Not a Good Day!

Last Tuesday was a bad day for Josh and the Rodeo. On his way home from work, Josh was rear ended on the freeway. He was driving at about 10-15 miles an hour because of slow traffic ahead of him and some lady, who wasn't paying attention to the traffic in front of her, slammed into the back of the Rodeo at about 50-55 miles an hour. Luckily, there were two cops sitting on the side of the freeway right where it happened and they saw the whole thing.

This is the second time since we've lived here that Josh has been rear ended on the freeway. He doesn't have the best of luck with the irresponsible drivers in this town.

Here are some pictures that Josh took right after the accident happened...


The lady's car bent down the receiver hitch...


The Rodeo was lucky that it didn't suffer more body damage, thanks to the receiver hitch and the fact that it's an SUV and not a car. The other lady's car, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky. After she rear ended Josh, she herself got rear ended by a another car that wasn't paying attention. This is what her car ended up looking like (this is the reason I will NEVER drive a small car again, only a big SUV)...


Josh was hit so hard that several things happened to both him and the Rodeo. He was on the phone with Jaron at the time he was hit and his phone flew into the back seat while his head was slammed against the head rest, his glasses were knocked off his head into the back (and they got broken), his Diet Coke spilled everywhere, his sun glass holder that is normally on the visor was all the way in the back of the Rodeo, some things in the way back of the Rodeo were knocked out of place, his seat was thrown back (and now doesn't work very well), and the outer part of the dash was thrown off. He was hit so hard, just look how crazy that is...


After Josh got home, I took some more pictures of the damage...



And after driving the Rodeo home, Josh noticed several more things that are now wrong with it besides the obvious body damage. Now, the drivers side door falls down a little when it's opened, the drivers seat doesn't stay in one place, and the Rodeo itself doesn't drive as good as it used to...it makes noises.

The lady that hit Josh claims she has insurance, but didn't have any of her information on her at the time of the accident, so as of right now we're not sure if she really does have any. I'm praying that she does because we don't have the money to fix the Rodeo again, we've already spent a lot of money on it this year.

Josh has been in a lot of pain with his neck and back since the accident. He's been going to a chiropractor the last several days and will continue to go this week. I don't know how well it's working, but I hope that he can get better soon. Now we get to play a waiting game until we can find out if there's going to be insurance to cover Josh's doctor's appointments and to pay for the Rodeo to get fixed. I really hate being a grown up sometimes!

Eclipse Is Here, Baby!!

"Eclipse" was released at 12:01 this morning and guess who was there waiting in line to get it? That's right, ME!! Of course I wasn't alone, some of my girlie's were awesome enough to wait in line with me. I've waited in line for each one of the "Twilight" movies, but I think this time was the most fun I've had so far. Yes, I know, I'm sad, but I don't care what anyone thinks about me...I love this movie! It's by far my favorite out of all of the movies and it was my favorite book too.

We got there about an hour and a half before the movie was released, so we stood in line chatting, laughing, people watching, drinking (soda, of course), and eating cupcakes that were handed out to us by the store. Don't they look so yummy...yep, they were!


Lara seemed to enjoy hers a little more than the rest of us...j/k!


At midnight we finally got our very own copies of the cutest vampire and werewolf out there...yay!! Can't you see the excitement on our faces...


Thanks girls for waiting in line with me and for the fun conversations, I had a lot of fun. Until next time...

15 Months...

Our little princess turned 15 months on November 20th. I'm a little late posting this, but I just took her for her 15 month well check on Tuesday. Here are a few things about Jaedyn since she turned one...

♥ She now weighs 22 lbs. 7 oz.

