Elijah

My little man is developing quite the mouth... Here are a few things I've encountered the past few weeks...

"What the heck!?"

"Oh shit!" (Nipped that in the bud)

Me: "You don't talk to me like that!" Elijah: "Oh, yes I will!"

"I love you princess."

"I love you too much."

"My coat is too heavy, it's making me fall down."

"You're my best friend."

"You pinched me!!! Why you pinch me? I'm going to tell my dad! I don't love you anymore!" (Just for the record, I did NOT pinch him)

"Oh my god!" (to which I reply "gosh")

"I can't say oh my gosh! I say oh my god!"

"You like my butt?"

"I go to my school and see my friends and my teacher and my lunch. I love my school."

I foresee a very long adolescence for us...

My car drifted in the snow!

Julie and Aidan in the driveway.

Christmas Eve entertainment...very stupid move.

Christmas morning

My little Santa Claus. Ho ho ho!

Happy New Year

Okay...so, it's been a while since I've written on here. Sorry Aunt Diann :(

We had a wonderful holiday season. Christmas and the surrounding 5 days were spent at Mom's house. A lot of together time, most of it enjoyable. It was accompanied by a blizzard that required a lot of shoveling...with a dustpan and antique coal shovel. Fabulous! We ate, drank, played games, watched movies, and lounged. Couldn't ask for better!

New Year's Eve was a party at my house. Aidan, Elijah, and I had treats, dancing, and a fake countdown at 9:00 (they didn't know the difference, Aidan is still talking about when I let him stay up 'til midnight).

This week has brought another round of miserable weather. More snow, arctic temps, wind chill warnings, and.... no school for 2 days!!!! I unfortunately wasted the entire day today laying around and watching TV, but who cares??

Alright, pictures to follow. My goal is to update this weekly from now on. We shall hope...

Family and Fun

We've been very busy. My cousin Grant got married last weekend to Carmen. The wedding was beautiful! We had family come in from Colorado. My aunt, uncle, cousins, their significant others, and my mom's cousin. After the wedding we had a family dinner at Julie's house and then sat outside on my Uncle David's porch. It was a very nice time!

Elijah and I have been taking a mini-stay-at-home-vacation. We have been to the Great Overland Station, Farmer's Market, library, history museum, and Mulvane Art Museum. It's been a lot of fun and we still have a few more places to go. His favorite is waving at passing trains at the station. Except for the one that scared the bejeezus out of him when it blew its horn.

Picture Blog...4th o' July and some extras, enjoy

Elijah and Miss Harper

4th of July Celebration with the boys




Parade festivities in Julie's neighborhood

MIA

Ooops! Kind of forgot about this!

Well, the summer job is over! Thank God, because the next week after we ended was an entire week of HIGH temperatures. The heat index was over 100 degrees for at least 5 days straight. I'm pretty sure I would have called in sick if we'd been working! :)

I got my car broken into almost two weeks ago. He stole my wallet with my debit card and spent over $1000 overnight. The bank gave me all my money back and I've replaced my DL. I had to have a window replaced and the roof is getting replaced in a few weeks. Apparently he tried to be smooth and pry the sunroof out first with no luck. Turns out it was my neighbor's boyfriend. Unfortunately the police are not particularly concerned with doing anything about it. It's been 10 days and still has not been assigned to a detective. I think I might call and leave a message every hour tomorrow...

Elijah is having a good summer. He loves to swim, catch lightning bugs, help me with fireworks, and ride his bike. Tonight he got to try out a baseball glove for the first time and loved it! He played catch with some friends of mine. My little man has quite an arm.

Julie and I are tentatively planning a mini-vacation to Texas with our Aunt Lori next month. We also have a family wedding which will bring all our favorite family members to Kansas ;)

I hope this finds everyone well and I will try to be a better blogger!

Love,

Jenny

Hello

I've been very busy the past few weeks.  Julie and I began clearing out dad's stuff and are trying to sell it.  We've had a little bit of luck so far.  You can't even imagine the amount of stuff he had, from fishing equipment to power tools, it's mind boggling!  

My two best friends had their babies last week.  Sarah has a new baby boy, Drake Dayton, born May 26, and Katie has a new baby girl, Harper Beth, born May 27th.  They are both adorable!  

I started work for Outdoor Ed. this week.  Wednesday was  a staff meeting, Thursday was environmental training at the zoo, and Friday was a canoe trip on the Delaware River.  That was exhausting!  Tomorrow is our first day with kids.  I have breakfast duty this week which should be fun.  Our first day is a tour of the Lake Perry Dam, lunch, then off to the camp for hiking and archery.  Then we will stop for slushes at Reese's Fruit Farm.  Should be a very busy day!

Elijah stayed all night with his grandma last night.  He fell this morning and got a nose bleed which started back up again this evening.  We had to have the nurse come out and give him his treatment at 10:00 pm.  We are tired!  

Hope everyone is well and enjoying the summer so far!