I just have to say....

It's been really fun having daddy home this weekend...

Feeling Crafty...

Although I had lots of cleaning and organizing to do yesterday, I decided to let my creative juices flow and do some projects. I started out with painting these:

I will put them in the boys room, I also want to do a basketball too..I just ran out of time.

Then I made this:

It's just a board with chalk board paint and modge-podged scarpbook pages for the border...i thought it was kinda fun.

And this is what Nolan was doing to keep busy while I was being creative...

It was a good day.

kinda fun..

I really do have a lot I should be doing right now, but I started messing around and got carried away...does any one else do that? Anyways, Jack and I got a kick out of these pictures...hope you will too!

Graduation Pictures and more...

I'm finally getting to posting the picts of Graduation...it was such a hectic but fun weekend. Jason's mom and brother Brett and Brett's "significant other" Jessica came down and we had a blast. We went to the zoo stopped by the mall and ate lots of good food. Oh yeah, and Jason graduated somewhere in that weekend too. Here are a few of the picts.

At the zoo

Brett and Jason

Jase and his friend Cameron waiting to walk on stage..

Happy Wife!

My friend Jennifer and I (love her!)

Kressyda and I being proud wives!

Doctor of the Law!

more pictures and fun to come!

Fun-Filled weekend..

We were able to take advantage of the beautiful weather and have some fun this weekend! Here's a few of the things we did:

Jack loves going outside to ride his bike. He is getting it down well and can peddle and steer at the same time now!

The Jenks School was putting on a fun activity where they brought all sorts of trucks, buses, cars and tractors all to one place and let the kids climb all over them. Jacks favorite part was the bus ride...He loves those buses.

I don't think I'll have a problem getting him to ride the bus..I don't ever remember being this happy to take the bus to school!

After that downtown Jenks had a herb and garden festival. It was so fun to see all the beautiful plants in bloom it made me want a yard so bad! I settled for some Basil and Oregano to put on my window sill.

Jack came to me with this beautiful "ewege" Flower and wanted it so bad... I couldn't say no.

We started a paper chain to countdown the days till daddy's graduation. Jack doesn't like the fact that it is getting shorter, but Jason and I can't wait to rip off those little paper links!

My True Color...

What's Your True Color?

My Result: Orange

You're a bold, confident orange. A warm, powerful color that indicates a strong, welcoming personality, orange is the mark of people who are social and extroverted by nature. Vibrant, with an upbeat attitude, you have a bright, inviting demeanor. Energetic and fun-loving, you're a real friend-magnet. Your easy charm and unassuming manner make you the sort of person people want to meet and get to know better. Well-rounded and fun to be around, you enjoy helping others, so it's no surprise that orange also symbolizes attraction. Orange is an extraordinary color — for an extraordinary person.

What are you?
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I guess I better write something...

Sometimes I sit on the computer and get so caught up in reading so many other peoples blogs that by the time I decide that I should probably post something I'm sick of looking at the computer screen and just go do something else. So I apologize for the lack of postings..It's just that everyone else is just more interesting than I am! That isn't to say that we haven't been keeping busy here at the Carnival...(Carney residence)
I was able to go to OKC for a Time Out for Women last weekend and had a blast... Jason did a great job with the boys. I was a little nervous at first with Nolan but it seems everything went well...I'll have to do that more often! Jack is finally potty trained and can start wearing pants around the house now. We are happy to only have to be purchasing 1 set of diapers instead of 2! Nolan is huge and loves playing with Jack.. He is such a big boy and loves to be out of the house intently watching everyone around him or anyone who will give him attention. Oh yeah, one more thing..Jason graduates in 16 day!!!! We are so excited and so proud of all of his hard work the past 3 years.. or his whole life for that matter.
For those of you who don't know Jase accepted a job at the District Attorneys office here in downtown Tulsa. He has been interning there for about a year and has really enjoyed it so far.This summer he will be working part time and studying for the Bar the rest of his waking hours..I probably won't enjoy that part too much but I'll be okay:)
I've posted a bunch of random pictures of this past month..Enjoy!

