The Jones Family

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

ICE....ICE...Baby

So they told us this storm would make us forget about the Christmas eve snow storm. Did we believe them....not so much. Should we have believed them....YES!

It start raining on Thursday, January 28th and was right around 32 degrees out. I had a doctor apt in Lawton at 11AM that day. It wasn't supposed to start getting bad till around noon or after. On the way to the doctor it started sleeting a little. When I got out of the doctor about an hour later we were starting with the freezing rain. By the time I got home the trees where starting to crack and break. Around 3pm the electricity went off. By about 5pm the boys had played every board game they could find and wanted to watch TV or play the Wii. It was hard to make them understand that it took electricity. One time Jacob asked if we could move the Wii to his room and play it on his TV. He also asked if we could make popcorn. Kenny cooked the kids nachos and hot ham and cheese sandwiches on the grill for dinner and we ate by candle light. By 6:30 it was dark outside and dark inside so we decided to head to bed. The boys made a pallet on the floor of our room because we have a gas heater in our bathroom....so we were able to stay warm. The next morning we got around and cleaned the house and then took all the food out of the fridge and put it outside to keep it cold. By about 3pm we all wanted to take a shower so we headed to moms because they have a gas water heater. They also had a generator so after we stayed for a couple of hours and the boys were able to watch TV we decided there was no way we were going to go back home. Work and school was closed Friday and thru the weekend. Monday work was back up with electricity but still no school for Central. We ended up being without power till the following Thursday, February 4th around 7pm that night. School resumed on Monday the 8th. Mom and I left Thursday morning for Chicago (different post) and left all the guys at home with no power.

I definitely appreciate electricity a lot more having to be without it for 7 days. My parents ended up being without power until Monday, February 8th. The whole town of Marlow was without power for about 11 days. They are still taking the power down places to restore more power. Trying to get gas in those days was hard. There was one place in Marlow on a generator and two places in Duncan you could get gas. I have never seen anything like this. I think the ice was probably 2-3 inches thick in spots.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Trampoline

The boys got a trampoline for Christmas and we set it up on Saturday. Jacob and Jared helped us put it up. It was so cold but it is supposed to be pretty all next week so they will be able to enjoy it.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Lots of Basketball

Jacob had his very first Basketball game every today and he LOVED it....more than soccer he said. He is very tall for his age, probably a head taller than most kids his age. They play 6 on 6 and it is just half a court. They practice for 30 mins. and then they have a 30 min. game that is 3 quarters long. He would play all 3 quarters if he could. Each player has a color bracelet on that matches a player on the opposite team. This is the player that they must guard. They do this so that players are matched up with players of their own skill level. I didn't know if it would work or not but the kids really do pay attention to it. Kenny and Brent(a friend of ours) are the coaches. At the beginning of each game they call the kids names over the speakers and they get to run out of the tunnel to the benches. They are smilling from ear to ear when they run out.

After Jacob's game we head over to watch Maddie play. She is doing a great job as well. She is probably a head shorter than everyone on her team....so we tell her she can run between their legs and get the ball.

Here is Jared & Julia acting silly while watching Maddie's game and eating popcorn.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Jared's First Dentist Apt

Jared had his first dentist apt today and he was not scared at all. He was so excited to be able to get a toothbrush and tooth past and floss and of course a toy just like his brother does. He climbed right up in the chair and let them clean his teeth. When we got home he was so proud to show his new stuff off to his daddy and bubba. Way to go Jared!!

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Ft. Sill

The boys are fascinated with the fact that their Papa Conway works where to Army's(Jared's way of saying soldiers) work. They have been wanting to go to the museum where Papa works. It was a little cold but we loaded up and went and seen where Geronimo was in jail and his grave. This was the first time Jacob had heard the story of Geronimo and he was very interested in it. While at the museum they followed Papa around and asked about 10 million questions to which he knew almost all the answers. We even stopped at the graveyard and found Nana's biological dad's grave (Ralph Callen). The boys couldn't believe that Nana's dad was buried at the Army place.

This is at the jail

They had to have picture with the Army tanks and stuff

This is inside the museum & yes we even talked Uncle Bryan into going with us.

Can you see us back there?

Here we are visiting Ralph's grave

& Geronimo's grave.

The funnest thing happened when we were leaving here. The soldiers were practicing not far from where we were at and they shot something and it was so loud the boys about fell over...but when we told them what it was they said that was awesome.

After all the site seeing we took them to bowl where the Army's bowl...they had so much fun and Jared finally got to see an Army in his Army outfit and he thought that was the coolest thing ever. When we were leaving he see a soldier and he said, "Bye Army" while he was greening ear to ear.

