family update

Hi everyone! we STILL don't have internet :( i thought i had better take this chance that i have with internet to let you all know what we have been up too!

my little brother left on his mission in july to guatamala. we miss him dearly, but know he is an amazing missionary doing what the lord has asked of him! he is such a wonderful example for our little boy and we couldn't be more proud of him! love you elder hall!

greg had a gret deer hunt. he spent several days with his dad and brothers in koosharem. unfortunatly there wasn't much there to hunt. the night we got back to tropic greg went out to the ranch and within 30 min he got what is know as "the monster". technically it is a 6x7 with an aproximate score of 200. from what i understand that is really good!:)

as many of you know greg has been working as a therapist at a residential school for at risk teen girls. about the first of oct we found out that the owners had decided to close the school. the last day was the end of october. not quite what we had expected for the near future but that was what life threw at us! the owners of the school also own a motel and resturant. we are in the process of working some things out for greg to work with them in building their business and corporate retreats.

one of the girls from the school has come to live with us and attend the local high school. she is a great girl who needs to work on graduating H.S. and we are hoping this will be a great opportunity for her to finish school and learn and grow. so our family has increased to 4!

Jaxon is becomming even MORE of a charactor then he was before! he really like to read books, more specifically he likes to read them to us! he LOVE to talk on the phone and is very animated about it! he has quite the intense conversations! he is full of energy and is such a BOY! he says about 40-50 words, most of which no one understands but mommy and daddy! he is very musically inclined! he loves listening to music and making music. he dances like nobodys business. he also loves to "sing"! he got his first haircut last week. so sorry for all of you mullet lovers, but his is FINALLY GONE! it is still "long" and curly! he is growing so much and we are loving every day of it!

so in the middle of all this happening we have received more life changing news that will affect our future as well as the above mention items. as you will soon see that we have had a very "exciting" past month and a half. not only has Jaxon gained and "older sister" (which he adores and follows around EVERYWHERE!) he is also gaining a younger brother or sister. i am only 8 weeks along and the projected due date is June 25th. i have been much sicker this go round so it has been nice haveing greg home! he gets up and takes savy to school gets jax up, feeds, changes, and dresses him. he has basically taking on all household responsiblitites! i don't know what i am going to do when he starts working again!

we hope you all are doing well and we miss all of you!

We are still alive!

ok so it has been way to long! and it isn't totally my fault! we don't have internet hooked up yet and so that cause a problem! we are in provo with internet at the moment so i thought i had better make a quick updated post!

we are FINALLY moved in to our rental in tropic, yes rental! greg has finally convinced me that the best thing is to wait for a house and hopefully build so i can get exactly what i want, so in the mean time we are saving money by renting. it is much smaller then our house in provo but will do for now. now don't get me wrong, i still make comments now and again about wanting a house NOW!

so far greg likes his job. it can be frustrating at times with how things are ran, but the therapy end he is liking. he gets to do a lot of experiential therapy which he really likes. the girls are quite entertaining as well!

Jaxon had his first birthday in june and was SPOILED rotten! he is getting so big! he says lots of words such as more, eat, mom, daddy, baby, shoes, keys, bye bye, hi, beebu (belly button) and tries to say about everything we do! he loves to say prayers! when he tell him it is time for prayer he sits on one of our laps folds his arms, bows (?) his head and starts babbling! he loves to visit daddy at work and every white truck IS daddy! he loves animals! especially puppies, horses and cows. he is getting very independent lately, he gets into the cupboards, gets his snacks, gives them to be and says more eat!

i have been working on getting really settled in. we still have a few more boxes to unpack and some creative organizing, but we are just about there! i love being able to spend so much time with jax! up untill a few months ago i have always worked so it is a nice change to just be a full time SAHM. i have to admit i highly dislike living in a small town away from everything i know and love! it has been a very hard change for me but as long as i can go to provo every few weeks i think i might survive!

my little sis cam for 10 days to help me with jax so i could unpack and organize with out him "helping" me.

thanks mom and dad for your visit! we really enjoyed you there and wish it could have been longer!

well untill next time.....hopefully it will be sooner! i told greg that if he gets his cable for the upcomming footbal season i get internet! so it should be soon since BYU season opener is in 7 days! GO COUGS!

my first tag!

thanks ryann for making me feel so spiffy and tagging me! lol! i have fallen behind quit a bit on my posting! (whats new right!?) a lot of it is due to the before mention old computer. a lot of our stories have great pics which are on the new comp. therefor i can not post:) BUT i can post my tag, no pics required! lets just hope the computer does not die on me in the process! enjoy!........

