Our Family Trip, by Jack

Mom and Dad and I went to California to visit our friends and family after Thanksgiving. We had lots of fun at Emily's wedding shower and visiting with my cousins and aunt and uncle and grandma and grandpa. We flew there on a plane but I don't remember much because I slept most of the time, Mom said I was really good on the plane. It was my second trip to California, I'm really racking in the frequent flyer miles. The best part of the trip was going to the Jelly Belly factory and seeing Santa, I didn't get to try any jelly beans though because I can choke on them. Mom and Dad really liked the "coldstone" flavored jelly beans, they had birthday cake remix, chocolate devotion and chocolate mint too! We also visited the Napa valley and took a tram to the top of a big tall mountain. I can't wait to go back in January!

Eventually I will get a new slideshow on here so you can all see how much Jack is growing but for now I'll just post a few of the latest pics. Jack's latest discovery is the sounds he can make by moving his lips. For now he can say "bbbbb", but he is working on some other letters too. Sometimes we imagine that he says "mama" but he isn't actually associating me with "mama" so I guess it doesn't count yet. The weather finally turned colder and now its even more difficult to get out of the house with a baby! We practically have to pack a suitcase just to run to the store.. a beanie, shoes and socks, jacket, blanket, car seat cover.. you get the idea. Chloe doesn't like the snow much either, she has taken to doing her "business" on Jace's freshly shovelled sidewalks. We are remembering what a pain it was last Winter to stand outside in the cold for thirty minutes waiting for her.. but we wouldn't trade her for the world!

Happy Holidays by Candice

Merry Christmas! Is it too early to say that? Jace has to work today so I'm deciding that we are skipping Thanksgiving this year and just going straight to Christmas. We are leaving for California tomorrow to visit my Grandma and Grandpa, we'll see how Jack feels about flying. I have tons of things to do today which include doing laundry so we have something to wear while on vacation and cleaning the house since I hate coming home from vacation to a dirty house.. but I'm not doing anything productive right now.. Jack is behind me practicing how to say "I Love You" it sounds like "aahhh wwwuuu ooohhhh" but I know what he means. Enjoy the cute Christmas pictures which Jack did NOT enjoy taking as you can tell in most of them.

Its almost Thanksgiving? by Candice

I still can't believe its almost Thanksgiving. I just got around to uploading Halloween pictures on the computer! Today its 70 degrees outside so I have all the windows and doors open.. but Utah weather is unpredictable so it could start snowing any day now. Hopefully it will wait until after Thursday though because we are taking our family Christmas pictures outside. My friend Janille is an excellent photographer so I can't wait to see how the pictures turn out. I'm going to make our Christmas cards out of them too so everyone can get one. I am excited to get some pictures of Jack all dressed up and we are even going to take Chloe so she can be in a few. I'm worried that it will be hard to get Jack to cooperate for pictures cause he is a moody little stinker sometimes, also I can't get him to sit up.. he just slouches over. The kid has no problem standing as long as there is something to balance him but he refuses to sit! Seems like he is doing things a little backwards. We are excited for Thanksgiving because we get to see Jace's grandma Carma from Idaho and then after Thanksgiving we are going to visit my Grandma and Papa in California.

I was having a hard time getting motivated to find a part time job and so I'm going to start selling Lia Sophia jewelry but I'm going to need lots of help from my friends and family to get started! It might take a little bit of work but I'm happy to be able to set my own hours and work as much or as little as I like. Check out the website to see all the pretty things! www.liasophia.com!

Better Late Then Never by Jack

We had a great time on Halloween hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Lynley and Uncle Levi. Daddy had to work but he is a holiday scrooge so its okay. I dressed up as a cow because my Grandma calls me a "little boo" so Mommy thought it would be funny if I was a "little moo" for Halloween. I even had a tail! My costume was too hot though so I didn't stay in it for long. Auntie Lynley got me a punkin outfit too so I wore that during the day and everyone thought I was cute. I'm still too little to eat candy and go trick or treating. Maybe next year will be more fun.

Back to add more pictures of Jack. Because we live in Nephi, we hardly ever get to show off our baby boy to our friends and family (most of mine live out of state anyway...) Its Halloween tomorrow so there will be more pictures to come soon! Jace and I are amazed at how beautiful the weather is considering that its the end of October! Usually we get the first snow on Halloween and right now its 83 degrees outside! We went for a nice walk today with Chloe and Jack, now I am lazing around and working on updating my resume so I can go back to waitressing a few days a week and Jace is mowing our back lawn (its nap time for Jack). Tomorrow night Jace goes back to work and he is really excited to be working on Halloween night! (not really, being a sherriff's deputy on Halloween probably isn't much fun) I just can't believe the holidays are almost here because its still HOT outside.. I mean jeez I'm still running the AC! Even though there is no sign of snow I am still starting to plan what we will get Jack for Christmas this year.. not much excites a six month old! I'll get working on it and get back to you all!

Family Time

Jace and I are so lucky to be able to spend time together as a family and watch Jack grow! Because Jace works four days on and four days off we get to see eachother ALL the time. We really are spoiled! (Jace probably wishes he could have more time away from us, especially when Jack gets fussy...) We are amazed every day when we wake up and realize that Jack is growing bigger by the minute. I've posted some pictures of Jack when he was a brand new baby and also some updated ones so you can see what I mean!