Jacqueline Hope

 Miss Hope made her Debut 7 days early. Dec. 7, 2014 Weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz. 20 in long.  We are absolutely smitten with this Perfect, Beautiful Baby Girl.  Our Family Feels complete now that our "caboose " has arrived.

I added a Hawaii picture to this post because I'm ready for another vacation! I am 7 days away from my due date. I am about ready.  My christmas shopping is close to being done, and I have two projects Im working on that are so close to being done.  Baby stuff is also close to being ready.  I just need new batteries in the swing and bouncer and Jappy to get the cradle out of the rafters. But none of those things are that important on my to do list so they have taken the back seat.

During the month of October we had Red Ribbon Week.  One of the days was "I mustache you to say no to drugs" So the kids all wore mustaches to school.  Brooklyn felt it important to sport her mustache dress.  This year for Halloween We decorated our front door like Frankenstein. Our Kids LOVED him so much that we left him up two weeks after the Holiday.  I think this will become a tradition every Halloween.  My brother  and his kids came and spent some time with us during Halloween.  We had such a fun couple days with them.  Johnny made himself at home and was very comfortable here.  He cracked us up.  He has such an adult vocabulary and very matter of fact.  We  just enjoyed our time with the kids and miss them so much.  

For Halloween we went to our wards trunk or treat and hit a couple neighbors.  Paxton was a Devil, Jet-dinosaur Jay-ninja, Brooklyn and police officer, and Mady was her inmate.  I don't have a picture of Jappy and I but I dressed up as a cheerleader and Jappy was a football player.  Lots laughs and funny looks. 

I threw in a picture of Jappy during the tough mudder.  The obstacle that he's at is the monkey bars over water. He had to climb them in an A shape (Up and down)     

Also in October we sweet talked some friends into taking us to their friends house to ride horses.  What a fun Night and great memories with our kids.  I miss riding. It was fun to see  their faces light up and how much they enjoyed it. Some day I hope to be able to give them those opportunities more often.  It brought back so many great memories.   

ThanksGiving was low key and uneventful.  We went out to the Reservation again this year for dinner.  What a great way to celebrate a Holiday.  We even had friends joint us this year. I hope we have them talked into joining our tradition in the years to come. 

This was a pretty random post.... But you get the idea of what we've been up to.

Oh Dear,

We are still around.  I'm going to do a quick update of the past year and than hopefully I will stay caught up....For a few months anyways.   After the half marathon we enjoyed thanksgiving.  Since it's just us we decided...We eat at home everyday lets go out.  It was the BEST ThanksGiving EVER. My house stayed clean, We were relaxed and we actually got dressed up for dinner.  I organized a 5K Turkey Trot for our ward for that morning.  It was a good way to get out of the house and enjoy our friends and neighbors that morning.
December, January came with no big events besides Christmas and My birthday.
February Our girls got a special Valentine with a plane ticket inside to HAWAII.
March we took our girls for a weeks vacation in Hawaii.  My Brother Bob and his Family are stationed there with the Army.  We had the BEST time.  A week was NOT long enough! We packed our days FULL of Fun.  Snorkeling, Body surfing, eating at local restaurants, Tide pool exploring, hiking, the PPC, whale watching, Dole plantation, and the Biggest Highlight of the trip... Swimming with dolphins.  We could have ended the trip and only done that and it still would have been the best trip ever.  What a GREAT experience and to be able to share it with the girls was the cherry on top.  It was So hard to leave.  When we look back at our hundreds of pictures we can't help but smile at the wonderful memories we made. Jappy helped coach High School Baseball.
April We celebrated 13 years!!Jay and Brooklyn played Soccer, Mady turned 12 and had her first temple trip, Mady joined the middle school track team and took 1st in Shot -Put and 2nd in Discus in All City. and was invited to compete in a regional competition. (We are PROUD parents)!  Jap's step dad passed away, Paxton(18 months) broke his leg, I had my wisdom teeth out. And OH YA.. Found out I was Pregnant with #6 (Heaven Help us ALL) April was not my favorite month. But we survived.
May Paxie got his cast off and had an EKG and passed again!! He will have a Echocardiogram next year in June. If all looks well he could be released of ALL Cardio doctors and appointments(Super Exciting).  I ran a Color Run with friends, Found out that we were Having a GIRL!
Due December 13th
 We celebrated the LAST DAY of SCHOOL with our friends and neighbors with our annual root beer float party.
June  The kids collected eggs for a neighbor all month and loved it, Jay started Flag Football, He's a Natural like his Daddy.   He had countless touchdowns, and several interceptions that he ran back for a touch down and LOTS of Flags. He was SO FUN to watch. Mady and I went to Girls Camp and had a blast. Jet started Speech, and made some GREAT progress through the Summer
July We headed to Coeur d'Alene for a week.  Spending time with ALL of the Family, Lots of Time at the beach and on the boat. Jay and Brooklyn got up on water skis. And surprised my Family with the news of BABY GIRL. Brought our Nephews home with us to spend 3 weeks of FUN with them.  We had a science day, went to Bear World, Picnics in the park, hiked the mountains, slept in a tent, Had outside movie night, Decorated bikes for a parade, went to the pool several times, set up the slip-n-slide. The List could go on and on. We tried to plan and do something each day they were here.  We were exhausted each night.
August    I sold the 15 passenger Van(yea ME), We rented a Cabin in Star Valley for a long weekend and enjoyed every minute. We golfed, Jappy played in a tournament with his momma, swam, ate, played shuffle board, and horseshoes. and just had a really fun time.  Jappy took the kids to Lagoon for a day and had a BLAST. We bought a dog, Beautiful German Shepherd. And sold her 3 wks later. We loved her!! She did not love our neighbors, and I didn't feel good about the aggression she was showing towards anyone in our yard. No fault of her own She was protecting us and our yard.  We miss her dearly. Some Day again we will be  dog owners. It was so good for our Kids.
School started!! Mady 7th. Brooklyn 5th. Jay K.  Jet Lincoln /center Preschool.
Mady Made the School Volleyball team and LOVES it.  That girl has a MEAN serve.  We've enjoyed her games. Jay and Brooklyn started another season of Soccer. It's been Busy with everyone practicing and games but we LOVE watching our kids, and watching them develop their talents.
September. Jappy has been working out HARD He has Lost 80lbs and still going strong.  We are so PROUD of him.  He competed in a Tough Mudder in Utah. If you don't know what it is google it. It was 11 miles of Running and then Crazy obstacles intertwined. We made arrangements for our kids and we spent 3 days together ALONE.  It was the first time in 6 years we had been away for more than 12 hours with out any kids. It was fun to be able to watch him do his run and to be able to cheer him on. We had a Great Weekend together.
My parents got their mission call and will be serving for 12 months in the Family History Center in Salt Lake City.We are very Happy for them.
October Celebrated Paxton turning 2. He is such a Fun Sweet Boy. He talks up a storm, repeating everything we say.  He's only gotten me in trouble once (which really surprises me) He is one busy little bugger. I think he is worse than Jay was. I had to buy a second baby gate to contain that boy. He will need his own post for all his extra curricular activities he's been involved in.  
I'm preparing for the Elementary School Red Ribbon Week at the end of the month. And the Big guy will turn 41 in a week.
Phew... Well there you have it in a Nut shell Pictures will come at a later date I need to upload those yet. But know we are still around and doing well.

