The Kane Family

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiii

2009-02-02T18:53:00.000-08:00

haha, that is what Jak got for his birthday! We were so excited! His granny and popps got it for him (jonathan's rents) in celebration of his whole hand birthday! He is too cute.
Our family has grown by yet 1 more too...another dog. We adopoted him from the animal shelter in Jeffersonville and we pick him up Friday. He has to have his surgery and micro-chip and all that jazz before he can join the Kane gang. Jak and Jonathan are going back and forth because jak wants to name him Boxer and he is not a boxer....he is a little bit of terrier, german shepherd, lab and border collie mix, how they know this I have NO CLUE! anyway, in my opinion, if Ashlyn can name her dog after a car, Mercades, then why can't he name his after a breed of dog.....hmmmm...I bet Jak wins...he has my vote!

Ok, so the wii, if you are looking to tone up or lose weight this is perfect!!! I don't have the wii fit boards and all that yet so we are just using the sports games. Boxing is painful! My whoole body just aches....and I got beat by a 5 year old. Something isn't right. I'll have to post pics of our miis because they are sooo cute! Jak looks just like him and I swear Ashlyn took a pic of herself and uploaded it lol....mine of course is slimmer and trimmer haha! Jonathan looks just like him too! The things that people come up with amaze me.

So just a little re-cap:
While everyone else had cabin fever because they were stuck inside, we went to mom and dads house, I helped shovel the parking lot at work and the kids got some major sledding time in! I was a little upset when the tanning bed was closed! I guess it is impossible to tan with no electric! Thank goodness they got it back after a day lol. I am getting toooo pale haha! Jonathan and our neighbor Jonathan have really bonded in the past week. Jonathan and his wife Kenua(sp?)(Ken-u-way is how it is pronounced) host Tuesday night bible studies at their house so Jonathan went and enjoyed hearing the word of God from all different prospectives. He has made great friends and enjoys the time they get to hang out. It was funny because he said that at one point they had to have a translator for Japanese and they all know how to speak it except my husband so they slowed down so he didn't get lost. They are truly great neighbors and we are blessed to be able to share God between us!!
Saturday we went to Chuck-E-cheese for a birthday party and there were more kids from Christian Academy and the neighbors!! Ashlyn and Jak were soooo excited! then I came home and started to shovel a spot to turn around in my driveway so I dont get stuck and then went to tan...when I got home more of my driveway was cleared...thanks to the Jonathans!! Life is good!

well, I am outta here..I am sitting here in what feels like an oven! The wood burning stove is unreal...I bet if I got up to see the temp it is at least 85 deg. in this living room...shew!
Blessings to all, and to all a good night haha!

Say what?!?

2009-01-25T12:56:00.000-08:00

Greek Roll-ups with spinach, turkey, feta cheese, cream cheese and oregano

That is one of the many things that people say when I tell them that I do healthy cooking demos for Move it Lose it Charlestown at the Jay C store on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Those of you who know me know that I have never learned to cook...I get it from my mother..she CAN cook, just doesn't like to.... i was the opposite! I could burn water! But, with the help of certified Chef Will and the MILIC campaign, I CAN, woo hoo! and I love it! check us out! We're there Tuesday & Thursday 5:30 till about 7. Every week we have 3 new recipes that are easy, delicious and you can buy everything at your local Jay C. Want more info: check out www.cityofcharlestown.com/moveitloseit.htm and click on chef will's recipes. He has a ton of awesome ones on there!! Sue, if you made any let me know what you think!

I was home alone yesterday and super bored after cleaning the house so I got online and looked up the Greek Roll up recipe. I went to Jay C and got all the stuff to make it and on the way home I was supposed to pick up Ashlyn at mamaw and papaw's and totally forgot her, how horrible am I??!! So I called and told mom and dad I made food and I would come get her. they are always up for my cooking now, espically after my first Thanksgiving dinner I made!!

Jak and I went over and stayed to play the wii, while mom dad and ashlyn ate dinner. After sis was done she stole the camera and went picture crazy....here are some of her "professional shots" and my greek roll ups, enjoy!

How may Kanes does it take to open a can of pre-cooked apples...MOM, you should be ashamed of yourself! just kidding
jak telling sissy he doesn't have time to take pictures hes playing a game of golf!
ashlyns pic of moms crock pot (sp?)

Her pic of her little light up yo yo thingy she won at family fun night at CAI

Her picture of a picture of Jak at moms

Yikes! her picture of me after cleaning alllllll day, ew!

Ashlyn and Preston who is now named Wilson, looooong story, his full name is actually Pete Odle preston Kane Wilson Denney.... don't ask lol

He even posed to so sis could take a pic of him!

wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii is fun, Jak was telling sissy how to do something I'm sure! She is still the bowling champ!

After Jonathan went to IHOP with some neighbors he joined us. Then, BJ brought over a girl that he is seeing...no actually believed that she was real so we all stuck around to meet "her" lol. Yep shes real alright! And SUPER tall! She is going to college somewhere and plays volleyball. very Sweet girl, and cute too! We will see....

Dad said if he wouldve know that every saturday night he was going to have a house full of family he would've never gotten a wii...I corrected him and told him he would have done it a lot sooner ;-)

Catch up in picture from forever ago... and some posts :-)

2009-01-25T12:08:00.000-08:00

I am the worlds worst at uploading, sharing and even printing my pictures off my digital camera...you would think since I run a print shop I would have pics out the wazzoooo but NOPE! so, enjoy some pics from long ago .. FUNNY STORY!! Mom and I went to South Carolina on business and on the way home we stopped in Gatlinburg to do some shopping for christmas...yes that was how long ago it was. Well, we are savvy shoppers and said "lets go cheap on the hotel so that we can shop more"...hahaha...you get what you pay for, I should've know it was going to be bad when they give you an actual KEY instead of a card to swipe...then the elevator signs says something along the lines of in case of emergency call 0...after hours call 911..... The place looked like something in a scary movie! There was no heat either so mom and I slept fully clothed and took all the blankets from the other bed and put them on our bed thinking they would help...guess what, when you call the hotel office to tell them you have no heat...if it is after 10 pm...THEY ARE GONE!!! WHAT?! What hotel doesn't has staff 24/7?! Only one that mom would choose haha! So in the am we realize that we don't have a blow dryer...Our 5 star hotel in South Carolina provided one in the room so doesn't every hotel now adays? This one did supply 1 but the woman at the front desk couldn't remember who she gave it too... On the upside, my wonderful mother did go the exta mile and pay $10 to upgrade to this, and I quote, "River View" Who knew there was a river in Gatlinburg! Mom, you got jipped...next time, we pay for heat! It was an experience that we still laugh about and will treasure forever! only in the hills of tennessee is EVEREthing on sale....they must have sounded it out :-)
Jak and I were laying in my bed being bored and had fun times with my camera
Ashlyn Turned 6 and we had a fall festival party
I guess he couldn't handle all the kids :-)

Jak was the inn keeper in the school christmas program and Christian AcadamyMr. Micah Crouch was a little singing angel :-) he did sooo good!!

Ashlyn actually participated in her Christmas program this year by ringing bells and singing!! We were so proud!Ashlyn got rollerskates for Christmas and really did well her first time!!Jak taught his papaw how to break dance at a wedding reception for our cousin in Illinois

I Lost 8 lbs and did a photo shoot of myself in our messy kitchen lol

Ashlyn and Jak fell asleep before midnight on the new year, sweet kiddos!

I FINALLY got a purse dog!! A lil Yorkiee poo named Preston, he attended Harvard and wears argile sweaters lol...Then I had to give him away because he hated jonathan and always peed on him (I have to take a second to laugh that one off!!) Luckily, he isn't far from me...I gave him to the best home a dog could ever have and that is with my mom :-)

Well, that is it for funny pics in my camera!

The way HE works!

2009-01-13T04:54:00.000-08:00

So last night was a little out of the norm for me. I got home from work at a reasonable time and around 8ish Jonathan sat down with the kids to read their bible stories before bed. I snuck out to go to the tanning bed..usually I don't go until 9 or 10 but for some reason I decieded to go early. When I got there I signed in and she told me that I had "bonus bucks" from people saying that I told them that True Colors Tanning is the best ever and I could upgrade to a 12 minute bed!! SWEEEET I never get to do this because I don't like to spend the extra money and the 20 min bed usually lets me take a nap :-) so I get done tanning and where I would normally stand around and talk to my other gal pals that work or are tanning I went ahead and scurried home. I was on the phone with a buddy when I pull up to my street and I see fire....I flip! I hung up the phone and stomped the gas!

Just so happend that it wasmy neighbors house! I didn't see anyone outside so I pull up (so fast I almost hit thier mail box) and notice that it is right in front of thier 5 year old Samuels room. I bang as hard as I can yelling "Get out, your house is on fire!!!" and their dad comes to the door...the odd thing about that is that he is supposed to work at night at the airport and he got to come home early. I was actually thankful because the woman is Japanese and I can't speak to her or understand all the time clearly. So He comes out and realizes that it is an electrical fire in their landscape lights- I told them to put the kids (Rebecca 4, Samuel 5) in my car because it is warm and will pul in the driveway so they are safe. They also have a young relative who is about 20 or so (I am guessing) staying with them from Japan so she stayed in the car while I call 911. In the meantime I go in thier house (which I have NEVER been in) and straight to the kitchen for a fire extuingisher and thats when everything went dark..I rushed out and Jonathan (the neighbor, not my husband...he had no idea what was going on)had thrown the breaker. So we bring the kids to our house and sit and chill with them on the couch until everything settles and the fire dept got there and done. BTW- these are 2 of the cutest kids!! they are well behaved, well mannered and just too cute so Jonathan and I (my husband) sit and enjoy thier company. Thier parents come over and tell us that the fire was caused by the landscaping timer that blew up..if I hadn't come at just that moment it could have been wayyyyy worse they said. They thanked me and told me that God was watching over their family and went home.

I called mom because she is like my calm side, she listens to me ramble and tells me what she thinks...in the middle of her conversation we had to stop so she could praise her dog for pooping outside but I understood :-) Potty training is hard. She told me how proud she was of me and to just think, there are probably 2 parents laying in bed tonight thanking God for me.....That made me feel good.

The whole night I had trouble sleeping. I kept thinking, what if I had gone in the 20 min bed, what if I hadn't gone at all and stayed home and worked on my budget for my meeting wed....what if no one saw and Ashlyn's classmate and his family were hurt or even worse.....then I just thanked God for having placed me in the right place at the right time to help someone. Then I fell fast asleep.

It's funny how God works. You never question certain things but just know that he is working through you. I feel like God used me to save my fellow christian neighbors and that if it did nothing else, it made us closer.

I know it's been forever since I have blogged so this was one that I felt like sharing. Hope you got as much out of reading it as I did in living it.

God bless!

say a lil prayer

2008-09-22T15:05:00.001-07:00

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am a little nervous about Jaks surgery tomorrow. Going under shouldn't be a Huge deal but it is for me!! Thats my sweet baby!

So, please remember me and Jak in your prayers for tomroow.
and for Ashlyn as she will be traveling on a field trip to the apple farm :-)

uhm, yeah, that's MY boy!

2008-09-09T14:51:00.000-07:00

The funny thing about Jak is that he is alllllll boy! He likes to play in dirt, eat dirt, roll around in the grass, catch bugs, go to baseball games etc. He is soooo a boy except when it comes to getting ready for school where he knows he will see ....RACHEL! He has the biggest "crush" and I put that in "" because he is my baby and doesn't know what "crush" means...anyhoo-When it comes time to get up and ready for school he wants to eat, dress himself in cool gear and fast shoes and then have mommy put his hair in a mow-hok(sp?) He thinks that he is just super cool-which he is- when I do his hair like that.
A few weeks ago he got up and got ready just like he does every morning that he has school and comes in with his Incredible Hulk shirt wanting his cool 'do' I say nooo problem Jak and pull out the pomade!!! I drop him off, he sees RACHEL (you have to hear him say it)smiles super big all the while putting his backpack over his shoulder, upside down, walking in to school looking Super Cool! I smile and shake my head and off to work.......
10:45 rolls around and I head back to pick him up.... He gets in the car with his super cool self, closes the door and we are off!! About 15 seconds into asking what he learned in school he informs me that it was school picture day.....grrrrreeeeeeeat! I say, all the while giggling in my head I say to myself "yep, thats my kid....yeah the one with the mo-howk and Incredible Hulk T!! Can't miss him!

My mother in law is going to kill me.....

on another note, he still smiles at Rachel when he sees her at church and at School ;-) and wants to be her friend...NOT GIRLFRIEND and play in her dirt pile.... 'cus she has won he says, weally!'

Re-takes are in a few weeks, if Judy Kills me please put him in a polo with his hair slicked to the side lol

Oh, and he goes in for surgery to get his tube taken out of his right ear on the 23rd. Please keep him in your prayers, he is a little scared about the procedure
peace!

pooooor Jak

2008-08-20T15:34:00.000-07:00

Jak has the worst luck when it comes to ear infections! They come and seems like they stay for a long time. One of the really bad parts is that his tube makes everything drain and it is super nasty....super nasty! then it gets all caked on his face and on the inside of his ear and hurts when you have to clean it. I have been giving him ear drops for the past 2 days so we will see how it goes.

Today was his first day at Junior Academy 4 at CAI and he woke up and started off the morning by being winey, I thought he was just tired. So I send him and Ashlyn off to school and told his teacher about the ear deal and to call me if he needs anything. SO...I picked him up from school and was in a major rush because I was supposed to be at the radio station to record a new spot and he kept saying that his tummy hurt because he was hungry. knowing Jonathan had only been off work for a few hours and needed some sleep we ran through burger king. He told me that he felt better since he ate as we were pullling in the driveway. We wallk inside and I am getting ready to walk out the door when he comes in and pukes.....AT MY FEET!!!! I scream and almost puke myself.....gross!

So we cleaned him up and get him all settled in watching tv and chillin with mommy as he says. He's been asking to go outside and play and help "Mr. Dale" fix our gutters outside and I keep telling him that he is too sick. He doesn't understand that you actually have to sit still lol!! I'm going to lead the kids in church tonight while Beth is at home ill so we will see how that goes....I hope they take it easy on me!!

