelling is just about gone in my left leg. I don't want to die. I can't afford all of this junk. I'll see what I can do.
It's still very early on Monday I hope the rest of the day is awesome.

Love is around...

2009-02-02T19:21:00.003-05:00

I sometimes wonder if some people from my immediate family were at the back of the line when brains were give out. In the last month Ron has locked the keys in the car three times. Twice the keys were still in the ignition. One time we were right down the street from our house so we just walked home and got the second set of keys. About three weeks later Ron was on his lunch break and he went in the car and set his keys down between the two seats. He went back into work and when he left to go home he realized he was locked out. Luckily I have made friends with a neighbor of mine. My neighbor took Ron the second set of keys and I stayed home and watched my kids and his 2 boys. This past Friday we picked Ron up from work and we decided to take the kids to Dairy Queen , it's right by Ron's work. Just as I slid the slider door closed I looked and saw the keys hanging there in the ignition still. I yelled "Ronald Jay Pitts". I was so angry. This was about a week after the last time. UGH! I didn't know how we were going to get back into the van. We were thinking of busting out one of the back side windows and showing Brayden through the window. We were poking and prodding and just then I saw a woman coming up to our van. She asked if we were locked out and we said yes. She proceeded to say "I have AAA. I will call and have them come get you in." Not only did she use her card in order for them to use her card she had to be there. So they stayed with us for an hour while we all waited for the tow truck. They didn't have to help us. They could have ignored our situation. As we parted ways she commented on how well my children were behaved through all this. I then reached over and gave her a big hug and said "God Bless You." I also hugged and thanked her husband. I told her that because of Marcia and Jack Starkey I believed that there were angels among us on this earth. I am so thankful to our angels that helped us. I thank my father in Heaven that there are still good people on the earth. I know he was watching out for us.
Since we have been in Mooresville we have had experiences with nice people. I forgot to tell you of the experience we had on New Years Day.
We went out for an exciting dinner for New Years Day... KFC!!! (We know how to live ) We looked for the smallest amount of money we could spend but still feed our whole family. We got some type of meal deal. We got 2 medium drinks and 2 small drinks. The kids can share. The couple next to us had 2 kids and they had 2 extra cups. Their kids were having a drink from home in a sippy cup. So now all my kids had their own cup. As this couple was leaving the man went up to the counter and ordered 5 apple pies and asked that the guys behind the counter deliver them to us. I was so overwhelmed with emotion that of course I cried. The woman gave me a big hug. We talked for a few min. and thanked them. They left and we were thankful for nice people. Then about 10 min later the woman working at KFC walked over to our table. She said to us," I make jewelry in my spare time. I sell it. I was sitting over there and I feel like God told me to do something nice for you." She gave me a necklace and gave the girls each a bracelet. More hugging and more tears.
This town has been so wonderful to us. We are very blessed to be here. I know that my father in heaven is watching over me and my family.

This week.

2009-01-31T16:55:00.002-05:00

This week seems very uneventful to me. I did a lot of annoying little things this week.
Thursday I took the twins to the dentist for their follow up after their dental surgeries. They are doing fine. I just had to drive to Charlotte to take them. No biggie though.
On Thursday at 2:00 p.m. I went to Reilly's school and and an I.E.P. meeting. This new school she is at is just wonderful. They are on top of things and she is going to get the help she needs. Last Friday her school had a 6Th grade dance. Reilly went and had the crowd cheering her name as she danced. I am so proud of her. (Do any of you remember how Reilly dances? I'm sure it was amazing.)
Yesterday the 30Th. I finally went to a doctor here. My left leg is very swollen and sore. I am hoping getting back on high blood pressure pills will make it go away. I don't really know what to do. I'm taking myself off of caffeine . I know that raises blood pressure. I have tried to give up my soda a few times before but I have to do this. The doctor put a scary thought into my head and said my leg might have a blood clot in it. So last night I was crying and told Ron if I died in my sleep or something he'd better take the kids back to NV so my family can be around them. I know I'm talking nonsense but I am really scared. We will see what the blood tests show.
We are otherwise doing fine. Hope everyone I love is doing fine too. I miss you.

