so it's been a while since the last time I updated but I decided it was time for an update that wasn't quite such a downer. It's seems like lately every time I feel like blogging it's because I am pissed off about something. I need to stop doing that so much. Need to get some other good stuff on here too. So this weekend we took 3 days off work and went to IF for Brian's family reunion. It was definitely interesting to say the least but the kids had a ton of fun and I am starting to see Cheyenne open up so much. It used to be that if we ever went anywhere that there were people she didn't know she would cling to me like a leach on a reattached limb. She always drove me crazy because I couldn't move but the last 3 or 4 times we've gone some where with lots of people she didn't know she was off playing first thing and had a ball the entire time. It is so refreshing to see her open up and start being so much more independent. This has been a pretty awesome trip. It kind of sucked to start out with because my sister had been in town the whole week and she was staying with my parents so instead of it being just our 5 kids it was going to be 7 kids and then 8 today but it turned out that we didn't end up having the 2 little ones over night so Brian and I slept in the camp trailer which actually would have been really nice since my parents trailer is freaking awesome and we had the air turned on but the bed is teeny tiny compared to our king size at home but other than that it was awesome. Dad has it parked out in his new shop that is huge-mungus, he didn't have the jacks down the first 2 nights and we felt like we were sleeping in a boat so finally last night we asked him to put the jacks down because we couldn't stand it any more, let me just say, much better! All in all the weekend turned out pretty good and for once I didn't feel like we drove over and turned around and came back. I hate it when we have to do that. Oh! So we made an appointment for the Escape at Broadway Ford to have the driver's seat belt fixed, because the latch sticks and you can't get out, and the AC looked at, because it's not consistent and gets warm some times. So anyway we had an appointment at 10 am on Saturday and the guy said oh I only have one other appointment that's coming in earlier so I can get you in and out pretty quick so we get there and asked if they could have it done by the latest at 12 and he was all no way can't do it. So we rescheduled for Monday since we had the reunion on Saturday. So we take it in first thing today and the said they should have it done by 3 at the latest. 4:30 comes around and we still haven't heard from them and have had to borrow Brittney's car all day so we drive over there and find out that they have just put it in the shop. Long story short they didn't fix the Ac, said they couldn't find a problem or the seat belt because they can't repair those things they have to just replace them, they couldn't get it to stick and they don't keep those parts in stock, he should have just told us that when we called about the appointment since the only reason we were having them look at the AC was because they are the only ones who can fix the seat belt. Anyway, they had the damn truck all day and an oil change is the only damn thing they did. FREAKING JACKASS's! So yeah like I said it was still a pretty awesome trip. We are on the way home right now, it's 11:47 pm as I am typing this so we'll be home super late and the house will be hot because the AC in the house quit working the night before we left, hasn't been fixed yet, big change there with our landlord's. Oh, there's a whole nother can of worms that I won't bore you with at the moment, quick story we may or may not be moving out depending on if the owner of the property takes over managing it. We'll see. So this one is getting pretty long but I think I'll go on a bit more. Laurellee and I started talking about the wedding plans a bit while we were visiting, there are so many things that I want to do and we've set the date for next August but I don't even have a ring or an official proposal yet. It really kind of sucks because I'm just afraid it's not going to happen by the date we set and then we'll just have to keep waiting. It's not like I can't wait because I can but I know that I'm going to spend the rest of my life with Brian and I just want to make it official and have the wedding that I've wanted and be able to show off my ring and share the same name. It's scary and there are still things that we have to work out but I know we will and it may be tough for a while during Brian's school years but it will be so worth it at the end, the end just seems so far away. I can hardly believe that it has been nearly a year and a half since we got together. It's been so amazing. I think the fairytale feeling is starting to wear off although some of it still sticks around. I hope things will get a little easier to figure out as we go along. Ok well my hands are starting hurt on this keyboard, not used to the laptop yet, so I'm gonna sign out for a bit, might be back later. TTFN