Bradley's

September 2010

2010-10-12T14:00:00.000-07:00

So for a few moths I have been neglecting my blog. Every time I sit down to post something I get to overwhelmed and decide not to. So the next few posts are catch ups and I will wait to do October post for a few days. Have fun catching up with our summer!!

So in September Clary Sage met her great Grandma and Grandpa Bradley Joe got out of boot camp and he and Laura came to stay with us for a week and a half and my Dad came out for two weeks to job hunt!

Clary's new owl hat that I just love but not as much as she does. Every time I put it on her she knows how cute she looks in it

Joe and Laura with Clary Sage. Joe had never met Clary until he got out of boot camp. BTW Joe and Laura will be welcoming baby girl Wilson in January!!!! I am so excited!!!

Joe taught Jonas some "Army" moves and soon wished he hadn't

My dear Aunt Mary lost her husband Steve to ALS a few weeks ago. It was such a sad funeral but it was nice to see all my aunts and uncles, they hadn't all been together for many many years

Mack's Inn

2010-10-12T13:45:00.000-07:00

Every year since Scott was young his family has camped in Island Park. We have only been 3times since we got married, This past August we went up and had a blast.

Jonas and Clary Sage sleeping on the drive

Jonas floating down the river

All the cousins trying to catch fish out of the river

Yellowstone at Old faithful

We love to camp and we do so whenever we get a chance. Going on this camping trip Scott and I knew that this was the last time we would use this tent. It has seen many great camping trips and also so pretty nasty wind and rainstorms. It has been quite a faithful tent but it was time to put it to rest. So instead of just throwing it away we thought we would let Jonas rip it apart with his knife. He had so much fun and then he cried for an hour because he was sad it was "dead"

August 2010

2010-10-12T12:24:00.000-07:00

Our whole summer was pretty busy and full of fun activities. You would think with a new born that we would stay home more, but not us. Clary Sage is such a little trooper that she just loves to go on adventures with us.

Jonas as you all know has been through a lot but August brought on a first for him... his first stitches. We were at the pool with his cousins and Jonas jumped in and turned to catch the ledge with his hands and instead caught it with his chin. He ended up getting 10 stitches and was really tough about it.

The same day Clary sage went swimming for the first time and she just loved it!

After Jonas got his stitches I took him right back to the pool to play and he was quite proud to show off his war wounds.

Every night when I tuck Jonas into bed we say a prayer and sing a song together. Well now Clary has become part of that and Jonas always tells her stories. These two just love each other so much, and I just love watching them together.

July 2010

2010-10-12T12:12:00.000-07:00

July was quite a fun filled summer month for us. We had the 4th of July 24th of July our trip to Wisconsin and all sorts of fun summer activities. Here are some of my favorite photos from the month

Wisconsin

2010-10-12T12:02:00.000-07:00

Back in Mid July Jonas had to undergo some psychiatric evaluations for his burn case back in Ohio. Scott was unable to take off of work to go with me. Knowing that it would be quite a challenge for me to travel with Jonas and Clary Sage alone I was able to take Chelsie with me and we were able to turn it into a trip back to Wisconsin to see my Mom and Dad as well. We had such a fun trip and it was so fun to spend time with them. Although it was really hard to go and see them and not have them live in the home we all grew up in anymore. So here are some pictures from our adventure to Wisconsin and Ohio

We visited the ice cream shop that is in the town we used to live in in Ohio! Great stuff and even better memories!

Jonas and Grandpa at the Manitowoc zoo

I miss Lake Michigan sooooo much

Grandpa helping Jonas with all the sand in his bum crack.

As my Mom say this picture of my Dad and Jonas is the same picture just a different year. Jonas LOVES driving Grandpa's boat. It is by far his favorite thing to do with Grandpa

This smile says it all----- he love Papa's boat

Jonas and Grandpa had quite some odd bonding moments this trip such as Grandpa getting sand out of Jonas bum at the beach and this..... helping Jonas pee over the side of the boat

Of Coarse no trip is complete to Wisconsin with out going to Bay Beach. I have so many fond memories growing up and this place

Funny Little Jonas

2010-07-13T12:52:00.000-07:00

The other day when my sisters were here they found my journal of Jonas sayings! I had lost it over a year ago and was really mad at myself because I stopped writing down all the funny things Jonas says. So we all read it together and were all laughing so hard for about an hour. So I thought I would steal an idea from my cousin Angie's blog and write them down on the side of my blog so i never forget them.

Sunday Afternoon

2010-06-29T15:01:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to get some good pictures of Jonas and Clary together before she grows up too much but I am always putting it off. So this past Sunday we got in a few pictures. For the most part it turned out ok. As you can tell in the pictures we didn't so much have a problem with Clary crying as we did with Jonas crying! Obviously I am a little prideful when it comes to my kids so here are quite a few pictures from that day.

Here is an example of when things were getting a little hairy

Bear Lake

2010-06-29T10:48:00.001-07:00

Scott only works Monday through Thursday, so it has always been nice to get that extra day with him on the Weekends. It's really nice in the summer because we get an extra day of camping in or we can go places that would be to busy for our taste on Saturdays. So this past Friday we went up to Bear Lake and spent the day with the kids. We all had so much fun. Clary was a little under the weather with a stuffy nose so she slept most of the time.

Summer Happenings!

2010-06-29T10:31:00.000-07:00

I haven't been much for blogging lately so I thought I would post a few pictures from our summer happenings.

We took all of these at our local farmer market, we love going there. we try to make it every Saturday to support our local communityThis is Clary's your starting to annoy the crap out me Jonas faceClary and Scott on Father's DayJonas showing off his baby sister at the pool

Bubble Gum and Rhino

2010-06-29T10:17:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of Jonas at 3months old with his Rhino and Clary at 2 months with Bubble Gum. These two sure love there little stuffed animals

Rolling Over

2010-06-03T08:12:00.000-07:00

My beautiful children

2010-05-31T22:04:00.000-07:00

Seeing as how I don't have time to write I thought I would just post some recent picture of my beautiful children

Grandma and Grandpa Wilson meet Clary Sage

2010-05-06T08:21:00.000-07:00

Last week my Mom and Dad flew out from Wisconsin so they could meet Clary. It was a nice but very short visit. Chelsie and Audrey even came down from Rexburg for a day to see my parents and spend time with Jonas and Clary. I can't say this enough but I sure wish my parents would move out here and be closer to all of us.

On the way to the airport we met my Grandma and Grandpa at a restaurant in SLC. It was so nice to see them!

Love you Mom and Dad come back soon!

Jonas and Clary Sage Rose

2010-04-22T19:14:00.000-07:00

Before Clary Sage "rose" (Jonas added the Rose and we decided that was ok) was born there was a slight worry about Jonas with the baby. He repeatedly told us how much he did not want a baby sister. Well my worry was quickly put to rest. Jonas is just absolutely in love with his baby sister. He just can't get enough of her and Clary responds to his voice more than anyone else's. With out fail if she is crying he will sing I am a child of God to her and she will calm down. It is just amazing! So here are a few pictures of Jonas with his baby sister and a cute little video at the end.

Clary Sage Bradley

2010-04-17T18:08:00.000-07:00

Clary Sage Bradley

April 16th 7:15 am

7 pounds 1 ounce

Countdown to Baby

2010-04-12T18:45:00.000-07:00

So I have 5 more days until my due date. So I thought I would show the world my enormousness! I honestly didn't think I was that big until I saw these pictures. I kid you not I have only gained 17 pounds this pregnancy. I lost so much the first two trimesters. With Jonas I gained 63 pounds so I must say I am quite proud of myself. So here I am huge yes I know!!!

Also I'm quite proud of my home made creations from this last week, a car seat canopy/tent and nursing cover! When I saw how much they were charging for them in the store (around $50 each) I decided to find the patterns online and make them myself. I spent around $15 total on all of it. So if you are ever looking for a baby gift for someone make these for them. They are so easy and really quite nice to have!!

Easter

2010-04-05T08:22:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. Although it was cold and a little snowy here in Logan it was a fun and relaxing weekend for us.

Last weekend we took Jonas to the Easter Egg hunt at our gym. It was so much fun for him and he got loaded up on eggs and candy!

Scott's Dad is running for Senate again. So this past Thursday he had his picture taken with all his Grand kids to use in his flyer's and website. So we were able to dress all the kids early for Easter. I let Jonas pick out and outfit this year and I'm not going to lie it was just about the curtest thing. He was so proud of his outfit and felt so handsome that he had a constant smile on his face. He kept asking me to take pictures of him because he just felt so good about himself.

Jonas with his buddy Zilla

These are two pictures I got of Jonas in the studio really quick before the photographer came in.
Jonas with his cousins outside the studioOne thing that I find fun about joining families is you discover different holiday traditions. In Scott's family the Easter bunny always hides baskets eggs and little cereal boxes. The cereal boxes was new to me and has been such a fun tradition to add to our family. Jonas really looks forward to it. In fact this year I forgot to go and by the cereal and late Saturday night he said he couldn't wait to see how much cereal the Easter Bunny brought. So as soon as he was in bed I of coarse ran to Walmart to pick some up!

Jonas with his basket Eater morning

Jonas with his Easter loot

We had the pleasure of having Audrey come to see us Easter afternoon and spend the day with us. Jonas was so happy to see her.

I love this next picture because it is so typical of Jonas. He is just the happiest kid but can turn on you quicker than you can blink your eye. These two pictures were literally taken within seconds of each other.

We went to the Bradley's for Easter dinner and afterwards the kids were able to have an Easter egg hunt. They all had so much fun! Here is Audrey and Jonas looking through all the fun treasures he found.

One thing that was really special for Scott and I this year is that we really took the time to teach Jonas the importance and meaning of Easter. Every year we do this but this year he just really took it in. It was so special for us to see him contemplate the love our Saviour had for us that he would die for us. It is so amazing to me how intelligent children are and how much they truly do understand. I am so thankful for my Savior and for his sacrifice for us, and I am thankful for Easter and the time it gives us to ponder what an amazing gift He has given us.

Jonas' Birthday Party

2010-03-22T10:35:00.000-07:00

Well this year I was NOT going to do a birthday party for Jonas but I will willing admit that I am the BIGGEST sucker when it comes to this kid!!! So I decided that since his favorite thing to do is go swimming and that this not only would be his last birthday as an only child but one of his last weekends as an only child that we would have a fun family get away at a hotel with a pool so we could swim all weekend! We were originally thinking of going down to SLC but decided to go to Sherwood Hills Resort in Logan Canyon so that his cousins could come up and go swimming with him as well.

We stayed two nights. The first day we got there and Scott and Jonas went swimming for two hours, then we went out to eat and got back in time to meet Jonas' cousins to swim some more. I even swam and I do not like to swim. We swam for 4 hours that night and it was SOOOO much fun. They have the nicest and warmest indoor pool, baby pool and a really nice hot tub with a waterfall in it.

On the second day Jonas and I got up early to swim some more while Scott slept in. Once again SOOOO much fun! Then we all went to Brigham City to get lunch and just drive around the canyon for a while. Then we got back to the hotel and got ready for his party. We had all his cousins aunts and uncles and Grandma and Grandpa Bradley over for pizza, presents and yes more swimming!!! Everybody swam and had so much fun, and yes we swam for 4 more more hours. Talk about water logged! So here are a few pictures from the weekend!

Jonas with his birthday cake! Grandma and Grandpa Bought the Scooby Doo action figures! (Jonas' new obsession) I wanted to put the mystery machine on the cake too but it was too big! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa it was definitely the favorite of all the presents.

Opening the mystery machine. The picture is a little blurry but I love it because it shows how truly excited about it!

Blowing out the candles!

Swimming Fun!

Playing with his moon sand! Yea from now on it is an outside toy!

Jonas new birthday outfit!

Happy 5th Birtday Jonas

2010-03-22T07:25:00.000-07:00

Happy 5th Birthday Jonas!!!

You sure have been such an amazing blessing in our lives. We love you so much and are so proud of the amazing young man you are becoming! Now please stop growing so fast you are supposed to stay my little guy forever!!

Jonas at his 5th birthday Party!

Jonas 4 years old

Jonas 3 years old

Jonas 2 years old

Jonas 1 year old

Jonas 1 day old

Next Surgery......

