Jones...

I love this picture of Jonah. First of all, I think it looks very Rockwell. Secondly, it really shows the excitement of the moment (he's the super excited one second from the left; his car was winning the race). We don't get to see that too much in Jonah. Only in little stolen glances do you see it much. He's shy like the male Roots' kids tend to be and possesses this nonchalant attitude. Cool as a cucumber and man of few words is Jonah. But, believe me it's there. He is the most competitive of the Amy Roots kids. He not only likes to win, he has a bit of a compulsion. In kindergarten it took the whole family to convince him that a 90 was still an "A". It's not pride necessarily, he just wants proof he did his best. He never makes fun of others and he keeps it to himself. I love that about him. He's not yet jaded by cynicism like his teenage siblings. (Although, Jennifer always, always works really hard, she is "ok" with not always making "100") Noah takes after his Mom. Neither of us needs some "authority" to "grade" us and "label" us good or bad. (she says sneering her best bad girl sneer) You just have to love a guy that still possesses the desire to work hard and do his best. And we do.

Some Things We've Been Up To.....

I know I know, it's been a long time since my last post. What can I say? We've been busy, I mean really, really busy.

But, if the truth be told......Hello, my name is Amy, I'm a Facebook addict. It's true. I'm completely addicted. But, I have realized the error of my ways. So here is a sampling of what we've been doing.

Let's see, Jennifer Ann continues her abuse of our dear Jack Russell Terrier, Jack. Here, she fancies him a bunny. (No animals were "hurt" in the above picture, unless you count his ego.)

Christmas was good. Noah received seriously the LOUDEST present ever. The LOUDEST present EVER! Am I a sucker or what? Like, I knew the drums were loud, but they are REALLY REALLY LOUD. Like, knock stuff off shelves loud. But he loves them and is very good at drums. At least his Mommy thinks so, of course I'm deaf now, but I feel the rhythm with my feet.

Jonah had a totally awesome birthday (that's him in the space shirt). We had all the neighborhood kids over for pizza and cake and even had some teenager friend types of the older siblings. Party at the Roots place!

George decided to enjoy the hospitality of Midland Memorial Hospital for 10 days with another infection in his hand. Boy that was some fun let me tell you. The best part was the look of panic on the doctors faces as they came in day after day to see no results. But science prevailed! This time. The picture above was in the early stages, believe me it got worse, much worse before it got better. We are so very grateful that he is much improved and doing much better. Very, very grateful.

The last picture is of our photodysfunctional family at Jonah's baptism. The best we got. Apparently we aren't meant for the red carpet as we can't all look at the camera at the same time with our eyes open. And no, I'm not an amazon nor the tallest in our family. I had on my big girl heels and many others were barefoot. This picture reminds me of being in the third grade and being placed at the top, dead center in the class picture. *shudder* Not great for a girl's ego, not great at all. And please, why didn't someone have mercy on me and fix my hair??? Jeesh you'd think it was someone else's "special" day or something. Anywho, despite the photographs it was a wonderful day. We're so proud of Jonah.

Well, three months of Roots' family goings on. You all can rest easy now.