The Davis Family

My Sister Stacey's Bridal Shower June 12, 2010

2010-10-26T11:56:00.000-07:00

I was so happy that when I was in California I was able to attend my sister Stacey's Bridal Shower. Living in Texas I usually miss out on parties like this so it was nice to be a part of it. My mom threw the shower and the theme was "Breakfast at Tiffany's" it was a fun party!

It is funny how much we have started to look alike as we have gotten older.

My Crazy Sister... she is Hilarious!!!

Greg's daughter Audrey was tired.

Stacey playing the cottonball game

Stacey with her mother-in-law to be Karen

4 generations

Jazlynn loved all the jewelry (she got to swim during the shower and was happy!)

The "bride to be" practicing her wave

Aunt Konnie, Grandma Eva, Valerie and Audrey

Stacey and Mom

My mom did a great job with all the decorations... it was really pretty!

Brandon's High School Graduation and Party

2010-10-25T14:13:00.000-07:00

We left a few days before school was out and headed to California for Brandon's High School Graduation! Jared came a few days later and stayed for a few days. It was the first time my kids had seen Dad since he was diagnosed with Leukemia and they were a little shocked to see him with no hair! It was weird to see my little brother graduate from the same school that my dad and I graduated from. It made me feel old. My mom was a little sad because it was her last baby graduating. A few days later we had a party for Russell and Brandon... it was a blast!!

Mom and Grandma Lois were both sad... Brandon is their little baby.

Jaydon had fun!

Four Generations... Great-Grandma Lois, Red-Head Grandma, Uncle Brandon and Jaydon

Mom, Dad, Grandma and Brandon (my dad was in the hospital for 30 days and got out a day before this... he was a trooper!)

Our family... minus Greg, he was on his way but stuck in traffic!!

Mom, Dad and Brandon (Dad was a little grumpy from sitting for so long)

My little brothers.

Brandon, C.J. and myself... I love these boys!!!

Jaydon thinks of Brandon as his Big Brother... he idolizes him!!!

Brandon and Russell have been friends since they were 3 and are still the best of friends. (I babysat Russell when he was a little boy!!)

Brandon with Baby Michael

Brandon and Olivia (aren't they cute?)

C.J. being himself (do I need to say more?)

Michael Roman my nephew almost 6 months old.

Brandon and Olivia at his and Russell's Graduation party.

Mom, Bonnie and myself went through old pictures and printed up some great ones of the boys over the years it was great to remember them being so little and amazing that they are still such great friends.

My granparents have a HUGE barn that they keep their wagons in and we were able to have the party in there. Here is the main group. There was close to 75 people there.

Brandon with some of his Buddies.

My bestest friend Melanie came down to see me... made me SO happy!!!

My cousin Jenna and her son Brandon.

Diva Taylor showing off her glasses.

Greg and Cousin Charlene... if you only knew you would be laughing!!!

My grandparents with all their Great-Grandkids!!

My grandparents with their Grandkids. (minus Chris, Holly and C.J.)

The Riebli's came down from Idaho and it was SO good to see them!!!

My father's side of the family (minus uncle Gerry)

Back on the Saddle/June 2010

2010-10-25T12:11:00.000-07:00

Ok... I have been a slacker.... I admit it. Well I am determined to get back on the saddle and get my blog going again! So the next few posts are going to be of previous months but I have to get it done!
Janae's Kindergarten Graduation June 2010

Janae was in Mrs. Howe's class and had a great year in Kindergarten! She made so many new friends and really did well!

The theme was "Reach for the Stars"

Here is her classes' stars

BFF's Brooklyn and Janae

Mommy and Janae

Lauren, Brooklyn, Barbara and Janae

Mrs. Howe's 2009-2010 Class

Riebli Family Pictures June 2010

2010-07-23T12:06:00.000-07:00

For the first time in a couple years, all my brothers and I were in the same place at the same time. My little brother Brandon graduated from high school on June 3rd so we all got together to celebrate and spend some time together. On June 8th my parents celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary so we decided that we needed to get some pictures taken. The same photographer that took Jared and my wedding pictures 11 years ago took these and I think they turned out great!

The Riebli Grandchildren

Jaydon, Janae, Lacey, Jazlynn, Taylor, Audrey and Michael

The Davis Family-Jared, Jeni, Jaydon, Janae and Jazlynn

The Riebli Family- Greg, Valerie, Lacey, Taylor and Audrey

The Riebli Family

Mom, Dad, Jeni, Greg, C.J. and Brandon

The Riebli Kids- Jeni, Greg, C.J. and Brandon

Mom and Dad

25 years together

Red-Head Grandma and Papa Stevie with their grandchildren

The Riebli family and their spouses

The Riebli Family and Grandma Lois

The Riebli Family- C.J., Angie and Michael

The Davis Family

Dad in his favorite hat... classic

The Riebli Family with Grandpa and Grandma Riebli

The Riebli Family with Grandpa and Grandma Riebli and Grandma Lois

The Riebli Family- Carl, Catherine, Mike, Steve, Gerry and Debbie

Jazzy the Ballerina

2010-05-27T16:46:00.000-07:00

Jazlynn LOVES dance class!!

She has been in dance since the beginning of the school year and has loved every minute of it! Since her class didn't do the recital, her teacher let us watch their last dance and also made them these super cute skirts that the girls loved! I think she got a little distracted from me being in the room, but she still did a great job!

(Jazzy is the dancer in our house... she makes up her own moves and loves to turn up the music! she is SO CUTE!)

February Highlights

2010-04-11T19:46:00.001-07:00

I know that this is back pedaling a bit, but I realized that I didn't post everything. Here are the highlights for February:

Jaydon and Janae's School Valentine Parties!

Jaydon is a crazy boy playing bingo!

Logan just hanging out- he is a great baby!!!

Janae doing the service project- making blankets for project linus.

Jack and Jazzy having fun with the Kindergarten toys.

My 2 pretty girls.

Cub Scout Blue and Gold Banquet

all the scouts and the leaders- minus Jared (he was in SLC)

My new hair cut

I turned 31 years old!

Snow in Texas!!

2010-03-08T10:40:00.000-08:00

We have lived in Texas for almost 5 years and have never seen it snow like this! The kids were SO excited and waned to be outside all day.

The 4 crazy kids all decked out in their winter best!

Jaydon was in heaven!

Colleen showed Jaydon who was boss! Snowball fight!!!

Logan loved the snow!

Loga watched from he window all day long.

Jaydion and Jazzy showing off their snowballs.

That is 1 big piece of snow!

Jaydon' snowman- he was so proud!

I think Jaydon wishes that it snowed more but after 1 day I was grateful that it doesn't happen too often!

Bailey and Sadie Bryn's Blessing

2010-03-03T18:19:00.000-08:00

For Valentine's weekend we went to Houston for Ben and Erica's twin babies blessings. Cheryl was so kind and got us a hotel room so the kids could swim. All the kids had a great time swimming with their cousins and the adults had fun snuggling with the babies... they are SO cute!!

Here are some pics of the kids swimming in the pool:

Sadie Bryn had fun hanging out in the warm pool area.

Janae loves to swim and has gotten very good at it.

Tanner and Janae could pass as twins, they are close in age and look alike.

Nana, Sadie Bryn, Erica and Mimi watching the kids swim.

Jazzy the fish- she is so funny.

Caden in pink goggles... so cute!

The 2 oldest Davis grandkids- they are getting so big!

Nana cuddling with Sadie Bryn

She is the most adorable baby. (Bailey was home with the men)

After swimming we all went out to BBQ!

Logan is a Texan and LOVES BBQ!

Tanner loves Jaydon

Ben and his mini-me Kyler

Our kids all dressed up for the blessing.

2 cute babies after the were blessed.

Smiley Sadie Bryn

This is pretty much how she is all the time.

