Foxy...

I completely forgot to tell you about our adventurous Saturday.  So here it goes...  Saturday about lunch time Ben took the trash out and this is what he saw...

Yes, that is a fox taking a little nap in our backyard!!!!

After his little nap, he got up and walked down the fence line and under the storage shed.  Ben called his good friend Josh to come over with his 22 so that they could kill it.  Well we didn't think it was going to come out from under the shed, but he did.  He ran through the yard.  Josh and Ben both shot at it, but no luck.  He got away.  

Isn't he big and ugly!?!?  Now you know why we haven't been playing in the backyard much this week. I don't want to run into this guy!! 

Oh and by the way, for those of you who don't know where we live, we live in town!  Watch out Brookhollow area.  You might just see a fox or two! 

Archer's 1st week

Yay!  We survived our first week as a family of five!!!  And just look at this little guy...

He is perfect!  I think so anyway... 

So we really did have a great week, but I will say it was hard.  I am so thankful that my mom was here all week and that Ben was off on Monday and Tuesday.  I don't know how, but I completely forgot how hard the first night at home is.  I mean... this is my 3rd baby!  You would think I would remember some things, right?  Anyway... Monday was rough!  I honestly did not know if I could do this whole 3 kids thing.  I didn't know how I was going to function with no sleep and take care of 2 other young kids.   But God is good!!  Archer is sleeping much, much better and I feel like I can do this.  Archer is a perfect fit for our family!  I don't know... it's hard to explain, but we wouldn't be the Jennings family without him.  

So how are the big kids doing?  Hunter LOVES his little brother!  He holds him all the time and is always talking to him.  He is so excited that he is here!  He is also excited about teaching him how to play football one day. :)  Maggie is doing great!  She is so sweet to her "little bubba".  That is what she calls him, by the way.  She is finally sleeping better, too.  You see the day we brought Archer home, Maggie decided she no longer wanted to sleep in her crib.  She wanted to sleep in her big girl bed.  (Not the greatest timing, huh!) So she did not sleep well for the first couple of days.  It was bad, but she is doing much better!   

Hunter is in CO with Coach and Honey right now!  He will be back tomorrow.  He is getting to see lots of elk.  I am sure I will blog about his trip once he gets home and I hear all about it.  He is having a great time.  Maggie Moe is being spoiled here at home.  I have had so much fun playing with her and Ben has too.  She is so funny!  She says and does the funniest things.  I am so thankful Hunter is having a good time and that we are getting some special Maggie time, too.  

Look at that sweet smile! 

Ben and I are doing great!  I am back at HSU working with my awesome, fabulous cheerleaders!  Ben is helping a lot!  I love working with him.  He is the best!  Anyway... We have a game this weekend, HSU vs HPU!  GO COWBOYS!  It should be interesting how it goes on the sidelines.  Ben might be home with all 3 kids or we might all be at the game.  We will see how it goes. 

I will try to blog more later!  Have a great week everyone! 

Blessed and a funny!

Welcome Archer Daniel Jennings!!! 

Today was the day!  Archer's birthday!  We are so incredibly blessed!  

Archer Daniel Jennings

Born at 7:46 am

8 lbs 4 oz. 

20 inches long

I can't wait to tell you all about our amazing day, but you see I have this monitor on my pointer finger on my right hand.  Typing is a little hard.  :( So instead I will tell u a short funny story that happened today. 

And yes, it is about these 2!  Maggie did amazing today with Archer!  Thank you all for the prayers about Mags and how she was going to do with baby Archer.  Please keep them up.  Anyways... So I was holding Archer in bed this afternoon and Maggie just had to join us.  It was so sweet.  And then out of nowhere Maggie leaned over and honked Archer's nose!!  She grabbed it and said "honk"!  It was so cute!  She honks mine, Daddy's and Bubba's noses all the time, but I didn't think she would try to get Archers just yet.  Watch out Archer!!  :)  It won't be long and Archer will be honking Mag's nose. 

Here is Hunter and Archer!  Hunter got to watch Julie (the BEST nurse and SWEETEST friend) give Archer a bath.  Then once he was warm, Hunter got to be the first one to hold him!!  He loved every minute of it! 

Okay and I couldn't write a blog post without mentioning this guy.  I have the greatest husband and my kids have the best daddy on earth.  Thank you Lord for such an amazing best friend who I get to spend my life with.  I am without words!  Thank you Lord for your many, many blessings!!

More about sweet baby Archer coming soon! :)

1st day of school 2011 =)

Yesterday was the first day of school for both Hunter and Maggie!  Hunter was sooo excited! :)

This year Hunter is in the shark class!  He could not wait for school to start.  Maggie is in the Sea Turtle class and has 2 of the best teachers at Beltway.  I am so glad she is in their class! 

