The House of Jones

Take 2 - Pirate Style

2011-07-09T22:51:00.001-05:00

Go Bekah!YouTube Video Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Rachel's Turn

2011-07-09T22:49:00.001-05:00

Another version!YouTube Video Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Dinner Time Fun

2011-07-09T22:47:00.001-05:00

We love being silly!YouTube Video- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Happy 9th Birthday, Rachel!!

2011-07-02T13:13:00.001-05:00

Nine years ago today you came into our lives and we were forever changed. You made us Mommy and Daddy. We are so proud of you and grateful to God for allowing us to be your parents. We love you and we celebrate you today. We hope you have a most awesome day!! Nine things we love about you... We love your creativity. You can write the best plays, songs, and stories and we hope you will always

Rebekah Says the "F" Word!!

2011-04-26T11:23:00.000-05:00

Great dinner time conversation with my six year old!

Happy 6th Birthday Rebekah!

2011-03-11T10:43:00.000-06:00

I can't believe that you are SIX years old today! You woke up this morning still insisting you were five because you hadn't had your party yet. It was hard for you to understand that today was your birthday - and tomorrow is your party - but you still turn six today. I think you finally got it after talking a while and eating some breakfast. You couldn't wait to get to school because you were

Bekah Funny

2010-11-27T13:42:00.001-06:00

From a conversation over dinner this past week. Bekah: Will I have a car when I get bigger?Me: That depends on if you make good choices and have good grades. Why? Do you want a car?Bekah: Well, I really want a truck!Me: A truck! Why do you want a truck?Bekah: So I can put stuff in the back!Me: Good reason! What color truck do you want?Bekah: Purple, with stars on it. Funny girl!!- Posted using

Rebekah's Artwork Creativity

2010-10-01T19:31:00.000-05:00

Rebekah colored this at Sparks this past Wednesday night. She was quick to inform us that the picture was originally a boy, but she wanted it to be a girl. So, she added a ponytail, bangs, glasses, makeup and earrings. I thought that was most clever for a five year old and also her design in the rug was nice!

Happy Birthday Rachel!!!

2010-07-02T07:57:00.111-05:00

(I'm not sure what happened, I had this set to autopost,but obviously it didn't. Regardless, here it is. Sorry Rachel!) My sweet firstborn turns EIGHT years old today! Where has the time gone? She is growing into such a sweet, sweet young lady. This year we did something a bit different for her birthday. We are actually on vacation right now and in Dallas. In lieu of a big birthday party, she

I'm Still Here...

2010-06-23T21:57:00.001-05:00

Boy, getting back into the blogging habit has been hard! I really want to, but when I have time to sit and think - I'm too tired to think!! Summer is going full force around here and I'm really not sure where June went. The girls both ended school great. Rachel ended second grade and had all "excellents" on her report card. She also completed her Gifted and Talented ISP - which amounted to her

Nature is Great - A Poem By Rachel

2010-06-08T14:04:00.001-05:00

Nature is Great By Rachel Jones, age 7.5Written June 4, 2010 Where ever you go, nature is everywhere.In the mountains or on a plain, nature is in the air.I am a flower, my petals are bright;What I really like, is the sun's yellow light.I am a jewel, you can find me in a cave.Go inside, you must be brave!I am land, I’m everywhere;On the ground or floating on air.I am animals, I like to roam.It’s

Happy Birthday Rebekah!

2010-03-11T07:26:00.000-06:00

Five years ago today, my baby girl was born. I can't believe how quickly time has passed. I also can't believe I haven't blogged since Christmas!! Well, yes, I can believe it. Things have been crazy around here! I hope to start back up again and catch you all up on what has been going on around here since Christmas. But, enough about all of that and on to the star of today: My Rebekah!!Today is

2009 Christmas Card!

2009-12-24T19:42:00.004-06:00

Anniversary!!

2009-12-04T10:00:00.001-06:00

Ten years ago today I married my best friend and the love of my life. If you want to read more about how we met, you can read it here. Happy Anniversary babe! I love you - always and forever. Thank you for being my best friend, a great husband, a kind and loving father and a great provider for our family. I am very blessed to have you in my life! Here's to many, many more years together!!Jon Paul

Second Year in a Row - 30 Posts in 30 Days!!

2009-11-30T10:35:00.001-06:00

DONE!!!! I did it again - what an accomplishment. Thank God for auto-post! :) I'm glad I participated again this year and it has gotten me back in the blogging mood and habit. I really hope to keep it up, but probably not every day. Thank you for coming back and visiting and please keep coming - you are always welcome!