Beautiful Bailey

She sure likes to eat and is a good girl.

my cute nieces

The Peeler family

It is hard to get them all in the picture, and although getting this was quite an adventure we managed to get them all in one picture!!!

Jared's 33rd Rock Band Party!

2010-03-03T08:21:00.000-08:00

For Jared's 33rd birthday we had a Rock Band Party! There were 22 adults and it was a blast!We cooked a brisket and everyone brought sides, there was a TON of yummy food. I think a good time was had by all.

Jared rocking out on the guitar.

Some of our friends!
Jared always wants the same cake every year for his birthday- lemonade cake!

Happy Birthday Jared!!!

Blowing out the candles... here is to another year!!!

Jaydon's 1st Pinewood Derby

2010-03-03T07:44:00.001-08:00

Sandpaper, wood, wheels, paint, tools. These are all things that were all over the house for WEEKS because of the pinewood derby! Jaydon was SO excited... it was pretty ,uch all he could talk about for weeks. Jared seemed to be just as into it as Jaydon. These boys are like 2 peas in a pod. Jaydon had a great time making his car with his Dad.

The start of the car!

Working hard with sandpaper.

Happy as can be!

All dressed up in his scout uniform!

All the families getting ready for the derby to start.

Jared working on the car last minute.

The track

Jared with the girls, they were having a great time.

Jared's family came to watch... Jaydon was very happy they came.

Jared and Jaydon with the winning car.. Jaydon got FIRST place!!! He was so excited!

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.

Jaydon with his car! He said it was one of the best nights of his life!!

Christmas at Nana and Papa's House

2010-03-03T07:12:00.000-08:00

After Keith and Cheryl got home from Houston we went over to their house for Christmas Dinner. Ben cooked a delicious turkey and there was a TON of food! The kids were excited because there were MORE presents!!! All the Austin Texas Davis' were there plus Megan and Chris. It was fun!

Jazzy opening her gifts!

All the kids eagerly awaiting theor turn- they were so good this year!

Janae being so patient- she loved her princess bike that she got from Nana and Papa.

My in laws bought me these great boots! I love them!

Logan wearing the hat I bought him- he just liked al the paper!

Megan is all about the money!!!

Megan and Chris are such charachters- always fun when they are around!

Christmas Morning

2010-01-19T13:03:00.001-08:00

We are pretty lucky. Our kids don't wake up too early on Christmas morning. This year they woke up around 7 which was nice. Megan and Chris spent the night and the kids were pretty nice and let them sleep. I heard them playing with Magnetix in Jaydon's room for awhile before we even heard them. Here is what they woke up to:

Stockings

Sweet Sisters

Dad and Janae opening up their stockings

Jaydon has been doing SO well with his reading. Right now his favorite book series is "Ready Freddy" he was very excited to get some of his favorite books!

The girls are always posing for the camera.

Mom with her kids

Our Family

Megan and Chris opening their presents. It was nice to have them, they are so much fun!

The kids patiently waiting to open their gifts. In our family we go in turn youngest to oldest. The kids are great waiting for their turn.

Jaydon wanted this nerf gun SO bad and his sisters gave it to him! He was very excited and started shooting everyone right away.

Each kid got a game, Jazzy's was Trouble. (probably because sometimes she is trouble!)

Jaydon got Life which was a favorite of mine as a kid.

This year Jared took the kids to the store and let them pick out their gifts for me. Jaydon got me a blanket and these flossers. Janae got me lipgloss for every day of the week and Jazzy got me Pink tennis balls which she was SO excited about.

Aunt Avlee bought me these cute cowboy boot slippers- the kids thought they were funny!

Janae's game was Guess Who and Megan played it with her lots that day.

Janae has been quite the writer lately. Jared's gift says, "To dad from janae I mad this gift for you" and this is exact spelling. It was very cute!

Jaydon got his dad screwdrivers and Jared loved them!

This year we went really light on Christmas. We decided that we were going to get one big family gift. The kids were excited and wondering what it was....

It was a new T.V. for our office!!

After they played with their toys for awhile we headed over to Nana and Papa's house for dinner and presents. That post to come next!!

Christmas Eve with Friends

2010-01-16T05:52:00.000-08:00

For the past couple of years on Christmas Eve we have been invited to our friends The Bontragers house. Colleen makes a great dinner and reads a Christmas story. This year it was really focused on Christ and was very sweet. Then the kids open their traditional Christmas pajamas. It was nice for me to come and just sit and relax since I was recuperating from surgery done on the previous day. We had a great time and always enjoy our time spent with our wonderful friends and their family. We are blessed to have them in our lives.

All the kids opening their pajamas.

Daddy with his "Jazzy Girl" (Jack picked out this dog for her)

Janae with her best friend Brooklyn
(we got them matching pajamas and they thought it was great)!

Chloe, Jaydon, Janae and Brooklyn in their jammies

The Bontrager and The Davis kids

The kids are ready for Christmas morning.

Janae's Christmas Songfest

2010-01-11T14:52:00.000-08:00

Here are some videos of Janae's Kindergarten class and their "Christmas Songfest"
It was really cute and I hope you enjoy it!

Cousins

2009-12-10T13:26:00.000-08:00

Janae got the boys the cutest sweaters and I just had to take a picture. These boys are so cute!!! Gotta love cousins!

Jaydon and Logan

Thanksgiving

2009-11-29T11:38:00.001-08:00

It was a crazy Thanksgiving this year! All of Jared's family were here from various places and there wad 10 kids under the age of 9... sooo it was loud but lots of fun!
Erica and her family came and it was great to see all the kids... especially the babies! Mark was here from Germany and although we missed his family it was nice to see him and catch up. Megan and Chris came from OK and the kids just love to play with them... especially Chris who is a big kid! Grandma (Mimi) was here from Utah and it is always great to see her, the kids love her and Jared loves having her rub his back!!! Although it is a crazy time when everyone is here we will really miss them!

Little Sadie smiling!!!

Sadie in front, Bailey in back. Aren't they cute?

Erica with her babies.

The newlyweds, Ben and Lexy.

Grandma with Bailey, she loved to cuddle with the babies!

Cheryl gave us all albums of some of her family history, here some of the kids are reading them!

Janae and Logan- we just love him so much!!!

Jared's smoked turkey turned out SO good!!!!

Halloween 2009

2009-11-11T16:46:00.001-08:00

Well... this Halloween was fun filled and very busy!
It all started off with crazy hair day... and for this I TAKE NO CREDIT!!! In fact I was a little upset when I came home and saw Jaydon's hair. But, it is all fun and games with Jaydon and Jared. (So sorry Mom, I know you are going to DIE when you see this!)

2 crazy hair-do's

Jared really got carried away this year.

At least we can shave his head after!

Janae had a parade at her school. We enjoyed watching her.

Here is her whole class.

The Busch Family and Logan's 1st Halloween.

Our friends invited us over for Trick or Treating and it was SO much fun!

Happy 1st Halloween Logan!!!

For some reason we didn't get many of all 3 kids this year. We were kinda rushed. We had a Tinkerbell, a Belle and a Ninja!!!

Here is our Belle!! Isn't she gorgeous!!

Pretty Tinkerbell!

Our family... aren't the kids getting big?

Happy 3rd Birthday Jazzy!!!

2009-10-09T17:05:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to our Jazzy-Girl!!! We can't believe that she has turned 3!!! Jazzy is our funniest and fiestiest child. She has such a fun personality and we are so glad that she is part of our family. Princesses, barbies, Dora and dress-up are her favorite things. We love her so very much!!!

Happy Birthday Jazzy!!!

More California!!!

2009-09-14T10:52:00.001-07:00

I am slowly getting to all the California pictures... These pics are from a day trip we took to Armstrong Woods. My younger brothers came with us and it was fun! The redwoods are absolutely gorgeous and we try to go see them every time we visit.

