Moving on up in the world.

A couple weeks ago we decided that it was time to move Jax to the toddler bed portion of his crib. I was nervous since he's our adventurer. I had visions of him playing in his toy box or closet at 1 am. But it was time to make this leap and trust him. Checking out his new bed railing.

He enjoyed helping Tim take the railing down. Daddy's big helper.

Well here he is... in his new big boy bed (phase 1)He was pretty happy about it too.

Hayden getting in on some brother love :D

Daddy and his big boy

Mama and her boys. <3>I am happy to report that in the past 2 weeks Jaxson has done WONDERFUL!! He's not gotten out of his bed once. Surprised us all :) He really likes having this new railing and his new pillow. Guess he was ready way before we were.

My artist

Jaxson is my child who loves to color. Hayden likes to now... but not at 2yrs. Jaxson loves to paint and create. Here he is trying out the new finger paints Scott and Autumn gave him. He's still a bit of a wuss, hence the paint brush and not fingers :)
He concentrating so hard.

Hayden moves up in the world

PURPLE BELT!!!!!!!!

About a month before tournament Hayden completed the test for his purple belt. This time we had to go to another school and had to be evaluated by the owner Master Nelson and a panel of instructors and peers. He was very nervous about it but as he soon learned he had nothing to fear.




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He did great!! And was very very proud of himself :)

Scott and Autumn Visit the Midwest

It was wonderful having Scott and Autumn home for a visit. They were here for only 5 days but we had a lot of fun in those 5 days :) The last night they were here we had a big Shrimp Boil to celebrate them being here and Mother's Day all in one. Lots of food and lots of wine.... it was a great time!Yes we ate 90% of that pile :D YUM YUM!
Scott had more fun playing with the boys. Wrestling, playing football, listening to Hayden explain one of his many Pokemon games, tickling Jax... you name it. He became a big kid with them. Makes me sad knowing how much fun he and the kids would have if we lived closer. It was also his first time meeting Jaxson and I have to give Tim and I credit... we make sure the boys see pictures of family and out of town friends so they know of the people that love them... Jax went right to Scott and Autumn because he sees their picture everyday in our home.
Our required family shot. I think it turned out nice. Thanks Jo for taking it!


Man have we aged in this picture!!!

This was the best... before they left Jax needed to go to bed so Scott wanted to read him a bedtime story. Jax just loved it and so did I.

Farmer Jax

I've been trying to practice my portraits recently so I used my ever so willing subject Mr.Jax. I took him to a local preserve that I knew had a farm but I didn't know how wonderful a backdrop it would make.
Jax was so cooperative and willing and that helped A LOT!! I also am playing around with what they call 'actions' in Photoshop. It's basically different ways to process a photo. I'm really liking some of them. So without further adieu... here's FARMER JAX!

He is the Champion my friends...

So not sure where to begin I'm picking something and posting about it because I was told I am not allowed to get too far behind again :D (Hi Aunt Mar!)

So Hayden had his spring tournament on Mother's Day weekend. Some how he insanely got signed up for 3 events but surprise surprise he WON two FIRST places and one THIRD!! WOOT WOOT!

You can see he competing in sparring which he won his third place in. In the picture he's the one on the Right.
He competed in self-defence and won first. I wish you could of heard him yell. It startled the whole crowd and the judges :)
And then he competed in his Kata: Genesis. He's very good at that. Another first place here too. I think the other kids were getting annoyed that he kept winning but he really worked so hard this season. He would attend 3 times a week most weeks. He really put in the time and effort.

Also you can see Pa and Jax were really paying attention...

We were so proud of him and I think he was finally proud of himself too. In one picture we got you can see the surprised look on his face.

And onto the next one...

I did it again!

I went MIA on my blog, again. I'm sorry. I have just been so busy with taking pictures, family coming into town and me getting ready to go out of town I just haven't had the desk time to sit down and post.
That will be my weekend goal is to get some news up here ASAP, and new we do have!

Just a pretty photo before they die

Changed it up

This year we went for an Easter Brunch instead of dinner. It worked better for Amanda and John with her family's celebration in the afternoon. I have to say I think I liked it better. It was easier to prep for and cook since I assembled everything the evening before and it was cheaper. 4 dozen eggs was MUCH cheaper than a huge ham or turkey. Just a nicer feel for the morning. The other plus side was everyone was done and gone by 3pm so we all still had the rest of our evening to relax and get the kids ready for the week.
Went all in this year with the china and everything. Its good for the good dishes to see the light of day once in awhile.

Hayden and his air rockets...outside toys for sure!
Jax and his love of Toy Story... can't wait for the new movie to come out.
Family at Easter... and yes Hayden is standing on a chair but I don't think it will be too long before this is reality.
Grammy and Pa (or PaPa as Jax has been calling him)
Nana & boys. Jax was WAY WAY past nap time by this point, thus the stoned look on his face.

The Hunt is on...

Jax really understood what needed to be done this year, but that didn't stop big brother from helping him :)
Jax checking out what Hayden got in his basket
New Tub Toys!!! Woot!
Hayden checking out all the wonderful tings the rabbit left for him this year and counting his chocolate :)
Jaxson showing off his chocolate :-)
Some cuteness before the sugar highs hit... and let me say they did.

Snake Charmer

They had face painting at a birthday party we went to the Sat before Easter. Now mind you... my kid hates things on his face and has never let anyone paint his face. When he was a baseball player for Halloween years ago he wouldn't even let me put the antiglare marks on his face.
He jumps out at me with THIS on his face.