| Sunday October 2, 2011 9PM EST |
[Mon 3 Oct / 12:19am] |
I have more vacation time that I have to use up before the end of the year. Lauren and I have been discussing what to do with it. We were thinking of taking a long vacation for Christmas to spend it with our girls. In Chicago, if you girls are up for it. Or LA. If we did it in Chicago, maybe we could get together with Gage. What does everyone think?
Also, we will be in Chicago for Thanksgiving. My parents expressed their desire to host it at their hone this year.
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| Tuesday August 2, 2011 9:52AM PST |
[Tue 2 Aug / 12:28am] |
We just landed in LA. We'll be here for about two weeks. I missed my girls and we needed a vacation. I was putting in so many hours at work. And it would be nice to see the girls before their term starts.
[Allie, Bee, Hope]
If you girls are free today or tomorrow maybe we could meet up for dinner. Though I'm also up for sooner if you girls are free. We know you might have plans or are busy.
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| November 2, 2010 12:32PM EST (Lunch Break!) |
[Tue 2 Nov / 1:05pm] |
[Private to Friends]
I have a son. A twenty-two year old son that Alicia decided I didn't get to know about. Make that Alicia, her parents and my parents. My parents refused to talk about it or defend what they did. They kept saying the past is the past and its better if you leave it there.
Needless to say, I'm not speaking to them at the moment.
I really want to meet him, to try and have some sort of a relationship with him. But I told him that we'd do this his way. On his terms. So now, I basically just sit and wait, I guess. I don't want to freak him out anymore than he already is.
[/Private to Friends]
I hope everyone voted. Polls are open until 9 if you haven't.
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| Thursday October 21, 2010 10:23PM EST |
[Thu 21 Oct / 11:35pm] |
[Private; readable by Lauren]
After he told Lauren everything and yelled at his parents
I cannot believe they all decided this without me. Something this huge, something incredibly important. I can't believe I have a twenty-two year old son that I had no idea existed. This is crazy.
Of course my parents do not see anything wrong with what they did. They were my parents, they were doing what they thought was best. Blah, blah, blah. And yet when I gave up school, gave up everything that came with that life they still didn't tell me.
[/Private.]
[Bee, Hope, Tessa and Allie]
It's late and I don't know what you guys are up to so I thought this might be the best way. I'd like to get you guys together Friday or Saturday, sooner the better I think. I have something important to discuss with you girls.
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| Friday June 18, 2010 6:46AM EST |
[Fri 18 Jun / 6:53am] |
By the end of this month three of my girls will be high school graduates! I cannot believe they are all grown up, for the most part anyway. They are only beginning adulthood after all. Tons more to learn, even though most kids seem to think they know everything the minute they turn 18! I know my girls are smarter though. I'm so proud of all of my girls. They all looked amazing for their prom. Sometimes it seems like just yesterday they were learning to crawl, walk, talk, etc... The time just flies.
Anyway, this is definitely an occasion we are going to need to celebrate! And I hope you girls haven't made plans for the night of graduation yet. At least, not until after we all go out together for dinner?
[Lauren]
Have we figured out graduation presents yet? And I've been working extra hours and coming in or staying later. I'm sure we can throw a graduation party, yes? Hopefully I am not cutting it too close...or you are one step ahead of me. Like usual!
Also, my parents might have mentioned something about flying in for the girls graduation...
[/Lauren]
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| April 1, 2010 6:58PM EST |
[Fri 2 Apr / 10:31pm] |
I was a little upset when Belinda had originally expressed that she did not want to go to college. I have tried to show my kids the importance of a college education is. Had I had one, well we would not have had to struggle as much as we have. Thankfully though she has recently submitted her application into NYU. And no, it was not an April Fool's joke.
I cannot tell you how old I feel. I have three daughters graduating from high school in just a few short months. They all just turned eighteen a couple weeks ago. It does not feel like that long ago that they were little toddlers fumbling around and getting into trouble.
Did I mention that four girls attending prom is expensive?
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| March 2, 2010 6:05AM EST |
[Tue 2 Mar / 2:15pm] |
[Private]
I am certainly...I have no idea what to do with Tessa anymore. I am no fool. I was having sex before I was an adult and even though I'd prefer she doesn't ever, or at least until she's forty...I know she is going to. But to be so casual about it? She only just turned seventeen.
It's horrible that I wouldn't even be surprised if she came home one day, before she graduated, and announce that she was pregnant.
[/Private]
[Lauren]
I am supposing you have seen what I daughter wrote. Maybe it would be wise to not allow her to stay with Victoria, at least for a little while? I feel as though maybe she has too much freedom. I really don't know what to do with her.
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| February 11, 2010 8:30AM EST |
[Thu 11 Feb / 3:16am] |
[Blocked from his girls and Victoria]
My youngest just turned seventeen and my three eldest turn eighteen in just over a month. How has time gone by so fast? All of my girls are nearly grown. Belinda doesn't want to go to college. She's attached to the idea of becoming a rockstar and going on tour with two other boys. There is no talking her out of it either. Lauren tried to but Belinda was very adamant about her plans.
And now she's going on about how she's going to get another tattoo on her birthday. ANOTHER TATTOO! HOW DID I NOT KNOW SHE HAD ONE TO BEGIN WITH! Tessa has some too and I was not very happy about that when I found out. How is it so easy for underage girls to get tattoos? Of course they won't tell me where they got them or how. Lord knows what she does when she's with Victoria.
Sometimes I wonder if I did something wrong. Was it the late hours? The having to work two jobs at one point? Was I not around enough? Not involved enough?
I worked as much as I had to in order to support our lives because I love them and I love my wife. I know Lauren and her mother had to do a lot because I was working late most nights but we couldn't afford to live without me doing that.
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