T Ball

Lorelai began her TBall career on Saturday this past week. How fun is it to watch this group? FUN! One little boy swung the bat so hard he ended up spinning himself around twice then falling. Another player was so stunned she hit the ball, she forgot to run to first base, the whole time the coach is saying, run, run run. So much fun.

Lorelai? Well she is actually pretty good. I had no doubt since her daddy was an awesome baseball player. The only thing she really needs help on? Paying attention to what's going on.

I will try to post pics. later thius week.

2011 A New Year, A New Resolution.

Hello all. welcome to the 2011 edition of The Paxton Times. I am going to try to post something every week. Since that seems realistic to me. So far it promises to be a busy year. We have something important going on each month. This month Lorelai, Helen, My mom, and myself are going to see Disney Princess' on Ice at the Mohegan Sun Arena on the 15th. Than in February it's a quiet weekend for just the four of us somewhere away from home. March and April haven't been scheduled, but May is a family gathering to celebrate my cousin Laura's marriage to a great guy whose name is Robbie. Also that month is Lorelai's 6th birthday! WOW! Right? June is always busy as we try to make the trip to Uncle John's to celebrate his and Kira's birthdays. And Lorelai's dance recital is in June too! July is the usual hustle and bustle. August is Daddy's birthday and Knoebels. September is ANOTHER wedding for Lorelai. I think I should just rent her out, since she makes such a beautiful flowergirl. My good friends Jeff and Nikki are finally tying the knot! Plus School starts back up and Oh! Mommy's 35th birthday. October is Halloween and Little Pop-Pop's birthday and then in November, Nana's birthday, Grammy's birthday and DISNEY again! So hopefully I will have pictures and captions and tales to tell as God directs us through this New Year! Happy New Year to you all and may God bless you as richly as he has me and mine.

A Walk in September.

Randall and I went for a beautiful September walk today, down our road. There were so many bright colors and the fresh Fall wind in our faces was welcome. Randall even said "Mommy do you feel that wind? Do you like it Mommy?" Here are a bunch of Fall flowers we picked to make a bouquet with. God is an amazing artist isn't He?

This is a picture looking up our road. I plan to take this same picure week after week to show people how the leaves gradually change here. More of God's handiwork!

It just so happens that these Asters, are my birthday flower, my birthday is in 3 days. I just think that God sends us his own birthday bouquets to remind us all how special we are not just on our birthdays, but everyday!

Church bulletin board.

Here is the finished product. I thinkit turned out wonderfully. People kept telling me I am my father's daughter.

Here's a close up of the verse I used.

Here is the second stage, each of the apples has one childs name written on it.

This is the beginning of the bulletin board in our church's Sunday School hallway. I thought of the idea because of apples being synonomis with the first day of school.

Nana and Lorelai waiting for the bus.(Left)

Lorelai's bus coming down the hill (right)

Lorelai says, "Hurry mom!" (L)

Posing by MaryJanes mailbox (R)

Here's my little school girl!

This is Lorelai at 6:30 am, on her first day of school.

Lorelai's first day of School - Kindergarten

Today was my baby girl's ( now my little girl ) first day of school. She was quite anxious to get going and she couldn't wait to ride the bus. I think it's because she doesn't have to sit in a booster seat! I got her up at 6:30am. She ate Frankenberry cereal and then she got dressed and brushed her teeth. She was such a grown up girl.

She boarded the bus and asked her driver "Where would you like me to sit sir?" He chuckled and said "Well, how about you sit with Daisy, she can help you out," then he smiled and said to me, "No worries Mom, I will take good care of her."

I pray that her experiences this year set her up with a good outlook on school in general. Here are some pictures you might enjoy.

Little Randall asked me "Mommy am I going on the bus too?", I smiled and said "Please don't hurry things along."

My mom was there with us too, and I handed her my dress that i wore on the first day of Kindergarten. She cried.

Forrest Randall Alexander Paxton : aka...FRAP

Okay so onto our little FRAPPER. Not to be confused with Frappe's from McDonalds! What has been going on with Randall, well he is definitly his daddys son. He loves cars, trucks, motorcycles and race cars, of course! He is am extremely mechanical little guy and loves to know how things work. He loves to watch Monster Trucks on TV with Daddy and even sits through just about the whole show.

Another of his favorites is watching the hunting channel. He like to see the deer and elk they show.

He is talking so much better these days and gets a lot of help from big sister Lorelai. He also loves sound effects, and does them pretty well.

For his 2nd birthday this past December we got him a tricycle which he loves to ride. He also loves trains and has his own little set in his bedroom. He plays with it for long chunks of time then usually ends up Godzillaing the train and laughing.

We registered him last week for his first year of Pre-School. He will go one day a week, wednesdays, from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm.

I have started the whole potty training thing , but we still have a lot of work to do there. Here are some recent pictures, with captions.

Daddy and Randall at Halloween as Fred & Scooby.

Randall concentrating on eating.

Randall asleep with Mickey.

