10 Commandments

I read this on Summers blog and I had to repost it. There are days when I can feel myself getting stressed out because as a mom that works 5 days a week, and has many other after work commitments there is always housework to be done, clothes to be washed, errands to run, when in all reality I need to just pick up Landon and spend time with him while he still wants to spend time with me!

~A child's 10 Commandments to Parents--by Kevin Leman~

1. My hands are small; please don't expect perfection whenever I make a bed, draw a picture, or throw a ball. My legs are short; please slow down so that I can keep up with you.

2. My eyes have not seen the world as yours have; please let me explore safely. Don't restrick me unnecessarily.

3. Housework will always be there. I'm only little for a short time, please take time to explain things to me about this wonderful world and do so willingly.

4. My feelings are tender; please be sensitive to my needs. Don't nag me all day long. (You wouldn't want to be nagged for you inquisitiveness.) Treat me as you would like to be treated.

5. I am a special Gift from God; please treasure me as God intended you to do, holding me accountable for my acctions, giving me guidelines to live by and disciplinging me in a loving manner.

6. I need your encouragement to grow. Please go easy on the criticism.

7. Please give me the freedom to make decisions concerning myself. Permit me to fail, so that I can learn from my mistakes. Then someday I'll be prepared to make the kinds of decisions that life requires of me.

8. Please don't do things over for me. Somehow that makes me feel that my efforts didn't quite measure up to your expectations. I know it's hard, but please don't try to compare me to my brother or sister.

9. Please don't be afraid to leave for a weekend together. Kids need vacations from parents, just as parents need vacations from kids. Besides, its a great way to show us kids that your marriage is very special.

10. Please teach me about Jesus and take me to church regularly, setting a good example for me to follow. I enjoy learning more about God.

My Birthday

Feb 22, of 2010 marked the first of many years to come that I will be turning 29 :) I've always had issues w/ getting older, so its hard to wrap my mind around being 30 next year. Whew. But anyway, I had a great birthday with our family and a few friends at Applebees. (Cat & Owl was closed ;) Jonathan totally surprised me with his gift--a brand new Coach bag!! I've always been more of a Dooney Girl, but I was instantly in love with this purse. He did an awesome job picking it out all by himself I might add! So after dinner we just came home and relaxed.

Landon is obsessed with Jason Aldean's two songs Hicktown and Big Green Tractor. He walks around singing them all day, and loves to watch the video's on Youtube. After watchint Hicktown this is what I came into the living room to. He thinks he can "fwip the 4wheeler" like they do on the video! I'm so in for it in the next few years.

Posing with my new purse..haha..of course I had to carry it to dinner ;)

Our fam + red eyes..i really need to edit pictures better

Scott & Hagg came to dinner minus Emma and I promise in real life Scott doesn't look like an ax murderer..lol

Just a few Randoms

These are just a few things happening over the past few weeks. My mom & dad bought Landon a new table & chairs set because he absolutely LOVES Toy Story. So we had to drag it into our bedroom so him and Daddy could play. He also requests his muffin and milk there on Saturday mornings and I have to keep the dogs downstairs so they don't get his food. As you can see Elsa can easily grab whatever she likes off the table. haha. While I was off me & Hagg ventured to West Virginia with the kids for an afternoon of shopping and lunch. We hadn't made it to the interstate and already we heard "Mooommmmmyy, Emma is touching my booooot" Yet another reason I'm convinced when we have another child I'm gonna be forced to trade in my jeep for a bigger vehicle. Mini Van Mama here I come!

Landon insisted on wearing my sunglasses when I took him to play at Aunt Lori's because "the sun is too bright"

This little baby had a slumber party at our house last week while my in-laws went to Roanoke to see Tim McGraw & Lady A. They wanted to spend the night over there so miss Tilly spend the night with us. She is a very spoiled little babe and had to sleep in our bed all night, but how can you really say no to that face? haha

wow 2 months?

Poor Emma had an ear infection and wasn't feeling too good.

BFF's

Jonathan has been waiting for the day he has someone to help him shovel outside. Although Landon wants to shovel ALL the time

So I've been a horrible blogger yet again.. Once you fall into the rut of not posting its like it takes forever for you to do it agian...I didn't even get our christmas pictures posted. So from christmas until now we've had just another busy start to the year. We've definately had a winter this year. I haven't seen this much snow that we've had in the past 10 years combined. We had one HUGE store before christmas, and now we've had quite a few since. The kids haven't been to school hardly at all, I'll feel sorry for them when they're still in school in June. haha. Our Relay For Life team had our 2nd annual Queens for A Cause pageant and we raised close to $3000. It seems like it is an event we can keep going, and all the women that come out to help us out really enjoy themselves. We have a great week leading up to the pageant! Also, we had a wedding, Ashley(Hagg) and Scott got married. They asked Landon to be their ring bearer, and we were so touched they asked. We hope Landon and Emma grow up to be great friends, but right now they just want to push each other around :) This week is our first Queen of Hearts pageant, which starts some from now until May. I really enjoy being a part of this, and of course raising money for the American Heart Association helps. I'm on a 5 day break from work, so maybe I can be a little better about posting. Today I actually got carpets steamcleaned, laundry done, and even fixed dinner for Jonathan..whoa..I'm not so sure I can do that all the time ;) Landon went to work w/ Jonathan this morning, which in turn meant he had no nap all day, so he's already asleep at 8pm.. He went to sleep somewhere in between "who lives in a pineapple under the sea...sponge bob square pants" haha. Until next time....

Christmas Eve

Right after Santa left :) This year we did things a little different on Christmas Eve. Since Jonathan & I have been dating, we've always went to his grandparents house in Craigsville around 5 or 6 to have some food, and do Christmas there. Unfortunately, Granny Jane passed away at the beginning of December, so we did things a little different. We went at lunch time and Granddaddy Keith had got things to snack on and got all the grandkids gift cards. We think he really enjoyed being able to do all those things, and altho we missed Granny this year, it was still good to spend time w/ Grandaddy Keith.

This was my attempt at getting a pic of the 3 of them. Not such a good attempt.

Landon had some hot chocolate after playing in the snow last week too. I think he's hooked ;)

Snow09

So the weathermen kept saying we were gonna have this huge snow come through Virginia, and as usual, we were skeptical. Sometimes they predict this winter weather, and we dont see a single snowflake, but this time they were right! It started snowing about 2pm of friday, and by the time I got off work and made it to Covington the roads were already covered. This first picture I took Friday night of my snowman out front and he could still see above the snow!

Poor Oscar couldn't even go out in the yard to go to the bathroom

This was my view outside my kitchen sink window

By morning, my snowman couldn't see over the snow!

Our backyard

Our house in the snow. It woulda looked alot more christmasy had I ever got Jonathan to hang my wreath's out..haha

This is the 'road' going up to David & Betsy's..Good thing we have a jeep!

Snow 2009

Good thing Jonathan has a jeep and we could get out of our house! We headed up to Grammy & PawPaw's and got ready to go outside for Landon's first snow experience