Eyes on BYU...

Ha, ha...just kidding. Aside from David applying for school, we've been busy enjoying the start of the Holiday Season. Thanksgiving was a blast - we spent a few days with all of David's family up at a cabin in Timberlakes. So FUN!


A few highlights from the trip...


Christian and Christopher bundled up for one of our many walks in the fresh (& cold) mountian air...

Making my first apple pie (thanks to Martha, of course)...

and enjoying ALL of the pies...

Jack getting his first ride on the 4-wheeler with David. Jack LOVED it!


After the cabin, the boys were SOOOO excited to get out the Christmas decorations - especially the Christmas tree...

They had a fun time decorating with all of their very own ornaments from the last few years...

They also loved to see some of the Santa Claus decorations - I think they especially loved my snow globe...

Next on the list...Christmas shopping, Christmas cards, Christmas parties and trying to figure out how to make a tree skirt.

Eyes on BYU

So my deadline for applying to Graduate School at BYU is December 1st. I am semi-scrambling to get all of my things in for the application. No stress yet, but as the deadline approaches I get a little worried my letters of recommendation won't come in on time...I am sure they will. So this is an odd feeling to be applying for school again. I haven't done it in almost 10 years, so it feels funny to be trying to impress a university again. I also find it ironic that I am praying, paying, and hoping to make my life busier...(I really am excited to go back to school...).

happy birthday jackson

I know this is late coming...get over it. Our little Jack Jack turned three this week. I go back and forth on how I feel about that. Most of the time I feel like he has been around for more than three years...I can't really remember life without him. And then at other moments I find it hard to believe I have been a dad for three years. Ok, I just had another "situation one" moment. It seems like so much longer than three years...well, at any rate, we had fun and we look forward to another great year.


Jack is at such a fun age. He is really starting to talk our ears off. He says some of the funniest things ( I bet all parents say that.) He often gives Jenny and I his idea on how to spend an afternoon, or what he wants to do and ends it wiht, "Is that a deal?" His new phrase is telling Jenny and I, "yes sir!" whenever we ask him something. He still loves Cars, and has a new obsession with Buzz, Zurg, Woody and Bullseye. He tells us who we are so he can play with us. Jenny is Zurg a lot (or Jessie--the cowgirl). I seem to always be Buster (the dog) or Slinky (the other dog). What is he trying to say? These days I leave for work in the morning really jealous of Jenny that she gets to play with him. I will see one of his games out on the counter at 6 in the morning and want to stay home so bad. It makes me sad sometimes. We love our Jackson boy! And I think he loves us, although the other night I was putting him to bed and he reached out and grabbed my arm, and then my hand, so I went to grab his hand and he interlocked our fingers, then put out his other arm to give me a hug and kiss. While I was hugging him, I said, "Jack, I love you." He whispered back to me, "Dad, I love Nana." Then grabbed his lion and gave him a huge hug. Oh well...

he LOVES his new buzz outfit from Grammy and Papa

he climbs on the couch, pops out his wings by pushing the button, the flies off..."to infinity and beyond!"

buzz and woody...