Bedtime Prayer

jack's prayers are so tender...

heavenly father thank you for this day

thank you for nana and jackers

thank you for papa and reissy

thank you for missionaries

i love nana so much

thank you for the food

i want to live with nana forever

thank you for all my aunts and uncles

and

cousins

i want nana to hold me all day long

in the name of jesus christ, amen.

me: uh, jack you didn't even say thank you for mommy and nate

jack: yes i did!

me: no, you didn't

jack: oh fine! thank you for mommy and nate

sheesh, sorry jack. didn't mean to put you out.

nate

he is SO fine!

sorry, ladies, but he's taken.

i love watching nate race. it's fun to watch him get so excited. shoot, i even get excited. well, up until it's time for him to race. then i'm just sick. there's been a couple of times when a car will spin out and somehow nate makes it past them. yeah, that's my nate. he's so cool.

i love you, nate!

jackers new room

when we went to utah last month we decided to let jack stay with my sister and my parents for 2 weeks. jack didn't miss me. at all. he would tell me he did. pretty sure he just said it because that's what you're supposed to say. i cried almost every day. had no clue what to do with myself. i even missed his birthday...yes, i know i get the loser mom of the year award. BUT, while he was gone nate and i were able to get his room all done. it looks good. he really likes it.

What We Did Today

baron played in the wheat field

nate gave jack and wyatt a lesson on growing corn

nate and i took pictures in the fields. i love him.

jack tried riding his bike again. he did it once and then was over it.

Happy Birthday, Jack!! I've been looking at this picture all morning. It's amazing to me how fast you've grown. I think you were only that tiny for about 15 seconds. You got h.u.g.e. You had the most ginourmous cheeks and the chubbiest thighs.

You weren't supposed to grow this fast. You were supposed to fit in my arms forever. Now you're sleeping in your own bed and having sleep overs! You're such a big boy.

I've been thinking about some of the funny things you say. You always make me laugh.

Here is one of my favorites:

Jack: Mom, did Jesus make me?

Mommy: Uh, yeah he had a hand in it.

Jack: Why did he put my pee pee there?

Mommy: Cause that's where it goes.

Jack: Oh. Why do fire fighters put out fires?

Seriously, you go from one thing to the next.

You have been obsessed with warning signs. It's funny but it drives everyone crazy at the same time. You can spot a sign from a mile away.

I love you so much, Jack. I'm so glad you're my little boy.

Love, Mommy

PS

I'll love you forever

I'll like you for always

As long as I'm living

My baby you'll be

nate put in a backdoor by the laundry room and Jack thought it was fun to "destroy" the house. of course, he enjoyed throwing the bricks in the back of the rhino too. if he gets to tear something up he's all about helping nate.

this was a sad/happy day. we packed up all our stuff in utah and officially moved back to kansas. it was so good to see family and friends but hard to say good bye. jack and i miss them all so much and can't wait to go back and visit.

jackers is a funny little boy.

he likes to look at tractors.

he likes to sit in them.

but he doesn't want to go riding with nate.

he says it takes soooo long.

last time we went we had to take a dvd player for him. pretty sure nate thought we were a bunch of city slickers. oh well.

anyway when we go out with nate jack has to pack his "robot repairman suitcase."

he puts one hotwheel in it and calls it good.

it's just funny to me when we go out to meet nate. i'm in my flip flops trying to walk through the fields and jack is screaming because there's flies.

i bet we look pathetic.

in the mornings i sometimes sit at the window and watch nate.

mmmmm...there is just something about a guy who drives a pick up

and

a tractor.

he asked...

and i said yes

pink tux

farmer was in a wedding yesterday. he had to wear a tux and was less than thrilled about it.

he's a jeans and t-shirt type of guy.

he cleans up real nice though

i kinda like him. a lot.

jack has been hearing about nate's race cars for months. he's constantly saying, "i wanna watch nate race!" we were both finally able to watch him.

i was worried that jack would get bored and want to leave. but, he was a champ. he played in the dirt all. day. long.

he loved it.

when it was nate's turn to race jack was excited. every time nate would go around the track jack would give him a thumb's up.

jack loved going to the races.

jack thought it was pretty cool to help push nate's car out.

i love this picture

jack is ready to start racing. he was begging for a race car all weekend.

yesterday...

jack came out of the bathroom with a long piece of toilet paper trailing from his bum

"mommy! look i got a ponytail!"