Easter Plus a Few More

This Easter was our first true induction into the Easter Egg Hunt tradition, since Jack is finally old enough to understand the thrill of the hunt. Although, he does not really see the value in gathering a large quantity of eggs. We had an egg hunt with the other children in our complex in between conference sessions. It was really fun and the weather was nice enough thankfully.
Jude had his own patch of grass designated for little babies and he was the only one that could hunt there, but he didn't even move from that spot. He just watched all of the kids run around and gather eggs.

Jack and his friend Bryson prior to the beginning of the egg hunt.

Jude is 11 months now and can crawl anywhere he wants and create messes right alongside Jack. He is starting to cruise along things but he is still a ways from walking.

Jack got this awesome baker ensemble from his Grandma Alesa for Christmas and his preferred cooking style is in the nude. Every so often he puts on all of the garb and I can't help but laugh.

Anyways- Jordan is in the middle of interviewing for Masters of Healthcare Administration Programs. Hopefully everything goes well and we get into a program for next fall. I am still working on my undergrad and hope to be done at the end of June. 10 years later BYU will finally be rid of me. I am sure they are glad to get my outlier stats out of their system. 10 years to finish an undergrad probably doesn't help their stats.

9 Months

Jude at 9 months

Jack at 9 months

They both have the same huge mouth and love rocking just the white onesie.

Updated Family Photo

Do you wonder what my little Jude Looks like... well here he is!

The Big 2

I realize that I hardly post anymore, but how can I pass up Jack's 2nd birthday. Something this monumental has to be recorded, at least in pictures. Jack loves trains right now, so I decided to make him a train cake (thanks to Grandma Alesa for finding the cake pan!). It took a lot more time than I anticipated, but it was fun and Jack loved it.

We had both my mom and Jordan's parents in Utah close to Jack's birthday, so he had about three parties. This is the little cake that my mom brought him.

These pictures are out of order- but here is some recent ones of Jack and Jude. Jack's favorite thing to do is get in Jude's crib and "nap" with Jude.

Jack and his cousin Leah are a day apart and so we celebrated their birthday's together this year. Here they are admiring my handy work.

I Love This Kid!

Lake Powell

We had another fun time at Lake Powell. It was just my parents and our family, but that's about all we could pull off with little Jack and Jude. Thank you Mom for waking up and feeding Jude at night even when there were bats flying around in the houseboat. Thanks Dad for all the wakeboard runs.

Lindsey, Jack, and I slept on top of the houseboat under the stars each night in our two man (or two adults and a toddler) sleeping bag. Jack, of course, was all over the place and made things interesting.

My Dad and I had a blast waking up to fish the stripper boils.Jack playing on the beach with Lindsey.
Jack is already showing signs of having some serious wakeboarding skills.



This is a classic "I've been out on the lake to long" look.

My Dad taking care of Jude in his famous shark attack shirt that he has been wearing to the lake for the past who knows how long.

I hate suckers!

A couple of days ago I (Jordan) took Jack to be immunized. This time was a little more tricky because he is more aware of what is going on, and I always hate to see him get stuck with a needle. But we planned to stop by 7 eleven afterwards, and he was the one that was going to pick out the treat. So we go in the store and I show him the candy aisle, the hotdogs, and slurpees. Hoping he would pick something that wouldn't completely rot out his teeth--I have nightmares about him being strapped down at the dentist office--it was time for the moment of truth. What did he pick? Jack couldn't help but hone in on the strategically placed, everlasting gobstopper sucker that stuck out like a sore thumb by the cash register. Are those things secretly produced by dentists that need more patients? And who knew they cost two plus dollars? So we bought it and I chucked it in the garbage as soon as he lost interest in it. Next time I'm spending a quarter on him and buying him a tootsie roll. This experience goes down as another lesson learned the hard way with the first child.

p.s. this post is dedicated to my blog nazi friends. You know who you are:)