Woodruff Family

Mountain tops, Birthdays and BAck to School!!!

2011-09-02T14:53:00.000-07:00

Summer Fun!!!! Dan and Jazmine enjoying a nice evening out on the grass!

Hiking the Wellsvilles!

It was so beautiful up there on the top of the world.

It might of made me act a little strange the air is pretty thin. Thus the Picture.

On top of the Wellsville Cone!

This summer Jazmine had alot of firsts including this shot of her eating her

first Ice cream cone! Kind of messy!

Zach learned to fly! Along with a lot of other things this summer!

He lost 2 teeth and grow quite a inches!

Jazmine has grown so very much!

She has such a fun little personality and she isn't

afraid to show it.

Jazmine loves her dad so very much!

This is her running to him!

Ever since the day she was born Jackie has brought life and light

into our home. Her spunky fun little spirit makes us so happy.

We are so lucky to have her as a part of our family!

The morning of Jackie's birthday I woke her up and wished her

Happy Birthday. With sleepy eyes she reached up and touched her

hair. " My hair isn't LONG" she says.."Is that what you wished for when you

blew out the candles on the birthday cake you shared withUncle Brad?" "Yes it is!"

Mom's response"um...... Happy Birthday!"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKIE!

No summer break is complete with out wishing Jackie a

Happy Birthday!

Here are Jackie and her cutie friends

waiting for their toes to dry at the FLIP FLOP party!

Jackie recieved some really great gifts from her friends.

Thank you all you moms and dads!

The results of our FLIPFLOP decorating!

Aren't they little designers in the making!

I couldn't bring myself to make another birthday cake

so we had a DOUGHNUT CAKE instead.

Looks like they didn't mind the change.

Jackie is blessed with so many people that really love her.

Her Grandma Becky made her these very cute school clothes

and the sweet little number she is wearing is one they

picked out while Zach and I were at Back to School night!

Grandpa Al hooked her up with a purple and black 22!

Just call her Annie Oakly!

Grandma & Grandpa Woodruff gave her a beautiful

Fairy Ballerina Jewelery Box and some jewelry to go with!

She had a great time at both of her parties and loves telling everyone that she is Four!

Back to School!!!!

First Grade here Zach comes!

I was so nervous for Zach entering 1st grade. 6 hours is a long time

for a 6 year old to sit and listen. After the first day he burst through the door

with nothing but excitment for the 1st grade!

"I doubled my recesses mom! I had 3 recesses

that is my record!"

He looked so big going into that classroom!

My kids have all grown up so much this summer!

I know that they are all still very young but they

are learning so much and changing so fast that

I truly believe that I could blink my eyes

and miss their entire!

childhood

Happy 1st Birthday JAZMINE!

2011-05-06T09:44:00.000-07:00

Hi! my name is Jazmine and I am 1 year old today!

I know my mom has been somewhat of a blogging slacker so on my special day I wanted to share with all of you what I have been up to this first year of my life! I love being 1!

This year I got to go to Moab on family vacation. I slept through alot of it but this hike to Delicate Arch was really fun. I played with dad's hat the whole time.
I discovered a new way to play with one of my favorite toys.

I am getting really big in this picture it made my mom really sad that I was growing up so fast.

This is me at Christmas I thought I would try out this poses with a smile thing everyone is doing. Am I doing it right?

We drove a long way with Grandparents Woodruff and our cousins to find the perfect Christmas tree. Mom dressed me up like a polar bear for this picture what do you think? I felt a little puffy!

Chanelle took this glamor shot of me! I was thinking about going into Baby Modeling...

But I got a little sleepy when it came to modeling the clothes. So she snapped this one of me in my Blessing Dress while I was sleeping!

My sister had a Princess Tea party for her birthday so I decided to join in. This was my first time pouring tea. How did I do?

And here it is me as the cute little one I was only about two weeks old. I can't believe how much I have been though in just one year.

Hopefully mom will be better at blogging so you will be able to see the second year of my life in a less condensed version.

Lots of Love

JAZMINE THE ONE YEAR OLD!!!

A Princess Tea because Jackie's Three

2010-08-28T13:47:00.000-07:00

Jackie turned THREE this week!

Jackie is my adventurous child. She tackles most everything in life head first, so if I were to say that the three years of her life have gone by so fast. I would be lying for she has made each one of them so very eventful. I don't say this in a negative light. She is so full of energy and spunk. She really lives it up!

Jackie is my sweet girl that always says "Thank You" and uses those beautiful big brown eyes to melt pretty much everyone she encounters.

Jackie loves everything purple and pink and is 100% girl!

She loves to talk on the phone especially to her grandparents. She had a week where she had to know where her grandpa Jones was at every minute of the day thus calling him 3 or 4 times a day. Which as you can imagine he loved, probably wasn't the most productive week of his life though.

Jackie is adored by her brother and sister. I have been truly blessed to have kids that love to play together.

For months Jackie has been planning a "PRINCESS Party" for her Birthday.

So, when the big day came around I did my best to make it a princess day. We decided to have a Tea cause she's three. And thanks to Chanelle and her beautifully plentiful selection of decorations we had a really fun, very princess party!

After seeing her Aunt Maddie's Castle wedding cake Jackie decided this was another must have. I couldn't bring myself to purchase the kit so we turned to fun foam. I think it worked out okay.

Make a Wish Jackie!

Jackie at her calm family party!

Princess Jackie of the Kingdom of Woodruff

Jackie after finding her share of the treasure hunt!

Jackie was so excited to invite her friends to dress up as Princesses for her tea party.

Magic Princess water that tasted like watermelon, cookies and crust less sandwiches!

9 Pretty Princesses and 2 Handsome Prince.

All week the weather had been so pleasant and then the day of the party it was HOT!
Thanks to Connie for the awnings. They did their best to keep the sun off.

The Royal Garden

Our beautiful princesses

We played Frog Prince!

Not all princess's love to be blindfolded.

We moved inside for the Royal Ball.

Our Princesses were beginning to glisten and the chaperons just couldn't take the heat any longer. So we moved inside to dance to "Happy Birthday Princess"! Our family had been listening no stop to this song since Tuesday morning but that didn't stop the princesses from wanting to hear it a "million more times".

Present time!

Thank you parents for all of the cute gifts! They have all been a super big hit!

Jackie received so many fun presents from her little friends.
She hasn't stopped playing with them. She and Zach play surprisingly will together so he is super excited about all the "cool stuff" Jackie got as well.

