Halloween

We had a great Halloween... we carved pumpkins, had a spontaneous water fight (I started it; Dave finished it), went trunk-or-treating, went to a carnival and hung out with my brothers and sweet sis-in-law. It was fun!



Kids sure make holidays magical. Jake already has big plans for Christmas and is making us listen to Christmas music already. It drives Dave nuts but I love it. It's good for kids to have something to look forward to.



I didn't notice the smudge on my camera until it was too late so sorry for the blur.

Painful Pictures

Disney gives Baby Einstein refund for 'duping' parents into thinking they can put their baby in front of mind-numbing television while making them smarter. Now they are being sued for 'deceptive advertising'. Really?! Well, all I have to say to that is, "DUH!!!"


In other news, we had our family pictures taken by our sweet sister-in-law, Sarah, on Friday. She took about 350 pictures and most of them turned out like this...

He was supposed to kiss me but licked my mouth instead. YUCK!!!

Notice the bruises and scratches on his face which can easily be removed with photoshop. I am aware that I look like crap in these pics but you get the feel for how painful it was to get a good shot or two. Jake is barely cooperating in the 'good' pics, so when you get your Christmas card just remember how hard poor Sarah worked to get that one.

A little side note: Jake climbed in bed with me this morning and looked down and said, "Hey!!! What the HE@% happened to my pants!" Yes he got in trouble and yes I had to try really hard not to smile. I'm not glad he said it, but it was funny.

Too Funny Not To Share

Why Her Nickname is Goo

So Gracie puked all over herself and her carseat as we were leaving the Tracy Aviary in SLC today. It smelled AWESOME all the way home. When we got home I gave her a nice long bath. I gently got her out of the tub, cuddled her in her towel and rubbed lotion all over her. It was one of those cool mommy/daughter bonding moments.

Then I went to get a diaper and by the time I got back she had pooped down her legs and on the carpet (again!). Back in the tub she went. Dave rocks and cleaned up the mess for me then made a tasty dinner for us. Such a sweet man!!! He keeps me sane.

Here's some pics of our adventures:

We went to Mike and Jenni Dickson's and swam on Labor Day. It was way fun!




Jake started preschool again this week. Ahhhhh!!! I love preschool and so does Jake. Still has the same "hurry up and take the picture" look as last year.



Dave woke up mucho fantastico onery-o so I tried to make him Mindi's Heavenly Peach Pie (which is our new family favorite). It didn't taste as good as hers. Wonder what I did wrong; hmmm...



Grace folding towels. She loves to help.



Grace not only cleans, but she messes. Apparently we needed a little redecorating. Now we need a little new carpet. Thanks a lot Goo!!!

Little Update

Yes, I'm a lazy blogger. We've been super busy. I feel like I don't have time to even talk to my friends let alone hang out with them. I can't even think of what we've been doing, but I feel like I never get to sit down. Here's some pics of our lives lately.

I found Goldfish Crackers on random slats in the blinds. I asked Jake what he was doing. He said he put them there in case the fly in our house got hungry.


He also loves to hang out in his underwear. Now that it's cooling off he's complaining that he's cold all the time. Hello! Put some clothes on bud! He's watching for Dave to come home from work. Sometimes he goes days without seeing his daddy. Dave goes to work before Jake wakes up and comes home after he's in bed a lot of times. It makes Jake and Dave sad. :(


Gracie is getting more and more independent. She loves to play with her big brother. I can actually get some stuff done now. YAY!!!


Dressed up for church. Jake is sneezing from the sun... crappy Jenson genes. Gracie loves fluffy dresses (thank goodness). She tells me when something is 'cute' whether it's her clothes or mine. She's very fashionable already.


The Humans Are Dead! HA! (A little Flight of the Conchords humor for the few of you that know what I'm talking about). Jake and I were aliens that day.


Grace figured out how to push a chair over to the counter to get what she wants. Usually it's my soda. Naughty girl.


I am trying my hardest to hold onto summer but it isn't working. Isn't August supposed to be warm still? Just thinking about snow makes me sick. I feel like I'm being cheated with all this cool stormy weather. We shouldn't be wearing long sleeves and pants yet. How rude!!!

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4th of July

We had a great 4th of July. We went to Sarah and Darrell's house (late as usual) and had breakfast. Then Sarah had this wonderful idea to have the kids decorate their bikes and put on their own parade. Needless to say, the kids were less than interested, Sarah and I ended up decorating the bikes and some of the kids cried when we had them ride around for the 'parade'. Party poopers! It was such a good idea... I thought they'd love it.



After that we took the kids to the Splash Pad in South Ogden behind the OAC. I've never been there, but we loved it! It is free and nice. The best part is Gracie could play all she wanted and I didn't have to worry about her as much as I would at a pool.


Then off to the Berry's for a BBQ. Fun! I didn't get any pics but they know how to entertain. A new swing set for the kids, yummy food and Wii on a big screen in the backyard. It was awesome.

We joined the Turpins (our friends) for our second annual Tai Pan parking lot fireworks show. I forgot to take a picture of all of us but you get the idea. We light our own fireworks and have treats while we wait for Clearfield's fireworks to start. When they are over we jump right in our cars and are out of there in a flash. My kind of celebration. No crowds, plenty of fireworks and good conversation (minus Dave's confessions to Bishop Turpin ;).


We loved spending time with so many of you. Thanks for letting us share the holiday with so many of you!