our jar-haven

my baby

2010-11-27T11:24:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my baby is so grown up. She loves playing pretend and she says the funniest things. Yesterday, while I was doing dishes, I asked her what she wanted for Christmas. She got the most serious look in her eyes as she said, "Mom, I really really want that Princess Castle Kitchen." I start dying laughing. Em's starts shaking her head and says, "Mom, You're so funny"! HAHA (I'm funny ;))????
I thought these dress up pictures were so appropriate for this post. She is trying to grow up too fast :)
BTW...MOM? Why is she calling me MOM. What happened to Mommy or Momma?
My sweet 3 year old.

an update

2010-11-04T15:05:00.000-07:00

Livee has been so much fun, lately. I love this age. She makes us laugh all day everyday. SHE IS SO HAPPY. SHE HAS THE HAPPIEST DISPOSITION. Everyone notices how happy she is. She's such a blessing to our fam.

Emma is gettin so good at her summersalt's!

P.S. Halloween was so great! I didn't make a costume this year, I was so proud of myself. Usually I'm trying to throw together a new costume on Halloween day. This year emma wanted to be a bunny because of the show "Max and Ruby". If you ask her if she was Max or Ruby she would say "max and ruby". If you ask her again she would say just as confidently "Max and Ruby". So this year for Halloween she was Max AND Ruby :) Livee was our little ballerina and such cute one too!

I love how this picture turned out a little spooky.

genius

2010-11-04T14:15:00.000-07:00

we love this guy in our home

who is he, you might ask?

Well, It's Dr. Seuss! His books are about as genius as genius gets. He's a favorite around here and we read him daily. Emma thinks he's so silly and she loves the movie "Horton hears a who"!
here's a picture of em's attempt to read one of his books to Livee

so we decided to google him and we found out he's really not a Doctor. random fact, eh!

2010-11-04T11:51:00.000-07:00

just practicing uploading pictures

more shots from shoot

2010-10-29T15:23:00.000-07:00

If you can't tell by my post title, we talk about guns way too much. :)

I'm editing photos and found a few more that turned out pretty good.
I love the car in the window, kinda cool, eh?

my little brother Bryce gave us the idea for this pose, (her arm on his arm). We were teasing him because we all thought it was a goofy pose. THE FUNNY THING IS.....IT TURNED OUT SO DANG CUTE! PROP'S TO BRYCE. I will use this pose again! FURR SURRRE!

2010-10-26T20:40:00.000-07:00

I love this girl (my beautiful sister)!!!! She's such a sweet heart and an amazing auntie. Last week I asked her if she and her boyfriend (Ryan aka ryry-haha, inside joke) would let me use them as practice; she thought it would be lots of fun.........and it was!
No they're not getting married, but it was fun to get in some good practice! It sure does help that they're both absolutely gorgeous! Thanks RYRY and KYKY :)
BTW....Kiley you need to keep this one around for a long time!!!!!!!! He's pretty cool!

merely example

2010-10-24T23:03:00.000-07:00

do you ever feel like going to church is merely example? When you've got a busy three year old and a new crawler it makes it a little hard to stay on track at church. I'm so grateful for those small moments when I do get the opportunity to listen; then my sister kristan comes to town with her three and I'm even more grateful for those small moments. (I'm sure she has less than me!)
There was a girl in our ward, in twin falls, that had 2 girls (2 and 12 months), her husband worked almost every sunday, but every single week she would come to church by herself. I would sit in aw and wonder how she did it. There was not a second when she wasn't chasing one of them down. She inspired me to want to be better. It's so true, how simple things can inspire and change people. Think about how simple the gospel principals are and still they're life changing.
This girl with her 2 girls inspired me, so who are you inspiring? A week ago in my homeward we had a mission farewell. I used to babysit this kid when he was little. The last time I babysat he ended up with a bloody nose. Maybe that is why it was the last time :)! I can't believe he's a missionary, crazy! Anyway, a few weeks before his farewell, his mother bore her testimony and she said that one of the reasons she got him to come to church was because my dad brought cookies to church once a month. (now if you've never had my dad's cookies you are totally missen out!!!)- I've never tried to make them because he just does it so good. When my dad brings cookies it's totally the sunday news around the church halls. His Young men Teachers are a lucky bunch! I'm getting a little distracted here.....anyway, the reason I mentioned this is because his cookies are the thing that brought this kid to church. Of course he's a good kid and I'm sure that my dad's cookies weren't the only reason he came to church, but it seems like maybe they had a tiny bit to do with it.
KNowing this totally inspires me to keep coming to church, not that I would ever stop:) The truth is we never know who is watching us. We never know what someone might be taking in from us. Our smiles might bring someone to church each week. The truth is it's just plain silent miracles. We've got to go to church and continue the silent miracles because they are life changing. This inspires me to know that even if I don't get much from the lesson maybe I'm doing something silent as well.
I was telling my mother in law this and she pointed out the fact that it's also obedience. SO TRUE. This makes me feel really good that every week I'm continuing to be obedient even though I don't take in every word.
The best part of church for me right now is watching Em's face light up when it's time for nursery. She loves it so much and we've NEVER really had to fight her to go. It is so sweet how much she loves her teachers. I'm so glad. Because she loves nursery, it's brought me to church on day's when I've been sick or not had any sleep the night before. What a good example she is already for me!

Mommies and daddies out there keep marching on, even if you spend the whole sunday in the foyer, ML or nursery. Remember you're being obedient and a shining example for your babies and those that are around you!

2010-10-21T20:22:00.000-07:00

taking a photoshop class and lovin it! Here is a few .
this one might be a little overdone, but it's kind of fun.

here's a couple pics I took at the Balloon Races in Reno. If you've never been to the balloon races, you NEED to make a trip!!!! IT'S AMAZING!

Channeling my inner artsy!

THIS IS A LOT OF FUN!

2010-08-14T19:15:00.000-07:00

there are three posts below! Enjoy

enjoying every minute

2010-08-14T17:13:00.000-07:00

We've had a very eventful summer! Starting in May, Daniel got his Masters Degree, Wahoo! He's amazing and I'm so proud of him. Of course he graduated at the top of his class! I know saying this will embarrass him. Someday he'll get used to my bragging.
For graduation Daniel's family came up. We were so happy we got to enjoy it with them. We didn't get, a single picture, of all of us! Why? I don't know.
This Pic is of Emma and her cousin Brinley. They're such good buddies.

This is the hooding Ceremony. The expression on his face is Priceless!

Can u see us?

This is Livee at about 6 weeks!

Emma has been such a good sister. So helpful. (except for the fact that she likes to step on her-still working on this one!)

After graduation, Daniel had a job interview in Wyoming. We were almost positive we were going to move there, until we actually had the interview. We knew that it just wasn't right.
Wyoming is so beautiful! This picture is of a train that had derailed. SCARY! I'm not sure if anyone got hurt, but it looked really bad.

continuing to... enjoy every minute

2010-08-14T17:07:00.001-07:00

Here are the blessing pictures. I'm so glad we were able to do it in my home ward in Fallon Nevada. Not only did I grow up in this ward, but Daniel and I went to it for the first year of our marriage. Plus my sister and her kids were visiting, which made it perfect timing. It was a very special blessing.

Right after we got home from Fallon, Daniel got a call from West Hills Hospital in Reno Nevada. West Hills Hospital is a psychiatric hospital that Daniel had applied to. They wanted Dan to come for an interview. So we loaded back up and headed back to Fallon.
After his interview we knew right away it was where we needed to be. It was close to family and the salary was $15,000 more, a year, than any other job he had interviewed for. Plus Daniel would get to continue to work with Youth, which he LOVED!
We headed back to Idaho, hoping to pack and come right back.
About a week later they called and informed us that Daniel had the job. We were both so EXCITED! So we packed up and moved in with my family.
3 months later we are living in Fallon with family and loving every minute of it. We plan on living with the family for a few more months until we can buy a house or rent something. We want everyone to come live by us! The housing market is crazy because of all the foreclosures. Our friends just paid $150K for a $350K home because the bank was foreclosing on it.
Daniel LOVES his job and works with kids from age 5 to 17 who are struggling with mental issues, drugs, suicidal thoughts or attempts, or who are a danger to themselves or others. Dan has some great stories everyday when he comes home from work.

This is just a random picture that I love of EM'S!

still continuing to... enjoy every minute

2010-08-14T15:46:00.001-07:00

We really have been enjoying every minute!
From Wiffle ball, to ping pong to bocce ball. We've had lots and lots of fun.

We've also been enjoying the horses. My dad and my little brother, Bryce, have done really well this year at the horse shows. Yesterday, Dad won a buckle (well sort of-inside joke). We're all super excited for the big Elko show. Last year Dad won a bunch of money! Mom is wishing she could do it, but she's been a little busy this summer. She hasn't been able to ride everyday like my dad.

EMMA MISSES her COUSIN MYLEE SOOO MUCH!

We also miss babysitting Veva.

and of course we miss the silly girl down the road that has the same name as Emma!

here's a random picture of Livee about a month ago. She is ALWAYS so happy. I love it.

Em's turned 3. Pure joy was coming from this child!

This is Livee now! She is so much fun! It's wonderful having her in our family!

and of course my lil' bro Bryce keeps us laughing!