♥ She is 31 1/4 in. tall

♥ She now has 10 teeth and counting

♥ Her vocabulary now consists of the words..."tickle tickle", "bye", "mom", "dad", "Jaron", "Jantzen", "no no", "hi", "doggie", "quack quack", "please (sounds more like peas)", "up", "mine"

♥ She started walking at 13 months and now runs everywhere

♥ She's recently learned how to go down the stairs

♥ She loves to sing all different songs

♥ She's a little chatter box, but we can't always understand what she's saying

♥ She loves to give hugs

♥ She loves to dance whenever she hears music

♥ She listens better than her brothers

♥ She hates to eat meat and most veggies

♥ She hates taking her vitamins, but she has too since she won't eat much

♥ She loves Tinkerbell and Mickey Mouse

♥ She loves to play tag with her brothers

♥ She loves to play in the toy room with her brothers

♥ She loves her brothers

♥ She's still a mom ma's girl, but still gets so excited when her daddy comes home

♥ She's quite the little entertainer, she keeps us all laughing

♥ She loves shoes (that's my girl!)

♥ She loves to get into my make up and hide it

♥ She loves to tickle people, especially their "tickle button"

♥ She HATES Santa!

♥ She loves bath time

♥ She's such a big helper with chores around the house

♥ She loves to go to the park and make me chase her around

♥ She has the cutest little laugh

♥ She's still the cutest little girl ever!

This is a favorite position for Jaedyn when she plays with her brothers toys. I'm not sure why she does it, but I thought it was so cute (BTW, she's playing with Jaron's "Power Rangers")...


These next few pictures were sad but so cute at the same time. Jaedyn got three shots at her well check on Tuesday and they made her miserable! She had a slight fever and just wanted to be held. I couldn't do that all night, so instead her awesome big brother decided he would cuddle with her and watch a movie. Jantzen was such a good sport and watched a whole "Tinkerbell" movie with Jaedyn.



I had made Jantzen some "warm chocolate" to drink while watching the movie and he was kind enough to not get mad at Jaedyn when she stole it from him and enjoyed it for herself...what a sweet brother.

We are so lucky to have such a sweet little girl as a part of our family, we love our little Jaedybug so much!

Santa Claus and Jumping Jacks

While in St. George for the Thanksgiving weekend we went to see Santa at the mall. We take the kids to see Santa every year on the day after Thanksgiving. It was nice when we got there because there wasn't a long line to wait in. The boys were excited to see Santa and tell him what they want for Christmas, Jaedyn on the other hand hated the guy...and I mean HATED him! Just look at her face...


**That's the face I'm going to have on my Christmas cards this year, I hope everyone likes it.

On Saturday we took the kids to "Jumping Jacks" to burn off some of their never ending supply of energy. There was this little bounce play area only for kids 6 and under, Jaedyn loved it even though she couldn't stay on her two feet very much. Jantzen played in there with her for a little while and kept bouncing her all over the place, she loved it! She giggles so much when Jantzen plays with her. And yes, Josh got in there to play with her too, even though he's way over the age limit!


Jaron and Jantzen ran around from one bounce play thing to another. They went down slides and went through obstacle courses...


I even caught Jaron flying in the air when him and Taylor bounced down one of the slides...

(Yes, he isn't touching the bounce slide at all in this picture, I love it!)


Jaedyn did a lot of wandering herself. She mostly followed the boys to see what they were doing and she would even try to play on the same bounce houses that they would go on, but there were too many other big kids that didn't pay attention to her and almost ran into her a couple times. You can imagine how that made her daddy feel...not happy!


So instead, Jaedyn decided to chill out on Josh's legs and grab a snack. She swiped these crackers out of Nena's bag and just helped herself. She's cute so she can get away with it.



Boy, does she love Wheat Thins!



We then had some more time goofing off with the camera because that's what us Goddard's do.

Here's one that Josh took of us. It's kind of nice to have because we don't have very many pictures of us together, let alone with the both of us in the same picture.


I love this one, it's of Josh doing his version of a "Nena" smile...




After a couple hours of playing, the kids finally got worn out...Mission accomplished!

Thanksgiving 2010

For Thanksgiving this year we went to St. George to spend the weekend with Josh's family. The boys were excited because all of their cousins (minus AJ) were going to be there, so there was going to be lots of playing for them.

