Catch up in picture from forever ago... and some posts :-)

I am the worlds worst at uploading, sharing and even printing my pictures off my digital camera...you would think since I run a print shop I would have pics out the wazzoooo but NOPE! so, enjoy some pics from long ago .. FUNNY STORY!! Mom and I went to South Carolina on business and on the way home we stopped in Gatlinburg to do some shopping for christmas...yes that was how long ago it was. Well, we are savvy shoppers and said "lets go cheap on the hotel so that we can shop more"...hahaha...you get what you pay for, I should've know it was going to be bad when they give you an actual KEY instead of a card to swipe...then the elevator signs says something along the lines of in case of emergency call 0...after hours call 911..... The place looked like something in a scary movie! There was no heat either so mom and I slept fully clothed and took all the blankets from the other bed and put them on our bed thinking they would help...guess what, when you call the hotel office to tell them you have no heat...if it is after 10 pm...THEY ARE GONE!!! WHAT?! What hotel doesn't has staff 24/7?! Only one that mom would choose haha! So in the am we realize that we don't have a blow dryer...Our 5 star hotel in South Carolina provided one in the room so doesn't every hotel now adays? This one did supply 1 but the woman at the front desk couldn't remember who she gave it too... On the upside, my wonderful mother did go the exta mile and pay $10 to upgrade to this, and I quote, "River View" Who knew there was a river in Gatlinburg! Mom, you got jipped...next time, we pay for heat! It was an experience that we still laugh about and will treasure forever! only in the hills of tennessee is EVEREthing on sale....they must have sounded it out :-)
Jak and I were laying in my bed being bored and had fun times with my camera
Ashlyn Turned 6 and we had a fall festival party
I guess he couldn't handle all the kids :-)

Jak was the inn keeper in the school christmas program and Christian AcadamyMr. Micah Crouch was a little singing angel :-) he did sooo good!!

Ashlyn actually participated in her Christmas program this year by ringing bells and singing!! We were so proud!Ashlyn got rollerskates for Christmas and really did well her first time!!Jak taught his papaw how to break dance at a wedding reception for our cousin in Illinois

I Lost 8 lbs and did a photo shoot of myself in our messy kitchen lol

Ashlyn and Jak fell asleep before midnight on the new year, sweet kiddos!

I FINALLY got a purse dog!! A lil Yorkiee poo named Preston, he attended Harvard and wears argile sweaters lol...Then I had to give him away because he hated jonathan and always peed on him (I have to take a second to laugh that one off!!) Luckily, he isn't far from me...I gave him to the best home a dog could ever have and that is with my mom :-)

Well, that is it for funny pics in my camera!

The way HE works!

So last night was a little out of the norm for me. I got home from work at a reasonable time and around 8ish Jonathan sat down with the kids to read their bible stories before bed. I snuck out to go to the tanning bed..usually I don't go until 9 or 10 but for some reason I decieded to go early. When I got there I signed in and she told me that I had "bonus bucks" from people saying that I told them that True Colors Tanning is the best ever and I could upgrade to a 12 minute bed!! SWEEEET I never get to do this because I don't like to spend the extra money and the 20 min bed usually lets me take a nap :-) so I get done tanning and where I would normally stand around and talk to my other gal pals that work or are tanning I went ahead and scurried home. I was on the phone with a buddy when I pull up to my street and I see fire....I flip! I hung up the phone and stomped the gas!