Please pray for my lil man, he is so pitiful when hes sick and it breaks my heart!

Happy Birthday Jonathan and a sad day for mommy

2008-08-13T14:34:00.000-07:00

So today the love of my life is 29! I think that he still acts like hes 20 sometimes but I guess that one day he will mature (hopefully!) If not, I'll still love him. It's hard to believe that we've been married for 7 years and have 2 kids a dog and way too many cats. I thank God for my family every day and still don't know how on earth I deserve to be so blessed. I have the most awesome kids- they are both smart, sweet, hilarious, caring, love the lord and are precious to me. A loving and compassionate husband who puts up with my bickering, demanding and sometimes selfishness and still loves me more each day....even though I have waaaay too many shoes (in his opinion) and steal half of his closet even though I have my own-when God put us together he knew what was going to happen and I am just so blessed to have been chosen to be Jonathans wife. I look back sometimes and think to myself, "jeeze I'm blessed!!" I also have the best parents in the world. When I was a kid I used to always make puke sounds when my dad would dance with my mom in the kitchen with no music and when they would be all kissy smoochy....and espically when he smacks her rear...that was the worst!! (sorry mom-thats what you get for being such a great role model)Now looking at them I am just amazed that two people can still be that much in love after this many years. I hope that Jonathan and I make Ashlyn and Jak want to make puke sounds when they are old enough to think that the other has cooties :-)

Onto the sad part...it's a happy sad...weird, I know! Ashlyn started Kindergarten at Christian Academy today!!!! She has been saying that she doesn't want to go to kindergarten and school and wear uniforms and bows but last night I asked her what she wanted to eat for breakfast-she chose home made muffins- and then when I asked her which uniform and shoes and bows she was alllllll about it. Before bed last night we said our prayers and asked Jesus to watch over Ashlyn since she gets shy at times and to lead and guide her and he was listening!! Ashlyn had a great day and is excited about going back tomorrow, she wouldn't even look at her teacher Ms. Allison when we went to orientation and she told me that she even talked to her teacher....let's hope shes this excited when its high school!

Here are her first day of kindergarten pics, Mercades had to be a part too....the pictures were before Mercades decided to jump on Ashlyn and get mud on her blouse...we got her cleaned up and ready and were still early...I about had a heart attack when I looked at the clock in the car and we were pulling out of the driveway at 7:32...I am ALWAYS late!

i'm trying!!!

2008-08-07T14:20:00.000-07:00

ok, so last night I couldn't sleep so I started messing with my blog. I have some pics from the bats game last night where dad threw the first pitch and wanted to upload and share and my computer crashed while I was giving it a "New Do" so, love is patient and I know that you alllllll just LoVe my updates and will patiently await them :-) hehehe

kindest regards-
the 2nd worst blogger in the world....Jessica, you are the first!! hehe

an e-mail

2008-07-28T10:04:00.000-07:00

So my cousin Desiree sends me funny e-mails all the time. I laugh so hard that sometimes it makes my eyes water. Today that wasn't the issue. I've heard this story before so when I got the e-mail my fingers slowly went to the delete button and then I saw a note that said "watch this" and thought...I don't remember a video! It came from GodTube. It really touched me! Its hard to be a parent and make sacrafices sometimes and I just have to remember that God made me a parent for a reason and I am thankful for what I have and the children that I have.

Enjoy!!!!

HeLp!?

2008-04-30T20:20:00.000-07:00

Rachel & Birkeworld-

I WANNA READ YOUR BLOG TOOOOOO :-)

How do you sign me up, what do you need?! Everytime I try to get on it says that I am "not approved" If you are reading this message please tell me how to get inside your circle lol...if you aren't...someone else please give me a clue.

:-)

moving and .......streaking?!

2008-04-26T20:26:00.000-07:00

As you can see, mom is totally psyched about her knee pads...and dusting her new hardwood floors by hand.....thats my mother folks!!! Believe it or not....this will be a kitchen in a few weeks when the cabinets get in
Jak was happy that his "pider man" aka spider mad bed was at mamaw and papaws new hoooouse

Ashlyn sitting on her my little pony bed taking a break and reading a story before loading her toys onto the truck. I think she has the right idea. Let the men do the work!
Jak was excited to find the grabber thing that mamaw and papaw tried to hide from him....notice the word TRIED
Jak pestering Ashlyn enough to put her book down and take off running away from him
Even Hello Kitty gets a new room!!
Dad putting the couch back together in the new house so we can watch tv and relax for a bit

Today was a great, fun, beautiful family day!!! Jonathan had to work so the kids and I got up early and headed to mcdonalds to get breakfast for mom and dad and head over there to get most of the stuff that was left to move. Desiree and her husband Allen came over and brought my uncle Butch who just had quadruple (I don't think thats spelled right) bypass surgery about a week ago. He couldn't do anything but watch and cheer us on. I think it upset him because he is so used to helping do everything and always doing something. He is healing well and hopefully will be up to par soon.
We got almost everything moved except a few things out of the closets, mainly just clothes, so they are living there. still no kitchen but at least a bathroom and a bedroom. Seth and Hannah came by to play with the kids while Carrie helped us load up the truck. We got to the house and the kids played in the creek and somehow ended up finding a dog to play with. Luckily the dog had a tag so there wasn't the whole "can we keep him issue". good thing!!!

Ok,so to the streaking! I went to the store and got food to cook for everyone and got back to mom and dads house and was standing at the grill when Jak walks out and tells me that he had an accident. I was frustrated until he started to tell me that he had an accident because he was filling up a water jug with water....the sensation then took over i guess (lol). So, hes standing on the deck, I'm standing at the grill trying not to laugh and Jonathan is tellling him to take his clothes off and he will get him a fresh outfit. Jak starts to giggle and takes off running!!! Across the deck, down the stairs, through the side yard and to the front of the house. I am running as fast as I can to try to get ahold him all the while giggling at his little butt cheeks bouncing in the breeze!!!! He got in the truck and I got him out and wrapped my dishtownl around him and carried him back to the house and he took off again!! I just threw my hands up and told Jonathan "Tag you are it!" Needless to say, he ended up putting clothes on after daddy got him. Did I mention that Jak is a fast little runner!!

Very intresting night. Mom and dads neighbors are probably wondering what kind of neighbors are they?! The kids were worn out. They got home, we all got ready for bed and they were out in about 10 minutes! I love spring!

Tomorrow night is the cubbies awards program. I'm so excited that Jak is getting his 1 year award and that Ashlyn will be moving up to Sparks. I can't believe how big they are getting! Time goes by sooooo fast!

Jaks new word, by the way, is "actually" He uses it in almost every sentence. "actually mommy, I not tired, I sleepy" just for example :-)

He also found 2 new worms today...yeah, i'm soooo excited (sarcasm)

Ashlyn is getting closer to Kindergarten. I'm getting more and more nervous but she talks about it at least once or twice a week....before I know it she's going to be in first grade sniff, sniff!

well, jonathan is asleep on the couch and I don't seem to be a bit tired...think I'll sneak away for a trip to meijer. I am looking for ideas for my kitchen :-)

some pictures, not in a certain order

2008-04-24T18:48:00.001-07:00

Thunder over Louisville, My Indian friends Tushar and Ukshey

Jonathan and Tushar
Our awesome, warm view from the Harbours!!
Jak didn't mind the cold!

A night out with our friends!
Tushar teaching Ashlymn, Jak and Pryia how to do a card trick
They loved the view!
Alicia and Tushar
Jak and mommy!

Jak playing in the igloo that daddy built for him!
Getting ready for the snow!
even mamaw went sledding!
my little snow angel
MOM and I at the Lake on our way to the cave

Mamaw, papaw and Jak for his grandparents day at Christian Academy
the Kane family
Jonathan and his dad at the Kentucky game for James' birthday
awwww, gives me baby fever!!! jak loves baby Eli (jennifer Houge-Barnette's newest addition)
Jak ready for the snow!

Ashlyns valentines day celebration at school. She was a fisherwoman
Jak at his valentines day party with his friends

Before Jak fell off the bleachers during the grandparents day program
mommy and Jak, always a silly face!!

A "new-er me"

2008-04-24T09:39:00.000-07:00

So, after reviewing the agenda for our PIP Convention in Ft. Lauderdale I discovered that we are going to be attending a "Beach Party" I reviewed the agenda then I reviewed my wardrobe and body. At first I thought, "I could stand to lose a few pounds".....then I turned around and checked out the rear view and wanted to DIE!!! ok, maybe not die....but defitnally cry. That is what lead to the new....er me. I have since started running, doing work outs with one of those big balls...it's so cute...and PINK! I am determined to get the body back that I had last year. I REFUSE to look bad in my bathing suit! Plus, with Jonathan being a body buillder, I have to look good enough to hang on his arm :-)

On another note, Ashlyn lost another tooth! Funny story about it is that for some reason the tooth fairy came and left her a $1.00 but....didn't take the tooth!! how crazy is that! Needless to say, I thought I heard wings when I was in the shower...it was the fairy getting the tooth that she forgot last night.

Jak is super excited about spring time!! Bon fires, catching bugs, playing outside till dark...all that good jazz! He is obsessed with worms?!?! every night he comes in with a new one...the last one, named Jak Jak, fell out of his hand and landed in a hole in the ground and has moved on to better times than being stuck in the pocket of a 4 year old. LOL

I don't remember if I mentioned in the last blog how much fun our property is!! We had the Kaelin family out a week or so ago, (Tony, Sue and the kidos) and had a blast! We were grilling out and just having fun and then Jonathan built a huge fire for us and the kids roasted marshmellows, played with flashlights and checked out the creek. It was getting late and they all started to get tired so we headed back up. Jak was asleep in my lap by the fire in no time. I think Rhett wore him out. The funniest thing is that Ashlyn wanted to play with the boys. Micah was not impressed! Ashlyn got tired of the boys and they did play barbies for a little bit I think. They are so cute together. I can't wait to do it again sometime. Next time I will have more notice from Jonathan and put a post out and all my "fans" can come too!!

So, theres the last few eventful things in a nutshell. We are working on landscaping for the next week or so....ugh, flowers, grass clippings and pollen are not good for my allergies!

Oh, and Jonathan is looking into buying a lawn care business that he has been working with a friend- complete with landscaping, trimmings, cutting and all that Jazz. If anyone knows or needs someone to take care of the lawn this season or while they are on vacation or their honeymoon ;-) just let me know. He has great prices and does great work.

muah!!!!

a few days away

2008-04-14T18:07:00.000-07:00

So thursday night I left for Indy for bored (lol) meetings. I left after a CRAZY day at work and got home to Ashlyn freaking out on me about leaving. I kept telling her that it was only till Saturday and I will call as soon as I get there. Finally I had to shut the door and drive away with her in the driveway screaming "don't go mommy"....talk about heart broken. The funny part is that Jak is usually the one saying don't go and the only thing he wanted to do was to beat me with his new sword that he bought with his allowance. ahhhh, such a sweet boy!

I made it to the outlet mall with about an hour to spare and my main goal was to go to the Coach outlet and buy myself a nice purse with a piece of our tax return.....I ended up going to the wrong outlet mall and spending it on the kiddos at the Gap....and me :-) They have the cutest clothes!!! How dare I try to think about buying myself a purse when they had clothes on sale with 40% off!!!! Oh well, I will reward myself another time.

After a long drive and a rough day I made it to the hotel.....about an hour or so before mom and dad.....and noticed that there was a king size bed and a couch....yeah, i got the couch! it was actually a sofa bed but when unfolded it looked more like thick blanket instead of a mattress. I was ticked...i soon got over it after whining a bunch. Oh, and do anyone of you deal with men who snore?!?!?! This is new for me because my husband doesn't...THANK YOU GOD! after finally getting to sleep on the horrific mattress I was woken up by the pigs on the farm next door....oh wait, those weren't pig snorts....IT WAS DAD! If it weren't for my mom being a witness, I would've killed him.....it was torture.....worse than torture!! arg, I can't think about it because it makes me mad!

On to Saturday....we are getting ready to go to lunch when I get a call from a customer saying that their job that was delivered was wrong and they needed them asap....oh, and they are located in Illinois....luckily enough the owner of the PIP in Indy Pendelton Pike was willing to go into work and run the job for me....mom and dad drove it to the customer....when will being an owner really pay off?!?!?

I finally made it back to thunder with a few hours to spare. This was the first year that we took the kids and they loved it! it actually worked out great because we got invited to the Harbours with some of our Indian friends. No worrying about bundling up for us! Ashlyn walked back in after the first firework shot off and watched through the glass doors while Jak was amazed at the colors and shapes. I'll upload pics as soon as I get them out of my camera.

Yesterday was granny's birthday so we went over there for dinner and fun times then Jonathan took the kiddos to cubbies while I stayed at home with an icepack suffering from a major headace.

Today Ashlyn and I went on a field trip with her class to see "If you give a pig a party" It was tooooo cute! She loved that mommy went with her to the play and then we had Ashlyn and mommy day complete with going to old mcdonalds, mommy's work, the accountants, then back home. She is way too easy to please sometime. We had a great time!

Well, thats about it in a nutshell, how many of you have given up on me and are just now realizing that I have gotten back in the blogger mode?!?! :-)

blessings!!

Thanks Maria

2008-04-09T16:35:00.001-07:00

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2008-04-09T16:34:00.001-07:00

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Being a mommy

2008-04-08T18:51:00.000-07:00

is scary sometimes. You always want to protect your children and keep them from harms way. You feed them right, teach them respect, not to talk to strangers, listen to what they are told and even go as far as touching the chest of your infant to make sure they are breathing correctly....it's natures way of saying that we care about the overall well being of our children and it is our natural instinct.

Natural instinct is a strong thing for me. I've always had it in a sense of I know when people that are a part of me are either in some sort of danger or I just need to double check on them. I'm by no means a mind reader or psyic or whatever just very into my instincts.

With that I have always been a very vivid dreamer and don't necessarily read a lot into dreams but some of them totally freak me out. Last night I had the scariest dream. Actually it was a nightmare. I won't go into the details because it makes me cry but the whole thing was that someone came in and murdered Ashlyn and I. I heard something break and hid Alexander in his room and he ended up witnessing the whole thing and my dad found us. I have never had a dream to where I could remember the details like this one. The jammers that Jak was wearing, he noise of something breaking, the phone ringing because I didn't show up to work and no one knowing where I was. Second scariest part of it is that Judy, my mother-in-law, was telling me that she had a same dream last night that someone had murdered the kids. I know that dreams are dreams and not reality but how else do you respond to this besides prayer and tears??!? I am hoping to get some sleep tonight but I am unsure that it will happen.

