J.E.K.

From SLC to SEA-TAC!

2011-11-30T21:39:00.002-07:00

They did it! The girls had their first airplane ride. They were so very excited. They had a ton of fun. I still sighed a huge sigh of relief when we were off the plane. Even as good as they are, it is a lot of work for a mama to keep the littles good for that many hours!

Perhaps I'll blog again........

2011-11-12T21:20:00.000-07:00

We are just 6 short days away from our move to Seattle! Stay tuned for the new adventures of these soon to be WASHINGTON kids!

DESTROYERS!!!

2009-04-03T22:07:00.000-06:00

The sissies are into EVERYTHING. This is them emptying the cupboard of all of the paper plates and cups they could find.

Even Brother's Nintendo is fair game. Jac has mad skills at Mario Kart. This is her practicing.

Ethan always remembers to shut his bedroom door, because he knows what the consequences are if he forgets even once. Even though he has to be on guard constantly or his stuff will disappear, he still loves his sisters more than anything.

Our Favorite Pillow

2009-04-03T21:59:00.000-06:00

These three love to just hang out together. Ethan is their favorite pillow. He really enjoys his sissie time!

Seriously, Kate! That is disgusting!

Check out Jac's cool shades. She loves to dress up.

I can't smile mom, I'm busy!

Ethan and his "Pretend Brothers"

2009-04-03T21:50:00.000-06:00

This is Ethan with two of his greatest buds. Sylas is on the left and Bryce is on the right. They are brothers and Sy is in Ethan's class. These are two of the cutest, fun, polite kids. Ethan has taken to calling them his "Pretend Brothers". The three of them can be found either at our house or theirs several times a week after school. And yes, many days include video games! (And Star Wars and cookies!)

Sissies and Best Friends

2009-04-03T21:37:00.000-06:00

These two little cuties are so much fun! (I can say that right now, it is after the "magic minute" and they are in bed!) They spend most of their day right together. If they do happen to be separated, they always know where the other one is. They have discovered climbing and this chair is a favorite to sit in together.

Jac is in blue and Kate is in pink. (I know, we broke the color code on this one!)

They laugh this hard telling each other jokes that the rest of us don't get. It's a little scary.

CHEEEEEEEESSSSSEEEEEE!!!!

LOOK! We are starting to get big girl hair! (Kate on left and Jac on right.)

Thanksgiving 2008

2009-02-12T22:59:00.000-07:00

The things that some people will do to get on someone else's blog!
Kody and Mindy

Mr. Trevin

Psssst! Dad, don't tell Grandma, but I already have a piggy bank!
Cameron and Kaylie

Grandpa Jer is a GREAT guy, even if he does cheer for the Utes!

Pie Guys! Ethan has decided that Triple Berry Pie from Village Inn is his slice of heaven!
Ethan and Brancen

The three "almost two year olds."
Ty, Jac, and Kate

Jac and Kate love the little "big kid" chairs.

A November day at the park

2009-02-12T22:45:00.000-07:00

Halloween

2009-02-12T21:18:00.000-07:00

Don't hold your breath . . .

2009-02-12T16:29:00.000-07:00

. . . but I have considered updating this blog. Hmmmm, yeah, I'll think I should probably do that sometime soon.

HI COUSIN JARED!!!

2009-01-25T20:57:00.000-07:00

. . . and all the other blog readers out there, Hello to you, too! But, mostly just Hi to Cousin Jared!! :)

Yep,We're Alive . . .

2008-12-30T22:53:00.000-07:00

NOPE, blogging has not made it on the "To Do" list yet. I'll let ya know when it does!!! :)

TAG! I'm it! (Thanks, Heidi!!)

2008-11-02T19:12:00.000-07:00

If you haven't played this game before, you should! It's kinda fun! I found this one a little difficult--8 items is a harder than you think it might be.

