Promised Pictures!

GO shorty it's your birthday!!

Happy Birthday to the best little boy on the planet!
As most of you know my computer is fried!! so I can't load pictures! but in the interest of time I might head down to walmart and have them put on a CD tonight! That way everyone can see how amazing Little Landon James has become!
Yesterday I went to the discovery gateway with the Swains. It's always so much fun to see them!(I will give details when I post the pictures)
Today we are planning on going to the park to let Landon smash a cake, It's a little cold so lets hope it warms up!!!

I am forever grateful for my relationships with the Swain Gang! I love this family like they are my own! I can't imagine my life with out them!

Now I know what's wrong with me!!

they call it AAADD
-Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage,
I notice mail on the porch table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table,
put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
and notice that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back
on the table and take out the garbage first.

But then I think,
since I'm going to be near the mailbox
when I take out the garbage anyway,
I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my check book off the table,
and see that there is only one check left.

My extra checks are in my desk in the bedroom,
so I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the can of Dr pepper I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks,
but first I need to push the Dr pepper aside
so that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The dr pepper is getting warm,
and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the dr pepper,
a vase of flowers on the counter
catches my eye--they need water.

I put the dr pepper on the counter and
discover my homework that
I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put it back on my desk,
but first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the homework back down on the counter,
fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,
I'll be looking for the remote,
but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table,
so I decide to put it back in the livingroom where it belongs,
but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers,
but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.

So, I set the remote back on the table,
get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to
remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

the car isn't washed

the bills aren't paid

there is a warm can of dr pepper sitting on the counter

the flowers don't have enough water,

there is still only 1 check in my check book,

I can't find the remote,

I can't find my homework,

and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,
I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all damn day,
and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem,
and I'll try to get some help for it,
but first I'll check my e-mail....

The Fam

From 70 to 15

Burrr! It's a lot colder then it was in Dallas 2 hours ago!
I am sitting in an airport in Denver and thought I should up load some pictures.
Last week my grandpa Mergell died after along couple of years.
All of us kids flew/drove to Dallas for the funeral. Though it was a solme occasion, it was nice to see Dad and Bev. We took some family photos!

Me, Jason and Janet!! We all are a bit sweaty But hey it was a good time! We got to see some old friends and dance the night away! This was Jason's and my 3rd New Year's together! Next year we will be adding the "wife" so it will be even more fun!

My good buddy Matt! He always insists on picking me up!

Janet and Jason cutting a rug!

Get down get down get down!!!

Christmas Eve

This is the begining of the Christmas morning mess! clockwise: Jon, Alex, JD and Joey

The Kids had more fun making the cookies then anything else all night! We about left a vial of insulin out for Santa!

Uncle James reading the Night before Christmas...this is the first time that this many kids sat and listened to the entire story! ** baby James is the 4th kid from the left***

Over the River and through the woods...

more like over the mountains and through the frozen plains! That is a semi truck in front of us!


Once we got to Nebraska the wind died down!
Those amber waves of grain are beautiful!!
Lucky for us but Unfortunately the storm blew south of us and
we got trapped in Nebraska over night!
so much for our one day trip!

MDWF 114

Landon's new Trick

For everyone who knows Landon..look at his new trick!

SO SO Busy!

School has had me all over the map!

This is the video I made for the advertising dept of our school...
It will play on our school web page and when we do Job fairs!

this is a ruff ruff draft!
so any suggestions would be great!
Please email me all my spelling errors :-)
however comments can be posted or emailed!

September 10,2007

We are all pretty sure Allie is nuts!

We now have video proof of it!

Scott didn't see anything strange about her behavior!

What's that say about Scott and Landon!?

Lot's of deliverys

School is going much better since I don't have so many distractions! We had 3 delivery's last week alone! I have had 5 catches and this week I am doing lots of prenatals!



This was my first water birth! You know they really are much more adorable in person!

One was over 10 lbs with a 14 3/4 in head, OUCH! No thank you! Let's all be grateful our family doesn't have huge babys(except are mom, poor mom)

Is too much fun really possible?

Time sure flys around here! Alex is on her last week before she goes back to Kansas City! I am going to miss her tons! But you know I might actually get some work done!

I was out on three births in the last 6 days!


Here is a short video of our dance party!

The Zoo

Saturday August 4th

Alex and I went to the zoo with our friends Allie and Landon!! It was hot but we had a great time!!