Cats - Volume 2

2009-11-29T18:35:00.000-06:00

Here is random post #2. In case I'm not able to post from Maui, this will be my post for the day. This time, some pictures of Bella. She's really grown! First part of December she will be six months old.

Saturday Photo Hunt - Technology

2009-11-28T19:16:00.007-06:00

I set this post to auto-post before we left on our trip. I knew I would not get a chance to blog this day because this is our trip to Oahu day! We leave around 6:30am to fly over to Oahu. In the morning we plan to tour Pearl Harbor and in the afternoon we are taking a five hour Lost Tour in a Hummer! We love the show LOST and cannot wait to see tons of places where the TV show has filmed. I'm

Cats - Volume 1

2009-11-27T18:12:00.003-06:00

Well, I had two more posts to come up with. Both are while we're in Maui. I am really hoping to blog from there, but in case I'm not able to, I wanted to have posts set to autopost so I can fulfill my NaBloPoMo quota. So, here is random cat post #1. I thought I would share some pictures of both cats this time - Kathy and Bella.Bella wants Kathy to like her so much. Kathy still isn't real fond of

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-26T09:01:00.001-06:00

Wordless Wednesday (with a few words...)

2009-11-25T10:04:00.002-06:00

Early one morning, when I opened the blinds in our bedroom, this greeted me. A praying mantis. He (I'm guessing it's a he...) has been back several times since this morning. A nice reminder as to what I need to do every morning as I start my day - PRAY!I know there are words here, but I had a hard time just putting the photo here without any explanation. I may post again today, if I get a chance.

Pictures from 11/24

2009-11-24T23:56:00.001-06:00

Escalator pics for Rachel and Rebekah...Ice crystals...- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

We're Gone!!

2009-11-24T10:19:00.002-06:00

Jon Paul and I left today for our 10th Anniversary getaway to here:We will be landing on the island around 8:45 p.m. CST, but it will only be 3:45 p.m. in Maui! We will have flown on a long nine hour flight direct from Dallas to Maui. We're going to try to blog from the island - we're supposed to have complimentary wireless internet at our condo. Hopefully it will all work out!Can't wait to see

New Moon Anyone?

2009-11-23T19:04:00.002-06:00

So, I went and saw New Moon at midnight on opening day. Part of our group met at Mimi's Cafe for dinner. We had a great time visiting, despite our bad waiter. Guess this should have been a sign to us as to how the night is going to happen. He just didn't care about us at all, even though he walked by our table at least 100 times that night. We asked multiple times for refills, never got them

Gross Food

2009-11-22T18:43:00.004-06:00

For Halloween, Jon Paul's office had a scary/gross food contest. Jon Paul was really excited about it and we prepared for a week what we were going to do. Jon Paul had something scary he wanted to do. I had something gross I wanted to do. We decided to do both! here is the turnout:I made a disgusting kitty litter cake. The girls thought it was so hilarious. It really did turn out gross. Most of

Saturday Photo Hunt - Birds

2009-11-21T19:03:00.001-06:00

Birds! I wasn't sure what I was going to post for this theme. I went through my photos and found several random bird photos and originally had them all set to autopost. But that was before the black birds came to our house. The first time, I snapped a few photos with my iPhone - none really great. I thought at that time there were a bunch of birds - and there were. But it was nothing compared to

First Fish

2009-11-20T18:54:00.003-06:00

One Sunday afternoon in September, our power went off for some reason or another. It ended up being off for five or six hours. The girls wanted to ride their bikes, so we rode up to our neighbors house up the street - Mr. Doug and Mrs. Sandy's house! The girls love to go see them! Mr. Doug and Mrs. Sandy's house backs up to the "lake" and Mr. Doug fishes in it all the time. He invited the girls

Guess Where I Am Tonight?

2009-11-19T17:00:00.001-06:00

Yes! It's finally here. The second movie in the Twilight Series. We bought tickets back in September for the first, midnight showing of the movie. I'll be gone until the wee, wee hours of the morning. So, I'll catch up with you tomorrow!

Wordless Wednesday...

2009-11-18T19:37:00.000-06:00

Community Field Trip

2009-11-17T19:19:00.006-06:00

On October 7th, Rebekah's class went on a Community Field Trip. This was Rebekah's first field trip and school bus ride. She was so excited to get to ride a school bus! I was able to ride on the bus with her and help chaperon the trip. The first stop was just down the street from the school - Knights Grocery Store. They were able to tour the store and learn more about our community helpers within

School Pictures...

