Hoop Dreams

Jordie made the team!!
Jordie made the team!!

Well, there is no actual team, but Jordan was granted access to participate in the class strictly designated for 3 - 6 year olds. The whole process required a computer override and everything!

Jordan started the class on a probationary period to see if he could keep up with the other kids. Of course my babydoll was the star of the show!!! And by star I mean he blended in quite nicely! HA!
So, for the next 7 weeks Jordie will be honing his basketball skills... at which time he'll (I'm sure) just re-enter the class for an additional 7 weeks.

One of the local Baptist associations (Eastern Keystone something or other... sorry the name escapes me) hosted a "Joy Night" at the Sixers game on Friday. Quite a few of us from Prince of Peace attended and had a FABOO time! I'm really happy we went. It was a nice time to fellowship with others, get the boys out, do something different blah blah blah. After the game, a few choirs put on a "concert." Very nice, but also very late. Owwie was having a fit!!! he didn't much care for the concert.... or the 4th quarter!!

Me, Tif & Jace enjoying the game....
trying to avoid a nosebleed!!! LOL

PRE meltdown!!! They had such a good time!

This has nothing to do with basketball, but the Eagles beat the Giants today. This is supposedly a really big deal b/c of rivalries and playoffs... *insert blank face*
I could NOT care less...

The 12th Month

EvenfasterthanmyUsainBolt3monthrecap will be my Dec08 recap.
We got a tree... not the tree I wanted, but a nice tree nonetheless.
Blue reigned supreme in the decision making process.

I decorated it.... alone *insert sad face*
Each year we (I) pick 2 colors for the tree. In 2005, it was red and gold. In 2006, it was green and gold. In 2007, it was red and green (how original). And this year, we chose silver and gold. The tree was beautful and elegant... if I do say so myself.
Check out a few pics...

Every year, the church puts on its annual Sunday School Christmas program. All the children participate. Well, guess who made his debut this year???? Whyyyyy, Jordie of course!!! His poem reads:
Twinkle twinkle little star
Shine on manger bed
Where the baby Jesus child
Rests His kingly head

All in all, not very difficult - but quite a feat for a 2 year old!!! We are soooo proud of him!
Check him out..

Christmas definitely lived up to all the hype this year!! I was so excited for Christmas this year (well, at this point last year) and it met and surpassed every expectation. The boys left me overjoyed and wanting more! I didn't have nary a gift under the tree, and it didn't make one bit of difference. To see their little smiles and them jumping around with such glee... a mother could not ask for more!!!!
We hosted breakfast at our house - and it was just so nice to have everyone over (from both sides) and to have everyone get along and fellowship in love. After breakfast we went to my aunt Kim's house for dinner. Comme d'habitude, we were late!! Everyone had already eaten by the time we got there. You know you're late when Herm beats you to the house!!!! LOL We played Taboo and only had a few intense moments....pretty good for my family. It was a VERY long day and I never wanted it to end!!! This was truly the best Christmas in a VERY VERY VERY long time!! Thank God for Jesus!

Check out my beautiful family.

bright and early Christmas morning

I know 2 little boys who made out like bandits!!!!! (in their oh so cute snowman pajamas)

The Snyders, the Lovetts, The Chavises and the Weekses - I'm Lovin' It!

Right after Christmas I got sick.... like a really bad cold.

Don't I just ooooooze sick!! The boys take good care of me though

I am actually still suffering from a bit of a cough and we are a good 2 weeks past Christmas. Anyway, all that to say is I missed pretty much the whole week of New Year's. Can't say I really documented all that much and I sadly missed Watch Night Service on New Year's Eve. I'm just glad the boys didn't get sick... other than a little runny nose.
New Year's Day we had a little get together....and I cooked!! ummmmm, kinda
The family came over and my parents came back down - a great day sniffles and all.

The best part of the day had to be getting my parents and MIL to play the Wii. They bowled, played tennis, WATCHED boxing and just loved it!!! They could finally understand why I said I was addicted. (Mommy even called me the next day saying she was dragging Daddy out to buy one! lol)
Mooooooorrrreeeeee family!!
Really just Dadu and his 'grandboys' and a little GG in action (playing Wii)

ok...next post - 2009!!! WOOO HOOOOOO!! We're going to a Sixers game tomorrow (all of us), so we'll see how that turns out.

Lonnnnngggggg, but fast!

