Noel's Pants

I am having a hard time getting Noel to wear long pants.  She wants to only wear things that are "pretty."  This means that most of her pants are too plain for her liking.  I have a solution though...ribbons, bows, and buttons.

September Pics

I know I am a bit behind when it comes to pictures.  I forgive me at least.

Fist off are the pictures from pack meeting last month.  They had a car race. 

Eric in his car.

Noel's and her car.

The starting line.

Getting ready for the race.  Sean's car is the big one with the yellow license plate and yellow "wheels."

Next,  I have pictures from Sean's birthday (yes, someone let him turn 7).

The Cake

The Birthday Boy

Morbid? Maybe...

Last week, I felt a great need to find my mom's and brother's obituaries.  It took a lot of looking to find a website that not only had obituaries that old, but also didn't require a monthly subscription.  I did find one that I only had to pay per obituary  that I wanted.  I was glad to find them.  This what I found:


Rocky Mountain News (CO) - September 7, 1996
Deceased Name: SANDRA LEE CRAWFORD
SANDRA LEE CRAWFORD, 43, of Broomfield died Aug. 30 in Las Vegas, N.M. Services were Sept. 6, with burial at the Golden Cemetery. Mrs. Crawford was born in Lincoln, Neb., on March 4, 1953. She married Robert Mitchell, 1976. She was a homemaker, and member of of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Survivors include daughters Rosa Mitchell and Marleah Mitchell, both of Westminster; sisters Linda Dale of Arizona, Sharon Bolt of Nebraska; brothers Gale of Washington, Gary of Nebraska.

Rocky Mountain News (CO)
Date: September 7, 1996
Edition: Final
Page: 14B
Record Number: 9609110142
Copyright (c) 1996 Rocky Mountain News


Rocky Mountain News (CO) - September 10, 1996
Deceased Name: ANTHONY ROBERT MITCHELL
ANTHONY ROBERT MITCHELL, 19, of Denver died Aug. 30 in Las Vegas, N.M. Services were Sept. 6, with burial at the Golden Cemetery. Mr. Mitchell was born at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. He was a printer at C & M Press. Survivors include his father Robert of Westminster; sisters Rosa and Marleah, both of Westminster; fiancee Rebecca Hardendorf of Arvada; grandparents Lewis and Ila of Michigan.

Rocky Mountain News (CO)
Date: September 10, 1996
Edition: Final
Page: 22B
Record Number: 9609130027
Copyright (c) 1996 Rocky Mountain New

School Pictures 2010

Eric - 3rd grade

Sean - 1st grade

Noel - Preschool

My New Toy

Mine looks a bit different, but I couldn't find a picture of the newer one online.

Depressed

I don't know what is wrong with me lately.  I am so tired all of the time, and I don't have the motivation to do really anything.  I am always yelling at my kids.  Sometimes I feel like I can't even stand to be around them.  I long for the 3 half days that I get to be alone telling myself that would be the time I get things done.  In reality, I don't even shower on the days I am off of work until at least 10am most of the time (I probably would wait longer if I didn't have to get Noel to school in the afternoon on 2 of those days and myself to work the other day).  I failed to get much laundry done at all last week meaning almost twice as much to do this week (thank goodness I am the only one that was inconvenienced in the underwear department).  I am almost caught up with that, but am lacking the motivation to do the last 2 loads and probably won't get much of it folded before I have to collect and sort it all next week (most weeks I get it all washed Tuesday and Wednesday and fold on Thursday).  I hate my job.  Because of the fact that my company and another one are in contract disputes and the customers are inconvenienced, we all are forced into overtime until further notice.  The real fun part of that is the customers that call in act as though I personally caused the problem when in all actuality I know probably less than they do.  I am just a girl that answers the phone and gets belittled call after call for reading the same script over and over since last Friday.  While having to go through this at work, I don't get to see my family much.  Could you even imagine leaving for work a little after 6am knowing that you won't be getting home until the kids are in bed?  When I did laundry this week I came across clothes that I didn't remember my kids wearing and realized I only got to see them on Saturday for about 5 or 10 minutes before they went to bed and that was only because I called John on my way home from work and asked him to wait until I got home to send them to bed.  I have been considering dropping out of school because it is the only thing that I can think off that I can give up.  I can't quit my job.  I haven't found a new one yet, and we can't just live on one income (we tried.  it didn't work), plus I am the one who carried the health and dental insurance (this is the first time in our marriage we have had dental insurance, and Sean makes sure that we use it).  I am so overwhelmed that I don't even know what to do with myself.  John has been more helpful since I told him, and I am grateful for that.  He is doing his best to help fill in where I can't.  I just wish I could do it all, and it is breaking me apart that I can't.

Preschool Licence

Full Name: Noel Kaitlyn Crumpley  Birth date: November 22, 2005  Likes to be called: Noel  Some favorite things: painting fingernails, babies, chicken nuggets  Wants to learn: how to write her name, how to read, how to cook

John helped Noel fill this out the first week of school.  She brought it home a few weeks later.  (I know.  I really need to work on getting these things scanned in faster.)  I love how she had him write that she wants to learn how to cook in preschool!

Sean's Work

 Sean wrote the first story in Kindergarten.  (Yes, it has been sitting on my desk to be scanned for that long.  Why do you ask?)  The other one he brought home today (in first grade.)

"Ounce upon a tome ther was a jedi named Sean. He was the yungist and goodist jedi ever! One day he went to Fite butt hed.  And just as the battle began Sean ct butt hedd into pesis.  The End"

"I would like to have puppy and scatbord because the bupy is cute and the sc8tbord is fun." (fun was on the back of the paper so it wasn't scanned in.)

A puppy on a skateboard.