Three years and 4 months ago when the Tech told us she was pretty certain that a little girl was going to be coming into our lives I was so very excited. I couldn't wait to see she precious face and get to know her. I wonder what color her eyes would be and if she would have curls. But to be honest I was a little worried that I wasn't going to be able to love another child as much as I already loved Zach. It didn't take long to realize that a mother has an unbelievable ability to love her children equally.

I love that Jackie looks up at me with her big brown eyes

and say "mom you my best friend"!

I hope and pray that we will always be best friends.

Happy 3 years Princess, mommy loves you!

What we have been up to....

2010-06-23T07:26:00.000-07:00

A lot has happened since I last updated the blog.

Zach turned 5!

I know everyone says it but it is still true.

The time goes by so fast. Just shy of a month later we welcomed

"Baby Jazmine" in to our family!

As I sit and hold our sweet new baby I can't help but look at Zach and Jackie and think "You were just here...all curled up in my arms." And now look at them. Zach is playing soccer and tee ball and driving a motor bike out in the west desert. Jackie is practicing head stands and wishing she could play ball right along side of her brother.

They are both such big helpers and love their little sister so much. Much to my surprise there are elements to number three that are a lot easier then one and two. For instance it seems that everytime you sit down to feed the baby the phone rings.......with my first I would have to manage my way to where ever I left the phone. Now all I have to do is ask one of the older two to grab it for me. Same with burp clothes and items I might drop in the process.

Dan has been great to take the kids on bike rides or to grandma's so that I can have a rest or just a little quite time. He is such a great dad! He had a birthday since I last posted 41! His birthday is exactly a week after Jazmine and right around if not on Mother's day. We are going to party for a week straight for the rest of our lives!

I will post photos of the Baby and birthdays when I get them organized there are only about a half a million to look thru.

The pictures I am posting today are the result of yesterday.

It had been and eventful day at our house. The first time I had managed to get Jackie's hair in two french braids an have them stay for more then two minutes. We painted her toes with glitter it was a true princess day for Jackie!

Until about 3:30 when she came running into the living room to inform me she had cut her hair. If you look close at this first picture you can see that she took the scissors straight through the center of her right side french braid. From the front of her head as far back as she could reach.
Through near tears I unravled her braid as long pieces of hair came out in my hands some as long as 7 inches. This pile is not even all of it. Not knowing what else I could do I called Hayley to the rescue. My luck her appointment didn't show and I was able to take her straight to Hayley's house.

As you can see there wasn't much to work with in some spots.

Literally and inch in more then one area.

But Hayley's fingers worked their magic and we managed
the cutest comb over known to mankind.

She doesn't look very happy in this shot mostly because her very mean mother (after finding her completely naked standing on the front porch wanting her swimsuit on) refused her a sprinkler party and outside playtime. What can I say I had had enough!

I absolutely love the haircut and it will be even cutier when the other side of her hair grows in but until then we will make bows and head bands to match all outfits.

Thank you Hayley for the very cute fix and I will find a way to pay you back!

To all of the rest of you stay posted for baby pictures!

Boys don't play Barbies and other Easter Events

2010-04-05T11:32:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter < We had a great Easter with family Saturday and Sunday. We also enjoyed having Conference on Easter Weekend that was pretty fun. It was fun to listen to Zach tell us how he liked to listen to the Prophet cause he told good stories. He also said he thinks he is a "Nice Guy". I also attacked some pictures of the kids at gymnastics. I wish I could tell you which one were which but they download in word form instead of image so I haven't a clue where one ends and the next begins. They are both getting so strong. They love the bar. They practice by moving all of Dan's clothes in the closet over and hanging on his clothes rod. Hopefully it was build tough. They both balance very well. The last two weeks Jackie has been doing the beam by herself. I am so proud of her. Of course Zach has always done it himself. He is starting to learn to use a string board and jumping very high on the trampoline.

These are videos of our Easter Morning! Dan is showing that real men do play with Barbie's! The battery died right before you hear him say..."Boys don't play Barbies"! The Easter Bunny left a path of eggs to each of the baskets. I think Zach found all of them. Even helped Dan find his. I hope all of you enjoyed the holiday and those of you that a continuing on to have Spring Break have fun!

7 Years Together!

2010-03-15T10:13:00.000-07:00

As we always do we traveled to Moab for our Anniversary! I can't believe that it has been 7 Years!
Who would have thought that 7 years later
we would have two almost three adorable children!

Zach and his cousins Tyler and Kaden on the sand hill.

Moab was alot colder this year than in years past. As we drove into the campground we found SNOW on the ground! I was a little disstressed but we decided to stick it out. We snuggled up tight and made it through the night. And the next morning set off on our adventures.

Jackie and her cousins Reagan and Mallori

We first set off to hike Delicate Arch. This was Zach 3rd time hiking the trail and he did it easily. Jackie hiked the entire way to the Arch and almost all the way back. Our niece Reagan and grandparents joined us on the hike. The temperature was great for hiking. We wrapped up the evening by visiting The Windows, Double Arch and The Fiery Furnace.

Jackie and Grandma "Becky" Jones on the trail to Bull Canyon
The next night was not so cold and we woke to the rest of our cousins having arrived in the night. While the kids played we packed up camp and set of on a 4 wheeling trip with Grandparents Jones. We drove to Bull Canyon and almost made it to Gemini Bridges when the terrain became a little to much for the belly. So we headed back and found our cousin at the sandhill. This is what the kids had been waiting 2 days for. We pretty much have to shower them down after they play in this fine red sand. So, afterwards we checked into the Bowen Motel. And none to soon as we were just in time for the rain to come pouring down.

Jackie and Grandpa Woodruff!

We enjoyed the company of Grandparents Jones and Woodruff as well as Dan's sister Kami and brother-in-law Bryon and their children Kaden, Tyler, Reagan, and Mallori.
Grandpa Woodruff, cousin Reagan, Grandma Becky, Grandpa Jones, Dan, Zach, Janette, Jackie.
At Delicate Arch.

Cousins

Jackie, Cousin Reagan, Zach getting splashed by Grandpa Woodruff!

Hiking the Slick Rock on the way to Delicate Arch!

It was a fun trip despite the cold weather and we always enjoy the getaway this time of year. It is fun to think that next year we will have one more beautiful little girl to add to our group!

