GWF Smackdown!

Jaedyn loves to play around with her brothers. One of her favorite things to do is beat them up, mostly Jantzen. Anytime he's laying down, usually when he's sleeping, she high tails it over to him and shows him how tough she really is. She will climb on him, smack him, dig her elbows into him, and try to pull his hair...that doesn't work very well because he doesn't have much, she usually will save that for when it's Jaron's turn to be beaten up.

Jaron and Jantzen usually laugh the whole time she's wrestling them, so don't worry, they don't get hurt too bad...at least not yet!

Here's some pictures of the first GWF (Goddard Wrestling Federation) match on record between "The Jaedybug" and "The Jantzilla". Notice who has control of the match from the beginning..."The Jaedybug", what a tough little cookie she is!


She starts off with a strong choke hold while managing to flash a cute little smile for all to see...


...then she quickly moves on to a full body slam. "Yeah, take that Jantzilla!"



It was a swift victory for "The Jaedybug".

"I am the champion, don't mess with me!" (I love her face in this picture, so cheesy like her brothers)



And in the end "The Jaedybug" and "The Jantzilla" remain friends.


We'll see if that's the case as Jaedyn gets older and continues to beat Jaron and Jantzen up. She might not need them to protect her as she gets older, I think she will be able to hold her own.

What A Cutie Pie!!

Here are some super cute pictures of Jaedyn that Amber took last time we were in Utah. Amber made this hat and needed a model for it, so she asked if Jaedyn could do it.

Jaedyn wasn't too thrilled about having her pictures taken so she didn't smile much for me. The pictures of her smiling were courtesy of her big brother Jantzen. He was able to get her to smile a lot. She loves her big brother so much.

I loved how all the pictures turned out, Jaedyn is so photogenic. She has a variety of emotions in them that I think Amber captured very well.











Thanks again Amber for the awesome pictures, we love them!

Jantzen's New Ride!

Last Saturday we took Jantzen to the dry lake bed to ride his dirt bike for the very first time, he was so excited! We got up early, not as early as we had planned, so we could do some riding before it got too hot.

When we got there, I got Jantzen all geared up and ready to go. Jaron forgot his gear bag with Jantzen's boots inside, so we let Jantzen wear Jaron's boots. However, we found out that the boots are not very kid friendly and are a little uncomfortable so we'll have to buy another pair. I felt bad for Jaron not being able to ride, but he didn't have any protective gear and I want him to be safe...next time he'll remember.

Josh gave Jantzen a quick lesson on how to use the brakes and throttle and then went for a little ride with him, letting Jantzen control the bike.




After his lesson, Jantzen was off on his own. At first he would only ride around the car, and he wasn't paying attention very well, so Josh made him go farther away and then he did a lot better. He was having so much fun and stayed out for quite some time.


After about a half hour to 45 minutes, Jantzen came in for a drink...it was getting soo hot! You can tell by his face that he's really enjoying having his own dirt bike.


It wasn't long until Jantzen went back out on his bike. This time Josh went with him on Jaron's bike. Josh had him follow him around the whole lake bed and Jantzen seemed to go pretty fast! They raced each other back to the car and I think Jantzen won, or Josh let him win.


Doesn't Jantzen look so cute in all his riding gear? He had such a fun time riding his bike and he can't wait until the next time he gets to ride. He's also already asking to have the training wheels taken off his bike...I don't think so, at least not yet! I have a feeling he's going to be the crazy one on his bike.

Here She Comes!

So, I've already posted that Jaedyn's crawling all over the place, but I never put on any pictures of her doing it, so here they are...

It's so fun to watch her crawl everywhere. When she's on the carpet she'll crawl normal, but when she gets on the tile she uses one leg to move herself and just scoots on the other leg. She will also giggle or talk the whole time she's moving, not to mention she's really fast! You can turn your head for 2 seconds and she's crawled to the opposite side of the room she was on.



Now that Jaedyn can move where she wants to (mostly), she has found some new "toys" in the house to play with. One of these new "toys" are the door stops. She'll crawl over to them and spend a long time flipping them so they'll make that funny noise they do...she loves it! That noise makes her laugh, it's so cute!



