9 Years Old

Rook is 9 (yesterday)!  He's entered in that funny/awkward smiling stage.  We still love him though. 

Jack Attack!

Jack is 2!  I can't beleive it.  These last 732 days have been the Greatest! Love Him...

GO TEAM JASON

Please do me a HUGE favor and check out this website www.goteamjason.com. 

Jason is my awesome brother-in-law.  We adore him and you would too if you knew him!!  Jason has cystic fibrosis and is in need of a double lung transplant.  I was lucky enough to go stay a week with them in California last month.  
p.s.   http://www.goteamjason.com/
p.s.s.  Zumba Fundraiser this Fri. night June 29th @ 7pm at Rigby Zumba on Yellowstone in Rigby. 
          Come get Fit and do a good Deed. 

EIGHT

WOW...can't believe Rook is 8! I remember thinking that when Carter turned 8, how crazy that was to have a kid being baptized. Now it's Rook's turn. I've realized this past year how much I LOVE these young ages. Sometimes I wish I could go back to when my 1st 2 boys were little so I could appreciate and enjoy them more. I guess I'll just enjoy them now! :)

Rook told us the other day that this birthday better be a good one...cuz last years' was way boring! (I was in the hospital, having had Jack the day before) So, we didn't celebrate his bday...
He got to have a friend party this year and chose to go swimming.
Rook has a great group of friends. They are all such good kids and so kind!

ONE!

I can't believe Jack is already one! We have enjoyed every minute with this little guy and look forward to many more. It almost makes me sad to think that I won't have to buy formula or baby food for him anymore. I am sure I won't say that about diapers though... :)

10 Months

Wow----I cannot believe how fast 10 months has flown by. Jack is still growing like crazy and is such a good boy. I feel so lucky every time I see his cute smile! (which is A LOT) :) Not sure what was so funny to him when I took this picture? Haha

8 Months Old

Jack is getting so big! I can't believe he is already 8 months old. It has gone by so fast...which reminds me to enjoy every minute!!

6...1/2 Months

Jack is still growing like crazy! I hope he keeps it up. He is getting such a fun personality. We LOVE this little guy!

4...and a Half Months!

This little (big) fella loves to smile. As long as he gets all your attention...he's happy. :)

A Little Over 3 Months

Jack is 3 months old! He is such a good little baby. He doesn't like to miss out too much on what's happening during the day, but he sleeps ALL through the night! I think that's a pretty good trade off. If you sit and talk and smile with him, he will Smile all day. So fun~

Meet Jack

I am finally getting around to posting a few pictures of our little Jack. He was born Oct. 2nd, weighed 8lbs 2oz. and was 21 inches long. I don't know for sure who he looks like...just himself I guess. He has been a little fussy this last week and really likes to be held. :) We still think he is pretty special though. Poor kid can't get a second without a brother loving him a little too much!

Two of my siblings haven't seen Jack yet, so here he is.....

Meet Jack

Coming Up...

Here are a few things that are coming up....a new baby and Rook's 7th Birthday! crazy~
Hopefully I will be on top of things and post a few pictures of it all???

A Little Bit of Sun

We had such beautiful weather today! I was in heaven!! I sat outside for a minute while reading my lesson for this Sunday and this is what happened to my arm. Too bad it didn't happen to my legs. I am looking forward to having great weather soon and can't wait for more sunshine ;) By the way, I am very aware that this is not the best looking arm you've ever seen. It almost looks like the back of my leg! yikes....sorry.

Happy 9th (late) Birthday!

Carter's 9th birthday was last week. Jared and I were out of town, so he was able to celebrate it with my parents and some of his aunts/uncles and cousins. I was feeling bad about not being there, but he was just thrilled to get to stay over at Grandma's house. He said he had the 'best time ever.' It was also Superbowl Sunday, so that made it even more exciting.

Then this last weekend, we had the Underwood side over for dinner and birthday cake. The boys had such a great time playing with their cousins. We have a new little cousin in our family...notice Krew in the background. :) He is such a cutie.

Carter is still asking when we are going to plan his 'friend' party now. I guess I better get going on that.

6 Years Old

Rook is 6. It almost makes me sad, but then so glad because the older he gets, the more I enjoy him. He was such a sweet baby, with the worst skin rashes/eczema I had ever seen. After about 18 months, the sweetness was gone and he had a rough 3 years or so. There were a few good times here and there in between. (no joke) He was a pretty intense little guy. However, the older he gets the more I see how much I am going to enjoy him being my friend forever. There are lots of things I appreciate about Rook. I love his age. Kids say such funny things when they are in kindergarten. I love that he isn't so picky like his older brother. I love that he has such a great imagination. He can play all day long with a friend or by himself and I hardly hear from him. I love that he always tells me that he "loves me one-hundred"....I'm hoping that means a lot. :)

We had our family and friends over after conference for dinner and had a fantastic time! Rook got such fun things that will keep him busy for very long time! Thanks to You All who came.

3rd Day of School

Rook started kindergarten and Carter is in 3rd grade. That seems so crazy to me. I am not very good at remembering to take pictures, so 2 of the photos were taken the 2nd day of school and I took this picture of them getting off the bus the 3rd day of school. I figure they will never know what day it really was and they probably won't ever care...so oh-well. :)

Lots of Driving & Lots of Fun!

We've been busy these last couple of weeks. Last week my family drove to Twin Falls to see Shoshone Falls and City of Rocks. It ended up being a chilly weekend, but the scenery was pretty amazing. The boys loved staying in a hotel and had a great time swimming. They always love to spend time with their cousins.

A week later, we got back in the car and drove to Boise. Jared's sister Jamie got married and they had an open house. Once again...it turned out to be a chilly weekend! We all had such a great time being with family and seeing lots of friends and shopping for awhile. I really like Jamie's husband, Jamon. He's very down to earth. Carter can't remember his name and usually calls him Jason. Korbie is Jared's other sister in the last photo that is 'expecting'. She is having a little boy in November! We stayed way too late at the open house, we ended up pulling into our garage at 3:00 AM this morning!! I had a meeting this morning so I needed to get home.

Hopefully we can catch up on sleeping tonight.

I LOVE SUMMER

I haven't updated for way too long. We've been busy along with everyone else with baseball and t-ball this summer. Carter played coach pitch this year. He had a Great season. Jared was their coach, so that made it fun for him. This was Rook's 1st year of t-ball. He did a good job and never complained, so I was happy. Actually, I was shocked.

Jared also plays in a city league team and will have their tournament next week. You'll notice I never took and pictures of him. (sorry Jared)
Other than that, we've been busy swimming...playing with friends...out of town...and enjoying the Beautiful weather. I LOVE summer!!

Island Park, West Yellowstone..& The Proposal...not the movie

We went to Island Park this weekend to hang out with Jared's mom and family. The boys had a great time playing with their cousin and getting to see their Grandma, aunts, and soon to be uncle! Yes, Aunt Jamie is officially engaged! She is marrying a great guy and we are soooo excited for them.

We went to "Footloose" at the playmill Saturday night. We had front row seats (on the side), and I have never witnessed a show there that close before. My feet were right on stage, so I had to be careful not to get in their way. During the pre-show, during two different songs, a few girls went over to Carter and put their arms around him and sang to him and just embarrased him to death!! He pretended to hate it, but later asked if we could go back next year. He even woke up this morning and told me he had a dream about it. Rook was sure the girls loved him so much because of the way his hair was done, as you can see in the photo above that it was a little crazy??

We had a great time with everyone and missed the rest of the family that wasn't able to come.