2010-01-27T14:48:00.000-08:00

We just got back from Jonas' check up at the Shriner's hospital. The Doctor was so impressed with his "masterpiece" of a skin graft! He said that the graft helped relieve so much tension across his chest that he will not need surgery on the other side for at least a year. He is hoping that we can just switch of sides over the next few years instead of doing both every year!

I am just so excited that Jonas doesn't have to go through that again so soon! Let alone the fact that I don't have to go through it being 8 or 9 months prego or even with a new born!!! YEAH!!!

After the Doctor told us the great news Jonas got a really serious look on his face and said well..... I am really happy I don't have to have surgery right now, because I really didn't want that. But, I am sad that I can't stay in the hospital for a week because I really like how spoiled I get when I am in the hospital. Little Stinker! This kid really knows how to work the system!

Buddah Belly Short Hair and Broken toe!

2010-01-20T11:08:00.000-08:00

So yesterday I chopped off 15 inches of my hair! I figured I was getting really sick of putting so much moose in my hair taking 15 minutes to do my hair and then letting it dry for an hour all just to put it up in a ponytail. So here is the end result. It is A LOT shorter curly!
As you may have noticed in the past I am not a big fan of posting pictures of myself, but I figured if I was going to do it I might as well get a big belly shot. So here it is....

On another note.... when I was 28 wks preggo with Jonas I broke one of my toes when a jar of applesauce fell on it. So last night Jonas was helping me in the kitchen so he went to get his VERY HEAVY WOODEN step stool to stand on. But instead of placing it one the floor he dropped it from two feet in the air right on top of my toe. And yes it is broken. It hurt so stinking bad but I couldn't even scream out in pain because before I could process what happened and scream Jonas was already crying because he felt so bad. So I had to be a tough mom and show no pain so he wouldn't feel worse. I just can't figure out what the attraction to braking toes is this far along in pregnancy. It's bad enough feeling like a bus but not it kills to walk. Oh well such is life!

Christmas

2009-12-27T14:53:00.000-08:00

I think we had quite a great Christmas this year filled with fun and family. My Dad flew in on the 20th so he and my sisters have been at my house and Jonas is just loving all the attention.

On Christmas Eve we went to the Bradley's while my family all went to the hot springs. Jonas and his cousins had such a great time and were able to open there new pajamas together.
Unfortunately for Jonas I still think of him is my "little" guy and I bought his pajamas two sizes too small. He was seriously so sad he had been looking forward to new feet pajamas for months.
So I ended up running down to Walmart as fast as I could and very luckily there were some bigger pajamas left!
That night Joe Laura Chelsie Audrey and my Dad all slept over. Between us all we were all up to 1:30 helping Santa get Jonas present put together. Jonas was a little shell shocked when he woke up Christmas morning. He literally just stood there for 2 minutes looking at the race track Santa brought and taking in the amount of presents under the tree. Finally he got really excited as you can tell from the picture below!

I think everyone had fun with Jonas' present!

Grandpa got Jonas a grumpy old man hat!
I just had to add this picture of my sexy man! It's our 6th Anniversary today! I love you Babe!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas with family and friends!

The Panty Store

2009-12-07T15:41:00.000-08:00

This Saturday we were out doing some shopping and Jonas had $5 to spend. Not until we got to the distribution center did he want to spend it. He wanted to buy a CTR ring and a Book of Mormon. So he spent his money and is quite happy about it. The next day we went to the Bradley's for Sunday dinner and Jonas brought his Book of Mormon with him so he could "read" it. His cousin Rockwell asked him where he got his Book of Mormon and without skipping a beat he said I bought it at the Mommy and Daddy panty store.

It's a.....

2009-12-06T07:52:00.000-08:00

Girl!

And we couldn't be more excited! Scott didn't want to know at all but gave in this morning and had to know! Jonas wants to name her Hailey because he misses his cousin Hailey so much! So now I am busily thinking of names and looking for all the cute little girl things! Yeah! Pink here we come!

HALF BAKED!!!!

2009-11-28T08:40:00.000-08:00

As of today the baby is Half Baked! How exciting is that! My ultrasound is on Friday and with Jonas we didn't find out what we were having. I have to admit it was so exciting not to know and I was bound and determined not to find out with this baby. Yet for some reason this time around I REALLY want to know and Scott does not! I am thinking of finding out and not telling him but that means I can't tell anyone else. I don't know..... What do you all think I should do?????

2009-11-07T06:42:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures from Jonas' hospital stay!
Jonas' new splint he has to wear this for a total of 7 weeksJoe and Laura came to visit and brought with them Ruby Red Bum
They had a great Halloween party at the hospital. All the patients got to go trick or treating and then they had a little Halloween carnival!Grandma and Grandpa Wilson came to visit at the hospital and helped Jonas frost some Halloween cupcakesJonas and his new friendwe got to take Jonas to temple square on Sunday afternoon for a two hour leave it was so nice to get some fresh air!We didn't get to see his graft until Monday morning and here it is.....

this is the donor area in his groin

Grandma Wilson's Visit

2009-11-03T20:48:00.000-08:00

My Mom flew out from Wisconsin on the 21st to spend some time with all her kids and to be here for Jonas' surgery. We had so much fun while she was here and miss her terribly already.

The morning after my Mom arrived Jonas my Mom and I drove up to Rexburg to see Chelsie and Audrey. We had so much fun spending time with them. We got to tour Audrey's school (Paul Mitchel Beauty School) and my Mom even got her hair done there. I, quite proud of Audrey you can tell she really is enjoying what she is doing and is really quite good at it as well.
On Friday my Mom was able to come to my Doctor appointment and listen to the baby's heart beat. I think she really enjoyed that! Then she came with us Joe and Laura to the Bradley Halloween party. Jonas was so excited to have the attention of both of his Grandmas!

On Sunday afternoon Jonas, Chelsie my Mom and I headed down to American Fork to spend some time with my Grandparents. We had so much fun with them and once again Jonas loved the attention of both his grandma Wilson's' and his great Papa Wilson.

On Monday afternoon my Mom took Jonas Chelsie and I to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point! We all had a blast!
On Tuesday my Mom came with us to the hospital and stayed with Jonas and I until Friday. I am so thankful for my Mom and that she took off so much time at work to be here with us. I defiantly needed my Mommy this last week to get me through the week ! And I know Jonas absolutely loved having her here. Thanks so much for coming out Mom! We all love you and miss you so much!

Halloween Fun!

2009-11-03T20:27:00.000-08:00

This year we had a Halloween Party at the Bradley home a week before Halloween. We didn't think Jonas would have much of a Halloween because he was going to be in the hospital so we had a night of spooky fun. Here are a few pictures of the night......

the kids having a donut eating contest

all those who dressed up...... (I dressed up as a pregnant mom, creative hunh!)

Jonas and Scott, yes I know at times my husband is just too sexy to even handle

and last but not least Dr. Jonas! Yes the butcher knife was his idea, it was at the time his view on Doctors!

SURGERY!!!

2009-10-28T09:07:00.000-07:00

Jonas had his surgery yesterday and it went AMAZINGLY!!!!! I was so happy all went to so well. They got a full tissue donor area from the right side of his groin and in all honesty that looks worse than his shoulder! Thanks so much everyone for your prayers they were defiantly heard and answered!

Now for as well as the surgery went,when Jonas came out of his anaesthesia, let's just say it looked like a scene from the exorcist. As soon as he "came through" he started clawing at himself trying to rip out his IV and his cast. He was literally doing flips all over the bed, hitting scratching and throwing whatever he could at anybody who came within a certain distance of him. It was seriously the hardest and saddest thing to see. The Doctor and nurses were just in shock. He is the sweetest and calmest little guy so it was really weird for me to see. The problem with the whole thing is that he has to be as absolutely still as he can for 7 days. They wont even let him out of bed. If he moves his skin graft could fail. The Doctor said he should stop within an hour and asked Scott and I to basically hold him down until then. Well it just got worse and Jonas is extremely claustrophobic so I really don't blame him, So they now have him on an IV drip of morphine and all other sorts of sedatives for the next 7 days. I hate seeing him on all these drugs but it is kind of funny how "happy" he is!

Anyway if I find a way I will try to post some pictures later! Thanks again everyone for your prayers!

Too tired to Even Think Straight

2009-10-08T09:35:00.000-07:00

The last couple of weeks have been so crazy and when it comes down to it not that much has happened besides moving. I defiantly think I bit off more than I could chew with this move. We have been in our new place since September 27th and if you walked into our house you would think we moved in just yesterday. For some reason, maybe the fact that I'm preggo or something to that effect, I have been so tired it seems as if I can't get my self going. I AM SO TIRED ALL THE TIME!!! Luckily in the last few days my nausea has gone away! Hip Hip Hooray!!! This last Monday I FINALLY unpacked our kitchen and believe it or not actually cooked my family a meal! I usually cook every day we are just not one of those families to eat out all the time so it felt so good to eat at home. Anyway.... I am starting to get some energy back so it is time to get my act together. My mom comes out soon for Jonas' surgery so I really need to get everything together before then!

Last week Scott turned 30, AHHHHH I'm married to an old man... he he just kidding I Love you Scott! Jonas had such a cute idea for Scott's birthday. A few days before his birthday Jonas told me that we should sneak over to Scott's work after he fell asleep and decorate his office for his birthday. I thought it was such a good idea and was so excited that Jonas' thought of this all by himself that I couldn't turn him down. So this is what we did...

Jonas was so excited he giggled about it all night and when Scott called the next morning to tell us what he found Jonas' was beaming from ear to ear with pride!

Jonas is taking swimming lessons still and just loves it. Now that it is getting cold here the outside pool is closed so instead of swimming outside before his lessons Jonas likes to hang out in the hot tub! He loves it!!!!!Jonas and I are starting our home school on the upcoming Monday! (another reason I need to get my house in order by this weekend) We are both so excited about it! I figured with the upcoming surgery it would be a great distraction for him in the hospital as well as something else to focus on other than the pain! Also I figure this is our last few months with just the two of us at home before the baby and that I should really take advantage of that time and get into a schedule with school! So we will see how it all goes and I will let you all know!

Bear Lake Again and Moving!

2009-09-01T17:02:00.000-07:00

We went to bear lake again this last weekend and of coarse had a great time! It was a little cooler out which ended up being a good thing because not too many people were there.

This is as deep as Jonas would let us bury him in the sand

Jonas on his own little island

At the end of August our rental agreement on our town house expired and we went into a month to month contract. We have been debating on weather or not to stay here or find a home to rent. We plan on buying or building next summer. I REALLY REALLY dislike where we live. We have cranky oldies on one side of us and dancing queen singing gays at 2:00 am on the other side. We have no yard for Jonas to play in and just way too little space for our stuff. With a baby coming we have NO room for baby stuff! With that said I decided to grin and bear it till next summer. Torture yes I know. Well yesterday I just happened to find an add for a home in Smithfield with 4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms, 2000 sq. ft., a fenced in back yard with a huge play set in the back. All for $625 a month, way less then we are paying now! We wanted to go to Smithfield so I thought this had to be too good to be true, it must be a whole in the wall! I made an appointment to go and see it and it was AWESOME!!!!! It's an old home and EVERYTHING in it is NEW!!!! It was gutted and all redone! I was so excited! I asked how many had looked and they said they had at least 30 people looking. So I filled out the application and went home just wishing and hoping! By the time I got home my phone rang and it was the renter telling me they would like to rent to us! I AM SO EXCITED! I just feel like we could live more comfortably and have a nice place to stay until we do find our own home next summer! We move at the end of this month! So now I am busy packing!

Jonas!

2009-08-26T21:03:00.000-07:00

Today Jonas had a checkup at the Schriner's hospital in SLC. There is a burn Doctor there that is "semi retired" and is the Dr. that has trained all of Jonas' previous Doctors. he is not taking any patients but had an interest in Jonas' case so he took it on so we wouldn't have to travel to Sacramento California anymore! So that is really exciting and quite a blessing for us!