Another thing Jaedyn's loving about crawling is the fact that she can make it to the stairs, she's so fascinated by them. Thank goodness she can't crawl up them yet, I don't want to have to worry about her falling down and hitting her head on the tile. I know that day is coming soon though, but for now she just hangs out on the bottom step wishing she could follow her brothers as they run up.


I just love what a happy little girl she is!

Pioneer Day 2010

Last weekend we celebrated Pioneer Days with our stake. The boys look forward to this every year, even though it feels like it's a million degrees outside.

On Friday night we went and enjoyed the BBQ dinner with the Foisy's. The kids enjoyed hanging out and relaxing on the grass. (I kind of had a hard time getting Jaedyn and Avery to look at the camera at the same time...they are a couple of super cute girls!)

There was also a rope making tent that Jaron went to. He made this rope which Josh and I think is a great thing to have to keep the boys under control...I don't think they like it very much though.


This is the face of a hungry, tired little girl. Poor Jaedyn was being fussy around 9:30ish, so we decided to leave. It didn't occur to me until we got home that she was being fussy because she was hungry and we totally forgot to feed her. What awesome parents we are!


On Saturday we went to the carnival part of Pioneer Days. The boys love this, me not so much because of the heat. The first thing Jaron and Jantzen did was the wall climb. I tried to get them to go together, but that didn't work very well.



Next up was all the water slides. This year we remembered the swimsuits. Last year we didn't and the boys had to wear wet clothes all night. This year I was really wishing they had water slides for the adults, it was sooo hot and humid! I did, however, stand at the bottom of the slides and got a little wet when the kids came down and splashed the water...that felt good. I also had my squirt bottle fan that never left my side the whole time we were there.

I love the expressions on Jaron and Jantzen's faces every time they went down the slides. Again, I tried to get them to go down together, but again it didn't happen. They spent about an hour on the water slides and had so much fun.






Notice how Jaron's sitting at the top in the first picture while Jantzen slides down, and the opposite in the second picture. I told them both to go at the same time, but they just sat there.


While the boys were enjoying the relief from the heat, Josh and Jaedyn hung out on the blanket, saving us a place to watch the fireworks at the end of the night. I think she was enjoying being outside, crawling around although she didn't venture off the blanket. I think maybe she still doesn't like the grass.


One of the last things Jaron and Jantzen did was the jumbo boxing. One would think that Jantzen would totally kick Jaron's behind, but that didn't happen. Jaron was actually beating Jantzen up and even got a good shot to his face that made him super angry. Jantzen threw off his gloves and gave Jaron the look of death, he was so mad, but quickly got over it. He put his gloves back on and proceeded to swing at Jaron with everything he had. I don't think he got very many hits, but he seemed to really enjoy it. They both had a lot of fun boxing with each other.



After the boys were done playing around we got something to eat before the fireworks started. Jaedyn really enjoyed her graham crackers and a little bit of a scone with me.


When we were all done with dinner we just hung out, waiting for the fireworks to start. Jaedyn was a daddy's girl most of the night while the boys just wanted to be with friends and goof around.

(Jaron and his BFF Jace just chillin')

I don't know what Jantzen was doing here, being himself I guess. That's my Jantzilla!


This was a picture that Avery took of Jantzen. She was wanting to see him on my camera and then asked if she could take his picture.


Don't the boys look so cute in their matching clothes? I brought dry shorts for them, but they decided to keep their swimsuits on, oh well.


Finally the fireworks started, they were good again this year. Jaedyn loved them except the really loud ones, she jumped a little. I don't blame her, they were really loud. My ears were ringing the rest of the night and I couldn't hear very well until the next morning.

Here's Jaedyn enjoying the fireworks with her daddy.


Before we packed up and went home I caught Jantzen and Avery sharing a chair together. It was so cute, I had to get a picture.


We had a good time again this year at Pioneer Days, even with the heat. It's fun to have traditions to look forward to every year. Maybe one of these years I'll get used to the heat and it won't bother me so much, and maybe not. Next year should be more fun when Jaedyn can do some of the games with the boys. Until then...