SINCE ARYN'S BIRTHDAY IS OVER THE SUMMER WE GOT TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY TODAY - SHE WAS IN HER OWN LITTLE WORLD . SHE GAVE SOME CUPCAKES TO HER CLASSMATES, HER TEACHERS, AND A FEW OTHER SPECIAL TEACHERS AT THE SCHOOL !

Happy Birthday Gramps! Today would have been my grandfather , leroys 95th birthday. As many of you know he passed away in november. Not a day goes by that we dont think about him. I am thankful for all the time that we had together , the memories my kids have of him, and that i was able to spend one last visit day with him before he passed. We miss you gramps - happy birthday!

june 1st - ahhh already -


I know i have not been the best at updating my blog- Since preparing for kevins parents visit in April it has really and truely been one thing after the next.

Alyssa is preparing for her recital - she has pictures, and dress rehersal this week. her costume is really cute- green polks dots. She has some parties at school this week and she is looking forward to spending some time with the neighborhood girls, enjoying popcicles, and working on her tan .

Aryn is wrapping up her kindergarden year. she has her big graduation party/ pizza party this week( on tuesday)

andrew is still playing ball - lost tonight . He has been catching - fell so sorry for him it is nearly 100 degrees . His team has slowly dwindled down , lost 2 kids due to injury . His 5th grade graduation is this tuesday night (sniff sniff) how can this be happening all ready ....

on a happy note - we booked a cruise for next year during spring break . we are leaving from charleston sc and visting caymen islands, key west, and cozumel. kids are looking forward to thier first cruise experience. we are thinking about signing them up for snorkeling lessons at a local dive shop during the summer.

i have been working on scrapbook albums for all the kids teachers - i have 1 done and given already, 1 almost done , and1 with nothing in it - think i can work full time(crappy hours), plan 2 end of the year parties. go to a graduation,go to 2 awards ceremonies, and get 30 scrapbook pages done in 3 days - can you say caffiene!

i will post some pictures of graduation - and other happenings that are going on when i have a chance

Not to often i post a picture or article about myself - At work we are having a baseball theme incentive - My team name is the ALL - Starz - my nick name is "The babe" - they are having a baseball card creating contest and this is my entry - wish me luck

last night Andrews teacher came to watch his baseball game. She is so sweet ! Andrews team ( braves) played the Mets. Andrews friend Cameron is on the Mets and Cameron is also in Miss Pooles class. Thanks Miss Poole for coming to the boys game and for being so suportive ! :D

Spring Break ! Kids are on spring break this week . Since i have just started my new job and still working this week we are just hanging out at home and not doing to much .

Yesterday we went to see Meet the Robinsons ( in 3D) it was a very cute movie and the 3d factor was awesome ! After we went to crabtree valley mall and i let aryn pick out some new earrings . We have finally gotten past the trauma that was occuring everytime we had to change earrings .

This week the neighbor boys have been over - thier mom is a teacher in another county and did not have this week off - So yes, i took 5 kids to the movies and 5 kids to the mall !

last night we had a really bad thuderstorm ( hail wind thunder lightening ) it started about 15 minutes after the kids went to be and i ended up with a bedroom full of kids - some in bed and some on the floor ( neighbor kids too )

kevin is on his way home from the coast (he will be home at 1:45 and i leave for work at 2) always nice to see him :D anyway he had a day deep sea fishing yesterday . He has gone deep seaing 3 times in 3 years and has not faired well on the sea 2 of those times ( said he almost fell overboard yesterday) 10 foot seas - the time before was from too much rum punch - but thats a whole nother subject

strawberries are in season and we will probably be heading out to get out share soon

aryns soccer season ends on saturday ( i think ) they have not mentioned anything about tournaments who knows .

2 more days left of spring break - hope the house survives!

Happy easter ! kids had a great time dyeing easter eggs - aryn didnt like all the dye off like in previous years. Alyssa shared a fun idea woith us that she learned in class. We wrapped rubber bands around the eggs , made a fun tie dyed look on the eggs . And andrew didnt let us down - he made 3 works of art - 1 was stewie griffin( family guy), one was globe, and the last one was the american flag.

Today Alyssa made her first holy communion.

Lord of Life Lutheran Church Garner NC

April 5th 2007 - Maundy Thursday Service

She received a beautiful set of pearls from her daddy and she wore a bracelet that was given to me on my first communion by my friend Marilee Jerz. She was so beautiful. She had 4 girls in her first communion class.

