The Jorgensen Family

Update!

2011-03-14T13:12:00.000-07:00

Once again this poor blog has been neglected!

A lot has been going on this year.

Brock had his Basque dance winter fest performance in January.

He seems to get better each time.

We have had some issues with him at school! He is getting too bored and then starts to disrupt others.

I called a meeting between the principal, teacher, and myself. I have had an issue with this since the beginning of school and I wanted to sit down and figure out how Brock could be more challenged, so he wasn't getting in trouble. There were several incidents that led up to the meeting, but I will spare you the details. So the plan seemed to be working until last week and Brock got in trouble again! Came to find out he ran out of challenging things to do, so he got in trouble. I am so frustrated and I can't wait for this school year to be over. On a positive note we signed him up for baseball and that should start the beginning of April.

Jaylee Bug is a TORNADO!

She is a little spit fire that I can't seem to keep up with.

She has a sassy little personality and is starting the terrible 2's!

Her vocabulary has expanded so much over the last couple of months.

The other day Jason said something was awesome and she has proceeded to walk around and say

AWESOME but kind of sings it with a break between the awe and the some.

I can't keep anything clean with her around, because she goes right behind me and makes 10 more messes!

Yesterday before church I had her in a cute St. Patrick's Day skirt and shirt and she got into a bottle of paint.

It was all over her hands the shirt and a little on the skirt. I was already running late, so this made it even worse. She is so stinkin' cute that I can't seem to stay mad at her too long! I always find myself scooping her up and giving her tons of kisses.

I am so thankful for both of my kids and their sweet spirits and personalities that they bring to our family.

I haven't wrote too much on this pregnancy, but I am so thankful for this sweet little boy that will be joining our family soon. My pregnancy has been pretty good. I haven't really been sick from the pregnancy, but I am going on my 6th week with a nasty head, sinus thing. I have also started to get light headed and some braxton hicks. I have so much to get done before the baby is born and I am running out of energy fast. Hopefully it will all pull together. Other than that things are going good.

Here are some pictures of the kiddos!

The end of 2010!

2011-01-05T12:18:00.000-08:00

One of my goals this year is to be a better blogger with my family blog.

First of all I need to some up the end of 2010.

I am going to start with Brock's Baptism!

I am a complete slacker and forgot the camera, so the only

pictures I have are the ones I took for the invitations.

We had a great day. Of course you can't come to the baptism without

a good laugh. I am not sure if I should blame this on my pregnancy or just that I am a blonde.

I will go with my pregnancy. Anyway after Brock was baptized I was like, "Crap I forgot the towels!"

What a dork! So Scott had to run and get the towels. In the mean time Jason forgot his underwear and his brother and dad ran to get that. Needless to say it was a longer baptism then it should have been.

Brock had asked his uncles to talk at his Baptism. Uncle Scott and uncle Jeremy gave great talks to help Brock out on his new journey in life. Jeremy used a baseball analogy that was perfect for Brock as he talked about the steps you need to take in like to reach each base and then to return to our Father in Heaven.

I appreciated all the family that took time out of their busy lives to share this special day with Brock.

I can't believe he is already this old.

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving at home this year!

Well actually we spent it at my parents house.

Again I forgot my camera, so I have no pictures to show for it.

I am sure my mom has some that I can add onto her later.

Nothing too exciting happened we just spent the day cooking, eating, and playing card games.

Mike and Tonia's Sealing

Our next big event was our trip to Alamo and St. George for Jason's brother Mike and his wife Tonia's sealing. I was able to take a couple of days off before Christmas break in order to make it to the temple to watch this cute family be sealed together forever.

What a great experience it was to watch from another perspective.

The last time I was at a sealing was for my family.

I can't explain the joy and happiness that felt my heart and

I watched their sweet little children walk into the room.

They were all so sweet and looked like little angels.

I am so happy that I was able to be apart of this family's special day!

I was also able to see my aunt Jodi and her daughter Jill while we were in St. George!

Jodi was so good to watch my children for me so I could attend the temple.

My kids loved hanging out with her. They didn't want to leave.

She bought them play dough and Jaylee thought it was the coolest thing ever,

because that stuff isn't allowed in my house.

We ate dinner with all of Jason's family that was able to attend and Jodi came along with us

to the Texas Roadhouse. Again Jodi was a hit as both of my kids thought they had to be all over her

during dinner.

We then left and headed to Alamo to spend a few days with Jason's family since we wouldn't be able to make it back after Christmas. I love how laid back in is there. I seriously didn't get dressed before noon each day except the last day. I was able to get glitter toes done. I love them and they still look fabulous. All the cousins hung out and of course I had to throw a craft in there.

I asked my FIL, Gary to cut us out these cute snowmen that

I saw at a girl's house in Alamo. Thanks Jenna for your pattern!

They turned out so cute!

I also was able to make my MIL, Annette and my mom a picture of the temple.

They were like the big one's from Desert Book.

I love how they turned out and I also ordered myself one.

I will post some pictures when I get some taken.

Christmas!

We were home for Christmas. Jason and I stayed up a little too late the night before.

I got to bed at 3:30am and Jason I think was somewhere around 4ish.

Brock is the best kid! I can't believe how much patience he has on Christmas morning.

He wanted Jaylee to sleep with him, so after she finally fell asleep around 1:00am I put her in bed with Brock. Christmas morning her brought her into my bed around 7:00 am and he went out to the living room to watch t.v. until I told him at 7:45 that he could call his aunts, uncle, and grandparents to come over to watch them open gifts. This was the chaotic mess!

Aunt Mel taught Jaylee how to put on an oven mitt to get her food out of the oven!

Sorry that this was such a long post, but it is more for my sake of writing it down!

Brock's 8th birthday!

2010-11-16T10:52:00.000-08:00

Brock's 8th birthday was over a month ago!

It is crazy to think that my little boy is already 8 years old.

Every year I have gone all out on having Brock a birthday party, but this year I told him we were only going to have a family party. Brock was a pretty good sport about this, so I told him he could have a few friends go to Elko with us to his football game and then go to his favorite park and play. When the time came for the game and the park I came down with the nasty flu bug. Thank goodness for aunt Stephie for taking Brock to his game and letting him go to the park.

For Brock's actual birthday we had a family dinner and of course cake, ice cream , and presents!

We all had a great time celebrating Brock's birthday!

Way over due!

2010-10-11T15:55:00.000-07:00

I am way over due for an update on our family blog!

A lot has happened in the month of August and September. At the beginning of August I was put in as the Young Women's President. I know a little scary and over whelming. Brock and I started school back up. Brock is in the 2nd grade this year. I can't believe that my baby is growing up. He is doing great in school.

Brock has also been playing flag football. He loves it! I hate that I have to drive to Elko every Saturday to watch the games, but I guess that is all part of living in a small town and being supportive of your child.

Brock also started piano lessons a few weeks ago and is seeming to like it so far.

I got a phone call from Jason a little over 3 weeks ago at 2:00am! I was a little annoyed and asked what was wrong. He proceeded to tell me very calmly that he had rolled his ankle and it was so big that they made him come to the emergency room. I was like are you kidding me! I called my mom and woke her up to come and sit with my kids while I went to the hospital. Jason talked the doctor out of making him stay home from work and writing him a prescription, so that no one lost their bonus.
Jaylee is developing the cutest little personality. Jason tells her that she is a MEAN girl just like her momma. She sure know how to throw a fit. She is into everything and can make 20 messes in 5 minutes. She is also a girlie girl. She love her shoes, jewelry, and anything she can use as a purse. She even brought polish to her dad to paint her nails one day! She sure keeps us on our toes!

The latest news is that I am expecting baby #3! I am 11 weeks along and am due May 1st. I am excited to have another baby, but not to be pregnant.
Other than that it is go go go! I will try to be better about updating on this blog more!

