Tagged!

I am .......... Jenise, Mom, Ma mom

I want .......... too many things

I have .......... many things to be thankful for, including, but not limited too, the best husband. He gives the kids baths a lot, but tonight he even hurried and got it done while I was at the store and just before he had to leave for a softball game.

I wish .......... I was a better person in many ways

I hate .......... packing for a vacation

I fear .......... I will lose a family member or screw up my children some how

I hear .......... just the hum of my computer and a couple of clocks around the house. Kids are in bed and Shawn is out playing softball.

I search ......... for fun things to do with my children that will help them learn and grow

I always .......... put lotion on my feet before bedtime

I usually .......... am late for Church, but not for other things. I know, it should be the other way around.

I am not ......... ready for the world to come to an end

I miss ......... Living close to my sister. And my parents for that matter.

I love .......... to laugh with my family

I never ........... say never

I rarely ........... go without Mayfield brand chocolate ice cream every night

I cry ............ hopefully when no one is around

I am not always ........... patient with my kids. I need to do better.

I lose ......... nothing if I can help it. It's my kids and husband that lose things and if any body knows me they know it is a pet peeve of mine.

I am confused .......... as to why I am not dishing myself up some delicious chocolate ice cream right now

I need ......... a play room, an excercise room, a craft room, and a storage room to name just a few things

I should .......... wrap this up so I can watch my TV shows. Shawn just got home and we have a lot of shows we watch together.

I dream ........... that my kids will grow up happy and successful in their lives

I tag Holly, Cari, Tara, and Paige.

I Have The Best Mom

After spending a week and a half here when my parents came to watch my kids so we could go to New York, my mom flew to see my sister for the weekend, went home for one night and then was nice enough to fly back out here to help me fly to Utah tomorrow. She got in late last night and we leave early tomorrow morning. I know I could try to fly with my two kids alone and I was willing, but I am REALLY glad she is here. It will be so much easier for me to have her help with the kids. So I want my mom to know how much I love and appreciate her. She is always so willing to help me no matter what it cost her to do it. I am so grateful that she has the opportunity to be able to fly here so much and spend so much time with me. It makes living far away not so bad. Now if only my sister could fly too...

Go Pirates!

Today was Fox's first game of the new baseball season. Even though it was Fox's day, Jayde had to get in on the action. So of course she was our little helper trying to put Fox's b-ball shoe on. Fox has improved significantly from the last season which was only less than 6 months ago. I mean, at least he can run the bases now. And he actually tries to field the ball. What can I say, I am a proud mom. So here are some of the 180 or so pictures I took today.

Fox was very proud to get this big kid out at second base.

Out in right field at the moment.

He hit the ball and it rolled out past the outfielders. Ok, so the outfielders are not that far out, but what a hit!

Running from 2nd base the 3rd.

He tried to catch this pop fly, but under estimated the distance of the hit. It went WAY over his head.

Founders Day Parade

I am a little slow at posting this since it was last Saturday, but better late than never. Last week we took the kids to their first ever parade. We are not big parade goers, but after the fun they had, I guess we better buck it up and start going to parades. The only reason we ended up going this time was because Fox was in the parade with his baseball team.

This season his cousin and best buddy Boston gets to play with him on his team. Fox is thrilled. They have so much fun together. They really enjoyed throwing candy to all the people watching the parade.

Of course, Shawn is also one of the coaches for Fox's team again this season. So he was in the parade with them too.

Jayde had a blast picking up all the candy that was thrown to her. She even started walking up the street to pick up candy that was in front of other people.

I had no idea we would come home with a full bag of candy. I know it has been awhile since I have been to a parade, but I don't remember that much candy ever at a parade before. And as if what they were throwing wasn't enough, Jayde even had people setting piles of candy right in front of her so that she could put it in her bag easier.

So thanks to the parade we now have a big bowl of candy ready to give out for Halloween. That is what I call SWEET!!!

New York City

Shawn and I just spent the last Monday, Tuesday, and Wednsday living it up in New York City. Since our 6th anniversary was a couple weeks ago, we decided to treat ourselves to a New York get-a-way. Thanks to my parents for flying out here to watch Fox and Jayde, we were able to go and have a great time. We flew in Monday morning and as we walked off the airplane into the terminal, Shawn saw Jerome Bettis, a retired Pittsburgh Steelers Running Back, who is also one of the best all-time running backs in the NFL. The Steelers is Shawn's favorite football team, so you better believe he looked like a kid at Christmas time.

So we were off to a great start. We tried a lot of new places to eat this trip, some were good, some not so much. However, we did go to Lombardi's pizza, which is known as America's first pizzaria. Good place. Of course we did a lot of shopping and saw the sites.

Lombardi's Pizza

Ground Zero

Statue of Liberty from Battery Park

Times Square

Times Square from the other side.

Empire State Building

Central Park

One of the most fun things for me to do when we are in NYC is ride the Subway. I am always amazed at the whole new world the Subway system brings. The city itself is amazing, but add the Subway system and I think of it as a city underneath a city. I LOVE IT!!!

We went to 3 broadway plays this trip. Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, and Mamma Mia. They were all SO good. I love going to broadway plays. If you don't have small children with you, then you can't leave NYC without seeing at least one show.

Outside Phantom

Just before Lion King

After we got out of The Lion King, we were walking to get on the Subway and ran into a crowd. Come to find out Daniel Radcliff, the kid who plays Harry Potter in the movies, was there getting into his vehicle. I don't know if he was coming out of a play or what, but he was signing autographs and he looked like a deer caught in head lights. So we thought we would join in wth the paparazzi. We didn't get a very good picture though, so if you are wondering exactly who he is click here to see a better picture.

Outside The Late Show with David Letterman. Too bad they were not taping that day.

Just before Mamma Mia

We love NYC. There are so many interesting people to see there, from the beggers in the Subways who come in many different forms, to the famous people you might catch a glimpse of on the streets. There is never a dull moment when you go there. We can't wait to go back.

More Braves

Last night we went to a Brave's game and met Shawn's cousin Paul and his family, Eliza and Peter there. We had a fun time watching the game and eating goodies all night long. I think that our family is the Royal Family of eating goodies till your sick family. Fox and Jayde, had a really good time playing and having fun, but I think the best part was that this little guy, Peter, adopted Shawn as his new best friend. He had to sit on Shawn's lap quite a bit and would just look up at him and smile. As you can see, he has cute little smile. How could Shawn resist?

So last night was bobble head night and we got 4 bobble heads, not that we needed that many, but we got them. Well we put 2 of them in our little umbrella stroller and left the stroller at the entrance to where our seats were. Some time in the last 2 innings somebody decided to steal one of the bobble heads right out of our stroller. For all they know, they could have been stealing from a little kid. Not that it will be missed, but who does that?

A Little Laugh Today

So today I have been trying to figure some stuff out on my blog and have not been successfull. All the while I am doing that, Fox, my little 3 yr old, was trying to play games on his computer. He is getting pretty good. Shawn has put a few shortcuts on there so that he can just open it up and click on the links Shawn showed him. So he was getting all upset that his computer wasn't working for him today and I look over and it has something on there that was getting in his way and he said to me, all upset, "my 'puter needs a dot com". I said, "What does it need?" He said, "A dot com, it needs a dot com" pointing to it all seriously. That is right my kid is a genius. He knows how to fix a computer already. I just had to laugh at that one. It is good to laugh and I am glad I had Fox around to lighten my frustration.