Dancing Kids

Sorry this took me so long to post, Watsons and Walkers. My niece, Kierra and nephew, Gabe dancing away while we waited for the men to go to priesthood session. It was so cute, but they will probably be mortified in 10 years! Ha!

Saying Goodbye

This morning Great Grandpa Jaggi passed away. He lived a wonderful life with the love of this life, three wonderful sons and tons and tons of grandchildren and great grandchildren. He had Alzheimer's for the last 5 years or so and that was very hard on family that lived near him. This Wednesday morning we are heading up to Logan, UT to say goodbye to him and enjoy some Utah family. I am grateful to have known him and be apart of his legacy. We love you and will miss you! Until we met again.

Papa Jaggi, Great Grandpa Jaggi, John and Matthew.

The fantastic 4!

My sis and her family

My sister and her family came to visit us last month and I am finally posting! They haven't visited since Matthew was born (it is about time!!) We did some crazy stuff with a whole lot of kids - shopping, they did the Strip (go ahead without us - seen and done that many times!), cold weather swimming and lots of eating ($80 worth of cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory). I LOVE when they visit and I loved having Stef (17) and Jake (14) stay with us. They are so cool - and I am hoping they think I still am. They adored Izzie and spoiled her rotten as Matthew ran wild with all his cousins. I hated to stay goodbye and cried when they did. I wish they didn't live so far (Oregon).

Our San Diego Vacation

It is always sad to come home from a great vacation. We had a wonderful time - a lot of walking, eating and no sleeping, however I will and want to do it again!

Here is the story of our trip-

First day:
It usually takes 5 hours to drive to San Diego - it took us 8 - never drive the I-15 on Memorial day. You don't drive you sit and wait. We checked in our hotel on the bay and played in the ocean. Perfect end to a crazy day.

Second day:
San Diego Zoo!
The four of us headed to the zoo and we got our only sunny day here. It was beautiful and fun to see all the animals. Matthew had a great time running around and naming all the animals. However I think he had more fun just RUNNING around. He did so good on his potty training - dry pull-ups the whole time! Just don't ask about the other days (not so good). The seal lion show was my favorite part -they were funny and entertaining. The Watson's did Lego Land and loved it and then we got back together and celebrated Jill's 30th Bday at the Cheesecake Factory.




Third day:
A day of rest at our hotel and Seal's Cove in La Jolla, CA.
From a no nap day to let's rest and play in the sand day - was well needed. The Watson's and Papa Jaggi spent the day with us as we played in the sand, and drove to see the seals at Seal's Cove. The seals were so STINKY ~ but had a lot of personality as they gave us a show with funny facial expressions and waving. We found a fun area for pictures - but the tide was coming in and we had to shoot and run. Papa Jaggi watched all 6 kids, as the parents got a night away and had a nice seafood dinner on the beach.


Fourth day:
Sea World
We arrived when it opened and left when it closed - and worth every minute. The dolphins were so fun and entertaining but everyone loved Shamu the Killer Whale (he is so big!). The Seal Lion show was so funny - I wish we could see it again! We did have a low point -we lost Matthew for 20 minutes (the longest 20 minutes of my life!) After a prayer to be able to find him, I saw him playing in the Elmo Park. He had no clue he was missing and we have been doing a lot of talking of who he is and our names and how NOT to run away. We got back to the hotel and finally slept well that night.

Fifth day:

San Diego Wild Life Park

So our last day ended with a bang of freezing weather and rain. However we still went to the Wild Life Park. We didn't realize San Diego was going to be so cold and I hardly packed any warm clothes - so we wore the same thing the whole trip. (But I still had 10 loads of laundry when I got home!) We went on the African Safari Tour and saw so many cool things! Lions, zebra, giraffe, mamas and babies. Matthew was so tired from our trip he fell asleep in the stroller for the last half -poor boy! We drove home that night and spent the rest of our vacation cleaning and cleaning.

I am grateful to have such a wonderful family - from this vacation I know that I love John more than ever, I still love my children and couldn't live without them even though we had some screaming, a lot of whining, crying, and no sleep. I love my in-laws (yes, still and will do another vacation with them). They are so fun and one of these days us girls will win our game.

Here's to- normal life and good memories!

Busy Week!

This is one busy week for us. With Matthew's 3rd Birthday and our 5th year Anniversary there is no room for house cleaning or reading (more sad about the reading part). However it has been a great week! John and I went to the Temple and did Sealings and then to our favorite Sushi restaurant - I LOVE SUSHI! I ate until it hurt. Thank you Grandpa Jaggi for driving 8 hours AND celebrating Matthew's Birthday AND our Anniversary AND watching our kids AND taking such good care of them. We LOVE YOU!

*FUN TIP* Every year I take a picture of us on our Anniversary. Sometimes it is a silly picture of us in our pj's or us in front of where we eat/go-something to remember the day. I bought a cute photo album and I put JUST our anniversary pics and info in it. So we now have 5 fun memories of our anniversary. And it will show us how beautifully we age together!

Jake and Ashley's Wedding

In the beginning of December we went to see John's brother Jake get married. They got married in the Logan, UT Temple. It was a beautiful ceremony. Whenever I attend a sealing, I always think about mine and want to go back and feel those wonderful moments again. Thank goodness for pictures and journal entries! Here are a few pictures of that day.


Isabel looking adorable.


Tyson and Jill (John's sister)-she had a baby eight days before me. Doesn't she look great!



Ashley and Jake - dancing.


Dancing still..very cute couple.

Me and Izzie