A Fun, Fantastic, Exhausting Day

Last Saturday was a very busy day! We got up bright and early and went to the Children's Museum in Jackson with our preschool department from church. I can not believe we haven't been here before! If you have never been, I highly recommend going. Colby was most excited to ride the church bus over anything else. You can only IMAGINE my excitement of riding a bus for 2 hours one way with a bunch of 3-6ish year olds. Fun times right there.....   Anyways after a million "Are we there yet?" 's from Colby we finally arrived.

We played with catfish

We raced sailboats

We didn't listen very well to "Please DO NOT get wet"

We got to fish for catfish...

And got wet some more....

We got them to stop for just a minute for a quick photo

We learned how exercising is important and rode a bike with a skeleton (far right corner). He was a little creepy but very interesting.

We got to put on construction clothes and play....

This is priceless! My child the pimp! They had a stage where you could dress up and put on a show. This is what the kids chose to put on.

We got to dance.....Colby has some serious white boy moves. He gets that honest. Ever seen his daddy dance???

They got to dance again to a song of their choice and be filmed why doing it. This took alot of coaxing but they finally agreed to do it.

The spiral art was very neat. I can remember having one of these as a kid.

We dug for dinosaur bones.... the kids all thought this was very neat. Melanie and I had to take part in this our self. Very fun!

Best friends!

Our group before leaving. They were tired and hungry. We then fought the most crowded Chick fil A known to man to eat lunch but it all worked out just fine. These kids aren't just our churches future, they are our present. We take great strides in making sure the word of God is planted like a seed in these tiny minds. Colby recited me the first verse of the Bible the other day and told me exactly which book it came from. He remembers each story he is told in Sunday School and his growing with God classes. I am so thankful for the wonderful people who sacrifice their time and energy in working with our children. It takes alot of patience and love to work with preschoolers.

After the long drive back full of " I gotta use the potty" and "he has the toy I want" and "Are we almost home yet".... we finally arrived. Mommy needed a night out! Jason took Colby to a motocross Arena race (which he didn't mind at all as you can imagine) and I went out for some G rated fun with two of my dearest friends. This is what fun at 30 looks like!

We went to Rocket City Diner to eat and we had a blast. Melanie D had the bright idea to take these photos. We felt like dorks but hey we made a memory right....

We also went bowling. This was so much fun.

The very one who swore she sucked at bowling beat us! She has mad bowling skills...

A little fun at the arcade before leaving. We couldn't manage to get a good pic of all three of us but we had a great night. We stopped at the twist and taste on the way home for ice cream. I highly recommend it if you have not been yet. Lots of laughs were had and fun memories made. I am so lucky to work with people I also consider the best of friends. We may not always get along and have to come Jesus every once in a while but we love each other very much. I look forward to the laughs we have every day at work.

So far this year has been a pleasant one! The weather has been very odd for January but I have actually enjoyed the spring like weather. My power bill will love it too. We spent Thursday afternoon in the doctor with Colby with a severe case of pink eye in both eyes. I can remember having it as a kid and remember how bad it hurt. I tried  very carefully to wash my hands after touching him but if you know me at all you know keeping my fingers out of my eyes is somewhere near impossible. So of course I ended up with it too. We are spending the day today taking it easy and hoping to be in the clear to go to church tomorrow. Heavens knows Colby needs to interact with people his own age after 3 days with just me and Jason. As do I........ 

It's gonna be a great year

It has been a very busy last couple of weeks! We had such a great Christmas this year and were blessed beyond measure. I don't know about you, but I have been threatening Colby with Santa since before Halloween! Although its only about 2% effective, it it the easiest rabbit to pull out of the hat. Since Colby rarely actually behaved when threatened with "Santa" I had to be sure to reinforce that Santa indeed had been watching him all year. That came in the form of a letter that Santa left Colby on Christmas morning. The letter in a nut shale stated that Santa had a very generous heart this year but that he would not be so forgiving next year if Colby insisted on behaving like Satan's spawn! Colby immediately ignored the letter and refuses to this date to discuss it. If you try bringing the letter up he will quickly change the subject or give me a remark of "I don't care". So here are a few pictures from Christmas.

