It has been a busy time at the Payne house as usual! My big boy turned 3 years old last week. And he told me to quit calling him baby because he is a big boy now. Yes my heart did brake but it was a good brake, my little man is very independent and that is what we are going for right? I mean he can't be a baby baby forever. But he still likes to cuddle with his momma! I took cupcakes to daycare for him and his class. I watched the class dance to different songs and Owin was holding hands dancing with a girl. She turned smiled & waved at me as she danced with my baby (big boy!) It was very cute but also made me think about the future!

We had a Dinosaur party for Owin at our house! He loves Dinosaurs had balloons and a Dinosaur cake. Owin had been telling people that they weren't invited mainly girls because it was a all boy party. He even told me not to come, but I told him I was bringing the cake, so he let me come then! That's basically how it went he told Jerri, Caitlin, Christy, and the Thompson's girls they could come if they got him a gift! My son is a mess, not bashful at all! We had a great birthday and it is so hard to believe that 3 years have went by so fast. He went from being 9lbs to throwing a baseball hard in a flash. So now the adventure begins we are seriously talking about wee-ball for Owin to go along with a full baseball schedule for Ben. But that is what is all about right. Also on Owin's actual birthday we made breakfast for dinner! Jeremy & I decided that this will be somethin we do for every kid on there birthday, just something that we do together, have pancakes on there birthdays! The kids seemed to enjoy it and we put a candle in Owin's birthday pancakes! It was a fun supper and a tradition I hope we started with our little family!
So it has been a exciting week not just for the Payne's but if you live in Oklahoma. Another blizzard has hit us and have basically been in the house getting out of it 2 days for work. The kids only had one day of school this week. It is very strange to see all the snow so much snow actually. It was fun to play in with the kids! So I leave you with some pictures from my BIG BOY's birthday and the rest of us Payne's in the snow! Happy Birthday OWIN!

A Trip to the Dentist & then Some Ball

So this last week was a bit of a struggle for this momma. But again I had a lot of help from Jeremy during it. Like I have told people a week ago I scheduled 3 dentist appts. and Owin's 3 year pictures all on one day. I had no idea that Owin would be getting over being sick or that I would be sick. But I was and I had to get through it! So off we go to the dentist appt.

Big Ben went first and he has no cavities, but has a crowded mouth just like his sister so braces are in there future! I think we can thank there daddy for that! He had to have braces to, so its a good thing Greewma works at the orthodontist! Anyway Owin was next and 6 months is a HUGE difference in a toddler! 6 months ago I had to hold him in my lap lay my body across him and hold his arms. This time he hopped right up in that chair as if he had done it 100 times before! They let him hold the sucker thing which he thought was pretty cool! And he let the ladies do there job. He watched tv with the sunglasses they give you to keep the light out of your eyes! He thought that was awesome! No Cavities for him either! & Ms Caitlin came out with no cavities as well but with a disgusted look on her face she hates what they use to clean her mouth at the end!

So 3 kids no cavities so off to school we go just in time for P.E. for Ben! In this hectic day I made myself a dr appt. However my dr was almost 2 hrs behind which meant that Jeremy was going to have to get Owin and get him to his pictures... So finally I see the Dr. and off to get Owin to his pictures! It was a crazy day but it all made it worth it when my little man smiled and behaved so good for him pictures! What a difference a year makes here! He was a bit rotten last year for his pictures! But was so precious this time around!

Again we topped our week off with basketball so I leave you with a few pictures of Owin at the dentist and Caitlin & Ben playing some basketball!

I have been a poor blogger...

Ok I know I have been a very poor blogger... It has been over a year since I last posted, and my kids have grown so much in a year. I have to catch you up on the activity with the Payne Gang! I don't know where to start we had a great 2010, playing some type of ball somewhere. I guess we should start with baseball that's where we spend most of our time!


Benjamin had a great summer season his team the Spikes won the Coach Pitch State Championship. It was a great experience for him and his team mates! We traveled from one side of the state to the other. Regionals were in Preston Oklahoma a great place to play ball at and there is a Dairy Queen not to far from Preston! It was raining and HOT, but the mom survived and so did Owin a spray water bottle that is great for a 2 year old!

