Merry Christmas

We left Lizzi in her high chair while she opened her presents.


Her favorite part was opening the packages.


Maddi was getting tired of taking pictures.






One of the few pictures that we got of them in their reindeer ears, and Maddi had to scratch her nose.



















Hope you all had a Wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

To eat it or not to eat it

I don't know If i really like this cracker. this is a picture that Anna sent to me a few weeks ago on my phone. I emailed in to myself so that i could put it on here. Lizzi is so cute in this picture. I miss them all so much. but 2 days and counting til i get to go on vacation to Oregon. I pray it doesn't snow again before then . all Flights out of Las vegas airport got canceled yesterday because it snowed.

Happy birthday!!!

I just wanted everyone to know that today is the best day of the year. Today is my wonderful wife's birthday she is 24 years old. I miss her so much and wish that I could be there.

I love you ANNA your my everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really Late Halloween Pictures

Sorry it has taken me soo long to get these up, but here they are the
Three Little Pigs!!

Last Day to Make Your Voice Heard!!

Some helpful info. for those that happen to be out of your registered state during the presidential election. I had registered to vote in Nevada, but now I'm in Oregon and wanted to get my vote in to be counted. I first went into the Registery Office, here in Salem, hoping to somehow transfer my registery to Oregon; which I found out you can't do. By this time it was to late to just re-register in Oregon to vote and I felt sick that I wouldn't be able to vote just because I moved. Then the lady that was helping me said that as long as I had registered to vote before Oct. 14th in my previous state that I could still vote on a Presidential Only Ballot. They just have to hold the ballot until they can varify from my previous state that I was registered on time. So, she handed me a ballot that she had crossed through everything but the Presidential Section and I got to vote!!
In conclusion, there is no reason that you cannot get your vote in, if you are a registered voter. So, make sure you're registered and give yourself a voice in how this great country is run!!

The Pumpkin Patch!!

So this last weekend we took the girls to one of the many pumpkin patches around Salem. Lizzi really didn't understand what was going on, but I think she still had fun!

There's my little pumpkin in the pumpkin patch!

Lizzi kept trying to pick up the big pumpkins.

Lizzi staking her claim!



Playing in the wheat bin.

We finally found one just her size.

Waiting in line to pay.

The TRUTH has come OUT...

You only come to our blog for the pictures of the girls...so here are some more...



We've been working on sitting at the "Big Girl" table with Lillie and Lizzi.

Working for the Government...

Jake and I have been busy trying to find a way to expedite his transfer to the Portland Airport, so that we can finally get settled into our own place. So far we have tried both our inability to live on his income or on a dual income in the higher "cost of living" areas of Las Vegas (in comparison to Salem) and a letter stating that we need to be in Salem to help my father because of his heart condition. Which are both true, to a certain point, just not as extreme as they sound. Both of which have fallen completely through and have brought us to our latest idea...or well, scheme, I guess you could call it. Now we are putting together both of our original ideas and making them the causes of a greater problem that will be fixed (or at least what we are telling them) by us moving to Salem. So much fun and the funny thing is that this all happened within the last two weeks.
Other than that the girls and I are doing fine here with my mom and sister. We had a rocky first week, but Maddi and I had a little talk about her needing to sleep more at night so that Mommy doesn't go crazy. I've already begun working for my mom on a few projects and helping my sister with her little girl. Lizzi and Lillie are getting along just fine. We have found that Lizzi has a shoe fetish. she likes to get hold of Lillie's old shoes and wear them everywhere. She has even figured out how to put them on all by herself. We've had to adjust to the much cooler and wetter weather here in Salem as compared to hotter and dryer weather of Las Vegas. The other day I had to put on warm pants, a sweatshirt and thick socks just to keep myself from shivering.
Hope things are going well for everyone!!

We are Moving to Oregon

Anna usually posts our blogs but she has been busy with the girls and getting things packed. yes i did say packed. i didn't get the promotion that we need for us to be able to get a place here in las vegas so we have decided to move up to Salem Oregon.
Anna will beable to work mostly from home up there. she will be working for her mom. Her mom is a real estate agent and need someone to make phone calls and send out mailers, etc. I am currently working on getting transfered with TSA up to portland airport but it might take the rest of this year to get that done. Anna and the girls will be flying back with her parents on monday the 29 th of september.

