Saturday, March 23

What's Up???

I'll be the first to admit that I am not as good at blogging as I should be.  In my defense, we have been very busy since we moved to New Albany!  Many new places to explore, people to meet, etc..  Play dates and spend the night parties with this cutie!!  And let me tell you -THEY ARE WILD!!!






 A lot of family time!!  We love having company and try to keep everyone here as long as we can.



Both Jack and Harrison are obsessed with kindles and tablets.
Cut-The-Rope, Angry Birds, etc...  Thank goodness we have one for each boy.


 We have an incredible park about half a mile from our house.  It has a lot of playground equipment, a bike path, walking path and a river walk.  And the best part, it's in the middle of town.  Businesses all around it, so we always feel so save when we go there to play.  That's one thing that always bothered me about the parks in Grenada.  They were nice parks, just out way from everything and everybody.  Very isolated and I never felt safe taking Jack there by myself.  Our new park is wonderful and we go there every chance we get.
 (I don't know how this photo made it into the line up.  Yes, that's Harrison's foot kicked up on the table. And this is the best picture to describe this little man.  No worries!)



 Jack loves playing with all of the kids at the park.  This day he was in 7th heaven with all of these older girls.  He told me later that he has a lot of girlfriends!  Oh My!

 Harrison even got in on the action!!

 Making their own movie.  There is no telling what Harrison is saying to the camera.

 Movie night/spend the night party.  Both boys LOVE Peter Pan!! I think this weekend we watched that movie 10 times (at least).  That's what happens once your 4 year old learns how to work the DVD remote.

 Requirements for movie night - every blanket they can find piled on the floor.  They even made us bring in their car seats so they could use them as recliners!!



 Trying to figure out what to get into next!

 Jack loves the Peter Pan movie, but he always wants to be Captain Hook.  Captain Hook is his favorite character in the movie and he has all of the naughty Captain's lines memorized.

We really do love New Albany!  It is a wonderful town.  We found a church that we believe we are really going to enjoy being a part of.  We have wonderful neighbors and are meeting more every week.  The family that lives right next door to us are really nice.  The parents are our age and they have two daughters.  Their oldest daughter, Bailey, is Jack's age.  They will be in school together.  She is so cute and drags Jack all over the yard.  She bosses him around and he loves it.  We are really looking forward to dry warm weather so we can spend much more time outside in our new town!!

Tuesday, January 1

New Year, Fresh Start


 Happy New Year!  What better day to restart our blog.  I have a lot to blog about, a lot to catch up on.  And now that we live 2 hours away from all of the Grands, I figure I better blog and blog a lot.  As most of you know, we moved to New Albany in the Fall.  I'll blog about that later, but I will say this, WE LOVE IT HERE!!!!  We are about 20 miles from both Oxford and Tupelo. And I am 15 minutes from my sister. That's the very best part. Getting to be with her and her family whenever we want has been amazing.  New Albany is such a great town. A mix of old and new. It was recently named the fastest growing town in Mississippi.  The people are so nice and it's a very artsy community.  That I really love.  I have plenty to blog about as I introduce everyone to our new hometown.  In the mean time, I'll post a few pictures to catch everyone up on the real reason you visit our blog - Jack!

 
We sold our house about two weeks after we found out we were moving (before we ever put it on the market).  That was a huge blessing, but it meant that John would have to stay in a hotel and Jack and I would have to move in with my parents.  There was no way we could live in a hotel for 6 to 8 weeks with a three year old.  It worked out so well and I am so thankful for that time. While we were staying in Winona Jack ran his first race.  The annual Tom Vigour 5K.  Jack's race was one mile around the downtown area. He loves to run and did such a good job.  
We were so proud of him!  And I think he was a little proud of himself.
          





Racing is hard work.  Thankfully he found a good spot to rest up after the race.

In June, this adorable monkey turned one.  I have been getting to kiss those sweet cheeks a lot lately.  I love him so much.  He and Jack are a sight to behold when they are together.

While at my parents, Jack got into cooking.


Look at the determination on his face.



Watch out Bobby Flay!
We also celebrated Halloween at my parent's.  One night we carved a pumpkin.  It's something we all enjoyed.  It's been a few years since pumpkin carving went on in my parent's house.  A great memory for us all.

Jack was a pirate for Halloween.
Scary Pirate.
Sweet Pirate.
Jack had a blast trick or treating.
Checking out his loot.
And here is my sweet Charlie Brown!
Bye for now.  A lot more to come.