four days of school

i thought this was a cute picture of isaac


there's only four days of school left. only nine days till girls camp. only five days till jackson's surgery. only two minutes till the kids are going to want lunch:) i can't believe makayla's going to be in second grade, and isaac in first. wow, my kids are getting so old (good thing i'm not:)

jackson's head looks amazing right now. the bump is almost completely gone. it would be really nice if they tell us, he won't have to have surgery. CROSS YOUR FINGERS!!

i'm only getting slightly stressed with everything coming up in the next few weeks. i'm so excited to go to girls camp. i think i've got two girls to watch the kids that week. they in college so i'm not to worried i'm sure they'll be able to handle them for one week.

for mother's day my husband was the man and for my gift got someone to clean my house top to bottom. it was the best gift ever!!!!!! but a last it's starting to need cleaning again:( that's the problem with house work it's never finished. especially laundry. even if i stripped all my kid down and did all the laundry, by the time i fold it and put it away there'd be more laundry to do. so the conclussion is that house work is never done.

i buzzed jackson's head. i need to take a picture and post it.

Jackson is going camp'n at medical city!!!

Jackson will have to have surgery again, next Thursday (last day of school) His doctor thinks one night in the hospital is all he'll have to stay. We'll see. It will be the same as his last surgery. Only this time (hopefully) Jeremy won't be sick and will be at the hospital with me.

My LiTtLe MaN

Jackson is such a sweet little guy. He's really been letting everyone have it lately. Screaming, hitting, and spitting. Even with all his outbursts lately, he doesn't have a true mean bone in his body. Isaac could scare me at 3 and Jackson, all you do is walk him over to timeout and he's hugging and loving and saying sorry.

Yesterday I was noticing how bad Jackson's head was looking and I told Jeremy that he's definitely going to need cosmetics done when he gets older. Then today at church, his head looked really unsymmetrical. So, I was feeling his head and he has a huge swollen bump above his right eye. It's not a bruise, it's definitely another "reaction" from his surgery. It's crazy, that the doctor's have never seen this happen and yet Jackson continues to have flare ups (2 1/2 years later.) I'm sure it will go away like the last one. But I can't help but wonder what or if there are other reactions in his body that are affecting his health. He's been a little warm lately but not enough to worry and no other symptoms.

Just remember him in your prayers. He does seem to be getting bigger (taller and beefier:) so that's good.

Teacher Appreciation Week

Makayla's teacher was McKinney ISD teacher of the year. She's been a great teacher for Makayla to have two years in a row. For Teacher Appreciation Week, I gave Makayla and Isaac's teachers jar gifts everyday.
day one: cupcake in a jar
day two: homemade jam
day three: apple pie baked in a jar
day four: homemade french vanilla hot coco mix
day five: homemade apple Cinnamon oatmeal mix

I don't know if their teachers will be brave enough to try any of them but it was a lot of fun for me and the kids enjoyed taking a gift everyday that week:)

Another season coming to an end

Makayla is almost done with her soccer season. Only one more game to go. She's done so good this year - alot better than I thought she would. Isaac has a few games left and is liking it a lot more since he got someone out. He's actually gotten two out and a few close calls. School is coming to an end. I've signed the kids up for swim lessons. Jackson's old enough to start lessons without having to have me in the pool with him!!!! I tried to get the kids to tryout for the swim team this summer, but when I went to get them ready for tryouts they flipped and wanted nothing to do with swim teams. Oh well, lessons will do for now.

Girls Camp is fast approaching and I still don't know what I'm going to do with the kids that week. I'm really excited to go and to be with my girls and have some fun! I love all my girls; they're all so great.

So, I've been doing a lot of the coupon-ing thing lately. I've done O.K. But last week was my first week getting my whole transaction for free!!!!! And one Transaction for $.61!!!! All the stuff in this picture was the .61 one. (I did the picture thing 'cause that's what everybody does in the coupon-ing community:) It will be awhile before that happens again (because I'm not that good), but is was a lot of funny!!!

civil war history lesson

We took the kids to down town historical McKinney. There was a civil war reenactment on Sunday, so we went to the pre stuff on Saturday. Makayla and Jeremy love learning about history. Makayla especially loves it when her dad teaches her a little history. Probably because he's so passionate about it. Jeremy and I shoot a musket and then all of us did some soldier drills. My favorite was the school house. It's the original 1st McKinney school house. There were old pictures of the school when it was in uses. They also had the lst motel in mckinney. The kids had a good time and it was free. What's better than free?