2009-11-16T19:10:00.001-06:00

Both girls had their school pictures made. I wanted pictures that would match, so I chose the same pose and background for each of them. Unfortunately, since they were taken at different schools and more than likely different photographers, their backgrounds ended up not being quite the same color. This is Rachel's second grade picture and Rebekah's pre-K picture. Yeah, I know...Rachel has on her

Falling Asleep at the Table

2009-11-15T18:40:00.002-06:00

Had to share some cute videos of the girls with you. In these videos, Rachel is a few months past her second birthday and Rebekah is about one month away from turning two. We think they are cute because they are our kids! But also think it is cute because they are sitting around the same table, sitting in the same booster chair, both around the same age, eating the same dinner (chicken nuggets!)

Saturday Photo Hunt - Music

2009-11-14T17:37:00.004-06:00

Last year for Christmas, we purchased Guitar Hero World Tour for our Wii. The girls love it! Above is Rebekah playing the drums. This was from almost a year ago and I can't believe how much she has grown! And below, is Rachel, who could not wait to sing! The only problem was that the only song on there she knew the words to was the Star Spangled Banner. We heard the Star Spangled Banner many,

Braiding Hair...

2009-11-13T19:37:00.002-06:00

For fun, I braided all of Rachel's hair for her. First we thought we would just take them out the next morning, but she ended up wearing them for two days! She wanted her friends at school to see the braids on Monday and then the curls/kinks on Tuesday. You know, the before and after looks! Here are some photos that I took on my iPhone. I think it took me one and a half hours to complete it!

Book Character Day

2009-11-12T19:18:00.000-06:00

Both of the girls had Book Character Day at school. This is a way the school can allow the kids to "dress up" for Halloween, without calling it Halloween or costumes. Both of the girls decided they wanted to be the same character - Skippy Jon Jones! The girls love these books because they are funny, but more because that is their Daddy's name - Jon (Paul) Jones - and it is spelled like he spells

Wordless Wednesday...

2009-11-11T19:33:00.002-06:00

Rachel's Baptism...

2009-11-10T18:30:00.001-06:00

Rachel asked Jesus to come into her heart on June 17th, 2009. In July, she attended our church's "I'm A Christian Now" class that helped her understand more about her decision, our church and explained what the Lord's Supper is all about. After she completed the class, we were able to schedule her baptism. This past Sunday, August 16th, Rachel followed our Lord's commands and was baptized at our

Rachel Lost Another Tooth!

2009-11-09T19:04:00.000-06:00

Rachel lost her 7th tooth on the evening of October 3rd, 2009. Wanted to put it here to document it and I think I've put most of her other ones also! As of today, her new tooth still hasn't come down!

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

2009-11-08T18:47:00.002-06:00

Rebekah's Pre-K class was supposed to go to the pumpkin patch on 10/30. Because of all the rain we had, it had to be postponed to this past Wednesday. I was able to go and be a part of all the fun! Here are some photos from the day.This is Rebekah's class and her teacher, Mrs. Spaulding on the far right and the teacher's assistant, Mrs. Hoover, on the far left.When we first got there, the kids

Saturday Photo Hunt - Military

2009-11-07T18:00:00.002-06:00

NOTE: All of these photos were from the pre-digital era and were scanned in.Here we are with our good friends, James and Kim, with Lady Liberty. Our symbol of freedom that many fought so hard for us to have. For this, I am eternally grateful!My grandfather was a World World II Veteran. My brother-in-law is currently serving in the Air Force and my step-dad is a Vietnam veteran. I couldn't locate

Piggy Flu

2009-11-06T11:39:00.004-06:00

September was a full month of just getting back into the swing of things and school. A few activities started this month and I'll break those out in separate posts later. But the month ended on an oink.Rachel came down with a high fever and ended up testing positive for the swine flu. She missed three days of school, but bounced back pretty quick from it. Her only symptoms were the high fever and

Rebekah's in Savvy Kids

2009-11-05T18:41:00.004-06:00

Rebekah's picture is in yet another magazine in her short four year life. This time, she is in Savvy Kids. This is a fairly new magazine that features kids and their birthday parties. Rebekah attended Madalynn's birthday party this past September and Savvy Kids was there taking pictures for the magazine. You can submit your birthday party information and they might come to your party and feature

Catching up...

