Long time..no write..

Wow, I didn't realize how long it has been since I've updated my blog. I guess not too much to say. Boys are doing well with school. I'm doing well with school. Nicholas is doing great with soccer. This past Saturday, he scored about 5 or 6 goals. And Michael did well at his game on Saturday. Unfortunately, they have yet to win a game, but he is learning all the time. Fall has come around big time lately. The leaves are changing into beautiful red, yellows and oranges. We have days of warm weather and very cool nights. This is my favorite time of the year.

Oh, I guess I do have a bit of news. I got a job!! Yup! A real 9-5 job..well, 830-330pm job. I am going to be a reading aide for grades 3,4,5 at Kernsville Elem. in Parkland School District. I actually am due to begin next Tuesday and will be doing some training and than working with the students by the end of the week. Yeah for me! A paycheck again!

So, that is about it. I guess I'm leading a fairly boring life right now. The good news is we are all well, and life is good. Can't ask for more than that.

Oh, and to my dearest friend Leanne...I truly wish I could have surprised you for your birthday and shared in your night, but the thought was there. It looks like you all had a great time! I know you are feeling and looking fabulous! Here is to the next 40years!!!!! Happy Birthday! Love you to pieces!

1st day of school

It seems like yesterday I was writing that it was the last day of school, and now here we are, on the first day of school. It is a beautiful day and things went well this morning. Michael was abit nervous, but he did well and there were no tears and no vomitting. Nicholas of course was fine. Here are some photos of the boys who are officially now in 6th grade and 2nd grade, and of Jolene across the street who is also 6th grade. Here's to a great year!

Unofficial end of summer! :(

Well, this coming weekend is the boys last weekend of "summer". Even though fall will not begin until Sept. sometime, Michael and Nichlolas start school on Monday. And even though we are ready to go back to school, we also are not ready. The boys are bored but yet they say they don't want to go back. We have bought new sneakers and socks and here's hoping they will be able to wear shorts the first few weeks of school. (dependent upon the weather). The boys are also into their fall sports. Michael is doing well with football and is improving each day. He is pretty much starting offensively and defensively, don't ask me any positions, don't understand the game, yet. And Nicholas has started soccer this week. He wanted me to tell everyone how he kicked the ball so hard the other night and unfortunately hit the goalie right in the face and made him cry. (he was proud of how hard he kicked it). Anyways, he will no doubt do very well this fall with soccer. I have also started my fall semester of school. I have American Literature II and Educational field experience. My Amer.Lit. class is online and the other is 1x a week at the school. As long as I finish these 2 with no issues, I will have my Assoc. degree in December! Yeah! So that is all for now. Will update next week with the boys first day of school.

I got an A- for my final Biology grade!!!!!!!

So, I just checked my grades and my professor posted my final exam grades and I couldn't believe it, but I got 142 out of 150 points possible on my final exam which made my final overall grade jump to an A-!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited. Now it is finally over.......

BIOS 105 Final!!!!

Well, today is the day. I finally have my Biology final. Going into it, I have a C+, so I have passed and am happy. I have been going over all the chapters we have done, as it is a comprehensive final. So 18 chapters! Ugh. Feeling extremely proud of myself though, as anyone who has been around me this summer knows that I have lived and breathed BIOS 105 and at times have stuggled to learn some of the chapters. Especially that DNA. Will let you all know what my final grade was, but I'm not stressed and will just do my best today. :)

