One Day Nikki Will....

I've been tagged a lot on facebook, so I thought I would share the funniest one! This one just cracked me up. Here's what you do:

Go to Google, type in "One day (your first name) will" with the quotations, and post the first 10 returns, no matter what they say.


1. One Day Nikki Will...bear his son, the AntiChrist. (Really? Porter's a little crazy, but I would have never guessed that!)

2. One Day Nikki will...receive really bad news, experience genuine trauma, or have someone close get injured or sick. (Well, now, that's just sad.)

3. One Day Nikki will...remember her and say to her You're Welcome. (I wonder what I did?)

4.One Day Nikki will...feel really embarrassed at how she treated another human being only to realize it's her best friend Kathrine. (I guess someday I'll have a best friend named Katherine, whom I won't treat well. hum.)

5.One Day Nikki will....be 18 this month. (Yes, that's exactly RIGHT!)

6.One Day Nikki will....have a boat, then the next day you can scuba dive. (YES!)

7.One Day Nikki will...reflect upon her actions and issue a public apology. (Oops. Sorry!)

8.One Day Nikki will...be out on the town and turning all the heads. (Hello. I do that now!)

9.One Day Nikki will...have her own amazing man in her life and it will not be Zac Efron. (Dang it.)

10.One Day Nikki will...Kiss Me! (You know it!)

This was awesome! I highly recommend that everyone try this. It gave me a good laugh!

Picture Tag

I just got tagged by my friend, Tammy. You are supposed to go to your pictures, go to the sixth file, then the sixth picture and blog about it.

My cousin-in-law, Natalie, sent me a bunch of pictures that her husband (my cousin) had. I had a great time looking through these old pictures! This is the sixth picture. It's my family, way back when.


I think I was maybe six or seven in this picture. I remember that I LOVED that dress. I believe my mom made it for me. My dad is looking pretty fly in this picture. And my little brother, Jordan, has a son that looks exactly like him in this picture! That is totally Felix's face! I'm not sure what Ken is doing. He and I seem to have really dorky looks on our faces. By the way, nice hair, Ken!

Can You Find The Child In This Picture?

I noticed last night at about 8:30 pm that my house was quiet. Too quiet. That usually means, I'm not going to like what I find. So, I start looking for kids. Regan? In the shower. Hali? She had fallen asleep in her bed while reading. Porter? Asleep on the couch. Zoey?......Zoey?.....Uh oh. Where is Zoey? Scott and I start searching the house for a small missing child. I'm looking in my room and almost trip over this.

She's so tiny that it just looked like the blanket was dumped on the floor! I came so close to stepping on her head.
I'm not sure what we did yesterday that wore them all out like this. But it was the most painless bedtime we've had in a while!

Be Careful of What You Say.....

It's a battle for me every morning to get Regan and Hali up and out of bed. It drives me crazy. So sometimes I joke with Porter about what we can do to them to get them out of bed. We try tickling, knocking them around with a few stuffed animals, and my last resort is usually to threaten them with water dumped over their heads. I've never actually had to do that, but it's come close a couple of times with a cup of water directly overhead, but that makes them jump pretty quick, so I've never actually had to tilt the cup.

So today, Zoey apparently was on the couch in the exact spot that Porter wanted and wouldn't move, so Porter took the cup of water he had and dumped it on her. She wasn't too thrilled about that. So, Zoey is screaming, I get mad and Porter starts to cry. I just love those moments, when you just have to take a deep breath and then deal with the mess.

After a few minutes, Porter walks over to Zoey (without my prompting I must add) and apologized to Zoey for dumping water on her head.

Mom: "Isn't that nice Zoey? Porter said sorry for dumping water over your head."

Zoey : "I'm sorry Porter for the water."

Mom: "No, Zoey. You say Thank You to Porter, because he said sorry."

Zoey: "Thank You, Porter for putting water on my head."

OK, so she didn't quite get that one. I'm going to have to add Zoey's quotes of the week along with Porter's!

Charter Schools

We just found out yesterday, that my kids have been accepted to a charter school! Yeah! The best way to describe a charter school is that it's a public school that is run like a private school.

I've been thinking about the move for a couple of years now. In fact, probably two years ago I seriously looked into it, but talked myself out of it.

My reasons for a charter school are many. It's not that I'm unhappy with the public school my kids go to now, but I've always been vaguely unsatisfied. I know that they can't keep up with Regan, but I knew that the accelerated program (ALPS) was not for her. She's smart enough, but not disapplined enough. So I just stayed where we were.

We have loved the year round thing up until this year. Before the beginning of the school year they did a major shuffle of the tracks (and plan on doing that every two years) and Regan got the unfortunate end of the stick and all her close friends were put on a different track. So we've been struggling with that this year. Also, when Regan goes into Jr. High School, she will be on a traditional school year and the rest will be on year round. Not really fun. So, I was thinking about putting Hali, Porter and Zoey in a charter school when Regan goes into Jr. High, so they would be on the same schedule. But that's not for another year.

I got into a conversation with another mom at Hali's dance last week and somehow we got onto the subject of schools. Her kids are in a private school, but her husband has been sick and they were looking for other alternatives. She had just gotten them accepted at a new charter school that will open next year. She encouraged me to apply now, rather than later, because it's a lot easier to get in when they are trying to fill an entire school than when they already have their core students and only have a few openings. Charter school's go by a lottery system. So, they will get a ton of applications and just draw a name out. You could even have only one child chosen because that may be all they have an opening for. But once your in, your in and any other children starting new in Kindergarten will have priority enrollment.

So, Scott and I decided to go for it. I'm actually surprised that my kids are excited to go. Regan is thrilled to be able to start over, Hali is excited that at least she'll know her dance friend, and Porter is just happy to be able to go to school with his sisters!

The school is not that much farther from my home and the kids will have to wear a school uniform. The curriculum is what I'm excited about. I think that my kids will get a better education there. The school goes through 9th grade, so Regan will be able to stay at that school until High School. Which is another reason for the charter school, I have heard not good things about the jr. high she would go to. Gang problems and drug busts. I know you get that everywhere, but if I can shield them a little longer, I will.

Anyway, we are excited and looking forward to next year!