2009-11-04T19:00:00.001-06:00

I am going to spend some of this time in November catching you up on what has been going on since I last was in the blogging habit! The last I really blogged was about the first day of school! We have now completed the first nine weeks of this school year!So, let's begin at the end of August. School started and the routine was back. I love routine! Jon Paul and I attended a marriage conference,

Personas Vanity Search Art

2009-11-03T19:00:00.002-06:00

Just for fun...Check out this fun site, Personas to see a vanity search of your name put into artwork. For more information about it and how it works, click here. Pretty, huh??

Halloween

2009-11-02T20:26:00.005-06:00

We had a great Halloween this year. The girls decided to be insects this year. Thought it was cute that they kind of went together. We started out the evening going up to our church's Harvest Fest. Two hours of games, food, hayrides and puppets! I volunteered for the first hour, helping with registration. Jon Paul and Betty took the girls around to play and we all ate together once I was finished

I'm Back!!!

2009-11-01T21:33:00.003-06:00

WOW!! I have been a bad blogger. I can't believe that I haven't blogged since August 22nd. All I can say is that we have been busy with life!Since it is November 1st and this month is National Blog Posting Month, I figured this was a good time to get back into the blogging habit and catch you up on the happenings at the House of Jones. Sound good to you?I hope you stick with me and I hope that I

Girls With Curls...

2009-08-22T10:00:00.000-05:00

I have many fond memories of going to bed at night with my hair tightly rolled up in pink sponge rollers. I can think of many pictures with my hair in tight curls. I bought some sponge rollers a few years back and when Rachel was in kindergarten, I first used them on her. She loved her new curly look! Well, with moving and building a new house, the rollers were packed away and forgotten

Rebekah's First Day of Pre-K

2009-08-21T00:09:00.005-05:00

Today was Rebekah's first day of Pre-K. She was so excited to leave this morning. She was disappointed when she learned that Rachel would be dropped off first. She wanted to go first! Included in our tuition is both breakfast and lunch. She could not wait to eat breakfast at school. She did however, want to take her lunch from home. We woke up this morning to rain, so we didn't get to take her

Rachel's First Day of 2nd Grade

2009-08-19T21:49:00.007-05:00

Today was Rachel's first day of second grade. I can't believe I'm the mom of a second grader! She was really excited this morning and ready to start this new year.This past Monday night was the open house at Rachel's school. We were able to go and meet her new teacher. Her name is Mrs. Mitchell. She seems like a wonderful teacher. This is her first year to teach so she should be full of wonderful

Show Us Your Life...

2009-08-07T01:43:00.003-05:00

Well, I'm participating in a Show Us Your Life feature on Kelly's blog.Today it is wedding reception and honeymoon pictures. We were married almost ten years ago and that was before we went digital. I don't have many wedding/reception/honeymoon photos scanned in. I do have a few and I posted them this past December 4th on our ninth wedding anniversary. Click here to be taken to that post and see

Welcome to the family, Bella!

2009-07-31T19:33:00.003-05:00

Meet Bella, our newest family member. We surprised the girls tonight with this little eight week old kitten. Some friends of ours found her in their backyard. She is really cute and very playful. Our cat, Kathy, isn't too happy with the situation. She'll come around sometime. The girls were really excited and lavished the love upon her. For now, her home is confined to the master bathroom. We'll

Rebekah Funny...

2009-07-30T08:13:00.000-05:00

Rebekah has been saying the funniest thing lately. When ever she does something she knows she is not supposed to be doing, she says, "My feets were telling me to do...." She has been blaming everything on her "feets" and it cracks us up.For example, she kept getting up from her bed when she had been told several times, "Do NOT get out of bed. GO TO SLEEP!" When she got up and came in to where we

Just An Update...

2009-07-28T23:59:00.002-05:00

I really need to get back into the swing of updating my blog more often. The summer has really gone by fast. June was really HOT and July has been warm, but fairly wet. We'll see what August brings us soon!I enrolled the girls in gymnastics this summer. They both love their classes and we plan to continue them in the fall. This has given them something to look forward to each week. Each week they

A Princess Kind of Day!

2009-07-20T19:18:00.000-05:00

Happy (Late) Birthday Rachel!

