Jarrett Is 2!!!!

Well, on April 4th Jarrett became a big 2 year old little boy!!! We had a party at our house with a few family members. The kids had a great time getting to play. Jarrett had a blast playing, eating his spongebob cake, and opening gifts! I'm putting up a few pics of the big event! Such a big boy now!!!

Blog Blocked!!

Okay, so I knew it would come to an end, but our school has blocked this site! So, I can no longer keep up with my blogging on my breaks at work!!! So, yes, I'm not doing a very good job!!

Grandmother's Birthday

Grandma had a wonderful time at her surprise birthday! She loved everything we all had done for her! She is very excited about getting to see all her grandkids and great-grandkids this summer. She just could not believe that we would all try to get together for her. She LOVED IT! As usual, I'm posting from work and can not post pictures right now. I will try to post them as soon as possible.

Lone Grove Tornado

Okay, so most everyone knows that a tornado hit our town last week. Well, exactly one week ago from today! I'm happy to be able to report that none of our students lost their lives, but we did have parents that were lost and LOTS of students that lost their homes. I will post some pictures when I can. I'm at work right now and will have to do it at home. I have never lived so close to where a tornado has hit before. It was and continues to be so scary. We're so nervous about the weather right now. It has been cloudy and a little rainy for a couple of days now, and we're all looking at the radar to see if anything is supposed to come this way. I don't know when that will stop. One little boy in Delaney's class lost his home. She still doesn't completely understand what that means and what is all going on right now. I'm not hiding anything from her and I've even taken the kids through the disaster zone to see the damage. I think it is very important to use this as a teaching tool as to have respect for Mother Nature. I haven't been freaking out in front of the kids and such, so I guess that's why Delaney has been taking everything so well. She just keeps asking if we've ever had one when she was a little baby. Not sure were that came from???? But, if everyone would please pray for the families that lost loved ones and for the families that have lost everything else. I will post the pictures, but they do not compare to seeing it with your own eyes. It makes me cry every time--like right now.

Ice Storm Pictures

Here are a couple of pictures that I took of the kids after our ice storm.

February!!! and.....

Oh My Goodness!!! It's February already?!?!?! The time is just flying by so fast! I can not believe how quickly 2009 is going by for me. In just two months, I'll have a little boy turning 2! It doesn't even seem as though Jarrett should be turning 1 and he's turning 2! WOW! Boy, I've really got to get to work on getting myself into an acceptable shape! I really would like to be able to wear a swimsuit this summer. The kids are going to take swim lessons and I'll have to get into the pool with Jarrett this time! Plus next January is our 10 year wedding anniversary and we're wanting to take a trip somewhere warm. And, of course, we would like to look good for that as well. But you know how it is, you keep thinking that January is so far away, and then the next thing you know it's December! Okay, so I think I need some accountability. So, maybe if I document my 'success' (I'm trying to be positive here) I'll be better to stick with it. So I guess I'll start trying to do that. Maybe I could get some of my family to do this with me: Whatcha' think Kelly????!!!!

Delaney's 5th Birthday Party Pictures

Christmas Pictures

Cameron and Grandma




Scott, Tamara and Tyson






Tyson (My kids call him "TyTy")


Grandma on the couch





Nana and Delaney

Delaney and Jarrett

Noah, Amanda, Jarrett and Delaney

Grandma's Birthday

Now that Delaney's party is over, I get to start working on my Granmother's 75th surprise birthday party! I don't know when I'll get to "slack" off and get some rest!!! Jarrett will be turing 2 the beginning of April. So, from one-to-another-to-another-to-ect............. "Rest, I don't need no stinking rest!" May be that'll work if I say it to myself enough times!!! Those that are going to send a birthday card to Grandma is more than welcome to mail one to me, and I'll get it to her. If you want. Waiting to hear from people about our Summer plans!

DELANEY TURNS 5!!!!!!!

I will be posting some pictures as soon as I can, but just wanted to go ahead and get a post done. Delaney turned 5 yesterday!!!! We had her birthday party on Saturday. She had the best time! The only flaw in the day really, was when my cousin Brittney called earlier to let us know that she was sick and wouldn't be able to be our guest princess. She was going to dress up in a big poofy dress and fix her hair and make-up and wear a tiara and everything! She had her hair and make-up all done and the throwing up started!!! Maybe next year! Well, I'll get some pics on here soon. I'm behind on the pictures. I've been updating my posts at work and I don't have my pics on my work computer. So, I'm behind!

