Luray Cavern!!!!!!!!!!!

Genevieve is Star of the week!

Genevieve was star of the week and part of the duties for the child is to make a timeline. You have to use pictures and decorate any way the child likes.

Genevieve was very excited for this project.

Jillian was just excited to be in a picture.

The board also had a cut out of her hand and a few of her favorite foods.

She designed the color strips around her picture!

The finished project! Yay for Genevieve you did great!

Brett's Head!

About 2 weeks ago, Brett went home teaching and it was a night after a pretty bad ice storm. He had just left a family and WAM, down the stairs and on his back. His phone went flying in the air so he immediately started looking for that and then noticed the blood pouring out of his head and onto everything. He continued to look for a minute than realized he should leave and get some help. Luckily he was in the neighborhood because he drove himself home. His companion was with him. He walked up to the door and i about had a heart attack. I ran and got a towel but quickly realized he needed to get to the hospital right away. His companion stayed at our house and I called Brett's parents to come over since i didn't know how long we would be. By the time we got to the ER, the towel was completely soaked in blood. It took a little while to be seen but we finally got a Dr. They did a CT and his head was clear just needed some stitches. 4 bright blue stitches. He was sitting in the chair getting stitched up and asking if it was ok if he played in his basketball that saturday. The nurse was like probably not a good idea and he's like but not totally bad, I told her to say NO you can not, otherwise he will go. So she told him no and I am very happy he didn't play that week. He is doing great now and the stitches are out, thanks to a sweet nurse in our ward and he's back to playing ball.

Diaper Derby!

My friend Julie told me about this Diaper Derby a radio station holds every year. Luckily Jacob is a super crawler so I thought hey he could do this. we practiced and were pumped.

It started with a good nap around the mall. Never race exhausted. Then the announcing of the racers.

Brett was on one end and I was on the catching end.

They yell GO, Jacob does not go. He instead seems a little overwhelmed by all the pressure and the major loud screams.

But wait what is this....

Mommy is over there, saying come to her.....




Daddy is telling me go go go...

I am almost there but wait

oh yeah that's my mom

These are of course out of order, he starts to venture out.

mommy really wants me to come to her and she has that phone i can never have.

Two of our friends were in a race after us, Naomi in the pink and Brett's old co worker from EDS his daughter in the green.

This could be the start of something beautiful!

Yay! made it to mommy! He didn't win but had a lot of fun anyway!

Look at that face!

It looked like she had a good start ( Naomi) but decided to see what her friend there was doing?



Thanks Julie we had a blast!

SEVENS!

7 Things I can do:
* Ice Skate- although it's been quite a while since i've done it.
*Read quickly-give me a good book and i'll finish it in no time!
*Play basketball, softball,volleyball and I will try most sports BUT that doesn't mean i can do them :)
*French braid hair.
* Laundry
*Cook..i love to cook, especially with lots of pots :)
* throw a smashin fun party!

7 things I can't do:
*Relax while others drive....drives Brett crazy, sorry sweetie!
* Not eat chocolate, it's true i CAN NOT go ONE day without chocolate i would litterally die.
* Stop loving and feeling blessed to have my family!
* Keep my car clean..i try and try yet every day it looks like a tornado hit.
* Go to bed at a reasonable time, the kids are in bed and i want to just go to bed too,but that time with no kids it's just to precious to waste it on sleep. Yup my mom is probably thinking no way not my daughter the one who slept all day as a teenager. crazy huh.
* Make no bake cookies....it's my arch nemisis....if that's how you spell it.
*Knit, i've tried it, my grandmother is amazing at it, but my hands are just to shaky!

7 things that attracted me to my hubby:
* The first time I saw him it was like out of a movie, the heavens parted and he was there!
* His fish hook
* His strong testimony, he had just got home from his mission and I was at his homecoming talk, he made my heart flutter.
* His love for his family
* His smokin hot body!
* His fun spirit, playin jokes right from the start.
* His dedication when i thought it was impossible.

7 things I say most often:
* Jillian NO!
* WHO's Crying?
* Get that out of your mouth!
* I love you most!
* I miss you too!
* Hello
*JOLIE GENEVIEVE JILLIAN to them in the basement.

I tag: Manda, Kristi, Jamie,Alex and Cathy!!!!!

Piano and FHE!

This is the piano we have in our home now! We all love it. It's gently used and has yellow keys but it is perfect for little Jake to reach up on his toes and tink away. Jolie is SO excited for lessons and so is mommy.

This is the fabulous FHE kit Aunt Nichole and Uncle Erik made for our family for Christmas. This has been such a blessing for our family. The girls are so excited to be able to pick a bag and learn about the scriptures! Thank you so much guys we LOVE it.

Aunt Nichole giving a wonderful lesson of the woman at the well, we all learned a little more that night.

Yay! The wondeful piano, it's a Baldwin that i have no idea the year, it still needs to be tuned, but i still one hand for fhe night.

The girls watching with real intent, if only they would do that for me....

The boys!

Happy NEW Year!....a little late!

Jillian and Jacob's new year ended a little earlier than the others.

Jake learning a few tricks from Uncle E.

This is the year of our 10 yr. anniversary!!!!

To the best sisters around....i didn't get you!!!

Playing UNO with uncle Erik, you can tell there's a little competiveness in our girls :)

Turns out Jacob LOVES sparkling cider, his face was so cute all puckered up after he would have a taste.

Nichole and I practicing our Wii skills on Dancing with the stars. I love that game!!!

In step! oh yeah!

Here's a pucker shot of big jake after a sip of the bubbleee, you can see i didn't do a very good job of putting these in order.

Mommy and Jillian!!!!!!!!!!

A pic of all the grandkids, oops minus Creighton on Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa Fox's!

Jacob not really enjoying the new years hat!

So i am very sorry for being so negtful to the blog. I have to say when you fall super behind like i have, it's a little daunting of trying to bring it up to date. But i really missed it so a new year it is and the start is a little shaky but hopefully it will level out for the best. Happy New Year everyone and I can't wait to read everyone's new and exciting adventures....like how Jillian painted our carpet steps with Nail Polish....oh yes she strikes again!!!!

Brett's favorite spot!

Cheerios are SOOO good......

especially when Colton is feeding them to me.

Creighton and Grandpa Fox he was not feeling good and had pink eye....the next week he would get RSV and Colton would have Pneumonia and be in the hospital for 4 days....poor little boys. THankfully they are healthy and happy now.