Aryn and her class made these really cute bunny ears . Usually Aryn doesnt like to go along with this kind of stuff ( case and point preschool graduation) She put on these ears and smiled and played ! to sweet ! I know - I know - sappy mom , but i also know it wont be long and she will be in high school so these kind of memories are the ones that i need to journal and remember . Look at that smile ! ------ notice anything diffrent about it ? She lost her first tooth on Monday ( 4-2-2007) Tooth fairy came and left her 3 bucks - she has spent that same 3 bucks about 20 times over and still has managed to keep it in her pocket .

today was spring picture day ! everyone all dressed up ! Are they not just adorable !

Another busy week at the Josupait household -Have to say most you who read this would expect nothing else :D

On Tuesday night Andrews Roller hockey team won the championship ( in triple over time! ) They actually played 2 games back to back w/ the last game being the triple ot game - he was exhausted!

Aryn started soccer on Saturday. She is on the gold team ! She has really grown up alot in the past few months . She has become more outgoing and not as temid ! she had a wonderful time at practice and we really enjoyed watching her have such a good time .

Alyssa had been finishing up with her girl scout cookie campaign! Finally getting the kitchen back to normal and cleared out . She has sold about 200 boxes !

The wather here has been awesome ! On wednesday adn thursday it was in the 70's and we actually had some lightening and rain on wednesday night.

Happy Valentines Day! Today was the Fairy tale Ball for the Second graders. Alyssa and her classmates had such a wonderful time! They started with a parade , a dance( they waltzed), valentine exchange, formal pictures, and a royal buffet. Alyssa wore her Jasmine halloween costume.

SNOW DAY!











they cancelled school before it started to snow ... so the kids have been eagerly sitting by the back door watching it accumulate ! It wont be here for long - going to be 55 tommorrow so they are out enjoying it while they can!

Future Author or Conservationist ........... Friday night Andrew was honored at the Johnston County Soil and Water Conservation banquet. They hold a yearly essay and poster contest for 5th graders throught out the county . Andrew was chosen as one of the 2 to represent his school and placed 3rd in the county overall !

Here he is showing off his award and ribbon.

His teacher and principal were also there . His classmate Lauren was in the poster contest and she recieved and honorable mention.

Its not alot .... but we will take it ! This is the first time the kids have seen snow in along time - I think we got about 1/3 of an inch - on top of alittle ice - They still had school today. But it was the first time in along time that they got out of the house before the bus was waiting at the end of the drive way for them !

2 days ago it was 75 - ground is not frozen. While i was getting Aryns gear on Alyssa laid down to make a snow angel ( in 3 inches of mud!) On another note - First time this year the kids have gotten "bundle up" in their winter gear!

I think he is winking at me :D Thanks for the picture Kevin!







In other news- Job is well. Almost finished with first week . Kids have a 3 day weekend this week and a 4 day weekend next week - then not another day off till Spring break ! Yikes!

Alyssa's bedroom set comes tommorrow - she is really psyched about that !

Sunday is going to be mid 70's here!Might be a good chance to catch up on some much needed yard work!

Tonight a new episode of Man vs Wild on Discovery channel! For some reason kevin and i have become addicted to this show ! Not sure what the draw is :? ( for me sexy accent hot guy in a vulnerable situation- what more could a "desperate housewife" want !) For kevin , i think he likes to see the totally gross extremes that Bear takes to survive !

discovery channel -9 eastern - check him out ! http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/manvswild/manvswild.html

Wohooooo! january 4th and today i had the windows open in the house! 70+degrees! What a glorious day! :D ( although, we have not seen snow in 2 years the kids are starting to miss it - Andrew commented today about not seeing any in awhile ) Maybe i should refer him to woman in denver who was selling her snow on ebay! :D

Today i am free ! for the first time in over 2 weeks everyones is back to work and school ! Wohooo!

Andrew had is eye tooth removed yesterday! Man the root on that baby was huge! He never complained about any discomfort - He spent the rest of the afternoon watching Nacho Libre and napping and consuming mass quantites of mashed potato's ! (and he got a 5 spot from the tooth dairy!)

Kevin finished painting alyssa's room last night - her new furniture is coming next Saturday so between now and then i need to clean her carpet and go thru some of her things !

Starting my new job next monday(1/8/06) ! Very exciting ! glad to be back in the work force again(contributing to the future of the Josupaits and the kids college fund!)

Happy New Year ! Hope 2007 is full of peace, love and Good health !