Romantic Anniversary Weekend

The weekend of our anniversary Alan planned an entire two days away and it was extremely romantic. I don't think I will ever be able to top what he had planned. It was so fun and amazing.

We went up Friday afternoon and went shopping at The Gateway. Then we watched a movie in our hotel room (we stayed at the Marriot downtown - and it was very nice). After the movie we got all dolled up and headed to Ruths Chris Steakhouse. Except I didn't know where we were going until we pulled up. And I was extremely excited, because we always hear Sean Hannity talk about how great it is and I wanted to go there.

Well, it was better than great - it was divine - all the way from the appetizers of stuffed mushrooms down to the creme brulee (my favorite). Everything was perfect. We will definitely be going back someday, but probably not very soon since our tip was more than we usually pay for a meal. It was all worth it though, for the experience you know.

Well during dinner Alan pulls out a little black box and I about died!! We had been looking at rings about a month earlier, but they were expensive and I never thought Alan would actually do it. But he did. And he did good it was the perfect ring. I absolutely love it!

Aren't I lucky? I love my man.

Well, we finished off the night with chocolate covered strawberries and Martinelli's brought to our room - super yum.

The next morning we got breakfast in bed. That was my first room service experience and it was totally fun.

Then we headed up to Park City to do some more shopping and watch a movie.

That night we finally went to Pei Wei, which I've been wanting to try forever and it was scrumptious. I will definitely go there again soon - maybe I'll do that for Bunko dinner next time.

Then we headed to a Jazz game - the seats were pretty good too. We had a really good time.

It was the perfect weekend. I don't think I will ever forget it. I love you baby! You rock my world!

We're a little bit nuts-o, but hey - at least we had a good time...

10 years and counting...

March 21st was our ten year wedding anniversary. Looking back over the last ten years makes me realize how much we have changed and grown. Its funny how you think you can never be more in love than the day you get married, but we are more in love now and our love grows deeper year after year. We are both different people than we were when we got married too, but I think we are better people. We grew up together in a sense (as you can tell from the pictures we were practically twelve when we got married). Luckily as we grew, we grew closer and helped shape each others personalities.

We are so happy right now. We are blessed to have four amazing children to share our lives with too, but most of all we are blessed to have each other. Life is good right now. We have so many things to be grateful for.

I thought it would be fun to share some pics of us dating and of our wedding and sealing in the temple.

This is about a month after we met. I was 16 and Alan was 17. He was helping me pack for Germany.

This is that same Summer. His family invited me to go to Lake Powell with them. That's the summer Alan taught me how to knee board and water ski - good times! "Sleeping" out under the stars.

These are dance pictures from my Junior year - Alan's Senior year. The pink dress is Junior Prom...

This was my Senior year Homecoming dance. Alan was already graduated, but he took me anyway. This was our last High School dance.

These are our engagement pictures which Alan's mom took with a disposable camera - we used the black and white one to mail out (this is a bad copy - oh well).

And finally - these are of our wedding day... I cant believe how young we look/are...crazy stuff.

This is a picture from our honeymoon to Las Vegas .We were in front of the dam...

We were so young that we could not rent a car at all when we got there, so we had to take the bus and taxi's everywhere. Good times...

And last, but certainly not least... Our sealing day July 23rd, 1999...

Ten wonderful years and counting...

Chuck-E-Cheese Birthday

The week after Jaxon's Birthday we went out to visit my sista in Colorado. We had oodles and oodles of fun. We had a birthday party for Hallie and Jaxon's birthdays while we were there, because their cousins missed them. SO we bought a cake and headed to chuck-E-cheese.

The kids had a total blast and with the coupons we found it wasn't too expensive.

So here are the pics I promised Caro from the photo booth. Aren't they cute? Don't my girls look more like Carolina than me?? ...

Christian gave Jaxon this really cool Lego Star Wars ship to build and we had a really good time putting it together. And Caro gave us a great tip - super glue the Legos together when you have the finished product or else you have a box full of tiny Legos that you don't know what to do with. But make sure you glue every single piece down, cause I made that mistake and I still find little pieces everywhere. What a fun toy though - Legos are a whole new thing for us and I think they are here to stay.

Isn't that cool? We had a great time at Caro's - I wish we could go more often, but with my husband would be nice...

My big boy is already 5!!!

Jaxon and Best Buddy (Christian)
Nov. 2007
My Jaxon turned five on Friday March 14th, and I can't believe it! He is growing up way too fast!

Birth Announcement

One of my favorite things about Jaxon is that he is such an early riser and likes to get his bed made, practicing and reading done all at the crack of dawn so he can play video games the rest of the day. I just love that he does first things first. He's a great example to me (I like to sleep in as late as I possibly can).

One Year

Another thing I love about JJ is the relationship that he has with his Dad. He loves Dad. Loves to be with Dad, do everything that Dad does etc... It is so cute. They go golfing together, camping, four wheeling, hiking, play baseball together, clean the cars, work in the garage. I love the relationship they have. Maybe I'm a little jealous, but I can't compete with Dad and I'm just glad he can have a relationship like that with his Daddy.

Walking - 14 Months

Jaxon is an awesome reader. I love to watch him grin from ear to ear as he is reading because he knows he is totally "getting it". And its amazing the progress he has made just in this last month. He is also rocking it on the violin. He just passed off all his twinkles and is starting to learn "Lightly Row". He loves to play for us, but does not like us to clap or be "happy" when he is done. It's so funny.

2 years 3 Months

We are so blessed to have Jaxon in our family. He is an amazing little person and we love him so much!!

3 Years - Easter Pics

Jaxon had a little party on his big day with his two cousins that he loves - Chandler and Marcus - and with his little best buddy Jarret Bawden (who has the exact same birthday) and Hallie's boyfriend Ethan Dorny. They had a Wii party with a pinata and then his cousins slept over. He had a great birthday.

4 Years - Boating

Fun Facts about Jaxon:

Favorite Color: All of them, but really I think its blue

Favorite Food: Angel Hair Pasta & Salad

Favorite Treat: Kit Kats

Favorite game: Mario Olympics on the Wii

Favorite Place to Visit: Christian's House & Chuck-E-Cheese

Favorite Superhero: All of them, but really I think its Transformers

Favorite thing to do: Play video games, ride bikes, boating, & anything with Dad

Favorite Restaurant: Brick Oven

5th Birthday Party

Happy Birthday Jaxon James!!!