Timothy's First Birthday!

Wow! So Timothy is one year old now!! Can't believe what a strong and healthy little (or I should say big!) guy he is! We are so very thankful for our little cutie of the family -- always bringing so much fun and laughter to this house! We kind of had a 3-day celebration for him because Jared was gone to Albuquerque on his birthday (his first Reserves weekend) - so the kids and I decorated the Sunday morning of his birthday - played with balloons and bubbles; and then Monday morning when Daddy was home, he openend his presents (or in other words, watched with great interest as his very excited older siblings openend them for him); and then on Tuesday evening (when Jared did not have an evening class to go to) we watched his first expeience with cake! Always the fun part of their first birthdays... His reaction was quite the exception to the other kids in our family so far, though - he got his first taste of cake and wanted nothing to do with it! He made quite the disgusted faces with it any time it found its way into his mouth, and spit it out every time! We got quite the kick out of him! Funny little guy... :)

Another fun little thing that happened on Timothy's birthday -- he pulled out Brielle's loose tooth! It had been hanging by a thread all week, and she had been very badly wanting it to come out to put under her pillow, but was too afraid to let anyone try to pull it out. Well, it just so happened that on Timothy's birthday morning, he was playing with Brielle, and reached his finger right into her mouth and popped it right out! She was very excited, and we had a visit from the tooth fairy on the night of Timothy's birthday! :)

This is such a funny little video of Timothy's crazy dancing to some birthday music we were playing for him on his birthday! :) He just loves doing those 360-turns! :)

Summer Re-Cap!

So to hit the major highlights of our summer.... :)


May 22 & 24: Moving weekend! The before & after pictures of our Uhaul (which Jared pretty much single-handedly loaded himself... with the "help" of 4 excited little munchkins & a not-so-strong wife!)













May 26: Brielle's Kindergarten Graduation! (Also the day we actually left from Albuquerque - right afterwards...) What a good job she did in her first year of school! She's a good girl!

June 5: Athena's Bridal Shower! Such an exciting month with my sister engaged and getting married!!

June 7: Timothy's first time going swimming! Boy does this guy LOVE the water!! He was very excited...

June 20: Father's Day & a picture in our new house!

June 26: My twin sister, Athena's Wedding Day!!! Brennon & Athena Jones - married in the Mesa, Temple! So very very happy & thankful for this day!!

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July 3: Our 4th of July Picnic at Roper Lake

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July 16: Swimming Lessons! These guys actually really learned how to swim this year! What an exciting thought!

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July 20: Our family's first experience w/ one of the kids getting stitches... Poor little Colette fell trying to get down off a chair at the table & hit the side of her head (right next to her eye) on the edge of the table, splitting the skin right open... She was SO amazingly brave getting the stitches done!! She listened to everything the doctor said to her & followed his instructions exactly - didn't even cry! We were so proud of her! (She was a little overly excited about the many stickers she was given there in the hospital & the coloring book as well!)

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July 25: The one in the family who changes the most right now! Timothy (10 months old) being a good sport about getting dressed up... (The 2nd picture shows his true opinion of the hat)...

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August 4: Colette's 3rd Birthday! It never ceases to amaze me at how fast they are each growing up! Can't believe we have another 3-year-old in the house now... Still our little miss priss as always! Her favorite present this year was a "beauty" set w/ toy curling irons, brushes, perfume, & a blow dryer - she and Brielle played "beauty shop" all day! She chose a dog cake this year, and we made it as girly & prissy as we could! She loved it!

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August 11 & 12: Brielle's first few days of school! Starting 1st grade... She is loving it so far!

Other fun Pics from the Summer

One of my new favorites of the kids...




Family Pictures from Athena's Wedding Day

Pretty Girls

Cute Boys

Fun w/ Grandparents

Fun w/ visitors

Fun w/ cousins

Playing w/ Timmy



Battles in the boys' room










Samuel learning the piano now & his new favorite thing: playing cards

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Girls starting dance class together

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Timothy getting big

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Jared's first taste of what he could look like as a nurse