Jones Reunion 2012 - New Mexico

Ian spent the weekend taking a beating from the boys.  I'm guessing it looked about like this years ago with Stacy, Shae and Ian.

 Family Crossfit workout to start the day.  Stacy is a wonderful instructor.

 Shelby wanted soooo badly to beat MaryAnn....Sorry kiddo, give it 10 years and try again.

 Okay, this pic of Stacy amazes me.  Nothing but lean muscle!

 Kids lost interest, so Grandpa is on entertainment duty.

After all that working out, it's time for some grub!  Ian is apparently a decent little chef and his creation looked pretty darn good.

 Game time.

You'll see a theme, Ian and Hannah were the bit hits with the kids.  They must have been exhausted after the reunion, but they hung in there well.

 Crazy Cousins!

This was in our backyard!  It was gorgeous!!!!  Unfortunately, it was also why we couldn't leave the kids unattended.  I missed the photo opp when Grandpa Dino had them in swimsuits wading in the freezing cold creek.

This entertainment facility was walkable from the house.  Less than a block away, so it's where we spent most of our time, when we weren't on the couch watching the Olympics or doing Crossfit.

 Like I said, the most popular 2 people at the event: Hannah and Ian.  You two are the best!

 Go karts!  The race is on!

 I love this one.

 Ut oh, MAWJ crashed....

 High Five, Grandpa Dino!

This moment was so funny, Ms. Bossy was telling the kids some made up story about what they could and could not do since they were little.  Shelby was pissed!  HAHAHA

 So was Lil' Stacy!  LOL....

On the little kids' track all 3 got to drive their own car.  They didn't go near as fast, but they had fun anyways.  And according to the punk little 16 years old kid running it, I should fit the height requirement for the kids track too.  Grrrr

 These bumper cars were cool!

 As soon as the lights went out, Stacy started crying and we had to go in and get him.

 So Hannah took his place.

 Run, Hannah!

 I win!

 This was the human maze!  I would have freaked out stuck in there going round and round.

 Da Boyz

 Grandpa got soaked!!!!!

 Lil' Stacy hated it....screaming, we had to get him out and let the rest of them finish their war.

 Shelby picked a fight with some dude we didn't know.  Typical.

 The ladies of the weekend!  We missed you, Linda.

 Way to go, guys!

 Brothers chatting in a moment of peace outside....minus my intruding camera.

 While Grammy entertained the rugrats.

 Uncle Tim in the mix.

 And there's GG Daddy!

 Family Mug Shot.  The kids' faces in these are funny!

 Yes, we ended up with bumps and bruises, but had fun!

 Shelby sure did love his cousin, Hannah!

 And as always, loves a good cuddle momment with GG Daddy!

 Hey you monkeys, it's bed time!

 Shelby and MaryAnn were in this playhouse pretending to be famous celebrities.  They kicked poor Lil Stacy out.

 So Aunt T let him have the ipad she told the kids they couldn't play with that day when it was so beautiful outside.  He's happy now!

 Putt Putt golf!  Can you guess who were the most competitive?!?!?!

 That's right, Shelby, saw 'em off.

 Gosh I love these babies!!!!!!!  Can we freeze time?

Panning for jewels.  Shelby was in heaven!!!!!  This kid is destined to be a geologist.  He ADORES rocks!  Everywhere we go he comes running with "crystals" for our garden.  I have rocks (and some shells) from all over the place...Yosemite, Singapore, Washington DC, Texas, beaches of Cali, you name it!  They're all in my garden and when we move, I've asked Stacy to turn them into an outdoor table top. :->

 A much needed break.

 These were the adults only go karts.  They talked me into riding.  My hand shook for hours after!  And along with the short person theme, I barely made the height requirement to get on them!!!!  It was a ridiculous moment.  Ian informed me I'm a legal "midgit".

These two were hilarious!!!! Stacy and Dennis squeezed their butts into a kart and going uphill they had to rock their bodies forward, but coming down they gained speed.

 They kept saying "we think we can, we think we can" as they rocked uphill.  LOL!

We only had one ticket left...so Grammy rode to make it fair, and the kids weren't exactly behaving anyways.  Go Grammy!

Grammy and I got the boys these coon skin caps.

Happy Halloween - preview

A preview of the Halloween pics from this year.  In looking through magazines to see what Shelby wanted to be for Halloween this year, he said, "I don't really want to be any of this stuff.  I want to be a DJ with those round things and everyone dances when I play music!"  So, Nonna came through with an original costume, yet again.  This is modeled after an old Vanilla Ice look.  We had a party here at that house and he rocked the DJ role!  

More pics to come...

Mr. Attitude?

I don't know if you can tell, but my shirt says "I'm with the DJ, okay?"  (After an old song....lyrics: "My baby's spinnin, it's a packed dance floor...."

So much to blog...so little time

We've had soooo much going on recently!  Sorry for the absence.  I haven't even looked at the pictures yet from the past few weeks.  We went to Texas for the Mohler reunion then left Shelby there with Tehya.  He spent a week with Tehya then a week with Nonna.  They shared pics from their 2 weeks with him, then we went back to pick him up and spend time with my fam.  Lots of pics from all of that. To top it off, Stacy and I enjoyed an amazing weekend in Carmel in between.  Great shots there, too!

Before I can have enough room on my computer to even transfer those pics on, I've got to clear some space.  So, hang in there as I blog some of the "unblogged" from earlier this year!

ABBY

Our precious baby girl....what do I say.  Abigail Anderson Jones isn't doing as well these days.  She's 14 yrs old and suffers from Diabetes and sometimes Arthitic issues.  She's fully blind and deaf.  Right now she's pee'ing all over the house.  We have an appointment on Tuesday so I can see if she needs her insulin regulated, has a urinary infection, or is just incontinent in her old age.  Either way, stepping in puddles of pee each morning has to stop for all of us.  I struggle with when is it "time" to make the right decision to say good-bye.  This appointment with the vet loads me with lots of questions for her.  Overall when we get home, Abby is still thrilled to see us and loves to wag her tail, give kisses, etc.  It's in that moment that saying good-bye seems so inhumane.  UGH!  If the vet indicates she's miserable or suffering...ok.  But the last appointment in March with a full check-up left them telling us she's in great shape with no internal issues beyond the diabetes that was being regulated.  Such conflicting info...

Here's some pics of us with Abs after a groomers appointment in April.

 

The next morning she had pulled her bows out but still looked so sweet and on those rare moments where she jumps herself up on the couch to be with Shelby and instead of complaining, he loves on her back while watching cartoons, I just melt.

I was doing a photo shoot later that month.  Shelby was with me and seemed to be hurt by me not needing to take pics of him, so he grabbed a random leaf and said, "Mom, take a picture of me with this!"  Sheesh....attention hog.