5 years, 4 1/2 weeks and 18 days

2010-04-08T13:32:00.000-07:00

Dan and I've been married 5 years as of yesterday, Dan graduates with his masters degree in 4 1/2 weeks and our sweet baby Olivia is now 18 days old.
It is literally crazy how time flies. I'm not even joking when I say I don't know what happened to the last year. I remember thinking how crazy it was that we had been married for 4 years.

She's here....Olivia Ann Jardine

2010-03-24T15:51:00.000-07:00

She came on my due date 3/22/2010- 6:38 PM, 7 lbs 15 ounces. Her hair is about 2 inches long! She is perfect and we're so happy to have her home. Emma loves "her baby". She kissed Olivia's head 50 times the first night. It was so sweet. Dan and I are still laughing because I bit his hand during a contraction!

2010-03-12T14:35:00.000-08:00

WOW! I know it's been like forever. I just can't believe how busy We've been trying to prepare for baby. I've been planning on posting for a long time, but every time I start- something comes up. Between Organizing, bow making, baby blanket making, looking for jobs and all the rest I barely have time to breathe. I will post pictures soon, I just wanted everyone to know we're still here and that we miss all of you.
ONLY 8 DAYS until baby is due! CRAZY! I will make sure and post a belly picture and Emma updates sometime in the next few days.

We're Having a.......

2009-11-05T13:06:00.000-08:00

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GIRL!!! Woohoo! We're so excited about it. Emma is going to love it!

2009-11-02T16:47:00.000-08:00

Emma was going to be a Lion for Halloween. We were in the Halloween section of Walmart and she kept picking up all the Tinkerbell Costumes. On the Make it and Love it blog she had a tutorial for a tinkerbell costume. I took her idea and added a few of my own. It ended up working really well and it only took me a little over an hour to put together. Emma loved it!

Cousin Mylee and Emma. We love that Beau, Shantel, and Mylee live so close to us now. Emma loves Mylee so much. They had so much fun playing in their costumes together.

Kiley and John came to visit and we had a lot of fun.

Dan with his cupcake lipstick.

Kiley is such a good aunt. She and John spoiled the girls with all kinds of fun stuff. They loved the fart noise makers the most. Random!

Emma really likes John. It was really sweet.

emma's 2 year photo's

2009-10-07T05:41:00.000-07:00

I woke up at 4 and couldn't go back to sleep. I layed there for an hour and a half and then decided it was time to get up and do something productive. So here are a few of Em's 2 year pictures I took yesterday.

In this picture her hair kind of looks a little 80's

I love my little Em, she is such a sweetheart!

can you bake a cherry pie?

2009-10-06T14:32:00.000-07:00

Sunday was my amazing hubby's 27th birthday. Danny truly is my best friend and I'm so thankful he chose me. I'm so proud of his accomplishments. He impresses me every single day! I'm thankful for the relationship he has with his Heavenly Father. He's such an amazing example to me. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND I LOVE YOU BUD!
So for Danny's B-day he asked me to bake him a cherry pie. He loves my mom's cherry pie recipe. I was kind of nervous because I've only made 2 pies in our 4 and a half year marriage. When I was done it ended up looking beautiful, but I was so scared of how it would taste. After eating a few bites I realized I did a pretty dang good job (not to brag or anything :) ). Daniel told me many times that he loved it and that it tasted just like my mom's. We ate it so fast I never ended up getting a picture of how perfect it looked. BUMBED, but that's ok. Here is a picture of the empty pie plate showing that we literally did eat it that fast!

So today I decided to put curlers in Emma's hair for pictures. I didn't realize I put them in right before her nap. I felt bad because I remember as a little girl how uncomfortable they are to sleep in. I just crossed my fingers she wouldn't pull them out. After she'd been asleep a while I went in to check the curlers and this is what I found....

Poor thing! I'm just glad she found a way to sleep. It made me nervous when I first came in the room, but she was breathing just fine, so I left her alone. The funny thing is the curlers will be in perfect shape when she wakes up.

So on with our couch story. So we've been watching D.I. and craigslist for 2 months waiting to get a couch. We've been sitting on camp chairs for 2 months. Everything we've found has been either really yucky or way toooo expensive. The sad part is even the really yucky stuff is really expensive, at least a $100. (I miss cheap couches in Rexburg) Anyway so we saw that RC WIlley was having a good sale and so we decided that we should go ahead and just buy a cheap couch. We found a couch we loved and it was 40% off so we ordered it. The picture looked grey with a little green in it and the lady on the phone even said it only had a little green in it. So we got the couch and it ended up being GREEN! and I mean REALLY GREEN! Green is my favorite color, but it was so green I wasn't sure what i was going to do. So RCWilley gave us 14 days to make up our minds if we like it or not. We both love how big and comfy it is. I tried to make it work but It's just tooo green. We need something neutral colored. So it's going back Saturday and we are back to square one. Here's a picture of the couch we got from RC Willey. When I took the picture it didn't even really bring up the green. I guess I can understand why RC Willey's Online picture didn't even look green. Kind of funny. I'm so tired of sitting on fold out chairs.

worst blogger ever and SURPRISE

2009-09-11T08:15:00.000-07:00

So I've become the worst blogger ever, but I have a good excuse. WE'RE PREGNANT! We've already told almost everyone, but SURPRISE to anyone we haven't seen in the last few months. I've been sick, but I'm still alive. We are almost 13 weeks along and so excited for baby #2. I'm in Nevada, visiting fam and we forgot our camera so no pictures until we get back to Twin. (I can't believe I forgot my camera!) Anyway that's our exciting news!

the craziness of this last week

2009-07-27T11:48:00.000-07:00

monday and tuesday Dan was at Grad school in Twin Falls.
Wednesday we celebrated EMMA's 2nd Birthday! (WOOHOO), grandma and grandpa Jardine came to visit, and we went to a social work graduation party celebration.
Thursday Dan Graduated. (YAY) I'm so proud of him! He's going to make an amazing Social Worker!
Friday we moved to twin falls, with help from many many good people. Thanks especially to grandpa, grandma and Jordan Womack. I was sick all Friday and couldn't help much, I felt terrible.
Saturday we started unpacking.
Sunday we went to our new family ward. (WHICH WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE ALREADY) Grandma and Grandpa Left and We are missing them already!!!
Today we are tired and slept until noon.
WE ARE SO HAPPY TO BE WHERE WE ARE! WE KNOW IT'S WHERE HEAVENLY FATHER WANTS US TO BE!
Here are some pictures of our long week!

Some people boycotted graduation because we didn't have an Apostle, but we love Bishop Edgley!

Dan's Social Work Buddies

Emma is already missing her "louise" aka swing. She asks for it every day!

our HAPPY 2 year old!

She loved every minute of her birthday! especially because grandma and grandpa were here!

You'd never know

2009-07-18T18:57:00.001-07:00

My husband is a husband :), father, bachelors student, Masters student, has a part time job, 20 hour a week internship and the best moving packer I've ever seen. Every time I think about all the things he is doing I just want to cry for him, but to him it's like he has all the time in the world. Every minute he's home he's so optimistic and happy you'd NEVER know he is as busy as he is. My favorite thing about Dan is his constant energy and spontaneity. Nothing truly gets him down, EVER!!! I'm SO IMPRESSED with him right now and I thought I would brag a little about my husband today. We've been so busy that I barely have time to do a blog post, but I couldn't help but be so grateful for MY Danny!!!!

here's my Danny brag list
Smart Smart Smart - always at the top of his classes, well, except for statistics, but I think he needs at least one imperfection
humble- never brags about himself and always so modest (he's spectacular at EVERYTHING)
VERY talented- he reminds me of my dad, brother and father-in-law. They're all so good at any sport you give them
LOVES life- he loves to be active and wants to enjoy life to its fullest
hard working- he loves playing around, but does anything he can to take care of our family
SOOO close to his Heavenly Father!!!! A great example to me!
Compliments- He 's so good at complimenting others, he doesn't miss a thing
Stubborn but quick to humility
So giving- every time he goes shooting he pays for shells for everyone and shells aren't cheap
THE SHOOTING GUY! His passion other than family and the gospel is Shooting. He loves shooting and if we could afford the shells he would be out there everyday. he's also such a good shot. I rarely go shooting with dan, but I don't think I've ever seen him lose a shooting contest.

THANKS DAN FOR BEING SO AMAZING! I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!

out to play

2009-06-05T14:44:00.001-07:00

Our outings are the best part of our day. Emma's happy, which makes me happy and Emma usually stays happy all day!

heading towards the swings

checking out the swing

still checking out the swing! I love her hand how it is siting on the swing

I guess the swing is better to look at than to play on.

Memorial Day

2009-05-28T21:21:00.000-07:00

We had lots of fun during Memorial weekend. Here are a few pictures from the weekend!
A few of the pictures turned out blurry. This picture is kind of grainy! I'm not sure what happened! Oops!!!
When emma tells me she wants to swing it sounds like she is saying Louise! It's really funny! I had the hardest time figuring it out!

Em loves laying back when she swings! Sometimes she gets so far back it scares me. I'm surprised it doesn't scare her!

Blurry, but SO CUTE!