This Dr. is quite an amazing guy and quite honestly opened my eyes today in unfortunately a horrifying way! Every Dr. in the past has painted a rose colored picture for me as far as the condition and the future of Jonas' burns. In all honesty what I expected from today's visit was the Dr. just to check up on his and to tell me that in the future (meaning 3 years or more) that he would need some grafting done or even just z plasty again. Unfortunately that is not what happened.

Jonas will have a skin graft done October 27 under his right arm pit. He will be in the hospital for a week afterwards and then will have a cast on that arm for 7 weeks. His arm will be straight out to the side which to me seems like torture. As soon as that is done they are going to do the same thing to the left side. Then will possibly move on to one of his ankles and his thigh. He then told me that contrary to what I have been told in the past that this will be happening more frequently as he is now growing so much now.

This has quite honestly taken most of the day for me to digest. I have had some of the worst flashbacks today that I would have cared to never relive. It completely breaks my heart that my little sweetheart has to go through this again but now at an age where he knows what is going on. So for now we are taking one day at a time and we are just going to enjoy life and have tons of fun! Once the end of October hits I guess it time to buckle down and endure to the end of the process.

Baby oh Baby!!!!

2009-08-21T13:38:00.000-07:00

Yes...... after three and a half years of waiting and much to Scott's happiness trying and trying and trying..... Baby Bradley #2 is FINALLY on the way!!! It is a tad bit early to announce but we are all so excited here that we just can't seem to keep it in!!! We weren't going to tell anyone till I was three months along but Jonas announced it all to Scott's family while camping. Everywhere we go weather we know the people or no Jonas immediately tells them that his mommy is pregnant and that he is going to be a big brother soon! Baby is due April 17th!

Fun Times!

2009-08-20T21:20:00.000-07:00

Chelsie and Audrey got here a few weeks ago and life has been a little crazy yet so much fun since! We went to the Cache Valley fair which was tons of fun!

Then this last weekend we headed up to Island Park, Idaho for the annual Bradley camping trip! We brought Chelsie and Audrey with us this year so it was extra fun! On the way up it was just Chelsie, Audrey, Jonas and I. Scott was going to come up the next morning. We got about 20 minutes away from Pocatello and out tire shredded! We had a full size spare tire yet no jack or wrench. It took about 7 cars stopping and and hour and a half on the side of the road before we were able to get the new tire on and back on the road. Normally a situation like that would have been stressful yet we found it a little fun and exciting! Easily pleased... yes I know!!!The next morning we floated down the river. It usually takes about 3 to 4 hours. It definitely took us longer! The wind kept pushing us back up river! So it was a long trip yet fun and relaxing!
The next day we headed up to Yellowstone which is always fun! The only this that was horribly crummy is that Obama decided to come to the park as well and we ended up sitting in dead stop traffic for an hour so they could watch old faithful all by them selves. Now I wont lie, I can't stand Obama! That's all I will say because I could really say a lot of nasty things about him, but I will say it was kind of exciting to see Air Force one fly low over our campground and then all the secret service helicopters flying of Yellowstone!
On Sunday morning we headed back home but on the was we made a few fun stops!
Jonas, Chelsie and Audrey at Johnny Sack's Cabin!
Grandma and Grandpa Bradley with all their Grand kids!

These were Taken at some waterfalls we went to!

The possessed water fountain!

Hailey, We Sure will Miss You!!

2009-07-30T16:47:00.000-07:00

Hailey and her family are moving this week to Las Vegas! What an exciting adventure for them! Here we are a little sad though! Hailey has been such a big part of our life over the last year and we sure will miss playing with her. Jonas and Hailey have become such good friends and I know Jonas will sure miss her ALOT!!! Here are some of my favorite pictures of Jonas and Hailey over the last year!!!

My funny boy!

2009-07-21T20:46:00.001-07:00

I've said it many times before but it is true that Jonas makes me laugh EVERY DAY! There have been many times I have wanted to post the funny things he has said or done but if I did I would be on the computer all the time! I did however decide to share some gems from today!

This morning I was cleaning the kitchen and Jonas asked if I would go on a bike ride with him. This is the conversation that followed:

me: Sure bud as soon as I am done cleaning the kitchen

long pause:

Jonas: Mom, we need to get a copy machine

m: um, ok, why?

J: So you can make a bunch of copies of yourself.

m: why would I do that?

J: Well you are always so busy cleaning and taking care of me and dad that if you made a bunch of copies of yourself you could make your copies do all your work and you could just play with me all day!

Then when we finally went out for a bike ride Jonas put on his Helmet and elbow pads and got on his bike. It was a really hot day today and after about and hour of riding his bike he says:

Mom there is a lot of juice in my elbow pads I wonder what kind it is and why it's in the there. So I said well bud that is sweat! So Jonas says YUCKY take them off quick!!!

When we got home from bike riding I got Jonas a Popsicle and got on the computer to play a game. Jonas came in the computer room with some toys and was quietly playing with them. Some how he got a hold of some tape and kept on asking for pieces of it. I knew he was just putting them on one of his toys and I didn't mind because it was keeping him busy. About ten minutes later I was wondering why he was being SOOOO quiet so I turned around to discover he had taken off his underwear, gotten two wet wipes, taped them on and had created himself a loin cloth. I personally thought it was a little odd and yet very funny!

Family Vacation!!!

2009-07-21T20:38:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we went camping up at Tony's Grove Thursday and Friday night! We really had such an amazing time as a family, Scott and I feel it is probably one of the funnest family trips we have taken in a very long time!
On Friday morning we went hiking around Tony's Grove and had a picnic. Later that afternoon we decided to go for a drive to Bear Lake and just go for a walk on the beach. Instead Jonas ran and jumped in the water and so we decided to join him. We had so much fun that the next morning we packed up and went to Bear Lake again and spent the whole day on the beach. Later we went home showered and headed to a midnight showing of Harry Potter. So it was a really fun weekend for us. So here are some pictures from our weekend!
Jonas catching bugs on our hike!

Handsome little man!

The rest are pictures enjoying some time on the beach!!

Jonas has been taking swimming lessons this summer and has made quite a bit of progress! He started not wanting to even put his chin in the water. Now he is jumping in with no fear. Below is a video of Jonas and Scott playing in the water. This video really proves his progress!

I'm a big boy now!!

2009-07-07T09:44:00.001-07:00

We had a pretty fun 4th of July weekend, the weird part of it all was that I didn't take too many pictures of it! Shocking yes I know!!!

On Thursday we went to the fireworks in Hyrum! On Friday we went to the fireworks in Logan!

On Saturday we went to a pool party all morning and then in the afternoon we went to the Cache Valley Cruise In, which for a kid like Jonas is comparable to Heaven on Earth!

Over the last month or so, Jonas has been raising money to buy his own big boy bike! He had piggy banks full of money, did some chores for us and babysat Joe's dog Zoe twice. He was so proud of himself for buying hid bike all by himself. I would have to say that by far it was my favorite part of the weekend!

Last night, (Monday) Scott's boss Reid and his family took us boating at Hyrum state park! We had a lot of fun! More so than I thought we would! I grew up doing a lot of boating, tubing and all sorts of water sports. Scott on the other hand has NEVER been. So for the first time EVER Scott went wake boarding! I was quite proud of him for giving it a try!

Jonas started out a little grumpy because he was pretty tired, but he ended up having a blast! He surprised me when he asked if he could go tubing. Even more shocking is that he didn't want Scott or I to go with him and then to top it off half way through his ride he decided to pull a "trick" and stood up in his tube. I was really proud of him for doing something out of his comfort zone! We really did have fun so thanks to Reid and his family for taking us out!

WISCONSIN!!!!

2009-06-20T20:07:00.000-07:00

Well it's now been almost a week since I have been home and I am just now getting around to "try" posting about it. I don't know what it is about vacations no matter what I do I am just so exhausted for a week! Anyway..... On June 9th Jonas and I flew out to Wisconsin to spend a week with my family! Audrey graduated from High School on the 13th so my parents were nice enough to fly both of us out there! It has almost been two years since I was last home so it was so nice to go back and to bring Jonas with me! He was looking forward to it for weeks he was just so excited, and I don't think there was a moment he was disappointed. He had non stop fun and was non stop spoiled with attention!!!!

On Wednesday night we were all able to go to Milwaukee to a Brewers game! It was actually quite fun! We had some pretty comical drunks in front of us and they were pretty entertaining, I think we all watched them more than the game!

On Thursday My Mom, Audrey, Jonas and I went to the Manitowoc Zoo (big time Zoo, yes I know) and then went to the park and did some shopping! We also spent the day getting ready for Audrey's graduation party! It was really a fun and yet relaxing day!

On Friday was Audrey's graduation party and Saturday was her graduation! Both days were fun yet so exhausting! It was so fun to see some of my aunts, uncle's and cousins I hadn't seen in a while! My old choir teacher and dance coach came to Audrey's party so it was fun to see them and catch up with them again! What was odd was seeing all the kids graduating with Audrey. I remember watching them all play together when they were only 5 years old. Some them I even babysat when they were young, it all actually made me feel quite old! So congrats go out to Audrey! The youngest of the kids has now graduated and is about to leave the nest, I feel sad for my parents it will be hard for them not to have any of us home next fall.

On Saturday night my Dad, Jonas and I cleaned out the boat so we could all go out for a boat

ride! Jonas was so excited about cleaning out the boat, he kept on saying "Man, I am getting this baby clean, I am such a hard worker on getting this baby clean.

We all had fun on our boat ride but My Dad and Jonas I am sure had the most fun! My Dad would let Jonas drive the boat and it sure made him feel so important and cool!!!

On Monday we headed down to Bay Beach in Green Bay! It was quite a fun little adventure! I think if we had let him Jonas would have stayed there all day long. Unfortunately I went on the "tilt a hurl" and was motion sick the rest of the day! Really stupid of me, yes I know!

Jonas and Audrey on the Scrambler!

Grandma, Jonas and Audrey on the big slide!

Waiting to go on the tilt a hurl

I think this is a great picture on the train!

Later that night we went on another boat ride over to Manitowoc, docked the boat and went to an ice cream parlor!

This is a picture of the seagulls following us out of the harbor! We had sooooooooo much fun in Wisconsin! It was pretty sad to leave. My parents are trying to sell their home and our family dog Maddie is getting pretty sick, so as I was driving away it was making me sad to think that it could be the last time in my childhood home and the last time I see our amazing dog!!!

Thanks so much Mom and Dad for treating us to such an amazing vacation! It was so much fun!!! We love you and miss you all so much!!

On Mother's day this year Jonas got my mom a card that sings You are my sunshine. While we were in Wisconsin he carried the card with him everywhere! So below is a video of him singing to my mom before we left for the airport!

Lagoon!!!

2009-06-08T09:45:00.000-07:00

Over Memorial Day weekend while camping we helped out a fellow camper by helping them get their camp fire started with some lighter fluid and some matches. No big deal right, that's just what you do while camping.... you help each other out! Well when they packed up the next day to go home the wife came over and gave us coupons to Lagoon for 8 $10 tickets and free parking! We were a little shocked, and honestly quite excited!!! We have been wanting to take Jonas to Lagoon but really didn't want to pay full price but at $10 a ticket we couldn't pass up the opportunity. Who knew that a little help could go a long way! The tickets were only good for yesterday (Sunday yes I know) So Scott, Jonas, Joe, Laura, one of Laura's friends and I headed to Lagoon! It rained the whole way down and we figured it may be a wet and miserable day but we would still have fun! Yet, as soon as we got there around 1:00 the sky's cleared and it was a beautiful day!!! We had SOOOO much fun! Jonas had way more fun then I planned on! He was all smiles all day long!!! He has his ticket now he's ready to go have some fun!Scott and Jonas and Joe and Laura on the ride I regretted going on for the rest of the day!
This sure is on handsome little guy on a train ride!

On the way out Jonas and Scott decided to run through the fountain and it was pretty fun to watch. Jonas kept looking in all the wholes where the water shoots out and he would get hit right in the face. luckily I brought a change a clothes for the way home!

On the way out of the park they informed us that because it was a "rain day" that if we held on to our ticket stubs that we could come back for free before June 30th! Man talk about lucky! Not only did we get in for $10 each but we can go back again for free!!!!!

Now Jonas and I are on our way out to Wisconsin! We are so excited to see my family and be able to watch Audrey graduate!!

