Oliver's Birthday Party.....

Dawson and Mckayla.....

Oliver playing in his cake....

Jackson trying to get in the cake....

Oliver - opening his presents....

Brandon pouring out the candy...

Denise, Brayden, Miquela, Dawson, Jackson and I went to Mcminnville today for Oliver's 1st birthday party.... David and John were supposed to go with us, but they didn't get to go..... It's about a 3 hour trip there and back, and so you can imagine 6 people in a car for 1.5 hrs there and then 1.5 hrs on the way home..... Wow... Lets just say Denise and I were about looney when we got home! (ha-ha not really)... The kids were a little much at times, but we made it... Didn't we, Denise? We really had a good time today, but Denise and I decided next year... We are leaving the kids at home and we are going to the birthday party....

The birthday party was very cute... I think Oliver enjoyed his day.... He was so cute getting into his cake and opening his presents! He's such a sweet little baby boy! I can't believe he's already a year old....

Growing up.....

Dawson asked me this week... "Mom, when I take MacKayla out on our first date... How will I get to Mcminnville to pick her up?" My reply was... "We will worry about that when you get old enough to date."

SO.....

Last evening at supper this sweet girl is all Dawson talked about..... I thought at one point... "He sure is talking a lot.." He had to show pictures of her and everything... He was so funny.....

We went to dinner at Carrabba's Restaurant and then we walked around Green Hills Mall for a little while with some friends of ours from out of town... They use to live here in Nashville and they moved away almost 3 years ago... I don't get to see them as often as I'd like to, but she's very near and dear to my heart... She's just like a sister to me and I miss her bunches...

Dawson and McKayla - Dec. 2007...

More pictures of Oliver...

Oliver loves to worship....

One Lord....

Cute Quote

"One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world."

Oliver Maxwell Snowden.......

Oliver's 1st time in his car seat...

Oliver is a horsie....

NYC 2007...

NYC 2007....

Sweetheart.....

Happy 1st Birthday, Oliver Maxwell Snowden... We love you! We hope your day was great!

Campfire Memories.....

I think this may be our vacation spot this year.... I'm not 100% sure, but I'm about 95% sure.... After hours of searching for cabins - I found this one and I fell in LOVE! There's a couple more cabins I like as well...

We talked about going to Florida again, but David was against that.... He's not a big theme park person anymore, so that kind of rules out Disney World..... We did enjoy Sea World, but you can only go so many times and see the same shows...

We have a few small trips planned, like white water rafting again with our friends and their church people... But... This trip to Gatlinburg will be our big one for the year....

Cabin...
Fire Pit...
Backyard with Swing and Tree House...
Picnic Table on back porch...
Theater....

Living Room
Kitchen/Dining Room
Kitchen
Game Room....
Games....
Games....
More Games....
Hot Tub....
Bedroom 1...
Bedroom 2...

Bedrooms 3
Sleeps 10
AMENITIES
• Full Bathroom (3)
• Half Bathroom (2)
• King Bed (3)
• Queen Sleeper (2)
• Hot Tub (1)
• Vertical Jetted Shower Spa (3)
• Pool Table
• Air Hockey
• Golden Tee
• MsPacMan, DKong, Galaga, Frogger
• Plasma TV (1)
• TV (4)
• DVD Players (5)
• Home Theater
• Satellite TV
• Steps to the Front Door (6)
• Deck (3)
• Porch Swing (1)
• Ample Parking
• BBQ Grill
• Swimming Pool Access
• Outdoor Covered Picnic Pavilion
• Outdoor Park Swing
• Treehouse
• Outdoor Fire Pit
• Electric Fireplace (4)
• Dining Room Seating (10)
• Full Kitchen
• Microwave
• Dishwasher
• Washer/Dryer
• Iron & Board
• No Smoking, No Pets Please
• Rocking Chairs (6)

Denise, Jackson and I made a few hospital visits on Friday... We went to see Sis. Huddleston at Meharry Hospital first and then we went to visit Sis. Johnson at Baptist Hospital....

We had lunch at Jason's Deli... I've been several times and it's very "tasty" (I'll use Destry's word) :) ! I tried the pot pie soup... It was VERY YUMMY.... I love it! My mother-in-law picked up Dawson for me, so I rode with Denise to pickup Miquela and Brayden (her kids) and then we made a quick trip to Target to pickup a gift for a birthday party we attended Friday night... We went and picked up Dawson at my mother-in-law's house and then we went to Denise's and picked up John and we headed to Hendersonville to "My Gym" for the birthday party.... The birthday party was cute - the kids had a really good time...

