Do You Get It????.....

Jeff Has Been Busy

With his church calling...
Being a great dad and husband...
Helping out around the house...
Giving our yard some much needed attention...
Finishing some online classes...
BUT...
He is NOT busy with.... LAW SCHOOL......

That's right, no more law school for Jeff. After a year of HATING law school, a year of doing MBA prereqs and DREADING going BACK to law school, and then a lot of worrying about telling me (and our families) that he didn't want to go back to law school- we decided we should look into changing schools and career options. Better late than never, right? For a week we thought of all kinds of career options and considered the schooling that it would take to get to those careers. State Department, Optometry, IT, Orthodontics, Physicians Assistant, FBI agent, and the list goes on. We have finally decided on a path that we both feel GREAT about... getting a MISM degree (Masters in Information Systems Managment- basically information systems through a business school) with an eventual career in something like consulting! It feels really good to have finally made a decision and to have an end goal. Our first choice of schools would be BYU (because they have a great program and really high employment rates out of the program...yay!), but we are considering all sorts of schools. So, for now..... we are getting our house ready to sale! We don't really know when we will move right now, but we want to be out of our house and we will just rent in the area until we are ready to move from San Antonio. We just started this week. We went to Round Rock (just North of Austin) to hit up Ikea for a couple decorations and doors for our bookshelves. We have been de-cluttering rooms and taking down family pictures. It seems really weird, but I look forward to a new adventure for our family!!!

FOR NOW, if you know of anyone who is looking to buy a house in San Antonio point them our direction :-). If you have seen our house you know it is so cute, right? Haha!!!! And, if you ever want to come scrub floors, wipe down baseboards, plant flowers, pack up closets or paint--- COME OUR WAY :-)!!!! Company is always appreciated!

We will keep you updated.........

Just Another Day.... So We Thought....

Yesterday our family had a TERRIFIC day. We didn't do anything special, it was just a normal day! Let me back track a little, I have been seeing a Pulmonologist since I got pregnant with Mckenna (for asthma). The doctor is GREAT. He is super friendly and young. He has a cute little family (we saw them at Hobby Lobby once) and is very personable. Well, we had to switch insurance companies and my asthma is now considered a pre-existing condition- making it something they won't cover. I needed new prescriptions, so we decided it was worth it to just pay for an office visit.

SO, yesterday I went in to see him. During the course of the appointment I mentioned something about our insurance not covering my asthma any more. He finished checking my lungs and heart and then said "Well, I won't charge you for any of your appointments. You can always come see me and it won't cost you anything!" I was stunned. What is a person supposed to say to that. Who really has a doctor that just tells them they don't have to pay anything for their appointments. He said that they (him and his wife) were once poor students too and that he understands the situation. This couldn't have come at a better time for us! What a blessing!!!!


We were so happy leaving that office, but we had a couple errands to run. We had to return something to Babies R Us. We got out of the car and a lady stops us. She said "Are you going into Babies R Us". We answered and then she gave us a 15% off coupon that she didn't use and told us it expired today! We weren't planning on purchasing anything, but we were able to get 15% off of something we had originally purchase at full price (and will return the full priced one later!)



It was a normal day made GREAT by some very kind people! It was a good reminder that we receive great blessings when we are doing what is right!!!!!!!

June and July

The summer has gone by incredibly fast! I can't believe it is already August!!! We have been keeping ourselves very busy!!!
In the end of June Jeff and I went to see "Wicked". It was AWESOME! I loved every second of it!!!
We left Mckenna with our niece Ashley for the night. It was a wonderful date!

Mckenna loves watching the rain. We opened the door one morning and let her watch for a long time! Mckenna also had a UTI during June. She had to get a catheter twice to check for infection and then had to have a kidney ultrasound and VCUG. She was diagnosed with urinary reflux. Hopefully she will out grow the problem, but until then she has to be on antibiotics every day. This helps keep infection out of her bladder, which helps keep infection out of her kidneys!

