Building something for Mom

Jack got his own tool kit for Christmas and loves to "help" dad in the garage building things. He makes sure that he always has his safety glasses on and makes Cort wear his also. Cort was building me some things so Jack thought he would make me something also.

Around the Jones' House

We have just been enjoying the new year and our new house. Here are some things we have been up to.
Jack and Hank LOVE to take a bath together. I actually love it also because they for the most part play so well in the bath tub together. They can be entertained by bubbles and bath toys for about a half an hour. Plus I love how they smell in their nice clean jammies and all lotioned up.

For family home evening Cort gave the lesson on how Heavenly Father created everything on the earth. Then we set up Jack's fish tank and put in some plastic sharks, fish, and sea creatures. The boys thought this was SO COOL, and so did I because I don't even have to remember to feed them or clean the tank.


Jack got this little tent for Christmas and calls it his "puppy house" he really likes to pretend to be a puppy or any animal. He can even con Cort into playing just about any animal with him.

Happy New Year!

We like to party! We like to party with these party animals. For New Year's Eve we had some friends over to help bring in the new year. We had a blast and of course stayed up WAY too late!
We played some mean games of cards.

Vic and Cort rocking it out with guitar hero.

Played a tournament of ping pong. Trevor and Hayden

Shane and Katie

And this years ping pong tournament champions- Nick and Ash! They both won a Napoleon Dynamite T-shirt. But everyone better watch out cuz Cort and I are practicing up for next year.

Judd- doing what he does best, which I'm not sure what that is...

I love these girls! It is awesome that all Cort's high school buddies married such cool girls that we all get along so well.

Jack's "best friends" These guys had so much fun together all night watching movies, eating junk, and playing games. They were all so dang cute!


We wish you all a Happy New Year! We hope to see you all soon!

Photographer Jack

For Christmas Jack got a new digital camera- just a crayola kid camera. He lOVES it! He follows me and Hank around the house all day saying "say cheese!" He was so excited to bring his camera to Pocatello to see my grandparents because he wanted to take a picture of my Grandma's dog Buster. He is getting pretty good at taking pictures at everyone else's expense.
On the way there he saw a train he just HAD to get a picture of.

A lovely picture of one of the hundred pictures of me.

He was so hilarious telling my Grandpa to say cheese!

A self portrait of Jack.

Grandma Cowman

Baby Ben

The fish tank at the Veterans center where my Grandpa is.

And his prize picture of the day Grandma's dog Buster.


Jack didn't take this picture with his camera, but he came out of his room SO proud of himself because he can get dressed all by himself now! Let's just say sometimes as a mom you just have to smile, say they look great, and look away. Especially when he dresses himself to go somewhere out of the house... He is such a nut and is growing up so fast. Jack is at the stage where he can do EVERYTHING by himself which requires a LOT of patience from his mom and dad.

Christmas 2009

We had a great Christmas this year with family and fun. We had our first Christmas in our new house. It was so fun to wake up with our little family to see what Santa brought. Christmas was fun as a kid, but having your own kids makes it so much more fun. Jack talked about Santa and Christmas for a month before. Cort was so excited he had a hard time sleeping and wanted to wake Jack up in the morning.
Santa even left Jack and Hank a letter!
The presents under the tree.
Jack and Hank's stockings.
Hank was so funny Christmas morning. He opened all his presents in the buggy he got from Grandpa Rod and Staci. I think he just didn't want Jack to get in it.

Then we went to Granny and Pa's house. Santa found Jack and Hank here also- Big time!

We have to wait until Pa wakes up to go into the living room to see what Santa brought. So, about 9:30 we ran in. Jack did sneak in early and yelled "I got a Buzz toy!" He was not happy when Granny ran in and took him out. I love the Santa hat Jack wore- he does EVERYTHING Sawyer does, it is a good thing Sawyer is a good influence.

Hank's grand appearance.
We all got nerf guns and had many nerf gun fights. My dad is such a good sport letting Jack and Sawyer shoot him a million times.

My little brother Scotty- he is single and available- any takers?

Jack gave Cort a box of ping pong balls for his new ping pong table!

Nate's favorite present Susan Boyle CD. He loves her!

Hank would have just loved wrapping paper.

Hank got a new rocking horse.

We love Christmas!!!!

What a bunch of dorks. Did I mention the one on the left is single?

Our nephew Baby Ben's first Christmas. So cute!

This is of Hank exactly one year ago. Amazing how fast they grow.

And the traditional Christmas dinner picture.

Country Living

I have lived on main street my entire life. Cort lived in Holbrook growing up- if you don't know where that is there is a reason, because it is in the middle of NOWHERE about 30 miles west of Malad. He would move back there in a heartbeat if I would let him, there is also a reason why I won't... Anyway, Cort has always been a country boy at heart. When we first got married we had a lot of adjustments to figure out living on main street in the big P-town. We are so thankful for those times we had living next door to my parents for seven years. Now I can really say that I live in the country though. It only takes about six minutes to get to town (if I am driving) but we really are in the middle of (in our opinion) the most beautiful place in the valley. Surrounded by mountains, a reservoir, and rolling hills as far as you can see. We love that we have our horses right outside and a four wheeler and tractor to scrape snow with. This first month has been a little bit of an adjustment for me. I have to actually plan for the day when I leave the house for what I might need. I can't just run home to grab something if I need it while I am in town. I love that when I am done with work or whatever and headed home that I am going home to stay the rest of the night. It has been so relaxing so far to just be home. We have been able to spend so much more time with our boys and have been able to do some things we have put off for a few months while building the house. Cort has pretty much made the house his hobby by still building things like a cupboard for my dining room, T.V. stand, cold air returns, door bell cover, and a frame for our family picture. He loves working with wood and is very good at it. We have been able to have a few parties- OK a LOT of parties and plan to have many more. The boys have adapted very well to living here as Jack says "in my new house in Glendale." Our ward is great and we have moved right in and are very comfortable with where we are. I know I have posted about this already but we are still continually thankful for all the help we received in building, moving, settling, etc. We just love this laid back country living...

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve day we spent at Grandpa Rod's house. Jack had a blast riding his snowmobile.

He also liked to slide down the slide in the snow.

Grandpa Rod and Staci gave Jack a motorcycle bike. He loves to ride it in our basement.
And this was Hank's favorite Christmas present. He wouldn't get out of this thing all day.

Christmas eve we made our way to Coby and Steph's house where Steph made a yummy dinner. We relaxed and watched all the cousins play with each other. We had a great Christmas Eve and are glad we were able to spend it with family.
Grandma and Grandpa Bradley and some of their grandkids.