Don't ask me what I'm doing in this picture! A LITTLE BIT WEIRD!!!! I know! I only used it because emma is so cute in it!

CUTE HAT AND SUNGLASSES! She loves wearing these 2 items. CRAZY! She will keep them on for hours!

CLEAN FEET! SHE IS SUCH A BIG GIRL!

I LOVE MY EM!!!

drum roll.............

2009-05-21T15:05:00.000-07:00

About a month ago we had made our decision to move to Boise and go to Northwest Nazarene University! From the beginning its what we wanted and we were so excited about it, but we finally figured out Twin Falls is where we need to be.

SO...we're off to TWIN FALLS for grad school!!! Boise State has an extension program in Twin Falls for a Master's in Social Work. The best part about Twin is that Daniel will be done with his master's program in less than a year from today! crazy! Another great thing about Twin is they have an Interior Design major for me at CSI! I'm glad I get to continue my education.
Twin really does have some good things to offer. It's a new adventure and I'm excited to be leaving the cold! I can't help, but be sad when I think about leaving Rexburg. We've had a lot of fun and we've met a lot of amazing people here. I'm extremely scared to leave because this is the place we've called home for so long!!!! I can't believe it is only 8 weeks away. CRAZY!!!!

Finally Fallon Pictures

2009-04-29T23:10:00.000-07:00

about 2 weeks ago we took a trip to good ole' Fallon and we had a lot of fun! I forgot my camera at the Jardine's, which is why I didn't get lots of pictures of my family-sad day! Tractor Ride and 4-H pictures are with my family!
Horsey rides! Look at that cute scruffy hubby of mine!

POT FUN!

Getting out of the POT FUN!

SILLY DADDY and GRANDPA! They couldn't help themselves, pot hats are just too tempting!

Petting the BUNNIES at the 4-H show-Grandpa Reid was so excited to take the kids to the 4-H show. Hopefully he will do all of their 4-H animals as well! HEHE I bet he would LOVE that! Jokin, but SERIOUS!

UNWANTED tractor ride! "MOMMA I REALLY CAN'T SEE!" I'm avoiding at all costs cutting EM's bangs, (POOR EM)!

continued UNWANTED tractor ride!

attempted pictures of the jardine grand babes! 5 high maintenance girls-how do you think it went?:) We did our best! Look at how cute little sophie is! Poor Isabelle-she wasn't feeling well!

LAST, but definitely not LEAST- EMMA's PICTURE ISSUES. As you can tell she was having a hard time focusing!
ITCHY BUM!

CURIOUS ABOUT COUSIN ISABELLE!

MUDDY HANDS-funny story, EM hates hates hates getting dirty! I never knew girls become girls at such a young age!

sidy widy, the courtesy laugh, and this little piggy

2009-04-10T13:34:00.000-07:00

So we used to call em silly willy, but eventually it turned into sidy widy!
I've never noticed this before, but our little sidy widy loves having pictures taken of her, well as long as she's not busy!
She gave me a few poses that were super cute!

Then she started showing off...She put the giraffe tail on her face and then made a surprised face, like she couldn't believe it tickled her face, even though she had just done the exact same thing 2 seconds before. She did it over and over and over. She was getting a kick out of herself.

My favorite part was when she stop thinking it was actually funny and started giving those fake courtesy laughs. I'm not sure if anyone has noticed, but she has the best courtesy laugh ever. Daniel has told me that Emma courtesy laughs just like I do when I'm not listening to him.
All of a sudden she notices that Ratatouille is on and she is done with her sillyness and courtesy laugh!

THIS LITTLE PIGGY CRIED "WEE WEE WEE" ALL THE WAY HOME! I'm not sure why she is playing with her feet, but it was definitely worth a picture!

1...2...3...4

2009-04-09T14:34:00.000-07:00

HAPPY A DAY YESTERDAY! Yesterday was our 4th anniversary! I can't believe it. Dan and I have grown so much together in the last few years. I can't remember a time without him. I'm so thankful for my eternal companion. Yesterday he sent the most beautiful white flowers to our apartment! I was so impressed, he got me exactly what I wanted!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY DANNY! I LOVE YOU TONS!

2009-04-07T16:43:00.001-07:00

I feel so Rejuvenated and ready to take on the next 6 months. It is so true that it is so important for us to have General Conference! We, or at least I, start to become stagnant and we need a little motivation. When We here the Prophet speak the spirit reminds us that he is the Lord's Prophet. I'm so thankful we were able to enjoy it! I truely start to look forward to it when I realize the time is drawing near. I love being able to watch it in my own home. Up until recently I always felt badly about watching it at home, but Dan and I had a discussion and we realized how much better of an experience it is at home! This way we can put emma down for her nap and take good notes. I think it was such an amazing idea to bring it to our homes. I feel I get so much more out of it and I pay attention so much easier. When I'm sitting in church I sometimes start to look at the clock, mainly because my bum is becoming soar and my child is about to make me pull out my hair (it makes it hard to listen)!
Anyway, I know the gospel is true! I love the prophet and I KNOW HE IS HEAVENLY FATHERS PROPHET ON THIS EARTH! I love the apostles and holy cow are they INSPIRED! How could anyone not know the church is true when you hear them speak!

This is the prophet. I got this picture off of thomassmonson.org!

if you want to know more about the LDS church go to
www.lds.org

aM I rEmemBeRablE? is RemEmbErablE even a word?

2009-03-28T06:03:00.000-07:00

I love this picture and since I don't have my camera, well here you go. I found it on another girls blog! This girl was one of my roommates at EFY like 6 years ago, but she doesn't remember me. (I'm not talking about the girl in the picture, I'm talking about the girl with the blog, hohohoohohooo-Tiger???) She was in my ward last year and I started talking to her and then I mention that I thought she was in my EFY and she really didn't know me or even care. She kind of brushed me off. I was like totally excited that I'd found her, I guess I'm just not all that rememberable (haha). Kind of funny, huh! Anyway, during my blog stalking I found her blog and that is what brought up this little tangent.

cake decorating class

2009-03-24T10:25:00.000-07:00

I started my cake class 2 weeks ago. Last saturday we decorated our first cakes. I'm kind of weird, but I love bright colors! I don't know why, but they seem to draw me in everywhere I go. Here is a picture of my beautiful creation. Mine was a little bit sloppy! It is supposed to look like an orange tree? with blue and white flowers????? Kind of my own creation I guess.
Olivia's cake was so perfect.

emma stuck her finger in it as you can see in this picture

no pictures :(

2009-03-16T21:24:00.000-07:00

The battery on my camera has been dead for a long time. It is home, in Fallon Nevada, at my moms. I left it there at christmas and it has been very sad for me. I'm hoping I will get it soon. That way I can post new emma pictures, but until then I will just update on her recent adventures!

So funny...I love her tons! Whenever she gets tired she comes to me, with her blankey in hand, and says nigh-nigh and she points to her bed. She doesn't mind me putting her to bed at all. My friend Olivia told me once that her daughter Lola does this and I thought that was crazy. I NEVER thought emma would start, but she has and it is the sweetest thing ever.

She has also started saying so many different things in the last few weeks its crazy! Here is a examples,
bubba or bubble
snack
lunch
up
water
cute
Oh Shoot (the sad part is, it doesn't sound like "oh shoot", if you know what I mean)
dora (her favorite show)
hot dog
NO (her favorite word)
Don't
Eyes(she has actually said this one for a long time, but it makes me laugh everytime)
juice
and many others!

She also loves to be my little helper. Today she put the dryer sheets in the washing machine. SO FUNNY, I LOVE IT!
We went out and played basketball with her tonight and she thought it was the funniest thing ever! She kept going nutz everytime daddy helped her put the ball in the basket!

She has always always always hated movies, but recently loves movies like Kung fu Panda, 101 Dalmations, Dora the Explorer, etc. She pretty much loves anything with animals!

Today we went for a walk and once again she made me laugh at how grown up she is. She took the lead and so I just kind of followed. She walked all the way across our apartment complex to our friends apartment and knocked on the door. It's crazy how she got there all by herself! It is not an easy task! You have to take a ton of corners and go around other apartments...I still can't believe it!
I love being at home with her.

Spring is springing or sprung...whatever, but I'm SOO HAPPY about it

2009-03-12T21:36:00.000-07:00

today it was nice enough to go out and play some B-ball with dan and em. We had so much fun. Tomorrow it's supposed to be better and saturday its supposed to be in the 40's maybe 50"s! Woohoo, I am Excited for summer!

on another note....way to go adam lambert! I think he is amazing and he is absolutely my favorite. I just can't decide who I think he looks more like......
jason bateman?

zac efron?

or maybe he is just a good mix of both
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WHAT DO YOU THINK? right now I'm kind of leaning towards jason bateman, but tomorrow it will probably change
I don't know why it pulled the link above with the picture! that's kind of funny though

? question ?

2009-03-04T14:29:00.000-08:00

this really doesn't make sense to me. On my Apple laptop my blog posts look perfect, but then on our Dell desktop they are all over the place. RETARDED!!! I'm a little frustrated! anyway I hope everyone is having a wonderful sunny day because we are totally enjoying it!

