HAPPY BIRTHDAY JODY

Today is Jody's 35th birthday, so I wanted to wish him a Happy Birthday. Jody, you are a wonderful husband & father and I'm so happy to be your wife. I hope you have a wonderful day and I love you very much.

Now we get to go out on a date. So I better go get ready.

Thursday 13

In honor of Jody's birthday today, I'm telling you 13 things Jody enjoys.

1. Spending time with the kiddies. (he is such a great daddy)
2. Playing Nascar 09 on PS3. (I just have to sit at the computer while this is going on)
3. Playing golf. He really enjoyed this course 7 years ago, when there was only 1 child. Now with 3 he only plays 1-2 times a year. Sorry Jody. This is the TPC Sawgrass.
4. Cooking breakfast for the family. (I love this!)
5. Listening to talk radio. (I really, really don't like this)
6. Going to Amicalola Falls State Park. In the fall he goes weekly, just about. (very pretty place if you haven't been)
7. Teaching his 1st grade Sunday School class.
8. Driving in the mountains. (There are some good country restaurants)
9. Going 4 wheelin in a Jeep or on one of the 4 wheelers. (at times till 4 am)

10. Going to dinner with ME!!!! (tonight)

11. Going to Cades Cove at the Great Smoky Mtn Nat'l Park.

12. Going to sleep early & getting up early. (Don't love the sleeping early, but the gettin up early is great with the kids)
13. Singing, especially if it's karaoke. (I love this)

So this is just a few of the things he enjoys. I'm sure I've left off some things, I was just trying to list things not everybody likes or does. For those who know Jody well, let me know what I've left off by leaving a comment.

13 things I still want to do this summer

1. Go to the pool again.
2. Take the kids to the movie.
3. Go out with Jody to celebrate our 13th Anniversary (it was the 10th while we were in FL).
4. Find a VBS for the kids to go to, since we missed ours last week.
5. Go to the movie or lunch with my mom & Stacy (no kids).
6. Take the kids bowling.
7. Go to PCB so I can see Deanna for the 1st time in a month.
8. Eat lunch with my Dad for his birthday & a belated Father's Day.
9. Take Emily to get her nails repainted.
10. Take Alex to lunch.
11. Take the fam back to FL, even if it's for Jody's work.
12. Spend a day at the lake, on a boat.
13. Have a night away with Jody for his birthday (26th) and our anniversary.

Do you see a common theme here. I'm late on a lot of things & have delayed certain celebrations. Or, am I stretching out the celebrations to last a week? I've always tried to make my birthday celebrations last for a week. Why not our anniversary? Don't you do that too?

Quiet Summer - So Far

The first week of our summer we spent sitting around the house. We wore pj's as long as possible, ate lunch at home and played inside & out. We did make 1 trip to the pool when Jody could go and the kids had lots of fun.
Our second week of summer we were able to go to FL for 4 days. Jody went on a work trip to buy cars, so we went too. We stayed down in Deerfield Beach, between Fort Lauderdale & West Palm Beach. We spent time at the beach & the pool and had lots of fun. One thing that will be a challenge for me this summer, is taking pictures. I took a total of 1 picture on this trip, and that is very sad. I took it on my phone & have no idea how to get it off. I think the kids always look so cute with swimsuits on at the beach or pool, & would like to take pictures of them. But as you can imagine, with 3 kids who don't swim, it is difficult to take pictures, even when there are 2 adults.
So that brings us to this, our third week of summer. This week we've been able to see some friends we don't get to see much during the school year. Monday we saw Michelle, Mack & Charlie. Michelle also fixed us dinner & that was great! Thanks Michelle. Today we get to see Heather & her kids. The kids are looking forward to seeing them, since we haven't seen them since Emily's party. So that is our summer so far, and there are really no big plans. Just whatever comes along that we want to do, I guess we'll do. Hope you are having a good one.

Let the wedding season begin

Did you know that the wedding season has officially started? Well for me at least. It kicked off at Deanna's, with Lindsey's Bridal Shower. She had a great shower, with lots of gifts and lots of great food. Lindsey has a little over a month before her wedding, so she is busy having showers and putting the finishing touches on her wedding day. It was good to see friends at the shower, that I don't get to see often, so we had to get a picture. Congratulations Lindsey, can't wait for the BIG DAY.

L to R: Katie, Lindsey, Hollie, me and Tonya



After the shower, I headed home to pack for the next wedding event. Friday morning we headed down to Jacksonville for my sister Amy's wedding weekend. Jody had to stay home to work, so just Emily & I went down. My brother Brett, Stacy & Landon and I rode down, following Brian, Tonya, Lindsey, Hope & Emily. Friday night we had the Rehearsal dinner at one of the Jarrett family's favorite restaurants Maggianos. It was good, as expected. I did miss the rehearsal, earlier in the day, but they filled me in at dinner. Then Saturday was a busy day getting ready for the wedding. I'd like to say a big Thank You to Stacy (my SIL) for fixing my hair & makeup. Also for trimming Emily's hair & getting her ready for the wedding. Thanks Stacy, you were a BIG help!!



As you can imagine, since I was a bridesmaid, I didn't get many pictures. But I wanted to post the few I had. I wish I had a good one of Amy & Kyle (bride&groom). The one I have isn't bad, it just would've been nice to get a posed picture of them. Anyway, we had fun, the dinner was good and the cake was even better! Congratulations, Amy & Kyle!!! We love you.

We took this of ourselves in the limo, going to the ceremony. Amanda (getting married in July), me & Rachel(my other sister). The 3 bridesmaids.

Amy sitting for a bit with Emily

Finally, The Tooth Fairy is Coming Tonight!

Alex had a loose tooth for sooo long, I figured the Tooth Fairy was coming months ago. We've tried a few times over the last 2 weeks to pull it but it was still too attatched. The permanent tooth is 25% in and still hadn't pushed it out. In the mean time, the tooth beside it has been loose, but not much. Well, today Alex was helping Jody wash the car and squirted Jody with the hose. So Jody threw a wet rag at him & his tooth went missing. Of course it wasn't the long overdue loose tooth, it was the other one. Can you believe that? Anyway, like I said, the tooth went missing, so we looked in the driveway & the grass, and no tooth. We gave up on it after a while. Alex said that he may have swallowed it. Do you know of any kids swallowing teeth when they came out? After hearing about the tooth fairy coming tonight, he decided to let us pull the other one. So he will have 1 tooth under the pillow, but still be rewarded for 2 teeth. I took a few pictures and only one really turned out. You can definately see the gap for the one tooth, but the other gap is already 25% filled, so it is hard to get the full affect in a picture.

Now Emily is eager to start loosing teeth. Stay tuned for her toothless post. We'll see if I can beat this blog on how many times I can use the words tooth, toothless or teeth. (19 times with the 1 in the title)