The Brady Bunch

February 2013

Ty is not impressed with Elder's Quorum.

It's beginning to get harder to find room for groceries in my cart:

And Ty can't seem to find his mouth... ever.

But the good news is Jay can draw Mickey Mouse:

And he started Preschool! He's coming in with only a few months left of this year but I think he's gonna love it.

In case you are wondering about some things he is wearing in the above picture, I'll let him tell you what they are:

January 2013

When going through my pictures for January, I found a ton of self portraits of Jay:

(Hot cocoa mustache)

(No idea what's happening here)

(Trying to be trendy)

(Gilligan?)

(Now he's getting artsy)

Speaking of art...
(Do you see how seamlessly I can transition?... I'm such a good writer.)

Anyhow, Jay has been drawing the cutest things lately:

(Dinos for Grandma and Grandpa)

(Thomas the Train!)

So cute.

No transition here... This is the greatest invention on earth:

Random picture of Jay being being too tired to walk at Walmart.

And a look into my marriage through the eyes of my 4 year old:

Christmases in Boise have become something that I look forward to each year. In case you have forgotten (though I mention this every year) I HATE winter. But I put up with the snow and cold for a few weeks because it wouldn't feel like Christmas anywhere else.

Before we went to Boise though, December was still a great month.

I started working for a non-profit called the School of Life Foundation. It's AWESOME! We go into high schools and basically take over their detention programs. We teach a four week life skills type class (once a week after school). I have never been a part of anything so life changing. These kids go from having all sorts of attitude on the first night to crying and sharing their deepest thoughts and feelings on the last night. For those of you who know how much I love teenagers it should come as no surprise that I love, love, love this job!

I should probably also post some random cute shots that I got this month:

We ended up doing ginger bread houses this year which Jay thought was great. Anything with candy involved Jay thinks is great.

Jay started writing letters to people. The letters aren't necessarily in the right order but most people get the gist of what he's trying to communicate.

(This says I love you to both Grandma and Grandpa)

And would you believe it... it snowed in St. George!!

Christmas in Boise was amazing as always.

We got up early for stockings at Brady's house.

Then we did presents that afternoon. Jay and Ty gave Daddy their handprints.

Here are the boys playing on Ty's new ride along toy.

The boys were super sleepy the whole drive home.

November 2012

I don't think I got a single picture of Thanksgiving (which is surprising considering we had dinner with both of our families). But I did get:

Cute brothers.

Daddy and Jayboy hiking on their "man"venture.

Jay's first "paper-cut-brachiosaurus".

And evidence that I'm the coolest Mom ever for putting fossils on Jay's walls.

October 2012

October happens to be the best month of the year. First of all, it's basically birthday month in my family. I can't even count the number of brothers, nephews, and in-laws that have birthdays in October. But it's especially cool because it's my birthday month.