2009-07-06T20:39:00.006-05:00

My first born turned seven years old this past Thursday, July 2nd. We've been so busy that is has taken me this long to get a post up. I wish I had done it earlier and let it autopost, but oh well. If I had, then you wouldn't get to see these great birthday pictures.We started her birthday with opening all of her family gifts. Grandpa and Granna came over to watch. Mommy and Daddy got her one of

Show Us Where You Live Friday - Master Bedroom

2009-06-26T08:57:00.004-05:00

It's Friday and you know what that means! Yep, another edition of Show Us Where You Live Friday! This week is master bedrooms!! I love the master bedroom in our house and can't wait to share it with you all. Like many of the weeks before, I will link you to my previous post on this from this past November. I didn't include the master bathroom last week because it was on the same post as the

Show Us Where You Live Friday - Lots of Rooms!

2009-06-19T07:40:00.005-05:00

It's another edition of Show Us Where You Live Friday! I missed last week, so I'm going to catch up this week! Last week was bathrooms and this week is laundry, bonus and playrooms! I don't have a bonus room, but I do have all the others! And again, I have already posted these pictures, so I'm going to leave you with links to all the previous postings. Hope you enjoy the tour!Follow THIS LINK to

A Special Day

2009-06-17T22:02:00.003-05:00

Today was a very special day in our family. Tonight as we were putting Rachel to bed, she told us that she wanted to get saved. We talked for a long time about what it all meant, talked about scripture and did our best to answer the questions she had. Her spirit seemed ready and I was able to lead her in her prayer to ask Jesus into her heart. Both her Daddy and I are so very proud of her and her

Show Us Where You Live Friday - Home Offices

2009-06-03T19:26:00.004-05:00

It's Friday and you know what that means! Another Show Us Where You Live Friday. This week is Home Offices. Currently we don't have a separate room for our home office. We are using part of our breakfast area. It works great right now. Our plans are once the girls are older and we no longer need a playroom, we will convert it to our home office. But for now...this is it.The large corner desk is

Show Us Where You Live Friday - Children's Rooms

2009-05-28T23:17:00.004-05:00

Welcome everyone from Kelly's Korner. It's that time of the week when we get to show off where we live. This week is so exciting because I get to show you my two girls most precious rooms. OK...I may be a little biased. Anyway, back in November, I did a whole house tour since we had just built, moved in and got settled in our wonderful new home. Instead of re-doing all I did before, I am going to

Show Us Where You Live Friday - Dining Rooms

2009-05-21T22:24:00.005-05:00

Another Show Us Where You Live Friday, brought to you by Kelly's Korner. Yeah, I know this is not technically Friday. But, I have a lot to do tomorrow and I was afraid I would forget it if I didn't do it now. And I know I can set it to publish tomorrow.... :)This week is Dining Rooms! We do have a "formal" dining room -- but it is not being used as that. Currently, it really isn't getting used

Show Us Where You Live Friday - Living/Family Rooms

2009-05-08T00:06:00.008-05:00

Last Friday, it was kitchens. This week Kelly's Korner is showing off living/family rooms. I was excited to do this one because since I last showed my family room, we have rearranged! If you want to take a look at my first post about our family room and see the changes, click here.I like to call it the family room, we don't have two living areas and this is where the family is most of the time.

Walt Disney World Vacation - Interesting/Funny!

2009-05-04T19:00:00.003-05:00

A few interesting/funny things I wanted to point out about this vacation to Disney World. First, I found it interesting that I had packed the same shirt for Bekah to wear that Rachel wore on our last visit to Disney World in 2003. You might not find it all that interesting, but I wanted to remember it - so I'm putting it here before it leaves my brain! :-) I only captured one photo of Rebekah

Walt Disney World Vacation - Epcot

2009-05-03T22:30:00.001-05:00

April 24thOur last day at Disney World was spent at Epcot. We arrived that morning and immediately got our fast passes for Soarin - a ride we all could not wait to ride! We made our way to the Imagination Pavillion. We rode the Journey into Imagination ride with Figment. It was really cute. After that ride, we had to make our way over to Norway in the World Showcase. We had a reservation to eat

Walt Disney World Vacation - Animal Kingdom

2009-05-02T20:00:00.002-05:00

Thursday, April 23rdAnd we're off to Animal Kingdom. The girls were excited about seeing all the animals and going on the safari. Rebekah really wanted to see Simba from the Lion King. Before we even entered the park, we got to see Timon and Rafiki and then Pluto.We saw several animals while walking into the park and up to the Tree of Life. Jon Paul went ahead to get us some fast passes for the

Walt Disney World Vacation - Hollywood Studios

2009-05-01T19:06:00.000-05:00

Wednesday, April 22ndThis was our day at Hollywood Studios. The first thing we saw upon entering was the huge High School Musical 3 banner. Rachel, of course, wanted to watch the show first thing. It was going to start in about fifteen minutes, so we staked out a spot to watch and Jon Paul went to the Tower of Terror to get fast passes. After the show was over, we headed over towards the

