Weekend in the Mountains

We went up to the mountains this past weekend. I know I say this all the time but I just love it up there! I can't wait for our vacation at the end of this month. YAY! Anyway, here are a few pictures from the weekend!



I have no clue what was up with this face but it cracked me up anyway.





The dirty mountain boy



Jenna playing Jasmine's DS ~ not sure what happened on the game but it was obviously shocking



With Daddy on the 4 Wheeler



She is running after the other kids.



When we got home, Jenna showed us she could cross her eyes.

Caution: Kids at Play

I'll let the video speak for itself. Enjoy!!!

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Happy 4th of July 2008!

As always, we had an awesome neighborhood cookout. This year though it was in front of Katie and Jason's house. The kids ran around and played. The adults sat around, talking, laughing and having a great time. It rained most of the day which it always seems to do. I hate that part. I didn't get one darn picture. I'm guessing it's because of the rain. We didn't go see fireworks like we normally do which bummed me out some. Despite the rain and no fireworks, it was a really nice day of hanging out with all of our neighbors.

Happy 30th Birthday to me!

*sigh* I'm 30. Happy Birthday to me!

Jamie hurt his back pretty bad the other day (and is going to a specialist on Wednesday) so he couldn't do too much for me. That being said, he recruited our neighbor, Katie, to help him out. He had her bake a cake and sent her out to get me some gifts.

Jamie got me a gift card to Spafinder.com to get a massage!! YAY! He also got me a gift card to Bubbles Salon.

He also called my parents and had them over for dinner. He even grilled which really hurt his back more but dinner was still great.

Katie and Jason brought over the cake, roses and a gift card to the movies. Not only that, they are going to keep the kids so Jamie and I can go alone!!! WOO HOO! I love them!

Mom and Dad got me a bunch of clothes! YAY! I love when my mommy picks out clothes for me.

So Happy 30th Birthday to me!!!

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Some Birthday Facts

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29 June 1978
Your date of conception was on or about 6 October 1977 which was a Thursday.

You were born on a Thursday
under the astrological sign Cancer.
Your Life path number is 6.

Your fortune cookie reads:
A secret admirer will soon send you a sign of affection.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 6 & 9.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2443688.5.
The golden number for 1978 is 3.
The epact number for 1978 is 21.
The year 1978 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/7/1978 and ending 1/27/1979.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Horse.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Woodpecker; your plant is Wild Rose.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Paopy, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 24 Sivan 5738.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 25 Sivan 5738.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.5.0.4 which is
12 baktun 18 katun 5 tun 0 uinal 4 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Thursday, 23 Rajab 1398 (1398-7-23).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 26 March 1978.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 30 April 1978.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 8 February 1978.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 14 May 1978.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 21 May 1978.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Monday, 2 October 1978.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Saturday, 22 April 1978.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 7 February 1978.

June 29th is the feast of Oggun (St. Peter).


As of 6/30/2008 9:19:05 AM EDT
You are 30 years old.
You are 360 months old.
You are 1,566 weeks old.
You are 10,959 days old.
You are 263,025 hours old.
You are 15,781,519 minutes old.
You are 946,891,145 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Fred Grandy (1948) Richard Lewis (1947) Gary Busey (1944)
Robert Evans (1930) Slim Pickens (1919) Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900)

Top songs of 1978
Night Fever by Bee Gees Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb
Le Freak by Chic Stayin' Alive by Bee Gees
Kiss You All Over by Exile Boogie Oogie Oogie by A Taste of Honey
Baby Come Back by Player MacArthur Park by Donna Summer
Thicker Than Water by Andy Gibb Three Times a Lady by Commodores

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.28923679060665 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)

Your lucky day is Monday.
Your lucky number is 2 & 7.
Your ruling planet(s) is Moon.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Capricorn.
Your opposition number(s) is 8.

Today is not one of your lucky days!

There are 364 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 31 candles.

Those 31 candles produce 31 BTUs,
or 7,812 calories of heat (that's only 7.8120 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.54 US ounces of water with that many candles.


In 1978 there were approximately 3.1 million births in the US.
In 1978 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1978 in the US there were approximately 2,152,662 marriages (10.1%) and 1,036,000 divorces (4.9%)
In 1978 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1978 the population of Australia was approximately 14,430,830.
In 1978 there were approximately 224,181 births in Australia.
In 1978 in Australia there were approximately 102,958 marriages and 40,608 divorces.
In 1978 in Australia there were approximately 108,425 deaths.


