The Adventures of Jake

Jake had a fun-filled summer. He had sleep-overs with friends, watched lots of movies and did some traveling. After Drew's parents spent some time here with us, he drove back with them to Alabama. I don't have any pictures from his stay, but he was living the life...... swimming every day, eating whatever he wanted, playing with friends, staying up late, and all those great things you get to do with your grandparents. At the end of his stay, he flew home all by himself. I was a little nervous about this, but he thought it would be a great adventure. When I picked him up at the airport, the flight attendant who had been with him said, "He's a great kid.....and VERY amusing." I tried to find out from Jake what he did that was so amusing, but I didn't get far. He said, "I didn't do anything special. I was just myself." What was I expecting?

Pretending to be a Japanese boxer

Jake played coach-pitch baseball at the beginning of the summer. It was his first time to play and he did really well. He played first and second base a lot and was one of the best hitters on the team (and I'm not biased at all:). He had many great hits, RBI's and 4 home runs. He batted over 800 (Daddy kept track).



Jake and his buddy, Griffin



Getting ready to bat



His summer finally came to an end. He was not ready for school, but wanted to see all of his friends again, so he agreed to go:) You see, the work he has to do while he's in school really gets in the way of his social life. His most common comment on his daily folder is "Excessive talking." We're working on that. Heres a pic from the first day of school (I couldn't get a real smile:)..................

I took him to a photographer to have pictures made for Drew's Fathers Day gift. They turned out great, probably because he practiced his smile all afternoon (He was seriously worried about how his

smile would look:) He's my handsome little man..........

FUN TIMES in MeXiCo

The water was SOO blue.

Jake being silly.

Well, I don't even know where to begin since I haven't posted in almost 2 years. Its been a busy year but we've had some really fun times. Most recently, we went on a family trip to Mexico with my parents and my brother. It was AMAZING, and we didn't want to come home! We stayed at an All-Inclusive Resort and, even though we planned to venture out to a nearby town, we stayed at the resort the whole time. There was plenty to do there, between 12 pools, many restaurants, activites and, of course, the beach. Mom and I are both bad about remembering our cameras, so there aren't that many pictures of us on the beach, but heres a few that we did get................

During the day, there are 2 big buffets to eat at and a grill on the beach. But at night, we ate (some really good food) at one of their many restaurants. This is before dinner at the Japanese Restaurant.

The wind was blowing this morning, so these pictures are sandy.........

Nonny beating the boys at cards.

Another night we actually remembered to take pictures............

Jake dancing as usual.

I wonder where Jake gets his mischevious grin..........

The main entrance of the hotel. The grounds were so green and colorful. (Unlike our dead yard back in Texas:)

By the third day, we were all at least a little sunburned, so we spent some time under a tree on the beach. This was my favorite day because we just all hung out together and relaxed. Jake even took a nap on a beach chair under the shade (which doesn't happen often:).

Jake was also a monkey for part of the trip :) Me and my bro

We saw some cool animals, including this racoon, the bird and a monkey (a real one;)

Thanks Mom and Dad!!!!!!!!!! I miss Mexico. So, its back to reality. Jake started 3rd grade yesterday (which is crazy, because he was just a little toddler like yesterday. And according to PawPaw, he's still in Kindergarten;). We've also had some other fun times to share..... So I will be posting more pics and stuff soon!