Holy YUM, Cassidy is my little beauty. This child can make me tear up in seconds. All my babies did, maybe its the hormones maybe its because I am such a lucky woman and I think of that daily.

I started back to work last week. Its bitter sweet because I do love my job and MOST of the people there but HELLO?! to leave her makes my drive to work a little more than heartbreaking. Tanner and Cassidy are with Thomas during the day, Trist and I get home around 3:30-4:00 depending how long he trades PokeMon cards with his buddies after school, then Thomas goes to work around 7:30 and its all me with all 3. I love that we are able to raise our kids without daycare, honestly who can afford 2 kids in daycare all week anyway?! good god its incredible and pretty much like paying another mortgage each month. Thomas is amazing with them and I couldn't ask for a better daddy for them but the chick in me would love the chance to be with them all day too. It is important to me to be an example to my boys and my especially to my daughter that a woman can do anything that a man can. And chicks should get paid like men too.
OBAMA RULES McCain Drools. (my little political plug)

I love this picture of Cassidy laying on my chest showing off my SWEET necklace that Jizell and Aunt Nancy got me for my birthday. I love it and wear it everyday. It has all three kids name on each little charm. Tristens has a peace sign Tanner has a sunrise and Cassidy has a flower. I have theories why they have a different symbol,Tristen did bring a kind of peace into my life and I think he will be my little liberal just like his mom. Tanner is my sunrise and each morning reveals a new day for me and Cassidy is the flower that decorates my world.

My sweetness is dreamin.......

Come ON, look at those cheeks and that little nose. I'm a tad bit obsessed.

Cant you blame me?!

The Office

the best show on TV starts up again tonight. O how I miss Jim and Pam's new relationship and witty comments. I missed Michael always trying to be so cool and be liked and even "that's what she said" comments every episode. I miss Dwight and his need to be Michael's favorite and how anal he is about everything. I miss Toby getting blown off and made fun of constantly. I miss Kevin being "special", I miss Angelia being so uptight, and of course Andy's anger issues and singing.


WOO HOO, cant wait!!

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain."

keep on keepin on

If I sit back and reflect on this crazy life, it baffles me the new phases that I go through. Tougher problems, bigger issues and more responsibility. Its weird for me to say out loud that I'm 34 and only 6 short years before I turn FORTY. But its stranger for me to face issues that seem so grown up. Within the week I have watch 2 people that I love battle addiction and face a lifetime of always having to watch every move that is front of them. I hate it, I hate not having some kind of control to help and I hate that I have to communicate from so far away. It scares me knowing that sometimes it doesn't matter how well they were brought up or how much you reach out to help people, its in there hands. So all I can do keep on keepin on and pray to whatever God that will listen and hope that things turn out better. I watch that show on Bravo called Intervention and I am always amazed how far people will go to get there fix it seems so far fetched and unreal. But when its in your face and its someone you love, its so real. It doesn't get more real than that. I'm sending positive thoughts that are full of encouragement and good vibes that they can overcome the cards that were dealt to them. I am thinking of them every step of the way.

RECAP

What a summer we had and its about to end. Tristen started school today and I am going back to work full time in a couple weeks. Its hard to believe its almost over although Tristen was SO ready to go back and start first grade. He was so ready that he woke up at 6am today wanting to eat and pack his backpack. OMG lets see if that enthusiasm that he has is still waking up that early when he is a teenager!

So I'll recap what the Chambers/Perry's did this summer-

We had a baby, our precious Cassidy came to us on June 25th~

My Grandpa passed away on June 4th and is missed so much. Grandma is doing ok but pretty lonely without her soulmate. This is a picture of Grandpa holding Trey and Grandma holding Tanner when they were only a few weeks old at Christmas 05.

We went to the beach a bunch of times. We go to Spencer which is John R and South Blvd in Rochester Hills. We love it there, so clean and fenced off for the little ones and an awesome playground too.

Grandma would kill me if this picture was bigger! But thanks for going with us because you made it actually relaxing for me!

Lots of swimming in the backyard and went through 2 pools. boys....

Saw my favorite band and partied with Chels, my favorite concert partner.

We went to the Irish Hill over Labor Day weekend and had a blast. I hadn't been before but Thomas mom used to take them when they were little. The boys loved it we went on a Mystery Hill tour that almost made me puke. It was so weird I don't even want to try to explain it because it made no sense and I hate things that I don't understand. We went on Go Karts and Tristen got to ride by himself, he was so proud too. So was I. He's very cautious and took it easy till he got the hang of it, then watch out cuz that child was cruzin.

The boys, my friend DeeAnn and I went to see the Stanley Cup! so cool.

Cassidy met her new friends and cousins, Claudia, Stella and Delilah.

And Thomas learned that he will never leave the house wearing shorts and cowboy boots. wtf?!