Because I am a Loser!

Although I know you have SO many better things to do, just thought I would let you know that I will be posting from Boston. Leaving tomorrow and getting things packed up as we are going to Bossier tonight. Matt is staying with his parents in Bossier this weekend.

Please keep Jake in your prayers as he is undergoing a surgery on Tuesday morning. Won't go into great detail, but this is his 3rd one and hopefully his last. I will not be there for him until I get home that night. We had to schedule this procedure during spring break and it unfortunately fell during the same time as Boston. So please keep him and Matt and Landry(you get the drift!) in your prayers. HATE that I won't be there and am working on getting an earlier flight in from Boston on Tuesday.

So until tomorrow night, happy running!

If you still need the link for tracking at the marathon, click here. My bib number is 14508. Can't remember mom's number off hand. You can look it up on my older posts. Gotta go!

4 Days Until Boston!!

Well, the moment is almost here! We leave for Boston on Saturday and will be coming home Tuesday. The Boston marathon has always been run on the third Monday in April(I think that's right!). Mom is getting to Boston a little earlier than I am with hopes to get to the expo before they close. I arrive around 3:50 and the expo closes at 6. We are staying right across the street from the expo, so maybe I'll get a chance to peek in there before they close! I'd like to take care of that on Saturday as Sunday the expo will be PACKED and we want to do some sightseeing that day! If you don't know what an expo is, it is a place where there are hundreds of vendors that represent everything in the sport of marathon and more. They will be selling anything you can imagine! I cannot wait to go:)!

And for lack of nothing better to post, Keith Prince(Emery's dad), wrote a sweet article about Mom and I in the News Star this morning. Click here to check it out!

We are on Spring Break next week, so it will be nice to come home and relax with my precious babies before heading back to work. Summer will be here soon.......hurry up please!

Happy Easter!

I am trying to post this while the babies are sleeping. We have had a very eventful morning as the Easter bunny visited last night! Jake was so excited and I accidentally went a little overboard with their baskets, yet most of it came from the dollar store! I didn't even do baskets last year, so I maybe I am just making up for lost time???!! The main thing we talked about was the Easter story and why we celebrate this holiday. This morning he asked me if we were going to see baby Jesus at church. Praise God for good listeners! In future Easters we will focus more in the true meaning and less on the bunny rabbit!



I posted more pictures than I usually do...sorry, but I had some cute ones! Jake got up around 8 and Landry Grace wasn't even moving around by that point, so we went ahead and let Jake look at his basket and hunt the eggs I had hidden around the house. By 8:30, Jake was wanting Landry's basket and wanted us to get her up so that HE could play with HER toys(oh the battles!). By 9 we just went in and woke her up...bless her heart, she was just worn out! LGT was a little less than thrilled with her basket, but did dig in DEEP to a Reese's egg...what is Easter without one of those?



Jake has a small obsession with stickers....and he posed for me last night as we got home from eating crawfish.



I thought LGT looked a lot like Jake in this picture!



The Easter bunny brought some goodies....



He got SO excited that there was candy in the eggs.

Loving the peanut butter egg....yes, that was her breakfast...we were kinda in a rush since she got up so late!

All dressed up!

They loved shaking the eggs!

This is fun!
My sweet baby girl


Our family pic...

Carousel Rides and Egg Hunts!

We have had a great couple of days and been on the go constantly! We played on our tractor and wagon yesterday morning, and when Matt got home from work we went to the mall so that Jake could ride the carousel. He talked about it all morning and could not wait! Landry, on the other hand, was a little less than thrilled and rode it once while Jake took THREE more rides:).

Last night we went out to dinner with some friends and tried out the new restaurant in town. It was really good and we saw quite a few people there! It was fun and we got a babysitter for the occasion, as mom and dad have been helping out a lot and we needed to give them a break! Luckily both kids slept in and we got up just in time to make in to an Easter egg hunt at Trinity!
Our carousel ride...


Before we went inside, we had to take a picture with this bunny. Jake wasn't too sure that the bunny wasn't real, but after a few minutes he decided to take a picture by it.
We had a great time and there was a lot to do inside as well as hunt eggs outside. So glad they put little toys in the eggs instead of junk! We'll get enough of that from the Easter bunny tomorrow!

Jake shook every egg to see if there was something in it. He got so excited...too funny!

Landry hunted them for a while, but she mainly just wanted to be held. Playing the games inside. This was taken at the "duck pond" and shortly after, Landry decided she wanted to get WET and tried to climb in....luckily I caught her just in time.

After this we went to the Tech spring game festivities. The game didn't start until 1 and we arrived a little after 11. So needless to say we really didn't make it to the actual game...nap time took precedence and my battery went out on my camera. Tonight we are going to eat some crawfish with Matt's aunt and dad....YUMMY!

I hope you have a wonderful Easter!

Weekend Post...Finally!

Loading pictures took forever!! Sorry about the delay....but we had another good weekend despite the fact that Landry still wasn't feeling well. Friday I stayed home with Landry who had been battling ear infections all week long. We had planned on doing parent's night out at our church, but had to cancel due to LGT. So we just hung around the house hoping Saturday would be a little better.

Well, Saturday came and Landry seemed a little better, but we were on day 6 at that point. I took Jake to Jackson Lee's 2nd birthday that morning and he had a ball! He loved playing with his buddies and hopefully we can see more of them this summer when I am off:).

After a short nap, we headed to an Easter egg hunt at Heather Yates' mother's house. Jake loved hunting the eggs and enjoying the treats. I loved watching him get excited about them and his facial expressions were priceless!

Sunday was a little better for Landry, but Monday morning(4:45) she woke up screaming and it took me a while to get her settled again and back to sleep. She fell back asleep until 9, and thankfully mom came over and watched her. Needless to say we were back at the dr. this morning and are on another dose of antibiotics. Thanks mom for keeping her those 2 days.
My mother in law is driving over from Bossier tomorrow to keep her, and then Dorothy is closed the next 2 days. I am off Friday and Monday, so hopefully by next Tuesday she will be ready to get back to her normal routine.

This weekend we are looking forward to time off and of course, Easter. Be back soon.....

Jackson and his posse....trying to help him open presents(or steal them and run off, as mine did.....

Jake singing Happy Birthday to Jackson. I love hearing him sing....so sweet!

Jackson's sweet cake!
On our way to the egg hunt...had to include Landry in the picture as she didn't get to go with us to any of the festivities that day:(.

Jake listening to the instructions before the big hunt!

Posing for a picture.

4 Day Week!

My pictures have failed to post twice! I'll have to try again tomorrow.....so sorry!

Going on Day 6

This post was from LAST Thursday....I got a little side tracked! What else can I say???? Landry was still feeling terrible during these pictures. Please forgive my taking them. She was a upbeat for a few moments on being outside, but that moment passed quickly! We had a great weekend and I will post those pictures tonight(maybe!).

Landry finally started smiling last night and is starting to feel better. More on that tonight...we just decided to go to Bossier and eat with Matt's parents and aunt....I need to clean my house, but it'll be here tomorrow(Lord willing)...


Landry got bumped by Jake(who was trying his best to get the tractor out so he could ride on it)...and it was all over!yes, she is squalling with chocolate on her mouth and yes, I fed her chocolate because she would NOT eat anything but Hershey's kisses......

I made some treat bags for the kids at Mrs. Dorothy's house and Jake was all enthralled. And yes, this was Friday morning and he too had some chocolate for breakfast because LGT was still feeling bad and he was insisting....caught me at a weak moment!