THANK YOU JULIE

My neighbor and dear friend, Julie, came over to my house and took beautiful pictures of Max when he was two weeks old. She spent the whole afternoon and was so patient, and got some really precious shots. THANK YOU so much Julie!! I love them!!!! You are so talented, and have such a gift. To check out the pictures, click on this link! http://jaredandjulie.blogspot.com/

Bringing Max Home, part 2

Bringing Max HOME!!!!!

He's Here!

Here's our new baby boy, Max!

He was born on November 5, 2009 at 6:23pm. He weighed in at 8 lbs, 12 oz and is 20" long. Mommy and Max are both doing well.

Watching Too Many Kids Shows

This past week we've all been sick, except Maggie. Alex brought something home from Kindergarten. Every time someone starting throwing up, Maggie would run away and hide. So, needless to say nothing is getting done in the house. It is amazing how much laundry gets piled up and everthing is completely out of sorts. I started to attempt to clean the kitchen, and wished that Special Agent Oso would come. I think I even said out loud, "I don't know how to clean this mess," and looked for a lady bug to detect my needs, but nothing came. Pretty sad.

Tyler Reed Crockett

My little sister, Amy, had her first little boy a couple of weeks ago. He is very cute, and sounds like such a good baby. I made her a quilt, and this is what it looks like. I thought it turned out pretty good.

Back of quilt

Front of quilt

Dancing Queen

Maggie has been taking dance this year. She performed at Tulip Festival, but had more fun dancing to the music while she was waiting her turn to go up on stage. I see so much of myself in her it's kind of scary. It was a fun night, the except for the rain.

Falafel

This weekend, the family adventured up to Sugarhouse to eat at O'Falafel. I heard such good things about it, and I just HAD TO GO! It was sooooooo yummy!!! Chad didn't partically care for it, and the kids weren't too hyped up about it either, but I was in heaven. It brought back so many wonderful and fond memories of BYU Jerusalem (Wow it's been nine years~) That time of my life seems so long ago, but I grew so much, and cherish the friendships, and the many special and sacred experiences I had. I think about it all the time and am so grateful I did it. Th other great thing about O'Falafel is you can buy yummy fresh baked pita bread. It is not the crap you buy at the store. With butter and honey it is delicious!

Overview

Here are some of my favorite pictures after downloading 250 pictures off my camera! I know, I wait way to long.

Enjoying lunch with Grandmas!


Maggie getting ready for church

Alex and Paige

Starting the morning..

Paige doing what she does best!

Daddy and Alex at a Dodger vs. Rockies game

Tucking Alex into bed

Surprise!

Yep! We are eXpEcTiNg baby number 4. A surprise to us all. When we told our children, Alex said, "We already have a baby." Then he thought for a moment and said, "This is going to be a lot of work, I hope it is a brother." Couldn't have said it better myself. Were excited. I am 11 weeks along and am due the first part of November.

Counting Down the Days...

Chad got Wicked Tickets for us! I am really excited. To get ready for the play, we bought the soundtrack to become more familiar with the music, because we hear the book is not worth reading. We are always listening to the soundtrack in the car. While we were driving down to Provo yesterday, the song, "Popular" was playing. Maggie says, "I'm already popular." Okay, we are really in for it.

Batman

I thought this was really funny that I was literally laughing out loud to myself. When I showed it to Chad, he didn't think it was as funny as I did. Maybe I should get out a little more? I hope it at least gets a smile from you.

Party Girl

Paige had an awesome party and we had such great support from our family! Thank you to everyone that came!!!

Happy Birthday Paige!

Look Who Turned 1!!!!!

Enjoying eating her cake!

She got this little tykes car for her birthday, and her cousin, Zarek, wouldn't get out of it. He wished he had one for himself. Look at that face. He wasn't going to let anyone near the car.

Paige new exactly what to do. She opened the presents mostly by herself. I was quite impressed.

I am on this kick of making birthday cakes. I was quite happy the way this one turned out. I made it up as I went along. (It's a butterfly)

Love you Paige! You are such a fun and happy girl!

Fresh Prince

Who didn't love Fresh Prince? Here are some of our favorite clips. It's too bad they don't make shows like this anymore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4qcbmiNmBM



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwv1Rx0YmdI&feature=related




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXB8iTXY5f4&feature=related

Draper Temple Open House

My family went to the Draper Temple Open House tonight. It was simply amazing! The spirit and opportunity to go and bring my kids was so neat. They knew they were in a special place and were so reverent. After we had been through the temple, and proceeded to the chapel of a near by Church, I was truly over come with deep gratitude and love for the Church. I am so grateful to be a member and to have temples again on the earth. What a wonderful blessing to have prophets who receive modern day revelation where we are able be a forever family. I love my family so much, and I hope and pray that they will have the desire and commitment to live worthily to return again to the temple. Here are some really neat pictures of the Draper Temple that appeared on ksl.com http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=5322959&nid=148 (Make sure you click on the photo gallery.)

