School is starting soon...WOW.

So, it's about back to school time.  I have been working in my room for the last three weeks.  Newsflash--big difference between us elementary minded people and high school people in amount of time in room prior to school starting.  I am trying to not be "cutesy" but efficient in my high school classroom.  I have always thought that I spend more time in my classroom than at home so I like it to be comfortable..I am trying to restrain myself...  I am teaching self contained high school special education this year.  Big Gasp, no I don't know what I am doing but I am pretty adequate at faking it til I feel it.  That was the best lesson I learned my senior year of college. :)
Been a busy summer.  Seems like I have not had a really good break.  I am busy all summer with cheer it seems.  The boys have been good.  Gage is going back to daycare and getting back on schedule.  We got him a big boy bed and redid his room a bit.
Luke has been to Dallas for 3 weeks and returned home...  Now he is getting ready for his senior year....I have decided I might cry all year long...:(Where has the time gone???
We have spent a lot of time this year improving our yard.  We have gotten new furniture, we are trying out a pool to see if we want a long term investment, gotten a swing set, and now we are redoing our front  flower bed....  Looking pretty good.
Oh well, hope everyone is safe...
Love and Peace JB

Confessions

Okay i am confessing (via my cell phone). I love bad tv. As i watch the view with bethany frankel today i had this thought.... Man i miss her show. I wonder how her husband jason is. Okay what am i thinking? I dont know this person or her husband. But i am totally sucked into the whole reality tv business. These different characters have become my friends? Really? I have always said watching some of these
Shows just makes me feel like a better person. Lol. What are my favorites? Jersey shore real housewives from any city. Bethany. Khardashions. Audrienna. Wow i know. Crazy. But a new love is cake boss. Pickers. And pawn stars. Btw i dvr all if these just to cut through the comercials ;)
Confession 2: i have been blog stalking. I really need to decorate my house so i have been looking at random blogs to get ideas. But i feel wierd when i end up reading about the lives of random people i will never know. Oh well i think that is why we blog right? Okay i feel better confessions are good for the soul, right? (disclaimer-iphone and fat fingers=bad typing...sorry)

It's me again...really!

So after many great snows this season, we finally got out of school in June...yes June.  Gage enjoyed the snow angels...Luke enjoyed sleeping in all day... notice not many pictures of Luke...I have a ton from Prom that I will add later this week....  yes Prom was in May, but I have been a busy girl...

In February we had a Spider Man Party for Gage...we are still just having family parties... we were going to have a big party this year, but with the snow and my basketball schedule, it just didn't work out for us...

I once again got a strawberry homemade cake for my birthday...  Bryan did a great job, as always!

Chelsie has become a fixture in our family...She is a sweetheart and hopefully will stay around a while, Gage likes her just as much as Luke does... LOL

This is one of the only Easter pics with Luke's eyes open...He just woke up for the picture.... I promise...

His hair has now been cut, thanks to the baseball team...

What have we been up to?  Well I have had cheer camp and just finished the fireworks stand.  YIPEEE...  love my kids this year.  I am moving to the high school next year to teach...This makes me a little nervous, but whatever is meant to be will be....that is what I live by.

Bryan has a new job.  He is working at Tyson Corporate Offsite.  He is working with support on a new inventory program...I don't really understand.  

Luke just had senior pictures made...yes GASP, I have already started my year of tears... The cardinals went to the state tournament again this year..  They sported their mohawks with pride....  He won State on the ACE team and was awarded a key to the city with the rest of the team...That was pretty neat.  He is pretty excited about his schedule next year because he is taking all AP stuff he likes (psychology, and I don't know what else)  Comp I and II... and no math or science or spanish...HA!

Gage is into absolutely everything...This child will wear me out...I know I was too young to have Luke but I feel too old to keep up with Gager!  He is all boy and into jumping and wrestling and rough, rough, rough...He makes me laugh because he is very stubborn and has such a sassy spirit... I always have great "gage" stories....  He loves Luke and Chelsie and is convinced that they are his "best" friends...which is sweet....

