YROCK Family News

It's another....... BOY!
We are expecing our second son on May 17, 2009. Right now we are thinking his name will be Kayson Kade.

So JJ, his Dad, and Nathan went to Green Bay this past weekend and it is my goal to get them to sit down and we will do a blog about their trip, but that may take a while!!!

Listsssss

So I was reading a friends blog and she had all of these oh so great list that I decided would be fun to fill out and post on my blog so here it goes...

10 years and 5 things..
Rules: Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people & posts their names, then goes to their blog & leaves them a comment letting them know that they have been tagged & asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you've answered the questions on your blog.

10 YEARS AGO I...
1. was 16 years old
2. cheering at football and basketball games
3. not paying any bills
4. only responsible for myself
5. flirting with athletes

5 THINGS ON TODAY'S TO-DO LIST
1. remind J to call Omar
2. meeting at 10:30
3. order Nathan contacts
4. refill my no puke medicine
5. maybe order some presents on-line

DO IF I WERE A MILLIONAIRE
1. do college funds for my kids and all my nieces and nephews
2. get a beach house
3. buy some more businesses
4. take my kids all around the world
5. have a maid!

5 PLACES I HAVE LIVED
1. Oak Leaf, TX
2. Arlington, TX
3. Wichita Falls, TX
4. Waxahachie, TX
5. Oklahoma City, OK

5 JOBS I'VE HAD
1. Allstate Agent
2. Allstate Support Staff
3. Dental Assistant
4. Clinique Consultant
5. Coffee Shop


My Big Eights..
Rules: this one seems pretty simple. just list eight things about yourself in each category. however.. it wasnt SO easy to come up with EIGHT things in each category! but it was fun!

8 TV Shows I Love To Watch:
1. Brothers & Sisters
2. Samantha Who
3. Desperate Housewives
4. Dirty Sexy Money
5. Private Practice
6. Real Housewives of Orange County
7. HGTV (Color Splash, Divine Design, ect..)
8. Sports (Baseball, Football and Nascar)

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Don Joses
2. and after that they are rated by desert...
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8 Things That Happened Today:
1. Ran out of medicine
2. Made a bagel for breakfast
3. Made Cannon mad
4. Took Nathan and Cannon to school
5. Got Cannon donuts
6. Stopped at the bank
7. Got to work
8. Went to CVS and grabbed some french fries

8 Things I am looking Forward To:
1. Meeting my new little boy
2. Christmas
3. Sleep
4. Reading my new Nicholas Sparks book and the new JK Rowlings
5. Decorating the boys rooms
6. Hanging out with family and friends
7. 5th Wedding Anniversary
8. The beach

8 Things On My Wish List:
1. The beach
2. Talk to my Granddaddy
3. Be the best wife and mommy
4. Whole new wardrobe
5. Get back in Shape
6. Go to the Britney concert
7. Finish decorating my house
8. A swimming pool with a diving board!


The Christmas edition of “Getting To Know Your Friends
Rules: Copy and paste these 25 questions into your blog. Change all the answers so that they apply to you & your family. Tis the Season to be NICE! Enjoy reading everyones answers reading from their blog!
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper all the way!
2. Real tree or Artificial? prefer real, but our dog is allergic
3. When do you put up the tree? weekend after Thanksgiving, usually
4. When do you take the tree down? New Year's Day
5. Do you like eggnog? Not a whole lot
6. Favorite gift received as a child? probably shoes
7. Hardest person to buy for? everyone, it takes so much thought
8. Easiest person to buy for? Cannon
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes!!!
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? my intent is always to mail them...
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? who knows
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Home Alone (the original)
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? After Thanksgiving
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? probably
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Ms. Youngblood's divinity
16. Lights on the tree? lots of white lights
17. Favorite Christmas song? Silent Night and I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? STAY HOME
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? yes...
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? MORNING
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? buying presents at the last minute
23. Favorite ornament? not sure I love them ALL!
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Grandma's dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy, rolls, and homemade cranberry sauce
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? a massage and some rest

I LOVE MY DAYCARE!

