High School Musical

Delaney & Baylor Dancing to HSM

Delaney's newest love is High School Musical. She watches it day and night and she is not a television watcher. But, add a little singing and dancing, and she is all about that. She's been recruiting the boys to dance & sing with her. Baylor is a willing participant, which is a little scary. Jax would just prefer to watch Spongebob.

Christmas 2007

Almost Christmas

Christmas is almost here and the kiddos are ready! They visited Santa at Wal-mart a few weeks ago. As Delaney approached Santa, she said , "Santa, do you remember me from last year?"
Everyone told Santa what they wanted. Santa also dropped by their school. Jax said, "Santa came all the way to Broken Arrow!"

Santa Request:
Delaney- Dora "fixin hair"
Jax- Squawking McCaw
Baylor- Mac

It's been an eventful few days. Friday evening Jax began to run a very high fever . Saturday, it continued to spike every few hours to 104 so we took him to Urgent Care and he had a sinus infection. So, the good news was he wasn't contagious and the other two wouldn't be sick soon. He's still fighting a bit of a fever but he should be better after another round of antibiotics tonight.

Delaney has rearranged the presents under the tree so many times that one of hers is beginning to rip and yesterday I caught Baylor trying to take a peek. I yelled, Baylor and scared him half to death.

Recital Preview

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books


We watched Delaney dance the other evening. This is the tap dance, "Cheddar Cheese Stomp", they are working on for their spring recital.

No "Electry"

Even with a cold house, I had to remind Jax to keep his clothes on!

"I just want some carkoons!"

We returned home last Sunday afternoon to find our home without power or as the kids say, we had no "electry". An ice storm had caused major damage to power lines. The entire town was without power. It was an eventful week. The kids spent a couple of evenings at their Nana's since her house was a bit warmer. Our house dipped down to about 57 degrees at night. During the day we tried heating with the stove and the upstairs was staying at around 65 and even made it up to 74 once. The kids camped out upstairs since it was warmer. Delaney ended up sleeping with Rick and I. She hates the dark and typically sleeps with a light. Even sleeping with us in bed, she would wake up screaming, "mama, mama". Tuesday, we hooked up a generator which provided some light and a couple of stations on television as the satellite was out. Wednesday after an eventful evening of smoke alarms going off, Rick had our fire logs installed which helped to keep the house a bit warmer. Thursday, we could see a utility crew in our neighborhood. We decided to run to Owasso and have dinner. Delaney ate a bit too much jello and began to complain of a tummy ache. We made it home and as soon as she stood from her car seat, she became the exorcist. We had to clean her up and the car in the dark. In the middle of all that drama, power was finally restored in the nick of time as we really needed the washer. The kids were so excited to sleep in their own beds. Everyone went to bed without a fight. Slowly, life is becoming a little bit more normal.

Thanksgiving in Iowa

Everyone was much happier after a stop at McDonalds!

This Thanksgiving was a little different than most. For the first time, we traveled to Iowa to be with Uncle Rusty. Uncle Rusty was released from the hospital two days before Thanksgiving which was a treat. We had Thanksgiving with Daddy's Uncle Ron & Aunt Bonnie.

We left Wednesday around 10:00 a.m. About 40 minutes into the car ride, Delaney was the first to say, "are we there yet?, when are we going to be there?"
We told her that Uncle Ron and Aunt Bonnie lived in a "land far, far and away". Of course, Delaney was full of questions the entire trip. About 5 hours into the trip, Jax said he missed home! We passed time by watching lots of movies, singing, and playing flash cards. We arrived around 5 that evening. We stayed in the basement of UncleRon and Aunt Bonnie's. Thanksgiving morning, Delaney woke up with a tummy ache. She's had them often so I didn't really think much about it. We gave her a bath and she felt better but a about ten minutes later she turned into the exorcist. Luckily, after that she was fine. She must have just had an upset stomach that morning. She ate her dinner and kept asking Uncle Ron, when it would be time for pumpkin pie. Later that evening, we went to Aunt Laura's hotel and went swimming. Baylor even jumped in the pool and went under water. Considering your nap time was very limited the past few days, everyone was pretty good. There were a few melt downs but that was to be expected. Traveling home, we had to make one extra stop for Baylor to use the potty. When we finally arrived back in Skiatook, Delaney said, "I thought I would never see this world!" Everyone, especially Jax was so happy to be home!

Thankful for...
Delaney- mommy & daddy
Jax- Jesus
Balor- Jesus

Long Car Rides!

Sunday afternoon:
Jax: Mama, I love you so much and everyday and when I love you so much everyday, my heart is SO happy!

Traveling to a birthday party yesterday evening:
The kids are complaining about the ride taking so long. I explained that we were getting close but the party was in Broken Arrow. Delaney and Baylor started telling me how much they missed the "old" house and how they wished they lived by their friends. Delaney said, "when can we live there? when those people leave our house?"
I said I didn't know but they would just have to pray about it. A few minutes down the road I hear Baylor and Delaney each praying:
Dear God, please let those people leave our old house so we can live....
Then, I heard Jax: Dear God, I wish for strong muscles.
A minute later, Jax: mom, my wish came true, my muscles are SO strong!

Next, we are looking for the house number to the birthday party. I'm trying to make it a game and told them to look for the house number. We arrive and Jax says, "mom, you did it!!! And, you didn't even need, Dad."