Age and Birthdays!!! Delaney's Party

Okay, so on Sunday, January 18th I turned 31! So, apparently the 20's are being left behind in a cloud of dust! I don't know why, but this aging thing hasn't gotten to were it is bothering me yet. I'm afraid that I'm going to awake one day and just start freaking out about how old I am and what I haven't accomplished yet and ect... Now, my aging hasn't gotten to me, BUT Delaney will be 5 this coming weekend on the 25th, and that is really bothering me!!! BAD bothering me!!! I'm making this big deal about her turning 5 and how I want her to have this really big and GREAT birthday party for 5 cause it's such a big deal...... Yeah, I'm rambling and that's about how I am right now! And come to findout, one of the boys in Delaney's class is having his birthday party on the same day and at the same time as Delaney's party!!!! UGHHHH!!! Now, I've been freaking out about that! I put down today as the deadline for people to RSVP and I haven't heard from many at all! Noah keeps telling me that they'll just show up, but I'm really worried about it! Oh, how I wish that Saturday will be a GREAT day!

Pictures

OH MY GOODNESS!!! I've been SO busy taking pictures since October! I've realized by doing this that I really don't have time to do the pictures and editing them along with my teaching job and trying to spend time with my family. Just too much! I do how ever have some people wanting to take more pictures in the Spring and I just hate to say no, so I'm going to pace my self a lot better this time. I feel that one or two jobs a month will be alright for now. Plus, I'm going to start charging some type of fee for my work. The amount of time and materials that I've been out has been costly. I just hope that the people that I've been doing photos for are really happy with the end product. I'll keep you informed on how it goes from here. Right now, I continue to try to get my edits done from my December shoots!!!!

Christmas and January

We had a wonderful Christmas with our families! It was so nice to get to see the people that we did. The kids had a wonderful time visiting and opening gifts. On New Year's Day, Noah and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary! Then on the 2nd Noah turned 31! I get to tease him about being "old" for a whole 16 days before I catch him! So, on the 18th I'll be turning 31! Wow! It doesn't seem like I should be one of those thirtysomething people!!! HA! Then just one week later, on the 25, my lil Delaney Kate will be turning the BIG 5!!!! Oh My Goodness, a whole handful!!!! I've been having a hard time with her turning 5. I don't know why it has been such an ordeal with me, but it has. Anyways, that our big events for January in our family.
This weekend the family is going out of town! Oh no, road trip!!! We're going to Dallas to celebrate Noah's Grandmother's 80th birthday. We will be staying with Noah's sister, so the kids will be so happy to spend some time with their Aunt Winnie! I'm hoping to get a little shopping done as well!

Thanksgiving

We had Thanksgiving with Noah's side of the family this year and we had a new addition, Harper! It was so nice to get to see everyone, and to see Delaney and Jarrett with another lil one! Delaney loved getting to hold Harper and sing songs to her. Jarrett was too busy running around to sit still long enough to visit with Harper! I've swipped some pictures off of Harper's page to share with everyone!

Laney's Got A Gun!!!

Well, Delaney finally shot her pink Cricket 22 yesterday for the very first time! She was a little shy about it at first and made Noah shoot it. Then she finally was brave enough to pull the trigger herself, and that was it---she was "hooked"!!! She LOVED it! She kept saying "one more time, Daddy, one more time"! She shot at least 10 to 15 times, and she hit the target 3 times! Here are some pictures of the fabulous shot Laney!

Update---I was lost, but now I've been found!!! *-)