Lorelai Elizabeth Paxton : Age 4

Well, Miss Lorelai is doing well and good and I think to start her story here, we will take you back to November. It was probably the biggest month of Lorelai's life yet, first she was asked to be in a wedding in June. Knowing that weddings mean Gone with Wind dresses, she gave an exuberant "YES" to the bride and was thrilled. This past Saturday we went to find her Flower's Girl dress. Sam, (the bride) found a beautiful, simple and innocent looking dress. Needless to say my girl will look like princess, and probably will end up making mommy cry!

After the big question, the time came to take flight to Walt Disney World in Florida. What an exciting trip for us all, but especially Lorelai becuase she is at that magical age where anything is possible and imagination blends with reality. What better place to experience that than in Disney! We spent a week going throughout the parks and Lorelai loved every minute. From meeting all her favorite characters to riding all the rides. I think probably my favorite moment from the trip was our first day in Magic Kingdom. We had arrived just in time to see a parade which captured the kids attention immidiately. So when it was all over Randall (my husband) picked Lorelai up and put her on his shoulders (See pic.1), we rounded the corner and she saw Cinderella's castle for the first time. He mounth fell open and she put her hands on her cheeks, big tears filled her eyes and she said "Oh Mommy, Oh Daddy, it's as breathtaking and beautiful as I dreamed it would be. Thank you for bringing me here." And folks that was enough to make all the hassle and hustle of the airports and buses worth it. She also got to eat dinner with each of the princesses, Cinderella, Belle, Ariel, Aurora and Snow White. What an experience that was for her!(see pics below). She told me when we left that she was ready to go back anytime!

December was a busy time for Lorelai, she had the big part in our Christmas program. Which I am happy to say she pulled off brilliantly! January meant back to pre-school and AWANA which she loves and looks forward to each week. And also beginning dance lessons, much to Daddy's chagrin! (see pics. below).

Lorelai has really grown in her interests and now likes to watch a multitude of TV shows that Mommy would never have thought she'd like. Doctor Who happens to be her favorite at the moment! She aslo has her first crush...on a celebrity, Taylor Lautner. He plays Jacob Black in the Twilight movies. We also started the process of reistering her for Kindergarten. DO I FEEL OLD!

Catching Up!

Hello, hello. It has certainly been a long time since I posted to this blog of mine...but if this past week is any indication of how things can pop up unexpectedly than by all means I will take the time to brag about my kids and family while I have the time to do it! So not much has changed since I last posted...last February. So here is a recent family picture of us and now I will take the time to blog seperatley on each of us...

Here she is Miss. Lake Winola! Hello, is FRAP there?

Here are two more recent pictures of the kids. Lorelai was modeling her new swimsuit for Nana. This is the one she is wearing to the beach this year. Randall says after looking at this picture that when she turns 16 he'll have to have his shotgun at the ready! FRAP, as we call him, has a fixation with cell phones. He is usually carrying an old one with him wherever he goes.

Dad Garrison, Lorelai and Quarries

Good afternoon everyone. It's me logging in to update. As you all know Dad went in to the hospital this past Tuesday for a normal biopsy, and ended up staying for an extended visit. His fever flucuated from 99.6 to 103.5 at the highest. He is doing fine now after they pumped him with some pretty powerful antibiotics. His fever has held at 99.4 for the last day and a half and he is scheduled to come home today. Thank you for all your prayers and calls. You have no idea how much it means to us, his family. So I thought I was out of the woods with Lorelai's sicknesses this year. She sure has had her fair share, but, this morning about 3:00 she came in to Randall and I saying she was very cold and wanted warm jammies on. I felt her head and discovered a 101.2 temp. So I gave her some Ibuprofen and we went back to sleep. Upon waking this morning she still had a fever and threw up twice. So I am trying to keep her from getting worse. But with a three year old. That's difficult. She doesn't want to sit still. Some of our newer news is that Randall has found another quarry to start digging at and will begin soon. This will in no way be a full time job, but instead a "by the order" quarry. Ok so I am going to go. I will post later. - Bye for now!

Isn't she talented? I happen to think she looks a lot like me in these pictures. I have a picture from when I was little and we were visiting Mac and Peg. My hair is identical to this and I have that same "angelic" smile!

Here he is my little man. Is he not the most adorable little guy ? This was taken out at my brothers on a visit.

WOW! Ok, so it has been a reallllllllly long time since I have posted. Smack my hand with a ruler now! Amazingly though, not much has changed in our little lives. The personal situation I spoke about in my last post is taken care of and no longer will be a problem.
Lorelai is still Lorelai and is itching for Spring to be here finally. Randall Jr. is as cute as ever and is now finally eating like a boy should. Greenbeans and carrotts seem to be his favorite. Randall Sr. is working, what's new. And me, why I am just busy doing my housework. Actually we'll start decaling the race car soon, so that will be something new to look forward to. I am not writing much tonight ut I am going to post a couple of pictures for you enjoyment.

Superbowl Sunday.