Soooo, it's about time I catch everyone up with what's been going on with the PinkLady! I had a great Q4 2008 and it's about time to document it. Tonight I'll write about my birthday through Thanksgiving and tomorrow (hopefully) I'll cover the Christmas festivities. At that point, we should be all caught up and ready for 2009!!
I'm soooooo ready for 2009 by the way. 2008 was cool, but 2009 is gonna be the year of PINK!! LOL

Ok, this is gonna be fast...Olympic 100 meter dash fast!! Usain Bolt fast!!
On your mark...
Get set..

G.O.

My birthday was fun. The boys went to the Baltimore Aquarium for the day on a church trip, so Ty and I had a fun and relaxing day to ourselves. We haven't had that in a LONG time. We had lunch in Center City, Ty got some specialty tea, I got some gelato (YUM!!!), we had birthday cake and we went to a movie. We had to pack it all into one day because who knows when we'll get that opporunity again. The next day we went to church and we all went to Applebee's for dinner.
Check us out...

Mi mi mi mi mi miiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!! Of course the waiters sang to me.

Ok, on to October! We went to the orchards to pick pumpkins and go for a hayride. SOOOOOOO MUCH FUN!!! I was surprised how much Aaron enjoyed himself. Like, he REALLY liked it.

Jordie got to ride a pony and just like last time he refused to let me or Ty walk around with him - such a big boy. Check him out...

Ahhhh yes, the carnival! I surprised Jordie with a little trip to the carnival after the orchard. We went at nighttime because I knew he'd eventually get tired and we wouldn't have to stay too long (I couldn't have been more wrong btw). It was just me and him...we haven't had that alone time since the nursing days... it was nice. He had such a good time!!!! I HEART JORDIE!! We had such a good time that I took him back the next day after church (also so I could get a funnel cake - have I mentioned my sweet tooth??? lol). If it doesn't appear that he is enjoying himself..it's just because he's focused!!! LOL He has such a beautiful smile, but just recently has it started to come around more. He's so serious!! lol
Every so often he'll ask to go to the carnival again. When it returns in March, we'll be back out there. I'll have to see if Owwie is up for it. We'll see. In the meantime.. helicopters and boats and cars, OH MY! check my boy out...

The day that changed my life... October 23, 1998
On October 23, 1998, at a little before 3pm (it was a Friday) in my apartment at W806, Ty and I shared our first kiss!! MUUUAAAHHHHHH!!! It was a really nice kiss. We celebrate it every year with a kiss. I know, how corny are we!!! LOL I just can't believe it's been 10 years already. That's a looonnnnngggggg time! I feel old.
Check us out...

For some reason Jordie and I had quite a few late nights together. Not sure how his sleeping pattern got so off, but I know on more than one occasion he was begging me to put the camera down!! LMBO Check him out...

Dinner and a movie fell on Halloween in October. Jordan was a cowboy and Aaron was a pirate. Jordan truly perfected his "Giddy-up horsey" and Aaron perfected his "Arrrrrggggghhhhhhh" well before the costumes arrived. They were the cutest little cowboy and pirate I have ever seen!! haha The movie we watched was The Great Pumpkin. Jordan actually watched it and Aaron just danced every time music came on. All in all a great day.. and we got to spend it at GG's house. Check us out...

One of the highlights of the fall was becoming godmother to another beautiful babydoll. She is a DOLL!!!! Babydoll Caedee is the daughter of Jordie's godparents. I won't go into the tragedy that was her dedication (still pi$$$$$$$$$ed about that day), but we all had so much fun the day they asked us to be godparents. Check us all out... the whole gang (minus Ty - I think he played photog that night)... Me, the boys, Babydoll Caedee, Uncle Nick and Auntie E Dot...

How sweet are those babydolls????!!!!!?!?!?!?

O.M.G. I almost forgot!!! I think I mentioned it once before but we finally got a new car!!! WOOO HOOOOOO!!!! Timmy served us well for over 6 years, but the day came for us to let him go and upgrade!!! Timmy had no heat, his 'skin' was peeling, the front passenger side window wouldn't open (unless it was raining and then it wouldn't close.. uggghhhh), the engine light stayed on (computer glitch they say), the door to where you put the gas in was jammed and you need a screwdriver to open it, and oh yeah BOTH kelyess entry things were completely broken. That's just the stuff I can remember 2 months later. Not to sound ungrateful though because Timmy was a GREAT gift, but it was definitely time to move on. Well, HELLLOOOOOO Penny!!! Penny is a charcoal gray 2008 Chrysler Aspen. She's a big girl and a bit of a guzzler, but so far so good!! No complaints! And a bonus - free satellite radio until April! HOLLLLLAAAAA! haha
As evidenced by that way too long paragraph, I am quite pleased with our new purchase.