?????Oh and by the way...WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON WITH JOAQUIN PHOENIX? I used to really like him as an actor.?????

the ANTICIPATION is killing me

2009-03-03T16:35:00.000-08:00

I've been wanting to see the movie, Australia for sooo long! We were going to go see it in the theatre, but it never happened. I was sad that we never ended going to see it, but that's ok because.....It came out on video today!!!! The only problem is...Daniel has to work all night and I'm supposed to wait for him! Oh man it is killing me! what should I do. should I say too bad dan and just watch it or should I suck it up and show my husband how much I love him?!
All kidding aside, I really am super excited and I know I will end up waiting for him! I just can't help but be impatient. it's been a long time since I've seen a good love story!

new tricks

2009-02-28T11:42:00.000-08:00

I'm finally back to finish my post! I've been so busy that I didn't have a chance to fix the pictures(putting them in order, changing the sizes etc.)!
Anyway...this is to funny! I was wondering how she kept finding my wallet. I didn't think that I was leaving it anywhere that was close to her reaching distance, but little did I know what her reaching distance was! :) Everytime I turn around she is on the table.

25 random things

2009-02-27T08:35:00.000-08:00

it's taken me a little while to do this, but I'm finally just doin it! Thanks hanna, I will get even! JUST KIDDING-actually this will be fun
Lets just say my first 4 random things are the things under my new discoveries and confessions.
I KNOW I RAMBLED A TON IN THIS POST!
FIVE. I wish I could dance. My best friend dances very well and I just always wanted to learn! who knows maybe someday! don't get me wrong I totally dance with emma all the time, but I can't say it is a pretty sight!
6. I love fresh flowers. They brighten my day so easily. I told daniel that when we have a real job the only thing I really want is to recieve flowers, at least once a month, and I will be completely satisfied.
sEvEn. adding to the post above, I hope to someday have a huge garden. I'm talkin 5-10 achres of FLOWERS, grapes,WaTeRmElOn, cantaloupe, Lemon trees (hopefully if our future home permits), tomatoes(I love tomatoes), strawberries and lots and lots of stuff you find in a garden!
eiGHt. once again adding to the above comment. I LOVE watermelon! It is by far my favorite food. My parents always teased me when watermelon would go missing! If I could I would eat it breakfast, lunch and dinner!
niNe. I'm missing american idol and it is killing me! American Idol always helped me get through the end of winter here rexburg. I look forward to it. SAD DAY! I did get to see it the last 2 nights and I'm Really liken' the pink haired girl and KRIS! Has anyone noticed how the kid w/ the crazy black hair looks a ton like Zac Efron! He's the one that sang last on Wednesday!
10. "I see that you like to chew, so why don't you chew on my fist",haha too funny. I think I have watched Kung FU Panda like 25 times this week. Emma does not like TV or movies , but she loves this movie and just laughs all day long at the funny characters. If I had time, I would spend my day watching Emma, watch Kung Fu Panda!
eleven11. I think I remember hanna saying something about TARGET, but I would have to agree! If I had a choice of where to spend an entire day, by a long mile I would choose TARGET!
12. Photography is very theraputic. So this last couple of years I've been wanting to get more into my photography because I love it. I started thinking that I needed to make some money doing it, but the idea of doing it for money took out the fun for me. The last six months I have refused to think about making money with it and I have never enjoyed it more!
13thirteen. Everyone I know probably knows this about me, but I LOVE "little house on the prairie"! I hope to someday own them all. My sisters and I would have marathons watching it all day and those are some of my fav. memories!
foUrTEEn. when I was 8, my family lived in a garage. My dad hurt his back when he was a contractor. He ended up losing his business and we had to move in with my grandparents. Once my dad started working with my uncles doing dental work, we moved into the garage and we lived there for over a year. I LOVED IT! I tell daniel all the time that someday I would love to live in a garage. Those years are the most memorable to me!
15.the subject of CHILDREN. I used to want to have like 12 kids. As I got older that # has slowly gone down, but since having emma that number has dramatically gone down.
sixteen. REALLY WEIRD, but I love the colors Orange juice ORANGE and avacado GREEN!
17seventeen. adding to the post above- BOLD COLORS DRAW ME IN! I wish I had the guts to add bold things to my apartment, but daniel always ends up telling me I have I have different taste. I LOVE anything that really pops out at me. I don't know why maybe its because of my high school art classes???
EIghtEEn. I'm taking a cake decorating class w/ HEATHER and I am EcSTATIC. For the longest time I've wanted to learn how to make cakes. My friend Amanda C. took a class and she is really good! (amanda is just really talented so I don't know if I will be as fast of a learner, but we will see)
19. I love the CD the GARDEN by Michael McLean! it is by far my favorite spiritual cd. If I could, I would listen to it 24/7. The first time Daniel heard it he didn't like it, but I finally convinced him it is amazing. But thanks to my obsession he's getting sick of it!
Twenty. I'm doing this program called THE BIGGEST LOSER! It is kind of like the TV show. This girl in the ward started us on it and it has been really fun so far.
21. I am a huge multitasker, which really isn't a good thing. I start 50 different projects at once and it takes me months to finish anything.
22. I'm so stressed out about Master's programs. Daniel and I have so many options and we have to make decisions very soon. We have to inform schools whether or not we are planning to attend and which programs we plan to attend (part-time or full-time). It is so stressful because we have NO IDEA! It's so hard to wait for answers, but we are praying and hoping we will get an answer soon.
twenty-three23. I love cooking. It is a lot of fun playing with different things. I have to remind myself to keep trying things even if they don't turn out right the first time. For example, I've made my dad's cinnamon roll recipe about 10 times without much success. BUT... the last batch was very good and I was so impressed and glad I didn't give up. i can't say they were as good as my dad's, but I think to make them that perfect it will take years.
24.I'm not looking forward to being done with school. For the longest time I've been so excited to actually have an income and not be moving all the time, but NOT ANYMORE. I've totally changed my mind about wanting to join the rest of the world. I love the cheap cheap cheap performances, the laid back attitude, how close the temple is & how close we live to our friends(walking distance,which will never happen again), the amazing spiritual atmosphere, the most AMAZING teachers (which I am convinced we will not find in any other school!) I'm glad that we are going to be in school for at least 1 more year.
twenty-five.STUDENT LOANS!!! Dan and I have had a hard time not stressing out about student loans, but we've recently realized, IT REALLY IS OK! School is such an important thing and we've been told over and over and over that student loans are just one of those things you have to do! We are trying very hard to be careful and I know we will not have problems paying them back, mainly because they are government loans:) We have to say we've been blessed in so many ways, for example every year we get an AMAZING tax return that pays for our summer school. We are also so thankful for government programs that have helped us avoid a lot of debt!
OK Blah, Blah, Blah,I know!
I tag....kristan (if you are feeling well enough), heather, and nicole (if you find time between having a job, getting ready for baby, etc.)

2009-02-16T15:14:00.001-08:00

I'm not very good at this yet, but i'm definitely havin fun playing around with it!

new discoveries and confessions

2009-02-16T09:47:00.001-08:00

first of all I hope everyone had a wonderful V day!!! We definitely enjoyed it! We saw the movie "Taken". The action parts were amazing! We just weren't so impressed with the indecent women! I am warning you all, so proceed with caution.:)
Numero uno-I really DISLIKE scrapbooking. I love doing little crafts, but I've decided scrapbooking has never been for me. For the longest time I have been lying to myself about how much I LOVE to do it! Maybe the reason for this is every woman I know loves to scrapbook-maybe I was trying to conform. I don't know, but I really just don't like it. I like doing other crafts, but scrapbooking just is NOT intriguing to me. So I've decided to give it up...at least for the scissors, paper, gluesticks, tags, colorful pens part; but maybe online scrapbooking will be a different story! I like to blog and it's becoming more and more appealing to just make it my personal scrapbook. it's the perfect way to scrapbook without the headache, the mess and the tiny fingers, (emma of course) that I can't keep out of anything! Because I have decided to give it up. I feel as though I am gaining a lot of good for myself. I've had this dark cloud lingering over me because I haven't scrapbooked any of emma's things yet, but I'm learning there are other fun ways to put together keepsakes. I can finally let go of this guilt! YAY...he-he, ha-ha
#2. So the Schows recently filled me in on something! Does anyone know what G.O.L.F. stands for?
Gentlemen Only:Ladies Forbidden
Interesting Eh? Maybe I'm slow, but this is new to me. Now everytime I see a man golfing I will be thinking that he is sexist! HAHA just kidding
anyway....
3.I don't hate the cold as much as I thought. I know I constantly complain about it to everyone, but I am going to stop doing so. This winter really hasn't been that bad and it is making me warm up(ha-ha that's punny)to the idea of maybe living in rexburg someday.
four-(This really is a confession.) I feel ten times better when I get dressed everyday! Because I'm home all day just hangin out with Emma, I forget to take care of myself(oops). I know I'm not the only mother/woman that does this, so DON'T JUDGE ME(as daniel would say)!

numm..numm..numm..numm

2009-02-10T20:13:00.000-08:00

numm..numm..numm..this is emma new word for cupcake. She gets so excited and then starts saying numm...numm...numm so fast you can barely hear what she is saying! I think she has eaten enough to make it through the year without another one.

emma helped put the batter in the cups. she even helped take the batter back out of the cups with her spoon.
before

It was a fun sunday afternoon activity. Daniel even helped decorate. Can anyone tell which cupcake Daniel decorated? i will give you a hint...he put XO on the cupcake! (haha) he says that it is supposed to be XD for his springfield pistol, but we know better. He doesn't want anyone to know he loves valentines day!
after

our latest

2009-02-09T12:46:00.000-08:00

This weekend we took emma for a little sled ride. I think she really would have enjoyed it had her dad not flipped her over in the snow on her first ride. I think her face says everything!