House of Jones Meets Pediascribe

2009-04-30T18:40:00.004-05:00

A personal highlight of our vacation was being able to meet a blogging buddy of mine. We've been communicating back and forth with each other since January of 2008. We both have recently moved and built a house. Only she moved to a much more fun place - Orlando!!! After she moved, we continued to talk and she gave us some good advice about planning our trip to Disney World. I would consider her

Walt Disney World Vacation - Magic Kingdom and Resort Fun

2009-04-28T22:47:00.006-05:00

Saturday, April 18thOur first two and a half days were spent at the Magic Kingdom. We went there our first night there and were able to watch the Spectromagic Parade and fireworks by Cinderella's Castle. The fireworks were amazing! After the shows were over we spent three hours riding some of the rides. Our first ride was It's A Small World. Good ride, but that song gets stuck in your head! We

Walt Disney World Vacation - The Reveal and Flights to Orlando

2009-04-28T21:59:00.013-05:00

Saturday, April 18thWe woke up bright and early and got everything all ready. Then at about 6:00 a.m. we went and woke up the girls. They were really confused as to why we were waking them up so early. After getting dressed, we had Rachel read a short story to Rebekah. Here is the video of The Big Reveal! Rebekah was still half asleep and Rachel thought we were pulling a joke. She kept asking

Rebekah's Birthday Party

2009-04-15T21:09:00.000-05:00

We had Rebekah's Birthday Party on March 21st. I know, I'm late in coming with the details and photos! She wanted to have it at the gymnastics place again. So, we had it at Huff-n-Puff Gymnastics in Jacksonville. It was a fun time and we had family, friends and school classmates all come to enjoy the day with her. She also wanted another "Rocket Cake" this year. So, for a second year in a row, we

Mud Is Fun!

2009-04-14T20:59:00.000-05:00

Last weekend we were working in yard. The girls played good for a while, but started to argue. So, what's a mother to do? Well, I asked them if they wanted to play in the mud. At first they didn't believe me - but quickly got on board and could not wait to get dirty! I had to find some old clothes for them to wear. Our dirt has some clay in it and I knew whatever it got on, it would stain. They

Happy Easter!

2009-04-12T20:47:00.003-05:00

American Idol

2009-04-08T09:36:00.005-05:00

We watch American Idol. We really enjoy the show. This season has been one of my most favorite yet, right up there with Chris Daughtry was on it. There are several reasons I am enjoying it so much. One, we have someone in the Top 8 from Arkansas, Kris Allen - and he is really talented! Two, there are two guys in there that used to lead music at their church - Kris Allen and Danny Gokey. You can

We've Got A Secret!!!!

2009-04-06T20:28:00.005-05:00

Image courtesy of flickr.Go ahead...you can say it. I've been a really BAD blogger. Hopefully today will make up for my absence and get me back into the flow of blogging again!So...my title says that we have a secret! Some people know it already and now I am going to share it with all of you. Ready? Are you really ready?We are....................Going to Disney World in 11 days!!!!! What - did

Rebekah is Four Years Old Today!

2009-03-11T09:27:00.000-05:00

Rebekah Shelaine joined our family on Friday, March 11th, 2005, at 10:11 a.m. She brings so much joy and laughter to our family. Over the past few weeks I have seen her grow up more and more, right before my eyes. She's not my little baby of six pounds and fifteen ounces anymore!Here is a shot of me, waiting and getting all prepped for my c-section. It was a scheduled c-section and I never went

Rebekah's Pictures

2009-02-16T09:00:00.002-06:00

At Rebekah's old school in Sherwood, they always take pictures of all the kids. I took Rebekah back there to have hers taken. They also do a great class composite that I wanted to have for her scrapbook. These were taken on January 14, 2009. The first one is my favorite. Thanks to Aunt Cynthia for the great outfit!

Happy Valentines Day!

2009-02-14T08:00:00.003-06:00

This year I decided to make the girls Valentines Day cards. I had a lot of fun and I didn't have the headache of trying to get them to write their names on all those cards! And they really were inexpensive. I think the girls enjoyed handing out ones with their picture on them too. So, for all of you to enjoy - Happy Valentines Day from our family to yours!