Easter

I know jeremy already did an Easter post, but I thought these pictures of us before church were nice. I thought the boys looked adorable in their cool sweater vests! We had a great Easter.

Easter and Stuff

Happy Easter everybody!! The kids celebrated yesterday by having several Easter Egg hunts. They had one with the ward yesterday morning and then in the evening we got together with several other families and had one at the nature center where we go hiking sometimes. Chauntel and the other ladies went before us to hide eggs and us fellas brought the kids a little later and they found'em. It was a lot of fun.
Isaac gave the Easter lesson this morning after the kids found the Easter Eggs that the Easter bunny left behind. He used a glove and explained how Jesus was "Resvericked" after he died and put his hand in the glove to represent the spirit and the body. It was great; we were all proud of him.
For an update on other "stuff":
Makayla has now scored 2 goals in soccer! She is so funny about it. She does not like to draw attention to herself or want to call anybody to tell them about her goals. Both kicks for goals were some of the best kicks she's had all season. Every game she has gotten so much better. She started off barely being able to kick a ball at all, and now her confidence has grown so much that she likes to "get in the mix" with the other girls and steal the ball away or kick it away from our goal when the other team is trying to score.
Isaac got his first out at second base the other night. He has come so close lots of times, but the other night he got a hot shot hit to him, he scooped it up, and ran to second for the force out. It was AWESOME! He was so proud and asked us if we were proud of him too.
Jackson (pictured above with his best friend Bella - everything out of his mouth is always about her) is getting better on the potty. He pees just fine and hardly has accidents. He's dry every morning already, but #2 is a different story.
I just finished an AWESOME book. It's called Manhunt and it's about the 12 days that the nation was pursuing John Wilkes Boothe - Abraham Lincoln's killer. If you like non-fiction history, you'll love it. I don't read a whole lot, but I always enjoy it when I do. I've found that my favorite books to read are biographies, anything with history, or government books (CIA stuff, spy stuff, books about butterflies in western Canada)
Chauntel's giving the Easter lesson today for Young Womens. She's using a slide presentation called "Reflections of Christ" It is AWESOME. Go to www.reflcetionsofchrist.org to see it. You'll love it.

Potty Training is the Pits

You'd think after potty training two already that I'd be able to figure Jackson out pretty quick. Makayla was 2, Isaac was 2 1/2, and Jackson is now 3. He's old enough to understand, so what gives?

Just Hanging Out

It's been sooo long since I've blogged. I don't even have anything to really say. But I feel as though my blog has been so neglected. I wanted everyone to know that I'm still out here in blog land.

Isaac's baseball season has started. It's starting with a bang. He had practice on Monday, his first game of the season was the next day (Tuesday), tomorrow is his 2nd game and Friday is his third game. So one practice and three games in the first week of the season:( Yuck I'm going to be sick of baseball in the first week. Jeremy and I have decided that baseball it too boring for Isaac. We feel bad for him. There's 12 players on the team which means 6 in the outfield, and 12 kids to get through the line up before you can have another at bat. It's just ridiculous, Isaac got two at bats and didn't have a ball even come close to him in the field. And to top that off, it's coach pitch and his coach and assistant coaches are the worst pitchers I've ever seen. It's amazing when any of the kids get their bat on the ball. Soccer and Karate are so much more fun to watch and I would think to play also. Don't get me wrong I was a Softball player from tee-ball to my Senior year, but what a bore. I must have stuck with it because I was a catcher once we switched to fast pitch and there's a little more action there.

I'm still faithfully doing the coupon thing. It is a lot of work but I think it satisfies my spend addiction and I get a total high from good deals.

Makayla is scheduled to get an expander put in her mouth, in two weeks. Poor girl, I hope she does alright. She's a little nervous. But I told her she could have 4 big permanent teeth yanked like I didn't instead. She decided it wouldn't be that bad to get the expander put in after all.

Root'n Toot'n and Family Night

Friday was Cowboy day at Makayla and Isaac's school. They have been studying all about Texas this past week and Friday was the Texas Roundup. The kids have been coming home and telling us all about Texas. It's been fun to hear about it. Our Family Night this week was Friday night, so we played Uno, made brownies, and watched a movie.

