Jacob's new trick

Jacob has turned into a climber. He wants to climb everything and can get onto the dinning room chairs by himself. Monday night I changed his clothes and we were about to leave to meet up with my parents and my second (?) cousin and his wife who were in town. While walking down the hall I heard a splash and found Jacob on top of the dinning table having just dumped my red fruit punch all over him. Apparently he was trying to get a drink and it came out a little fast.
This is the other talent he has developed....Sigh. He really likes the fast cook button.

I am not a theif! Well, technically...

This past weekend Brancent's best friend Jesse and his girlfriend Krystal came to visit for Brancent's birthday. The best part was that Brancent didn't have a clue they were coming. They arrived 1:00 am. Saturday morning so I had told all kinds of lies trying to keep Brancent from going to bed and to, uh, get him to put something on other than his pj/undies. The look on his face was priceless when they walked in! They brought their puppy Diesel with them and he and Jacob were quite pair.


Thanks so much Jesse and Krystal for coming to visit! Maybe next time I'll get some pictures of you too :)

Brancent got a little cardboard boat from his work (I know, random) and Jacob has been testing it out. Like father like son.
Now on to the title of the post. Some of you know our friends Eddie and Socorro Baggerman that live a few blocks from us. Several weeks ago Eddie had a wreck on his motorcycle while travelling on the highway. He has first and third degree burns on his arms and legs due to laying on the hot asphalt, but thanks be to God no broken bones. It could have been a lot worse. We stop by to see him one night last week on our way to the grocery store. Socorro was on her way home so I called and asked if she need anything. She told me of a few things she needed and then added "and some chocolate". Socorro hates chocolate, but will eat it when she is stressed and said that day was a chocolate day and she wanted a Milky Way. We got our groceries and made our way to the front. On the way to the front I began the check out routine: Get diaper bag and purse out to cart, find checkbook, look for a pen, find license, continue to look for pen, entertain Jacob/keep him positioned so he can't reach anything, find pen. I saw a display with a Milky Way close to the front of the store, grabbed it and got in line. We paid for the food, and headed to Socorro's house to drop off her groceries. She asked for her chocolate and at first I thought I hadn't gotten it. We looked through all the bags and it wasn't there. Puzzled we looked again, just for kicks I looked in the diaper bag and there it was. That's when I realize I had absentmindedly dropped it in my diaper bag, therefore-stole it. I found my receipt and checked sure enough I hadn't paid for it. So the next day I went back to pay for the stolen chocolate and here is the receipt to prove it.

I'm not a thief!....anymore :)

Happy Birthday Brancent!

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dearrrrr Brancent
Happy Birthday to you!

I can't believe it has been so long since I have blogged. It will take several post to catch up on all the summer going-ons. But for today just a post to say Happy Birthday to my sweet husband. You are amazing. You the best provider and protector that anyone could ask for. I love you!

Ummm this would be where I put a picture of Brancent and I in....but just realized I don't have one!

Father's Day Pics...Finally

Another quick blog since I should be working not blogging. :)
A quick note that Simon's team won the city championship for machine pitch. Way to go Rangers! We are proud of you Simon!
Without further ado pictures from father's day and Simon's Baseball game.

I turned 30...

Ok so I haven't posted anything yet about turning 30. Mainly because I was not excited about it. My friend Josh Bonjour can take any situation in life and relate it to a Sienfeld episode. I can't do that with Seinfeld, but I can with Friend's. So anytime I thought about turning 30 I felt like Joey in the clip below.

WARNING~this is a Friend's episode so there is a bubbie reference and mild language





However, it has not been "all that bad". So thanks to all of you who sent me birthday wishes!

Marriage Retreat

Not a lot of time to post today due to major wreckage in my office (part me, part Jacob being in the office Friday). I will post Fathers day pics and updates in a few days, but wanted to make a short post about the marriage retreat last weekend. AMAZING. I learned new principles for marriage that I had never heard before despite growing up in church. We used the Andy Stanley series imarriage. I strongly recommend it. The first session was about how we go into marriage with "dreams and desires" of our spouse or how we think things should work and those things get turned into "expectations or demands". When our spouse does not fulfill what has become an expectation we get dissapointed/pissy or when they do there is no gratitude because it what they are "suppose to do". Anywho good stuff. Darrell, Matt Mandy and I made a video to visual show some of the dreams turned into expectations that can happen.
*** Disclaimer-Matt and Mandy are NOT dating nor engaged nor married.
(Mandy looked so pretty in my wedding dress....sigh....insert girl moment.)

Marriage Retreat Video from Darrell Bonjour on Vimeo.

My longest post yet

I have wanted to blog so many times this past week, but haven't had the time. Some day the Lyons house will have a good computer at home and I will produce more blogs than imaginable. Ok, well maybe not that many, but definitely more than once a week.

Thursday night, June 4, 2009 was Jacob's last night to have a bottle. He had not had any during the day for awhile only at night. On Friday I just decided not to give him one and see how he did. Not having a bottle didn't phase him. He has always liked his sippy cups so the transition was smooth. However, my blogs at the end of the summer when we say "sayonara" to the paci may not be so upbeat. It is a little sad for him to be off the bottle and to know I no longer have a baby but a Toddler....AHHHHHH!

Last Saturday we went to the park for Roselyn's yearly work picnic. Can we say free BBQ? Not only can I say it I can eat it. After we ate we walked to the zoo with PawPaw and cousin Saige to see the animals. It was HOT! Most of the animals were snoozing in the shade. One of the female lions must be high strung like myself, because she was not resting like the others, but ready to pounce on cousin Drake's group of middle school friends. Jacob had a good time and crashed as soon as we got in the car.

PawPaw, Saige, Brancent and Jacob and a very sunny day

"Whoa look at the big lion"

"Whoa look at the little Lyon"

Partyed out

One of the girls that occasionally attended the deaf church passed away Wednesday. She would have been 20 on June 29th. She had health challenges her whole life and recently got cancer in her mouth and then her lungs. When she was born the doctors told her parents she would only live until she was 6 or 7. She is the oldest person to live with the syndrome she was born with. (I can't remember what it's called-Read the Tankersley's blog for more info) Her funeral is tomorrow so please be in prayer for her family. Her name is Breezy O'Dell Parents Mark and Cindy and big brother Shane and wife Stephanie.

One of the fun moments of my week, work wise, was our Summer Blast children's program at the deaf church. It will be every Tuesday during June and July. For the first one we had 16 kids which is a lot for us. It was a blast (hence the name)! So if you see me on a Tuesday evening and I look a little worn, you'll know why.

I have to brag on my nephew Super Simon Swopes. His baseball team has made it into the city tournament and they had there first game last night. The Rangers won 11-6 and Simon got the game ball for hitting a triple! YAY! Good job Simon! We are proud of you!

Have a great weekend everyone!