a nice LONG weekend

ok . . a holiday weekend . . . humm

usually monday holidays don't benefit me at all, my work schedule has me off on monday. this year with art's new job he is off on fridays so . . i took off from work we loaded up the mini-van and headed to san antonio.

art's sister, angie, lives there and we are lucky enough to get to visit. we love goin' to san antonio and spendin' time with angie, greg and the girls. of course after eatin' at our favorite places we always come home a bit heavier . . LOL



we took the kiddos to fiesta texas on saturday. they had a blast. caleb is into the roller coaster this year, though he still lacks an inch to get on everything. baileigh rode her first water slide solo. she was all smiles 'til she hit the water at the bottom, she decided to try something else. we had a good day followed by a chris madrid's hamburger.

we headed back to southeast texas on monday morning. traffic wasn't too bad. it was nice to get home and get ready for another week of work and the last 3 days of school.
thank you angie and greg for lettin' us chash at ya'lls house. it nice to spend time with your family. we love ya'll.

jess :-P

ASTROS WIN !!!!!

ok . . so it's the not the houston astros but we cheer our hearts out for them just the same.

caleb is in his 3rd year of professional baseball training. caleb has had his ups and his downs but he never spots smilin'. he is glad to be returning to the astros this year. he loves his coach. we are lucky to have great management.

this year caleb has spent a lot of time in right field. he has really come along way and he backs up 1st base on most throws. tonight he got an out at 2nd. it was the 3rd out of the inning and caleb was grinning from ear to ear.

we are almost at the end of the season and those boys have put up a good fight. i believe the stands are 12 wins, 3 loses and 1 tie. we are proud of our little astros.

GO ASTROS !!

~jess~

its gettin' hot in here . . .

LOL . . . i tell ya when it rains it pours at our house. it's funny how when you get a little ahead something always happens.

some of ya'll may know that we bought a house a few years ago that is prolly older than me. . . ok older than my youngest sibling. anyway, we have noticed over the past few weeks that the air conditioner just is not gettin' the house as chilly as one in south east texas might like.

i myself really don't have a problem with it 'cause i could wear pants year round and ask just about anyone about the blankets that watch tv with. art, on the other hand does have a problem with it. poor guy sweats nearly all night anyway and i have to have my socks . . . LOL.

so, today was a beautiful day outside. the sky was clear, the humidity was high and air conditioner was on all mornin'. it wasn't a real surprise to come home from church to the air on. the only difference was that it was set on about 72 (thanks to art) and the temp read 80. i tell ya it's bad when it's hotter in the house than outside.

so, now instead of a really nice holiday weekend we may have to settle for a holiday at home :-(
we're sure hoping that its something minor and that it won't cost us that arm and leg that we don't have.

~jess~

Birthday fun !!!!

alright, another year of birthdays done. (yeah for me !)

this year we decided to have both caleb and baileigh's party outside of the house. that's right we paid to have it somewhere else. let me tell you it was the best money ever spent. we show up, we party hardy and we leave. all we had to do was up our trash in the cans and walk away.

i'm sure i can speak for a lot of moms out there when i say that i can't really enjoy my child birthday party. if the party is at my house i go into OCD mode and get a little freaky. i can't get the house clean enough and can't really get in to havin' peeps there 'cause i want to make sure that the house is perfect. usually i don't get cake and i never eat at the party.

so this year . . . we went for the change up. caleb and baileigh both had their parties at the local skating rink. ha...ha... baileigh who turned 4 in april had never even skated. the kiddos had a blast. cousins from near and far had a great time.

this year at school caleb is one of only 2 boys in his class . . . so i knew that it might be a long shot to have kids from his class at the party. i was a nervous wreck wonderin' and wishin' that a few of the 'girls' would show up. caleb was so happy (and so was i) to see 5 chickies from his class.
those girls sure gave him a run for his money. he was smilin' all afternoon.

thanks to all the birthday wishes this year!
~jess~

the kiddos

ok... so these are my kiddos. caleb just turned 7 and baileigh is close behind at the ripe old age of 4. i couldn't ask for a better brother and sister team. caleb loves his sister so much and they get along (most of the time).

caleb is in the 1st grade and has brough home some rather interesting spelling words. i'm tellin' ya if his math and spelling get much harder we may have to hire help.

baileigh will be in a pre-k program next year. she is our little DRAMA QUEEN and know it all. i fear she knows more than me. we could call her our little elephant . . . 'cause she never forgets a thing. if you promise her something then you better follow through (she'll remind you if you forget).