Halloween!

Our ward held a Halloween party, so we get a preview of everyone's costumes. Eli is so cute, he won an award at the party! And he is only wearing his church close, with a black cape, and spiky hair. Maybe it helped that just before we got there, he had been sucking on a blue sucker, so it made his mouth all blue, and really added to the effect.

Pumpkin Carving!

Here it is... Pumpkin Carving! It is always so much fun! The kids love this! Of course, Mom was too busy carving everyone else's pumpkin, and didn't get to carve hers until the next day. The kids had a great time going to the store and picking "their" pumpkin, and then carving them. I would love to grow them one year in our own garden.

Crazy Hair Day!

Breanne had Crazy Hair Day at school. And she thought it was so awesome! We weren't able to go to crazy, but she really just wanted to have (are you ready...) tape in her hair. So instead of using a hair tie, we made those ponytails using tape. I told it would hurt coming out, but she insisted it wouldn't and demanded it be done. So there ya go. (And she was right...it didn't hurt coming out.)

Dutch Oven BBQ Spare Ribs!

Is your mouth watering yet? Jared made delicious BBQ Spare Ribs for an Elders Quarm party. He also made some "test runs" a couple weeks prior. So we've been eatn' good round here!

Halloween Decor

It's kinda hard to get a good picture of the house, and all the decorations in detail, but you get the idea. What's cool, is that the "bush ghost" lights up at night! It is fun to decorate the house for holidays.

PUMPKIN LAND!

The preschool always goes to Pumpkin Land for the field trip in October! I'm so glad, because I don't know if I'd be able to find the time otherwise. And the kids love it. It was a lot of fun this year! We had great weather, and the kids loved to see all the fun things!

Breanne's Birthday!

Breanne is 4!!! And she had a princess party! (My sister took pictures of the "friend" party that we had with all of her little friends... so I will have to post those later.) But this was the party we had with the family. It was a lot of fun. She sure is a "girly-girl". She wanted the new "Barbie Diamond Castle" movie and doll, and got both! She loved all her presents! And I made a "princess castle" cake that turned out looking pretty cool. And I took the opportunity to buy a bunch of goodies (all the things that I normally do not buy, but want to buy!) It was a fun (and yummy) party! Happy Birthday Breanne!

Brent is home!

My brother, Brent came home from his mission! He served in Washington D.C. on a deaf mission. (He is deaf) We all went up to the airport and then went out to dinner! It is great to have him home, and it was fun to hear about his exeriences on his mission. Good work Elder Mortensen! And Welcome Home!

Eli's Birthday!

Yup! It's Birthday week for the Jardine's. Between Grandma, cousins, and our kids, we have a ton of birthday's clumped together! And Eli's went really well! He is so cute! The big 2!! He had a dinosour themed party. I made a dinosour cake, and we had everybody over for a party! He loved all of his presents, and got lots of cool things! Happy Birthday Eli!

Happy Birthday Linda!

Janice had the great idea of going out to lunch with just the gals for Linda's birthday! We went to Olive Garden, and had a great time! Happy Birthday Linda!

Joshua's first field trip!

Joshua had a lot of fun on his first field trip! It was also his first ride on a school bus! We went up the canyon and did some fun activities, and went on a hike. I was so glad that I was able to come. It was a great time.

The State Fair!

Here are the kids doing a really cool activity where they got to be farmers!

THE STATE FAIR!

I like this picture of Kip.

We went to the State Fair this year with Kip and Linda! It was really fun. The kids really liked seeing all the animals and stuff. They especially liked this one area where the kids could go through different stages of how food is grown, sold, and purchased. It was really cool. It was neat to see all the animals, and just spend some time together!

OUR 7TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!

7 YEARS!!! We celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary on the 22nd! And instead of doing the same old "dinner and a movie", I wanted to find something that was new and different. So, with help from the good old internet, I stumbled across an art studio that would let you come and make your own "Glass Flower". It was awesome! It was really cool to see what it was like working with HOT glass. It was a neat thing to watch, and participate in! A very cool experience... I would totally recomend it, and if anyone wants the info for themselves, I would be more than happy to share it!