Valentines Day Parties

2009-02-13T08:58:00.004-06:00

Our first party yesterday was at Rebekah's school. She attends on Mondays and Wednesdays, but they had their party on Thursday. She and one other girl, MaKenna were the only two from her class at the party. Since all the other kids were strangers to her, Rebekah didn't want to sit at the table with everyone. The only way I could get her to sit down was at the round table with me. The other kids

Guess What We Got?!?

2009-02-11T08:00:00.002-06:00

We got a Roomba!! We actually got it back in December. We love it! It does really well in getting the hardwood and tile cleaned up. It also cleans the carpet good too. Jon Paul has been in charge of his new "son" and has enjoyed playing with him and programming him. The girls wanted to name him, but couldn't agree on a name. We came up with Mike or Mike-E. Mike after Mike Rowe on Dirty Jobs and

Cabot Family Christmas

2009-02-10T08:00:00.003-06:00

This year my entire family was able to celebrate Christmas together. And we were so happy to get to host the celebration at our new house. My parents, my three sisters and their families, my mother-in-law and Patty and Michelle's mom, Dorothy were all in attendance. That made for 22 people here! It was crazy and tiring, but it was a blast! I loved having them all here.Here we are at gift time. We

Rebekah Funnies...

2009-02-09T08:00:00.003-06:00

I guess a girl can never have too many purses while she's working on the computer. Or should I say, "on the Peeter" as Rebekah calls it.A few more funny Rebekah sayings:"Lem-O-lade" for lemonadeRebekah: I love you Mommy!Mommy: And I love you!Rebekah: No, it not I love you. It's I love you TOO!Rebekah when she gets upset or angry:"You're making me mean!"At dinner a few nights ago:"I not little. I

Friends...

2009-02-08T08:00:00.002-06:00

Jon Paul's best friend growing up came to visit us in December. James Lester is like a brother to Jon Paul. We were so excited when James contacted us to say he was going to be in Arkansas over Christmas and wanted to come see us and our new house. We haven't seen James years. I don't think he had ever seen Rebekah. So, it was good to see him and visit and catch up on everything. James, his wife

Rachel Drama...

2009-02-07T10:26:00.001-06:00

Rachel doesn't like to part with anything. ANYTHING!! I have to sneakily throw things away. Most of the time she never knows they suddenly went "missing!"Well, one Sunday at church they gave all of the kids palm branches. REAL palm branches. Well, she and Rebekah have played with it for two weeks now. The branch is dry, crunchy and starting to grow something on it...not too sure what, but ICK!!

My Baby Is Growing Up!

2009-02-06T10:39:00.004-06:00

Well, as of today, Rebekah has not had her paci for SIX days! And I must say, the break up was very peaceful and easy. She misses her faithful friend, but is excited about the fact that she is just too big to have a paci anymore!!I really would have gotten rid of it WAY before now. However, 2008 held LOTS of changes for our family and especially little Rebekah. The paci always got pushed to the

Christmas for the Big Kids!

2009-01-14T08:00:00.006-06:00

Now for the Big Kids, ie. Jon Paul and me! We are kind of weird in that we usually buy our gifts for each other when we are together. And we go ahead and open them up and play with them. Then, we wrap the empty boxes and put them under the tree. We've done this almost every year we've been together. We still buy a few small gifts for each other that are a surprise for Christmas morning. So, what

Christmas Morning

2009-01-13T08:00:00.001-06:00

We woke up just before 6am to the sound of two little girls whispering in the family room. We jumped out of bed, to which they ran back to their rooms. I went to the hallway by their rooms and the following conversation took place:Me (jokingly): Go back to bed! Santa hasn't come yet!Rachel: Yes he has! He ate his cookies.Rebekah: And he drank his chocolate milk too.Me: How do you know that?Rachel

Intellectually Challenged Car Dealership

2009-01-12T08:00:00.001-06:00

So we are shopping for a new van. We've been looking all over online for a used Honda Odyssey, hoping to find one we like and hoping to find it relatively close. They aren't easy to come by. So, imagine our excitement when we found a used car dealership nearby that had TWO in stock! So, after cleaning up our current van, we headed to the dealership on Saturday. Here is a break down of what

Christmas Eve

2009-01-09T10:00:00.002-06:00

Here are some photos fromChristmas Eve at the House of Jones!Jon Paul giving Rebekaha ride on Cupid the reindeer.She cried when we had toput him back up in the attic!Trying to get a good photo of the girls.Nana bought them matching PJ's for Christmas.Rebekah didn't want to let Cupid go.Here is a shot of them yelling,"Hurry up Santa!"We almost forgot, but at the lastminute we remembered to set

Rebekah Napping...

