Merry Christmas

Santa was very good to us this year, the kids all really liked what they got, as you can see Jena really enjoyed opening presents!

Family Pictures

These are the same pictures that I posted in my last post, I just made them into a collage.

Jakob's Special Day

Yesterday was a special day for Jakob. He was ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood in our Church, and he was made a Deacon by his dad. Congratulations Jakob, we are so proud of you and the good choices that you have made.

Thanks to all of our family and friends who came to support Jakob on his special day!

Here are some family pictures that we took before church yesterday!

Christmas Card

Twelve Years Old

Today is Jakob's 12th birthday, I really don't know where the time has gone, it seems like just yesterday he was a tiny baby coming home from the hospital.( I have some really cute baby pictures of him, but lucky for him we don't have a scanner so I can't post any)

He is growing into a fine young man, and when I say growing I really mean growing. He is almost as tall as I am (Which isn't saying much because I am short) I am sure he is going to pass me up before the school year is over. It seems like every week he is telling me that his clothes are getting too small.

He is a really great big brother, and most of the time he is willing to do anything that I ask him to do!

Happy Birthday Jake!

The Joy of Christmas

Decorating the Christmas Tree

We took on the task of decorating our Christmas Trees last Saturday. Once we had everything put up, I was ready to take it all back down. Between Jena and Barnaby I will be redecorating my trees everyday!

15 Months Old

Jena turned 15 months on the 28 of November. She is so silly, her new things she like to do are say "duck, quack quack" (I have been trying to teacher her some other animal names and sounds but she only loves to say duck quack quack) she likes to spin around in circles and dance with her sister, she will even play dress up with Jacey. She loves our dogs, they tolerate her! She likes to lay on top of barnaby for some reason, he has become very patient with her probably because he doesn't like to get whacked if he growls or snaps at her.

I just had to to the Doctor yesterday, for her 15 month check up. She is doing everything a 15 month old should do. He was surprised to see that she has 4 molars, he said that she was a little early for them. He is still concerned about her weight, so we had to have blood drawn to have a thyroid test done and he also wants to check and make sure that she is absorbing fats so I have to take in a stool sample gross! They told me to keep it in the fridge until it was convenient to bring it in, that's not going to happen, no way am I going to keep poop in my fridge! ( We had her in a couple weeks ago for croup and she has lost weight since she was in for that)

He wants me to put her on pediasure 2 times a day, so if anyone knows where I can get a good deal on it let me know.

I'm sure all the tests are going to come back normal and he will finally see that it is genetic and then maybe he will stop worrying about how small she is!

Thanksgiving

I have been slacking off , We had a Wonderful Thanksgiving down in Utah. I got to spend some time with my Mom and Sister Rachel the day before Thanksgiving. We turned the kids over to their dads and went and saw New Moon!



We had lots of fun just hanging out and visiting with family. Now if only they would come and visit us soon!
This is my Dad, Joe and Jacey making butter flake rolls, if you ask me it looks like way too much work. I will stick to frozen Rhodes dough!


Joe and I even braved the crowdson the day after Thanksgiving and went to Sam's Club at 5 am. We didn't go to buy anything for Christmas we went to buy software for our computer, I can't believe that people enjoy getting up early in the morning to stand in line to buy things. I think Joe and I did the best Christmas shopping from the comfort of our family room, we didn't have to fight traffic or crowds it was great! got to love the Internet and online shopping.

My kids crack me up

Jacey had Harley the monkey over the weekend.( he is a sock monkey that the school counselor sends home with the kindergarten children to help them learn to share).

We needed to take pictures of Jacey and Harley Sharing. This is my favorite picture of the kids making monkey faces!

Crazy Hair

Today is crazy hair day at school. Josh's hair is pretty crazy today. I wanted to make his hair curly because he has the best curls,(why couldn't the girls have gotten his curls?) but he wanted it to stand up.

Guess who will be getting a hair cut before the day is over!

Jacey turns 6

Jacey had a birthday on the 7th, she is now 6 years old. We went down to Utah to celebrate her birthday, because Joe's brother Mike had rented the Layton Surf & Swim to celebrate his two children's birthday, and he just happened to have it rented on Jacey's birthday. (Thanks Mike for letting us celebrate at the pool).

We had a fantastic time playing in the waves with family and friends!

These are the cupcakes we made they have either strawberry shortcake, or little Mermaid picks on them ( we let Jacey choose what she wanted and she couldn't decide so we did both).

We Love you Jacey! Happy Birthday.

Puppy Love

I thought this was too cute!

This is our other dog Rocky, he isn't so cuddly anymore, he is getting to be a grumpy old man. We love him anyway!

Who needs a Dishwasher when you have a dog!

This is what I have to deal with everytime I open the dishwasher!

Halloween Pictures

Here are some pictures of the kids in their Halloween costumes.

Jakob was Darth Vader,

Josh was Captain America,

Jacey was a Cat, and


Jena was a fairy princess!

This was the first year that I had to take them out, Joe usually takes them, but being the nice person that he is he let all of the mom's at work take the night off so they could take their children trick or treating and he worked. Since he worked, I took the kids to the mall and then to trunk or treat at our church. We also hit a few of the houses in our neighborhood that we knew weren't at trunk or treat. I think they all had a good time. Jena loves candy just like the other kids!