While we were at the farm Brenden discovered that grandma had a bigger version of his stuffed husky. Once Brenden found it he took it over. We were playing on Friday afternoon I asked Brenden if the mommy husky was taking good care of the baby husky and he said no, it's not a mommy husky it's daddy husky. I asked him what happened to the mommy husky and he told me it died. This was before we went to the funeral, so I was a bit surprised! Gotta love kids imagination!

We had a great Thanksgiving. It was great to see Mandy and Ryan and grandma and grandpa. We stayed at the farm Thursday night. It was nice to have one night there. On Friday we move over to the Americinn in Grafton. We went to the family service for Bob on Friday night. I was so proud of my boys, they we so well behaved for 7:00 at night! After the service Mandy, Ryan , Tim and I took the boys swimming. I forgot the life jackets so it was a bit nerve racking since my little boys are fearless, but we really had a good time. The twins both ended up getting a cold, so on Saturday after the funeral when we went back to the hotel to change Brenden fell asleep in the car. So Tim and I took turns go in to change clothes so he could sleep. We were all invited over to Debbies cousins house for the afternoon and when we got there Brenden was still asleep so we carried him in and put him in a chair and he slept there all afternoon. We then went out to the farm for dinner and at about 5:30 Logan told Tim he was tried and wanted to lay down, thinking I would call his bluff I told Tim to go lay him down in grandmas room. Well he told me! He went right to sleep and slept until we woke him up at 7:30, even then he wouldn't really wake up. I thought for sure he would be up all night, but he slept great it was Tim that was up all night. He started throwing up at about 10:30 and threw up all night. We stayed at the hotel until a little after 9:00 this morning. Tim still wasn't feeling great and I had to pull over 5 times, but eventually his stomach settled down and he slept almost the whole way home. Once we got home he got as far as the couch and feel asleep again. So the boys and I left. I dropped them off at my moms house while I went to Wal-Mart. We just got home a little while ago and Tim seems to be feeling better. So it was a crazy weekend and it feels good to be home!!

We are heading to the farm for the thanksgiving weekend. Debbie's uncle Bob passed away yesterday, so now we have a funeral to go to as well. I just hope all the kids stay healthy!

Layne got another perfect score on his spelling test!

I got the first part of my grant check over the weekend, so I got to order my new computer today! Yeah!!

I only have 2 weeks left of this semester, I can't believe how fast it went by. I am nervous for my first official college finial test though.

My brother called me tonight. He is coming home for Christmas!! I get to go pick him up in Fargo on December 22.

Layne came home from school today because he was sick. He came down with a really bad case of Fakers Disease. I knew the minute I walked into school that he faking it, but he had been sick on Saturday so I decided to play along. He threw up all night, almost every 35 minutes. But on Sunday morning he said he felt fine and he didn't throw up again. So anyway, this morning when I sent him off to school I told him that if he didn't feel good later he could call me and I would come get him. I was not shocked when I got a call from the school at noon, so I went and got him and when we got home I asked him if he was really sick. He said no and then made up some story about someone kicking a ball into his stomach, which after a little more conversation found out that it wasn't true. So I asked him if he just didn't want to be at school and he smiles at me and says yes.

We had Layne's parent/teachers conference tonight. He has improved so much from last year it is amazing! His best scores were in math. On the test that is taken nation wide he scored well above average as well as on the test that is taken in the district. I have to say that at first I was slightly surprise by that, but then I got to thinking. He is always asking what is 10+8 and what is 22-6 and so on. So I guess his mind is often on math. He did really well on all the other subjects, except writing, he got a "needs improvement", which wasn't really a surprise. I also asked if he talked a lot in class and she said no not really, which also surprised me, because last year that was a problem. After a tough year last year it was great to get such a glowing report!

Went to the thrift store today with the boys to get some Christmas tins. I can't believe that I am shopping for Christmas things! Anyway we had to go downstairs so I couldn't use the stroller or a cart. So I decided to give the boys a job. I gave them each a shopping basket and took turns giving them items to put in their basket. They thought that was so cool and they were so well behaved!