Jazlynn got a kick out of Brandon's table trick (easy when you weigh 245 lbs)!

2 huge boys+3 kids+1 picnic table =fun!!!

our little family

Jaydon loved the trees

Janae loved C.J.'s dog "BLUE"

my 2 "little" brothers

Jazlynn was a filthy mess (as she was pretty much the whole trip)

Go Brandon!!!

2009-08-31T11:37:00.000-07:00

Today my brother Brandon was featured in the local newspaper! We are really proud of him and all his hard work!!!

Here is the link to the article: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090830/sports/908309966

Jared arrives to California!!

2009-08-27T11:56:00.000-07:00

After 2 weeks of being in California Jared joined us! When he arrived we spent the afternoon in San Francisco. We went to Pier 39, Fisherman's Warf, Ghiardelli Square and Rainforest Cafe. The kids had a great time!

Jaydon eating a HUGE sundae from Ghirardelli.

The kids said "This is the best sundae ever!!"

Jared and Janae (he was happy to see us since we had been gone for 2 weeks)

Sponge Bob- the kids were freaking out!!

On the Pier

Funny Faces

Happy smiles

Need I say anything- is this the truth or what???

Rainforest Cafe

Fair Time!!

2009-08-26T09:37:00.001-07:00

This is the first post of our trip to California! There will be more to follow...
Every year we go to the fair and the kids just LOVE it. When I was little I was in 4-H and FFA from age 8-18 and showed pigs and cows at the fair every year. My brother still does this and it is great to get to watch him show his animals and have the kids experience the fair. Let me start this post by saying that this is a week long event and my family has a motor home there so we are there for the entire week! I was helping my dad with the chores on the dairy morning and night so I would get there about 10 and usually stay until 7 or 8 p.m. and then go home and feed the cows. Jaydon stayed most nights with my mom and Brandon and had a blast!

Jaydon with my brother Brandon who was the BEST helper! For a 17 year old he is a great help and the kids love him SO much!

Jazlynn had been dying to ride a pony so on the last day I let her and she was SO excited!!! Her ponies name was Fancy.

My mom and the girls riding the tram up to the motor home, we already miss "Red Head Grandma"!!

Janae at the free petting zoo that we went to everyday!!

Russell and Brandon making funny faces. I call Russell my "4th Brother" he is also a great help with the kids as was his girlfriend. (I used to babysit Russell, makes me feel SO old!)

Brandon showing one of his cows.

Jazlynn was so tired and on most days ended up looking like this!

The kids got to go on rides just one day and they had tons of fun!

Vroom Vroom

Jaz was getting tired but absolutely LOVED going on rides.

Slide!!!

Thsi is CLO the cow... she is an icon in Sonoma County!

2 cute girls that spun me around like crazy!!

Jaz really loved anything that had horses!

My brother C.J. took Jaydon on some "big" rides which was a big help. Clearly he is a big kid.

Janae loved this ride, she went on it more than once!

First Day of School!

2009-08-24T06:37:00.001-07:00

Well we officially have 2 kids in school! Janae is in Kindergarten and is in Mrs. Howe's class and Jaydon is in Second grade and is in Mrs. Segura's class. The kids both have friends in their classes so they are super excited!!
Here are the pictures of them on their first day...

Janae just turned 5 and is ready for school!

Jaydon is a pro by now and just wanted to get there!

Jazlynn insisted that she got to be in the picture too! I think she is a little sad that Janae will be gone... until she finds out that she doesn't have to share with her!!!

Lake Travis

2009-07-21T15:02:00.001-07:00

Our favorite summer activity is going to the lake! Thanks to Heather and Richard we have been able to go boating a couple of times this summer and have had so much fun!!!

The 3 cutest kids EVER!!!

Jaydon LOVES to be on the boat!

Ever since she was a baby Janae has fallen asleep on the boat (every single time)!

Yes, my 8 year old is a wakeboarder... you heard me right, there isn't much that he can't do!

the girls like to chill on the boat

This is Jaydon on the wakeboard it was his first time off the boat, he did it the week before off the jetski for the first time! He gets up every time and makes it look so easy!

Mom and Jazzy having fun in the sun.

Jaydon and Janae in the tube.

Jazzy wasn't too sure about being in the tube.

Janae enjoys the ride

Jared likes to wakeboard too.

Cute kids

Papa and Jazzy

Here are some videos of Jaydon kneeboarding and wakeboarding. As you will hear on the wakeboarding video I was quite surprised... it was the first time I saw him do it.

He caught a fish... finally!!!

2009-07-15T20:42:00.001-07:00

After many fishing trips with no results... Jaydon finally caught a fish!!!

Jaydon loves to fish with his dad but they NEVER catch anything.

Well today they caught one and it was such a relief to Jared, now the pressure is off! They had a great time.

Swim Team

2009-07-14T09:51:00.000-07:00

This year was the second year that Jaydon was on the swim team. It is definitely a time commitment but he has really improved! He swam May 1st-July 11th (6 days per week). Here are a couple pictures as well as some video of him swimming.

Hanging out in the tent. There is alot of waiting between events. Jaydon swims freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke.

At the ready bench waiting to swim. I am the team parent and have to line all the boys up (26 7-8 boys).

Jaydon swimming the backstroke

Jaydon swimming the breaststroke

Life with Logan

2009-06-22T09:25:00.001-07:00

This is week 3 of life with baby Logan. He is such a great baby and the kids love him. Having 4 kids to take care of is sometimes crazy but it has been a lot of fun. I love having another baby around!

Logan 2 months old

Jazlynn has been kinda naughty since I started watching him but has started to really like having him around, here they are playing together.

Janae is a little mommy and is always asking to hold him!

Here are the 4 cute kiddos!

Logan reminds me of when Jaydon was a baby... they both have BIG blue eyes!!

Jaydon's last day of school

2009-06-11T12:43:00.001-07:00

This year I had mixed emotions for the last day of school. I was excited for summer and to have fun with Jaydon and not have such a rigid schedule but I was also very sad because our favorite neighbors were moving the next day. My neighbor Kim and her family have been the BEST neighbors and we will dearly miss them. I am also gonna miss having a walking partner when the next school year rolls around.

The walking crew.

The girls doing what they do every morning and afternoon... pretty much rain or shine.

Here is the crew with the crossing guard, she is great!

10 Years!!!

2009-06-05T06:17:00.001-07:00

10 Years ago today Jared and I got married!!! We had such a great wedding and awesome honeymoon. Who knew 10 years later we would be living in Texas with 3 kids!!! Happy Anniversary Jared...Here's to many more years of fun!!!

Jared and Jeni

June 5, 1999

Jenna and Baby Brandon

2009-06-04T16:04:00.001-07:00

A couple weeks ago my cousin Jenna and her son Brandon came from California to visit. It was her first visit to Texas and I wanted to show her all of the sites! Our first visit was to Zilker Park. The baby was too little to really play on the playground but enjoyed the train ride!

Ready for the train ride to start.

Jazzy is learning to swing by herself.

Our second stop was to one of the splash parks for a playgroup.

Baby Brandon

Jazzy LOVES the splash park!

Janae and Brooklyn

Baby Brandon didn't like it as much as I thought it would. He preferred to sit in his stroller.

The next night we went to The County Line and ate some really yummy BBQ!

Brandon liked the limes.

Jenna eating her rib that is "big as her head"

Outside the restaraunt where there are lots of water turtles and live music.

2 cute girls on the dock.

To my Mothers!!!

2009-05-10T09:08:00.000-07:00

Happy Mother's Day to my 3 Mothers.. I am blessed to have 3 wonderful Mothers-My 2 Moms and my mother-in-law. Not many people are as lucky as me!! Each of these women have impacted and enhanced my life and I am very grateful to have them in my life.
Happy Mother's Day!!!

