Yesteryear and The Rangers

Jaelynn was asked to be a maiden in a court for the Yesteryear celebration this past weekend. It was a family friend or honestly we would not have done it. The only way Jaelynn agreed to this whole get up is if she could walk across the stage with somebody she knew. So, they paired her with Cade, who is a close family friend also. We ended up having a great time. Three nights of flowers from Cade. Isn't that SWEET? Jaelynn loved them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then, on Sunday night we got 1/2 price Ranger tickets for the big kids and us. We left Jolie for the 1st time with my parents. (I did good...ahem, I mean she did good.)

Finally the Wedding Post

Let me start by saying if you want to go back and read how we started dating you can read it here. Also, I am almost a month behind. :(

July 5,1997
Our Wedding Day
I love this man, Michael Jason Carlile. We have been married 12 years now. I love him more now than I ever dreamed possible on our wedding day. We truly have become one. I know you hear people say they get butterflies when they see their mate...I truly frequently still do! Jason is such a godly father to our children, a wonderful provider, protector, caretaker, handyman, etc.... He is the one that I will love spending everyday with until we grow old and wrinkly. :) Thank you Jason for a wonderful, sometimes bumpy,but most of all blessed 12 years of being married to you! With all my love, Jennifer

4th of July in Lubbock

Jason's dad, Randy, and his step mom, Kathy, live in Lubbock. We decided since Jason's dad would not be able to come to us this summer we would take the kids to them. Also, Jason's brother, Brent, enlisted in the Army. He will be leaving in the fall sometime. So, we wanted to see him before he left for boot camp. We broke up the trip and stayed with Jason's brother Todd who lives in Ft. Worth on the way there and on the way back. The kids did so good riding in the car. We were very proud of them!!!

We finally made it to Lubbock. Now we were ready to swim.Grandy- We are so glad to see you!Jolie's 1st paradeIs that good baby?

Climb buddy climb....Jaelynn did not make it very far. :)

The kids really enjoyed sparklers this year. Since we were in Lubbock where you can see for miles and miles. We could see fireworks 20 miles away. It was very pretty coming from all directions. The kids enjoyed it more this year because it wasn't so loud. ;) This was our last night with Grandy and Grandmom. It was fun and we were glad we got go visit them at their house.

We got to travel back to Ft Worth on our anniversary.

( I will post about our anniversary later.) When we got to Ft. Worth we took them swimming with Uncle Todd and cousin Matt. They had a big time all together. When, we got back to Todd's house they took a BIG bubble bath.

Then, we woke up Monday and visited the Ft. Worth zoo. It was beautiful and very different than our home zoo.

Real bats.A Kangaroo

Three cute "monkeys"

It is always nice to go places, but I always love the feel of home!!!!

A little bit of everything

Beware This might be long.:)
It seems like three children have zapped my brain cells. I seem to being running in circles some days never really accomplishing anything. So, I have not posted in awhile (except for our tribute to Jason). Here are some pictures from June and the busy month we have had since school was out. We went on vacation with two of our great couple friends and their children. We went to Sea World, The Alamo, and The Riverwalk. It was tons of fun and the kids loved being all together.

Here are pictures of Jaelynn and Jake trying to make some money for our trip. They were so excited they made over $6.

Here we go to Sea World!
Jolie turned 8 months the day we went to Sea World. You like her hair? Hee hee! She did not wear it like that all day just so you know. :)
Mr. Alek being silly.
Our sweet baby conked. She was such a trooper.Isn't this so sweet?Watching the dolphins.Tess and JaelynnCade and Jake watching the sharks swim.3 Tired girls. The Carlile crew at the AlamoAll the friends from youngest to oldest....Jolie, Jenna, Emmy, Jake, Kate,

Jaelynn, Tess, and Cade.My two handsome guys!

All the big kids acting like monkeys.

Cade and Jaelynn work it kids... work it... It was so cute watching them pose like models.

After we left our friends on Sunday. We headed to Austin to watch TCU and Texas play baseball. Jason's brother is an assistant coach with TCU. After the game we took the kids to the hotel to give Uncle Todd and cousin Matt a squeeze before we headed home.

We were so tired, but still having fun on the way home.

Then, on Father's Day we had the privilege of dedicating our beautiful baby girl. We were very excited to stand in front of our church family and give our Jolie to the Lord. We will raise her the best we know how with the Lord's help. Thank you God for blessing us with this third wonderful child. Then, this past weekend we had a Princess Protection movie party. It was a cute movie that came out on The Disney channel Friday night. Oh boy was that fun!!! We were so excited to have some friends who moved last summer to Las Vegas. We had not seen them since they left. Jaelynn had been counting down the days to Mattie's arrival.This is Mattie's baby brother,Rhet. Isn't he just so cute? Jolie thought so too. :) Look at that smile, but I don't think he was as impressed with her. Ha ha!

We had all the girls make crowns to wear for the party. They had fun sticking stickers and writing their names on the crowns. They all turned out very cute.

Oh, how Jaelynn loves this girl!

Here is Princess Jaelynn and Princess Mattie. Two beautiful friends! Oh, how does Jaelynn miss you Mattie!So, I think that wraps it up...I will try to make more of an effort to write more this summer. :)

My Daddy....

Well, I have alot to post about, but for now we will do a tribute to Jason.
The kids told me all the things about their Daddy that they want you to know.

Our Daddy is loving, smart, careful,smiley, and the kindest. He loves to play sports and the guitar. He likes to watch baseball, basketball, and football on the TV. Our Daddy's favorite food is chicken spaghetti and chicken fried steak. Blue is his favorite color. He really likes to drink tea and Dr.Pepper. He is good at being a dad. Jaelynn said,"My favorite thing to do with Daddy is tackling, tickling, and just having fun." "My favorite thing to do with Daddy is to play catch.",said Jake. Our favorite thing about Daddy is he loves us and says I love you alot. He is the best Daddy in the world.

I think that sums it up. Jason is a wonderful Daddy to our three children. God blessed him with much patience and love. We are very thankful for him and the lead role he plays in our family. Thank you Jason for the blessing you are to me and our family. We love you more than words can say!