A quick update on Scott: he finally had an ultrasound to see what is going on with his high liver count. Well come to find out it is his gall bladder. It is so full of gallstones that all the bile is backing up into the liver. They say his gallbladder is just like a sack of marbles right now and that it has probably been building up for years. So they will more than likely have to remove it right now we are just waiting to find out when.

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Click on the bike above to enter for a chance to win this bike! It's pretty sweet isin't it!

Recent Happenings!

2009-05-29T14:15:00.000-07:00

Not much has happened lately yet it seems like so much has! First and foremost my camera broke! Now to me this is HUGE! Me not having a camera is like a fish being out of water. We went camping over Memorial Day and it broke within hours of being there so I only got like 5 pictures! So now I am looking around for a really good but not too expensive camera if you have any suggestions let me know!

As I just mentioned we went camping this last weekend up at Bear Lake. All I can say is that it was the most miserable and fun trip, if that makes any sense. Joe and Laura came up to camp with us so that made it really special especially for Jonas who is obsessed with Laura. The reason it was miserable was it rained and was very windy the majority of the time, Scott was REALLY sick (I'll get into that later) and Jonas threw up. The few times the sun was up we had a blast! We love camping so we stuck it out the whole weekend so hopefully next time we camp it will be an overall better time!

Scott was really sick all weekend and he is pretty tough so I was surprised to see him in so much pain. By the time we got home on Monday he ended up in the Urgent Care. Not to get too informative he basically hasn't gone number two in two weeks. They took some xrays and said his intestines were so packed that it was shocking. They gave him some powerful colon cleanse which didn't work. So yesterday they gave him the stuff you drink before a colonoscopy which also hasn't worked. On top of it all they ran some blood tests and discovered his liver enzymes were pretty high. Apparently normal levels are around 60 and liver failure is around 1000 and Scott's levels are at 690. So he has an appointment with a GI Doctor next week to see what is going on. Hopefully we can get him better and working properly. So keep him in your prayers. Not to make light of the situation but my mom said today...." I always knew Scott was full of S***" My Mom always knows how to make me laugh!!

Other than that the only other exciting thing going on is not really going on in our life but in my cousin Danielle's! She just had her little baby girl Mia! She is such a doll with SO MUCH hair! We are SOOOO excited for them. It has been such a blessing for us to have them live so close. Jonas and Hailey have become SUCH good friends that they are almost like brother and sister. It has been so good for Jonas to have Hailey over to play. So we are really having Hailey withdrawals over here. We miss her already not having her here during the week. Yet we are excited that we can still play with her all summer! Congrats Danielle and Brandon you sure have the cutest little girls!!!

Potty Mouth!

2009-05-21T08:39:00.000-07:00

As much as I shouldn't tell this story I just have to because it is too funny to pass up. Now when I say potty mouth I am not talking about Jonas but myself and that is probably why I should keep this to myself. So here is the story...

On Monday afternoon we were driving downtown Logan and for some reason the traffic was HORRIBLE!!! I was in the median trying to merge and I sat there for ten minutes and NOBODY would let me in. I was a tad bit flustered at this point. Finally there was an opening so I go for it when this young teenager in his brand new little convertible comes out of nowhere steps on his gas and trys to push me back into the median and almost hits me. My windows were all down and he starts laughing and says HA HA I beat you! I was SOOO mad because he almost hit me and I have two kids in the back he put in danger all just to show off his hot new car. So without even thinking at this point of the two kids in the back seat I slam on my horn and yell you "JACK A**" (yes this was my Irish spirit coming out). Immediately I cover my mouth in a little shock that I just said that in front of Jonas and Hailey when Jonas says; "Mom how do you know his name? Do you know him?" I laughed so hard and of coarse told him yeah I know him and was quite happy they didn't know that was a bad word to say.

Yes quite embarrassing that I said that in front of Jonas and Hailey and even more embarrassing that I told all of you that I said that in front of them, but you have to admit for Jonas to say that was just too funny!

365 days of slow cooking

2009-05-14T17:34:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to post a link to a blog that I think is great!
http://365daysofcrockpot.blogspot.com/
This was such a good idea and there are so many good recipies on this site!
I have cooked day #45 and day #28 and they were both AMAZING!!!
So give her site a look and you will have some great dinner ideas!

I love Being a Mom!

2009-05-10T07:08:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to write a quick note to say..... that I LOVE BEING A MOM!!! Jonas is such a blessing and quite a joy in my life. I truly feel the Saviour's love for me every time I look at Jonas because I know He must truly love me to send me such a beautiful and amazing little guy. Just a cute and funny story...

As I have said many times in the past, Jonas truly makes me laugh every day. He is growing so quickly and has quite a good little since of humor on him and is really quite witty. I will say that Jonas is the WORST secret keeper in the world though. In the past we will tell him what we are getting people for presents and tell him not to tell them because it is a secret, then the moment he sees them he will tell them. I guess you can't expect more than that from a 4 year old.

So on Friday we went to a sporting good store and I picked out a pair of Chaco's that I wanted for Mother's Day, then Jonas and Scott went and got them. When we got home Scott explained the whole secret thing to Jonas and immediately Jonas ran to tell me he got me a present but wouldn't tell me what it was. I was quite honestly really impressed! About an hour later I asked Jonas if he would tell me what it was and he said OK Mom come here. So I bent over and he whispered in my ear...." I got you purple panties" I laughed so hard. I asked Scott if he told him to say that and he said there is no way he would tell him to say purple panties. I thought it was just the funniest thing that he came up with that on his own. He sure has come a long way with keeping secrets!

Great Weather!

2009-04-27T10:25:00.000-07:00

Last week we had some really good weather here in Logan. So we took advantage of it and Jonas Hailey and I went to a different park every day of the week. On one day we went to Willow Park which has a zoo so that day was extra fun! I have been really sick this last week so it was actually really nice for me because Jonas and Hailey would play for hours at the park while I sat on a blanker watching them trying to get some rest.

Easter, Pink Eye and Walking Pneumonia.... oh My!

2009-04-14T20:34:00.000-07:00

I love Holidays! Whenever someone asks me what holiday is my favorite I will usually say the one that is quickly approaching or has just past. I guess simply because every Holiday has something fun and unique that make me like it so much! I will have to say that Easter is really up there on my list. There is so much about Easter that I love that i could go on and on.... I will not do that but I will try to quickly summarize why I love Easter so much!

I love Easter because I love getting Jonas all dressed up in a handsome little outfit! Although this would be the first year I haven't put him in a sailor outfit or knickers. He will thank me for that later!This is Jonas' handsome little Easter outfit this year!

I love Easter because I find it so much fun to watch little kids run around looking for Easter eggs and watching the excitement in the their eyes when they find what the Easter bunny left them.

I love Easter because it is in the spring, and spring is my favorite season. I love the Spring because to me every year it brings a fresh start and new life to this world.

Which brings me to the biggest reason why I love Easter.... because it is such a amazing and precious time to celebrate the gift that our Saviour gave to us.. his life and resurrection so that we may all return to Him and our Father in Heaven again some day. What an amazing and truly precious gift that is!

This year was really a fun and interesting Easter. On Saturday it was Jonas' cousin Max's second birthday. So we spent the evening celebrating his birthday and decorating Easter eggs. Jonas was feeling a little under the weather and every time he stopped moving for more that two minutes he would fall asleep.Max's Birthday Party! Jonas sleeping during Max's birthday party!

On Easter morning Jonas woke up feeling miserable. Scott and I both woke up to him screaming because he was so excited to go look for his basket but was panicked because he couldn't open his eyes because they were matted shut!
Yes this is not the cutest picture but it was typical of the morning, Jonas looking miserable but having so much fun!

Jonas had so much fun looking for his basket, Easter eggs, and tiny cereal boxes the Easter bunny left for him to find! We got a lot of fun picture but I would say 90% of them had Jonas either sneezing or coughing in them. The Easter bunny really spoiled Jonas this year and got him a Tonka dump truck, sidewalk chalk, the Bug's life movie, a book, and tons of candy! (thanks Grandma and Grandpa Wilson for sending so much to contribute!) Jonas was REALLY excited, he wanted the dump truck for his birthday and didn't get it so he was so excited the he got it from the Easter bunny!Look at all that loot!

As the day went on Jonas continued to get more sick. We went to Scott's parents ward and during sacrament I thought he might have pick eye. Scott and his mom were pretty sure he didn't have it and Jonas insisted he was fine and wanted to go to his Grandma and Grandpa's for the Easter egg hunt. So we did and he had so much fun!

Scott trying to out do the master of stubborn attitudes!
I tried to get some Easter pictures of Jonas but with him feeling so sick it really just didn't work out

By the time we got home the bags under Jonas' eyes were almost black and swollen out at least a 1/4 of an inch, So Monday morning I took him to the Doctor and Jonas has Pink Eye and Walking Pneumonia! Nice hunh! I feel so bad for the little guy but with some pretty powerful antibiotics in him he is on the mend and starting to feel so much better. All he really cares about is getting better so he can play with "his" Hailey again!

My handsome little man
This picture is kind of scary and sad. Those eyes are looking so evil yet so sick!

Best of Friends!

2009-04-06T22:24:00.001-07:00

Jonas and Hailey have become the best of friends over the last few months. Every day when Jonas wakes up the first thing he asks me is how soon is Hailey coming over!

Today was a beautiful day so we walked to the park down the road to play baseball. On the way there Jonas and Hailey walked infront of me holding hands it was the cuttest little thing.

Jonas' Birthday Party!!!

2009-04-01T13:32:00.000-07:00

So this is a little late but in all honesty I haven't been in the mood to blog lately! Anyway..... here are some pictures of Jonas birthday party! He had so much fun! We had a gymnastics party at the gym! They let all the kids (and the adults)just play on all the equipment for an hour, They all had SOOO much fun! And yes so did the adults, I think one in particular (Scott) had more fun than some of the kids! Afterwards they were able to play a few games have pizza cake and ice cream! It was such a nice day that afterwards we went to Scott's parents and all the grand kids got to fly their kites!

One of the pictures below is a picture of Jonas' cake. The majority of what we got him was on the cake. I had this picture of how I wanted it to turn out in my mind and I worked all night the night before on the cake. Well after a few hours I just cried.... it was a disaster. I decided to just go buy a sheet cake in the morning. Scott wouldn't let me and he was able to make the cake look presentable. So in the morning when Jonas woke up to see his cake he was so excited. He literally sat and stared at it for hours. During his party he kept asking if we could just have his cake already! So I guess as much as I was disappointed in the cake it didn't matter because he just LOVED it!!!!

Jonas staring at his cake!
After Jonas' party we came home for a few minutes before heading over to the Bradley's', within a minute of sitting down Jonas was OUT!!!
All the kids getting ready for a scavenger hunt!
Eating pizza! (Notice Jonas staring at his cake again)

Here is just a collage of the kids doing gymnastics! Notice some of the adults had just as much fun!!

4 years old!

2009-03-20T13:11:00.000-07:00

Well another year has come and gone and as cliche as it sounds my little man is growing way too fast. Jonas turns 4 years old this Sunday and he is SO EXCITED!!! Last week Jonas had a really off day. He was walking around as if he were depressed. Then latter that night he started crying uncontrollably for two hours. It was the saddest little thing made more sad when I found out the reason he was crying. It turns out he was scared of turning 4 because he thought he would then be officially to big to be my little guy anymore and that he would be too big to cuddle with me. So after a long talk he realized he would never be too big to be my little guy nor to cuddle with me. (although if he were in his 20's and married it might be a tad weird!) So after that little incident he has been nothing but excited to have his birthday!

We are having a fun little birthday party for Jonas that I will post about later I'm sure, but for now I wanted to post a little slide show of my favorite pictures of Jonas through out this last year. It has been quite a fun year for Jonas with so many accomplishments such as FINALLY getting potty trained. This year he had surgery, made tons of friends, moved to Logan, got to see a monster truck show, went on his first camping trip and all other sorts of fun.