Your birthstone is Alexandrite

The Mystical properties of Alexandrite

Alexandrite can assist one in centering the self, reinforcing self-esteem, and augmenting ones ability to experience joy.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Pearl, Moonstone, Opal

Your birth tree is

Apple Tree, the Love
Of slight build, lots of charm, appeal and attraction, pleasant aura, flirtatious, adventurous, sensitive, always in love, wants to love and be loved, faithful and tender partner, very generous, scientific talents, lives for today, a carefree philosopher with imagination.



There are 178 days till Christmas 2008!
There are 191 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waning crescent.

Jasmine has exciting news!

Katie and Jason asked Jasmine something very special and wonderful tonight. They had Jasmine come over and had her open a present. It is a Barbie wedding doll....well, the Ken one. On it was a cute note that said "Will you be our flower girl in our wedding?" Of course, Jasmine said yes! We are so happy that they want Jasmine to be apart of their very special day. We love you guys!!!

Happy 4th Anniversary to us!

We've made it 4 years! We've made it 4 years! Ha ha. Happy Anniversary to us baby! I love you so much!

Jamie brought home the most beautiful roses. He even went to two places to get pretty ones! All with a seriously hurt back. He's the best. Oh and he found two great cards. He always finds the best cards.



A little bit after he got home, we had more excitement going on in the neighborhood. Our neighbor and dear friend, Jason, proposed to Katie, another sweet and dear friend. These are the people that I babysit for. Jason had Katie's friends and family there and he had the kids be apart of it. I video taped it and Jamie took pictures. We are so happy for them! Congratulations Katie and Jason!

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Then, the girls (Jasmine, Kaylee and Megan) had gymnastics. Kelly (Megan's mom) was going to take the kids since it was our anniversary and our friend's engagement. Unfortunately, Meggie Meg was sick all day and couldn't go. I took the girls. Jamie and I will have many more anniversaries ~ you only get one engagement. The kids met their new teacher, which we believe his name is Kirk. The girls knew it started with a K and one of the other moms there said she thought it was Kirk. He is so crazy and just a huge ball of energy. He called Jasmine "Jazzi Jazz" which if you know Jasmine, we do call her that. Kay-bug and Jazz had huge smiles plastered on their faces the entire time. Jasmine almost has her cartwheel too! She was so excited about that!

So that is how our 4th anniversary was! I wish Jamie and I could have done something special but he is in so much pain from his back. Hopefully he can go, er... will go, to the doctor very soon.

Happy Anniversary to us! Congratulations Katie and Jason!

Another great weekend ~ we have a new family member!

What a great weekend! We have a new member in the Jetten family. Zef Paul and Andrea got married this weekend, June 14th, 2008! It was a beautiful wedding. Andrea looked amazing, of course. She's beautiful all the time. Zeffie looked so handsome. Weddings always make you tear up a bit. I was doing ok until I saw my cousin blinking fast while his bride-to-be was walking up the aisle. Seeing him do that just showed the love he has for her.

The reception was great. Lots of great music and food. It was a really great time. It was so nice seeing family and being a part of a day where we get another wonderful member of the Jetten crew.



And the pretty centerpieces ~ yes, the people at our table were a bit thirsty



We stayed up in the mountains for the weekend since it was closer to the wedding. Sunday morning, we woke up to a nice cool morning since the storms the day before really took that heat away. It was quite refreshing. When Jamie woke up, the kids gave him his cards. I hadn't gotten him any gifts yet. EEK! He really enjoyed the cards, especially since all the kids signed their own names (well Jenna did some scribbles but still). Uncle Frank made us some sausage before we left. I had to get home to Bear, since our neighbor Nathan was walking home and could only do it Sunday morning. On the way home, we dropped Jordan off with his dad. Since Jamie was still up in the mountains mowing with Uncle Frank, we went shopping for Daddy. He HATES getting gifts so I try to get him things that he needs so he can't get too mad at me for doing it. We got him cologne, a car charger for his cell phone, a Nike t-shirt and Nike shorts. All things he can use.

