My Fabulously Talented Hubby

Wow, what a whirlwind of a weekend! Jeremy has been traveling doing shows as a platform artist for Fudge products for over a year and this weekend was the first time I have gotten to go with him. He is awesome on stage if I do say so myself! I am very proud of him. I am exhausted just keeping up with Jeremy, Brittni, and April as a bystander--they all worked so hard. It was a great success, though. Saw some cool things, and some not so cool ones, this being the latter!:

I flew to Dallas, and as I was panicking while boarding the plane (hate to fly) I realized the last time I flew anywhere was in 1998, while I was pregnant with Alek--and before 9/11. Crazy, huh? My boys aren't used to being left without both parents for any length of time. We were only gone from Saturday am to Monday pm. Aidan was so upset Monday after school he couldn't even talk to me he was crying so hard. Alek missed me, he just didnt' want to admit it :-) It just made me realize how we never leave them. I can't imagine what would have happened if we would have gone to Jamaica for 7 days with the Lesters when they invited us!!! I guess God knew it would traumatize our kids. But Aidan does really good with Carrie & Bryan. He stayed for 3 days both of jeremy's surgeries and was okay. We need to start easing them into that for sure! We needed a grown up getaway badly.

Total bragging rights--Jerm is way awesome. Blew away most of the other platform artists there--including winner of "Shear Genius"--in several people's opinion :-)

Precious Boys

Alek wanted me to post pictures of his "friends" that he sleeps with on his bed. It sounded wierd to hear him ask,"mom, will you put this picture on your blog?" Alek is getting so big. He doesnt' want me to hug or love on him anymore, and he wipes my smooches off. He farts, burps, and uses deodarant now. Where'd chubby "sweet boy" go? He was so lovy and perfect--that was his actual nick-name. Alek does love to talk, and he does it 90 mph! I can barely keep up w/ his story lines, and he has some doosies, let me tell ya! His favorite thing is to tell me "inventions" he has come up with. I do want to brag--his first 4th grade report card was straight A's. Math was the lowest--90. I am so proud of him!

I don't know if Aidan is going through an age, phase, or if it is just his personality; but he has to have constant attention. "Watch me, see this, do that, I want you to watch me. . . . " If I even blink while I am supossed to be watching him do something, he huffs and says "mom, ur suppossed to be WATCHING!!! Even a video game, he wants Jerm or I to be sitting there watching. I was making him a sandwich the other day and he asked for Miracle Whip on it. He said, and I quote, "Miracle Whip is my most grown-up taste bud so far, mom." How stinkin' funny!! And if I put up Alek, I must put up Aidan or he will let me hear about it for sure!

I can't believe how God has blessed me with such two healthy, precious, onery, smart, energetic and loving boys. I thank Him so many times a day. My life would be so dull w/out them. THANK YOU LORD! JESUS WATCH OVER OUR PRECIOUS KIDS EVERY DAY AND PROTECT THIER HEARTS AND INNOCENCE, PLEASE!

Stupid Slide show!!!

It won't put all the pic's I uploaded on the slide show. Here are the rest. Alright, Kay, I guess I didn't give enough details! We left Friday (10th) and came home on Tuesday. We missed all the yucky weather! yea! We stayed at the Crowne Plaza on Riverwalk. It was at the opposite end from the Alamo and stuff. But it sure was nice. The pool was on the 3rd floor roof--kids thought it was too cool. The weather was perfect. I will never go to SA in summer again if I can help it. We saw 2 Shamu shows, and I added the house of horror movies at the wax house that scared Aidan to death when we went through! That was kinda unexpected.

Sea World

I forgot Amy has all the acquarium pictures!! Darn it. My picture w/ Oprah or the mammoth skeleton didn't make it in either, hmmm. Guess I missed some :-) I'll add them.

San Antonio Trip

Wow, I haven't written in over a week. Well, we left on the 10th for San Antonio w/ the Lester's. We haven't been on a vacation in over 3 years--it felt so good to get away with our family!! San Antonio is perfect this time of year. The boys loved Shamu and the sharks, of course. Alek rode the Steel eel roller coaster. And Amy actually got me on the Great White one! Aidan rode the Shamu coaster with Darby. He was a little concerned at first, but after the first curve he was s miling!

We also went to Mi Tierria to eat and had them do a birthday for Alek--he actually smiled with a sombrero on! And Kurt had real Menudo w/ Jeremy. UUUGGGHHH! Halloween was at Sea World all decorated up and they had people in costumes scaring people in one area at different times--Amy & I took unsuspecting Alek and Jake down the scare zone Sunday night--I laughed so hard at those two boys. Alek love's Ripley's so we went to that museum and the wax museum. The halloween ones scared Aidan--more intense than I remembered! I wanted to thank my mother-in-law for dogsitting for us, and my parents for some extra spending money. We were able to stay a day longer than we had planned and really relax and just do nothing. It was great! This is one of the first family trips we actually feel refer

This weekend was pretty mellow. Turned out we didn't have to go to Dumas to unload furniture out of my Nano's house because of the rain. Soccer games were cancelled. Sunday was such a cozy day inside. Jerm & I stayed in bed until about 12:30! Then we caught up on some rearranging upstairs since the older boys have moved out. Played w/ Aidan alot since Alek was at Jake's house for the afternoon. I know my Aunt Carrie was a little relieved we didn't come to move Nano's furniture. On top of all this w/ her mom she has been dealing with her husband Bryan is having the same back surgery Jeremy had tomorrow. Please keep them in your prayers. Their family is under alot of emotional stress and pain right now. On a lighter note, I took pic's of my mother in law's plants she had this summer. She has one of the greenest thumbs I have ever seen. She just puts all this stuff in pots in the spring and "VOILA" her porch is gorgeous!! It's so plush you can even see most of the pots!! I'll put some pictures up. She does it every year, so next year "grasshopper" will pass her secrets to me hopefully!!