Looking For Something To Do?

The kids had the day off from school yesterday, and we needed something fun to do. Every month I get the Family Fun magazine, and there are a lot of fun craft ideas. In the February edition (http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=12122), they had the idea of making candy necklaces. The kids really liked it, plus there is so many fun Valentine candy to use. The older kids were able to do a lot, but I still had to help out. The key to making it an enjoyable activity is to have everything precut and ready before they sit down at the table. Have fun!

Thinking Positive

I am starting to feel the SPRING BUG. Projects are brewing in my head, wanted (needed)vacations, silky smooth legs (I shave my legs only once a week in the winter), painted toe nails, tulips, blossoms on trees, and being outside in my yard is justing the beginning. As I look outside and see the snow falling, I am trying to stay positive. We need the mositure. Soon the first signs of spring will be here, and I will see the tulip buds pop out of the ground on my way to the mailbox. I just need to have patience.

Happy Birthday Alex

I can't believe Alex is 6 years old! This past week, our family celebrated his birthday by having a couple of parties, and going to Jungle Jim's. It was an excited and fun week and I am all tired out. Something that I am extremely proud of is the birthday cake I made. (with a little help from my wonderful life saving neighbor, Heather) His latest rage is Super Mario Brothers, so his cake had to be Mario. I was able to find the idea on the Internet and was quite surprised how great it turned out.


Because Alex is 6, I thought I would write S IX things I just love about that boy

**1** He is very thoughtful and kind

**2**He is a great big brother to his two sisters

**3**His smile

**4**The way he dresses himself (layer upon layer of clothes)

**5**How he draws me pictures

**6** He a big helper and surprises me by making my bed in the mornings.

The list could go on and on! I love that boy! I am so grateful to be his mother!

Nap Time

I had a nap today! I slept for almost THREE HOURS. Life couldn't be better. Thanks Chad for making that possible!

Snowing Gum Drops

Do you remember singing this song when you were in grade school?

If all the raindrops
Were lemondrops and gumdrops
Oh, what a rain that would be!

Standing outside, with my mouth open wide

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
If all the raindrops
Were lemondrops and gumdrops
Oh, what a rain that would be!

If all the snowflakes

Were candy bars and milkshakes

Oh, what a snow that would be!

Standing outside, with my mouth open wide

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

If all the snowflakes

Were candy bars and milkshakes

Oh, what a snow that would be!

It is so cute because whenever I take Paige out in the snow or rain, she always sticks out her tongue and says, "Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah" with a big smile on her face.

Funny Moment

Since, I am so far behind on my blogging, I thought I would post a funny picture. Back in October, my grandmother passed away. We went up to Wyoming for her funeral. The service was really nice and it was good to see extended family. My Grandfather passed away about thirteen years ago, so it is nice that my grandparents can now be together.

At my Grandfather funeral thirteen years ago, his siblings came to pay their respects. Some of his sisters there were Polygamist. We were all quite surprised to see them because many of us had not met them before.

While we were attending the viewing for my Grandmother in October, we kept waiting for my Polygamist great aunts to show up. (By the way, they weren't able to make it.) I thought it would be funny to take this picture with my new brother-in-law Curtis and my sister Sara. Needless to say, I made Curtis feel very uncomfortable. Welcome to the FAMILY!

Planning a Party!

Okay, so Alex is going to have his sixth birthday in about ten days. It's always a big deal about what kind of party we are going to have, what we are going to do, etc.. This year the theme is going to be... (DRUM ROLL PLEASE) MARIO BROTHERS! I haven't played Super Mario Brothers since I was like ten years old on Heather McMurray's Nintendo. Plus I was never very good, nor did I ever save the princess. I googled it, and there wasn't much. Anybody have any ideas about what to do?

A Year of New Blogging

New Years 2009!



Okay, so I haven't been blogging after I comitted to do better. I am completely lame. I probably don't have anyone who stops by and visits anymore. My bad. I've decided to post my randomness of things and thoughts I have during the day with occasional pictures of my family. This might be less stressful and allow some peace of mind.








Public Restrooms

I absolutely hate them. Of course, I am grateful to have a place to go to the bathroom when we are out and about, but GERMS are all over the place. I am usually not a Germ Phobic, but when I take my kids in there, especially my daughter Maggie, I get stressed. For some reason, the toliet paper/ cover never stays on the seat and Maggie wants to touch everything. The absolute worst place to take your child to the bathroom is the park!