Teenagers

When you have four teenagers you have a lot going on in the house. I am happy however that I am a mom of these amazing four. Its funny how the week goes by and all the questions I get asked. Who every said that teens didn't want advice from their mother. I get asked questions all the time. Here are just a few that I can think of that happened in the past couple days.

• Does this outfit look ok? (Boy) My answer: Yes!
• Is my hair ok or should I put more gel in it? (boy) My answer: I think it looks good now don't put anymore because if the wind blows your hair wont move.
• Should I wear glitter eyeliner today? (girl...thank goodness) My answer: Sure if you want but just know I am doing it today too:)
• How should I ask her to prom? (boy) My Answer: First you have to ask her dad for permission which you already know. Then you have to make it memorable for her. Girls like that.
• Should I go with my friends to prom so it will be more fun? (girl) My answer: I think if you are going to have more fun going with a bunch of friends then do that.
• Are you sure my outfit looks ok? (boy) My answer: I specifically remember saying yes already.
• How do you know if someone is telling the truth? (boy) My answer: Parents always know! Even if you think they don't know. We do!
• What should I do for my first date? (boy) My answer: Make sure to open her car door because you are a gentleman. Your dad still opens my door after all these years. Movies are fun but make sure to get a soda or go to eat so you have time to talk. Probably a soda because she will say she isn't hungry.
• Do I look taller today? (boy) My answer: Honestly....yes.
• What is for dinner? (boys and girl) My answer: Not sure its only 11am but I will have it made by dinner time.
• Can we sleep in? (boy) My answer: As long as you get up when we say its time without being cranky.
• What is my curfew? (boy on first date ) My answer: Depends on what you are going to do. What time was the movie again?
• Where is the best place to get flowers? (boy) My answer: At Awesome Blossom as you want to shop local. Online can be hit or miss.
• Are you really sure my hair looks ok? (boy) My answer: YES! Do I look like I was lying to you the last two times you asked me?

I love having these teens. They  make my days complete. I really love when they ask for your opinion AND then do it too. Craziness! I remember being able to talk to my parents too. I like having an open door policy. I cant say that I wont be disappointed sometimes but I like that the kids can come to us and know we love them unconditionally no matter what. Its funny though because most of the stuff they come to us lately for is all the stuff that brings good memories for me when I was a teen. Gotta love it. The dates, Proms, friends, how we are always afraid of how we look, movies, funny teachers that they talk about at dinner, etc etc etc.....  Ahhh the good ol days! Except the only difference I think at this moment is our hair in the 80's WAS bad and DIDNT look good. HA! Cant wait to see what the next week holds on questions and answers.


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I have NO time Why you ask?

Seriously….and I do mean seriously…I have no time! This is the time of year that I feel like we are driving or sitting at all times. All our boys are in Basketball. Cassie decided this year that she was opting out of it as she really just likes Volleyball. Jason and Josh are both on the JV team. I love that they are on the same team and get to play Basketball together. Jackson being a Senior is on the Varsity team.

Have a small school there is only one Gym for the High school. Well that means that Varsity gets it before school from 6-8am, the Girls get it after school from 4-6 and then the JV boys get it from 6-8. No problem right? Well actually its chaos for us haha. That means Jackson drives himself to school. Then an hour later we are driving the rest of the kids to school. Then he drives them all home but an hour later I am driving the younger boys back to the school for 6pm practice. No big deal right? Well it takes us 50 minutes just to get to the school. Haha! I tell you….they better love us.

We are spending more time in the car than anything now a days. The good part about that though is we get a lot of one on one time to talk to the kids about their days or what’s been going on. Basketball season has just started and I am already thinking when the end of it is haha!

I love watching the kids play. I love that they are active and want to play. Most of all I love that all the kids play on the same day. Again because it’s a small school the girls and boys play on the same night no matter if its JV or Varsity. It leads for long nights but they are so worth it.

These are the days of never ending laundry even though you feel like you don’t see the kids that much. These are the days of eating at 430pm just so you can eat as a family which is very important to us. These are the days of a lot of KLOVE music in the car (I will know all the songs by the end of the season). These are the days……..

These are the days we will look back on and think how we ever did it with four kids. How did we manage their schedules with school, sports and family time? I am thankful and blessed for these days!

