Christmas 2010

WE ARE TRULY BLESSED!! This Christmas was filled with Family. And I loved it! We got to visit with just about everyone on my side of the family. We had four separate Christmas gatherings. Chris and Machelle got to come for a few hours and i enjoyed that. Wow how I miss my Chris and Barbra (I love you guys!). Then we got to have Christmas with Aunt Linda and Granny. Next was the visit with Santa's loot and Nanna and Bunkbunk christmas. Then we went to Monie and Papaw's and last but not least we had the Taylor Christmas. SO we eat for two days straight. But the bad part was Jackson was sick (he had a fever virius that turned into bronchitis). But it didn't slow him down much maybe to 90mph instead of 100. The kids got more stuff then i can list, they got everything they asked for and more. I (Jennifer) got a lot also as well as Jonathan did to. Thanks to everyone! We love you all!

A funny story, Jackson was opening a present from Nanna and it was in a white box. He looked at Nanna and said "Nanna you got me a white box ?!" Oh if he only knew how blessed he is!

The loot!

Offical visit to see Santa

Well we finally made the official visit to Santa (two days before Christmas). Jackson as usual just about tackled him and Juliette went the other way. Jackson asked for Criss Cross Crash Hot Wheels, Computer Game and a Train. Juliette didn't speak a word to him so she sent him a message via brain waves (which begin like this "Stay away from me but when you visit the house I want a baby doll" LOL). She would look at him but not much for touching, sitting in his lap or taking a picture. So I had to get in the picture so she would participate and she still was not happy.

Polar Express 2011

It is that time of year again. The polar Express time. Since we have moved we had to make a trip over to Birmingham, and will do so next year also. It is so much fun. The kids enjoy it and I loved seeing their faces. Juliette still did not like Santa but she didn't throw a hissy fit. Jackson on the other hand would have jumped on his back and stayed there until it was time to go. He did get to give him a big hug. Cookies and milk was a hit as usual. This year we got in the train where the storyteller was and he sang songs. That made it more fun because it was better then listening to him over the speaker! I again can't wait for next years event!

Merrehope - Jackson's Field Trip

In Jackson's school the Field trips have to be driven by parents plus one. Meaning there has to be a driver in a car plus an additional adult. Since my car is messy, i volunteer to be the additional adult. The last field trip was to Merrehope. This place is beautiful and at Christmas they decorate trees through out the old home. Jackson has 15 in his class (which include 6 boys, wild boys). It was so cold. There are 2 homes one which is renovated and one in the process and the heat needs to be updated. But i think they enjoyed it, if nothing else then being away from school.

Juliette's Carousel Birthday Party

Wow this carousel could fly. It made me very dizzy but for the first time ever Juliette loved it! What fun times!

Happy 2nd Birthday Juliette!

Happy birthday sweet girl! We love you. I woke you up this morning singing Happy birthday and you keep telling me "No its JackJacks's Birthday!" You had a party at your school! You wanted Pizza so went to get some and you sang "twinkle twinkle" all the way there and home. You are going to be a talker! I hope you had a wonderful birthday! Love you!!!

Jackson's Bowling Birthday Party

WE had a blast. A fun time was had by all. There was a great turnout. Jackson even got a SPARE not bad because that was his first time to bowl (not on the Wii). Thanks for everyone coming. It really means a lot to have family support. Look at Jonathan, Nanna, Angelia, Mitch and Lindsay getting in on the action!

Happy 5th Birthday JACKSON!!!!

Happy 5th Birthday to Jackson (aka Jackman is what Juliette calls him). We love you! We wish you many more and look forward to helping you celebrate!

Oh Chirstmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree....

...how laden (I so lovingly say "lovely" instead) are your branches? DON"T ASK!!!! Since we are STILL homeless we are treating Nanna and BunkBunk's tree as ours. Well their Christmas tree is on its last leg and white it was no more (until BunkBunk re-flocked it) LOL!!!

We enjoyed decorating none the less. I enjoyed the family more then the actual decorating. Kids had a blast but were exhausted after decorating their two branches with all their ornaments. We had to redecorate after they went to bed to spread the wealth to the rest of the tree. I wish I could bottle up this time with the kids and Jonathan. I love them so much.

