some of mays highlights

ok so i am a bit behind on some of the blogs that i would have liked to have posted. my 2 reasons for even having a blog are 1-keep family and friends updated on our lives, especially now that we are living so far away, and 2-to help me in my journaling when i scrapbook. so with that being said here are a few things that have happened this months...

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1) todd's graduation! way to go! 2-3) during gregs time at BYU he met 3 awsome guys. they had a lot of fun together during their last 2 years of school. as a sort of "graduation present" us wifes got together and planned a trip to park city to stay over night and for the boys to golf. (ok really it was all august and maryann! thanks girls!) the little boys just played and played while us big kids played card games. the next day while the boys golfed us gals shopped till we dropped! it was a great weekend! we missed you andy and julia!

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pics 4-6) mothers day at my parents. 4) jax loves to jump on the tramp. he had so much fun with daddy! 5) a 4 generation pic. my dad, grandpa hall, jax, & me. love you guys! 6) my dad took jax out to "teach" him to long board. jax (and i think papa) had a lot of fun cruising up and down the sidewalk! watch out kali! you've got competition!

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7) i think we are in trouble! looks like we have a couch potatoe in training! jax climbed up to the couch nestled in and sat there watching tv. but hey at least he is darn cute! 8) jax thought he was pretty cool with his hot red shades, hat, and binkie! i love that he bib says "what are you looking at!" how fitting! 9) aunt nichole had to bring a little kiddy to school for her adult roles class to play with and observe. well we had to be at the HS at 9am and jax doesn't wake up till no earlier then 10am so for him (ok and me) it was an early morning. after that mommy got her hair cut so jax played at gammie's and papa's (my parents). he was so tired but he would rather play with them then sleep! so after that uncle mike came to hang out with us while we did some errands. we didn't get home till 5pm and jax had only napped for about an hour all day! ( usually he would have had 2 2-3 hr naps by then) so i layed him down and he was out till 8 pm!!! he was so cute i couldn't resist showing how tired he was after a full day!

naughty naughty boy!

jaxon is a very independent baby. he is very content to just play around the house, not needing to be entertained. i was checking my emails this morning and as usual jaxon was just playing around. but then it got very quiet! i just figured he was in the other room. but then after a few min.'s i still didn't hear him so i figured i had better make my rounds and check on him. this is what i found... a naughty little boy crouching on the floor eating my coveted caramello!!! he has figured out that the good stuff is in the lazy susan and can now spin it and get the good stuff!

curls & humidity

who would have thought that humidity could affect an 11 month olds little curls! jax's hair has a bit of curl to it in general, however! the last couple of days with all the humidity his hair has just gone crazy! i have really debated on whether or not to cut his hair or let his shaggy curls flow....! so what do you guys think? should i cut it or go with the fro?

look at that face! what do you think his little face will vote for! (i think he has this look of mommy don't cut my curls!)

allergies

well this is for ryann.....she did a post of how cute her little one is when he wakes up. jax is generally a happy kiddo when he wakes up as well. however for a few days he would wake up in the morning or from a nap just hysterically SCREAMING! don't know why and it was only a few days. on top of that i also have reasons to believe that he has allergies so he has a very runny nose all the time! lets just say crying doesn't help with the runny nose situation. well here is what i found after a nap...

(can you see the nice big booger on his check?! it looked much worse in person. what a bad mommy taking such pictures!)

greg is officially done!

so for those of you who don't know....in order for greg to actually practice as a therapist he needs to pass the state licensure test. it is not a fun test from what i hear! greg is a smart guy as well as a super test taker plus BYU has a high percentage of its student passing so i wasn't worried about him passing at all. he studied from morning-night for days! on fri. morning greg took his test. i was a little anxious as i sat at home waiting for a phone call from him (i can't even begin to imagine how he was feeling!!!). he FINALLY called and of course i missed it! i had to wait untill he got home to hear the great news! HE PASSED! now all he needs is his 2 years of working under supervision and then he will be an LCSW (licenced clinical social worker) YEA!!!!

greg has worked so hard the last 6 years and i think especially the last 2 to graduate. i am sooo proud of him and all his hard work. he has been a full time student as well as working to support his family! i am so grateful for him! he is my world, my everything, my soul mate, my best friend! there is no one that could complete and compliment me as well as he does. he is an amazing daddy who looks forward to comming home to his little boy everyday. who simple just loves being a daddy! so honey, thanks for all you have done and all that you do! you rock my world! I LOVE YOU!

overwhelming!

this whole job thing has been rather exciting. i have enjoyed the spontaneity of getting a job unexpectedly, up and moving to a new place, house hunting, etc....well now i am not so sure! i thought i was a spontaneous person, i like adventure, change. well in getting older, having a family i think i have changed my ways. i like things the way they are. i am comfortable with my life. if it is not broke why fix it. so this has been a harder process for me then i thought it would. now don't get me wrong i am excited and i think this is going to be a great thing for all of us, just in different ways. i will have to grow and learn in ways i didn't realize i needed to. i will have to rely on my Father in Heaven more, have more faith. but i guess that is part of life, we learn and we grow, we continue to challenge ourselves to be better.

so here is the update on where we are standing with life. greg has been studying like crazy the last couple days preparing to take his licensure test which he will take tomorrow (fri). before he can really start work he needs to pass it. he is so smart and an excellent tester so i know he will do well! so once that is out of the way he will start working next week!

we went to tropic last week in search of our new home. it didn't go as we had expected. i really thought we would go, find a house and move in the next week. boy was i completly wrong! people are a little reluctant to give out information to "outsiders". it was interesting for greg to be an outsider. since he grew up in a small town he understands the dynamics of small towns and the fears of having some unknown city people try to move in. but we did meet some neat people that were willing to help us out. we found a house that i am totally in love with! it is only 9 years old and was built for a local couples mother who has since passed on. it is quit a bit smaller then what we are in now but will work. it has 3 bedrooms and 2 baths with room to grow. it has a nice well kept yard with fruit trees and a "guest house" minus the bathroom! we are crossing our fingers and hope that the owners will let us lease to own. if not, i hope that we can buy it and have the support of our family! ( everyone seems to be against us buying anything. i understand their concerns but our options are limited!) out of all the options in tropic this house is perfect for us! when we looked at it i could actually picture myself living there and knew this was the one! so cross your fingers for us and we will see what happens!..... hopefully when we get this house thing situated thing will be a little less overwhelming!
here is a pic. of the front of the house. it reminds me of a country cottage!

got dirt?

we have been loving the warm weather as i am sure most of you are as well! my sympathys to all of you with kiddies at home! i never realized how hard it is to keep a baby cooped up in a house all day! oh the freedom that is associated with warm weather! so with that said the other day it was so beautiful and so greg decided to get some yard work done and me and jax jsut played outside and "watched" greg. jax like all babies has this fascination with dirt and rocks. and he knows that he is not supposed to eat either. he will watch you and as soon as yor back is turned he is shoveling it in! let me jsut say it makes for a very gritty diaper! well here is a few shots from our dirt eating day...