Beep..Beep! Coming Through..

We bought this Little Tikes car last year at a garage sale for $5! Boy have we gotten our moneys worth!

The kids love this little car...

Move.. comin through!!

Jared's 10th B-Day Party last year.

This little car has been used and abused...and its got many more miles to go!...They just don't makem like they used too;)

Beautiful Ballerina

This weekend while we were working in the yard, Grace ran into the house to get her "Princess Dress." Some friends of ours gave this skirt to her last year, and she loves it!!

Just look at that toe!.. Rachel did you teach her this? ;) She was dancing and spinning around like a beautiful Ballerina...

Wait...Is she now playing in the dirt and rocks..? Yes she is! She is so my child. Dirt was my best friend too when I was a little girl. Shucks... I still love playin in the dirt mine just has veggies instead of rocks. ;)

Patience & Teamwork

This weekend we all worked together to put our new swing together.

First it was Daddy, Caden, Grace and myself working on this project.

Well about 10 minutes later Jared joined us. Just by looking at the next few pictures you will be able to tell how Caden felt about this ;)

Not too excited, but he was kind enough to let Jared help. You better do it right Jared, you have Caden's eyes watching you...hehe! For years... outside projects have not been something Jared enjoys, it's more like a chore for him. But he has recently taken an interest in outside projects just in the last 6 months.

So to help keep "The Peace" in our home, Jared put the nuts, bolts and washers on one side of the swing...

and Caden got to do the other side.

This worked well with them, it was a good lesson on patience and teamwork.

All done!

Daddy took this sweet picture of me and my boys sleeping on the swing. Can you see me?.. Oh those boys love to snuggle. I will enjoy it now because this may not last too much longer. :(

It is better to be patient than to be proud. Don't become angry quickly, because getting angry is foolish. Ecclesiastes 7:8-9

The A Honor Roll

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We received this letter today from the school district stating that Jared made the A honor roll. He didn't know last year that he missed this achievement by one point, we kept this from him to prevent him from being upset. We didn't tell him until later when we felt that enough time had passed. However he surprised us by being very mature about his near miss.

Way to go Jared!!! We are so proud of you and your hard work. Were honored to be your parents and we love you very much.

Love, Mom & Dad

"For I know what I have planned for you, ' says the Lord. "I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope." Jeremiah 29:11

Our Little Girl

These past few days our little girl has not been feeling well. Shes been tired and just not acting like herself. :( Yesterday she started running a fever...and today she has thick green mucus in one eye. It looks like it might move into the other eye because it's red and swollen. Ugh. Sounds like "Pink Eye" to me.

This was where she spent her day on Tuesday :( On the couch with me and her blankie.

Yes, I will bless the Lord and not forget the glorious things he does for me. He forgives all my sins. He heals me. Psalm 103:2-3

Pj's and Sprouts

I can't remember the last time we have spent our weekend in our Pj's all day! I'm thinking this was the first time the kids have stayed in there pj's all weekend long. Of course we showered and put on fresh ones.;) With Caden sick Thursday and Friday and Grace Saturday and Sunday we have laid low. We've really enjoyed relaxing and just being a family these past two days. At the same time though we have gotten some things done here around the house. And we are happy to report we have little sprouts...Yay!! We have sprouts of everything except the watermelon, but they take longer to sprout...so we are still hopeful we'll see little melons soon. Caden said yesterday "cool and we will get to eat all of this!!!" Just maybe sweetie if mommy and daddy don't kill it first ;)

Sprouts of squash!

God's Protection

It has been a tough week for us. We feel Satan is working on us this week for some reason and all we can do is pray. Wednesday-Saturday Jeff, Grace and myself had a stomach bug. Friday Jared hurt his back while jumping on the trampoline. Sunday Caden cuts him self shaving. Monday we find a Copperhead in our back yard. Monday Jared falls at the baseball field and cuts his hand and leg almost needing stitches... Wednesday Caden complains of his stomach and throat hurting... Thursday I woke up with both eyes swollen shut. I picked up Caden from school at 3:00 today and he was running a fever of 103.5! Later...I find that someone hit my car at some point today. While working on our garden one of the fence panels with rusty huge nails fell and hit Jared on the side of his head. This was very scary!! "In shock" he said the nail hit my head am I bleeding?! He was okay, just a scratch. The Lord protected him with out a doubt! THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER!! Satan you will not win! God has and will continue to protect us, I believe this with out a doubt. All this along with baseball games Monday...Tuesday...and Friday. I'm thinking Caden will miss school and Fridays game. We did have some good moments this week....I took Jared out of School today because he had an appointment with Tom. We enjoyed our lunch together at Double Dave's before his app. I really enjoy spending one on one time with the kids, I wish I could do this more often. Also, here are some pictures of Monday and Tuesday at the ball field.

