Since We Have Nowhere to Go . . .

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Cute Cousins!

One week after I took this picture I decided that it really is quite cute.  I think they look like they could be siblings . . . can you imagine these six under one roof 24/7? From left:  J.P., Ryan, Will, Emma, Meredith and Baby Susie!

SOCCER SATURDAY!

The socks make the outfit -- don't you think?

Dear Will, 

Please don't volunteer to be the goalie again.  It makes your mother too nervous.  I like to see you running around the field, shooting and scoring!  

P.S.  The same goes for hockey.  Please tell the coach that your Mom doesn't allow you to be the goalie! :)

Love, Mom

Toes, toes, toes, toes, toes ...

Like Father . . .

Like son! Sixth place overall for both! :) A medal for Brian and a coupon for a free putt putt game for Will! Go guys!

The Question Boy . . .

Will's Question: Who is the oldest person in the world and how old are they?
Mom's Answer: Let's look it up in the Guiness Book of World Records when we get home.
Will's Comment: But . . . it won't be accurate because we don't have the 2008 edition of GBWR.

Will's Q: How many years ago did the world form?
Mom's A: Let's look it up when we get home. But it was a long, long time ago.

Will's Q: What will the earth be like in 1000 years?
Mom's A: We better keep recycling or there won't be an earth in 1000 years . . .

Will's Q: What will be the year be in 1000 years?
Mom's A: 2008 + 1000 = 3008 RIGHT?

Will's Q: How old will I be in the year 3008 -- if I am still alive?
Mom's A: You were born in 2000. In 3008 you will be 1008 years young.

Will's Q: What is the sales tax in the City of Chicago?
Mom's A: I think it is .10 on the dollar.

Will's Q: Why is it .10 on the dollar?
Mom's A: Big cities are expensive . . .

Will's Q: Why?
Mom's A: The five minute potty break is over. Don't you want to swim some more?

I swear he thinks up questions as he sleeps at night and he starts firing them at me as soon as he wakes up. Thank God for the Internet. :)

Oh Beautiful . . .

Happy 4th of July!

Triplets? Oh Baby, Baby, Baby!

Can you name the baby?

Top: Meredith
Middle: Susie Q.
Bottom: Will

Summer is here!

Everyone sing now,

"No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks.

Out for summer, out till fall, we might not come back at all!

School's out forever, school's out for summer!"

It's official. School is out!

Let the fun begin!

Memorial Day at Lake Michigan!

Too cold to swim? (even for Will)

Not bad once you are used to it . . . but I am not going in!

Who can resist a guy in a red hat?

The Countdown Begins . . .

I can feel it,

I can taste it!

But will the seniors in my last hour class make it?

Why was corporal punishment eliminated in schools?

Did I actually say that out loud in one of my classes today?

Will my class be the credit that prevents one of my students from graduating from high school?

What POWER

(that I don't want to have!)

Shouldn't the pressure be on the seniors to

EARN

the credit?

NOT for me to "give" it!

(that is just not how it works in the REAL world . . . Right?)

June 6th is my last day of school -- it can't come soon enough for me.

A MOTTO to live by?

Meredith wrote this in the sand on our last day of vacation. What a wise daughter I have (I thought) . . . until I remembered her inspiration.
A Hallmark card you guess? No.
A Life is Good t-shirt? I wish.
A billboard or bumper sticker? Well . . . of sorts.

These three words were tatooed across the lower back of a very chunky teenage girl who was wearing a bikini that was several sizes too small for her FAT _ss! Shouldn't bikinis be made no larger than a size 8 or 10 to prohibit such displays of fleshy behinds, bellies and boobs?

And I thought Mer was only reading her book and checking out the boys around the pool.

See Laurie, I do (sometimes) update my BLOG (and at least you have a good excuse for YOUR extra poundage!)

Vacation in Paradise!

Spring Break (At Last!)

"Vacation all I ever wanted, vacation I have to get away!" (Remember the GoGo's?) Wish you were here on the sunny island of St. John.
. . . Heck! I wish we never would have to leave. )

A Snowy Day by Will Jones

Super Will has so much energy, he can now jump over our mailbox! :)
No one in our house is complaining about another snow day, especially the teacher.
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Happy New Year!

New Year's Resolution #1 -- Keep BLOG updated! Here we are ready to welcome in 2008 after delicious dinner at The Village Inn on Mackinac Island! But wait . . . who were the only Joneses who stayed awake to see the ball drop in Times Square? Brian and Mer who woke up 9 minutes before midnight! We wish you all the best in 2008!