so its been awhile...

We took the girls out of school for a week and went to palm Desert for the Jayson's little sisters County fair. I put the girls on independent study for a week! Never again. It was so much work. The noises and moaning they made every time i asked them to sit down and do some schoolwork, My God! Ill just call in sick next time. We were successful at the Fair. Jayson's little sister Nicole got Grand Champion Market Hog. We won last year also but this was extra special because we actually bred this Hog. So Seven Showpigs( Thats the name of out Hog Farm:))had their first Champion out of its herd! Big Success! It has Jayson all fired up about being a Hog Farmer, his true dream (Im not joking either!)
Unfortunately while we were there everyone got sick. It started with Jillian having Pink eye and passing it on to every other kid in the family. Then they were coughing. Jackson had it really bad. So we came home a little earlier than planned but it was okay because Jayson had to catch up on a lot of work. Let me tell you, traveling with 5 kids feels a lot like moving. We moved out of our house, int o a hotel in Paso Robles, Out of the hotel, into the guest house at Jayson's dad's house and back out and into our house again. I still havent completely unpacked. I dont feel like going anywhere for a while.
Jackson was still feeling yucky when we got home. Finally i took him to Urgent Care on Saturday. He had bronchulidis, an ear infection, pink eye, excema, and a fever of 101. Poor little guy:( Thankfully we got in really fast. There was a ton of people there but they let us go in right away because he was coughing so hard. He looked so miserable he was coughing and itching and had green guck coming out of his eyes. The dr gave us some antibiotics and an inhaler. He's doing mush better, but he's still not happy.
So the girls are back in school, thank god! I forgot to mention that it was raining when we got back to Fresno so we were stuck in the house for 5 days with all 5 kids! I sent Jayda to the babysitter twice already this week and i am sending her tomorrow again. The norm is once a week. We need some time apart! hehe

Today was a beautiful day. Went to lunch with my mom and then i took Jayda to the park. She was in heaven! The plan today was clean my house. So glad i didnt, cuz thats the plan everyday. I will always have housework. Then we picked up the big girls and cousin Nicky at School and went back to the park to play for another hour and a half. WE came home, did homework and now they are gone to awana for the night. Jayda is staying the night at my parents, its very quiet in the house at the moment. Sooo nice. thats why i have time to write.oh wait, i hear a baby waking up, gotta go.

Flowers from our yard!

You have new Picture Mail!

Happy Chinese New Year

chinese new year

Hannah Montana Movie

Took the girls to see the Hannah Montana Concert in 3D Movie today. We went to the live concert back in November. I dont think the girls will ever forget it. Okay maybe Jayda will. The movie was pretty cool. The 3D effect made it seem like we were in the front row. The girls looked super cute in their humongous glasses. They were excited to be there and we had a good time:)

Cooking Tips

#1 When steaming vegetables on the stove it is always a good idea to put water in the pot.
#2 If you smell something burning you should get up immediately instead of waiting for a file to download on the computer.
#3 Although Ginger and Cinnamon may look the same in the spice cabinet, they do not, however taste the same on your Oatmeal

Bow Chicka Wow Wow!

I have to share this story before I forget. Jenna came home from school one day this year sing the tune, Bow chicka Wow Wow. Not only was she singing it but she also had her hands behind her head and she was shaking her hips. I asked her where she heard it and she said at school, everybody sings it. What?! I immediatley told her not to sing that and she, of course asked, why not? I just said that I cant tell you why just dont say it. A couple days go by and I hear Julia and Jayda singing the same thing along with the dance moves and all. Ugh! Jayson thinks its hillarious and i think its totally inappropriate. Jenna then tells me that it's from the Chipmkunk Movie. Oh my god! Ok, thats funny. As long as its from the Chipmunk movie. Hehe.Papa ended up taking all the girls to see the movie very soon after that. Bow Chicka Wow Wow!!!!!!!

Julia celebrated her 100th day of school today at Kindergarten.

Oh Kruse Jackpot 2/2/2008

This weekend the whole family went to our first of many hog shows that the girls participated in. The whole gang was on the road Saturday, pigs and all, by 7am. Jayson and I were quite impressed with our organizational skills. Its amazing what we can accomplish when we actually plan something. The girls did great. Jenna is a natural in the show ring, Im sure she will be an excellent showman in the near future. She manuevered her Duroc gilt(Daisy) through the ring with ease. We she left the ring she shook the judge's hand and said thank you with a big smile. Yep, she's pretty amazing. We were a little nervous about Julia in the ring but she did great. She showed her york barrow, Chad.(Pretty funny name for a pig. Don't know where she came up with it. WE dont even know any Chads. Hehe.)She was very calm. She's pretty shy so it was easier for her to concentrate on her pig and not the judge. Once Jayson told her to move her hog to the middle where the judge was, she did just fine. Pretty impressive for a five year old, except Jayson didnt groom her properly before she went in the ring. She had her shirt untucked and one pant leg tucked in her boot. Oh well. We are very excited for our next show, which is this weekend at Fresno State.