I am truly a lucky women to have such a wonderful husband with such a great family. I only hope that I will be allowed many more decades of fun and happiness we him and our beautiful children.

I Love you HONEY!

Zach's first time Skiing!!!

2010-02-14T18:34:00.000-08:00

Zach went skiing for the first time this weekend!

Dan is such a great teacher as you can see from the video at the end of this post.

And Zach took to it so easily.

Straight out of the Lodge!

Dan decided to just go for it with the lift while Zach was still excited about it.

I was so nervous for him. Dan said he did great.

By the endof the day Zach was saying that the lift was a "romanctic couch ride"

He must have seen two young lovers on it or something.

It was the day before Valentine's day after all.

Dan and Zach on the lift the first time

Zach and Avery

have been best buddies forever so it only makes sense that they would go skiing for the first time together.

Chanelle, Avery Lund and Zach and Dan!

This is Zach's first time down Little Beaver! He just went for it. I was so proud! The next video is of Dan teaching Zach "pizza and French fries" on the way to the "Magic Carpet"!

The Holidays

2010-01-11T10:04:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful HOLIDAY SEASON and would love to share some of our adventures with you! It is a tradition at our Grandma Woodruff''s house for the kids to get new P.J's for Christmas Eve. Here is the crazy bunch of younger cousins. Jackie, Reagan and Mallori all ended up the same P.J. unplanned. What a FUN BUNCH of kids.
Reagan and Jackie
in their Tinkerbell Jammies.
Jackie loves to give hugs and Reagan is so sweet to accept them willingly.

We went sledding with our good friends the Lund family.

Zach and Avery have been buds forever!

Dan catching some air off a JUMP!!!

Jackie was very cold at this event. She hasn't loved sledding like Zach has.

CHRISTMAS MORNING!!!

These cute kids were so patience. They even let their dad be the first one to open a present.

Jackie hugged her presents before and after she opened them.

She really liked her new unicorn outfit!

Zach and Uncle Cam had a great time setting up Zach's truck track. I have yet to beable to make one as cool as the one Uncle Cam did. Jackie and Dan are playing with the Little People Camping set that she recieved from Grandma Becky and Grandpa Jones.

Our kids are so lucky to have so many people that love them so much.

Thanks all of you for the fun gifts and the great parties.

The day after Christmas we joined the Lund's and Dan's sister Kami and Family for a visit to the Hardware Ranch to see the Elk. The kids had fun playing on snow hills and watching the horses while we stood in line to ride the wagon.

I love this time of year! So much family and friendship.

I hope all of you had an enjoyable holiday!

Hair Emergency!

2010-01-05T09:41:00.000-08:00

I need advice from all you hair dressers out there! I am really wanting to grow out Zach's hair. I love the long hair look and his is so soft and shiney I think it would be really cute! This is his hair when I first do it in the morning!

This is one hour later! I know I probably need a stronger gel and an actually style cut more than what I do in my bathroom. Before I go to get it styled I would love some input on what exactly I should be asking for.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Dan is threating to sneak him off into the night and get him a BUZZ AHHHH!

In other hair news Jackie slept in sponge curlers for the first time last night. She didn't pull them out during the night I was so surprized and she feels very fancy with her curls!

IT'S A GIRL!

2009-12-24T08:14:00.000-08:00

Much to the surprize of all of us.

This is the face of a Beautiful little girl. ZACH was a little disappointed I think. He looked at his dad and said " I thought it was a BOY"

After a minute he said " Big brother to two little sisters...This is going to be awesome." He said "mom you made me change my mind at first I wanted a BOY but now I want a girl!" Later last night he was playing on his own and I heard him say to himself..."Two little sisters" As if to say its not moms fault she couldn't help it. How quickly they learn to say things to please us.

This little foot Belongs to a Very Cute little Girl!

Snow Bubbles and Christmas Trees!

2009-12-09T13:24:00.000-08:00

As many of you who live around us know it has begun to snow! So, we have had to get creative with the entertainment. My kids have taken to bubble baths in mom's tub. They have found if you turn on the jets you can get some good results.

Jackie getting lost in the the white wonderful "pupples"!

Zachman claims the job of life guard.

We have made it somewhat of a tradition to go hunt for a Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. This year we invited Grandpa and Grandma Woodruff to go with us.

(Zach, Grandpa Woodruff and Dan getting the tree into the truck)

Grandma, Dan and Jackie search for the perfect tree for Grandma. This one wasn't it.

And in other exciting news. I suppose we can officially announce, though most of you already know. We are having another baby! We don't know the gender yet. We will learn that on the 23rd, a fun Christmas present for us.

Zach is determined that it is a boy. He has given him many names my favorite so far is

"Train Dude"!

This is not actually our baby, but it is the same age. 18 Weeks! The baby is due on Dan's birthday the 13th of May. But my very kind doctor says he can induce me a week early so I told Cam his birthday present was going to be around 7-8 lbs this year. We are really excited!

I am Thankful for.....

2009-11-20T13:11:00.000-08:00

Girls Weekends.

Chanelle, Kami and myself stopping for breakfast

before continuing a weekend of endless shopping.

I am thankful for an

Awesome husband

who not only took care of the kids but cleaned the house and taught my Sunbeams. I only wish I had a recent photo.

I am thankful for a

Great Preschool Teacher in Billye Sue!

Zach came home from his "finger food feast" at Preschool with this cool Pilgrim hat.

Of course Jackie had to have one. We soon found ourselves in need of the other half of the

First Thanksgiving!

I would like to introduce you to
" Runs with Rolling Pen"

And her brother "Won't Smile for Picture "

Zach says the story behind all of this is...

"I am the mom of an Indian baby and a Pilgrim baby and they are now all grown up and not afraid to go places on their own. So, we are all neighbors."

Now Zach can visit "First America" at which time he is an Indian. And Jackie can visit

"North America" at which time she becomes a Pilgrim. Hours of entertainment.

I am thankful for

Construction Paper, glue sticks and child safe scissors.

And I am extremely Thankful and Grateful for these

Cute Kids.

They fill my world with so much joy and make believe!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

Halloween Carnival, 4 wheeling and Singing Children

2009-10-24T14:47:00.000-07:00

Every hunting season Dan takes us up the Wellsvilles to show us the beautiful leaves. Somehow it always storms and the leaves never quite look the same. We don't care as long as we get to spend time with him.

My three Favorite people!

Zach and Jackie
What cuties!