On to Thanksgiving...
I love the holiday season..and Thanksgiving is the start of it all. My mom hosted Thanksgiving so that was cool. Everyone behaved and a good time was had by all. Aaron got soooo sick though and we were 'stuck' nursing him the whole weekend. We had a really great time though. Aaron loves to take pictures (sick or not) and is always ready to say CHEESE if he sees me with my camera. HOWEVER, my dear Owwie performed something terrible when we all got together to take family pictures at an actual studio. It really is a shame how badly he acted. I wish I had some footage of his behavior - you'd never believe such a sweet baby could act so bllleecchhhhhhh (for lack of a better word). Anyway, we also had November's dinner and a movie at MomB and Dadu's. I snapped a few shots of us, then I fell asleep - while the movie was on!! Aaron missed the movie all together, bless his heart, but Jordan watched the whole thing and wanted to watch another movie afterwards!!! LOL What did we watch??? I believe it was called The Barnyard. I didn't really care for it (what I saw of it), but everyone else liked it.
Thanksgiving, dinner and a movie - check us out...

The whole family before everyone left

A few shots after dinner

Before I dozed off

MomB, Dadu, & Jordie quite focused on that movie

Movie over, peace out, good night!

Love this pic!! Good Morning!

Whew!!! I haven't read over this post, so I hope it makes sense and isn't full of grammatical errors. It's late and I'm too tired and lazy to go back over this. Perhaps I'll read it over tomorrow..... perhaps not.

Good night!

Happy New Year

I've been gone for some time, but I've made my resolutions...
In 2009, I resolve to:
1. keep the blog alive
2. be personally fulfilled
3. exercise (not necessarily a lot... just at all)
4. keep in touch with my friends and just be a better friend in total
5. continue to grow spiritually

I've been sick for almost 2 weeks now, but I can honestly say 2009 is TERRIFIC already!! I'm not an optimist by nature but I think if I keep telling myself positive things and if I FOCUS on the positive as much as possible - it can indeed become my reality.

I'll have to post some pictures of Q4 2008 some time soon. I had a great birthday, Jordan went to the carnival (2 days in a row), we went to the orchard, had a great Thanksgiving, a GREAT GREAT Christmas and a really nice New Year's celebration. All of the aforementioned should be properly documented.

This blue world of mine keeps me busy.... but I wouldn't change a thing!!!!

Happy New Year All!!!! God bless you - EVEYRONE!

Christmas Pictures '08 Edition

I'm ready for Christmas.
I just thought I'd throw that out there even though I have a lot of catching up to do from this past season. Fall just FLEW BY! Ah well... on to the next.

Anyway..
Soooooo, we decided to take family pictures to send out with our Christmas cards.. We did it in 2006 and 2007 - because it was the boy's first Christmases... there was really no need to do it again this year. I'm just sayin.

2006 was the easiest because there was just one baby and he was too little to really try our patience.... and plus, expectations were so low.

2007 was AWFUL!! We went around dinnertime, which then leads to sleepy time.... and for Mom, that makes sweaty time!!! The boys were so cranky and disagreeable.. If I remember correctly, the photographer got a total of 6 or 7 shots TOTAL before we just quit - after TWO HOURS!! That was one of the worst experiences with the boys to date!

Why I thought this year would be any different is just something that makes you go hmmmm.
We went earlier in the day to avoid the dinner/sleepy crankiness... the boys are a year older and they love to have their pictures taken...

NONE OF THIS MATTERED!!!!
I repeat - NONE OF THIS MATTERED!!!

Aaron SCREAMED and HOLLERED the ENTIRE TIME!!! You would've thought someone was really torturing him! And when he cries, Jordan cries.. without fail. I think the photographer barely got 10 shots TOTAL for us to choose from.

And so, yes, that lead to Mom sweating! lol makeup dripping, curls falling, head pounding...
It was an experience (to say the least).

Ty and I took pics of just the 2 of us for a change - those came out pretty well..

Anyway... we're not taking anymore pictures for a good long while!! Period.
If I can remember, I'll post the pics we chose once they are ready. (maybe)

Boobies & Scriptions

It's really the little things that make you smile. Yeah, big momentous events and special occasions can make you giddy inside and giggly outside...but it's those little everyday occurrences that can make you take pause and truly be thankful for what you've got.

