SNOW DAY!

What do you get when you add Jeff + boring Saturday+ snow on the ground?

You guessed it.....MAD JAXON!!

Dad better hope Santa didn't see or he will be getting a LUMP OF COAL!

Its that time of year again when all the Christmas programs are in full swing. The kids have been working really hard on the "Big Shows." Kaylee's dance studio put on the "Nutcracker." So push play and treat yourself to a cute Elephant dance below :)

Isn't she the cutest Elephant you have ever seen?

Next up we have Jaxon. Jaxons preschool put on a cute little program with the best Christmas songs I have heard all year. Sorry for the rotten quality, I wasn't sitting as close as I would have liked.....

Jordan (9 mo) enjoing the show

Jaxon knows this song best so that's why I put this one up instead of a Christmas song. He loves his school and teacher so much. Jaxon is reading now and is passing off 1 book a week! It is so fun to watch him learn and succeed. I found myself talking to Jeff about what we are going to do with Jaxon next year. He will be turning 5 in June, so technically he should be going to Kindergarten.

2 years ago I had a goal. My final "we've made it" goal would be to mainstream Jaxon to Kindergarten. I often thought to myself on the way to Dr's appointments and on the way home from therapy that if I could just get Jaxon into Kindergarten then WE would have won the battle and the "A" word would be nothing more than a distant memory. Sometimes it seemed like such a far fetched reality that I would have to remember not to set myself up for disappointments. Thankfully we had more hopeful moments then discouraging moments.

So fast forward to today. I find myself in a whole new debate. Jaxon is now reading and is indistinguishable from his peers. He is ahead of 95% of the kids his age. When he goes to kindergarten they will be learning the things he has already learned. The question now is not "If I can just get him to Kindergarten..." it is "WHEN DO WE START?" I feel like the luckiest mom in the world. I have 3 happy and healthy children. This is what life is all about.

TORI DAZE

I love Tori Amos. I know she can be a bit "out there" but I still love her. I have gone to many shows and since my partner in crime Monica was out of commission, Jeff got the extra ticket. (not to many people I know are to excited to see tori :) He went out to Calif 2 years ago and went to a show with me. It was AMAZING!! I got to meet her before the show and that was even more amazing! So for this year Jeff knew what to expect. He actually likes to see her live. She puts on such a magical show. Anyway.....we had Unbelievable seats. Dead center 3 row. Ok enough rambling because I could go on forever about how great the show was ect...........

This is Tori, just in a different get up.

I recorded some of the show....check it out.

NEWEST ADDITION!!!

Here he is!!! I dont know his name yet...still to be determined. Look how precious and cute he is! There is nothing like a newborn. Ohhhhh I just love them! So he came Monday Nov 26 by way of C-section. They tried to turn him that morning but it was a no go. So off to the delivery room. Monica was doing good, but what how good can you feel after something like that? Anyway we are so glad both are doing good and he is such a cutie! Good work Mom!

Proud Parents!!

Love at first sight!

St George

Its always fun to go and stay in St. George. The family all got together over Thanksgiving weekend for some good food and also for Monicas big day. More on that later.... but here are some cool photos of us up in Snow Canyon. It is so pretty up there.

Before I knew it the kids had made there way around the rocks and hills.

Moms and Pops

Check this out....Jaxon was so mad at me, he didn't want to eat dinner. I think its so funny!

Hoogle Zoo

Kaylees 2nd grade field trip to Hoogle Zoo last week was so fun. Kaylee was so excited, she could hardly sleep! I volunteered to go and watch over 5 kids. 5 IS ALOT!! But nobody got lost or hurt, so I guess it went ok.


Check out this Alligator..."The Ghost of the Bayou"

The animals were so active that day. I guess its not so hot out and it was so cool to see so many of them running around.

We love Kaylee!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Halloween was full of fun for our kids. Kaylee was a "Sweetie Witch" and Jaxon was, can you guess???......Yep Thing. Jaxon was especially excited to get to wear his costume outside. He dresses in his many costumes everyday, but always has to wear his "big boy" clothes outside. So he could hardly wait to bust out the house in full costume! Kaylee was loving her fake eyelashes, lipstick and beautiful green hair.

The best thing about Jaxons costume was the hands and feet. When you clasp them together or step, they make this big monster noise. Jaxon had a hard time trying to see the steps at each porch and trying to get used to size 10 shoes....it took us awhile to get the hang of it. But soon enough he was off and running from house to house.

