Friday, March 13, 2009

Wii Fit

Jackson got Wii Fit for his birthday (well it's for all of us). We had a great time playing it with Grandma Susie and Riley and Chelsea. It is a lot of fun and it actually does get you moving. Lots of laughs!
J and Grandma running
Londie ready for church

J in his new pajamas standing on the wii fit board


Riley running a race

Jackson running

Birthday Weekend

Grandma Susie, Riley, and Chelsea came down for Jackson's birthday. We had a lot of fun with them.
me and Grandma
J with his birthday presents

London trying to curl her hair-I guess she watches me too much.

Family Time

Just a few pictures we took on Jackson's birthday as a family.





Happy Birthday Jackson!

Ok, here we go. The computer likes me today, so it let me upload some pictures. So here are pictures of Jackson's birthday.

We had birthday waffles on the morning on Jackson's birthday.

I did something I vowed never to do-I purchased character sheets and comforter for Jackson. Spongebob no less. And although it went against my beliefs, the look on his face was worth it.

J's yummy costco cake

J opening his presents

swimming afterward

London and cousin, Owen.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Happy Birthday Jackson March 4

Jackson turned 5 on March 4. We gave him a couple gifts and then he had a birthday party at the clubhouse on Saturday. We did some crafts, ate cake, opened presents and went swimming. He had a great time and it was really fun to have a big party for him. We probably won't do that every single year, but it was worth it. He got lots of fun things-lots of Hotwheels cars, a bubblegum machine, Spongebob sheets and comforter (I always said I would never let my kids have character clothes or bedding cause I think it looks cheap, but the look on his face when he saw his bedding was priceless, and it was totally worth it), and the biggest thing he got was Wii Fit. It is really fun and he is having a great time exercising on it. It has been a lot of fun for all of us.

However, our computer is doing really weird things-won't let me open attachments on emails, won't save my word documents, and it currently won't let me upload my pictures to blogger. So, we have some really great pictures of the kids from the party and from Jackson's birthday, but you don't get to see them until we figure our computer out. If you know someone who can help us, please let us know. Ever since we downloaded Mozilla Firefox, our computer has been doing strange things. So we uninstalled it, but it is still not working right.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

St. George Weekend


Wes took the kids to St. George this weekend. I stayed home because I couldn't miss my class on Saturday. Wes went motorbiking with my dad and my mom watched the kids on Saturday. I woke up Saturday morning to go to class and I was so sick. I still went to class, then I came home and layed on the couch or in bed the entire day. It was actually really nice to be sick and not have to take care of anyone but myself. Then Jackson got sick and was up all night Saturday night. So Wes and the kids got up Sunday morning and came straight home. J is doing much better. Hopefully Wes doesn't get whatever it is we have. All in all, they had a great weekend.

London 22 months Feb 22


London is 22 months! She is a sweetie!

Chillin' with her friend Natalia

She has recentlydecided that peeing in a bowl is exciting so she tries to do it as much as possible. (If you look close you can see 2 cheeks peeking out from the bowl.)

She found Jackson's enormous sucker and I just couldn't take it away.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Happy Birthday Lulu! February 15

Happy 28th Birthday Lulu! We love you and hope you had a great day. These pictures make us miss you so much! You are such a fun aunt and a wonderful sister!



Love my Vitamix!

This is my new Vitamix and I love it so much! It makes the best smoothies ever-better than jamba juice and my kids love it! I love it too since I know they are eating healthy things. Like if they don't eat fruit all day or vegies, I just whip them up one of these! I put vanilla yogurt, frozen blueberries, frozen strawberries, an orange, a banana, some carrots and orange juice. It tastes fabulous! Also, I make a greens drink for myself and I can get all my vegetables for the day in one drink. Yes, sometimes it's hard to gag it down, but it's healthy. And a regular blender does not even compare. I highly recommend this product. It's a great investment!
London is very happy with her smoothie
Both J and L are happily awaiting their very first smoothie at home. Jackson, especially. Grandma has one of these and when we go visit, the first thing he wants is Grandma to make him a smoothie. Now he can have them at home.

Making Bread with Vitamix

We made our first loaf of whole wheat bread in the Vitamix. It all started last Spring. My dad planted the wheat and nurtured it all summer. He then harvested it in the fall, and we drove up to Rexburg filled up a bucket and took it home. Then, this morning, Wes cleaned out the chaf with a blow dryer, and we dumped it in the vitamix.
We ground it up for 2 minutes and it was ready.
Then, we poured in the rest of the ingredients and the vitmix kneaded it. Then we plopped it into the pan and let it rise.
Voila! Fresh whole wheat homemade bread!
It looks kind of flat, but I think I just put it in a pan that was too big. It was actually very good for my first time.

Valentine's Weekend

We had a fun Valentine's weekend. On Saturday, Wes went shooting and skiing. I went to class, then played with the kids all day. On Sunday Jeffrey and Kathleen came over for dinner. It was fun to visit them. They played the Wii with Jackson. Jackson beat Kath at bowling and he also beat Jeffrey at golf, can you believe that?



Wednesday, February 11, 2009

London 21 months!




21 months on January 22nd! I love my girl with pigtails.

Jackson taking a "RELAXING" nap

Jackson told me he wanted to relax and take a little nap. I told him he looked real comfortable.

Funny Outfits


Swim suit tops, pajama bottoms, slippers

Jackson's first handwritten words