We will miss you!!

Last night on September 4, 2009 at 1:30 am we lost a great family member, Milton Nelson. He had been married to my grandma for 12 years. We were very lucky to have him around, he was very good to my grandma and made her very happy. He was the only great grandpa our kids ever knew. We will all miss him very much!! We love you Milt!!

Bear Lake

This was our last bit of fun before school started. Every summer my family takes trip up to Bear Lake. It is always so nice just to get away for a few days before the summer is over. This year the kids seemed to enjoy it more than usual, probably because they are a bit older.
We don't really have anything planned. In the morning Jones and I would get up around 6:30 and he would ride his bike while I went for a run. Then we would go set up our stuff on the beach. We really enjoyed our mornings together! After that we would just hang out in the condo until lunch time maybe play a game of tennis, and then head out to the beach. At the beach we built sand castles, rode the jet ski's, and had a few games of football and soccer. After the beach we would get cleaned up, eat dinner, and play our nightly game of progressive rummy. Not really anything too exciting, but we all had a lot of fun.Here are Jones and Jaimin playing at the playground. Jaimin loved the fact that he could just hop on his bike and head down to the playground. The only problem is he thought he could go at any time he wanted.

These two pictures were the closest thing we got to a family picture.

Building sand castles. Notice the power lines. Jones was really proud of them.

Here is a picture of Jaimin of the first day. The poor kid was so sick with a headache that all he could do was lay there. Anytime we would try to give him medicine he would gag and throw it all up. Luckily it didn't last too long, by about 5 o'clock he was up and being his happy old self again.

IT'S A BOY!!!!

It's a boy.....kitten! So we finally gave in and got a kitten. We had been thinking about getting one for quite awhile now but we were worried that Jones was allergic to them. About a month ago we took him to an Allergist because he wouldn't stop itching. Among 50 other things we had him tested for cats. We found out he was only allergic to grass. For some annoying reason the doctor turned to Jones and said well you can get a cat now (I wanted to kick her because we really hadn't decided if we wanted one). Anyway ever since she said that Jones has been on our back about getting one. So we gave in. We had looked around on ksl for a bit but nothing really caught my eye until I saw this one. So yesterday we told Jones we had to go get something at a co workers house which made him very unhappy, he wanted to stay and play with his friends. So we got to the house and got out and played with the kittens for a bit and then told him it was time to go. When we got in the car he looked and saw me holding the kitten and with a huge grin said "I didn't know we were taking him home!" He was thrilled. Even Jaimin was excited on the way home he yelled out "I got a cat" and giggled.

He is a very good cat, he is 10 weeks old and is potty trained and so far has not had any problems (whew!!). We now just need to settle on a name. So far it is between Oliver, Edward, Martin, and Jones' favorite thanks to my dad Lumm. We can't decide. Any suggestions?

Congratulations!!! On August 11. 2009 at 12:00am (The minute it turned Ana's Birthday) Jonathon proposed. We are all so happy for the both of you!

They don't look alike at all do they!?

So a few weeks ago we took our annual family trip to Lagoon. I honestly was not looking forward to going this year due to Jaimin's fear of the rides and his motion sickness. Jones also has never been that excited about going on many rides. Well this year was completely different, they couldn't get enough. It made it so much fun. The lines weren't too long so they just ran from ride to ride.

After riding many of the kiddie rides we decided to go do our family favorite "Rattlesnake Rapids". We showed it to Jaimin and asked if he wanted to go and his response was "no not today". Well we took him anyway. I decided not to go and try to get some pictures. As you can tell from this picture Mark and the boys got the most wet. I was so worried that this was going to ruin Jai's fun mostly because he hates his clothes getting wet.

Here he is after the ride telling my mom how fun it was and saying he wanted to go again. He couldn't stop jumping up and down talking about it. I was so glad he liked it!!

Here is Jones after the ride just as excited as his brother. The poor kid could hardly keep his pants on they were so wet.

Here is Jones on our way out running through the fountain. This was also a surprise for us, he usually doesn't like running through these things.

Since then both boys keep asking if we can go back because they had so much fun. This trip actually got me excited for them to grow up. Life is much more fun when the whole family enjoys it!

So this weekend we got invited to go to Grand Junction Colorado for Mark's friends birthday. Mark decided to take Jones while I stayed home with Jaimin. Jones was so excited because he found out they were going to go fishing which he had never done before. The first day of fishing Jones caught 7 fish, more than anyone else they were with. He was so proud of himself. Most of the time they were there they were fishing except when Mark took him on a tour of his old neighborhood. He even took Jones to visit his little brothers grave.
Jones had a ton of fun getting some quality time with his dad and did surprisingly well for being the first time away from me and Jaimin. I on the other hand had a hard time being away from him and Jaimin missed Jones terribly. The house was unusually quiet all weekend. I am glad things are back to normal! Now I guess it is my turn for a vacation!

So yesterday I was outside gardening while Jaimin and Lydia were riding bikes and I noticed Jaimin in the rocks picking something up. Due to our past garden experiences I was expecting to find him chasing a snake. Luckily this time it wasn't. He found two baby quail. They were so tiny and cute! The kids kept fighting over who got to play with them. So we put them in a box and went looking for their mom. Our neighbors told us that all the babies had been separated from the parents so everyone has been trying to keep them together. Hopefully the neighborhood cat will not find them before the mother does.

Not so welcome friends

As many of you know we live pretty close to the mountains. Well since we have moved in we have not had any snakes in our yard but many of the neighbors have. Well our luck ran out this year! The other day Jones went to get out of my moms car and happened to look down just in time to see a rattle snake. We are so thankful that he did see it because it was right where he was going to be stepping to get out of the car and who knows what could have happened. Mark was out of town (of course with my luck ) so I ended up calling wildlife services and they came and caught it.

So due to my terrible fear of snakes I made Mark put out snake repellent in the yard. The only problem with the repellent is that if there are any snakes in the yard, it will keep them in the yard. Well obviously there was at least one that was in the yard. Two days after we found the rattle snake Mark was outside with Jaimin and noticed Jai chasing something. As Mark got closer he heard him saying "a snake" (by the way he is not at all scared of them any time he sees one he has to run over and pet it). Luckily this time it was a bull snake, but still a snake. This time Mark was home and took care of it for me. Now I am always checking around the yard and still try not to go to the areas where there are a lot of rocks to hide in. I am praying that we won't find anymore!! My fear is Jaimin will try to catch a rattle snake because I know he would try if he saw one.

Who needs the sun to have fun?

Jaimin's new hair cut

So I decided to cut Jai's hair so he wouldn't be so hot in the summer. Well it wasn't quite going the way I wanted, due to him running all over while I was trying to cut it. Anyway I gave up and just buzzed it ( well it is a long buzz). I cried when I was done, I couldn't believe what I had done. I always swore I would never cut their hair this short. Anyway he looks totally different and I am still having a hard time getting used to it. The good thing is he likes it. The first time I showed it to him he smiled and rubbed his hands through it and then leaned over and gave me a huge kiss. He kept saying daddy's hair cut so at least he is happy. My goal was to have it about 2 inches longer so I guess in a month or 2 it will be there.