FINALLY BIG J'S...

The long awaited day has finally come. Big J's reopened their doors from the fire at the beginning of October. It has been a long process of rebuilding, everything had to be completely gutted and redone. It turned out really nice and my parents worked really hard to get it back up. Here are some pictures of what it looks like now. I took all the pictures for decorations and of the food for the menu boards and combo meals. It was a lot of fun figuring out my studio lights and photoshop. I am getting pretty good at it now! We opened on a Tuesday and it has been crazy busy- rodeo busy everyday since. I only worked in the store on Wednesday night, but my parents are back at it 12 hours a day every day. I think I have eaten there everyday it has been open and plus the whole week before we opened, I guess it is just in my blood and I have missed it!
The pictures hanging in the hall.
Jack
Hank
Wyatt (My sister Chelsie's)
Sawyer (also Chelsie's)




Jack helping out by sweeping the floor- he is clocked in and isn't cheap labor...
He found the microphone and loved to talk and sing into it.
Pa and all his boys.

Check out his shiner- this is just after he pulled the ladder over to the ice cream chest to scoop his own ice cream and fell off and hit his eye on the corner. I caught him half way down so it could have been a lot worse.

Happy Birthday shout outs!

My dad and sister Shannon had birthdays in February. Dad's is on the 12th and Sha's is on Valentines Day, did everyone decorate in hearts for her? Jack learned how to sing happy birthday- so sweet and loved sharing their homemade cheesecake. Happy birthday to you both we love you!


Jack colored his Pa a picture of coupons for his birthday. The coupons were for Pa to take Jack for a whole weekend, and a special activity for the whole day, maybe I was thinking it was MY birthday for him to want to cash in the coupons...

Eight is the word...

Eight is Enough
8 Item Tag...I'm joining the TagEd - You're it now! Here are the rules: 1) Post rules on your blog 2) Answer the six '8' items 3) Let each person know by leaving them a comment.

8 favorite TV shows:
1. scrubs
2. american idol
3. office
4. Boston Legal
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We don't even have the free TV hooked up at our house so I just watch these shows at my parents, I really don't even know any others, this is just what they record. I'm lame I know.

8 Things I did yesterday:
1. woke up- this is an accomplishment in and of itself with two little boys who DON'T sleep...
2. bathed boys and got ready myself- another BIG accomplishment for me.
3. Did my office work and deposits for Big J's.
4. Taught 23 kindergartners about the letter Z.
5. Fed Hank and doctored Jack from peuking and diarhea.
6. Ate at Big J's- YEA! Finally open!
7. Went to a pointless Kindergarten parent meeting.
8. Laundry

Wow! doing that list made me realize how uneventful and lame I really am...

8 Things I'm looking forward to:
1. Spring Break- only 27 days but who's counting right?
2. Summer
3. Running outside to rid my baby fatso!
4. Cort coming home from work tonight.
5. Saturday to do whatever I want.
6. Running a half marathon in August
7. Scotty coming home from his mish
8. Jack feeling better- peuk and diarhea is NO fun for him or me!

8 Favorite restaurants:
1. Big J's/Pizza Villa- will I ever get sick of it? Maybe it is just cuz I don't have to cook?
2. Cheesecake Factory
3. Cafe Rio
4. LeNonne- Italian in Logan yummy!
5. Ma and Pa restaurants
6. chilis
7. steakhouses
8. Like Chelsie says- "Anywhere that I don't have to cook"

8 Things on my wish list:
1.To have my blurb 2008 book done
2. Have my scrapbooks all done- or even started would be nice
3. More time to play with my kids and do Mom things
4. Be more organized and clean
5. Have a house on our Glendale property- will it ever happen?
6. Get our jeep sold and pay off all our debt
7. Jack to be potty trained
8. Hank and Jack to both sleep through the night, JUST ONCE!!!

My boys

Hank is 3 months and Jack is 22 months. They love each other so much. Jack wants to give him a kiss first thing every morning and Hank will just stare at him and smile. Jack always makes sure he has a toy and a blanket, he has even tried to nurse him when he cried, how do you explain that to a 2 year old? They are sure keeping us busy and are so much fun.

Christmas

I am really slow at posting this Christmas because my mom just found the card all our Christmas pics were on. But we had such a fun Christmas I have to post and then it will complete this year of activities and I can publish my blog book so here is Christmas '08 in a nut shell.
Christmas eve was full of competition. We had a basket shooting and run around the circle of the house, which our family won. A leg wrestling tournament, hand pushing, and a game of making words with tiles. We kept a running score and I am happy to announce that the Jones family took the Egbert competition and walked away with the twenty bucks!