Camping trip!

2010-08-03T00:44:00.000-07:00

Our next big event in July was a camping trip with Jason's family!

We left Battle Mountain at 5:30pm on Friday, July 16. We went as far as Richfield, Utah. We arrived at 1:30am and found a motel to stay the night in. We got up the next morning and went to Jorgensen's Honda to look at toy haulers and prowlers. Well we didn't just LOOK, we ended up with both. I was sick to my stomach as Jason decide to spend 45,000 dollars to go camping. I am not the biggest fan of camping, so I was thinking this was ridiculous. I did get a beach cruiser bike out of the deal, but still I wasn't feeling to good. I was being a supportive wife and I did love staying in the camper. We had to wait 5 hours for the trailer and side by side to be ready. We headed over to grandma Jorgensen's for a visit while we waited. I was so annoyed and just wanted to get to the camp site. We finally got our new house on wheels and side by side and headed to Wal Mart. We got our groceries and necessities to go camping. We then got gas up and headed towards Elk Horn.

It took us a little over 2 hours to get to the camp site. I was so relieved to have made it. Jason was nervous pulling the trailer. We camped until Wednesday. We had a fun time riding on the side by side and hanging out with the family.

I was a little bit crazy as I followed Jaylee around with a bag of wipes the whole time. I just can't handle her being so dirty and then trying to put something in her mouth with dirty hands. I think I was a little over board, but oh well! Everyone laughed every time I walked up with my bag of wipes. We had lots of yummy food and we played games. It rained every afternoon, so that kind of sucked! Jason is the favorite uncle, so we had most of the nephews and nieces staying with us. It was crazy, but the kids had fun.

The night before we were ready to go home we played cards in our trailer and I laughed so hard at Jason's dad, Gary. Ang, Jason, and I cracked up everytime it was his turn. He would say the funniest things when he would pick the wrong card. It was great entertainment.

We took of Wednesday morning at 10:00 am and made it home that night at 10:00pm. It was the longest drive home. I did make Jason stop in Salt Lake, so that I could get so projects from the Wood Connection. He was a nervous wreck driving through the traffic on the freeway! I am surprised that we all made it home alive. I am not talking about Jason's driving, but how well we don't get along on road trips. It wasn't really too bad, but I was so glad to be back at home and in my own bed!

4th of July!

2010-08-03T00:09:00.000-07:00

I thought that once school was out, I would have more time to blog! I don't know what my deal is but I have been on a blogging slump! I have several events to post about, so hopefully I can get caught up. I don't want to write about everything in one post, so I will post about each event separate.

I am going to start with the 4th of July. The night before we had the parade. My dad and mom took the kids in the golf cart to ride in the parade. My dad is running for county commissioner, so they decorated the golf cart and threw lots of candy.

The next morning was church. I was so bummed that all the activities were on Sunday. I spent the day at the park at my friend's booth. I had some car seat covers for sale.

That night we stuck with tradition and went to Mama's to watch the fireworks. It was crazy how many people showed up. I think we counted over 70. As always it was a great time.

A week of Chaos!

2010-07-02T01:45:00.000-07:00

We have had a crazy week! I was able to go to the temple last Saturday to do my great grandmother's work! It was such a wonderful day and I had such a good time! My dad and I also took the kids to see Toy Story 3 in 3D! Jaylee wasn't the best, but it worked out and everyone enjoyed the show! Jason wasn't able to go with us, because he had to work! I was a little embarrassed walking around Salt Lake with my too big black eyes which cane from the big bump on my forehead! Oh well what do you do?

The kids started swimming lessons this week! Jaylee and I are doing a mom and me class! She is a little fish and loves the water. Brock is doing very well too! I forgot my camera when it was Brock's turn, but I did get some pictures of Jaylee. My sister Steph and her daughter Savannah are taking the class with Jaylee and I, so I had to include a picture of little miss Dora as well!

The other pictures of Jaylee were taken the other day as she ate her own mini box of cheese sticks! She love them, well actually she loves all food. She also loves being outside and I have to fight with her to come in the house.

Today we had gravel delivered to our house for our driveway! We had 5 loads dropped off for a total of 12 yards. Jason and I knocked three of them out before we had to go to our softball game. Well mostly Jason did the work. I helped a little and talked a lot, imagine that huh? Here is a picture of Brock and Jaylee on one of the piles!

I am bummed that the other two piles are going to have to wait for awhile, because Jason pulled him hamstring at our game tonight! Poor guy! Our team name is the BM Bashers and we decided it needs to be the BM Bruisers! We still won though, so that is a plus! Oh yeah one more thing, Jason and I went over to Elko yesterday without any kids! It was our date day and Jason bought me a new patio set! I am so excited! Now if only all the mosquitoes would leave town that would be great!

Like mother, like daughter!

2010-06-23T23:33:00.000-07:00

Our summer break is treating us rather well! I am having so much fun spending time with the kids! We have been working in the yard, swimming, playing with friends, going to the ball park, eating lots of otter pops, and getting filthy dirty!

It hasn't all been fun and games though! Last Friday Brock was driving Jaylee around in her power wheels jeep that I scored at a yard sale for $40! Jason and I told him several times that he can't drive her around in the jeep, but that he could drive her around in his grave digger! The reason being is because Jaylee sits lower in the grave digger and is less likely to fall out!

Well I ran into the house for 1 minute, seriously no time at all, and I came back to Jaylee getting up from the driveway crying! My hands were full and I asked Brock what had happened and he said that she had fallen out of the jeep! I set my stuff down and went to pick her up and then I saw this...

Do you see the knot on her head? I felt so bad for her and Brock especially felt bad! He got into trouble for awhile and he was given the lecture on how he needs to listen and that there is a reason why we tell him the things we do!

So then fast forward to Tuesday! Jason and I play on an adult co-ed softball team. This was the first game that Jason was able to make. I was playing 1st base and this young guy on short stop through the ball to me super fast. The ball tipped the top of my glove and smacked me in the forehead. This is what it looked like 3 hours later...

The sad part is that I didn't get to finish the game and I felt so stupid! I called my mom to bring me the ointment that we had been putting on Jaylee's forehead. She told me I was a blooming idiot for staying to watch the rest of the game. My family is getting a kick out of what happened. My mom posted on face book that it looks like the softball is inside of my head and my brother and Jason send a picture to people on their phones. It was much bigger than the picture, but know it is going down. I hope it goes away soon! So as my post title says, "like mother, like daughter"!

Time to PARTY!!!!

2010-06-02T14:30:00.000-07:00

Today is the kid's last day of school! For some reason it doesn't feel like the last day! I don't know if it the weather or what! Don't get me wrong, I am way excited to be done with this school year. I still have one more day, but it will go by fast. So since I am the biggest LOSER on posting on this blog!

Last week we had 5 birthday parties to attend along with Brock's last baseball game! It was a busy week! It all kicked off on Sunday the 23rd. My best friend Sady had a Batman party for her son, Kohen! It all turned out so cute. I told her about the AMAZING cakes from Texas Monkey and so she made her cake with that idea in mind. She used Oreo cookies and yellow skittles. Here are some pictures from the party. Each of the kids had a cape made out of a black garbage bag. Jaylee was seriously cracking me up!

Here are some pictures of Brock playing baseball!

I also am including some pictures of Jaylee with her first set of Pig Tails and her wearing an adorable dress that her Grandma Annette made for her!

Everywhere we go everyone says, " oh my gosh she looks just like her Dad"!

It is true, but she has my attitude for sure.

That's all I have time to post right now, so hopefully I can get my behind in gear and post on here more regularly not that school is going to be out!

Spring Fever!!!

