We have had a lot of fun ....

just being together! The weekend was a blast!!! We went with the homeschooling group on Friday bowling and Jeremy bowled with Piercen for three games... they had a fun time and I loved watching Piercen get SO excited every time he knocked the pins over. He was a hoot and actually bowled a 97 and Jeremy a 157. Pretty good huh?!? Friday night we had dinner with friend Tim, Heather, Jo-Elle and Gabrielle... we haven't seen them much lately and it was so fun. Great conversation and the kids get along really well. They laugh at Piercen b/c he is ALL boy and they are so girlie :)

Saturday we took Piercen to the movies with John, Kelli and the kids - it was SO funny. Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Piercen &&&&&& JEREMY cracked me up!!!!!!! They laughed so stinkin' hard. Sunday Jeremy preached locally! Piercen had Gymnastics today and he has learned so much. It is just unreal. He loves it. When we go to wake him up on Mondays (the Mondays we are home he goes to the same class with the same group of kids - if we are out of town he makes it up whichever day we are home) I say "Piercen you ready to wake up and go to gymnastics" and he POPS up! So cute!!! I took pictures AND I did video today. Yeah me! It has been a while ... We plan to sign him up in April for swim lessons & in a few weeks he and Jeremy will begin Karate together. Excited b/c Jeremy has spoken to a guy that is a Christian, teaches scripture and even the fruits of the spirit. Many bonuses!!!!!

*They call this a donkey kick, no joke, BUT he can honestly almost stand on his hands*

** His back roll **

**He has really gained a lot of coordination since August we he first began** **A lot more confident** **He no longer fears those bars and we are so proud of him... conquering fears early... AMEN**

Tomorrow I have an infant photo shoot. I sure hope it goes well. With a tiny one you never know how it will go b/c she or he may be fussy, not having a good day, need to eat, be changed, be held... the list goes on. I love taking pictures for pure fun. Jeremy pushes me to start a small business and I told him again tonight. Photographers are a dime a dozen. Many people have cameras and creativity... I think word of mouth is my style. I am doing a wedding in July. It will be my third wedding and I do have some great ideas ... BUT I'm confident because it a family friend. :) FUN - not a job.

My boy is in bed and my other one is watching the food network, he is obsessing b/c we are doing low carb and he needs some new recipes.. he is such a good cook! It is grilling season so we are in much luck this time of year !

Jeremy was talking to a friend tonight and I wanted to document something he said .... This was a great thought J, you need to work it up and see if God wouldn't bless it to preach .. I thought it was amazing.... ***We want to be loosed but not led .... we wanna be delivered but we don't want to change ... we wanna be free but we do not want to live right ... we want to be blessed but with NO sacrifice ... *** Lord, help me to live my life for you, not for myself. Help me to give up whatever it is to be pleasing to you. Whether it be blogging, watching ANY tv, someone I am friends with that isn't healthy for me, cleaning too much instead of reading your word, having a short patience. Help me to ALWAYS have a teachable spirit and rid pride!!!!!!

Season Change ... there IS an appointed time for EVERYTHING!!!

Had a great day today and an even better church service tonight. Went back to Unity tonight and Ryan Stokes is doing the Wednesday night class for the young adults...It was awesome. A lot of things began to make sense to me tonight. It is starting to sink in. Not only does everthing happen for a reason, not only is there a season for everything, not only does God know what will happen before it actually does ........... there is an APPOINTED time......... for EVERYTHING!!! When I think of that it is amazing to me. When things happen?!? Where I am at that point and time. Just like with Piercen, after eight years of being married, his appointed time in our lives came EIGHT years after being married. WOW!!! Thank you Lord for 'getting this'. I <3>

Today we slept in a bit. We did go feed the ducks, which Piercen likes to do.... often. We played in the front yard letting him ride his scooter and daddy timed him 'racing'. LOL Had a great day. It was a beautiful day. After church we had dinner with the Stokes family.

