We Did It!

Today was Kindergarten registration for Blake. I can not believe I just typed that sentence....I can not believe my little Blake is starting school this year. {tear}Where has the time gone????

After Michael and I put alot of prayer into it and after talking to Blake's preschool teacher we have decided to register him for Kindergarten for the 2008 school year.
This has been one of the toughest decisions for us. We just want to make sure we are doing the right thing.....for Blake.
His preschool teacher seems to think he will have no problem at all. She kind of acted like she thought we were being a little overly protective with Blake. She actually made me second guess my thinking. Who knows.......maybe I am being a little overly cautious.
Well....you know what....I'm his Mommy...and that gives me the right that I CAN BE.
That's the way I see it anyway.
I can see a big difference with him since we have been doing the "home schooling" on his off days. He really enjoys it too!

Sooooo.....like I said......today was the day.
After Blake got out of preschool today we went to the elementary school. The line of parents waiting to register was a long one.
Luckily they had tables set up for the kids to color and draw.....that worked well.
Blake LOVES to color and draw....just like Jarrett.

When we got there this little boy from his preschool came running up to Blake and said "Hey, Blake" and hugged him and he told the little boy that was with him. "This is my friend Blake"
I loved it! Blake was smiling from ear to ear.
Several of his buddies from preschool will attend the same elementary school as he is.

Who knows......I may have it alot harder than Blake. Maybe....it's me just having a very hard time realizing that my baby boy is growing up right before my eyes.

We just got home from the park and all three of my boys =-) are outside playing football right now.....so I took this opportunity to type this entry.
I'm getting a little sporadic with my posts lately.
I will get back on my schedule of morning posts...in the morning.

I hope you have had a wonderful day today!
Thank you sooooo much for all of your lovely comments about our Anniversary Weekend! You don't know how much I love reading your kind words. Each and every one put a smile on my face!! Thanks again!

Our Anniversary Getaway

Michael called me Friday afternoon and told me that he had arranged for Jarrett and Blake (and Daisy too =-) ) to spend the weekend with his Mom and Dad. He said that we were going out to dinner Friday evening and on Saturday he had made reservations at a Bed and Breakfast...and that we would return home on Sunday evening. I was VERY surprised! I assumed that we would just go out for a nice dinner on Saturday...He definitely pulled one over on me this year. Michael is a known penny-pincher and I thought there would be NO WAY that he would go out of town for our anniversary since we are leaving for Disney in less than 2 weeks! Like I said...I was surprised...and he was happy that I was.
We enjoyed Friday night out together at one of our favorite restaurants. It's always nice for just the two of us to have dinner together....talking, with no interruptions. Just enjoying each others company.
We slept in for a while on Saturday morning....then we packed and left for the bed and breakfast. Michael still hadn't told me where we were going. After a 3 1/2 hour long ride (Michael knows how much I love a good road trip).....we ended up in a little town near Blacksburg, VA. The town was called Woolwine, Va. The total population of the town was 1500. The place that we stayed was called The Dutchess Bed and Breakfast. It wasn't your typical Victorian style bed and breakfast....like I had pictured in my mind. It was more like a very large cabin and it was high on top of a mountain....the view was GORGEOUS!!
When we arrived the innkeepers were waiting to greet us. They were extremely nice. She showed us to our room and when I walked in this is what I found.....Michael had requested that she have roses and strawberries dipped in chocolate waiting for me. Now..Ain't that sweet!! =-)The strawberries didn't last long at all....they were delicious!
Here's the sneaky little devil himself...... =-)Here's a few pictures of our room... After we got settled in we went to a little cafe in town called the Rock Castle Cafe. We had a big juicy hamburger. Everyone in there was so nice. It was such a simple little town up and away from everything. It was so relaxing.
The the next morning we woke up and got ready for breakfast. We had a wonderful breakfast waiting on us in the dining room that consisted of fresh fruit, waffles, sausage, and eggs. Yum! This view was right outside our bedroom window..... After we walked around the grounds....we packed up and decided to drive around and see some of the history of the town.... Michael took this one of me at "Lovers Leap". It was on the Blue Ridge Parkway....the view was out of this world!This was also along the Blue Ridge Parkway. It is Mabry Mill. Isn't it beautiful! The ducks had to be FREEZING. Michael said no, that they weren't, but I still say yes. This duck looked like it was trying to walk on water.
This is the Bob White Covered Bridge. This was located in Woolwine. It's one of only 5 covered bridges in VA. It reminded me of the movie "The Bridges of Madison County"

