Wild weekend!!
Last weekend was awesome. It started with us all hanging out together on Friday night and Saturday morning. Saturday Kaylee had a cheer competition in Benton so we all packed up and went over there (that sounds like it was a huge trip...it's only 30 minutes away!). Her team placed 2nd and she did her standing tuck perfectly!! She is getting so good and is progressing so much faster than many of the other girls. But still, Jimmy and I are starting to think that cheerleading is a type of cult...
Kaylee's mom came to the competition and she and Kaylee decided Kaylee would spend the rest of the weekend with her mom (she's with us full-time). It always feels a little odd when one of them isn't there. And then Makenzie and Tristin's Mama and Papa called and asked if they could have them for the night. We said yes so after the competition Kaylee went with her mom and we took the two little ones to where they needed to be and WE WERE ALL ALONE!!! This is a good thing, you see. But you also must see that we plan almost everything. We planned our weekend around having all three kids. So when they all went other places, it was weird! We never have a chance to be spontaneous so it took us off guard. We decided to go downtown and walk around for a bit. We ran into Jimmy's hair stylist Eli (the most fabulously gay man you'll ever meet) and chatted for a bit. All Eli could talk about was Jimmy's Mercedes and the fact that he thought it was the best Mercedes ever made (it is, in fact, literally one of the very best. I mean the seats support your body when you make a turn...the seat actually will hug your shoulders to keep you positioned however you are..and that's just one of the ridiculous features of it). In the end Eli called himself and Jimmy 'Mercedes boys' and with that hilarious statement we were off to get something to eat. We had an awesome time just having fun and being silly. On Sunday we woke up to cold temperatures and a light drizzle. If you are a hunter, you know that weather like that is perfect deer hunting weather. I didn't know that, because I am not a hunter. So we decided to go to the deer camp and hunt. By the time we got there it was 62 degrees and totally sunny. I can't believe how drastically the weather changed in a 2 hour drive! We sat in the stand together for about 4 hours and didn't see one living thing. Well, we did see some crows but we didn't see any deer, hogs or even squirrels! It was weird and a little creepy being out in the woods and it being so quiet. But we had some awesome conversation and then headed off to get the kids. All in all it was a great, unexpected weekend.
This Thanksgiving we are headed to Camden to have awesome food and to give thanks with about 50 family members. It will be huge and busy and wonderful. I'm definitley looking forward to the exciting chaos!

This has been a crazy busy day and I needed something completely mindless to do for a few minutes, so I copied my sisters blog (see #100...)


I've done the stuff in Red:

1. Started your own blog (technically Jennifer started it for me, but it is mine...)
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain (and fell down one too)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person (it is beyond beautiful)
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie (a home movie, but still a movie)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (Jennifer, you will remember this one!!)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London (completely by accident)
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person (so much smaller than you'd think. Kind of a let-down, really)
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own

Hello blog readers! Not much different is going on lately, pretty much the same goodness. Rex is acting a little strange, though. The past few months he seems like he has become a different dog. He is still fun and playful, but at times it seems he is a little sad. He has started being very anxious and scared of situations he has been able to handle with no difficulty in the past. For example, when the smoke alarm goes off (this happens often...cooking sausage makes a lot of smoke and we love to cook big breakfasts together) he starts shaking uncontrollably and tries to hide behind someone. He will never leave the room to go somewhere where the alarm isn't so loud, he stays and sits and shakes. Once the alarm stops it takes him a while to calm down. It really is sad to see. He gets so scared. He also has begun to lick himself like a crazy licking machine dog. I hate this!! I hate the sound and I think it's so gross. I know dogs, especially males, will lick themselves no matter what. But this is constant and I am close to yelling at him for it so I know things need to change.
I called his vet yesterday and explained all that's going on (there is much more to this little guy that needs to be figured out). I listed things for about a minutes, when the guy I was talking to, Bo, finally said 'OK...I'm going to write down 'skin problems and emotional issues'. I am so sad!! I hope everything is alright with him, but he really is a different dog than he was three months ago. He seems sad and nervous and anxious so much of the time. So we will see what the verdict is tomorrow! He has gone through a lot of changes. He went from being an only child to having two puppy siblings and three human siblings. Not to mention that the last time we took him to the groomer she removed the mohawk that was down his entire back. He looked like the most bad-ass puppy ever. I'm sure that is a lot to take and I feel bad that he is not completely happy. Of course, I cannot say that for certain, since he can't talk to me. But I feel it. Sadness!
Alright enough about that. I know it's not super interesting to read about my dog troubles!
This weekend we're going to Kaylee's cheer competition in Bryant and then I'm headed to Jonesboro to see Melissa and her family. We're going to go to Kayla's (Bryan's girlfriend) play so that should be fun. After the cheer competition Jimmy and Kaylee are going hunting, so I will have some alone time once I get back from Jonesboro. I don't like that! I can handle being alone, and I love that time to myself. But I always want to spend all my time with Jimmy. He is the light of my life and it's hard to be without him even for a day. I will never be OK with that! I always want to just take him everywhere I go.

I've been tagged and this looks like a more exciting one than usual, so I will do it!

4 Random things I love about my boyfriend
He makes me laugh like I've never laughed before. Sometimes I have a hard time breathing because I'm laughing so hard!
He will never miss one of the kids activities. Last week we got to War Memorial Stadium just in time to see Kaylee cheer for 2 minutes and 34 seconds. He will never miss a game, no matter where he is or what he's doing. Even if it's just 2 minutes, he's going to get there.
His eyes are shaped different than anyone I've ever seen. It's one of the first things I noticed about him and I love it.
He brought me a cotton plant.


4 Jobs I've had
Babysitter
Server
Recruiting Director
Operations Manager


4 Movies I've watched more than once.
Dead Poet's Society
Sabrina
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
Peanut Butter Solution


4 TV shows I watch
News
E! News
Gossip Girl (I know, I know)
Brothers and Sisters


4 Places I've Been
All over Italy
Belgium
London (I do not recommend it)
Amsterdam

4 Favorite Foods
Vegetables
Salad
Chips
Veal
Sushi
Cake
Hot Tea
Martini


4 places I would like to visit
Egypt
Boston
Any beach
Anywhere Jimmy is


4 things I look forward to this coming year
Loving my family
The progression of my career
Turning 28. I'm kidding it really doesn't make me happy!
President Obama

4 people I tag
No one! Do it if you want!

Hooray! I am more proud to be an American than I ever have been. I am so excited about the progression of our country and what the next four years will offer us. Yay!