2010-05-13T12:31:00.000-07:00

I am having spring fever right now! I can't stand that our weather has been changing so much. I woke up to snow on Tuesday! Are you kidding me? A lady here in town wrote this on her Face book status, Mother Nature must be sleeping around with Ole Man Winter. Someone should tell her he's a bad influence. I thought this was cute! I am getting so antsy for school to out. I love that we have a 4 day week, so that means even fewer days until school gets out. One thing I do not like about our school district is that we get out the Wednesday after Memorial Day! What is the point of sending the students back to school after a 4 day weekend for 2 days? Sorry I just needed to vent! Few now that is over let me tell you about what has been going on at the Jorgensen house.

Brock started baseball and has had 3 games so far. All of them have been miserable because of the wind! I am so glad to not have to watch T-ball this year. Brock is doing really well. I haven't figured out why his coach doesn't switch up the kids positions to give them experience in several different spots, but oh well I should SHUT UP unless I want to be the coach. I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut! Brock is playing third base. He loves it! When he connects with the ball he hits is very well. He has struck out twice and it breaks my heart to see him so bummed out. I just tell him that is part of the game!

My mom took this picture of Brock, it cracks me up how he is posing!

Brock is still doing very well in school! He is at a third grade math level! The bad part about it is that they don't over him anything beyond what his class is doing. He is so bored and he comes home asking me to work with him on his times tables. He is also almost at a third grade level in reading! I am so proud of him! He sure does have an attitude lately though. He always thinks he needs to have the last word when we are arguing (I wonder where he gets that from?). He always thinks he needs to play too! I have told him no playing on school days and Sunday! He still asks everyday and says, "But mom I am bored". Oh how I wish I could be bored like him! Needless to say I can't imagine what our summer is going to look like!

Jaylee has surely developed her own little personality. She is a DRAMA queen!

This is here throwing a fit!

I can't believe what a fit she can throw and she is only 1. I think we have a long road ahead. She sure does have a contagious laugh and smile though. She brightens our days! She has become stingy with her kisses and she thinks it is so funny when you ask her for a kiss and she goes and kisses someone else and won't give you any. I am excited to say that she will sleep in her crib all through the night now! She also is walking everywhere she goes. She still losses her balance sometimes.

The other night I started the bathtub for Brock and her to take a bath. I left the bathroom to go to the other room to get something. A little while later I heard Brock laughing so hard. I went into the bathroom and saw this...

That's right, Jaylee got tired of waiting for me to come and put her in the tub. She took it upon herself to hop in herself. She didn't think it was a big deal at all. She was in there taking a bath and smiling. I was dying laughing and had to run to get the camera. What a little character she is! We love you Jay-bug!

Tomorrow Jason and I are going to Reno for our 2nd anniversary! I bought season tickets to Broadway plays last year and this is my last one. It is the Wizard of Oz! One of the other ladies that usually goes with us isn't going, so I bought her ticket from her for Jason. I was shocked when he said that he would go to it with me. Know we will see is he lets me enjoy it or if he makes remarks through the whole thing. This will be the first time that we have let Jaylee, so I am kind of nervous. I never had this problem with Brock, because being a single mother didn't give me the option. My parents used to take him during the week or weekends sometime so I could go to college or work in Reno. Brock would be 3 hours away from me for a couple days or a week at a time. It was tough, but it was very helpful for my parents to help me out. Off the soap box, sorry I just remember things and have to write them down. Anyway I am so excited to go on a date with my husband and have some alone time. We don't get this as much as we should! I will post about our trip when I get back.

Disneyland Trip!

2010-05-05T16:42:00.000-07:00

It has been way too long since my last post!
Last week we went to Disneyland!

Day 1-

We left on Tuesday after Jason got home from work, ok like 2 1/2 hours after he got home from work. This was 9:30pm. Yes, we are crazy! We arrived at Jason's parent's house around 2:30am. We finally hit the pillows at 3:00am.

Day2-

We woke up the next morning and got ready to head to California. I was so excited to stop at the Barstow outlets, because I had been there 3 years ago and loved them. Little did I know that most of the stores were no longer there. It pretty much sucked!

We went on this trip with Jason's brother, Jeremy and his wife, Andrea and their two boys, Tyson and Ryan. Andrea went and checked us into the motel and then we met them at the Outback for dinner. It was delicious! We then headed back to the room and went to bed.

Day3-

We woke up and went to the front lobby to catch the ride to DL. We all loaded up and I was talking to Andrea and she asked if I had everything I needed to get our "Give a Day, Get a Day tickets". I told her what I had and we figured out that I didn't have my license. I was so annoyed I hopped off to go and get it. I seriously ran to the car to get it and got back to the front of the motel to watch my ride drive away. So instead of waiting 20 minutes for the next ride, I walked to DL. I seriously booked it and made it there in time to get my tickets with the rest of my party. I had bought new shoes the day before and got a serious blister while I was speed walking to meet up with my party and I got shin splints. Anyway we were able to upgrade our tickets to a 2 day park hopper.

We spent the day riding the rides, eating, and getting autographs of the characters. Andrea and Jeremy and the boys left around 3 to go take a nap and we stuck around to hang out a bit longer. My sister Melanie came with us, because she had never been to Disneyland before. I made her go on It's a Small World and she hated it. I love it! She timed the ride and it was 18 minutes long. We ended up leaving around 6:30pm. I was like what are we doing leaving so early? I am a dye hard theme park girl. So we headed back to the motel and ended up getting Carl's Junior for dinner. Everyone went to bed early and I stayed up looking on the computer at my craft blog. I think I might have an addiction!

Day 4-

Back to Disneyland and California Adventures. We got there a little later than the day before. We were able to get on rides rather quickly. We rode rides that we didn't get to the day before and I lost Ryan and Brock in Toon Town. Jason was ahead of Melanie and I sent Brock and Ryan to catch up with him. He was headed to Pirates of the Caribbean! Mel and I turned off to the bathroom and when we got out Jason called and I asked if had the boys. He told me "No" and at first I thought he was kidding. When I figured out that he wasn't I sent him to find them at Pirates of the Caribbean! Mel and I searched through Toon Town! I called Andrea to let her know that I had lost her kid. I started panicking and I went through lines looking for them. I even started to cry! Jason ended up finding them waiting for us over where we told them to go. They didn't think they were lost at all.

We stayed a little bit longer to ride some rides and then we went back to the motel. For dinner Jeremy, Jason, Jaylee, and I went to Joe's Crab Shack. Oh it was amazing! The rest of the group went to Red Robin, but didn't want to have to wait so they settled for McDonald's.

Day 5-

We got up loaded all our stuff and headed to Ihop for Breakfast. We then headed to Alamo to hang out with Jason's family. I had a good time hanging out with my MIL, Annette and my SIL Ang on the deck while the kids played. We were able to talk while the kids got dirty and rode on Big Red. Ang ended up making everyone tacos for dinner. I love tacos and so does Jason. We continued to hang out with the fam and I agreed to let Ryan stay the night with Brock. I think I got to bed around 11:30pm.

Day 6-

We got up and Jason went to help his dad burn weeds on the ranch. I went over to Andrea's for some help on my craft blog. Then we headed back over to Gary and Annette's to let the kids play with their cousins. I started to pack stuff up and loaded the car. We said our goodbyes and left around 10:30 am. We arrived back in Battle Mountain around 3:00pm. The missionaries called and said they didn't have a dinner appointment, so we ended up feeding them.

We had a great trip! I don't need to go back anytime soon though. Thanks to Andrea she helped us get one day of free tickets by volunteering and she got our rooms for $45 a night. She scored us some great deals! I was so impressed on how well Jaylee did both in the car and at theme park.

Now we are back on our regular schedules. I can't wait til summer vacation!