My mom Lanore (AKA) "Red Head Grandma"

My Mother In Law Cheryl (AKA) NANA

My mom Sue (AKA) Grandma Sue

Happy Mother's Day to all the women out there. Whether or not you have children you have all played roles as daughters, sisters, aunts or friends and this day is for you as well! Have a great day!

Jaydon's Field Trip

2009-05-08T11:12:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went to Crowe's Nest Farm for Jaydon's First Grade Field Trip!

Jaydon's Class

My 3 Kiddos

Leaving the Fairy Wood

Jaydon got a kick out of this tree

Janae with the snakes

All the kids watching the cow be milked

Jazzy had fun

Jaydon's Baptism

2009-04-27T10:33:00.000-07:00

Last night Jaydon was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!
His baptism was very sweet and we were so happy so many family and friends could attend. Jaydon was so excited he could hardly contain himself.

His Dad baptized him and his Papa confirmed him (Papa also confirmed Jared when he was baptized and myself when I was baptized so it seemed to fit that he would do Jaydon!)

Jaydon started cub scouts and loves it!! Here he is in his uniform before his first pack meeting.

Pictures from Mom's visit

2009-04-22T12:16:00.000-07:00

I realized that I never posted our pics from when my mom visited a couple of weeks ago. She was only here a few days but the kids enjoyed having her here. While she was here we took Jaydon out of school a little early and went to the Children's Museum. The kids had a great time!

Grandma Sue with the kids.
Jaydon behinf the aquarium.

Jaydon was showing everyone that he already knew how to milk a cow.

Janae wanted to take this picture for my Dad to show him that there are cows in Texas!!

cute Jazzy

Janae showing off

The girls got a kick out of this bed.

Making Tamales

Our little musician

And of course Jazzy with the cow.

My newest nephew

2009-04-14T17:55:00.001-07:00

Janae and Dave welcomed their new son Logan David Busch today at 6:35 p.m. and he weighed 7 lbs 11 oz. He is very very cute and we are excited he is in our family.

Easter

2009-04-13T21:54:00.000-07:00

You can probably tell by the large number of pictures posted that we had a busy Easter Weekend!!! Saturday we had the church Easter Eggstravaganza and on Sunday we went had a fun morning filled with easter baskets, church and dinner and an egg hunt at Jared's parents house. We had a great time and were trying to stress what Easter is really about. I am so grateful for The Savior's great sacrifice and hope that my children will be grateful for it as well. Easter was fun and the kids looked so cute all dressed up.

Easter Egg Hunt with Nana

Nana is so much fun and set up a scavenger easter egg hunt the kids had a blast!!

All dressed up for church

Our family (I cannot believe how big the kids are getting!)

Mom and her amazing kids!

Nana is so loved by the kids and by us!

my cute, cute kids!

my 35 butterfly cookies I had to make for Primary!

Easter Morning

Church Lunch

Ring Drama!!

2009-04-10T06:20:00.001-07:00

Last Wednesday I did my monthly shopping trips... Spent almost $300.00 at Walmart and then unloaded my groceries and headed to Costco to get the rest. While I was at Costco I looked down at my ring and noticed that my diamond was...
GONE!!!

I was so devastated and was crying. Poor Rachel C. saw me there and was sad for me (I felt bad totally bawling in front of her). I looked everywhere but of course did not find it. This ring holds a lot of sentimental value for me. I did not know that Jared was going to propose to me... He went out and picked out my ring all by himself.. And I absolutely loved it.

Anyways.. Jared was so great, he did not make me feel bad at all and told me that he would take care of it. We went and looked at new rings but deep down I just wanted mine fixed.

So... Jared did take care of it! Here it is!

It looks just as beautiful as the day I got it over 10 years ago!!!

Thanks Jared-I Love Ya!!!

No more Binky!!!!

2009-04-09T06:45:00.000-07:00

Jazlynn has been binky-less for about a week now! I finally decided that it was time to get rid of it, as some of you know Jazlynn is not a very good sleeper and I have been a little slow on getting rid of it because right now I really value my sleep. Well last Saturday we packed all of the binkies up that we could find and gave them to Aunt Janae for baby Logan. At first she was upset about it but then she was o.k. She had already been without them for a couple of days and I thought that I better get them out of the house before she reverted!!!

Her favorite was the "pink binky" and she was sad to give it away. But now she is officially a big girl- no binkies or diapers!!! WooHoo!

Happy 8th Birthday Jaydon!

2009-04-06T19:16:00.000-07:00

Today is Jaydon's 8th Birthday!!! It seems like yesterday that I welcomed my first baby into the world. Jaydon has been special since the moment he entered the world. He has always had a sweet spirit and is a very important part of our family. Jaydon is so unique in so many ways and we are so happy to have him in our lives. We can't believe how the time has flown!

Just before we left he hospital.

Jaydon 17 days old.

2 months old.

Jaydon's birthday present.

The guys with his new bike.

The big 8!

Nana and Papa got him his own set of scriptures. Since he is turning 8 he will be baptized this month.

Jaydon at school.

My mom came into town today and got to have lunch with him.

Jaydon's class.

The family at Red Robin. We ate there tonight for his birthday.

Jazlynn's Gets Her Ears Pierced!!

2009-04-03T14:23:00.000-07:00

After a couple of weeks of begging I finally gave in and got Jazlynn's ears pierced! Jared says that as soon as the girls ask themselves and are told about what it means (how they do it, that it hurts and that they have to let us clean them and turn them without crying) that they can get them done. Janae was a little older but still 2 when she got hers done. Amazingly Jazlynn DID NOT cry at all. She sctually kept asking, "when do I get my purple earrings?" She is so cute and she loves them!

So excited!

Isn't she a cutie??

Pretty as a Butterfly!

2009-03-29T07:35:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Janae went to Brooklyn's "Butterfly Party" and came home looking like this:

Isn't she pretty?

Hail Storm

2009-03-25T17:18:00.001-07:00

Tonight we had the biggest hail storm that we have seen since we moved to Austin 3 1/2 years ago. Jared was driving home from work and was trying to get home before the storm hit but got caught right in the middle of it. We had a window broken in 3 spots in out playroom and the glass flew everywhere. At the time I thought that there were a few more windows broken because the noise was so loud. We have some roof and gutter damage and unfortunately both of of cars have extensive damage.

One of the holes in the window.

The front of our house.

A pile of hail.

This is Jared holding a piece of hail. Some of the pieces measured over 2 inches in diameter.

2+2+2=Fun!!!

2009-03-15T13:13:00.000-07:00

2 Friends+2 Blue Ring Pops+2 Smiles=Lots of Fun!!!!

My "little" Brothers

2009-03-13T13:46:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture from the last time I went home to see my family. I thought it was funny because even though I am the oldest I am officially the smallest....by a longshot (and I am not a short woman)! Even my brothers who are 10 and 13 years younger than me have almost a foot over me! All of my brothers are great guys and it was great to see them. Even though it was a hard time we always laugh (especially at each other)!!!

C.J.,Jeni,Greg and Brandon

The 4 Riebli Kids!!!

Playgroup at Zilker Park

2009-03-04T11:05:00.001-08:00

Today we went to Zilker Park in Austin. It is a beautifyl place and so much fun for the kids!There is a great park and a trainfor the kids to ride. We had a great time hanging out with friends.

Downtown Austin

Jack loved the train.

Janae waiting for the train to start!

All the ladies and their kids on the train. The one bad thing about being behind the camera is that I am never in any of the pictures!!

Jaz loves to swing!

Tagged by Janae...

2009-02-16T07:33:00.000-08:00

Tagged!
Beacause I love my sister in law Janae so much I will do this!

5 Things I was doing 5 years ago:

01 -Lived in San Diego

02- Was pregnant with Janae (barely)

03- Worked as a Pharmacy Technician

04- Was waiting for Jared to finish school.

05- Had just gone on a cruise.

5 Things on my to-do-list today:

01- Celebrate my birthday.