Jordan looks more than excited to be Spiderman dont ya think? Jaxon was definatly excited for Spiderman, for the last week he has been asking if Jordan can wear his costume. Jordan did all his trick or treating from the car. It wasn't to cold for the older kids, but Im just not in the mood to start dealing with ugly colds. Speaking of....Jordan has been overly whiny lately and I think he must have an ear infection or something. He is just on the cusp of crawling and Im just not sure how I feel about that!

Here is a fun Halloween song that both the kids learned at school. I think they might have a future in singing! After all was said and done the kids pulled in way to much candy!! Each year I offer to buy the candy from them, and it has worked in the past, but I think Kaylee might turn me down this year.

LA TRIP!!!!

This last weekend was a so fun......I got to go out to visit my baby sister in LA. My Mom, sisters, and I were escorted by my dad to sunny Calif. Unfortunately I arrived a day late, I learned that Thurs everyone went and saw the Eagles concert!! Oh I am so jealous!!! I love concerts and the Eagles would be a chance in a lifetime! oh well Im saving my money for a tour with TORI!!!! (coming this next month) But anyway Brianne........

moved out to LA this summer to dance. She loves it. Keeps her BUSY!! she had to take "sick days" to accompany us to none other than what????.........................Oh yes you guessed it Wicked. It just gets better each time.

Jessica was in heaven, she has been so excited to see the show and she gave it 5 stars. Then on Sat we headed over to Universal Studios. I don't think I have laughed so hard in a long time for so long.....I completely lost my voice. My voice was so gone! When us 5 get together we can get so silly. Theme parks are a whole different world when your not there for your kids!

It is so fun to get everyone together again at the same time. Everyone lives so far apart, that we don't see each other more than 1 every other month or so. Sad :(

We can't wait any longer for Monica to have her baby!!! He is due next month and poor girl, the last thing you want to do 8 months preggo is Universal Studios! (ask me I know!!!! Disneyland...8 months.....never mind) She was such a good sport and we can't wait for little Jackman to make his appearance!

Universal makes a big deal of Halloween so there were some really fun haunted houses. My dad got it good and we laughed forever! But then at night you could come back from 7-2 am for some serious scary stuff. They were by far the scariest houses I have been in. Amy will agree!!! huh Amy! Everyone was scared to death. So 2 am rolls around and although we were tired, we were not ready to call it quits.

K this guy here followed us everywhere. Everywhere we turned he was under our feet and outside of the bathroom. ......creepy...... so we had to get a pic

So 2 am rolls around and what are we to do......pull out trusty old Loretta for some good laughs. Loretta is a head that Brianne got from a beauty school or something. She often takes Loretta in the car and gets some awesome reactions. So below you'll find a picture of Loretta. Until you see the reactions and double takes from people this may not be funny, but trust me...it is!

Lulus was the bomb! Best breakfast anywhere. We had a 2 star sightings. One was right here, the AIDS walk was going on right on this street where we saw TR Knight, (George OMaley) from Greys. And then Brianne lives pretty much right across the street from the Grove, an outdoor shopping mall, and we saw Allie Larter jogging down the streets. It is so weird to see stars.....hmmm anyway..................Here is a pic of Briannes apartment building, it is really cute inside and she is having a total blast there.

So all that's left to say is thanks Jeff for letting me take a break and being such a good sport about it....and Girls lets do this again next month!!!!

We finally got some time to go up to my very favorite fall time place.....LAGOON! We all had so much fun. The first ride of the day was the rickety old roller coaster. I forget how rickety it really is. Jaxon was finally tall enough to ride the big rides, so when he saw what he thought was a "Fun white Train" we didn't have to ask twice for him to ride. So here the kids are in line excited to ride.

Jaxon is getting excited........
Ok, now before you watch the video, just remember I never would have done this intentionally if I'd known how scary it can be to a 4 yr old. I started recording this after the huge hills, and when the ride was just about to end. anyway...................(he will look back one day and laugh)

This video speaks for itself......but we were in line for yet another rollercoaster.

Here are just some other random photos from the day. It is always so fun when grandma Sheryl, Kim, Susan, get to come. We always have so much fun just goofing off! :)

Jeffs favorite part of any park is playing the games. We always come home with tons of stuffed animals. The kids think dad is so cool! (just the way he likes it!)

Anyway we had a blast and Im glad that we got to go before it got to cold. until next time.....peace out!