More Vacation

Sorry I didn't update again, but I forgot that as we drove north, I would have limited internet availability. So, with that said, I will continue our vacation stories. After the stories of the bears and snakes, we drove north into New York state and into Cooperstown, home of the Baseball hall of Fame. I would have to say that the adults enjoyed the museum more than the kids did. Not that they didn't like it or seeing everything, there was alot to read and to look at and I think it was just a bit much for the kids. At least my kids. My nephew Patrick would just love, love, love it there. From Cooperstown, we again drove North. Up through New York, through the Adirondack mountains and crossed over into Vermont. And into the rain. Finding a hotel on the internet here proved a bit harder than down south. Did find a Days Inn in Barre, VT (would not recommend it). Although the kids had a blast in the pool and hot tub. They had it all to themselves! The next morning, we left by 830am and I started the drive to Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. We got sidetracked a bit with the directions, but we eventually made it to the tallest mountain peak in the east! And what a drive. From the bottom of the mountain it was gorgeous. By the time we made it to the top, I could barely see! I drove up the mountain and Mike drove down the mountain. It was a bit nerve racking at times w/the narrow roads and the fog and the NO guardrails. But it was unbelieveable how high up we were. They say 8 out of 10 days look like it does when we were there, see photo right below.

From Mt. Washington, we made the drive south through the state of New Hampshire and made it to John and Jenns at about 5pm. Again, what a gorgeous drive coming down the Kancamangus Highway! The boys were finally free of the car and able to run around at Aunt Jen and Uncle Johns house. It was good to be "home" again. Friday was a day spent of helping John inside the house and than Jen and I ran into town so I could do some homework and we could pick up some things that we needed. Plus it rained! Saturday was a very early rise 445am for me and by 6am we were on the road north again to Cannon so John and Jen could run/bike/swim in a triathalon. They did fabulous and it was great to be able to cheer them on.

Here is Jen in the bike to swim transition.

This is the lake that they had to swim across to gt to the mountain they had to climb! From 2 different views, at eye level and than from the top of the mountain.

They made it!!!!
This is how we got up the mountain! What a view.


After the triathalon, we headed to the Woodstock Inn for some beverages and than headed home again. Jen made her famous nachos and also chicken enchilada casserole. We sat on their deck eating and drinking and having a great time. Before we knew it, it was again time for bed. Sunday morning brought around work for John and awesome breakfast sandwiches from Aunt Jen. We got packed up and were on the road by 10am for our 7hour drive home, which turned into 8hours due to heavy rain, traffic and a detour we took ourselves on. But we made it home safe and sound and are adjusting back into life and knowing what day of the week it is.

PS. And of course the boys had to get on to "Uncle John's" pond to go fishing. What trip would be complete w/o getting on his pond?

The Bodnar Family is on vacation!!!!

Yes, I know it has been a LONG time since I have updated my blog, and for that I am sorry. But, I think I will make up for that with our stories so far of our vacation. It was to begin on Monday morning at about 6am, however, L.Michael broke his tooth off again. (he broke it off this past May, and it fell off again on Sunday) So we had to begin a bit delayed with a visit to the dentist's office first. All was fixed and he is now smiling again. From the dentist we headed north to Pine Creek for a day of hiking (about 5miles, yes, it was hard). The view was worth it when we finally made it to the top! We were all looking out at the view when Mike decided he would go down and take a photo of myself and the boys from down below. So he hopped down, we smiled pretty and than we decided to jump down and as we did so, Nick said "Oh my God! There is a snake!!!" So we all ran away, and than I slowly stepped back to only lay my eyes on a true blue, for real, not dead, freaking timber rattlesnake!!!!!! You know, like venomous! We all just missed stepping on this thing. I was so freaked out I just wanted off the mountain. We did make it down with no further issues.We stayed at a little motel on top of the mountain and on the way down the mountain the next morning, we saw a black bear! Yup, a true to life black bear. It looked at us and we at it and than it ran up the hill and was gone.

The boys were fishing just a little while later and at our second fishing spot of the day, Nick saw a 2nd snake. It was all curled up on a bush sunning it self.

The boys finished their fishing and we got in the car and again headed north to Cooperstown NY to the Baseball Hall of Fame. We have not yet made it to the hall of fame, but the boys did get to go swimming for a littl bit in the 10mile long lake that is right behind our motel. So, as you can read, our vacation is going very well so far and everyone is enjoying themselves. Tomorrow (Wed.) we are doing the HOF and than will again head north. Will keep everyone in touch with the Bodnar family, I promise!