FIRST TOOTH!

Jackson got his first tooth on (maybe) monday. I didn't even know it was coming and then all the sudden (bam) there it was.

Last night we went to a meet your teacher open house at Makayla's school. It was so exciting to watch Makayla find her seat, cubby, and show her all around the classroom and school. It's a very small school so it didn't take long. After the open house, we went to dinner with the three last salesman that are still here. Today was their last day. It will be nice for the summer to be over and things to slow down alittle for Jeremy. It usually takes until Oct. for things to really slow down but it's still really nice when all the salesmen finially leave.

We were out til 10 though. The kids usually go to sleep at 7 but have really been staying out late lately. With school starting we'll really have to get back on schedule. Which means I have to get my sleepy head out of bed alittle earlier.

FAMILY PHOTOS

sorry its taken a few days to post these. i kept being taken from the computer and forgetting what i was doing until it was to late and i had been kick off the site.

for those of you who don't know, i'm so bad at getting family pictures taken. my kids refuse to get them done anywhere but outside by and friend or family member and even then there's a slim chance of everyone cooperating

WE WENT TO THE PARK YESTERDAY AND TOOK FAMILY PICTURES FINIALLY. I THINK WE HAD ONE TURN OUT. I CAN'T DOWNLOAD THEM TIL JEREMY BRINGS THE CAMERA CORD THINGY HOME. I KNOW THE ANTICIPATION IS GOING TO KILL YOU ALL.

JACKSON IS STANDING UP TO EVERYTHING NOW. HE WON'T FALL ASLEEP NOW BECAUSE HE KEEPS STANDING UP AND GETTING STUCK. IT MAKES ME NERVOUS WITH ALL THE TILE AND HARDWOOD IN OUR PLACE THAT HE'S GOING TO FALL AND HURT HIMSELF. I NEED TO REMEMBER TO TAKE HIS SOCKS OFF OF HIM AND NOT TO PUT HIM IN P.J.'S WILL BOOTIES SO HE WON'T SLIP.

STAY TUNE FOR FAMILY PICTURES. I'VE HEARD YOU CAN DOWNLOAD PHOTOSHOP (OR A PROGRAM LIKE IT) FOR FREE FROM THE NET. IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW LET ME KNOW. THEN I CAN EDIT AND CROP OUR PHOTOS.

so, last saturday, jeremy and i decided to paint the bathroom. it took all day. that evening when i went to peel the tape off all the white paint peeled off with the tape. if you look in the top right of the photo you can see the peeling paint. what a bummer. we worked all day and now we don't know the best and easiest way to fix the mess it's made. if you check out the bottom right you can see cuttie kayla being sneaky.

so my best friend in texas moved to idaho last night. christie hall has been my workout partner for the last two and half years. we've ran in the annual astros 5k the last three years together. her husband graduated and got a good job offer in boise, idaho. it was really sad makayla cried all the way home from their house last night and then cried herself to sleep. this morning i went to the gym knowing that christie wouldn't be there. anyways we hope they love it there. both of their families are in texas so this was really hard for them and they just found out that she is expecting another child. it will be number 5 for them so they'll fit in really well in idaho.

three other friend of mine with young kids moved this month also. makayla will be the only kid in her primary class with no kids in the class above hers and one in the class below hers. isaac will have only two other kids in nursry. It feels like our ward is dying a little. I'm sure new people will move in but its still sad.

half our ward goes to the same gym so i'll be alright

mama

so call me crazy but i think jackson is saying mama. i don't know when babies start talking but everyone here has heard it and i got it on video. i wouldn't believe it but he says it when he's crying. which is exactly how it is with kids right? they're great for everyone but mom and every word they udder to mom is while crying or wining. J/K but almost true.

i buzzed jacksons hair a few days ago. this is the only picture i have down loaded of his new due.

here's a picture of isaac for grandma

heres the pictures i was trying to upload to my last post. these pictures are of jackson crawling, getting into my laundry baskets, eating carrots, and being taken care of by sissy. jackson stood up to the laundry and than wasn't able to get down. the next day he stood up to a toy box and couldn't get down. he was screaming until i went to check on him. my kids are the worst at getting in to the clean laundry and throwing them everywhere so they can play cars in the baskets.

i don't know if i've ever mentioned how much i dislike dealing with health insurance and making doctors appointments. everything is so confusing and they're always so slow at dealing with claims. i won't be surprise if we get sent to collection for a bill we've never recieved and aren't even responsible to pay for.

makayla is becoming such a fish in the water. she wants to go swimming everyday. it's kind of hard with three kids but i usually trick someone into going with me (poor kendalls had her fair share of dealing with my kids at the pool.) she's now jumping into the pool and diving for toys and than swimming to the edge.

jeremy and i have been looking at vans. (online) we aren't brave enough to go test drive yet. sometimes we are such wimps when it comes to buy things. we like the honda odysses. maybe by december we'll commit to buying one.

we went to the children's museum today. which is always alot of fun. i don't know why i don't go more often.

jeremy is planning a BBQ for all of his employees.(25 people at least+family) it should be pretty fun. he bought sooo much meat. he could feed the whole ward. i'm trying to plan some other food but if jeremy had it his way it would be only steak, steak, and more steak.

BAH BAH BAH

Jackson said his first word tonight:) Jeremy always calls the boys bud or buddy bud bud. While I was feeding the baby sweet potatoes tonight, Jeremy was getting him to laugh and calling him buddy bud bud. So Jackson would laugh and then say b b b bud b b b bud and then laugh again. It was the cutest thing. We got it on video and tried to call family and get him to do it for them. That never works. We did get proof on video though.

He's crawling now but not very well. I gave him a buzz cut with clippers a few days ago and now I miss his spikey hair.

Jeremy played his first gig Friday night at a priest laurel activity with two other bishops in the stake. They all sing and play guitars. So they got together and practiced a few times. He got most of it on video for me and the kids to see. He did great and said it ranked up there with the top 10 things he's done in his life. I hope marrying me and having the kids rank somewhere up in the top 10 also.

Makayla starts ballet up again tomorrow. It's a lot of fun watching your kids be excited for something and do things without you and see them socialize without mom by their side. School starts on the 5th (her birthday!) Happy Birthday to her. I'm very nervous about getting her to school on time. It will be a great challenge.

The baby went 12 hours without eating. He seemed to get a great sleep while I on the other hand was partly wanting him to wake up and eat. He was making me nervous. If I could just get him to make up his mind and be consistent.

So my kids are the very worst kids in the whole ward. Isn't that how it is, the Bishop's kids are always the worst. I was pretty bad on Sunday in sacrament meeting. They love to run around the chapel and sit with different people and run from me and then I have to drag two kids out who are causeing a scene. It's the highlight of my week. Sacrament is worth the pain though. I get two hours in Sunday school and then young women's it's such a great break.