I am sorry your weekend did not go so well! My weekend was not that great either but I think mine probably was alittle better. My step-dad took my mom to a bed and breakfast down near Branson, Missouri on Thursday and surprised her with a chapel ceremony renewing their vows in front of friends and family on Saturday. She just thought it was a romantic weekend and was totally surprised and she of course was not expecting everyone to drive down there. Well, we do not have any money right now so planned to put up a tent down there, but we left a day later then expected and when we got there it was raining (Did quit for the ceremony which was in a beautiful chapel in the woods on a hillside.) Everything to do with the renewal went perfectly, yeah! However, we were fighting do to the stress finacially and because of some last minute work DH had to do. Also, kids are driving us crazy, so really need a break from them. My grandma gave us $100 and gave money to my brothers also, she had already given money to her other grandkids a few weeks before.So we stayed at a motel in Springfield, Missouri. Also, my parents gave David money for his birthday, it was Saturday. Anyways, my step-sisters husband is a real snob and my step-brothers wife is too. When we would talk to them they would ignore us as if we were invisible and mute. We were not there and they were not going to talk to us. They (stepsis and stepbro and their spouses) decided to take a picture of my mom and stepdad and the grandkids, they did not include any of my kids. My mom and Stepdad had to say something to them about getting my 4 in the picture too. Anyways, at dinner and the rest of the evening they monopolized my mom and stepdads time it was if they were the only guest there. For Mother's Day they gave my mom a grandmothers bracelet (The italian link ones that are birthstones) but they did not call me and ask if I would like to buy charms for each of my kids and go in on it with them. So the y gave my mom one with just their kids, and we have not been able to find links that match these. They ignored my brothers too, so I guess I will not take this too personally, but still it makes me mad that they do this. Something that also bothers me is that my parents are so busy taking care of my stepsis' kids they can't ever watch my kids. Not that I want them to babysit them, but I am talking about them staying the night and spending time with them. My stepsister has 4 kids and every night they have atleast 2 of her kids at her house. They live in Topeka for crying outloud, my parents have to drive almost 2 hours to pick them up and then turn around and come back. They drive there every 2 days or so and switch out for the other 2. Last weekend my girls were invited to my 4 year old niece and nephews birthday party. My stepkids were not invited, it was out of town and my uncle and his wife did not realize my stepkids are here and they do not know them. Besides they would have b een bored anyway, with the age difference and we all took the opportunity to go bike riding w/o the girls down by the river (little legs get tired quicker and can't keep up so it is not as fun). So my mom took the girls, but she could not keep them overnight. That really upset me because she did not have to work that next day and my step-sisters kids are over there all the time even when she has to work the next day. They had not had any of her kids for about 3 nights at this time so it hurt my feelings, it was not like she had any of the other kids. I know that they are doing this to keep my stepsis from abusing her kids, but I feel she is taking advantage of them and I feel my daughters are being shortchanged because of it. I am a whiner, huh!? On the bright side, DH's ex has a counseling appointment set up for herself (I think to talk about the kids and fill the counselor in on the kids) on September 1st or 2nd and then they plan on scheduling the kids for individual appointments from there. I hope that things get better from there. I hope the next time you go to your brothers you get to spend more time visiting with them. Except for them drinking your water I think I would have desired to be in the place you were in at the amusement park though. Being left meant that you and the kids could travel at their pace and you did not have to hear the others whine that you were slowing them down. Also, you didn't have to wait at a bunch of rides that you could not take the kids on. If your parents went, you probably would have had to watch them too and the heat might have made them sick and then you would be really stuck sitting and waiting. That must have made you feel really weird and uncomfortable to be staying there with her family visiting also. She should have gone out of her way to make you and your parents feel as comfy as possible, especially since her family obviously was comfy already. I am glad that you were able to spend one on one time with Kaidy though. ~Angela
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