So, I am a little distrought about the whole dream thing and in a bit of a daze sitting on the porch looking at a magazine this evening after the kids and I get home and after a few minutes I realize that I am in total silence. as a mother I have learned that silence is only good if the kids aren't there or if they are sleeping. So, I get up and walk to the back yard and start to yell for the kids....no answer. I go to the edge of the woods and yell more, no answer. I start to panic....I go to the other side of the house to the edge of the woods where the waterfall is and still no answer. I am in panic mode hard core at this point. I run to the house, get the keys to the truck and start to head across the property when I see the dog running at me. Ok, I think to myself, kids are coming up the hill. No kids, no answer when I yell. Finally after a few seconds (that felt like minutes) Jak comes running up the side of the hill telling me that sissy is stuck and needs help. I take off running through the woods and mud in flip flops to find ashlyn holding on to a tree for dear life and crying for help. She is on the opposite side of the waterfall that is a rock wall and filled with debret from the storms and covered in mud. I cross the rocks very carefully to get to her and calm her down and bring her back to safety at the side of the creek where she belongs. My first reaction was to shake her and ask her why she was even near the creek but the only thing I could do was cry and hug her and thank god that he watched over her. On the way up the hill she explains to me that she let mercades off her lead and she ran off and Ashlyn was trying to catch up with her so she wouldn't get lost. I calmly got her back to the house, out of the wet clothes and in the shower. After shower time we had a long discussion about water, the creek, how Mercades is replaceable and she isn't because God only made 1 Ashlyn and we can never have another one just like her and I think that it scared her so much that we won't have this type of problem again....at least for a LONG time!

I think if I were a cat with 9 lives I would have lost 8 the moment I saw her on the other side of the waterfall. My heart at that moment just dropped to my feet and everything around me went blank. The only thing I could think as I was crossing was "please Lord, don't let her fall, please lord, don't let me fall". Thankgoodness he was there watching here.

So, listen to the little voices that tell you something is wrong, don't read too far into your scary dreams and kiss your loved ones before they lay their head down, and don't forget to say your prayers for God to protect you and thank him for the blessings and watching over you each day.

-Alicia

ahhh, Spring is in the air!

2008-04-07T16:54:00.000-07:00

I just love spring!! Warm weather, pedicures and open toe shoes, dresses with no pantyhose, flowers in bloom...and sneezing!! I hate the allergies that go with spring! I was sooo excited to cut the grass. I know that sounds a little stupid but I love working in the yard and having a freshly cut lawn. Keep in mind that we have a total of 12 acres that we have to cut so that make it sound even more stupid but ohh well. So yesterday afternoon I go to my grandmas and my parents volunteer to take the kids with them and have them help pick up sticks in GG's yard so I go home and cut grass. Not thinking I cut for 3 hours. After getting done I notice that i am having a little trouble breathing...then the sneezing and headace come on after I get home from AWANA. Needless to say, by the morning, I was stuffed up, my throat was sore and scratchy and I had a HORRIBLE headache. I am so blessed to be working for a family business...not many bosses would be understanding when you text the boss and tell them you'll be in when you can because you wanted to cut grass lol.. Thanks mom, boss of the year soooo goes to you!!
I did finally feel better and made it in. My voice got back to normal after about 2ish and I was good to go.

Tomorrow we have a party at Jak's school. It is actually his "ressurection" party. They had it planned it for last Tuesday but the room parents' kids were sick so we had to reschedule. I am so blessed to get to send my children to a school where they celebrate holidays for the real reasons (Christmas and Easter) instead of having a "Spring" or "Winter" party. God is good!

So, not a lot going on. The kids have been battling being sick on and off, finally I think we are off. The snot is running clear and not green so thats a good sign! haha, that sounds so gross!! ahhhh motherhood...It's not nearly as glamourous and imagined eh?!

Mom, dad and I leave for Indy on Thursday night for board group meetings so the kids and Jonathan are going camping in the back yard. If I was a gambling woman I would bet that they end up sleeping inside because sis is like me when it comes to weird animal sounds. Camping to me is sleeping in the back of my truck at a campsite where I can drive to a bathroom lol.

Say a little prayer that we make it there and back safely. I will be coming back mid evening Saturday so that I can join Jonathan and Jak for Thunder. Ashlyn hates fireworks so she has already informed her granny that she will be staying the night at her house. We are going to our Indian friends condo at The Harbours so we are sooo excited...no crowd fighting and not a bunch of craziness. We will see how Jak does..I am having my doubts because he doesn't care for loud noise. Should be quite intresting.

Jonathan will be going to 2 weddings Saturday too so that kinda cracks me up. He's not a wedding type I guess you could say so 2-in-1 could mean I will never be attending a wedding with my husband again.....we shall see how he does :-)

well, DWTS is on, Ashlyn needs a bath, Jonathan is going to dinner with a friend that is in from Texas to visit, Jak is driving me CRAZY to get on the computer and I am wooped!

I do have pictures, I promise I will get them on here asap.

I guess I have to mention that when I have been at work...I've been working, barely enough time to blog stalk....thats unusual for me.....

:0)

Blessings!!

"joke joke"

2008-03-31T13:46:00.000-07:00

ahhhh, the famous words of Brother Sonny Jones!!! I didn't lie (BETH!!!) .......I had issues...lol, we all know I have issues but heres the story=

ok, so I did promise pics...I was sooo excited too update on all the new things!!

THEN I got home, got everything ready- meaning my sweet tea, camera, kiddos in bed, and Jonathan occupied for at least a 1/2 hour....went to plug in my camera to my laptop (because it doesn't have a port for the card) and my cord is long gone....at work.

so, here I am at work...working....actually blogging and watching mom work and listening to my machine run and as soon as I get my stuff caught up in graphics I am going to do some uploading...just don't tell mom....haha

wooooooo hooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-03-28T16:15:00.000-07:00

Ok, I have remembered my password!!!! I promise that when I get home...since I am still at work....I will update my blog!!!! Instead of doing a bunch of different days I'll give months in review by pictures :-)

recap of this past week really fast:

Alicia works too much when Diane is out of town because her mom makes her ;-)

Ashlyn lost her first tooth on Easter!!! How lucky is she! the toothfairy and the easter bunny in 24 hours, sheesh!!!

We had to put down one of our cats today...I don't really like the cat....but I felt really bad!!! I was the one taking him to the vet and the whole way there he kept crying and I just kept telling him "Oh, Chubaka, you are sooooo silly, you will be home soon, they are just going to remove your manhood" then I would giggle.....then Jonathan tells me that he's not comming home....yeah, talk about guilt!! Turns out he has feline aids. He was a stray so we have no idea where he got it or if he was born with it or what. Just say a little prayer for out other cats: Trouble (my cat for almost 15 years), Billbo Baggins (Jonathan's other outside cat), Princess Baby Cleopatra...Cleo for short (ashlyn's inside cat), Mr. Spooks & Mr. Tinkles...our inside cats....we have to get them tested to ensure they are not infected or sick. wow....I'm turning into the old cat lady......yikes!!! Oh well, I am surrounded by love...espically when I bring them food!

Ashlyn is showing signs of getting the flu...PLEASE Pray!!!! I can't stand it when my babies are sick!!!

Jak is just as cute as ever!

Oh, and we now have pet salamanders......GROSS....o the things your husband will do to make your kiddos happy......I live in a zoo!!! lol

ok, so I am now going home so that I can spend time with my fam since I am starting to forget what they look like after working sooooooo much!!!!

I will post pics tonight!! PROMISE!

thank you jesus...

2007-12-16T18:55:00.000-08:00

for our food ,for our friends and family too
Thank you Jesus
for all you do
thank you God,
AMEN!
this is sung, not said and the tune is the same as the awana cubbies song....so adorable!!

That is the kids prayer they learned at CAI. I love it, they love to pray at dinner time now and if we are out to eat and don't remember Jak is the first to correct us. Its so precious because he usually doesn't want people to hear him sing but when it comes to this prayer song he never forgets, just like elanor the elephant I guess, haha. yeah, so anyways, we were at mamaws apartment the other sunday and he said he didn't want to say prayer so dad started, well after Jak realized that papaw wasnt saying it the way that it was supposed to be done he interrupted the prayer and said his own...then hiccuped in the middle.

The kids just seem like they get smarter by the day....its crazy!!! Ashlyn is a genius, I swear. and BEAUTIFUL, those eyes get me almost every time....almost :-) She went on an adventure with her granny, mamaw and mommy today. we went to see Nutcracker. It was great!!! she was sooooo well behaved and fascinated by everything, espically the fairies:-) then she stated that she wants ballet lessons....we will see.
Her new fav pass time is being on the computer. I no loger have access to my laptop until after 9 pm lol. she loves playhouse disney.com and the cartoon network site. it craks me up because she knows how to enter a username and password that has been set up and if you try to do it for her....watch out!!!! she is her mothers daughter.

We had our Christmas party for PIP/Bethlehem saturday. it was soooo much fun!! everyone got all dressed up and it was just a great time. Santa even made a guest appearance. Ashlyn got a hannah montanna barbie that sings...drives me nuts but it will grow old in a month or 2. she got the song memorized after 3 minutes I tink....it took me a day lol. she loves to sing! Hopefully she gets up and sings at the christmas program on the 20th...we'll see. if not oh well. I would share some pics from the party and the kids but i am suffering from broken camera syndrome and hate to go spend more money on a camera right now but i feel lost with out one......i am tempted to do it but i have to look at the budget first...BOO! oh well, i guess i could always borrow the one from work......lol until i leave it at home and someone needs it and i get in super duper trouble for being irresponsible. i think ill spend the money :-)

well, i am ready for christmas. seeing the play at church made me anxious to see my family and share memories. it was soooo cute! i have to say it was weird seeing gary allen in the choir instead of leading....hmmmmmmm, different!

well, MERRYCHRISTMAS everyone!!!!

oh, something i forgot.....Jak is a total mommas boy. I LOVE IT! he would rather go shopping with me than hang out with the boys, go to mcdonalds, hang with papaw or even stay the night away from me. I have mixed felings about this right now....i love the fact that he want to tekt me as he would say (protect) but i mean, seriously, I wanna go to the tanning bed for 20 mins and he just cries and then i feel bad for leaving him at home with his daddy. call me selfish if you may but im going to go nuts if he does this for the next 18 years!! Ido have to say that i love it though...hes my lil man and hes a good boy. i shouldn't complain because in the next few years he probably won't think he needs me anymore...ok, i take it all back, forget my 20 minutes of me time and give me a bed full of stuffed animals, a bowl of popcorn and toy story movie 3x in a row mixed with a lil jak and i am in heaven :-)

thank you jesus for all you do, thank you god, AMEN!

TGIF :-)

2007-11-16T12:38:00.000-08:00

and I'm not talking about the one on 4th street :-)

I have to say thank you to all who sent me encouraging words, you are all so sweet.

Other than today being hectic and nutty it wasn't bad....I would much rather be blogging like this lady....what could you honestly focus on....honestly!!!! I would maybe be playing spider solitare or something...but work...DON'T THINK SOOOOO,

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!! We are going to be super busy between girls night, a wedding and a yard sale (haha, that would make for a great movie title) tomorrow and a baby shower on Sunday....maybe I'll call in sick on Monday..

JUST KIDDIN' Jess and mom.....or am I.....time will tell.....ok, everyone pray that I don't jinx myself and get sick now, I haven't the time!!!!

<3>

excuse me for a moment!

2007-11-15T14:33:00.000-08:00

while I scream!!! I get soooo tired of things not going my way. I know thats selfish but please listen while I moan and groan for a bit....oh, and while I'm blogging...every time you see the *** that means machine jam...this will give you some insight to my frustration...and some humor to myself!

I love my job, not many people can say that. I like working with my family, my friends and the new friends that I have made along the way. I don't like it when my machines break, when people break my machines (just kidding jess and KQ :-) ***and when they just plain don't want to work. Its quite humerous at times. I think that our repair man thinks I am insaine because while he is fixing one I am threatning to break the other. ***Hes not too cool with the whole "copier abuse" issue that I have. Honestly though, why can't things just work?!?!?! It all started Thursday:***

I stayed home from work cause my*** lil Jak was sicky. We had a great day besides the whiiiiiiiiing!! (I don't know where he gets that!!) So I call the office to give mom my "to do" list. I am talking to her when she breaks the news*** to me that my motherboard in my computer crashed. *** AHHHHHHH! NOOOOO is what I say to myself. Luckily I know the owners will take good care of me and get me a new one or set me up something that will work for a while until mine gets back. Friday I go in....I was a lil bored..I had both kids and I was frustrated. Needless to say I occupied myself with being out of the office and running errands and seeing customers. It wasn't too awful. So I get back late friday and go to do the EOD paperwork and nothing wants to add up....grrrr.... oh welll, mom fixed it for me so I could go :-) Saturday we had our floors waxed and redone so I had to be there to let the guys in..no biggie...saturday night I go up to check on stuff and reset the alarm and about die tripping over everything that was out of place....I laugh it off and go on.

Monday: dunt dunt duh!!!!!! I dressed skanky since I knew that we would be moving a desk so that I could have more room......It wasn't so bad since my Uncle Butch had to get dirty. I think people were a little frustrated since the whole office was out of wack but thats how it goes. One thing that is for sure to happen is change at our shop. Besides, I DIDN'T have a computer to work on, until about 3pm.

Tuesday: I hate vista....for those who like it, may God bless you! Nuff said, it makes me want to scream***!!!!!

After being here from 7:15ish till 6:30ish...I was done!

