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having fun,
JamieAnn

New Editor!!!!

JamieAnn wants her own website & since I'm TERRIBLE at editing this blog she is going to be our new editor-in-chief :-). She was always the more creative one in the family. Besides, this way maybe I'll even get a few pictures of me up on the family blog!!!



Love you all,

DeeAnn

Quick Catch up

Summer flew by!!! JamieAnn and Jacan went to Church Camp in July. They also spent some time with their dad's family - might be getting a bill for those damaged soon :( Right before Cheerleading and Football pratices took off, JamieAnn, Jacan, Jaydon, me, My Dad and Mom all went to galvestion for a week on the beach. They had a blast at Moody Gardens and Air/Flight mesueme. They did tours of historical homes and spent alot of time on the beach getting sand shells. JamieAnn, Jacan and Jaydon really enjoyed the boobie boards for the water...almost mastered it by the time we left.

Enchanted

Jaydon and JamieAnn went with me to watch a family friend in a local musical last night. Was my 5 year old perfectly quiet... well, no. But he did say the night was amazing. For the first Act I kept trying to remind him to sit up straight and save his questions. I noticed each time the woman infront of us said "shhhhhh!" (all 4).... then Jaydon told me at intermission that the play was AMAZING and he could believe we really knew someone on the stage. So I figure I can plop my kids infront of the TV and feed them McDonalds or I can give them some real memories. We had alot more fun the second act - and he gave our friend Justin a big hug after the play.

There is still one show left for tomorrow afternoon... don't miss out. http://www.campustheatre.com/

Stats

Jacan's team is keeping stats for baseball. He is soooooo competitive... we have to check his stats after every game. He is #1 in all stats... hitting .818, slugging 1.989 :).

Money, Money, Money,,,, Must be Funny....In a rich man's world!

Electronic Monoploy night at our house.
Jacan is the al time banker, JamieAnn is desperatly trying to convience them we are operating on dirivatives and Jaydon is trying to buy out some hotels for a sprinkle donut
Can't wait to see how's plan prevails??

Webkins

Parents got kids each a webkin for easter among other presents and gave them to them yesterday. Last night the each took boxes, stuffed them with bedding, and decorated them to make homes for them before bed! Jaydon started first - the others made fun of his bedding for the Whale but then decided they weren't going to be out done by a 5 year old. This morning I got woked up by a "tweeting" owl (JamieAnn) and an "barking" dog (Jacan) . Not sure what sound the whale makes but I'm sure we'll know before I get out of the shower.


Just hope the 2 hampsters and the beta fish don't get jelous!!!

Happy Easter to EVERYONE!

Jaydon's Logic

Today was a make up snow day for the older two kiddos but a lazy day for me and Jaydon. When I asked Jaydon to get dressed, he put on the clothes he wore yesterday from the floor - (yes I know-sue me for not picking up last night) - I explained that those clothes really needed to go in the dirty clothes but he could put on anything else he wanted. He explained to me that he didn't know that new clothes would be comfortable but he did know that tomorrow's (he means yesterday's) clothes were comfortable so he was just going to wear them. Guess what he got to wear today???

Double Negative

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Sometimes I wonder if working in government and working as an accountant weren't inately boring enough I decided to mix them together.

However two negatives make a positive and if you add in a healthy dose of election season, recession and budget amendments it is quite entertaining. Lucky for me I work with some pretty fun people to keep it all interesting.

Farmer Girl

JamieAnn's school had a field trip to an old fashioned school house in Pilot Point last week. Here is a picture of the costume I got for her - she even insisted on packing a "historic" lunch - Bacon, Biscuits, boiled eggs, apples and a Mason Jar of Tea. (No Bannanas - those are tropical fruits! - she informed me). She had a really fun day - she is reading the Laura Ingles Wilder books right now and is on "Farmer Boy" so this field trip was a real treat.

New Church Home???

I finally drug the kids out the door this morning to try out a new church. As you can imagine I was ready to find a new church home - guess what??? They loved it!!!

I'm glad - it is was hard to find a church with a great kids program but one that wasn't too "couple" centered. This one even has a singles group attached to their larger home church and a women's class one night a week. I'm trying not to get too excited too soon, but I'm hoping this will work out well for us all.

Uphill bothways

JamieAnn, Jacan and Jaydon asked for permission to stay up late tonight to watch the Kids Choice awards on Nickaloden. Sure... afterall I'm a cool mom - They settled in up stairs and I even started making a batch of surpise "cheater" (place and bake) cookies.

Then Jacan has the audacity to come down stairs to inform me that they have decided that they are coming down stairs to watch the show on the living room TV- (I'm already watching a movie) - AND I'm not making the cookies that THEY want....

I'm pretty sure at 8 I never had they guts to try to kick my parents off the living room TV and I NEVER would have complained about the type of cookies my mom made for me!!!!

If only there was a hill I could make them walk up both ways to get to school - they'd be on it first thing Monday morning!