Jaxon Texas Trip

Jaxon left on June 27th and took a 4 hr and 45 min plane ride to Texas, stopping first in Denver and then in Amarillo.

He had the time of his life doing numerous things.

Jaxon has a new obsession that is beyond out of control.  He is in love with the P-51 Mustang (I may have that wrong) and built one with his Great Grandpa.  My Grandpa knows many things about airplanes, he is a pilot and flew them for years.

He helped his Great Grandpa strip their room to re-do it.  He had fun vaccuming up everything.

My Grandpa dogs, Beau and Jake, they are his life, just like his Children, Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren.  Jaxon loves dogs also, he got that from my Grandpa, not that I don't love dogs, but Jaxon is a real lover of dogs.  My Grandpa believes that dogs keep you young, I'm starting to believe it also.

Jaxon talked them into the pool, they thought you had to buy a membership, but they were FREE and just had to pay for Jax.  He loved it there.

My Grandpa got hurt and pulled his back out, well Jax learned to mow and mowed the lawn for him while he was down.  What a good kid his is.  NOTE:  Please excuse the outfit, his Mom wasn't there to dress him.

When we went to Texas back in 2007 we went to this wildlife park, Jax was only 3 though, so he didn't remember much.  They took Jaxon back there and he loved it, but he wouldn't feed the animals out of his hand.

I think the airplane museum was the highlight of Jaxon's trip.  He loved and its all he talks about.

We went to Turner Falls while we were there in March, it was my favorite of our trip, only we didn't take the stuff needed to swim or anything, so they went back up and Jax got to go swimming.  He loved this also.  Anything to do with water and Jax is good.

The day before Jax left my Grandpa got a bunch of wood from a 60 FT tree that was cut down.  Jax helped his Great Grandpa haul it to the back and stack it up.  This last picture his what the Texas humidity did to him.  Poor guy, he works so hard.

I'm so glad he is home, but I know he misses his Great Grandparents bad.  I wish they lived closer, we would see them all the time.

Thanks Grandpa and Bonnie for the memories, they'll never go away.

Cherry Hill

Love Cherry Hill, its one of my favorite places.  We went yesterday while my Sister Miranda and I were both off.  It was my Mom, Miranda, Me and the 3 monkeys.


Jaxon has become Mr. Independent in the water.  He scares me, but he has conquerred many fears.  He has done so good with swimming lately and thats all he wants to do anymore.

Jax did so good, I am so proud of him and how well he is doing with swimming.

Now on to little MISS LEXI.  She was determined to go on the blue tube slide, I told her NO, then she kept saying she wanted to go.  Finally, I said "Fine, come on!"  I tried to tell her she would have to ride alone and that she couldn't sit on Mommy's lap, she wasn't giving up on going, so I let her go.

She flipped when she knew she had to go alone.  She was fine until we went down the first drop, she let go of her tube and it was over from there, so Lex was put to the side and given to my Mom while Miranda and I finished going down.  It was horrible.  Lex has to learn everything the hard way.

After that Lex wanted nothing to do with the water, I made her get back in the lazy river, because I don't want her to be afraid of the water, she did fine the rest of the time.  But I don't think she'll want to go on that slide ever again.

Ashton conquerred two fears, he went on the dragon slide by himself with his life jacket on and the blue tube slide.  He did great on both and kept wanting to go again.  I'm proud of him.

My boys are like fishes, there is no getting them out of the water, hopefully we can make one more trip to Cherry Hill!

Jaxon Coming home

Tuesday was a long day, I worked all day and then still had time before Jax flight came in.  He was suppose to arrive at 8:25PM, but we received a call from Southwest that they had a mechanical problem and they were 20-25 mins behind. 

I had asked Miranda to go with me, since the kids couldn't go back and Bob is in school everyday now.

I can't explain the emotions I had, I was so excited to see my boy after FIVE long weeks. 

We arrived at the airport around 7:15, I had to get a pass to go back and then go through security, I waited a little bit, I was following his flight on flighttracker and could see how far away they were.  They wanted me at the gate 45 mins before the flight landed.  We stood around a table while I waited for it to be time for to head back.  Lex was quite embarassing, she doesn't have a filter and she is VERY LOUD!  So she says "Mom, I have to poop REALLY bad!"  I was so embarassed and everyone started laughing.  She is three, what can I say.  My Sister was kind enough and took her to the bathroom where she has to ask millions of questions while going #2. 

I then headed through security, which was a breeze.  I got back to the gate where a kind lady asked if I was heading on the flight, I said "No, I'm here to pick my Son up!"  She asked if he was coming back from seeing his Dad, I said "No, he was visiting his great grandparents!"  We had a good conversation and time went by quick.  My Sister had made posters for Jax with the kids during the day and so she wanted to know when he landed.  Everything happened so quickly, I was so anxious to see my boy and hug him. 

And there he was, my boy who looks a little bit taller, seems a lot more mature and yet he seemed so far away.  I immediately gave him a hug and the tears just came.  It was the best moment ever. 

We walked back out of security where he told me things about his trip.  He also told me about his flight and how some little kids parents didn't show up to pick up their child. 

I wasn't sure what was going to happen once Ash and Lex seen Jax, but I was sure they would be excited.  I didn't see them until we turned the corner and the next thing I know Lex goes running "Jax, my brother, JAX, my brother, JAX, JAX, JAX!!"  She had the biggest smile on her face.  Miranda recorded it all, its on FB.  Ash then went running and jumped onto him.  And I looked up and tears were rolling down peoples faces and I was bawling.  How could it be that five weeks can make you miss someone so much.  I can't describe how my heart felt.  It was like ONE BIG REUNION and I was so proud to be the Mom of three kids who were reuniting for the first time in weeks.

These pictures make me smile.  The ride home was interesting, there was so much talking and catching up and questions.

We walked over to get his bag while they were all giddy and talking about things they got when Ashton says "Jaxon, I got a new gun!"  Well Ashton isn't quiet and I think about 50 people turned and look, I said "Its just a play gun at home!"  Seriously people!!
After we dropped Miranda off, Jax said "Mom, thanks for letting me, I will never forget this!"   And the tears started again.  My Grandpa and Bonnie are amazing people, they give, give, give and never ask for anything back.  They are smart, courageous and the best grandparents a girl could ever ask for.

When we got home Jax started showing me all the stuff he got, including items that will mean a lot o him later in life.  My Grandpa gave him a bible that he has been reading and it makes me happy to know that he is learning about the most important thing in life...FAITH.

He has grown up so much, I couldn't stop staring at him once we got home and hugging him.  And I will never be able to thank my Grandparents enough for giving my boy this opportunity and loving him and showing him things he probably never would've seen.  We are still talking a ton about his trip and pictures from it will come soon.

I'm just happy he is home!!!