I truly am so thankful for this little man and the joy that he brings to our lives. We truly are so blessed to still have him in our lives. I keep thinking that the older he gets I might forget how truly lucky we are to still have him, but I can honestly say that not a SINGLE day goes by that I don't remember how close we were to not having him in our lives anymore. Although the painful memories are often really hard on me, I am actually quite thankful for those memories because those memories remind me EVERY day of how blessed I truly am! As a mother it is hard to see your children grow so quickly but I am so excited to see what the next year brings for Jonas.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONAS!!! We love you so much!

Sledding with Hailey!

2009-02-23T18:35:00.000-08:00

Before I go into the reason for this post I just wanted to tell you something funny Jonas said yesterday..... last night we were at the Bradley's and Jonas sneezed. His eyes got really big and he said
"Wow!!! That was weird..... I just tooted and Blessed you at the same time!"
How cute that he found it so weird that he tooted and sneezed at the same time but also that he thinks a sneeze is really called a Bless you!

Also I wanted to share this picture of Jonas after he put on his own "lipstick" it took me forever to figure out what it was but it was s blue crayon. I can honestly say I NEVER knew a crayon could do this!!

Anyway....

Last Friday I took Jonas and Hailey sledding. It was such a beautiful day and the kids has SOOOO much fun!!! I am here to tell you that Hailey is the funniest and most daring little girl I have EVER known!!! At one point the sled was going down the hill by itself and she just took off after it dove on top and continued to ride the sled down the hill, then jumps up at the end and yells that was AWESOME!!! Like I said they had a great time and I hope I can take them at least one m ore time before spring hits! So here are some pictures of Jonas and Hailey's fun adventure!

Love is in the Air and so are a lot of illnesses

2009-02-17T11:38:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a great Valentines weekend! We had a pretty fun and eventful weekend! On Thursday Jonas and I cut out a few dozen sugar cookies for a Valentines party with his cousins. He was such a good little helper and sure worked hard on these cookies! On Friday we went to Scott's parents house to have a little valentine's party for all the cousins and to celebrate Scott's sister Heidi's birthday We brought over all our sugar cookies, frosting, and candies for the kids to decorate! It was sure fun for all of them to be able to make cookies for their friends for Valentine's day! Jonas REALLY enjoyed decorating the cookies.... from what I recall just about every cookie he frosted and decorated he also taste tested. Needless to say we didn't give away any of his cookies! So here is a little collage of the kids decorating cookies!No event in our life is complete without Jonas getting hurt in some way or another. Now I know everyone says that it's just the age but I really believe that Jonas is just way beyond that. He really is the BIGGEST klutz I have ever known. He could literally trip over an ant!. Whenever he is with his cousins and we hear someone get hurt 99% of the time it is Jonas. Anyway so here is a picture of the damage from that night. He hit the back of his head on the window seat, it bled pretty good for quite a while. side note: as I write this Jonas just hit his head again. He literally fell over sideways and hit the side of his head on the corner of my dresser. No blood this time, but he does have one heck of a goose egg! Like I said it's almost a daily event! On Saturday for Valentine's Day we took Jonas to the Monster Jam down in Salt Lake. He had known about it for a week and was beyond excited to go! The ride down was really pretty bad. The roads were horrible and the drivers were worse. But we got there in time and safely! As I said before Jonas had hit his head really badly the night before and was really acting out of sorts! He was so excited but kept on dozing off to sleep which is a little odd seeing as how he hasn't taken a nap in months. Other than falling asleep a few times Jonas really had a great time! On the way home the weather was considerably better until we hit Brigham City. It took us a little over an hour to get through the canyon (it usually takes no more than 20 min) the visibility was no more than a foot in front of our truck. It was a tad bit scary but we made it home safe and sound. It was a really fun weekend, I thought Jonas' odd behaviour was head injury related, That was until he started to run a fever and threw up all night Sunday night. AS some of you know I work four hours a week at the kids club at the gym here. It has been so nice because it gives us a free membership at the gym. The only down side has been that Jonas has been getting every little cold and virus that has gone through the kids club. Hopefully next year his immune system will be all the stronger for it!

Here is a little video of Jonas talking to me about the monster truck show and what he thinks will be in his package from Grandma Wilson. He has been saying some funny words lately and I was trying to get him to say them but he wouldn't. Well beside umbrella! Ayways I think this video is funny because he talks like this ALL day EVERY day.... with his hands and this loudly if not louder. My mom said when I was little I talked her ear off all day but I was so quite you could never hear me. She would always tell me that one day that I would have a kid that talked as much as I did as a pay back. Well I do except you cant tune Jonas out like she could me. The kids seriously talks loud enough for everyone in the neighbrhood to hear!!! I love him to death though and wouldn't trade it for the world!

Now on with the Show....

2009-02-01T16:30:00.000-08:00

This week Scott won tickets to the circus, so we thought since it's free we might as well go! It was pretty fun and Jonas really had a blast. The arena was so tiny and it was first come first come seating so we sat right in the middle and right up front. It was so close to us that some of the aerial events were right above our heads. I think that our favorite acts, were the lion and tigers, the elephant's, and also some of the performers were really quite talented!Jonas watching the acts!Pony ride
Lion and Tigers
I wish I was still that flexible....just kidding I was NEVER that flexible!Enjoying a yummy slushie I thought this was pretty cool, the chairs were shaking so much but he had such amazing balance
The elephant's are always fun to watch

On another note...

I used to make necklaces all the time and ever since Jonas was born I haven't really been that into it anymore. It's just one of those things that kids can get into and swallow the beads or just make a big mess with. Well today I made a necklace and how fitting that it was for Jonas. He loves it so much as you can tell in the picture below. He's been asking for a week now for a cool necklace like uncle Michael's so here is what I came up with

I am Blessed!

2009-01-14T15:58:00.000-08:00

Normally I do my grocery shopping every two weeks, I am really pretty strict with myself and write out a menu and stick with it to avoid overspending at the store. On occasion I run out of a few items or just forget to get them in the first place so I usually end up picking up odds and ends here and there anyway!

Well I have two more days left and what do you know I am out of everything I need to feed Jonas and Hailey during the day. That's just one thing I can't wait two days for so I took Jonas out to the store. I got Jonas' favorite cereal (treasure cereal aka Lucky charms), fruit snacks, crackers, bananas, juice and some mac and cheese. Then just for a special treat I got Jonas a doughnut which is something I NEVER get him. So as I am checking out I am thinking to myself wow besides the bananas this is not the healthiest assortment of food. Now I know that this is not all I feed Jonas and Hailey but I can't help but wonder what the cashier thinks of my food choices.

So we get out to the car and I give Jonas his doughnut to eat on the way home. He takes one bite and says Mom.... I am so blessed because I have a pretty Mom that buys me all my favorite food. I couldn't help but burst out laughing because now I know for sure that I am not the only one that over analyzed my food purchase. Jonas was probably sitting there all googly eyed the whole time. I also find it funny that Jonas seems to use words such as blessed and pretty to thank me!

Mutual Dell and Grandma and Grandpa Wilson Visit!

2009-01-05T21:37:00.000-08:00

This past Friday and Saturday my grandparents rented a lodge up American Fork Canyon called Mutual Dell. Mutual Dell is a great place for sledding, ice skating, snow shoeing, and all other sorts of winter fun. My grandparents also rented four snowmobiles so lots of fun was had on those. It was really nice to see most of my aunts and uncles, cousins and some of their children. Jonas had such a blast, he kept asking me if we could move there and never ever leave! We got there around noon on Friday and Jonas played in the snow from the moment we got there until the point where it was just to dark to play outside anymore, even at that Jonas and I still took a few night time sleds down the hill.

night time sled run

One of the greatest parts of the weekend in my mind is that my parents were here from Wisconsin to see us, so they were able to attend with us. My Dad flew in on the 29th of December and my Mom on the 1st of January. It was so much fun to spend time with them. I miss them more than words can say so it really was such a treat to have them here. Jonas was one little spoiled boy, and I just don't mean with attention!Being the only grandchild on my side if I told him no he quickly learned that all he had to do was ask Grandma Wilson! :) Jonas had so much fun sledding with grandma and snowmobiling with grandpa. He even loved going for a sleigh ride to see "Santa's reindeer" in the sub Arctic temperatures!

going for a sleigh ride

The last week really has been so fun and exciting, there has been constant excitement! My parents went home yesterday so I kind of feel like I just crashed. All the excitement coming to a sudden end kind of takes a toll on you! Were all pretty sad my parents had to go home. We just pray that someday soon they can move out here and be closer to us all. We love you Mom and Dad and miss you so much already!

Jonas playing in the snow with Grandma

Getting ready to go for a ride

Jonas and I having fun in the snow

pictures with Grandma and Grandpa on the snowmobiles

Jonas was so excited that grandpa let him drive

Scott and I going for a ride

5 years!

2008-12-27T10:30:00.000-08:00

Scott and I have been married 5 years ago today! And as cliche as this sounds what a five years it has been.

So much has happened in the fast five years some happy memories and some horrible sad ones! But when all is said and done I wouldn't have wanted anyone else by my side through it all than my amazing husband!

Since we have been married we have lived in three different states and lived in 5 different homes. Crazy.... yeah your telling me! Anyway... here are some pictures of our last five years together!

Engagement pictures

Wedding pictures December 27 2003

Scott with little Jonas

Jonas' first christmas

Jonas in the PICU

August 2006

Scott and I at Baybeach in Wisconsin June 2007

Christmas Time 2007

Riding Bikes in Twin Falls

Happy Anniversary Babe! I love you!

Merry Christmas to all!

2008-12-26T14:35:00.000-08:00

We had a fabulous Christmas! I can't say it enough but when you have children life in general is just so much more special!

The evening before Christmas Scott got up on the roof while I was putting Jonas to bed and hung a red flashing light outside of Jonas' room. Jonas was so excited to see Rudolf outside his bedroom window. Scott did this with the intent of creating a special memory for Jonas but also to push going to bed. we figured if he knew Santa was near he would try to sleep so he wouldn't pass up our house. Yeah well that didn't work. He sat looking out his window forever waiting for the return of Rudolf. It was really pretty cute!

On Christmas morning Jonas woke up around 8:00 and we opened presents. We relaxed all morning and played with Jonas' toys. Around 4:00 we headed to Scott's parents to open more presents and to have Christmas dinner. We had a lot of fun. It is really so nice to have Scott's family near. They are all such amazing people and so much fun to be around. Now I just need my parents here and we would be one lucky family!

That evening we got quite the snow storm and had a little trouble getting home, but boy was it beautiful!

Here are a few pictures from our day!

Jonas waiting on the stairs to see his presents!

Presents are so much fun to open. Jonas loved his presents. Yet I think he would have loved at least 20 more boxes under the tree, even if they were all empty he just thought it was so fun to rip off the paper

This is Jonas new bear. We got it for him yet Santa got credit for it as well as everything else under the tree did!
Playing with his new race track

Opening more presents at Grandma and grandpa Bradleys' house

Trying out the new snow clothes in all the snow we got!

Here is a video of Jonas walking in to see his presents! Santa got him a trampoline. It is quite cool! He was so shocked that he wouldn't even walk in the room right away!

I like this video of Jonas opening presents because initially you can really sense some disappointment. It's hard to hear but in the beginning he says this is for a girl because he sees a picture of a girl on the package.

Twas the night before Christmas

2008-12-24T21:12:00.001-08:00

tonight we went to Scott's parents and had a great Christmas eve dinner. Then the kids put on a nativity followed by opening of Christmas pajamas! Jonas then came home to quickly write Santa a letter and ran off to bed! We hope Santa treats everyone good! Merry Christmas everyone!

Gingerbread House

2008-12-09T20:31:00.000-08:00

Over the past two nights we have been building a ginger bread house. Jonas had so much fun. We let him do as much work on it as possible because he was just so excited.

So here is Jonas rolling out the dough for one of the walls. Jonas decorating...
and the finished product... well kind of. We ran out of frosting so we just stopped decorating.

We had so much fun, now on to the cookies!

Thanksgiving

2008-12-02T08:32:00.000-08:00

Well for Thanksgiving this year we stayed in town and had dinner over at Scott's parents house. All in all it was a very relaxing and enjoyable holiday!

