its been a while......

Life has been so busy the last few weeks over here. Aidan started 2nd grade and is doing well. He loves his teacher, and is getting back into the swing of things. His new quest is to be called Aidan staley instead of aidan clark. He has thrown a temper tantrum or 2 on the subject, and even though I told him his name is, and will always be unless his dad lets him change it Clark I have noticed that he is writing Aidan Staley on papers he does in school. The poor kid is a bit stubborn! Adam had his finals for his first year of law school 2 weeks ago, and we are anxiously waiting for the results on those. He is taking a much needed break right now and just studying for the California bar "first year law student exam" that he has to pass to continue..... that is in October. I have been working alot, and selling alot of nothing. Real estate is way down right now, I am just trying to keep posative. Zander is at a new daycare and is really missing his sissy Lynz. He is having a really hard time with this transition, pray for a quick end to this!

Sisters....

My sister has been in town visiting for the last 2 weeks. She lives in Arkansas, I am in Arizona, so we don't get to see much of each other. It's funny how someone who drove me so nuts as a kid has turned into a best friend. Her kids are adorable. Elizabeth is 3, and Tristan is 12 months, 1 month younger than Zander. All of our kids had a blast playing together, and Angie has been dubbed the "coolest aunt in the world" by my older kids. She swam in the lake with them, cut down a tree, and got into a huge water balloon war with them..... We went camping, had lunch together a few times, and mostly just hung out and watch our children really get to know each other. It is so sad how family's get so spread apart. I have been married for 4 years and this is the first time she has really gotten to know my stepkids... fortunatly they hit it off great! Now it is time for her to return to her home and I will have to resort to looking at the millions of pictures and home movies when I miss her.