I must say that the trip there and back was much easier since Jamie got a DVD player installed in the van. Roof installation. It's really nice. The kids love it. We are waiting for 4 other headsets to come in so the kids can listen to whatever movie they want and I can listen to the radio.

The Muckdogs are the 12U Champs!!!

That's right! We beat the Rangers tonight 6 - 3!!!! It was an intense game and the Muckdogs did it. They won it all!!! Jordan actually nailed it into the outfield at the end of the game although it was caught. It was still amazing to see him hit that ball that way. Everyone was screaming and cheering for him! I don't think he's stopped smiling since that hit.

Go Muckdogs! Way to go!





Afterward the game, the coach took all the boys to Outback to celebrate!!! Thanks for a great season Muckdogs!

New Kids On The Block

Yes, I love them. I always have. And I'm going to their reunion show!! I was online Monday morning at 10 am waiting for 11 am to come. At 10:55, I was quickly hitting refresh until it said Find Tickets. I got us awesome seats!!! I'm beyond excited! There are six of us going. October 2nd can't come soon enough!!! My tickets came by UPS this morning. And yes I have a picture!



You can check out where are seats are here!

A long, hot and great weekend

Well we went from winter to summer! I personally love the heat. I'd much rather be hot than cold.

Saturday morning started out at 8 am at the baseball field. Jordan had a play off game at 9. We had a big cooler full of cold water and Gatorade and we were all sunscreened up. They played against the Rangers, which is a really rough team. They won! They beat them 7 - 5. Jordan played a good game. He's really coming along. We are now in the Championship game Wednesday night. If we win, the Muckdogs are champs. If we lose, it goes to Thursday night.

After Jordan's game, we went and picked up James. We took him to his football games. They won both games. The first game was really great. The second game was even better. James was captain of the second game which I think is why he scored two touchdowns!! He did great. Jamie gave him some great tips at the one game he was able to make and you can tell he remembers them. It was a great season.

Here is James out doing his captain duties before the game



Then we came home and vegged out. The kids wanted to go to the pool but I told them I think we all had had enough of the heat for one day.

So that leads to Sunday. I did a little grocery shopping in the morning and then after lunch, we went to the pool. We only lasted about two hours though. I burned my legs pretty bad on Saturday but didn't want to miss out on going to the pool with Jamie and the kids.

Jacob and Jenna played some in the baby pool



Jenna looking for the ice cream man





Finally the ice cream man came!



When we got home, Jamie fired up the grill. He grilled burgers, hot dogs and corn on the cob! YUMMY! After that, the kids had more ice cream. I had gotten these really cool M&M shaped ice creams on a stick. I forgot to get pictures of that. Then they wanted watermelon.



Jordan doesn't like watermelon so he was just being a goofball



It was a great weekend!

This week is going to be another hot and busy week! Jasmine has gymnastics tonight. Jordan has baseball Wednesday and possibly Thursday. I'm getting a DVD player installed in the van on Wednesday. Friday, we are going to the mountains. Saturday, my cousin is getting married and we are going to the wedding. It's going to be a great week!

Tattooed

Oma got the kids these really cool temporary tattoos markers and stamps last year. Jacob and Jenna found them today and wanted to be tattooed up! Uncle Will would be so proud! They picked out what they wanted. They told me where to put them. They told me which colors to do.



A picture of what my garden looks like right now. I can't wait until things start growing and blooming! I'll definitely be posting pictures!

Go Muckdogs!!!

It rained yesterday and both of the boys' games were canceled. Of course, it wasn't until we were there and all the chairs were out and the rain started.

Jordan's game, which is his first play off game, got moved to today. They played against the Ironbirds and won! The final score 15 to 10! It was a great game. Jordan did awesome. The first time up to bat, he struck out. The second time up, he nailed it to left field!!! Oh my gosh! Everyone on the team and all the parents were screaming for Jordan! It was awesome. The grin on his face was priceless. It was a great moment. He came in to score that time. His third time up, he hit a pop up that was caught. He played right field and while he didn't catch anything, he was really quick to get what came to him back into the cut off man. He played a great game!! He has another game tomorrow against the Giants (one of the teams that has beaten us!).

Other than the games, we just hung out a lot of the deck this weekend with Jamie grilling. I swear he has for the last week. It's been super great!

I can't believe we only have 9 school days left! The year has flown by!