Noah 37 months on the dirt trail

My baby at the skate park right before he turned 3

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!

Alex, Cam and Noah's B-day

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Alex is home tonight..say a prayer or two for us. Planning on talking to the recruiter tomorrow and getting his GED set up so that he can go as fast as possible. He really needs a new direction fast and to get away from bad influences. So thankful he is home now though.

We just got this for Noah's room. Its a Red Bull refridgerator and we are using it as bookshelves.

Its his birthday present from Nana. Cool, right? He likes it. Of course it is not plugged in!

What a day! I am so tired. I always look forward to the summer, but I always end up depressed...I hate being busy, I love being busy! I don't think I know what I want! We went to a birthday party today for a friend of mines little boy turning 2. Mother Goose was there..it was cute. I forced Cameron to come to get him out of the house. He sat in the chair the whole time reading and when it was time to go I was walking out of the house with just Noah and Noah said, "Mama, Cameron! Cameron!" OMG, I felt so bad! But I was laughing, too. It would have really been bad if I drove off with out him and my friend had to call me...I know my sweet and quite 13 year old would have been fine, but that would have really been embarrassing! Funny. Poor, Cam!

Here is the deal...I am proud of Alex. I know his facebook page is not something to be proud of, but maybe that is why he removed me from his facebook friends list. MANY kids have myspace and facebook pages that are exactly like his...its all just trying to be cool and my suggestion would be don't look at it or even unfriend him. I am sorry about anything offensive that is on his fb. BUT he is 18. He has made a decision that he is on his own and that is his right. I cannot do anything about this except say prayers for him and take care of the kids that I do have control over.

I know that it is scary him joining the army. I am his mom...he came out of my body, I am scared! However, this is his decision and a decision that I am choosing to be proud of. He is not going to listen to anyone else, he has made up his mind. I am glad he has decided that he needs to do something. It could be worse, he could decide just to party his life away until he ends up dead, in prison or a drug addict. Those are just the facts. So the fact that he has decided to do something is actually a positive thing and I think he deserves for his family to be proud of him instead of them being upset with him. I tried to talk him into the air force and he does not want to do that..he had decided the army..period. And the military is full of kids like Alex that did not have direction and were very immature..so if we can sing their praises, I think we can be proud of Alex. Also, this is going to force him to grow up and mature. I believe this will be good for him even though it does scare me.

So we all love Alex, but lets just support him and be proud he has made a decision to do something positive. Not everyone is the graduate from high school then go to college type...the military is a decision he has made because though he likes to have fun with his friends, he also wants to do something with his life that is positive and this is what he chose. And I am proud of his decision.

It is official. Alex has signed up for the army.

So, very long story, not in the mood to go deep into it...But Alex has moved out. No, he is not ready. Not in the least, but this is a decision he has made. He called me yesterday and told me he is enlisting in the army...he was very excited and said he was sure. We will see. I will be proud if he does, but as his mom, its a little hard to be doing cartwheels over it now. Anyways, this is what he wants and truthfully it is probably the best thing for him..he is really into partying right now and hanging out and has very little direction, so this could be a great thing for him. Except for that whole war thing we are in, I am okay with it. He has about 2 months left of high school unless they talk him into getting his GED now..which would make me sad..I mean 2 months left?? so pray for Alex!

Noah's video

Okay, so here is the video of Noah at the skate park..isn't he amazing?! We want as many youtube hits as possible, so watch it and send it if you can. We are so proud:)