Very Busy Summer

Wow what a very busy summer with plenty of new adventures.

Where did I leave off??? Oh yes, family camping trip.

Over the fourth of July weekend we decided to camp at Kathio State Park on the Rum River in Onamia, MN. Out side of extreme heat, large amounts of horse flys and the mosquito's we had a blast. Our trip started out with checking in. Ha! That was fun. So we check in and get our site, we head to the site and start setting up. While we were setting up the tent we realized that the tent pad was too small for our huge 10 person tent.

While John jumped in the van to go back to the office to see if we can be switched to another site, the park ranger comes through. After explaining the situation and requesting to be moved, he explains that all he has open is the horse campground. After being reassured that no one was going to be camping there as well we decided to take the offer extended to us and moved to the horse campground.

All in all it turned out to be better for us. The boys had a parking lot to themselves to ride their bikes, the dog could bark at anything and everything, and we could be as loud as we wanted to with out any one complaining.
One of our new adventures on this trip happened while we were fishing. Trey, Tyler and daddy were fishing from the dock. Our friend Charlie was on one side of the shore fishing off land and I was on the other side fishing off the land.

Trey starts yelling " I got one! I got one!" As he is reeling in we quickly realize that he caught a baby snapping turtle. Charlie is reeling in to go help John, I am yelling at Tyler to go to the van and grab my phone so I can take a picture.

 

                                      
So while the guys are dealing with this and I am reeling in my line so I can take a picture, my line catches on something. I continued to reel in my line and it's getting harder to bring closer to shore. I thought that I caught some weeds so I grab my pole and just start to drag it over to where John or Charlie could get it untangled. Ha! Weeds it was not, here I ended up snagging a nice size northern, my biggest catch of the year so far.



                                   

                                            





                                                       

                                                     

Spring and Summer adventures and adventures to come

Wow, we have been so busy on our little adventures that I have not been able to share them with you....


The second half of the school year was a rough one for our family. To make a long story short it was the School district Vs. the parents. I think it's safe to say that the parents won and great education was given to both our children. The school year has wrapped up and it's just hard to believe that we now have a fourth grader and a kindergartner on our hands.

 

Our family would like to extend a huge thank you to this women pictured with Trey. Through our difficulties and battles with the school district this second half of the school year Ms. Jess has been a huge help. Ms. Jess was able to maintain a one on one envirment where Trey could continue to be in school and learn while he was working on some of his down falls. Out side of the normal preschool learning, Ms. Jess was able to help Trey continue to communicate on his off days instead of shutting down and hitting and kicking. Ms. Jess has taught us as parents when it's the right time to be assertive, the right time to be patient and the right time to just walk away. Most of you are thinking that this is common sense stuff when raising children, how ever it's very different and at times difficult while raising special needs kids.

 

 

Our next adventure with our kids was our first family vacation. We went to Edge Water Resort for Tyler's birthday. The kids had a blast and all in all so did we.

 

 

 

We have already been to the cabin once this year. We had so much fun! I can't believe how much I learned about myself and my boys that weekend. Enjoy some of the pictures from that weekend!

The next adventure is for me. I chose to head coach Trey's 5 year old T-BALL team. I can honestly say that this year of coaching for me has been a blast but also torture all at once. I have learned to be way more patient than I ever have, and to just let go and have fun. I hope to do it again next year.

All and all our summer is off to a great start. We are extremely busy but loving every minuet of it.  Our little adventures continue and I hope to remember to write about them. We have on deck for our adventures another camping trip, first time at boy scout camp (I don't know who is more excited, daddy or Tyler) Huff N Puff and Heritage Days.  Hope every one has a safe and fun summer.

Until the next adventure....

2012 Adventrues In Review

As 2012 comes to an end, I can't help but stop and think of all the new adventures we had this year.

Our first new adventure started when we gave the boys a puppy last Christmas. I can remember Christmas morning Tyler woke up first at 6am and him and I played with the puppy in the garage and then in my room.

My bedroom door and Trey's bedroom door line up together but across the hall. Tyler and I had very little lights on as to not wake up Trey and Daddy. Tyler and I were in my bedroom door way playing with the puppy. A very sleepy Trey walks out of his bedroom towards us, Bear ran and pounced on Trey. Trey then jumped backwards as he was still half asleep. When Trey realized that it was a puppy that charged him, he screams PUPPY at the top of his lungs. Thanks for waking up the neighbors.

A year later we have a happy, energized puppy that we wouldn't know what to do with out.

 

 

 

 

                                                     

Another new Jaso family adventure was broken bones. I always thought that Tyler would be the one to break bones first but I was proven wrong. Have you every had one thing that you would tell your kids a million times a day not to do because they would get hurt. Well on January 29 I decided that I had enough and was not going to fight Trey on jumping off furniture.