Just so happend that it wasmy neighbors house! I didn't see anyone outside so I pull up (so fast I almost hit thier mail box) and notice that it is right in front of thier 5 year old Samuels room. I bang as hard as I can yelling "Get out, your house is on fire!!!" and their dad comes to the door...the odd thing about that is that he is supposed to work at night at the airport and he got to come home early. I was actually thankful because the woman is Japanese and I can't speak to her or understand all the time clearly. So He comes out and realizes that it is an electrical fire in their landscape lights- I told them to put the kids (Rebecca 4, Samuel 5) in my car because it is warm and will pul in the driveway so they are safe. They also have a young relative who is about 20 or so (I am guessing) staying with them from Japan so she stayed in the car while I call 911. In the meantime I go in thier house (which I have NEVER been in) and straight to the kitchen for a fire extuingisher and thats when everything went dark..I rushed out and Jonathan (the neighbor, not my husband...he had no idea what was going on)had thrown the breaker. So we bring the kids to our house and sit and chill with them on the couch until everything settles and the fire dept got there and done. BTW- these are 2 of the cutest kids!! they are well behaved, well mannered and just too cute so Jonathan and I (my husband) sit and enjoy thier company. Thier parents come over and tell us that the fire was caused by the landscaping timer that blew up..if I hadn't come at just that moment it could have been wayyyyy worse they said. They thanked me and told me that God was watching over their family and went home.

I called mom because she is like my calm side, she listens to me ramble and tells me what she thinks...in the middle of her conversation we had to stop so she could praise her dog for pooping outside but I understood :-) Potty training is hard. She told me how proud she was of me and to just think, there are probably 2 parents laying in bed tonight thanking God for me.....That made me feel good.

The whole night I had trouble sleeping. I kept thinking, what if I had gone in the 20 min bed, what if I hadn't gone at all and stayed home and worked on my budget for my meeting wed....what if no one saw and Ashlyn's classmate and his family were hurt or even worse.....then I just thanked God for having placed me in the right place at the right time to help someone. Then I fell fast asleep.

It's funny how God works. You never question certain things but just know that he is working through you. I feel like God used me to save my fellow christian neighbors and that if it did nothing else, it made us closer.

I know it's been forever since I have blogged so this was one that I felt like sharing. Hope you got as much out of reading it as I did in living it.

God bless!

say a lil prayer

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am a little nervous about Jaks surgery tomorrow. Going under shouldn't be a Huge deal but it is for me!! Thats my sweet baby!

So, please remember me and Jak in your prayers for tomroow.
and for Ashlyn as she will be traveling on a field trip to the apple farm :-)

uhm, yeah, that's MY boy!

The funny thing about Jak is that he is alllllll boy! He likes to play in dirt, eat dirt, roll around in the grass, catch bugs, go to baseball games etc. He is soooo a boy except when it comes to getting ready for school where he knows he will see ....RACHEL! He has the biggest "crush" and I put that in "" because he is my baby and doesn't know what "crush" means...anyhoo-When it comes time to get up and ready for school he wants to eat, dress himself in cool gear and fast shoes and then have mommy put his hair in a mow-hok(sp?) He thinks that he is just super cool-which he is- when I do his hair like that.
A few weeks ago he got up and got ready just like he does every morning that he has school and comes in with his Incredible Hulk shirt wanting his cool 'do' I say nooo problem Jak and pull out the pomade!!! I drop him off, he sees RACHEL (you have to hear him say it)smiles super big all the while putting his backpack over his shoulder, upside down, walking in to school looking Super Cool! I smile and shake my head and off to work.......
10:45 rolls around and I head back to pick him up.... He gets in the car with his super cool self, closes the door and we are off!! About 15 seconds into asking what he learned in school he informs me that it was school picture day.....grrrrreeeeeeeat! I say, all the while giggling in my head I say to myself "yep, thats my kid....yeah the one with the mo-howk and Incredible Hulk T!! Can't miss him!

My mother in law is going to kill me.....

on another note, he still smiles at Rachel when he sees her at church and at School ;-) and wants to be her friend...NOT GIRLFRIEND and play in her dirt pile.... 'cus she has won he says, weally!'

Re-takes are in a few weeks, if Judy Kills me please put him in a polo with his hair slicked to the side lol

Oh, and he goes in for surgery to get his tube taken out of his right ear on the 23rd. Please keep him in your prayers, he is a little scared about the procedure
peace!

pooooor Jak

Jak has the worst luck when it comes to ear infections! They come and seems like they stay for a long time. One of the really bad parts is that his tube makes everything drain and it is super nasty....super nasty! then it gets all caked on his face and on the inside of his ear and hurts when you have to clean it. I have been giving him ear drops for the past 2 days so we will see how it goes.