02- Take a sick Jaydon to the doctor. :(

03- Clean the house

04- Watch my friend Lyndsee's kids.

05- Go out with my friends tonight for dinner and watch Shopoholic.

5 things I'd do with 1 million dollars:

01- Pay off my house (or maybe buy a new one)

02- Move my parents to Texas!! Ha Ha

03- Buy a new car (new Honda Odyssey)

04- Go on a trip!

05- Hmmmm who knows!!

5 places I have lived:

01- Bonners Ferry, ID

02- Sebastopol, CA

03- Rohnert Park, CA

04- San Diego, CA

05- Austin, TX

5 jobs I have held:

01- Hallmark Store

02- Longs in Sebastopol

03- Longs in Escondido

04- Mom

05- Sorry I am a pretty loyal employee haha.

5 things I want in 5 years:

01: To be done having kids

02: To be in school getting my R.N.

03: To see my family more.

04: To have more savings.

05: To have more food storage.

5 people I tag: Colleen, Lyndsee, Megan, Heather G., and Lanae!! You better do it!!

Happy Valentines Day!!!

2009-02-14T18:12:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day from The Davis Family!!!

Silly boy!

Jaydon's class party!!

Jaydon decorated his valentine box himself!!!

Birthday Party Fun!

2009-02-13T11:56:00.001-08:00

The girls get lots of invites to parties around here and they are so much fun! The girls were invited to Averee's ballet birthday party last weekend and I thought I would share some pics because it was so cute and the girls really enjoyed it.

The birthday girl Averee!

All the girls helped open up the presents.

Janae did not want to wear the cute tutus that Lyndsee made for everyone but decided to pose for the camera.

Jazlynn was having SO much fun and was so excited that she got to wear a leotard and tutu. She was walking on her tip toes all day!

Janae with all her "big girl" friends.

All the girls lined up to dance.

Jazzy and Lucy... soooo cute!

Jazlynn the ballerina... doesn't she look cute?

HEB Field Trip

2009-02-06T11:33:00.001-08:00

Yesterday we went with Janae's pre=school group to our local supermarket HEB for a tour! The kids had a good time and enjoyed all the food and snacks throughout the store!

Janae looks at the cakes, a girl after my own heart!

2 Sisters

The lady in the meat department brought out a lobster for the kids to see and touch!

Janae and Brooklyn loved the ham and cheese.

I cannot believe that Janae touched the lobster! Maybe she is getting braver.

Jack and Jazlynn are so cute! What this picture doesn't show is them running around the store crazy!!

Jack is King!!

Our whole group at the start of the tour.

Christmas...Finally!

2009-01-05T11:53:00.000-08:00

Well I am finally blogging about Christmas. We had a grat Christmas although it was small it was fun. Most of Jared's family were out of town but we were blessed to have his parents, grandma and sister megan and her husband Chris over. The kids had a great time and we actually had to wake the girls up!

Jaydon got a unicycle and is starting to get really good at it!

Here's our family before we opened up our gifts. I made the kids pajama pants this year.

Janae got a pink razor scooter.

Jared also got a unicycle!

Jared's mom made this memory box for Grandma.

Jaydon got a Bakugan and was so happy.

Janae with crazy hair and Nana

Got enough presents Jazlynn (they are not all hers!)

Jaydon was so excited to get a real tie he ran around the house yelling"I got a real tie!"

Megan and Chris

Papa, Nana, Mimi and all the kids

Brandon turns 17

2008-12-27T20:35:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Brandon!!

Today my littlest brother turned 17- He is the brother that is most like me. He is a great uncle and a great brother and we love him so much. Here is some pictures of our last visit with him. Happy Birthday Brandon we miss you!

Christmas Pictures

2008-12-08T17:22:00.000-08:00

So... I have been informed that I have not blogged in the month of December yet. Well I have been doing lots of things like buying presents, presidency meetings, hosting fun school, making gifts, taking the kids to the dentist, and the list goes on and on. Anyways... I have been trying to take some pics of the kids for the past few days. What I do is set up a makeshift backround in my playroom and get the kids to pose one by one. The upside is you can take however long you want and the kids aren't scared. Downside is they are your kids and with that comes with it's own set of challenges. Anyways here are a few of the pics that I took.

New nephew

2008-11-29T20:04:00.000-08:00

Ryder Carl Riebli
November 28, 2008 4:02 p.m.
7 pounds 1 ounce

Here is my little nephew Ryder! He came 3 weeks early but is doing great! My brother C.J. is in Iraq and was not able to be there for the birth but was on the phone during the delivery. I can't wait to meet him- he is so cute!

Family Birthdays

2008-11-14T18:55:00.000-08:00

So with all the craziness that has been going on the past month I didn't get to post these. In October a lot of the family came from various places to celebrate Jazlynn, Kyler and Caden's birthday. We hung out and watched football and then went to the park to have cupcakes. The kids always have a lot of fun when they get together.

The three Davis Kiddos.

Megan and Chris are big kids.

Janae and Gracie are starting to look like each other.

Kyler loved his cupcake. In fact he ate three. He is such a cutie.

Big Aunt Janae and little Jazzy.

Caden is hard to get a picture of but I got him to stop for a second to get one.

My boys.

7 crazy cousins.

Jazzy's New Haircut

2008-11-12T12:10:00.000-08:00

I have been debating whether or not to cut Jazlynn's hair for some time now.
She has really healthy hair but it is pretty straight and fine so i wanted to give her a cute style. So today I finally decided it was the day!

Here is her before picture!

Here is her during picture with a lollipop in her mouth and in her hand. We went to cool cuts for kids and they are fantastic- they even let them sit in little cars and watch movies!

Here is her after picture! I think she looks cute but definitely older. Post some comments and tell me what you think!!

Happy Halloween!

2008-11-01T06:14:00.000-07:00

Well-This is how our Halloween started. Jaydon had crazy hair day at school and begged us to give him a blue mohawk. We had a hard time deciding yet we told told him we would do it if he never did it again. It is all good clean fun and it will grow back... eventually.

It does make him look like a punk!

He is still our silly Jaydon though.

We carved pumpkins on Halloween- because of all the craziness we didn't get to it sooner. Here are my cute girls! They have gotten so good at posing!

They each had a pumpkin based on their size.

Jaydon did his himself while the girls watched me. Jared had to work so I ended up doing the girls myself so I didn't have many pics.

The Bontragers came over for dinner and trick or treating. Here is Brooklyn and Janae.

And Jazzy and Jack

Here are the kids with dad all dressed up.

Here is our skeleton- thanks to my mom (sue) I didn't have to buy any costumes. The kids had specific requests and because she works at the goodwill she found them and sent them to us. Jaydon wanted to keep his hair through the night- so we called him a punk skeleton.

Janae wanted to be a mermaid- So she was thrilled when she got her Ariel costume! It suited her as she is such a girlie girl!

This costume has been worn by all of our kids. I let Jaz pick between a kangaroo, a cow or a pumpkin and this is what she chose. She LOVES to dress up and didn't want to take off her costume!

Here are all of our crazy kids! It was a great Halloween.

Crowe's Nest Farm

2008-10-31T11:57:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday we went with our playgroup to Crowe's Nest Farm. It was about 45 minutes away. The kids had a great time running around looking at the animals!

Jazlynn by the tractor tire.

The girls were very excited about the ostriches.

Everyone listening and watching as the cow gets milked.

It is so great to have such good friends.

Janae in front of the tire.

Janae and Evka

Janae, Sadie and Evka on the tractor ride.

Lucy and Jazlynn

For your information this cow is NOT a Holstein like the sign says.

Everyone waiting for the tour to start!

