Our crazy weekend in a nutshell.

We had a great weekend. My parents made it in on Thursday night late and my boys couldn't have been happier. We took them to the Trade Days in McKinney and had a great time. Dan will tell ya that it was OK. He doesn't care for things like that. I live for the bargain. I think as a mom we just have that tendency to find the best deal. I will tell ya that i didn't buy a thing,( probably because Dan was with me). We did let Josiah ride on one of the horses they had. If you know my little boy, he loves toy story and his words were,"Mommy, I want to ride Bulls eye, like Woody" Dan and i couldn't say no. If you read my hubby's blog there is a cute pic of him.

Saturday, we did something that i had never done before. My parents, the boys and i went out to run a few errands and st oped at a few garage sales. We stoped at this one that said," everything is house for sale." I wasn't sure i wanted to go in, but my mom talked me into it. It was a beautiful house and they had really nice stuff. The home had been for closed on and the real state was selling everything. To me that is so sad. I have been told that in the area people here are house poor. I can believe it, because the houses here are sooooooo big and amazing. Its hard for Dan and I to imagine that you would pour all of your money in a house and not be able to really live. I would rather live in a small house and be able to give and do things with my kids rather than be stuck in a house that owns me. Anyway, that made me step back and think about where our money goes. At this point it all goes to Jackson! Of course he is worth every penny.

Jackson had his little party this weekend. I learned with Josiah that big parties and a one year old don't need to happen. I decided that a family party would be a lot easier. We just barbecued and had cupcakes. He had the cutest cupcake cake from Target. It was the Baby Einstein Caterpillar. I will put pics up later, but I was really pleased. Then we all went down to our pool and just had a great time. Even though it is SO hot here already the water in the pool is still very cold. Josiah of course doesn't seem to care. All in all a great day. I am just so thankful after the year we have had that we were able to have a 1rst birthday. Jackson is such a blessing from God and our lives will never be the same.

Just a side note, Josiah has been celebrating mothers day for two weeks now. Don't get me wrong I love that he wants to help his mommy. He will say, I put my shoes away for mothers day. I turned the TV off for mothers day and so on. I will admit I like the attention. Not always the case in a house full of boys. I hope that they will always remember that I am their Queen! Ha Ha.