Lauren, Me, Kressyda and Andrea at Kressyda's baby shower..She had a girl!

Jack and his artistic photography skills of some paintings I did in my house..

Jason enjoying his favorite part of our apartment...the view

Natalie and I in Heaven at the Melting Pot!!

Striking a pose at Time Out for Women..
Natalie, Me, Michele and Kristen

We had a little birthday lunch for Lacey M. and let the kids run wild...

Jason had a dinner for a school function so we got to go out on a date! so fun

Don't ask...

Jack and his friend Eliot just playing..

Chase, Riley, Tressa, and Jack at the park...they have some crazy chemistry when all put together.

Little Jumper...

Jack has no pants..sorry about that..we were potty training. Why wear pants when you're potty training? It's just another item to fold after doing laundry...

I'm Chocolate...

My sweet little red...

Here are just a few of the pictures that we got taken of Nolan the other day. He is just so much fun and I can't get enough of him. He brings such a joy to our family. He will be 6 months old this week and I honestly can not believe it. Where has the time gone?

Meet Deebo...

Meet the newest member of our little family. This is Deebo. Jack named him. He is a Betta and fits just perfectly in our family. Jack is obsessed with him and will spend long long periods of time just watching him and talking to him. I am being kept busy trying to keep him alive making sure no foreign objects or too much food is in his tank. I'm glad there is a pet store just down the road in case of emergency:)

questions...

Two totally random topics..So these are the two things that have been occupying my little mind lately..
1. the NCAA tournament, well not so much the tournament itself but my bracket and the wager I need to make with Jason asap...I can't really think of anything really good...I know I could say, "dishes for a week" or "the next 10 poopy diapers" but I want to think of something original. (my bracket looks pretty good so far, I have 12 picked out of the sweet 16..)
2. As I was up last night in horrible pain due to that womanly time of the month, I found myself asking, "I wonder if there is some kind of special secret or remedy that I don't know about to get rid of cramps? hmmm..maybe I'll put it on my blog.." At this point I'll take any advice out there..I'm desperate! (sorry it's a little personal, but as I said, I'm desperate)

Let me know what you think so my mind can rest easy tonight! thanks guys

Favorites

I thought I would post just a few of our favorite things that we did while in Branson.


First things first...for those of you that don't know Jacks black sweatshirt is a favorite in and of itself...He wears it EVERYWHERE and he will only take his hands out of his pockets and his hood off for very special occasions...as you can see, this is one of them. We were shuttled to Silver Dollar City on a bus and that was probably the best part of Jacks day. He LOVES buses and he has to tell me every time he sees one and what color it is. He is a one happy boy!

At Silver Dollar City they had a giant playhouse for kids that was filled with balls and air guns to shoot them. We had to go back to this one twice, he just couldn't stop talking about it. He could have easily spent all day here.

Hands down Jasons favorite part was the roller coasters...We are both suckers for roller coasters. The lines weren't bad at all so we would just trade off watching the kids and go ride one by ourselves..it was pretty pathetic but I couldn't help having a goofy grin on my face when the ride was getting ready to start. Can you find Jason in this picture?

Ok so this is a gross picture but I just wanted to illustrate what my favorite part of the trip was...doing nothing! We don't have the BRAVO channel at our house so my nights (when i should have been sleeping) were full of project runway marathons.

I didn't forget Nolan. He just enjoyed being tended to in his stroller the whole time. He was such a good boy and I know that is a big reason why the trip was so successful. I love to look out and watch what was going on and as long as we were strolling he was in his happy place!

Branson or Bust!

Last weekend we were able to go on a little family vacation to Branson, Missouri. We had a blast, it was just what we needed over spring break and to our surprise, we had no crazy mishaps, no crying tantrums, and no blow out diapers (the things I feared most)
All of our vacations in the past have been to go visit family so we have never really had a family vacation with just us. It got us excited for the many more family vacations to come!

At the Dick Clark American Bandstand Theater

Nolan and J on the train

Jack and I on the train

Jack and J riding the teacups!

After a long day of fun at Silver Dollar City...

Below I posted some of our favorite things about the trip..