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!!