Thanksgiving day was spent eating, eating, more eating, and playing games. Here's Jaron and Carson enjoying their dinner...


And here's Sadie, Taylor, Ashley, Jaron, Carson, and Kennedy enjoying their dinner at the big kid table (I love Jaron's smile in the back, he's such a cheeser)...


And then there's the little kid table with Jantzen, Addy, Coleman, and Tate. Yes, Jantzen did have some food on his plate, but he's so picky that he didn't have very much, so he was the first one done...


Here's the little princess sitting at the counter with Caleb enjoying their Thanksgiving dinner. Jaedyn was so good at trying new things this year. She loved the cheese ball, the sweet potatoes, the olives, and the rolls the best.



After Jaedyn was done eating, she came to join us adults at our table. She made herself at home with grandma and started digging into her food on her plate. She absolutely loved the artichoke dip that Amy made, she couldn't get enough of it. She had to use both a knife and spoon to eat it until we finally took it away...she wasn't too happy about that.


Then, she made her way over to Nena to eat some stuff off her plate. I can't remember what it was that she ate, but she sure loved it all.


After dinner, we all hung out, goofed off in pictures, and played games. Here is a cute picture of me and Nena...


And a not so cute picture of us (I know every one's jealous of us because we are so talented)...


And look, we even passed on our talents to some of our kids...


We spent a good amount of the night helping the kids play Bingo. There was a lot of cheesy, but fun prizes for the kids to win. I know Jantzen doesn't look too thrilled in this picture, but he did have a good time playing.


Jaron had a fun time too, except it took him and Carson forever to get a Bingo. Everyone else had won at least two or three times before they even won once.


When the kids got a Bingo, they got to pick out a prize from the basket. Jantzen, Addy, and Tate all got a Bingo at the same time, so they all got to pick out a prize together.


There were prizes for Bingo's and then there were prizes for blackouts. Neither one of my kids got a blackout and were really bummed, but they did get a bunch of Bingo's so they still got some fun things.

Jantzen mostly picked out candy, but also got a couple Toy Story pens (he loves to draw so they will be nice for him)...


I'm not sure of everything Jaron picked out, but I'm pretty sure that bottle he's holding is candy that he won't eat. I'm not sure why he picked that, maybe he thought it was something else, who knows...


Me and my little Jantzilla...


Jaedyn was a little too young to play Bingo with the big kids, so she got a punch ball as a prize just for being cute, she loved it.


The boys won some glow bracelets and gave them to Jaedyn. Instead of wearing it, she decided it was better as a chew toy. She just chilled out on the couch, chewing her bracelet while the rest of the kids ran around being wild.


It was a crazy Thanksgiving day, but that's to be expected when you have 8 adults and 13 kids (running wild) in one house, but the kids seemed to have a good time.

It was nice to be able to spend time with our family. I'm so thankful for my family and for all they do for me. I have the best husband and kids in the whole world. I thank my Heavenly Father every day for all of them and the blessings they are in my life. I look forward to many more fun holidays together as a family.

Jaron's Thanksgiving Feast

On Wednesday Jaron's class and two other 4th grade classes got together for a Thanksgiving feast before the actual Thanksgiving holiday. Jaron insisted that I make rolls, so I asked him if he wanted me to make homemade rolls or "tooshy" rolls. He, of course, said he wanted the "tooshy" rolls, so that's what I made.

There was a ton of food for the kids to eat, and they all enjoyed every last bit of it. Here's Jaron going for seconds after he already had his dessert...


Doesn't Jaron look like he's enjoying his food...love the face buddy!


We were going to set everything up in the school courtyard for the kids to eat, but it was too cold outside, so the teachers made a make shift table on the floor in Jaron's classroom.


While the kids ate their food, they watched "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving", which they all liked. Jaron said they all had a good time, but he got really stuffed. That's what Thanksgiving food is all about...getting stuffed!