Zoo Trip

We went to Park City and Hogle Zoo a few weekends ago.  We ended up staying in a hotel Friday night at Park City, getting pizza and then swimming at the hotel,  Then getting up to get to the zoo when they opened.  Just wanted to have a weekend away...

Jaydon on the way down with Jason's mug and popcorn from Target-he was a happy kid.

Jori loved this mirror at the hotel and sat there for quite awhile.

We met my sister and her family at the zoo. 
Here is Jaydon and Addy with a sea lion in the background.

What a rude mom I am to make him stand by the bears for a picture.

Jaydon and the giraffes.

One of our favorite parts was watching the tigers.  There were two of
them going at it and a sign there saying it was normal, but they got
right up to the glass banging into it and giving the crowd a show!

One of Jaydon's favorite parts-the train ride.

Jori after she woke up-happy girl!

Playing on the polar bear sculptures.

I had to add this picture, the next morning after our weekend away Jori fell asleep
quietly on her own.  She must have been exhausted!

May

A run-down on May....

We celebrated 8 years of marraige right after celebrating Mother's Day with dinner, then

dinner and the temple the next night.

My "queen for a day" card I got for my birthday from the kids. 
Jaydon wanted me to really wear that crown to church.

Jaydon graduated from Preschool.  Although I really just told him we were going to his program.  He is going again next year so this is just a stepping stone, plus I think graduations for preschool are a little silly.....

Showing off his diploma

We went to Day out with Thomas over Memorial Day weekend like last year.  Although this year it rained a ton.  So it was fun, but too wet to get to do all the fun stuff we did last year.  Although Jori loved the train ride!

Proud of his certificate

Jaydon and dad on the train

Grabbing a quick picture of Jaydon with Thomas in the rain

Once again, it was rainy and cold so a quick picture with Sir Topham Hatt


Good start to a fun summer!

Happy 4 Years!



Happy Birthday to my big 4-year-old!  He was sooo excited for his birthday to come so he could have his Cars party and Cars cake.  He was so excited when he was able to see it all finished!  We ended up celebrating his birthday on Sunday at the park.  It was a picnic/party and so we just had sandwiches and this kids played and cake and ice cream.  It was the perfect day for a party and the park and he was so excited for everybody to come to HIS party.  When someone was about to leave I would ask Jaydon "What do you say?" and he'd say "Happy Birthday!"  He did thank people too.



Jaydon, Brynlee, and Addysen

Everyone singing to Jaydon-about to blow out the candles!

A picture of us at the party

Addy, Jaydon, Hero, Alexander, and Catherine

Jaydon got lots of cool stuff and was spoiled rotten!  He's been busy this week playing with all of his cool stuff.

Addy and Jaydon hugged good-bye and this is right after.  How fun that he has such a good friend/cousin.

Not sure why he was so excited to go to school on his birthday but he was!  He came home and told me all about it-looks like they spoiled him too!

We made him wait to open presents from us til Monday, his actual birthday.  Just spreading out  the celebrating....

That night we took him to dinner and then to ice cream.  Once the kids were bathed and ready for bed we suprised Jaydon with blowing out the candles once more.  Since that HUGE cake was all gone from the party the night before we made homemade oreos (his favorite) and let him blow out candles again.  (One of his favorite things about birthdays!)

I had to add this picture in...the other day I went to get Jori a bottle and Jaydon insisted that he could feed her, so I let him!  What I big helper to have around!  We sure love this boy, Happy Birthday to the one and only Jaydon Malone!

Easter

                                                                         

 I better get Easter up before Jaydon's birthday!  This year Jaydon really got into dying eggs.  We went to the store and bought an egg coloring kit about a month in advance and he asked if we could dye eggs...finally is was April and so yes, we could dye eggs!  He is on a Cars kick right now so we had cars wrappers, I think that was his favorite part.  We also found a kit I bought last year after Easter for this year, so we dyed eggs again.  I don't have anymore dye so we are done.

Jori loves this toy.  We got it out while we were watching Conference and it is a life saver.  I stick her in it and make dinner, vacuum, fold laundry, actually I put her in here all of the time for almost anything I do.  She is sure pulling out her personality now and is such a fun baby.



Jaydon was playing peek-a-boo with her and she was almost laughing.  We've got more laughs out of her lately, but she is still Miss Curious and takes a bit to break out of her shell.

Jori with her basket on Easter morning.  She has no idea what is going on, obviously...

Jaydon and his easter basket on Easter morning.  He was excited to get some of his stuff and take it to church with us.

After church we hurried to take a picture.  Jaydon and Jori both had purple on for their Easter outfits this year!

February and March

These pictures are all random but here are some from February and March. Starting of with St. Patrick's day is Jaydon showing of his leprechaun he and I made. Can you tell how excited he is? He would NOT wear green, telling me leprechauns wear blue. When I told him I would pinch him if he didn't he just said "You won't pinch me cause I love you!" I did convince him to wear a green jacket when we went to the store at least!

The kids with Daddy. Although Jaydon always calls him Jason. We have to laugh about it because I am sure people think he is my boyfriend or something when we are out in public, but at least he knows his dad's name.

Jaydon showing off dinner. We had green tacos for dinner with guacamole and kiwis. Jaydon ate all of his dinner, I think I will buy green tortillas from now on.

When we are inside Jaydon is still my little Mr. Fix-it. He isn't always fixing stuff with toy tools, and that is when things can get interesting.

We are trying to get Jori to sit up. She is a little behind on stuff, but at her 6-month check up her doctor told me not to worry and that she will probably be behind a little until she is 2-3 years old. She will now roll over and can almost sit on her own. She is a happy girl, always smiling, but when the camera comes out she always has that curious face on.

Jori with daddy while he is reading Hunger Games. We both got hooked on the series and I read all 3 books in 3 weeks. Jason started shortly after and is almost done with the 3rd. He decided to surprise me with tickets to go see it opening night. Finally something we both like!

Jaydon playing again with his trucks. The weather is too wishy-washy but when it is nice we have been outside at the park! Love being able to be outside!

One night I brought Jori into our bed because she just wouldn't go to sleep and I was too tired to keep trying. In the morning Jason had gotten up and asked how long Jaydon had been in our bed....I didn't know but Jason and I were really uncomfortable and it is because of these two! They took over our bed!

Sometimes I will take a picture and think of one I have of Jaydon in about the same pose. I took a picture of Jori (6 months) trying food for the 1st time. It reminded me of Jaydon (he is 4 months). Jori still won't eat solids and I try everything I know to get her to eat, but Jaydon on the other hand liked cereal from the get go. I need to figure something out so she won't wake up in the middle of the night. I think they look a lot alike, only Jaydon's got the blue eyes and Jori's are brown.

Same thing with the tub picture. Jori on the top and Jaydon on the bottom. They both almost 6 months old. They are definitely siblings.

I decided that even though Jaydon is a giant 3-almost-4-year-old, he will have to ride in the stroller when I want to go long distances. This is the 1st day we tried putting them both in there and they fit! I was excited and hope they will cooperate with me this summer!