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h jeff and we all got to be great friends with his family jonas was a pallbearer at his best friends funeral and he said at one time that it was the hardest thing he has ever done i am certain he is watching over his friends and family after the busy and chaotic few months we have had we decided it was time for a quick trip the kids are staying with memaw and papaw and jonas and i are making a trip to cincinnati to visit a friend watch some baseball and just chill out for a couple days it s not long but it will be nice we re really excited so i guess that s the last few months in a nutshell i definitely need to be better about updating i ll try harder in the future hope everyone is having a great summer so far posted by mandy at 9 48 pm no comments saturday december 13 2008 way too long so it s been a while i don t really have a good excuse just the normal hustle and bustle of the holidays i am so excited for christmas i don t have all my shopping done but i just love everything that goes into celebrating the season we ve made cookies decorated gingerbread houses sang christmas carols trimmed the tree and attended parties i even managed to mail out christmas cards this year which was a first pretty sad that we ve been married 11 years and never sent any out i think it s a tradition that is dying out sad but true i was determined this year to do it the tight that we decorated the tree i made every last one of us get in a christmas sweater and pose for the camera the picture turned out quite nice and was put on our card this year what you didn t see was what it took to get there my boys were whining and complaining like no other about getting in the itchy sweaters hair combed faces washed my husband was heard saying just do what she says to please your mother then there was me shouting will everyone just act like they like each other for 5 minutes click we ended up with a nice result hey i even mailed one out to the white house cause even the president can use a little bit of christmas cheer the shackleford family wishes you a wonderful and blessed holiday posted by mandy at 4 20 pm no comments thursday october 23 2008 posted by mandy at 8 36 pm no comments smokey mountain getaway after a fun and relaxing fall break i am ready to get back into the blogging buzz we went to the smokey mountains last week with my family it was wonderful just what we needed my parents were kind enough to rent a huge cabin in the middle of nowhere for a few days it was complete with a stocked kitchen pool table foosball table plasma tv hot tub and scorpions luckily we didn t see the later until our last night i was the lucky one to find it in he bathroom when i was well you know needless to say it kinda caught me off guard my boys on the other hand thought it was the highlight of the trip in fact they wanted to keep it as a pet go figure don t worry my husband saved the day and it is squished on a paper towel in a dumpster somewhere one less scorpion before i get to far ahead i ll introduce the cast of characters my mom and dad or aka me maw and papaw as they are known by my kids they were the reason we were all able to go on this trip thank you mom and dad valerie or aunt val my sister the nurse fellow scrapbooker and confidante ashlee oldest niece she is 17 a senior and has a new boyfriend she was seen texting most of the trip i sure wish texting was invented when i was a teenager hmph lacey niece 2 12 and doesn t have a boyfriend yet fun and has a zest for life ian the nephew age 9 he is three months older than jonas and they are pretty much partners in crime in fact they were caught often having acorn wars and stirring up a nest of yellow jackets for fun what were they thinking our family i think you pretty much know us already if you don t then you probably stumbled upon this blog mistakenly so read on if you think i am interesting enough okay so here goes we pulled into pigeon forge on sunday afternoon found our way the cabin settled in and went to our first show it was at the comedy barn if you re no familiar with this show it is worthwhile watching a few clips on youtube my favorite is the juggler you can watch here my family is always chosen for audience participation stuff and this was no exception my husband was picked and was hilarious later in the show jeremiah was called up on stage as well we bought a dvd of the live show and eventually i will upload it to youtube for now you can watch this and well you ll get the idea it was a fun night and a great way to start off the trip after dinner at shoney s it was back to the cabin for some competitive games of pool we had a big day planned for tomorrow monday was such a fun day but we were exhausted by the end of it first off in he morning we went to parrot mountain now this is off the beaten path and not as well advertised or touristy but that is part of it s charm we saw so many different types of birds we got to feed them as well the kids had a blast with them flying all around and landing on them we got lots of great pictures next up was reptile world where the boys got up close an personal with snakes alligators and tarantulas i even held a tarantula jonas is trying to convince me to get him one for christmas i don t think so santa claus is afraid of spiders we went back to the cabin for a couple hours and got ready for dixie stampede if you have never been it is worth going we were all entertained we had a great meal too my husband was funny during the dixie stampede they divide you on either the north or south side my husband after a little while was like why are all the servers dressed in blue wait a minute they re in gray over there we re on the wrong side haaaa watch the finale it is great dollywood was on tuesday i have never seen so many old people in one place they were all there attending a gospel music festival worked out great for us as they were not there to ride rides so there was no wait for anything the weather was perfect too jonas is the thrill seeker in the family he managed to get both me and daddy on a roller coaster it was fun do you know what i found out i m afraid of ferris wheels i swear that was the first and last time i m ever getting on one i thought i was going to have a full blown panic attack one of the highlights fr my family of boys was sniper shooting with water cannons innocent passerbys in boats yes this is an attraction they spent a good hour in one spot they showed no mercy old ladies mothers children teens they were all victims it was the funniest thing ever my husband said that alone was worth the price of admission hee hee hee that night we went to the black bear jamboree it was another dinner musical variety show the dinner was delicious and we all liked the show dexter the nerd was pretty funny back at the cabin it was time to pack up as it was our last night wednesday morning was departure day but not without one last stop we went to the aquarium of the smokey s in gatlinburg it