This is the face one pulls when trying to stop two kids from rolling down a hill.

Harry Porter ..aka...Zach Woodruff

Avery and Zach

These two have been friends forever!

We love Grandma Becky day!

My very cool mom comes every thrusday to watch the kids at Gymnastics and have a fun day! We look forward to this every week!

I honestly do not know what I would do with out my mother.

Pumpkin Walk with

Grandma Jones and Great-Grandma Chamberlain.
I love that I get to spend so much time with my grandma now that I am older. She was a working grandma when I was younger. We would ride our bikes up and pay the utitlity bill and get dum-dum suckers from grandma, she worked for the city.

If I age as well as these ladies I will count myself Lucky!

JACKIE

Cute little Fairy at the Halloween Carnival.

ZACH

What a hansome Firefighter!

The Lund Family Kids!

Cade the Indian!

Bailey the Witch!

What do you do when Dad leaves you for the entire weekend?

Make a total mess of the living room and have a singing and dance party!

Every little bit Helps!

2009-10-09T00:38:00.000-07:00

As many of you know Travis and Haley Kidman are about as fun and giving people as we all know. So when I saw that Travis posted on his facebook about this sweet little girl and Haley talks about her as well. I decided it couldn't hurt to help pass on the word.. If you would like to help add this link to your blog. www.Tayliebug.com.

This is the post I saw on Travis's facebook.www.adashofseason.blogspot.com

I don't really know how to attach and link and all that. But you all get the idea.

August!

2009-09-08T13:25:00.000-07:00

Thanks to my Dad we now have some picture of what we have been up to since our camera met its demise.

Labor Day Weekend!

We spent the holiday in Yellowstone with Both of our parents, Dan's sister Kami and her family.

Here are a few shots of our trip.Cousins are so FUN!

Mallori, Kaden, Jackie,Zach,Tyler and Reagan Isn't she the cutest!

The Fountain Geyser.

The kids in their new Yellowstone Shirts.

The Dragon's mouth at the Mud Volcanos.

The night before I was telling the kids about a shy Dragon that lived in a cave. It never came out just sat in there and roared and blow out steam. Zach was a little nervous to get to close to the Dragon's Cave. We had to explain what it meant to tell a story and use your imagination.

Old Faithful

One can not go to Yellowstone without visiting this old favorite!

It only took 7 or 8 count downs to get them to flip the switch and cue the geyser!

Jackie's 2nd Birthday

I can't believe our cute little baby girl is TWO. I know everyone says it but how does time go by so fast. Jackie has been all about Tinkerbell lately so we had a Tinkerbelle Birthday cake and great Family and Friends. Thanks everyone for celebrating with us.

The Safety Train

Zach loved his ride on the Safety Train. The train left from Brigham City and travel to Crystal Hot Springs and back again. It was a dream come true for Zach.

Zach getting ready for the train to leave the Brigham Depot.

We had a great summer. But I for one am looking forward to the schedule that this beautiful fall weather brings.

NO Camera :(

2009-08-18T21:34:00.000-07:00

I wish I could say I have been doing so many exciting things that I haven't had time to post but that wouldn't be the whole truth. The fact of the matter is that our camera took a little swim on our 24th of July vacation and and well it drown. So blogging without pictures just doesn't seem as fun.

I am hopeful that we will get a new one soon. Anyone have any advice on a good simple camera. I don't need 37 lens, I just want to beable to take a picture without a 10 second delay and a blur on every shot. I would love any recommendation or warnings against bad ones.

What we have been up to.

Dan has been finishing the basement one board at a time and has just finished framing. Now he is starting to pull wire. VERY EXCITING!

ZACH is very excited because he is now the proud owner of a real drill. Dan needed a new one for a number of reasons and when they came home from the store with it Zach came running in the door yelling " Mom I get my own DRILL". He hasn't stopped drilling holes since.

Zach also started gymnastics today. I think he is going to be really good at it. It was fun to watch him.

Jackie is reaching that ripe old age of 2! Wow! Where does the time go. One week from today and she will be offical. She has also started gymnastic. We are taking a mommy and me class together. I love mommy and me classes. We took swimming lessons together and let me tell you Jackie is a fish. She did so well. Now she spends her entire bath floating on her back. She will lift and arm and then a leg. She loves it when we wash her hair she just closes her eyes and floats away.

Myself, I have been on a real reading kick the past few weeks. Lots of fun books. Thanks Connie for the bookclub recommendation. Well worth the penny I spent on amazon.

So, That is where we are at. Minus the really cute pictures.

Island Park 2009

2009-07-27T08:38:00.000-07:00

The 24th of July is one of my favorite holidays!

Yes, I know this is not a widely spread holiday but it is one that I am greatful for, for two reason: one I am greatful that the Saints were able to find a place to worship as they pleased and to continue to develope the LDS faith into what it is today. TWO I am also greatful because it is a holiday in which my entire family gets together and celebrates being a family. Ironically we leave the great state of Utah for Island Park ID.

Every year my wonderful parents rent a cabin and we kids and our families venture up for a 4 day weekend of 4-wheeling, boating and shopping ( I should say looking we rarely buy more than a t-shirt). None the less it is a great opportunity to hang out the group of us and I LOVE IT!
Here are a few photo highlights:

Jackie racing Uncle Brad on the 4-wheeler.

Zach riding with grandma and grandpa on the limo of all 4-wheelers.

I was so envying that back rest about half way up TWO TOP.

Uncle Brad driving like a mad man, a very common occurance!

Uncle Cam and his FRIEND Maddie!

She is a very cute girl and I am very impressed with her bravery to take us all on.

Zach and Dan on the top of TWO TOP mountain.

This is such a beautiful ride and there are a few challenging parts so the guys don't get bored.

Jackie posing by the 4-wheeler while we waited for all the others to catch up.

Uncle Cam and his FRIEND like to stop and take pictures.

Jackie loved the speed of the 4- wheeler and racing against her uncle Brad.

Zach also waiting for the others to catch up.

Zach loves nature.

He can go on the longest of drives and just look out the window and enjoy.

I love this trip it reminds me how great my kids are. They are so happy to do whatever the adults are doing and they very rarely complain. They are the best traveling kids that I know!

Every year we visit Pond's Lodges and the BIG FISH.

More important we cool off.

Jackie was loving dunking her head in the water.

She is such a pollywog. I don't know where she gets it.

We found it fun little stream right behind our cabin.