Trip to Salt Lake

2008-10-31T10:49:00.000-07:00

So we left on Monday night at 1:00 a.m. and drove 20 hours straight until we got to Salt Lake. The kids did so well- we were so proud of them! Jared had the opportunity to speak at his Grandpa's funeral as well as be a pall bearer and I know he was honored to do both of these things. We stayed there for a week and then hit the road again. It was such a blessing to be with all of the family and especially Grandma through a tough time.

Jared with his brothers Ben and Mark. Mark flew in from Germany and we hadn't seen him in a year so it was great to see him. Ben is moving to Austin in November!!

Jared says, "Where is Jazzy?" and she says, "Here I am Daddy!" This was taken at a farm we went to after the funeral with some of the family.

Uncle Ben and Nana with the girls.

Auntie Megan and Auntie Janae

Tanner and Jazlynn... soooo cute!

Mimi with Gracie and Janae

Nana with Janae

Megan with Jaz

All 7 of the Davis kids!!

Jared's family

Our family

In Loving Memory of Grandpa!

2008-10-31T10:24:00.000-07:00

The past 2 weeks have been pretty much a blur. On Sunday, October 19 we got the news that Jared's Grandfather, Harley E. Workman had passed away at the age of 90. Grandpa was a humorous, loving, strong, caring and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather (he has 56 great grandchildren). Our children called him "old papa" and he was honored by it and said, "I have earned that name!" He and Grandma were the prime example of a loving couple who would do anything for each other and were completely in love. We are truly blessed to have him in our family and he will be missed. His death has brought the teachings of our church into perspective. Because of the covenants we make in the temple we know that we will live with Grandpa Harley again. This is the greatest blessing. We love you Grandpa "Old Papa", you will forever be in our hearts.

Happy 2nd Birthday Jazlynn!

2008-10-08T19:55:00.000-07:00

Well... Today Jazlynn turns 2! It seems like our little girl has always been older than she actually is. She crawled early and she walked early, she talked early and she never ceases to amaze us! It can be said that she is the funniest of all our kids and she always makes us laugh. Jazlynn has been such a spirited addition to our family and we love her so much! Here are some pictures of her throughout her 2 years!

Jazlynn is wearing her birthday dress that my mom sent from California. She loves it and tells everyone "It's my birthday!"

This was taken recently, it is amazing how much she is starting to look like Janae.

Jazlynn's birth announcement picture- she held her head up well from the start!
Last year at Halloween she was a ladybug- she loves to dress up!

A couple months old she was only chubby for about 2 weeks of her whole life!

I love that Jazlynn got my brown eyes- otherwise she would look just like her daddy.

Jazlynn loves to eat but is SUCH A MESSY EATER!

This is us meeting for the first time, she was so little but so cute- it was love at first sight!

Jaydon starts Soccer!

2008-09-26T07:35:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Jaydon's first soccer practice for the season and he was so excited. He didn't play last season because of swim team so it has been a year and he was ready to start again. He seemed to really enjoy it. They decided that their team name was the "Super Blasters" and I think they will have a good season!

Jaydon going to kick the soccer ball.

Lining up with his team.

Posing for the camera- I have taught them well:)

Janae the Ballerina!

2008-09-08T10:55:00.001-07:00

Well... Janae is our little Ballerina!

Today Janae started ballet and tap and she LOVED it! She was really cute and actually did everything her teacher told her to.

What a cutie!

Bike Trailer

2008-08-26T19:37:00.001-07:00

My mom and Dad were so gracious and sent us a brand new bike trailer! I have been wanting one because it is hard to go on family bike rides with both the girls unable to ride on their own. The girls absolutely loved it and Jazlynn screamed when we made her get out! Thanks mom and dad we love it!!!

Jared carting the girls around!

My turn- now we can ride bikes to school- Jaydon is so excited!

We pulled the girls out of bed to try it out and they were really excited- we had to promise a ride the next day to get them out of it.

Janae's 4th Birthday!!!

2008-08-25T20:30:00.000-07:00

Well I know this is backtracking but I had to do a post on Janae's Birthday!! Last tuesday Janae officially turned 4- and we celebrated it practically all week long. On monday we had a family party for her and on Tuesday we met the Bontragers' at Inflatable Wonderland. On Friday we had her "Pajama Party" and all her little friends came. She seemed to have alot of fun and allthough it was a hectic week it was alot of fun!

All the kids having popcorn and watching a movie. Janae came up with the theme and all the activities herself. Here is Jack, Jazzy, Brooklyn, Sophie, Chloe, Savannah, Ellie, Janae, Cassandra, Evka, Sydney, Vivian and Marlee.

Janae's menu was Pizza and Watermelon. The kids seemed to like it!

After dinner we made ice cream sundaes instead of cake and ice cream. We had lots of topping and the girls had a blast making HUGE sundaes!

Jazzy in her Jammies.

All the girls with BIG smiles!

Jazlynn at our family party.
Janae, Papa, Nana, Heather, Megan and Chris were all there. Chris was working on the papers for their new house (party pooper!!) j/k
Janae had 4 flower cakes for her 4th Birthday!!!
Janae asked for pop beads and was so excited to get them!
Here she is- 4 years old... so sad she is growing up sooooo fast! What a cutie!

Jaydon's 1st Day of School

2008-08-25T06:34:00.000-07:00

Jaydon's First Day of First Grade!!!

I've decided that Jaydon looks way too old in his new school clothes!! He was very excited to start school!

Finally.. more pictures of our Trip!

2008-08-22T19:02:00.000-07:00

o.k. this post is going to be loooong. I have been home a week and am such a slacker for not posting sooner. We had a great time and got to see lots of family that we hadn't seen for awhile. Here is a bunch of pictures kinda highlighting our month long trip.

Janae with my little brother Brandon- he is such a great uncle and such a great help!

This is the first deer my dad got this season and Jaydon was so excited.

The girls with their cousin Lacey.

My Dad celebrated his 50th B-day and here is his "emergency loss of control kit!"

Jaydon with my cousin's son Brandon Jr.

Jazlynn at the fair in front of my brother's cows. The kids LOVE the fair (we go every year).
My mom and Jazzy at a friend's wedding.
Don't they look so grown up??
My cousin Jenna with her baby- he is so cute!
This is the day we said He is deployed in Iraq. Here he is with my grandparents from Idaho.

The kids loved horseback riding.
Before C.J. left he took the kids to Chucky Cheese. He is a big kid.
Brandon liked Janae's braids.
The girls weren't scared at all- I was surprised.
My B.F.F. Melanie and Jaz. She came down from Chico to see me and I was soooo happy!!

My brother showing his cow at the fair- I did this for 11 years!!!
Janae with cousin Taylor!
Lacey, Taylor, Janae and JazzyMy Mom and her granddaughters.

My brother Greg and my sisters Stacey and Karin
My brother Greg's family: Greg, Valerie, Lacey and Taylor
My sister Stacey with her boyfriend Danny and his daughter Lily.
Me and my sisters with Janae.
My family on my moms side.

fun in california

2008-07-31T10:09:00.000-07:00

sorry i have been so bad about posting... I have been very busy, but we have been having fun. Until this week we have pretty much stayed arounf the farm. The kids have been so dirty. We have been swimming a few times and went to a civil war reinactment which was interesting. We miss everyone at home but are spending this week at the fair with the animals so we will be busy.

We rescued 2 kittens from the barn and janae named them Ariel and Cinderella. She really wants a cat.

Got Dirt???
Jaydon feeds my grandpa's Draft Horse Stud.

My brother Brandon, his girlfriend Taylor and friend Russell with the kids.
My brothers with their girls and the kids. They have been a big help to me!!
Jaydon got a cap gun- lucky me...
Silly Girls
The civil war re-inactment.

Golden Gate Park

2008-07-17T21:47:00.000-07:00

Well, we are officially in California and we are having a great time! The first few days we spent hanging around recuperating from the lack of sleep. Today we went to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco with my friend Ryan and her 3 boys. It was really nice of her to invite us and we had lots of fun. Although I lived in Northerb California all of my life I have never been there so it was fun to see something new.

