Quick update for the holidays!

To start off our holiday, we flew out of Milwaukee at 6:05 PM. The miracle of it all is that Milwaukee got a foot of snow the night before and hadn't even opened the airport that day until 4:00 PM. We stood in line to check in for 2 hours, and had almost given up hope that we had missed our plane. Right before we got to the front of the line Jaycee fell asleep on top of our bag. It wasn't the most opportune time to have a dead-weight child to carry through the airport while running. I almost passed out, but we made it. When we got to the Salt Lake airport there was a small plane that had slid off the runway, forcing us to stay in the air until they figured everything out. When we landed, they had no walkway to hook the plane to so we could get off. It was great fun.

This is a cute apron made by my sis-in-law Brittany for Jaycee.
Of course Lance has been fishing as much as he can. He's caught plenty of fish to keep him happy for a little while.

My brother Chase got married on the 26th. I have a new sis-in-law, and she is awesome! This is Jaycee and her cousins McKynzee and Kambrie at the reception. They were flower girls for the wedding, but didn't understand their responsibilities. They looked cute anyway. For more pictures of the wedding and these adorable flower girls, go to http://picasaweb.google.com/jcmj526/ChaseSWedding#.

My brother Corby got his mission call to the Mexico Monterrey East mission. Way to go Corby! He leaves on March 25th.

Wow! The holidays have been eventful, but we've had so much fun. We've missed good old Bear Lake, and are glad to be able to spend some time here. This is a cute picture of Jaycee making friends with the biggest dog she's ever seen. He weighs 120 lbs. and his name is Boudreaux (not sure of the spelling).

We went to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to spend New Years with Lance's family. Not too much excitement, but we did play some games and watch football. Thanks to everyone who made it possible to be there (Mark and Kammi).

I'm sure I'm missing something, but I'll post it later.

Funny!

These moments brought to you by: Toddlerhood! How boring my life would be without this little munchkin! Who would have thunk that pretzels were really meant to shove up your nose, and apple skins were really teeth? Not me.

Good intentions!

This is the Christmas card that I was planning on sending out this year. It's the thought that counts, right? I'll be the first to admit that Christmas cards are not my thing. I'm into the spirit of the season, and am so excited for Christmas to come, but I couldn't make it work into my frozen budget. That's not to say we're not doing alright. We are having a great time and we will survive. We haven't even bought a package of hot dogs (because I can't stand eating hot dogs), which is my mother-in-law's definition of being poor. So, without any further ado,

Happy Holidays, Everyone! We can't wait to come home!

You gotta love little girls!

Just some messing around pictures. Jaycee's dress is so much fun to play in, and looks way cool in pictures. My parents and Lance's parents beg me all the time to post pictures more often, so here they are. I'm sure it's hard having a grandchild live so far away. I have been a slacker lately on blogging. I just don't have that much to write about.

I guess I could write about my pregnancy, since a lot of you don't even know that I am pregnant. I am due July 1st, which seems like forever away. At least it will be in the summer (again). I like not having to worry about RSV as soon as they're born. Based on the fact that it has been a completely opposite pregnancy when comparing it to Jaycee, I would say it's a boy, but what do I know? Just a little while ago we called up my parents and I had Jaycee tell them. As soon as my dad answered, she said, "Mama has a baby in her belly!" It was so cute, and she performed perfectly. Then she said to him, "But the baby can't come out and play yet, because it's too little." I love this stage of toddlerhood. She's so funny. Anyway, I have been nauseated for at least four or five weeks, but haven't thrown up. The crazy thing is how tired I have been. I didn't even skip a beat with Jaycee, so it's a good thing it's happening now when I'm not working. Now it's just my housework that ends up getting shoved aside, but who wants to clean anyway?

The ABC's

I've done a video before of Jaycee singing the ABC's, but she only knew A, C, and F. Now she's got most of them. She still skips some letters, but she'll get there. At the end she says, "I gotta take a break!" (If you can't tell what she says.)

Family pictures!

Here are some favorites of our family pictures we took just recently. I am teaching Danielle Taintor piano lessons (she's in our ward) and she's a photographer, so we traded. Now I'm really in debt to her. The lessons work great because she has a two-year-old boy and Jaycee loves going to their house to play. They have a basement full of toys, and she has a very hard time leaving to come home. The pictures turned out fabulous, and we got them done just in the knick of time. It has now gotten really cold here, and my body has kicked into winter mode. I start shaking just thinking about going outside because I'm such a weakling.
This was when Jaycee was getting sick of taking pictures, so we just let her do whatever she wanted.

What a cute duo they make. Jaycee is starting to realize that she has to enjoy the time she gets with daddy because he's gone to school a lot (or studying at home).

What a hunk! Lance isn't one that enjoys taking pictures, especially ones with just him, but he sure looks good.

What a character!

I just wanted to post some of the recent pictures I have taken of Jaycee. Some of the things she does are so funny.

I don't know why it's so exciting to wear boots with no pants on, but she loves it.

Another day, different boots--still no clothes. It doesn't even matter if the shoes match. Here she's got two leftys on (my boots, of course).

These are from the MCW trick-or-treating activity. She makes a good Frankenstein, don't you think?

Halloween Dinner

Since we had no trick-or-treating obligations for Friday night, we were able to go to Brooke and Tyler Hedin's house for a festive dinner. It was a little hectic with five or so toddlers running around, but everyone had a good time. Jaycee was fine as long as no one was trying to take the stroller and Boo-Bah away from her that she found. She gets so possessive with things, and teaching the concept of sharing to a two-year-old is quite difficult. I copied this picture from Kaitlin's blog for proof that we do indeed have friends. What would we do without the church? There are 27 first-year students that are members of the church just at MCW. How lucky we are to have come here and found people we can relate to. We love Wisconsin and are having a great time.

The Dora witch!

Jaycee was a witch for Halloween this year. I was going to let her be Dora, but didn't want to buy the expensive costume. Making one for her was out of the question. I don't know why, but I had no desire to do a homemade costume. Lucky for me I found this cute witch costume at a thrift store. All I had to do was get her a Dora Halloween episode with a witch in it. Then when people would ask her what she was going to be, she would say "Dora," and I would say, "A Dora witch, right?" We didn't actually go out Trick-or-Treating this year. Our ward had a trunk-or-treat that we went to. The medical school also had a Trick-or-Treating thing with all of their offices for the medical student families, and the resident families. They have set times for Trick-or-Treating in our neighborhoods, and I think we missed it. Oh well.