We also stopped by a local candy store, it was Nancy's Candy Company. Oh....the temptation!!!! and YES...I gave in to the pressure!! LOL! It was sooooooo worth it!!! I loved this pillow. ha..ha..ha... Isn't it a vegetable???!!!!!!This was one of the stores we stopped at in town. We stopped at several little country stores/antique shops along the way.

I enjoyed my relaxing romantic Anniversary weekend so much. It was great to just get away with my sweet husband....and enjoy some quality time together, far away from the hustle and bustle of life.

Today was back to reality and I have been busy ALL day.
We have gotten the boys in bed and I am ready to enjoy our evening watching a movie together.
Good Night =-)

I've Updated The Weight Loss Chart

I've gotten a late start today. Well...with my blog post anyway...
I've been going strong since early this morning!

I just got home and I have a second to update the chart.

We have a leader change....Sonya is coming on strong again with a 8.6 pound weight loss!!!
You Go Girl!!!!! Woo-Hoo!!!!

You guys are doing awesome!!!!!!

I'm just curious......would ya'll be interested in extending the deadline????
Either way it's OK with me. Just leave me a comment with your thoughts about it.

AND........

I will try to post again before the day is over.
I just have to tell you guys about our weekend!! He DID surprise me after all!!!!
We had a great weekend.
I can't wait to tell you all about it......and I took LOTS of pictures. =-)

Ok...I have maintained the same weight ALL week LONG!!! Which, that alone was getting on my LAST nerve! Then, today, on weigh in day I wake up and I have GAINED a pound!!!!!!!!!
WHAT???!!!!!!!
Oh well....I'm staying focused and looking for better results next week. I am still pressing forward to reach my goal! I'm not getting discouraged....NO WAY!
I have been doing everything I need to do.....eating very healthy, working out, drinking lots of water....NOW....I just need for my body to start doing IT'S part!

I started taking a muscle flex aerobics class this week too and it's AWESOME! I'm really excited about that.

Ok.....time for YOUR results. I hope you have had a great week and you have some great numbers to turn in. Can't wait to see them. I will update the chart on Monday when I get everyone's numbers.

OH! and I had sooo much fun reading all of your comments yesterday! I love question day!
Truthfully, I LOVE reading your comments ANY day! I'm a total comment junkie!!! LOL!!!!

One more thing I want to share with you guys!
Tomorrow is our 11 year Wedding Anniversary. Happy Anniversary to me...Happy Anniversary to me! Michael has something special planned for us. He won't tell me what......he loves to surprise me. I'm a hard person to surprise because I normally figure it out. I'm smart like that. {wink} So..he has gotten pretty sneaky about it over the years.
Last year he took me on a Royal Caribbean Cruise. We had a fabulous time!!!! The year b4 that he surprised me with a trip to Niagara Falls. That was just breathtaking!!!
My man is a pretty good surpriser ain't he!
This year our "Anniversary Trip" will be with our sweet boys to Disney in 2 weeks. I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!
So....I imagine, for tomorrow evening, he has planned a nice evening out...just the 2 of us. We shall see. I love to spend special time with my #1 guy!

Well...I gotta go for now and get my morning started.
I hope you have a WONDERFUL Friday!! TGIF!!!!! TGIF!!!!!!

