I love my Jacker

When we first moved to Arkansas, Jack would carry this picture around with him everywhere he went. It had been a few weeks since the move and he was missing his cousin Audrey. I have no idea where the picture is now but for a long while Jack took good care of it, at night he would even pin the picture on the refrigerator to keep it safe.

He loves and misses all of his cousins, we just happened to have a print of this cute one of Audrey and Jack.

Jack fell asleep with the photo and the moment was way too sweet not to capture...

dec/2010

Birthday Boy

Good morning birthday boy, October 6, 2011


My precious baby Xander was fortunate to have two parties this year. We (Xander, Jack and I) flew to AZ the afternoon of his birthday so we of course had to celebrate with Tyler before we left.

Cake... his favorite part.





And here is our Boo opening his gift (wrapped in newspaper). How classy are we?


That weekend we had a birthday bash with lots of family honoring Colten and Xander! My brother and sister in law have a boy just four days older than Xander. So we decided it would be fun to celebrate their 1st birthdays together!

Cake eating contest. Which baby got the messiest?


It was a blast! Thanks, Jenni for hosting and for the delicious food!!

Home Again, Home Again Jiggity Jig

For winter break we were fortunate enough to visit home in Arizona! We had so much fun with our family and friends and the fresh citrus we consumed was definitely a plus! Of course Jack loved seeing his cousins and R.J., whom he calls, "my doggy." He had a blast having kids around to play with all the time! Being cooped up in a one bedroom apartment is a bit depriving and i definitely need to be better about getting out and playing with friends. We are going sledding today though, so that will be fun! Anyway, Tyler, the kids and I all drove to AZ together, kind of a long trip but, it was worth it! We drove straight through, we thought it would be cool to surprise everyone by showing up a day early, Everyone was surprised, so we were totally as cool as i thought! :) Tyler stayed for about a month then drove himself back home to Arkansas to start his spring semester. The rest of us stayed a couple weeks longer and flew home, jack still talks about the time when flew on the airplane really really high in the sky! I took lots of pictures of our trip so I will update a few specifics later with pics attached. We made it home safe and sound and its good to be back in the swing of things.

P.s. I love my little boys!!

Back dating

I have had a few posts saved in my drafts for a while now. I just havent gotten around to uploading the pictures so I end up never posting them. I did do one today though! YAY! They are coming... slowly but surely!

'Till We Meet Again

Wow, time sure fly’s! (I’m not sure if “fly’s” is used properly but, it looked cuter thn “flies”, I know… I’m a nerd). Tomorrow is the day I have been dreading for so long, tomorrow is the day Tyler leaves us for THREE WHOLE MONTHS. He has been accepted to the University of Arkansas for the architecture program, GO RAZORBACKS! He is enrolled to start this month (aug. 2010)… this is really real. So off to Arkansas we go for FIVE WHOLE YEARS. Well, my pregnant self and my 2 yr old son are stuck behind till after I bare my 2nd baby boy in, hopefully, October! The fact that I won’t have my husband by my side for 3 months has hit me so strong. A couple days ago Tyler, Jack and I went for a walk to the park and out of nowhere I just started sobbing just thinking about how much I’ll miss my hubby. In the turnaround though, I will have lots of fun mailing love letters, scented in my perfume, and sending packages of fun treats and gifts!!

(we took family pictures this past friday.now we'll never forget what the other looks like)





Good luck to my one and only!

Blackberries... Mmm, mmm Good!

We drove up to the cabin for a nice, relaxing, get out of the heat weekend (this is back in September)! The blackberries were looking plump and juicy and anxious to be picked... so we picked them and ate them and they were divine!

Jack joined in on the fun but got pricked by a thorn

No matter, he devoured that blackberry anyway

We saw a wee 'lil deer

...and a wee 'lil snake (Jack wasn't afraid)

Steven & Betsy are Goofy

The Blackberry Picking Posse

I must say it was a very nice, relaxing and a tad bit cooler weekend!