Speaking of Owin he was quite the little traveler, he did great going to ballgames, it is hard to keep him off the field or a court! He thinks he is 9 years old just like his brother! He traveled to Elk City on our journey in the state tournament stayed in hotels. But his most exciting trip was to the Great Wolf Lodge! He still talks about it and you have to play Great Wolf Lodge in the bathtub with him. YOu take a cup and poor water on the top of his head and he thinks we are at GWL! We took that trip with Greewma, Papa, Justin and Christy. We had a great time and did some shopping while we were in Texas.

Caitlin Payne is quite the shopper, she has every name brand you can think of from Nike, Northface, TOMS you name it she has it. She is playing basketball this season and she is in band playing the trumpet. She had her first band concert. Her basketball team is good they just finished 3rd in the Sooner State games. Caitlin is tough, and aggressive, we are working on confidence and shooting. We are proud of her.

We are proud of all 3. Jeremy has finished working on the house. It is nice having with us at nights instead of him coming home and working! He has done a excellent job on the house. We have it up for sale, and in the beginning had a lot of traffic, now it has slowed way down. But in time it will all work out I just have to be patient! That is easier said then done, if you know me! Thats been a year in a nutshell! I promise to write more often that once a year! Below are some pictures from Christmas eve, and just before the Christmas Program and the band concert!

Practie, Routines, & Blessings...

Well I haven't blogged in a bit, the Payne's have defintly been busy! I will start with Caitlin. She is enrolled in dance and enjoying Dale she seems to have a lot more engery these days and seems to be really happy! I think the change to Dale has been great for her she is starting to be more interested in boys which I don't think Jeremy is ready for, but he will have to deal! She will be turning 11 in a week so life with her is going to start to get interesting!

Benjamin is the busiest of the three right now he is practicing baseball and is going to play flag football, which I really didn't believe he would because of our 1st football experience was not a good one at all but since it is flag football & we had a free night why not! It was a surprise to me & my thinking is how are we going to fit this in, but it is 6 weeks so Saturday mornings here we come with more games! He has adjusted to Dale and really likes it. Its amazing how a different environment brings out the best in kids. You know Jeremy & I went to Dale and I really enjoyed my time there, its just neat to see Caitlin & Benajamin realizing that there are several different oppurnities out there for them. They are so active!

But my active little toddler Owin, is getting so big! He doesn't miss a beat! He believes that he is as old as Caitlin and Ben. Tonight we went to baseball practice usually we stay home & have Owin & momma time but tonight we went & sitting there watching him follow the girls (sisters of the boys playing ball) around, he thought he was just like them as old as them. It was so cute. We bought him the baseball toliet seat its not officially potty training time yet but we put him on it everynight to try to spark a interest in it, but he has none so far, but we have got plently of time for that!

I recently read a blog of my cousins and she talked about blessings these three are blessings to me! These three kids are the world to Jeremy & I. The running around from practice to practice squeezing homework in, the confusion of dinner on practice nights, its what makes it all fun & worth it. & at times it does get the best of me I have to stop & think would I want it any other way & the answer is no. The busy , schedule & trying to keep Owin on some sorta of routine is a challenge but I wouldn't have it any other way! I am posting some pictures of the kids throughout the last few weeks there will be more to come since everything is starting back up but here are a few of my favorites!

New School & A Wedding

Caitlin & Benjamin started school at Dale today. Caitlin was nervous & we thought she would shed some tears, & yes it brought back my memories of crying my first day at Dale, so I was worried about her. However she completely suprised us, she said it was awesome which relief came over me then. I think we hoped for the best but prepared for the worst. She was the decideing factor on going to Dale. Benjamin had wanted to go since last fall, but when Caitlin went to basketball camp she wanted to so here we are.

Benjamin had a different day one we weren't expecting from him. He makes friends easier and talks a lot so we really didn't expect to say it wasn't fun. But it turns out it was not as bad as he made it out to be! All of the kids that he knows are in the other class which we told him he can make more new friends, but he did make 2 friends in his class and they are both girls! He does get to see the kids in the other class, so its not to bad he finally said just takes some time he said. So he had postive outlook I think! So again relief finally! I have been worried about this!