Here's a few of my FAVORITE shows when I was growing up. Why can't television be like it used to be? You know....back when you could sit down with your family and enjoy watching a show together without worrying about any inappropriate content. Man...those were the days!

Here's your question for the day...

What was YOUR favorite show or shows when you were growing up???

Tornado??

We had a big scare yesterday afternoon while we were at our Upward Awards Ceremony.
My friend Jayme came and told us that she just heard there was a tornado in the town that both mine and Michael's parents live. We had heard nothing about it.
Michael called our parents and a tornado (the news called it a storm cell) HAD touched down around 5pm yesterday about 1/2 mile from my Mom and 1 mile from Nancy and Danny. It had only been an hour since the storm had passed through.
No one knew the extent of the damage yet.

My Mom had just gotten home from the area that was hit the worst. She said she was pulling into her driveway when the winds began to pick up and the rain began to come down in sheets. My mom made it into her house and was fine.

Nancy was on her way home. The area that was hit...is an area she has to drive through to get home. When Michael talked to her on the phone she was sitting in traffic in her car trying to figure out how she was going to drive home. The state police would not let anyone past a certain point near the damage.
Danny was at home when the storm hit.
We talked to Nancy and Danny last night, Nancy made it home on a different route and she is fine.

Neither of our parents had any damage to their homes.

I just want to thank God that they were all safe and sound.

From what I have seen on the news and from what my Mom told me. There's quite of bit of damage in some areas of the town. So remember the families that were affected in your prayers. Also...remember my brother, Stevie, too. He works for Old Dominion Power and he will be putting some long hours in helping to get the power up and running again. Pray for his safety also.
Here's the article this morning from our newpaper...also this picture of one of the houses that was damaged.

We are having some CRAZY weather here in the south!

Wordless Wednesday--Dr. Seuss Week at School

Yesterday was Dr. Seuss...Hooray For Diffendoofer Day!
Jarrett wore two different shoes and his shirt/hat backwards.

Blake's preschool had Cat In The Hat day....and....here he is, the Cat in the hat himself!

I'm am not so good at these WORDLESS Wednesdays am I!
Next Wednesday I will not say a word.

What A Difference A Day Makes!

This is our forecast for today.....

Thunderstorms likely. A few storms may be severe. High 62F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph.
Tuesday night: Cloudy with a few showers. Colder. Low 38F. Winds WSW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 30%.

ICK!! Although we DO need this rain for those beautiful Easter lilies to bloom!

A Picture Perfect Day!

Wow! Yesterday was just beautiful! It was mostly sunny and 72 degrees here in the mountains of East Tennessee.
It's hard to believe that Jarrett was out of school JUST last week on Wednesday and Thursday due to SNOW!!!
I'm not complaining though! I'm just smiling and enjoying EVERY second of this beautiful weather that God created for us on this picture perfect day!
I have diagnosed myself with a serious case of Spring Fever!!!
We were outside almost all day long yesterday. I love it!
Blake and I played outside during the day yesterday. We invited some friends over too, we played baseball and played on our playground in the backyard. Michael came home from work early and we went to the park. It was nice to not have any plans yesterday evening and to just go and spend some time together doing whatever.
First, we hiked for an hour or a little longer. At our local park...there's alot of people that play Frisbee golf. Ever heard of that?? Let me tell ya...there was TONS of people playing it yesterday. Where we went hiking...it was also the trail that the Frisbee golfers take. We were dodging Frisbees left and right! It was madness!!! I don't see the appeal. We stopped and watched a few of the golfers play along the way. Jarrett thought it was pretty cool....Blake on the other hand just kept trying to pick up the Frisbees!
Then, we hit the playground. This park has one awesome playground. Big enough for us adults to play on too. By the time we got back to the park...it was beginning to get dark....so there wasn't many kids left. So we had full reign of the premises!
After we all ran around together being silly.....Jarrett and Blake played Ninja Warrior....pretending that the playground was an obstacle course. Michael and I sat that game out. We watched and laughed, alot.
Then, Jarrett loves to race. He is very competitive. (I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing sometimes). Anyway...Michael and I both can run fast. Michael was all state in High School in track. He can run REALLY fast!
We stood out in the parking lot last night running races. First, it was me and Jarrett...I won, but not by much. Jarrett is FAST! Then Michael and Jarrett....then Michael and I.....and of course Blake was running right along with us. Michael beat me by a country mile! He beat us ALL pretty effortlessly.
Then we went for some ice-cream. I passed on the ice-cream. I am a HUGE ice-cream lover, so that took some will power!!!! But, once I said no....I was proud of myself. Saying no to ice-cream was a big feat for me. Those of you that have been around me and ice-cream at the same time.....know exactly what I mean.

