Purcellville: July 2011

9 NEW POSTS!

So I have been incredibly behind so below you will find 9 new posts so keep scrolling! The last new one is My little helper or something like that!!!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Purcell!

July 10 is also Terry's birthday so after the blessing we had a little bit of a birthday bash for Terry. Sorry Beckie, but I had to steal this picture it is AWESOME! I totally agree with you that it should be on a birthday card of some sort. Terry turned 60 this year so we went over and had a party. The house was decorated so cute, and the food as always was very yummy (Thank you Kris) but more importantly is was just nice to have time visiting and catching up with one another.

I LOVE this picture of Terry talking to Jayden. I truly am lucky to have him as my Father-in-law. It is so fun watching him with the grand kids. They all love him, and they especially love spending time with him especially during farming season.

Great Grandma and Jayden hanging out. This later turned into grandma Great's nap time too!

Cute little Remi holding Jayden. I can't believe she was just a baby herself when Doug and I got married. (Well she was like 4, but that still counts) Time flies so fast.

So Karston and Porter were outside playing. Chet gave Porter the hose and had the water running for a minute. Chet shut it off and Karston went over picked up the end of the hose and was looking in it and Porter went over and turned the water on. Doug and I were both there saw the entire thing and do you think we stopped Porter from turning the water on? Nope... Does that make me a bad mom? It was sooooo super funny!

These next pics are my favorite. Kris my mother-in-law was holding Jayder bug. He has 4 stages in his smile and I got all 4!

Stage #1

STAGE #2

STAGE #3

AND STAGE #4

The trouble makers in the sand box!

Again it was a great day. We love you Terry and appreciate all of your love and support, and all the help that you do for our family! Thanks for raising such an awesome son for your grandkids to look up to. We love you and hope that you had a great 60th birthday!!!

Jayden's Blessing Day!!!

Mr. Jayden was blessed July 10, 2011! Doug did a great job even if he did try to change his name in the blessing he tried to name him "Kevin Jayden" but thankfully caught it! He did a great job and I LOVE LOVE LOVE his little blessing outfit. The hat just cracks me up. It was a great day for our little man! We love you Jayden!

My 2 handsome men!!!

This is the ONLY picture Karston would let us get that day! Oh well at least we have proof he was there too!

We had lots of people there there was Grammie and Grampie Mullen

Brent, Nancy, and Brody Burleson! (Our Texas friends)

Great Grandma Purcell

Jodi, Garrett, Hannah, and Ryan (Blaine had to work and we really missed him)

Brent, Terresa, Remi, Jayson, Liam, and Jonah

Grandma and Grandpa Purcell (Jayden is named after her dad L. Jay)

Beckie, Chet and Porter

Kellee, Megan, Jacquelin, Tyson, McKayla. (Joe and Carson were there, but they had to run to a mission farewell so no pictures with them)

Brittany, Dave, Bryton, Kiler, Raegan

Tawnya

Bill and Apryl, and Grandma Cox

Philip, Sandy, Cassie, MeMe, Jennifer, Davis, Amaura, Jocy

And Grandma and Grandpa Cox

It really was a nice blessing and a beautiful day. Thanks to you all for coming and supporting Jayden on his special day!

Cox Reunion!

This past weekend was the Cox Family Reunion and boy was it fun! ;) We had a Tommy Tomato performance which was CLASSIC, an auction for next year's reunion, and more importantly I got to see my cousin that I have not seen in 10 years! We were always besties when we were able to get together anyways, and so it was lots of fun to be able to see her again. This would be me and Jennifer doing the arm extended pose for picture stance. Looks kind of awkward but oh well!

This is her little boy Davis. He is soooooo cute! Karston saw him and said "Look mom Karston." He kept pointing to him and calling him Karston. We really were surprised at how much they kind of look alike! We took her little girl Jocy fishing at our family pond. That had to be the cutest thing EVER! Her little face was just darling as we realed in the 2 fish!!! It was fun getting to see them and spend a short amount of time with her, and her cute kiddos!

Karston Look...Nevermind!

So July 4 while we were camping I took Mr. Karston out for a little walk. While we were walking a plane (that at the time I thought was a crop duster) flew over our heads so I pointed it out and told him to look at it. So we were admiring it, and within a few seconds of our admiring it... the thing crashed. I quickly took Karston back to our campsite and told them I was leaving. By the time I got there there were already a few people there trying to move the Ultra Light off the guy. The guy was conscious, but pretty messed up. I was talking to him and told him that I hope he lots of fun for the time he was up there because he won't be having much fun for awhile. His leg was completely cut open so we used his shirt to tie a tourniquet at the top of his leg and to kind of cover it enough so that the wind wouldn't blow much more dirt in the wound. He broke both his legs and ankles, and ribs more then likely. I don't know the full extent of his injuries other then what I saw. I was just glad the guy was alive when I got there. He crashed I guess you could say nose first if it were a plane, but I don't know what you would say for an Ultra-light. The paramedics arrived about 30 minutes after he hit and the life flight arrived about 40 minutes after the crash. He had said to me that he was going to take his grand kid at first, but then decided since it was a test run that it probably wasn't a good idea. I am sure glad he decided that. The life-flight people kept calling me and asking me questions like what time it happened and other things and come to find out they thought I was a trained medical person. The poor guy I think was terrified I would turn him into the HIPAA police or something, but I told him not to worry, and that I felt flattered he thought I was more skilled then I really am. Good Old Girl's Camp first aid training FINALLY came into some good use!!!

