Plenty of Time, Plenty of Time

Saturday we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to go to the BYU vs SDSU basketball game in San Diego- and even luckier to win!! Go Cougs!! It was a good game {I say it was good because it was a close game, keeping our attention, although Steve would prefer a good 20pt lead for the whole show... boring!}

Here we are in our BYU basketball T-shirts compliments of uncle JD (Yes, I am like 30 weeks pregnant or something like that, who keeps track these days?)

We didn't get to talk to Jimmer (we were hoping to have him sign our tshirts... okay we didn't even bring a marker, but that would have been cool, right?) but look, its JOHN BECK! I felt pretty embarassed saying hi to him, I wanted to say, "John, my favorite sports moment of all time is still "CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN, CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCH DOWN, JOHNNY HARLINE..." You remember the screaming right?!" But all I could do was look silly and shake his hand like five times. BYU fans are sick... Poor John Beck!

 

Here is Jackson with Hailey. We went to the game with Steve's cousin Brad and his family- you Idaho Fam here is a picture of Jackson's California Cousin, they have a good time together. Jackson found an Aztec yelling cone... (what are they called?!) and he thought it made a great hat.

To shift gears, Jackson has been skipping out on his nap about once/week. I put him down and then he gets up and plays by himeslf in his room. One day I came in to find him on the floor and his bed full of EVERYTHING you can imagine:

Shoes, books, toys, clothes... etc. Most days he gets up after I put him down and gets a few things like books and cars to put in bed with him. Then when he wakes up he reads or plays with whatever. Funny little guy.  We finally went to the library and got a few books- he loves a book called "Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea" he has most of it memorized so we will stop to let him fill in the blanks.  He memorizes a lot of books that he hears a lot which is so cute. He has some of "Are you my mother" memorized and the Pout-Pout Fish book, although we haven't had to read that one in a while. 

"Hiking Fun"

Ever since our hike in Eaton Canyon a few weeks ago, Jackson has been asking to go on a hike. "I like hiking." He says. Wednesday we were going to go with a couple of friends from work and her dog Splinter ("Pinter") but we got rained out. So yesterday, even though it was blustery cold (like spring in Idaho, wind and all) we found some friends in the ward to take a hike with us near the Griffeth Observatory.  Jackson loved it! Although he still wants to go on a hike with Pinter.

(You can kind of see the Griffeth Observatory way in the background.)

Jackson's Bedtime Ritual

Jackson likes to have things his way, and his way of going to bed is like this:

1) BRUSH YOUR TEETH

2) READ A STORY (OR 2 OR 3 OR 4)

3) READ THE SCRIPTURES AND LOOK AT THE "OWIE PICTURE"

(A PICTURE OF NEPHI STANDING OVER LABAN WITH A SWORD)

4) HAVE PRAYER, AND IT'S ALWAYS MOMMY'S TURN

5) JACKSON GETS TO TURN OFF THE LIGH

6)  CLIMB INTO THE CRIB USING MOMMY OR DADDY'S ARMS AS A STEP

(Most kids are climbing out of their crib by 2yrs, Jackson still wants help to climb IN!)

7) PUT MY PUPPY IN THE RIGHT ARM

8) PUT MY KITTY IN THE LEFT ARM

9) PUT MY HORSY IN THE MIDDLE

10) ADD THE MONKEY AS I ROLL OVER



11) AND THEN PUT MY BLANKET ON TOP.

I tell Jackson every day "This is getting a little ridiculous!"

Of course, here is a rare occasion where he just crashed on the couch.

Sans ritual.



Our Favorite Little Guy

This past week we made a trip to visit family in Merced.  Here is Jackson helping mommy pick oranges.

We made another trip to the beach before the freezing cold set in. Here is Jackson enjoying the sand.