Amidst the Stress...a little laughter

2009-01-26T07:23:00.000-08:00

This last couple of weeks has been CRAZY! This semester is one of the hardest we've had here in Rexburg. Not because school is that hard, we just have sooo much going on! So to keep us sane Dan and I have been loving the "Can I have your number" video from MADD TV. The funny thing is we first saw the video like a month ago, but we can't stop watching it! Any time anyone says "can I have it" or "I love you" the quotes start coming out of us. At least once a day one of us quotes something from that stupid video.
our favorites
"My little croissant, my little cheese croissant" or
"Evon, Evon don't be insecure girl, work that updo!"
"oh oh I get it! ya bein' all selective because you wearin' a PONYTAIL!"
"Esscuse me, can I talk to you for a minute, I said ESSCUE ME, CAN I TALK TO YOU FOR A MINUTE?"
"Oh, I just wanted to let you know The back of your head is RI-DIC-ULUS" "thank you" "YEA, YOU ARE WELCOME!"
"Where's your boyfriend? where's your boyfriend? is he getting you refreshments? is he tall? is he getting you mike and ike's? do you like mike and ike's? is he hefty? is he comin' back? Where's your boyfriend? where's your boyfriend? where's your boyfriend?"
"So LISTEN..Um...Can I have your number? Can I have your number? Can I have it? CAN I, can I have it?"
"Grace Kelly, Grace Kelly, Grace Kelly!"
OK the whole thing is hillarious! If you haven't seen it go check it out.
Just to warn you, there is a little swearing. Sorry
my family loves this video
here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D0555EtAZ4

And then on Saturday we watched the "Pink Panther" movie and we thought it was really funny.
The best part of the movie is when he is working with his speech therapist. He is trying to say hamburger! TOO funny!
Go check it out at Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz0IT4Uk2xQ

Two of a Kind

2009-01-11T10:58:00.001-08:00

Dan and his friend Ben Fa'anunu have both been wanting Springfield XD .45's for a long time. Their "dream" finally came true. Dan made me promise to post it on the blog.

Yesterday, Dan went shooting with his good friends Ben, Nathan Cope and Jeff Monson to try out the new guns. Here are some goofy pics of Dan and Ben with their guns.

Christmas at Home!

2009-01-11T10:33:00.001-08:00

My sister and her fam came down from Oregon

Emma and her Cousin Miley are helping make breakfast- or eating it.

Santa brought Emma a Barbie 4-Wheeler, but...

She liked her Cousin's chair better

And her cousin Brinley's piano

2008-12-27T15:34:00.000-08:00

MOVIN ON

2008-12-07T19:54:00.000-08:00

Dan and I have lived in Rexburg for 2 and a half years and we are realizing that a lot of our friends are going to be moving on. I am so thankful for cell phones and blogs.
This week is going to be a very sad one. Donald and Tiffany Jack, Whom we love and have been good friends with for the last 2 years, are on there way out of Rexburg. Donald is graduating this next week and has landed an amazing job as an accountant in Burley Idaho. We've spent many a nights playing games, talking about random stuff, staying up until wee hours of the morning despite their bedtime !), many gospel & personal discussions, root beer floats, tiff's history lessons, photography (tiff is amazing), Christmas in Burley, halloween parties, christmas trees, soccer games(donny is amazing), the bookstore, American Idol, pop ins and the list goes on and on. We will miss it all. When We first met the jacks We had just found out we were pregnant with emma and they brought us sunday dinner because I was so sick! That has been the kind of friends they have been throughout this last 2 years. I feel as though they have become part of our family and I know that we will stay in touch no matter what the distance! We LOVE YOU and We will miss you guys.

This picture was just too funny I had to add it!

And then...our new good friends, the Fa'anunu's, are leaving us as well. We met Ben and Heather Fa'anunu at a ward yard sale! They have been in our ward for over a year but because Ben is in the bishopbric in another ward, we are just getting to know them. We are so glad we finally found eachother! Oh man we have had so much fun with them staying up til 2 am these last couple of months. They share our love of the games boggle, nertz, and sequence. They are really fun and we are going to miss them. Heather is a Social Worker in Idaho Falls, so they have decided to move down there to eliminate commuting. Her knowledge about the Social work field is extensive. She is so funny. Ben is graduating with a degree in Economics. He is one of the greatest guys we know. He is hilarious too. We will miss them but plan on making plenty of trips to Idaho Falls to see them.

Back to moving on
We just had a ward split so we lost a lot of good friends (the Cope's)!
And now...we are moving, which means we are losing other good friends; the Conley's, the Davis', the Otto's, the Eves, the Danielson's and many others including all of our neighbors. We are moving into subsidized housing and our rent is going to be much cheaper. We hope to save some money for next year while we are in Grad School.
We will miss you all and we hope you all will keep intouch.

New Emma Pics

2008-12-05T16:58:00.000-08:00

After sticking her finger in a light socket. Just kidding

Emma eating a salad

Emma helping set up the Christmas Tree

tHaNkSgIvInG

2008-12-03T08:10:00.000-08:00

This year we were overabundantly blessed and we would love to share the fun we had. We did many a things....
Spent lots of good time with family
visited with friends
played many many games
stayed up until 2 in the morning almost everynight
i had lots of fun taking hanna and daniel's family photos
went shopping
SAW TWILIGHT with mom and kiley
Daniel met his neice Sophie (I met her in august)-she is adorable!
and we ate and ate and ate!
We love you all and we hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving

here is a few photos of the fun

your emma update

2008-11-12T19:02:00.000-08:00

NEW christmas PJ's!

Our first attempt at curlers

My 2 favorite people in the whole world

milkshake anyone???

this picture was taken a while ago, but it was too funny. Emma had this on her cheek for like an hour. My friend, Tiff, got it on my camera for me.

SO I heard that if you cut a mans hair short it makes them look less bald. So I gave Daniel this brilliant idea....but as you can tell from the photo I was wrong! haha (poor danny and his balding head)

HALLOWEEN and OUR LAST 75th WARD ACTIVITY

2008-11-02T09:27:00.000-08:00

Our Costumes:
Emma was the cutest boy lion EVER!
Dan and I were.....Luke and Lorelai from Gilmore girls (we went with what we had, but Dan was such a good Luke!)

Our ward halloween party was a lot of fun! Emma loved it except for her hat that she kept taking off. She was definitely the cutest boy lion ever. Dan and I made her costume, we literally got it done 15 min. after the ward party started. Saturday morning I started working on her costume, but there was something weird going on with my sewing machine! All day long I messed with it and finally about 1 hour before the party I gave up on it! Dan and I started stitching the whole thing. I think we did it in record time. It was a little stressful, but I'm just glad we were able to pull it off. As you can tell we didn't have time to finish the bottom part of her hat, but it worked!
The only sad thing about Halloween this year was that our ward boundaries moved and we were kicked out of the ward that we love sooo much. This was our last activity in this ward. We love bishop George and he has been such an amazing support to our family. It is very sad, but almost a little bit like an adventure. Our new bishop seems like an amazing man and i know we will learn many great things from him. One of the hardest parts of leaving the ward was the many great friends we will be leaving behind, but changing wards has never stopped us from keeping in touch with very good friends. We love the 75th ward and will miss you all!

2008-10-22T22:30:00.000-07:00

the back of em's head

2008-10-19T14:02:00.000-07:00

when I take pictures of emma this is what they usually look like

...but I sure did get a few cute pictures though

JUST ANOTHER TWILIGHT POST

2008-10-15T17:05:00.001-07:00

OH MY GOODNESS!!! A couple of days ago I found out that Twilight is no longer coming out in DECEMBER! Instead it is coming out on NOVEMBER 21.
Ya so you see that 12-12 on the poster? (totally wrong!)

mY fUnNy HuNnY

2008-10-15T16:52:00.000-07:00

Daniel is so funny. He will kill me if I tell yall this but it is too funny not to. So daniel doesn't want anyone to know that he posts stuff on our blog. When he puts a post up he totally acts like it was me that put up the post. He refers to himself as Daniel. He makes me laugh so much. So if there are any blogging husbands out there leave daniel a little note of encouragment to let him know that its not a bad thing for him to BLOG

2008-10-13T08:30:00.000-07:00

Recently, Emma gets really mad if you try to feed her. She wants to be in control and so sometimes we let her go for it.

Emma's cousin Brinley has the same problem making messes. Here she has emptied a whole jar of petroleum jelly. It took several baths to get it out of her hair.

Emma does this little grin that is so cute so Dan was trying to get it on camera. He never quite caught the grin, but these pics are cute.

Emma loves her suckers!