I had this kid that was getting queasy looking at the blood take some pictures for me. He did a good job! The guys trying to move the plane. They moved it and got it stable, then took the supports which it was stable on and dropped it which resulted in one dude almost getting hit with the engine (which I warned them about, but what does a girl know right) as well as letting the gas leak out into the field. They said it wasn't their field so it doesn't matter. I told them it was someones field and I was pretty sure they don't want it to go up in flames (the effect of being a farmer's wife I assume) so then they picked it up and stabilized it once again. I tell ya if I could handle bloody hands, or feet I would TOTALLY love to be a nurse, but I can't so I will just stick with being mom. It was exciting though. Sad for the guy, but fun for me!

Jayden's first camping trip!

So instead of going to the parade and trying to keep a 2 year-old interested in it we went up and camped up by Kelly's. We love going there. There is lots to do and it is close to town so if Doug gets called to work he can go and come back or if we forget stuff that we can't live without we can come back into town. So we stayed there and played.
Karston is not a big fan of water unlike his mom so instead of wasting our money and taking him to the pool I found this little snake sprinkler which after a while he LOVED. We just hooked it up to the hose connection and he had fun going and splashing whenever he pleased.

Dad liked it to. He also is about as fond of water as Karston is. Maybe Jayden will be my water baby.

Speaking of Jayden here is the King sound asleep in his bed! I just laugh looking at this picture. Every time I see it it looks like a baby doll is laying there instead of a live baby!

You can't have to many grandpa's right. Here is Karston playing with Grandpa Dann. They don't get to see their little grandbaby a lot so when they come they try to be able to spend some time with the boys. They played baseball an awful lot!

I was playing around with the camera and grabbed these shots of Jayder bug. Isn't he just so dang cute?

When we are camping Karston likes to do his own hair and decides what clothes he will or will not wear. This day he wanted crazy hair and no pants! Still so handsome though!

It is against all camping rules to go camping and not roast marshmallows and make smores. So Karston was making his and touched the mallow and got all STICKY. But they were sure yummy!

This next picture CRACKS me up. This apparently is what happens when Grammie changes diapers when she is sick. We have never laughed so hard. We were mostly laughing at Karston and what he did once it fell off. The little guy looked down and said "Oh no... I free" I think we sat there and laughed about it for a good 20 minutes before we decided we better put something on before we have a bigger mess to clean up!

I have never been to a driving range and so Doug and I decided to go hit some balls. It really was LOTS of fun. I was amazed at how fast you go through 200 balls. Doug is a pro at skipping them across the water and getting them out at least 250 feet. It was a simple little activity but lots and lots of fun!

We have to always get a family picture. I thought this one turned out pretty cute! If you click on it you can get a better view of Karston's and Jaydens face. I love my little family soooo very much!

This is Karston's chair. He loves to hold Jayden while sitting in it. By the expression on Jayden's face, and the position of his arms he looks like he is preparing for something not so good to happen.

Grammie Janine reading Karston a story to keep him out of the sun for a little while. It was so hot up there.

Craig loved holding Jayden. Craig is Dann and Janine's son. He is such a nice guy and is so cute and fun to watch with the boys. Had to steal Jayden while his mom wasn't around.

Dann feeding Karston some strawberries. It was funny to watch. He had a huge serving spoon and would do the mommy mouth!

We had some patriotic music so we played that and Karston found his own piano. He would climb up there and play away. He would do runs to the very end of the arm rest and then up in the air. Of course it is no fun doing this by yourself so grammie had to get involved. It was soo cute! They gave us a concert about every night!

Just some cute pics of the boys!

This lady is Aunt Helen. She has to be one of the sweetest, most adorable, most loving lady I have ever met. She has the most tender little heart. I should be worried though because her and Doug like to flirt a little bit! Just kidding. Doug loves this lady just as much as I do. He went and picked her up and brought her up so she could see Dann and Janine and spend a little time up there. The night she came up Doug got called to go to work. She was pretty sad about it. She said she was going to start a protest, but she forgot her poster boards and sticks. She was also sad because she choose to come up the day that Doug was cooking. She was planning on eating with Doug and then couldn't. We still had his meal, but no Doug. I love this picture she looks so angelic!