Easter

2010-04-14T16:31:00.000-07:00

I am such a slacker! I haven't even posted pictures of Easter yet and it has been a week and half. So here is my late Easter post! So the week before Easter Jaylee caught the flu and had it for a week (not the puking part the whole time the other stuff). Jason caught it on Friday and we had planned on going to Elko to get our Easter stuff! I wanted to go by myself since he was sick, but he insisted on going. Oh it was the worst trip ever! Jason puked the whole time and Jaylee had it coming out the other end! I feel bad for whoever used the Wal Mart shopping cart after Jaylee had sat in it! I didn't get to go to half the places that I wanted to and Jason complained the whole time. Why is it when men get sick they are the biggest babies? Anyway the thing that ticked me off the most was that he wouldn't let me get something to eat for dinner, because he didn't want to smell it. Boy was I irratated! This wasn't the end of the worst day! We got home and the power was out! I couldn't even cook me dinner! At this point I was beyond irritated! I was freaking out because I had lots of things to do! Luckily the power turned back on a little after 9pm and I was able to get some things done.
Where was I, oh yeah Easter! Jaylee was a lot of fun this year with the eggs. She was so cute to gather her eggs and put them in her basket! She loved the candy inside of them too! Brock was a little bummed that he didn't get the Poke Mon game for his DS that he told the Easter bunny the day before Easter! Dang Easter bunny you are suppose to have ESP! Maybe the Easter Bunny will be fired from our house! Ha, I could only wish. Brock got over the game and Jaylee just kept eating her jelly beans.
My parents house is under construction in their kitchen area right now, so I offered to host Easter dinner! It was so yummy and I think everyone had a good time, except for the fight between my sister Mel and my brother! Is it only our family that has sibling fights when there is family gatherings? It always seems to happen with my siblings. I think that we are all spoiled brats! Anyway besides that everything went good and we ended the day with a gool ol' game of cards.

Here are so Easter pics!

I hope everyone had a great Easter and enjoyed the true meaning of it! I listened to conference, does that count?

Kiddo Updates!!!

2010-04-01T16:55:00.000-07:00

Like normal things have been busy for our family! Jaylee has had to go to the doctor twice in the last 2 weeks. First it was for an ear infection and the second time was for flu like symptoms. The doctor said that she has an abdominal infection and another ear infection! Poor little girl! It makes me so sad when she is sick and I feel like I can't do anything to help her. On a good note she took her first steps on Tuesday! She is such a chicken, but she will get it eventually. She is our little climber girl! She thinks that she is so funny when she climbs up onto things that she know she shouldn't. Here are a few pictures of her doing this!

Brockhas been doing good in school! His reading blows my mind! He has turned into a FANTASTIC reader! He is getting ready to start baseball. He still enjoys playing any electronic game and hanging out with his friends. He just can' t understand why I don't let him play everyday after school. He is so excited that next week is our spring break and so am I. I am still having problems with him not back talking and crying over every little thing that he gets told no for. He thinks that he has the meanest parents in the world and he thinks that Grandma and Grandpa can fix everything. Oh well, someday he will look back and realize he didn't have it too bad! That's it for now, I am going to go and enjoy my spring break!

Jaylee's 1st birthday party!

2010-03-24T16:11:00.000-07:00

Jaylee turned one yesterday! I can't believe by little girl is already ONE! We had her birthday party last Saturday. The theme was CUPCAKES! Grandma Annette and Ryan were able to come for the party. I spent a few months trying to figure out what to do for the party. Every time I went out of town I looked for cupcake things. I had great success, because it seems that cupcakes are the fad right now! I also spent numerous hours on the computer looking for cute ideas! It snuck up on me faster than I thought it would. The night before the party I asked my crafting partner in crime, Sady, to come and help me get things done. My sister Mel also came to the rescue. We were up until 2am putting last minute decorations together and picking up my trashed ~~craft room~~ spare room. Jason says I don't have a craft room, but I still call it that. Anyway to see all the decor you can check out my craft blog here.
We had a good turn out and all the kids had a good time! I can't believe that balloons can be so entertaining, especially ones that sing! The most interesting part was when some of the kids were outside playing and they got into a bucket of car oil that Jason had not got rid of yet! I was like great we invited friends over and they leave with oily clothes, shoes, and hair! It was quite humorous to some of the parents and I am not too sure what the others were thinking! Here are some pictures from the party!

Family happenings!

2010-03-10T10:19:00.000-08:00

A little about what has been going on with our family!

Jason- He thinks that he can let his dog out and that he won't run out of our yard that is not completely fenced. We boy was he wrong. This has happened several times and Rem has came back, but not Sunday morning. Rem got picked up and put in doggie jail! It was kinda sad, because you can't get your animal out on the weekend. Luckily Rem only had to spend one night there. The positive side about this whole ordeal is that we saw a few puppies, like 7, that are up for adoption at the pound. We think that Rem needs a playmate, so that he doesn't get so lonely and whine every time we pull up to the house and don't let him in with us. So we will see what happens. Also Jason hurt his shoulder several weeks ago and he re-injured it again last night at church basketball. I keep telling him that he needs to go to the doctor and he refuses. I don't know who is more stubborn him or I.

Leslie- I started my new diet last week. I started the hcg diet. It is definitely not the easiest diet, but I am seeing results. I have to give myself a shot everyday and eat only 500 calories. It has been kind of tough, but it will be worth it in the end. Since Sunday I have lost 5 1/2 pounds, so I am way excited! Wish me luck on this adventure!

Brock- Brock has become a reading machine. He loves to read and take AR tests! Not this last weekend but the weekend before we were in Reno and Brock kept saying I need to get new shoes. Finally I took him to the Adidas outlet and he picked out the ones he wanted. I had them measure his foot and he was right at the 1 1/2 mark. I felt so bad because the shoes he had on were a 13! I looked at him and asked if his shoes had been hurting his feet and he said that he just curls his toes up in them and wears them. Poor kid, I felt like I deserved the WORST mother of the year award! He is growing up so fast.

Jaylee- She is so close to walking! Her first tooth finally poked through on the bottom. It still has came all the way up but I can see and feel it. She is such a little DRAMA queen! When she doesn't get her way or something is taken away from her that she isn't suppose to have, then she takes both her hands and places them on her face over her eyes and cheeks and cries. She also knows that if it is just Brock and her in a room that she can cry and get him in trouble even if he doesn't do anything to her. I am a afraid that she might be a handful as she gets older. On the positive side she loves to walk around and hold onto everything. She cries when her dad or I leave the house, which makes me feel loved. She still is such a smiley girl and is so much fun to be around.

Well that sums up things that have been going on around the Jorgensen house lately. I don't have my camera right now to post any pictures so sorry!

Can I freeze time?

2010-02-23T13:45:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that Jaylee is 11 months old today! It seems just like yesterday I had her. Where has the time gone? She is so fun to be around. She loves to go to her aunt Stephie's ball games to cheer and clap with the crowd. I decide to make Jaylee, Savannah, and my cousin Jaione (pronounced hi-o-knee) matching Longhorn shirts to wear to the games a couple of weeks ago! They looked so cute in them along with their matching bows. Sorry the next pic is blurry, I stole it off of my mom's face book page!

Jaylee still has no teeth, but we can feel and see them. i hope they start to come in soon, because we have been fighting the fever battle. It seems like since January, Jaylee and I have been sick and just can't seem to get over it completely. Jaylee sure has her mama's temper! When she doesn't like something she is sure to let you know! I am afraid that we might have a nudist on our hands. Jaylee hates to get dressed and especially get her diaper changed. Her newest thing is that she shakes her head NO at you while you change her diaper. She isn't walking by herself yet, but she walks around holding on to everything. She is usually a happy girl and loves to be around people. I can't believe in 4 weeks she will turn 1. I don't want her to grow up!

Happy Valentine's!