FUNNY VIDEO

2008-10-12T14:20:00.000-07:00

This is a really funny video on youtube. Cut and paste the following site
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLHsiZid_qI

sLeEp TiGht AnD dOn'T lEt ChArLes ManSoN BiTe

2008-10-05T21:50:00.000-07:00

So you have all pretty much heard daniel's sleep walking and talking issues! But I have a real Doozie for you... So Daniel walks up to me tonight half asleep and says GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT AND DON'T LET CHARLES MANSON BITE!!! I literally laughed so hard I think I lost about 10 LBS. :)

FALL & HALLOWEEN IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR!!!

2008-10-03T08:26:00.000-07:00

I so love the fall season... the changing leaf colors, the spooky movies, THE CANDY. I can't wait to take emma out trick or treating! It's going to be so much fun having a little one to take! I haven't been trick or treating in many years so it will be fun for all three of us!! So be prepared for me daniel and emma to come to your door!

CONSTRUCTION

2008-09-29T10:15:00.000-07:00

THIS WEBSITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION! PLEASE RETURN LATER TO FIND UPDATES AND NEW ADDITIONS !)

Dan's Urban Studies Zions Camp /Chicago Trip

2008-09-14T19:29:00.000-07:00

Dan was invited to go to Chicago with the Social Work Program this year. He was gone for two weeks. The first three days were spent in Chicago, and then on the fourth day, they picked up 33 LDS disadvantaged youth from the inner city and took them to Victor Idaho to camp for a week and a half. A group of church members in Chicago started the Inner City Youth Foundation where they donate money each year so that these disadvantaged boys can go to Victor Idaho to camp out for a week and a half. They stayed at Dick Jacobsen's Ranch, (Sky Mountain Ranch)in Victor. Brother Jacobsen built a series of cabins in Victor so that boy and girl scouts and other types of programs can camp in nice cabins for free.
Dan had so much fun on this trip. He really has never travelled anywhere so it was cool for him. He loved working with the boys to help them out. He hopes to go again next year and if he does, the two week trip will satisfy half of his 500 required internship hours for graduation.

Urban Studies Zions Camp 2008

Dan's group of boys. He had the 12 year olds- they were the most crazy and energetic group but Dan said they were the funnest to lead.

The group had a spiritual fireside each night to help the boys. Each counselor took a turn giving the lesson about gospel topic that the boys could use.

The boys were kept busy with not only fun activities, but they also did 3 service projects. Here they are cleaning out a horse pasture for a non-member. Dan cut down the trees with the chainsaw and the kids had to pile them over the fence.

Bucking Hay at the Jacobsen Ranch

Pinewood Derby. Dan and the other counselors helped the kids make pinewood derby cars and then they raced them.

They went to the BYU-I ropes course and this is Manuel, one of the boys in Dan's group after jumping off the 35 foot power pole.

The group went to yellowstone and didnt see much until the end when they saw a herd of almost 300 buffalo. This buffalo was right in the middle of the road as Dan's van drove by.

The falls at Yellowstone park

The kids had a chance to drink goat milk right from the source. Some of them decided to do it. These boys were crazy!

Dan and Brad's Mountain man workshop. Each counselor had to teach the boys a skill. Brad taught the boys about mountain men and had them shoot his black powder rifle. Dan taught the boys about Native American culture and then how to throw tomahawks. Dan then had them do a competition and one of the 12 year old boys from his group beat all the other boys including the 17-18 year olds.

DAN'S CHICAGO TRIP

2008-09-14T17:31:00.000-07:00

These are pictures from Chicago. Dan stayed there for 4 days.

This is the view from the Sears Tower- it was the tallest tower in the world until a few years ago when China built a skyscraper that was 12 feet taller. Lake Michigan is seen in the back.
Here is another view from the Sears tower. The Soldier Field stadium where the Chicago bears play football can be seen near the center of the picture.

Chicago White Sox playing the Boston Red Sox. Dan's first professional baseball game. He loved it!

This is Soldier Field stadium where the Chicago Bears Play football.

One of the highlights of Dan's Trip was to see the "United Center where Michael Jordan played Basketball for the Chicago Bulls. Michael Jordan is Dan's all-time favorite basketball player.

WICKED the Broadway show! I am so jealous that Dan got to see it. He said that he and all his friends tried to act tough like they didnt want to be there but by the end they loved it. He said it was so good. I am trying to convince him to take me to it next year in Salt Lake for our 4 year anniversary.

This is a piece of art in Millenium Park. There are dozens of huge peices of art such as this all over the park.

The Field Museum in Chicago. Dan said it was very similiar to the one in the movie "Night at the Museum". The T- Rex shown is the oldest T-Rex bone structure ever escavated.

Elephants in the Field Museum

Polar Bear at the Lincoln Park Zoo- one of the largest zoos in America.

Oprahs Studio

These boys are homeless. They make a living by playing "drums" every day in the City and people give them money. Dan said his group had to pass by the park every night on their way home and there were anywhere from 10 to 30 homeless people sleeping on the grass with no blankets or possessions. Dan even saw a man sleeping on the sidewalks with no blankets or warm clothing.

This is the International Hostel that Dan stayed in while in Chicago. It is like a college dorm with 12 beds in each apartment. It's cool because it's made for international travelers to stay for really good prices. One night your roomates will be from USA and the next they are from another country.

This is the Jane Adams Hull House. This was the very first Social Work instituition in the United STates. It was a must see for Social Work students. Dan was excited.

Hunting Season

2008-09-14T17:23:00.001-07:00

Dan is getting so excited for Hunting Season to start again. He was sad that he is on track this semester because he found out that his duck hunting buddies Nick Conley and Nathan Cope are both off track and will have a little more time to hunt. Dan is also working two jobs now; he works at the University Bookstore and as a maintenance man for the Heartland apartment complex. He hopes that his jobs wont take up too much time. Hopefully I get to see him a little bit also!!

GO VOTE 4 EMMA

2008-09-01T11:05:00.000-07:00

SO TODAY I SIGNED EMMA UP FOR A CUTE BABY CONTEST. I get emails all the time about different baby competitions so I thought I would do one that I can put on my blog. SO GO VOTE FOR EMMA! this is the link below
https://www.greatamericanphotocontest.com/voter1/index.aspx?referid=EmailFriends&p=725014&x=.jpg
THE LINK WONT WORK FOR SOME REASON SO JUST CUT AND PASTE! SORRY! :)If she wins we will get $2500.00 which will be so nice for either our college education or we could even buy enough diapers to not have to potty train emma for like 5 years! JUST KIDDING
VOTERS CAN WIN $100,000!

Hi EVERYONE!

2008-09-01T10:53:00.000-07:00

Today is Labor day and Emma is throwing up. It started with me a little over a week ago then it went to Daniel and now it has reached Emma! Our poor little girl. I'm so happy that once emma is feeling better it will not be a threat to our home anymore. I still would advise everyone to stay away from us for a few days. We went to church Yesturday and I'm so sorry if Emma got anyone sick!
So because Emma has been sleeping most of the day I have time to do a few things on the computer.
IT SURE HAS BEEN A WHILE EH!? So Daniel will be posting his Chicago trip as soon as he gets a chance. He has been so busy with his new job at Heartland as the Maintenance man and at the bookstore helping them move into the new store. The new bookstore is awesome! It will be so nice to have a bookstore that big!

EMMA"S 1st B-DAY

2008-07-25T13:55:00.000-07:00

We've had such a good week. From emma's birthday to Lagoon. First of all Emma's bithday was on monday the 21st. She was so funny and she loved eating her cake. We thought we were going to spend emma's b-day by ourselves, but then my parents showed up and surprised us! I was so sad that emma wasn't going to have any family..... and then my parents showed up! What a good gift to emma! Here are a few pictures of our funny little em!

LAGOON TRIP!!!

2008-07-25T13:47:00.000-07:00

We took a one day trip to Lagoon! We had so much fun with our friends Nathan and Nicole. We all got fried and we were dead by the end of the day. Our wonderful sister in-law Shantel watched emma for the day. THANX SHANTEL! It was fun to have a break, but we missed emma soo much!

2008-07-03T16:50:00.000-07:00

5....and counting
about a week ago emma took her first steps. It's so fun to watch her grow and learn. She also has a new found love of the cartoon, Little People! I have tried to get her to watch anything and everything. She finally gave into Little People, it's so funny to watch the trance she goes into while watching it!

MY NEW HOBBY
Today my friend, tiff, and I started a new hobby. Tiffany saw a cute craft on a blog that she thought would be fun to do. So we stole the idea and we had so much fun doing it. I would tell you how to do it, but it is our stolen idea. just kidding

EMMA'S FIRST PINEAPPLE

2008-06-22T21:05:00.001-07:00

We accidently left the fridge open and Emma got into the pineapple. The taste of pineapple surprised her a little, but now she loves it!!!