Here are the girls on a pelican- they had lots of fun things to climb on!

Jazzy loved the carousel- she cried when i took her off.

Janae had lots of fun- it was pretty cold so I had to make her wear pants.

Jaydon really liked going down the concrete slides on cardboard...
and climbing on the huge spider web!
The kids especially liked the "cups" that spinned around.
Dawson is so cute (Ryan's littlest)
Three kids under the concrete waves.

busy week

2008-07-11T12:30:00.001-07:00

This week i got to watch my friend Lyndsee's girls for her while she was in California! We have had a great time but I know that they were tired today because this is what happened! They ALL took naps today. I must say I feel like I have a talent- haha! Here they are all sleeping like angels.

cousins, schlitterbahn and the 4th of july!

2008-07-06T11:29:00.000-07:00

We have had a busy couple of days: On Wednesday my cousin Cathi came down from Fort Worth with her kids Nicholas and Alyssa. On Thursday we went to Schilitterbahn and on Friday we went to Jared's parents house for a BBQ and then went to the local fireworks. The kids had a blast but they were pretty tired by Saturday. Saturday morning my cousin left but we had a great time with them and the kids got along so well.

Jazzy liked to dance to the music at the fireworks.

my cousin Cathi- I love that she lives so close!

Aunt Janae with little Janae

Aunt Janae with Jazzy, Uncle Dave, Jared and Cathi

We saw the Mings at the fireworks and the kids played!

Jaydon at Schlitterbahn
Nicholas, Jaydon and Jazzy at the BBQ
Alyssa loved to help with Jazzy- she was a good "big sister"
Nicholas liked Jazlynn too
Silly Janae was starting to swim under water without floating- yeah!

Alyssa and Janae went down the same slides over and over they had such a great time at Schlitterbahn.
My girls got a little tired and decided to chill out
3 cute girls
Alyssa loved the park
Nicholas was as big as the slide

swimming!!!

2008-06-19T17:54:00.000-07:00

For the past 2 weeks janae has been doing swim lessons at the ymca. Today was the last day and I decided that i would take some pics to show everyone. At first Janae was a little shy and although she cried a couple times she always went ahead and did what she needed to do. She really did well and is much more comfortable in the water. We told Janae that if she passed swimming lessons she could do dance in August when she turns 4, so it looks like our bribe worked!

Today they learned about emergencies and how to float in a lifevest.

Janar loved to float around on this and kick like crazy.

Janae really liked her teacher especially since her name was Jenni.

Here is her report card and her lollipop. On the comments it said, "Janae is timid at first but a very attentive listener and excited student. I wish more kids were as bright as she is when she is swimming." I thought that this was so nice and Janae was so proud.

Here are the 3 kids playing together in the pool.
Janae is such a poser.
Jaz is crazy in the water and freaks people out when she dives under and swims up. I frequently have to tell people "she'll come up" because they think she is drowning. She is little but is becoming quite a swimmer.
Jaydon was giving Jazlynn horsey rides- he is a great big brother.
Two cutie pies!

Father's Day!!

2008-06-16T12:59:00.000-07:00

This Father's Day we went to Jared's parents house after church. We had a great dinner and swam for along time. The kids and I made Jared breakfast in bed and the night before we took him to the mall to pick out some new shoes (jaydon's idea). All in all it was a nice day- I just want to wish ALL the Father's out there a very hapy day. I miss my Dad and can't wait to see him.

Little Janae with uncle dave and "big aunt janae"

the kids made papa a frame with their handprints on it and were so excited!

the kids with papa in his cool shades

jared and jaydon

daddy with the kiddos

pretty toes

2008-06-14T17:55:00.001-07:00

Last night a bunch of girlfriends and i dropped off our kids at the YMCA and decided to go get pedicures! I think this is only the third pedicure in my life so it is a real treat. After we got our toes done we met our hubbies for dinner. It was nice to have some girl time and get to spend time with the guys. I hope we get to do it again soon!

I also bought a toe ring at a party my friend Lyndsee had and for the first time I must say that I think my feet might just actually look pretty!!!

Busy Mornings!!

2008-06-11T11:27:00.000-07:00

The next 2 weeks are pretty crazy with swimming. Every morning Jaydon swims from 8:30-9:30 and for the next 2 weeks Janae has swim lessons at 11:05! So we pretty much spend the entire morning at 2 pools. The kids have been a little tired the past 2 days but today they all came home and went straight to sleep- all on their own!
I guess I have been pretty successful at wearing them out!

I will post some pictures of them swimming later- but aren't they soooo cute when they are asleep??

9 years and counting!!!

2008-06-05T14:40:00.001-07:00

Happy 9 Year Anniversay!!!

Well- today officially marks our 9 year wedding anniversay. On June 5, 1999 we were married in Camp Meeker California. Sometimes it seems like it was just yesterday, others it seems like forever ago.I would post a wedding picture but that was pre-digital (ha). Here's to many many more years! I Love You Jared.

Jaydon's Kindergarten Graduation!

2008-05-29T14:43:00.000-07:00

Well- this time it is official! Jaydon is heading to the first grade! Today was his graduation and it was really cute.

Our family

Jaydon was so glad daddy could make it.

The whole class after they received their diplomas.
Jaydon after the ceremony- he was so happy!
class of 2020
Jaydon with Mrs. Howe- she is a great teacher.
Jaydon with Nana- we were happy she could be there.

Memorial Weekend

2008-05-27T11:07:00.000-07:00

This Memorial weekend was filled with fun and family. Jared's sisters' family came from Houston on Friday and stayed until Monday. They have 4 kids and we have three... so here is the breakdown Jaydon 7, Gracie 5, Tanner 4, Janae 3, Caden 2, Jazlynn 1 and Kyler 6 months! If we had a 6 year old we would be set hahaha!!!
On Saturday we went to Extreme Fun for Tanner's Birthday! The kids had a lot of fun running around and being crazy.

Kyler is such a good baby he loves to eat!!

Janae was having a blast! She idolizes her cousin Gracie.

It is so hard to get a picture of Caden- but I got a cute one!!!

Jazlynn was really interested in her PEZ.

Tanner was the birthday boy! He idolizes Jaydon and had alot of fun running around with him.

On Monday, we went swimming at Nana and Papa's house! The kids had so much fun jumping in the pool. All the kids are getting to be pretty good swimmers.

Everyone in the pool.
Kyler doing what he does best... Eating!

Jazlynn is so fearless she was jumping from the hottub into the pool like she was 4 or something and all she uses is arm floaties! She is sooooo funny.
This was the first time that Janae would jump in from the hottub and go all the way under the water.
Jaydon was swimming like a fish.
Jazlynn loves to float on her back.
Jared is the kids personal jungle gym.

Jaydon's Time Trials

2008-05-25T10:58:00.000-07:00

This year Jaydon decided that he wanted to do swim team insteadof soccer. Well, he will play soccer in fall after swim is over- Anyways, he is on the Anderson Mill Barracudas and has been having a great time. Last friday was time trials where they swim their strokes and find out a base time so that when they compete they have an idea of what time they need to beat. This team is really great in that they really stress "personal best" as the goal. They want the kids to ultimately swim against themselves and try to get better each and every week.

The girls were being so good considering it was 98 degrees outside.

Here is the whole team getting ready to take the team picture. There are 213 swimmers!

At first Jaydon was not happy about wearing a speedo- but then he said that it made him swim so fast that he loved it!!! He looks so small when he wears it- it cracks me up.

Jaydon is still learing how to do all the strokes and how to breathe properly so he placed towards the end but he had so much fun that he didn't even notice. We know that he will get better and better.

Although he has to swim 6 days a week he absolutely loves it! We hope that this will really make him a great swimmer.

