Christmas Parade

Some how Jared got talked into wearing this snowman costume for a Christmas parade his dental office participated in. He said it was miserable to wear and that he was dripping with sweat by the time the parade was over, but all the kids wanted to hug him and give "Frosty"a high five. The office had sweaters made for everyone else to wear and the kids and I got to sit on a float and wave to everyone. They handed out toothpaste, toothbrushes and t-shirts at the parade.

This is Jared's dental office.

Thanksgiving Weekend

This year we spent Thanksgiving in Utah, we decided to make the long drive! We left the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and drove half way to Boise. Wednesday we drove to Twin Falls and stopped to see my cousin Angie! It was fun to see her kids and her house and to catch up! My mom made the best Thanksgiving dinner ever! My uncle John (my dad's brother) came and ate dinner with us. Friday we were able to have our family pictures taken, we were way overdue for an updated family picture! I can't wait to see them. We had them taken at Wheeler Farm. Saturday Jared and I went to the BYU/UTAH game to see Jared's brother Shawn play in his last game at BYU. We got to go down on the field before the game and see all the players run onto the field. It was sure an intense game! It was fun to see them beat UTAH! Thanks to my parents for watching the kids for us so we could go. After the game we went and picked up the kids and started the long drive back home! We got to Boise about 4:00 in morning on Sunday, slept in until about 10:00 and finished the drive home. A few months ago we got new van with a dvd player. It was a life saver for the long trip. The kids watched movies and played the wii and slept the whole way. Allie had never been in the car that long in her life, towards the end of the drive home she kept yelling at Jared to "STOP DRIVING"!

Halloween

We had a fun Halloween, we decided to go with the BYU football theme this year. My parents came to visit for the weekend, they handed out candy at our house while Jared and I took the kids trick-or-treating. Allie was in heaven, every house we went to she would ask for two treats! She couldn't wait to get home and eat all the candy. Earlier that day we went to our neighborhood park and got some pics of the kids in their costumes.

Jared turns 31!

We just celebrated Jared's 31st birthday on October 28th! He had to work on his birthday, so we had a little family party with him when he got home. We gave him a basket full of exciting gifts like; razors and shaving gel, a book, some of his favorite treats, and a nose and ear hair trimmer. I guess when your a dentist your more aware of your nose hairs!

We made him some spider cupcakes!

Here is the birthday message he received at work from the staff, along with some balloons! Jared thought it was pretty funny so he brought it home to show me. His mom was so thoughful and sent a birthday cake to the office.

Lego Store

Last weekend I took the boys to a big lego store in Oregon. They let all the kids help build a huge lego Yoda. They had to build three blocks according to the directions on the table. Blake especially loves doing legos, he built four blocks before Brycen could finish three. They received a coupon for helping build the Yoda, so I let them each pick out some legos to earn. They each have to read 50 books to earn their legos!

Zoo

Jared took Allie to the zoo on his day off a few weeks ago, while I went to help out in Brycen and Blake's classrooms. It was such a nice day and Allie loved seeing all the animals and getting daddy all to herself!

Conference

We had a great conference weekend. The kids were really good during the sessions. The Sunday morning session Brycen and Blake worked on a conference packet. Brycen colored this cute page of all the speakers. I told them if they were really quiet and filled out all their pages they could earn some legos. They were really exited about that! They earned their legos and quietly put them together during the afternoon session, while Allie took a nap! So we actually got to listen to conference.

Football

A few weeks ago we went to watch one of Ross' football games. Ross is Jared's brother, he plays football for Dixie. He had a game against a team in Oregon, so we went to cheer him on! Jared made the kids shirts with the #5 on them. The boys sure love to watch the game!

First day of school

Here is Brycen and Blake on their first day of school. Blake was so excited to ride the bus with Brycen. They both got really good teachers this year, I'm so excited about that! Blake is in full day kindergarten and Brycen is in second grade! I can't believe how big they are getting.

Blake was trying to tell us something about the principal, but couldn't think of the right word so he called him a "lunchable!"

Summer 2009

I've finally got around to updating our blog. We had a great summer, here are some of the things we did!

Jared's parents gave us a ton of corn from their garden. Brycen helped me husk the corn. He refused to go to bed until it was all finished, and it was really late. I stayed up until 2:00 a.m. cutting, cooking and bagging the corn one night!

Jumping on the trampoline with water was a least a once a day occurrence. Thank goodness for the trampoline! It was great entertainment for hot summer days!

The boys spent many hours digging for "treasure" in the side yard this summer too.
Brycen lost his first four teeth this summer. The night before he turned 7 Jared pulled out a tooth for him, he didn't want to turn 7 and not have any lost teeth! The next day he ripped out the other front tooth. He no longer feels left out, all his friends lost teeth in kindergarten and first grade.

Multnomah falls

We went on a hike this summer to Multnomah falls. Jared lugged Allie in the backpack the entire uphill hike! It was a beautiful summer day.

Turning 30!

Yes! The inevitable happened, I turned 30! On July 9th. Thanks to everyone who called and emailed me on my birthday! A Birthday wish from an old friend is better than any gift, so thank you to all my sweet friends and family!

Even though I was dreading this birthday, it was a great day. My friend Emy, took me and the kids to lunch at Applebees and then she watched them so I could get a pedicure. When Jared got home from work we went to dinner at Quizznos, because that is my favorite! He surprised me with an ipod shuffle that he had engraved with these words, "30 and still stunning". I'm glad he still thinks so! We finished the day with a yummie fruit cake, anything with fresh fruit on it is my favorite, Jared knows me well! Although I sure feel old turning 30, I would never turn back the clock! The past 10 years have been great.

Cute little cake eating helpers!