God Bless America, puke and all

It started Wednesday night. My friend Mollie was home from Chicago so myself, Karla Koebele, and Holly went to the Bowling Alley to visit with Mollie (and each other). Jack had went to spend the evening at my Mom and Dad's house. He left our house with a runny nose (Jack is very rarely sick-not even a runny nose) and by the time I got there he had a fever of 99.9. Jack was crying when I got to their house in a very dramatic fashion repeating over and over "I have a fever." We left to come home with him still crying. By the time we got to the end of their driveway he had started throwing up. I think all of the snot coupled with the intense crying caused the vomit. We headed back into their house where he took a bath and I cleaned up the puke.

Moral of that story--This is what a Mother gets for trying to leave her child for 2 hours to enjoy some adult time with her friends.

Jack was sick the rest of the week. We did not get to attend the Bierman's July 4th party which was sad.

Finally on Saturday morning he woke up feeling better. That night Cliff and Uncle Pat let off some fireworks at the Deer Cabin. As I may have mentioned before, Jack REALLY does not like loud noises. He has a pair of ear muffs that I have learned to bring to any event that may be to loud for his sensitive ears. He HATES fireworks, but Cliff wanted him to see them so, we sat in the car, Jack wore his earmuffs and we watched the spectacular show they put on. Jack was not bothered by them that much and perhaps next year he may actually be ready to watch some fireworks outside without the earmuffs!

Jasper Co. Fair-take two

Jack and I had so much fun at the Jasper County Fair on Monday night that Cliff and I took him back on Tuesday night for more good times. Cinda Short had given him an arm bracelet so he got to ride all the rides he wanted! Thanks Cinda!

Giving the ring toss a try
The Fair was pretty loud.
Jack wished he would have brought his ear muffs.


Daddy helps him out

The slide was Jack's favorite.

It was Cliff's least favorite because it had been set up

in a ditch and you landed in a mud hole.

We ran into our friend Ashley, Queen of the Fair!

Cliff shot some hoops

Yes, the guy operating the hoop shoot game only had one arm

No, I did not ask, but my guess is the tilt-a-whirl

I'm in love

Happy 4th

Belly Paint

I got a surprise in the mail this week. A painting kit for pregnant bellies! It is super cool and I think it will be a great project for Jack and will help him be that much more excited about the new baby. The best part about the surprise was that it came from my friend Tracie Crain! It was SO NICE of her to think of me. I cannot begin to tell you how touched I am by her kindness.

After receiving this gift from her and reading this post on her blog, I was inspired to do something unexpected for someone else as well. Maybe after reading it you will want to do the same.

Newton Pool here we come!

Next Monday Jack will start the first of two sessions of swim lessons that he is signed up for at the Newton Pool. We are pretty excited that the beautiful Ashley Hunsaker will once again be his teacher!

Jack devolped quite the crush on her last summer!

All hail Ashley Queen of the Fair

A huge Congrats to our friend and Sunday morning pew mate Ashley Hemrich who was crowned the Jasper County Fair Queen Monday night.

We were SOOO excited for Ashley!

Ashley is such a sweet girl. She was genuinely happy, surprised, and gracious.

I know she will do Jasper County proud!

Jack sends a text

Jack wanted to write his Dad a letter and send it to him at work. I told him it would not make it by the end of business today so instead we could send him a text message. Here is what he (I) wrote.

Dear Dad,
I love you so much.
I want to shoot birds with you when you come home.
I want to shoot them dead and then put them in the burn pile.
Love, your friend
Jack

Jack's got a silly hat

Jack got the colander out of the cabinet the other day and found out it made a great hat! We were getting ready to go run some errands and he thought he needed to wear it. Luckily he took it off in the car and forgot about it.

READERS:

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as you will read, her Mom, Lisa Massey French, needs our prayers.

It would be so nice for you to leave Amanda a comment letting her know that you are thinking about her and praying for her. I know that it is a great help to Amanda and her Mom reads them as well.