What was I doing 10 yrs ago.... i was a Jr. in HS, enjoying the last year i will have with some of my best friends! almost all of my friends were older then me. i received my first real kiss! unfortunatly for you i don't kiss and tell;) most of you know him.... i couldn't wait to be a big Sr. and rule the school!

5 yrs ago....i had just started really dating greg. although it was top secret and no one could know! it didn't take long till i was literally begging him to marry me!! we took a lot of trips to koosharem visiting his family. it was always fun cause gregs sis.'s family lived there at the time and the kids were a blast! 2 of my best friends left for missions and college. being the last one of our group left in orem i really had to learn who i was. it was a time of great change, insight, faith building, Heavenly Father relying and growth! i am very grateful for that time and those experiences

yr ago......i had just become a mommy! what an amazing thing, to be a mom. i never thought i could love anyone as much as i love greg, then i became a mom! i am in constant awe of how much love i have to give, to greg and to jaxon! the heart is an amazing thing! the way it changes and grows. i don't think i will ever finds to words to express the feelings that are evoked when i look at my sweet baby. thank you jax for blessing my life in way i never thought imaginable! also greg was starting his first internship at sorensons ranch school so we moved to koosh and lived with his parents. yet another learning personal growth experience!

yesterday.... well i woke up at 11am and jax at 12pm. great start to our day..so i thought! did a bunch of laundry, tried to keep jax entertained and happy.( he has a very bad doule ear infection) tried to not go crazy cause jax was so tired but wouldn't take a nap so he just wined all day! finally got to bet around midnight just to have jax wake up sreaming till 2 am. and then at 4 and then 6 am.....what a day!

5 snacks I enjoy..........ice cream (is that considered a snack?) raisenetts, kettle corn, sugar snap peas, smoothies

5 favorite books......all of harry potter! mans search for meaning

5 places to run........that could mean so many things! ummm... lately i only run crazy!

5 bad habits.........how funny mine are a lot like ry's! swearing when i am really mad! not good with a little one who is learning words ! procrastination! saying what i think when i think it! waiting till my house is a tornado before i clean!

5 pet peeves..... stupid people! when you are talking to someone on the phone and they just start talking to someone else, when greg won't just answer my questionss! even if they are dumb with obvious answers! when people on things like facebook add you as a friend jsut to have a lot of friends! if we weren't really friends DON'T ADD ME! when strangers give you judgemental looks when you are with your kids. like when they are loud, cry, throw food, etc! especially when they have kids! i thought mommies are supposed to unite!

5 things I enjoy......sleep, going out to eat, shopping, being with my family, sitting with greg watching mindless tv with a good bowl of icecream when jax is in bed,

5 favorite tv shows.......greys anatamy, good things utah, decorating/remodeling shows, desperate house wives, brothers and sisters

5 people I would love to meet........oprah, matthew mcconaughey, tim mcgraw(they are just hot!), family in england i have never met, pres. bush

5 things I would never wear........mini skirt with leggings, disney charactors, live cockroach broach, holiday sweaters, body paint as clothing

5 people to tag.........sally, kendal, julia f., kali, melissa

slow old computer

so i thought i better post something quick since it has been a few! last week greg convinced me to go to tropic with him. all i can say is i can't wait!!!! till our place is available! i hate being in provo without him and i hate living in a hotel room! anyway being in tropic with out a computer puts me behind! this week greg went without me. we are going to LAKE MEAD!!! for the weekend. so i stayed to pack and get things ready for that. it has kept be pretty busy this week. so on top of being gone for a week and then packing, greg doesn't have anything in his office but a couch and a desk. so he has been taking our computer for work. we have an old one, but, it is OLD! it will crash on you at a drop of a hat and it takes forever to pull anything up! so i don't like to use it much. and all that just to explain why i haven't posted in 2 weeks! we have had some fun moments in all of that so when we get back from lake mead i will post those moments and pics and tell you all about our great trip!

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!)