Hello!

Well, the last time I posted was on Matthew's 5th birthday. Just seems right that my next post would be on our son, Jacob's, 2nd birthday. We'll be celebrating here at home as soon as Rob gets home from work!

We do have a party planned for Jacob on the 24th - should be lots of fun! We're going to go to Pioneer Orchard for wagon rides, maze fun & a hot dog roast. Jacob will absolutely LOVE the wagon ride...although he'd probably rather ride on the tractor!

Much has been going on here since my last post. Rob started a job for Penzel in Farmington - leaves at 5:20 am and comes home around 5:00 pm. It's a long day...but, he never complains - he's just happy to be working. He's laying all of the pipe for the job. Thank goodness he gets to carpool with the superintendant of the job!!! Just think of the gas for his 3/4 ton pickup!

We got new windows on our house 3 weeks ago (thanks to a nice little gift we received!!). They are awesome - they're easy to clean and they look really nice. Next thing to do is siding - so, so expensive...probably will have to wait until the spring. Rob really wants to rebuild the deck, but that will have to wait a while, at least until we do the siding.

Matthew is back in school (Pre-K) and really, really loves it. I just know he'll love kindergarten next year. On Thursdays Matthew & Jacob are both in Mother's Day Out here at Fruitland Community Church. A little time for ME! The first day was last week - Jacob tripped and fell out on the playground - his face looked quite bad - although he didn't cry! I think it will be a good year for them both.

The SEMO District fair is this week - we went Sunday. It was quite expensive - but we had a great time! The prices at the fair have come a long way since we were all little. It now costs $4/person to go in, and the bracelets for riding the rides are $15 - multiply that by 2 (Jacob now loves to ride) and you're handing out $30 for the kids to ride. It's all worth it though - to see their smiling little faces. What a blessing they are!

This weekend I'm looking SO forward to a little time away! Friday afternoon I'm headed to St. Louis (along with my good friends, Julie & Linda) for an awesome scrapbooking class at For Keepsakes scrapbook store. We're spending the night and shopping all day Saturday. I'm definitely needing this little break for the day-in's & day-out's of everyday life. The boys will have a blast with Rob - tractor rides, staying up late, no cleaning up of toys, eating mostly junk food! Oh well, I won't think about that!

Hope you all have a fantastic week!
Becky