2010-02-16T16:18:00.000-08:00

This year for Valentine's I was without my hubby again! I hate that he has to work on Valentine's! He was on night shift, so I did get to see him before he left. I took it upon myself to go to the grocery store to buy steaks! This is not always the easiest thing to buy, because I like sirloin and Jason likes rib eyes. He like the fattiest meat, where I prefer no fat. Anyway on with my story. I thought I would be nice to have dinner before Jason left for work. Little did he know that he would be involved with the cooking. I delegated him to cool the steaks while I prepared the rest of the meal. It turned out nice, but we were so rushed! So this is what our Valentine gifts consisted of.

These flowers were mine! Not both from Jason, my sweet sis Mel sent me some too!

We each got a singing balloon. Great minds think alike!

This is what I got Jason!

Poo-Pourri
This stuff if the funniest thing! On the front it says, "Spritz the bowl before you go and no one else will ever know"! It even gets better, on the back it says, "There once was a young lad from Rhone whose odor he'd rather disown now he is taming his poo by anointing the loo and now happily sits on his throne! It then says, A blend of Natural Essential Oils create a barrier to embarrassing bathroom odors. Then the instructions say, To anoint: Shake well; lift throne (toilet) lid & seat, spray directly onto the surface water until covered (4-6 sprays). Proceed to use throne as usual. I was laughing so hard the first time I read this, but the amazing thing is that it really works! Hopefully you all have a sense of humor and are not disgusted after reading this! Happy Valentine's honey!

It's about time!

2010-02-09T15:56:00.000-08:00

I haven't blogged about my kid's in awhile do to my crafts being posted on here all the time, but I have fixed that problem! I have created a craft blog! Go HERE to view it! Anyway back to my kids!

Brock- Brock is the best big brother! He is so good to Jaylee, most of the time. There are times he thinks it is funny to tease her. Brock is starting to read very well! It amazes me how fast they learn to read. He loves to play with his friends, sometimes a little too much. I have had to put restrictions on his playing time. He loves to play his DS, PS3, and the Wii. He is still very picky about what he eats. Still no meat! I hope he will out grow this soon. He just had another performance for Basque dancing in January and he is now waiting for baseball to start. He is excited that he doesn't have to play T-ball anymore!

Jaylee- She is growing up so fast! She is completely weened and has done very well with it. She still has no teeth, but a big bump on the bottom. She loves to pull herself up onto things, especially things that she can push around while she walks. She isn't walking by herself yet, but I think if we practiced a little more with her she would. She isn't big into her baby food. She loves bananas, crackers, any type of potatoes, breads, and ice cream. She is wearing 9-12 month clothes. She seems so little to me, I think this is because Brock was such a big boy! Jaylee loves to dance! When music comes on she bends her knees up and down and shakes her butt. It cracks me up! She loves to cheer at the basketball games and clap her hands when everyone else does. She says mama, dada, bruber (brother), dog, and Mel. She loves to smile and is usually a happy baby. I couldn't resist this picture. She was so tired that she fell asleep while eating cheese stixs!

Jason is back to work now! He has longer days and comes home really tired. We are thankful that he has a job. He is a great Dad and lately he has been a big help around the house! He even helped me fold the laundry Sunday night! He loves his new dog. He built a dog run and a dog house for Remington. He even had to paint and put shingles on it. I was dying at how much work he put into the dog house, but to top it off he wants vinyl on it that says "House of Remington". I seriously thought I was going to die laughing!

I decided to do our taxes this year with my MIL Annette's help. It was rather easy and I am glad that it is over. I was kind of bummed that we had to mail them in instead of e-filing. The reason was because we took the first time home buyer credit. We had to send in paperwork from the house to prove this. I guess I can't complain too much about mailing it, because if it is going to get us an extra $8,000 back then it is worth it! I have also been trying to keep the house clean and crafting, imagine that! I keep telling my family and friends that I need to check into craftaholics anonymous. I have a serious problem, but at least I can admit it. That is the first step when you have an addiction is to admit the problem. That is as far as it will probably go! I am counting the days down to spring break. I want the cold to go away!

Valentine's heart!

2010-02-01T15:13:00.000-08:00

I made this cute heart a couple of weeks ago! I love it! It was so simple. I actually bought the wood already cut out and then I just painted it and added the wire.

Meet the newest member of the family!

2010-01-28T15:24:00.000-08:00

So this is what happens when I let Jason go to Alamo without me! He brings home a dog! For all of you that know me I am not an animal lover! I just can't stand taking care of them. I hate the hair, peeing and pooping wherever they please, the inconvenience of just leaving and not having to worry about them, things being chewed up, and the list goes on and on. Anyway not only did Jason bring a new puppy home, it has been living in my house. I told Jason I wasn't going to help out with him at all, but I can't bring myself to do it. Yes, I clean up dog pee and poop. I also feed it and take it out to go to the bathroom. I think I am the only one that isn't excited about the puppy, which by the way his name is Remington! Brock and Jaylee love the dog. Well Jaylee and Remington have a hate, love relationship. She chases him around and then when he nips at her she cries and we get him away from her and then she takes off after him again. Jaylee seems to think she can do what the dog does and vise versa. Jaylee eats the dog's food and Remington eats the food she drops on the floor for him. Remington thinks that Jaylee's car seat is his and Jaylee plays with the door on his kennel. Remington thinks that Jaylee's binki's are his along with the nipples on the bottles. They are so fun to watch. Brock is so good to help clean up Remington's messes and take him out to the bathroom. So I have lost the battle of not having a pet. I think I will survive, but I can't wait until his home is outside.

More winter crafts!

2010-01-28T15:17:00.000-08:00

Well as usual we have had a busy month! I have been crafting like crazy, but I forget to take pictures to show. I am putting all my winter crafts away and decided I wanted to share a few! My friend Sady decided that we didn't have enough to do, so she added another monthly project. Our new monthly project is a table runner for each month. Yes, we are insane! I love how the January one turned out! I am not sure if I want to put it away yet. Also for Christmas my mom gave me a cute wood craft to do that says "Winter". What a great mom I have! She always has anything I need to do my crafts. My favorite is that she has a vinyl machine that I take advantage of quite often. She also finds the cutest projects for me to do. Thanks mom for all your crafty ideas and supplies that you give me!

Valentine project!

2010-01-14T23:22:00.000-08:00

I saw these cute little frames today on someone's blog that I can't find now. I think that they turned out so cute! They were so easy to make and they weren't very expensive at all. I did XOXO and my brother's friend did LOVE!

Snowflakes Cont....

2010-01-14T16:26:00.000-08:00

So I actually was able to get some up close pictures of my January danglers and my Epsom salt snowman. I also wanted to show my blocks that say "Sleigh Ride" and my sign hanging on my front door! So here they are!!!! I also wanted to give a big Thank You to my SIL Andrea for helping put all these pictures into a collage! Anytime I have a blogging question she has the answer and if not she googles it! Thanks Andrea!!!!

Caution!

2010-01-13T10:11:00.001-08:00

I am a big slacker and I keep forgetting to post about these cute little reindeer that I made for a few of our friends. I had so much fun making these! They were so easy and they didn't take long at all. I do have to warn you that when delivering don;t leave them in someone's truck. We did this with one of our friends and we didn't realize they were out of town and they exploded all over the truck. What great friends we are! Merry Christmas we killed the reindeer.

Snowflake Kisses!

2010-01-13T09:50:00.000-08:00

I keep forgetting to post a picture of the cute calendar that my SIL Andrea gave me for Christmas! I am going to change out the paper each
month! It is so cute!!!!

There are so many projects that I have been working on, but I forget to take pictures. I read on some one's blog that they decorated with Epsom salt for winter. I thought that was such a cute idea that I decided to use it while I decorated for winter. I have never decorated for winter before, but I thought I would decorate for January. I decided to decorate in snowflakes and snowmen. I also used blue (well actually more teal), red, and silver. I will post a few of my decorations, but it was dark when I took pictures so not all of them turned out. Hopefully I will remember to take some better ones tonight. I also keep putting off posting out our new little puppy, because he is black and every picture I have taken doesn't show him very well. Hopefully I will get better pictures soon.