C.J. and Angelica's Wedding

2008-05-12T18:56:00.000-07:00

O.K. so I know many of you never even knew I left, but I am now back. On sunday I got a call from my mom saying that my brother was getting married on Thursday- yes, Thursday. So I left at my mom's request on Wednesday afternoon to go and help. The wedding was very emotional as my brother was leaving the next day for his training to get ready to deploy to Iraq. He will be officially deployed in September.

My brother C.J. and his wife Angelica (Angie)

I can't believe that he is married. Doesn't he look good in his uniform?

Angie was a lovely bride. Despite almost faining during the ceremony she was beautiful.

My mom and Dad with the happy couple.

My littlest brother Brandon and his gorlfriend Taylor were both in the wedding. Aren't they cute?
The wedding party.

My family missing my brother and his family in Tennesse. We wish he could have made it but with 4 days notice not all could be there.

Giving that the wedding was planned in 4 days it was a very nice one. All our family and friends that lived close by were there and I was very glad that I could be there to support my family. I wish C.J. and Angelica the best of luck and hope C.J. has a safe deployment in Iraq.

California Bound

2008-05-06T16:19:00.000-07:00

Well I got a call on sunday from my mom... Seems my brother has decided to get married before he goes to Iraq and he has decided to do it on THIS THURSDAY!!! So I am leaving tomorrow and will be there until Sunday. Here is a picture of my brother C.J. and his girlfriend Angelica.

I will see you when I get back and probably will not post until then. I hope everyone has a great mothers day!

funny girl

2008-04-30T12:04:00.000-07:00

I guess there is a reason we call Jazlynn "funny girl". Colleen sent me this picture of Jaz. This is what she did when she told her to smile. What a charachter!

Our Cruise!

2008-04-21T11:58:00.001-07:00

First, I need to apologize for not posting sooner. We have been home for 4 days now and I have been rather slow in getting this posted. Second, I need to apologize for the length of this post. But as you all know, we were on a cruise for 7 days and this isn't even half of the pictures I took. We had a great time. It was really nice to have family with us so we could actually relax a little. The kids were great and we all had a blast.

This is our ship- The Carnival Conquest

Jazlynn during the muster drill- everyone has to do it and not so much fun after standing in lines to get on the ship and the kids having had no naps. Jazlynn was a good sport. Janae on the other hand was not and cried the whole time since they make everyone wear their vests.

Jared, his brother Ben, and the kids hanging out at the in-laws balcony. It was nice that they had a balcony since we were in an inside cabin.
Janae with her pirate-princess faice painting. The kids program was so awesome the kids begged to go there and would stay for hours. Seriously a lifesaver.
Jazlynn loved climbing on the bunkbeds. Kinda scary but she is a monkey.
Jaydon and Jared during the muster drill.

Jaydon going down the waterslide on the ship. He loved it and went over and over again. He had to clinb like 6 flights of stairs everytime so he got alot of exercise.
Jaydon eating his icecream before the slide. What a life huh??
Me on the deck watching the ocean- so much fun!
Jared and I got to spend alot of one on one time with Jazlynn since the older kids were in camp carnival alot of the time and she ate it up.

Our first port was jamaica and we went to a resort called sunset beach. They had water slides, a lazy river, beach access, all you can eat food, hot tubs, kayaks and kiddie pools. We had a great time and the kids loved swimming. Jaydon stayed int he pool all day.
Jared and Janae enjoying the lazy river.
Nana and Jazlynn enjoying the lazy river.

Grand Cayman was the second stop and we went to sting ray city.
Us on the ferry to get off the boat.

Sunset Beach, Montego Bay Jamaica.

Jared trying to get Jazlynn to see the stingrays- the water was too choppy and she didn't like it too much.
Nana and Jaydon on the way to stingray city.
The girls and I hung out on the boat-I decided that I did not like stingrays. Creepy and slimy and considering that they can kill you- not my thing.

Jazlynn our little model.

All the black spots are stingrays and you swim with them and hold them, touch them and feed them. The guys thought this was awesome, the girls- not so much.

Jazlynn is our little beach bum.

Daddy taught Jaz how to hang out and enjoy the sun.

We also went to Cozumel but I have to get the pics from my bro-in-law since he took all the pics that day so I will post more later!

Adios Amigos!!!

2008-04-12T12:49:00.000-07:00

Well, the time has come to bid you all farewell. We will not be posting for a week because...
We will be on our Caribbean Cruise. We will be going to Jamaica, Cozumel and Grand Cayman. I would say that I will miss you all but I don't know if that is true!!! Ha Ha. We will have lots to post when we are back on the 20th. Adios Amigos!!

Jaydon turns 7!!!

2008-04-09T18:21:00.000-07:00

Well- I officially feel old. Jaydon is 7. Which makes me... well old. Last sunday Jaydon celebrated his 7th Birthday and we had Papa, Uncle Richard and Aunt Heather, Uncle Dave and Aunt Janae, and the Bontrager Family over for a small party. Jaydon picked out fish tacos as his birthday dinner (yes, fish) and it was great.

Doesn't he look big???

I guess he liked the squirt guns the Bontragers' gave him.

Heather and Richard gave him pictures that they took underwater of fish and sharks for his room and he was sooo excited.

Jaydon has been asking for snorkeling gear for awhile and was really happy to get it. He loves to snorkel and he loves to swim.

Jaydon's main gift from us is an excursion to x caret in cozumel. We are just taking him and we are going to go snorkeling. He is so excited he can't wait.

Jaydon's new hobby is guitar hero and he is getting pretty good. Here he is showing off for everyone.

Janae's Pretty Face

2008-03-30T13:16:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, Janae went to her friend cassandra's birthday party and when i picked her up she looked so cute with her face painted that I had to share the pics with you.

I was really surpised that she left it alone. She actually loved having it on and was a little sad when I had to wash it off.

Janae with her BFF Brooklyn. Aren't they pretty?

Easter Weekend

2008-03-24T19:22:00.000-07:00

Okay this is going to be a long post...
Easter was a whole weekend for us. It started on friday when the Peelers, Nana, Papa and Mimi came over for pizza dinner and dyed easter eggs. The kids were so excited to see their cousins and Nana was so gracious to dye eggs with the kids (since i had a cold and wasn't feeling well).

Jaydon was so excited to dye eggs he had been asking for over a week when we were going to do it.

Janae made sure hers was purple (her favorite color).

I don't know if Jazlynn really understood what exactly was going on but she seemed to have a good time.

On Saturday morning we wen't to Zilker Park. Erica's kids hadn't been there so we thought they would like it. And they sure did. Janae liked to drive the firetruck.

Jaydon and Janae with their balloons which show off their personalities.

uncle ben and papa with some of the kiddos.

Saturday afternoon was the easter egg hunt at the in laws house and the kids had to take a break from hotubbing to find eggs.

Only my kids find eggs in their swim suits in march.

Once again Jazlynn was kinda clueless but she did want the candy. She could care less about the rest of the eggs once she realized that there was chocolate in her basket.

The kids easter baskets. In our house the "bunny" hides the baskets and this year he was mean and hid them way to hard.

Jazlynn's was pretty visible it was the first one they found.

Janae's was in the dishwasher and it took a little time to find but jaydon had found it before janae woke up so he helped her.

As for Jaydon... his was in the dryer and he could not find it. He was pretty much in tears when we decided to help him a little. At least he perked up a little.

Here's the kids in their Easter clothes. Since church was so early I didn't get as many pics as I would like. But they were sure cute!

Drooling

2008-03-19T18:12:00.000-07:00

okay... so I know that this is a little weird but lately I have been going crazy lately dealing with Jazlynn's drool. So I thought I would show everyone what I am dealing with. Keep in mind that she had been wearing this for less than an hour. If anyone has any suggestions let me know.

It had been less than an hour and she was completely soaking wet.

In this picture you can actually see the drool dripping from off her chin. Lovely, isn't it?