I hate being sick.

So I threw up six times last night and this morning. Dang it was disgusting. Still not feeling well at all. Maybe I didn't get all of the bad stuff out yet. Anybody have any suggestions for home remedies for upset stomach/vomiting?

Anyway, it has been fine since Anna left. Little one even slept through the night..until about 6:30am. Too bad my sleep was terrible with the bad tummy. I actually slept well the first 3-4 hours and then it hit me again. How frustrating is that.

So college football starts tonight. I'm so excited!!! I love this time of the year. BYU will probably get worked by Oklahoma, but at least it will be fun seeing them play a good team.

Work is crazy!!!

Someone else has left my office and things are still crazy. I don't think things will slow down until October, when the other team will be integrated back into Farmers claims. They have been handling claims for one of our subsiderary companies, Bristol West, until they could switch over all BW claims to Farmers Ins claims. It may even get more confusing as Farmers has bought part of AIG, 21st Century Insurance just last month. So it's good to see my company be aggressive and grow while economic times are a little uncertain.

Well the kids have been doing okay. We have started the level system, so that the consequences for behavior can be consistent. We just feel that the kids weren't improving and maybe this would help. We are even doing some things to help them take more control in getting up for school...show more responsibility. So far so good with that. N seems to like his new high school.

Our malibu has broken down again...got towed from the freeway as we didn't move it in time. Then had to have it towed to our house. Therefore, we are buying a new used car and will use the malibu as a third car...maybe for N. It has been a mess for sure since the beginning. I will never buy a Chevy, Dodge or Ford. My work car is even having transmission issues at the 1.5 year mark. Sheesh, it's still new.

So college football is coming in two weeks. I am so pumped. I love football. We lost our peewee football game on Satuday. The other team had a great qb and we don't exactly have a system set up to defend the pass well. We didn't even score. I am the DC and we did okay but not great. It's hard to handle kids this age as they are 11 or 12. Almost half of the team don't exactly have much of a football instinct and seem disinterested all of the time. We'll see how much they improve.

I'm excited for our two trips over the next few months. We are headed to New Orleans for a few days in September when BYU plays Tulane. Then in October we go down to St. George with 4 of our couple friends. They both should be nice breaks. Although R will be coming with us to NO as she is free still for everything.

Anyway, life is going pretty well. Anna just ran a half marathon yesterday down in springville. I'm so proud of her as that isn't easy....especially considering she has asthma. I love her so much, even when we drive each other nuts.

So we are pretty busy lately!!!

Summer is thankfully winding down but dang it has been busy. We have gone on a few trips, survived having the kids home all day every day and have got a few things done outside/inside. It will be nice when the kids are back at school...we have spent a lot of money on food over the summer...at least it seems that way. School does start next week.

So I am the defensive coordinator on G's football team. They needed some help, so I volunteered to help out. It is crazy right now as it is a five day a week commitment right now. But that will go down to 3-4 during school. I also am volunteering again for cougar club security for byu football practices. That is always interesting to me as I love football.

Just finishing up some work and time for bed. Work has been dang busy. I don't think I have been this busy since I have started at Farmers. Just a lot of different factors that is making it crazy for everyone.

Anyway, I just signed up for facebook as I was searching for someone. Nnot sure what I think of it yet. I hate getting all of these friend requests.

And the judge delayed the stuff again...

The attorney got the judge to hold things off until the end of September...then the final stuff in the middle of November. It's crazy to let the kids go on with so much stuff on hold for this long. What a joke.

We are home and back to normal.

I hate trying to play catch up at work when being off for so long. It takes me days to get back into things. So work is still going pretty well. I am one if not the top person in my office. I have been very consistent over the past 18-24 months and it is showing in my results. Hopefully I can get a great raise next year...it will be combined with a 3.5% across the board raise that the company is giving out. So I could potentially get 8-10%. That would be nice.

So the boys are doing okay...sometimes crazy, sometimes fine. It is such a rollercoaster. They haven't spoken with their mom for almost two weeks. Maybe they don't have phones on Montana reservations? So not much else is going on in that front. We are planning to take a few trips this fall. My parents invited me to New Orleans with them when BYU plays Tulane. Anna will probably come too. We'll bring B as the kids will be in school. Then some of our friends invited us to go to St. George with a few couples in October for three days. Becky or my mom will watch the kids while we are gone. B will not come with us on this one as no kids are allowed. So they should be some fun trips.

I'm excited as heck for football season coming up. Dang I love college football. I am doing security for the cougar club again this year. It gives me a little inside info at practices. I almost volunteered to coach pop warner for the boys, but the commitment was too much. Our football season tickets got bumped up pretty good due to losing our seniority last year. Oh well, it should be an excellent home schedule this year.

Anyway, life is good. Need to exercise more. Need to read more scriptures. Need to pray more. Man my life seems like a mess sometimes...lol

So we had a change of plans..

Due to wanting to see my granpda while he was in good health, we actually changed our plans from Montana to out in California. It probably isn't as exciting as hiking and swimming in a lake, but worth it from our point of view. Then there are some issues with my grandma after her knee surgery that care making a huge mess of things. Then my dad catches pnemonia and is in the hospital for two days.

Overall a crazy trip so far. Probably heading back Friday morning.

And cancer hits again!!!

Well my mom called me last night and let me know my grandpa has pancreatic cancer...that has spread to a few other organs as well. He will have an official prognosis soon as they do some more testing. I need to figure out when I can get out there soon to see him before things hit him harder than they are right now...I remember Anna's dad and some of the photos before he passed away.

Anyway, the kids are doing okay. Not much is going on as court got pushed back again another month. Not sure what the deal is but it seemed like some kind of legal tactic to buy more time. Whatever. Poor B didn't want to go on her visit today as she cried when Anna was leaving. She has done fairly well with attaching so far. She got very upset when I tried to leave nursery on Sunday.

We are headed out to camping next week. Hopefully all goes well.