Brigham City Temple!!

Shovel Stick with engravings

Today was an awesome day.. We were able to witness the groundbreaking of the new Temple that is going to be in Brigham where we live! We are so excited and it is really neat watching the progress that has already happened with it and more to come! President Packer presided today at the ceremony. He and his sweet wife are from Brigham City so I am sure they are just thrilled that they get to be such a big part in this temple. He is the one that suggested the looks and where it was going to stand. It is beautiful, looks alot like the Salt Lake Temple. We live a block and a half away from it so its great!! Jayven got to shake hands with Elder Nelson, touch President Packers hand as he got in his van and Turn the dirt for the Temple.. What an experience for him!! :) Here are some pictures!!

Jayven Turning the dirt
President Packer
Turning the dirt

Picture of the Temple
Elder Nelson

Can't leave one out of Lukas! :)

Pictures!

It has been a while since I have posted anything and alot has happened.. Not to mention my little Luker is getting so big!! I can't believe how fast they grow!! I just love him.. :) Jayven has finished gymnastics and had his show yesterday. He did great! He really loved it and enjoyed it, I thought for sure he was going to get stage fright but didn't. So fun to watch him do something and enjoy what he is doing.
James has started school for the summer semester and is keeping busy with all of that and I have been working more than I would like to but the money will be nice..
Beware of the pictures there are going to be alot! :)

Jayven doing his horsey kicks!

Walking on the high beam! He does so good, I think it must be a
safety thing that the lady won't let go of him..

Luke loves his swing he just smiles and smiles!

My daddy with Luke

We took Jayven to Uncle Jeremy's and he got to ride the "small" horse!
It was pretty fun to watch..

Yesterday, we went to Idaho for an adventure ride and we ended up going to Shoshone Falls. They are amazing!! I can't believe how big they are.. So pretty too. The wind was horrible tho.

Here is the REAL reason we went to Idaho!! :)

Our new ride! I love it! We have been needing something bigger for a long time
and we finally found a good deal on one so we jumped on it! YAY!!

Fun days...

Our trip to the Dino Park! It was a great day to go so we took advantage. Jayven loved it til we got to the inside part and James told him the "real dino's" were going to get him.. He was no longer a fan! Way to go dad!!

Today I decided to take the boys to chuck e cheese. It was super fun! I don't know why but I got more smile pictures of Luke than Jayven.. Mmmm, I just love my kids.. :)

Aren't these so cute! Luke loved all the sounds and lights.. He was laughing while he was looking at me and some lady came up and was saying how cute he was and Luke looked up at her and started spitting and then turned back to me and started laughing! It was the funniest thing ever!! He has a great personality already.. (And attitude) :-)

Luke looking at the lights cause Jayven was playing a game.. By the way Jayven was too scared to get a picture with Chuck e so Luke did by himself!

4 Months old

Luke is now 4 months old and I can't beleive it.. He is growing so big and it makes me so sad.. Soon he'll be Jayven's age and I just can't have it.. lol Might I add that Luke hasn't had the easiest 4 months either.. He has been in primary childrens 2 times, had double ear infections 3 times and right now just getting over RSV and the 3rd set of ear infections. Poor baby.. It doesn't stop him from doing much tho, (besides sleeping thru the night) he wants so badly to sit up, he hates laying down. I give him 2 weeks before he is sitting all alone, he can pretty much do it now, but falls forward once in a while. I swear he is teething from how much drool he has and how he loves to chew on everything.. He has great hand skills already grabs what he wants, he has a rattle thing that he loves to bang around. His favorite is to bang it on his swing tray thingy it makes alot more noise that way! :)

He is rolling over from his belly to back and he can twist his little body over from back to belly but can't get over the arm that is stuck underneath him. lol it is too cute.. He loves to be outside and just look around, the other morning we had the young men come over and airate (sp) our lawn and we sat out on the porch and watched them and he would move his head back and forth as either they came and went or if a car came and went.. It was pretty cute.. He is a VERY smiley baby if you even say the slightest word to him he will smile and shove his hand in his mouth almost like he is shy or so excited to get the attention! Ugh, I just love him!!