Okay, I have met one of my goals this week which was updating my blog.  I will update with Luke's prom pictures soon because they are soo good and I rarely get a good shot of Luke with his eyes OPEN...

Peace and Love,

JB

Happy New Year!

I am updating with pictures and news.
My state cheer group ended up state runner ups... Disappointing to us because they hit their routine and it was the best it ever has been.  Cheer is so subjective.  But, on to another year.  I am very proud of them.
Luke is in Dallas with Johnny right now, he will be taking his ACT soon as he is finishing his junior year.  Gage is going from being buzz to woody to iron man to spiderman with a little wolverine thrown in to!  He is in a big superhero phase which is cute.... plus he loves toy story.
Bryan has transferred from the 414th in Joplin to a unit out of Barling (near Ft Smith).  It is a logistical training unit and supposedly non deployable, but you know the army, who knows!

I will include pics.  Most are Christmas pics, one is from the dining out, and one is of Luke, Chelsie and Gage with their gingerbread house...I hope everyone has a great new year!! Love and Peace, Jb

what, I am updating??

okay, these are my latest  children.  They are actually great kiddos and this weekend was their first competition.  They did great, with four music mistakes that really chapped my hide.... They are good kids who work really hard...I am proud of them!!!

This is pimp delicious who just turned 17!!!  Where does the time go?  I am really
proud of him and he is a good kid.  The picture below is his latest love.. Her name is Chelsie and he says
she is super cool because she doesn't like drama.  That is my son, he likes the simple girls!  She is a cutie.

And of course, who can forget my Gager???  He loves, loves, loves Toy Story.  HE is either woody or buzz depending on the day!  He loves his new school and is doing well.  He learns spanish and sign language.  IT is so cute to see him sign his letters and simple phrases.

THings are ticking along here.  I know I don't update often, but I am sooo busy.  I work all day and coach til about 4:30, which with my drive gets me home about 5:30, then of course, being "betty crocker"  I cook dinner...HA HA HA , get the boys ready and go to bed around 11.  B is still at Tyson and playing army in his spare time.  He is the rear detachment commander at the 414th and so he is always busy.  

More pics soon, I promise.  Hope everyone is well!!

Love JB

new places, new faces.... new year

Well, I have started at my new place of employment.  It has been a good year so far.  Hectic... Friday night is Pride Night, kinda a scrimmage, introduce fall athletes.  IT is a major fundraiser for my cheerleaders and a major piece of work for those of us putting it on... can't wait til it is over.  Then we will be full swing football and min-clinic bound.  Go Blackhawks! :)

To all my teacher and school buddies, I hope you are all having a great year.  The beginning of the year always reminds me of good ole' Prescott High Football.  I paid a visit to PG the other day, I would love to get to D-town and T-town sometime.

Oh well....Take care everyone...
JB

update..

So we went to Branson and Silver Dollar City last weekend for a get away.  We stayed at Rock Castle resort and had a good time.  It had an indoor water park.  We did a little shopping.  Bryan his the Polo outlet and of course I went to good ole Coach.  Gage had a blast in the water.  Luke didn't get to go because he had to work. :(  This weekend is my pea ridge camp.  I am posting a pic of my new squad.  Also I am going to post pics of us on the rides.  Gage loved them all.  I had to ride the little roller coaster and B had to hit the dumbo ride.  It was a fun weekend.  Also I am posting a pic of chief and one of gage playing in the back yard.  Luke is not allowing me to photograph him at this moment. :(

okay, so i uploaded pics

Finally, I just saw Jessica's message on how to fix my pics and uploaded easter pics and one of Luke playing at arvest ballpark.  I like this method so much better.
For those of you who haven't heard I accepted a new job.  I will be teaching at Pea Ridge and coaching their varsity cheer squad.  It is a co-ed squad, so that makes it a new challenge. They have great skills and potential.  I am super excited.
However, of course I will miss my friends and girls at PG.  I know life is about making choices (well, there's a novel idea...) and this one was a tough one to make.  I know there are great kids at every school and hopefully my friends will keep in touch.
Oh well, peace.
JB

that's more like it!

