Friday Fragments ~ Birthdays, Christmas and Guns

Welcome to another addition of FF's (Friday Fragments!) LOL I am so glad that Mrs. 4444's hosts this awesome forum, so I can finally get caught up!

Ok, first Ponch's cake. It was my husband's birthday waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in November, the 27th to be precise. Here is the cake I got for him...since he loves the Raiders.

oh and his balloons, a white, black and silver one, too!

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Moving right along to my Christmas tree! I took the kids out in December one night, before Christmas, to see Santa and when I got home this is what my husband surprised me with! We didn't have a tree last year and I really wanted one for this year, well ok, last year, whatever!

Brandon at my parents house on Christmas Eve...

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Now, moving to January, here is the cake for my dad that Ponch came up with...

The number 24 was "added" to his sweater, originally it said Boston and well we changed it. The number is a joke, it is Kobe's jersey number and we did it in purple, the Laker's colors! My dad is a "Laker Hater especially Kobe" so we all got a laugh out of it!


Here is my dad and his friend, Lewis. Celebrating his birthday. I have to say, Lewis is more then just a friend to my dad and mom. He has taken over the roll of a father figure, since both my parents don't have a dad anymore...he is also great grandpa to all the grand kids.

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ok, so now I am caught up...sort of...LOL I am always a day late and a dollar short, but that is just how I roll. I have accepted it now you need to, LOL I have not blogged on a regular basis in a long time and I really do miss it. I just run out of time during the day. I have mentioned before that Brandon no longer naps and that was my blogging time, to read and write. I no longer have that time, so I have to find the time and make it my blogging time.

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I wasn't going to be a negative nilly today, but I have to say I don't get it why kids bring guns, did I mention a loaded gun to school, or anywhere for that matter and it goes off and shoots one kid in the neck the bullet then comes out and goes into another kids head...I don't get why a 15 yr old needs to jump off a building 10 stories high and kill himself. I think parents need to really TALK to their kids more about things so these things don't happen anymore.

Friday Fragments - School News, Christmas Shopping and Venting

I have missed participating in Friday Fragments, I am so glad to be back! Head on over to Mrs. 4444's for more wonderful fraggin'!

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So first, school news update: A while back I wrote about Serena not having a wonderful experience in school, she was being bullied. So, I went to the principal and then to the district with some other parents to make sure our story was being heard and something was going to be done about it. The child in question, we will call him Greg, he was being so mean to this one girl, we will call her Mary. He cut her hair one time, another time he got her in a head-lock and yet another time he hit her in the cheeks so hard she had bruises. Mary's mom got her out of the classroom immediately and things have been good for her. Then Greg started picking on other kids and then some boys started copying him. They are the ones who picked on my Serena. Another girl's mom took her out of the school and put her in another school. So, after my complaint I listened to the principal tell me they are getting another teacher to assist the current teacher and they are hiring a "monitor" for Greg, someone who will keep an eye on him in the classroom (so he won't continue jumping on chairs and tables) and on the playground (so he won't pick on anyone). Let me tell you this: Serena loves the new teacher and has become Greg's friend! She was crying one morning before school because she misses her big brother and Greg came over and immediately put his arm around her and comforted her! I was amazed. Then his monitor told me he has done this before for Serena. They were the "caboose" one day in line and she was falling way behind and had her head down and he went up and put his arm around her shoulders and had her walk a bit faster to keep up with the class. I am very proud of my daughter to befriend this little boy. I firmly believe that there is something up with his parents and the way they treat him and each other at home, how else would he know to be so mean?

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Christmas shopping is pretty much done in my house. My husband and daughter went shopping on Black Friday and got most of it done and then that weekend we wrapped it...most of it anyways, I just have a few gifts for my Gingers and the cousins and my nieces and nephews and some friends kids to wrap! YAY for me!

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Why does there have to be an outage on my phone today??? Sorry but I had to vent that...

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I have to vent this, too. WHY DO PREGNANT WOMEN WHO KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT DRINK, SMOKE AND DO DRUGS? This, my friends, I just cannot answer nor do I really think there is an answer for it.

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I love that Serena is learning songs at school! It is so cute to hear her start singing out of the blue these wonderful kid songs. She is such a happy child, always skipping around the house and now singing! :)

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I have to add that life is good for the moment and that life is too short, just too short.

Friday Fragments ~ Prayers, Jeeps and Broken Legs

Welcome to another addition of Friday Fragments! Brought to you by the wonderful Mrs. 4444's
Thank you so much for hosting, this is my favorite meme to participate in.

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Tell me it is not cute for my kids to be playing, pretending to be eating and then Brandon says, "Let's say prayers before we eat." He is so adorable, if I do say so myself! We have been saying Grace before dinner every night and sometimes we say it twice. If I serve them broccoli first and then the pasta, he wants to say it before he eats the broccoli and again before the pasta...

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Here is a picture of what the floor looks like in my kids room...under the bed to be exact...the flooring is coming apart for lack of better wording. So, I got the pleasure of calling the company that did our addition back in 2007 I think, (jeepers time flies!) playing phone tag for 2 weeks and then finally someone came out this morning to take pictures and then go back and have a meeting and decide what the next step is. As you can see by my writing, I am not happy about this! I also have a door they installed that fell on Brandon that they will be replacing with a new one. I will keep you posted on that.

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Remember this post? On my parents new Jeep Rubicon? Well, they decided to get another one, LOL for the kids!

Now they have a BIG one and a SMALL one!

Isn't it just the cutest thing? Next to the big one, of course!

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Remember my brother-in-law, Carlos, who passed away this last July? Well, his wife, Gloria, broke her leg and ankle last week! and had to have one surgery where they put screws in her ankle and then this metal contraption and then she will have another surgery in the near future to remove the metal contraption and then put metal plates. She really messed herself up, so for those of you who pray, please say a prayer for her will ya? Thanks!

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We have had rain and hail and thunder and lightening here in my neck of the woods this week! So exciting for the kids. Brandon and I went on an adventure while it was dry, to Target, and when we came out it was pouring cats and dogs! So, we made a run for the van and some idiot almost hit us! What more can I say, I was beyond pissed and wet, LOL but when we got to the van and inside we both just laughed and he kept saying he was soaked and it was crazy rain outside!

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