Big game!

This weekend the Colts play the Jets....I would love to say that I'm not worried, but I am. Not the the Jets are all that great, but they have pretty good ways of getting to #18, they beat us just a few weeks ago (I know they pulled out our starters...) and they have nothing to lose. Yikes!! Peyton, my friend and the rest of our favorite team...you have it all to lose and those stinky Jets want to take it from you! So, in short... We will all rush home from Sunday after church lunch and put on our beloved blue #18 jerseys, (Yes, we all have them, although Parker's jersey is the cutest!), we will yell our loudest and hope that our favorite team does great! If not....there is always next year....although I would love to go to the Super Bowl!! :) Okay, not literally...okay, yes literally, I would love to go, but who really has that kind of money and they would give me Super Bowl tickets? That is what I thought! But, if you are giving them away...I would be more than happy to take them from you!

I've been thinking a little...I know scary. I think I'm going to take my blog link off of Facebook...really, it's not like you can't read my blog right off of FB, right? The link is just over to the left of the page. Yeah...this will be the last one to go on my wall. After that, you people will just have to go to the page if you are that interested in what is going on in our crazy lives. I mean really...aren't blogs just for us when we are old so that we don't have to scrapbook?? Okay, maybe that is just me!

Off to play outside with the kids...it is 75 degrees outside and it is January!!! CRAZY!

Waiting....

Why is it that when you have to wait on the bug man to come and spray your house, it is the one day that you have 10 million things to do outside of the house??? And of course they give you a waiting window that is forever long! I shouldn't complain this time...my window is from 9:30 to 11:30. So I ran Parker to school and jumped in the car just to make it home right at 9:30...to wait for the bugman to come and spray. Joy. And I wait....

Parker was upstairs playing on Playhouse Disney.com this morning before school. He loves Handy Manny on the computer, but surprising...he has never watched the TV show. You know how I feel about kids and TV. During the week, my girls don't watch it at all. That is right...it's nice out...get off your little bottom and ride your bike or scooter!!! :) If it is yucky or cold, they have the Wii on or will play some computer games, but TV watching is on Saturday morning and that is about it from our house. Although, Parker watches Super Why in the mornings after we take the girls to school...It was Sesame Street and then he said he was too big for it. Occasionally, I will ask him what he wants to watch and he will choose Sesame Street, but hardly ever. Now I didn't' say that I don't like to watch TV.....After the kids are in bed at 7:30...I am planted firmly on the couch to watch my shows. Well, after the kitchen is clean from dinner. Maybe I should get out and ride one of the kids bikes and get myself off the couch...Nah!


So today was Parker's first day back at school from being cooped up in the house all week. He told me when we got to school, "I do not want to go to school. I am still sick and I need to play the Wii." I told him if he stayed home he had to spend the whole day in bed. We got to school and as soon as Amy (the director) walked up, Parker starts coughing his little head off, intentionally. I looked at him and said, "Okay, let's go home and get in bed." He quit coughing right then and there. He is one smart cookie and a stinker all at the same time. Good thing I love him so much!!

Just one of those days...

Parker is home sick...still. He ran fever Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Of course, the doctors office was closed and so we got him in early on Tuesday morning. He has with his dr. said is "a horrible sinus infection." She also looked a little grossed out when she looked at his throat. Bless his stinkin' little heart. So, Aaron took the girls with him to church on Sunday and Parker and I have been home alone, everyday, since.....Thank goodness for meds. We got some good ones yesterday and the dr. says that they should start to kick in pretty soon....We will see.

But, the house is clean...or as clean as it's going to get. The bills are all paid, the laundry is all done and I blogged...goodness, I even cleaned out Susannah's closet because I wanted something to do besides play Super Mario Bros. on the Wii. Love that baby boy, but he just whoops up on me in the video game department...the Wii and the DS. Did I mention that he is 3?? Yeah...his daddy's child, for sure.

So, I have some free time. Parkerman is sitting right here on the couch playing his DS and Kung Fu Panda is on the TV...of course he's not watching...just playing.

I think all this in the house time is getting to me...no church on Sunday, no ladies bible class today and no PTA meeting yesterday (yes, I did say that)...either I need some serious adult interaction or I just really miss my friends....or maybe both. Yeah, I think both.

Here is where you stop reading if you don't want to hear me go on about how much I miss my Ft. Worth friends....go, you know you don't want to hear it.

Okay, you asked for it.

We have moved way too much in our 11 year career with the oil company who will not be named. Love them and Aaron loves his job, but they love to move their people. Way too much. You would think that in these times, they would want to reward those people who have stuck with them...but no....
We honestly have loved all of the places we have lived...Okay, maybe not Houma that much, but we had some good friends there...Alaska was amazing...Oklahoma was where Grace was born...every place has it's good and hard times. But Ft. Worth...give me a chance and I'll be back with bells on...

We do love our church here and our friends here...don't get me wrong. Love ya'll. But right now, I just really am missing my Legacy friends so much. It was so wonderful to have Steph and Ron here a few weekends ago...I loved every single minute of our visit.