My cousin Erin came to visit in San Antonio. It was SOO much fun. We ate down at the Riverwalk at my very favorite San Antonio restraunt- Casa Rio!

We played LOTS and LOTS and LOTS with the Phillips! Mckenna and Chandler are so cute together. The are the VERY best of buds!
We went to the lake with Aunt Jana and Uncle Chad (plus their kiddos!)
We saw the midnight showing of "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" with our niece Ashley. She dressed up as Hermionne Granger! Isn't she ADORABLE??? She even had people come up to her and ask if they could take their picture with her!!!

Had a family reunion.

Mckenna turned ONE!!!!

I drove to Houston for my cousins bridal shower. It was so fun! I got to stay for her bridal pictures as well! She is going to be a gorgeous bride! The only pictures I have of this she is wearing her wedding dress and I promised that I would not let her fiance seem them- so no pictures on here :-)


Now, we are in Utah :-) We got to spend lots and lots of time with family. I will be here for awhile, but it has been fun!!!!

Tooooo cute!

Mckenna is SUCH a happy baby. She loves to play with StUfFeD animals, baby DOLLS and bOOks! She eats lots of RAViOLi, stRing chEEsE, cHicKen, pretZels and ChEEtoS. She loves to play in the bath tub or to go SwImmIng. She has SiX teeth and was diagnosed with Vesicoureteral Reflux (reflux in the urinary tract) two weeks ago. She is TALL and sKinnY. She has been on TWentY-ThRee flights, including a LONG flight to PArIs! She is the SWEETest girl I could ever ask for! We LoVe having Mckenna and look forward to many more years with her!!!!

Family Fiesta 2009

In honor of my in-laws getting home from their mission in Spain the grandkids voted to name our family reunion

Family Fiesta 2009

We all headed to Denver at the end of June.

We hiked.......
Picnic-ed...

Jax and Jana
Grant

Ate Lady Bugs.....
(OH wait, that was only Mckenna)
You can't see the hundreds of lady bugs that were crawling around, but after lunch Mckenna was sitting on the ground trying to pick up all of the lady bugs. I thought "Lady bugs are harmless...She will be fine!" and continued chatting with my nieces and nephews. Next thing I knew Mckenna had picked up several lady bugs, watched them crawl on her hand and decided it would be a GREAT idea to EAT it... YUM! It crawled on her tongue and then I pulled it out. Poor bug! YUCK!

Mckenna ate her first sucker....


Rested...
Benjamin, snoozin on the rocks

Tyler and Luke

Tyler

Heidi and baby Jeremy

Played TONS and TONS...
Luke

Mckenna and Jennifer

Jaxon

Grant, Jonathan and Benjamin

Did a Pinata....(Guess who broke it????)
NOT Tori
NOT Me


YESSSS....Grandma Jones...broke the pinata!!!!


Went to Elitch Gardens (an amusement park)...
Jonathan, Carole, Elisabeth

Celebrated the 4th...

Danced the Hannah Montana "HoeDown ThrowDown"...

Went to a candy factory...


Visited the BIG BLUE Bear... (for Grant's birthday)

HAD A GREAT TIME................


Thank you Jacobs' family for hosting all of us and for the rest of the family for making is a week to remember!!!! We love you all!!!!!!

MCKENNA TURNS ONE

Mckenna turned

ONE
Yes, Mckenna is a girl :-) This was the best picture of her eating cake!

She had a WoNdErFuL birthday and we are so happy that we could celebrate with
FAMILY and FRIENDS.

Here are some pictures from the CELEBRATIONS!
The TABLE: Pink, Green and Blue WITH Confetti cupcakes

She LOVED opening up her presents. This is her snuggling her new teddy bear (from cousin, Jaci) and kitty cat (from mommy and daddy)
Both times we sung this is what she did.
Kind of a blurry picture, but Mckenna and Kyle loved pounding the piano together!


A BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR ALL THE LOVE, TOYS and FUN!!!!!!