We went to look at Christmas lights. I say we looked......Colby ran like the flash through the entire thing. I think we were done in 5 minutes.

One of the few family photos that we have.

This kid LOVES his nana. She couldn't hold him after her surgery so she agreed to get down on the floor with him.

About the only smile I am gonna get..... why do men hate taking pictures so much?

                                             My hero! Love her more than she will ever know!

                                               They both drive me bonkers but I love them still.....

                                                Another shot from looking at Christmas lights

            Santa got Oreo balls and diet coke this year rather than cookies and milk. We figured he wouldn't mind a change. We also fed the reindeer outside but those pictures didn't turn out so great. Someone forgot to eat the reindeer food though so we were a little disappointed the next day that it was still there. Oops.....

He loves this part!

Jason worked New Years Eve so after I attended a wedding for some good friends of ours (Congrats Joel and Kelli) Colby and I got in our pajamas and watched TV. I didn't make it to midnight but Jason did drop by to wake me up for a New Years kiss. That was a great way to start my new year. He will now be embarrassed I shared that but in his own words..... Oh Well. 

Today was a GORGEOUS fall day right smack dab in the middle of winter. Colby woke up bound and determined that he wanted a friend to come over and play. He gets so bored and mom is only so much fun so we decided to go on a play date. He invited his friend Blair to come along. They had a lengthy discussion in the car that they could not be boyfriend and girlfriend because she already had a boyfriend named Collin and he had a girlfriend named Bayleigh so they would have to JUST be friends.  We started out at the zoo....

Who doesn't love the train....

If you know Blair Wicker then you know that this moment will forever more be entered in the hall of fame of AWESOME moments. She is obsessed with alligators and low and behold we got to pet one. Her face was priceless.

Posing by the llama that they both called a camel. A kind yet obnoxious kid kept correcting them.

            

Then we hit up the park where these two had the best time playing. We ended the night with a trip to Kids Rule to jump for a while then a dinner date to McAlisters. They had a blast and wore themselves out.

2011 was an eventful year but pleasant. I turned 30, celebrated 10 years of marriage, my baby turned 5 and is in his last year of daycare, great and exciting things going on at church, everyone I know either had a baby or is pregnant, my baby sister is now a licensed driver and my mom had surgery. I decided not to make any resolutions this year. I rarely am able to keep them anyways. I did resolve that instead of focusing on what I really wanted to change on the outside, I would focus on working on the inside instead. I hope to find myself less stressed, always optimistic, not sweating the small stuff as well as things that I can't change, spending more QUALITY time with my family and most importantly spending the time with God that he rightfully deserves. I hope each of you have a wonderful year and I look forward to documenting mine and sharing it with you.  

I've been a bad blogger......

So back in November I wrote this elaborate, beautiful blog about Thanksgiving and what all I was thankful for and it just never actually made it to my blog. So here it is all summed up..... I am thankful for my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, my husband and child, my parents, my sister, all family and friends, my health, my job, my cell phone, diet coke, that the elections were over,  my Church family, flip flops and pinterest! Thanksgiving was rather quite this year. Jason had to work as usual so Colby and I spent the evening with my parents and Lawson family. Like most everyone else, we ate too much and crashed early. Let me bring you up to speed since I left you last.....

 Colby's girlfriend Bayleigh turned 5. We attended a very fun party at Mitchell Farms and these two stopped to pose for a very sweet picture.

The very same day we added a new member to our family. Please feel sorry for this kitty...... Colby loves to torture her as you can clearly see. Her name is Cami and she is attached to us very much. She takes turns sleeping with each of us. I think she likes Colby a little bit better when he is sleeping.

If the fair was a holiday, it would be mine and Jasons favorite of the year! We spend entirely too much money and eat way too much but we have a wonderful time every year. Colby was FINALLY tall enough to ride everything so we were able to enjoy it much more.

The fair is a tradition for us to go with our good friends Jason and Noel Phillips. Warren and Colby rode all the rides together and even little Wyatt got to join them a time or two.

