"Jessy" for a day

We can hardly believe it's been 7 years since our little princess came into our family. Man how the time has gone by fast. She is growing into a beautiful young lady right before our eyes.

We celebrated her birthday this past weekend with some dear friends and family. She was all smiles and could hardly contain her joy. The weeks leading up to the party she informed me she would like to have a Jessy party, from Toy Story 3. So we spent time each day together working on the decorations and deciding the menu and cake.

This was my first ever attempt at cake making and all was well. I'm very thankful she was satisfied with a simple design, that worked in my favor. After several calls to Mom for help we finally had a finished product. Now, the cutting of the cake will require me to get lessons..... it looked horrible on each plate. I felt the need to apologise and assure everyone it really would taste ok. :~)

Her highlight of the party was opening a gift with a Jessy costume in it. Squeals of joy rang through the house. She changed into the outfit quickly and for the rest of the day asked us to call her Jessy not Jacie.

You can see all the party pictures at the family picture link below on the right side of the blog.

Anyone remember the show Green Acers?

This week there were some things that stuck out to me about country life and I found myself thinking of a childhood summertime TV show, Green Acers. Does anyone one remember that show? The city girl moves to the country and into a whole world she never knew existed.

So did you know that .........

God made some grasshoppers that can jump as high as my head?
A donkey does NOT make the cute little " Hee-Haw" sound that I thought it did?
Horses actually come a runn'en to see a good dog fight?
There are actual trash pick up company's that use their personal NICE trucks to haul it in?


I tell you for each of these things i physically stoped in my tracks with my mouth on the floor in amazement. That donkey sounds like a dieing cow people!! And it is the loudest thing I have ever heard. I mean, it could double for a tornado siren in Oklahoma I'm for sure! And no joke, our neighbors beagles got into a fight, sounded awful. And with in a few minutes there were 20 horses lining the fence to watch! Crazy right?

This place is awesome. I look forward to learning something new each day.

Night out at the ball game

The kids counted down the day's for over two weeks. We were excited when the day came for us to see the Astros. Everyone enjoyed themselves, but no one more than Jaxson. He was in awe at the huge stadium. He loved every minute of it, his eyes were glued to the field the entire night.

Jordan's eyes were glued somewhere other than the field "wink wink" most of the night. Poor guy, dado and dad were ruthless with egging him on about the two cute girls sitting below us.

It was a great night!

Memorial Day Weekend

What a wonderful weekend. We haven't been this many places all in one weekend in a long while. We headed to Madisonville Saturday morning and enjoyed the day celebrating Grand mom Whites 99th birthday. The kids enjoyed playing with cousins and roaming the back pasture. Cory saw a group of butterfly's and tried his hardest to create a home grown net out of the craw fish sack to catch one for Jacie. It wasn't very successful :~(. Jordan was his usual great crazy self, getting bit by donkeys and walking on top of the bridge. After that we went out to Aunt Pam and Uncle Jim's to swim a bit. Jax had a blast with Ann shooting everyone with the noodle water gun.

Then we headed to Houston to visit with Mema and Dado for a bit. Their new house is beautiful. Jacie and Jax enjoyed the long awaited "bubble bath swimming tub". They had been out there a few times and seen the huge tub before the house was finished. The anticipation had built up more than we knew. Jordan and Jacie slept in the new house while Jax tagged along with Cory and I in the trailer. Jordan said he thought it would be warmer in the house, since Mema kept it ice cold in the trailer, but no dice. We found him curled in the fetal position the next morning near frozen.... LOL..... we love you Mema :~). The kids went over to the park early the next morning and enjoyed some play time in the cool morning .

Last we dropped by the soccer fields in Spring, where Sydney was playing in a tournament. We were there for about 5 minutes when it began to POUR down rain. We were all soaked and ran for shelter. After enjoying dinner with everyone, we headed for home.

What a great weekend.

Take me out to the ball game

We went to a Round Rock Express baseball game

last weekend. Jaxson was mesmerized.

Cory knew one of the players from the other team,

OK city Redbirds. Jaxson was bug-eyed when he

saw his dad talking to one of the players.

He wanted to go out on the field so bad but we

weren't able to stay that long. Maybe next time.