8 favorite t.v. shows:
1. Good Things Utah (LOVE it!!)
2. Biggest loser
3. Jon and Kate plus Eight (They make my life feel sane!)
4. Oprah
5. Super Nanny
6.Football (Not really, but it provides a great nap for me!)
7.The Office
8. Food Network

8 FAVORITE RESTAURANTS
1. Mo's Chowder House (Lincoln City, Oregon)
2. Olive Garden
3. Red Lobster
4. Cafe Rio
5. Blimpie's (You must try their sugar cookies! The best.)
6. P.F. Chang's
7.Macaroni Grill
8.Sugarhouse Barbeque

Things that happened yesterday: (Saturday, November 1st)
1. Justin went to help build the cabin
2.I worked from home
3.Changed diapers
4. Bought out half of Costco
5. Picked up Justin's dry cleaning
6.Put my girls back in their Halloween costumes (they love to dress up!)
7. Watched some of the Jazz game
8. Changed more diapers

8 Things to look forward too.
1.Thanksgiving
2.Starting my master's degree someday
3. Teaching my primary class next week-I love them!
4.3:45 Monday when Ethan comes home (We all miss him when he's at school!)
5.Reorganizing my coupon binder
6. Scrapbooking with friends
7.Stamping night with friends
8.All of the fun milestones with my three cute kiddos!

8 things I love about fall:
1.Sweaters!
2.Cooler weather
3.Sweaters!!
4.New season of Biggest Loser
5.Sweaters!!!
6.Beginning of the Holidays
7.Sweaters!!!!
8.I love the colors of fall

8 things on my wish list:
1.Time
2.House cleaner
3. To be "not fat"
4.Personal Trainer
5. To be debt-free
6.Master's Degree
7.Old model, restored Jag
8. Chef

8 people I tagged

1. Sy-Sy's Mom :)

2. Erin (Maybe she'll start a blog someday!)

3. Jane W.

4. Cousin Kelly K.

5. Cousin Leigh E.

6. Cousin Jamie K.

7. Cousin Miranda C.

8.Rehna S.

WOW! I DID IT! :)

GO TO CHURCH!

2008-10-20T15:08:00.000-06:00

So, in our family we have a "rule" that if you don't go to church on Sunday and the rest of the family does, you have to make treats while the others are at church. I must say, I have not had the honor of making treats . . . until this last Sunday. (In Justin's defense, he often doesn't get a choice if one of us has to stay home with the girls. I have a lesson to teach.) I have spent Friday through Monday (and I am hoping not Tuesday) with the flu. YUCK! Well, as the boy twins set off for church on Sunday and I kept the girl twins home with me, I really thought I was off the hook this time. GOOD GRIEF, I WAS SICK! But oh no, on the way out the door, both boys said, "Don't forget to make treats before we get back." Despite my whining and trying to negotiate with them, all I got was, "You know the rule." So, off to baking I was. The result: a very messy kitchen and Ethan's favorite, frosted Sugar Cookies. Moral of the story, GO TO CHURCH! It's easier than the alternative!

Even though the above photo has cookies with Jac and Kate's names on them, I am not that nice of a mom. The girl twins are the healthiest eaters in the house and at 18 months, they don't need a big, sticky, sugary cookie with colored frosting and candy. (Like any of us NEED a cookie!) So, they watched the boys eat their cookies and they got a tiny bite here and there. Well, that wasn't good enough for Jacqueline! As soon as I left the room, she walked over to the table and picked off all of the candy corns off of the cookies. I found the cookies and said, "Jac, what happened?" With a huge, orange grin she said, "Numma-numma!" Too cute!

Blue Eyes-By Justin

2008-10-19T09:04:00.000-06:00

One of the comments that we get all the time about our children is about their pretty blue eyes. For example, here is Ethan.

Sissies

Kate.

Kate

Jac

I wonder where they got them from.

Alec the Middie

2008-10-19T08:48:00.001-06:00

Cousin Alec introduced us to the world of lacrosse a few weeks ago when we visited his house. He played in a tournament here in Salt Lake this weekend, so we went over to watch. For those of you that have never seen this sport, I think you will like it. It is the only place in this world that you can take a full swing at someone with a metal stick, and as long as you are "reasonable close" to hitting the other person's stick, it is perfectly legal.

He plays in the midfield, which is why he has been nicknamed Alec the Middie. This is him (#8) battling for a face off.

Thanks for letting us come watch Alec, I hope we didn't embarrass you too bad.

Stickers the Chicken

2008-10-19T08:29:00.000-06:00

Cole and Connor won this chicken at the fair. It wandered around our neighborhood for a couple of months. He liked to come over and clean up the crackers after the girls, and yes he would occasionally cross the road.

Stickers mysteriously disappeared. When we asked Cole where he went, Cole said his dad told him that Stickers "ran away."