Stripes, Stripes, and more Stripes!!!

2010-01-06T14:36:00.000-08:00

I think that I have totally lost my mind! I started to paint Brock's room over Christmas break. I have been feeling guilty ever since I did Jaylee's room and not Brock's room. Anyway I decided that it would be fun to paint horizontal stripes in lots of colors and sizes. What was I thinking? I guess I wasn't! I did two walls with the stripes and I used 6 different colors. This project took me a long time, because of the taping and waiting for colors to dry to start a new color. If any of you know me I LOVE to paint. I think that it is therapeutic and it gives me time to think. Well I didn't get his room finished before I came back to school, so it will just have to get done a little at a time. I want to continue the blue and lime green stripe all the way around the room. I also have to find a comforter set, because I moved the queen bed from my guest bedroom into Brock's room (This is going to give me so much more room to set up for my crafts). So here is a picture of the stripes and I have so much more that I want to add!!! I will show more pictures as it becomes more complete!

Christmas Recap

2009-12-30T11:03:00.000-08:00

I feel like this month has flown by way too fast! I haven't even had time to sit down and get on the computer. I don't know why it is called Christmas break, because it is so busy and it is definitely not a break. I am definitely going to start Christmas shopping early next year. Jason and I ended up finishing our Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve. How insane is that?
The night before that I decided that Brock, Jaylee, and I were going to sleep out by the Christmas tree. We drank hot chocolate and ate popcorn, m&m's and licorice. We also rented a couple of Christmas movies. Jaylee didn't do too good sleeping that night, but it was a fun time.
We decided to do the 12 days of Christmas for 2 families this year. We had 3 other families that helped us out. I was not wanting to do it at first, but Jason talked me into it. It is kind of time consuming, but the feeling that you get when you give to others is so worth it. I also did the 12 dayts of Christmas for Jason. I found the idea here. I made my own cards out of scrapbook paper and embellished them, with my friend Sady's help. She also did it for her husband as well. I had to come up with some different date ideas, since we don't have access to some of the ones that I found. I will take pictures and post them later. I think Jason seemed to like it.
Christmas day was a day of relaxation. Brock did not wake up until 8:00 am and that was only because I woke him up. We spent most of the day at my parents house. We all had a fantastic day! Now that Christmas is out of the way I can sit down and do some projects. I have started to paint Brock's room, it is turning out so cute!!!

PS I am too lazy to add pictures! Maybe later!

The stockings were hung...

2009-12-10T12:10:00.000-08:00

...not by the chimney, because I don't have one. So this is my stocking(sock) hanger. I don't know if you can see my socks too well. I went to the dollar store and bought 9 different sets of Christmas socks. I then used clothes pins to hold them onto a piece of red yarn. I love it! I still want to paint the clothes pins and add something else to it, but I haven't had time yet. I also took fishing line and hung red and green ornaments from my ceiling above my socks. My obsession with Christmas decorating and crafts is driving my husband crazy, but I love it! Here are a few more things that I have made.

I learned how to few hand motion quilt this summer. This was my first project and I think it turned out rather well. Sorry my pictures are so crappy I was in a hurry. Here is a picture of my kiddos.

I took the kids to see Santa Clause last Saturday! We had a community Christmas day. My sister Mel went with me, so that we could take Savannah as well. Jaylee and Savannah had matching Santa girl outfits. They were so cute! I will post a picture when I get them back. I have been so busy this week and I still am not done decorating my house and there are a ton of projects I want to make.

2009-12-07T16:48:00.001-08:00

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Thanksgiving Adventures!

2009-11-30T14:57:00.000-08:00

Our Thanksgiving weekend went by way too fast! Jason got off of night shifts on Wednesday morning. So I waited for him to get up before we headed to his parent's house in Alamo. Will I was being patient (which I am not good at) I made an apron to wear on Thanksgiving day and a turkey shirt for Jaylee to wear! We didn't get out of Battle Mountain until 6pm. I was very irritable and frustrated that we were leaving so late, but oh well life goes on! We arrived a little after 10pm. It was an eventful night and I didn't get much sleep.
Thanksgiving day arrived and I made deviled eggs and yams. I love yams and I wanted to make them, they turned out pretty good. After a very delicious Thanksgiving dinner we got ready to take family pictures. Of course Jason decided not to be very cooperative. He laid done to take a nap and I tried to wake him up for 30 minutes. He decided that 2 minutes before we were suppose to leave to get up. He changed his shirt and threw a hat on! I was so annoyed, but whatever we haven't had a family picture since Jaylee was born and so at this point I was just thankful that we were getting them done. The girl that took them, Lynette was amazing! I felt bad that she had to deal with such a grouchy family. She has a few of the pictures posted on her website. To see them click here . I can't wait to see the rest of them.
On Black Friday Jason and I were going to go shopping, but I decided it needed to be craft day instead. I brought stuff for my two sister in laws and my mother in law. We made countdown blocks and muffin tin count downs. They are turned out so cute! I played around on my MIL's cricket expression all day! I had a great time!
Saturday was my 27th birthday! I have decided that I am not going to have anymore birthdays! It always seems like it is the worst day of the year for me, so I am going to skip right over it from now on. We drove home on Saturday and Jason took me out for dinner while my parents watched the kids. I decided to skip church and stay home with Jaylee. I usually never ditch church, but I was so excited to get my Christmas decorations out. I didn't get much accomplished, but the tree is up and Brock and I are going to decorate it tonight.
Few...so that is how our Thanksgiving weekend went!

Oh I forgot to post some of my cute crafts I made for Thanksgivng!

wooden turkey

countdown to Thanksgiving!

What's Going On?

2009-11-17T08:16:00.000-08:00

This past weekend my sister, Steph blessed her sweet little girl, Savannah! My grandparents from Idaho came as well as my aunt Lynn, uncle Kenny, and uncle Al. My aunt Lynn made the blessing dress and it was beautiful! I don't have any pictures on my camera, so I will have to post some when I get them from Steph.
Not last weekend but the weekend before I went to Reno to see the musical "CATS"! There are 7 co-workers and myself that have season tickets to 6 musicals. I am so excited! I took Steph, Savannah, and Jaylee with me. We went shopping and stayed the night at my aunt Juanita's house. The play was so good, except I had this lady sitting two rows behind me that thought we were at nascar or something. She would clap and scream through the whole thing at very inappropriate times. She also knew every word of the play. Everyone around her was covering their ears and glaring at her. I finally could not take it anymore and I turned around and asked her to be quite! Well she didn't hear me, because she was screaming again. This scream was not just a whoo hoo, it was a screeching hurt your ear drums screech! She was so annoying and I went and complained to the head guy after it was over, because the woman jetted out of there before I could tell her how rude of a person she was! I just can't stand people who are so inconsiderate of other people!
Well enough about the obnoxious lady! I have been crafting like crazy the past couple of weeks. My friend Sady and I have been making the cutest things. I don't have pictures of some of them, bit I will post them later. Also some of the crafts are hard to take a picture of, but here they are anyway.
Welcome board danglers (I do a new set monthly) Welcome wreath (another one done monthly)
GIVE THANKS blocks (yes another one done monthly)

This banner says,"HARVEST" it is made out of scrap booking supplies and hangs across my window. (Sorry it isn't a very good picture) I also did one that says, "AUTUMN" and "Time" and those hang across my two front living room windows.

My favorite crafts are yet to come! I need to take a picture of them. My SIL Ang gave me the idea to do a count down calender for Thanksgiving. She did all 30 days of the month and I did the 12 days of Thanksgiving! My favorite is a standing wood turkey! I will post these soon! I just want to add one last picture of Jaylee! She is getting so big!

Party Party Party!!!