First of all I would like to start off by saying I will NEVER ask Scott to dress Jonas and take him out to run errands EVER AGAIN.... and this is why.... On Thursday morning I was cooking some things for our Thanksgiving dinner that afternoon and realized that I had forgotten to get a few things. So I sent Scott and Jonas to the store. Being so wrapped up in cooking I didn't even glance at what Scott dressed Jonas in before they headed out the door. When they got home all I could do is gasp. Now I know Jonas is a boy and doesn't always have to be a dressed up. I also realize that I myself am not always a picture of beauty but when it does come to my son I have some dignity. I would never send my son out in public looking like a little homeless rag a muffin! Now is it a little funny that Scott found it appropriate to dress Jonas like this to go in public? Yeah I guess a little bit. But my heck how hard is it to dress your son in matching clothes let alone maybe some pants and a jacket for a chilly November morning! Yes that's right he didn't even put a coat on him. So the picture below is how he came home from shopping, Blue basketball shorts, a brown John Deer shirt, bright orange socks, and a pair of penny loafers! I am just surprised child services didn't show up at our door! But yes Scott thanks for running those errands for me we will just leave the dressing of Jonas to me from now on!ANYWAY...... other than that we had quite a pleasant day. As I said before we had dinner at the Bradley's. After dinner the guys when our shooting guns. And the girls took the kids for a little hike. It was really a beautiful day out.

This past Saturday we put up all our Christmas decorations. Jonas is SOOO excited about Christmas. I am just excited that Santa's elves are back making sure he is being good!:)

getting old...

2008-11-09T22:50:00.000-08:00

yeah so I am another year older today...27 years old to be exact... and I have to say my birthday is one of my least favorite days of the year. Not because I am getting older but simply because I can't stand getting extra attention.... it makes me feel so stupid.

So if I hate the extra attention so much you may be wondering why it is I am even writing about my birthday. That would be because when you have kids no matter how much you dislike your birthday they make you like it at least a little bit! This morning I woke up hearing Jonas give him self a pep talk through the monitor in his room. He was saying to himself.... ok first I will run in there and then I will say Happy birthday Mom and then I will give her a big hug. Two minutes later he did just that! It put the biggest smile on my face and started out my day just right.

Throughout the rest of the day you could hear Jonas singing to me Happy Birthday! So I have attached a video of just one of those occasions where he was drawing a "Happy Birthday" picture and singing. I love you Jonas you sure made me feel special today!

The Beauty of Fall

2008-11-07T19:44:00.000-08:00

Some of my fondest memories growing up take place in the fall. When I was young my family lived in a house in Marinette Wisconsin that had some of the grandest trees one could ever see. When fall hit we would have the most beautiful display of colors right in our yard. I remember spending many a days raking leaves with my family. Joe and I used to rake these massive piles of leaves with our Mom while my Dad was still at work and we would barry our selves in them so we could jump out and scare him when he got home.
So last weekend we were on our way to the gym when Scott's Dad called to say that he got a burn permit and that he was going to burn some piles of twigs and that if we wanted to come and watch to come right over. So we figured we would go watch the fire and head to the gym. Well Scott and Michael ended up making this massive pile of branches. Then Tammy found some trees that needed to be trimmed and some that needed to be cut down so it turned into a massive project and an even bigger pile to burn. It was really quite fun. The fire was a little out of control in the beginning so they had to watch it really close.
So while we were there Jonas and I helped rake some leaves. It was the most gorgeous fall day one could ask for. Jonas had so much fun playing in the leaves. He even enjoyed playing in the bags for the leaves. He kept asking if we could take all the leaves home with us and put them in our back yard. It was really quite an enjoyable Saturday morning I wish that every weekend could be that fun... nice fall weather and playing in the leaves!

YEE HAW COWBOY!

2008-11-01T09:55:00.000-07:00

We had a great and spooky Halloween this year. Jonas was an awesome little cowboy!
Jonas truly enjoyed Halloween more than I thought he would. He was able to trick or treat downtown in the morning with me Joe and Hailey.Then at the mall with Scott and I in the afternoon.

Then that evening we went to a Fairy Godmother's home where she had 7 nursery rhymes acted out by professional actors. They were all about a minute long and were SOOO cute! At the end of every scene they loaded this kids up with candy. It was really quite fun. Jonas was able to go with his cousins to that so he enjoyed it even more so! Then at the end of the night Scott Jonas and I went trick or treating old school style! That would be door to door by the way. It was actually so much fun. It was the most beautiful night. We all had long sleeve t's on and didn't get cold at all. It was so fun to watch Jonas get excited at every door and to see his independence bloom seeing has how we couldn't go to the door with him. It was truly a fun night now we just need to get rid of all this candy!

Mom your ALMOST pretty

2008-10-29T13:14:00.000-07:00

Jonas has been saying the funniest things lately. Like yesterday morning I was doing my hair. I had it down so it could dry and he walked in and informed me that I looked almost pretty and that I could look all the way pretty if I put my hair in a rubber band and put a flower in it.

Then he asked for a cookie before dinner and I told him no because he would ruin his appetite. So he looked at me put his hands on his hips and said in a low but stern voice, Mom... I said I want a cookie and I said I wanted it because I am hungry now not later but now. So you better listen to me or you wont go trick or treating. Can you tell what I have been using for bribery by that statement! Anyway here are a few pictures from the last week or two

2008-10-09T10:45:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures I took of Jonas the other day!

Growing Pains.....

2008-10-03T20:23:00.001-07:00

Over the last few days I have been going through some pictures taken over the last year or two. Now with that said I have been well aware of how much Jonas has been growing but to actually look at the pictures really quite shocked me. Below is a picture taken of Jonas exactly a year ago....In this picture Jonas weighed around 22 pounds and was wearing a size 2t. In April when Jonas had surgery he was pushing the scale at around 30 pounds. Here is a picture of Jonas in April of this year....Two days ago I weighed Jonas and he weighed 44 pounds. Yup that's right he has doubled in size in a years time! So knowing that a storm was coming in this weekend and that colder weather is quickly approaching I decided to take note of what clothes he has for the fall and winter. Of coarse having grown so much in the last year NOTHING from last year was salvageable. So yesterday we went on a shopping trip and bought him 4 long sleeved shirts and two pairs of pants. Then I called my mom to tell her of all this growth and the lack of clothes and how I went to buy him new clothes and of coarse I wanted to brag about the good deals I got! So my mom being an amazing Grandma, headed right out and bought him about 9 shirts (ha ha thanks Jenny:)) a sweatshirt a few pairs of pants as well as some other stuff. Thanks so much Mom!!!! Now I'm thinking I should have called my mom first. Grandma's are great! They sure do know how to spoil there grand kids especially when they are there only one! So here is a picture of Jonas this morning in one of his new outfits! Anyway.... my point of this whole post was guess what size I had to get him...... a size 5 in shirts and a size 4 not a 4t but a 4 in the big boy section. Yeah I was a little depressed yesterday having to officially leave the toddler section. So I told Jonas that I was really sad that he was getting so big so fast and that I wanted him to stay my little boy. So he says in a very serious voice.... Sorry mom I can only grow up not grow down. Oh the wisdom of children is far beyond my years.

Happy 29th Scott!

2008-10-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

Happy 29th Birthday Scott!

I just wanted to tell Scott Happy Birthday! Scott truly is an amazing husband and Father. He works so hard to support our little family so that I can stay home and raise our son. I appreciate all of his hard work more that he will ever know.

10 things I love about Scott!

1. He is a hard worker
2. He always knows how to make me laugh
3. He has a fun "child like" personality
4. He is a great father and knows how to truly have fun with Jonas (see #3)
5. He is very intelligent and is always striving to know and learn all that he can
6. He loves nature and he truly does stop to smell the roses
7. He is passionate about our freedoms
8. He is truly grateful for all the simple things in life
9. I can see in Scott his great love for our Saviour
10. I love that Scott loves me.... now I know that seems odd to say but I am thankful and truly do love the fact that he sees in me what i don't see in myself

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Here are just a few pictures from the past few years!

Fishing at Porcupine Damn

2008-09-23T13:00:00.000-07:00

On Saturday morning we took Jonas fishing at Porcupine Damn which is about a 30 minute drive from our home. Scott's brother Michael came with us which Jonas was really excited about.We planned on leaving here around 6:00am so we could get there nice and early. Scott kept telling Jonas that we were going to leave to go fishing in the dark and Jonas interpreted that as going fishing at night. So the night before Jonas would not go to sleep. Scott kept telling Jonas that we had to sleep before we could go and that we would wake him up at 5:30 am while it was still dark. Jonas was not happy with this and wouldn't go to sleep until Scott agreed to wake him up at 5:30 am at night. What ever works hunh! Well that night Jonas woke up several times crying his eyes out because Scott was taking to long to wake him up and he just really wanted to go. It was frustrating because we were so tired from being woke up so often yet it was just so cute that he was SOOO excited about going fishing! The trip in itself was really quite fun! Jonas was the only one to catch a fish and he caught two at that. He thought we were catching them to bring home and put in his fish tank which was kind of sad so when he wasn't looking we put them back. Above is a picture of Michael holding Jonas fish because he was too scared to hold as you can tell in the picture below. We blew up to rafts so we could go out in the middle of the damn which was probably the worst part of the trip. Both the rafts were a little smaller than we had expected and Scott and Michael's raft had a bad leak so every 5 minutes they would have to pump it back up. Other than that it was nice to be out on the water. It was a little windy but other than that it was a beautiful day! Up in the canyons all the leaves are starting to change colors so it was really just so beautiful out! On the way back to shore Michael saw a few water snakes and caught one of them. It was really quite a friendly snake. Jonas kept on asking what it was so Micheal put it a few inches from him. As soon as the snake moved a little closer Jonas realized what it was and started to scream like a little girl. His reaction was quite funnyLater that night when we got home Scott and I were really tired from not getting any sleep the night before. Jonas had slept on the way home so he was all rested up. So we decided to a movie on for him in our room so we could take a quick nap. About an hour later Jonas says hey mom look. As soon as my eyes opened I saw him fall off the chair head first and smack his head on the corner of the desk. The desk I have is an old antique desk and it is quite solid so I knew it had to hurt. I quickly picked him up and he was just screaming like crazy. It was dark in our room so I couldn't really see his head but I could see what looked like a goose egg on the middle of his forehead. After about 5 minutes of screaming I told him he needed to calm down because he was overreacting. (great mom yeah I know) Just as I said that I realized I smelt blood. So I had Scott turn on the light and I realized what I thought was a bruise was infact blood. He had hit his head a little higher and Jonas and I were both soaked in blood. So we cleaned him up really good so I could take a closer look to see if he would need stitches. It was really a close call. The bleeding slowed so we had his Grandma and Papa come over to calm him down so I could clean it with peroxide. So here are a few pictures below of that. Once again that night I was up every hour to check on him. I knew he didn't have a concussion but head injurys really make me nervous. He is of course just fine but as most of you know I am a little panicky when it comes to Jonas.

2008-09-19T12:34:00.000-07:00

Well it seems that since we moved here to Logan life in general has been a little chaotic. There is just so much going on. I would hate to bore you all with all the details so I wont. So here are a few pictures from the past few weeks....Jonas wanted to start school so bad and seeing as how I plan to home school him I thought why not. So we went out to get some supplies and he is just so excited about it.
This is Jonas first school project he is so excited about it. We try to have school every day for and hour or more depending in his mood. He is still young yet but when you have such a willing child you can't not teach him.
As you can tell from this picture Jonas loves his backpack so much that it went everywhere with him for a few days. Even to Papa and Grandma Bradley's to help mow the lawn.
Joe was in a biking accident and had a third degree ACC separation in his shoulder and fractured his elbow.Three days after Joe's accident he had to have reconstructive surgery on his shoulder. All of his ligaments were torn to shreds. So now he is on his long road to recovery.This past Monday we went back up to Twin Falls to tie up some loose ends. It was a long hard and fun day. Jonas was able to play with his "girlfriend" Brynn. You would think that the two of them missing each other as much as they did would have has so much fun together but instead they faught all day long. We got home that night around 10:30 pm. I put Jonas down to walk into the house and 5 minutes later I found him snoring on the floor. Above is a picture of how I found him. He looked how Scott and I felt!My cousin Danielle and her family live here in Logan. They have an adorable little girl named Hailey. She is just a few months older than Jonas. A week and a half ago we met them at the park so they could play together. They got along pretty well. We have been able to watch her twice now and she is quite a good kid. Jonas and Hailey are two peas in a pod. They might argue once in a while but for the most part they get a long great! So below are a few pictures of them playing together.