Just hanging out

Last weekend was one of those great hang around the house weekends. Jordan and Gage took advantage of the great weather and skated more than should be humanly possible. The Dr. released Jordan back to full activity and we think he must have been making up for lost time.

Dado helped Jordan make this skating box and the boys are really putting it to the test. I'm amazed at how they can control the skate board so well. They even got the idea to try and make more of them and sell them on Craig's list.

Family Camp '09

Our church hosts a weekend camp for the entire family once a year. The boy's all bunk in one set of cabins and the girls in another. We live in true "summer camp" style for 3 day's eating in the cafeteria, attending scheduled activities, and enjoying free time on the camp grounds.This year was so much fun, each year their is a theme. 1st year it was 2 cowboy's, 2nd year it was superheros defending God's word. And this year it was super agents. We all dressed up in our shirts and glasses and went on spy missions throughout the weekend.

Cory and Jordan both competed in the chubby bunny contest to see who could stuff their mouths with the most marsh mellows and still say "chubby bunny", and Jordan took 3rd place. So many more fun games and fun times spent with families.

The guest speaker was Tom Tombs, he did all sorts of tricks and illusions it was great. The youth stayed up into the wee hours of the morning playing capture the flag across the whole camp ground. So needless to say, Cory and some of the other dads were walking zombies the next day. But it was all so worth it!!

Easter weekend was awesome! Mema and Dadao came up to visit and we all went to our neighborhood egg hunt. It never fails, the weather started out ok but after a few hours we were all freezing. It didn't seem to ruin the fun so that was good. Jordan was in a silly mood as you can tell by all the great face shots we got of him... this would not happen on a normal day.

After the egg hunt we piled into the truck and went to Sea World. Sesame street was there and the kids were in awe. We have enjoyed seeing all the great shows, and every night Jax remembers to be thank full for getting to see them. We are bummed that the kids aren't able to hug the characters, Jacie has been real upset a few times about that.

Aunt Pam .... we got a picture of Zoe for you!!!!! :~)

We went through the Clydesdale barn this time and all of the horses had their back sides to us. Jordan thought this was hilarious and told me to take his picture standing by one. Well, just as I snapped the picture the horse started to poop! I didn't realize just how many people were watching us until the hole barn erupted in laughter. It was the funniest thing I've ever seen.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.

Family Christian day @ SeaWorld

We started a thing called "The Bead Jar" where the kids earn beads for good behaviour. When the jar is filled up the family gets a treat. So when they filled up their first time, we got Sea World tickets. Our friends Jaclyn and Leon did the same thing with their kids Nichole and Isaac.

Our first visit was Saturday. The day couldn't have been more perfect. We found out that the park was holding a concert with three awesome bands (Needtobreath, Third Day, Revive) , Veggie Tales were there, and Shamu was performing a special show set to christian music called Praise wave.

We enjoyed every bit of it. Jordan met a friend of his there and they headed for the roller coasters while the rest of us took off for Shamu's first show. None of the kids wanted to get wet during the first Shamu show, but during the second one , at night, everyone decided they wanted to get wet. We took a picture of them, sitting down in the splash zone seats by themselves.

The concert was awesome. It was so cool to see so many people praising God in a public amusement park. Mike just kept looking around saying "look at this.... just look at this".

The kids absolutley had a blast. I think watching the live band has given our "Birthday Band" new aspirations....... hahaha
Love yall.

Chop-stix???

If given a choice our kids seem to choose crab legs and sushi over Mc Donalds any day. So we often have Sunday lunch at Kobe Beef. The chief puts on a show while he cooks our food, and everyone is entertained until it's time to eat.

Well, this Sunday Jaxson was insistent on using his chop sticks by himself. They are real nice and have some wrapped with rubber bands making it easier for the kids to use. The whole table, including the other people from the other side, got a kick out of watching him. He was so proud of himself each time a piece of food actually made it to his mouth.

Ball Game Fun

Jacie and I went with some friends to the Dell Diamond for a afternoon ball game. Jacie really enjoyed having all of me to herself, since we didn't bring the boys.

We decided to go more often and bring the whole gang. So more pictures to come at the ball game.

Jordan's New Room

We painted Jordan's room while he was gone for the week . He really was surprised and loved it.

Happy Birth Day Band

Granny & Papa

Here is our newly formed Birthday Band. Hope you enjoy this as much as we enjoyed making it. Love you and Happy Birthday.