It was so refreshing to jump off the 4-wheelers

and stick out hot toes in this freezing cold water.

I am so greatful to my parents for allowing us this opportunity every year. We have so much fun! You guys are the best.

4th of July

2009-07-08T18:08:00.000-07:00

We had a great 4th of July Weekend and if I could figure out how to rearrange my photos the way I wanted them you would be looking at a scence of Dan and his family building a trench at Bear Lake. I really need a tutorial on photos and blogging. I would love to learn how you all make your cute collages and things.

Sunday when we got home from church Zach and Jackie had this huge piece of bubble wrap and they were running on it trying to pop all the bubbles. I told them that sometimes I wish I could wrap them in it so they wouldn't get hurt.

Zach really loved this idea.

Here is the shot of our trench. The kids worked all day on this island and the castles surrounding it . It was the perfect Bear Lake day.

Grandma Woodruff celebrated it in her own way!

We had a great time camping at Red Banks and enjoying the Brigham City Fireworks!

What a fun Weekend!!!

Summer!!!

2009-06-30T09:12:00.000-07:00

We have had such a fun summer so far.
I can't believe that it is already going to be July.

We enjoyed a rainy weekend at Cherry Hill. Here Jackie and Zach are escaping the rain and checking out the "pirate's booty" in the pirate ship at Cherry Hill.
Zach and Jackie in the Hamster's Haven ball pit. This was a lifesaver during a very rainy weekend.
Monday we celebrated Bailey's birthday with her family at the Discovery Gateway. My kids had never been. It didn't take them long to discover why all the other kids were so excited.

Zach was in his element on this crane.

He loved this Waterworks waterfall. He has such a mechanical mind that this was just fascinating to him.

Jackie loved this kitchen there was everything a little girl playing pretend heart could desire.

Zach felt as though he had arrived at the fun zone when he found these magnetic shapes they practically screamed to him"please build a car out of me".

Jackie, Reagan and Cade found these transparent legos to be pretty cool. I thought they made a pretty cool picture.

Zach may have found a new career option.

Jackie doin' the news. She was so cute, hammin' it up for the camera that she could see herself in.

I have really been enjoying how fun my kids are becoming.

Jackie doesn't say alot but what she does say is just so cute. And her looks can melt you one second and kill you the next.

Zach is just dying for information. He asks so many questions and is always wanting to watch the shows that teach you how to build something or How things are made. I love that he loves information. Zach has become quite the bike rider. He has now road his bike to Mcdonald's and back, Twice! Dan says he doesn't really like the food just the bike ride. I would believe that if he hadn't drove me there all the time when we were first married.

Dan is longing for the outdoors and wants to plan trips to the mountains for every weekend. Last saturday we slept out in the backyard just so he and Zach could try his new Father's day present a new tent.

I love Summer!

How It's Made

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Many of you know that my Zach is not a sleeper. We tried many methods to get him to go to sleep and alas discovered that he is indeed a Woodruff and must fall asleep to the television. Last night was no exception in this department except for one small detail. Usually when Dan goes to sleep he turns off the T.V. and the Satellite,well last night he didn't. So imagine my surprise when in the wee hours of the early morning (somewhere around 3ish) Zach came to my side and said " Mom, I know where babies come from!" In my 1/4 conscious state I asked Dan "What is on the T.V.?" After fumbling for the remote Dan says "Bringing home baby?"After which Zach says "Mom, I saw a baby come out and it was AWESOME, now can I watch How it's made?" Dan quickly turned the channel to the Discovery Channel and told Zach to go back to bed.

Now, in our defense Zach usually falls asleep to the program "How it's made" on the Discovery channel where they show you how to make motorcycle engines and model trains and an candy canes etc.

As I was driving home from work this morning this conversation came to my mine and I thought to myself. I wonder if that was a dream? (My dreams can be very real and I remember them very well.) The first thing that Dan said to me when I walked in was " Mom, I know where babies come from" It wasn't a dream.

As I am typing this Zach has decide that he needs to write down about the baby that was born on his T.V. and not on ours.(see above drawing) He asked if he could watch it again, I told him "No, I am pretty sure we don't have that one saved on our T.V." His response, "No mom it isn't saved on your T.V. it is only on mine!" It is kind of amazing how accurate it is, don't you think? Which sadly means he was definitely 100% conscious when he was watching it. So, for any of you that have children Zach encounters, I apologize in advance if he educates your child on where babies come from. The plus... he has seen it happen so he knows what he is talking about;~D

Our Graduate and a whole lot of other stuff.

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Way to go Zach!!!! Zach and his Teacher BillyeSue

Zach and Jackie Finally enjoying some sun!

Zach, Reagan and Ally on a Treasure Hunt!

Bear Lake wouldn't be complete without a game of Quarters.

How many Rocket Scientists does it take to launch a Rocket?

5,4,3,2,1 BLAST OFF

Zach at the Train park for "Grandma Becky Day"!

Saying goodbye to the Chickens.

"Chicken Motel"

Zach graduated from Preschool a week ago today! I was so proud of him up there singing his songs and looking oh so grown up. How is it that they do that so quickly. One day you are thinking to yourself "what a cute kid I wish he would get out of diapers already". And the next thing you know he is writing letters and asking if he can watch trains on the computer which by the way he doesn't need help finding.

We have been having so much fun now that the weather has decided that it is warm for a while... We went on our annual Bear Lake trip over Memorial day. Where it rained most of the time. But hey it wouldn't be Bear Lake without rain. This is such a fun opportunity to get together with all of Dan's family and once again ask ourselves do we really have this many kids and why are they growing up so fast. One of the big events of our weekend was the rocket launch. Which was more eventful then usual because apparently I bought a slightly larger engine then we have in the past. The first launch was recovered by canoe out of the lake. The second launch was recovered off the mountain. After a little surgery to reattach a broken tail fin and a fused O ring the final launch was such that the parachute detached and we lost another tail fin. I am afraid that Zachman1 will have to be retired after only 2 "daddy days" and 3 Bear lake super launch missions.

We finally got to have "Grandma Becky day" last week after a two week hiatus. We went to Brigham to the "Park with the trains" other wise known as John Adams. My grandmother is helping me learn to knit yoga socks. They are coming along very slowly. Maybe I will finish my first pair by October when it starts to cool off. I am excited to have another knitting project I knitted a scarf oh three years ago and have been wanting to try it again.

What happened to the chickens?