Jessica McCash is a genius....

Better late than never

I am finally trying to upload pics and this is not letting me.. Frustration is starting to build.
So, I haven't written in forever. Hopefully at the end of this post it will let me add pictures.
WE have had Easter at mom and dad's.... we have survived high school baseball with the Cardinals finishing in the top 4 in the state... Yipee... I have survived cheer tryouts and started conditioning.... Hopefully I will end the spring conditioning with 13 girls still on the squad... HMMM... We are starting senior babe ruth baseball. Bryan and I have our 4th wedding anniversary next weekend.... and I am hoping to survive potty training and the last week of school.
So much has been going on that we never slow down around here. I think B and I are going to HS next weekend for our anniversary. Luke is having his wisdom teeth cut out on June 10th in Russvegas.... the next weekend B has drill and I think that will be another family event!.. and of course I have cheer throughout the summer. I really would like a break, but you all know I want the girls to have every opportunity to look great next year and we need the practice.
OH well, the pictures are still not uploading. I will try again in a bit! Jamie

Gage's Birthday

Okay, I am updating after Gage's party and I just uploaded my pics backwards, oh well. It has been a rough week. THey made up their first Saturday while I hosted that family at the party. My job is becoming very tough and I find myself questioning this whole special education deal. I have never felt like such a bad teacher. Oh well, enough about that, on with the party. We just had a three year old party, so we only included family again this year. I will put information under the pictures to tell you what was going on. Gager picked out the mickey Mouse theme...:)

The boys and everyone came in to watch the opening of presents..Notice that Logan has on the mickey mouse ears...:)

Gager in his "trucker hat" it was his Mickey Mouse party hat.

He stopped to pose in his Mickey Mouse ears as well.

Gage thought that everyone should get a gift, so we had a hard time getting him to open them. Cassie offered to help and so did Kami, I just didn't catch all three in a picture. Cassie was good to play with gage and entertain him.

The room for the party. Gage was so excited when I was setting it all up. He couldn't wait.

I tried a cupcake stand type cake. I made millions of cupcakes...well 48 seems like a million. I did chocolate and white cake with red, chocolate or white frosting with polka dots. I put in oreos for mouse ears. After I filled the tower I took the millions of oreos that I broke and blended them to put on top of some of the cup cakes. Then I took Gages name and hot glued it to the tower.

Another view of the cake with three containers of candy. I put a mickey mouse cut out on the glasses to carry out my little theme.

And that was that. WE also had a sandwich ring, punch and fruit trays...They ate all the food this year, so I guess it was a hit. We had Kim, Carl and the boys up, Stacey and the kids, Shanna and the girls and then of course mom and dad. Luke had fun hanging with Logan and Zayne....

I think it was a great day.

Gage loved all his toys. He got so much and is still playing hard today!!

Take care,

JB

What's going on lately?

A couple of weekends ago, we decided we needed a get away from NWA. Bryan and I went to LR to the Clinton Library. IT was a fun weekend, the library is a must if you haven't gone...

Gage waiting on a piece of my "cake".
Let's see our millionth snow this year...Jan 29...We have lots of ice and snow. Gage loves playing in the snow. Bryan said he would just lay down in it..
Gage and Daddy posing in the snow.
My birthday cake this year.. Bryan did good. Strawberry with strawberry icing. This was yet another snow day from school. Don't you love that I was up and with it--nasty hair and in my bath robe.. LOL

This has been a busy month. Getting into the swing of things at school. Hosted 77 little girls this past week for a "little Tiger" Cheer Clinic. They perform at the next home game. Started a new class, this is my last for my special ed certification. It is going to be a "booger". Yikes.

Luke got a new car..well new to him, a mustang...Long story, but the blazer sucked...Too much work..so he now has a mustang and he thinks he is "THE MAN"...the other day he told me the car was a chick magnet..WOW..

