We finally drove to Chattanooga for the weekend. It's actually been a couple of months since we were last here. Jackson was very excited to see Jordan so they ran around together shooting things. That night Mimi and Jordan got in the pool..I put my suit on, but the water was too cold for me, plus there was a huge frog swimming in the pool earlier...gross!! I made mom and dad play games that night. Mom hates games, even when she won she didn't care..haha

September 18th, 2008

Today I wanted to do something special for Jordan, so when she got off the school bus I told her I had a surprise for her. She of course doesn't like to wait for the surprise and asked me a million times what it was and then when I wouldn't tell her, she would guess. Her first guess was..."mom, are you taking me to therapy, cuz thats not a fun surprise!" I had to laugh, poor kid thinks I'm gonna trick her into going to therapy. So as we are driving thru downtown asheville she starts to get scared...she's like, "mom, please don't take me downtown. I don't want to hear the drums, those people scare me." But she got a bit excited when we walked into the Paint your own Pottery Store. She picked out a mermaid to paint, and I painted a tea pot. I had brought us fun snacks and drinks and we sat and painted for 3 hours. Jordan makes me laugh so hard sometimes, the things that come out of her mouth and she doesn't even mean to be funny. There is a boy in her class that she has had a huge crush on since kindergarten. His name is Matthew. So Jordan starts telling me that she had this dream that she was in a car and Matthew was running in slow motion towards the car and the song..I'm so out of love, I'm so lost without you is playing in the backround...My question is...how does Jordan even know that song???

Alright, so it only took 5 years and I've finally convinced myself to get up in front of everyone in church. We did a drama about a plate spinner, probably makes no sense to you, but if you saw the play it would make perfect sense. I was Hanks wife, Dorey....lucky for me I didn't have to speak at all...if I had, there probaby would have been no way that I would have gotten up there. But all in all it was pretty fun and the church loved it. We went for a beautiful hike Saturday afternoon with some friends, Jordan and Zach got in the water and went swimming. I wish I had my suit on it was so hot out and the water was very inviting!! Went over to Tams house for dinner and games, unfortunately I had to work the next day so we didn't get to stay too late. When I came home from work the next day the guys were here doing my roof. Its amazing how much they got done while I was at work. It looks awesome. I can't wait till its completed!!!

Met Amanda, Kristy, and all the kids at the fair. Jordan didn't like that you weren't allowed to pet the horses this year. Jordan went on a bunch of rides, but her favorite ones are the mazes that you walk thru. All the kids, except for the baby got to ride the ponies. Of course we couldn't go to the fair without getting a big plate of french fries...mmmm the grease!!!

After church Jordan went to Donna Whites house for lunch with Gen and Laura and a bunch of people. I think it would be awesom e to have a pool, I'm jeaous!! Dana pulled the girls around the pool and they loved it, then Gina pushed him in. Jordan and I didn't get to stay too long cuz we were going to the fair with Amanda and Rowan.

I went to school to eat lunch with Jordan the other day. When a parent eats lunch with their child they get to sit at these special tables, not with the class. This was the first time this year that I have eaten lunch with her, so we are sitting there and I'm pointing to her classmates, one by one, telling her to tell me alittle about each one. We got to this one girl and I asked Jordan if she was friends with her and Jordan said no. I asked her why and Jordan said, "mom, she never blinks, its weird!" I know that that is mean, but I laughed so hard. Then Jordan tells me, "try having a staring contest contest with her, you'll never win." Now I'm trying to concentrate on Jordan while we eat lunch, but I can't help looking at this little girl and Jordan was right, I think she only blinked twice in 30 minutes.

That evening I took Jordan and Gen to Asheville Pizza and we saw Indiana Jones and got pizza. The girls were cute. Jordan kept saying to me, mom whats this moving rated? I said Pg 13. She says, mom I'm not 13, duh, I'm not suppose to be here. It wasn't that scary, but Jordan didn't like it. Then we walked around downtown Asheville and watched all the drummers. Of course the girls clung to me since there are alot of weirdos down there.