long ago promised pool pics

OK so it's time for the long ago promised 4th of July pics in the pool...Here they are!

She was so mad at me for putting her toes in the pool! Then she was hungry so Mike fed her and she still didn't want to be in the water...she ended up falling asleep with me holding her with only her toes in the water and then she floated around in the little inflatable boat for a while. Isn't she just adorable? She's learning to relax in the sun already...Grandpa McNutt should be so proud. She'll be ready to nap with him at the camper in no time!!!!!

happy birthday to ME

So, July 22nd was my birthday but I don't have any pics on my computer yet with me and my tiara so I guess I'll post some old ones of Jocelyn. Mike and I didn't get to go out to eat on my birthday but we had a family cake and ice cream party at my grandma's after I got off work...I had to work as an aide and so I didn't get home until after 9PM but we still ate the cake and ice cream...my mom got me a bunch of the new recycled scrapbook paper from walmart and a couple glue pens so you can write and pour glitter over it and have glitter words but she thinks the fine tips will work better with my cricut letters. We'll see what happens.

The girls at work say that I am the character of the office so they got me "Shrek" iced animal crackers, "Spongebob" cheeze-its, and 2 cans of "Dora the Explorer" spaghetti-os. Along with a card that I will have to take pictures of and post.

Mike and I went to El San Jose's yesterday for lunch and he had them sing and as soon as they started singing Jocelyn started screaming. They pop bags at the end of the song but they didn't since Jocelyn was yelling so bad...I guess they decided I had been embarrassed enough.
We are going to Cheeseburger in Paradise on Saturday for my real birthday dinner tho. It should be fun, I love Cheeseburger in Paradise it's soooooo much fun!



Anyway here is Jocelyn and some pictures since I don't have the birthday one's up. More to follow!

This is the very first smile from Jocelyn that was ever captured on camera...I know it's an old one but I came across it today and I just love this picture. Her bib says attitude is everything, and she was just very happy that day and we finally got a shot of her adorable smile!! I know I promised 4th of July pics and I promise that they are coming...but I found her first indians game pics so I'm going to put them up today.

So first off we have the family waiting to get into the stadium...

Followed by Jocelyn and daddy with our tickets...

And next the field...

Followed by mommy and Jocelyn watching the game from our view...

Here's me and Jocelyn in the stands when we first got there...

So adorable...but the tribe lost and it started raining in the last inning so we started walking to the parking garage before it ended and beat at least some of the traffic out...We listened to the end of the game from the car radio. Jocelyn watched all but two innings of the game, she fell asleep for a couple innings but she was very alert and paid attention the rest of the time!

saturday, july 19th and sunday, july 20th (revised)

OK, so Saturday was kind of crazy. We went to open our emergency fund at a different bank so that we can't access it as easily since it IS our EMERGENCY FUND! It is there for emergencies only, so that if something were to happen out of the blue we have the funds to cover it without having to worry about when the next paycheck will be here. It's a slow journey but I must say I am looking forward to being debt free in the future. So needless to say we go in and we are talking about what kind of account we are going to set up and I said it needed to be a checking account because it is for our emergency fund and we need to be able to write out a check if an emergency does occur.

You'll never guess what came next...our banker looked at me and said, "I'm guessing you have taken the Dave Ramsey class." I then told him that we are currently taking it and that I am so glad we are and I have enjoyed the class very much thus far. It all makes so much sense and I can't wait to be debt free. He said he is actually trying to get things together so that he can start teaching a class and that he and his wife took the class and are living by Dave's program. We talked about the program quite a bit. I mean come on we were at the bank for an hour just to set up an account. He is working with a group of people trying to get Dave Ramsey's program to be taught in schools to high school senios because so many of them go to college and finish with tens of thousands of dollars of debt in student loans. Anyway...that was the first part of the day since I didn't have to work.

After the bank we went to the kid's sale in Sugarcreek. We spent just over $30 and got a ton of clothes for Jocelyn and a talking Kermit the frog for me...

Saturday evening was Mike's nephew Reese's 7th birthday party. He's into the transformers so Jocelyn just had to wear one of the party hats. We put it on her and she was fine...we took it off and she started crying, so needless to say she wore it for most of the party.

After the birthday party we had to go grocery shopping at WalMart of course. And would you know they have a red box now...it's a big red box in the grocery exit door area that you can rent movies from for one day. It's a dollar for one day but it only takes plastic...actually I decided it's smart on the company's part because if you don't return the movie on time it continues to charge your account a dollar and tax for each day you keep it. Once you have it for 25 days it stops charging and says the movie is yours. My how technology has come along.

Then on to Sunday... first thing in the morning was Financial Peace University of course and Josh Wilson, an up and coming christian artist, was there for morning service. I missed his performance because I was volunteering in the reign forest. But there was a concert last night and a tail gate party before the concert. Josh Wilson played guitar hero with some of the kids between services and he played corn hole and catch with everyone at the tail gate party. It was totally cool to see how down to earth he is. After the concert he was doing autographs and pictures so we got his autograph for Jocelyn and then of course I had to get a picture for the scrapbooks...I asked if we could get a picture and he asked if he could hold Jocelyn for the picture and of course I let him! So here for you viewing pleasure is JOSH WILSON holding Jocelyn!

If you have never heard of Josh Wilson learn his name...he doesn't have a band, he has a foot pedal thing that he makes music and programs into a loop and builds on it until he has the entire background...he is amazing...and his lyrics are unbelievable. See for yourself 3 minute song by Josh Wilson has been added to my playlist...take a listen!

the dedication

I've decided that since I am soo far behind on soo many pictures, I'm just going to feed you guys a few at a time. This was Jocelyn's dedication at New Pointe. Pastor Dwight Mason performed the ceremony and she is just TOO cute! The dress she is wearing was made by my good friend Rae Ann, who was my maid of honor in our wedding!









Now that I've figured out how to upload pictures directly from my camera, I'll try to get 4th of July pictures on here this weekend. I worked today until 1PM so we are going to get ready and head out to my aunt's for a cook-out...she has a pool, it should be a lot of fun...pictures to follow!