First Teeth

Tatum's first teeth are finally up high enough to see.  Isn't she cute?

Wow! 8 years of pure bliss!

Okay, so maybe not pure bliss all the time, but it has been a wonderful 8 years.  We've had our ups and downs and I'm so glad to be able to have such a great man in my life.  Of those who know Jay, you know how crazy and completely full of fun he is.  He makes our lives an adventure.  I can be too serious sometimes about life and he knows exactly how to lighten things up and make everything okay.  

We met Jan 3rd of '98 and it was seriously love at first meeting.  I would say at first sight, but we'd seen each other around school but had never met.  We knew we were meant for each other when we found our most favorite movie was the same movie (Willow) Just Kidding, that wasn't the deciding vote, but it sure didn't hurt.  That night Jay went home to tell his mom about me and said, "I'm gonna marry that girl" (too bad he couldn't remember my name and had to look it up in his year book).  We were only 16 years old and were connected at the hip.  I couldn't imagine life without Jay.  He was so fun to be with and was always opening my door, bringing me flowers, taking me places.  He taught me how to snowboard and golf.  He was not only my boyfriend, but my best friend.  We even shared a locker, which made one of our breakups kind of difficult.  Yeah, we broke up a few times then got back together, but I guess that helped us truly know that we wanted to be with each other forever.  September 16th, 2000 we were married in the Mount Timpanogos Temple and started a great life.  Here we are 8 years and 2 kids later, lovin' life and doing our best to keep the flames burnin'.  Love you, Jay.  

Tatum and Pooh Bear

Tatum is pretty excited about Winnie the Pooh these days.  She gets really excited when I pull him out of the closet.  She grunts and opens and closes her hands.  What a silly girl.  She is so much fun.  

Tayson's First Day of Kindergarten

Tayson was really excited for his first day of school on Wednesday.  Of course I had a hard time seeing my "baby" going to school.  So far it's been a really big change for all of us and definitely something we're trying to get used to.  I was so excited to be able to have some time apart because we desperately needed it and now I'm having a hard time not having him around.  I think I'm more excited to see him at the end of the day than he is to see me.  Hopefully soon we'll all be accustomed to the new schedule and life we'll go a lot smoother.

Big Spiders

Spiders have never really bothered me that much, until we got here.  So far we have had 3 encounters with these huge spiders and it is always quite the experience.  I am starting to believe that the bugs and animals around here are on steroids.  We'll have to get you pics of the snails and bats.  The first encounter with these huge spiders was crazy.  Jay took a swipe at it to push it out the door and the thing literally reared up for the attack and jumped toward him.  We all screamed like a bunch of little girls.  The one from the video happened to be hiding under Tayson's bed.  Tayson came to me and said, "Mom there's a big spider under my bed."  Of course I was thinking it was just some little spider so I go to get it and once I looked under the bed I definitely decided we would just close his door and wait for Dad to get home.  I hope this doesn't change anyone's mind about coming to visit (hint, hint Sarah and Mom Barney).  

We're still here

Okay, so it's been a while.  We went on vacation for a month,then it took about a month to get our lives back in order.  I'm getting together all the pictures from our vacation into a slide show so we can post all the fun stuff we did while we were in the states.  Now you have something to look forward to in the very near future.

Cute Kids

We were finally able to get pictures done of the kids and they're a couple of cuties.  It took quite a while to get a picture of Tatum without her hands in her mouth.

This one is especially for Aunt Sarah who made Tatum's beautiful blessing dress.  

What a little angel.

We were laughing so hard during this pose.  Tatum loved wiggling in the soft material and it was hard to get a shot that would be clear.  I'm glad she had a good time though.

I love her cute little bum.  Too bad they softened out most of the dimples.  This is the age to show them off.