Random Funny Pictures of Emma

2008-06-22T20:56:00.000-07:00

EVENTS OF THE MONTH

2008-06-08T14:11:00.000-07:00

Em got to go on her first camping trip. We went to Warm River, but it definitely wasn't WARM! We had a lot of fun with our friends Nathan and Nicole. The best part of the trip was getting there at 10 at night in the rain and finding out our tent was a summer tent. The whole back side of the tent was a screen with no cover. Luckily the rain fly covered it ok! It was cold, but we were so glad our sleeping bags go to 0 degrees!!! It was a ward campout and everyone made jokes about how big our tent was and that everyone in the ward could fit in it. Nicole kept saying that they should just put their tent in our tent. I was afraid of the bears so I had to pretty much force Dan to bring his guns-haha (YEAH RIGHT ) We also found out some interesting facts about the Targhee National Park. There are monkeys in the forest that eat banana peels! Oh and if you ever need to know anything about monkeys you just need to ask our friends Nathan and Nicole :) haha

Nathan and Nicole (our friends that we think only hang out w/ us because of emma) haha j/k

eMmA went to her first concert -Beatle impersonators (it was so Fun!)

daniel, hanna and Brin came to visit -Brinley tried to put a diaper on Em. (It was a lot of fun having them here!)

10 MONTHS OLD

2008-05-28T20:45:00.000-07:00

Thanks Nicole for this picture! It's so cute!

Emma loves sweets! Her new thing is to stand at your feet and beg for food. Not just waiting for a bite, but she actually whines and she gets louder the longer you take to give her some. She's so fun!

Emma is all over the place and into everything! Her little personality is so funny!

oLdY mOLdY

2008-05-01T20:42:00.000-07:00

So we are official OLD! We have been married 3 years as of April 8th. In Rexburg Idaho that means you're a senior citizen. Actually I wouldn't want to be doing anything else in the world, I love it here, I just can't help feeling a little old in this college town. I also just wanted to post a picture of the Reno Temple that was taken on our WEDDING DAY. This Temple is very special to us!!!

emma emma emma!

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sPeCiAl ReQuEsT

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Daniel's sister, Hanna, & her husband, Daniel, are a wonderful couple. They've been married for 3 years and are strong, active LDS Folks. They've tried to have children, but found out, after trying many different things, that it will most likely never happen; which is why they decided to adopt. In Dec. of 2006 They were blessed to welcome to their little Family, their daughter, Brinley. They are both exceptional parents to their little doll.
We wanted to let everyone know that they are hoping and praying for their second child. They are working through LDS Services, but it can take a very long time that way. So here we are trying to get the word out!!!! If anybody knows anyone or anything Let us know! We've posted a link of their profile on LDS Family Services under our friends & fam column under ADOPTION SEARCH. Or you can go to www.itsaboutlove.com, go to profiles and type in DanielandHanna (no spaces)
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP!

Random Tag meme

2008-03-28T17:28:00.000-07:00

I was tagged by my cousin kassi sorensen
1. Link to the person that tagged you! My links are not working!
2. Post rules on your blog.
3. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
4. Tag at least 3 people at the end of your post and link to their blogs.
5. Let each person know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs.
6. Let the fun begin!

fIrSt- I can't live without lotion. I put it on at least 10 times a day!
sEcOnD-I'm a very bad nail bitter as well as kassi. when I get started I can't stop!
tHiRd- I love summer BBQing in the backyard at my mom and dads. It reminds me of when I was a child; Ridding horses, running through the sprinkler, all summer holidays, etc.
fOuRtH-I'm OCD about everything! I wash my dishes before I put them in the dishwasher & then after the disherwasher has washed them, I rinse them really well to make sure they're clean. I don't sleep very well because I'm thinking about all the things I think I should be doing. I follow daniel around all day and ask him to do anything I can think of.
fIfTh- I can't remember anything anybody tells me. I'm so spacey and I constantly lose things. I can never find my cell phone!
sIxTh-I love the early morning hours of summer! I love nothing better than being outside when the sun comes up. My favorite time of day!

I tag.....Sheena Shurtz, Holly Nelson, & kristan

POSSIBLE PHOTO OF JOSEPH SMITH

2008-03-20T13:48:00.000-07:00

This picture might be an actual picture of Joseph Smith. It belongs to the RLDS church, and just recently has been released. Daniel has seen this picture in his church history class because his teacher was on a select committee doing research for the church to authenticate it. After Daniel saw this picture in his class, he searched all over for it, but couldnt find it. His dad actually just sent it to him and asked him what he thought of it. Some people have been skeptical of the picture becasue they claim that Joseph Smith was a stockier built man. According to LDS historians, this picture was taken just after Liberty Jail so Joseph would understandibly be a thinner man at that point. Pretty interesting picture though. Daniel's teacher is 100% convinced it is Joseph Smith.

lOvE bIrD tAg :)

2008-03-11T10:09:00.000-07:00

1. Where did you and your husband meet?
We met in good ole Fallon Nevada at a singles activity! Daniel thought i didn't notice him and that i was stuck up. i'm just a little shy when i first get to know people.

2. First thing you said to eachother...
I really don't remember, but the next night we hung out daniel asked me if i would give him a ride in my jetta because he had never been in one before. HAHA He is so sly!

3. What was your first date?
You'll never believe that we went shooting!!! Yep shooting. Daniel kept offering to help me shoot (he really was smooth)! haha That night we were with one of Daniel's friends and i found out later that they both liked me... they both were throwing clay pigeons for eachother and trying to make eachother look bad.
I have to add a little about our second date. We went to a volleyball game. When we first got there we were walking accross the gym to find a seat and I got tagged right in the head by a volleyball. I was so embarrased. Then Daniel took me to the temple that night and asked me if I knew what it meant to date a return missionary. Wow he was very forward! He was still a little in return missionary mode!

4.Where was your first kiss?
Daniel & I had been dating for a week when we first kissed! Usually we both would have waited much longer, but it happened and we were both a little surprised.

5.Long or short courtship/engagement?
We started dating in October, we were engaged by february and we were married in April!

6. Where did you get engaged?
Daniel brought ten cows(they were actually calves) to my house and told me I was a ten cow wife. Each cow had a bow on its tail. We love Jonny Lingo!

7.Where were you married?
We were married in the biggest little city in the world, in the Reno Nevada Temple. In Nevada it is very warm most of the year. We were married in April and it snowed that day. It never snows in april. Its a good thing we didn't have an outdoor reception.

8. Where did you honeymoon?
I had never been to Tahoe, so Daniel took me there. We actually stayed at a little ski resort called Squaw Valley. Funny story...Our first night there we went to a very nice restaurant that even had a piano player. Everything was so expensive so we decided to share a burger. They told us to sit at the bar even though i wasn't old enough to drink. We walked by the restaurant the next day and we saw a note on the door that said "Shut down for serving alcohol to minors"!!!

I tag...tiffany j, Olivia s, angela b, marilee, aimee d & kassi s

Em is growing up too fast!!!!!

2008-03-07T10:31:00.001-08:00

Emma has had a very eventful couple of weeks. First of all she has been trying to crawl. She has figured out how to go backwards, but she gets mad when she realizes she is not getting closer to things instead she is getting farther away!
Emma is affraid of the bLeNdEr. Everytime we turn it on she starts shaking, crying and holding her arms out for one of us to pick her up. The funny thing is she didn't do that a week ago. Its a new found fear.
On Wednesday the 6th, EMMA said her first word, "mOmmA"!!!! We were so excited! Usually she mumbles mamamamama and the last 2 months we've been wondering if she has been trying to say hi, but she is really Pronouncing her "O" in Momma. So we can tell that she is really trying to say it. We're not sure if she knows what she is saying, but it is still so fun to have her trying to communicate with us! It is really sweet, but I think daniel might be a little upset that she said "Momma" first!
Everytime Daddy walks in the door emma goes nuts. She loves her DAD!
Daniel is so funny with emma and she just can't get enough of her daddy!

dan is goin to the windy city!!!

2008-02-27T22:13:00.000-08:00

Every summer, Grover Wray, the Head of the Social Work Program, chooses 12 hand selects 12 students to go to Chicago. This program is called the Chicago Urban City Youth Program. The group flies to Chicago and meets with 15 troubled LDS youth. They stay in Chicago for 5 days and get to know these boys. They also do some site seeing, and attend therapy seminars. Then they fly to Yellowstone Park with the youth where they stay at a Boy Scout Camp for 10 days. Each counselor (Social Work student) teaches classes to the youth similiar to merit badge classes, but more directed towards behavior modification. Daniel heard about the program and really wanted to go, but there is a stipulation that you have to be officially in the Social Work program to go. Daniel went to Grover Wray expressing the desire to go, and Grover said he's never made an exception before, but he loves Daniel, and so he invited Daniel to go. So this summer he will be leaving me for 15 days. Daniel is really good with youth so I think he will do a great job. I'm so proud of him, but i'm going to miss him a ton. Since we've been married we haven't been apart for more than 2 days! i'mHAPPY & SAD!!!!!!!!!!

american idol girls

2008-02-22T12:47:00.000-08:00

Out of the girls we love Carly Smithson and Ramiele Malubay. They are both excellent.

american idol

2008-02-19T20:17:00.000-08:00

WOW... American Idol is amazing this season, but we definitley have a few favorites! Our favorite after tonights performance was JASON CASTRO (kid with the dreds), he is amazing. I would buy his cd right now if I could. We also like DAVID ARCHULETA ( he's also really good). And we really like all of the rocker dudes!!HEHE Micheal Johns & David Cook! These are our 4 fav.'s so far!

