speechless

I just got back from a wonderful weekend get away with my numero uno lady.

MY SIS!!

We headed out west to Phoenix where my sis was attending a conference.

I attended a weekend of do what I want when I want.

It was nice. realllllll nice. I highly recommend it.

We did a lot of sightseeing...including a moment of silence at the Fiesta Bowl where my beloved team won the National Championship back in 1998.

But, the highlight of our trip.... the Grand Canyon.

All I can say... I was speechless. It's big. It's deep. It's definately grand.

If you ever get chance you MUST go!

Back in Time..

Ok. I have to make one thing very clear.

I am absolutely in love with The Back To The Future Trilogy. I have it on DVD and refuse to get rid of my VHS copies.

So join me in my Deloreon...flux capacitor and all for a trip back in time.

Seat belt buckled? Check

3-point-21 gigawatts? check

85...86...87... 88 Miles per hour!

BOOM!!!!!!

We are now in the year 2010. Wait? 2010?

Yep.. We've traveled back a whole three weeks ago for you to see this!

This is my sweet boy celebrating his THIRD birthday!

Being the UT fans that we are.... being that a lot of my family is in Knoxville... being that it WAS the UT/ALabama weekend....Jake's party was on campus during our tailgating party.

Thanks to grammy for the Buzz Lightyear Cake.

Thanks to everyone for their wonderful gifts and for all the love and prayers you send our way. It's been an unbelievable three years.

Here's the pics...

These next two pics are kinda a big deal. Jake has texture issues so he doesn't eat cake. On this day he was interested in this cupcake.

He dipped his finger in...gave it a little taste and tried it. Huge deal!!

This is what he thought...

I love this little boy very much!

Oh MY!

Has it really been a month since I last posted something?!!

Yes, I believe it has.

October was well.... busy.

Lots to catch up on like the fact that my boy turned 3!

For now here's some pictures from Halloween.

We went as a toy story family.

There's Buzz...

And Woody and Jesse.

Jake had a great time. He'd walk down the street swinging his bag of candy. (he doesn't even eat it for goodness sake but he loved carrying it)

I love my neighborhood because of things like this.

Yes, every year this couple drives the neighborhood kids around in a cage. That totally sounds illegal but they have so much fun. At this point they were just getting started but 5 minutes later that cage was full.

Sooo, that's it. My first post in forever...that wasn't so bad.

Here's a couple more cute pics of my Buzz. Enjoy!

I looked and looked...

and I found this picture for you to see.

Jake and his squirt bottle. I could tell how he tries to get you wet. But the I can't describe his sweetness, his cautiousness and his lack of aim. I can tell you every time he moves the trigger we squeal and laugh like he's nailed us in the face... whether he's right on you or across the room.

This boy continues to be the hardest-easy thing I've ever done.

So watch out! Jake plus ol'blue means you might (or maybe not at all..but you'll act like it) get wet!

Transition

Our lives have been one big transition lately.

We are transitioning into a new weekly schedule.

Jake is transitioning into the school system in a few months.

Dave is transitioning into hockey season.

I'm transitioning into it all.

It's enough to keep a girl keyed up and whirrling.

So now you understand why the bloggy-blog-blog had been left to write itself. (which it did not..where's good help these days)

Even though it's almost a month late...here is Jake's first day of school picture.

Orange you glad it's the time of year.

Yes, we are Vol fans. We head east pretty often during football season.

My team is just kinda blaw this year but I have hopes of a good season.

What is not blaw...is the tailgating: the food, the family, the fun and of course the band.

Here's a few pictures from our home opening weekend.

Enjoy:)

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After all the playing and fun... Jake crawled up in a chair with buzz and took a load off.

Update

It's been so busy around here that I just put the blog on hold.

We are slowly getting into a new routine. Slowly. Very Slowly.

So here's what I want you to know.

Jake's heart is still looking great. We went to the heart doctor this week for the first time in six months. The actual story is that I didn't write the appointment down, knew it was in September, and got a surprise on our way back into town Monday night. My answering machine had a message for the appointment Tuesday morning! The good news, I didn't have time to get worrisome over it.

Jake's heart looked fantastic and we go back in March. If we get the OK sign then... we'll start going yearly. Yearly. Did you read that. YEARLY!! oooohhh! That would be sweet.

I'll get pictures on soon. We've got football and testing and sickness and heat to talk about.

For now, wanted to spread the good news. Thank you Lord!