Memorial Day Weekend

We had a great weekend doing lots of fun things together! Saturday afternoon we headed out to Letchworth Park, also known as the Grand Canyon of the East. It was so beautiful and green. We will have to go back in the fall to see all the pretty leaves! Saturday night they were launching hot air balloons at the park. Several families from our ward were there, and we all enjoyed all of the balloons launch right in front of us! It was amazing. We enjoyed a wonderful night! On our way home we stopped at this huge barn sale, and stayed and chatted with the very nice people for an hour. We walked away with real maple syrup, made straight from their maple trees, home grown rhubarb, and Jude had his first real experience with cows!

Jude lovin' it!

Jude Loves to ride on Daddy's shoulders.

The large gorge is behind us! So pretty!
(Check out Jude's dimple, and yes I know the yucky burn on my neck!)

Monday morning John and some friends went paintballing! That afternoon we went out and bought a little inflatable pool for Jude. He loved it! He loves the water. Jude will probably be out in this little pool everyday this summer!

We went to a BBQ last night with lots of friends from the ward and enjoyed tons of great food and great company! We hope everyone had a great day!

Busy

We sure are BUSY out here in Buffalo!
Here is a group of all the kids born since we came out to Buffalo for Dental school among our group of friends! (only 7 of us)

As you can see several kids were not big fans of being stuck on the couch for the picture. It was funny to watch, and so glad we were able to get together.
Kids in order: Ella, Garret, Chase, Crew, Ruby, Spencer, Jacob, Marcus, Trey, Jude, and Quinn.

2nd Degree Burns

Poor Little Jude.
I will let the pictures explain.

I was carrying a bowl of HOT cream of wheat to the table for breakfast Tuesday morning in one hand and Jude in the other, and Jude grabbed for the bowl and dipped his hand in the HOT cereal. So sad. It was so hard to see him hurt, and boy did I feel bad. Luckily, after calming him down, within a few hours he was back to his normal self. He is such a good boy, he is not really using his right hand, he knows that it is injured. Hopefully it will heal soon! There are blisters on every single finger, and on his palm.

By the way, I don't know if it is his injured hand, teething or what, but his sleeping patterns are back to newborn, waking every 3 hours, what is the deal!!!!

PS- I need help on this blog, I tried to be creative and put up a new background, but all of my sidebar links are on the very bottom of the page, I don't know how to get them back to the side?? Any guidance would be appreciated!

More fun with Grandma and Grandpa Jones

We were so lucky to have Grandma and Grandpa Jones out to visit. We loved all the time together. Jude sure loved to hang out with them, and misses them now that they are back in AZ. We loved going shopping, taking walks outside, going to wegmans, going out to Palmyra, and just hanging out!

Thanks so much for coming out and for being the best grandparents!

Here is Grandpa and Jude. Jude is watching baby Einstein on the TV, he LOVES it!

One of our many walks to Wegmans. Jude loves to be outside. We are always taking walks!
Here is the family. While in Palmyra, we were able to make it out to the Peter Whitmer farm.

Oh, and I celebrated my 25th Birthday! Wow, I can't believe it! I had a wonderful day and was spoiled by my family!

Happy Mother's Day

I am so lucky to have spent Mother's Day with
none other than my wonderful Mother!

Thanks to my mother for setting the best example. Thanks to my husband for the delicious breakfast, and pedicure, and cutco knifes! And thanks to my son Jude for his sweet card (hand painted with daddy's help) and for allowing me to realize the greatest calling in the world!
Being a mother!

Hungry?!

Jude is a champion eater!
He LOVES rice cereal.
On Saturday we attempted to start him on rice cereal, because he loves to lick anything edible(and non edible), and will start chewing and licking whenever we are eating. Well, he was so ready! He loved it. He did not spit anything out, he ate it all up! We had so much fun feeding him.

WE DID IT

So Saturday was the BIG day.
The Grand Island Half Marathon.
It was a success.
We finished!

John's mother MaryAnne came out from Gilbert Arizona and joined us on race day. Although we each finished at different times we all had a blast and are very glad we did it! John and I finished much faster than we thought, John running 8:40 min miles and me 9 min miles! It was a beautiful day, perfect for a nice run. And Jude had his first experience with a babysitter, and did so wonderful! (at least that's what she said.)

Here we are before the race! Trying to get pumped up!

Here is John about to cross the finish line! The first one out of the group!

Here we are after the race reunited with little Jude!

Here is the group.
Garth (another fellow dental student from AZ), John, myself and Maryanne!

Showing off our medals after crossing the finish line!Today I am feeling every single muscle in my body, but it is a great feeling! We are anxious to find more runs to do in the future, and a marathon someday too!