Okay, I know I've been gone for a while---a LONG while! Well, I've been SO very busy! Work is very time consuming in itself, and then I've decided to try to start my own photography business in a way. I've started doing pictures for clients (other than just family favors) starting back in October! I've built a website for my photography, but not ready to go public with it just yet! I'll get there SOON promise. My kids are getting SO big. I just can not believe that my little Delaney Kate will be 5 in January! I'm having a hard time with that. AND then, it came to me that Jarrett Lynn will be 20 months old at Christmas this year! 20 months!!!! That's SO close to 2!!!! Where does the time go???? Don't get me wrong, I'm not considering the let's have another baby syndrome here---nope, we're DONE with that! I just can NOT believe they're getting so big so fast. The older you get, the faster time goes by! Noah and I will be embracing 31 years of age come January. Yes, I can remember when I used to think that was OLD. No, I don't anymore! *-) Noah and I will also be celebrating our 9th wedding anniversary come January as well. It just doesn't seem like we've been together for over 10 years, and that we've almost been married for 9 years! But, then again, we can not really remember how things were before our kids. It just kinda seems like we've all always been together! Does that seem odd? Anyways, we're all doing good. If we can ever get the kids over allergies, we would be doing great.
Delaney is loving school and she is doing a great job. Noah and I had our very first parent/teacher conference back on November 7. Delaney had wonderful things said about her and her report was excellent. Her teacher said that if she HAD to find something that Delaney could work on, was her helping to clean-up better. Yeah, we get that at home too! So, we've been working on trying to have her help clean-up after herself better at home. It's just so hard at times, cause some times it's just easier to do things myself. That's my problem to work on in order to help Delaney. Jarrett is working on helping out as well. Well, at least he is "trying" to help. He takes everything to Sissy's room! Poor Bubba, one of these days he'll realize that he has a room too! Well, that's somewhat of an update.

WEBSITES BLOCKED AT WORK

Okay, so how school has like every website on the internet blocked that can possibly be blocked. You can not check any personal e-mails or even go to any site that allows you to purchase anything without getting approval. Then after you get approval the tech guy has to go and unblock that site for just your computer. Well, you can imagine my surprise when I was at work the other day and at lunch I decided to type in my blogger address to see what reason they had it blocked, I figured it would be just like myspace and the other "personal pages" that are blocked, and POOF! the pages comes right up! I was even able to sign in and work on it!!! Oh my goodness! I was in total shock! So, now I might actually be able to post something more often. Well, maybe, I already don't have time to do what I need to do. Trying to educate these youngsters is a lot of work. I have a group that takes A LOT of work!!!! But, I know that I still made the right move going to the middle school from the high school. I'm going to make a difference in at least one of these kid's lives even if it possible kills me!!!!!

Boyfriend and Girlfriend----WHAT???

This past weekend Delaney informed me that she had a secret and she didn't want her Daddy to know. She said that Clayton had asked her to be his girlfriend and she said yes. I asked her what that meant, and she said it meant that they were really great friends. It was cute. Noah didn't accept it very well. He said he didn't like it much at all! Well, we didn't make much of it in front of Delaney cause we just don't want her getting into all that boyfriend -- girlfriend stuff! My goodness, it's PRE-K!

Play Date

Delaney had her first play date with one of her classmates on Friday. We had teacher meetings for half the day, so the students didn't have school. Delaney spent Thursday night with her Nana and Friday morning with her as well. After work, I picked Jarrett up from the sitter's house and took him to Nana. I picked Delaney up and took her to Burger King to have lunch and play with Clayton. Clayton is in her pre-k class this year. Plus, his parents went to school in Healdton, the same school as myself. They're both younger than me, but I did know who they were in school. Delaney had the most fun!!! What was awkward, was the fact that the little boy that has been hitting Delaney at school was there as well with his Mom and two sisters (one of which is one of my students this year)! His Mom asked Delaney if he has been mean to her at school and Delaney nodded her head yes. His Mom told him to not be mean anymore and then she commented to us that boys will be boys!!! Can you believe that?!!!? After they left, Jennifer (Clayton's Mom) commented on the boys will be boys comment. She said that she has a boy and he will NOT be doing that! I seconded that opinion. Oh, and I tried being nice and making some small talk with her and asked if her son was looking forward to his snack day because Delaney has been SO excited about her snack day and what she gets to bring, etc... Jennifer said that Clayton was excited about his day as well. Well, I just opened my mouth and inserted my foot, because she apparently had forgotten that Thursday(the day before) was their day and they didn't take anything!!!! Well, I just hope we don't have anymore encounters this school year!

Allergy Update

My Mom took Jarrett to the doctor for me on Friday since she has Friday's off (thank the Lord). Such a great blessing! The doctor said that his ears and lungs were just fine. He's throat was red from drainage. She could hear the congestion in his throat and he coughed and choked while in her office. She said that she saw that he was trying to cut some new teeth, so that may have been the cause of his low grade fever. She went ahead and gave him an antibiotic to try to make sure all the congestion wasn't trying to settle into his chest or ears! We have lots of ear problems! She was wanting to be on the safe side---which I dearly appreciate! He's been doing a lot of sleeping yesterday and today. He so needed the rest. I hope he is well enough to go to the sitters house on Monday!