Jones Reunion 2010

Oh man-- we had a fun fun week!  It was so great to see everyone visit.  More pics to follow!

Okay - friends,  you know how big the boys ears are - don't you?!  I believe that they have been a topic on several occasions.  Well, recently it was proved that they can, in fact, get even bigger!  Bran woke up one morning this week and Wow!  Wow!  We have trouble!  Get the Benedryl!  Quick!

You see the problem here, don't you?!  Ahhh!  He got some sort of bug bite on the top of his ear (probably just a mosquito bite, like the one on his neck) - and the resulting swelling was kinda crazy.  His ear was so big it actually jiggled when he walked.  It kinda flopped around.   I felt bad and worried and laughed all at the same time.  I was reminded of the funny lookin' guy on "The Goonies".  Bran was our very own monster for a few days!

Well, monster or not - he's still cute and fun to play with!  With one very MASSIVE ear!

My Friend Mookie!

Hi!  Long time no post! 
We have been having some fun!  Just got back from a Jones family reunion in southern Utah (pictures will follow- as I have more time) and I brought my sister Bekki and her kiddos home with me.  Bran has been having all sorts of fun with his cousin Maura.

Rae has been a great help with both of them.

This is Brannen demonstrating his super powers! You didn't know he could fly!  Did you!?!  He is preparing for a landing!  He he he!  :  )

Bouncing babies!  Summertime fun!!

Happy Birthday Brady!

Happy Birthday Boo!  You are officially 13!  I can't quite wrap my head around it!  Bekki called me on Brady's birthday and said - I can't believe you are the mom of two teenagers!  It kinda shocked me!  I can't believe it either.  I did tell her though, that Brady is far too nice of a kid to be called a teenager!  He really is such a good, good guy! 
Brady wanted to play some football on our high school field with a couple of friends to celebrate the day.  It didn't rain on us - so that was nice, and I think they had a great time.  He also got in a round of golf in the morning with his buddy Seth, went fishing with Rae and some friends in the evening, played some tag with Jude, Blythe and Halle that night, also got in a few games of xbox and slept in our tent in the basement when darkness finally came around.  What a day!  It was great!

We love you Brady!  What a kid!

A Bit O' Sunshine!

It is wonderful when we get the sun to shine around here!  We absolutely go CRAZY!!

This Blog is for You!

Reese has a great friend named Taylor that she just loves!  Last week Tay asked her mom what a blog was and she directed her to our blog.
Taylor is such a good friend to Reese that we decided she needed her very own BLOG ENTRY!
So here you go - Tay!  Now you are famous!!  And pretty darn cute!!

Don't get too tired of signing autographs!  Your fans await! 

And the Winner Is . . . .

Yahoo!  Rae's done it again!  And she is one happy girl!  She won the title of Lincoln County Fair and Rodeo Princess this past weekend!

She was so so so happy - to say the least!!  She has worked hard for this and we are proud of her! 

She tried out again on her horse - Lady.  She sure does love her!  They have put in some work - and they have more to go for sure.

Here she is with her two awesome attendants - Jennifer Perry and Cortland Jenkins.  She is also standing behind the SADDLE she won!  Yes!  She really needed one too - we had just been looking for one to buy - and she tried out on a borrowed on - so score Rae!!

Rae had an awesome cheering section too!!  Adoring fans!

Adoring!

Here they are in tryouts, working a cow and doing her reining pattern.  They did great!

She also had to perform a speech for the judges and be interviewed by them.  She did really well.   She had a fantastic weekend and we are so proud of her!  Once again I say - way to go Rae Rae!!

Remembering

We had such a beautiful day here for memorial day.  Brady, Reese and Brannen helped me decorate the graves at the cemetery - and it looked so beautiful.  I really love the Grover cemetery.  We walk up there almost everyday during the summer - and I can see it from my kitchen window.  It was kind of a hard day, but nice too.  It is fun to remember how darn funny and cute Garrett is.  The kids had fun laughing about all of the funny things that crazy kid used to say.  And we missed Grandma Grandma too.  I remember her each day as I kiss Brannen's curly head.  I am thinking that she gave him some of her curls with a kiss when he was on his way to us! 

Ya know how you just can't stop yourself from taking pictures when the baby is being silly?  Well, I can't either!  Silly kiddo!

Last Day

Yep - we had a last day of school around here too.  Much celebrating was had! 
Brannen is so darn happy to have everyone home!  Me too actually! 

She Sings!

With school just wrapping up, Reese had the chance to sing quite a bit with her after school singing program.  She had so much fun singing with them and they did so well!  They sang at the senior citizens center and a few other places.  Bran went to her concerts with me and he clapped very loudly after each song and yelled "YEAAAH!" every time.  Fun stuff.  The hard part was when Reese was finished and had to go back to school.  Bran cried and cried and cried!  He loves his Reese!  So do I!