19 Months

this beautiful blue bright eyed little gal is now a little over a year & 1/2 & she is delicious! she says pease (please) to everything & loves her books. we went to nursery for the first time last sunday. she walked right in & never looked back. she's so independent yet so needy at the same time. (she hates it when you leave the room at home)
please stay a little girl forever





these are a few of her favorite things to do lately:

she loves to jump onto mommy's lap with a book while ida's nursing.
she's discovered how fun it is to gently kick her little sister in the head or to squeeze her arms or legs.
she loves broccoli
when she hears the garage door she immediately says da & knows that daddy's home
she thinks putting a blanket over her head & walk into things is super funny.
she waves her hand in front of her nose & says sinky (stinky) when her diaper is poopy
she says the word caca a lot- but i have know idea what it means

Last Pool Party Of The Year!

love it when di comes to town- this is a small reason why

Caught!

Mad Men's Back!

in honor of one of our favorite show's- i've mad men(ed) adam & myself




i love adam's cause it's pretty right on- especially right now cause he's so obsessed with tennis
go here to have some mad fun

Paul Family Reunion

the paul family reunion was a blast. not only did we get to hang with the immediate paul fam, but we got to hang with some of adams really cool aunts, uncles & cousins. i was so bad with the camera (it's getting harder to break it out with 2 babies these days) this was our only summer vacation this year, having a baby in june put a damper on that. sorry kaleb

we all went up to midway & stayed at the homestead. 3 days of eating- swimming- skiing- a crater cave- playing nertz- spoons- dominoes- eating- talking- chasing babies- eating... so great!

sad this will probably be the last year. randy's family put a trust together to fund their reunions (they've been doing them for years) & they finally ran out. with 140 people in attendance i could see why. last time they had a reunion, about 4 years ago, 109 people came. our family alone contributed 2 new babies, 3 new toddlers, 1 new husband, 2 new wives & an 11 year old stud. i'm sure jann was loving showing all of us off. especially the 5 little ones.



choules' we got to get it together

GG's Fabulous At 80!

every year we have fun & games for GG's birthday in her back yard. this year was especially great because it was her 80th birthday. the family made her a pink panther movie (i'll post that later if the family allows)

In Memory Of Donna Vee Williamson Paul Jackson

adam's grandma, donna vee, passed away the week before last. she was almost 98 years old. donna was born in provo utah on september 4, 1911. it's amazing how many changes in this world she has seen in her lifetime.

unfortunately she passed away a couple of weeks before her family reunion, which is this week. i was lucky enough to meet her when she was doing fairly well a few years ago. donna was lovely & sweet & always remembered kaleb's name. adam went by the night before she passed & was able to say his goodbyes.

i took these photo's from the reunion blog and learned a few things about grandma jackson (as she was called after grandpa
grandpa dewitt paul died and she married her high school sweetheart giff jackson)

-at 20 she married dewitt, who was in his late 20's
-she was married to dewitt for 50 years & giff for 10
-when donna was 8 years old her mother died of cancer. she was then raised by her father and stepmother Florence
-of all the activities in donna's life, she enjoyed dancing most.
-donna and her friends would go to the saltair resort to dance.
-donna was president of the west high girls club
-she met Amelia Earhart and introduced her at a school assembly. (amelia was on her history making vagabond trip" across the continent. one of her stops was salt lake city)
-she loved fashion & was very fashionable
-she loved to sketch (look at her sketches below)

Texting 101

adam & i would like you all to start texting us with these simple acronyms

UG2BK . . . . . . . You got to be kidding
GBTW. . . . . . . . Get back to work
NMP . . . . . . . . . Not my problem
PIR . . . . . . . . . . Parent in room
GFTD. . . . . . . . . Gone for the day
FYEO. . . . . . . . . For your eyes only
BI5 . . . . . . . . . . Back in five minutes
DEGT . . . . . . . . Don’t even go there
BIL . . . . . Boss is listening
PAW. . . . Parents are watching
99 . . . . . . Parents are no longer watching
PCM . . . . Please call me
IMS. . . . . I am sorry
TOY. . . . . Thinking of you
KUTGW. . Keep up the good work
CID . . . . . Consider it done
FWIW. . . For what it’s worth
HAND . . . Have a nice day
IAT . . . . . I am tired
NRN . . . . No response necessary
4COL. . . . For crying out loud
WRUD. . . What are you doing
LMIRL. . . Let’s meet in real life
^5 . . . . . . High five