Wednesday: NO COMPUTER on the network. I tried to work...really...but just couldn't get anything done! I had to walk away :-) we had a dinner for the November b-days at work so I burried my sorrows in green beans, corn, taco dip, chicken, brownies, dumplins, cake, diet pepsi, deviled eggs, and pasta salad and rice steak stuff. Yah, it was worth it! Finally after the computer guy was working on it for like 6 hours he had no answer and left me to be mad!*** Oh, and the machine called for a maintenance call in the middle of a rush job for Cara & Beth...grrrrrrrr

Thursday (today): YAH!!!!! I have the network!!! I can't print anything.....but I can work!!!!! until everything went wrong....as soon as Diane leaves (yah, it's her fault j/k) the machine won't run my job in the right colors for Christian Academy...I have to RUSH a sample to new albany, tell her whats going on...find a solution to meet thier standards...and get back and run it on the slowest machine on earth!!!!! So, while I'm gone, two of my lovely ladies try to help me and run a job.....lol, they tried. I love em, nuff said (it really wasn't their fault but don't tell) so my reapir guy comes back, fixes 1 machine while i kick the other***

now here I am sitting listening to both machines run and have a smile on my face thanks to the applesauce cake provided by SHerry and the DP from mom :-) Hopefully I make it home in time to see my kiddos, read our bible story;tonight's noah's ark, go over our verses for cubbies and school, say our prayers and watch Grey's. Time will tell.

It's funny though...I have to laugh because I refuse...REFUSE to let this machine get the best of me......God grant me patience***

Halloween

2007-11-07T06:27:00.000-08:00

Halloween, oh what funny things we see....witches hats, cole black cat's, broomsticks, goblins, mice and rats!!!!!

That is what mom used to sing to me and now I sing it to my little ones. Ashlyn thinks its hilarious and JAK says to stop singing :-)

Lots have not been going on.....I have been working and playing....Same ol stuff with the kiddos.

They love Cubbies and school and the new dog and the property. LIFE IS GREAT!

Enjoy some spooky pics of the kiddos!
Happy Halloween!!
Princess Ashlyn and Princess Dia, Bj's pitt bull
Superman and Snow white...awwwwwww
Sis doing her curtsey...her dress kept getting caught in her shoes and finally ripped :-(
see my cape?!
Popps, Ashlyn and daddy

GGma and Ashlyn playing solitare
GGpa, Ashlyn and Fuzzy Bunny, GGma and Crazy Jak

Jaks ready to go home
Ashlyn is sleepy after all that trick or treating

princess Dia

may I have some candy PUUUHHHLEASE

I just wanted 1 pic.....

The zoo was awesome!

So cute! Before Jak got his picture taken there was a couple with a tiny baby so Foina sat on the throne. When Jak walked up for his pic he kept telling here that he was a big boy and wanted to sit by himself.....sorry princess, theres a king in town :-)

I'm not sure what hes telling him but I don't think hes listening
What do you mean theres no more Trick or treating?!?!?!

Jak snapping his fingers and dancing to the music

ooooohhhhhhh, can I touch it?!?! Look at that Grin!!!

thanks Megan!

2007-10-18T14:19:00.000-07:00

20 things about me:

1. I hate mornings

2. I love being woke up with kisses from JAK, he's so sweet!!!!!

3. I'm always late and always will be

4. I call my friends that are girls "sis"

5. I can't go long without texting Jen Jen and Erin

6. I love the way Ashlyn sings her cubbies songs while sitting criss cross applesauce cubbie style

7. I love the way that Jak says "Godidwub" instead of "God is Love"

8. I love working with my family

9. My mom is my best friend

10. I can't wait till my parents are my neighbors....I'll NEVER HAVE TO COOK

11. I don't cook :-)

12. I love to be suprised by friends

13. I'm a hopeless romantic but am never romanced :-(

14. I have 56 pairs of shoes, seriously

15. I quit biting my nails for 5 months.....now I'm starting over

16. I love the way Jak tells me I'm a "hottie" I have no idea where he got that

17. I love the way Ashlyn wants to read every night or play a game together

18. I love hats!!!!!

19. when I get stressed, I put things in a pink box and send them to God

20. My grandparents got me the best present for my 25th birthday!!!!! its a secret :-)

well, there you go. That was actually kinda hard. There is so much more to a person than 20 things. wow, kinda makes you think about things.

Thanks Megan!
xoxoxo

what did I do before I had a digital camera?

2007-10-15T18:46:00.000-07:00

So, for some reason while I am uploading photos it keeps kicking me into "work offline" mode. I am so frustrated that I give! Here are 5 of the pics I seemed to get done. I will post more of the last few events as soon as my computer is being stupid lol :-) A lazy Sunday at moms. this is our GGpa
Ashlyn and Jak made a new friend. Jak kept saying that there were 2 Rogers but I think he just wanted more snacks and juices
I love to take pics of myself. They usually turn out about like this but I duno, I'm crazy
This is Jak showing off his big muscles

After a long hard day...this is what I LOVE to see...how precious is that!!!!!!

why o why

2007-10-02T19:24:00.000-07:00

you know, life is funny. That is how I Have to look at it right now. I've been so stressed out about the vehicle situation (Jonathans engine blew up and is going to cost a fortune, my rear end difrencial is going out on my truck so that'll be another chunk o moolah, I washed Jonathans cell phone in the washer and then dried it Jak ruined my phone and now I can't text, ,listen to the mp3 player on my phone or even send pics, the tractor has a flat and I need to get that repaired, I need to find a chimney sweep, and i could seriously use a maid!

Shew, so....you want it, you got it! My grumpiness is being revealed. It is driving me nuts!!! I mean, even at yoga! I am there in body but for the life of my I can't find my center and focus! I stared like a deer in the headlights at an apple for an hour and never really found it. All these issues are just zooming in and out of my head!

Good news? I have to listen to mom! Say It is what it is! listen to Dr. Godsey "put it in a pink box and send it to God" My massage therapist, "You have got to quit storing your stress in your neck" I just keep telling myself that I can do anything, as long as I ask God to help me. If I can find a mechanic, figure out what the thingamagigger on my truck is that is broke, go 2 a super spooky area of town and stand in a junk yard and try to act tough and look like I know what I'm talking about all the while looking at my toes saying "eeeeewwwww" to myself because I am totally afraid that I'm going to get dirty then bargian with a man who defitnally needed a breath mint, get deliveries done, get back to work then get everything done in time for yoga. I am invensible! ok, i lie, I could possibly break down in the pile of laundry and just cry at the drop of a dime!

So, woe is me at this moment but like gas, this too shall pass (haha, I made a funny)
but no really, I'm super stressed but I have found that by the time I get home, get the kids fed, get baths and go over our Cubbies book and hit the sack. I still find 2 sweet reasons to smile.

Oh, but that is a whole other situation that I will discuss another day......Ashlyn is turning 5! Its actually the year of 5's! Sissy 5, Alicia 25, mom 50! super cool!

good night all and God Bless!

you know it's time to update when...

2007-09-30T06:23:00.000-07:00

Your co-workers keep asking where the pictures are of them
Tim Allen punks you out at your own Yard Sale (thanks Tim)
Your mom asks if your computer is broke
and the list goes on.....
so Heres the recap-

Lots of stuff happening....just nothing fun or worth blogging I guess.

We were sitting outside on Friday and Ashlyn and Alexander kept asking to go say HI to some neighbor kids so I told them sure! I thought it would be a good time for them to make 3 new friends (all girls btw, JAK was psyched!) and give me an excuse to meet one of the neighbors. So the little girls come over to play and then we all end up over at the neighbors house standing outside talking....I guess I was paying too much attention to Debbie, my neighbor, and not JAK cause he sprayed me with the water hose. I WAS SOOOO MAD! It was freezing outside and I had already told him to put it down at least a dozen times (the youngest gal kept getting it out) so as I am trying to get away from the water he got me and my phone soaked! Needless to say, I have to make a trip to the Sprint store to get a new phone now. BOO! I love my phone but for some STUPID reason I didn't get the insurance on it (we did on Jonathans but not mine) so looks like its back to el-cheap-ol-no-fun-phone! oh well, it is what it is..

Saturday we had a BIG Scare! I was gone allll day with the yard sale and then had my massage at 5 so by the time I got home the kids were all about mommy! Well, Ashlyn kept wanting BJ to help her on the monkey bars and he was trying to show her how to do it and when he grabbed the 1st bar it broke in his hands! Great! Thats what we needed I thought. Then without even thinking she gets up to go on the 2nd bar and it breaks! She fell straight down and laned right on her back. I literally watched the whole thing happen and within seconds was at her side. Jonathan was over by the shed and he just heard her Trying to scream so he runs over, BJ was on the porch and saw me jump up and run so he runs over to see what happened and JAK is just standing there wondering what happened to his sister! It was horrific! She couldn't breathe so she couldn't calm down. Then she starts to turn blue around the lips.....I couldnt believe that I wasn't freaking out! By the end of the venture she was dipping marshmellows into chocolate ovaltine and talking about how bad her back was hurting. After some TLC, motrine and spongebob cartoons she fell fast asleep. It was so scary! The thing that got me was that after all this happened and she got cleaned up and ready for bed she asked to pray. So, held her tightly and we said a prayer and asked God to take the pain away and wrap his arms around her and protect her through the night. I love the fact that she has a relationship with God. It helps that she goes to CHristian Academy and Cubbies. I hope that every time she gets a boo boo she prays :-)

so, that was our weekend and the others are here and gone and I don't remember anything intresting that happened with the so enjoy pics from moms party at work!

The Family (Ashlyn was a school)
Priceless, that is the only word that comes to mind!
she was so happy!

Even our man David wore the 50 & Still Smokin Hot T's for moms party
Jak and his balloons
ok, so, this is Nick. No its not his baby it's Jackson, Jessica's baby. But ladies, he's single, he's a hard worker and an all around great guy! He'll make a good booyfriend!!! :-)
Alicia, you planned a great party! I loved hearing that part! This is the whole Bethpac-PIP gang!
The famous 3-wheeled Bike that Jak and Ashlyn LOVE for their papaw to ride them around in. Since he had just had surgery it wasn't possible for him to give a ride except in his wheel-chair

Alma, Juanita and Susie. Master cooks!
Jak and Nick on the forklift! He loves the forklift!! and so does Jak :-)
our little pipper Jackson! such a sweet baby!!
Ms. Mary and Diane

Jak and Jackson, BF! They were so cute. Jak kept trying to hold him and kiss & hug him. so precious!

AIN'T IT NIFTY

2007-09-04T19:01:00.001-07:00

VICKY DENNEY TURNED 50!!!
I actually got to work early so I could decorate her office! It was fun....now I have to go in early again tomorrow to take it all down though, oh well. It was soooo worth it! She was defitnally suprised. Mom, Judy (my mom-in-law) and I also started Yoga tonight! it was great. I'm intrested to see how mom feels in the morning because she did the double doozie and started water aerobics too!

Mom's fancy smancy office that yours truly and Diane happily decorated. I didn't get to see her face though because I had to go do a pick up and then meet a customer to go over a job :-( Diane said she loved it!
oh, and this is moms new Lexus SC430 that she got!!! SO HOT!!! I'm hoping that she will let me drive it someday in my lifetime.

Did I mention its SOOOO HOT!!!! It's got all kinds of cool buttons and it is a hard top.

I am so glad that I have a wonderful role model to look up to. I'm not just bragging so I can drive your car in 10 years, I'm serious. Mom, I hope you had an awesome birthday and I love you. You are the best mom and friend that I could ever hope for and I pray that Ashlyn and I have the same "talk about anything" relationship and friendship that you and I have. You have been an inspiration and an Angel to me and I truly thank God for you. I love you mom!

Alexander and GGpa watering his "mater pwants" aka tomato plants
I'm not sure if Ashlyn is teaching GGma how to play solitaire or if GG is teaching Ashlyn
Ashlyn trying to be sneaky and play in the water after I told her 100000 times not to. ain't she cute!

Momma, u sweepin? is what I heard....then I found this on the camera after the blindness wore off :-)
I was trying to take a nap till a lil man wanted his momma :-)
our non-labor labor day celebration. It was fun!! Look at all those beautiful eyes on Ashlyn...can we say heartbreaker?!?!?!?

pics from the wedding

2007-09-04T18:46:00.000-07:00

Before the wedding

Jonathan and Kevin

Amy and I
me asking Jonathan, "do we realllllly have to go to the after party...I'm tired?"
ok, I'm changed and ready to go...

I just love this new shirt! The back of it was so cute I just had to take a pic

ahhhhh, the week-end has come to an end

2007-09-03T09:48:00.000-07:00

and so has my sleeping-till-I-want-to kick! Jonathan for the past 4 years has always let me sleep on saturdays and just gotten up with the kids. well, things have now changed. For instance: it's almost 1pm and I have been up with the kids helping them all morning while Jonathan studies and does his homework for the week to come. I want to take the kids to go run some errnds but I'm still not up for changing out of my VS Sweatsuit :-) so, what we did this weekend-

Friday- I had to work late to get a job out for the booster club that I was hoping would be done in time but as usual with all the other Pirate Pride jobs, it didn't go smoothly. the booklet maker was putting them together crooked, the staples weren't aligned correctly and then I messed up a few while face trimming them. Its funny to me cause people think, "oh, they just come off a machine ready to go", HA! if they only knew......
after finally getting that done and going home to get the blood, sweat and tears washed off I had to meet Jonathan and the kids at his moms for shopping. we were going to a really fancy wedding and he had to buy a suit. Long story short-he went shopping alone and I took the kids home. I got off easier than he did (me tinks)

Saturday- was the big day. I had TONS of stuff to do. Ashlyn and I overslept and almost missed out mani-pedi day with mamaw so we jumped out of bed, threw what clothes we could find on and ran to the salon. She loved getting her nails done!!! Yeah, mom and I have created a monster! After that I had to run back to c-town to drop off sis then run back to Jeff to tan, get a card, pick up some RX so I hopefully would't get a headache and so on... got that done, stopped by OMD's (Ol McDonalds in the Kane household) for lunch for the family, jetted home, ate real fast, got our bags packed and off to drop off the kids. I ended up just taking a shower and getting ready at the Seelbach so that I wouldn't be rushed. It worked out great, Jonathan and Kev stayed away so that I could "purdy" myself up.

The wedding was beautful and Jonathan got to see a lot of friends that he hasn't seen since HS. I made friends with a gal named Amy but after she dropped her 2nd wine glass I found myself back with the guys...I didn't want anyone to think it was me!!!! So, we danced, ate and made merry and then went upstairs to change for the after party! Let's just say it was a long night and my feet are blistered from walking and dancing!

