Marching Band

This afternoon, we meet the grandparents to watch Sarah and the marching band perform in their first competition of the season!  We loved cheering them on!  It took us back to when we were in band--which Bryan informed me on the way home was 20 years ago, (when we were freshman anyway!).  I can't believe it's been that long!  I'm just glad Sarah loves it as much as we did!

Cooking with Jackson

Jackson has this cookbook that has a recipe from all 50 states, and he asked me if we could make something from it.  So, he picked out 2 recipes, and we made them this week.

First, we started on the golden delicious apple pie from West Virginia.

He likes to taste test a lot along the way.

A lot.

He's so cute!

Once the pie was in the oven, we started on the ham with cherry sauce from Virginia.  He said he chose this one for Daddy because "he loves beef!"  I thought that was so sweet I didn't have the heart to tell him ham isn't beef!  Dinner and dessert was so yummy, and we had so much fun being in the kitchen together!  We both said that it's been way too long!

Sweetness

Leaving for school the other morning, Jackson looked at me and said, "I can't wait to get home and see you because you're always my favorite part or the day."  I loved that so much!  Because he--and his Sissy and Daddy--are always my favorite part of the day too.

Aggie Game

The Aggies played their first game two Thursdays ago, but we went to church that night because Bryan was going to be on call on Sunday.  So, he recorded the game to watch it after church.  When we got home from church that night, Jackson went to take his shower, and Bryan sat down to start the game.  As soon as J got out of the shower, we were going to tuck him into bed--it was already well past his bedtime for a school night--instead, he plopped down on the couch next to Papa Bear, and exclaimed, "I'm ready to watch the game!"  Nice try!  

Since we didn't kick off the Aggie's season opener with tons of game day food like we usually do, I made sure that we had plenty of food for their game on Saturday!

Another cute Jackson story that I don't want to forget--when he saw that the Aggies new coach was Jimbo Fisher, he asked Bryan if he was related to Bobby Fischer, the famous chess player!  It was so cute!  We love how much he loves chess!

Sweetness

Sometimes, the simplest things can make you stop and whisper, "Thank You, God."

I love watching these two together.

17 Years

17 years ago today, my best friend asked me to be his girlfriend.

15 and a half years of marriage and 2 kids later, and he's still my best friend.

I'm also still pretty smitten with him 17 years later.