We went to Az

For Spring break we went to Arizona to visit family and friends. I know it has now been two weeks since we've returned but pictures are better late then never.

Grandpa Moore made sure that there were plenty of puppies to play with and for most of the time that is what they did.

Mallory was not so sure about the puppies at first but soon learned to love them.

We played with Cousins. Braden lives there and we love playing with him and his brothers. Also my brother and his family came down from Utah. We hadn't seen them in a year and it was such a great time. Of course I don't have any pictures with us and them but we really do miss them living close.

We took a little side trip up to Showlow to visit with Grandma and pa Jackson. We all loved the hammock that they have in there backyard. I even go to take a 2 hour nap in it. While we were there we introduced them to roasting peeps!!! Everybody should try it.

My niece from Minnesota was there for her spring break. For the record it was her who made the Fit go down to 38 (inside joke!)

Aunt Heather came up from Tucson for a day. We had fun playing with her. She was a huge help with taking care of Mallory while I herded the boys.

I love my Mommy!

I also got to run in a 5k with the best college room mate EVER!!!!Isn't she just a totally babe. Oh and my niece ran the race too, it was her first race and she was a little worried about looking like a dork (she was with me so it was a legit fear). She did awesome!! I can't wait to hear about her next race and her next and next and next, etc.

Arizona we love you and all who live there.

As most of you know, every year I do something slightly over the top for Garett's birthday. Usually it involves something embarrassing. However, this year I gave him everything he wished for and more. I gave him a guys day, without embarrassment. It started in the morning playing some ball with his friends.

After that he went to the range with some different friends. Sorry the picture is side ways. After shooting he got to go to his favorite restaurant again with guy friends. And afterwards got to have his first cake.

Following lunch he went golfing with another friend. His shoulder is still sore.

After golfing he was supposed to take a nap. I took our hammock to the woods by our house. I didn't have enough rope to put it up correctly so I left it there thinking Garett could put it up the right way. When he went to the woods 2 hours later, the hammock was gone. So sad huh? Because of all that he didn't get to have a nap. Super sad huh?

Next he took his best guy friends (Preston and Spencer) ever to play video games and eat some Pizza.

Garett's Birthday Breakfast Cake. WE love March Madness.

When Garett was younger he had a favorite stuffed animal call "Ricky the Raccoon". However, it got lost over the years. When Preston found out it was lost, he wanted to know how. Garett said it was accidentally thrown away during a move. Having seen Toy Story 3, Preston then assumed that the toy was ground up into tiny pieces and burned to ash (like the garbage in the movie), so he thought Garett was sad about this and decided that he would get dad a new Ricky. He wrapped this all by himself.

Happy Birthday Garett!!

Medical school is finally starting to make him look his age... ;-)

Photo Shoot

Mallory's Birthday Photo Shoot

This is the bow that I made all by myself. I am really proud of it. It matches her little birthday dress perfectly. I think it is super cute too.

Look at those eyes. Such a pretty little girly.

Thank you Stephanie's Mom for buying this birthday dress. It is perfect.

She is ONE!!

I wanted to have a little party for Mallory's Birthday but it seemed like everything I wanted to do wouldn't work out for one reason or another. So what did this little one year old do to celebrate her birthday......

She got a really cool toy for her brothers to play with and they even let her play with part of it.
Then we had our traditional cake for breakfast. Um, I think she enjoyed this.I HELPED them take the cushions off the couch so they could jump. Mallory really does love doing this and of course I hate it because it makes such a mess of their room and they never want to put it back together but it was her birthday.After this we got dressed and went and had her pictures taken, which I will post as soon as I can scan them. Another Jackson tradition is picking where you want to go for dinner. Technically we went out to dinner for her birthday on Monday(after we went to the zoo) but SHE didn't think that was good enough so after we dropped the boys off at school. Mommy and Daddy and Mallory went to Sushi which really is her favorite place to eat. The people just love her there and give her so much attention.

We finished up the day with going and riding the Merry-go-round at the Mall. We are not really sure if she liked it or not but check out Spencer in the background.
We love you Mallory! Just a few things about her...

