Summer stuff

Summer is flying by! Can't believe we are almost into August. We haven't had any great trips this year, but we did go up to a family reunion to Island Park/West Yellowstone. It was fun once we got there. Jason had been out of town the Monday through Friday and so driving up that Friday night, Jason picked me up at my parents and we were talking to much to notice we took the wrong way....long night, long story, BUT we did get there. Anyhow, neither Jason or myself pull out the camera much but we got a good one of Jaydon visiting the buffalo. He thought it was pretty cool, especially when they were right by our car!


This is Jaydon all during summer. With sunglasses or a hat. He loves his sunglasses and he was riding down the street with these up on his head. He's pretty funny and copies too much stuff...gotta be careful!



On our way back home, we saw this in front of us, I looked up and it was a little scary for a minute. Luckily Jason had already notice and when he saw me paniking, he laughed! Made me feel much better.

Jaydon pictures

So, here are Jaydon's 2 year pictures. They are actually a little after, but I kept putting it off, then Jaydon got a runny nose and puffy eyes on the Friday that would've worked....and so a few Fridays later we just decided to do it. He wasn't cooperating great and I tried really hard to get him to smile. He was too excited to see the tractor across the street...or the HUGE trucks...or the city bus. He points out everything when we're out, so this was no exception. But he's too cute to NOT get a good picture of anyway! What I do love is that these show off his personality, so enjoy!

Memorial Day

Here's a few pics. of Memorial Day at the park. We walk through the zoo too, but I heard a new term for it while there, The Glorified Bird Park. I think that may be a bit more fitting...but it was fun and Jaydon and Addy were too cute to pass up taking a picture of. They were trying to hold hand and walk over to the zoo entrance together. Too cute!

This picture is funny...Jaydon is looking at their hands wondering if he's got it right. And of course he's got his shades in the other hand.


Shay had her birthday that day as well. With my parents down we had a picnic at the park after we played and she blew out the candles...Happy Birthday to her!

Anniversary and Birthday...

Ok, it's been awhile...but this is sort of my journal so I want to keep it up as best as I can. May came and went and I am now finally getting around to posting something. I love May for lots of reasons and it's a busy month for us...1st, my sister is staying with us this summer going to a few classes at USU and working a bit too. She moved in the first week of May. Then came Mother's Day, our Anniversary and my birthday right in a row and I love it (and the royalty treatment!) On our actually anniversary we had our walls done in our master bathroom. They had to replace our jetted tub that was put in wrong and leaked into our basement before the sheetrock was done in the basement. We decided on no jets this time but have an oversize 6 foot soaker tub. Well, a few months of using the hall bathroom and money saved equaled new walls for our anniversary gift! Here is a before and after of it, nothing special but we are SOOO GLAD it's done and usable again! We went to dinner and a movie (Robin Hood) that night thanks to our in-house baby sitter! We were out till abot 12:30 and we felt so young again and tired! For my birthday we were able to sneak away again thanks to Shay and go to dinner and the temple. We've been trying to play outside as much as possible with our rainy weather and had a fun weekend with my parents here and another birthday celebration on Memorial Day for Shayla. I did get some pics of that, so I'll post on that too...

He used to play in the bathroom putting his toys in the tub...

And here it is finished, and Jaydon still crams a bunch of toys in the tub!

Jaydon loves birthdays and candles. Whenever there's a birthday, he talks about candles. He helped me put them in and blow them out. Then he wanted to do it again and again! What a cutie!

Happy Birthday Jaydon!

Jaydon celebrated his 2 year birthday on Friday. He was spoiled like crazy. We decided we'd do dinner and cake and ice cream for family and so cousins could come over and play with him. Well, family for Jason and I make up quite a bit of people. Most everyone on Jason's side was able to come and we had a bunch from my side, including grandma and cousin Caleb that came down to celebrate! We had pizza and sides and cake and ice cream. All and all, there were 28 people to share the fun with! With our basement just getting carpet a few days before we were down there most of the time. Jaydon loved having everyone here and talked about them on Saturday, wondering if they were coming over. Yesterday we took him to his two year check-up. He's huge! 32 lbs., 37 1/2 inches puts him in the 80's for weight and 99th% for height! He loves anything with balls and was excited to see his cake I made for him, but probably more excited to see his baseball mit and ball daddy brought home for him. He is such a cutie and we love him like crazy. Everyone says it, but I really can't believe he's two! We can't imagine life without him and we're glad he's here and part of our family!


Jaydon checking out his awesome birthday cake!

Opening tons of presents...

Trying to get him to blow out his birthday candles...

What a cutie! Enjoying some cake and ice cream. THanks everyone for coming, it was definitely a party!

Baby Animal Days

Well, we went to Baby Animal Days a week ago from Friday and I just seem to slack on blogging. We've been busy in the basement every night and weekend for the last couple of months. Unless we had a wedding or something wedding related to attend to, we were in the basement. Jason definitely more than myself, but still, we've been down there a lot! SO, we decided to take Jaydon to this so we could all enjoy a little sun with spring showing up. Jason took the afternoon off and I showered after working downstairs all morning and we headed to see the baby animals. Jaydon was all for it at 1st and ran right up to the baby goat. After that, he was a little more hesitant. We would pet the animals with him and he did better. They let the little kids ride the ponies and also had them wear helmuts...I think that is why Jaydon wasn't enjoying it as much. He's been on a horse before and it wasn't scary to him....Anyhow, we had fun and it was good to get out and do something too. We were going to stop for dinner afterwards, but we all smelled like a farm...so we opted for picking up pizza instead! We sure loved the weather though and thanks to Jessica for the camera use...we still are working on that one!

Happy 2 Weeks!

So it's been awhile since I posted, and I keep wanting to post my brother Devin's wedding! It was nice to be able to see them get sealed and spend the weekend celebrating their new life together! He and Keri were married two weeks ago on March 26th. I have this cute picture of them, and had others, but a certain little someone played with the camera and the camera isn't working...yet. BUT, these two had an awesome day and it was really nice. They were married in the Twin Falls temple and then had a luncheon and reception that night. Then on Saturday night, an Open House in Idaho Falls. Keri looked beautiful in her dress and the flowers were gorgeous (love her bouqet!) She had yellow and pink and green for her colors and everything just looked great. They didn't get much of a honeymoon as they went back to school after the weekend, but soon enough summer will come and they will get to spend a little more time together! Congratulations to Devin and Keri!