Lemons

Last week Jon was let go at work. It was a really sad story but hopefully will be a happy ending. It all started because a travel agent booked a flight from Seattle to Baltimore for a time he was suppose to be on vacation (near Seattle.) The travel agent quickly unbooked the flight...but the damage was done. See Jon's old boss is taking work from the company he works for, they passed on the job by the way but the company doesn't want this guy doing the same kind of work. It's all perfectly legal what he is doing too. Jon and the old boss are friends. So when this paper work of booking a flight to Baltimore (where the old boss's job has business) they assumed Jon was taking his vacation time and working for him. They even called him during our vacation and asked if he booked these flights which he said no. Wouldn't you think the next call would be to the travel agent?? They assumed he was lying so last week they told him he was being let go for "improper conduct" FOR SOMETHING THE TRAVEL AGENT DID! After he talked to them and told them this is a huge mistake the damage was already done but now they are just saying we are terminating the position. This company sucks for one to think that my husband is that dishonest and two for not manning up an realizing they made a HUGE mistake and pretty much rocking our world. We will be fine, it just has been nice having Jon here working from home the past couple years. It's made this parenting thing so much better!

Kindergarten assessment

Samantha had her Kindergarten assessment on Weds. She had to go in a room with a K teacher while I filled out paper work. When the teacher and her came out the teacher was smiling and giggling and said "that is one sharp girl" yay Sam! Samantha said that she had to write her name, tell her letters and first letters of a picture she showed her. She is so excited to go to school...August 9 at 8 am!

Dara Torres

I follow Dara Torres on twitter. I use twitter as my fluff reading instead of buying People or Us mag I get the info and pictures directly from the famous person I want to follow. Dara is an inspiration. She is 43 yrs old, has been in 5 Olympics for swimming won 12 medals (3 silvers in Beijing) she has a 4 year old daughter so she is just fun to follow. She had a book signing Tuesday night in Scottsdale so I headed over to meet her and get her booked signed to.

p.s that's not my kid in the background...

ice cream

The Kemp's came over for dinner and a little dip in the pool...oh yea and ice cream cones!

Allison, Samantha, Courtney, Sydney and Bradley! (Amy and Alyssa in the background)

farmer Jon

the seedling said it was a cucumber, biggest cuke I have ever seen and it even tasted like one!

the zoo

Kim and I got up early one morning to try and beat the heat and took the kiddos to the zoo. We got there around 930 am it was already really hot. (welcome to Phx in July) We took the electric train around to see all the animals...

and we spent a majority of the time at the splash park inside the zoo.

and of course we ended the trip with the merry go round!

*my little camera broke while we were in WA and sometimes I just dont want to carry around the big ol Nikon...so these pictures are from my and Kim's camera phone

Lake Pleasant and Alyssa's birthday cake

On Sunday the 18th we packed a lunch and headed down to our gym to swim in the pool. When we got there the pool was closed "until further notice" they must have gotten a parasite or something so Jon suggested we go to Lake Pleasant. Great idea! The only bad thing about the day was our lunch was packed for the gym pool so no beer! Going to the lake without beer is just well wrong! Poor Sydney got sick on the car drive up and was great while we were there but threw up on the way home to. It was funny though because she told us she got sick because Daddy put sunscreen in her eyes!

We all swam out to the little island!

When we got back I went down and got Alyssa a birthday cake since we hadnt celebrated her 25 birthday with her. Yummy ice cream cake from Baskins and Robbins!