Computer Trouble

2009-01-25T15:41:00.002-05:00

OH NO our home computer is fried. We plan on buying a new one with our tax money. So for the next month or so I will have to come down to my local library and do all my computer stuff. I might only be able to get on twice a week or so. Depending on what I feel ilke.
Last night I was talking to Bradley and he told me he is having trouble seeing the board at school. I wll be calling the wonderful eye doctor I took Jaedyn to and get him in for an exam. I'll let you know how it goes.
Love Ya.

Happy , Scary , Sad

2009-01-21T11:28:00.003-05:00

This week has been a rough one as far as emotions go. My head is full of so much comotion right now. I'll start with the good and work down to the bad.
I took Bradley to cub scouts last night and as I was telling the ladies where we were from another woman in the room over heard me say we moved from NV. She asked me where. I told her a small town by Carson City. It was called Dayton. She told me that her parents used to live in Dayton but they had moved to AZ a few years ago. I drove home and thought and thought who could that be. I thought it is probably Glen and Nancy Hill. So when I went back to the church to pick up Bradley I found Sis. Howes right away. I asked her what her parents names were. She said ,"Glen and Nancy Hill". "No Way" , I said. I was Nancy's visiting teacher in Dayton. It sure is a small world. And I already have a new friend in my ward. To move to NC and find someone that is my friend's daughter is just amazing.
On Monday Jaedyn was riding her scooter and she fell down. I saw a few scrapes on her legs and a scrape on her left cheek. About a half hour later I looked at her left eye and it looked like she had some dirt in there. We tried to wash it out and we tried to pick it out and it wouldn't budge. I figured by morning it would work itself out. Well no luck. Her eyeball was getting red. So I called an eye doctor. They saw her Tuesday afternoon. As soon as the doctor walked in he said " Do you see what I see? A piece of metal in her eye at 9:00." Holy Crap metal in her eye!!! The doctor put a few drops of stuff in her eye. Told her to look up and he had that sucker out in less than 3 seconds. Yea for the doctor!!! She has a follow up on Thursday. But it looks great.
To all my friends in NV or any where else it snows... I'm going to post a picture on here of the "snow" we got Tuesday. They canceled school because of it. It's a joke.
I read some sad news this morning. On Monday a childhood friend of my families commited suicide. I am so saddened by the news. He was married and had 3 beautiful young children. The world will miss Eric. I wish he would have realized how many people loved him. Maybe it might have given him some strength. The people he knew and the lives he touched will be missing a great person.

Missionary Moment

2009-01-12T16:17:00.003-05:00

Hey to my friends in Dayton. I have a big favor to ask.... I just found out a min. ago that a friend of our family...Elder Briscoe is being transfered to Dayton. Some of you may remember him from Bradley's baptism. He was Elder (Michael) Carlson's companion in Fernley. He's a little goofy but just love him. He is just a good kid. He loves to play with the kids so the kids will have to share their toys when he comes over. Our family grew to love him so much whlie we spent time with him. I hope Dayton is a good experience for him. (He's the guy on the left..Ron's right.)

Out of the mouths of babes....

2009-01-10T23:12:00.003-05:00

Jaedyn has been feeling very jilted in the fun department this week. So on Friday she made plans for Saturday. She wanted to go to the park and then McDonalds. Well we had to go grocery shopping before Ron went to work today so we didn't have time for her fun. I told her I was very sorry. Maybe after Dad get's paid again we can go do her fun thing. She started to cry and said , " I get to have no fun this weekend. The only person I get to see is the Lord." I felt sorry for her but had to laugh. I love that little angel.

Sad....

2009-01-08T23:18:00.002-05:00

I don't know what is going on but I know that my twins are very sad. Tonight Brayden and Jaedyn both were crying and saying they don't want to go back to their school. I loved their school in Charlotte. Unfortunatly I didn't love Charlotte. Now we have moved and my babies are just the saddest babies ever. They said that their teacher's aide is mean and she yells at the kids. But I asked the teacher and of course she said that the lady doesn't yell. She just talks loud. Brayden who loves school wants me to let him do Homeschool. That is not going to happen but it makes me so sad because he loved school. He excelled at Oakhurst Elementary. Jaedyn and Brayden had great teachers at Oakhurst so I can see why they are sad. We will see how things so next week... I might have to move them into a new class if they keep coming home with teacher's aide horror stories. They miss their friends from Oakhurst.

