Virginia, IL and my completely random thoughts

Jason, Anthony and I came up here to Grandma Stella's house last Tuesday night to stay for a little while. The next day, Jason and I dropped Anthony off at his dad's house and we went to pick up the boys. Grandma Stella picked up Jasmine on Thursday. And since then, we've had the kids.

I've been having a lot of fun getting to spend so much time with them! Unfortunately, I don't have many pictures to show for that because I didn't have my USB camera cord for several days and I realized it was in my purse the whole time. I haven't been taking pictures because I was afraid of running out my battery and not being able to charge it. So, I'll try and take some more pictures before we leave.

Anyway, I'll start with Fourth of July. We took the kids into Havana, IL to see the firework show. It was funny, Shawn was clapping after each firework that was lit off. Luke was a little scared of the loud noises. We basically went into this big field and sat down on a big blanket and watched them. Then when we got home, the kids got to light some fireworks off (with help of course) that my mom had sent them. Thanks mom! :)

Since then, I started my "new" job at the Walgreens up here in Jacksonville. It's okay, but I REALLY miss my old store. As far as the way things are done, it's not all that much different...it's just the staff that I miss. I miss my other techs! I worked Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and I'm off today (yay!) and I work on Saturday. I'm just enjoying my day off with the kids and Jason. Ya know...when I used to work at Vogel, I worked with Kelly on Wednesday and Sunday nights. She would always be texting John throughout the night asking about Hannah and all of the other kids and how things were going at the house. I can totally understand why she did that now. I hate leaving for work knowing that the kids and Jason are here. I asked Jason if he was watching the kids or if the kids were watching him! ;) haha. Just kidding... I just feel like I'm missing out because they're usually taking a nap whenever I leave for work...I miss dinner with them, I miss taking care of them. At least they're usually still awake by the time I get home so I can get them ready for bed. Apparently, the first night, the only kid that even asked about me was Shawn. Jason said he asked him about six times, "Where's Cole?" And each day the kids are like, "You have to work today???" Jasmine told me the other day when I was giving her a bath that if I had to work again that day, she wasn't going to eat lunch. LOL

Just as a side bar...I have Ant sitting next to me and I'm REALLY tired of hearing "ownage." Now he's upset because I'm writing about him. haha! And for those of you that have no idea what I'm talking about...you don't want to know, he's a dork. :) Love you Anthony!!!

I feel like I haven't updated my blog in forever, so I'm just going to write a novel here. I just have to give a shout out to my wonderful fiance... I just asked him to go get me some tea...and I asked for sugar. He not only put just enough sugar in it for my taste...he went above and beyond and put ice cubes. How sweet, huh? LOL

I've been wanting to take the kids swimming with Jason, but he doesn't like public pools. He has an aunt that has a nice pool apparently, but he hasn't called her and it's a little late notice now. Kelly, Dana (her best friend) and her kids are coming up for a little while today. They're going to go to New Salem. It's been raining a little bit here today, so I think the swimming is out for today. So right now we're just hanging out. The kids are watching a movie. We're going to make some popcorn after dinner for a snack.

Grandma Stella just got back and she brought me so clothes from a yard sale that Jason's uncle is having. There's several pairs of pants ranging from $0.25 to $1.00 and then two shirts that are $1 a piece. I'm going to go try them on and see what fits! Well, I'm going to go for now and I will post pictures soon! :)

Love,
Cole