Kindergarten

I was so worried, up until two days ago he was not excited about Kindergarten. Then all of a sudden it changed- maybe it was the new school supplies but I think it was the new boots! He came home all excited and said he had a great day!

Self Hair Cut

Yesterday -THE DAY BEFORE KINDERGARTEN -Jett decided to trim on his hair a bit. This is the final picture after Mom tried to fix it.

I promise I'm not chocking him I had my hand on his neck to show the DAMAGE- missing side burn....

nice shot of a near ear catastrophe..

A near scalping on the left side...

the evidence...

and finally at least he tried to clean up.

Iowa Surprise

OK -so I haven't written anything in a while because I was afraid I would somehow spill the beans that I was going to Iowa to surprise Laney. I left my house @4am on Thurs and Jett and I flew up surprise her. Nick helped me pull it off by having his mom pick us up and deliver us to Laney's House. I knocked on the back door and no answer but I knew she was awake because Mom had just spoke to her on the phone and called me to say coast is clear. Jett and tried to walk down the hall quietly and were headed up the stairs when Laney yelled who is in my house...we didn't say anything just started walking to the basement. She asked again who is there? about that time she had reached the top of the basement and I the bottom of the upstairs and she saw us- we had a great time Thurs the girls had Gymnastics and we went to dinner, Friday Laney, Jenny-one of her friends and I went to What Cheer this flea market close by, Saturday we hung around the house resting our tired feet from Fri in the morning and went shopping in the afternoon and had some of her friends over for dinner, Sunday- the kiddos went fishing with Nick for a bit and then it was off to the pool and pizza after. Wish we could have stayed longer but I promise not to stay gone for another 5 years again, the last I went was for Landry's 1st Birthday. I'm waiting on some picture from Laney to post of the weekend.

All the pretty horses

When left alone to his own creativity , Jett never has a dull moment. I caught this little gem and asked him what he was doing. He said his horses wanted to march in line to the game room, he spent hours moving each one a little at a time and making sure all the horses "kept up". In order from first to last Horsey, Chief, Danny, Cochise, Shorty, Puppy #1, Chicken, Dub, Puppy#2, Firecracker, and Jett is in the back. I figure I better name them all now while I can remember all the names.

My Office Entertainment

Looking out the window of my office I am delighted most days to see my little bird friends putting on a show. In the first picture they are not there but a few minutes later after I added bird seed they started showing up. One day a curious little squirrel attempted to climb the pole, while funny to watch the birds were not having it and promptly chased him away. Another day one of the dogs was busy "watering"the plants and they went after him too! Poor Rover had no idea he jumped a foot off the ground. The second picture shows two of the little birds feasting on thier prize. I never paid much attention before to birds or squirrels but I feel I am somehow honoring Jarrod's Grandma when I feed them. She always had food out ,and even had a few names for her favorite fat little hummingbirds, squirells and birds.

Mr. July

This hunky beef cake enjoys playing with trucks and just kidding...

The first thought that popped into my head when I saw him doing this was the Firemen Calenders. We were in College Station last night for Demo- Night at Fire School and he provided me with this gem of a picture- I DID NOT pose him this is all JETT!

FIRE SCHOOL

Crying and Counting down the days

I just realized that Jett starts Kindergarden in 3 weeks! I am not ready, where did time go, he was just crawling on the floors and learning to walk. I am not ready, this is where it all begins the gradual process of him becoming, yikes, independent of us. I am not ready, I want to hide him away and keep him 5 forever but I said that about 1, 2, 3, and 4 also. I know this is starting a great adventure for him but I want to pause these last few days of summer and his toddlerhood ( if its not a word it should be)before he is a school aged child! I hope he is ready? I question if we have prepared him enough? I am so not ready, waaaa.....

Busy Weekend

Don't you just love busy weekends, we had so much going on I wish I had the day off today. Saturday morning Jett had a rodeo in Gonzales, he did not do as well this time as he normally does. It was our turn to bring the toys for them to play with while they are waiting and while Jett is going around the first barrel he is looking at the other kids playing with his toys. So needless to say he was not paying attention. He wanted to know why he only got 1 ribbon this time and we explained to him that when we say -pay attention -there is a reason;I think he finally gets it now. He is 5 after all so if you don't say it at least a 100 times he doesn't hear you. Anywho, he still placed 3rd in cloverleaf and should have a chance at year end prizes. Later that day we spent time with Haley while Jarrod fed calves, I have to say I LOVE that Jett still takes naps because I sometimes get to with him, I wish I was 5 again and had them everyday. Saturday night the Campbells invited us over for dinner and fellowship. Beth and Neil always go all out and do an amazing job, Jarrod said the apple and jalapeno crusted pork tenderloin was wonderful!

Sunday we woke at the crack of 8 after such a long day and were off to College Station. Jarrod is fulfilling part of the requirements for the Volunteer Fire Department and that is fire school for a week at A&M, whoop! (for Jarrod). There was a huge expo at Reed Arena and the parking lot surrounding, every kind of fire vehicle was on display. Great big ladder trucks, Life flight helicopters, Rescue boats, and even brush trucks that had tires taller than me. The 5 year old in me was excited so you can imagine what Jett and Jarrod were experiencing. I took a few pictures but the temp was 106, so we did not stay outside very long. More to come later.....

GOD is good

A few beauty shots of one of the ranches, can you believe in July the hay fields are looking this good? What a drastic change from one year ago and the horrible draught. GOD is good! Calves are sold, hay looks great and everyone is healthy!

"Boots On"

When we buy Jett new boots I feel sorry for them. They are stomped in mud, tracked through poop, scuffed up and generally abused. We have not had a pair make it past 6 months. The poor things don't even get a chance to be outgrown or passed down to somebody else. Jett doesn't care if he has socks on, what size they are or even if they match,this combined with always having them on the opposite feet has stretched the leather out and destroyed the heels. We try to give the boots a break and make him wear teeny shoes- ya right he says he can't walk in them, sometimes he will wear flip-flops and I swear the boots go into hiding to avoid the destruction.

Toy Story - Long Edition

These are Jett's beloved animals, all 9 horses and 2 dogs. I took Jett to see Toy Story 3 and he started crying at the end along with me. He made me promise to never put Firecracker, Horsey, Dub, Danny, Chief, Lil'Chicken, Co-Chief, Shorty,Fiesta, Sleepy Sam, or either Puppy in the attic. He says he is not going to college he is going to stay home with Mommy and Daddy and all his horses forever. Every night we tuck him into bed ALL of the horses get tucked in too. He tells me that when he is busy working during the day Firecracker(the big paint horse in the back) is in charge.

Yoakum Fire Department Water Polo Contest

Last night Yoakum Fire Department had it's annual Water Polo Contest. They invite all of the Volunteer Fire Department as well as the paid employees. It was wonderful to see these guys blow off the steam of some recent horrible accident sites and act like children for a while. The families are invited and treated to hot dogs and ice cream, it is a true small town experience. Jarrod and his partner did well and fought back up the bracket but did not end up winning:( Jett, who thinks he is a fireman already, even got to spray the water hose some with his daddies helmet on. Jett takes as much pride in the firetrucks as any fireman, when they have truck washing or maintenance days he is there wiping and cleaning with the best of them. This next week Jarrod will be attending fire school in College Station to complete his training for the YVFD. Be sure to look at the very bottom tosee the video. I feel like I'm in a crazy romance novel with a husband who is a rancher and a fireman:)