Yea!!!!

2009-01-07T21:26:00.002-05:00

We were able to get our internet hooked up really quickly. We ended up going through "Windstream" and they were much faster. I'm so happy!!!
We are loving our new home. It is so nice here. It's quiet. There is a grocery store maybe even closer to us than Smith's was to us in NV. So running because you forgot milk is no biggie. Or when you have to walk back home to get the second set of car key's because your husband locked the keys in the van in the ignition.
We were excited this year because we are on the east coast and we were going to get to see the "ball" drop from New York "live". We were still moving on New Years Eve and we were driving in the car until 12:20 am. We got to watch out clock in the car turn to mid-night!!! Man my life is so exciting!
The kids started at their new schools on Monday. Reilly is having a much better time at her new school. Apparently at one point in the day the kids all work on lap tops at their desk. fancy Bradley is liking his school too. He has a teacher named "Mrs. Morrison" She seems nice. Reilly and Bradley go to the same school so they ride the bus together. Brayden and Jaedyn are in the same class at their school. They wanted to be together. I was shocked when they said yes. They have "Mrs. White" She seems nice. I love that the twins will finally have the same homework each night. It's hard to do homework with 4 kids.
Ron is still commuting to Charlotte. His last day at the Eastway store is Saturday. Then he will work about 10 min. from home.
I am trying to keep busy getting things in order here. I'm finally ready for my boxes from NV so I can decorate my home the way I like. We don't have very many things for the walls and it makes me sad. I want my stuff.... I did keep a few of my favorite things. Our house here has stairs so I'm getting a workout just going up stairs. Time to get fit so I don't huff and puff at the top of the stairs. I'm such a cow.... Oh well the only person who can change it is me.
I hope everyone is doing great!!! I miss you.

Moving

2008-12-30T21:20:00.002-05:00

As some of you know we moved to a new town in NC. We will not have our computer or phone for a while. So there will not be any new posts from me for a little while. Once our computer is up and running again I will start posting again.
The move went O.K. We moved on a Monday so no one from church was around to help. So it was up to Ron and I. We moved both couches , three very heavy dressers and the washer and drier without the use of a dolly. I had to heave everything with my weak body. Oh well we did it. We unloaded it alone too. Ron wanted to try to put the dressers upstairs. So I helped with the lightest one. I thought I was going to die right there on the stairs..PAIN So now we are waiting until Friday for someone from our new ward to come help us get them upstairs. Otherwise the move went very smoothly. It only could have gone faster if we had help.
We will attend our new ward this Sunday. The kids will start their new schools on the 5th. Ron will hopefully transfer to a Food Lion in our new town.
I will e-mail you my friends my new contact info.
I love and miss you! Happy 2009!!!

What is going on???

2008-12-27T21:11:00.002-05:00

I do not know what happened to my last blog post. Maybe I have someone stalking me and they somehow changed my post. I'm not going crazy I don't know what happened. If it happens again then I'll make my blog private. If I go private I hope I have all my friend's e mail addressed to invite them. Sorry to my friends.

Almost Done

2008-12-23T08:25:00.002-05:00

I'm almost done Christmas shopping. I got off to a late start. I had to wait until Ron got paid on the 17th. Ever since it's been a mad dash. Luckily all I have left to buy is clothes. All toys are done. It seems that even when I try to down size the amount of gifts I buy I still seem to have a lot. It could be too that I try to be fair. So I try to have the same amount for each kid. I might head out this morning.... I do love to shop!!!

CONFUSED

2008-12-20T13:03:00.002-05:00

We are creating the best fun for Ron and I. This year because the kids are older we are putting the presents under the tree today. We usually wait until Christmas eve. Any how to prevent them from guessing what they are getting we are trying to make them guess who the gifts are for. I have put "other" names on their packages. We decided that I could remember the names of the kids from the "Brady Bunch" and they would have no clue. So hence we have gifts for "Marsha" , "Jan", "Greg" and "Peter". It is driving them CRAZY. Ron and I are getting the best laugh from it. Brayden is so mad he started to cry. I just laughed.