We also went out to a Pizza place, and stopped by a store for some "kid free" shopping. It was a great anniversary...definetly one that will be remembered!

A CUTE BABY!

Scott is getting so big!

These are just some cute pictures I got of Scott.

Breanne's first day of Preschool!

BREANNE HAD HER FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL!!!
Breanne has been SO excited to go to school, because she has been watching her big brother Josh go to, and be picked up, for two years! She went on most the field trips with us, and some times talked about it like it was "her school" too. So now it finally is! And she is so excited! She loves it! Her cousing Niamh goes with her...which is so great! She is getting so big. It is so fun to watch, as all of our kids grow up and start doing all these fun things. I love to see all the pictures of everyone elses kids, doing similar things. What beautiful children we all have.
We love Breanne, and so excited for her! She will do great in school!

No more Fish!

Biff the fish died last Saturday! We no longer have any pets. This is a picture from about a year ago, when we had three fish. The fan tail gold fish died a couple months after this photo was taken. Then we were just waiting for our enormous gold fish (Biff) to die. They told us that if they survived the initial month after being bought from the pet store...(And we had like 30 die)...that they had life spans of up to 8 years! We had 5 live for about 5 years. Then they slowly started to die off. And every time one of them died, Biff would get bigger. Some one told us that golf fish would grow to the size of thier tank, so as the unoccupied space got bigger...so did Biff. It was amazing. He was a little bigger than the width of this 10 gallon tank. Everyone who saw him couldn't believe that we had a gold fish that size in our house. They all said it was the biggest gold fish they'de ever seen. I know he was the biggest one I'd ever seen. We had this golf fish before we had kids. And we just got him from WalMart. Only paid like 10 cents for him. But he seemed to bigger than the others at the store, and we just knew he was a "survivor". We named him "Biff", because he was the biggest, and another fish, "Marty" because he was the smallest. (Some of you might recognize those names from the movie: Back to the Future.) We got these fish just after we got married, so we had them before we had kids. So it was a little sad to see him "belly up." But I knew the day was coming soon... He'd been acting "old" for a while now, and he seemed real lonely after the other fish in the picture died. (That fishes name was Tubby.) It is an interesting thing. Anyway. We are keeping the tank, and will probably have fish again, but not until we are in a more "permanent" residence. The sucker fish (that is also in this picture) was given to Breanne's preschool teacher. We don't know what his life span could be, and we wanted to be "done" with the tank. So he now has a good home with some more fish to keep him company. And we are now.....Pet-Less.

I'm just realizing that this is the longest blog entry I will have done... and it's about my fish. But I needed to document this, and here I am doing it. I guess that is what "blogging" is all about...journaling. And I really was sad when he died. Not like when a dog dies or something that severe, but it was sad knowing that some little piece of our lives was over. That the little thing we had taken care of for so long, was no longer around to take care of. I think the thing that I will miss the most, is the way the babies watched the fish with such wonder! I used to sit Joshua, in his highchair, right in front of the tank, and he would watch them and get all excited. And all of the others have had a similar reaction as soon as they could see them. Good times!

Joshua lost his first tooth!!! And by lost...I mean lost. He came into our room this morning, and sat on the bed. A moment later, and he says, "I pulled me tooth out Mom! You just needed to pull, you didn't need to wiggle, I just pulled it and...oh no, I dropped it. I droped it on your bed Mom." So I was like, "don't move!" And tried to get to my glasses, so I could see, and began trying to find the tooth. Then, as I'm going through the blankets, I hear something "clink" against the wall, and now I know it is in the floor. Only problem is... we have like "shag" carpet. It was like trying to find something green in the back yard full of green grass. Only it was a beige tooth amidst beige carpet. I looked for a while, but couldn't find it right away. So we prayed that we would find it, and a couple hours later I decided to take a fresh look, and there it was! It was great! Joshua was so excited! So this is kindof a "first" for us... our kid loosing his tooth. These kids are growing up so fast. The other day we were talking about bringing Joshua home from the hospital on Christmas Eve. It seems like just yesturday. What an amazing thing it is to be a parent!