2009-11-02T11:37:00.000-08:00

The weekend before Halloween I attended a couple's dinner party. Our ward has a couple host a dinner party once a month. This month I took my friend Ashlee who is a member, but not active. Jason was working, so I decided to do a little missionary work! Our friends the Tingey's hosted the party this month. Let me give you a little background info on Sady the wife. I went to school with Sady, she is very spunky and is full of life. She is very decorative and loves going over the top! Needless to say she is hilarious and the party was so much fun! She gave out food assignments to everyone and they all were Halloween recipes.

mummy cupcakes

creepy carmel apples

Frightening fingers

Ghostly Enchiladas

My assignment was to make eyeballs from doughnut holes and white chocolate. Everyone did such a great job that I couldn't resist posting some pictures. After we ate we played charades. It was hilarious watching 2 pregnant girls act and of course Sady topped it off with trying to act like a cornucopia.

Now onto Halloween weekend! On Friday Jason and I went to a couples dance here in Battle Mountain. We dressed like an 80's couple! I am so glad that Jason was somewhat a sport about it. His idea of an 80's guy was way different from mine. Oh well at least he dressed up. We started out our date by going to dinner with the Tingey's. Josh and Jason serve in Elder's Quorum together. When we got to the dance we got pictures taken. There were some great costumes. The music wasn't the best, because the DJ likes a lot of Techno. I personally am not into techno. Jason and I did dance a little. Thanks to my mom for watching my kids. She was a trooper Jaylee didn't go to bed until 11:30pm. We picked her up about 12:20am and left Brock to sleep with grandma. I have decided after our date that we need to do it more often!

On Halloween our day was filled with a kid's party at my friend Tasha's house. She had fun Halloween treats and food for the kids. I brought the same eyeballs that I took to the couples party. The kids played games, frosted cookies, and make picture frames. After the party we walked around the neighborhood and let the kids trick or treat. Then it was off to the church to trunk or treat. It was a full day and after it was all said and done I had a very tired lady bug and football player.

Look what I can do...

2009-10-27T13:54:00.000-07:00

Jaylee turned 7 months last Friday and I didn't have time to post. Anyway she is getting so big! On Saturday my dad started clapping at her. I tried to help her clap but she wouldn't open her hands. She just would use her closed hands to clap while I helped her. I didn't know if she was to interested in it, so I tried again on Sunday just a coupld of times. By Sunday she could do it a little by herself. Yesterday after I picked her up from the babysitter we went home and I asked her if she could clap her hands and she started clapping so good. She was so cute that I decided I better record her doing it! She is just growing up way too fast! I can't figure out how to get my video to flip sorry!

Brock's Birthday Party!

2009-10-19T15:06:00.000-07:00

Brock's party was on Saturday. He wanted to have it at Mama's Pizza (my parents restaurant). All the kids came dressed in their Halloween costumes. I don't know what I was thinking when I decided to make cupcakes, the cake, and sugar cookies for the kids to decorate. I think I was trying to win the mother of the year award. lol. I baked all Friday night and Saturday morning. I am not doing that again! I was exhausted by the time the party was over. I will just buy it next time to save my sanity and feet! I do have to say that my cupcakes turned out adorable. Since we were having a Halloween themed party I made pumpkin cupcakes and a pumpkin cake. I had a disaster with the cake on the way to the party, it started to fall apart. What a mess, but whatever it is the thought that counts right? So about the party. Tons of kids came and they had a great time. They decorated their Halloween shaped sugar cookies, ate pizza and cheese sticks, sang Happy Birthday, Brock opened his presents, and then they got a cupcake and a goodie bag. All of this was accomplished in 1 hour! I was so excited that it was over that quickly.

Other things that happened last week was Homecoming! This years theme was Haunted Homecoming, so I dressed up for the different themes each day to go to work. I had a great time embarrassing Brock with my crazy outfits, oh yeah and Jason as well. Jaylee could care less as long as she got fed she didn't care what I looked like. I was part of the teacher's skit and lip sync. We were the Ghost Busters and it turned out really cute! I will have to find someone that took a picture so that I can post a picture.

Brock lost 2 teeth last week! He has the worst tooth fairy EVER! She forgot both times, but redeemed herself by leaving the money with me the first night to give to him and the second time he just didn't look hard enough and the money appeared underneath the other pillow!

So my SIL Andrea told me about this cute website that had little tutus and wings. Come to find out the website is Jason's friend Quinn's wife's stepmother. Did you catch that? If not oh well. I showed a few of my friends the website and they all wanted some, so I placed an order for all of us. They came in the mail last week and they are all so adorable! The best part is that they were only $9.99 for each set. I LOVE bargains! Each set included a tutu and wings and then some came with a wand, flowers, and head piece with ribbons hanging down the back. Jaylee wore one of them to Brock's party with some cute leggings. Click here to see these adorable outfits!

So as usual we are busy

busy busy! Who knows if our

lives will ever slow down.

7 years ago today...

2009-10-12T13:25:00.000-07:00

BROCK was born! I can't believe it has already been 7 years. It has gone by so fast! Here is just a little overview of how he came into this cruel world. This is more for my benefit of having this in writing! My actual due date was on the 11th and I decided to go to the carnival that was in town to get a Carmel apple. I went with my friend Erin and we stood in line forever. Right after I got the Carmel apple I bit into it and the apple broke off of the stick and it rolled right over the top of my belly and I caught it as it fell off of my belly. I REALLY wanted that Carmel apple!

Anyway after that my friend Erin came over to my parent's house to show me pictures of an accident she had been in. She was hit by a drunk driver and her face was really messed up. I decided to look at the pictures and while I was looking at them I went into labor. It was around 10pm. Finally around 11 my mom talked me into getting in the car and letting her drive the 50 miles to the hospital. Along came my dad and Erin. When I arrived at the hospital I was only dilated to a 2! They told me that I could walk around and see if I progressed any further or else I needed to go back home. I was like you have to be kidding me, my back was going to fall off. I tried to walk around, but instead I feel to my knees from the pain. (If you don't know me I am the biggest WIMP!!!!)

So they gave me one more option and that was to take a hot shower. It was the hottest shower that I have ever takin, but it felt so good. I stood in their with pure HOT water for 20 minutes. My mom was so cute she kept checking on me to make sure that I was going to pass out. After the shower the nurse checked me and I was at a 5. When I heard the news I told them I wanted an epidural ASAP. I was the meanest woman in labor. I chucked a wash cloth and yelled at everyone. Poor Erin got left in the room with me while my family hung out in the waiting room. The worst part was that nobody told me not to drink water, and so needless to say I puked everywhere and the nurses had to change the bed with me on it, because I had already had the epidural. It was quite embarrassing! Anyway Brock Danzen Bullock was born at 6:19am on October 12, 2002. It weighed in at a whopping 9lbs. 1oz. and he was 21 inches long. That wasn't the worst part he had the biggest head measuring at 17 1/4 inches! He was not a newborn he was already a toddler!lol

Brock has been a true blessing! He has a fun personality that sometimes drives me crazy, but I wouldn't have him any other way. He loves to play sports and video games. He is the best big brother ever. He helps out with Jaylee and she adores him! I am so glad that Jason came into our lives so that Brock could have a father. It has been a change for everyone, but for the better!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROCKO!

That's What Friends Are For!!!

2009-09-24T13:50:00.000-07:00

I am so excited! My friend Amy created this for me for her give-a- away. I have seen the different pictures like this at deseret book. I have been wanting to get them, but I think this is even better. I am going to get this picture blown up, so I can put it in my house. Just thought I would share my excitement!

Jaylee is 6 months old!!!

2009-09-23T16:21:00.000-07:00

Jaylee is 6 months old today! I just can't figure out why 6 months of pregnancy seems like forever and now the last 6 months has flown by! Anyway Jaylee is such a sweet little addition to our family. She has developed some serious attitude lately. She has to have everything her way and if she doesn't get it, she is sure to let everyone know that she is MAD!!! She does crack me up all the time though.