Thanks to our good friends Aaron and Wendy the Chickens are now in a better place. The chicken motel. Not wanting to have to have someone come feed them over Memorial weekend I decided it was time for the chicken's to move on. Aaron built them a beautiful home in which they are a lot happier and the kids can still visit whenever they like without me having to clean up their Poop! Hurray!!! Thank you Aaron and Wendy!

Sorry for the novel. I think we are all caught up.

Happy Birthday Dan!!!

2009-05-18T10:29:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY DAN!!

Dan's 40th birthday was on the 13th! So, It has taken me a while to post about it. It is not for lack of LOVE just time.

The kids and I have made a list of

40 things that we love about our Dad and husband.

1.His hands- I love to look at them.

2. His sensitive side

3.His patroitism- his love for Rush and Shaun Hanity

4.How handy he is...He can fix anything!

5.How excited he gets to play with the kids

6. His love for the outdoors

7.His hot bottom. Wow! It looks so nice in dress pants!

8.The way the room smells like soap and spearmint after he gets out of the shower. Yum!

9.His concern for the kids.

10.How hard he works to provide for our family

11.He is friendly

12. He uses his Priesthood to help our family

13.How he loves teaching Zach how to do things around the house

14.If I force him, he will dance with me

15.When he comes home and throws the kids in the air until they laugh.

16.When he gets home and hugs me and asks how my day went.

17.When he calls in the middle of the day just to check in on us.

18.He still makes me feel pretty

19.His adventurous side

20.His love for information

21.His laugh

22.The way he looks for things to share with us. An e-mail we might find funny or a commerical etc.

23.The way he loves his siblings

24.He's a risk taker- sometimes I hate this one too. Okay I almost always hate this one.

25. The gray hairs he doesn't care he is getting

26. His Eyes, DAn has the kindest eyes. Their shape their color everything!!!

27.How well he gets along with my family. He actually asks when they are going to come visit.

28. The way he always picks out the perfect gift

29. That I had to fight for him. When we were dating he was not an easy catch.

30. Zach loves that Dan tickles him and makes him laugh

31. Zach likes it when he plays games with him (Squirt Dude- Dad on the bike Zach with the squirt gun.

32. That he builds cool trains.

33. Zach likes to share cookies with him. So do I!

34. Zach likes to play cars with him.

35. We like that he takes us camping

36. Jackie likes that he gets her out of bed every morning and they look out the window together

37.Jackie likes to ride on Dan's back like he is a horse

38. Jackie likes it when Dan takes her and Zach to the store for a treat

39.Both kids love Dan's spaghetti with his secret ingredients..( I think it's onions, don't tell him I know.)

40. We LOVE that he is OURS!

Golden Spike Reenactment

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It happened on the
10th of May 1869!!!

Zach being the Train Lover that he is we make our way to Promontory Summit every few years to watch the reenactment.

Zach loves to check out the trains!

Grandpa and Grandma Woodruff came with us to see the reenactment.

These are the folks that act out the driving of the Spike. They dress in period clothing and say everything word for word that they did on that day. Honestly, it is a little cheesy but it is fun to see them and image how it would have been.

If you have a train lover or a history buff I highly recommend it. They move the trains and blow the whistles. All that good stuff.

A very fun day!

"Chick" Update- Week 2

2009-04-29T15:44:00.000-07:00

The Chicks have Survived

2 weeks!

Shiver is the most friendly as far as letting the kids hold her, she is the easiest to catch as well.

Silver is Zach's favorite if he were to pick one.

Coco does not like to be held and gets very upset when the kids hold Silver.

Tooter formerly known as Tootie is the fastest.

I am still laughing at myself for allowing chickens into our world though I must admit they are fairly easy to take care of and they are interesting to watch. And I don't have to house train them so. Its all good!!

Finally finished my painting!!!

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I started this one in October thinking still life would go faster then Landscapes...there was just so much detail. I really loved painting this one I learned a lot. Here is a picture of it next to a copy of the original by Ned Young. Dan made the frame for me. He is so clever.

I love to paint I wish I had more time to do it. I paint most monday nights with a very fun group of ladies. Our teacher is Loretta Gale she is here in Smithfield.

I love Sunshine!!!

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Finally playing outside!!!

Jackie escaping to the Mullen's playhouse...

Zach and Payden

Zach catchin' some air.

I can not express how much I am loving this sun. It makes me feel like a kid again! I have to send out a huge thanks to the Beck's for letting us jump on their trampoline and play in their sandpile. I say "us" because I am out there as well. Zach loves it when I bounce him "BIG" so that he falls on his bum. So, those of you that have seen me out there bouncing my kid tell he falls. I am not a mean mom he asks me to do it. Promise! And for those of you that saw me pretending to be a donkey , it was my turn to do a trick! ( Please erase that from your memories.)

I have discovered that little Jackie is a tough cookie . Zach will bounce her, run into to her or flat plow her down. And she will, most the time, jump up with little but a wimper. More than likely she will sing.....

Zach is kind of a home body. He would be content to stay inside all day. So I make him go outside for at least a little while everyday and the Beck's trampoline is the selling point every time. He and Payden usually meet out on the trampoline then make there way to the sandpile. I am so greatful for cool neighbors with cool stuff.

Jackie on the other hand LOVES being outside! She has gotten brave and has started venturing over to the Mullen's house on her own. Today she scared me to death stepping out in to the street, despite my yelling for her to stop, right as Ed Lawlor was driving up the street. I was able to grab her and Ed stopped. We have been spoiled with our street getting so little traffic. Funny thing is she never crosses over the curb at our house. SCARY!!

For those of you that don't know I teach a PiYo class at the rec center on tuesday nights. Often when I am trying out my routine my kids will watch me and try out the moves, or they will hang on me making the position that much more challenging. Sometimes they just crack me up when they try the poses. This was the first time one of them wanted to do the band. So, I rigged Jackie up for an arm workout.

I hope all of you have been able to enjoy this Beautiful weather as much as we have. 80's tomorrow! Hurray!!!

Baby Chicks?!

2009-04-16T18:45:00.000-07:00

THE LADIES

Shiver-Tootie-Silver-CoCo

" Tootie" like a Train!

Selling point: she is blue with feathers on her feet.

Reason for name: Zach came up with it.
Breed: Blue Cochin

"COCO" short for Chocolate!

Selling point: she is going to lay dark brown "Chocolate eggs"
Reason for name: Chocolate Eggs

Breed: Summerwell

"Silver" sometimes Silvy for short!

