Mid Week Boredom...

Time to update!
I don't have time to post much but I have a few pics to put up.
Just to catch up on a few things... Jaycie is LOVING 4th grade so far! And I don't see that changing anytime soon... She has Mrs. Owen (her teacher from 2nd grade) and they have this connection like no other. Jaycie rules the roost and Mrs. Owen just lets her! HA As one little girl in her class told her grandmother when the g-mother asked her if Jaycie sat by her, she replied... "No, Jaycie doesn't really SIT in one seat... she just kinda sits where ever, whenever she wants." And that is the truth! Jaycie even calls Mrs. Owen "mom" and Mrs. Owen's husband, "dad"!! So, I'm thinking and hoping this will be a great school year. Thank you LORD for such caring, loving teachers!!!!!!!! We are however, learning that 4th grade is not very easy! Jaycie is learning to study and I am praying for patience! ha
Now, let me tell you about Mr. Jay Cooper and his long lived facination with "budin budins"! That child has a come apart every morning when I try to put a shirt on him that doesn't have a "budin budin" on it??? He is so funny!! He rides his little 4wheeler until dark almost everynight. He is talking in sentences, can tell you almost anything that he wants to tell you including... I LOVE YOU SOOO MUCH, MOMMY! It's the sweetest thing!!! I just love it! Tony taught him Sunday morning to say it and he now tells everyone that he comes in contact with. He is a DADDY'S boy though... he loves his Daddy and is pretty much glued to his side at home. Jay Cooper's bday is the 15th of this month!! We're having a John Deere party & he's already picked out his decor for the party.

1st memories of learning to ride a bike

5minutesforMom is giving away a balance bike. I thought this would be really cool for Jay Cooper.
Check out the 5MFM contest at http://www.5minutesformom.com/6461/balance-bike-giveaway/

Oh... I remember my Daddy Eddie teaching me to ride a bike. He has the patience of the most patient man in the world and so he taught me most of the "hands on" stuff that is taught to children...like how to hit and catch a ball, ride a bike and swim, among many others, I'm sure.
I still have a scar on my knee from when I was learning to ride a bike and I actually just showed it to my daughter a few days ago as we were comparing scars on our knees!

It's been awhile....

Hey bloggers!! It's been awhile, I have been facebookin' it lately so I have neglected my blog. Sorry!
Where to start??? We have been having a busy, busy summer! Jaycie is going to the park to Summer Daycamp. She loves it. They go to Slip N Dip everyday and then every week, they go to Skate Zone, bowling and to the movies! Her ball season is over but her team came in 1st place! They had a great season and Tony got his first dose of coaching...she plays coach pitch and he was the pitcher for the majority of the games. On a sad note, for those of you that don't know... We lost Jaycie's Dad on May 24th which was the day before her 9th Birthday! It was a major unexpected shock for us all but thankfully, Jaycie has done pretty good with it... I think it has helped that she has stayed so busy this summer. She still mentions him everyday but she knows he's in Heaven and she pictures him sitting there talking to God all day, everyday! ha (and lately with all the MJ talk, she thinks he's also talking to MJ in Heaven?) School starts in about 3 weeks so we should be back into our routine soon! We're hoping that she gets the same teacher that she had in 2nd grade! This teacher moved to 4th grade last year and we're excited to maybe get her again!

On to the Super Duper Jay Cooper.....This boy is something else!!! We are having so much fun with him! He's learning something new everyday and is growing like a weed! He doesn't walk anywhere... HE RUNS! ha He's wide open all the time. His favorite things right now are "budin, budins", AKA anything with wheels! Everytime we go outside he wants on his budin, budin or on his Dad's budin, budin (4wheeler). He loves to try to find budin, budins on TV and on the computer! He tells me No, No if I am watching something that doesn't have budin, budins. lol Other than that, he loves to play outside and loves SHOES??? He has this shoe thing going on right now to the point that HE KNOWS WHERE THE SHOE DEPT IS AT WAL-MART!!! He starts pulling his shoes and socks off when we head that way. (and we've never even bought any shoes for him there?) He walks around in my shoes, Tony's shoes and Jaycie's shoes!! He doesn't like to be barefoot either so at any point, when we're at home, he could come walking out in some random shoes? It's too funny! He is talking so much now. He sings some, screams alot (gets it honest), and is alittle demanding at times. He helps me water my flowers every afternoon and loves to help his Daddy in the yard. He and Jaycie have a TIGHT bond! He goes to bed talking about JJ and wakes up looking for JJ!! She loves being a big sister and does a great job helping us with him.
Next Tuesday is our 5th wedding anniversary!!! We are leaving for the beach on Thursday and coming home Monday... NO KIDS!!! Just me and my man!!! :) We are so excited about getting away. I am already stressing about leaving the kids but I know they will be fine. Tony's sister is coming to stay with them and my mom will also help. I'll post some recent pics...

Biggest FISH EVER!

Yea me!!!! Tony and I took off this past Monday and we went crappie fishing... WEll, the crappie would not bite for anything BUT I caught a 4.6 pound bass, 20 inches long, with a 4 pound crappie line and a small crappie hook!!!!! Tony couldn't believe it! He was so jealous but in a proud way! Here's some pics! (He caught an 8 pounder in 2007 and had it mounted so he is getting this one mounted for me so we can have "his and her BASS"!

Cookie Give-a-way!

http://thecookiemama.blogspot.com/

Rock me!!

Conversation w/ Jay Cooper (16 months old) this morning...

I was in the bathroom getting dressed for work when I hear (from the living room)...

"MOMMA...MOMMA....MOMMA..."

So, I come running... "What baby boy?"

He is standing beside the rocker recliner and he says....

"ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Oh just made my heart MELT!!!! So, Of course, I grabbed him up and we rocked and watched Olivia the pig on Disney and talked about her puppy for a minute then he climbed out of my lap and headed for the John Deer! ha But it was super sweet while it lasted!

Here's a recent pic of my little man in his BATMAN pj's!

My Pretty Girl!

Getting Beau-ty-fied by Lauren Wilson, our

beautician! Aunt Lisa's in the background.

Jaycie was in the New Hope pageant this past Sat night and she was sooooooo pretty (if I say so myself)!! This was her first pageant so I was super worried how she would do... and she did GREAT! She didn't place but she had some MAJOR competition! Out of 35 girls in her group, only 3 placed. She had a blast though and said she wants to do it again next year, and the next and the next and the next, ect!! So, I guess I have a pageant girl on my hands from here on out, which is fine with me! I loved them too when I was in school. Here's some of her pics...

Little girl in blue won! Very Pretty!