Baby Madison Ann!!!

Sorry that it has taken so long to get the pictures up, but here they are!!
Right after delivery, don't I look lovely...Thanks Honey!!

Madison had some difficulty breathing on her own, so they put her on oxygen for a few hours to help her out. We called her our Astronaut Baby. Another Space Cadet, right dad!

Just waiting to hear from the pediatrician to fill us in on her progress.

The proud Daddy!!

The super happy Mommy!!

Heading home to see the rest of the family!!

Lizzi desperately wanted to hold Madison. You may not see it in the picture, but there are three of us holding onto the two of them. We were not taking any chances.

I was showing Lizzi "soft-hands", which she did really well with. She even spoke softly to her.

You may notice that in the previous picture Madison had the binky and now Lizzi has it. She decided she wanted a taste and pulled it right out of Maddi's mouth.

Then she tried to stick it back in...backwards!

Fun Stuff!

Baby Info.

Just a quick update for those I haven't told yet...We have set an inducement date for Thursday, Aug. 21st. Don't worry, nothing is wrong. We just have a lot of things going on right now, so talked to the doctor and he said that it would be fine. So, I only have 4 days and 9 1/2 hours to go!! I'm just getting a little excited. Anyways, we will for sure have a baby by Friday!

Baby Updates...

Madison and I are doing well. My doctor was worried about my lack of weight gain earlier, but now I have caught up to where he wants me to be...sadly putting me just over 200 lbs.and making my hands and feet quite swollen. Other than that we are doing good. Since she has gotten so big, she can't move quite as abruptly as before, making it a little easier to sleep at night. At my last appointment my doctor asked if I had any concerns that would suggest that delivering the baby early would be better than waiting...I took an extra minute deciding my answer and if discomfort would be considered that big of a concern. I finally answered with a "no", but I was still thinking about it. The funny thing is that when I told Jake about it he reminded me that I had been having more problems than just discomfort, so we decided that we'll see how this week goes and if those things continue we might be setting something up with the doctor.
Enough about me and the pregnancy, let's get to the star of this blog...Lizzi! She has been having a great time learing new things. This is Lizzi wrestling with one of her pillows. She likes to throw it around and then body-slam it.

The other Sunday, Bryce came over for dinner, and showed Lizzi how to tie a tie.

She decided that she did not want to wear it the traditional way...she's so modern-chic!

I think that this is a childhood must...trying on daddy's shoes. It only took her a few tries to realize that it was easier to put them on when she is standing up. the only problem she had was that she could not walk and keep the shoes on at the same time.

In the end she went back to her good-ol' bare feet. Doesn't she look so cute in this dress!! I got it at DI (Deseret Industries) for $2. She loves putting things in the pockets, such as my cell phone.

Lizzi Fun!!

Last week, on one of Jake's days off, we thought it would be fun to take Lizzi to the park. Even though it was early in the morning, the heat started to get to us. We still had fun. this was the first time that got Lizzi to go into a grassy area without screaming. She acctually seemed to like it. She ran around Jake, while he tried to catch her.



We also tried out the slide. Lizzi was not to kean on it at first, but after a few rounds and going down with her she started smiling again.



Lizzi has been trying to get ahold of my glasses of water and finally found her chance. I had left the room to get something and I come back to see Lizzi actually drinking out of my glass. By the time I caught her she had finished half of the water. I just had to memorialize the moment.

Our room is coming along, slowly but surely. I started going through things to see what can go where, and I found some of Jake's hats. Not knowing what I wanted to do with them at the time, I tossed them to the "i'll get to it" pile. Lizzi, promtly went over and picked up one of them and decided that she wanted to wear it. This picture was taken after I had taken the hat away and gave it back...after she screamed at me. I got quite the scolding for taking away her hat. When she was done, she placed the hat on her head and laughed at me as if to say, "Silly Mommy!"