VAMPIRE BOOKS!!!!

2008-02-19T15:16:00.000-08:00

For the last few months I've been hearing a lot of people talk about the Vampire books. It seemed like everyone had read it, so I decided I would give it a try. I LOVE it!!!! Everyone needs to read the Vampire books by Stephenie Meyer! They are so good. I read all 3 books in 4 days and each book is 500 or more pages. The first book is called "Twilight", the second is "New Moon", and the third is "Eclipse". The 4th book doesn't come out until august, but they are making a movie of the book as well. The movie has the kid from Harry Potter that Plays Cedric Diggory. Stephenie graduted from BYU, but her book is a top seller and very popular! EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ IT.

EMMA UPDATE!

2008-02-08T20:16:00.001-08:00

6 random facts about me

2008-02-05T17:19:00.000-08:00

ok tiffany...now that you've twisted my arm j/k :) Actually I was also tagged a few times last year and never ended up doing it. so here we go....6 Random facts

1. I have a new found passion; I LOVE to rEaD. I've always really liked to read, but recently have found a lot of joy in it. I will read just about anything and everything. Last week I read 3 books and I'm hoping I will get 10 in this month. Daniel has always been a big reader and he kind of pushed me which is why I started reading! Daniel makes fun of me because I'm a slow reader, but none the less I still LOVE it!

2. In high school I found out that I love to Jog OUTSIDE! There is no better feeling then being out for a jog & pushing yourself as hard as you can. The Endorphines are wonderful. That is a big reason why I can't wait to leave Rexurg. With this weather the jogging season is only about half the year and it is hard for me to make it through a day without jogging. I miss Nevada!

3. I'm a hIcK! I grew up doing 4-H and I loved every minute of it. My Dad was very competitive and he loved doing it with my siblings and I. This gave me some great memories of spending time with my dad. In 4-H I won Reserve @ the Nevada State Fair. I also won Grand Champion a couple of times in Fallon. I won Reserve champion in Reno. I was in Round Robin for showmanship a few times. (Not that anyone has any idea what that is!) The best part of this is that I did pig (swine) 4-H

4. I was in the bAg OlYmPiCs. In high school I worked at Grocery store called Raleys where I was the Best bagger in my store. I went to reno for finals and got really nervous. I think I was the slowest bagger there. But I can say for 2003 I was in the Bag Olympics!

5. I absolutly LOVE HOT TOMALES! It is my favorite candy. Anytime I go to the theatre I have to have HOT TOMALES. This is something I got from my mom. These were her favorite candies when I was a girl and I wanted to be just like her!!!

6. I'm a pErFeCtIoNiSt! if you do it, I will want to redo it! Something I need to work on.

The FUN part....I tag...
Angela Bingham, Ashley Babcock (a good reason to get your blog started), Dulcie Clayton, Amy Denney, my sister Kristan & MAGGIE

my favorite quote

2008-01-22T14:39:00.000-08:00

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously
give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

a return to love - marianne williamson

YES WE ARE STILL ALIVE

2008-01-12T13:19:00.000-08:00

WOW, THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN GREAT. I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO IN DETAIL.
It all started the weekend before christmas. We helped our friends, Donald & Tiffany jack, move out of their apartment :( After we finished I guess they just didn't want to say goodbye yet (j/k), so they invited us to tiffany's home in Burley Idaho. After hearing so much about Burley, We finally got to experience it (including the Lee's furniture store)! Tiffany has a wonderful family, they welcomed us into their home as if we were part of the fam. We had great fun. We even got Tiff to take some family photos of us, in their back yard, by the Snake River.

Emma met a nephew and we learned that she is not very shy. As Hall & Oates would sing she's a maneater.J/K

Christmas Eve was a lot of fun. We spent the time here in rexburg. It was a little sad to be by ourselves, but we didn't spend all of it alone.
Christmas day we went over to the Jensen's (Beau's in-laws), we had dinner with them and daniel played WII golf all day long. Beau made Cinnamon Rolls that were wonderful, they were very close to being as good as dads! just joking beau, they were great (just like Pa's). Christmas night we played Sequence (by the way I highly recommend this game to everyone) with Beau and Shantel until 2 a.m. in the morning. This was the start of many nights of Sequence with my family. Somehow a rivalry was started and we played this game about every other night over the holiday's.
Emma got a jumper for christmas and Daniel and I got a lot of fun stuff too.

The BEST THING THING TO HAPPEN BY FAR THIS CHRISTMAS WAS WHEN KRISTAN HAD THEIR LITTLE BOY, LINCOLN A WEEK BEFORE HER DUE DATE AND A DAY BEFORE HER SCHEDULED CESAREAN. We went to see them in Provo a few days after he was born. He is so cute. We could tell that Lincoln's Daddy was so excited to have a boy.

Mom and Dad Jardine came to stay with us last weekend. We went to see August Rush which was Very Good! We also did some shopping and best of all we went to the Rexburg Temple Open house. It is as beautiful inside as it is out. One of my teachers painted a couple of the rooms in the Temple. It was a neat experience to take Emma with us.
That weekend was a blast.

tHaNkSgIvInG

2007-11-28T13:13:00.000-08:00

girls girls girls & a boy in the oven

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left- mylee, maggie and emma

right-brinlee, Isabelle, Audrie, and emma

Left-Reid cousins Right- Jardine cousins
We have three girls on my side of the fam and one boy on the way! In the jardine family we have all girls. Emma's going to have a lot of best friends. almost all of the girls are within a 2 and a half year span. it was so cute how all the jardine girls gathered around emma our first morning in Fallon. it was her first time meeting all of her cousins on that side of the family.

gRaNdMa'S

2007-11-28T12:18:00.000-08:00

WE TOOK LOTS OF PICTURES WHILE WE WERE AT HOME FOR THANKSGIVING! MY GRANDMA'S ARE THE SWEETEST LADIES IN THE WORLD!

this is a four generation picture of my grandma reid, my dad, me & emma

my grandma hendrix w/ em

we were able to stop in Elko and visit Daniel's gram

LAURA LINNEY???

2007-11-06T09:42:00.000-08:00

I thought daniel's celeb look a likes were really funny so I had to post it. Daniel looks 71% like Laura Linney! HAHA

2007-11-06T09:41:00.001-08:00

2007-11-05T08:30:00.001-08:00

Six-Legged Turkey -A little dad humor
An industrious turkey farmer was always experimenting with breeding to perfect a better turkey.
His family was fond of the leg portion for dinner and there were never enough legs for everyone. After many frustrating attempts, the farmer was relating the results of his efforts to his friends at the general store get together. "Well I finally did it! I breda turkey that has 6 legs!"
They all asked the farmer how it tasted."I Don't know" said the farmer. "I never could catch the darn thing!"

halloween party

2007-11-04T21:46:00.000-08:00

For halloween we had a fun party with a bunch of our friends. Our friends donald and tiffany jack helped us throw our little party and we wanted to thank them for helping us. we had a lot of fun. emma was a cute little chinese girl. emma's makeup didn't stay on very well because she kept rubbing her face and it would smear.

We couldn't find a picture of tiffany and donald(Zorro) together. Sorry tiffany.

2007-11-04T21:38:00.001-08:00

JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF EMMA PICTURES...

2007-10-26T10:17:00.000-07:00

WE LOVE TAKING PICTURES OF EMMA! SHE IS STARTING TO LAUGH ALL THE TIME. SHE LOVES BEING BOUNCED ON YOUR KNEE.

NAP TIME

2007-10-26T10:13:00.000-07:00

Emma falls asleep anywhere and everywhere. She makes us laugh!

BURRRRR.......

2007-10-26T10:02:00.000-07:00

its starting to get cold again. it's only mid october and it's already snowed 3 times. Emma loves her new hat and jacket.

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR...

2007-10-26T08:17:00.001-07:00

Daniel is so happy that it is hunting season again. It always brings out the little boy in him. This year he has already seen 5 moose, wild turkeys, elk, deer, and coyotes. He almost shot one coyote but it was on the highway and there were cars coming. He's such a nut. By far, the most adventurous hunt he has had this season was when it was storming really bad and he was driving home on the highway. The car ahead of him spun out of control and did a 360 going 65 miles per hour. Daniel took the picture of the moose above- he was mad that it was in his hunting spot and he didnt feel like wrestling it.

WHY KELSEY LOVES DUCK HUNTING SEASON

1. EATING DUCK (YUCK)

2. DUCK FEATHERS FLOATING AROUND THE HOUSE

3. WONDERING IF DANIEL HAS BEEN SHOT

4. WONDERING IF DANIEL HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY A WILD ANIMAL

5. SMELLY DECOY'S & WET WADERS IN THE LIVING ROOM FOR 5 MONTHS

WHY DANIEL LOVES DUCK HUNTING SEASON

1. EATING DUCK (HAHA)

2. CLEANING DUCKS IN THE COLD

3. FREEZING HIS BUTT OFF

4. WONDERING IF HE IS GOING TO BE ATTACKED BY A WILD ANIMAL

5. GETTING WATER IN HIS WADERS

welcome to our blog!

2007-09-29T20:48:00.000-07:00

i think i'm dizzy

2007-09-29T20:32:00.001-07:00