We Give Thanks

HAPPY THANKSGIVING
We are so thankful for all our family and friends.
May God bless you all on this Thanksgiving day.

Britton's 7th Birthday Party

This year she wanted a High School Musical Cake. One quick call to Aunt Wilma and she gets things taken care of from there. Britton blowing out her candles, (its seems to be getting a little tougher for her).

Who could go wrong. Best thing about a birthday is the cake and ice cream.

And of course grandma splurged and we all in enjoyed the High School Musical blowers.

Britton and her couisins Kaylee and Justice. (Brooklyne had the stomach flu so the party was not near as fun for her).
Aunt Wilma got her the hat that you will see in all the pictures below.

Mom, Dad and Brooklyne got her Bath and Body works kids lotion and spray.

Grandpa always gives a bag full of stuff, she got a new pair of Hannah Montana crocs.

Uncle Jeremy, Aunt Mary, Kaylee and Justice got her a new shirt and some color wonder activity set.

And Grandma got her a new rug for her room and a fish tank.

Britton says THANK YOU to everyone.

Nothing New

Well I am happy to report that we had a pretty eventful week here at the Jones house. We will have some updates after this weekend, Britton is having her birthday party on Sunday so as long as we remember the camera we will be in good shape for next weeks posts.
Brooklyne has had a couple of different dance shows, the lights at her first show were not good to our camera so we did not get any good pictures, and the second show we forgot the camera.
She will be having her Christmas show in December so I hope to take the camera and video camera so you can all see what a little performer she is.
Check back this weekend and we will have some updates.

Cookie Nightmare

So I don't want any of you to get your hopes up by viewing the below pictures. You will for sure not be receiving a plate full of Christmas cookies from the Jones family. I thought it would be fun to make some sugar cookies this weekend before the holiday season gets into full swing. I thought that maybe the girls and I could start a new family tradition. Lets just say there will not be any new traditions in this house this year. This was a nightmare from the word go. Lets just say the cookies are good and it is taking us less time to eat them than it took to make them. Aunt Wilma the recipe for these cookies is delicious. And the fact that we used Christmas cookie cutters, Christmas colored frosting and Easter sprinkles makes them that much more appealing. I let each of them pick out a cookie cutter, gave them a portion of the dough and off they went. Jim is caring the cookie sheets to the oven as fast as we are filling them up.

Here is Britton putting all her effort into her batch. Trust me they lost interest very quickly, so our project soon became a nightmare for Jim and I.

They would have been done after we let them clean off the beaters.

Who needs a dishwasher when you have kids.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARJ!!
Hope you had a great day. We love you.

One Heck of a Week

I don't even know how to start this post, but I know one thing for sure it has been a long week.
I woke up Wednesday morning with the worst pain I have ever felt, the worst part was it was the left side of my chest around the area of my heart. The pain was so very intense it literally took my breath away. It was a pain I had never felt before and was not only in one area, it was also the same pain directly through to by shoulder. I got the kids up, got them to school, mentioned to Jim that I was having some pain and off to work I went.
We are short staffed at work so when my coworker got in I told her I was not feeling the best just in case something terrible happened to me at work she would have some idea of what was going on. I emailed my old boss (who is an EMT) to get her take on what the problem might be and she replied " I am not a doctor, but I think it would be wise to call you doctor". Shrugging off that thought I continued to work. By 1:45 I could not take the pain anymore. I had been taking Advil since I woke up and could not get rid of the pain. So I called my mother in law who works across the street and asked her if I could come up for a blood pressure check. It was of course high and she to said "you need to call your doctor". Still being stubborn, and I think upsetting my mother in law, she goes out into her office and gets one of her nurses and has her come in.
Needless to say I did call the doctor and off to the ER I went. Jim's mom came with me, she seems to be the one person who remains completely calm no matter how scary the situation becomes. My doc had called so they were ready for me when as soon as I was in the door.
Doing an EKG because just like I was thinking they thought I was having a heart attack, they also noticed the broken foot that I was sporting and ordered a cat scan to make sure I did not have a blood clot.
After over 2 hours, a cat scan, EKG, IV, morphine, one arm poked twice the other once, oxygen and alot of waiting for results. They could not figure out what was causing the pain. My doc did not want to keep me overnight, so homeward bound I was with a huge morphine high and no idea what was causing me to feel horrible.
I am happy to report that the pain is going away, still mild but nothing (at all) like it was on Wednesday. I will be doing a follow up with my doc next week unless this mystery warrants a sooner visit.

Posting overload

I have alot of new posts on here, Jim had a chance to get the pictures onto the computer for me, so I took full advantage.
There has been alot going on this last week, and now we are in November so things will start getting busier and busier.
I am off to start my christmas shopping, my couisin who is going to college in Hastings is coming down and her and I are going to go out shopping.

The best gift ever

About a week ago we were talking the office about toys that we had when we were growing up. We started to talk about our Cabbage Patch Kids. We were each telling our stories about where our dolls were. I was telling my coworkers that my first ever doll I received when I was in kindergarten. My mom told me that she would get me one if I would write my name. Back then it was almost impossible to get a doll, and when she got mine she was able to get it at Montgomery Wards in Kimball. When my mom passed away, I put my cabbage patch in her casket with her. I knew that it would forever be safe with my mom.
So this week was my boss' last week and she said that she had a gift for us. She had these 2 boxes all wrapped up, as soon as she sat them on the desk my coworker Polly said oh my gosh it is a cabbage patch kid. As soon as I opened it she had picked one out that was the closest to mine as she could. I told the girls that they cannot play with it, it is going to stay in the box. It is the 25th Anniversary cabbage patch so it is just like I remember them.
Thanks Ashley, you have no idea how much it means to me.

Reading

Britton just loves to read, she will take a book with her anywhere. When we went back home in September my Aunt Cindy gave her a bag full of Junie B. Jones books. She has read every single one of them once, now she is on time number 2. Last night when we got home, she went into her room and started to read. I went in to check on her later and this is what I saw. She was sound to sleep with her Junie B. Jones book.

Halloween

Here is Britton with her cousin out on the town trick or treating. It was beautiful night so we took advantage and went along a little different route that keep us out a little bit longer. Brooklyne was sent home from school earlier in the day with an upset stomach. So we tried our best to keep her from running from house to house, but she seemed to feel alot better when it was time to go out and get the candy.

Hope everyone had a safe and candy filled Halloween!!