Prayers, please

I am not sure if you remember but awhile back I had asked for prayers for a young boy having his fourth open heart surgery. Well, today is the day of his surgery. His name is Dylan and if you could say an extra prayer for his family that would greatly appreciated. Also, please keep his mom and family in your prayers. As a mom I can't even imagine the range of emotions she will be going through. Thank you all :)

HELP

Ok so does anyone have the answer on how to keep your house clean when you have children? I have spent a good portion of the day cleaning and can you tell? Of course not!!!!!! AH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Any tips, ideas, this worked for me? Anything will be appreciated. I know it can't always be clean, but maybe look like it is :)

A new twist to my blog.

So I've been thinking about using my blog for something other than pictures of the boys and the Jones'. I thought that I would share thoughts, experiences, ask for advice, or share things with you that have helped me in some way. I don't know about any of you but hearing that another mom, wife, or friend is going through something similar makes you feel good, or at least relieved that your not alone. I am sure a lot of my blogs will deal with mommy stuff so I will let you know what kind of blog it will be so if its not your thing you don't have to read. I would love for you to share your thoughts with me.

This post is for my family and friends back east. Living here in the valley we are lucky to have this amazing view of the mountains. I just wanted to share with you the view from the upstairs in my house. How beautiful it is.

Happy belated Valentine's to all. We all had a great day except maybe Tyler. He had to stay home because of his asthma and miss his valentine's party. I don't think he minded though because grandma Suzi came and stayed with him while I went to Chase's Party. When I got home we made sugar cookies. The boys had a blast delivering them to our neighbors. Brittany Stobbe came to stay with the boys while Chris and I went out. Thank you Britt!! We went to Thai Fusion, then to Fresno State women's basketball game. We then got to go to BJ's and have pazookies with Heather and Adrian. What a great day. I am sorry no pictures, Chris had my camera last week.

Monday the boys did not have school so we decided to take advantage of the beautiful day. We met our friends the Jen, Kyan, and Jordan at the park. While we were there we saw more friends, the Mcneely's , and Ogawas. After the park Jen and I took the kids to yodigity for frozen yogurt . Jen and I were able to sit outside and visit and the kids ate their icecream.

Tyler begins baseball this week. He is so excited I'll post pics of his first practice soon. Have a great week. :)

Julie helping Carson.

Carson swinging ( he needs a haircut, huh?)

Kyan

Kyan driving his mommy and sissy around.

Chase loves to swing.

Tyler

Before I sat down to write this I looked at everyone's blog and see that there is no one healthy out there. I am happy to say we are all healthy, I am sure not for long. There isn't anyone that I know that doesn't have someone in their family that is sick. I keep thinking to myself to hurry up get to the food store, refill the perscriptions, stock up on the cold medicines, return movies and library books. Once one of us gets it that means were all in the house for about 3 weeks til it passes through us all.
Before I forget I have a prayer request. There is a women who's son that is 14, and he will be undergoing his 4th open heart surgery. As many of us our mothers we can only imagine the pain and worry this mother is experiencing. If you could please keep them and their families in your prayers. His name is Dylan. Thank you.
On to our past week. It was a very busy week. Getting ready for Traci's baby shower, tyler had two birthday parties, both at pump it up. After one of his parties he spent the night and they were up til 2am. I don't know the last time I saw 2 am. They had a blast though.
Traci's shower was great. We had a great turn out, so many of her family and friends were able to share this special day with her. Here are a few pictures of the day.Don't knock the slideshow its my first one:)

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

Superbowl Sunday

We had so much fun superbowl Sunday. We had some friends over and a ton of food. So my favorite part of the superbowl are the commercials. Of course I did not get to see very many but my favorite was the talking stain. The kids all played so nicely together. Except tyler was a little upset because God told Tyler he was to play with everyone the only problem was that girls didn't get that same message. They wanted nothing to do with the boys, poor tyler:) .

John made his homemade chocolate cake. So amazing, thank you john for making that.

D.J. and Jordan

Tyler and Andy

Jen and Nanita TRYING to take a picture

Laughing at Julie who is trying to take the picture and is knovked over by a child on a toy.

Carson and his Auntie.

Enjoying our wonderful dessert.

What a great day!