Happy New Year!

We decided that we while we are living in LA we should hit the Rose Bowl Parade! So we celebrated the new year on the sidewalks of Pasadena.  Our good friend Jeff slept out all night so we could have front row seats- THANKS JEFF!  Steve and Jackson joined Jeff at 6am and then Jeff's wife, Teresa, and I joined them after work. We made it just in time to see a stealth bomber fly over head! 

SURPRISE! Paula Dean was the Grand Marshal of the Rose Parade- It was all I could do to keep from running out in the street. 

Here are Jeff and Teresa- what good sports!

WE were lucky enough to spend 3 weeks in Idaho for Christmas. We loved spending time with family and Steve loved hunting EVERY DAY. (I'll leave it to Steve to post all of his hunting pics...).

Here are a couple of happy memories:

Jackson and Cami: "She's getting me!"

Here is Jackson helping round up the cattle for sale:

"GET OUT COW!"

WELCOME NEW YEAR and Merry Christmas!

Christmas in Idaho

Vacationing in Idaho for the holidays- Jackson got some new boots and a coat and hat so that he can go outside and "PEED MOKE" with Grandpa Boyle and Daddy. That is to say, "FEED SMOKE", the stud.

Back in Blogness

Today Jackson was watching his new favorite move, Bambi. While I'm in the shower Jackson comes into the bathroom and says "mommy boo" which is to say in Jackson's language, Bambi's mom just got shot. (If you "boo" something you shoot at it.)  I said Oh, that's too bad, do you need a hug? But he didn't. He was just informing me.  I though he was being pretty perceptive to realize that was kind of a big deal. 

Please don't call CPS, yes the frying pan is hot, but Jackson really wanted to help!  His new favorite thing is to stand on the "bucket" of flour to see what is going on in the Kitchen or reach things on the counter like a "star" (a sugar cookie shaped like a star).

Remember back when you were young and bath time was so much FUN?!

Well, as you can see we got our camera back from the shop and indeed it works, so we can capture all the little Jackson-moments.

Father and Son Day

Camera in the shop, so no pics, but Steve had the day off, so while Mom was sleeping, Dad took Jackson to the duck pond and they kicked the pigeons. Jackson can recount this perfectly... then they went to get cheap-chinease and Jackson tried to learn how to use chopsticks... good luck with that- mommy can't even do it right! But the boys had a fun day together!!