So as I sit here taking a break from laundry. Waiting on one child to come home and the other three have fallen fast asleep well before their bedtime of 930, I sit here in silence thinking about how fast life goes by. I can’t believe I think this is so chaotic and hectic and in just 4 short years all of the kids will be out of the house. I have to treasure these moments. Why? Because…these are the days!

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Introducing My Kids!!

Josh, Jack,Cassie, and Jason

Having four teenagers is like having a whole High School of kids living at your house. Yes, Yes I know it’s only four of them but we literally have every grade of High school in this house. Our Youngest is in 9^th Grade this year and our oldest is in 12^th grade . I never only have four teenagers living in this house either because someone always has a friend or two or three over. I even have a fifth child that is like our son because he is here so much. He was here more this summer than our own children. He even has a bed here that is his and a drawer for clothes. The first thing he always says to me is “Rae, I am hungry what are you making?” Yep that is JUST like our kids.

Jason, Josh, Cassie and Jackson

Growing up my mom only really ever let us have one person spend the night at a time. I like it better that the kids come here to this house. Let’s be honest…I want to know what they are doing. Am I a strict mom? My kids would definitely say yes. I would say that I am a loving mom who actually cares where they are and what they are doing at all points of the day. My kid’s friends don’t think we are strict because they know our kids are spoiled. We do a lot of family time, take them places all the time, they don’t really want for anything but my one son Joshua always jokingly says “this house is a prison” when I tell him things like 2 popsicles are more than enough. That cracks us up so much that Ryan and I even started to say it.

Our kids have chores every day and have to take care of their animals. They have to have their beds made and rooms clean. Homework done and then they can go off on the quads or play pool or swim. We don’t do the Xbox unless it’s a weekend and if we are going together as a family to an event or shopping or what not they have to come.  They have to have C’s or above. It’s their job to do well at school but we understand that some subject’s kids might struggle at. I mean heck I can’t even do my kids math homework! I have to send them to Ryan for that. I help with all the other subjects though. If they have less than C’s they don’t have any privileges because they apparently don’t have time to keep up their grades.  This doesn’t happen often but it has happened and it’s quickly corrected.

With four teenagers I have four VERY different personalities. I am very lucky though because they all get along well even though they have only been together for the last 7 years. Being a blended family with Ryan bringing in two children and I brought in two….I have heard that we are VERY blessed that they get along and see each other as brothers and sister. I can say to any of them…”go get your brother please” and they will always ask me “which one?”

Jackson

Jackson is our oldest. He is 17 going on what he wishes was 21. He loves sports and loves girl’s lol. I am sure that is just a 17 year old thing. If he dates though over time he is in love of all loves with that girl. Ryan and I just roll our eyes as he doesn’t know true love yet. He is a great driver and can spot a deer from the side of the road before I even see it. This is really helpful when you live on a ranch. He is kind but doesn’t like to show his feelings. He is the one that is always “learning” that our rules are there for a reason. He has been trying to spread his wings for some time now but is the child who actually doesn’t want to leave home. He is always saying he is going to leave and come right back. He is a protector of his siblings and a very hard worker at home. He is a bit of a trash talker but in a joking way. Its pretty darn funny. He loves sports and plays them well. He works at it and at it till he gets better and better. He is good with being a part of a team but he is very competitive on being the best that he can be. We are always telling him he needs to be more humble ha! Jack is definitely mechanical and is in the process of fixing our old BMW for himself. I am lucky because Jackson is the one kid that will sit down with you and talk and talk about what is going on in his day. I bonded with him so fast when we first met 7 years ago. He is definitely my son who I love very much!

Cassie

Cassie is next in line. She is 16. She is my overachiever who does not even want to get below an A-. I never have to ask her to clean her room as she always already has it done. He is kind of type A as she doesn’t want things moved and get anxiety if we clean her carpets and something might get moved out of place. She is an avid reader and loves to draw. I love that she draws. She has such talent and not just because I say that because I am her mother but because she just is really good. She has an eye for Art. Especially Anime which is Japanese Cartoon Art. Cassie beats to her own drum and doesn’t care. I love this about her because she isn’t afraid to be herself. She is more of a leader than a follower. She doesn’t care what people think of her. She definitely is the child who will tell you something but then turn it around to be in her favor. She has this amazing way of writing. I want to actually do a book with her and have her do the animation but truly I think she could do it all on her own. She is always writing manuscripts and they are amazing.  She is a cat lover but does love her puppy Sebastian. She is very caring and tries to show you through cards and paintings and such. Cassie also cares a lot about her family. She keeps every card ever given to her by family no matter what the occasion was. She loves music. Boy does this child love music. I think for two years she never didn’t have headphones on her head or around her neck. She knows almost every word to every song too. Even the oldies. That always amazes me. She can hear something and it just sticks in her head. To be the only girl in the house too is amazing because she can hold her own but she fights dirty. Trust me she can whip you with her tongue if she chose to. Luckily she doesn’t do it often. I love her very much! She is my princess.