2008-09-15T22:20:00.000-06:00

Randomness

2008-09-15T22:02:00.000-06:00

Mr. Pizza face.

Hi-ya from Kate!

Captain Dumptruck Pants!

Jac and Kate

Grandma RaNel with the girls.

Kater-Mater and Dada

The Destroyers emptying out the cupboards.

These two LOVE to dress up--already!

Jac-Jac lookin' beautiful.

So pretty, girls! Love it!

Happy First Day of School Ethan!

2008-09-15T21:51:00.000-06:00

Our first day of school tradition--CAKE! "Happy First Day of School Ethan" cupcakes. (In Spongebob cupcake papers, of course!)

Ethan in line with his good friend, Sylas (green shirt). They had Mrs. Barlow last year for Kindergarten and now Mrs. Bayles for first grade. School is going GREAT! Ethan loves it. His teacher is fabulous, even if she is a Utah fan! :) The transition was easier than we all thought it would be. He even enjoys lunch in the cafeteria, which is a big deal for this picky eater! He tried four new foods in the first week.

Jac and Kate sit at the front door waiting to walk Ethan to school each morning.

Mr. Goofball!

How cute is my big first grader?! Take note of the shirt--I had three shirts laid out for him to choose from for his first day of school. Ethan wanted to take a family vote (something that happens frequently around here for random events) and Justin and I chose the same shirt that was totally different than this one. Ethan's vote won with the reason of "I have to wear this shirt. It's BYU colors." Okay, you win.

Oregon Coast , August 2008

2008-09-15T21:34:00.000-06:00

Newport Aquarium

Go BYU!!!

Jac loves her single stroller!

Our three cuties!

Multnomah Falls, Ethan and Jac (Somebody help me figure out how to rotate this picture!)

Look Mom and Dad! We're ready to go to bed! JUST KIDDING! These two had the hardest time sleeping on this trip. Either Justin or I slept in the car with Kate for four nights straight! That part was not so much fun. No, Benadryl did not work.

Get me out of this *#@$ car!!!! (Fourteen hours was a bit much for all of us at times.)

"Can I please jump just one more wave?" (Repeat that to yourself 25 more times, then we were able to leave the ocean.) This boy loves the ocean. This was our last stop at D River before we started the trek home. None of us really wanted to leave . . . ever.

4-Wheeling at the Cabin

2008-07-27T20:57:00.000-06:00

We went to the cabin property in Scofield this weekend. Here is Ethan, Trevin, Kaylie, and Brancen at our lunch stop.

Ethan and his Dad.

Grandma RaNel and Brancen.

Grandpa Jer and Ethan.

Grandpa Randy and Kaylie.

A day at the Park

2008-07-27T20:46:00.000-06:00

Kate (in Blue with the bruise on her forehead) Jac (in Yellow) and Ethan went to the Park. Here are some updated photos.

2008-07-27T20:39:00.000-06:00

Ethan learned in Kindergarten that all you need to grow something is a seed, soil, water, sun, and a long time. So earlier this year he broke into our stash of seeds, and decided to plant them in our front flower bed. His parents had no idea that he had done this, so he was very excited when it actually started to grow. Now the plants are almost 7 feet tall, and his first flower has bloomed. The leaves are bigger than his head.

2008-07-13T21:11:00.000-06:00

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Four-wheeling at the cabin in the mud and snow.

2008-07-13T21:02:00.000-06:00

These are really late, but here are some pictures of Ethan's Birthday party.

School is Almost Over

2008-05-31T13:55:00.000-06:00

Here are a few videos from Ethan's Kindergarten Program.

Down by the Bay (just for Grandpa Gordon).

Jack and Kate like to Dance.

More Dancing.

2008-05-12T21:36:00.000-06:00

We took a drive to the cabin lot for Mother's day. Here are a few pics:

Here is a new video of Jac and Kate.

2008-05-08T20:49:00.001-06:00

Sorry it's been a while since we updated the Blog. The newness wore off quickly. Here are some more pictures. More videos to come soon as well.

2008-04-16T21:09:00.000-06:00

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Still Trying this Out

2008-04-16T20:15:00.000-06:00

This is Justin's first attempt at a post. I am playing with my new flip, so here are some movies of the birthday party. Let me know if this works.

The Sissies are One!

2008-04-13T16:26:00.000-06:00

I can't believe it, the sissies turned one yesterday!