I miss my girl friends. You know who you are without me even saying your name...our girls nights out, our kids lives intertwined, and our time working up at church on different projects... our little squabbles and our quirks...goodness, it makes us sound so silly! I don't know if we will ever get to move back...you know that oil company and how they love to keep us hopping...but I do know that I can't wait for the next visit to see all of you that I miss so very much. I miss all of Aaron's buddies and how they let me tag along into their fantasy football league and talk sports with me....I miss that he has a basketball league to play in with people that will pick him up off the floor when he falls smack on his back. I'm just really missing my Legacy family.

Okay, I think I'm almost done...time to go and play some DS download Super Mario Bros. with Parkerman. He keeps me on my toes!

We have friends!

The week after we got home from Christmas vacation in Arkansas and Florida, we had an amazing surprise for us in Houston. Our great friends, The Frosts, from Ft. Worth came to visit us! That is right...we actually have some friends! He he he.

We were all so excited that week before they arrived...good thing that the girls only had school for 3 days that first week back...they could hardly wait for their friends to get here! Grace and Brighton have been faithfully writing letters back in forth since the move...they even have secret names for each other in their letters to keep things secret from their little sisters. Silly girls...love them and I'm so very thankful for their friendship!
We stayed up way too late on Friday and Saturday nights, just hanging out and talking. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE times like that with great friends. On Saturday afternoon, we all bundled up and drove into Houston and took the kids to the Museum of Natural Sciences. They had a great time walking around looking at exhibits and goofing off. Honestly, we could have taken them anywhere and they would have had a great time being together. I don't think I have one good and serious pic of Macy and Susie together...they are so silly and they had such a fun time.
We tried to get all of the kids on this caterpillar in front of the butterfly house...Grace kept sliding off...I think the butterfly house was a favorite of all of the kids. Grace has been working on a photo contest and she needed butterfly pictures so it was a great time for us to go and visit!
When we got back to our house, the girls wanted to bake a cake...why? I have no idea, but I think it started with the Easy Bake Oven, that I did NOT want to get out...so Steph and I decided to let them bake their own cakes and decorate each one alone. We used the real oven, then they could all decorate them at the same time...a yummy mess.
We are so thankful for great friends like the Frosts and that they would take time out of their busy schedule and come and visit us!! We can't wait for the next visit...I guess I better start looking at the calendar and find a weekend before softball season starts!

She has baby fever....

Susannah was baby crazy while we were in Florida with Aunt Carrie, Uncle Dale and new baby Savannah. It could be that they almost have the same name....or that Susie hasn't been around babies very much lately. She kept asking when we were going to have another baby...Sorry Susie Q, no baby for us, but we can love on baby Savannah all the time. I went and counted my pictures...there were over 20 that had Susie sitting next to baby Savannah....she loved seeing that sweet baby and so did I!

Aaron, his big sister Carrie and sweet baby Savannah, DD and Gramps. I don't think that they have all been together in 3 years! Crazy kids...now that we have a new baby, we are going to visit much more often. We have a baby to love on and snuggle!

Aaron is holding his little niece!

Susie was so happy to hold little Savannah. Savannah was such a sweet little baby!

Parker wasn't so sure what to think about the baby...but look at Susie Q's face! Love it!

Gramps, DD and Aaron took the kids fishing and I kept baby Savannah in the house while Carrie and Dale were resting. It was so fun to get to babysit while they were all out playing. The kids loved fishing...Grace and Sus each got a catfish and all 3 of the kids caught countless brim!

Here is another picture of Parker and Lena...he loved that dog.

Grace was loving that she got to lead the horse around...although he kept stopping to eat the grass on the way. Grace is already planning on spending much time at Aunt Carrie's farm during her summers....we will see!

The kids loved riding on the 4-Wheelers....Aaron even got stuck out in one of the horse pastures and I got to push him out. I was so glad that I had mud boots when that happened!

Guns, Horses and mud boots!

Aaron taught the kids how to shoot a gun while we were there on the farm. Don't worry...it's just a pellet gun and no animals were harmed in anyway! :)

We even had a shooting contest...Aaron won, but Grace was pretty close to beating him!

Carrie and Dale's friend, Christy, came and saddled up a super gentle horse for the kids to ride a few days while we were there and while they were still at the hospital!

I think that Parker and Lena (the dog) were long lost friends. He loved that dog...and she was so sweet and loving.

DD with Sus and Grace. Now we have another girl granddaughter to be in the picture the next time we go and visit the farm! Can't wait to see Savannah again!!

I told you about the boots...best purchase of the whole trip! They loved just playing in the mud and to tell the truth...so did I!

The newest addition!

The day after Christmas, we piled up (literally...all of the Christmas gifts, the kids, the dog...) the car and drove from Searcy, Arkansas to Westville, Florida. We left that morning early and got there right at dark...it was a LONG drive and a long day, but we all made it in one piece with hardly any tears. We played many games of cards, Super Mario Bros. on the DS download (love that, but hate getting beat by a 3 year old) and of course, all of us slept. Well all of us...except for Aaron. Aaron's older sister, Carrie and her hubby Dale, have a horse ranch in Westville....28 Miles from the Wal-Mart in Defuniak Springs, Florida. We aren't talking palm trees and beaches...we are talking woods and miles and miles of horses! Simply beautiful.