The boys really enjoyed the music that was being played at the bowling alley. Jared kept dancing and then Jacob started doing some rock and rolling. When Jacob did it Bryan told him to get down and he thought he meant on the ground.

Jacob Bowling.....

Jared Bowling....

Jared showing off his dance moves......

Jacob "getting down".....

Funny things the boys do and say....

After I picked Jared up from daycare and we were on our way to get Jacob we were stopped at a stop light and Jared said, "that is a red bud tree" and sure enough it was. I said, "you are really smart...how did you know that?" He said that his daddy told him that this morning. He looked out the other window and he said "mommy look at that big tree" and I said "yes it is big" and he said "yeh it is called a green bud." (April 8th, 2010)
This morning Jared got in bed with us and when Kenny asked him why he got in our bed he said he had a night dream that's why. (March 12, 2010)
Last night when we got home Kenny was outside and Jacob said, "I am going to go play a Frank on Daddy." I asked him if he meant a prank and he said, "No a Frank". Kenny said that Jacob got him with the Frank. (August 25, 2009)
Jared told me the other day...."Excuse me...I Bert(Burped)".....So I said, "Hi Bert I am Ernie". Jared said, "Mommy you not Ernie and I said I Bert." (July 2009)
Jared calls his sippy cup a sikky cup. (July 13, 2009)
Jared says Bannana "Pannana" (March 16, 2009)
Lately, when you tell Jared something he says, "I know it!" I told him yesterday that he was getting big and he said "I know it." Silly boy (Feb 27, 2009)
Jacob has always had a hard time understanding the difference of Today and Tomorrow. If you ever say we are going to do something Tomorrow he says you mean "Today when we wake up."(February 6, 2009)
Today on our way home from the mountains Kenny was acting silly and Jacob said that he was being "Retaded" when asked what that meant he said he was when you recorded a movie. I asked him why he thought his daddy was "Retaded" and he said because he is coping me. (February 7, 2009)
Jared and I were in the car and I asked him if he wanted his drink and he said, "No Thanks" and I said, "You're so nice" and he said, "Yeah I am smart". Silly little boy. (January 16, 2009)
Today on the way to pick up Jacob from school....Jared had a piece of gum and he kept taking it out of his mouth....I told him if he took it out again I would make him throw it out the window and he said, "OK Mister"....I told him I am a Misses because I am a girl and he said,"You are not a girl you are a mommy woman"...So there you have it I am finally not a girl anymore! (January 8, 2009)
Sunday the boys were all dressed and waiting on me to get ready and Kenny said come on mommy lets go...and Jacob said, "Women...they will never learn." Boys...boys...boys...were is my girl that understands. :-) (January 4, 2009)
Yesterday, on the way to pick up Jacob, Jared said, "Hey mom...me and you go get bubba...how 'bout that" and I said ok...how 'bout that...and he said, "I told you twice mom." (January 6, 2009)
Jared has been saying, "In the dirt" about everything lately...he will say "I love you, in the dirt"...he adds it to the end of almost everything he says. Not sure how he got started on this but he thinks it is so funny. (December 2008)
The other night on the way home from Nana's, Jared said see my booboo and was showing us his bandaid. We asked Jacob what happened and he said, "Well, we were going outside when nana told us not to and Jared fell on the concrete, Wow I am making that up...really he just fell and scrapped his leg." (December 23, 2008)
Yesterday when the boys and I got home they wanted to go outside and play and I was going to clean my car. We went in the house to get them a snack and I changed clothes. I guess I was taking longer to change than Jacob thought I should be and he told me that I am just like a woman. I asked him why he says that and he said because I was taking forever. (December 2008)
When you see a little black and white animal running across the road and you are praying it does not raise its tail Jared will tell you that you are not seeing a sKunk but instead are seeing a sTunk. That's right those sTunks really stink. When Jacob was first learning to talk he also called sKunks...sTunks.(November 2008)
Lately, when Jared is trying to do something and cannot seem to get it to work he says, "This is driving me nuts". (November 2008)
In the mornings when Jared comes into my bathroom I say "oh no the Monster is here" and he always says, "no mommy, it's Jared"! (November 2008)
Jared also calls the Bathtub a Tubbub!(October 2008)
Today on the way to pick up Jacob from school....Jared had a piece of gum and he kept taking it out of his mouth....I told him if he took it out again I would make him throw it out the window and he said, "OK Mister"....I told him I am a Misses because I am a girl and he said,"You are not a girl you are a mommy woman"...So there you have it I am finally not a girl anymore! (January 8, 2009)