It's Cupid himself

and he wishes you a VERY HAPPY VALENTINES DAY....

So my original plan was to make homemade Valentine Cards for all of you cherished people. But of course, I procrastinated and didn't start my little project until the day of Valentines. I thought a few of the pictures were too cute not to share! Enjoy...

This picture was taken right before he went nighty night. Let's just say he wasn't smiling for too much longer. Good night!

Isn't he so precious?

I was really jealous of Tyler this night. I always try to get my little baby boy to cuddle up on me like this but he never will :( He must have been really really tired cause he seriously never does this. He is so cute though, oh i LOVE him!!

Our Beautiful Surprise

My work threw me a surprise baby shower. I had absolutely no idea, I thought I was supposed to be going to a meeting- haha. There was lots tastey food and I got tons of cute clothes and baby stuff for Jack. Now I am so anxious for him to be here. I can’t wait!!

34 weeks

Me and my sister-in-law, Jenni. I am 34 weeks along and she is about 25 weeks.

7 Rows Back

Often times Tyler gets tickets from his work for sporting events, movies, etc… well this time he got a pair of Suns tickets 7 rows from the front. I have only been to one other Suns game that was as awesome or awesomER than these seats. It was way cool seeing them so close up. And the suns WON!

And on Friday for a free date night we went bike riding to Jack in the Crack to redeem our coupons for 2 free tacos that we got from the game. We had so much fun but, it was a lot harder than I thought. We live off of Chandler Heights and Higley and we went to the closest Jack in the Box which is at Val Vista and Queen Creek (8 mile round trip). It’s not very far for biking but I am pregnant and out of shape. Plus, out here where we live most of the roads don’t have sidewalks to ride and its fairly dark, we don’t have lights on our bikes therefore, it would be difficult for all of the cars to see us if were to ride on the road. So for about 4 of those miles we were riding through really thick gravel which made it extra EXTRA hard (that’s my excuse anyway). AND, it’s a darn good thing my husband is a boy scout and came prepared for the worst… so as we were gleefully pedaling along, about 2 miles into the ride, I heard a sudden “POP” noise from behind me so I turn around to assist Tyler with his blown out tire thinking I was going to have to ride all the way back home all by myself and drive back to the spot with the truck but low and behold, Tyler whips out an extra tube from his back pack and puts it on the wheel and then I start wondering how the heck he’s going to get air in it but low and behold, he pulls out this cute miniature air pump that folds up real little and starts pumping away. I was laughing hysterically and I was so proud of him for being so prepared- he had tons of things in the bag that I never would have thought to bring.

Maternity Parking

Before I was ever pregnant, I would always notice these certain spots saved for women withchild, "Expectant Mothers." I have been pregnant for a while now and I am always searching the parking lots for these special reserved spots but to no avail, I'm always unseccesful… UNTIL NOW! HOLLER! It was at Baby’s R Us though so that’s pretty much a given, I was still super ecstatic. I parked in the spot even though there was parking available CLOSER to the store.

Our First Christmas

This year is mine and Tyler’s first Christmas together… as husband and wife. It’s really fun being able to decorate my house for the holidays and make Christmas crafts.

We had a "Gingerbread House" date night at my friend Chandra's house. It was fun to be able to spend time with everyone and talk- the girls anyway, the guys mostly just watched a movie together.



And we went to see the temple lights a few times. They are so beautiful, as always!




I love being able to spend time with both of our families and share our special Christmas traditions with each other. I was super stoked about getting a REAL Christmas tree, I love the fresh “Christmas Tree smell.” Tyler would rather have opted out on that and just gotten a fake tree but, don’t worry, he came through!!

This is Christmas morning. We're wearing our new jammies that we got to open the night before christmas.

Guess Who is Pregnant.....

ME!! And he's a BOY!!
I am 3 months along, due June 3rd. We are so excited to be a mommy and daddy.