The Sledding Mis-hap.

It was a nice snowy day here in Ucon, Idaho when our family decided to go to the Ucon "pit" and go sledding. Lillie went down a couple of times, but wasn't so sure.

Dustin decided to give it a whirl.

:)

So after that I was debating on going down myself, but the 7 year old kid next to me was talking smack, so based solely on peer pressure.... I went. I screamed louder than any other 13 year old, Curve smelling, push-up bra wearing middle-school girl there, thank you very much.

Overall it was a fun 35 minute outing. We had some good laughs, and some good cries (just Lillie, Dustin wanted to clarify). Can't wait until it snows again! I might be going by myself next time.

We ran out of Mt. Dew.

For New Years we went over to Amber and Che's with Tyson and Alli and had a fun time. It was weird, we were over there for 5 1/2 hours but it felt like 2 hours. It went by so fast! We (as the title suggests) ran out of Mt. Dew, but feasted on pizza, chocolate fondue, and chips, and all other kinds of junk food.

We watched a few episodes of "Friends."

Happy New Year! 2010!

"Is there sugar in syrup? Then yes!"

Lots of fun treats at Christmas! The above picture is of Cooper, Kate, and Lillie "helping" me make jam thumbprints. The picture below is of my sister and her girls (and Lillie) decorating some gingerbread men.

Alyse turns 2 this month, but Dana had her party a few weeks early while family was in town. It was Monkey theme, and Alyse loved it, I think!

Below: Gramps (Dustin's dad) made this beautiful quilt for Jack! He makes a quilt for all of the grandchildren. I'm sure Jack will love it for years to come.

And last but not least... our snowman. It took forever to make, but it was well worth it. My memories of making snowmen growing up were always happy ones, I guess my dad was doing all the work or something because building a snowman is so hard!

"Hey check it out, it's old man Marley."

We had a great Christmas! Lillie loved her Elmo, Jack got some baby toys, Dustin got me an ENV3 cell phone (along with a mandolin, pillows, a teapot and a bathrobe that I love), and I got Dustin an iHome. We loved seeing all our family that came into town! Enjoy the pictures from the special day.

It was a mess!

Cousins, Grads, and Christmas Clothes

Aunt Elisha holding Jack and Andy.

All the cute babies! It was really hard getting a picture where they were all sitting up with their eyes open. Aren't they all cute?!

The graduates! Alli and Clark graduated from BYU-I this past weekend, and Angie graduates in just a couple months, so a celebration was at hand! We had lots of appetizers, including 7 layer dip, cheese fondue, shrimp, and muddy buddies (amongst others).

Lillie and Jack in their Christmas getup. Lillie's dress is from Grandma Julie, the hairbow was made by Aunt Dana, and Jack's cute outfit was a steal at 12$ from TJ Maxx.

And, yes. This is the first picture I have of Lil and Jack together. She finally held him long enough to take a picture!

Our life in Ucon, Idaho

We're all settled in at the In-Law's. It hasn't been bad at all living here. Milan and Julie have been so gracious and accommodating. We set up Lillie's room in Clark's old bedroom with her new toddler bed, her play kitchen, and the changing table. It's been nice for Lil to stretch out! She's been sleeping in a closet in her pack-n-play for the past 8 months in Jackson. I decided not to set up Jack's crib yet. We'll wait until the next move. I like having him sleep in our room in his little bassinet for right now.

Our tree:

Dustin loves his son! Almost every picture I have of Jack has Dustin in it. Jack lost some of his hair, it looks like he's balding like an old man! I love it.

One of the best parts about staying here in Idaho for the next few weeks is getting to spend more time with my sisters, Elisha and Dana and their kids. I got to watch Anna and Alyse for Dana for just a few hours. It was so much fun! Lillie loves playing with her cousins.

My sister Elisha let us borrow Andy's sweater vest for a while. Jack looks so cute in it! Here's Jack and Dustin all ready for church. I need to get a picture of Jack with his cousin, Andy. Andy's so big and adorable. I love holding that kid!

We took the kids to go see Santa last week.... it didn't go well.

Jack smiling! He only smiles for Dustin and Grandma Julie.

Jack playing! Grandma Diane got this for Lillie 2 years ago, and Jack seems to enjoy it even more than Lillie did. I don't know why the picture flipped around when I uploaded it, but it's too complicated to fix it now, so just deal.

Lillie doesn't have any interest in Jack yet. She knows who he is, but just still does her own thing. She's been throwing a few more temper tantrums, but is hilarious! She never stops singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and loves being tickled and is obsessed with Elmo. She's started saying more words, and now can say "Mickey Mouse" and jabbers on the telephone to anyone that calls. You should call to talk to her, it's really funny.

Can you even believe that he's already 2 months old??

Jack's stats:

Weight: 11# 7oz (45%)

Height: 22 1/2" (38%)

Head: 35%

Daddy soothing Jackie-boy. He's not the most perfect baby... he's only sleeping about 2 1/2-3 1/2 hours straight at night and seems to only sleep when he's being held! I looked back in Lillie's baby book and at 2 months she was sleeping 8-10 hours a night. Gah! I guess Dustin and I will be acting a bit crazy for a while longer from the lack-o-sleep. We love that little boy!

Our life is great! I feel bad for complaining about this job because it really is a blessing. It's nice to have been close to our families ever since April. We love our family and Dustin's been able to be home a lot. Can't complain about that!

We're semi-homeless... again.

In a nutshell, Dustin and I have moved 7 times in the 3 1/2 years we've been married. The most recent move was on Monday, November 30th.

Here's the long, obnoxious story.

The shop Dustin was building was suppose to be completed by August 7th. However, because the Fish and Wildlife Service is rediculous, change order after change order... the job finally was completed about 2 weeks ago.
The lease on our ghetto apartment ended November 30th. We had to be out of that apartment by then (Trust me, it wasn't too sad leaving that moldy, tiny, earwig infested apartment). So, Sunday and Monday we packed everything up. The plan was for us to pack everything up, go to Idaho Falls for a few days, and move to either Florida or California (to the next job) by the end of this week. On Monday (after we'd packed up 1/2 of our stuff) Dustin's boss called him up and said that California is not an option anymore and that there's a little glitch with the job in Florida and they're not sure if they still have the contract to do the work there. So, that job is on hold until January. Instead they're having Dustin go to Tacoma next week for a few days to work on another job, then nothing. We're staying at Dustin's parent's house until the begining of January (5 weeks) when we'll hopefully be moving to Florida, if they even get that job. It's all tentative.

We tried finding a month long lease at an apartment here, but all the month to month apartments (all 2 of them) are scary and even more ghetto than our last one (if you can even imagine). So, I guess we'll just chill here for 5 weeks. The good news is that we're getting paid for a month of not working. The bad news is that this job is SO ANNOYING!! I'm so sick of this company being so rediculous. Seriously. What if we didn't live by Dustin's parent's house? They would just send us out on the streets for 5 weeks with a 2 year old and a baby? They just expect us to have a place to stay while we're MID PACKING?? I don't even get it. I would think they would be a little more considerate. You know, maybe tell us where we're moving atleast 1 week in advance.

Dustin's looking for a new job. Anyone have any ideas?