busy busy busy

Helloooo, What a time! We are loving it here in Idaho but we have been crazy busy! Mike is in the middle of mid-terms and is doing well keeping up his straight A average! I am so proud of him. He is also currently working on campus for the electrical department. He enjoys working on campus and the flexability they afford him. We have also had the blessing of good insurance while here so Mike is feeling good right now and spending time in the gym! I am currently working for Liberty Tax Service as a preparer and I am really enjoying that, I also just passed my Life & Disability (health) Insurance test and am hoping to get started selling those soon. I would be working from home so that would be a huge blessing. I tell people that I am in the middle of an identity crisis, I used to be so right brained in everything I did... you know, massage, photography, etc. Now I do taxes and sell insurance. When did that happen? Anyway I am enjoying myself but am anxious to start school. If I do well enough in the insurance than we would be able to afford it.

Jace is growing by leaps and bounds. He is 20 months old and now wears anywhere between a 2T and a 3T. Everyday he says more and more. My favorite right now is Ohh-Nooo. Its just so cute. He tries so hard to do the things we do. He pretends to put deoderant on, does his hair just like Mike, he even has graduated to the table with us. No more high chair. (That was more for my sanity than him, everytime he was hungry he would pull out the chair and ram me with it.) I get it your hungry! Everyday he lets me know that he needs his diaper changed so I'm thinking it might be time to potty train him soon. Right now we are teaching him how to pull up his pants and how to flush.

Tis the season

Spring has officially unsprung!!!! I dropped Mike off at work this morning and it was -2... that right 34 degrees below freezing. Really, its not all that bad, except for Mike who works outside as a roofer. The other day he had frostcicles attached to his eyelids while at work. Jace was a bit afraid of the snow at first. The first day it snowed Mike came home early and surpised us with a 2' snowman. Jace made a concerted effort to stay at lease 3 feet away at all times. But now he loves it! Likes to stomp his feet and make the Ice crunch! Ah the joys of being 18 months old

Halloween '09

We had a wonderful halloween . Jace and I went trunk or treating with our ward while Mike carved this Frankenstein Pumpkin. We decided to crash Ray and Michelle's Halloween because we found out that no kids come to our neighborhood. So we packed up our pumpkin, candy and costumes and headed across town. Mike and I took "Jace" trick or treating. Only some people saw through the ploy of getting candy for a 16 month old (yes, we are eating it all). Most people were too surprised by Mikes costume. You should have seen the little kids so scared they didn't move, and surprisingly Jace wasn't too scared of Mike when he got in his costume. He let Mike carry him most of the night.

I bought this costume for Jace last Halloween and didn't know if he would really wear it this year. But He LOVED it! He looks just like his best friend (a teddy bear). He kept that outfit on all day yesterday and never tried to take any part of it off.

Happy Halloween one and all!

Idaho or bust!

So, the time has come! Jace and I left for Rexburg Idaho on monday August 3rd, we drove- and drove, and drove... and drove and drove some more and we only made it to Boise. We got to crash at a dear friends house for the night and enjoyed a midnight showing of Horton Hears a Who. We departed early tuesday morning to meet our fate! Rexburg baby... bring it on! We have since arrived in one piece. Below is some of the Thrilling places we encountered on the way...










The above are just outside of winnamucca! We stopped for and hour break for Jace to play at the McDonalds playground (that did not go well). Then we had this 30 min traffic jam!

Below is some little town in Oregon - mmmJacksonnnnsomething-or-other, anyway it was quaint!!!
















This gas pump was my favorite thing on the entire trip!!



Sad huh!

HOME!!! (well, Almost!)

First Birthday

Jace turned 1 year old on June 12! We were all very excited, so I decided to try out my mad photography skills and we took he to Old Town Sacramento.


The fountain was so much fun!

This is where he decided to run away from home!

"You can't stop me, I have made up my mind!"

Ok, maybe I'll just dance!