It's Raining!!

Hey, I woke up this morning and went outside to go to work and it had rained all night and it's still overcast and misty/drizzly today. I love days like today. I think I would love to live in England or Seattle where it rained a lot. I don't know why, I realize most people really like the sunny days, but I like the rainy ones.

Nothing new going on, really. I signed Peyton up for kindergarten yesterday and had to decide once and for all if I was going to finish his vaccinations. I decided I didn't dare. I went and filled out the exemption. I just can't do it. Every time I think of taking him to finish his shots, I remember so vividly him seizing on the living room floor. I've never been so scared in all my life. I honestly thought he was going to die. I know that seizures aren't usually life threatening and he hasn't had any in 4 years or so, but some of the literature I read on the immunizations say that if they do have a seizure reaction, it can turn into a full blown seizure disorder--with repeated episodes. I just can't do it. I guess we'll have to cross this bridge again when he's going to college or on his mission. Maybe he'll just have to serve stateside or something. That's fine, too. Ugg, being a parent and making possibly life altering decisions for your kids sucks sometimes!!

I bribed Allie last night. I told her I'd give her a dollar if she emptied the dishwasher and put the clean ones away and loaded the dirty ones that were in the kitchen into the dishwasher. I know that most kids just have stuff like that for chores, and normally she just helps so much but I guess I was feeling guilty about having her do stuff I think is my job, so I paid her a dollar. Win Win--we were both happy. Now I need to figure out how to get the kids to clean the bathroom really good and mop my kitchen floor. Maybe I should hire someone to come in once or twice a month and just clean those two rooms really good--they're the ones I hate to do. I'm so lazy!!!

Well, I'm going to be taking someone's senior pictures this weekend. I'm a little nervous. So, if any of you have any good pose ideas, let me know. Kas, did you get Jordan's done?? I should load my studio stuff in the car and come up there one of these weekends and take them for you and Mom says she needs new individual photos of you kids for her downstairs wall. Of course, she needs new ones of Peyton, too. She has his 6 month photo up. Allie's is current because it was this year's school picture. Why didn't I give her newer ones of Peyton? I took some, have them hanging on my wall at home. Oh well, I'm braindead most of the time, I've decided.

Stacy, just so you know, I think you're a bum for doggin us on this blog. It was a lot of fun there for a while--still is actually, I just think it would be funner if everyone was posting a least once a week (more preferably) but I'd take once a week.

Now, I'm working on a goofy picture of Wendy. I have one in mind, I just need to get it pulled up and resized for the web. LaRue, you're next!!!!

Well, I hope you all are having a good hump day. I'm taking tomorrow off work because I have to have an ultrasound at the hospital at 10, and then it's the George Wythe College picnic and Mom said I could go with her last ticket, so I'm going to go to that and take the whole day off!! Then I have Friday off so it should be a good weekend. I'm going to try to set up my studio lights in Mom's sewing room on Friday while she's working and take a few pics of the kids and see how they turn out. I am taking pictures for a Mother/Daughter activity in June and I need to work with the set up to make sure I know what I'm doing.

I guess I better get back to work--love you all!
Karla