Who wouldn't want to be Iron man for Halloween right?!?  We kept it very low key this year and just attended treats in the streets at JCJC. Colby was a little bored until........

He met his hero!!! Colby is OBSESSED with power rangers so to meet their leader (the red ranger) was pure awesomeness! He was very kind to pose for a picture with Colby and even show him a few moves.

I am a tad obsessed with Pinterest. This was one creation of many I have made lately.

Look who came to Dixie Electric!

Telling Santa that he wanted a bow and arrow for Christmas. He then asked was he on the good list. Santa promptly lied and said yes..... Mommy had already practiced the correct reply to this answer with Santa earlier but I guess Santa didn't have the heart to tell Colby the truth....

We got to lead the Ellisville Christmas Parade with Daddy in his police car. Colby waved at each person till he said his arm hurt really bad and he asked if he could stop. 

Dixie Christmas Awards Party

We had to have Christmas with my brother and sister in law a little early this year because he works offshore and will be gone for Christmas.

Isn't he absolutely handsome? I tell you, what he lacks in behavior he more than makes up for in looks.

Typical Colby...... do you see that T Rex had to pose too?

I am looking forward to this Christmas season. My favorite things are the different smells, the lights, the food, the fellowship, the music and the joy but MOST important to me is remembering the real reason for the season. I have the most special gifts I could ask for already. They are a treasure unlike any other and make my life worth living every single day. I love you Jason and Colby more than you will ever know. I am so blessed beyond reason and no gift will ever overshadow that. Thank you Jesus for your ultimate sacrifice.... for you truly did love us enough to come to this earth, be born in a manger, live 33 pure years on this earth setting the ultimate example, and dying on the cross for me. I am unworthy and humbled at that very thought. I hope each of you have a very Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 

FUN-tober Part 1

So far October has been extremely fun and very busy.  It started out with a very fun visit to Mitchell Farms. Warning.... picture overload ;) 

                    Cheese Mom Hurry Up!!!

                       This was a HUGE hit!!

                 How sweet

      Beautiful!!!

                        He posed really good here

                      Picture with Mommy

       Finally Picked our pumpkin to paint!



Then on October 10 my lil man turned the big 5 years old! He asked his daddy to take him on a motorcycle ride for his birthday so of course his daddy jumped right on that. Yes we get looks and stares from onlookers at a 5 year old riding a motorcycle but he loves it and has hundreds of dollars protecting his little brain!

 I kid with Jason that he looks like Jim Carey off of Dumb and Dumber!

The next night my sister Paige got to crown at the South Jones Jr High Beauty Pageant since she won last year! We were there to cheer her on! She was beautiful as ever!

That next Saturday we had Colby a small birthday party at the park and invited some of his best friends. It was special to see him play with each of his friends.

Matthew, Aidyn, Bayleigh, Colby, Leenie, Collin, Blair and Jackson who is MIA

We painted faces.....

    (he immediately took this off as he stated he was not a cat)

We then played on the playground....

Then we ate cake! Apparently Colby is the only living soul who still loves power rangers......There were no power ranger  Party supplies to be found....anywhere....only time google has ever failed me!  So thank the good Lord above McDonald's was giving away power ranger figures in happy meals this month so I stocked up on several and decorated my own Power Ranger cake. I think I did pretty good! Let me clarify Corner Market made the cake.... I simply placed the action figures on there....

                                         Make a wish Colby.......

Then it was time for his favorite part....

What a fun day this was! That evening we took him to Gattitown where we played for almost 2 hours, then we shopped a little before heading home. 

The next Saturday we went back to Mitchell farms with our church! We had a great time once again. Here a few more snaps from this trip.

These kids are such a blessing as well as the ladies who take time out of their lives every week to teach them. I am forever grateful to them as well as being apart of that ministry. It has changed my life forever!

We still have the fair as well as Halloween left for this month so there will be  a Funtober part 2 to come soon. I hope each of you are having a great month and would like to take the opportunity once again to invite you to West Ellisville Baptist Church! Oh and did I mention 30 really isn't so bad....