2008-12-18T10:09:00.002-05:00

The Twins have recovered O.K. from their surgery. Jaedyn is still very tender and can't eat a lot. Brayed says one tooth hurts a little. But he is trying to eat. My poor Brayden ended up with what Reilly had on Monday. So from 5:00am( Wednesday) to 10:00am he threw up 11 times. Brayden is my only child that doesn't run to the bathroom to puke. He just stays put and lets it go everywhere. So I did a lot of laundry and carpet cleaning yesterday. He is feeling better and ate a good dinner last night. Jaedyn and Bradley still haven't gotten it. My heart just breaks for Jaedyn. She is hungry and can't eat. I'm going to go to her school today at lunch and bring her some "soft" food. Tomato soup and yogurt.
Brayden and Jaedyn's surgeries went well. Although Brayden woke up an angry little fella. He screamed and threw things at me. Then he would put his head down and zonk out for an hour. Jaedyn was just really tired. She was sad too. She doesn't like having teeth gone.
Thank you to all who said prayers and good thoughts their way.
Today I am going back to the kids' school for their Christmas parties. I have 3 kids in 3 different classes. So I will be running around like a crazy woman. And yes it is lame, their parties are today and they do have school tomorrow.
We never did send Reilly to her new school. She got so sick. She still complains about not feeleing well. But now since we are moving she will just start at that new school in Jan. It's easier that way.
I'm going to go for now. I need to take these few precious quiet moments and do something for myself...get a shower before noon!

Good News.

2008-12-15T21:03:00.002-05:00

Today I received a phone call from the Town home in Mooresville NC. Our application was accepted!!!!
We will get to move out of Charlotte!!! I am so excited. I mentioned before it is a bigger place and it cost's less money. I have to call the office and get an official move in date so I can't tell you that now. But FINALLY some good news. I am sad because I feel like I have made some good friends in my ward here. But I will only be 40 min. from them. I can always visit. And we all go to the same Temple so maybe I can tag along with them if they go. hint..hint.. I've decided that I will host a "Family" dinner once a month and set a day of the week that will be the same always and who ever want's to come can come. (You just have to let me know you ARE coming so I make enough food.)
Reilly is supposed to start at her new school tomorrow. But she has been "coming out both ends" for the past 5 hours. So I don't think she will make it.
Brayden and Jaedyn are having dental surgery tomorrow. They will be "put under" so send happy thoughts and prayers their way. Jaedyn is very nervous. She has cried to me tonight. She is having some extractions. She cried to me, "That Dr. is Evil. She can't have my teeth. They are mine. Tell her to take out her own." It was sad and very sweet. Brayden hasn't said much. Just that he doesn't want to be first or he's "going to freak out".
Poor Bradley he's the only one that doesn't have some type of trama going on right now. So I just thought I'd mention him too. He's still around and doing wonderful.
To all my FRIENDS reading this ... I miss you so much. All Of You. My wonderful friends. I wish I was there to give you a big hug.
To who ever is just nosey GO AWAY !!! (JUST KIDDING) haha Introduce yourself sometime. :)