Yesterday we couldn't go to church again because the boys are still contagious with RSV so we decided to do alittle trip out to Golden Spike. Let me tell you, WAIST OF MY TIME!!! It was so dumb, it only took 30 min from our house to get there but it was just so silly. Jayven enjoyed the gift shop and standing on the railroad tracks but that is about it. We were there all of a half hour maybe. There were not even real trains there.. How lame huh. So we asked the guy at the desk, if there was anyway we could go see them because Jayven is so in love with trains still. So he called over to the train house where they were working on them and told them they had a little boy who was dying to see them so they let us go up there. It was kinda neat but still silly because they weren't in working condition so Jayven didn't get the full effect of the train like we would have thought he would.. We will definately be finding a new train depot. Maybe the Union Station in Ogden.

I can not figure out how to get my dang pictures to shop up down here!! or how to delete the one sitting sideways so sorry!! Enjoy!

Luke's Blessing

Today we had the opportunity to bless Luke. It was so great and I am so thankful that James is a worthy priesthood holder that can do this for our children. Luke did so good, and James says Luke even started smiling when he was in the middle of the blessing. We were able to have our family be with us today and it was a great turn out. Thank you for everyone that came, we appreciate it. I know it is a far drive but so worth it huh?

Luke has been sick the past week or so, he was tested on monday for RSV and had it, although he didn't show a single sign until yesterday and now it is bad.. :( Its not good, I hope it gets better, his cough just kills me, I hate seeing him sick..

Luke is such a blessing to our family and I love him more than he could ever know. I thank the Lord daily for him to be in our lives...

Mommy and daddy love you Lukas!!

Its been a LONG time...

I love his blue eyes!!

Man how life is so dang crazy with two kids, gymnastics, work, and the regular mother/wife duties.. Jayven turned 3 in January and Luke is almost 3 months old.. How time flies by, I want my babies back..

I went back to work about a month ago and I only work 2 days a week and very short shifts but it is good enough for me right now, even tho I wished I could bring home more money, I think i'm good for now..

Jayven started gymnastics the week of his birthday and he LOVES it. It is so stinkin cute to watch him learn new things and to listen.. I think that is the best part he just sits there and takes everything in and does everything the teacher tells him to do.. I wish he listen to everything I tell him to do. It is fun for him to interact with friends up here, it is so hard because his best friend (only friend) Revin moved away last year and we don't really see them as often as we should so its good for him to have a set time that he gets to hang out with other kids. He has a show in May that I just can't wait for, he gets to show off what he has learned.. Jayven is also being such a handfull right now, he has learned some things that I am not very fond of and has been talk to numerous times about, I hope it is just a phase and he will grow out of it, and mom and dad have watched very carefully at his actions and things we do and watch so he won't catch on anymore than he already has...

Luke is growing like a weed.. We went in for his 2 month appt and he weighed 11 pounds and looks great says Dr. Lei, (the best ped ever). Even tho he has had a trip to Primary Childrens hospital for fevers, 2 double ear infections he is a pretty good baby. Luke doesn't sleesp as well as Jayven did so it is hard on me but i'm managing.. He is smiling, and cooing and it is so fun. He LOVES his big brother and smiles everytime he sees him. We will lay him down on the floor and he will just watch Jayv run back and forth in and out of the room and sometimes even start to fuss when he does leave the room but will be right back to that smiley boy when he can see his big bro.. It is pretty cute, I can't wait til Luke can play with Jayven and they can be the best of friends..

We are almost finished remodeling our basement it should be done this week, what a long 2 months it has been.. It really stinks having all of your living space just upstairs, it is like we went back to an apartment.. NOT fun.. But it will be great to have it all done, we are moving Jayven downstairs and it is definately going to take some getting used to on my part, I have many mixed emotions about it, but we are getting him bunk beds and he seems to think that will be pretty cool. (I'm doing it so he can get out of the window if there is a fire)

James is still slavin away at work and school. I don't know how that kid does it.. I definately am so proud of him for all his hard work..

Sorry for no pictures lately my memory card got deleted when my camera decided it wanted to formatt.. So, if anyone knows how I can get those pictures back I'll love you forever!! :)

I did manage to take a few in the past few days so here they are.. Enjoy!!