Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!

Jett and I went to Hogle Zoo a while back. Jett's favorites were the giraffes & elephants.

Jett does a great elephant sound, complete with trunk impersonation.

We rode the "mantis" on the carousel. Jett loves Kung Fu Panda. So it was only appropriate. He wouldn't ride it alone so Mama hopped on too.

A couple of nuts!

Grandma Jean and cousin Kinsley came too. Kinsley was terrified of the bronze sculptured animals.

White Christmas in Idaho

It looks like a postcard, right? This was taken at Grandma & Grandpa Keele's house.

Jett loved the beautiful Christmas tree! Cousin Autumn called the Santa Claus decorations "Papa" because they looked an aweful lot like Grandpa Keele.

Santa Claus was very generous this year. He got Autumn a new baby & a fun table that she and Jett loved to play at.

And Santa brought Jett his VERY OWN SPIDERMAN 4-WHEELER!!!!

Everyone got spoiled, especially Lindsey. Ron gave her an amazing pedicure/spa treatment set because a pampered woman is a happy woman!

It snowed so much that day that the power went out in the evening. Jett discovered how much fun it was to play with Uncle Aaron's new flashlights. Thank goodness for big wood-burning stoves in the house. It was a really fun candle-lit evening!!

Look at the damage the next day. The boys had to break out the bobcat to dig out all of our cars!

Christmas Time Craziness!!!

Jett got to meet Santa Clause for the first time this year.He went with all of his Jackson cousins & had fun playing with the display

Who's that handsome guy with Jett?

Jett's thinkin' really hard about what he wants to ask from Santa. Aunt Normie suggests he make is easy & ask for $$$$.

Jett asks for $$$$ very politely....

Santa tells Jett that he's been the #1 good boy on his list all year long!! Unfortunately, with the current economy he doesn't have any spare cash; he had to save the North Pole from forclosure because his request for bailout was the only one Congress denied.

Have we mentioned Jett gives the BEST kisses!?!?

He's got the girls linin' up already.

We got to party-hardy at Grandma & Grandpa Jackson's new house this year. All the cousins got cute hoodies from them.

Jett was still a little confused about the whole present thing. He needed to take lessons from the expert.....

Check out the concentration & follow-through!


As tradition requires, we all gathered round and sang Christmas songs.

Look out Rudolph, a new reindeer's coming to town!!

Santa's Little Helpers

Ron & I decided to give each other a bed frame for Christmas. Ron put it together early because we didn't have room to store the boxes until the 25th.The bed was from IKEA so Ron had to assemble the whole thing. Somebody else got really into it too!!

He just loves to do man-things with Dad. These plyers pluged up the screw holes very nicely.
We have this really cool chest of drawers built into the headboard. The drawers slide out sideways.
This is what it looks like all assembled.
I had to go to work before it was all done. We have a few glass figurines in our bedroom including a dog I painted for Ron on one of our first dates & the Salt Lake Temple that was on the top of our wedding cake.

While I was gone, Jett decided the dog made a pretty awesome hammer. It knocked of the temple spires very effectively. I'm sure he was very proud of his new trick. How can you be mad at such a curious & innocent boy? The breaks were really clean, so it can easily be superglued back together.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Well, here it is... my first ever "all by myself" turkey. The skin was a little dark on top, but it peeled right off. Surprisingly, it wasn't even dry. I had to work Thanksgiving afternoon, so we ate later in the evening. Poor Jett was STARVING!! I gave him some marshmallow/fruit salad before everything was on the table to appease him. Big mistake! He wouldn't eat anything else.

Look how fancy-schmancy we were!
I'm thankful for my boys. They bring me such immeasureable joy & happiness. Who knew life could be so good? I love you two!!!