Well Trey learned his lesson the hard way with a tib/fib fracture to the left wrist. As a parent you always fear the situations where you can't take the pain away, and can just see yourself panicking. Well in this situation having little medical training and remembering what my parents did when I had this exact same fracture in the exact same wrist I was able to remain calmer than I ever thought possible.

I picked up the closest phone which happened to be my cell phone and called 911. I explained to the dispatcher what happened and that I have a consice 4 year old male with a broken wrist ect. ect. ect. and requested a medic to come splint his wrist so that we could at least get him in his car seat to go to the hospital.

While talking to the dispatcher John picks up Trey and leaves. No socks, shoes, jacket, blanket or cell phone or word on which hospital he was going to. I could only pray that it was Children's St. Paul. I told the dispatcher that my husband left. She asked me for a description of John's car and he was basically given the all clear with in reason to speed to the hospital.

After everything was said and done, we ended up with a splint, cast and then a brace. John and I both learned that there is no "right" way to handle this particular situation and you really just have to go with your gut feeling.

 

 

 As a planner it's hard for me to take the phrase "live one day at a time" to heart and actually live one day at a time. 2012 brought us tribulations, trials, adventures and a stronger bond as a family. With unconditional love, communication and a free spirit we as a family have learned how to "live one day at a time"

 

Can not wait to see what kind of new adventures 2013 has for the Jaso Family....

Happy New Year!!

 

 

 

Just one of those weeks

Have you ever had one of those weeks where you just want to give up and throw the towel in? Well that was my week.


The rule in the house is the boys get up, get dressed and come out to eat breakfast. Well that never works in the morning and in stead of bed time wars that others experience we have morning wars. John is up and out the door to work before the boys get up, so it's just mommy vs. the kids with these wars.

Trey gets up and goes straight for the candy. No matter where we hide it he always finds it. Trey refuses to do anything else until he has candy in his hand. First round of fights start with trying to reward him with candy for following the direction instead of giving in and letting him have it just to get the morning moving along.

I spend twenty minuets every morning struggling to get him dressed, fed and to get teeth brushed. When that is complete they normally get to have the tv on to watch cartoons. This week he just pushed me over the edge with hiding in the closets, continually changing clothes, hiding things that he is not supposed to have (like the laser pointer that we use to play with the dog. He took it to school and decided to play with it on the bus home. HUGE HUGE mistake) coloring on the walls and in the van on the doors, to just plain old not listing and thinking every thing is a game.

Then we have my Tyman. Urg he pushes buttons way more then normal for an 8 year old child. The Wednesday before Thanksgiving we noticed that Tyler forged my signature on his home work. After grounding him and explaining that forgery is a big no-no and he could be talked to by the police, we thought we had the issue settled. Well then on Monday I went to sign his agenda like I always do and notice that he signed his case manager's signature to his agenda. I couldn't take it any more. I made Tyler stay at home (I didn't have to work until late evening when John would be home) do his home work, and then literally look at the wall all day long. During the course of the day he stated that he hated me (which I know most children say at least once) he wanted a new mommy and it went on and on. After crying my eyes out I ignored him for the whole day. Unfortunately ( I say that because I always want to talk to my children and have them talk back in a normal conversation) I think it worked. Tyler woke up on Tuesday and apologized to me and with out being prompted he explained what he did and why he was wrong. If you have ever met Tyler you also know that he loves to talk way more than his momma. This has become an issue because no one can get a word in edge wise and nothing really gets talked about because we just simply can't talk. Tyler's talking in the morning is more in the way of little noises and phrases that just...I don't know, first thing in the morning gets annoying after awhile and you really really want to blurt out SHUT UP. How ever shut up is not a phrase aloud in my house by any one under the age of 18 ( trust me if I don't get on you about this then the kids will) so I have started going to my bathroom and not coming out until the house is quite.

Needless to say this week ended the way that the week has started. This week as taught me how weak I am as a parent but yet how strong I am as well. I think that we will have to start new routines in the morning with a new reward system just to get them back in to the way things should be. I have also learned that even though something as a parent doesn't seem right, or goes against the way you would like to bring your child(ren) up, that sometimes trusting your gut isn't always a bad thing. Being a parent isn't always about getting them every thing they want, or doing everything they want to do, or being the coolest amongst friends. Being a parent is very very stressful but yet rewarding job out there. If you can teach a child to love unconditionally, treat people/things with the utmost respect and  always always do the right thing, then you are a pretty dang good parent in my book.

Here's to a new week and new adventures.

New adventures starts here. I have always wanted to blog, but didn't know what to write about or the style in which I wanted to write with.

I think that I have finally figured it out, and hope to start somthing to share memories, frustration and lessons.

Just a heads up, I stink at spelling and gramer so hope you get what I am saying and can fallow along.