Makayla had her first game on Saturday. She did sooo good. Her team lose like 20 to 2. But Jeremy and I were really impressed by the girls. 5 of the 7 girls on the team have never played. It was so windy, it was hard to keep up with the ball. And with all the wind it was really hard to cheer loud. Makayla had a smile on her face the whole time and would jump up and down like a pogo stick when she got too excited. It was sooo cute. I'm really excited to see how they do on their next game.

Isaac had his first baseball practice last week. I will be a lot of fun to see how he does now that he has one season under his belt. He's really wanting to get an out this year. Cross your fingers!

Scrappin' Cousins

We finally downloaded our videos from our camera to our computer today. This was an event that would go down about 6 times a day during our Christmas visit between Evan and Jackson. I think that was why Jackson was so quick to throw down. While we were watching this Isaac said, "I didn't see that. When I see Evan I'm gonna punch him in the nose." Then Jackson said, "Yeah, punch him in the nose!" with Chauntel in the background shouting, "no, boys. No." It'd be great if we lived closer to home. Cause then Nathan and I might have to end up going at it too over this.

can't leave isaac and makayla out

I felt a little bad for not blogging about Makayla and Isaac and this was the only picture I have of them. Aren't they cute. I found them cuddling like this the other morning before school. Makayla's playing the leapster, Grandma and Grandpa Schultz got them. They love that thing.

Makayla had her first soccer practice on Tuesday. She looked like she had a lot of fun. Jeremy is coaching and Gabe and I are helping out a little bit.

square dancing tradition

For Valentine's the last two years we have gone to the church for country square dancing:) It was more fun this year, because I was over the creepies of having to dance with other men. However, I kind of liked that part the most this time:) I wore my new cowgirl boots and got a blister (good fun)

I've been trying my hand at coupon clipping. I'll have to let you know if it's worth it and how I do. I've gone once and got razors for free (the good four blade kind:) It was a lot of fun and a little embarrassing.

Jackson the Brave

Jackson is the lone brave soul among the weak and fearful. Jackson loves his teddy bear hamster, Princess. A little too much. He keeps trying to help her escape and tries cuddling and rolling around with her while she's in her ball. She gets scared to death (you can tell when she's scared, cause she boops like crazy:) Jackson laughs like a crazy lunatic when he watches the hamster. I know that alone must scare princess.

Nacho Libre, Baby

Jeremy bought these wrestling masks in Mexico. The boys all took their shirts off, put masks on, and did a little wrestling Mexican style.

My Little Girl

This is my little girl, Makayla. Take a good look, because perhaps it will be the last that you see of her for a while. She has been taken to an undisclosed location where she will be fed well, schooled, and given ample time to play and watch TV. She is isolated from anyone of the opposite sex as to not tarnish her angelic personality. She will be able to receive visits from a select few once cleared and given permission by me. She will remain at this location until I find her a suitable companion in the next 13-16 years. At that time any applicants wishing to be granted above indicated permission may apply. Send applications to:

PO BOX probably not you
McKinney, TX 75070

I will receive them and go over each carefully. Included in that application must be your 3 previous Bishops' contact info, your mission president's contact info, your transcripts of the schooling that you've completed thus far, and an outline of the remaining schooling that is anticipated. Applicants must have memorized the 13 articles of faith, all years of scripture mastery, the Declaration of Independance, and the starting roster of any 2 of the 11 Kentucky Basketball National Championship teams. You also must have a sound understaning and be able to clearly explain the interesting roles that the Lion and Hyena play in sub-sahara Africa and the role that cotton played for the South in the Civil War.
This list may not be complete at this time as I have perhaps another 13 years to add to it. Those interested can check back from time to time to see what they may need to be prepared for at any time in the future.

Jackson's 3!!!!!

Jackson's birthday is tomorrow, but we wanted to celebrate it while Grammy was here. It was so nice to just do a family party. Jackson loves loves his airplane from Grandma and Grammy. And all the kids love his new hamster, Princess, from mom and dad. I think I had a lapse of judgment when I bought it. Dad's the only one brave enough to touch it. I'm not a pet person, but it is so fun watching the kids get sooooo excited about it.