Busy Week

It has been a very busy week for the Hallowells. Michael turned 14, we have a new addition to our family, and we got into a car accident. Please read on for more details on all.
It is official Michael is now 14. He turned 14 on Sunday
October 19th. We had a family gathering at our house on Sunday for his birthday. We had mom-mom, pop-pop, Uncle Steve, Aunt Barb, Delaney, and Stevie over for dinner and cake. We all had a great time and it was wonderful to catch up with everyone. He received presents and love that day. Michael is growing up to be an amazing boy who I love to be around. He brightens a room when he walks into it. I am so glad he is part of my life. Happy Birthday Michael.


That same night we added a newcomer to our family. I was in the house when Kevin called for me to come outside to see what he found. I went outside to see that he had a little gray and white kitten in his arms. She was the cutest thing and she seemed to love Kevin. We tried to see if anyone had lost her, but no one knew who she belonged to. We brought her in and gave her some food and water. We decided to keep her for the night because it was going to be cold out . Kevin said that we can't keep her and that we need to find a home for her. Kevin's mom said that she would take her if we didn't want her, but little did I know Kevin fell in love with her. Long story short we decided to keep her with us. Callie and Roxy seem ok by her. She chases after Roxy and Roxy seems to like it. Callie doesn't seem to be bothered by her, she just hisses every once in awhile when the kitten gets to close. We are all happy with our new addition to our family.

Introducing Molly Ann Hallowell

Last but not least was our wonderful car accident. It happened on Saturday October 25. We were on our way to take Michael to his soccer game. It was really windy and rainy that day. We were coming off the ramp when it happened. There was a Ram truck stopped at the top of the ramp waiting to turn right and we coming up from behind. We were coming up the ramp slowing and Kevin began to apply the breaks. Well he applied it, but the car wouldn't come to a stop. He turned the wheel to right hoping to miss the truck, but the car won't turn or stop. We had no where to go but into the back of the truck. Our car hit the truck with a hard it. We are all fine but the car took a beaten. The whole front end was pushed up and in. The lady in the truck was fine and our car just made a dent in her fender. We waiting awhile for a police officer to come and tells us it was our fault, like we didn't know. We think that the wet ground mixed with wet leaves explained why we couldn't stop. Needless to say that we are down a car and are not sure if they
are going to total the car. The good news is that we are all fine.

Like I said before it was a busy week and I am hoping that we have a really boring week this week. No more surprises please.

Catch Up Time

I know, I know its been a long time since I last blogged. There has been a lot going on since I got back from Grand Junction and I haven't found any time to Blog. I have been home bound since Tuesday. I had to have surgery on Wednesday to help get rid of the pain that I feel every month. Everything went fine, but now I am going crazy in my own house. I thought that being home from work would be great, but I soon found out that it is extremely boring when you can't do anything. So, I decided to catch up on my blogging. So much has happen since the Colorado trip.

Michael finally got his braces off and of course I had to take the camera to the dentist's office to embarrassing him, what are moms for if you can't embarrass your son in public. It looks so different without his braces and it took awhile before I got use to him not having them. I can now offer him a piece gum and not worry about it getting stuck to his braces. He now has too wear a retainer everyday, but he can take it out for his soccer games and for eating. We already had to replace it because it got lost on the way to a school soccer game. I am sure that he will take better care of this one because it cost him a lot of his allowance money to replace it. Really, what child hasn't lost a retainer before.







I started back to work at the end of August and I have been on the go since. Let me just say that it wasn't a good start to the school year. All of my Special Education books weren't ordered, so my teachers had to gather books together to teach their students. I have been pulled in all directions and haven't had time to sit and talk with a lot of my new teachers. Instead of going to 5 buildings, I now have 6 buildings to go to. I just haven't had any time to catch up, so I have been going into work on the weekends to try and get things in order. Everything seemed to be smoothing out when I found out that I had to go in for surgery. I was told by work that I am not allowed to work from home, so I guess that I will catching up again when I return on Monday. My job is usually busy and I have to except that.

We decided for Labor Day weekend Kevin, Michael, Christina, Ed, and Luke and myself would go to Lisa and John's. We had a great time up there. Kevin got to have his reduction sauce over fish with mash potatoes. A picture says a thousand words. We had a BBQ and of course we had flagels in the morning. We also went to Robbie's birthday party and it was nice to celebrate him being part of a new family. He is really cute and full of energy.