Today --- um, well our alarm didn't go off on time. HAHA. Jeremy got up at a few minutes before 10 and said "OH no, we over slept"AND I was supposed to be up at 8:30! Needless to say he had his phone alarm set for PM not AM LOL. Carol & Amanda were waiting on me to hang out and let the kids play. I got there ---- just late. HAHA. We went on up to NWA did a little shopping, took Piercen to downtown Rogers, the town Jeremy went to school in, basically grew up around. He actually went in to the barber shop he got his hair cuts in and one of the men he knew was doing a haircut. Kinda neat. Love little brick, small town squares... Piercen had never been there. We later met Donna, my MIL and had dinner @ Texas Land & Cattle - YummO!

Piercen cracks me up. He ordered his own dinner ... he said "And I'll have a grilled cheese and fries" LOL. He is just growing up so fast. It is *CrAzY*

I am SO proud of him. I taught him about a month ago how to spell his name. PIERCEN. Well, he has caught the concept of we have a first, middle & last name. He was not happy his middle name is not Lee... (Mine is Lea, Daddys is Lee). So now when you ask him his name he says "Piercen Kennedy Lee Howell" LOL. The past three days I've been talking to him about his last name. How we say Howell with the HoweLL not just pronounces Howe as some people do. And guess what??? After three days - he can now spell HOWELL too. It is amazing to me how he just catches on. He gets it quick. I pray he does this with everything!!!!

I better post a few pics from Wed n today and get off of here. The boy is in bed and Jeremy is snoring in the recliner. I love being a night owl but I hate mornings. LOL :)

Feeding the ducks March 23, 2011

My handsome boy

... THE LOVES of my LIFE ...

.... you can't blog your WHOLE life right?!?

Well... that is what my hubby said to me tonight! LOL Every single night OR okay, not every single but most after our day is complete I log on to just relax and chill... I want so badly to blog about our day or something funny Piercen said/did and I don't b/c I am not 'caught up'. SO I decided tonight - I am blogging. I am starting again and going to just begin. Forget it if I am not caught up from Jan or Feb at all. I have been keeping up with funny things Piercen says and does and I also take pictures of everything so .... that is well enough. Jeremy laughs at me. he says if technology fails I won't have any of this anyway. WOW. So true. SO maybe I need to be writing in a journal instead of this blog. I am tossing the thought back and forth. This is SO much easier ........ and I get to post pics and such. BUT he is right and I KNOW at some point .. technology WILL fail.

I am so excited. Piercen caught his first fish this week. It is officially 'spring break' here. So guess what?!? We are home this week, Jeremy is preaching the weekend only so we are officially celebrating SPRING BREAK and boy is it FUN! Sunday we went to church at Unity in Westfork, we were able to be in service with awesome friends and then we went to dinner. Just like old times, loved it. Monday we got up and ate. Jeremy took Piercen bowling while I went with my friend Kelli and got my nails and a pedicure done. Can you hear this loud "AWWWWWWWWEEE" it was so nice!!!! Late that afternoon we went to mom n dads, road four wheelers, saw the new chickens and Piercen fished a few minutes b/c the neighbors were fishing. Becky and Tommy Williams moved across the street and they are awesome. Yeah for great neighbors for my parents. Today we all got our hair done. Both Piercen and Jeremy got hair cuts and I got mine cut, colored, my eyebrows done. THE WORKS. I feel like a new woman! This evening we saw a "tuesday price" movie with John, Kelli and the kids. We saw "Nomio and Juliet" too cute. Loved it! We've had a great couple of days. Loving the weather too. Here is a picture of Piercen and the 2nd fish he caught. The first one I didn't have a camera so needless to say I ran and got my iphone for the 2nd one caught. Isn't he adorable?!? I sure think so.

March 21, 2011 Piercen's 2nd fish to catch .... this was the firt time to ever fish ... 4 yrs 3 months old (almost LOL)