Well, I know it is Cannon's daycare. I just have to brag! They are so awesome! You see I was the mom who went to work everyday right after I had Cannon crying because I felt bad just leaving him with our friend. I did that for about two and a half months and then decided I just had to stay home with him. Then after about a year the opportunity for JJ and I to purchase our own business presented itself. Cannon was once again staying with a friend and my guilt was back! Finally in October of last year one of my new Red Oak friends mentioned that her son was at this great daycare and I should look into it.
What a blessing! Cannon loves his school and so do I! He started picking up things within the first week that I had worked on with him to no avail.
This morning he was mad at me and they made it all better.

Cannon this morning with Ms. Shellye's puppy!

Cannon and Chloe (His "girlfriend")

Cannon in computer class!

Our Crazy Lives....

I cannot believe that it has been almost 2 months since my last blog. We have been so super busy you would not believe. Instead of being excited for the entire weekend I have just been looking forward to football Sundays. God invented many wonderful things, but Sunday as a day of rest is the one thing I have been the most greatful for lately.

I think this is actually from August when my parents, Sissy's family, and my family went to Mesquite Rodeo, but I love the picture of Cannon and Hunter!

I will try to recap some of the past 2 months. First lets start with the easy stuff... Every Tuesday and Thursday there is Nathan's baseball practice, Wednesday he has baseball lessons, and then on Saturday's he has a game. JJ's parents have been up to visit twice in the past and each time his Mom so awesomely catches me up on ALL of my laundry. I know, how could I have that much if she has caught me up, but JJ and Nathan wear about 3 changes of clothes a day and each time Nathan has about 3 shirts on. Believe me it piles up quickly!

September is a blur... Our major family news is that we are expecting a new addition to our family on May 17, 2009. This news has drastically changed my day to day activities. Now I spend most of the day wondering when I am not going to feel sick anymore and if I could sneak a little nap in somewhere. Neither seem as if they are ever going to come to fruition, but a girl can hope. Other exciting September events where: Press box Friday evening, Jennifer and the boys visit, Stephaine and her kids visit, Maw and Papa visit, Nathan's birthday parties 1 and 2, and J's colonoscopy. I know a colonoscopy exciting? Maybe I should say funny is more like it! See my husband has never had any kind of medical procedure done and they sedated him. Coming out of the medication he was asking me all sorts of questions, over and over again. When I would let laughter slip out he would look at me with his glazed over eyes like I was crazy for laughing at him. Thanks J I am laughing again as I am writing this!



Jacob, Jeffery, and Cannon playing in the tub!

Daken, Paw, Keller, Cannon, and Jeffery... I just love how much taller Keller is than Cannon and he is older by 3 days!


Nathan party and cake number one. When Maw and Papa where here!


Nathan cake and party number 2! This cake is from The Icing, our favorite cake place!

October has been much the same. Run run run. See I decided with everything else I have going on in my life I would also chair the Red Oak Chamber Auction. Also known as the biggest fundraiser for the chamber all year. It is a big enough undertaking when business times are good, but when people are hanging on to every penny it is hard to get them to let it just "walk" out the door. All in all the auction went great and I am glad that it is over for another year! Maw and Papa visited us again this month and they truly helped my boys (and me) survive the weekend of the auction. See my mother-n-law is like this super woman that never sits down. She played with Cannon, fed my boys, did all my laundry (you already know that is an undertaking), and washed all my sheets. The only thing she complained about is that J kept them up too late. Thank you Maw for helping me! I have also worked a shopping trip into this month. On Sunday Mom and I got to go shopping! It was wonderful! It feels like it has been forever! We used to take Cannon, but he has turned into a little boy and only wants to shop for him some more toys. Can you blame him? Anyway Mom and I found some warm clothes for the boys and my belly. Of course sleep has replaced most things, but spending the afternoon with my Mom is one of my favorite things to do!

JJ, myself and Jerry Watson at the chamber auction.

Me speaking in front of about 150 people... Just wanted everyone to know I could do it!

One of the vendors that comes to visit my office! Last year he was a vampire!

Just a cute picture of Cannon at Nathan's baseball game.

I would also like to wish my Granddaddy a happy birthday and let him know that it is cold but not snowing like is was on this day in 1925!

Lately

In our seven and a half years together I can probably count on one hand the number of times I have been out, for the evening, without my husband. I am sure that he could live without me, but he is much more fun and quick witted than I! All that aside I have snuck out of the house to attend some events a couple times this month.

