Other Random Happenings

Here is a compilation of other random photos/events from the past month or so. 

Jackson being silly.

Fun at the park.

We had fun at the BYU @ San Jose State football game even though we lost (sigh). We were on the third row right near the 40 yard line. Pretty good seats, even though the stadium was falling apart.

Christina's amazing cake she made for my birthday. It's Reese's Peanut Butter Cake. Chocolate cake with Reese's mixed in. Then a cream cheese peanut butter frosting and chocolate frosting. Topped with a few peanut butter cups. Mmm.

Walking Boy!!

Jackson is now walking. He reached this milestone right before 14 months. For several weeks he had been taking a few tentative steps, progressing to several steps, then to the Frankenstein walk, then to walking fairly easily. I probably shouldn't be, but I was very surprised at what a progression it is. Usually when hearing from other people it seems like it's one big moment when all of a sudden, "He's walking!!" And you have the camera out and everything to record that one big moment. But that definitely is not the case. The first time I noticed it was a few weeks ago at church he took four consecutive steps without holding on to something. Then he slowly took more and more steps and became more sure of it. Here are two videos to mark the occasion. The first from about two weeks ago and the second from the beginning of this week.

Pumpkins, Costumes, and Festivities!

I'd like to think "better late than never", but sometimes when I'm THIS late I almost reconsider that theory. Oh well, the pictures are uploaded to the computer so the hard part is done and now for the fun!

For Halloween this year, I had a great idea for the family costumes...but last minute (or so it seemed) it turned out we wouldn't be able to make it to the ward Halloween party. As a result, I only got around to Jackson's costume in time for his little friend's costume birthday party. We were going to be Alfaba, the Scarecrow, and the cowardly lion.  

Here's Jackson as the cowardly lion:

...he truly looked cowardly with all those tears, haha. He didn't really like the mane hat.  

After he got a bit more used to it, he wasn't so distraught. 

And he even started to pull some cute faces :P

The week before Halloween we carved our pumpkin!   

Daddy and Jackson...

Jackson was a BIG helper. He wouldn't have anything to do with the "guts", but he sure LOVED playing with the pumpkin seeds!

"You mean, I can touch and play with the pumpkin seeds!"

The finished product!

We could barely hold Jackson back, haha...

Halloween Date Night - created by Jordan. Jordan came up with the idea of making chocolate covered Halloween strawberries. We made ghosts and jack-o-lanterns!

For dessert we had some homemade hot apple cider - YUM!

And of course, we needed to commemorate the evening with us both!!!  

I sure am a lucky girl to have such a GREAT husband!!!  And we have such a GREAT little boy!!!  I love my family and all the fun we have together :)