Owin started his day in a cute outfit (well as cute as a boy can be) and took a bath in goolosh today! He came home in his extra clothes but I think I have to make him goolosh now! He likes it!

This past weekend my cousin Kaylee got married and she had the kids and my nephews do little jobs in her wedding. And by the way Kaylee looked beautiful! She had Benjamin Davis be a Jr. groomsmen and Ben Payne & Jackson Phelps be candle lighters & Caitlin Payne handle the book duties. I didn't get to take pictures but Jana my sister did. She took some great ones of the kids. So these pictures are from her and her camera! So yes I swiped them!

They were really great pictures. Caitlin looks way to old, which did not make her daddy happy at all, but he will have to deal with it! Owin's white shirt didn't stay white at the reception he and the red punch met and the red punch won! However his Papa got the white shirt back to white again so we thanked him for that! The kids were great in the wedding, despite Ben Davis about knocking himself out on the candlabra, it could of been worse! But it was a funny moment that I think we will all remember about Kaylee's wedding this & Chase shoveing cake all over her! But that is all for now!

Owin Already workin' MOM

Owin has become quite the little kisser, and he knows just when he should do it like when he is getting in trouble. He already knows how to work me, this isn't good right, at 18 months he shouldn't know this! Well here is the story.

My little man has quite the arm on him, and he should considering that his entire life has basically been spent at a baseball field or at basketball gym. He throws his Binky and has very good aim with it! On Saturday he got me right smack in the middle of the eye, it water and was funny, a few minutes later boom he gets Jeremy in the eye, and that was funny! Jeremy and I take full responsibility for this new problem cause we laugh & clap & say good throw Owin at everything he does. Ok so here is the part that melted me... I got him out of the tub Sunday getting him dried off diapered teeth brush you know. He takes his binky throws it right square in the middle of my eye. He laughs but I am not. I am getting on to him and he knows he is in trouble he had that fear like oh crap I made her mad. So as I am shaking my finger and saying no, no, you don't throw it at momma & if you throw it again we are throwing it in the trash, he bends down in kisses me, I just stopped and tried saying it again, yeah didn't work cause he kisses me again, He knows what he is doing, it made me laugh and cry at the same time. Jeremy couldn't believe that he already was doing this & I melted, but really how could you not!

My little man amazes me everyday how he knows already exactly what Jeremy and I tell him or how he just says its Hot. Its crazy to think that it has already been 18 months it really has went by fast. He is one of a kind!

Benjamin's Day as a Mudhen...

We spent our Saturday playing baseball yestrday. Benjamin played with the Mudhens in a tournament in Blanchard. It was a fun day HOT but a lot cooler than it has been! He played with my two nephews Benjamin Davis, & Jackson Phelps. It was nice, I haven't got to see them play so much cause we all play on the same nights, so it was good to finally watch these two also! They won 3rd place in this tournamet played four games. Jeremy had told Benjamin that he would not yell at him that this would be fun and a good experience for him, well we all know Jeremy can't help himself, Benjamin hit the ball & I guess forgot to run I don't know why or how he forgot this part but he did! We all yelled RUN! Anyway after trying to explain why Jeremy yelled at him when he said he wouldn't Benjamin laid down a bunt and things were better a smile on his face finally! He started out a bit nervous I think, he won't admit it though! The boys called him "butter" he wore a jersey of this boy who wasn't there named Utter, so they called him "butter" and the "Utterone" which was Caitlins favorite! Jeremy for the first 2 games got to see how fun it is to chase Owin around however he did get a bruise on the back of his head on Jeremy's watch! But we are over that!!LOL! Anyway Owin and Riley played together, Caitlin took pictures which is why she is not in any of these cause she took most of them as the boys played! Benjamin said after it was over walking to the car,"that this was a good thing for him, he met new people, laid down a bunt, and got another trophy" he is growin up and it was nice to hear him say that & realize that! It was a nice day here are some of the pictures of the boys!



Ben Davis (Shortstop) & Benjamin Payne (2nd base)







Jackson Phelps about to bat


Riley & Owin eating some crackers...








The boys & there trophies!