JAIL TIME

2008-12-11T21:58:00.002-05:00

Is it worth Jail time??? I am coming out of my skin I am so annoyed with my kids!!! Can I run away to a happy place?
My evening started by me wanting to take the kids to McDonalds...nice Mom right? I pull in the parking lot and remember seeing my ATM card on the floor in my bedroom. So I say lets go back home and I'll grab my card. I get home and can't find my card. So out of the car for the kids. Help Mom find the card. We looked every where in my room. Then said forget it we are not going. Then I walk into the kitchen and there is my card on the floor. WHY??? So we go to McDonalds everything was fine. Then we go to Wal-Mart.
I swear that there are little small voices in Wal-Mart that say "Be Evil , Be as awful as you can , Don't obey your Mother " We were there because Reilly is going to get to go to a new school. Her last school had a uniform. This one does not. So I needed to buy her some real clothes. So I'm with Reilly and the twins. The twins are running in the middle of the main isle screaming and poking eachother. I yell "Get your buns over here now. Just as Brayden falls to the ground crying because he hurt his knee. I am trying to find clothes for Reilly mind you. As you may recall Reilly has fabric issues. So she is hating everythin I pick. I finally pick a pair of cute pants and she picks sweats. She HATES the pants of course. She loves the sweats but even the size small is too big. So I take a potty break. The toilet seat is bkoken I do not know this until I sit down and it starts to slide off the bowl as I am peeing. So I get pee everywhere. So we leave the restroom. We head to electronics because that is where Bradley is. He's being good and playing a video game.
Then the rest of the Pitts hell crew assends uopn the electronics department. I figure I'm here I'll put my SD card into the Fuji film thing and make some prints off my card. I start to download them and then my kids are yelling at eachother. I tell them to get over by me, Brayden and Bradley. Then Jaedyn is showing me all of the things she wants. Reilly is trying to play guitar hero and calling Bradley to help her. I tell Bradley Don't you go there I told you to stay put. He tries to go. My good son... Stay here Bradley... I turn my back to continue what I was doing and he took off. I grabbed my SD card and said all of you NOW we are leaving.
We left Wal-Mart with no pictures ordered and no clothes for Reilly. We drove home in complete silence.
We get home and Brayden and Jaedyn want a bath. I put them in the bath and Brayden proseeds to pull a full sized towel in the tub!!!Then the spreads his butt cheeks and says to his sister "Hey do you wanna kiss." Then they proceeded to dump water on eachother. UGH.
Is this night over yet? Not by a long shot. I've gotta go pick up Ron from work now. So for now Good-Night.

2008-12-11T09:50:00.002-05:00

For now life is in a bit of same thing...same thing. We did not end up moving this month. But our plans are to move Jan. 1st. We will know for sure tomorrow. Because of all of our hardship getting into this place the woman at the office said that on Friday she would let us look at a few town homes she has available and let us pick which one we want. That will be nice.
I just can't wait to get out of Charlotte. I boggles my mind that On Friday Dec. 5th I pulled Reilly from her school and took paperwork down to the district office to get her re-assigned to a new school and now it is a whole week later and still nothing. I feel so confident in the schooling system here in Charlotte. She has missed 2 weeks of school and not a word! When we move we will be out of Charlotte's school district. The three younger kids like their school but I am ready for a change there too. They do have great teachers this year.
Ron is still at Food Lion. He hates it. They have increased his work load but not his pay. So this move will be good for him too. When we move I will have to get a job. If I could babysit that would be good. On the other hand I no longer have kids at home during the day and it might be nice to get out.
Otherwise there is not a whole lot going on in the world of Pitts. I will try to do better with this thing. My love to all.

STRESS

2008-12-03T17:30:00.002-05:00

I am just stressed out to the highest level. We applied for a town home on Nov. 18th. They told us we would have an answer in 7 days. Well today is Dec.3 and we still don't have an answer. They called me tonight and said they would call me first thing in the morning. I am so upset. I don't know if this is a trial in patience or a sign that it's a bad idea. Ron just called and he said just forget it. It's not Worth it. I want to go there. It's $100.00 less a month to live there. The population there is better for us. The kids will go to better schools. There is no way Reilly wants to go back to her school. We have been telling her for over a month that November would be her last month at her school. Now we may be stuck here. I am just angry. It's time to go to the corner and cry. Or scream.

