Jaron's Field Day 2010

Last Friday was Jaron's field day at school. This year he got to have it in the morning instead of the afternoon, which was nice because it wasn't too hot. It was a fun filled morning full of races and water activities.

When I got there they had already started the shoe kicking contest. Each of the kids had to kick off their shoes as far as they could. Jaron did pretty good the first couple times, but then on his last turn he kicked his shoe straight up in the air. It's a good thing no one got hit by it.


In this picture it kind of looks like Jaron's doing a magic trick by making his shoe stand up straight, but he's not. Someone tossed it back to him so he could put it on.


Next up they had to roll balls down into a hula hoop. The first team to get nine balls in won. Jaron won it for his team on the second round...good job buddy!


Then the kids moved on to a ball toss with a small parachute type thing. They had to toss the ball in the air while another kid held a hula hoop that the ball had to go through. The kids had a lot of fun with this one.



Next up was a relay race. Jaron had to pull himself along the black top by a rope, then toss a big cube to let him know what color dots he had to cross to get to the grass. After that he had to roll across a mat, then crawl under and jump over hurdles. The final thing was crawling through a netted tent. He went pretty fast through this course and I got a cute picture of him jumping a hurdle.





Finally he got to move on to some water games. They played sponge volleyball. They had to take plastic bags and put water soaked sponges in them and toss them to the other side. Jaron didn't get the sponge that much because the girls were more aggressive than him and would beat him to them by pushing their way through...he's such a gentleman to let the girls have them.


Jaron got to do a hula hoop race with a partner, and who do you think he chose? That's right, he picked Kristin to be his running partner. It was so cute seeing them running together. As Jaron was waiting for his next turn I caught him and Kristin sitting by each other, waiting patiently...sooo cute! It's going to be sad next year for Jaron, Kristin's moving and won't be at school with him anymore.

On their second round, the hula hoop broke open, but they did awesome running with it. Jaron was dragging Kristin a little, but I don't think it bothered her.




The last game the kids got to play was another water game. It involved water balloons and a ball timer. There were water balloons put inside a ball and the kids had to pass it around, waiting for the timer to go off. Whoever had the ball when that happened would get wet from the balloon popping. It popped on Jaron a couple times, but he loved every minute of it.



Here's a group shot of Jaron's class. Notice, again, who Jaron's sitting by...Kristin. I feel so bad that he's going to have another "girlfriend" of his move away. The last time that happened to him was in Kindergarten.


After field day was over, the kids got to enjoy some popcicles. After popcicles I decided to stay and have lunch with Jaron since I haven't been able to do that all year. I went and got him McDonald's, he thought that was pretty cool. Overall, I'd say it was a pretty good day for Jaron.

Girls Night Out!!

Friday night was another one of my monthly gno's. We went to see "Letters to Juliet". It was a super cute, funny, not too cheesy chick flick. We got to the theater just in time for the movie to start and lucky us, we got to enjoy an awesome "Eclipse" trailer before the movie started. I can't wait for next month to see that movie!

After the movie we went to TGI Fridays, where we always go for dinner. The food was good, the conversations were eye watering fun, but our waiter was kind of rude. We weren't going to let that ruin our night though. Tanya kept us all laughing the whole night and she was a little camera happy, as you can tell by all the pictures she's in.

(Lara & me)

(Michelle, Tanya, & Stacy)

(Savannah, Amy, & Nichol)

(Tanya, Stacy, & Savannah)

(Michelle & Tanya)

(Tanya & her sis Stacy)

Walking back to our cars after dinner was fun, why you ask...because Tanya started dancing to a song that was playing on the casino floor and I was laughing so hard while trying to walk as I was crossing my legs so I wouldn't wet my pants (yes, I almost tripped and fell), she's so funny. I just love these girls and all the fun nights we have together. It's nice to be able to act like a bunch of teenagers once a month. Thanks girls for making gno's a nice get away from reality.

9 Months!

Wow...today our little Jaedyn is 9 months old! She is growing so fast, but still seems so little to us. She's still the cutest and sweetest little girl ever! No matter where we go, we always hear from complete strangers how cute she is...we love it!

Here are some things about our little cutie pie at 9 months...

*She weighs 16 lbs. 14 oz.

* She is 28 in. tall

* She says mom and dad (she said dad first, Josh loves that)

* She's very ticklish on her neck and under arms

* She laughs a lot and has the cutest laugh ever

* She loves to be sung to

* She's starting to give loves (hugs) more
* She loves to dance while sitting

* She still won't crawl or stand (she's a stubborn Goddard)

* She has to touch the knobs on the stair rail every time she passes them

* She's starting to wave

* She is fascinated with the remote and cell phones

* She twists her bottle around while she's eating from it

* She loves to pull my earrings out

* She's very flexible, her legs are always up in the air

* She loves the trampoline

* She LOVES Popsicles

* She's learning that splashing in the tub is fun

* She still likes her baths, especially now that she sits up

* She's started eating stage 3 foods and loves them

* She's starting to get shy when people talk to her, it's so cute

* She likes to kick, especially her brothers in the face when they are bugging her

* She's developing such a fun personality

* She is a wonderful addition to our family and we LOVE her tons!