13.1

8 weeks ago I was talked into training for a Half Marathon. CRAZY I know.Thankfully my friend Jen was just as crazy as I, and we did it together. We Worked hard, ran more than either one of us would have ever thought possible, sacrificed good food, and lots of time. But WE DID IT!!

The race was Fun. We breezed right through the first 8 miles. We were pretty entertained by the other runners.  We laughed to ourselves many times.  My favorite part of the run was mile 9's candy table, and mile 11's temptation table. That was the best doughnut EVER.

Pre Race

 We Made it!!

We are going to put together a team to run a 62 mile relay.... Maybe... I've enjoyed my sleeping in.

Halloween 2013

 Happy Halloween! We had  a week full of Halloween Fun.  Every day leading up to the big Day we did something festive.  Dipped apples, Had a spooky chip dip Made ghost cookies and witch Hats,witches brooms, a scary soup with a ghost rising out of it (my favorite)
Nana made the boys matching dinosaur costumes. They were cute, and warm.
The girls were rubiks cubes. They looked so cute. They had lots of comments where ever we went.

 Mady thought she would use her box as a table for her hot chocolate.

 It was a really cold night. Pax sat in the back of the car eating a sucker. While the kids enjoyed the trunk or treat.

Jetters was all about the candy. We stopped at the Eddies and Jet helped Cam hand out Candy.  Every time the door bell rang He would go to the door with Cam and would help himself to a piece of candy. He cracked us up.
Our kids made it a fun Holiday. I love how excited they get about new things. It makes it worth all the work.

Happy 40th

 Jappy turned 40 and we had a PARTY!! Two weeks leading up to his birthday The kids and I came up with the 12 days of Dad. Every day He got a little gift when he woke up. We all looked forward to him finding it.
I invited 50 people to help us celebrate his BIG Day.  We went with an 80's theme and I was not disappointed with the outcome.  Everyone dressed up, We listened to 80's music, played a game centered around the 80's, Laughed and just had a lot of fun.
I was really impressed with the outfits and hair that came through the door.  We had a meat buffet and potato bar per the birthday boys request. It was a night of many fun memories.

 I couldn't be happier with this man  I Love You Jap!










This is a collage of pictures of Jappy over the years. I had fun going through old pictures.

I made those huge rubiks cubes just for the party.

Check out those Acid wash Jeans











And those peg legged jeans and you cant miss that Mullet!

It amazes me how much changes in a year.  I find myself still getting a little emotional when I see these pictures of my baby. I still have those memories vivid in my mind of caring for him with his "extra luggage" (oxygen tank) and the many Dr. Visits and echos on his heart. We were blessed in so many ways those 3 months of uncertainty.

 Happy Birthday Paxie!!
You Just started crawling, and getting into things like cupboards and drawers.You babble Da Da, you wave, and put your hands in the air when we say touch down. You are eating more and more normal food. Meal time is very serious to you. You love your siblings but prefer your Momma. And your sleeping through the night. Aahh Bliss