2009-01-08T10:00:00.002-06:00

I snapped this photo of Rebekahtaking her nap on December 21st.Do you think she has enoughanimals in her bed with her?

Sunset Behind Our House

2009-01-07T10:00:00.001-06:00

This was a beautiful sunset picture wastaken on December 21st, 2008,from our deck at the back of our house.I have it set as my desktop background.Beautiful...

Scenes From Before Christmas

2009-01-06T10:00:00.004-06:00

Just wanted to share a few scenesof our Christmas preparations.Here are the girls with Santa.Rachel asked for Tinkerbell andBuild-a-Bear DS games.Rebekah asked for a baby doll thatgoes pee pee and poo poo,washes her hands and brushes her teeth.Here is our fireplace and mantle.This was one part of the house thatI could not wait to decorate.I love the way it turned out.These are mine and Jon Paul's

Funny Captcha

2009-01-05T10:00:00.001-06:00

Yesterday, after I posted my lemonade award, I sent my recipients notice of their award. This one made me laugh out loud. Check out the captcha, maybe it will make you laugh too!

The Lemonade Award

2009-01-04T19:39:00.004-06:00

It's called the Lemonade Award and I received it from an old friend, Wendy. Wendy and I go WAY back to my teenage years and even younger! Thanks friend and I appreciate your kind words and your thoughtfulness of thinking of me.Now, for the rules:First, you should give link love to the person who gave you the award. You can click on her name above or click here to go check out her blog. It's a

Another Happy Birthday to Me!

2009-01-03T13:15:00.003-06:00

I turned 35 today and it has been a great day so far. If you want to see some nostalgic photos of me, check out my post from last year on my birthday. I can't believe another year has gone by. It was interesting to go back and read my post from last year.This morning started off great with me getting to sleep in until 9:45 a.m. I probably would have slept later, but Jon Paul's phone woke me up. I

Happy Blogiversary and Happy New Year!!

2009-01-01T22:16:00.003-06:00

Today almost came and went until I realized it was my one year anniversary of blogging!! I couldn't let today slip by without me posting something!Sorry I have been neglecting you all this past month. After posting everyday in November, I guess I got a little burned out. Also, December is a busy month for me and everyone else on the planet! So, I promise to get back into the swing of things and

Christmas Card and Newsletter

2008-12-27T07:00:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas From The House of Jones!Our family hit the ground running in 2008. We were going to build our dream home and we had to get our current home sold. So, January was filled with Jennifer and Betty getting the house all ready to put on the market. After de-cluttering and rearranging, we listed the house on February 1st and received a full asking price offer on February 18th! We closed

Thank you Mrs. Karen!

2008-12-26T07:00:00.006-06:00

I have this amazing friend in the blogging world. We've never met in person, but we are kindred spirits with so much in common. She was so kind to make some of the CUTEST doll blankets and pillows for us to give Rebekah for Christmas. She LOVED them! So, Karen, this is for you! I was able to get a few photos of the dolls, all tucked in and ready for their nap.Please, no one call DHS for this.

Happy Birthday Jesus!

2008-12-25T07:00:00.000-06:00

Lest we not forget, the true meaning of CHRISTmas...Luke 2:1-20And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the

Pictures of Rachel and Rebekah...

2008-12-24T12:07:00.006-06:00

Had the girls pictures taken back in November. They turned out so good. We were hoping for one good one that we could have a large print made and hang over our fireplace and mantle. We got one! The picture shown above is the one we had a 20x24 made from! I'll have to take a picture of it once we get it up on the wall. We plan to hang it after all of the Christmas decorations are put away. So,

Christmas Cards

2008-12-15T18:21:00.002-06:00

While doing my Christmas cards this year, I was thought it was interesting to see just how far our friends and family reach. This year we are sending out 77 Christmas cards. Yes, that is a lot. But I come from a rather large family and we do have a lot of friends scattered across the state, nation and even globe! So this year, I tallied up just where our cards are being mailed to.Here is the

The Mother Letter Project - The Big Push!!

2008-12-14T20:13:00.002-06:00

Taken directly from The Mother Letter Project's website and you can read my first blog entry about it here."The Mother Letter Project has swelled to somewhere between 430 and 440 letters as of Sunday, December 14th! I cannot believe it! I am eternally grateful for your willingness to make this project happen.This week, I am asking you to help me make the BIG PUSH! Help me get the word out one