Selling point: We needed a YEllOW one!

Reason for name: She has a silver stripe down her back.

Breed: Light Brahama

"SHIVER" I.C. for short!

Selling point: She was the first one we picked.

We wanted BLACK to start with. Feather on her feet.

Reason for name: when we first brought her home she was

snuggling to CoCo so much we figured she was cold.

Breed: Black Cochin

We are now the owners of 4 baby chicks. Yes, I am a push over. We had "Daddy Day" with Dan on Wednesday since it was snowing we decided to go to IFA and LOOK at the baby chicks and bunnies. After two visits in one day Zach promised that he would " Give them his Love",I was defenseless to that comment. At first I thought one, then the lady said you have to have at least two. So, we came home with four. Zach decorated their pen with picture he has been painting over the past few week. As well as having me draw them each a house to peck at. We have rigged up a light and a "playground". I know I know what was I thinking!

Easter Weekend!

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After four Easter egg hunts Zach is now a Pro at egg hunting!
Jackie was still learning the art...
she would open every egg as she got it and started eating.

Jackie oh so happy to have MORE CHOCOLATE!

We did nothing but Party this weekend. Starting with Zach's birthday party Friday night, then brunch with the neighbors saturday morning. Followed by dinner and Easter egg hunting at Grandparents Woodruff Saturday night..we also celebrated Zach birthday with his cousins that evening. Sunday we enjoyed Church and another wonderful dinner and Easter Egg hunt at Grandma Becky's. Jackie had so much candy she actually threw up and much to my surprise that didn't stop her she still wanted more. But I have to draw the line at vomiting.

We also spent some time at my grandmother's house. I don't take my kids there as often as I should mostly because she has so much breakable stuff that I would feel awful if anything was broken. It was fun to take Zach through this beautiful old home and tell him all the things I used to do and play with when I was little. It is the best exploring house with winding stair cases and beautiful gardens. I spent many hours of my childhood sitting at my grandmother's vanity putting on very red lipstick pretending I was a princess. And though I am now the mom I still feel a little inner princess coming on everytime I enter the house. So, we talked with grandma and explored and she gave them each a very soft velvety pillow to take home...good thing anymore candy and Jackie would have had to be hospitalized.

I have to share the great experience I had on sunday as a Sunbeam teacher. These kids keep me on my toes and I have to be very careful of what I say to them. But on sunday it was their turn to tell me what they knew. For Sharing Time Twila Buetler had each class write down their testimonies and sign their names to papers that will be placed inside a Book of Mormon to be given out by the local missionaries.

Now, getting a testimony out of a 3 year old it quite the challenge but getting them to write all 6 of their names on one 3X5 card that is near impossible. I decided that our testimonies should be on Jesus since they all know who He is. Here were the responses I recieved when I asked them what they thought about Jesus: He comes again at Easter time. He is nice. He makes me happy. He is alive again around my birthday. I love that they were trying to remember what they had been taught by their parents about the reason for Easter.

The part of the day that was the real testimony builder for me though was when I showed them the picture of the Cruxificion. I was pretty worried about this part of the lesson to tell you the truth. I thought that it might scare them. But each one of them gathered around me as I explained to them that when Jesus was alive lots of people really loved him, but lots of people didn't like him much. And they were the ones that put him on the cross, but it was all part of Heavenly Father's plan. They were all quite (remember they are three this alone was a miracle) and one of the little boys had teary eyes and asked "why is he the only one with nails". When I told him that though that was mean and it hurt Jesus it was how the people knew for sure it was him after he was resurrected. He seemed to be happy with this answer. Later on when I was quizzing them on what they had learned I asked this same little boy "where did Jesus go after he was resurrected and had seen all the people that loved and missed him." Instead of saying he went back to be with Heavenly Father, which is what I had told them, he said. " He went to show the bad guys that he was alive." I am not sure where the answer came from, but I think it made him feel better to think that Jesus went and showed those bad guys that he was tough and had come back like He said He would.

As much as I worry about being one of the first people to tell these kids about the Book of Mormon and what as a Faith we believe. I am all to many times taught by them of just how real and simple it all is. That Jesus was a real person, that He did come back again on Easter, or around a birthday if that be the case. That He is nice and makes me very happy when I take the time out of my day to really think about how much He effects my world and the happiness in it. To those of you that are the parents of these sweet children Thank You for sharing them with me and for teaching them so well, if they don't show it at home they do show it in primary they are listening.

Happy Easter everyone!

I hope that yours was a memorable as mine.

Happy Birthday to Zach!!!

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Blowing out the candles on his

SPEED RACER

Birthday cake.

I trip down Memory lane.....

Zach and Avery at about 17 months

Zach has always been such a HAPPY Kid!

Eileen Workman took these picture soon after Zach was born.
I love the look on his face in this picture!

I LOVE YOU, ZACHMAN!!!

I can hardly believe that it has been 4 years since Zach came into our lives. To celebrate this great day we told Zach he could go anywhere he wanted for dinner...His choice was WENDY'S. We had the grandparents up to enjoy this fine cuisine with us. We finished off the evening with cake and ice cream all of which Zach cared little about because he had "Train on the brain". Dan gave him the HO gauge train that he had when he was little. Zach could hardly eat his dinner for want of playing with his new train.

From day one he has been fascinated by wheels and things that roll. Which has lead to many self entertained hours of trains, trucks and cars. Zach is so smart and learns how to put things together very quickly. I love watching Zach learn and grow. He is my pride and joy...I don't know what I would do if we didn't have his sweet spirit in our home!

ABOUT MY MOM by-ZACH

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A friend of mine did this on her blog and so I thought I would try it out on Zach. I will give you the for warning that he had been playing on the computer when I started asking him questions so he had computer on his mind.

1. What is something mom always says to you?

"You play on the computer to much I want a turn."

2. What makes mom happy?

When I listen to you.

3. What makes mom sad?

When I don't listen to you.

4. How does your mom make you laugh?

Tickles me

5. What was mommy like as a little girl?

A monkey

6. How old is your mom?

7. How tall is your mom?

From here to here (hands spread from his head to his waist) I bent down to go higher.

8. What is her favorite thing to do?

Make a dress for Jackie

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?

Give Jackie a Bath.

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?

Making cookies

11. What is your mom really good at?

Letting me play on the computer.