Joshua

Joshua is our third child and by far the tallest child. At 15 years old he is already 6’3’’. It’s hard to look up at him and tell him to go to his room if he has been misbehaving. This doesn’t actually happen that often because Joshua definitely has a big moral compass. He is very black and white and not grey in the middle. This sometimes can get him in trouble as he will tell you exactly what he feels about a situation. Most of the time though he has a very valid point. At the same time though he is the one who tells us he is in trouble before we find out. All the other kids won’t even say anything until we find out. Joshua is definitely our goofy kid in the house. I still remember his first day of 7^th grade when he came to a new school. He walked down the hallway, did a somersault and then kept on walking like nothing ever happened. He is always cracking us up. He is pretty quick witted and can have a good comeback in no time flat. Joshua is sensitive though and doesn’t like it when people are mean to others especially if it’s to one of us. He still has a polar bear stuffed animal that his Nana gave to him before she passed away that is very special to him. He has a great memory too and always tells us stories of when he was “younger” and what he did.  He is a thinker and not much of a talker of his feelings. It has to be a pretty special day when he opens way up and tells you how he feels. These are the times we really sit down and listen. He is definitely my son that I love very much!

Jason

Jason is only 3 months younger than Joshua. He is going to be 15 this month. Jason is the youngest of the family and wears that title proudly. He sneakily can get out of work because he is younger and the older boys tend to do it. Jason is sensitive for sure. You have to be careful with how you joke with him as it may hurt his feelings. He is the kid though that will always hug you goodnight and always say I love you. He will search for you in the house to do it even and not go to bed till he has done it. Jason loves to be around people and yet likes his alone time also. He has many friends and blends in really well. He is very endearing as he will ask if you are okay if you hurt yourself. It’s funny though because we always tell him that he needs his hearing checked because he doesn’t always hear what you say. Once we said we were going to the store and he told all the other kids we went to go buy a new car. He swears he heard that. If the TV is on you can’t get his attention. He loves baseball and animals. He is very kind to all the animals and always willing to help with them. If you ask the other kids they say Jason gets away with the most. If you ask Jason though…his life is hardJ He is addicted to sugar and loves candy. If there is one piece left in the house he will definitely find it. Cracks me up every time. We used to load his stocking full of gum because he loves it so much.  He is definitely my son that I love very much!

I love my kids so much! They all have these great personalities and are going to grow up and really go far. They all have the love in their heart and are good people. For teenagers we are very blessed that they don’t get in trouble much. They love their family and we still get hugs from them. We are very blessed to have these kids. They are the apple of my eye, the light of my life. I don’t know what I would ever do without them. Man I sound super sappy but hey it’s true! I love them! Our love for our kids isn’t divided…..its multiplied!

 

 

Q&A Getting to know my 4 Teenagers

The fact that I asked my four teenagers the same questions and got VERY different answers doesn't surprise me even though they are raised under the same roof. Here is getting to know my teens. I will go oldest to youngest this time. Its going to be a long post so sit back, grab some coffee and have fun reading. Mind you I tape recorded them and wrote word for word.

