jake's 9th birthday and this and that.....

since it had been a while that i had a really good post, i decided i would whip up a really good one......so here goes. i have lots and lots of pictures and i am gonna get them on here and hopefully it won't take alllll day!!!

startin of with these pretty pictures of when the ice came through.
everything outside was so pretty and it even got the boys up and out early in the a.m. to check out everything. the above picture is one of my sweet little blueberry bushes. i think all 59 of them survived the freeze and maybe they'll be plentiful this summer because i'm planin on goin to the market with them in hopes of doin a little horse tradin. i need to stock up my freezer with okra, peas, butterbeans.  and corn. 

here's my little little sleepy head benjamin!!! he was fresh outta the bed in this picture. can ya tell? see all the other pretty bushes in the background behind jake?

and here are my beautiful icicle lights...literally. i thought these were really neat. but that's just me  :)
and these next few pictures are really off the wall but i told map i was gonna put them on here because when we were in the super wal the other nite, we totally had our minds blown!!!

compare. really?

we had the above frosted flakes and passed by the below special k and had decided we were gonna start eating a little healthier this year; oranges, apples, grapes, special k? maybe the first 3 but ? on the special k!!! is this for real? same serving sizes, almost same everything else too......i mean really, have you seen the sugar on frosted flakes??? idk? anyway,  we came home with the frosted flakes because special k was also in a smaller box and cost the same!!??  special k, you may sucker some but not ME!!!
now after all that talk about tryin to eat healthier....

Jake's 9th birhday!!! yeah, i don't know where the time went either!!!

mama (his grandma) made his cake (he requested a chocolate layer cake). i was busy with this and that and she's good and fast at these cakes so i put it off on her. and it was good!!! as always!

9 candles. i think he blew them out one at a time ;)

we were all anxiously waiting to dig in...we knew what was hiding in there. chocolate, cakey, yummy goodness!!! i was a bad mom and didn't get any pix of him opening his presents but he got lots of good stuff...an ipod (filled with all his favorite church songs ((about 200 or so of them)), a new dsi game, some clothes, lights you wear on your head at nite and a dvd, and money, money, money, money...it was a good day for many.....map and i also made it to town before the party to donate blood. he gave two units and i gave one. they were very happy since i have o neg and he is o pos. they're really gonna be happy to see us roll up in there with our kids one day.....5 at a time with o blood type. it really gives you a good feelin after you do something like that and knowing you can help save a life for free!!!