Sunday, April 12, 2009

Happy Easter!

WOO HOO!!! I got a peep!!!
Not quite sure what to think of it... (he's had them before and loves them!)
Here mom, have an egg
Playing in the easter grass
He wanted to wear his fireman hat for a picture.


We still have yet to color Easter Eggs. Maybe we'll do that when Jackson wakes up from his nap... or just skip it this year. Some friends invited us over for dinner tonight, so that should be fun! We wish we could be home, but figure a quick trip just for dinner wouldn't be ideal.

Side note: Jes is FINALLY finished with Paramedic classroom time!!! He took his final on Friday and feels really good about it! Tuesday is his last day going to the classroom and it's just orientation for his clinicals. He has today off, the first in a LONG time and doesn't know what to do since he doesn't need to study anymore. He also got a promotion at work and will be making just over $2 more an hour!! We're feeling like there's finally a light at the end of the tunnel!!! Thanks for all of your support!!!

Monday, April 6, 2009

Zoo

Jackson and Adeline holding hands

Zebras

My friend Kirstin invited Jackson and I to go to the Zoo with her and her kids Adeline and Tommy. Adeline is going to be 2 at the end of May and Tommy is 5 1/2 weeks. It was a lot of fun!! We ventured out at 8:30 am to beat the rush of people since it's supposed to be 76 degrees today! We walked all over then had lunch in a little restaurant there. It was a lot of fun. Before we even hit the highway Jackson was asleep!

Giraffe

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Jackson and Mommy's Spring "Break"

Jackson on the cooler... happy to be out of the car!!!

Last Saturday Jes, Jackson and I were sitting around enjoying our morning... we were talking to his parents on msn messenger on webcam and they looked up at their clock and said if we left right now, I wonder what time we'd get there. That got me thinking... I didn't have to work until Friday (or so I thought) so I asked Jes if that'd be okay with him. Beings as he had to work all evening Saturday and Sunday, was on shift all day Monday and school all day Tuesday. He agreed and I decided I would leave Sunday when he left for work at about 12. Well, then I remembered my cousin Lee had a mission talk on Sunday in Connell, so we left at 4 on Saturday afternoon instead. I went straight to Walla Walla and stayed with Jes' parents. Sunday morning I woke up earlier than I have in a really really long time and picked my mom up to take her with us to Connell. (Side note, it snowed about 2 inches Saturday night) My mom called to tell me about it and see if I still wanted to go. I did... so I picked her up about 7am and we headed out. Once we got out of Walla Walla the snow was gone, so the drive went well. We attended all of Connell Ward's meetings. Jackson even stayed in Nursery the whole time!!! He did great!!! I'm so proud of him! Afterwards we headed over to my Uncle Jed and Aunt Diana's for lunch. After awhile there Jackson was getting pretty cranky so we headed out so he could get a nap. I dropped my mom off and headed over to Jes' parents for Sunday Dinner. (They have a big family Sunday dinner every week... unless they're visiting us of course) We had Chicken Alfredo. That night I managed to trip over the baby gate at the bottom of their stairs and I have a pretty bruise on my forearm... still! Monday I was hoping to sleep in a little more than Sunday morning, but I think Jackson had other plans... so we were up early enough to say goodbye to Grandma Bobi for her to go to work. After that Jackson and I got dressed and headed over to Great Grandma Sharon's house to hang out. We went and had breakfast at Mr. Eds. Then we drove around a couple of places running errands while Jackson took a nap in the car. I dropped her off and went over to my mom's and hung out with her the rest of the afternoon and part of the evening. We also ran some errands and gave Jackson another nap. We had a lot of fun just hanging out and playing with Jackson. We also baked 2 cakes. One for her house and one for the Goodson's cause it would've been Jack and Sharon's 52nd wedding anniversary if he would have lived. After we had some yummy pizza, Jackson and I headed back over to the Goodson's to have cake. My dad came over there to visit us since he had to work so late, it was nice to see him! Tuesday morning Jackson and I packed everything up and went to visit Alyce and Audrey. After that we went and picked Great Grandma Sharon up and headed for Tri-Cities. We visited with Jackson's Aunt Shari for a bit, then headed out to Vancouver. We got home about 4:30 and are now just enjoying Great Grandma Sharon's visit. Hope I didn't bore you all, I'll add some pictures now! :)

Driving Daddy's Jeep!

cheeeeeese!!!
picking his nose... silly boy!!
watching Thomas at Grandma Mary's
Peek a Boo!!!
Such a cutie!
The basketball hoop light I saw in my mom's garage and asked if we could have it... Jackson loves it!!!

Monday, March 23, 2009

Bring It On Rain!!

Cause Jackson's ready for ya!!! The days where all it does is rain are hard because what kind of outing is there to do... well today I bundled Jackson up in his rain gear and we headed out! We didn't play outside, we just ran from the house to the car and from the car into stores. I took him over to Jantzen Beach to ride the carousal. He loves that thing!! Too bad I have to hold on to him or I would have pictures.

Rain boots and rain coat on!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!


Here's my little green boy!!! He wore the headband all through WinCo. Everyone thought it was cute. I think he actually forgot I had put it on him.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

YUM!!!


It's definitely a blueberry muffin day for me today. It's been rainy and windy. I've been tired... just one of those days that I can finally relax from my busy life. I got the house picked up and laundry folded and put away. Jackson got 5 shots last Monday and has been pretty grumpy since so right now he's taking his second nap of the day. He's been asleep since 5... so I should probably wake him up soon so he'll sleep tonight. It's our 2nd night without Jes here. He started his firefighting internship and is on shift 24 hours, then off for 48 on top of work and school. Needless to say, we don't see much of him and he is really missed here! Hope you all have a wonderful week!!!

Thursday, March 12, 2009

My Silly Boy!!!

My co-worker took a bunch of pictures of Jackson just playing at the park.
sporting mom's sunglasses... i think they look better on him!
Practicing Rockband. (our friends brought it over)
just enjoying another day of Dr. Phil (haha)
Check out my $5 sandals!!! :)