Layne got a perfect score on his spelling test. It is kind of funny actually. Mrs. Nesstos reduce his spelling words to only half of the list, but when he took his test he wrote all of them and ended up with a perfect score. So now this week she wrote on his spelling list that it was his choice he could do half or all!

We had a great weekend. Debbie and I made a quick trip to Carrington for an LWML meeting. The meeting was good and we got a lot accomplished for the district convention in June. On Sunday Tim and I riped out the carpet downstairs in the toy room. The carpet down there was just gross. We decided that we need to put something down there that we can clean. We are thinking about rubber tiles. They snap together like a puzzle pieces and are nice and squishy for the kids to have sleep overs on! We are also going to paint down there.

Sunday night we had Scott and Debbie over to celebrate Debbie's birthday. We made nachos and watched the movie "Up". The nachos were delicious and the movie was funny! The company was good too!

I received a letter in the mail from the North Dakota University System over the weekend. I was quite surprised when I opened it and discovered that I received a $1,200 grant from the state. I couldn't believe it. I had to take the letter to my financial aid office to make sure it was legit. I was just telling Debbie and the way home from Carrington that I would really wish I could get a new laptop since I am taking so many online classes and now I can! I think I am going to get a Dell mini like the one Mandy and Ryan just bought. I asked her to bring it over Thanksgiving weekend so I could try it out. Speaking of Thanksgiving I can't believe that it is next weekend! I only have a month left of this semester! Time is flying by!!!!

I don't know what is up with the kids, but they have been driving me crazy!! They are constantly fighting, biting, hitting, throwing things at each other. Days like these make me wish they were 6 months old again! So I guess it is a good thing I am going out of town tomorrow for an LWML meeting. Twenty-four hours out-of-town will be wonderful!!

Whew it has been a long weekend/beginning of the week. The twins ended up getting sick so we couldn't go to the farm. I was quite bummed, but I really didn't want anyone else to get sick. Last week Thursday Logan and Brenden both fell asleep at daycare. I knew the minute I walked in and saw Logan sleeping that he was sick. Dee Dee said Logan fell asleep almost immediately and Brenden had been asleep for about an hour. So I scooped them up and took them home and Logan fell back asleep and slept all night, 15 hours total. He also had a fever of 103, but it must have broke sometime in the night because he woke up and seem to be doing pretty well. Brenden on the other hand had a really rough night. He would wake up and have a coughing fit and then really struggle to catch his breath, then he would say he was choking. It was sad. I took him in to the doctor on Friday and she said he had croup. They crushed up a steroid and put it in chocolate syrup and it made such a difference!! The rest of the weekend went OK considering I was all alone. We went through 2 boxes of Popsicles. Brenden ate 6 in one sitting!

Layne didn't have school today and it was a long day!!!! The boys started fighting at 7:30 this morning and didn't stop until they went to bed tonight! I was so glad that my mom came over to watch the boys so I could go to LWML!! I hope tomorrow is a better day.

Well the twins are sick. High fevers and slight cough so we will not be going to the farm this weekend. Kara is sick too an wont be going to the farm and Grandma Young fell and broke her nose. So it was not a good day:( Mandy is pretty bummed about us not being able to come, but fortunately we get to see them in a couple of weeks for thanksgiving.

Got new tires on the Expedition today. What a difference they make! The car no longer shakes and the road noise is so much less! While we were getting the tires I took the boys to the library. I was worried about them being to noisy and rambunctious, but they were good. Layne and I played checkers, then Logan and I "played" checkers. It was fun!

Got my speech back in class today. I was really worried about it, thought it wasn't my best work, but I got a 179/180, so I guess I did OK!

We are going to the farm this weekend...hopefully. Layne hasn't been feeling good, he has had no symptoms other than a sore throat and he just looks like he doesn't feel good. So we will go as long as everyone is healthy!