The Capital...

So excited for this post... A few weeks ago I received a phone call from Stockton's principal.. She proceeded to tell me that his school was one of a few schools in our area selected to go to the Capital and have lunch with a State Representative.. From their school only 2 students were selected to go, and they had chose Stockton as one of them.. I was elated... I got special permission to go with him, and the other girl (named Courtnee, weird huh) and her Mom... What an amazing experience.. I learned so much, and was so intrigued, I want to learn more... Here are some pictures of our amazing day... Thanks mom for watching the boys, so I could experience this with Stockton.. :)

This is called the Gold Room, nothing really happens here, just a pretty room.. Although where the flags are, is usually where they do stuff on TV... :)

Me, Stockton, Diana and Courtnee standing on the amazing staircase.. :)

Me & Stockton..

The amazing artwork.. I think the ceiling here was like 195 feet up.. Simply breathtaking.. :)

A different view from the 3rd floor..

I was totally in love with the stairs, and all of the marble in there..

This was in the House of Representatives session.. This screen was up in the balcony for us to see, who was voting and if they were voting yes or no.. Very interesting.. I was quite shocked at the start of the session they opened with a prayer, I never thought I would see that there..

The House of Representatives in session..

The Supreme Court Room..

The Senate in session..

Stockton, outside the Governors office...

The Governors office..

On the actual floor of the House of Representatives.. :)

The buttons on the Representatives desks... Interesting..:)

So beautiful...

Stockton and Rep. Newbold at lunch.. :)

The kids in our city who were invited to eat lunch with Rep. Newbold..

Courtnee, Rep. Newbold and Stockton...

Stockton... :)

What a great day, one I will remember forever.. :) So proud of Stockton and all of his accomplishments.

A Splash of Paint...

Been doing a few home improvements lately, well I mean by we I mean Troy... I pick out the colors and the decor and he paints and hangs it up.. What would I do without that amazing man.. We decided to do something different to Jades room, to make it more fun for a little boy... We decided on red, white and blue... I had this vision, and needless to say the results exceeded my expectations... I loved the red so much I had Troy paint our wall behind our piano, from plum to red.... Looks beyond Fab!!! So happy that he can do stuff like that, and not only do it, but make it look UBERLY amazing... Here are a few pics... :)


Just a few pictures of the boys helping paint... Not sure why, but kids see a paint can, a paint roller and they flip out... :) they were so dang excited...

Cole taking his turn...

Can you tell he is just a tad excited...

The in between..

Daddy spelled his name for him...

Letting Jade have a turn at it...

Covering up his name...

His big wall...

Got these at Hobby Lobby for half off, and just accented them with little wood baseball decor... :)

Corner view...

His canvas pictures...

My living room... OH I am so in love with this wall.. May get a vinyl saying, thinking of putting up "A Smile happens in a flash, It's memory lasts a lifetime.. :)

Jade, Shaking his groove thing..

Jaden was playing the Wii today, Just Dance by Micheal Jackson.. My brother in law captured it on his I phone... He is so sticking cute, unders and all... :)

Happy Birthday Tammy...

Just want to wish my cute sister in law an amazing birthday.. Thanks for being such a great friend to me Tammy.. Love you!! Just a few fun facts about her birthday.. :)

2 February 1975
Your date of conception was on or about 12 May 1974 which was a Sunday.
You were born on a Sunday
under the astrological sign Aquarius.
Your Life path number is 8.

Your fortune cookie reads:
The first step to better times is to imagine them.

As of 2/2/2011 12:28:18 AM EST

You are 36 years old.
You are 432 months old.
You are 1,878 weeks old.
You are 13,149 days old.
You are 315,576 hours old.
You are 18,934,588 minutes old.
You are 1,136,075,298 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Shakira (1977) Michael T. Weiss (1962) Christie Brinkley (1954)
Farrah Fawcett (1947) Graham Nash (1942) David Jason (1940)
Tom Smothers (1937) Les Dawson (1934) James Dickey (1923)
Gale Gordon (1906) Ayn Rand (1905) James Joyce (1882)

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 5.14637964774951 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)

Your lucky day is Saturday.
Your lucky number is 4 & 8.
Your ruling planet(s) is Saturn & Uranus.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Leo.
Your opposition number(s) is 1.

Today is one of your lucky days!

There are 365 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 37 candles.

Those 37 candles produce 37 BTUs,
or 9,324 calories of heat (that's only 9.3240 food Calories!) .
You can boil 4.23 US ounces of water with that many candles

In 1975 there were approximately 3.1 million births in the US.
In 1975 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1975 in the US there were approximately 2,152,662 marriages (10.1%) and 1,036,000 divorces (4.9%)
In 1975 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1975 the population of Australia was approximately 13,968,881.
In 1975 there were approximately 233,012 births in Australia.
In 1975 in Australia there were approximately 103,973 marriages and 24,307 divorces.
In 1975 in Australia there were approximately 109,021 deaths.

Your birth flower is IRIS

Your birthstone is Amethyst

There are 326 days till Christmas 2011!