Sam Dunk

Cory got tickets to an Aggie basketball game, and Jaxson was the only taker. The two loaded up a few Friday's ago and headed to College Station.

They arrived an hour early and had a chance to be on the court during warm ups. Jaxson spent most of that time with his chin rested between two chairs. Cory said he noticed a camera man filming Jaxson at one point.

They enjoyed the whole game together with Jax taking a small cat nap during 1/2 time. Jaxson's favorite part of the whole night was the slam dunk contest. He has talked about it day after day, and even tries to act out his own "sam dunk" contests.

What a dude!!

The Great Cookie Swap

I was invited to a cookie swap this year. Since the one and only rule was that you had to make your cookies FROM SCRATCH this was a challenge for me. I mean, come on, if I actually make them in MY OVEN isn't that from scratch enough????

So I borrowed a cookie recipe from a friend at work for " No Bake" Oreo balls. Jacie and I had a great time making them. I explained how the party worked, that I would bring lot's of our Oreo balls and swap them with all the other ladies for theirs. She was so excited the next morning to see all the other cookies we had gotten.

It was one of the best times I have ever had, and can't wait till next year.

Gig'em

ALL DUDED UP

Saturday morning fun. We all got dressed up with our Aggie team spirit and went to I-Hop for breakfast. There were some people sitting next to us that tried to get Jaxson to put up the tu horn sign. He told them, naww and showed them his gig'em thumb :~)

Play-Off Game

We thought our Friday Nigh Football fun was over , but there was one more play-off game. We sat with Shelly and Mike up in the "good" ;~) seats. Boy was it cold!!! The weather didn't stop Jaxson from being his usual #1 sports fan. He clapped... stomped... and hollered for his Rebels the whole game. Jacie and I pretty much just stayed huddled up with Mrs. Shelly and our blankets.

What a wonderful weekend!!

We enjoyed a peaceful Friday night together with steaks on the Grill. Cory is perfecting his
rib-eyes. Then, Saturday, we visited Mema & Dado and helped out with some heavy lifting jobs getting ready for the new house. Today we sang praises around the house while cleaning & doing homework then wrapped it up tonight with our marriage class.


Jordan, Dado, and Cory mostly did the "heavy lifting". Dado had jobs lined up for them when we got there...Jordan bareley had 1 foot out of the car before Dado handed him a pair of gloves and put him to work on the jack hammer. He didn't mind, as you can see from the pictures, it was quite fun. Almost as fun as him acting like a lumber jack on an old tank. By the end of the day he could balance on it quite well.


Cory was a hoot!! His job was the tractor operator, and we're not sure it was actual "work" for him. He gave all the kids a ride around the yard. Jacie loved it right away; Jaxson, however, had to be coaxed a little. Cory told him they were gonna drive to get the football players and that sealed the deal.
Me and Mema took the little guys to this great place called Dewberry Farms. It's like a farm full of old fashion fun things. There was a hay ride, pig race, corn maze and they even had swings made of feed sacks and drainage pipes. They really liked climbing on the hay pile and it brought back memories for me of Granny Crenshaw's house playing in the old barn with the hay. (We dont have these pictures back yet)

Ms. Kyle Padgent

Jordan was a volunteer security helper for this year's pageant show. He and several other kids from our youth group at church helped out in seating as well as keeping the back stage free of unauthorized personnel. :)

At the beginning, as usual, he was so frustrated with us for "volunteering":~) him for this event, but by the end of the night he had signed up to be an annual volunteer. The theme was wild west, hence the cowboy hat. J was not happy at all with this get-up!!!!.........AT ALL!!!

Jacie and I went and watched the girls. They were all so beautiful.......we really had a great time.

The Birthday Girl :)

BIRTHDAY PRINCESS

Well, Jacie has officially turned 5. We can hardly believe how fast our little princess has grown up. She kept asking me, over and over, the night before her big day..........tomorrow?!?!........I'll be 5 tomorrow?"

We all piled into her bed on Monday morning and sang to her. Of course she ate it up. Then, that evening we had a small celebration and the strawberry shortcake was a big hit, as you can tell. Jax and Jordan had second helpings.....You see the plate to Jaxson's right?!?!?! Well, he reached over and snatched it up for quick bite, as well.