The first haircut.. outside, food, yoga, baby and more!

This was Jenna's first "official" haircut at a salon. Her Great Grandpa D gave her the first trim this summer as we like that as a tradition.. but this was a style cut!!! She did sooo great. Just sat there and let the lady cut her hair.. then after she showed off how "peeeeeeerdy" she was!!! Little ham!! notice Jackson in the background chilling!

17 weeks and counting!!

This was Ms. Jenna before her haircut... she was "helping" me bake...

Our swingset.. still under lots of snow but we were able to play a bit on it.

Love this look!!

I was up on top of the hill in our yard taking this picture of Jackson.. still have a HUGE hill in our front yard. Figuring it will melt by August!

Jenna multitasking.. eating food with a straw AND her fork. Then there is Jackson.. the STUD!!

Homemade Granola Bars.. Thanks Tanya for the recipe.. LOVE THEM!

My little helper!!! and his friends.

Jackson doing yoga one morning to Fit T.V. Minutes later I checked back on him and he was doing naked yoga.. I bet that could catch on somewhere other than the midwest!

This video cracks me up.. Just about every day we dance.. just to get the extra energy out and let the kids have some fun... not to mention it is cheap entertainment for me. It is long but worth watching. I SWEAR I do not teach them to dance like this... Jenna at one points does some "stripper moves" on the floor.. Enjoy and next time you are in the neighborhood come and shake your booty with us!

Updating from the past two weeks

Nothing special is going on... but thought I would update anyway.. I visited a thrift store and got a haul on clothes.. quite a few gender neutral things for the baby, couple things for Jenna and Jackson and a few for me for Maternity stuff. The next picture is of my gluten free (half of it) lasagna.. yummy!!!! Then there was Jacksons singing at the church for preschool. He did a great job and they all sounded wonderful.

Here is Mrs. Jenna... showing off her new pretty nightgown!!!

I was feeling ill one day and decided that subway was the only thing that sounded decent.. so we treated ourselfs.. The kids had a picnic and loved the stuff..

Jenna would not take off her pretty skirt all day... so she just left it on even when she spilled water all over herself.

Dressing up.. it is the new theme around here!!!

Stealing my food... another theme around here. Jenna loves to steal my food. I had leftovers from last night and was nibbling on it and she came over and stole it!! STINKER!

Mexico 2009

Here are some pictures from our Mexico vacation. Everything went very well and we had a great time. Weather was 85 and sunny most of the time.. it was relaxing and soo much fun!! We really agree that we need this time to reconnect every year.. next year it may be a the super 8 in Fargo if that is all we can afford.. but we have these memories!! Every night we found towel art in our room..and some nights flower petals sprinkled on the bed. This picture was from valentines day. The next picture is the North Dakota WILD HOGS!!! We rented scooters in Cozumel and drove around the island. It was beautiful driving around the island looking at the oceean. We also saw a lot of huts that people live in.. most of us in the USA would not allow our dogs to live in that... we were very thankful and humbled for what we have.

Our group!! THE BEST !!

The fish that would swim by our feet right in the shallow part of the ocean on our beach.

OUr beach

Scooter time! I was not big on the idea and we almost didn't go.. but after I got over the sickness from the ferry it was a GREAT time.. soo happy we went!

The jacuzzi tub on our balcony.. and for those of you that want to try to tell me that pregnant women can't go in them... the temp was controlled by US... so no lectures please... got enough of those on tanning.. everything was doctor approved... :)

The MEN!

The Ladies

The happy couple plus one... we joked.. this will be the only time we ever take a child to Mexico!!

Dressing up for evening supper!

Floaties and the swim up bar at the hotel... one of many pools.

The bridge that lead to everything.. soo many walk ways, bridges and paths. There were real croc's in that fence area.

The group arriving in Mexico.








It was a great time. We had some fun, sun and drinks (yes... non alcoholic for me) and lots of food!! We laughed.. even cried.. we made many memories. It was by far the best trip that we have been on. Great people, great fun and hopefully not our last time doing this!! We missed the kids but I feel that we are better parents and partners for taking this time for us... the kids had a blast and now we are all together again as a family... waiting and saving our our Disney Vacation in January 2010!

Farm weekend.

We got done butchering VERY QUICKLY... so we have the whole rest of the weekend to hang out. The cousins are getting at each others throats so they went outside to waste some energy. It is cold so I am in here blogging since I have NOTHING warm to wear.. after all... my bag is full of SUMMER clothes for Mexico!!! It was nice to be done butchering soo soon... but hard cuz we have all this time to just WAIT!

The cousins were calming down before nap time so they all cuddled up on the couch... Ryan was the adult holding the group down.

My princess and prince.

Snowmobiling... They are getting rides on the snowmobile.. again.. me.. inside... my light fall coat that I brought is not cut out for this weather!

Jacksons on the sled.

The next time I post will be back from Mexico.. hopefully have some warm weather pictures to post. Weather channel says 85 and sunny!!! Crossing our fingers!!! Blessings to all... stay warm!

Abc's, painting, distructo and a fish..

Here is a picture of Jenna Ann sleeping in the car on our second trip to Fargo. She has not been feeling all that great but hopefully with the probiotics we got and an adjustment by our favorite chiropractor.. she will be on the mend.

Grandma and Grandpa J surprised Jackson with a fish. He has wanted one for a while and was very excited to see Sparkle...

This is my kitchen when I was in the process of cooking for a TON of people... it turned out great but I really need a maid to do a deep cleaning... Oh MAID!!! Yah.. no one EVER shows up.

I was cooking for the party and left Jenna in the living room to play. She does really well but this day she made a HUGE mess. She got into all the games and dumped them out.

Here is Jenna Ann with her cousin Hannah. Hannah and her played dress up and house on Sunday when we had Taco Day!

Here is Jackman painting his beautiful picture. My kids love to paint... anything with messes I think.

Jenna making her contribution to our painting day! She LOVES to paint... esp her hands.

Here is the video that I love. She does the sounds of the alphabet really well.. though she is still not talking as much as I would like. She is coming along. Smart as a whip this one. She gets soo excited part way through the video. She usually does this when she is sitting on the potty.