The kids were in pure kid heaven. They loved it and so did we! We had to buy the kids some tall rainboots because their property was so wet from all the rain that they had been getting. Best purchase of the whole trip! The kids played in the mud, stopped around in the fields and you can bet they were worn out every night right at dark!! We had a full day with Carrie and Dale and then the next day, Carrie went in to have their first baby!!! We were so excited!

Carrie and Dale getting ready to leave the farm to got to the hospital in Fort Walton Beach (quite a drive!) to have the baby!! She doesn't look hardly pregnant at all does she? Awesome!

Aaron's parent's with Carrie before getting into the car to go to the Hospital. We were all pretty excited!!

Aaron got to hook the car seat in....we do know how to do that at our house! It was so fun helping Carrie get ready to go to the hospital. I was so nervous for her and all the new and fun things that they are experiencing.

We spent the day at the farm playing around...She wasn't scheduled to have the baby until that evening so we had plenty of time. We took the kids to the beach, the movies and then dinner at our favorite place in Florida....SONNY'S !!

That evening when we got to the hospital...Little Savannah made her appearance for the rest of the family. She is just beautiful and I can say that because I am her AUNT!!

Savannah weighed in right at 8 pounds and looked so big already! The kids were so excited, but we couldn't see her or hold her that night so we just drove back to the farm to play with the kittens.

I still can't believe that we didn't make it home with one of these little precious kittens...we kept them with us in our little house on the farm for 4 days and then decided to let them go to some other people that wanted kittens.

The girls were not real happy with us for a few days, but really...we have enough stuff going on in our lives...I really didn't want to add a kitten to the list! Very cute though...

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Jess is going to shoot me for this one, but it's so cute of her and Grace and of course, Jess' little belly!! I can't wait for next Christmas when I have a little niece to hold!! :)

Papa holding a camera...video, I think. Anyway...you know him. Have a camera, will travel!

Jonas and Parker were the super cousins this Christmas! Jonas is Iron Man and Parker is dressed up as Buzz Lightyear...his favorite.

The girls got mini-American girl dolls in their stockings. Grace had already read both books by the end of Christmas day, I think. That girls LOVES to read. That is for sure!!

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The kids have to sit on the stairs while we get all of our cameras and stuff together near the tree on Christmas morning. This year Aaron was standing there playing Simon Says with them. Can you tell who is the southpaw in our family? Oh...funny story. Aaron and I were in bed Christmas morning and Parker runs in..."Mommy, Daddy! Wake UP! Santa has been here!" Oh no, we thought, he has been downstairs already without all of us. "Parker, did you go downstairs?" He didn't answer...he was just laying in bed with us and then we hear a little voice, "Someone is getting some babydolls." He had been down there and saw Susie's bitty baby twins...but he didn't tell Sus. Sweet little brother.

Uncle Cliff was helping Parker and his new race car track. Parker decided this christmas that he wanted Hot Wheels and Buzz Lightyear stuff. What a year to be a 3 Year old!


Now that Susie can read, she got "MY VERY OWN BIG KID BIBLE!" She was so excited to have a "real bible that DOESN'T have pictures" I love it that she was so excited about this gift. She and Grace both have such a love for God's word and what we learn from reading our bibles. What a blessing. She is sitting with her cousin Jesse...they are best buddies and don't really like to be apart when we are at Nana's house. They are pretty cute together.

Aaron got a Tennessee lamp for his office desk here at home. Actually, I use the desk most of the time, but this whole office is so covered in Tennessee Orange you can hardly see the walls...okay, not really, but it feels like it sometimes! :)

You asked for it, family....

I know...we've been back from Christmas break travels for a while, I have not an excuse left in the book, so I'll blog. We had a wonderful break. We stayed in Searcy with Nana and Papa until the 26th...hence all the Christmas pics. So, this post will be all about Christmas...
Parker is watching Sesame Street so we will see how much time I get to type and all more posts today. When the show is over, we are off the the mall. It's rainy out here in Houston and I need to return some jeans for the member of our family that is growing so fast that I can't keep her in clothes. Literally. Grace must get all her growing genes from Aaron's side of the family because poor Susie hasn't grown much at all this year...my side! And so it goes with our growing children. I'm waiting for the day (and it's coming soon) when people will start to ask if Susie and Parker are twins. He is about to catch her in height and they look sooo very much alike! Okay...off to the pictures!

See, I told you....little twins! Susie got the little bitty twins (blonde headed ones) for Christmas from Santa and they look so much like she and Parker when they will toddlers....so cute!

Nana and the kids are making their cookies for Santa. The Santa in Searcy, whom we love so very much...told them that he likes 2% milk. Now everytime we go to the store, Parker says, "Remember, he likes the blue milk, Mom!" You know, because 2% milk has the blue cap!

Papa reading "The Night Before Christmas" to the kids.

The tree at Nana's house right before the kids came downstairs....