Jackson (17)

What's your favorite app? Uhm instagram
What's your favorite food? BBQ Chicken Pizza. Is that because we are getting that tonight? No. What about Ribs? I like BBQ Chicken Pizza better and Pasta Roni. Ehw! Pasta Roni.
Name a Time when you helped someone out...Uhm...ahhh...I helped Dad work on the car engines and stuff.
What's your favorite thing to do at school? Talk to friends. (Right then Jason asked for some of Jacksons Pringles. Jack said okay you can have some but only 2. Jason asked who ever eats just 2).
If you had to name a book after your life what would the title be? I don't know maybe Its a wonderful life (I laugh) or How to be awesome.
What would you do if you had a Million Dollars? Invest it to make more money but only 100,000. I don't want to lose it all.
Would you rather have Super Intelligence or Super Strength? Super Strength because uhm because I get to be super strong and I don't know it would be better. Better than Super Smart? Well I am not dumb so yeah.
What is your biggest Pet Peeve? The sound of people brushing their teeth. Then scratching their teeth. And when you text ppl and they just say "k".
What do you want to be when you grow up? A billionaire and do nothing. And then getting money because I own Banks. That's sounds boring. Ya but I get to do whatever I want.
What is the strangest food you have ever eaten? Squid, Octopus or Snail.
What place would you like to visit and why? Africa. It has pretty cool animals there.
What's your favorite way to kill time? Sleeping.
When did your mouth last get you in trouble? Does your mouth ever get you in trouble? Does it? Sometimes ever now and then. I don't think it does a lot.
What's the story behind one of your scars? Once time I was swimming with my cousin. My cousin had a Doberman pincher that was crazy. I was scared so I just stood there at the pool. I froze because I was so scared. It bite my back and I fell in.
What do you think are characteristics that make you a good person? I think I feel bad for people. Sometimes. Like if someone asks me for a piece of gum. I don't want to lie and say no.
How would friends describe you to someone who didn't know you? Funny I guess. Shy at first around new people but talkative once I know them.
How many kids do you want when you grow up? 2...maybe 3...Do you know out of the four of you that you are the only one who wants kids. Well not anytime soon. Eventually like 25 or older.

Cassie (16)

What's your favorite food? Sushi
What's your favorite app? Facebook I guess
What's your favorite thing to do at school? Eat. I like to Eat.
Name a Time when you helped someone out...Today one of my teachers dropped stuff so I went over and helped pick it up.
If you had to name a book after your life what would the title be? It wouldn't have a title. Why? I don't know it looks better that way. It would be a blank front of book and no one would know what they are getting into.
What would you do if you had a Million Dollars? Buy Cosplay stuff and food. I like food.
Would you rather have Super Intelligence or Super Strength? Super Strength because I already have good intelligence. Yeah.
What is your biggest Pet Peeve? When my parents don't shut my bedroom door when they leave. They just leave it cracked and I had to get up and go shut it.
What do you want to be when you grow up? Google
What is the strangest food you have ever eaten? Escargot
What place would you like to visit and why? Japan. Just because I don't know because I can.
What's your favorite way to kill time? Music or Drawing
When did your mouth last get you in trouble? Every time I talk.
What's the story behind one of your scars? I have a scar on my wrist. Its from a cat. Josh was playing with a remote control car. The cat freaked out so I tried to grab it and it clawed my wrist.
What are characteristics that make you a good teenager? I am selfless. I say what's on my mind and stop things when it needs to be stopped.
How would friends describe you to someone who didn't know you? Anime Lover or a homestucker. What's a Homestucker? Its an Anime show
How many kids do you want when you grow up? Zero! I am not dealing with that. I don't have the time.


Josh (14) *he is my jokester.

What's your favorite food? Salmon
What's your favorite app? Clash of clans
 What's your favorite thing to do at school? My friends and I pushed each other into lockers.
Name a Time when you helped someone out...I helped someone up when they fell.
If you had to name a book after your life what would the title be? Why. That's the title? Yes.
What would you do if you had a Million Dollars? Probably just stare at it. That's not real useful. Its what I would do
Would you rather have Super Intelligence or Super Strength? Super Strength.
What is your biggest Pet Peeve? Everyone in my family except for my parents act like my parents. So your brothers and sister act like your parent? Yep.
What is the strangest food you have ever eaten? Snails
What place would you like to visit and why? Africa to go look at the ants.
What's your favorite way to kill time? Sleeping
When did your mouth last get you in trouble? All the time. Why? Because I have a Big mouth.
What's the story behind one of your scars? One time I was bite by a dolphin on my head so I had surgery on my head. What's the real reason? I had scull surgery when I was 6 months old.
 What are characteristics that make you a good teenager? I help people.
How would friends describe you to someone who didn't know you? Truthfully ...Annoying. Addicted to his phone.
How many kids do you want when you grow up? Zero

Jason (14)