was so nice the boys got to pet stingrays and see sharks what more could you ask for all in all it was a great trip and so much fun to be with the whole family we did miss missy and her family in utah maybe they ll join us for the next one it s only a two and a half hour drive for us and surprisingly we had never been before it was worth it and we ll definitely go back again soon the kids are back in school this week boy was it hard to wake up monday morning jonas was glad he has a lot of ideas for his creative writing assignment for language arts so now you heard what we did for our fall break what about everyone else posted by mandy at 7 11 pm 1 comment monday october 6 2008 running i ve had a bit of a blogging drought lately i just haven t felt very creative plus i have just been so busy you know i thought my life was busy when i had a newborn and two toddlers in the house little did i know that the craziness doesn t really begin until they are in school my month of october is booked solid already and it s only the first week i turned 30 a couple weeks ago that should probably be a whole blog post in itself but i get a little depressed just thinking about it silly i know people say it is no big deal but it is to me i think of how fast time has flown by it sounds cliche but it really is true anyways i decided upon turning thirty that i wanted to take a little bit of time out of my busy week and do something for myself i decided it was time for me to get healthy now i am thin by genetics i suppose i am always trying to put weight on instead of take it off most would say it is a blessing and i suppose it is i mean don t get me wrong things could be a lot worse for me i am in no way fit though my cardio is terrible i have no stamina endurance etc i decided to take up running i am training for a 5k last week when i started training i could barely run half a minute without feeling as though i was going to die today i jogged waked 2 and 1 2 miles i can go about a quarter of a mile without stopping i know that s not saying much for most people but seeing where i started and the fact that i really don t think i have run since middle school is a big deal for me i feel great my husband has joined a gym and has been working out too together we are trying to get in better shape for ourselves and each other i also want to show my boys that if you put your mind to it set a goal and work hard that anything is possible little jonas has been running on the cross country team at school he can run circles around me his best time this year was a mile in 6 56 yeah he s pretty fast i m not worried about how fast i am i just want to run finish and not come in last the best part about this whole thing is actually seeing improvement each time i run and i feel good about myself this is good for me the boys school has a road race on halloween it is just a mile run but it is a good starter race before the 5k our whole family is set to run i ll take pictures and let you know how we do that s it for now we re taking a little trip to gatlinburg over fall break next week i should have some good pictures to post when we get back posted by mandy at 9 06 pm 2 comments friday september 12 2008 one sweet day so this is a picture of me after making and bagging 350 bags of cotton candy granted i didn t do it alone we had lots of help we ve been selling coupon books in hamilton county the re actually a pretty good deal they have coupons for several places all over chattanooga and only cost 10 the school actually gets to keep 7 out of the ten so it s the most productive fundraiser out of the whole year anyways the pta has thought of incentives for each day that the kids bring in their money friday was cotton candy day wow what a fun day it was the school owns a cotton candy machine but when we plugged it in this morning it didn t work lovely after calling a couple rental places we found one and got to work 4 and a half hours later it was done the whole school smelled of cotton candy and the kids were delighted with their puffy bags of the pink and blue stuff i was covered from head to toe with it my husband had to take a picture and the principal nicknamed me fluffy the best part we get to do it all over again next friday i m think that snowcones sound liek a better idea for next year posted by mandy at 5 29 pm 1 comment saturday august 30 2008 bits and pieces from the week it s been a busy week i m looking forward to the long weekend some things that happened this week cole decided to wipe out on the pavement unfortunately he gets his coordination from me his mother no he there was no exciting bike wreck no collision between brothers etc he was just walking outside on the driveway and tripped over his own feet poor thing he gets it from me it takes talent to not only fall down the stairs but to trip up them as well no hope for him i m afraid he wasn t too thrilled when i decided to make this little accident a kodak moment now he proudly displays his road rash to just about anyone oh and he was heard saying about his boo boo i love it boys jonas this week was complaining about an unruly child in his class he said mom i m positive he forgot to take his medicine this morning we had pizza and movie night last night we ve been taking turns picking some of the old movies that we remember watching growing up this week s was willy wonka and the chocolate factory the cool version with gene wilder not the weird one with johnny depp don t get me wrong i love me some capt jack but he is and never will be willy wonka to me anyways cole was watching it with me and the part where wonka takes them on that weird boat ride he turns and tells me he s not going to watch this part i asked him why is it a little scary he said no it s a lot scary we were driving around town running some errands and jeremiah out of nowhere says i was just thinking i wonder if i can get a job as a candy taster when i grow up now keep in mind this was before we watched the willy wonka movie in fact i believe it s what gave us the idea in the first place this of course is the kid that woke me up one morning when he was three i heard some noise in the kitchen and there he was standing with the refrigerator door open and drinking the hershey syrup out of the bottle last thing jonas and i went out on a date thursday evening we got a babysitter and went to o charley s i was really nice before we left jonas told the boys he s pay them 10 cents for every pile of crab grass they pulled out of the yard our yard is covered in the stuff we got back after being gone just a short time and our driveway was lined with piles and piles of the crab grass whoever said money isn t an incentive needless to say my husband is about 20 poorer posted by mandy at 1 55 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom blog archive 2009 1 june 1 blogging drought 2008 25 december 1 october 3 september 1 august 3 july 3 june 10 march 4 i belong to the church of 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