As anyone who knows me would assume, that I watched the game last night. I must say I was extremely pleased that the game was not a blow out and was very exciting. I do however wish the cardinals would have won! We had a little party at my house. My mom, dad, dad-in-law, Jeff and Nikki. Nothing huge, but we had fun. Mom of course was Steelers from head to toe, literally, she had a hat on and socks on, and everything in between! Now I will watch Mens College B-Ball, Go Nova!
Nothing much has been happening around here. Just the normal day to day life of a family. Lorelai has decided she will go to school three days a week next year and doesn't seem to be to disgruntles by the thought. Randall Jr. has begun climbing on things and scares us at least four or five times a day! Randall Sr. is FINALLY finished with the job in Jersey and has found a job he will be home for, for the next couple of weeks YAY! Me? Well, I am just taking it all in and enjoying things while I can. I had a rough patch this weekend that I would rather not get into, but I will be okay. Thank God for a strong husband, who loves me very much!

It's been a long time. I am Sorry!

Hello everyone. I know, I know, I haven't been doing too good with my New Year's resolution. I have good reason! At least I think it is. Are you ready?
I am a "Twilight" series junkie. I believe the word for it is ""Twidict". Let me explain. Twilight is a series of books written by Stephanie Meyers. An unbelievable work of fiction about a loner girl, Bella and how she falls in love with a "vampire" named Edward. There was no bloodsucking, gory scenes, because this family of vampires that he belongs to consider themselves "vegetarians", meaning they only drink the blood of animals like bears, mt. lions etc... Well, as dorky as it may sound the book were awesome! There are 4 of them and I finished the series in about 7 days! The last book had 754 pages, it took me 2 days to read. Lorelai began calling me book lady! I don't know what exactly drew me about these books but, I can honestly say, I will re-read them and enjoy them just as much!
So now you know what I've been up to, how 'bout the rest of them? Life as normal of course. Lorelai continues to go to school and now is faced with the decision to either go two days next year or three. She also wants to get her ears pierced. we are letting her make her own mind up there also, I don't see it happening anytime soon though. Randall Jr. is still exploring all he can and pushes the limit every chance he gets. Randall Sr. is finishing up his job in NJ and will be back next week to start putting feelers in around here and out by my brother's for work. He has a couple things lined up but is really hoping to find something much bigger than just two or three day jobs!
Superbowl is coming up this weekend, my house is rooting for the Cardinals, my mom is furious because she wants the Steelers to win. I am going with the underdogs.
So I guess that's about it. I promise to keep up better than this from now on. Bye-Bye.

sick,sick,sick...

Sick, sick, Sick...that about covers our household right now. Lorelai has a cough , a stuffy nose, a slight fever, and a headache. Little Randall has a cough and stuffy nose. Mommy has a stuffy nose and Daddy has a stuffy nose. So we are all taking medicine and resting.
Besides that we are just hanging out until winter is over and trying to stay warm. It has been under 30* here for the past three weeks. Reaching about -11 at the coldest. Brrrrr.
We've had some exciting news that Randall has caught the eye of another company who thinks they could use his expertise. They are a gas drilling company from West Virginia. So they have been talking about places they know. The one man said,"I know Tom Paxton" and Randall said,"Different Paxton's". The guy said,"Not from Round Ridge", Randall said,"No, Long Ridge." The man actually lives in Spencer where Helen's parents live. Well, Lorelai has now woke up and would like to be cuddled. So Mommy duty calls. I will post later.

Hello Everyone, I am the Phantom of the Spaghetti O's. Looks pretty messy doesn't he? He had a ball eating lunch and I figured, "Well, it's nothing that won't clean up easy." Enjoy the picture!

A Game of Catch Up.

Hi there. Wow, It's been a really long time since I posted. Oops. I am really sorry. So I will once again catch you up on what's been going on.After we got back from John and Mona's life has pretty much gone back to normal. Randall is working today in Maryland on a cell tower in the bitter cold. He called to say he was fine and should be headed home in about 45 minutes. He started work on his race car, has the old stuff stripped off and the new stuff ready to go. Lorelai is back to school twice a week and play, play, play most other times. Since we got some snow she has played outside a couple of times. She gets bored quick and caomes in about 1 hour after she goes out.Randall jr. is still the same, although he is drinking more from a sippy cup then a bottle now. I am gradually breaking him of that, and hopefully by May he will be off the bottle completely. Then it's time for Daddy to start potty training him. He brings us diapers when he is wet or dirty so that is a really good sign.Me? Well, I just finished reading the Vampire novel "Twilight". WOW! It was awesome.I started it Friday and had the 498 page book finished by Sunday. I couldn't put it down. I can't wait now to read the next one"New Moon" and see the movie that came out this past summer. In fact I begged my mom to babysit tomorrow night so I could go to the 7:45 showing at the theater. I am so excited.I hope that doesn't sound pathetic? So, so far our New Year has been , thankfully quiet. I am going to try to upload a picture now, hopefully that will work. Until tomorrow...BYE-BYE.