Ramirez and Anderson Family: August 2012

Summer is over and now we have to get back to a routine. I started back to work this week and the students start Tuesday. Cheri started back to school and is in her last semester. She will graduate on December 7th! Amanda's school started a couple of weeks ago. Liam is going to a family friend's and is getting spoiled rotten by Amy. He is in great hands with his Mimi. I have to admit I am jealous of the time she spends with him. I wish I could retire and watch the boys full time. Not ready for that yet...dangit. Jayden is going to a home daycare run by one of John's friend's mom. She has 2 little 4 year old girls and Jayden. Clint is taking college classes as well as working full time at my school. He has been working with the tech people and now has a shot at a job taking care of all of our tech at the school. He picks up Liam since he gets off of work a couple of hours before Amanda. John is working his butt off at his family store, Monnette's. He is taking on a lot of the care of Jayden with Cheri commuting to Adrian. He drops off and picks up Jayden every day from the sitter's. Of course Nana is taking any time in the evening and on weekends that the boys need someone to watch them. I love every second I spend with them. Jayden will be 4 months on the 2nd and Liam will be 3 months on the 7th. They are growing like weeds!

We have another addition to the family, Juliet, our new German Shepherd puppy. Paul really missed Cheyenne so we got her the end of July. She was an early birthday present for Paul. We got her the last weekend Anna was here. She went with us to pick Juliet up. Romeo isn't crazy about her but he is getting better. He is a low energy dog and she is a high energy one. Even Clint's Nala had enough of Juliet after about an hour or so. I've never seen Nala run out of energy. She is a good pup, she is just a pup and pups are busy.

Charlie has been working 80 hour weeks so we are not seeing him very much. He said he is saving money because he doesn't have time to spend it. Kortnie is still working a lot of hours at her job too. Any time we get with them is precious. Charlie tries to get down at least once a week to see the boys.

The days of sleeping in, pools, and free time are over. I am looking forward to seeing my students again. There is something to be said with the new beginning of the school year. I am looking forward to football games, creating the yearbook, watching my seniors squirm as graduation gets closer, and I am planning prom this year. It will be busy with our jobs, family, babies, critters, and life.

Life is good. Love Ya, Cindy