Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday Aunt Melissa,
Happy Birthday to you!

Have a very happy birthday Melissa! We love you!....even if you're 30!!!!

Flip Video

Ok, so am I the last person to know about these? My mom had one that she wasn't using alot, so I'm borrowing it until she decides to pry it away from me. This thing is AMAZING! I love how easy it is to record and then plug directly into my computer. . . I think I'm in love! So great for blogging!

...and that means you all get to enjoy videos of the kids versus detailed descriptions of cute things they do!....until it's taken away....(just kidding mom...you can have it back whenever you need it; however, then you won't get to watch videos of your grandchildren! )

So you think you can sing?

Anniston likes to sing like Ariel from "The Little Mermaid" ever since she watched the movie. She LOVES to sing! So in the car, she will sing and some little munchkin enjoys singing with her. Jerry and i think this is hilarious. We thought you'd think so too! So as we were playing in the closet tonight (yes, the closet) we taped them.

Enjoy!

Nakey Boy Plays Peek-a-Boo!

Treyson finished his bath tonight and was playing peek-a-boo inside our closet. When Anniston was little, Jerry would clap really loud and it would cause her to come out of hiding....well, Treyson does the same thing. It's a shame he's such a grump!

Enjoy!

Water park!

We headed out to the local water park this afternoon since Kinley was in town. The girls had a blast. They had obviously just refilled the pools because the water was FREEZING! They still managed to get in immediately and never took a break! The girls stayed for 3 hours; however, Treyson pooped out after an hour and a half. I tried to rock him pool-side but he wanted nothing to do with that. So Treyson and I came home and he crashed about 5:30. I figured he'd take a short nap....it seems as though he was ready for bed for the evening. He's still sleeping (4 hours later). He's been known to pull 13-14 hour stretches; however lately he's been in a 11-12 hour kick--let's hope he at least sleeps until 6-ish! Worst case scenario, I'm up at the crack of dawn and everybody will get to enjoy a hearty breakfast tomorrow morning! haha

Jerry...

6 years ago today, I married my junior high school sweetheart. We realized recently that 15 years ago yesterday, he first asked me to be his girlfriend...15 YEARS AGO!! (technically he had his friend, Joseph ask me to be his girlfriend--hey, I forgive him...we were not quite 8th graders! ha)

I have been so blessed to have such a wonderful man in my life. Everything he does, he does for me and the kids. He never settles for second best, and his number one priority is making sure the me and the kids are happy. Some of my happiest times are watching him play with the kids when he gets home from work. He loves to wake up on the weekends with the kids and play with them in their rooms for an hour or so while I sleep in.

Jerry and I recently went on an anniversary trip to Jamaica. It was THE MOST relaxing week I've had since our honeymoon. It was so amazing, beautiful, and quiet. The accomodations were fabulous, food was fantastic, and the company was even better! It was hard to leave the kids for a week, but they were having a ball splitting time between their sets of grandparents (thank you Mom, dad, Jerry, and julie!!). In fact, Anniston was asking me to leave on my vacation as we were dropping the kids off the night before our flight (apparently, she had things to do on her "vacation" that didn't involve seeing us!).

All week long, we laid out by the beach and would eat at the appropriate times even if we weren't hungry. It was so great! Here are a few pictures.

We would appear to be standing sideways in this picture because I had set the timer on my camera and then ran all the way down the beach and into the ocean just in time for the picture to get taken. We attempted this 5 times....I was worn out!

These "beach beds" were heavenly!

This is what we did for breakfast 3 of the days. We each ordered 2 breakfasts, and then start the day off with Mimosas...yummmm! And the view from our balcony was incredible!

Jerry, I love you. Thank you for the past 6 years of marriage. It's only going to get better!

Happy Birthday Anniston!

Anniston turned 3 years old today! I can't believe how fast time has flown for us! She had a great birthday. She woke up to us bringing her heart-shaped pancakes in bed with 3 candles to blow out. We then moved to the kitchen and all ate together. After that, we got dressed and moving to start running errands. We got her balloons ordered, then went to Wal-Mart to pick out her birthday present--a BICYCLE!! She was so excited, and was riding around Wal-Mart (yeah, we were "those" people). Then we headed to the Farmer's Market in Fayetteville to pick up a birthday bouquet of flowers (all pink, of course) and play with the bubble machine (coming and going). We then came home to rest and set up for the party.
We saw Aunt Melissa, Uncle Todd, Michael, and Connor at the Farmer's market. They were buying blackberrys.

We turned our backyard into a "waterpark". We had a "slip-n-slide", a big blow up pool, a kiddie pool area, 2 sprinklers, and a very large blow up slide. The kids all had a blast! Anniston had so many presents....I think she was overwhelmed. We have such amazing friends who are so great to us and our children. I could probably take 1 new toy out every week and she'd still be getting new things well into November--NO LIE! She is sooooo very fortunate.

Here's a video of Anniston getting ready for cake, then everybody singing....as you can see, she started to pull the shy card.