I love you mommy....

I know it has been forever since I last post but I promise it is only because of computer issues. I have sooo much to write about but when it takes 30 min per picture to load its not worth my precious alone time.
which leads me into my reason for blogging now.
I am trying to pay bills right now on our ancient computer and it can be very frustrating. I started when Reese was in the kitchen in her high chair eating breakfast. The reason I did that is because she always wants to be in here with me, In my lap pushing buttons. or as she is doing right this second climbing over me grabbing things off the desk, papers are falling all over the floor. SOOOOO ITTTTS TOOOO HARD to do with her awake!!!


I am writing because as a parent I find staying calm is an everyday struggle. They push every single button that I have. With their daddy gone ALL the time (thank you cason for working so hard for us, don't take this blog the wrong way. I feel blessed for how hard you work for us!) it is exhausting!!!!
Soooo.... this morning as I am trying to keep my cool as she is pushing buttons on things I am paying for. (I am trying to pay $20 for something and she is adding some zeros right as I am pushing confirm.) I start to completely looooosssee it until she wraps those sweet little arms around my neck and says "I love you mommy, you a good mommy" MELT MY HEART!!!! Suddenly who cares if we just paid our visa bill $200,000 we will fix that later (plus it wont go through anyways, worst case we will owe the bank an overdraft fee on top of the $200,000) because she is what is the most important thing right now. I felt the need to blog about this for my own memory sake. These are the things I want to keep with me forever. But I have got to go because she is not in here and the house is way tooo quiet and with a 2 year old that is NEVER a good thing. (FYI:Parker is at his Nana's house)

Also I just wanted to add to anyone who is close to the George/Ezell family that I am so sorry for this GREAT loss and our prayers are with all of you. May God give you all strength and I pray you feel his arms wrapped around you as they are also around Misty right now too!! I heard that Jeremy had said something about her "finally finding her peace". I pray that God will give all of you some kind of peace in this world until you can be with her again. Thank God for what he and his precious son did so that death is not the end. There is comfort in knowing that we will see her and others we have lost again one day. But in the days left for all of us on this earth, I pray he will give us endurance to finish the race and that he will bring joy to all of us again. Misty was one of the kindest souls I have ever known. It is rare to find a person who is truly kind all the way to the core. Misty was one of those people. She will be missed!!!!

San Diego...adults only!

This is Cara with her first class breakfast. That is right Cara and I got to fly first class all the way from Memphis to Utah. It was great except when I took this picture and the guy across the isle laughed at me for taking it. (Look buddy not all of us can afford first class, dont make fun of the little people.) :)

Brian and Cason had their tickets bought by work since the purpose of the trip was for them to go to a conference. Cara and I were flying standby (thanks to my wonderful Nannie). From this picture you can see we not only got on the plane but we rode with the big guys. I took this picture to be a snot. I wanted to show Brian and Cason (they rode to CA on a different flight) what we got for breakfast compared to the peanuts they got. This would really have been funnier if on the way home I hadnt gotten stuck in Atlanta, while all 3 of them made it on the flight and got to go home.

Buttttt......

I turned lemons into lemonade because I got to go spend the night with my grandparents and most of the next day. It was a great trip. I missed my babies who thanks to my wonderful mom,dad and mother in law, had a better time than if I had of been there with them.

HERE ARE SOME PICS OF THE TRIP:

Disney Land

that is right we drove an hour to go to Disney Land and it was so much fun!

here we are with a mountain behind us.



This is me being cheap. I took a picture of the snap shot they took of us on space mountain. I couldnt get my camera flash off fast enough for you to see that Brian has his tongue sticking out of his mouth. I am ducking because it is pitch black on that ride and you are going super fast. I know I am stupid because if my brother in law Clay who is 6'6''can ride those rides without losing his head, then i should be fine at a average 5'5''. Cara looks like she is singing, and Cason....Im not sure what he looks like. Maybe he is thinking {this would be really fun if I hadnt just spent WAY TOO much money to get in this place, and my kids arent even here}....i dont know just a guess. We rode this ride over 3 times. It was our favorite. I sat up a little more each time.

Brian, Mini, and Cara

My kids can not get over that we met the "REAL" mini mouse. That is why you are supposed to take your kids. They eat this stuff up. Everything about it amazes them. I cant wait for our big trip next year.

waiting for the water and lights show to begin.

Us above

and

Brian and Cara below.

On the Indiana Jones ride at Disney Land they put Cason in the drivers seat....hence my face. I wonder if it is possible to get lost on a roller coaster?....

This is at the Cornado Hotel! I LOVED THIS PLACE!!!!!!!!