Have I mentioned how grateful I am to have my boys! Yeah, it's a common refrain over here - but I really do!!

So Jordie can be a little show-off at times. He speaks like an eight year old (at times) and he enunciates better than some adults. He knows this and loves to show off his great diction by repeating EVERYTHING he hears....perfectly. I knew the campaign season was becoming too long when Jordie would enter a room saying, "Mommy I'd like my dinner & I approve this message!" LOL He really is a trip...

I digress

At our house, we were overcome with joy with the declaration that Barack Obama will be our next president. It really made me believe that anything for my boys is possible!! (one of my inner giddy moments)
With that said, I felt it was time to reeeaaallllly begin teaching Jordie his scriptures. Yes, we pray daily and we say our grace and we teach right from wrong, but it's about that time for him to get into the Word a bit. So, I taught him a fantastic scripture that completely epitomizes this campaign season.....I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me! Phillipians 4:13. From this point forward I want him to know that he can do ALL things...
So, after repeating it about 5 times, he had it memorized. I tell you, he really is a special boy!
On Sunday after church he ran into our patsor's arms (they have a special connection) and said, "Reverend, I learned my scriptions!! I learned my scriptions!!" A proud moment for me, indeed. He then recited his scriptions with such gusto and such confidence.. I was left speechless. Great things are in store for that little fellow!

On to my Owwie! He is only 16 months so no scriptions yet for him. I will say though that he is speaking A LOT more!! He has been a mumbler since he uttered his first word and you could never really make out what he was trying to say. Well, the boys call my mom MomB but my dear Owwie could never get that B sound so he ended up calling both me and my mom Mommy. I had no problem with it, but my mom seemed troubled that he couldn't quite get that B sound.

Here's the kicker....he CAN say the B sound! didn't see that one coming did you?? :-D
I had my mom on the phone one night and I asked Owwie if he wanted to watch a movie and he said "Yeah, Boobie!!" My mom, of course, was shocked!! Laughter ensued. I simply told her he can't quite make the B sound after the M sound, but he'll get it sooner or later. That always provides for a good laugh....
Gotta love my Owwie!

off to bed......another migraine. this one is no joke! Stress kills folks - so TAKE IT EASY!!!

btw, I finnnnnaaaaallllllyyyyyy bought a new car! Probably the source of my headache... I desperately needed it though. I've only had it for about 24 hours and I love it!! Ty loves it too!! I'm happy about it and only have the smallest bit of buyer's remorse... I sure do hope it passes!

Ok, off to bed! night night

YES WE CAN!!!

Our next President of the United States of America will be none other than Barack Obama!!!!!! I am soooooo excited!!!! I was up half the night watching all the coverage - got sick in the midst of it all!

We are victorious!!!!! We did it!!!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OBAMA!!!!!! Words can't express the level of joy I am feeling right now!!! November 4, 2008, will forever be a super remarkable day in the history of this country!!!

We must all remember to keep the Obama administration and the Obama family in prayer because he has a tough job ahead of him...and as the saying goes, "Rome wasn't built in a day..." We pray for his mind and we pray for his safety and we pray for soul that he may continue to work with the integrity that he exhibited running his campaign.

Oh yeah, and a big congrats to Michelle Obama too on becoming the first Black First Lady!!! She is stunning and intelligent and all that so many young girls can aspire to be! What a wonderful role model she is!!! Can we all please forget the Lindsay Lohans and Paris Hiltons as role models and take a good look at this accomplished woman (also a dedicated wife and mother)! I love her!!!!!!

*off to take some cold medicine*

Let's Make History... TODAY!

Today is election day. I voted at 7am when the polls opened. I voted for Senator Barack Obama and Senator Joe Biden for president and vice-president. I do hope they win!!!!

Definitely CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope everyone else votes too - pick your candidate and exercise your right!

I will be back with results........ and also for an October recap. October 23rd was a special day (I didn't forget). Halloween was big fun too! Dinner and a movie anyone....


Sidebar:
Life has its ups and downs, but this is blog is a place for encouragement, optimism, hope, faith and all things positive. So, if you're looking for drama - you're not gonna find it here. I only post things that can encourage folks, uplift folks, make folks smile, make folks laugh, make folks think... you get the point! smile, Jesus loves you!