A Play Place for Jackson

So I decided to sacrifice my sectioned off garden area for a sand pit for my little man. His Mommy and Daddy worked for 12 hours straight. Hope he'll know we he gets older how much we love him!

We went from this...

to this...

and finally...

this!  He loves going in our back yard and playing in it now!

Here's a little update...

Jackson is just about to turn fifteen months old!  He is getting so tall, he's starting to thin out but all his shirts and pants are getting too short for him.  These pictures are proof that I shouldn't turn my back on him even for a minute because I swear all this kid thinks about is how to climb, destroy or get into anything he can get his hands on!  I let him down for seriously 30 seconds this morning and he went in the bathroom, got his body wash, and poured it all over the bathroom floor!  What a silly little man. He is at such a fun age where he wants to be outside constantly exploring.  He has now just stopped taking a morning nap and  takes just one long afternoon nap and I like it so much better. 

This is him saying "I didn't do it"

He got into the linen closet and took out all the blankets and used them as a stool so he could climb into the closet

Then, he ran into his room, dumped out his hamper, and then began to remove all of his nicely folded clean clothes from his dresser.  He did this all in a matter of two minutes!

End of year family photos

Well, it's that time of year again. We decided to get our pictures done professionally this year so that Jackson could get some good head shots. Unfortunately, we decided to get them done on a saturday and it was soooo busy! Our appointment was for 12:40 and they didn't take us until 2:30! It was crazy buy they turned out great and that's all that matters.

Costume

Ok so I've never really been a big fan of Halloween in my adult years. Once I grew out of trick-or-treating, I just kinda ignored the holiday, until now....

can you blame me?

Another Trip to Utah

Ok, I haven't been on here in so long. Life just seems to be moving so fast lately. I just got back from Utah about a week ago. My baby brother Ben just got married to a wonderful girl named Michelle. Congratulations you two! I got to stay for two weeks and it was so nice being home in Orem. Cody didn't get to come cause he had to work but Jackson and I had a blast. I am so lucky to have such a big family and have so many play mates for Jackson. Love you family!

Jackson Eating spaghetti at Grandma's house
Madi, Max and Jackson on the "train"

Uncle Spence

Uncle Matt with Max and Jackson

Ben's Wedding

Knee Surgery

I am happy to say that my knee surgery was successful. The surgeon found a meniscus tear and also some swollen tissue that he removed. I was in a lot of pain at first but it's now five days after the surgery and I'm off crutches and off pain killers. I just have a slight limp and just a little pain still but I have almost full range of motion back which is a lot quicker than I expected. I go in to the doctor's office tomorrow to get my stitches removed. To anyone out there that has been living with knee pain for years like I was, just go to the doctor to get it looked at! I was stubborn for a long time and thought it would go away. I was also terrified of having surgery but it was fine. I hope to be back to 100% and pain free in a few weeks. Thanks for your support!

Utah

We just got back from our trip to Utah. We had so much fun but we were so busy! We drove through the night on the way there and back and we are still recovering, ha ha. Jackson had so much fun playing with his aunts, uncles, cousins and grandma and he got to meet his aunt Myndi and her family for the first time. We had a blast going to the movies, riding bikes up the canyon and going hiking to a waterfall. This trip was much more successful than our last trip to Utah where Jackson basically screemed the whole time :). I really love this stage that he's in, he is so much happier now. Sorry to those of you we didn't see, I can't beleive this trip went by so fast!