Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband!

I wanted to just take a minute to tell you the reasons why I LOVE my husband and how awesome he is and share it with you all!

He is kind-hearted, always and to everyone

He is funny ~ maybe a little cheesy sometimes-but he makes me laugh!

He know that the little things make all the differences

He is filled with knowledge about so many things that I would never remember ha!

He is charming, sweet and hot!

He is filled with knowledge (one of the smartest people I know)

He accepts my crazy family hehe

He will buy feminine products for me if he had too :)

He is always willing to eat out where me and the kids want to

He is loved by all of my friends!

He is always quick to smile :)

He never gets all worked up about the small stuff!

He teaches me new things every day

He lets me watch my shows

He doesn't mind that sometimes I stay in my pajamas all day, and don't always look all that great

He is the primary cook in our house...okay the only one ha!

He likes to cuddle

He desperately wants our kids to think he is cool (which they do)

He can handle the yuckies in our house (vomit,bugs, ect)

He takes care of me when I'm sick

He lets me be a stay-at-home mom!

He is a true romantic

He is a big kid at times

He loves his sports with a passion (Boomer Sooner)

He is always thinking of me when he drives by Starbucks and brings me a coffee!

He will kiss me even with morning breath

He always have a unique way of making me look at situations

He appreciate my roll as a mommy

He will carry the kids to bed on his shoulder, even though they are getting to big!

He tells me and the kids that he loves us morning and night

He see us as team

He values my opinion

He don't pressure me about the house

He has the perfect lips :)

He makes me laugh

He always has a positive outlook on things

He doesn't like to argue

He protects us!

He is a provider

He encourages me with my Sassy Cassie crafts :)

He apprecaites me

He calls me a couple times a day just to say he loves me!

He has nicknames for the kids

He never needs anything

He like to talk to me when we are on road trips

He like to play and swim with the kids

He still hugs and kisses our kids goodnight

He would if he could buy me the moon

He has goals

He holds me at night

He loves me!

Happy Birthday Chad Alan Jackson...I love you to the moon and back!

One of my favorite pictures of Chad...singing "Burning Love"! Haha

My Soul-mate, My Lover, My Best-friend!

Moving, Family, and New School....Life is Busy for the Jackson's!

We hope life finds each and every one of you doing well!

Since we are further away from family and friends than ever before, I have decided to set up this blog in an effort to give updates on how the Jackson 5 are adjusting to our new life in Arizona. So enjoy and I will try to update often!

Edmond house being all packed up and loaded!

Our cars being loaded and transferred to Arizona!

So here begins a new journey...

We are still in the process of getting settled into our new home. It has been a long and tiring process so far. Ha! We have been in the new house for about 2 weeks now...and just trying to get unpacked. The new house is great! There are a few things that need to be updated and painted, but all in all, it was move-in-ready! Let's just say, the previous homeowners liked the color blue in the bedrooms! Haha! The kid's rooms are great...nice and big! The girls have a Jack & Jill bathroom...which I love...and Zane has his own bathroom (YAY!) :) We also have a great guest bedroom! So all is welcome to come and visit anytime! The kids also have a great TV/living room upstairs! :) The downstairs is similar to our old house in Edmond....2 living areas, formal dining, breakfast nook, and laundry room (bigger & better laundry room ha!) Oh and a wonderful office with lots of built-ins!! Chad and I's room is bigger, but I sure do miss having a fireplace! Not that we will need it. Ha! The master bathroom is nice...we each have our own walk-in closet, which is nice...but we want to redo them in the very near future :) The kitchen is okay. We are struggling to find room for all of our things!

Now onto the fun part of the house...the BACKYARD!!! Our house has a "resort style" backyard with LOTS of great features! We have an awesome pool with a water slide/rock feature and waterfall PLUS a hot tub! There are lots of flagstone walking paths, landscape lighting, and palm trees :) We also have an outdoor kitchen, complete with grill, refrigerator, and sink. Our patio has a built-in TV, retractable awnings, and misters for those crazy HOT days! There is a swingset for the kids...which Presley and Shelby love to swing on everyday! I know it's crazy, but the swingset has built-in misters too! The girls have been swimming everyday!! Haha!

We absolutely love it!

The kids in the hot tub for the first time!

The pool at night!

Shelby sitting on one of the rock features...pool light on green now :)

Zane and Presley enjoying a night swim!

Chad cooking out for the first time on his new outdoor kitchen!

The neighborhood community is wonderful! It has 2 parks with catch & release fishing lakes...Zane and Shelby would live there if they could haha...they have really fell in love with fishing! There are 2 community pools: a 25 meter swimming pool with a shallow play pool for kids and resort pool with water features. There is also a splash pad! :) We have lots of lakeside walking/running trails (cant wait to get back into running) with many playgrounds and full basketball & sand volleyball courts. Our neighborhood even has its own YMCA.

Shelby's first fish...it was tiny, but she was excited!

Zane's catch!

PJ's first catch!

The kids all go to the same school, Power Ranch Elementary, it is K-8th grade...which is nice! It has an “A” Rating as a school district as determined by the Arizona Department of Education in their new accountability system. The new system was developed to better reflect academic growth from one grade level to the next on a school-by school basis. As one of only nine PreK-12 school districts across the state to receive an “A” rating and ranked 6th in the state in overall points, this is quite an honor to bestow on the instructional staff across our ten campuses. This rating reflects the hard work and team approach across our entire community to drive student achievement. So that was great to hear...it was one of our first concerns when deciding where we wanted to live...the schools had to be GREAT! The girls are liking school and even Zane is getting used to it, slowly but surely. We are just getting a lot of "I don't want to go to school" moments in the mornings. Haha! I think they had too long of a break between school in OK and here in AZ! Haha! Everyone will do great once they get adjusted and start meeting new friends.

10/23/11~Sunday FUNday....We went to Costco for the first time (its like a Sam's Club) We didn't leave until the basket was full haha!! Then we went to Walmart...there is nothing like restocking your fridge and pantry, when you move!

10/24/11~Tonight we got a nice little surprise at the door...our sweet new neighbors from across the street brought us over some yummy "welcome treats!"

Homemade chocolate chip cookies...as you can see, we couldn't stop eating them hehe & homemade pumpkin bread...yummy!!

Enjoy the few pictures...once we get unpacked, I will post more pictures of the house!!

Love and miss you all!