It is the worlds largest all wooden resort. I could go on and tell you all about this hotel, some of it I would get right and some of it I would just be making up. But its got a lot of cool history. If you are ever going to San Diego stay here!!!! It was AWESOME!...we didnt stay here and I wish we could have. One night we sat on the beach side deck (on some of those nice outdoor couches or sectional, with a coffee table/fire pit combo in the middle. Nothing but the open sky above us. The ocean was to our right and along with the waves crashing there was a band playing. It was like in the movies........ except for the fact that Cason kept falling asleep and I had to keep waking him up.

The hotel was actually the set for an old Marilyn Monroe film....that I happen to love! We had another picture of us at this hotel that I loved but being the retard that I am, I deleted it. you'll just have to trust me on how amazing it was....not the picture but the place.

Cara and Brian at dinner one night.

We ate a LOT of Mexican food. It all was great but I recommend Freds in old town. It was our favorite. I love that the restaurants dont have to have covered porches or roofs because of how little it rains there.




We took a trolley tour while in San Diego and from now on I will not go to a city on vacation without taking some kind of tour. It was amazing to learn stuff you would never know otherwise.

I know I sound like a geek but let me tell you the stuff that really stuck out to me. We saw the Bar in which the bar scene in Top Gun was shot. We saw the street in top gun where Tom Cruise rides off when his girl imbarrases him. Anyways Cason is a huge top gun fan so I was pretty pumped to tell him. We also learned a lot more that I could tell you but I wouldnt get it right if I tried to tell you. History mumbo jumbo. Just kidding it was all cool even the real history!

1st Day of Preschool and Mothers Day Out

This is actually us at McDonald's after the first day of school Becca and Hadley went with us to celebrate with ice cream!
This is Hadley and Reese in their class holding their babies watching Ms Rosie.

Here Reese is walking into school like she does this all the time. My mom made her outfit! LOVED IT!!!

Mom and Reese going into Kroger for doughnuts before school. I just realized doughnuts, ice cream...not a real healthy day for us. maybe I shouldn't comment on pictures anymore. I'm making myself sound like a bad mom.

this is the only way Reese was taking picture. She didn't like waking up early.

Part 1 of the Parker modeling session.

Here he is with his beloved new back pack. It is really a suitcase but he LOVES it!!!

Here we go.

Let the modeling session with Parker and the bag begin.....

seriously, he is a mess!

PARKERS 4TH BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!!!

Emily, Parker, Hyrum and Ben. each kid or family sat by Parker as he opened his gift from them. It was such a cool idea. (Thanks Cara) All the kids giving the gift got excited when it was their turn. It was really neat.

Parker and Noah.
This is such a funny picture to me.

Dylan and Parker. Dylan is one of Parker's favorite people.

Sweet Hadley. This is the cutest, friendliest, funniest little thing around. She is not lacking in the personality department at all. I get to take her home with me on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for a couple of hours and she is so much fun. she is like part of our family. My kids are CRAZY about her!

Thanks to Kate of Jon and kate plus 8, I tried the pudding idea. It was some of the most fun my kids have ever had. Ellie above wasnt going to get it on her at first. She said she was just going to paint other people......and as you can see she changed her mind. She was hilarious. That stuff may still be in her hair.

Here is Ben...

and Tucker...

Okay where do I begin to write about my little boys first crush. Dont think I am being sarcastic because I am not. He is truly crushing on her. He talks about her ALLLL the time. He even asked his GRammy (who lives 4 hours away) if he could bring Lexi to her house. When GRammy said that he would have to ask her mommy. He told his GRammy that she would have to love Lexi like she loved him. After telling her she had to love Lexi like she loved him he made sure she could do that. "will you love lexi like you love me?" Grammy said "if you love her then I love her." He asked her 100 times "are you sure? are you sure your sure?"

We had his party 2 weeks after his real birthday but on the actual birthday we were going to take him to chucky cheese. We told him he could invite 1 friend. Guess who he wanted.....yeah it was like a date. Cason kept taking pictures and calling them their prom picture. They really do look like a prom pic. The pictures are all on another camera that I will try to upload later. Im not sure Lexi is as into Parker as he is into her. she is a hot little commodity here. The boys at baby sitting fight over her. I have broken up so many who is going to marry Lexi fights. All I can say is NICK LARSEN GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!

seriously look at his face!

I wish I were kidding. it is wayyyyyy toooooo soon for girls!

Best Sport Award goes to..... Clay. He was AWESOME!

He first dumped an entire bowl of pudding on Parker's head and then let Parker get him back. Parker hid for about 10 min waiting for his uncle clay to come out of the house. (clay went upstairs to change so that he could get caught.) I really think Clay made Parker's birthday for him. We have heard Parker reenact it about a 1,000 times.

this is after the bowl was dumped.

the beginning....

look how cute all 3 of these girls are.