Today was his first day at Junior Academy 4 at CAI and he woke up and started off the morning by being winey, I thought he was just tired. So I send him and Ashlyn off to school and told his teacher about the ear deal and to call me if he needs anything. SO...I picked him up from school and was in a major rush because I was supposed to be at the radio station to record a new spot and he kept saying that his tummy hurt because he was hungry. knowing Jonathan had only been off work for a few hours and needed some sleep we ran through burger king. He told me that he felt better since he ate as we were pullling in the driveway. We wallk inside and I am getting ready to walk out the door when he comes in and pukes.....AT MY FEET!!!! I scream and almost puke myself.....gross!

So we cleaned him up and get him all settled in watching tv and chillin with mommy as he says. He's been asking to go outside and play and help "Mr. Dale" fix our gutters outside and I keep telling him that he is too sick. He doesn't understand that you actually have to sit still lol!! I'm going to lead the kids in church tonight while Beth is at home ill so we will see how that goes....I hope they take it easy on me!!


Please pray for my lil man, he is so pitiful when hes sick and it breaks my heart!

Happy Birthday Jonathan and a sad day for mommy

So today the love of my life is 29! I think that he still acts like hes 20 sometimes but I guess that one day he will mature (hopefully!) If not, I'll still love him. It's hard to believe that we've been married for 7 years and have 2 kids a dog and way too many cats. I thank God for my family every day and still don't know how on earth I deserve to be so blessed. I have the most awesome kids- they are both smart, sweet, hilarious, caring, love the lord and are precious to me. A loving and compassionate husband who puts up with my bickering, demanding and sometimes selfishness and still loves me more each day....even though I have waaaay too many shoes (in his opinion) and steal half of his closet even though I have my own-when God put us together he knew what was going to happen and I am just so blessed to have been chosen to be Jonathans wife. I look back sometimes and think to myself, "jeeze I'm blessed!!" I also have the best parents in the world. When I was a kid I used to always make puke sounds when my dad would dance with my mom in the kitchen with no music and when they would be all kissy smoochy....and espically when he smacks her rear...that was the worst!! (sorry mom-thats what you get for being such a great role model)Now looking at them I am just amazed that two people can still be that much in love after this many years. I hope that Jonathan and I make Ashlyn and Jak want to make puke sounds when they are old enough to think that the other has cooties :-)

Onto the sad part...it's a happy sad...weird, I know! Ashlyn started Kindergarten at Christian Academy today!!!! She has been saying that she doesn't want to go to kindergarten and school and wear uniforms and bows but last night I asked her what she wanted to eat for breakfast-she chose home made muffins- and then when I asked her which uniform and shoes and bows she was alllllll about it. Before bed last night we said our prayers and asked Jesus to watch over Ashlyn since she gets shy at times and to lead and guide her and he was listening!! Ashlyn had a great day and is excited about going back tomorrow, she wouldn't even look at her teacher Ms. Allison when we went to orientation and she told me that she even talked to her teacher....let's hope shes this excited when its high school!

Here are her first day of kindergarten pics, Mercades had to be a part too....the pictures were before Mercades decided to jump on Ashlyn and get mud on her blouse...we got her cleaned up and ready and were still early...I about had a heart attack when I looked at the clock in the car and we were pulling out of the driveway at 7:32...I am ALWAYS late!

i'm trying!!!

ok, so last night I couldn't sleep so I started messing with my blog. I have some pics from the bats game last night where dad threw the first pitch and wanted to upload and share and my computer crashed while I was giving it a "New Do" so, love is patient and I know that you alllllll just LoVe my updates and will patiently await them :-) hehehe

kindest regards-
the 2nd worst blogger in the world....Jessica, you are the first!! hehe