The girls 1st Jackpot

halloween 2007

Awana night

awana

I love you!

I love you

weekend with kinderbear

I ripped my pants!!

Jenna was sitting on the fence waiting to clean her pig pen, jumped off and ripped her pants. The funny thing is that she's been told not to sit up there by her dad many times because she always scratches her arm or leg or something. Hehe, now she ripped her pants. The sad thing is that these were her favorite pants. :( she cried at first and then ended up laughing at herself shortly after.

Adventures with Kinder-bear

Julia brought home Kinderbear this weekend from Kindergarten. Along with KB came a journal to document where and what KB did. So kinderbear went to Red Robin Friday night, then traveled to Palm Desert for the weekend. Before leaving town we went to Caruthers School farm to drop of some pigs. We visited newborn lambs that were born that day. We got into Palm Desert really late Saturday night and slept in sun morning. Sunday Kinderbear traveled to papa Gary's ranch to clean pig pens. Mama Joy made some yummy chili and we dusted a couple bottles of wine. Yum! I havent had carbs in 3 weeks! I think i blew it. Kinderbear slept in again monday morning because there was no school. we traveld to papa gary's ranch again to pick up a pig that Jenna is going to show at couple livestock jackpots. At 3 oclock we were finally on the road again headed home. We got home after 11, carried the kids to bed. Were going to have to print pictures with kinderbear later for the journal. Im working at Clovis East today. Oh my goodness it was hard to get up this morning!!!

MY DAY

Today at school I learned about Grandma Moses. Then I drew a piceure called landscape. Idid lots of tests. And also finsed 2 wordseaches. I had free play that is a hour and half. We wached 2 movies. Now we are going to Red Robin.

The End

BY

Jenna

Jackson the Screamer

Jackson is finally asleep. I could not get him to chill out today to save my life. The girls are almost home from school and i have so much work to do still. But id thought id blog before it got too late. Jayson just called, we are going to Red Robin for dinner and leaving for Palm Desert tomorrow after I go to Ashley's baby shower. We'll be back sun and hopefully we are going to the snow on mon! we'll see. It will be our first big trip in our new car that fits all of us. The twins are almost 6 mo old and we just got a car that fits all of us.

You have new Picture Mail!

Jillian

Easter 07

Easter 2007

Grizzly Game

Grizzly Game

Spring Break 2007

Jack and Jill

Jackson in the car

My first blog

Okay, here we go. My first blog. My friend Stacey started one and said how it would be nice to journal her life with her family so they could read it later on and I thought how cool. So we'll just start with today. Jenna is 7, Julia is 5, Jayda is 2 and Jackson and Jillian are 5 months old. The day started off with Miss Jayda waking me up to tell that she was hungry and wanted cereal. So I pull out the Life cereal and start to pour it. She tells me Noooo, I want the other cereal, which was also Life cereal but had a different picture of a kid on the front. I didnt open up the other box and she threw a little fit. She ended up eating what was left of Julia cereal after all. I helped out in Jenna's classroom with Mrs. Hamamjian today. After that Jayson and I took Jackson and Jillian to the doctor. Jackson has had a rash for a couple weeks and Jillian is a little congested. Jayson went to work and the twins and I went to visit Andrea to get our( ok mY) eyebrows waxed. Then we rushed to back to Cedarwood to pick up Jenna and take her to her first orthodontist appt. She doesnt need braces yet but the dr. wants to see her in about 6 mo. After the appt we rushed again back to Cedarwood to pick up Miss Julia. Then we rushed to the gym so mommy could make it to her spin class. Picture this, its raining, me with two babies in a double stroller running, with two more kids in tow, through the parking lot. I have to get there super early to get a bike. I saw a friend at the gym who said i deserved an award. Haha! I love it! After spin we picked up Jayda at Becky's house and met daddy at pizza and hung out for while as a big ol family. Now were home the big girls and the babies are down for the night and I just realized that Julia's homework is not done. We will be waking up early to get that done. Ugh! She's going to love that. Jayda is still awake watching Ugly Betty.