Saturday, I worked and then we hung out at home till Saturday evening and then we took Brayden home and we cleaned the church.....

That's all my weekend consisted of....

Okay..... So I'm off to bed now.... It's 11:50 and I could have been in the bed already.... I have a full day tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday..... I do feel better since I've blogged!!!!!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day.... I did.... I got to be with my family and that's another one of my favorite things to do!!!

xoxo

Jenn

SO tired.....

Jackson got a little neglected on Wednesday..... Dawson was sick with this nasty old 24 hour flu mess and so in between working, taking care of Mason and tending to my sick 8 year old, Jackson kind of fell through the cracks (not really), but when I found him asleep in the chair with a dirty face - I felt awful........ Poor baby.....

Random Pictures....

Mason (the little boy I keep) We just love him! He's like family to us! We only have him for about 6 more months or so... His mommy is quitting work after she has her baby.... We will sure miss him.... I've had him since he was 7 months old and he will be 3 in June! We will have to make plenty of play dates that's for sure!

He's such a good boy....

What a cutie....

My little cutie!

Jackson all ready for Outreach a few Saturdays ago.... He has his cd player and football....

Dawson needed a container for his Valentine's cards he was getting from people at school, so this is about as creative as I get..... It's a shoe box and I wrapped it with wrapping paper.... It had to be homade....

Well, I thought it was time to update my blog.... I have been in a blah state and just haven't felt like doing anything with it.... I'm trying to snap out of it..... I was headed to to bed like 45 min. ago and I decided to go ahead and update it... Here are just some random pictures I had on my camera and I don't feel like doing separate posts for all these pictures...... SO... I'm lumping them all together.... Especially since I've already posted several posts..... I will try to keep up with posting on a more consistent basis from now on.... It's easy to not want to post after not posting for a while.... and I love blogging!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

We went to eat at a restaurant we've never been to before.... It was really good..... We enjoyed ourselves with our kiddos and just enjoyed Valentine's Day as a family!

Dawson made me cry tonight.... He was coloring his little coloring book from the restaurant and on the inside of the book it asked the question: Who is your hero? He put "my mom and dad..." "Because they keep me and my brother healthy and protect us and take good care of us." He's so sweet! You know he got a prize for that one!

Library Day.....

Took the kiddos and Mason to the Library today..... One of my most favorite things to do is go to the Library.... One of these days I'm going to get to go to the Library by myself and sit out on the back porch in a rocking chair and read a book! Dawson chose a Animal book and Jackson chose a shark book (big surprise)... Not quite sure what his obsession is with Sharks, but he loves them... He enjoyed Shark week last year... 24 hrs./7 days of sharks last summer..... UGH....

HSN is GREATEST company to work for.....

I love packages from HSN.... Even if it is just Method hand soap... HSN (the company I work for) is always sending their employees something in the mail! I just love it when I see a HSN box in my mailbox!

SO ABSOLUTELY EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!

Found out yesterday ........




Some of our family is expecting a baby come October.....




I'm very excited......




Can't hardly wait....




I hope it's a GIRL!!!




My brother called yesterday to let us know our trip to Hawaii is cancelled due to the fact that he and my sis-n-law are expecting a baby......



We are going to try and take a small trip somewhere before my sis-in-law gets too big.....



Hopefully, we can do Hawaii next year......... I'm not even upset about not getting to go to Hawaii - I'm so "stinking" excited about my new neice or nephew....

Playing in the Toy Box....

I caught Jackson playing in his toy box today... I thought he was too cute....

Snow days and Chuck E. Cheese....

It's Saturday morning and I'm glad to report I feel so much better! I had some kind of virus Friday... ALL DAY AND NIGHT.... I was on the couch or in the bed.... I had lunch plans with a friend but had to cancel - It just wasn't happening for me...... It was awful! Hopefully - No one else in my household gets it....

On Thursday, Dawson was out of school because of snow, so I decided to take the kids to do something they enjoy! CHUCK E. CHEESE!!! They had a good time and I was glad to get out of the house for a little bit.....