Jordan and Mom

Jordan and Mom

Monday, September 21, 2015

End of Summer Adventures

Dear Jordan,

You have had a very exciting couple of weeks!  You continue to grow every day in the things you can say and the thins you know.  We are on our fourth week of "school" and you love it.  The other day, you didn't want to stop.  You kept thinking of things we could do.  We have a daily calendar on the wall and one of your favorite parts of it is to check the weather.  You run and look out.  And yesterday, even though it was Sunday, you saw that it was raining and changed the weather.  You also love picking out the "How I feel..." part.  Every day you are either "silly" or "happy".  I am really enjoying the time we spend and I love seeing you learn.  I look forward to years of home-schooling and learning together!

Last week you got to go fishing with Pappa.  He picked you up on Tuesday morning and you went to Okmulgee with him.  He said you caught about 15 fish and really had fun playing.  He told me that you were very good, although I don't think he enjoyed sharing a bed with you!  He brought you home on Wednesday morning and Marcus and I were so happy to have you home.  We don't know what to do without you. :)

Since fall is here, it is the start of football season and volleyball season.  Every time we watch football, you have to find your football and play.  That usually turns into a good wrestling match.  And the other day, we went to watch an OU volleyball match and you enjoyed it.  You spent the first 15 minutes trying to figure out what they were doing and then once you saw the "Boomer" horse mascot, you spent the rest of the time watching (and laughing at!) him.  You would just start laughing and I would look over an the horse would be dancing or high-fiving someone.  It was the first time we went to a sporting event that you were really well-behaved.  It was fun!

Another thing we got to do is go to the county fair.  A couple of days before it started, we saw the ferris wheel all ready to go and you decided you wanted to ride.  I was skeptical but you kept talking about it.  So you rode with Pappa.  Sure enough, you hopped on and loved every second of it.  I was so proud of how brave you are!

You are continuing to really behave well.  You are getting along with friends and it is such a blessing for us to pick you up from your classes and hear how well you are doing.  We are so proud of you!

I love you, Buddy.

Love, Mom

 

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Labor Day

Dear Jordan,

This weekend was Labor Day weekend and was Granny and Papa Bill's (your great-grandparents) sixtieth anniversary and eightieth birthday celebrations.  It was a blast!  We went out to their place in Okmulgee and did what we did every Fourth of July and many other weekends all through my childhood.  I was probably in fifth grade when they moved out there, but I remember the fun we had at their old house as well.

Their house is on a two acre lot just outside of town.  They have a large pond stocked with fish and a dock. There is a boat to row in, a basketball hoop, Ping-Pong table, and just lots of room to run.  Every time our family gets together we play games...inside and outside.  We are all competitive and love to play so we just compete and trash talk and fish and sit and talk and watch each other.  It's a blast and this Labor Day was spent like so many others.

Your great-grandparents are getting older.  More than likely they will have to move very soon, so this weekend had the feeling of "the last time".  As nostalgic and sad as that is, I am so thankful that I got to watch you fish and row and play horseshoes and just enjoy the magic of that place!

You are so blessed to have such a family legacy.  Your great-grandparent and grandparents and great aunts and uncles, second cousins, aunts, uncles...they all love Jesus.  I didn't know how special that was until I grew up.  Such a blessing to be surrounded by a family that loves!!!

I love you,

Mom