Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Happy Birthday to Jett!!!

So, we have an eight year old in the house!!! On the 26th, Jett turned 8 and is so excited to be such a great age. We started the celebration at 6:30am when he opened his first gift before school - new superman jammies - (it was pajama day at school!). At school he enjoyed hearing lots of birthday wishes. That evening we had the usual family get together with lots of cake, cupcakes, icecream, and lots of fun presents. It's always great to see everyone on birthdays and Jett sure had fun! On Friday, we went to Out of this World Pizza and Play Place with cousins and friends and had tons of fun! Then on Saturday he went to breakfast and birthday shopping with Daddy, and that evening we fulfilled Jett's request to go swimming for his birthday and had a great time at a fun rec center that had a big slide, lazy river and whirlpool, and a fun swimming area! It was so fun!
Today Jett gets to go to his first Wolf den meeting which happens to be at the firehouse! He's excited and makes the cutest little cub scout! We are looking forward to this Saturday as we prepare for his baptism. It's at 1:00 at the Stake Center and Jett is very ready and so excited for that special day! He is such a sweet boy who is growing up and making good decisions. We're very proud of him and happy that he loves being eight!!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Shadow

So, last week Jayson decided to bring home a new friend...

His name is Shadow (the first name he responded to when our friends found him - it's fitting - he follows us all around the house). Some friends of ours took him in as a stray and had him for about a month. Still unclaimed, they were about to take him to a shelter when Jayson heard about him and called me one day to announce that Shadow was going to come visit us for the night. That night turned into the weekend and now we've had Shadow for a week and have decided to make him part of our family!! He is an Anatolian Shepherd/German Shepherd/maybe some Lab mix, about a year old, neutered, already well trained, and extremely well behaved! He's cool with kids, other dogs, he knows lots of commands - even some nonverbal ones - and only barks once if someone comes to the door - otherwise he's quiet, easy going, and sweet! The kids love him and Jayson is over the moon for this dog! He's ALWAYS wanted a dog - at first I was saying NO, but Shadow is too perfect not to take him in. He's a sweetie and we're excited to get to know him more!!

Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!

Yes, it's been forever since I last wrote on this ol' blog. But there's nothing like a holiday to fix that!
We hope you all have enjoyed a bit of this funny holiday over the last week or so! We've been to the pumpkin patch, carved the pumpkins, went to a school party, and on Saturday, we went to our ward's Trunk-or-Treat and carnival activity. It's the first year that Jayson and I have gotten dressed up! Now that he's sporting a beard he went as the rugged Paul Bunyan. So naturally I was a Babe...the blue ox. Not many people got it, but we had a lot of fun. Jett was Count Dracula, Tucker was a dirt bike rider (Ryan Dungy) and Dallas was a builder. The boys loved going around to all the cars. This was the first year that Jett pretty much did it by himself - going ahead of me and the other two. He didn't like having to wait for us. Dallas LOVED it and was running around everywhere saying trick-or-treat! and thank you! and running over to Daddy's truck and then back to me -- he was everywhere and I could barely keep up. Tucker was doing great until part of his costume came apart and we had to take it off. He still looked great, but he proceeded to cry the rest of the time and did not enjoy it so much - poor kid. They still got a lot of candy and we all had fun!
Today we look forward to more trick-or-treating at the shopping center, lots of candy, and a super cool fun party at Nana and Papa's house!!!
Hope you all have a Happy Halloween!

Yes, it's blurry...but it's our family shot.

He even made his axe!

Paul and Babe

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

First Day of 2nd Grade!

Jett has been so excited to start 2nd grade! This year there are 7 kids in his class and he's not the only boy anymore! He's excited to see all his friends again and to make new ones. He loves his teachers and he's really looking forward to learning a lot and having a great year at PHA!

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Beach Day

We sure had a great time at the beach with our friends, the Gardners!! We went down near Cannon Beach and enjoyed a beautiful day in the sand. We got set up and explored and played, had a picnic lunch, then just let the kids have a blast digging holes, climbing rocks, playing in the surf and hanging out. Thank you Kristin, Bella and Harry for such a great day!

A windy, but gorgeous day!
Dallas LOVED playing with this truck in the water. That grin was pasted there the whole time! So cute.

Bella was the bravest playing in the water! She had a great time jumping the waves.
Here's Harry with 'Dumper'.


Kristin with a chilly Harry taking a break.

Dallas also LOVED climbing around on the rocks. He is fearless and a really good climber! He loved it.

Buddies.
Everyone climbing around.
Bella and Jett are such good friends! They climbed up to this spot and declared themselves King and Queen.

After the beach we all got ice cream and taffy, then headed home.
We loved going to the beach and spending the day with great friends!

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Funny stuff

I've had this list for a while and I was thinking about it the other day and decided to hunt it down. I can totally relate to almost every one and there are a couple here that every time I think about it, it makes me laugh out loud - every time. :)
Enjoy.

I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

There is a great need for sarcasm font.

How are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.

Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart.”

How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"

While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.

Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

Bad decisions make good stories.

Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier and sluttier every year?

If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.

Why is it that during an icebreaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....

There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

"Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.

I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'

I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Dang it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

It really ticks me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.

I wonder if cops ever get ticked off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.

I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey- but I'd bet everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...


Thursday, July 21, 2011

I'm still here...

Ugh. SO I am just coming back to this post after spending about an hour on it and then accidentally closing without saving and losing it ALL when it was almost done.... GRrrrrr...
So instead of totally awesome commentary on it all I think I'm just going to do blips.

I finally downloaded our camera (from April to now) and here is some of our summer so far according to the camera.

Dallas' birthday! Our littlest is 2 now and definitely entering the terrible twos. His nickname Bam-bam is very fitting and he keeps us on our toes, but he's a cutie!
Quick camping trip with Nana and Papa, Shane's family and Josh.

The kids trying out Grandma and Grandpa's new swing set! They all LOVE it!

Tucker is 5 now! We celebrated at Out of This World Pizza and had a great time!

The Rowley Family vacation to Sun River! It include lots of bike riding, swimming, hot-tubbing, kids activities, yummy food, movies, basketball games, reading, family time, and tons of fun!
Ice-excavating! Tucker and Landon loved it. The others had fun and Dallas just ate the ice.Shane fashioned a 'hoop' from a cardboard box with a hole in the bottom and tied it to the balcony railing. We used the kids' balls and had tons of fun playing basketball all week!



4th of July spent with Nana and Papa at the St. Paul Rodeo. Love our handsome cowboys!
Jayson, Kim and Josh finish the Seattle to Portland ride - that's 204 miles. Yeah, they're super awesome.

Riley's baby blessing weekend in Coeur d'Alene. We had so much fun hanging out with the family and thanks to Kimbre and Matt for being such great hosts!


Just kids being kids - some of the fun in between.

Dallas is our cheese-ball.
Tucker learned how to swing! The boys love to play in the backyard.Movies in undies - so cute.
Dallas went through a phase where sleeping in the buff was much more comfy...Jett says he's playing the guitar here - some awesome rock and roll. I think it looks like "hi-yah!!"
You can always find Tucker sitting there drawing - he's our little artist.

Well, we're not done yet but we're having a lot of fun enjoying our summer break. At least now I'm a little bit more caught up on the blog. ;)