Wow.....it's seems like it has been so long since the last time I updated so this will be my best attempt.
Some of you already know this story so you may want to skip this post.:)
Since the news of being pregnant and getting over the shock and moving into the mode of excitement so much has gone on. First of all you have to understand that my husband is such a hard worker for our family to have the nice things that we have, a nice home, nice car, etc. But of course it all comes with a price. For almost 3 years now Jason has worked in the car business. He has loved it, he enjoyed the excitement of closing deals and was so very excited last March to take on the position of sales manager at the dealership where he started selling cars. Again he had been doing this since before Kason (almost 3y/o now) was born. The down side of being in this business is that family gets little time. He worked every Saturday that rolled around and a majority of the time left the house at 8:00am and didn't get home until 7:30-8:00 every night. He didn't seem to mind it and after some time became accustomed to it. This meant that he was home just in time for the kids to go to bed and missed all but two of Keagan's first two seasons of soccer games. So for me it was tiring. I have prayed for quite some time that God would bring something along, literally lay another opportunity in his lap that would allow him more time with us his family. So........that's not really what happend b/c God always has a way of doing things that leaves us confused in the begining but in the end feeling his amazing love. The first Tuesday of February Jason called me on his way home and told me that he had been laid off. He was devistated I was shocked and immediately began to worry about so much. We will both tell you we wondered what God was doing. We cried together and talked for quite a while then I sent an email for our Sunday School class to start praying for us. The very next day our SS class had a prayer meeting not just for Jason and I but for others who were going through some hard times as well and it was amazing. Jason and I immediately began to feel God's peace and assuring that He was going to take care of us. Jason went 3 weeks w/o a job! We think that's amazing considering the circumstances in the economy right now. He accepted a job offer and now works a 9-5 job Monday-Friday with every single Saturday off!!! Isn't God amazing!? There are so many other benefits that he gets from the company that I won't bore you with but we have felt so loved by God through the process and know that no matter what He is there, He is listening, and truly wants the best for us in HIS perfect timing! Jason's layoff was God's way of taking Jason out of the previous job b/c Jason had become so accumstomed to the hours he probably would not ever have quit. His 3 weeks off of work allowed he and Kason some precious time together while Keagan was at school and sweet time playing football w/Keagan every day after school. I also must mention that our family, church family and our sweet friends prayed for us and surrounded such an amazing way, we appreciate those of you who called, emailed, prayed and offered to do anything in the world for us, you know who you are.....we love you very much and are so grateful each of you has been so carefully placed in our lives!!!
Oh and I can't forget Jason is working for a well established home mortgage company so if you need any assistance in that area send me an email and he get you all fixed up:) Thanks for listening (reading) and I tried not to ramble too much!

Just thought I'd include this picture of my man he's using for the new business cards
Love you Babe!!

There has been so much going on the past several weeks. I can hopefully get the blog updated soon but for now here a few new pictures of the boys which is really all the family bloggers want to see anyway:)


Both the boys LOVE every kind of sport there is! He is Kason ready to play some baseball!

Keagan's Valentine's Party at school


Painting with dry pasta...so much fun!!

Be sure to click on the picture so you can read the journaling on the side!

Some girlfriends and I went to a performance of Grease at a local high school Saturday night. We went ahead and took our seats before the performance started. There was a man sitting next to us whose wife had stepped out for a minute. When she returned to our row(we were on the end) before saying excuse me so she could wade past us she looked down and said "Oh...we've changed, there were (were being the key word here) some young girls sitting here, guess they moved." I wanted to tell here there were still young girls sitting there but I just bit my tongue. Talk about making you feel old!!

Well, last weekend started out with some friends of ours coming to spend Friday night with us. They were at Baylor the same time as Jason. My friend Shelby has a couple of sisters about 20 minutes form our house and her niece was having her 1st birthday on Saturday. We were able to see them Friday after Upward and then Saturday morning before they left for the party. It was SO much fun to catch up with them and meet their youngest child which we had not seen yet. What a sweet family and such cute good looking boys they have!! We are so thankful they call when they can when passing through, it's always nice catching up with old friends!!! We were all in an awesome young married SS class together when Jason and Scott were at Baylor. We had such an amazing group of friends in there, everybody had a spouse in school and were just starting out their marriage just like us. We learned so much in that class and were so blessed to have been a part of such a special group!!


Saturday night Jason, Kason, and I headed up to Ft. Worth for Keagan's donkey show. Keagan had gone earlier that morning with Pop, Gram, and Aunt Lori. He showed his donkey(or Pop's donkey, actually) 3 different times at the Ft. Worth Stock Show on Sunday. Normally he shows in a class that, because of the age, always gets a blue ribbon....they don't place, just do it to get experience. Well the younger class wasn't able to show in Ft. Worth so Keagan moved up to the next level where they do judge for skill and whatever else. Keagan did well and enjoyed him self. He got 2 4th place ribbons and 1 3rd place. Aunt Lori did very well with her donkey winning many 3rd place ribbons, I believe and Pop and Maegan(family friend) brought home belt buckles!! It was definitely more entertaining than most donkey shows because there was a lot going on down there at the Stock Show.

One of my brothers lives in Ft. Worth and came down to check out the action.
Kason was mad and didn't want to smile for me, still a cute face!! Thanks for coming Uncle Kevin!! This is the brother that everybody tells me Kason looks like....what do you think?

Whoohoo, Keagan...make that donkey jump! Good job, buddy!!

Kason was ready for 'his turn' so between classes Pop let him out in the arena to walk a donkey to make him think he was doing something big, he was a hit with the spectators!!

This was the first class at 8:00 a.m. I'm not sure what was going on with the donkey but he had issues that morning, one issue including trying to bite Keagan's leg while the judge was doing her walk around the donkey......oh well!! Keagan was VERY proud of the 4th place ribbon that he won.

Tonight we will be off to Upward again. Keagan is doing great with it and counts down each week to Friday because he can't wait to play.

Keagan has started playing Upward Basketball at our church. Last Friday was the first game. I will have to say that it is very entertaining watching those little guys out on the court. Keagan really enjoyed his first game and real practice and can't wait for his next game tomorrow night. I was also surprised that out of 10 or 12 points for the entire game that Keagan made 2 baskets. Way to go Keagan!!! Here are a few pictures from the game.

Also, last weekend Meme, Papa, and cousin Brooklyn came to visit. They were able to make it in time to go to Keagan's game so that was nice. My camera wasn't out much over the weekend:( but I did happen to get a picture of all of them having a tea party together. I have a mini silver tea service set that has never been out of the box, Jason and I got it as a wedding gift so......I thought Brooklyn might have fun playing with it. Little did I know that my little guys would have as much fun playing with it as Brooklyn did, how funny:)

First of all, be sure and read the post below it is a new one from our Christmas festivities! Here are some pictures from the beach trip last week. We did some fun things including going to the Texas State Aquarium, and toured the Lexington, also went on a dolphin watch where we saw many dolphins swimming. We did get to play on the beach one day but still had to wear warm clothes. No swimming in the beach this time of the year for us!! Anyway it was all fun, the boys had a great time especially since their little cousin was there to play with. I bet that little girl is enjoying some peace and quiet this week!!:)

Pop and Gram
Aunt Lori entertaining the kids

In the sand with Daddy....where did their feet go??
Diligently building a sand castle
Even Matti is having fun in the sand
The guys enjoyed some frisbee
Trying to make a sand angel
Sweet boys!
Love these guys so much!!

Morning walk on the beach...in my grubby wear and crazy hair!!:)At the Aquarium