I just re-read this entry. I have rhymed several times (just did it again!).
I'm a female Dr. Seuss...giving you the play by play of our beautiful day. (Ok..I will stop now! ha..ha..ha) I was getting carried away! (Ok..seriously...I'm DONE!)

Our Weekend

We spent the majority of our weekend with our families. Saturday was Jarrett's last Upward Basketball game, my Mom and Michael's Mom and Dad got to come over together.
First, on Saturday, was CHAC Baseball practice for Jarrett. Jarrett, Blake and Michael went. I had some grocery shopping to do. (Lots of grocery shopping....$270 worth...to be exact!!! UGH!) They made it back home b4 I even left, because they got to the field and no one was there! Nice....don't you just love it when that happens. Michael didn't know if he misunderstood the time or if the practice was changed and no one called us. I wasn't happy....but I got some CUTE pictures of all of my boys...b4 they left for their practice, that didn't happen. Oh..well!

Saturday was our last Upward Basketball game....like I said before. I didn't take my camera...OOOOPS!!! I forgot to bring it. I had gotten home from Wallyworld just in time to leave for Upward....so it was a little chaotic and I forgot. Our team played a great game. We lost by 9 points. They all played hard and tried their best. That's all we ask of them. It's all about having fun. Michael and I decided to get them a cookie cake and have a LITTLE party for them after their game. So I left during halftime and went and picked up the cookie cake, then I decorated the room. The boys were so suprised! It was great.

After Upward we all came home and played outside. (It was nice on Saturday...65 degrees, Sunday is was 70 degrees...and today it is supposed to be 70 too!!! Yeeee-Haw! We will be playing outside and enjoying it!) We played some baseball. Here's Jarrett, Blake and Papaw Dan playing in our backyard.

Look at Blake smacking that baseball!

Here's a picture of my Mom. She and Michael were sitting in Blake's room talking and I took a picture of Mommy. I liked it....I thought it was a great picture of her. Would you guess that my Mom is 74 years old??!!! I think she looks great.....I hope her good genes were passed down to me!!!! =-)

Here's Blake with Papaw Dan. Blake stuck to Papaw Dan all day like glue. He enjoyed every single second of it too. Here's me and this cute guy I picked up! LOL! He agreed to take a picture with me.
The lighting certainly wasn't the best....but, I liked it anyway.

Mamaw Na Na and Papaw Dan

We all piled into the van to go eat dinner. I got to sit in the backseat with my boys. That doesn't happen often. I stole a couple of kisses! Here's Mamaw Net with her boys. It took a few minutes for them to get serious.....
Ok...here's the semi serious one. They love their Mamaw Net. She was running around playing with them the whole time. Like I said I hope when I am 74 I am JUST as youthful as she is.
I took like 229 pictures on Saturday. I love to get tons of pictures of them with their Mamaw's and Papaw. Those pictures are PRICELESS!!!!

We had a great weekend. Hope you guys did too!!!
I just got home from the gym....and I wanted to get this last post finished for today. We are heading outside to enjoy this pretty day!