This sign should say Sir Whines a lot!
I put these bandaides on Jonas' knees because I thought he would think they were cool because they had cars on them. Well what was I thinking. He thought that his knees were hurt and walked around screaming every time something bumped them. This went on for three days, he would not let me close enough to take them off. He really thought he was hurt. When I FINALLY did get them off he was like oh they really are ok. It was actually kind of funny.
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We Moved To Logan!!!

2008-09-01T17:11:00.001-07:00

Jonas and I have been in Logan for a a little over a week now. Jonas for some reason has been very emotional over this move. He really misses the old house and his friends. To make matters worse Scott didn't get here till Saturday and Jonas really missed his Daddy so much. So I tried to keep Jonas occupied as much as possible this last week. We went to so many parks it was crazy. We had so much fun! Now that Scott is here I am really trying to get everything unpacked and in order. I am getting close but now that the majority is put away it's just a matter of getting the motivation to do the rest.

BIG smiles!

Having fun at the park a block from our house.

Kisses!!! MUUUUU.....

AHHHH!!!

We went to feed the ducks at First Damn and this little guy followed us everywhere. Every time Jonas would sit the duck would sit right next to him.

I sure love this little guy!

Just a little scared of climbing the trees!

Nice and relaxed! A little Johnny Appleseed!

What a cutie pie!

Farewell Twin Falls

2008-09-01T16:57:00.000-07:00

So Jonas and I moved from Twin Falls last week Monday. Scott moved here to Logan this past Saturday. Before we left our neighbors had a little farewell BBQ. It was tons of fun. The kids all played well the adults played gestures and apples to apples. We will really miss our neighbors. Every day Jonas says he wants to go home so he can play with his friends. It's pretty sad but I am sure he will make new ones.

So here are a few pictures from the event.

Jamie Jennifer and Bridger playing apples to apples.

Jonas and Juniper playing with Abby!

This isn't from the BBQ but I thought it was cute!

Jonas enjoying some of the food!

Julie Jamie Jonas and Brynn!

Josiah Katie Brynn and Jonas

Mom....Guess what Jesus Can Do?!?!

2008-08-29T16:04:00.000-07:00

So last night after giving Jonas a bath I was rubbing his burns with lotion when he asked why I ALWAYS had to put lotion on him. So I explained how it kept his burns nice and soft so they wouldn't hurt. Then he said Hey Mom do you know what Jesus can do? So I said no Jonas tell me what Jesus can do. So he said he that Jesus can make all your owies go away. So I smiled and said your right Jonas and did you know that when we go back to live with our Heavenly Father and Jesus that our bodies will be all better and that all our owies will all go away even your burns. Then he looked at me with the saddest face and said but I like my burns I don't want them to go away!

Kids truly are such a blessing. Jonas really does make me appreciate all the simple things in my life everyday!

By the way Jonas and I are officially moved to Logan and Scott will be here tomorrow. So as soon as I have my Internet installed tomorrow I will try to get to posting some pictures!

Moving is so much work!!

2008-08-19T18:02:00.000-07:00

This last few weeks have been quite eventful I don't even know where to start....
Joe brought down water guns for Jonas and he has had quite a blast with them!
About a week and a half ago my brother Joe moved down from Boise to live with us. He is going to move with us to Logan and stay with us for a few months while he takes a firefighters course in Logan. Then he plans to go down to Utah valley to take more classes and to start work. Jonas has loved him being here he absolutely adores him!This is slightly out of place, but this is Jonas playing in the sand box at my Uncle Dan's and aunt Teri's home!
I Have been slowly packing over the last few weeks and it is really getting down to crunch time. I think the most stressful thing about this move is that we still hadn't found a place to live. So last Thursday Joe Jonas and I headed down to Logan so I could look for housing and Joe could register for school and find a job. We spent all Thursday looking and I finally found a place to live. It's not ideal as far as a yard for Jonas but there is a park a block away so that definitely makes up for it. The most stressful part of that day is when Joe went to register for his class. It said on the Internet that his class started at the end of September but when he went in he found out the class had started two days ago. And they wouldn't let him in. So I told him to call the director anyway. And we called Scott's brother in Law Wes who is very a well know and very respected firefighter in cache valley. Wes called the Director and pulled some strings and to make a long story short got Joe into the class. The director said he was going to say no but because of Wes he got in. So THANKS SO MUCH WES!!!! So anyway... Joe had to start class that night from 4-10pm. Seeing as how Joe started school way earlier than intended he is staying with Scott's parents until we get there. So Thanks so much Scott and Tammy!Joe and his girlfriend Ivy
Right after Joe was done with his class we headed down to American Fork. My Dad had got in that night from Wisconsin for a job interview and Joe's girlfriend was also coming in from California to see Joe. So we planned on staying at my grandparents from Thursday evening until Monday morning! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for putting up with us!Jonas and Papa WilsonJonas Papa Wilson and Great Papa Wilson at Cabala's
It was really nice to see my Dad. We hadn't seen him in a year. It really makes me so sad that my parents are so far away they miss out on so much in watching Jonas grow. Hopefully my Dad's interview went well and they will be out here sooner rather than later! We had a lot of fun in American Fork. We went for a picnic up the canyon, swimming at the rec center across the street from my grandparents, rock climbing and all other sorts of fun! It was nice to see many of my aunts, uncles and cousins. Jonas had so much fun he didn't want to leave. So here are a few more pictures from the weekend!
Swimming at the Rec center
Jonas loves his new Lego's from my mom and dad!Jonas and great Grandma Wilson having a picnic!
Jonas finding rocks to throw in the river
Jonas hitching a ride from Papa while hiking up American Fork canyon!

Well now I am off to do some more packing. Moving is such a pain!

The Many Faces of Jonas

2008-08-19T12:22:00.001-07:00

Here are some of Jonas classic faces. The funny thing is is that he pulled these all with in a minute and a half

Happy...
...annoyed with Mom....
...Fake Crying...
...fake Smiles...
...and just plain Angry

Big News!!

2008-07-30T12:42:00.000-07:00

Well as most of you may already know we are moving to Logan Utah the last weekend of August. This past weekend we went down to Logan for Scott's second interview at a Dental Lab in Logan. We were pretty sure we had the job and we did get it. We are very excited to move back to Logan, it has always felt like home to us. It will be nice for Jonas to have his cousins so close. Now if we can only get my parents to move back out to Utah we will have all our family close by! So now I am on the hunt for a place of residence. It's always a bit stressful to pack up and hope by the time you move you have found a place to live. I know it will fall into place though it always does.

Other than the great news of moving to Logan we did also enjoy our visit with Scott's family. So here a few pictures from the weekend!

A Trip Down Memory Lane!!!!

2008-07-22T11:48:00.000-07:00

Memory Game!
Here is a fun little game... leave a comment (or a few) on my blog of a memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you've known me for a short time or a long time, anything that you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It is pretty funny to read the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you are playing and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. On your mark... get set... blog those memories!

Potty Trained at LAST!!!

2008-07-21T12:52:00.000-07:00

Well we were a little slow on the go with the potty training with Jonas seeing as how he was in a burn suit for so long. Once the burn suit came off we had a few failed attempts but that was mainly because I wasn't staying on top of it. So for the last few weeks I have really hit the training hard, I had just had enough of changing stinky diapers as well as having to buy them. Jonas did really good with peeing in the "big boy potty" but he REFUSED to poo in the potty. I was under the impression that if I let him have an 'accident' in his big boy panties that he wouldn't want it to happen again. Well I was wrong....I thought I had enough of changing stinky diapers.... well I am here to tell you that changing stinky panties is SOOOO much worse. So after a three weeks of that not working I decided to take a different approach. The end goal was always to get a bike when Jonas finished potty training so I thought I would hold the bait right in front of him. So on Saturday Scott and I took Jonas to the store to show him what a hot wheels bike was. They had a floor model out so we let him ride it around the store for a bit and then told him we had to go. Just as I had planned on he told me how much he would really like to have a bike like that at home. So I said oh I sure would like you to have a bike like that as well and I will get you one as soon as you go poo in the big boy potty. So Jonas started to panic wanting to get home as fast as he could so he could go poo in the potty. And sure enough as soon as we got home he went in the potty. We decided we had better reward him right away so Scott took him right back to the store to get his new bike. He is so excited and we haven't had any 'accidents' since. I tell you potty training is not to fun but when you are on the other side of it is feels great!!!Jonas the proud owner of a new bike!I am one very proud Mommy!Last week we went to the temple open house here in Twin Falls. When we got home I kicked off my heels and started to get Jonas ready for bed. He still had his church shirt on when I went to grab some PJ's and when I came back he was walking around in my heels. It was kind of funny to watch yet also a tad bit disturbing.

4th of July Shenanigans

2008-07-08T15:01:00.000-07:00

This last weekend for the 4th of July we headed down to Logan to camp in Scott's parents backyard. We had quite an enjoyable time! Jonas' cousins were out of town so we didn't get to see them until two hours before we left for home, so that was kind of a bummer. Yet Jonas had quite a fun time being able to spend time with his grandparents, Rachel and Michael.

This is a picture of Jonas and his Papa Bradley enjoying the fireworksOn Saturday morning Rachel, Tammy and I took Jonas for a hike across the foothills and ended up at first damn. It was few miles long which wasn't bad, The hard part was getting Jonas' stroller up and down the very steep hills. It would take two people to push him up and two to keep him from flying down the hills. The funny part is, is that Jonas would just sit in his stroller and laugh at us while he sat there enjoying himself.
Rachel Jonas and Mortimer at first damn
On Saturday evening we all headed downtown Logan to enjoy the Cruise In'. I think that this was one of Jonas' highlights of the weekend. Jonas is literally obsessed with cars, so he was quite entertained watching all the "cool" cars drive down the street!
On Sunday after church Scott, Jonas Michael and I headed down to first damn again to feed all the ducks. Jonas really like Michael a lot! He really enjoyed getting to know him and now talks about him ALLLLL the time!

We had a really good time and as always hated to have to go home. We have always loved Logan, it is where Scott and I met and to us it has always felt like home to us. We have been wanting to move back so Jonas could be closer to his cousins yet the opportunity has never presented itself. So on Monday on the way out of town we stopped by a dental lab in Logan. Scott was quited impressed with the Lab and the owner was quite impressed with Scott. So now they are in the talks of getting us down there. So we will see what the next few days and weeks bring, maybe we will be back in Logan sooner than we thought!

Below are a few more picture from the weekend!

Jonas enjoying sparklers!Why do I always look like such a gommer?!?!?Jonas and his cousin Lilly! Jonas and Maximus Orion battling for Grandma's Lap!Going for a ride on the lawn mower!I really like this picture a lot!My sweet little guy!Jonas sneaking a drink of his Dad's soda while he wasn't watching!This is actually a picture of Jonas in our neighbors backyard, I just liked it so I thought I would add it!

This 'n' That

2008-06-23T12:55:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we had a garage sale and with a portion of the money we bought Jonas a little pool. It comes up to his chest and is apparently a 1000 gallon pool but it is just the perfect size for Jonas. He just loves it! It's even big enough for Scott and I to get in and play with him. It has been nice on these hot days to jump in and cool off! We also like the fact that it has a pump on it so that we don't have to fill it back up every day!
There is a park a mile from our house and it's not the greatest park but Jonas just loves to go. I just found out two weeks ago that everyday between 11:30 and 12:45 they serve a free school lunch for kids between the ages of 1 and 18. So I thought free lunch can't loose on that one. So I took Jonas and was so shocked at the lunch that they gave him. For instance two days ago he got a ham and cheese sandwich, a slice of watermelon, yogurt, a bag of chips, a muffin and chocolate milk. At home he would only get a PB&J. Then we stay so he can play with all the kids at the park for an hour. It is so fun for him and plus I get the exercise by walking him in the stroller there and back!

