The ABC's of Jackson

So I attempted for the first time a digital scrapbook. I went for a super easy project that was already mostly pre-made. I LOVE it. It turned out so cute and has been a lot of fun.
Here is a link to see it! Use the full screen image to be able to read it:

http://community.shutterfly.com/gallery/post/start.sfly?postId=/gallery/1/post/GMGDJgybtGLVu1YA0ToDxs

Tell me what you think!

Laid Off again :(

So on tuesday Kevins work told him that they were cutting back to a 4 day work week (they were doing 5- 10 hour Days) and then by wednesday they told him he was being laid off... They let go of 11 guys this week. It was a really hard blow! This is the 4th job in a row he has been laid off from in three years... They assured him that it was nothing to do with him or his quality of work- it's just that new construction has slowed down so much. With Kevins medical past (cancer last year) we cannot be without insurance so its going to be really hard the next few months paying a ton for COBRA.

Yesterday he had a job interview at a mechanical plumbing company and got hired! A few weeks ago he told me that this is the kind of plumbing he wants to get into, but at the time I told him he couldn't switch jobs, because he needs the insurance. So it worked out good. They pay a little better, but he'll make quite a bit less without 10 hours of overtime a week, and once he has a bit more experience in mechanical plumbing they will pay him really good. They pay way better on the insurance, in three months they will pay 90% OF ALL THREE of us!!! yea! His last job barely paid any of it. So it has worked out pretty good, we are so grateful that he was only out of work for 1 day! He is a total bounce back kid! He always finds a job pretty quick. Lets pray that this job says busy. He's working at a firestation today! Pretty cool...

I'm proud of you Kev!

My first Ice Cream Cone!

He's had Ice Cream before, just never in a cone. Bet you can't guess what flavor it was???

Go Cougars!!!

Rise and Shout the Colyars are out!!! Well, the air is getting crisper and that means one thing- (to Kevin) FOOTBALL (or as jackson calls it "basketball"). All day last Saturday Aug 30th Kevin had this silly grin on his face, I finally asked him why he was smiling so creepy and he said "I'm just so excited!"



This was BYU's first game of the year against Northern Iowa, which we won! Jackson was so good and had a lot of fun.

Yep, there it is... the creepy/excited smile...

Jackson's new place to keep his suckers. He would suck on it and then stick it to his neck fold for safe keeping. The guys behind us thought this was so funny!

Homemade Slip 'n Slide

So while I was making my last blog entry this is what Jackson was doing-

He loves the water and has found an entertaining way to use our soaking tub.

Thanksgiving Point $2 Tuesday

In the month of August Thanksgiving Point did $2 Tuesdays. Every venue was only two dollars to get in, if you have ever been to Thanksgiving Point you know what a good deal this was. The gardens are normally $8 a person and the Dinosaur Museum is normally $10. So yesterday we went and did it all.

This is in the Childrens Discovery Garden. It was so pretty, and I had such a fun time walking around with Jackson, he was so interested in it all and made it really fun.

Next we headed over to the Dino Museum and met Kevin after work, this is in front of the UTAHraptor...

I know, Kevin could have mentioned that I was showing a bit of skin to the 500 kids there.

Digging in the sand was his favorite part by far. Me- I loved it all. Jackson is just so much fun right now and has such a fun and independent personality developing. This trip was well worth $2.

Angie's Visit

So this last week Angie, my sister, came up to visit from Long Beach. I haven't seen her in so long! She has four kids and the youngest is Caleb- he is 6 weeks older than Jackson. Lisa, my sister in South Jordan, came and played with us too. Her baby is Caden and is 9 days older than Jackson so it was crazy having three toddlers in the house! Jackson is lucky to have 6 cousins close to his same age.

We decided to have a photo shoot for the three boys- man was that totally crazy! We had like three adults trying to make funny faces and funny noises to make them laugh- it totally didn't work!

Jackson, Caden, and Caleb

Finally!!! Some success! A few smiles and jackson is imitating my funny face.

Caden

Caleb

Uncle Chris giving them a wagon ride

Morgan is Angie's second youngest. She wanted to have her picture taken too. Lisa used her fancy camera and only picked up the color green in this picture.

I'm so glad Angie got to come for a visit! I love having her around. She let me do her hair, her makeup and a pedicure on her, just like old times!