What's your favorite food? Pizza What kind? BBQ Chicken. It was steak but not anymore.
What's your favorite app? Instagram
 What's your favorite thing to do at school? Hang out with my friends and my girlfriend. You have a girlfriend? You didn't know that? I know you have a friend that's a girl. Ok I am just saying.
Name a Time when you helped someone out...the other day I helped my friend out with his work.
If you had to name a book after your life what would the title be? Jason's boring life. Is your life really that boring? No. I have a lot of exciting things.
What would you do if you had a Million Dollars? I would buy an XBox1 and then spend the rest on things that would help me and my family. My family and I , I meant.
Would you rather have Super Intelligence or Super Strength? Super strength because if someone tries to smart mouth me I can pick them up and throw them to the moon.
What is your biggest Pet Peeve? When you send a three paragraph text message and they send back one word.
What do you want to be when you grow up? To be a special effects artist.
What is the strangest food you have ever eaten? I don't know. Well on the cruise you get to try alligator. Well I guess it will be alligator then.
What place would you like to visit and why? NYC because I think it would be cool to see all the stuff there.
What's your favorite way to kill time? Sleeping, eating and looking at Instagram
When did your mouth last get you in trouble?
What's the story behind one of your scars? so we were making a trampoline. My brother jumped on it too soon. My hand got caught and I ended up with 15 stitches. (Jack says...it was 5). No it was 15. (Jack says ...it was 5).
What are characteristics that make you a good teenager? I help people.
How would friends describe you to someone who didn't know you? ugh.. smart ,funny, nice, sometimes humble, sometimes weird.
How many kids do you want when you grow up? I don't know...I don't think that far ahead.


I never said they were normal....but they are mine and I love them!

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Fun Fun Fun and so many laughs....Whisper Challenge

Its just so funny!!We had so much fun I wish we would of done this before! We as a family did the Whisper Challenge. Have you ever heard of it? OMG its so funny!!

Let me explain what the challenge is first. You have two people (we did our whole family but just kept switching ppl. They even wanted to keep playing after we had finished with all 6 of us) and one wears a set of noise cancelling headphones. You can also just use normal headphones and turn up the sound a little. The other person will "whisper" a saying to the person with the headphones on. The person with the headphones on has to try and tell them what they think they are saying. Ok Its just so funny. Some of the things you THINK you are "HEARING" but its no where near what was really said. Here....look at our first one. This one is our two fourteen year olds Jason and Joshua. I swear you will start laughing especially half way through when a "guest" shows up midway and makes EVERYONE in the house laugh!

 

So then Cassie and Joshua did the Challenge. You can totally tell that Cassie is our studious one because of what she "hears". LOL! I think she might have a secret person she likes or something too or one of our words just always sounds like a guy we all know:)

Ok I had to laugh because Jackson and Ryan came home to the four of us doing the Whisper Challenge. As you can see they were still in their gear (bow hunting coyotes away from our animals). They wanted to change but I made them stay in it because I thought they looked cute ha! I laughed so hard on one of the things that Jackson said and how Ryan responds. I couldn't help but have the screen jiggle a little because I was laughing so hard. Excuse the fact that I am coughing in some of the videos also, I am still recovering from my hospital stay.

Then the kids wanted to do Ryan and I. They did our questions for us since I had been doing all of theirs. We had so much fun and I only slightly cared that I look a mess. PS....For those of you who know I have a Rare Disease called Cushings which makes you gain excess of amounts of weight from Cortisol. Since being in Remission I have lost a lot of weight BUT because I was put back in the hospital and given a lot of steroids for breathing treatments and Bronchitis....I am back to being REALLY puffy moon face. So just know....I must love you guys a lot because I don't normally video when this is happening to me ha! XOXOXOXO ..........

So as you can see we had a lot of fun! We actually have more videos but I just showed one of each of us. We had one of Cassie and I. Also Jack and Josh wanted to do one. Maybe I will put those up if you guys leave in the comments you want to see it.

I highly recommend doing this with your family. Its fun! Its free! Its entertaining and the kids really get into it. :) I hope you enjoyed watching our crazy family.

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Rant...As a parent have you ever had to.....

So I have to laugh because my Mother In Law is always telling me that I should write something "not as positive" on my blog so ppl know the realness of parenting four teenagers. I haven't really had anything to write about that wasn't that positive lately until now ha! Let me tell you the trials and tribulations of parenting.