Our Christmas feast. We opened boxes on our plates with a cute poem about hearing the bell ring if you believe with a pretty bell inside- but for some reason Dad's and Nate's wouldn't ring?

Sawyer and Jack had to make sure Santa and his reindeer had some treats when they came. We watched Santa make his stops around the world on the computer.


Sawyer and Jack made caramel corn to eat under the tent.


Cort won the prize for thinking of the best present. He made me a music jewelry box that plays a very nice tune. I was way surprised because we weren't supposed to get each other something, and I didn't know when he was working on it... very thoughtful. He also painted my moms cruiser bike in a sparkly red paint with a basket to look like the wizard of oz bike.


Hank's first Christmas.
The thing I don't like about Christmas is all the hype and preparation and then it is all just over. But I love the holiday season. We had so much fun, I think having kids makes the holidays even that much funner. As a kid you can't sleep because you are so excited to see what santa brought you and as a parent you can't sleep because you can't wait to see the joy on your kids' faces.

Jack and Hank look alikes?

So many people say "Oh my heck, they look just like twins!" So I found some similar pictures to compare.

Top is Hank, bottom Jack. Both newborn still in the hospital.

Top is Jack, bottom is Hank. Newborn photo shoots.

Funny Jack

So lately Jack has been interested in the potty. He will take his pants and diaper off and say potty or poopoo. The other day he kept wanting to sit on the toilet so I would bring him in there and he wouldn't do anything. My dad came over and Jack made him take him to the potty. This time he actually peed, but it wasn't pointed down so he ended up peeing all over the floor. Then my dad proceeded to teach him how to push- really funny.

Jack's favorite thing to do in the morning is to lay in our bed with Hank. He crawls under the covers sucks his thumb and cuddles Hank. Whoever isn't in bed he says their name and pats the bed where he wants them to lay.

Hank's 2 month

Hank has grown so much. He is such a good little eater- now if we could just get him to be a good sleeper. Here are some of his 2 month well check stats.
Weight- 12 pounds, 8.5 ounces/ 75th %
Height- 22 1/2 inches/ 30th %
He had a lot of shots that were no fun and he cried and cried. He is such a smiley baby and really has been pretty easy. We are so happy he is so happy and healthy we love him so much!

New Years!

For New Years this year we headed over to our friends, Lex and Bo Janes' house. We shot guns, rode on the tube behind the snowmobile, ate, and played games.

Some Christmas Happenings...

I still don't have all the Christmas pictures on my computer for the full Christmas effect but here are a few happenings that we did over Christmas.My little Christmas elves.
Grandpa Bradley and Hank.
Went snowshoeing in Rigby with Bob and Jami.
Jack liked to slide down the hill.
Hank in the sled that I pulled with a rope while snowshoeing- don't worry, he only fell out of the sled twice, the car seat works!
Jack loved to be pulled in the sled by Cort.
My mom gave us this advent tree for the 12 days of Christmas. Every morning Jack would wake up and want to put the decoration on the tree then push the star on top to dance to the Christmas song.
Cort and Jack put up our Charlie Brown tree and decorated it. All my hallmark ornaments wouldn't stay on the branches so they only put a string of beads and some light fabric balls on it. It still looked like a cute christmas tree, but I broke down and asked for a nice fake tree for Christmas so I can use my hallmark ornaments.

Hank was baby Jesus for our ward party this year and Jack was the donkey for Grandma Jami's families Christmas party. He was so cute in his donkey outfit holding Mary and Joseph's hands. He walked right in found me in the crowd started waving and stayed on the stage the whole time. He was a great donkey!

Cort played in the snow with Jack and Sawyer, what a fun Christmas to get so much snow.

Kyle and Shannon Christiansen

My little sister Shannon got married to Kyle on December 13th. I am just a little slow with posting. It was such a fun day for them here are some wedding and luncheon pictures to document the great day!
The beautiful bride.
They had their wedding luncheon at Big J's so they could invite everyone and have a party. It turned out really cute and fun.
Jack and Sawyer liked the luncheon because they could run around and eat ice cream!
The boys loved to be pushed around on the high chair.
Shannon and Kyle and all their cute nephews. I made their ties- my first attempt but they turned out pretty cute other than Hanks was a little small.
After the sealing- freezing cold blizzard!
So we had to cheat on pictures and go back another day when it wasn't a blizzard to take pictures with the Temple. What a cute couple!