New Chew Toy

Every day I brush Jaedyn's gums with her blue tooth and gum cleaner. She doesn't have any teeth yet, I just call hers a gum cleaner. Whenever she's on her changing table she'll see it and get all excited, so after I clean her gums I let her have it. She goes all crazy chewing on it, drools everywhere, and gets mad at me when I take it away. It's so cute how happy this one little blue rubber finger makes her.

I just love how Jaedyn's posing for a picture. She didn't want to part with her new chew toy.



Okay, I think she's had enough pictures for one day. She's just too cute, how can I not take lots of pictures of her?

Oh, So Happy!!

The other day I caught Jaedyn giggling and giving tons of smiles, so I just had to get pictures of it. She already looked so cute in her Capri's and Mary Jane's, but her smiles made her even more adorable. All Jantzen and I had to do was make funny noises at her and she would laugh. I think I caught some really cute smiles from her...




After a few minutes of camera time with Jaedyn, Jantzen had to get in on the fun. He tried to get her to sit on his lap, but she just kept trying to get the camera...that's her favorite thing to do when I'm taking her picture. She gets so excited, which then makes Jantzen laugh. I'm so glad they can entertain each other so well.





This picture is by far my absolute favorite! It's the cutest smile I've ever gotten out of Jaedyn. She was laughing so hard when I took it. If all the world could be as happy as this little princess is all the time, what a wonderful world it would be. It's amazing how something so small can make me so happy...Man, I love my kids!!!

Baseball Is Over

Last Thursday was Jaron's last baseball game for the Spring 2010 season. He had a really good time playing baseball for the first time in his life. He did such an awesome job too and so did his whole team! I know they don't keep score because it's for fun, but I do. Secretly, I'm a very competitive person, but I try to hide it. So, for this reason I kept stats for Jaron. I'm just so proud of how well he did, I just had to. His team won seven games, tied one, and didn't finish the last game because time ran out before their inning was over. They were really close to winning that one, so I'll just count it as a they probably-would-have-won-if-they-finished game. For his first season playing baseball, Jaron hit the ball thirteen times with seven of them resulting in scoring for his team.

This is what I got from Jaron when I asked him to smile for me...I love it!! He's such a character!


You can't really tell it in this picture, but I caught Jaron twirling around in the dirt while he was supposed to be playing ball. Maybe he's practicing his victory dance. He's obviously having fun though and that's what matters most.


Here's my little monkey sitting in the dugout, waiting for his turn to bat. And yet another cheesy smile for me. The older he gets, the more difficult it becomes to get a good smile out of him.



I did manage to get one really good smile out of him, with his best friend Jace. Is it just me or would Jaron make a cute girl with that long hair? (He did just get it cut on Friday, so he doesn't look so shaggy)


Here is a picture of Jaron's baseball team, the Yankees. They are missing about three or four kids that moved and/or just stopped coming to the games.


I'm glad Jaron had the opportunity to learn how to play baseball and to find out that he's good at it and enjoys it. It will be fun to see how he progresses in future seasons. He is a little sad though. He won't be able to be on the same team as Jace anymore because he moved to a different ward, but it will be fun for them to play against each other. Good job on your first season of baseball Jaron, we're so proud of you!

My Singing Star

On Monday Jaron had his school music program titled, "Children of the Universe". His class sang, "Una Luna Brilla", "Swinging on a Star", and "Child of the Universe". He did a really good job on all three songs. Last year he didn't want to do any of the actions, but this year he really got in to it. He was so cute as he was singing, he couldn't stop playing with his hair (he's finally getting his hair trimmed today). I loved the fact that Jaron had a smile on his face the whole time, it means he was enjoying it this time.


Jantzen was excited to see Jaron sing and so was Jaedyn. If you listen closely in the second video, you can hear her singing with Jaron. She doesn't like to be left out of anything.

The video I took of the last song was a little shaky because I had to keep telling Jantzen to stop kicking the seat, so I wasn't watching where I was recording, sorry about that. Plus there were some grown men being very loud which made me mad. On a funny note though, you can see Caitlyn fall off the step (she didn't get hurt so I can say it's funny).







After Jaron's class was done singing we left so Jaedyn could get her picture taken with the singing star. Jaron didn't mind, he just kept giving her kisses and his class almost left without him. He's such a cute kid!

Why I Can't Paint Her Toes...

This is the reason I can't paint Jaedyn's toenails yet...she won't stop eating her toes!!! I would love to have her toenails be a cute shade of pink, but I guess I'm going to have to wait a little longer to do that. I hope I don't have to wait until next summer, but I'm afraid I might. She loves to munch on her toes so much, I don't want her to ingest any nail polish. She's always got her legs straight up in the air and it's not too long before her feet are in her mouth. She doesn't like to wear shoes because that prevents her from chewing on her toes, so she's always pulling them off. I tried to put socks on her and when I do that she just looks at me like I took away her favorite toy or something, but that doesn't stop her from eating her feet.




She's just the cutest baby girl ever!!