Picking Raspberries

This evening we went Raspberry and Blackberry picking. We had a lot of fun in the nice cool evening. London and Jackson loved it. London helped Daddy pick blackberries but none of them made it into the bucket because she ate them all. We had a great time.

London-16 months

August 22, 2008-London is 16 months old! She is such a sweetie and we are so blessed to have her in our lives. Love you Londie-lou-who!

Park City

We went to Park City with my parents and Lulu and Bryan last weekend. We rode the Alpine Coaster-it was so fun and very fast. Then we had icees and went home. It was really fun to hang out with our family.

Eating our icee-we all shared and Jackson wasn't too happy about that.
Jackson and me on the coaster
Grandma and Grandpa with the kiddies
Grandpa and Londie--she loves running her fingers through his hair.

Share a Smile Triathlon-August 23rd

I finished my first triathlon and I had so much fun! I swam 1/4 mile, biked 10 miles and ran 5k. I really enjoyed it and want to do it again next year. My parents came down to support me and Wes and the kids came too. I was so glad they were all there. My sister ran a 1/2 marathon that same day and she did great! We had lots of fun. My mom decided to run with me at the very end. She is such a good mom. And I wanted to especially thank my friend Lindsey who got me to do it in the first place and helped me out with training.

Jackson's first day of Preschool!

Jackson went to his first day of preschool today. He was so excited and looked so handsome. He would not let me walk him to the door. He wanted to do it all by himself. This is the necklace he made today out of straws and beads. He was so pleased with it. He is such a sweet boy with a lot of will power. We are so happy to have him in our family. We love you Jackson!

Jackson's Chores

Last Sunday Jackson came home from his primary class with a list of chores he could do around the house. So the other day, he woke up and completed everything on the list, which included:

1.Sweep the floor: He pulled out the broom and swept back and forth (not very helpful, but very cute)

2.Fold your clothes: He pulled his clothes out of his drawers and folded them, then put them away.

3.Clean up your toys: Our basement had toys allllllll over and he cleaned them all up by himself and put them in all the right places. I was so excited!

4.Make your bed: He made his bed very nicely.

5.Take out the garbage: He had the most determined look on his face as he walked out the front door. I said, "where are you going?" to which he replied, "I'm taking the garbage out!" Then he dragged our garbage can all the way to the street. I tried to explain that it wasn't garbage day, but he wouldn't have any of that. It was so fun to have him help so much and be excited about it.

I will really have to thank his teacher!

Random

Wes, London, and half of Dave's family-Dave, Sarah, Abby, Hannah-at the Nye family Reunion

August 16, 08.
Daddy and London-I had a sucker in my mouth as I was taking this picture and it was all London could focus on.
I love taking pictures of messy babies. I think it is so cute!

Our wonderful garden!

Look how pretty our front yard is. Wes does such a good job of planting the flowers and watering them and making them look good while I relax and read my book. Isn't he such an awesome husband?
Pretty tomatoes from our garden.
Our garden-the strawberries aren't doing too well, but it is their first year. The corn is tall, but has no corn husks on it as of yet. We think we will not get any. But the rest of our vegies are doing quite well. Wes planted our garden and takes care of it. He is quite the greenthumb.
Jackson and our apple tree-they are just starting to get some color on them.

Girly Girl!

Today as I was cleaning, I noticed London getting into the drawer where I keep her headbands. A few mintues later I caught her in front of the mirror being all girly. It was so cute to watch her.

It is Finished!

Yea, we finally finished it! It was a hard weekend and the beadboard took a lot more work than I expected, just cause I had no idea what to expect. Thank goodness for my awesome husband who did an great job and worked so hard on it. He also had to deal with me-telling me and showing me what to do every step of the way. Sometimes I felt like such an idiot and I am sure I did some pretty dumb things-you know, like not knowing what a block plane is or not knowing the difference between a jigsaw and a skillsaw, or not knowing how to caulk a hole. But all in all it turned out pretty great! And thank you very much to Dave-Wes' brother who makes the beadboard and gave us a really good deal on it.

London's future room
The Family Room
Jackson's room-I love his beadboard. I was worried, but it turned out great!
Pre-carpet, cleaning up
Jackson's first night in his new room!

Fun Saturday in Park City

Last Saturday, Laura came up from St. George, and Grandma Susie came down from Rexburg and we had a great time. Wes, Jackson, London, Aunt Lulu, Grandma Susie, and I went to Park City on Saturday and this day was all about the kiddies. We went to Park City Mt. Resort where they had all sorts of fun things for kids. The funnest was a roller coaster ride that went up the mountain and down (kind of like the Alpine Slide). Only Jackson and Wes went on it, but they said it was awesome. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of it. What I did get a picture of was.................................

The kids riding the carousel with Grandma
The helicopter sucking up a load of water to dump on the fire up Provo Canyon. We got so close to the helicopter that water was spraying on us through our car windows and it felt very dangerous.....hee hee hee.
Our pet bird, Flower. He is a baby bird from a nest in our tree. He left the nest and is learning to fly. Until he can learn to fly properly, he has taken up residence in our dense bushes and flowers in the front of our house. We see him every day.
Jackson's last swim lesson earlier that morning. Get a load of the look on his face.
London kissing a horse
Jackson bungee jumping on a trampoline. He was able to jump very very high.

A beautiful wild flower in my Aunt Jeanie and Uncle Richards' yard-ok, not exactly wild.
The waiter at the Mexican restaurant taking our orders
The whole reason we went to Park City in the first place-so Jackson could have a ride on a horse. Jorge the horse took Jackson for a fun ride, and Jackson, of course, loved it.

(side note: In case you are confused-my pictures are out of order )

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

We watched Conan O'Brien the other night and he went to UPS and helped deliver for a day. This video is absolutely hilarious. It is kind of long but well worth watching the whole thing. I don't know if it will be as funny to others as it is to me. You will have to pause our music down on the right hand side to hear the video clip. Enjoy!

Update on our Basement

Our basement is almost finished. Actually I have been saying this for the last 2 months. "Just 2 more weeks," I say to everyone who asks. Then 2 weeks goes by and I keep saying, "just 2 more weeks!" So really this time I mean it: "Just 2 more weeks and it will be finished!"

This is the family room. The funny thing hanging from the wall is the cord bundle for our future flat screen tv which will hang on the wall.
I painted Jackson's room blue. You can't tell in the pic, but it is very very bright. I am not totally sure I love it, but we are putting tan beadboard on the bottom half so hopefully that will tone it down. I think the finished product will look good.
And of course we have to have a pink room for our pink girl. I am also putting beadboard in her room which will match the color of the trim in the bottom of this picture. I was so nervous about painting pink and the whole time I painted I thought maybe I had made a mistake, but now every time I go into this room I absolutely love the color I picked.
And here is the tile in our bathroom. See, it's almost done! Just 2 more weeks! I promise!