The Rail Trail

Jake has been wanting to ride his bike on the Rail Trail for a while now and the end of last week we finally decided to take an extended recess and enjoy the beautiful spring weather.  There is a big pile of what looks like sand or gravel at the beginning of the trail that turns out to be solid and Jake rolled his bike up on it to check it out.

Sadie wanted to run after Jake so bad but she is a little ADD when it comes to squirrels and you have to keep your dog on a leash on the Rail Trail.  So she dragged me along...

Sadie is pretty spoiled.  When I sat down and we started swinging she just laid down and enjoyed the break.  

We decided to stop at the Rail Trail Dog Park and let Sadie off her leash for a while.

There were no other doggy friends but there was a pool and that is almost better!

It was fun to watch as Sadie followed Jake around every where he went.


Jake sat down on the swing at the dog park and had an America's Funniest Video moment.  He some who flipped the whole swing over.  It was hard not to laugh so I did. :)


I need to give in a little more when Jake asks to do spontaneous things and remember that sometimes making memories are more important than the To Do list.

Jake Had A Busy Week Last Week...

 He had to cuddle Sadie in bed...

That can be time consuming....

 He had co-op on Monday, school and taking care of me on Tuesday.  Wednesday was Food For Thought, the once a month homeschool class at the library,  and the topic was "Sweet Science"(yes I took him while being sick...I toted tissues and warned the other mom's stay keep there distance).  He also made me lunch that day to make me feel better.  That night he had YM's at church.  Thursday more school of course (he did it every day but I guess I don't have to say that...) and then the homeschooling skate that afternoon (I was feeling some what human by then).  Friday was school, and then shop class and working on a merit badge with Papa Harmon.

They were working on building a fire.

And all that is left on the lamp is to sand it and then bring it home and paint it!  It is pretty cool and Jake will hate this picture....hehehe.

After shop class we headed to Target to get a few new t-shirts for him.  None of his shirts from last summer seem long enough.  I guess that is because he has grown several inches.  He is now (and has been for a few weeks) officially taller than me.  I am 5' 6 3/4" tall.  He is over 5'7".  He calls me short stack now.

Then we headed to one of his friends (Wilson) house for his b-day party.  We dropped him off at 4 and picked him up at 11.  It was a sleepover but we don't do sleepovers...boys get dumber the more sugar they ingest and the more tired they get...and the more of them there are!  Not to say they are dumb but you know what I mean.  Jumping off the roof seems more doable at 2 am.  I wish I had taken pictures of the boys.  There were six of them, all boys that we met at Classical Conversations co-op when we moved here 3 years ago.  They are all 13 or turning 13 (well one is a little brother and is 11) in the next couple of months.  Three of them have hit puberty and are tall with deeper voices and the other three are short with high voices.  It is crazy to see the change in them.  And Jake is of course is one or the tall guys....by a lot!  Time flies!!!!

 On Saturday we did some serious grocery shopping-Jake stayed home while we went to Walmart (Aaron came with me-Jake said it was a date for us) and then came when we went to Sam's Club.  He couldn't pass up the pizza or checking out all the cool stuff with Aaron.  They like to check out all the huge TV's and books and movie's and...and...and...You get it.

And by the way...Dreams do come true!  I am cutting back but I was excited to see that Sam's Club finally had diet Dr. Pepper.  It is my one vice....

 I was in the house putting away all our food and stuff and I opened the windows to let the Spring (I know I don't have to capitalize Spring...or any of the seasons but I like to and it is my blog so I do) breeze in.  I caught a picture of Aaron cutting the grass while Jake scooped the poop and then burned what is just about the last of the leaves.

I have my spring-y-est table cloth one. 

I forgot I took this picture!

 After that we played Settlers of Catan which I won fair and square this time. We had movie night on Saturday since Jake was not home on Friday and watched Mocking Jay Part 1...and I cried of course.  Any time the theme is revolution for freedoms sake I blubber...It was a good week for a good kiddo and his biggest fan...


And last week is a wrap...and we are on to a new one!

I was sick last week...

...it wasn't fun at all.  Jake has had this head cold twice and I now understand why all he wanted to do was lay around.  I have to admit I thought he was faking to get out of doing school.  He was not.  It was a doozy of a cold.  This picture sums up how I felt pretty well...

I don't take a whole lot of selfies but I felt like this could be a public service announcement.  I am just trying to keep it real people.  Take your vitamins and wash your hands.  One minute your nose is completely stopped up and the next second it was a faucet.  Jake brought my pillows out to the couch and made me lunch on Wednesday.  He is a good boy.  I of course took very good care of him when he was sick too...which is probably why I got sick.  Aaron got a little stuffy nose.  He has a high immunity to everything.  I am so glad that cold and flu season is coming to a close...Spring is here people!!!

"I'm so fancy,"...

 ..."but you already know".  In twenty years we can goggle that song and get a kick out of it!  We are feeling pretty fancy in our new to us Ford Fusion.  It is a 2012 and at 51k miles it has 200k less miles than both Burt and The Beast (they are both over 250k...You're welcome if you struggle with basic math). 

That is a lot of fancy right there...

And there are 6 cup holders!!!  The Jeep had zero cup holders...Aaron finally said I am a true Southerner now because I have to take a drink with me every where I go.  I need to stay hydrated what can I say.  And now that he has said that he can never take it back.  I am Southern y'all!

I drove it home from picking it up from the Martin's (we bought it from Jeremy's parents who live in Gaffney) and we picked up Jake.  Aaron drove it over to show Mom and Dad.

It is really pretty.

And fancy...Did I mention fancy?  On the way over to my parents I called my mom, hands free through the blue tooth.  

Dad wasn't there but Jake and I drove by the next day to show him.

The trunk is pretty big!

Everyone was enjoying all the fanciness..

The Beast has been retired to outside the carport.  

 This is love people!  We took Sadie on a ride the next morning and she approves.  The interior is black so her dog fur is camouflaged. :)

It has a fancy sunroof too.

We used the cup holder for the first time that day too.  It was St. Patrick's day and I was getting a head cold so I was opting out of our traditional green eggs and ham.

We were pleasantly surprised to see that Chick-Fil-A made it all better.


One more thing...our new car is fancy.  Sorry for bragging. :)