Keeping up with the Jones'

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Monday, March 03, 2014

sammy phone home

Kate took this picture of Sammy. It reminds me of that scene in ET where ET is hiding amongst all the stuffed animals. So cute!

Friday, February 28, 2014

miles logged

This month I ran 91.44 miles. Tomorrow begins a new month and it is Saturday which means it is my long run day...9 miles. It is going to be hard. I hope I don't die.

Monday, February 24, 2014

Kate's best friend, Adria celebrated her birthday on Saturday. Adria was sent on a scavenger hunt to find her gift from her parent's. Little did Kate know that she was going to be surprised as well. Both Adria and Kate were surprised with tickets to see One Direction in August. So, the weekend of Kate's birthday we will be taking a girl's trip down to Houston to see 1D.

Kate has talked about nothing else since Saturday night. She even wrote an essay titled "Our Trip"detailing what will happen that weekend. This is what she wrote:

We will pack up and get all our entertainment systems. Get in the car and begin our road trip. On our way we will giggle and squeal about it. We will plan out where and what we will do. When we get to the hotel we will freshen up and do our posters and SCREAM!!! When we get to the concert we will look for "Niall security guards". We will also see how crazy the other fans are and see if they can beat our faness. When the actual concert starts we will stand the whole time and video and take pics and get proof that we were there. We will also get t-shirts and souvenirs. I can't wait!!!!!!!! 1D

Thursday, February 20, 2014

we've got a driver...almost

This boy is happy, happy, happy. He got his permit yesterday and is on his way to driving on his own.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

cake pops, cake pops, and more cake pops

The young women in my ward made cake pops to earn money for girls camp. We made almost 1200 cake pops. It was insane. I think it is safe to say that we will NEVER do that again. It was fun and we did really well but it was A LOT of work. Sooooo happy it is over!

Saturday, February 08, 2014

braeden

"I am so hungry, I need to go play some soccer." - Braeden

Yep...makes sense to me.

Thursday, February 06, 2014

unofficial snow day

It started snowing this morning around 6:45am. School is still in session and I had every intention of sending the kids to school. In fact, Kate and Braeden are both at school. But when I pulled out of the drive way to take Braeden and Josh to school we started slipping and sliding. After I dropped Braeden off I turned around and brought Joshua home. I am a wimp. I will be the first to admit that this Texan is horrible at driving in any type of winter weather. I figure better safe than sorry. Besides it isn't very often that it's just Josh and I at home alone together. Love it!

Friday, January 31, 2014

13yr old boys

Everyday I pick up Joshua and his best friend, Andrew from school. They both sit in the back and have the most interesting conversations. They never stay on one topic for more than a few seconds. I like to listen to these conversations and I often find myself laughing quietly. Today the subjects of interest were: albinos, reverse albino-ism(what?), tacos Hernandez, mutated tigers, capture the flag, and this little diddy....

Joshua: Did you know that fingers are as easy to bite into as carrots?
Andrew: Yes, except the human brain stops you from actually doing it.

miles logged

Cary got me this super cool watch for Christmas. I LOVE it! It tracks my speed, routes, heart rate, time, and calories burned when I run....or walk. I can then upload all my activities to Garmin Connect and it tracks everything for me. I can see the the progress I have made over the week, month, and year. It is awesome! I got a slow start in January but this month I logged 17 activities and 58.08 miles...3.26 of those were walking and the other 54.something were running. :)

Friday, January 24, 2014

baby, it's cold outside

The Polar Vortex is back and has made it's way down to Texas. Sam stayed by the fire all day yesterday in his cute little sweater.

Today I froze my rear off volunteering at Braeden's soccer tournament. 3 pair of gloves, 2 shirts, 1 sweatshirt, 2 pair of pants, 2 pair of socks, 2 coats, a scarf, earmuffs, a hat, a blanket, and hot chocolate....and I was still cold.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

New Beginnings 2014

New Beginnings was last night. We chose the theme "Adventure Awaits" taken from the Disny/Pixar movie UP. It turned out super cute and I think the girls loved it. The original idea came from here. My remarks were based on a talk from Elder Carl B. Cook titled "It is Better to Look Up".