There is a family across the street that has three kids one little girl Jonas' age and then two boys one 6 and one 7. Their mom runs a daycare and the three kids come over here ALL day long to play with Jonas. So I started to take them with us to the park for a free lunch! And lastly..... here are two pictures one of the beautiful orchids that Scott bought me two years ago that are still blooming like crazy. The other of a rose from the gorgeous rose bush in our front yard!

Father's Day

2008-06-16T22:00:00.000-07:00

Well this last weekend we have had quite a grand ole time. On Wednesday Jonas and I went to see Kung Fu Panda, which by the way we both really enjoyed.

On Thursday we went to the Shrine Circus which is always a joy!

On Friday night we all went to the drive in to see Prince Caspian, which we also really enjoyed!On Saturday morning we went for a 15 mile bike ride. We ended up in this beautiful park that we had never been to before. It had two great playgrounds and a stream running through it.

So Sunday after church we decided to pack a lunch and food to BBQ for Dinner and we headed to the park that we discovered on Saturday. Scott and Jonas spent most of the afternoon fishing together. They had so much fun together. Around 5:00 Joe and Chelsie arrived and we all had a Barbecue together. It was truly an enjoyable Father's Day!
I just wanted to take a second to say how thankful I am for my Father. He truly has been such an amazing Father. I look up to him so much and love him with all of my heart. I am also so thankful for Scott. He truly is such an amazing Dad for Jonas. I couldn't ask for a better man to raise our son. Jonas just loves his Dad so much. Everyday that Scott comes home from work Jonas runs out the door with the biggest smile on his face to give his dad a BIG hug and kiss. I am so eternally thankful to Scott for all he does for Jonas and I, He works so hard for us and I truly do appreciate that. Thanks Scott for all you do I love you so much!

Shrine Circus!

2008-06-16T21:24:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday we took Jonas to the Shrine Circus here in Twin Falls. It was outside and VERY windy but quite enjoyable. Jonas loved all the acts with animals in them, especially the bears and elephants. He would get so excited over the performing that he couldn't stop laughing. There were quite a few acts with very talented performers but I found my self wondering how the men and women in them couldn't have found some more appropriate clothes for a children's circus. In one act one of the women was popping out of her top so the kids got more of a show than they were planning on. Anyway here are a few pictures from the night.

Below is a picture of Scott's bruise. He fell off his bike last Monday and the bruise continues to grow and swell. So today he is going to the Doctor to make sure everything is ok.

Also last Monday I was mowing the lawn and decided to roll up my shirt sleeves to get a little sun on my shoulders. Well after mowing the lawn Jonas and I filled up his pool and stayed out to play for hours and below is a picture of the result. I was so bunt that I couldn't wear sleeves for days. Sp needless to say I wont be doing that again without sunscreen.

Camping and all other Sorts of Fun!!

2008-05-26T17:44:00.000-07:00

For Memorial Day Weekend we decided to go camping at Lake Walcot which is 15 miles from Rupert Idaho. The Weekend was forcasted to be rainy and cold, but we decided since we already got Jonas all excited to go camping that we would go anyway and if it got too cold or too wet out that we could just pack up and go home.We went on Friday around 5:00 pm and set up camp around 7:00 pm. We needed to run back into town to get some bug spray so we ran back to Rupert really quick and someone flagged us down to tell us our tail lights were out and that we should be very careful because the cops in town were pulling just about anyone over that weekend. We thought that was rather nice of the man to go out of his way to warn us like that. The problem with that is that we didn't have proof of insurance with us seeing as how we had just gotten our truck and hadn't received it in the mail yet. So we were on the phone with the insurance company trying to get proof of insurance faxed over just in case we did get pulled over. By the time we got that all taken care of the store was closing so I ran in really quick and got the bug spray and headed back to camp.When we got back it was pitch black. We tried to start a fire but the wood was SOOO wet and we forgot to bring any fire starter. After and hour of trying We finally got a fire but by that point Jonas was so tired and hungry that we quickly cooked him a hot dog and he was sleeping 5 minutes later. I felt so bad for Scott because he worked so hard to get that fire started and we didn't even get to really enjoy it.
The next morning we got up at the butt crack of dawn thanks to Jonas being to excited to sleep any later. We got up and got ready and realized that it was such a beautiful day and Jonas was enjoying himself so much that we would at least stay another night. Not knowing how long we were going to stay I didn't pack enough food for the whole weekend because I figured if we would stay that we would just run into town and get food for the rest of the weekend. So we jumped into the suburban to run to town and get food and get the taillights fixed. Well.... the car would not start and we didn't have a cell phone to call anyone for help. So basically we were stuck with no car and no food. Luckily I found someone to drive me into town for some food and the office let us use there phone to call Scott's Dad who was able to set us up with a tow and a ride home on Monday.

Even though we were without a car for the rest of the weekend, we actually had a really good time. The weather was perfect the whole weekend. We brought our bikes so we went for a few bike rides and a couple of hikes. They had a really nice park there that Jonas really enjoyed. Minus the set backs it was a great weekend. Jonas loved camping and said he never wanted to go home that he wanted to live in a tent for the rest of his life. I guess we will be going camping more often. Below are a few more pictures from our adventurous weekend!

2008-05-17T18:47:00.000-07:00

Just thought I would post a few pictures from this last week as well as some videos of Jonas. The videos are of Jonas sleeping sitting up and I thought they were rather funny! I hope every one had a great week because I know we did!

Scott and Jonas in their matching sweatshirts!Jonas at the fish hatchery in BuhlThis is the necklace that Scott won for me in a mother's day competition

The next few pictures are from a bike ride we went on this morning along the canyon edge For those who know Jonas know that he is more than obsessed with vehicles and loves anything to do with the movie Cars. Well today there was a car show in town an we weren't planning on going because it was so hot. Well as we drove home from our bike ride we saw this tow truck made over to look like the character Mater on the movie Cars. Jonas just about died he was so excited. So we had to stop so he could meet him and talk to him. It was really quite an exciting event for him. We also saw a car that looked like Sarge and one that looked like Flow they were just missing their eyes according to Jonas.

I love being a Mom!!!!!

2008-05-11T00:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Mother's Day to all you Mom's out there! I especially want to say Happy Mother's Day to my mom as well as to my mother-in-law. My mom has always been there for me through thick and thin and I will always love her more than she will ever know. It is rare that I don't talk to her on a daily basis I truly do consider her to be one of my best friends. Tammy is such an amazing mother and has taught and raised her children to be amazing people. I am so grateful to her for my husband and how she raised him to be such an amazing man. My Mom and Tammy are also amazing grandmothers and I am so grateful to them for the love that they show my son. Both of these women are amazing examples to me and I am very grateful for both of them.

I love being a mom! Jonas truly is the pride and joy in my life. He always is so quick to put a smile on my face. I find so much joy in watching him grow every day and I am so proud of him in all that he has accomplished. I just hope and pray that soon he will have a brother or sister to grow up with! I am so thankful for my amazing husband who has made it possible for me to stay home and to raise our son and to be his mother. Being a mother truly is a great and noble calling and I am so thankful to my Heavenly Father for sending me this amazing little spirit to love and teach.

Below I posted a little slide show of some of my favorite pictures of Jonas and me! I thought it was kind of cute so I hope it works.

I love you Jonas!!!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Ice cream cones, Slides, snowing in 70 degree weather, getting stitches out and Jonas gets lost

2008-05-08T10:10:00.000-07:00

The last few days have been a little crazy and so I am so excited to be sitting here and to actually have the time to relax.

First off on Monday night for FHE we took Jonas to get an ice cream cone and you would have thought the kid had died and gone to heaven. He was so excited that he didn't want to eat it. He took a few licks and liked it so much and thought it was such a pretty color that he decided he would eat my cone instead so that he could look at his and not have to eat. Weird, yes I know, but I didn't mind because I really didn't need those extra calories anyway.
This is one little guy who is quite proud of his ice cream coneWednesday morning Jonas and I were flying out from Boise to Sacramento at 5:45 am. Not wanting to get up 2:00 am to get ready and make the two hour trip to the airport I decided to go up the night before and stay the night in a hotel and just make it a really fun night for the both of us. So we drove to Boise in the afternoon had an early dinner together at the Olive Garden which is one of Jonas' favorite places to eat, Scott doesn't like it so we took advantage of the fact that he wasn't there. At this point he was so excited that we were having a "special day" together that every 2 minutes he was thanking me and telling me how much he loved me. It was just the cutest thing.After dinner I found a really nice park a mile from our hotel and thought I would let Jonas run around for an hour to get out some energy. Now I know that it is the most exciting thing in the world to take your child to the park for the first time and watch them play and that most parents take tons of pictures of this "first" event in their lives, I know I did! Well here I am with my 3 year old son who has been to the park tons of times and I was taking pictures of him as if it were his first time to a park. Sometimes I really just feel bad for Jonas I have to be the most embarrassing mom! Well the reason I did is because Jonas was really delayed in walking because of his burns and as a result has always been a very timid child. He has never been the one to jump off the coach or a curb and would NEVER go down a slide. He has always just been so scared of movement without my help. Well that day he went down a slide all by himself and was so excited that we were there for almost two hours because we were both so excited over his new found courage. It was tons of fun and I think that going to parks will be so much more fun for him now.After the park we went back to the hotel to watch a movie and try to get some sleep for the next day. I was about to get the movie when Jonas proclaimed "look mom it's snowing, I better get my coat on because it's cold out now and we should play in the snow." Well what was really going on was that all the flowers were falling off of the cherry blossom trees and it really did look like it was snowing. So we went out and played in the flowers. There were three lilac bushes near by that were in full bloom and it smelled SOOOO good. So we sat outside in the flowers it was really the most relaxing and enjoyable time.Early the next morning we left for Sacramento. Jonas was getting his stitches out and I knew that he was really going to put up a fight. The Doctors came in drugged him up and had me hold him down as they took out the stitches on his leg. He fought so hard that it took me as well as three nursed to hold him down while the Doctor cut them out. they whole time he screamed on the top of his lungs.. "Don't hurt me.... I hate all of you... etc..." It wasn't like it was hurting him, he was just so afraid of being hurt that he was having panic attacks to the extreme. Seeing as how I am the only person Jonas' trusts at this point I thought it would be best for me to leave the room so I didn't have to be apart of the group that he felt was 'attacking' him. So I sat outside the door for 20 minutes listening as my son screamed as if he were in the worst pain of his life and yelling that he wanted his mommy back. I was already felling a tad bit emotional seeing as how that very day was the two year mark of the day that Jonas got burned, but to have to sit and listen to him scream in complete misery was more than I could handle so as I sat outside the door and I just cried like a baby as he screamed and screamed. I'm sure I looked like quite a mess. After they were done I went in and Jonas practically crashed into my arms he was so warn out from screaming. He truly is my little hero he has gone through more than I know I could handle.

After his appointment I took him to the cafeteria to get some lunch. We sat and he just kept on leaning over to hold my hand to make sure I wasn't leaving him. It was so sad. We finished our lunch and had an hour and a half until we had to catch a shuttle back to the airport so I thought I would take him to the play area. We walked pass the elevators and he pushed the buttons and I turned and told him that we didn't need to go on the elevator yet that we were going down the hall to play. I took two steps forward turned around to tell him to hurry up and he was gone. My heart stopped. I quickly scanned the area around me and found no trace of him. I immediately started to yell for him and three women came running to help me look. He was nowhere to be seen. I knew immediately that he got on the elevator in the two seconds I turned my back. There are 7 floors in the hospital so there was no telling which floor he could have gone to. One of the women got a hold of security and for almost 40 minutes we searched the hospital for him. Now I have had some pretty scary experiences with Jonas in my life, he came close to death many times when he was burned, but this was one of the worst feelings I have ever had. After about 30 minutes I could barely move I was just so scared that someone saw him wandering by himself and took him. Well after 40 minutes he wandered into a nurse's office who happened to be one of the nurses who was in on his surgery two weeks ago and recognized him right away picked him up and came looking for me. I don't know what he was doing that whole time but I'm sure he had tons of fun, On the other hand I was going through some of the worst 40 minutes of my life. The moment the nurse brought him to me I once again broke down crying like a baby. I tell you it was quite an emotional day for me.

So needless to say I am quite happy to home today just relaxing. This is a picture of Jonas this morning he thought he would make himself look beautiful by applying a second set of eyebrows with my mascara.