Sunday-Jonathan slept most of the day while I hung out with the kiddos and we went to the grocery. I think that I will opt out of taking BOTH kids because after walking down the 3rd aisle and hearing "I WANT" about 3 million times I had to say a silent prayer to myself to not beat my head against a shelf over and over! I think its funny cause I'm never tempted to "beat" my children......just tempted to smack myself. LOL after that dramatic scene I went home and didn't do anything the rest of the night....lazy!

Today- I'm doing the same thing I did last night with the exception of cooking at least 2 times. I should do more than the laundry but I dk, it seems just as over-rated as cutesie wootsie toes ;-) well, if I don't feed these kids soon they are going to turn into monsters!!!!! I'll post pics tomorrow of the wedding and kids!

happy monday/labor day to all! <3

ahhh, nothing much to say except

2007-08-29T19:50:00.000-07:00

I think that painting your toenails is totally overrated. I mean, seriously! I took mom and sis to get a mani the other day and we didn't have time to do a pedi so I have just been dealing with my half-there french on my tootsies and tonight I was finally over it!! The worst part about it is that I can't get my loving husband of 6 years to take my old polish off. I sure as heck aint gonna do it cause then I would mess up my nails and then I would just be disguisted. So, i simply decided to paint over the white with a red to match my nails and wouldn't you know that you can still see the white line!!!! Makes me so dern mad! I know that its stupid and I know I shouldn't worry but c'mon, I FINALLY quit biting my fingernails and I want them to look nice.. and although I haven't sucked on my toes since I was like 4 months old I still want them to look nice too. So, for all you out there that wish for pretty nails and toes that aren't married....make sure you find a man that will remove your toe-nail polish instead of doing his homework (JK, just for a min at least) and for those of you who have those men, you should give him a smooch!!

k-enough useless rambling about my not so cute flinstone feet! g'night ya'll!!

well, ok, i do have to say that when I was prego and going in to be induced for labor Jonathan did paint my tooties for me so that they weren't too bad when they were in the dr's face (haha, thats funny) BOTH Times! maybe I should have told him that I was pregnant

ok, so the post below

2007-08-26T19:09:00.000-07:00

I don't know what in the world is going on with it!!?!?!?!?!?! I't took away captions of the pics that I added later and wouldn't delete the paragraph that I wanted at the top so, sorry for the retartedness and read the update :-)

OMG, Alicia Finally updated!!!

2007-08-08T10:23:00.000-07:00

So, has any of you missed me? yeah- I'm sure you allll have...that is the 5/6 of you that actually read this...soo, heres the re-cap:
Lots of problems with migraines. I've been to the allergy dr., Dr. Godsey (LOVE HER) The Immediate Care Center, Saint Catherine ER, and the list goes on.....still no answer. I go for blood work and labs next week so hopefully they will find out what is going on with my head. We will see how dr. G's RX goes sometime soon. She told me that I need a massage....like I said...LOVE HER!
The house is moving along slowly but surely. We will be complete by this week-end because we are having a family reunion. I finally got my new french doors (thanks daddy ;-) so we don't have to worry about smashed fingers. I willl post pics when everything is done, promise. I don't want to show you know because it's crazy with just stuff everywhere! there are pics of the kids room but thats about it :-)
so, we haven't done much...same ol same ol...we are planning a trip to Texas to see Tushar, Jonathan starts school tomorrow, the kiddos love going to CHristian Academy and life is swell!!

So, has any of you missed me? yeah- I'm sure you allll have...that is the 5/6 of you that actually read this...soo, heres the re-cap:

Lots of problems with migraines. I've been to the allergy dr., Dr. Godsey (LOVE HER) The Immediate Care Center, Saint Catherine ER, and the list goes on.....still no answer. I go for blood work and labs next week so hopefully they will find out what is going on with my head. We will see how dr. G's RX goes sometime soon. She told me that I need a massage....like I said...LOVE HER!

The house is moving along slowly but surely. We will be complete by this week-end because we are having a family reunion. I finally got my new french doors (thanks daddy ;-) so we don't have to worry about smashed fingers. I willl post pics when everything is done, promise. I don't want to show you know because it's crazy with just stuff everywhere!
there are pics of the kids room but thats about it :-)

so, we haven't done much...same ol same ol...we are planning a trip to Texas to see Tushar, Jonathan starts school tomorrow, the kiddos love going to CHristian Academy and life is swell!!

Tushars going back party at Capain's Quarters

everyone making silly faces, were stupid, we know
Jonathan and I at CQ dancing the night away :-)

So, has any of you missed me? yeah-

there are pics of the kids room but thats about it :-)

so, we haven't done much...same ol same ol...we are planning a trip to Texas to see Tushar, Jonathan starts school tomorrow, the kiddos love going to CHristian Academy and life is swell!!

so, I'll let the pictures do the talkin....

Alexander for his first day of school. He loves it when I wear my red-polka-dot dress so I did it just for him :-)
He didn't want to take a pic so I got him on the tractor in the driveway..so this is a 2-fer. one of the side of the house and a tiny piece of the back yard
Ashlyns first day of school, I dk why my kids don't want to take pics!!!! her shirt says "will trade brother for a pony" LOL
Ashlyn on the back deck showing off her pretty braids and new backpack. She just got most of her hair cut off so this is probably the last time her hair will be done like this for a few months

:-(

This is at Hardees before Holiday World!!!! too cute This is them on the way to Granny's to go to Holiday world...they were super excited!!
Mom, sis, Judy aka granny, and I all went to see Hairspray. LOVED IT! Ashlyn couldn't get over the fact that the mom was actually John Travolta in an womans suit.
Jennifer and i at Willies
Jonathan and I at Willies

sis cooling off with ice-cream at Holiday World
Jaks driving....watch out!
he likes the guns
he so excited....can't you tell?!?!?

she's at least faking a smile....it was soooooooo hot!

Jak and me before going out with Tushar

My BFF Nick, I love this guy!
sissy and I in the kitchen

whoops, more holiday world. Granny and I on the train, did I metnion that it was HOTTTT!

I know I know

2007-07-05T21:49:00.000-07:00

I haven't blogged because I have been sooooo busy at the new house. I have painted every night since Sunday. Mom I'm sure is saying the same thing. She has been there right beside me!pics? yeah.. My batteries are dead so I'm borrowing dads and I don't have a cord to plug into the computer so I have pics of her working on Ashlyn's "Butterfly Patch" but I will be sure to post as soon as I get time (hahhahahahaaa). I'm so excited about it I can't sleep!! I want to be there all day and all night getting it ready but thats not possible since I have to have some sleep and work :-)

I'm just ready to be there!

So, rewind:

Friday- Jonathan and I went to dinner at Hard Rock for our anniversary. Hard to believe it's been 6 years. We had fun, I suprised him with a new wedding band with Diamonds, He loved it!! My buddy Bill Carrico with Carrico Jewelers http://www.dreamscometruejewelry.com/ always gives me a great deal! Jonathan never saw it coming. I had Ashlyn help me give it to him :-)

Saturday-

Our official anniversary, I didn't even see Jonathan for more than an hour! Mom and I decided that since we are closing on the 15th (they now moved it to Friday the 13th) we better get to steppin! We went everywhere! Burlington, Home Depot, Value City, Goodwill, Tuesday Morning....and the list goes on.... anyway, we bought everything for mom to create the most awesome rooms for the kiddos. Ashlyn's is amazing and Alexander's is Cool as a fan. We had so much fun!! It's funny cause we were like little high school girls running around on a budgeted shopping spree. Bargains were intresting! we even had a kid climb a rack to get the perfect comforter (that we returned cause we found a better one ha!) with her mom's permission! I do have to say that I am enjoying spending so much time with mom. It's great to be able to just sit in a room paintin, sing along to the radio, chattin up while takin care of business. I love my mom, my best friend!oh, then we went to Founders day, saw lots of people, Alexander fell asleep during the Fireworks!

Sunday- paint paint paint-I think we worked on other stuff but I don't remember...that has to do with loss of sleep. Wayne and Nick Burgin stopped by to check it out...too bad they didn't bring painting clothes :-) We did however get Wayne to install a light that I messed up. We would've been in big trouble when the sun went down if he hadn't stopped by :-)

Monday- work, paint, pack, get frustrated with paint....The kiddos were there with us so it was a rough night as far as work went. They are ready to have their stuff there and things back to normal.

Tuesday- work, paint, paint, clean a little bit, paint...oh, and eat....a lot, mom and I ate cheesecake.....mmmmmmm & a midnight trip to Wal-Mart

Wednesday-Happy 4th of July!!!

PIP & Bethlehem chose to work on the 4th and be off on Friday so that we could have a long weekend. We had a big picnic! Wayne and Dave Pierce grilled and everyone brought a dish to eat. It was delicious! We always have the best food at our events!! Mom and I really don't cook but luckily we are surrounded by them!! (even David, Pipettes) LOVE IT! got off work early, went to home depot-AHHH I got a carpet cleaner for my birthday (it's in October) from mom and dad!! I was soooooo excited...I coundn't wait to use it! got some other things to go in the house, went to the house and painted.
Ashlyn wanted to stay with Granny again (jonathan's mom & dad) so he took the kids over there and came and while he was there recruited Kevin, his brother, to paint!! Kev is a great painter...he was a lifesaver when it came to the trim!!! Alexander cried that he missed his mommy and daddy so granny & popps brought him back to the house. It's crazy cause Ashlyn would stay the night every time shes allowed to somewhere...not bubby, he likes to be home! He likes to be with mommy & daddy....
Came home & packed!

Thursday-

That's today! 7 Days until we are in our new home! It kinda makes me cry...I was packing things in sis' room and I remember hanging some of those things 4 years ago when I was prego. This is were we have raised our children and brought them home and watched them walk and learn to do so many things! (ok, i'm crying now) but, we are moving to a place where we will make more memories and grow closer. Nothing like a creek to bring a family together.

Friday-

uh-huh yeah, go to home depot and buy PAINT!!!!! Then go PAINT the living room and PAINT the kitchen, then go PAAAAAINT the rest of the house....

ok, going loony, will update with pics as soon as i can :-)

1 more thing-

Thank you mom and dad for helping with everything for the house. You have been amazing and I am truly greatful <3

misc pictures!

2007-06-22T14:20:00.000-07:00

A day at the Louisville Zoo with daddy!

Ashlyn eating ceareal
Ashlyn choking Alexander at the zoo (his shirt cracks me up, it says "Just be Glad I'm not your kid...hahaha how true)

The Bald Gegle (Eagle) according to Jak and sis

Big And Rich Concert

On the moving sidewalk going to eat at Legends

Big & Rich food tenk YUM! :-)

Fathers day blessings

2007-06-17T17:13:00.000-07:00

Hooray it fabers day!! Those were the first few words out of bubby's mouth this morning when he woke up! hilarious! Then the kids went around to all our boy cats telling them hfd, uncle Bj got a HFD, our waiter, pretty much every man my kids saw today.....they are so cute. So, I didn't get to spend a lot of my time with my dad because he was playing baseball so mom took all of us to Olive Garden. It was soooo precious, before our food got there Alexander told everyone to hold hands so we could pray. So we all hold hands and bow our heads and he said his prayer, "Thank you god for my mommy, daddy, sissy, mamaw, my tractor..(and with mamaws help cause mommy was crying) our food that helps us grow" Tears started to flow. I was soooo proud of him!! I love that he understands that we have to thank God for the things that he has provided for our family. When I was always growing up and we sat down for dinner we always held hands during prayer so that "Our circle would be unbroken" It funny cause at times when someone wasn't there and our circle was broken I remember my heart being the same way.
So, with lots of laughter during dinner and a few serious discussions we had a suprise visitor. jonathan went to use the restroom and came back with Ms. Mackenzie!!(Ashlyns teacher from CAI) Ashlyn was speechless, she couldn't figure out how her teacher got out of school! (i guess kids think that teachers just live there and don't go out in public) The first thing bubby told her was "Me goin to school...and..uh huh...um... and me goin to Cubbies uh huh, and me gonna learn uh huh...." (I was correcting his grammer the whole time telling him to say "I'', "i'm") It was exciting to see Michelle and we were all thrilled.

Then we went to his parents and then off to the Great- Grandparents , aka GG

GG's was full of excitement...too much for me so daddy and bubby took off to the property to work and play in the creek. Ashlyn and I stayed in the A/C....we are spoiled!

So, all-in-all it was a very happy fathers day. I am so blessed to have a husband who loves his family more than anything in this world and wants nothing more than to spend time with them. I love you Jonathan and I thank God for you today and everyday!

Oh, I also need to give a big thank you to Amanda Bodkin. We had an issue with our sitter situation last night for our Anniversary plans and she came through like a hero!! We went to the Big & Rich concert at Caesars and it was awesome!! They sang the song "lost in this moment with you" and Jonathan and I danced like we were the only ones there. Then they sang a song for the Veterans and it brought people to tears. We ended the night with a nice dinner at Legends and then were back home and in bed by 10ish. What started out to be a terrible horrible no good very bad day ended up to be wonderful! It's hard to believe that at the end of this month its going to be 6 years.....WOO HOOOO, we did it baby!!!!

Thats it, I'll have to post pics tomorrow b/c Jonathan is pulling in and I am supposed to be cleaning the kitchen so he can bring in groceries.... <3

quick update

2007-06-15T14:30:00.001-07:00

while I am waiting patiently on mom to get her butt in gear and go shopping with sis and I, I think this is a good time to give a quick update on the house...

So, we counter offered the offer we got with 123,700 (if I remember correctly) with 1500 c/c and the 400 warranty. well, they came back and offered to do 125,000 (listing price) with 3,000 c/c and no warranty. We said "we'll take it"!!!!
The home inspector will be there Friday and then we will have an appraisal done and we will be good to go.....I'm so excited!!! Everything is just going so good with our life right now, Praise God and thank you to all who have kept us in your prayers!! Love to all, I'm going to DRAG mom away now....with the help of Ashlyn sayin "c'mon mamaw, Please can we go?!?!"

<3 the Kanes

A time for change...

2007-06-14T19:17:00.000-07:00

Hope ya got time.......

