Here it is!

So today is the day. We have been tight liped about stuff. That is always hard. I often feel like we are always complaining.
Things are going well. Keith finally goes back to school at Copper Middle School on Monday!! Now, don't get me wrong, it has been nice having him home, mostly. Since I have not been feeling all that great, he lets me rest and get extra sleep. Which I'll miss, a little. He is excited and nervous...PTL he has a job and it will pay the bills.
Kevin will be going back to school Aug. 21. We all can't wait. It has been a very LONG summer. He has given us more trouble than we are ready to handle. And it is not fair to T & E, or the strain on our marriage. Hopefully, prayfully, he will make the changes he needs too.
Walter has been gone for a almost a month. We are hoping to visit him next weekend.
T & E both go to the DR next week. T for his 3 year old check up, I know a little late. And E for her 18 month check up. T has been having bloody noses and it worries us a little. E is fine and is a little motor mouth.
Work is okay. I am still not super happy about things. But they did assign me a different work load and the change is nice. I like the challenge and I feel like I did something with the case.
I am counting down the day until I visit Kristin & Ashley. It will be a fun little trip. The first time I will have gone anywhere by myself, ever. But I really am never alone, ;-) right!?
So now that you have read through all that junk, guess you might want to know what the count down is for. Well, God has been bringing us through a rough year. With Kevin & Walter. Keith and his job issues. Me with the situation in March. It still hurts to think about it. It would have been cool to have twins. But God had other plans. Maybe there would have been something wrong with them, or worst, they might have had issues that our medical technology could not have fix. Or even maybe it was me. I will never really know. And that is okay. Every thing happens in God's time for His reasons. So, yeah, that is my thought on that.
Oh, my point, why the count down, well, why not!! :-)
Really, Aug 13 is a turning point for us. We still have a ways to go, but each day, then week, then month that passes a little less worry is on our hearts. You see it all started June 4, a Sunday.
Thinking back, not much to really say about that day. The kids must have slept in there own beds and slept in late. And without sharing TMI, some might think I have already done that, Keith and I shared time together as husband and wife. The first time, well, in a long long time. My point is this. For whatever reason, God decided to change our lives again. He just continues to Bless our socks off. So Feb 24, 2007, give or take a few weeks (It's all about Gods timing), our family will prayfully add a new member. This has been why I have been feeling sick. The sickest ever. I felt sick with T & E, but this time I get sick more times than I would prefer. SO today marks the 3 month or 12 week point for this pregnancy. We still have 28 weeks to go. (Yes 40 weeks, humans are prego for 40 weeks, while it might feel like 52 or 80.)
I don't think we are going to find out the sex of the baby. We have had 2 ultra sounds and all looks well. Pretty uneventful. PTL! Please keep us in your prayers, that all will continue to be good and baby will be healthy.
T & E seem to understand and they like to give the baby kisses. Keith is excited, as am I. We just take it one day at a time, Praising God each day we get through.

One more day!!

Is the suspense killing you????
Good. Me too. One more day.....
and then.........................

3

only 3 more days!

Count down

4 days and counting..................

Friday, Friday, Finally

It has been a super long week this week. The weather is bearable now. T & E are good. We took T to see Thomas the Tank Engine. It was a great time. We got a ride from Thomas and T got to meet Sir Topumhat. They had lots of great pre-school activites. E jumped right in and did everything her big brother did. Grandma came with us and it was a great time.
Keith signed his contract with Fresno Unified Last Thursday PTL!!! He'll be at Copper Middle School and this is his foot in the door to Fresno Unified! PTL. We are very relieved and thankful.
Kevin has had a rough week. He took off twice, Tuesday he was to be home at 430, but chose to take off from the boys & girls club and go to the park with friends. Thankfully is uncle James found him a few hours later. Thanks to the B&G club works knowing where the kids go to hang out.

Today the little brat, who was grounded from Tuesday's little adventure, left a note that he needed to think and took off out the window. We are not sure how long he was gone. But long enough to walk from our place to First above Shaw. He gave us so junk story about him Mom and how she is working at some pizza place. And he needed to take to her about stuff. This little story will be verified this weekend. Meanwhile we have no idea what to do. Grounding does not seem to work, taking away privileges, reward for good behavior, nothing seems to work. Prayer is all I have left. I told Keith that Kevin is wearing on our family. Not just stress he creates between him and us, but between Keith and I and how it affects T & E.

Work sucks. I have decided that if things don't change soon, I will be filing a EEO complaint. I have been pushed around and lied to too man times. And I am not going to sit back and be walked over and put down.

We got a call today, Walter messed up the pool at the neighbors house next to the group home he is living at. It would seem that he did quite a number on it and it will cost them money to fix it. We told them not leave him unattended for even a second...and they learned their lesson. I have to say we find it pretty stinkin funny. Welcome to our world Barker Home!!!

Still feeling a little inky, but better. I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend with my family.

We are hoping for good news on AUG 13. Thanks for all the prayers.