Spring Break Ski Trip

Christmas Break was one to remember. Every single one of us came down with the flu. I don't think that we have ever been that sick, and cross my fingers, we never will again. After throwing away the last Lysol wipe and empty bottle of anti-nausea medicine I told Craig that we were getting the heck out of here for Spring Break. He agreed. The decision was made to take the older 3 kids snow skiing and send Sadie to my parents for a week of fun.

Destination : Wolf Creek in Colorado. They have a decent and well priced ski school. It's also known for being a family mountain. Since Craig was the only one that had ever been skiing we were looking at paying for ski school times 4. I knew that the kids would pick it right up. But I'm 33. I know what pain feels like, especially the next morning. I was game thought. The first two days I hated it. But by the third day, I was hooked.

Cody loved it the first day. He had a hard time paying attention in ski school, only because he was ready to get out there and ride the lift to the top of the mountain. Fear wasn't in his volcabulary this trip either. Moguls...what moguls?!?!

Then there was Hanah. A litte cautious, but wanting to push the envelope a little bit further with each lift ride. She is the one that convinced me to try the bigger mountains. Otherwise I would have been skiing with the 4&5 year olds the whole time. ;)

Halie. Ms. professional, ski instructor, know it all Halie. She thinks that she was born to ski. Absolutly loves it!! But, she did learn a good lesson on this trip. Wear sunscreen. The higher elevation you are, the easier you burn. She learned the hard way.

And here I as. This was the beginning of day three. Ready to tackle the moutain. The big mountain. After my hot chocolate... =)

Mr. ski enthusiatic himself. He did very well for a 15 year gap in between ski trips.

All in all it was a great trip. We can't wait to go back and take Sadie with us this time!

Coming Soon

I have a new post that I am working on. It's a video. A video confession of some sorts. I can't wait to post it. It is on Hanah's ipod, so I have to wait until she gest home. It may have a few "cover your ears" parts, but so worth it. It's about a rooster. A rooster named Dick. Too funny....I promise...

My Apologies

It's has been WAY too long since I have updated. And I know that I promised before that I would be a bit more faithful...but now I really mean it. I know that everyone out there is really worried about how the chickens are doing. I'm planning a big update on them next week. There is a lot to tell and 2 less birds than when we started. *sigh*

Anyway...here is a quick update on a few MAJOR events over the last month.

I took my girls to watch the best performer in the world in concert at the Intrust Bank Arena. Of course I'm talking about Reba. She is my idol. Halie thought that I was crazy because I sang every single word to every single song sang that night. What can I say? I like my music...especially when it comes to Reba! ;) Here the 3 of us are at the beginning of the concert. My mom went with us too. We had a blast. Even missed an earthquake in all of our fun.

Last weekend we celebrated Ms. Sadie's birthday. I will make her offical birthday post on Friday, but I had to post this picture. She helped ice her cake and decorate it. When I asked her what she wanted for her birthday all she said was a pink cake. So a pink cake is what she got! She is turning into quite the baker with her momma these day! =)

On November 14th I spoke about a B-I-G annoucement coming. Most of you know what it is. But if not...feel free to check it out!

http://www.mealplangirls.com/

AND THEN....I had the most important thing happen. I became an aunt from Josh & Karen!!! This is my precious little girl Kate Marie Carmichael. Isn't she just perfect?!?! Love her SO much! If I could spend 24 hours a day doing nothing but holding her and staring at her I would. Can't wait to go up there for Christmas and spoil her as much as I can. Luckily we are able to facetime, so I still get to she her every couple of days. But in the background it never fails. Grandma Judy (my mom) is holding her with a big smile on her face. No fair I tell ya. No fair....

Until next week my followers. Have a great weekend! =)

B-I-G Announcement!!

There will be a BIG announcement coming from the Jones household on Monday morning! So excited to share the news with everyone. Stay tuned for clues and the big new on Monday!!!

Spooky Times...

A little late..but Happy Halloween from the Jones! This year Sadie really understood what it was all about....CANDY!!! She wasn't too keen on going up to the houses. 90% of the time she would cover her eyes and say Trick Or Treat. After she got candy it was straight back to mom and dad. =)

This year Hanah went as a "boy". This is her last year btw. She's too old. I told her that they could take Sadie around next year. Halie went as "the mad hatter from Alice in Wonderland". Cody went as "scream". He only ended up hitting a couple of houses before he found Trenton and a football. Sadie is dressed as a "purple fairy".

Houston...we may have a genius on our hands!

So, yesterday was the big Spelling Bee at St. Joseph. Cody was 1 of 3 representing the 4th grade. He asked Craig to take off work to watch him. Craig said sure and came. Cody was
N-E-R-V-O-U-S!! He said that his tummy felt like he was going to throw up every time Mrs. Koester called his name to spell a new word.

Before you knew it they were down to the last three spellers. Cody was the only 4th grader and the other students were 5th graders. He was so excited to be in the top three! Then they called his name again to come to the microphone. His last word was "resembled".

R-E-S-E-M-B-L-E-D

He got it right! The next two contestants gave it a good try at thier words, but didn't quite get them. Congrats to my Cody who will be representing St. Joseph at the County Spelling Bee in October!!!!

Today's Ag Report

Old McJones has her chickens. =) (More in fact. Mr. McJones wanted a different breed, so now we are up to 15!) To compensate for the chickens Farmer Craig decided that he needed something too. Orange in particular. Out of all the "farm things" that he could choose from he went for a tractor. I ask all of you, my wonderful subscribers, do 15 chicks equal 1 tractor? I would say not. Do you know how many eggs I will have to sell to pay for this orange tractor?
But then I seen this. One of those moments that seems to change everything.

She rode everywhere with him yesterday. Sadie McJones lovin her tractor time with Daddy McJones. I guess I'll let this one slide....