Ok, so, Jonathan and I aren't really the type of family that have a lot of "change" in our lives. Its funny cause I am the one who likes to do things on the drop of a dime and Jonathan likes a plan. It's our happy medium. So for the past 4 years life has been pretty much the same. Get up, go to work, same ol same ol. Well, now that the house is on the market we have pretty much ran smack dab into change. BIG CHANGE...here goes it

With moving into the new house soon our budget will change dramatically...in a good way :-)
Jonathan has made the big decision to leave Ford Motor Co. yeah... He will be taking a buyout package and his last day is tomorrow...We have always talked about how we wish that we could afford for one of us to stay home with the kids instead of having to pay childcare or give Jonathans parents the chance to be grandparents instead of "babysitters", they have watched both kids everyday for 2 years, taxied them places,running errands, back and forth to Christian Academy, etc. I am truly blessed to have them!
weell, Jonathan has always worked for Ford and never really thought that he would do anything else -withwhat Ford offers...why would you leave...but now he has decided that he would like to go back to school and do something for the better of himself. He has to go for 2 years to receive the benefits. He is actually really excited...I'm a lil sick in my tummy...It's just weird...6 years ago when we got married (6-30-01)things at Ford were perfect.....things have changed. We still get most of the benefits though, school is paid for, Insurance for 2 years, a cost of living income, time with the family, being a closer family. It's a choice that we feel will give him a chance to have a job that he enjoys instead of one that he dislikes completely....he will work part-time but will be focusing mainly on school....enjoying your job is just too important, he deserves to be happy with his place of employment!! We also want to work at being more "active" with their school, church and other activities...Our kids deserve it

The house:
Good news: we got an offer!
WOO HOO (thats what I said)
Bad news: they offered $7,500 less than asking...while expecting 3m in closing costs, immediate possession at closing, warranty on all appliances...
ME: "You got me trippin", are you serious?! No really, they have to be crazy
Good News: sent them a counter offer
Bad news: Their realtor is on vacation and we gave them till monday to give us an answer... I am not a patient person at all!!

Work:
Not too bad, mom and I are the "5'clock pipettes". we are closing the store everynight. I try to run jobs so that Diane in graphics can do her magic instead of having to jump up and run a job, fix jammed paper, sit back down to work on graphics and the duplo "beep beep beep"(argh! get up walk to duplo, hit red button hit green button, box, sit down and have it happen again, LOL, everytime) you catch my drift...back to 5CP, so mom does all the paperwork and I close out the drawer and shut off machines...I even filed...twice! It also gives us a chance to come up with great ideas or for her to tell me what needs to be done....I am so blessed to be able to have a wonderful relationship with my boss...and mom :-)
Jessica is taking some well deserved time off work before our little piplet arrives. She is constantly on her feet, placing orders, running jobs, running front counter, helping Kathy so that she can be out selling, laminating-you can always count on her. I WILL MISS YOU!! but really, I remember how hard it was to just be up when I was that prego! Plus, i think if 1 more of her customers says :"why, you're still here....when ya gonna have that baby?!".....someone may get hurt...(really bad)

Headaches: well, I had 2 good days and thats about that...today was horrible! Headaches+medicine=nausea....The medicines that i have tried so far have helped the actual pain go away but 1 knocks me out cold...for a day, one makes me sick to my stomach...why can't i just be normal....LOL it always makes me picture that of the part in "Kindergarden Cop" where Arnold swartzanager...yeah, totally off...says "I've got a headache" kid says, "maybe its a tumor" Arnold, "It's nad a tomah" I d/kwhy so don't ask...

so, thats whats up with the Krazy House of Kane, I am nervous yet excited about the change....It's funny cause when I was younger I always pictured myself marrying (dramatic music and screen blurs, lol) a man who would come home in his suit and put his breifcase down and talk about his day while I made dinner and yada yada yada....and I fell in love with someone totally different....funny how things change...Momma once said that Its funny that we try to plan our life.....God already has it done.
Thats what I love about momma! Instead I have a husband who cooks me dinner, takes care of our children, is willing to do something to better himself and his family, is willing to work with the whole in-law family, and love me when I turn my hair green (yeah, me to jessie, we need to start a support group) I've got it good I have to say!

alright, so please pray for us. Some say that we are crazy....hello, we met and got married within a year, had 2 kids in 2 years....what do you think?! But this is what we feel we are supposed to do with our life. I am looking forward to carpooling, lunches and smooches while working with my best friend. We just have to remember....we didn't plan it...it was already done...why question it?

This is for my blog stalkers...

2007-06-10T17:45:00.000-07:00

Ok ok, so You know you haven't blogged when: everyone at church tells you that you need to update, jess punks you out every day at work along with mom and then Beth.."ahem", then jess pinks you out on her blog...Nuff said Ya'll!

So, I am a retard a still cant figure out this computer thing. Every time I take my laptop to work and sign on when I bring it home it doesn't work....I dunno, it's me I'm sure. well, as the horrible blogger that I am I figure I'll give you pics with the play by play. Not much going on. Alexander went to the ear doc to get his tubes checked...he's got 1 left and it's doing swell. I go back to the doc tomorrow for my follow up on my allergy and headaches and then go again next week for my actual testing.....fun...I hate going to the doctors! Other than having a few episodes this week the migraines haven't been as bad as they usually are. I think I just need to stay inside for the rest of my life and live in a bubble....YEAH RIGHT We went to the BATS game Friday and had a blast. The Pink stuff that is glued to Ashlyn's face is cotton candy

Alexander camping in the truckJonathan and Alexander were on their way to the farm to camp and stumbled upon an injured turtle. It had a hook stuck in his mouth so Jonathan came to the rescue. He ended up letting it go in our creek....here we go!

No worries, It's just a paintball gun...

My handson nephew Brenden. He's a little sweetie!!
I don't know what he was laughing about
My brother-in-law Mark. He goes back to work in Iraq in a few days.
Sitting listening to the creek. It's so peaceful! I can't wait to live there...Sell house!!!
Mark, Brenden, Jonathan Kane. Check them out!
Ashlyn at Nolin Lake....she slept well that night
Ashlyn in the back of the Excursion gettin ready to party
Jonathan and I going to the drive in with bubby and friends
Alexander and Michayla (Jennifer's daughter)at the drive in on their first date! They are BFF
Men and Jen! BFF! we like to take pics like this
OK, I now know why the ducks crossed the road.....To get to TARGET!! Ashlyn and i were going to her granny and popps and had to wait for the ducks to cross. I thought sis was going to have an accident she was laughing so hard. Notice that some of the ducks are sitting. I told sis those were the men cause they would rather be duck soup than go shopping with the mommy ducks........I'm laughing so hard right now that I can barely type...
Just a cute little pic of my cute little man....and his giant smarties...at 7 am.....while it's 80 deg. and he wears long sleeves...
This is Jen and I trying to figure out if we should wear sun hats at the lake...they didn't match so we tapped out on that fashoion statment
Ashlyn on her way to Nolin Lake for Memorial Day
Ok, this gives me baby fever...C'Mon Jackson Heintzman!!

Welp, for those of you who missed me....I'm sorry, I will try to do better. For those of you who nagged me.......at least you read :-) LUV YOU ALL and Goodnight, peace out my homies, and ibby ibby (means c u on the flip side) to all others, smooches!

so what if I procrastinate

2007-05-21T19:18:00.000-07:00

and if I spelled it wrong!
I'm sitting here at work....it's 10:05 pm. Nuff said! I am waiting on the machine to spit out some books so that mom can bind them and I can do the trimming...what better time to do nothing besides blog. I have to admit....I have been on the internet surfing instead of updating. Did anyone miss me out there?!?!

I've also missed a TON of work lately due to headaches. BOO! They get so bad that I can't even function. I just lay in bed like a sak of taters and feel like death....I take that back, death has to feel better!!! Keep me in your prayers because so far we don't know what is causing them or how to keep them from getting worse. I go for an allergy test next week to see if I'm allergic to something.....hopefully its not dust, cause if it is...boy am I in trouble!!!
Enjoy some pics of this past week!

This is my new phone! ain't it cute!!! Now, if I could just figure out how to use it and put my music on it.....
Alexander racing with Andrew at CIC Cubbies
Jak going up slide...he's a rebel
upside down cheesy face
Ashlyn at Christian Academy after Field Day 07

Singing "America the Beautiful"
posing for a quick pic
hangin round

Ms. Mackenzie going over flash cards with the kiddos. They are all so smart
Ashlyn is soooo tall, she's gonna be my star!!!!
Ashlyn getting her award for graduating Junior Academy 3 at CAI
climbn up

Going fishing
me being sooooo at helping all the children! They were great! I was in charge of the flower pot booth..it was messy but fun!
Ashlyn and her flower pot
ok, so, if you look closely you can see dads legs flying up in the air...he got "bounced" on by alllll the kiddos in the dino jumper!! HILARIOUS!

Ms. Mackenzie getting her face painted at feild day
gettn dizzy!
Ashlyn at the Bubble Station
she is a bit of a loner sometimes
more fishin

Ashlyn doing laundry.....I love it!!!! She even folds and helps put away
Jak say'n "me wanna take a picture"
Ashlyn makin PB&J for lunch, she did great, she just isn't allowed to cut it in half
painting fun!
Ashlyn and Brylee, painting away

Hope you enjoyed!!!!

A Wonderful Day!!!!

2007-05-13T18:19:00.000-07:00

Today was just a wonderful Mothers Day! We went to church and then to the farm for a picnic. My rents were there along with my grandparents and Jonathans parents...even the brothers were there, Bj & Kevin!

Nothing like good food, good company, sittin around a fire listening to grandpa tell stories! It was the best feeling! Enjoy the pics, espically the ones of the snake...

This is what Ashlyn made me for Mothers Day, she loves to be creative and I can imagine how much fun she had with her mamaw! I know because mom and I used to do that kind of stuff when I was a kid! It made me cry, I love having a daughter! Thank you mom!

Oh, my sweet little boy. He is a little runer. He likes to get things done quick and do them in his own little way. Who knew that a bucket would make the perfect flower pot for mom! There is nothing like a little boy who will jump in the creek to play with a snake and bugs and throw rocks...then run over and melt your heart with the phrase "me wuv ew mommy" like chocolate sitting in the sun!

Here is Jonathan with the snake. He said it was chillin right on the path and let him pick it up....my question was "why would you want to" but, it ended up being pretty neat. It is a Western Water Snake, not harmful (Thank goodness since we were petting it)

This is dangerous....Bj and bubby...pickin up sticks....

Popps and GGpa sittin tellin stories. GG made me laugh when he corrected popps...when you are in the navy, you are on a ship.....never call it a boat LOL
Jonathan love to take scenery pictures. This is just a little peek at the beauty that surrounds us at the Farm
don't know why my Ashlyn won't just smile!!!!!!!!!!
Papaw and Bubby on the big tractor...Alexanders favorite pass time...hope he still likes it when he's made to cut the grass!
The men debating on how big the snake was, what kind it could possibly be and who is going to free it....

Random week

2007-05-12T19:03:00.000-07:00

This is Nick. He's a really nice guy who works with me and I've know forever. Here's to U Nick Burgin!

The Bubble Truck!!! SOOO cool! I was a wal-mart the other day and saw this...love it! Check it out at www.bubbletruck.com

Ashlyn had teacher appreciation week at Christian Academy so Friday we had a party for Ms. Mackenzie. Here is Ashlyn refusing to take a picture that mommy likes while eating cookie cake
Ashlyn in motion
Ashlyn and Ms. Mackenzie
Mommy will smile for the camera.....why won't Ashlyn. Its hard to believe her first year of preschool is almost over...sniff sniff
Ashlyns classmates. CAI is just an amazing school. Ashlyn was doing the pledges to both the American Flag & Christian Flag. I also heard her singing "The Star Spangled Banner" in the shower. Cracked me up.....nothing like a 4 year old who likes to sing.....at the top of her lungs....like her mom!

Can you tell me what child is mine?!?! It is unreal! I just look at her and think, OMGoodness, what have I gotten myself into?! Princess and all

Thank goodness it's Friday! We had a small get-together at the farm so here are some pics of us gals being silly!

This is me and Shep wearing matching outfits with matching "Twinkies" hats...get it matching....twinkies....hahaha My girl....since 2nd grade!!! Lol
Desiree, my other girl since 2nd grade.....I love you....

I won't bore you

2007-05-07T17:07:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I've been gone and lots has happened but I won't bore you to death with all the details...I'm long winded...enjoy the pics and captions! Ashlyn getting ready for her AWANA Cubbies Class at mamaws.
Alexander and Kaelin playing in the yard
Kiddos playin on their new slip and slide
Alexander and Jonathan eating chicken and broccli for dinner
Alexander took this pic of me..my lil photographer

Smiley fireworks from thunder
Jak the climber
Jak the gardener
he likes to pick up bugs
ashlyn and alexander on their trampoline

The double-mint twins!!!!!
Alicia and Erin at the house before Thunder
Three hot chicks.....Erin is always making a point...
the only seat we had was a cooler...that held 2
fireworks from the barge

hope you enjoyed!!!!!!!!

I know I know, I have issues...

2007-05-02T12:03:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I am a blog stalker.....with no internet!!! I don't know what I've done but I couldn't hook up while I was out of town and now that I am back home I can't hook up at home...I dunno. So, readers digest version...

Great thunder!!! Had a party afterwards and finally got to meet Sheps BF...he's nice :-)

Had a good week, things with the house are moving slowly but surely!

Alexander is potty trained!!! Woo Hoo!!! No more pull-ups.

Sunday we had all the girls ( and Jonathan) over for family fun!! Shep and her little baby Mickalaya ( I know I messed that one up) aka "boo boo", Desiree and her little lady Kaelyn, my rugrats....and we all played in the creek!!! We had a blast. We found this waterfall that you can slide down on your butt!! AWESOME!! after about 3x your bottom gets a little bruised...downfall.. Funny thing about the waterfall is that Kaelyn was the only one who wanted to go down it besides Shep and I. My kiddos kept whining and bubby kept sayin "me not goin down dat wuderfl mommy, me aint gonna do it, nut-uh" he cracks me up!! Then they got out a dora slip and slide. Hilarious! I think I said "Take Turns" a million times....without saying anything in-between!!! Oh well, the only down fall was Alexander getting sunburned. Blisters....it's horrible, he's going to be one of those kids who have to wear a shirt at all times while outside... then you have to go through the whole : "I'm a horrible mother-thing"
It is getting better each day though!

