Shoeless Shane Stanley

Why oh why must my son take off his shoes AND socks EVERY time we are in the truck!!!!? I am really starting to get frustrated with this. I have begged, pleaded, and threatened but to no avail. (He just laughs) I have debated as to even put his shoes on before we go out the door, but I really want him to keep them on because I have to spend about 2 minutes standing outside putting them back on before we go in anywhere. Does anyone have suggestions or do I just need to grin and bear it? Man, I can't wait until the summer when I can just slip sandles on him.

To Grandma's House We Go

Our weekend was pretty uneventful... picking up after kids, laundry, cleaning, picking up after kids, laundry, church, picking up after kids, laundry. But Sunday night we did go over to Jody's Grandma's house. The past few weeks we have been going over there to watch AFV (America's Funniest Videos). We like the show and since we went on a 6 month vacation from Dish Network (I know, I am crazy, even Jody said I was, but I was tired of coming home sitting down in front of the TV and getting nothing accomplished and not spending quality time as a family) Anyway, Grandma has been inviting us over to watch the show with her, and it has been fun and she enjoys getting to see the kids play. Jody is SOOOOOO fortunate to have both of his grandmothers. They are both so sweet!!!! Because Jody is the oldest on both sides of his family, his great-Granddaddy Dean was able to meet and spend time with Savanna until she was about 2. That was her great great grandfather! To me, it was very special, because I am one of the youngest in my family and do not have any grandparents living, but I have adopted Jody's and consider them as my own. Below is a picture of Savanna & Shane with Grandma Helen Stanley.

I flipped over daily inspirational calendar and thought I would add it to this entry. It reads, "Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future."

More Birthday!

I just wanted to post more pictures of Shane's birthday. I took a big cookie to his daycare on the day of his birthday and then we had a family party at my parents house in Sulphur Springs on Sunday. Their house is so much more accomodating for a large group of people and kiddos. Plus, it stays picked up better than my house.

The red icing on the cookie was a nightmare with the little ones. It got everywhere! If I had been smart, I should have scrapped it off before serving.

This was the cutest cake! A friend, Carrie Cherney, made it for me and it was a hit at the party! Besides being so cute, it tasted sooooo good (the dirt is crushed graham crackers)!! If anyone in the area ever needs a cake, they should use Carrie. She teaches school but does this on the side. Thanks Carrie!!

In the above picture, we couldn't get him to blow out his candles. So Savanna and the cousins were trying to show him how.

Group picture of all the kiddos. Let's see if I can explain who's in this photo without confusing everyone. Jody's sister, DeAnna, has two kids - Rody & BreAnna Alden. I have two older sisters, Pam has Anna & Avery (twins) and Ashlyn Voss, Penni has Hayden & Elli Kate Daniel. Front row: Ashlyn, Savanna, Hayden, Elli Kate, BreAnna. Back row: Rody, Avery, Anna, Shane. They all had a good time together.

My battery went dead before I could get a better picture of Mom and Dad, but I thought I would go ahead and post it anyway. Thanks Gran and Paw Paw!!

Here is a better picture of Gran & Paw Paw. Aren't they so cute together?!!!

Coming Home!!! and Birthday!!!

Before I start my post, I wanted to point out my new header and page layout and send a big thank you to Jill Parks. I love it!

Jody has been gone for 9 days to the Denver Market Show and we have missed him terribly. Of course we have talked on the phone everyday - sometimes 2 or 3 times a day, but it's not the same as just being with him. Anyway, he is coming in late tonight and we are excited. Savanna has been doing a countdown of days until he comes back. And Shane is clueless, but he sure did jabber on the phone to him about something last night.

Today is also my baby boy's birthday!!! It is SO hard to believe that 2 years ago he came into this world weighing 9 lbs. 11 oz. He has been such a blessing to our family - fun, always smiling, ALL boy (into everything). He is now wearing 4 T clothes, so he is definately going to be a big boy, but that's to be expected with two big parents. He also shares his birthday with his MiMi (Jody's mom) which is special. So Happy Birthday Shane & MiMi!!

Here are two pictures that I took this morning. Since Jody was going to be out of town, we are having his party on Sunday. I will post more pictures of it later.









I am so proud of me! ha ha I learned to post pictures!

Sports Tension

My weekend was filled with sports tension. I believe I watched more sports this weekend than I have in the past 3 months. All three games were edge of your seat who's gonna win games. - I must say last second wins or losses are getting to be too much for me. I will be a basket case when my kids play sports. - It first started on Saturday afternoon. I went to watch the Mt. Vernon Lady Tigers play their BIG rivals, the Winnsboro Lady Raiders in basketball. Winnsboro has always dominated in basketball and they have won many state titles. Needless to say, they are very good. We trailed the whole game until the final seconds and WON! Later that night, I watched the Mavericks come from behind and beat the Clippers in the last 8 seconds of their game - yeah! And of course, on Sunday, the Cowboys' game topped off my intense sports weekend. I need a massage.

Easy

Others have been saying I need to start a blog, but I always put it off. First, because I feel my life is probably boring and second, I thought it would be too difficult to do. But it was easy. I still don't know how to do the picture posting thing yet, but maybe it will be easy too. The main reason I wanted to start this is because of the history and looking back at things that have happened. In college, I started using a checkbook sized calendar to write down things I did each day. I have kept those over the years and it's always fun to look back on a certain day to see what I did. When I come across them periodicly, I have Jody call out a date and I'll tell him what happened that day. Well, I feel as if I am rambling now, but I just wanted to say I am now a member of the blogging world and welcome you to Down Home With The Stanleys.