First Annual Memorial Day Decathlon

Joey and I headed to Highland Village, where we participated in the first annual memorial day decathalon. We had teams of two competing in ten events. We had six teams so for each event the winners got 6 points, second place got 5 points, and so on with the last place team getting 1 point. At the end we added all the points and the team with the highest points won. Ok, meet the teams:

Team 1: The Relaxers, mom and dad


Team 2: The Hairy Back Marries, Jess and Johnny (unless you are an avid Friends fan, you might not get this team name, but for those of us who love the show its stinkin' hilarious!)


Team 3: The Snakes, Dalton and Drew


Team 4: The Crazy Disney Characters, Mel and Kevin


Team 5: The Village Idiots, Darrell and Stephanie


Team 6: The Fitness Gurus, me and Joey



These were the ten events that we all participated in:
1. Football Toss
2. Free Throws
3. Shooting a Target
4. Croquet
5. Water Balloon Toss
6. Badmitten
7. Yahtzee
8. Darts
9. Putt Putt Golf
10. High Card
Everyone was tired, so instead of Bocci Ball for the final event we decided on high card. Everyone drew a card and high card got the 6 points, next highest 5 points, and so on.
Check out some of these awesome photos from the great day! What an awesome day! Thanks to all the teams participating that made it so much fun. And special thanks to mom, dad, Steph and Darrell for doing so much of the work. In case you were wondering who won, check back to the blog because that post will be coming soon! Yeah for fun, family and friends!

Our First Family Trip to the Park

Our first family trip to the park was beautiful. The weather was perfect and the breeze was amazing. We had a blanket, food, drinks, books and of course my camera to capture the moments. The park really is beautiful. It has a large playground and alot of open space to camp your stuff, which is what we did. We found a great area of grass under a tree which gave us perfect shade, and laid out our stuff. The boys both had their sunglasses which of course made for cute daddy son pics. What a beautiful, peaceful time. Can you imagine if I had forgotten something like the nipple to Jackson's bottle that would have ruined this pristine serenity? I can. I will leave out all the crazy details because the 10 minutes we were there really were magical. But, mixing a bottle in front of a 5 month old who is hungry and then not giving it to him doesn't make for a slow exit nor a peaceful ride home. As we were riding home, wondering how moments can turn so very quickly, child screaming in the back, Joey says, "Well....at least we can laugh about it." I don't recall any laughing.

My First Mother's Day

What a wonderful mother's day weekend! It started on friday night. Joey secretly got baby sitters (thanks a ton Beep and Boo) and told me to be ready by 6:30. He took me to Tyler St. Bistro and we ate an amazing dinner and then he surprised me with this gorgeous necklace! I don't have pearls so it was perfect. And now you have to hear the necklace story. Ok, the brand is called Add-a-Pearl and it is meant to add pearls on. Jackson is going to get me a pearl each mother's day until he is married and then I will wear the full pearl necklace to his wedding!!!! Ok seriously...all Joey's idea. How awesome!



Then, on mother's day, he took Jackson into his room to get him dressed and he brought him out in the shirt that my aunt and cousins made me when I was a baby! I almost cried. I just kept remembering the pictures of me in that shirt and I couldn't believe my son was wearing it. I was however a year old while it fit him at 5 months. Thanks Aunty, Ginger and Joyia for the shirt and thanks Joey for this precious memory.




My parents came up to celebrate Mother's day with us. We had such a great time as always. My dad got me doors for Mothers Day. Yes...doors. I don't have a picture but they are fabulous. They hide my new workout room. Yeah for handy papaws!

My mom got Jackson a few new toys and some videos which he loves! She got me the prettiest dress from White House Black Market which I am gonna wear to my 10 year high school reunion in september.


Joey dressed Jackson on sunday to celebrate mothers day with his family by their pool. He's such a little beach bum. We had such a great time hanging out in their backyard by the pool. Not to mention their famous food. We ate really well!


Jackson loved playing with his Gran.

He wore himself out and took a little nap with his Beasch.

Back up for some more fun with Aunt Boo.

We had a little pool side photo shoot




What a memorable mother's day! Thank you everyone for making my first one so special!

Road Rage

Just drivin', drivin'.....

Hmmm...which way should I go?

I think I'll go this way.

Now whats that car doin'?

Hey...get out of my way!

He cut me off!

I'll lay on my horn to show him

BEEEEEEEEP!!!!!

Ha ha ha....sweet revenge.

Just a day drivin' with Jackson. You know I think he might have a touch of road rage. I'm not sure, but his favorite thing to do in his car is literally lay on the horn and eat it. By about five minutes I am pretty much done with the constant beeeeeeeeeep!

And the Winner Is.....

Thank you all for posting and emailing me your votes. I have had alot of fun with this already, and am so thankful that yall want to be apart too. After weeks of voting, the winner of the photo contest is......#3. I know some of you die hard #1 fans are gonna be disappointed, but #3 beat it out by only two votes! Those were the two that had most all of the votes, so it was fun to see which one was gonna win. I have officially mailed it out, so we will wait and see. Of course I have already determined based on my own little contest that he should be the winner and is in my book already, so the contest is just icing on the cake. Thanks again for the support! We will keep you posted!