12. What is your mom not very good at?

Not letting me on the computer to much.

13. What does your mom do for a job?

Sew Jackie dress

14.What is your mom's favorite food?

Apples

15.What makes you proud of your mom?

That you let me play on the computer.

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?

A hansome girl

(How sweet is he!)

17. What do you and your mom do together?

We take turns being CRAZY!

18. How are you and your mom the same?

We both are wearing socks.

19. How are you and your mom different?

You have long hair and I have short hair.

20. How do you know that your mom loves you?

You make train pancakes

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?

That he can build really good walls.

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?

The fabric store.

After my questions Zach decided to ask me questions he got out his notebook and said " What are you thankful for?" I listed many answers as this was the only question he asked over and over. Here are a few of my answers he helped me with the first two:

Our house, Daddy, My kids, Daddy's job, Grandma Becky, my dad, my brothers, that I learned to read, that I get to go to painting class, that I have toes.

(That last one was because he started giving his letters toes so they could stand up better and I told him that was very nice of him because I am thankful for my toes.)

I had a lot of fun asking him questions, but the sweetest part was when I asked if I could ask him some questions he said "Yes, I will put it on pause so I can hear you." If I can only hold on to that. His willingness to give me his undivided attention.

We love Arches!!!

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Arches National Park

My cute little family at the foot of this very large Arch.

I had to stop to pretend that I was doing YOGA
out in the middle of the Desert like they do on T.V. (Maybe some day.)

Zach set-up his bike so he could peel-out in the sand.
He wasn't very happy when we had to load his bike into the truck.

We take our picture from this point each time we go on this hike.

It is fun to see how our family changes.

"Sometimes I just like to climb mountains"

-Zach

(after taking on this mountain all by himself.)

Jackie did a great job on the hike she made it alot further than we thought she would.

Dan started carrying Jackie at this point, those of you that are familar with this hike know she did well but a last Dan carried her the rest of the way. He is so tough!

Jackie loved riding in the bike trailer

and would sit in it waiting for someone to take her on a ride.

Our beautiful Campsite!

Yes, it was cold at night but during the day it was so fun to climb and explore.

We love to stay here!

We were lucky enough to have Dan's parents join us on our trip. That's them at the campsite with the kids. We love to travel with our families and the kids loved having them there.

It has taken me awhile to get this post on, so my anniversary is aready 2 weeks past but I would still like to say how blessed I am to have the husband that I have. He takes such good care of me and the kids. I know that he sincerly loves to come home to us. My kids have both learned at a very young age what time daddy comes home and they look forward to it everyday.

I am also bless with in-laws that I just love and I mean all of them. Our families have blended so well that we vacation both families together every Memorial Day. I think this is such a neat thing! My kids love to play with their cousins and having both their grandparents there is just a big weekend of LOVE.

Needless to say we have been blessed with a great amount of family support and love and I would like to tell all of you how much I love you.

DAN, I love you Honey! Thanks for the last seven years they have been so fun. I can't wait to see what the next seven will bring.

Six Years as a Family!!

2009-03-26T21:36:00.000-07:00

"Sunshine Beautiful Sunshine"

Dan and I celebrated our 6th Anniversary on the 14th. For the last three years we have been going down to Moab to enjoy a few days of sunshine and hiking. We love this vacation and look forward to it all year.

Dan was so excited to beable to where shorts and drive with the windows down!

Teething Stinks

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Poor Jackie is getting her canine teeth and she has been just miserable since saturday. Which means all of us have been seriously lacking in the sleep department. I am so looking forward to her learning to talk so she can finally tell us what hurts. She is currently in the "I am just going to scream bloody murder till you figure it out" stage. I think she is finally starting to feel a little better. I hate it when my kids are hurting. You can tell by her little eyes that she is unhappy.

As For the Rest of Us:

Dan had to work on saturday, but he was pretty excited about it. Why you ask... because he was training someone else to do the inventory. He is pretty excited that he will no longer have to stand in a freezer for two days every month counting chemicals. Hurray!

Zach finally saw some hope of Spring on Tuesday, so he and Payden decided they were going to go for a bike ride. He left with his coat on and all smiles. He return with his coat off and a little road rash on his face. Ohh! Spring! When I saw his face I thought to myself. " Am I really looking forward to all of THIS?" I forgot how much time I spent worrying about him last summer. Is it wrong to want to implant a homing device on your child? I suppose it is once again my need to let him go. I am just one of those moms that finds herself watching their child out the window the entire time they are outside playing instead of enjoying having the house to myself.

Janette, I am enjoying some sore muscles from my PiYo class yesterday. I hadn't taken into account how many times I would have to demonstrate all the arm holds. My deltoids haven't been sore for awhile. To those of you that came to class tuesday and are sore...It is worth it! To those of you that were not there (which is most of you.) I would love to have you join us. Tuesdays 6:30 p.m. at the Smithfield rec. We have alot of fun!

My mother and I have been learning how to make our own watch bands. These are the two I have made so far. I love the Red and White one! I have also been making Jackie hair bows.

I LOVE having a GIRL!

Having fun in some much needed sun.

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I love this picture! Jackie looks so Cute and Dan looks HOT!
Zach would ride forever if his dad would let him.

Zach and Jackie catching some air!

Jackie was ready to feel the wind in her Hair!

My Sweet Family
How did I get so Lucky?

Saturday, we decided to enjoy the sunshine and play outside. Dan and the kids played on the 4- wheeler while I took pictures and vacuumed out the truck. (I was really living in it, I feel so much better now that it is clean. )

Zach loves it when Dan pulls him around on the sled. We have worn holes in the bottom of it. Jackie gave it a few rounds, but preferred modeling on the 4-wheeler with Dad to getting a wet bottom riding the sled.

Such a Fun Day!

Sunday, Zach gave his FIRST talk in church! He was so brave! He sat up there all by himself and when it was time he spoke in the mic and repeated everything I told him. His talk was on being part of an eternal family. I was so proud of him and so was his dad and grandparents. I am still in amazment that our little man is now old enough to be giving talks. They grow up so fast. Zach is always telling me " Mom, I grew up while I was sleeping."

Dan thinks it is strange that I can remember all sorts of things from my childhood. I think he must have surpressed most of his childhood because he remembers so little. Anyhow, I remember when I was little giving talks in primary, and now in what seems like no time at all I am helping my son. I hope time slows down a little...before I am the grandma watching Zach help his son. "a Time and a Season"