Bethany Update

So I thought I would update you guys on how Beth is doing. Still no phone call (apparently that's a privilige that they have yet to obtain) but we have gotten a couple of letters. She sounds like she is doing very well and was even proud to admit that she has not cried yet! Go Beth!!! Her letters are very upbeat so it's been good to know that while she is a little homesick, she's not crying herself to sleep like a few of the girls are. She said that last week everyone got 3 shots per arm and 1 in the bum for a total of 7 shots and then her TI thought they'd have fun running up and down a hill a few times and then doing some push-ups. Ha ha ha!!! Apparently they all also got a trip to the eye doc but she said that he was nice and played music from his IPOD for them and updated everyone on what is happening in the real world. She does miss real food and having the opportunity to eat it at her own leisure but she said that along with the privilige to call home they will also be awarded a trip to the vending machine! Her last letter said that her flight will be the only all girl flight for the year so she said that there's a little more pressure on them to do well because the higher ups are watching them closer. She is staying very positive and even said that most of the girls (including herself) have been attending church on Sundays as a group. Beth did say that there are a few girls in her flight that are mean and one or two that are a little slow and need to be recycled (her words). She said that her TI is pretty laid back (in comparison to the rest of them) but he likes to torture them just a little bit... She said that they went to the BX and the TI made them stand outside of Burger King and smell the goodness, knowing that none of them could eat it. I laughed at that part because Beth does not like fast food so I know she's desperate when Burger King smells good to her! All in all she's doing very well and I'll keep you guys updated on how she's doing.

In other news, Sarah started online high school. She was having a tough time on campus and was being bullied pretty badly so she's going to finish out the year with the district's online schooling. She is very excited and thankfully things have calmed down in the house now that she no longer is being picked on. Jess took this quarter off from the community college to think about what path she wants to take. She's thinking about going into nursing, so we'll see what she decides.

Other than that, not much else to report. Love ya!

Still alive

So in case you guys were wondering, yes I am still alive. Most of the time I feel like I am going crazy, but I am still here. I even check this blog about once a week or so, but I just can't ever seem to write anything. I have even started a few, but always get distracted (amazing that that could ever happen with two under 3) :)

So as for your questions that I need to catch up on.

Favorite Movie

Seriously, this question left me really thinking. I have so many favorites I think I will tell you about a few of them. For me when I think of a time in my life, I usually remember a movie that went with that time.

Through out high school and Collage I would have to say that my favorite movie was Emma. Seriously, I could quote the whole movie. Even now when I watch it, I can say every line with every actor, I usually end up falling asleep in it now.

My favorite movie to watch with Stephanie was Newsies. There was one summer we watched it at least once every day (except Sundays). We would watch the song king of the world so many times that we actually wore the tape out. you couldn't hear the first part of the song anymore. When we would drive around we would put on the sound track and sing along at the top of our lungs. It was so much fun. Sometimes we would pick a character and say all their lines with them through the whole movie. Yeah, we watched it a lot.

When I moved to MI the movie that I watched to most was probably Disney's The Kid. I watched that so much because it was the favorite movie of the guy that I was dating.

Now, I don't think that I really have an all time favorite there are just a lot that I really like. I have to say that I really like Speed Racer. It is probably our whole families favorite. Josh would rather watch this than cars or the other little kid movies. My sister-in-law Heidi introduced me to North and South. It is kind of a pride and prejudice type of movie. It set in England. It is 4 hours long, but I strongly suggest that you all watch it. It is good.

Betrayal

So you guys will probably think that I am, well I don't know what, but I can't think of any time that I betrayed anyone. I mean I am sure I have, or at least come pretty close, but I can't think of anything right now. I know that you guys have never betrayed me and I sure hope that I haven't betrayed any of you. Maybe you guys know of a time that I betrayed someone. I usually went out of my way to not do things like that. But I also have a pretty spotty memory when it comes to somethings like this, so it just could be that I don't remember.

I don't even have a boy friend brake up because the only boy friend I had before my husband was actually kind of a jerk and we both were glad when we broke up. I mean I was a little sad, but then again I was able to hang out with my other friends after we broke up so, it wasn't so bad.

Well that is probably not as exciting as you guys were wanting, but at least I tried to answer rather than just not. Which is was I tend to do when I don't know how to answer the question.

I hope that you all are doing well. I will try to do better at writing on this blog. I have also been updating my blog, so you will have to hop over there sometime.