Sweetheart Ball

Last night we had our second annual Jones' Sweetheart Ball. The kids have been looking forward to it for weeks. Mackayla has been so excited about getting all dressed up, and Bradley couldn't wait to get the disco ball out. They've been practicing their curtsy and bows for weeks, also, in preparation for the ball. Jared and Bradley were in charge of the lights and music. Mackayla and I were in charge of decorations and food. It was a fun night for us so there are a lot of pictures!

Ready for the ball!

Our princess

Me and my hot date (and Bradley)

Some Food

As I was setting stuff on the table Bradley kept exclaiming, "the table looks Dang Pretty!" I guess he was impressed.

Enjoying some food before dancing

Daddy pouring the drinks

Cheers

Since it was all finger food we just let Jacob have at it. He loved helping himself, and ate a ton.

Daddy/Daughter dance.

Mackayla was very into the dancing part. Her dad would bow as he asked her to dance, and she would curtsy as she accepted. Bradley would usually then go and bow to Mackayla asking to cut in.

Dancing the night away

I had to persuade my little guys to dance with me most of the time. They were pretty busy doing their own thing on the dance floor.

Jacob RAN around the dance floor the ENTIRE time! He just kept following the lights from the disco ball yelling, "WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!..."

This was our only date for Valentine's Day, but it was actually a very nice evening together. We got to dance together a lot and I have a feeling the man still loves me.

I tried to get a picture of the bow and curtsy.

Jacob was admiring her jewels

Jacob has his own style. This is how he preferred to dance with the ladies.

How could I have not had a good time at this ball with so many good looking little men to dance with?

For the last dance I got to dance with two at the same time!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Good Bye January

January always seems like such a long month! After Mackayla's birthday there's nothing exciting going on for a long time, nobody visits, and its so cold outside! A lot of people start the new year off with energy, goals, and motivation. I'm quite the opposite. I feel tired and can't seem to accomplish much. By the time February rolls around, I'm good to go again.

It didn't help that we spent a lot of the month sick. We had two different rounds of a stomach bug go through the family, and a cold/flu bug. Mackayla was the only one that didn't get sick the first go around. She never gets sick!! The second go around, though, she wasn't able to escape it. It was the first time she's actually been sick (besides a mild cold) in about two years. She was great, though, and handled it well. She was much easier to take care of than the boys since she could actually make it to a bowl to throw up in every time. Now I'm being extra paranoid and cautious about keeping everyone healthy. We'd prefer a break from being sick and cleaning up throw-up messes.

Mackayla on her road to recovery

A sick little Bradley

Playing with Daddy on one of our healthy days

We have been able to hit a couple of really good sales and get some clothes for a dollar or two each. Mostly winter clothes for the kids next year. Jared and Bradley both got these Cardinals shirts. Bradley was SO EXCITED to match his Daddy. Since they are an Arizona football team Bradley has it all planned out that when we go to Arizona next month, they will both wear their shirts and play football together.

Animal party in the tub! The kids insisted on bathing in our bathtub for a couple days because they just couldn't disturb their animals' home in their tub. They were quite upset when I finally told them the animals had to move out.

When I turned around to put the cheese away I realized Jacob had been enjoying it for a while!

Little Buzz coloring Elmo

A couple weeks ago I found Bradley dressed up like this. I sent a picture over to Jared at work...

Later that day I sent Jared this picture to help him to feel better.

Bath time

We're already enjoying the month of February. We're getting some projects done in the house and busy planning all our Valentine's Day festivities!