See the Rest on Smugmug

See the rest of the pics from our Utah visit on my smugmug site. "Everyday Life 2010" gallery, and they start in February, and end in March.

http://jwphoto.smugmug.com/Everyday-Life-2010-2/February-2010/11286096_WTtae#802952692_MTCxj

Celebrating Birthdays with Family

Alexis's 9th birthday was while we were in Utah for our visit. She was so excited to spend her birthday with family. We had cake and ice cream for her and for Ethan (whose birthday is next month) with everyone!


Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for such awesome gifts!

Riding with Uncle Mike

Michael came home from college for the weekend to do a two-day horse training workshop at Ashley's ranch. We got to see him Thursday night and Alexis was delighted to get to work with the horses with him and help with chores. Lexi and Raynee rode Badger together.

Sunday Rich drove Mike's horse, J.P., down to Snow College with Michael because he's doing a horse class this semester.

SuRPRiSe!!!! UTAH VISIT

Ethan and Bryn Leigh were best buds and spoke toddler-talk to each other the whole time.


Catching up with each other.


Tristan and Alexis were so happy to see each other!

"Sexy Lexi" and Grandpa sharing a little snuggle.

Lions and Tigers and KIDS oh my!

We all had so much fun spending time at the zoo. The kids loved seeing all of the animals and it was the perfect day. The sun was shining and there weren't many other people there.

You can't see the orangutan very well in this picture but he was right up against the glass talking to the kids. Ethan loved it and was not a bit scared, Bryn was another story.

The baby elephant was so cute!

Bryn Leigh and Ethan were too busy looking at the elephants to bother with a picture. Bryn Leigh is plugging her nose cause she said the elephants were "stinky"

We took 9 kids and there were 4 adults. (Mom, Paula, Amanda, Shannon, Alexis, Tristan, Jaycee, Trent, Xander, Raynee, Ethan and Bryn Leigh. I told mom that I felt a little outnumbered by the little ones, but we all had a great time.

Congrats to the parents to be.

KC & Alyssa

are expecting a baby!

Due to arrive

Sept 28, 2010.

We can't wait to welcome this cute little bundle into our family. KC and Alyssa will be amazing parents.

Happy Birthday Alexis

Happy 9th Birthday Lexie Lu!

Hope you had a great day at the zoo.

It was so nice to spend time with you!!

Imagine our surprise!

All of us here in UT got a great surprise from our NH Family! We are so glad that we are able to spend some time for the next week with Jessica, Alexis and Ethan. Hope sickly Clint gets feeling better back home in NH.

A Real Texas Cowboy!!!

Happy Birthday Clint and Bryn Leigh!

Again, I'm a little late with Bryn Leigh's. This is the only picture of Clint I could find, but I think Ethan only adds to it!

Dad is home and doing well!

I'm a little late getting to this update, but here it goes anyway. Dad is home and doing well. Mom and the Dr's have him on a strict diet and the Jones boys are going to step-up as his personal trainer, by that I mean they will supervise his walks by riding their bikes with him. Let's hope this is the last trip to St Marks he has to make EVER!

A Black Goose

Last weekend Alexis had been playing outside when she came in, all excited but hushed, and asked Clint, "Daddy, where's Mom's camera? There's a black goose outside and I want to get a picture of it." Clint says, "A black goose? Where is it?" She answered, "It's out back, behind the neighbor's part of the house. Shhh, I don't want you to scare it away." Clint said he wanted to see it too, so the two of them went out to find it. She pointed it out to Clint, and for a second he was like, "Oh, wow!" But then half a second later he realized it wasn't moving at all. "Oh, Sis, it's not a goose. It's a decoy." She was so bummed, but wanted the picture anyway.

Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed . . .

We've been looking for a "big boy" bed for Ethan because we're afraid he'll pull himself up and over the rails. I guess Peekaboo heard us talking and decided to lay claim to the crib!

Dads out of Surgery

The surgery went well. The Dr put 2 stints in. He is in the ICU and will likely spend a few days in the hospital. I will keep everyone posted on any news.

Update in Dad

The Dr just came and talked to us. While doing the heart cath Dad suffered another heart attack. They discovered that one artery was completly blocked and that part of his heart has died off. Another artery is 99%, so they were putting a stint in at that time. He is still in surgery and when I know more I will post it for everyone to stay in the loop. Keep him in your prayers

This is the "Legend of Ephraim" the ones in the front are this years sheds that we found wed morning feb tenth, the middle are last years and the back are two years ago. got about five more big bucks we watch every night to see when they fall. we seen this hawg the night before and he was still packing. the morning we found these we just went to locate the bucks and make were they were in the same area. well when we pulled up we were lookin around and we went to get in the truck and realized the sheds. both sides in our tire tracks from the previous night. wat a sight:) well with love from sanpeter county, Uncle Mikey

Happy Birthday Xander!

Happy 5th Birthday Xan Man!

This was taken on Friday February 5, 2010 on the Padre Island Golf Course. It was a great day, very little wind, good friends and as you can tell plenty of sun!!!

Grants first year of Football! He did great. Kim

and Brianna were cheerleaders and Marikay

was the Team Mom.

Greetings from TEXACO

Greetings from Northern Mexico, Southern Texas or as it is called by the locals TEXACO. Life here has been challenging but blessed. We are all healthy and for the most part Happy. Kids are doing well in school and enjoying the church activities: activity days for Kim, Scouts for Grant. We have been working on our back yard and have actually been enjoying the weather. Since late October it has not gotten above 80 degrees which has been great. When we get a family picture we will make sure and post it.

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL!

GO COLTS!!!!

Please, for the sake of my husbands happiness,

Cheer for our Colts!

Enjoy the Game!

Jr Jazz This Week

RJ-3:00 @ THS

Kenzie and Baylee-1:00 @ THS aux gym

Jaycee and Abbie-12:00 @Copper Canyon

http://www.break.com/index/deer-hunter-gets-pranked.html

Winter in New England

Well, we are ~ halfway through the winter here in New England. It hasn't been as cold or ar miserable as last year. (no ice storm yet and not too may "snowdays") In the next couple of weeks the maple starts to flow. Clint and Alexis want to tap a few trees around the area and boil their own syrup. It takes ~40-60 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. Clint won't eat any syrup. He says it is VILE. (IT IS) it should be an interesting experience.

Our trip to Ireland was great. jwphoto.smugmug.com has thousands of photos.

Gus is a little terror, but he is so cute I let him get away with everything. You should see those eyes. He knows how to play me.

I will update more later.