And we celebrated...

I love birthday time and we tend to celebrate A LOT! Jeffey's birthday this year was no exception. It started with a dinosaur cake at the ranch (lots more pics to come) with 38 immediate relatives on Daddy's side. Yep, thats how many Jones' there are now! Jeff loved the dinosaurs and sharing his cake with William. Thanks Grandma.

We took cupcakes to school and he got a pretty cool hat and all his buddies sang Happy Birthday to him. Preschool rocks!

We took a trip to the zoo with Noah and Avery to celebrate the cousin twins birthday. Here is Jeff aboard the dino.

The highlight of the zoo trip was eating snow cones before we went home. More great cousin time.

Then on Jeffey's actual birthday we had a party at the splash park with some of his friends. It was his first party just for him and he thought it was great.

We had a Doggy party and sweet Jeff loved his presents and having all his friends in the same place having fun. Thanks to everyone who made turning four pretty neat!

(Thanks to a dead camera battery, I have no record of the super cool birthday dinner we had at Red Robin. We got balloons, ice cream and "monies" from Papa and Grandma, what more could you want?)

Easter Fun

We had a great Easter week this year and enjoyed having dinner at our house. Aunt Cletty had an Easter egg hunt for the kids.

My cute mom and my boys. Instead of matching dresses I got them matching shirts and they looked so handsome!

I love these little men.

And I love the man who thought to bring me Sprinkles cupcakes from Scottsdale for Easter. Way to go babe!

Earlier that week we had cousin Natalie's Hannah Montana brithday at our house and decorated eggs. The boys had fun and were more than happy to let the birthday girl take home all the decorations.

To prepare for Easter we gathered and painted rocks with our cousins and talked about the stone that covered the Savior's tomb. It was actually really effective and later that week we watched a movie that showed the tomb in Jeruselem and the boys made the connection. Score one for mom! Thanks Aubrey and Colene for doing my dishes and making long days seem not so long. I got so lucky when I got six more sisters when I got married.

I just love this picture of the kids cheering on the teams for a little backyard baseball. A very Happy Easter had by all.

Happy Belated Birthday Daddy

Over a month ago we celebrated Brian's 31st birthday. We went out for dinner with friends and had dessert at our new house. We also celebrated Matt and Darin's birthdays.

The cute wifeys!

Everyone chillin at the restaurant. Thanks for making it a great night!

Because of school we celebrated Bri's birthday the night before with his favorite Banana Cream Pie. The next morning Brian got the new Pearl Jam CD and lots of birthday hugs.

The boys had a blast decorating the pie for Daddy. We love you babe and are so glad your in our family. Go Jones team!!!

Drumroll Please...

The verdit is in, and I have a belly full of BOY! One positive of past pregnancy problems is multiple ultrasounds. Despite anticipating deep disapointment with this announcement, I am so excited. Brian is thrilled, and the boys can't wait to meet their new brother. The most important outcome was finding out that everything looks great and we have as much peace of mind as modern technology can offer. Now on to names...any suggestions?

Real Men

clean up vomit!
Allow me to explain:
Last night we had a wonderful dinner with Matt and Kim at IKEA with the kids. Lukey consumed some great Scandinavian fare and was a delight to shop with. The boys enjoyed playing with Emilee and Megan and polished off some cinnamon rolls and ice cream before we headed home. Apparently, the late night meal coupled with the cake, pizza and candy from cousin Noah's party was a little much for Luke's little tummy and we were awakened at 1am to his cries. Brian went in to find Swedish meatballs all over Luke and his blankets and floor. He proceeded to clean up the mess, dry heaving and all, while I bathed poor Luke, too sick to go near the smell. We crawled back into bed an hour later.
It somehow slipped my mind when we were dating to ask Brian if he would be up for late night puke patrol and all the other nasty, crummy jobs he does when I am out of commission. I guess I just got lucky! The ultra-chiseled, bouquet bearing, elaborate date planning idea of the perfect guy is great and all, but real romance, in my opinion, is found in the middle of the night when no one looks good and he takes one for the team. Now that is sexy!

Tile Help!

Anyone have any great suggestions on how to keep lots and lots of tile clean? Someone tell me there is a better way than my tired old broom and mop!

Our final resting place...

We are all moved in and right now I feel like doing this: I will post pictures of our new home when I get some sleep! (The transition has taken its toll on poor Jeffey as well)