AC on the slide, Lauren and Hadley. Look at Hadley's face....so funny.

Will

Will is a must on he invite list. This kid has the best manners EVER!!!! He is one of the sweetest kids I have ever known. I love watching him get into the crazy things we have them do at Parker's parties. Will is a hoot!

Here are all the kids holding up their cupcakes. Reese was at this party that is her leg on the far right. Im not sure how it was possible for her to not be in any pictures but it seemed to work out that way.

Hadley and her momma (Becca) who is equally as sweet as Hadley.

Okay where do I start with this cake or Beth who made it?

Beth, my sister in law asked me if I wanted to make Parker's cake? (FYI:I dont bake, Cook well, or anything else that involves the kitchen.) So I guess you can guess my answerer. With that she made a light we can make it comment, that I might have shared with my child. When Parker found out that she was going to make the cake he was soooooo excited!!! He even told people that she was going to make his cake. (is this showing you how bad of a mother I am. The kid didnt know you could make that kind of stuff at home. He thinks it can only come from a store...not that I minded that.) What I have failed to mention is that Beth is moving into new house the week of the party. Being the coolest person EVER she does it anyways. Her sweet momma baked the cake and Beth bought all the MANY things it took to decorate this cake. She not only bought and did everything she looked on the Internet cakes that had to do with animals. I don't know if you know but Parker is a little obsessive about animals. Words can not describe how appreciative I am for all that was done to give him that amazing cake. ALSO: it was the best cake I have ever eaten?! AMAZING!!!!

Also HUGE thanks to my mom and Dad who rushed over the afternoon of the party to decorate the place up. It looked so cool! They worked till guest arrived, Mom wanted to take a shower before the party but because of all the work to do she stayed and let me get dressed instead. She helped with all the kids who's parents couldn't stay. Dad figured out how to make all the water slides go at once. that was huge since this was a water park type party. As always you guys were there for me/us and I am always thankful that you are in my life. I hope I never make either of you feel less than Wonderful because after all you are constantly doing for me, cason, and the kids it would be my worst fear to make either of you feel any less. Thanks for taking an ordinary party and turning it into something Amazing!!!

Also thanks to Grammy and Fred for coming all the way to our house for a 4 year olds birthday!!!! He really understood what was going on this year and it meant a lot to him for you guys to be there. So thanks for taking your entire weekend to come.

Summer part 3...kimberly and kids visit.

Kimberly and her 3 kids came to see us. It was such a great time. The kids played outside the entire time. On Saturday morning we got a wonderful baby sitter (Liz Lav.) with the help of Cason to watch all the crazy kids while Kimberly and I went yard saleing. (Cason was on call so we needed back up if he got called in) Then that night after the kids naps we went to members night at the Zoo. It was so fun!!! I am so glad that they came!!!

Summer '09 part 2...4th of July

Week took a ton of these pictures and this is the worst picture of Reese but it was sooooo great of Nannie that I couldnt help but post it. She is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!...and I dont mean just for a great grandmother I mean for anyone at any age!!!!! seriously look how young and great she looks.

This is what parker did the entire 4th.

Nannie feel and Reese was her nurse. She put neosporin ALL over Nannie's leg not just the boo boo. She may even have missed the boo boo!

this is how our 4th went. So relaxing!!!!!!

Granddaddy, the kids and I went for a 2 mile walk in the mornings. It was great!

On July 2nd 2 of my college friends came to visit AManda and Carla. It was so fun catching up with them. It was crazy how it seemed like no time had past.

summer 09 part 1....

Amanda and I at the water park. It is so much fun to have a friend who not only enjoys the same things you do but also is just as crazy/silly as i am. It makes me feel younger and happier just to be around her.

The next day the kids and I left to go to mboro. We dropped Reese off with Grammy and Parker and I went to see 2 of our most favorite people ever, Amanda and Thomas. One day Matt (who FYI is getting a shout out because he was awesome. He watched the kids for us every time they napped or went to bed so that Amanda and I could go out and do stuff. He was a huge part of making this trip awesome!!!) watched the younger 2 boys. Thomas, Amanda, Parker and myself went on a double date to the water park. It was a awesome day!!!

This is Parker' s make shift birthday hat. This cake is supposed to look like a hamburger. pretty cool looking but tasted yucky!!!!

Cason's 27th birthday...

we had a early little party for him since The kids and I were going to be gone and he was going to be working on the actual day. Mom, Dad, Chad, Natalie, and Daniel came over for some bbq and hamburgers.