october 18

October 17, 2008

How sweet!!!

Ok, I really need to get a bell for scratches to wear around his neck. Last night as Jordan and I were eating dinner we saw Scratchy chasing a chipmunk into my room. So the neighbor comes over to help us capture it. We eventually chase it in the bath room and its running back and forth, actually scrambled up the shower curtain once. Eventually we ended up catching it and throwing it outside. 5 minutes later we see another one. Luckily he was alittle easier to catch. Time for scratches to wear a collar!!

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!!!