I Am Thankful

2008-11-25T06:03:00.002-05:00

I'm not so good at keeping this up. I feel like my life is very boaring. So I don't think I have much to tell. But with it being Thanksgiving in a few days I thought I'd try to reflect on the things I am Thankful for.
I am thankful for my husband Ron. I know that he hates his job. But he goes to it everyday because he is a responsible man. He is our provider and without him we would have nothing. I love him because somehow he loves me. I often don't feel I am doing all I can to be a good wife and he still seems to love me.
I am Thankful for Reilly and her innocence. She is 12. I worried about her growing up too fast but she is taking her time. She might seem a little immature sometimes. But I love her that way. She still sees the good in things. She enjoys the simple things. I am thankful to be her Mom.
I am Thankful for Bradley. He's my quiet boy. I never know what is going on in his mind. I watch him and I wonder if he knows how much I love him. I have been so blessed to be his mommy. He is the sweetest boy. I love to hear him laugh. He has the best laugh. He will always be my "Moose man".
I am Thankful for Brayden. His mind is a sponge. He always wants to read. I am given some type of drawing from him everyday. Even when he is a major turd he just smiles at me, wraps his arms around my neck and says "I Love You Mom". I can't stay mad. One day he made me a book It said " I luv My Mom. I luv hr so muts" I still have the book.
I am thankful for Jaedyn. She has a huge heart. She tries to see good in all people. She doesn't understand why people are mean to her. I tell her some people are mean. They just don't know how to be nice. I love her sweet personality. I love to just watch her "in the moment". She is an amazing little girl. I'm so thankful that she "snuck in" to our family.
I am Thankful for my family. This will be our first holiday without them. I don't say it enough but I want them all to know that I love them. Mom, Tracy, Travis, Tim , Tyler, Trent, Trevor, Todd, John , James , Norah , Jenna , Kadence, Carson , and Katrina. I love my "Tholen" family so much. I miss them.
I am thankful for real friends. The ones that love you no matter what. The ones that still like you after you puke and pee your pants while you are with them and then you can laugh about it and recall it as a fond memory. They ones I've cried with and cried for. The ones that make me always laugh. The ones I went to high school with, The ones that have died too young but taught me great lessons while on this earth, I can't wait to see them again. For my friends that help me try to be a better mom, for my friend that lift me up when I am at my lowest point. For the ones I can jut make a one word refrence to and we both start to bust out laughing.For the ones I saw on that beautiful day in May while we all experienced "Heaven on Earth" Thank you for being there with us that day. I love all of my real friends so deeply. I am thankful that God has crossed our paths in the beautiful lifetime. I miss you.

2008-10-31T11:47:00.000-04:00

My Return To 1990

2008-10-31T11:39:00.002-04:00

Last night was magical. I went back to 1990. Dodger Stadium with my friend Bryna Lomax. But this time it was 2008 and I was with Josh Carlson. Holy Cow!!! I got to see New Kids On The Block in Charlotte NC. (I guess there is one good thing about here) It was amazing. I can't describe the pure joy I felt. Wow..Wow...Wow..
I'm so Thankful to Ron for insisting that I go. It was so worth it. We had nose bleed seats and when we arrived they filled in unsold seats. We bought $35.00 tickets and we were upgraded to the $75.00 section. AWESOME

A New Begining

2008-10-13T21:37:00.000-04:00

I feel refreshed at least for today. The three younger kids are thriving in school. Reilly still is not liking school too much. She is having bully problems. Ron told her to just punch them with all her might. We are just out of resources.
We went driving to a new "town" today to check things out. It was too big for me. I guess I just want to live in the country and have a big yard, a big porch and a swing or rocking chair on it. Someday.....
I miss my family and friends from Nevada, California and Utah. This has really been a learning experience for us. We are planning a trip to Raliegh NC on the 25th to see my Aunt Lynn, Uncle Chip and my 2 cousins. It should be fun.
I still haven't taken the kids to the pumpkin patch but I will try to do it soon. It seems we have a lot of time but not a lot of money these days.
I'll post pictures and fun stuff soon. As soon as I can figure out how to post everything.

The Fall

2008-10-04T20:58:00.000-04:00

I am so glad that the fall has finally arrived here in the East. The humidity of summer was making me re-think our decision to move here. But it is now so beautiful here. The leaves are just getting ready to change and I can't wait to take the kids to "Reedy Creek Park" to see all the trees and the beautiful ponds.
We have been down "Rocky River Road" and seen a dairy farm that has a "maze", "pumpkin patch", "pony rides" and for at least today a "bounce house". I will have to take the kids there next weekend or the one after that.
Bradley has a Birthday this month. October 4th he will be 9. He is growing up so fast.I am so proud of him. I am so thankful to have him for my son.