tying shoes and snow

So I am laid up in bed after getting a benign lump removed from my right breast (after about 3 or so years of having it) and then while i was under i was getting a lipoma removed in the middle of my upper abdomen. Well the surgeon said it could be a hernia and made it sound so simple to fix. It didn't even cross my mind that it would be a hernia and i could be laid up in bed for an extra day. You use your abs for everything and I am just getting over a cold so every time i cough it hurts so much. Even just walking i stay hunched over because i am so sore. I am taking pain meds but i am not sure they are really doing anything. Just glad I decided to have everything fixed and it has put my mind at ease. Now to heal.

so here is Buster. He has gotten bigger and longer, sleeps better at might if he sleeps on our bed. Bailey is jealous and wants whatever Buster has even if she normally wouldn't want it, example she never use to like chewies. 

we went down to Rock Hill a few weeks ago and got to visit with close family friends. Caleb was 3 when he was in our wedding and now he is 11. He is so grown up and I had not seen him in forever. He is so good with Jake and I hope they can stay friends. 

We got some snow about 2 weeks ago, to the tune of 6-7 inches. We had fun while we were out of school but were glad when it melted. 

Jake is now a big Pitt basketball fan:)

Jake has just started AR reading at school. He is doing well with his reading, he likes to read and sound out words but he is defeintly a numbers guy. He loves to count just about everything. 

Here is a video of Jakes newest accomplishment, tying his shoes. He is SO excited. He ties them like I do with the two bunny ears. 

Catching Up

Catching up yet again on this snow day at home early

Here is a short video of Jake playing basketball. Jake will be starting t-ball next at the end of March, Josh is going to coach his team:) I am glad that Josh has the opportunity to do this.

Mom and dad came up in February to watch Jake play basketball

By the end of the year I had put 100,000 miles on my Honda Civic, 3 years and 2 weeks after I got it.

Jake's new favorite game is Checkers, he has become pretty good at it and also plays on his kindle.

Jake has gotten trouble at school for talking every week or two. So this is what we decided to have him do as part of his punishment. 

Thanksgiving and Christmas

So I am REALLY behind on posting but here are a few pics from Thanksgiving at my parents and celebrating Brooks 1st birthday......

 

This has to be my favorite. He hated the cake. Never even ate a bite and did not want frosting on him.

 

Then we came back on Christmas Day and spent more time until the following Sunday. I had a bad cold but we still had a good time:)

 

 

Jake with Elf on the shelf

 

Jake with Santa at 5 years old

 

Jake with Thea ( Jake 5, Thea 3)

 

Jake getting ready to come down the stairs to see what Santa brought

 

All the cousins on the Thompson side

 

Jake and Brooks in Jakes new tent

 

Puppy play date with Alisons dog

 

Dave Ramsey - the Cars are paid off!

So you may have seen in my blog before you have seen this, which I got to change today:

                                         8/23/11                    1/26/12                   8/19/13            11/15/13          

Lindsey Car                     $14,985                    $11,800                   $0!                  $0!                  

Josh's Car                        $18,250                    $16,300                   $5,000             $0!                         

Josh's Student loan          $22,000                     $20,800                  $19,282        $19,150                       

Lindsey's Student Loan   $21,250                     $20,600                  $16,718         $16,200     


It is SUPER exciting to have NO MORE CAR PAYMENTS!! After this experience I will never let Josh and I go in to debt for a car, we will pay cash for our cars going forward. We still have 35K in Student loans but the goal is to pay off Josh's (19K) by December 2014.


Who knows how life will change between then and now, we are going to the doctor next month for one final decision from the doctor on having more kids so that may factor in to what we do after we pay off Josh's student loan if I am pregnant. So we shall see but for now I had the whole family do a happy dance this morning as it is so nice to have less bills every month and be able to make large dents in the student loan department now. Anyway......that's all that is new in that department as we go in to the second to last game of the football season against Wofford tomorrow.

Ready for this season to be over! lol

We will be going to Atlanta for Thanksgiving. We were just there last weekend for the App State/GA game

Fun time with family and friends!

A funny thing Jake said recently: his friend was telling him his/her parents fight and jake's response was "With Swords?" lol   He/she said no, yelling. Sad but funny at the same time.

2 other funny things Jake has said:

While eating ABC's 123's he said "Mom, the people who made these DO NOT know how to write in D'nealian"

He also told me randomly last night that when he had to dress up as Firefighter Fred at school all the girls crowded around him and told him how cute he was lol

Jake is doing well at school. At the first parent/teacher conference Mrs. Crump said he was a very active boy who like to make noises as we worked and play in his desk although he is not a disruptive child. She said if she could pick children to have in her class he would be one. He really enjoys math and needs to continue to sharpen his reading skills. He loves football and says he wants to be a quarter back. He loves to play with the bigger kids in wrap around care.

Buster went to the vet this morning for shots. He is 3 months old and 8 pounds. The vet said in about 6 monthes that is the biggest he will get which is probley 15 pounds or so.

Halloween 2013

This year for Halloween Jake had to dress up as a Letter Land character for school (Firefighter Fred) and Josh and I luckily were able to participate and decorate our car and hand out some small pieces of candy.

This is sydney (lamplight lucy)

and Jake the morning of Halloween

We are luckily to have lots of kids the same age on our street. They play together a lot and every year one family does a hay ride on Halloween. Above is Sydney, Jake and Lucas who are buds.

The entire group.

A fun Halloween was had by all. Next up the Chattanooga game this afternoon and then off to UGA next week!!