The Baithouse Stompers...
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Not knowing any more than their name and where they are playing I went with some friends to see the baithouse stompers. Renee invited her friends to the PUB to honor her son who is on his way back to IRAQ with some music and fun! Like I said before if I do these kind of things (which I usually do not) I have my hubby along, but he stay home with the kiddos like a champ. Thanks J! Anyway, back to the band. I get there, they are setting up and I realize they look familiar. My head starts to scroll... How do I know these guys? High school? Yeah, that is right, one was the art teacher and the other my old biology teacher. I still think it is funny! It was a great night and lots of fun.

Kelsey and Nickie

Terri, Kelsey, and Nickie

Nickie and Renee

What a face!
Kelsey and Renee

Jared washing boarding it!

Shelly shaking what the stompers gave her!

Ennis Auction...

Somehow I became the chair of the Red Oak Chamber's annual auction. The auction is our biggest fundraiser and therefore has to be the best. We started our planning early this year and everything is on track, but I do like to scope out the other area auctions. This year it was Ennis and seeing as they have an office in Ennis I went with my parents. I got to sit between them in the truck on the way over and everything. We get there at 5pm on the dot, because my parents are always there when things start. It was great to spend some time with my parents but lets just say I will not be attending the Ennis auction in the near future...

Mom and I at the Ennis Auction

Terri, Renee and I

The Kids...
Sunday was the grocery trip to get school lunch materials since Nathan and Cannon are both back to school on Monday. Nathan started 8th grade and who knows if he will ever like school. Cannon's school wants the kids there at 8 to begin their lessons for the day. Yes for the normal that would be great, but 8 is way early and jumbles my day. Way too much morning time in the office. Anyway by Monday night Cannon had already eaten all of the fruit by the foot I got for Nathan's lunch and was asking for me to go get some more from the store. He needed to get some more to eat in his tent.


The Twilight Saga...
I have been busy for the last several months and things are really changing in my office. I think I needed an escape from everything and found it with these books recommended to me by a friend. I started reading Twilight on Sunday the 17th and was hooked. I love the characters, the story and the escape. Last night I finally finished the last book of the series. I am glad that I will have my free time back, but I am really going to miss the characters.


Just wondering...
(Hopefully my only political statement from now until after the election.)
I have heard in many different setting through out my life. Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for life. Why can't we just figure out how to teach people to support themselves instead of trying to elect someone who will just give EVERYTHING away!


That's it... Long blog, but it has been a while..

South Bound 35

If you have ever heard this song you might know it can be a little repetitive, but once you ride in the car with my 3 year old for 4 hours, it will seem like nothing. From the time we finally got in the car on Friday night at about 7, until we arrived in San Antonio at 11, I do not think that Cannon stopped talking. Then we get out of the car and he is reved up! He talks Maw into going into the hot tub until 1:30 when I finally pulled the plug on this all night party:)

Saturday filled us with food. I mean Saturday was filled with catching up and rest. Papa is gimped up. He had foot surgery on July 10th and is only able to cruise at the speed of a turtle. So we decided to take it easy and hang around the house. Maw made pancakes for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch, and THE BEST LASAGNA EVER for dinner. She likes to make sure our bellies are good and stocked for the winter. And of course we would not have it any other way!

After all the talking and eating on Saturday we got up and went to church with Maw.

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It was Papa's first Sunday back since the end of June. It was a really great sermon. Meant for just for me, I think. Maybe the big guy really does know what he is doing after all. (I know, enough with the songs.) Anyway, we got back to the house, ate again, and then Cannon talked Maw into the hot tub again. While they were in there Hailey Bear and Auntie Heidi came to say bye to us before we made the journey back home.