-She loves people and will go to anybody. Seriously, today after her pictures we were waiting and she went up to another man waiting and held up her arms until he picked her up. She does this at church a lot. I am really going to have to watch her.

-She loves all things carbs. I really have to push the veggies and fruits with her. She hates bananas and not a huge fan of carrots. But she likes peas and green beans.

-She LOVES books. She almost always has a book in her hands. book was one of her first signs that she learned. She also really likes Balls

-All of her signs look the same, which happened with Preston too. All of Preston's looked like "more" and all of hers look like "finished".

-She is a GREAT dancer. Just like her dad she loves all music, including Russia techno and Taylor Swift.

-When she gets really sleepy she pumps her body-not really sure I can explain but it is something that I think is weird and want to remember.

-She has NO hair!!!

Spring Already

The weather has been so nice. I can't believe that Spring is already here. We keep waiting for it to get cold again. Until it does we will enjoy the warmer weather.

The boys went fishing at the pond that is in forest(park) behind our house. We LOVE these woods!!! They have been a source of some really great memories. They didn't catch anything and gave up 3 min. after this picture was taken. They haven't asked to go fishing since.
This is Mallory's first time walking in the woods.
We took a new trail and found this great climbing rock.
Over this last winter, Garett and the boys made this fort to keep them warm when they were out exploring. It is totally hidden and actually bigger then it looks. They have plans to add another room, a kitchen for me!?!I had to throw this picture in. Garett made cookies and the kids were having a hard time waiting for them to come out.

Valentine's Day

I am not really a big fan of Valentine's Day. I think it is just to much pressure. Pressure to have a someone special. Pressure to make it a special day. Pressure to not be left out. So I have never been much of a fan, even when I had boyfriends or husband, until this year. I love Valentine's Day with my KIDS!!!!There is no pressure with them, just tons of pink, sugar and fun!

Here are the boys shirts for the day. If you know my boys then you know that these shirts are perfect for them.

Here is Mallory's outfit. Every person that saw her couldn't help but say "Happy Valentine's Day". Yeah, it was a bit over the top.
Pink milk, with pink waffles with strawberry syrup and red sprinkles. The boys loved it, can't you tell!
We made a couple batches of sugar cookies and delivered them to friends and neighbors. Some of you reading this may wonder why you didn't get any cookies. Trust me I tried, we went out so many times to give them and it seemed like nobody was ever home. We ate more then we wanted to. In the future please make sure you stay home!
To finish off the day I gave in and got the boys Pillow Pets! They still tell me every night that they love them and they are so grateful I got them for them.

Happy Valentine's Day!!! (Sorta Late, HUH?)

January in Pictures

Nothing is individually Post worthy, but collectively they make a great month.

We got back from Canada with a year (or 2) supply of Hot Chocolate. Canada has the best Coco, here are all the many different flavors. We got multiples of some of these.

Spencer became a Sunbeam at church. I got the idea from a friend to make a sunbeam cake in celebration. We also had some friends over. If you ask Spencer how he likes his new class he says, "They moved me to the boring class."Salta attacked a Husky and ended up in doggie ICU. The miracle is she is alive and doing really well. First picture is he in her bandages. She couldn't really walk for a week. The second you can see her staples. And you can see how big her bum got, that was from the two punchered lungs.

We had a huge ice storm. The boys loved being pulled all over by dad. After awhile Garett jumped on his bike, they rode and slid for over an hour.Mallory really started walking. She loves Balls and her Brothers. She has really started showing her personality she is so much fun. Actually she really does need her own post because she is growing and changing, but I already have the pictures uploaded her sooooo maybe next post.Mallory also learned to climb. Here she is on top of a tv dinner tray.And I don't think I could explain this picture if I tried. Cute though!!!We love Sushi! We have been going to the same place since we moved here. They know us and love us. We know they love us because they are always giving us free custom made sushi. They also make our boys special oranges, they look like beach scenes. Here is our main waiter!

We also had our favorite friends come and visit for a few days. We are really going to miss them when they move far away this summer.