the faces of jane...

thank you! thank you! thank you! to the incredibly multi-talented holly of peasinourpod for the photos.

during the past few months, we have...

spent lots of time with cousins...

even more time at the pool...

celebrated christian's 3rd birthday...

loved taking the kids to the oquirrah mountain temple...

tried to find ways to entertain two crazy boys (who only want to play outside in the heat and dirt and rocks that we call our yard - yes, those are mud masks - don't judge me)...

spent more time at the pool...

and enjoyed watching lots of fireworks...

goodbye summer...

happy 4th of july

we thought we were the first ones up on the 4th of july.

balloon launch...6:30 am. Worth it?

ask the boys...you bet!

ask Jane...

oh...this will be published...well, I will grace the camera with a grin

that was fast...

taken june 5...
boys room...


janes room...

taken june 21st

taken yesterday...all done...

closing on tuesday :)

happy birthday jane!!!

our sweet little girl is 1!

...and i can't believe it!!!

our little optimist...

poor christian fell and cut his head open just before jane's party. that's #2 for him so far.

...but a popsicle later, he was all smiles.

some funny things christian has said recently...


*after falling down the stairs and cutting his head open, he said, "mom, we should walk down the stairs, not fall. i'll do that next time."

*after watching jackson snap one of his toys in two, he got all excited and said, "oh good, now i have 2 toys."

*he came running out of his room at 2:00 in the morning and started yelling "i'm throw-uping, i'm throw-uping" (as he threw-up all down the hall). afterwards, he gave me the saddest look and just said, "mom, i'm so sorry i'm throw-uping".

*i made bread today and as i was pulling it out of the oven, he got really excited and started yelling "monkey bread! monkey bread! mom made monkey bread!" i had to tell him that it was just normal bread and not monkey bread. he stopped yelling for a minute, looked at the bread, then looked at me so sweetly and said, "mom, thank you for making norman bread."

call for boxes...!

hey if anyone has any or knows a good place to get some, will you let me know, please!?

i'm starting to pack this week - i know...i know... we still have 6 weeks, but i want to be able to go through EVERYTHING and hopefully get rid of a lot of junk before moving day. i'm starting in the "dining room" and if you've seen our dining room then you'll know it's more like a junk room and it could very easily take me a month to go through it all and pack it up.

update on the house: it's being framed this week...quite possibly at this very moment!!!

For the next 9 days at our house...we'll have a...

fiVe...

foUr...
thReE...
tWo...

and oNe year old.

fun, huh?!