J Jewels

I am having my very first GIVEAWAY on my J Jewels Website.  There will be 3 winners and each will get credit towards whatever they want.  Check it out HERE!!!

Mario & Peach

Braeden has been grounded from video games (mainly New Super Mario Bros Wii) for 2 WEEKS.  So he has needed to find something else to do.  It is pretty funny the things he has come up with.  Him and Elli have been watching YouTube videos on how to draw Mario & Peach.  

Just this morning while I was getting Braeden ready for school, Elli was busy doing something.  She came up the stairs and showed me what she had done.  She watched some guy draw Peach on YouTube and this is the product.  Elli drew this all by herself in front of the computer.  I would have loved to watch her face as she drew this this.  She sticks her tongue out when she is concentrating.  I was shocked to see this.  She's only 5.  I can't even draw this good.

And this is what Braeden has been drawing with the help of YouTube videos.  He has some other ones that are amazing too, but I don't know what he did with them

He drew this one for Elli one day.

Mark said, "You take video games away from that kid.... and he dreams of video games."  He loves Mario Bros!!  (Hence, he was Mario for Halloween!!)

Another Cali trip

We love visiting California.  We went there the end of January for Mark's oldest brother and his wife's 25th anniversary party.

Mark took all 3 kids hiking while we were there.  Mark's mom lives on a hill and as a kid, Mark would hike to this cross that someone put up.  The kids had so much fun.

This is Braeden's photography skills.

Elli's photography skills.

This is the perfect picture for each of the kids' personalities.  Braeden not paying attention, Elli posing and being crazy, and Caleb wanting to get down and be on his own.

Posing..... again.

I guess there was someone else hiking and they took a picture of the whole gang.

It's so pretty there.

Mark's photography skills.

This was at the party in this beautiful house.

This was me, Stacy (who's anniversary it was) and Camille.

Me and Camille

Mark and his Mom.

The hot women of the party.  I was told this night that I look like Natalie Maines from the Dixie Chicks.  I have been told this MANY times from totally different people.  I'm not sure I see it, but whatever.

I tried to get a picture of Mark, Brigham and Matt.  Matt did a nice job smiling, but Mark and Brig were too worried about who was taller.  They kept getting on their tippy toes.

Brynn, Camille and I

Kirk & Stacy (their anniversary) and Mark & I.

This is Matt & Brynn's little girl McKenna.  She is a complete doll.  We just might arrange the marriage of these 2 kids.

Mark loves to pop our toes, don't ask me why.  But that's what he is doing to Braeden.

Braeden ws so lucky and got to spend the night with his cousin Austin for 2 nights.  We barely saw him, but those 2 have a lot of fun together.

Our ride home.  We, by no means, need a suburban, but we have one.  It is great having one with only 3 kids.  We put the middle seat down, stick the kids in the back row and make a bed for Mark and I if we want to go lay down.  It's great!  (And they are watching a movie, that's why they look brain dead.)

Start 'em young

Caleb isn't even 2 yet, but he still knows how to play on our phones and ipod touch.  He is kind of taking this very serious.  Don't mess with him.  I love how he is crossing his cute little legs.