the J-team

Happy Birthday to the man that holds this family together! I'm so thankful for him and the father he is to our boys! I was talking to Kelly the other day about military life and how I had told Josh years ago that I knew I was raising the kids alone so when he retires I want him to take a year or two off before he finds another job so we can travel and just be together.  She, quickly, told me I shouldn't say that I raise the boys alone, because when Josh is home he puts us first and is more present with the kids than most men who never go anywhere.  She is totally right! I love this man so much and am so lucky he chose me to love! We had a nacho bar and some of our neighbors over to celebrate.  It was a good night with lots of laughs! 

9-6-23 Jack got in trouble last week, and his punishment was, he couldn't play video games until he weeded the side yard.  It had overgrown like crazy while we were gone so it has taken him almost a week.  It wasn't so bad last week but it's been in the upper 90's the last 3 days so he's only been working in the evening when it's shaded.  I guess he got tired of not being able to play because this is how he is working today. 😂😂 9-12-23 We're definitely getting the end of summer blues around here, but taking advantage of every last warm day!  Kaleb was mad because we "made" him go boating!  Aren't we horrible parents? 🙄 I can't believe that Jack will be old enough to get his boating license in 2 months!  Jack loves surfing! He's getting so good, it just comes natural to him.   It's a good thing he's cute! Lol ...

Saturday, August 26th was the last VA state Qualifier, so we had to race it so they will be eligible to get State Plates at the end of the Season.  The race was at VMP just south of Richmond.  It's a dirt track that's really bumpy and not well maintained.  Kaleb slid out in the second turn in round 1 and Jack came in 4th abs only top two transferred so they both had to race the next round.  Round two wasn't kind to us.  Kaleb was taking first and slid out and hit another kid.  Izzy stopped to check on Kaleb and Holly and I kept yelling "go Izzy, get first!" LOL. Kaleb was down for a while and in shock for about an hour.  We were very thankful he didn't break anything but it was scary watching him so confused. We kept asking him questions and he couldn't answer some of them.  He couldn't remember how many kids were in his race and kept asking what happened.  He hurt his finger pretty bad and took a handlebar to the gut, but it could have been ...