Locke Family Reunion

Just got back from the Locke family reunion. It was also Nanaw's 90th birthday! It was so nice to see her and everyone else. The Locke's are all so nice. I wish we got to see them more often. I feel pretty brain dead, so this is all I have for now, but here is a slide show of the reunion!

Alex's new hobby is cooking. He loves to bake! I have no idea where he gets it, except maybe it is because I don't and he loves to eat! Today he baked Brad a birthday cake..even though Brad's birthday was in April! The cake was yummy though:) He is actually talking about possibly going to culinary school after he finishes high school.


By the way, Alex is doing great at his Pizza Hut job. He is excited because his boss has been very complimentary and is giving him more and more hours. Yesterday we took his paycheck and got him his first savings and checking account. His plan is to put the majority of his paycheck in savings so that he can get a car at the end of this school year. I am very proud of him for that.

We have all been very sick...except Alex who has the best immune system of anyone I know. We are finally feeling better. I actually lost my voice...which is the worst possible thing that could ever happen to me!

Here is a picture of the boys this week, home sick with their daddy!


I have my first Algebra test next week. I hope I do okay. I spent about an hour and a half on ONE problem last night until I finally figured it out! I think I need to spend some time in the Math lab before I take the test. My mind is swimming with visions of numbers, letters, fractions, formulas and word problems! YUCK..at least I know when I finish this class and College Algebra I can do ANYTHING!

Noah has been very sick. We took him to the doctor and it is not the flu, so that is good. He is so sick though! I feel sorry for him. Now I am sick, too. I feel bad, but not nearly as bad as he feels. Although with a little children's Motrin, he feels great! Hopefully today is the last day of it.

Yesterday was my friend, Carrissa's baby shower. Noah went to Granny and Papa's for a while until Brad could pick him up from there. Noah loves to go to Granny and Papa's! The shower was fun, but I started feeling sick while I was there. Carrissa is having a girl and it was so fun watching her open all of her gifts. So much pink! Here is a picture of me with Carrissa.


When I got home, Ricardo came over to pick up Ricky who was over for the day hanging out with Cameron, and Ricardo stayed and watched some football game with Brad. I actually went upstairs pretty quickly because I felt so bad. I gave Noah Motrin when I got home, so he felt great and played downstairs riding the new bike his daddy got him.

Cameron is doing great this year by the way. Last year was so hard with him being sick and not making any friends at the new school. This year he has made a ton of friends and they come over almost everyday. They are such cute kids and I am so happy Cameron is happy!

Brad's mom or Nana (A.K.A. the garage sale queen.) brought us this cute puppet show thing with several cute puppets. She got it at a garage sale for $10.00! Isn't it cute!

It has been a busy weekend...I had so much on my to-do list, but basically got nothing done. Last night Brad and I went to dinner with our friend Andy and his wife Leigh. It was nice to get out of the house. Leigh is very excited because she is 12 weeks pregnant and has been wanting a child for a long time. It was fun to get out and talk to adults. So now its Sunday late afternoon and I just dropped Alex off at work. I better go and try to get some boring chores done. Not much to say.

The first day of school went well for everyone. Here is Cameron that morning. Alex was gone when I got up at 6:30 already, walking to Bre's house. The last few days though Alex "slept in" until 6:30, so I took him and Bre to school. I think everyone is happy to have a busy schedule again...although I think between school, work and a social life, Alex is exhausted!
My first day was good too! Except, I realized I am old as dirt. Seriously, I felt like I was in a class full of teenagers...wait, I was! I am terrified because the homework was already hard for me, but I know I will do fine. I am just not used to thinking about numbers. I hate numbers, but I hate letters and formulas more! It will be fine..I am optimistic. (i think) Just got to eat sleep and breathe Algebra for an entire year..oh, and take care of a family, too. That's okay, I'm SuperTracy...okay sorry, maybe that is SuperDork!

Noah is doing so well at The Little Gym. We are so proud of him. The teacher always uses him as an example and comments on how strong he is...you know Brad loves that! He is amazing...today out of the blue while I was at school, he said "Watch This!" (his favorite sentence) He started showing Brad some of the things he is learning there. Brad was so excited to show me when I got home...Noah was, too! I am so proud of him.

Granny (my mom) surprised us today with some new clothes for Noah. Such CUTE clothes! Noah was so excited about his Elmo shirt. He got a really cute Nike warm up, too. That was so sweet of her! Gotta love those Grandma's!

Okay, better go get some homework done before Brad goes to work and I gotta go get the boys from school!

Yesterday was a lot of fun..I went to the mall with Brad's mom. We got Noah some really cute clothes with matching hats..Noah loves hats. I also benefited from her cosmetic shopping...I got 2 of the free gifts! Love free gifts...she calls it maximizing her cosmetic dollar but I usually end up with the free gift:) The mall was not as crazy as I thought it would be with it being tax free weekend. Alex and Cameron already had all of their school clothes, because I decided it was not worth the torture just to save tax. Its hard enough shopping with them. Cameron doesn't like anything always insists he already has shoes and anything I suggest he hates. Alex is more like me, he likes EVERYTHING. Its funny shopping with Alex, some of the things he wants to wear makes me realize I am officially old and dorky. Oh, well..had to happen sometime!

Last night we went to our friend, Carissa's baby's first birthday. It was really fun. I loved watching Noah run around the room and play. He is not a baby anymore! sniff, sniff. Alex did not go because he was working.
Alex loves his new job. He is so happy to be making money and he feels like they really like him. He said that people would call in and when he took their name he would realize it was one of his friend's! funny. I felt sorry for him yesterday, he worked 5 hours then brought a small pizza home for himself...he was so hungry and excited to eat it, but Rocky got hold of it first! Poor Alex:( (lucky Rocky, though)

Tomorrow is the first day of school..yay! Finally. First day for me, too:)

So cute, isn't it? Can you believe she is about to have another one? She will be busy! They are a cute little family..and she is so pretty. Cool cake, too:) Happy Birthday, Jaiden!