I couldn't get Maggie to look at me.  She was excited though!  She didn't want to wear her backpack but wouldn't put her Minnie Mouse lunch box down. 

Maggie walking into the building.  Maggie did awesome!  She walked right into her class all by herself.  She didn't cry at all! :)  Such a big girl!  

Hunter walked right into his class and hung up his backpack!  He was so sweet!  

When I went to pick them up, Maggie's teaches said Hunter's class was playing on the playground at the same time and Hunter pushed Maggie on the swings.  Isn't that sweet!! Maggie had a great day (or so they said) and she even took a nap on her nap mat!  Yay Maggie!  To be honest I was a little worried about Maggie because she was up most of the night on Monday.  I don't know why, but she just did not sleep.  Glad she still had a good day at school! 

Hunter told me all about his class when I picked him up.  He loved music and loved making ants.  He came home with a couple of work pages that he completed.  He was so proud.  He was also excited that he got to eat in the cafeteria (aka Kiddie Park).  The oldest classes don't have to eat in their room like all the other classes.  

After school we made our traditional first day of school chocolate chip cookies!  Yummy!   I am so glad Maggie and Hunter both get to go to school this year.  We LOVE Beltway and I can't wait to see what this year brings for both of them!  

H-S H-S U-U!

We are still alive!  I know it has been a loooong time since I have update the blog, but we have been very busy.  So who have we been hanging out with???

These beautiful ladies!  The last 2 weeks we have had cheerleading camp with the one and only Shane Paulsen! Shane was such a blessing to Ben and I and to the cheerleaders, too!  We are so glad he got to come!!!  And then last week was NSO.  It has been crazy, but oh so much fun!  

I absolutely LOVE my team!  They are amazing!  I can't not wait to see what God has in store this year for them and for me, too!  They are such a blessing! 

Yesterday, we had our NSO pep rally and let me tell you my girls did awesome!  I am so proud of each one of them!  I can't wait until our first game, which is next Saturday.  (Please pray for cooler temperatures! It's gonna be hot! )

I had such a great time with my girls the last few weeks, but I do have to say I am looking forward to getting back into our regular schedule.  It has been hard on my sweet kids!  Our schedule has been so off, I feel like I haven't been able to play with them as much as I normally do.  With baby #3 (still no name!!?!) due in less than a month, I plan on soaking up as much playtime with the Hunter-man and my Maggie Moe as possible!  This week, we will go back to our "regular scheduled programing".  I can't wait! 

Shootin' with Coach!

This weekend Hunter got to shoot a BB gun for the 1st time and boy was he excited!  

He goes "hunting" for elk and deer in the back yard all the time, but Saturday evening he had his first target practice! 

Here is the video!

We started off shooting at a box and then moved to the can.  He did really well!!!  After a few shots, Coach wasn't even helping him.  Here is he looking for the bb. 

He would shoot and then run up and check the can.  It was so cute!  Even if the can fell off the box, he still had to pick it up and find the new hole. 

Then he would race back and give Coach a hi five!  I don't know who was having more fun... Coach or Hunter! :)

Maggie played with Honey on the porch.  When she gets a little older Coach will teach her too!  I don't know of a better teacher than my dad!  He is amazing!!! 

And this is the picture Ben loves...  I know I am huge, but I still got it! :)  I was shooting the 22, by the way. 

My Sweet boy!!!  I am so excited for my Hunter-man!  He is getting so big!  It won't be long until Coach is taking him hunting for real.  

Summer art with the Hunter-man!

So Hunter has never really been into crafts or anything like that.  He would rather be playing!  He doesn't even like to color, really.  I know... and he is my son!  I wish he would color some, just to give me an excuse to sit down and color, too.  I know... I'm weird.  Anyway.... I found something he likes to do! 

I got this from the Disney's Family Fun magazine. 

It's paint throwing!  Hunter LOVED it!  

Ok and to tell you the truth he does like to paint, however when he paints he just paints the whole page.  He doesn't make anything out of the paint or try to paint a certain thing.  He just paints the whole sheet all the colors I give him.  

So you get these rubbery, pokie balls that you can find at target in the dollar section.  Then I let him dip it in paint and throw it at some paper that I stapled to the fence.  So simple!  

He loved it!  He did end up taking off his shorts, too!  It was funny.  He was worried about getting paint on his hands and body at first, but he slowly got over it.  He had a lot of fun! 

It was super hot outside, we did this while Maggie was taking her afternoon nap.  This was his finished product.  He can show you what he "painted" in the picture.  We will have to do this again! He loved it!