So, back to the house....our realtor has had 3 opportunities to show it and hasn't because we have stalled on the carpet cleaning.......doesn't make me happy!! Jonathan spoke to her about it and we decided to go ahead with the showing.....hopefully we will have someone this week!!! maybe tomorrow!

Ok, so, things to keep in mind when living on a "farm" don't let kids drink creek water, wear LOTS of sunblock, drink lots of water, get extra waterhoses so you don't have 4 kids arguing over 1....and last but not least.....always wear a bikini when cutting the grass...at least you won't have the "manly farmer tan"...thats very important....besides, on the farm everyone is so far away they can't see the stretchmarks from the beautiful, loving children that we hold so dear to our hearts so you don't have any worrys mon!

Do you hear the THUNDER....

2007-04-19T17:35:00.000-07:00

I'm soooo excited! Saturday is Thunder over Louisville and I can hardly wait! We have lots of great friends coming over to our new house to have a camp out (yeah, I'll be sleeping in the house) Jen, Shep, Rae, Ernie, Nick, Houge....sniff sniff, reminds me of when I was young and cool. Speaking of young and cool, Shep and I went shopping today. It's funny because the clothes I wear I have to think "would I let Ashlyn wear this". So, shep and I are at the mall and trying on clothes and we're both kinda like...hmmm....are we too old for this stuff?!?! She reminded me that just cause we are mommys doesn't mean we are old. True dat! So, we got our "hot" but still momish outfits...and they are pretty much just alike....we're silly...it's funny cause through all these years we still look alike! Lots of pictures to post after thunder..
Have fun ya'll!!!

enjoy some misc. pics of the babies!

Ok, so..I know it's gross but it had me laughing sooo hard. Ashlyn woke up the other morning and had a head full of snot, needless to say, after she sneezed, she wasn't stuffy anymore! She was not thrilled that she had to wait for me to get the camera before she could wash her face....actually, it gross'd her out

SIGN IN THE YARD....IT'S POTTY TIME

2007-04-16T18:10:00.000-07:00

Ok, so my realtor Fran just left and we are officially on the market!!! I didn't think this day was ever going to come.....Sooooo excited, hopefully people will start looking sooooon!!!
Princess Ashlyn watering her beautiful tulips that she planted!

This is spider man with stamps all over his face....he's so cute!

Today was just an awesome day in general I have to say...not only are we on the market....Alexander poop'd in the potty!!! We are making progress. If the house isn't going to be the death of me potty training will be.....He wants to be a big boy but is sooooo scared of the big monster potty. I think he would be fine with going outside to pee for the rest of his life....that's how we got him to start..some things you just have to let come natural...i'm hoping that pooing in the potty will be here sooner than later..... He was so proud.....maybe he'll do it again tomorrow... we'll see :-)

Lots to blog about.....

2007-04-14T04:40:00.000-07:00

but i am so tired that I am just going to post mainly pics this week. after reviewing my blog last night I noticed that I am very long winded... Sorry ya'll. I'll give the readers digest version:
Sunday-Easter
we went to church then to my grandparents and his parents then home to bed

Monday-
Mondays stink

Tuesday-
Found out Jennifers dad passed away on Easter. How hard is that, Every easter that is what they will remember. Espically the little ones in the family. so sad!

Wednesday-
Can't really think of anything cool

Thursday-
Went to the funeral. It was packed! Charlie Jones held the service. He did a good job. My heart just broke for Jen. She is so strong. I just kept thinking about how I would probably be going nuts. Then Shep, Rae, Erin and I went to Texas Roadhouse to eat and then down to Dillards to try on Derby hats...an absolute blast!

Friday-We went to Cheddars for Judy's b-day. Its funny because I ordered the Spinich Dip (thanks to Brian & Maria, I'm addicted to it) she comes back and tells me they are all out. Okiedokie.....I order a glass of wine.....she comes back to tell me they were all out. Just my luck. I guess the waitress didn't realize that I was the one in charge of her tip (just jokin, they were packed..no biggie) Then we rented movies and went home. After going to bed after 1am I hoped the kids would sleep late...no such luck...thats why I'm blogging at 7:15 in the morning!!!!
This is Ernie dancing in my backseat...shes silly
This is Alexander getting ready for Grannys Friday morning. He's soooo funny, he wears all of his clothes backwards!
This is Jak with his sword and his backpack. whats with the hat?
This is a pic of James, Alexander and Jonathan at Cheddars, sorry James, this was the best one..
why can't my children just smile and be sweet for me in pics....i'll never know
I think we could still pass for sisters! Jen has prettier hair, and a smaller waist (you suck Jen)

it was so much fun hanging with my gals for a few hours. I don't get to do things like that much

Jennifer wanted to see if she would feel/look any smarter in Ernie's glasses

I'm the only one who eats the lime...

Our Easter Picture. In my J-Lo hat... LOVE IT!
On Easter, the infamous Fuzzy Bunny turned 4. He's getting so big Ashlyn said! we made a cake in sis's easy bake oven then let him blow out the candles. I can't figure out how to get the video on here....

the kids easter morning
Ashlyn and Hailey Stricker with my Easter Lily. Its so neat that the 2 of them do things together since her mom and I were bff when we were growing up. Oh the stories to tell.....

Ok, my "Jak-Jak" has informed his dad and I that he is no longer to be called Jak. He is Alexander or Bubby. I told him that we would call him whatever he wants to be called
Alexander took a pic of his wheels...he loves the camera
This is what happends when daddy and uncle BJ build a fire and mommys not around

I love this pic. He looks so sweet and innocent....yeah right!!
Ashlyn n ggpa play'n solitaire
mommy and her punkin'

So, Jonathan gets little man out of the shower and he goes and hides and "paints" his toenails and fingernails....yeah, then gets really mad when we have to put him in the shower to wash it off again....should i be worried?
Pics from the Corbin sleepover....

This is Jenny, shes probably the funniest person I know...we make a great team!

This house....my husband....oh my

2007-04-07T08:22:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I finally got all the living room, dining/Kitchen, trim painted...This house is going to be the death of me....I swear! Jonathan, bless his heart, tries to help but I just get mad at him cause he doesn't know how to do it "my way"...He tried to help me patch a spot on the ceiling where the roof leaked and I ended up telling him to let me show him how to do it....and did it all myself. He finally went to go clean out the kids closet.....not fun...he kept coming out of the room to the hall where I was painting and asking what to do with EVERY ITEM. I suggested that maybe he should clean out his side of the closet. He did a great job!!! He even picked up all my clothes and shoes and lined them up nicely.(my closet is HUGE, but I am a slob when it comes to clothes, shoes and hats) After that he went to the kitchen and did his usual thang...cook and clean. Our house is so funny! We are the opposite of the norm I think....I like to fix things...can we say CONTROL FREAK?!?!?

So we go to Lowes after we drop off the kids at his parents, for those of you who know me, I'm a shopper!!!! I can shop anytime anyplace and find bargains! I love to walk up and down every isle looking at every item....My husband is the exact opposite!!! He wants to RUN in, get what we need, RUN out. So we get our ceiling paint and start to head for the door (After I whine for 5 minutes about how I want to "look around" well, we found our medium and I got to look at curtains. I found the perfect ones for the kitchen!! Then I was drug out kicking and screaming like my 4-yr. old (maybe not that bad, but I did throw a hissy) I am thankful for a husband with patience....with me...

After the kids got back from Granny and popps house I had to run to dollar general. I told Jonathan that I needed to go for laundry detergent and I would Be right back......He knows better....I left at 7:30 (store closes at 8)I ended up with laundry detergent, new plates, cutting board, candy, dish rags, new glasses for the table...then they told me I had to check out. so I get home and get all the sruff out and put up. I finally sit down after a long shower to see if my skin would ever be normal after scrubbing paint off and hear, "Alicia, will you go to the store" theses are the famous words around our house. I always have to go to the store....drives me nuts...so I go, get home, and tuck the kids in after telling Ashlyn that she has a special delivery tomorrow (doughnuts from the girl scouts) and she had to go to sleep....finally silence.

Saturdays are usually the best! I get to go to breakfast with all the denney's and sometimes I get away with going home solo...sometimes I don't, oh well, it happends. I think the best part is that Jonathan would rather let me sleep till I want to than to wake me up and deal with me being so mean and cranky in the am. I'm not a morning person....never have been!

Well, I guess I will get to working on the house....again...almost done woo hoo!! I'll have lots of pics tomorrow!
I think after reviewing my own blogging...I have an enlightened respect for my hub. he tries so hard to keep me happy, he takes care of me (without him I probably eat popcorn for dinner everynight b/c I don't cook), a great father to our children, the perfect housekeeper and just alltogether a wonderful man. I love you Jonathan (Candyman ;-)

Happy Easter everyone!! I won't get to see alot of church people tomorrow since I am working toddler nursery.
XOXOXOXO

2007-04-03T19:15:00.000-07:00

BUSY week...

2007-04-03T18:10:00.000-07:00

Ok, so, it's been almost 7 days, sorry ya'll! Things were crazy this weekend!! It all started Friday night.
My mom and grandma took me to a "Corbin Sister Slumber Party"! One word: Hillarious!! Keep in mind that I am the youngest one there. (The eldest was aunt Edie, she just turned 80) Bonnie threw the party at her house because she just moved in and it was the perfect party place so there was room for everyone. We all gathered in the living room after dinner and they teach me a game called "Poor Kitty". Yeah, so I had to be the Kitty first...you have to act like a cat (keep in mind I have 3) and crawl up to your neighbor and when the kitty meows the person pats them on the head and has too say "Poor Kitty" (3X) if you can get that person to laugh then they have to be the kitty and go until they get somone to laugh. Ok, so, I crawl over to my aunt Karen, start purring like a cat, turn over kick my legs, you name it...I was the perfect Kitten!!! Needless to say, Karen was the next cat....I think that some of the ol' biddys (JUST JOKIN LADIES) even pee'd thier pants!! So much fun!!! I love being a "young brat as they would call me. ... Well, it comes time for aunt "Sissy" to be the kitty and she was funny! She was more like an evil cat or something but she got me again. I go to my couisn Jenny (I'll have to tell you more about her...she's just toooooo funny for words)and I get up in her lap and purrrrr and then lick her on her cheek!!!!! It didn't work, she licked me back...I thought I was going to die of laughter!! We were all cracking up! I do have to say that I think Edie should get the prize...the thought alone of her still playing made us laugh. All in all it was a super night!! I took mom and g-ma back to their car and came home....I felt like I was a kid again!
I had more fun with all the memories they spoke of even over the games :-)
I can't wait till the next one!!! The batteries on my camera are dead so I'll have to work on pics...

Saturday:
Jonathan let me sleep in because of being out late but I was up an at 'em workin on the house. I got almost everything done. I did finally paint the living room but I still need to finish the trim throughout. I sent Jonathan and the kids away so that my ipod and I could get things done!! Well, I got a little done but not much....I ended up back at moms house for a while and hanging out there then had to go to my grandmas house to get my truck to take ashlyn home. I walk in to find BJ shaving my grandpas head (ended with a buzz cut). yeah, he's starting losing his hair due to chemo so he let BJ and Ahshlyn give him a trim..Ashlyn didn't want to do it at first but Bj convinced her to! so that just goes to tell ya ....that grandpa....he's not right!!! When I got home I decieded that I was done. I chilled out on the couch with BJ and Jonathan and did nothing...well, a little laundry but that was about it.

Sunday:
We went to church then went to gmas to eat dinner. Mom went home and got the kids easter baskets so that they could "practice for the easter egg hunt" on easter. So, BJ went and hid the eggs and the kids found em. They had so much fun!! I can tell that Alexander is going to be the baseball batter because Ashlyn would put an egg in the bird feeder that bub couldn't reach and he would swing the basket and hit the feeder to knock it down...smart kid!! This went on for maybe 5-7 mins. Kids are a hoot, then the kids went out and hid the eggs so that mommy & daddy could find them. Jonathan and I went back inside so we counldn't cheat and then came out when they were done. Well, when we go out they start directing us to the eggs!!! They were so excited that we were doing a good job finding the eggs!! Cracked us up! On the way home for gg's I notice that my abs light comes on...just what I need. I come home and try to call bj to come over and check it for me and my cellphone has no service...Enough! I am tired of dropping calls and not getting the svc. I need, I go to call their customer service to see whats up and they tell me 5-10 mins to speak to a person, ok...next I try getting online to get the phone number to the store and talk to a human there....wrong number, call another store, they can't help give me another number yadayada.....rings off the hook...no answer.....get in J's car, go to clarksville, get to sprint, wait 10 minutes, am told that i need to update...(ahhhhh) get phone updated, go back home, bj checks brakes...need brake fluid...get in J's car, go to store, come back...mess with car...light is still on..oh well...argue with myself and J about who is going to the grocery..he won, I had to go..load up with so much I can barely fit it in 1 cart, get back in the car, call J to see if ashlyn is ready for Cubbies because it starts in 2 minutes (we always 6:30 instead of 6) come home with load of groceries, load up sis in J's car after getting her to shovel the rest of her dinner down so she won't be hungry and head off to church. Come home to find J in the kitchen with Bj making a mess. Do some laundry, clean up after dinner J made, get bub settled down and wait for sis to come home. She gets home and is bouncing off the walls...they go to bed late and I go to bed even later......are these things normal..I feel like I live in a nut house sometimes...run run run!!