Rest, Relax, and Celebrate

So I just got Cannon's birthday party blog up and it seems like forever ago that we had the party. Since then we have had a Sunday of NOTHING to do, Cannon's actual birthday and a visit to Maw and Papa's house in San Antonio.
We were all, okay maybe just JJ and I, so excited to have nothing planned for the Sunday following Cannon's birthday party. Just sitting on the couch watching TV and movies. It was wonderful until about 4 when we all started to get restless, but we made it through with the help of some dinner from Cotton Patch. See I might have cooked, but Big Daddy on the Food Network made this salad that reminded me of a great one from Cotton Patch. I know that Food Network shows are suppose to inspire the home chef, but all it inspired me to do was ask J to go get some dinner.
Fast forward from dinner to Cannon's birthday. For which we, Cannon, Nathan, and I, met J at work and went to lunch. Cannon thought he was so special and then got to go back to Daddy's office. We did the world tour of the office and then headed to do some back to school shopping for Nathan. Cannon and Nathan both had a great time. Nathan getting new stuff and Cannon just not being at school. Our day ended with Cannon and I having a battle of wills. See Auntie Heidi and Hailey called to wish Cannon a happy birthday. After getting off the phone with Hailey he decided that he HAD TO go to Hailey's house right now. (They live in San Antonio, four hours away, and it was Wednesday night.) I let him know that was not going to happen and he proceeded to tell me, "If we do not go to Hailey's house I am going to put my sucker on you." "Cannon," I said, "We are not going to San Antonio until Friday night." And then he puts his sucker on my leg and says, "I told you I was going to put my sucker on you if we did not go to Hailey's house." Then the birthday celebrations went south rather quickly.

Officially Three

Cannon's third birthday raced by too fast!

Since Keller, my niece, and Cannon were born only 3 days apart we always have Cannon's party the weekend before his birthday. I decided that, with the heat, if I wanted any part of the party to be out doors it would have to be an early party. That being said I picked 11:00 am, yes I do now know I am crazy! 11:00 am is way too early to get everything you need done accomplished, but some how we, JJ and I, did it! We all know people are never on time anymore, so we did have about a 15 minute buffer.

When the jumbo water slide arrived Cannon was pumped. He only found out about the slide on Friday night before bed. (For all of you who have or have had little ones you know that something that exciting would be asked about over and over and over if he knew about it too far in advanced.) So as they finish setting up the slide he was already out the door. Who cares about his party guests not being there he had to do it.... After a couple of trips down the slide his cousins and friends started to show up and then he decided he would hang out in the pool area of the slide. After a while I got tired of him NOT going down the slide and decided to get him to go down with me. That was fun, but then it was time for food, presents and cake. After all his friends went home Cannon decided he would go down the slide by himself again once Daddy, Paw, Nana, Mommy, and Wade all started playing on the slide too! We all had so much fun we want a slide of our own!

Cannon, Logan and Hunter getting candy from Ms. Kellye instead of sliding down the slide.

Here comes Hunter and Cannon is just hanging out at the bottom.

Cannon hanging out!

The parents trying to escape the heat!

Time for food!

And presents!

And the thank yous!

Now for the good stuff, the cake!

What a cool cake!

Blow out the candles and....

Share with your friends.

Logan enjoying some cake.

Nathan and Wade going down the slide.

Paw and Daddy too!

WHAT WAS I THINKING?

July is a busy month for us! It is the anniversary of when we bought our business, the fourth of July, JJ's birthday, Payton's birthday (my cousin), MY BIRTHDAY, and then Cannon's birthday on August 6th. I know August 6th is not July, but it takes me a while to get ready for his party and they have to be on or before his day because I have a niece born 3 days after Cannon. With all of these things going and baseball practice too, I decide I want to have at least 2 rooms decorated before Cannon's party.

The dining room has been done, except for cleaning up the baseboards, for a while. Our bedroom is where I decided to go next. So I painted the bedroom (including the ceilings) and then moved on to the bathroom. I have renamed it the THE ROOM OF H-E-DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS. It took forever to paint the stupid bathroom and the ceiling. Not to mention that we had to get an extension ladder just to reach the walls and ceiling over the bathtub. My neck and back are so bad that the chiropractor said no more painting. I agree, but I have to get the roman shades up! If only I had a handy husband!

I will post some pictures after I get the shades up!

Here are some pictures from this month.

Cannon pitching to Nathan

Payton's Birthday Party

Box feeding the hungry swimmers

J and Neil "The Life of the Party"

Hunter, Payton, and Daken swimming

Cannon NOT swimming

WooWoo cooking some dogs

Hunter, Keller and Cannon in the deer blind

Are they ready yet?

Paw with the munchkins waiting on those dogs

Cannon and Keller gave up and went to play

Payton opening her gifts

Box and Cannon

Nathan thinking?

Grandma

Keller working her way into the pool

MY BIRTHDAY PARTY!

Cannon giving Nathan the evil eye on the way to Box and Paw's!

Nathan swimming with Hunter and Payton after getting thrown into the pool by J and Neil!

He hid part of the snorkel in his suit

And then found it!

Grandma, J, Neil and my Dad

He might be an angel after all!