So my son is in 4H. This is something he wanted to join and not only did he decide he wanted to join one of the clubs in 4H but he wanted to join 5! We say okay its going to be a lot of meeting and work. He agreed he wanted to do this all so we went all in. We would be helping him do Shooting Sports, Leadership, Horse, Beginners Beef and Cooking.

So lets skip to Beginners Beef where we asked him if he would like to raise a Steer. This would be really costly to us but then he would have this project, show it at fair and sell it. He would pay us back for the Steer and all the feed and then keep the remaining money for himself. We were excited because this gives him responsibility and also money for himself after all the hard work. We talk to our Ranching friends.....he goes there and hand picks his Steer out. We schedule for drop off and Voila he has his Steer! This is a big thing so we asked four times to see if he was sure this is what he wanted to do.

Fast Forward. Steer is at our ranch. We have all the Hay and are driving to go get the Grain that it will need for the month. As we are driving our son tells us that he is actually not interested in having a Steer. The Steer that is 1500.00 and we already hand picked and the ranchers we got it from already took time to bring it to us. Goodness. I think Ryan and I seriously didn't know what to say. What happened to the excitement that was there two days ago? Mind you we had asked him FOUR times to MAKE sure.

So then its up to Ryan and I to decide what we are going to do. We ask why he doesn't want the Steer and he said he is bored with 4H and doesn't want to do it. We ask why have things changed in just a couple days and why hadn't he spoken up before we decided to go buy a Steer. We think during the first day he has the Steer he saw how much work you have to put into it because his mind hadn't changed till then.

Side note...A Steer doesn't help out our family at all. If it was a Heifer we could breed it or eat it but a Steer is solely for him to raise, grow, show and sell.

The car was just quiet as we are trying to figure out what we are going to do at this point. We are a family that once you start something ....you finish it. You have to try something once and if you don't like it then you don't have to do it again. 4h is only half way done. I think we were quiet because well it kind of makes you perplexed because as parents you are running your child around to make sure they are at every event and doing what they need. We already bought the clothes for 4H, paid all the fees, found how to get the animal he needs to show and sell. Our minds were racing. Now what? We have a 1500.00 dollar animal that will cost 4,000 dollars by the time we are done. Its not something we would get as a family because we aren't going to sell it. We want ones we can breed or eat later.

So as a parent what runs through your mind. Do we make him do it anyways? Do we put money into something he may or may not hate? How do we show him responsibility? How do we talk to him about not being passive and speaking up so this kind of dilemma doesn't happen? Do we talk to the Rancher and see if he will take the Steer back? Does he stay in 4H? How do we have our child be happy and be responsible? What lesson can we all learn from this? How do we teach him how frustrating this can be and how we could of prevented it all together?

So after a lot of Ryan and I talking, we decided he needs to finish 4H. It was his decision to do 4H and once our family starts something they need to finish it. Does he have to show an animal to be in 4H? No. So we called our ranching friends and talked to them about what happened. They graciously said they would take it back. If someone isn't really into their animal they might not take care of it the way it should be. That wouldn't be fair to the animal. Of course, we never would of let the Steer not be taking care of but I understand the point. Thankfully they said they would take it back. Putting 4,000 dollars into an animal that you are having a kid HAVE to take care of to us seems silly. So we are still teaching responsibility but not having it be taken out of our pocket. Our son will still have to help with animals, learn about them and work hard. It just wont be with his own. We also talked to him about being passive and speaking up for yourself. Don't say things you THINK people want to hear. Say what you want and don't want. Especially when asked four times if you wanted a Steer and each time was a yes lol! He had to call the Rancher himself also to tell him why he had changed his mind. We feel he needed to explain himself because it is teaching him something about responsibilities especially when others are helping you out.

Thankfully this is one of the many learning experience we will have with ALL the kids as we go along in life. If you don't have these bumps in the road.....you aren't learning. We had to really think about how to handle the situation. No yelling was done. Some head scratching was but it turned out all right. It is a learning experience for us all. Don't you love parenting? I do.....its new and different each day. Especially with four teenagers. Don't worry tomorrow we will have some trial and tribulation with another one of the kids. Its always one of the kids learning a new lesson in life. :) Who knows which one it will be but it will be someone haha.

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