St. George

Every year, students at Jackson's school each do a presentation on a Saint. Well, this was our first year doing this, so we weren't really sure how this would play out. Luckily, Jackson was really into it and he picked Saint George. I was hoping he'd pick St. Henry since Henry is his middle name. Nana wanted him to pick St. Francis since that is Papa's name. But St. Francis was already chosen. And he really, really liked St. George. Wanna know why? He was a soldier.

So not only did Jackson learn alot about St. George, Kenny and I did too. We did a shield like St. George used to carry and then Jackson placed some pictures and facts about St. George on the shield. One of my favorite factoids about St. George is that many soldiers today wear a St. George medal to protect them in battle. So we made St. George medals for all of Jackson's classmates.

And We're Back...

I haven't posted in a while. We've definitely been busy with very important things, but more on that in another post. The 7th was a very busy day. We had friends and family over for a Cotton Bowl watch party. The 7th was also Popo, Dana and Nick's birthday. So we celebrated that too. This is the only picture I got of the night. Popo and Dana blowing out their candles. The game didn't end as we had hoped, but we have high expectations for next year.


This past weekend was the weekend of birthday parties. We started the morning at the Stomping Grounds. The kids had a ball and barely sat still for the cake. The afternoon was spent at the ice skating rink. The kids have never been ice skating. Heck, I've only been once when I was a kid. They loved it! Jackson got behind the little walker thing and never looked back. He skated and skated and skated. Jordan liked the bumper cars. So, needless to say, I think we'll be visiting the ice rink again soon.

The night concluded celebrating our nieces 16th birthday. Yay Meghan!!! I made these cookies for the party. They turned out cute for a rush job!


And here's a nice parting shot. Let's just say that Jordan likes to help around the house... sometimes!