HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKSON!!

Jackson turned 1 this past Wednesday. We had a family day out where we ate Jr. banana splits from Sonic at the park. Jackson totally loved the ice cream and being able to play! We also went to Wal-Mart to pick up a few things and Jackson got two new Elmo videos. On Thursday we had a birthday drop-in. It was loads of fun and about 45 people came. We ate milk and cookies! Thanks to everyone who came! These are just a few of the pictures.

Jackson's pictures!!

So classes at Tech have finally started and things are up and running at the BCM which means Jonathan is BUSY!!! Jackson is really enjoying going to see Jonathan at work and getting so much attention from all the students! It is great for us at nights because Jackson is ready for bed!! Jackson is also starting to walk and takes about 5-6 steps at a time. He really hates to walk and has already learned that crawling is faster so why waste time learning to walk. It really amazes me how fast they learn!! Jackson has also started feeding himself more and eating more table food. Plus he is in a big carseat that faces forward! It makes me cry every time he does something that makes him a "big boy"!

A few weeks ago we had Jackson's year old pictures taken. It was a lot of fun! If you would like to view all of them please visit www.robyncrumbyphotography.com. The pictures can be viewed under view proofs. Also please go and post a comment on her blog. We get free stuff plus Robyn is so great we want to get her name out there!!

Less than a month till one year old!

It is Sunday, August 17th and we can't believe that in less than a month, we will have already had Jackson an entire year. Wow, how the times fly. We are finally at a place in life where we are not traveling all the time, like we have been all summer long. It is nice to get back to a routine and fortunately, Jackson has readjusted very well. He is getting so big and is on the verge of walking. He has this new face he has been making. He has learned to kiss (and somewhat blow kisses...although usually he prefers to just to mouth to mouth). He is into EVERYTHING. He loves to open drawers and pull everything our and attempt to put it back. He is trying new foods. Just today, he tried cornbread and jello. There isn't much he doesn't like...at this point. I am sure he will turn into a picky eater like his mom and dad were as kids. Here are some updated images. Enjoy

After 5,223 miles of traveling over the summer we are in Ruston at last. The past week was so much fun. Jackson and I traveled to GA while Jonathan was in New Mexico at College Week. In GA, Jackson and I played a lot! We went to the Chattanooga Zoo, swam at Mr. Bills, had a birthday party, and played downtown. It was so much fun. We are so thankful to our friends and family for such a great week!!

Will the traveling ever stop...

Well, it is the latter part of July and we have officially been going non-stop it seems, for an entire month now.

Just to recap: June 23rd we left for Louisiana Director and Family Retreat in Arkansas, left there to go to Flintstone, Georgia for a few days. Jonathan's family picked us up and we drove to Hilton Head, South Carolina for a week, went back to Flintstone and picked up Shelby and Regan (nieces) and drove to Ruston, Louisiana for a 10 day stay with the girls. We left on the 16th of July for Panama City Beach as Jonathan is working X.Fuge. While at PCB, Aimee and Victoria got to come down for a long weekend. It was Victoria's first time to ever see the ocean. She was quite impressed. We will get back to Louisiana on Saturday, July 26th and stay for a few days until Erin goes to Flintstone for a week while Jonathan goes to New Mexico for a Collegiate Ministry Conference.

THEN, hopefully after that, things will settle down for a while. Poor Jackson is a tad bit thrown off of his schedule, thus sleeps with us every night it seems. It is great though. We are getting a lot of family time and it feels like one massive vacation.

Camp DJ

This week has been an incredible week! Regan and Shelby have been here all week. We have gotten to play, be lazy, swim, and just be together!! It has been wonderful. Today they both got their ears pierced! They were so brave!!

VACATION

We just got home from an amazing vacation to Hilton Head SC. We went with the entire Clark side of the family. It was a BLAST!! Jonathan's parents rented a house for us, Billy (Jonathan's brother) and Monica and their four kids, Mike (Jonathan's other brother) and Tracey all came. There were 13 of us and we hung out at the pool, on the beach, at the tennis courts, the men played golf. We shopped. It was wonderful.