Monday evening was filled with stress!!
After work I go to Home Depot for more paint....I came back with mini blinds, new shelf for laundry room, door knobs, new paint brush, swatches for ashlyn & bubs room at the new house and a tool that removes paint on the floor (I'm really bad at trim)...oh, and a new lamp for Ashlyn's room!! so cute! Yeah, paint is expensive...so, I get home and dinner is ready, kids have eaten..yadayadayada...I convence J to take the kids to his moms and let me stay and get things done...so I did!! Hung the mini blinds, put the lamp together, tested tool for paint removal, laundry, tidy up my room...Hang the shelf.....THATS where it got stressful...I try to be lil ms. handywoman, keyword try, so..I get my anchors and my drill and my screw and my instructions and everything ready to hang this stupid shelf...this would probably be a 5 min job for anyone but me...I finally get it done, put my laundry room supplies on it (did I mention that it is a laundry shelf? Keep in mind I already had it painted so I'm being sooo careful not to mess up) and the two screws on one side fall out. I got MAD!! Everything came crashing down and my Oxy Clean Tub broke so there was a huge mess....It was hanging there by 2 screws...So, what do I do....rip it out of the wall and throw it at the other wall and continue to yell at it the whole time! STUPID, but I was over it! I didn't get the shelf hung, but I got the mess cleaned up..patched all the screw holes and fixed the scrape where I threw my hissy fit.
I ended up being mad at the world and ruining the night for both me and J. This house is going to be the death of me!!!! I apologized....and will get the shelf hung soon!

Kiddos are off to Granny and Popps for the night so that I can be at my meeting tomorrow at 7am. so I am off to bed! Sorry its so long, I'll have pics tomorrow...or later if i find my other batteries

ok, so I lied...

2007-03-28T06:51:00.000-07:00

Ashlyn after a hard day of gardening! Woo hoo! early bed time!! Ok, So, I'm not really sure why all my pics got out of wack so bear with me... We had a crazy weekend and week. I decieded that it was too pretty to be inside painting so I had to be out doing my landscaping. It was great! We had soooo much fun (ashlyn & jak were BIG helpers) We went and bought flowers, mulch, ice cream, new planters...all that good stuff to make the outside look better. I am so glad that my kids are independent. They helped me so much, Ashlyn even spread grass seed!! That makes me not have baby fever! I love the fact that if Jak wants popcorn...he makes it himself, if ashlyn wants a snack, she does the same. I am so thankful for my beautiful children! It's funny because I have those days where I want to pull my hair out but when they are gone, jonathan and I miss them so much it's not even funny!! Enjoy the pics, Like I said, sorry they are out of wack....
Just goes to show that no matter how many toys you buy...the want the box!
Ashlyn and Jak started getting their first allowance, A clean room fit for a princess!!

I love Spring! This is sissy helping her new best friend Sara (our neighbor) plant all her flowers. She even got to hang out with sara while mommy, daddy and jak went to the store! She felt so big!
This is sissys cinderella dress, she likes to wear it around the house
I LOVE IT!!!! he actually LOVES to do dishes too!!! Bribes work.....he loves it too
Even princesses have to do chores...in thier dresses
After a hard day of gardening, vaccuming, sweeping and playing theres nothing like Vanilla Wafers and a spongebob sipper to knock you right out!!

Yeah, so the plaster in the back shows that I didn't paint....but Ashlyns new dresses from Burlington make her feel like a million bucks!! Burlington is baaaadddd.....so inexpensive, so cute...beware!! Just ask my mom, we bought one of every dress in 6X I think...
Ashlyn and pappaw for Church. He loves is little lady!!
oK, Back to the garden pics...This is the flower pot that sissy fixed up. Her new garden gloves and hat were a must for her manicure and pretty fair skin! (can we say Princess)
He just wanted to dig...not plant...typical boy for ya I guess! He's my little man, Uv Him!

Sara and sissy planting flowers. They had so much fun!! Ashlyn just loves Sara, after church Sun. she ran over there just to show off her pretty dress. Bubby followed suite but wouldn't let me get a pic cause he was ready to change clothes and get dirty!!

Well, that has been our past few days, I did get my laundry room done...almost...I ran out of paint so a few more spots to finish up and all thats left is the living room, foyer and hall!! Fran Evola with Real Estate Unlimited (my realtor) will be sooooooo happy, since we are wayyyyy past due to have it on the market!!

blog blog blog...TOES

2007-03-22T18:33:00.000-07:00

I am so excited! For all of you who received Beth Cobb's e-mail concerning feet and toes, read on....those who didn't send me your e-mail because it is going become a federal offense. If you have ugly feet....thats not your fault (believe me) but you must take good care of your "tootsies" during open toe season!!! I am so into spring shoes!! Not to mention the new fads! I guess I just love to shop! For those of you who are "Frugal" like myself, check out the new sundresses at Wal-Mart! So, check the best salon in town, "French Tips" on Veterans Parkway! Jessica did business cards for them and went and told mom and I about it so we just had to check it out...LOVE IT! They even offer CHOCOLATE Pedicures!! OMGosh I came home smelling like a "tootsie Roll" ! Tell them that the"Pip girls sent ya! If you need more help than just a pedi you can always call my buddy Dr.Feet at center for conservative footcare in Jeffersonville, he's a member of my Business Networking International Group, tell him I sent you!

Enjoy the picture of my REALLY ugly feet..

Ok, so I'm honest...I was a nail biter...Not anymore! My first beautiful and natural manicure...sniff...sniff, I'm so proud! I don't have to hide them anymore!

This is Briana, and this picture is just because I think she's cute and she reminds me of her mommy Jennifer!

This is Abby, she's 10 months old and so cute! She likes to hang out with the girls too! Bet you can guess who her mom and sissy are!

Ok, so, big plans this weekend...Morrrrre Painting! Trying to get everything done in two days, I am going to try to have it on the market for Monday so be looking for new pics of my hiz-ouse and tell your friends to buy it. I can't let mom and dad beat me! Watch out momma...here I come...yeah right, gimme another month...then it'll be done!! haha I think my realtor will kill me if I don't get it done soon. I have to face her at my weekly BNI meetings and tell her "almost". She is so patient! That's Fran Evola with Real Estate Unlimited, she will be so proud if I finally meet my goal....that was supposed to be met 4 months ago...yeah, I'm a slacker! Hopefully it will sell quick. It's actually got some great features...such as: Big fenced in back yard with a field behind it, HUGE walk in closet in MB, big bedrooms, vaulted ceilings, 2 car garage, lots of storage, big laundry room...It screams "buy me"

welp, I'm done with my name dropping and advertising.....after reviewing, i realize that....Gotta give it up for my peeps!

Seriously, tell them , I'll give more info at a later date.

Well, it is quiet

2007-03-20T18:34:00.000-07:00

So, Tuesday nights are always a rush becuase my in-laws always help us by watching the kids so that I can get up at 5am and be at my weekly meetings at 7am. We get home, Jonathan usually has dinner made and ready to eat, we get baths, pack up bags, and head back out the door. Well, things went as usual tonight except we had "Let's play with mommy's camera" night....so, here are some of the pictures that the kids took. (Some are from yesterday when I was blogging and they were running around taking pics)My lil photographers! Ashlyn and her little kitten Baby Cleo

Don't we look sweet!

Mommy's Baby-Daddy's Big Boy (uncle Butch & Papaw's too)

Ashlyn made me do it...

Ok, so back to the previous blog. There will be a chili supper for Rick Hogue Saturday the 24th from 5pm to 7pm then gospel singing from 7-??? Main Cross Baptist Church in Charlestown. This family is very know in the community and they could use all the prayers and support that we can give them.

Last but not least, the Blonde moments jar-

Ok, so, if you color your hair and it's REALLY Blonde.....don't try to color it brown because it turns green. Then, in return, you must become a red-head. (Not saying that is a bad thing by any means...I just don't do good as red) Keep that in mind when buying box color...I've about sworn off coloring my hair completly due to that fact...but I can't resist change!!

Think I'll get on to bed...at least maybe I'll get some sleep instead of hearing "mommy..I'm hungry" in the middle of the night. I'm still convinced that they just like to wake me up!!

My Oh My, Look how time flies!

2007-03-19T05:42:00.000-07:00

Ok, so Sunday started off to be awesome....then went nuts! It started at church on Sunday, Brian didn't preach because he took a well earned break so Rich did the sermon. It was awesome. Some of the ways that he preached reminded me of Uncle Sonny being on the pulpit. I think it was all the jokes! He had me captivated. Not to mention the people that were there...we were packed!! I love going to church and seeing so many of my friends.

After church I took Jonathan home so that he could change clothes and head to the farm while the kiddos and I went to eat at Jerry's with mom. I was so excited...I got a 1/2 day all to myself!! SHEW! I ended up going to Henryville to meet up with some friends from high school. Jennifer Hogue (I can't remember her married name..sorry), Jennifer Shepherd & Erin Lush. We went to see Hogues dad because he has cancer and he's been asking about all of his "girls". It was so good to see Rick but when I got home it really started to hit me how hard it must be for Jen and her mom (not to mention her 2 kids) to have to go through him being sick. It also made me think of my grandpa, his cancer, my mom and my kids. Please remember Rick and My g-pa in your prayers. They really need it! It absolutly amazes me what this disease does to people. Breaks my heart. Here are some pics....Sorry Jenn....

I'll have to finish the rest later...kiddos are wanting food and attention...

It has begun..

2007-03-17T19:30:00.000-07:00

I've Done It!! I actually got my kitchen painted this afternoon! I didn't think it was ever going to happen. I do have to admit that my Uncle Butch gave me alot of help. We had a good time and it really didn't take long at all. Tomorrow: Laundry Room! Hopefully after I get that done I can get the Living Room/Hall and we can put a For Sale Sign in the front yard!! Woo Hoo! I hope it sells quick, I am ready to move to the "farm" (its not really, buts it as farmy as 'm gonn get). Jonathan and the kiddos were out there all day playing in the creek. They love to be outside! I think Jonathan enjoys it more than anyone. Uncle B.J. usually goes out with them to so they enjoy spending time with him too. He is a great uncle! Alexander told him that he was Batman and Bj was Robin! I think I should moniter their missions thoroughly.

The Kitchen has always been red but we went a tad bit darker and did a satin finish (it was flat last time, long story)

This is Ashlyn and Alexander at the property

I decided earlier that I need to bring up the "Blonde Moments"Jar....Jessica and Mom will love these! Yes, updates of just how blonde I really am and the stupid things I do...and admit to it!!

So, I've been driving Jonathan's car for a few days, its fun, 5-speed so a little tricky in heels (Blonde moment in itself) but after getting back in my explorer I didn't think that it would be complicated....lets just say that on my way to see a customer I reached down to shift gears maybe 5 times, slammed on my breaks 3 times while driving down 62,(Thank goodness no one was close behind me) with my left foot thinking it was a clutch, pulled to the wrong side to get gas...i can't help it!

Ok, so I go to take pics of a building for a project at work....I get in the car to take a look at them and all of them had blonde streaks going through them....It took me probably 10 mins to get 4 pictures, I'm going to invest in scrunchies!!

yeah, so, I don't like wild animals, round my house we shoot skunks and opossoms....I'm standing in moms kitchen when my cat Trouble comes to the door and starts scratching. The door is glass and he's going to town, so nautrally in my mommy voice I ask him whats wrong...A RACOON! Munching on poor Trub's food....I freak out...mom grabs a broom and starts to yell "shoo", (Iasked her where the gun was and she said the broom would work ok) so she saves the day as I am able to escape safely to my vehicle. stupid...I had a scary experience with a coon one year when I went on a trip with Carla Rhodes. I'll never be the same! J/k

Those are just a few that I can think of, I've worked hard today and I think my brain is shutting down... More to follow!

Goodnight, Me wuv ou, from Alexander, who just walked in the room!!

DUH!!!

2007-03-15T17:22:00.000-07:00

Ok, a part of me is afraid to admit it....but i am so blonde. I couldn't remember my name and password to get back on my blog and I still don't know how I did it but...here I am!!

The next thing I have to figure out is how to get pictures loaded...so out of date!!

Well, not lots to talk about really. I have baby fever with everyone coming up either pregnant or giving birth. I got to see Baby Blair Kaelin yesterday. Sue came by to order her announcments and her kids are just precious. She was defitnally made to be super mom! Mom keeps telling me that "This to shall pass"(back to the babyfever) I guess that I do fp inally have to admit.....I'm over it!!! Last night made my mind up. Jonathan called and said that Ashlyn's kitten Baby Cleo was MIA and I needed to come home so that he could go search for her. After he goes out in the pouring down rain to look for her...Ashlyn goes to her room, opens up her pajama drawer to get ready for bed and there sits Baby Cleo. Just sleepin in her drawer. I just shook my head. I didn't know what else to do so we just laughed. Krazy Kanes.

Ashlyn is so much like her mother...watch out....we went shopping the other day and she loves to pick out her own outfits. We ended up going to the new Burlington Coat Factory and boy that was a mistake.....FRILLY DRESSES! I called all my friends (yeah that would be MOM and Jessica) to tell them they have got to check this place out. Ashlyn is just little Ms. Princess. Wanted matching shoes and all. Pics will come.

Alexander on the other hand is just the opposite. He hates to shop and wants to wear costumes all day every day. We did however make him smile when he got new skateboard jammies and a new Spidey outfit. It is so funny that he never wants to wear real clothes. Just costumes. Boys, Boys, Boys......He is something else. The thing I love about him is he is such a mommy's boy! Constantly hanging all over me, wanting me to hold him, giving me kisses...my lil JAK JAK!

Jonathan is on his outdoor kick. Since mom and dad bought the property that is where you will find him and the kiddos. I was at work on Tuesday and got a pic on my phone and all 3 were knee deep in the creek. Talk about funny! Both of my kids love that kind of stuff!! They don't get that from me! Jonathan is so good with doing things like that with the kiddos. Memories they will never forget. I just can't wait to move out there so we don't have to go back and forth. It would probably get rid of the mud in my vehicle problem I am having. Oh well.

Well, hope you enjoyed my blog today. I wonder how many people read this?

Finally up with the reality

2007-03-10T10:20:00.000-08:00

Woo Hoo! I finally got it!
Well, today I decided that I would get up with reality and make a blog or a my space page. I thought it would be fun to share what goes on in this crazy world of ours. Between Ashlyn running around singing and playing dress up to Superman saving the day. You never know what will happen around here. I am not sure if the kiddos are too fond of my new idea. They have been running crazy while I try to get into the world wide web....maybe I should go check on them....
Ok, back to blogging...you can all thank my Director, Beth Spencer for this. Everytime I get on her blog and JAK sees pictures of Bella, he asks where his are.....My reply is, sorry Jak, mommy doesn't know how to do that.....or, the pics are still in the camera! NOT ANYMORE! Watch out ya'll, you never know what's gonna happen at the House of Kane.
You'll have to check back to see......
Lots of Love!!