And that's about it.

Bryan went to Pennsylvania for the Army for a week. Gage is still into just about anything... Got his mouth washed out for the first time last night...however, I am blaming my husband for that one. :)

Hope everyone is well!

jb

Update

Below you will see lots of pics. Today we are enjoying our third snow. I gave myself today as a deadline for adding pictures. We have been busy and lazy. Christmas at mom's and then the bunting family.... Then Christmas Day at Shanna's house. Luke has gone and returned home from Dallas... We had a nice New Year's Dinner at Mermaids, then stopped by a hole in the wall establishment... And have recovered from that experience.

Back to school tomorrow...

I hope you are all doing well. LOVE AND PEACE JB

and more pics...

Bryan and I on New Year's Eve... Fun Night..

Luke in his Hat that he had to have... stud muffin!

Luke with his new bass on Christmas!

Bryan and Gage opening Gage's stocking.
Bryan and Gage in the snow and ice on Christmas day...

Finally some pics!

This is Gage's first play in the snow... the third one we have had so far... He loved it..

This was Gage and LUke on Christmas Eve... Luke is not much for smiling.. :O

This is our picture in the snow as we left Denver. Bryan is in his army man outfit... It was really snowing big flakes...It was beautiful. Denver was a great trip, before my little delay in AUSTIN. I am so not a fan of Austin!!!

quick post

just a quick post...I have some newer pics to put up...but I am in my classroom.. shhh don't tell. :) Actually we just got back from a nice lunch. We were all (the entire middle school, secretaries, lunchroom ladies, etc.) taken to the Catfish Hole for a Christmas treat. I thought that was an awesome gesture from the administration. ... Anyway, now I am full and waiting for my planning period to be over....
I was sitting this morning being a little nostalgic... I told Bryan during the Thanksgiving break that I really wished I was going home to Prescott for the holidays...I guess it is me getting "OLD" or something, but ya know I miss that feeling of going "home"... Not growing up in Dardanelle, it just doesn't have the same feel. Anywho, I had to smile and think about stuff...today my hair is kinda poofy and it reminded me of some pics I have from when Traci J. would come get me and we would cruise town... and then I thought of dropping my valarie's grannies at Christmas to hang out.... SO many memories, seems like a lifetime ago. I talked to Stef last night and she told me I needed to send out Christmas cards.... I know I am a loser.. I just am not good at those...I will put pics on here for those that want to see.
One more day of school... I need this break. I have a cheer party tonite, go to mom and daddies for mom's family on Saturday, then Bryan's family on Sunday... then Shanna's on Christmas day. Busy but good times.
I hope everyone has a safe, healthy, happy holiday season.
Love and Peace,
JB

It's beginning to feel a lot like.....Fall? Christmas?

Well...I wanted to add our pic from the Hogs game the other day...It was Bryan's first... He seemed to enjoy it. I really can't lie...I of course just watch the cheer squads. Actually this time, I enjoyed watching the students' section. ...
2 days and we are off for a whole week for Thanksgiving....I am so needing this.
Not much going on....a little of cheer, a little dieting, a little Christmas thinking...the typical late November "stuff".
I hope everyone is having a fabulous fall...It is just starting to get a little chilly up our way. I am anxious to see the weather in Dec. when we go to Denver....I might come back a popsicle..(sp? that doesn't look right..)
Anywho...I need to get my Gager to sleep.
Peace and Love,
JB

already november?

I know my few faithful followers have given up on me uploading any pictures..but finally, here they are. Last weekend we celebrated Luke's birthday...he was 16 on Monday... If I didn't have any gray hairs before (HA) I certainly do now..

This weekend was of course trick or treating with Gage. Not many houses particiated...I don't know if it was because of the hogs game or what. At any rate...we only hit a few houses, but he really didn't know the difference.

One more week of football and then it is basketball season. I am ready for THANKSGIVING break..

Hope everyone is doing well..

JB