Look a family picture with everyone (including Hampton).

Here is a picture of Jonathan and I because those hardly exist anymore. Hampton is under the Santa hat because he is the only one that will allow me to do that!!

Breakfast with Santa

Breakfast with Santa was fast and furious. We eat, we saw, we conquered! LOL! Jackson was impressed but Juliette was thrilled (yeah right)! Juliette was the only child that screamed her head off! Jackson asked for a crash car (aka hot wheel's Cris cross) and Thomas train. Juliette was to busy screaming to care what she was going to get. Gotta love it! Juliette had Orange Juice for the first time and spit it across the table (oh how her GranB would be disappointed).

A "Cheesy" Gift from Santa

Santa sent Jackson and Juliette a early Christmas present. He sent them an elf. This elf is to report back to Santa on a nightly basis and give him a report on how they acted. BUT first you have to name your elf. We let Jackson name the elf (I might say all by himself no suggestions from us). And the winner was.............CHEESY. Don't ask where Jackson got this from but that was what he came up with. So we have an elf, cheesy, who is watching over the kids. And each night (sometimes in the morning) Cheesy finds a new hiding place.

Gobble Gobble 2010

We had a wonderful thanksgiving! Guy, Mitch and Lindsay got to enjoy Thanksgiving over at my parents house with us. So instead of eating big twice we ate twice as much in one sitting, LOL! We enjoyed their company as well as my side of the family. Jackson demonstrated his turkey moves for all to see. Juliette sang (or shall I say she instructed us to sing) Gobble, Gobble! We are truly blessed. I wish i would realize that more often. We are thankful for our family, friends, each other, health, wisdom and so much more. We continue to miss GranB but know she is in a better place. We hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving, we did!

Yes I did it

Ok let the comments begin! I put Juliette in a pageant. Nothing big, as you can see it was at the mall in front of JcPenney. She was not thrilled but she did it! Other then her laying out on the stage she did good, HAHAHAHAHAHA! I think she is the most beautiful little girl in the world! She didn't win and we can say we did it! Angelia won the pageant in the spring so she got to give Juliette her prize. The other girl in the picture is named Taylor, i work with her Grandmother. Taylor is an expert in pageants at the age of 5.

November - A day in the park

As you can read we had a very busy october! So we decide that in November we would take it easy so we started with a trip to the park.

Happy Halloween 2010

Ok by now you are tired of seeing my kids in their costume but they (both costume and kid) cost a good bit of money so every chance we got we wore the costumes HAHAHA. But now for the main event HALLOWEEN!! Jackson was Woody from Toy Story and Juliette was a pink poodle! I would like to start off by saying we got A LOT OF CANDY!!! We enjoyed trick or treating. We started at Monnie and Pappaw's house, then Stonebriar (where we live) and finally Poppa G's neighborhood. One house that we trick or treated was having a party (very loud party) and Jackson said "Mommy let's go to that party!" What can i say the boy loves a good party, I hope that is not a sign of times to come! At the end of the evening (about 8pm) Jackson looked at me and said "I am ready to go eat some candy, let's go home!" So we did! The whole night Juliette screamed "More candy......PLEASE!" I am a bad mother and let them eat candy for supper. Juliette was literally running circles in the house, it was hilarious (for once she was more hyper then Jackson).

Fall Festival and Donuts-n-Doddling

WOW there are a lot of fall festivals. Both Juliette and Jackson had Fall Festivals at their schools. At Jackson's school they gave away toys instead of candy, but it cost. We had to take a baked good for the cake walk, Jackson and I made a pumpkin pound cake for him to take. When he won at the cake walk he choose what we made out of everything (and believe me there was a lot to choose from, because apparently i am the only won who made something, LOL). So that really warmed my heart that he did that. But he won it again and choose cupcakes the next go around. Angelia got to go to both events so we enjoyed her company.

Some of Jackson's loot he won. LOL!!!!!

Donuts and Doodling is at Juliette's school. IT is where they invite family to view the children's art work. I was the only one to be able to go but i still enjoyed it. WOW they really do a lot of art and I loved it all!!! She was very proud of her work and showed it to me by saying "MOMMY LOOK!!!" Then the next day they got to wear there costumes and have a party.