We enjoy watching him play because he enjoys it sooo much...you would never guess it though because he's a very serious ball player...wonder where he got that from ;)

My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything. James 1:2-4

Summer and Slitheren Snakes

We have lived here for 10 years, and have never had problems with snakes. Until last summer! We killed three (very small) last summer...which we thought was very odd because we have never had problems with snakes before. Well last week I was mowing and found another small snake. I thought...okay what's the deal with the snakes all of a sudden! This is crazy!!!

So...the next two days Jeff and the boys and I spent several hours burning the under brush at the back of our property.The kids love to play back there, it's just a little wooded, just enough to make them feel like they are in forest. Perfect for hide and seek.

Anyways....back to the title. This is what Jeff found today under a few leaves.A Copperhead!!!!!..over a foot long. I'm a little freaked out. We have all played/walked through there several times today. Grace and I this morning and all of us this afternoon.

Thank you, thank you so much Lord Jesus for protecting all of us today and everyday.

The LORD is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. 2 Thessalonians 3:3

Caden's First Shave!

I have recently mentioned that the kids are really growing up...but this is a little too much.

Tonight Caden took a shower in our master bathroom. He came running into the kitchen, where Jeff and I were at, saying his lip started bleeding. I quickly looked to see where the bleeding was coming from while getting him a tissue for the blood. He said.. it's my lip that's bleeding! Okay Caden I'm just making sure, because you have blood all in your mouth. After cleaning up a little Jeff said, huh... that looks like a razor blade cut. I agreed. Caden really didn't want to fess up because he was a little embarrassed. I told him...when I was little I played with my parents razor one time and that's all it took for me to learn my lesson. He agreed. Jeff said, Caden I will teach you how to shave when your ready and old enough, okay. Okay dad. About an hour later he had a red razor burn from the bottom of his nose to the top of his lip...that's gonna hurt for a while. OUCH! You got yourself good!

..even from far away you understand my motives. Psalm 139:2

Gardening for Veggies

We have decided to give gardening a try this year. We got these buckets from my brother to plant our garden in...just in case we don't do so well.

Hoping to see sprouts of tomatoes, watermelon, squash, cucumber, okra, and peas please.

Speaking of veggies... Below is our oldest sons plate after dinner the other day. I had asked him to eat one piece of fried okra. Uh... he skinned it!? Obviously the work of Jared.

We've done some growing up

Thursday Grace put on her shirt all by herself! (I'm bummed I accidentally erased the video of her... it was so cute. I will try again soon). She's not a baby any more..Now just to get her to go to the potty all by herself. ;)

Looking at Jared's head in relation to the corner of the cabinet door...I bet you can guess what happened here.

You guessed it!

OUCH!!!! I know that had to hurt! We have been telling him... it's not going to be long and your going to be tall enough your going to hit the corner of the cabinet door. You need to be careful. Sorry sweetie :(

Spring Showers

Caden & Grace enjoyed playing in the rain today. I told them...since your playing in the water why don't ya clean the pollen off the porch. hehe!

Later...Jared joined in the fun! They are such sweet brothers to her. They don't include her all the time but they do include her a lot when they play.

He Is Risen

Thank you Lord Jesus for dying for our sins. We celebrate Easter with family and candy and food with cute little bunnies made of marshmallow & chocolate.

We take our lives for granted, living our days as if it will go on for ever. What we often miss is the fact that it is Your blood that gave us this.

Lord we thank YOU for our knowing this and giving us the sacred responsibility to teach our children about the sacrifice you gave for us.

I am honored that this day fell on my 100th post.

Peek-a-Boo

I see you peeking over my fence!

This reminds Jeff & I of the TV show Home Improvement!

The girls started peeking over or through the fence when they were about a year old.

What a sweet daddy.

They will be 3 years old in about 3 months. We are thinking about putting in a gate, so that they can visit with out braking their parents backs ;)

Easter

At Uncle T.J. & Aunt Tennille's House!

We had a blast this weekend at my brother and sister-in-law's house! My Cousins, Aunts & Uncles where there for the Easter Celebration!

Caden on the zipline!

The little kiddos before the hunt.

The big kids before the hunt!...18 kiddos and 3 more babies on the way! We had the kids in the basement while hiding the eggs and enjoyed a bible quiz together! (As you can see Grace is also in this picture, she wants to be a big kid so bad ;)

Caden hunting down as many eggs as possible ;)

Jared and Grace on the hunt.

Most of the adults watched the kids hunt this year. Years before we have all joined in the hunt to find the big $50.00 egg!

Grace and my cousin's little girl L played so good together. I heard L say to Grace..."I love you." How sweet is that!?

Since Uncle T. J. played baseball forever...we just had to take some quick lessons from him!;)

Thank you T. J. for spending time with Caden and for your great advise!

Every time we get together these two go off by themselves and have the best time! Grayson reminds me a lot of Jared, they have the same personality, and look so much alike.

They get along so well you would never know they are 5 years apart.

And not 5 minutes into our trip home (the first time) she was out! We had a great day at Uncle T.J.'s even though we got home so very late. That was my fault, I forgot my purse and had to turn around in F.W. Thanks for hosting The Jones Family Easter Celebration!