Tyler's Baptism Pictures....Finally

Tyler was suppose to be baptized on my birthday with the rest of the kids in the Stake, but because we had so many family members here over the holidays,we were able to have our own little baptism so many of them could attend. It was such a great day.



Brent and Tyler before the baptism. I think Brent really enjoyed the one-piece jump suit:)
Isn't Tyler so cute? It's kind of hard as a mom seeing your kids grow up but this day I couldn't have been more proud to be his mom!!



Grandpa and Grandma Duncan and Grandpa and Grandma Adams





The Duncan Fam (the whole Clan)


What a big day!! Clint and Jordan and Emmi surprised us at the church, we didn't expect them, it was such a fun surprise. It had been awhile and Clint and grown out his hair and it was pretty funny because some there didn't even recognize him. My cute mom kept saying, "what is up with your hair?" She obviously doesn't do change well seeing as she has hade the same "hair do" since we all can remember:) We love you mom and Clint I actually like the hair!!




The Whole Gang!!!!


The Adams Family (all but Aunt Heidi)

Thanks to everyone who came and shared this special day with Tyler. I know he really appreciated your love and support.

January....Never been my favorite!!

OK, so January has never been my favorite month. It's always been kind of a let down. Nothing exciting to look forward to, so sick of the snow and cold. I have always been an outdoors, sunshine kind of a girl and I gotta be honest by January I really kind of start to get a little stir crazy, as do the kids. Sydney keeps asking, "When is the sun going to shine, so I can go swimming?" I kind of feel the same way. If it were up to me I might just skip Jan and Feb altogether but that would mean skipping by birthday and this birthday was a good one:)!

Brent and I went out to dinner and a movie (that may not sound that exciting to some, but it is always so nice to get out and go have fun together and act like we are still young!!) My cute niece, Britney, volunteered to babysit, which is big seeing as she is a junior and that is probably the last thing she wants to do on a Sat. night. She is such a cute girl. She decided it would be fun to make a cake with the kids and surprise me when I got home from our date. They made me the cake and my sweet Sydney was so excited to show it to me she just couldn't get to sleep. So when I came home she snuck out of her room and told me all about how they were so excited to surprise me. It is amazing the older I get, I realize it is the sweet little things that mean so much to me. So thanks goes out to Brit and my kids for the great surprise and for making my 32nd bday one to remember!!

The December Madness

Mckay loved having Tyler and Syd home during Christmas break!!

Uncle Mark, Ty and Syd

We had quite the gang over Christmas morning

Sydney, doll baby Jesus, Tyler, baby Jesus (Ellie), Dallin 

Grandpa D., Syd and Ty at Grandma's Christmas Eve sing-a-long

Tyler and Syd loving Christmas morning. I think McKay liked the pink  barbie jeep the most.

The WIGGLE -ATOR, this was the favorite toy from Grandpa and Grandma A. This really is such a fun toy for all ages. Sometimes I sneak a ride on it:)

Grandma A. sledding with Tyler. It was freezing!

Our attempt to make a ginger bread house!!

Tyler's party watching the Utah Flash, sitting on the front row.

I think McKay thought it was his birthday, he was just

excited to be part of the party!!

Tyler and some of his old buddies from Provo.



I know I am once again way behind on blogging, but I had to blog about our crazy month of December because we had so many fun events:

-Tyler turning 8!! (That made me feel very old)

-The Hawkins twins baby blessing, an amazing event considering it took 9 years for these sweet babies to get here.

-Christmas Eve and Christmas Day - lots of fun at the Duncan Christmas Eve Party, and we were lucky enough to have most of the Adams and some of the Duncan's over to share Christmas morning with us.

-Our little trip to Zermatt in Midway. Lots of eating, swimming, sledding, riding Ty's mini-racer down the long halls and freezing on the way home when our car heater broke:)

-Tyler's baptism. What an amazing day. Almost all of our family (both sides) were able to be there, some to our surprise (Clint and Jordan and Emmi) and some that traveled so far. Thanks to all the family and good friends that were there, it was so neat to have so much wonderful support, I know it meant a lot to Tyler.  Todd took all the pictures that day so as soon as I get them I will post some pics of the baptism.

-Little Ellie's blessing. (We had lots of spiritual blessings this month that we felt so lucky to be a part of.)

-The annual Jones Breakfast on New Year's Day. We always love this little tradition and have lots of fun, but I have to admit I think by this point we were all a little exhausted:)

All these fun events and memories really topped off the great year we had. 

So here is to a new year with a million new things I want to achieve, starting out with trying to stay on top of things, even though we are already 2 weeks into January!!! Oh well one day at a time right?!?