She thinks that she is a BIG girl. She likes to be in control of the remote and cell phone. When Brock is playing with his friends she thinks she should be doing what they are doing. For instance, the other day Brock and his friend Austin were playing the Wii and Jaylee had to sit right in between them on the floor and look up at the screen with them. Brock is really good about playing with her and making her laugh. Every time Brock walks into the room she gets excited and smiles at him. She loves to smile!

When anyone eats around her she thinks she needs to eat too! Jason introduced Jaylee to Pepsi and she thinks that she needs it anytime we take a drink. She is a little oinker when she eats. She will always it a full jar of baby food and sometime two. Then shortly after she will think that she needs to nurse as well. Oh, well at least I know that she is healthy!

We are so glad that she is a part of our family! She is a little sweet heart that makes us smile everyday!

Not enough time!

2009-09-13T16:29:00.000-07:00

I just feel like there is never enough time in a day for me to get things done! Our family has been busy the last few weeks. We are all still trying to adjust to a schedule since school is back in session. I really like the 4 days a week, but I dread every other Friday when I have to go to school for 4 hours of collaboration. On the other hand I love the 3 day weekends. Last weekend we had 4 days for Labor day. We had planned on leaving to go camping with some friends and their family , but it was post-poned a day due to my sister Stephanie going into labor. I wanted to be there, because I have never witnesses someone giving birth. It was a great experience and the end results were the best. I now have a sweet little niece, Savannah Lynn. She was born on 9-4-09 weighing in at a whopping 5 lbs 7 oz. and she was 18 inches long. She in so tiny compared to my monster children. Jaylee looks like giant baby compared to her! She is such a good baby.

After Savannah was born we still went camping! We all had a great time. Jason gave in and bought Brock a BB gun. He did pretty good with it! On the first time he hit the can that they had set up. On the other hand I was a little worried about the whole thing and hoping that he didn't shoot any of the others kids' eyes out! This was Jaylee's first camping trip and she loved it. She especially loved looking at the fire! I was impressed on how well I did with not having a bathroom. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be! It was nice to get away from society and just relax and not worry about anything.

Brock is doing much better with school! He came home last week and asked if I knew one of the girls in is class named McKayla. I told him that I didn't know her and asked him why. He proceeded to tell me that she gave him her phone number so that she could come over and play the Wii. Then the following day he handed be an index card with a phone number on it and told me it was MaKayla's number. I was like great my kid is in the first grade and he is already getting girl's digits!

Jaylee got an ear infection this last week and hasn't been herself since! Poor little girl is usually so happy and this week she has had a hard time sleeping and eating! Other than that she is getting so big! She always has to grab onto things and she tries to talk all the time.

So that is what has been going on in the Jorgensen home lately! Hopefully I will be better about posting!

Back to school!!!

2009-08-26T17:29:00.000-07:00

Another school year is starting for our family! Brock started 1st grade on Monday! It was a rough day! Jason picked him up and he was crying, so he brought him to my classroom. Poor little guy he had huge blisters on the palms of his hands from the monkey bars, he was starving because he was to scared to eat his lunch, and he didn't like going all day! Thank goodness it has been better the last couple of days. I am so sad to be back at school. I miss my little girl! We started to go 4 days a week instead of 5, but the teachers have to go every other Friday for collaboration! So far it isn't too bad!

Jaylee turned five months old on Sunday! She is getting way too big way too fast! On the second day of school she rolled from her back to her tummy several times for Jason. She has been rolling from her tummy to her back for awhile now. She loves her baby food. She can't seem to get enough of it. I know that she would eat the food we eat if she could. Every time I am eating she thinks that she needs to eat it too! She starts smacking her lips and sticks her tongue out! I took a few pictures of her on Sunday! Her hair is starting to go bald where she rubs on it. She has a crazy "do". Other news is that Jason was put in as second counselor in the elders quorum. I don't know if he was too excited about it at first, but he is in there with some fun guys. I think he will like it! He is just complaining about going to a lot of meetings and not being able to ditch out on priesthood to go home and watch football. I told him God works in mysterious ways! I think it will be good for him.

Anyway enough blabbing for now I have a lot of things to get done before bunco tomorrow at my house!

Summertime swimming

2009-08-09T21:55:00.000-07:00

We have had a fun last month full of swimming! It started at Lagoon after we went to the temple. Jaylee pretty much hates the water, so she just slept. Jason and I took turns watching her and going down the slides! Then Brock started swimming lessons, but I don't have any pictures of those yet! We will be starting our fourth week of swimming lessons. Then one day Brock and Jaione (my cousin) decided to drag the pools out of the garage and filled them up!

We invited a few friends over to play in the water! Jason and Iattempted to have Jaylee try out the water again, this time it was warm and she still hated it! I just thought it would be cute to put her in her bikini to check out her fat rolls! So after the sad looks and crying Jaylee and

I hung out on a blanket and she took a nap!

Last, but not least we have been in Alamo for the weekend and I took a few pictures of the kids playing at grandma and grandpa Jorgensen's pool. They had a great time dunking, splashing, and playing together. I love summertime and I am so sad that it soon will all end. :(

Kenny Chesney Concert!

2009-07-29T12:50:00.000-07:00

I went to the Kenny Chesney concert last Thursday night in Salt Lake! I had so much fun! I took my friend Ashlee with me, because Jason and my sister Melanie didn't want to go with me. We didn't have the greatest seats but they were cheap! The concert started at 5:30, so we showed up at 5:00. It was so HOT!!!!! It was 106 degrees and our seats were out in the open where the sun could beat down on us. I was sweating so bad. Anyway Sugarland was suppose to be there, but they didn't come because she has some throat problem. I did get to hear Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert. They were both so good! Kenny Chesney was amazing. He sang for 2 hours! Here are a few pictures!

Kenny Chesney!
Miranda Lambert!

An Eternal Family

2009-07-20T13:37:00.000-07:00

Not this last weekend, but the weekend before Jason and I went to the temple to be sealed together as an eternal family. We left on Thursday afternoon and drove to Salt Lake we ended getting there like at 11:30p.m. We stayed at my cousin Amy's house. On Friday morning I went to the distribution center to get my temple clothes. Then we went to lunch and on to the cosmetology school that my sister goes to. She cut and colored my hair, and she cut Brock and Jason's hair. Then we met up with Jeremy and Andrea at the Gateway mall for dinner around 6pm and then we went bowling. I totally sucked it up! Brock beat us all except Jeremy. Then we met up with my family at the Outback for dessert while they ate dinner.
On Saturday morning we got up to go to the Bountiful Temple. I had my endowment session at 10am and then our sealing was at 12:15pm. It was such a great experience! I am so happy to know that my children are now sealed to Jason and I! The only part that bummed me out was that I wanted a lot more pictures than we got, because there were like 7 other weddings going on. It was insane! Oh well, I haven't gotten my pictures yet, but when I do I will post them!
After the temple we all went down to Chuck A Rama to eat (not my number 1 choice) with our friends and family.
Also on our trip we went to Lagoon! We had such a good time. Jaylee was a little trooper in the heat. She went around the Lazy river with Jason and didn't really like it when she got splashed. So her and I hung out in the shade and she ate and took a nap! Jason did come and relieve me, so that I could go down a few slides. He is a great dad! The funniest part of the whole day was when Jason went to take Jaylee on the train ride. He called my sister Melanie and asked where we were. She told him that we were waiting for them to go by to wave at them. He then proceeded to tell her that Jaylee had pooped all over the front of his shirt. We were all laughing! As they drove by he was holding her out away from him. He said that everyone on the train were saying that he was such a good dad because he was letting her see all the animals, little did they know that he was holding her out so that she wouldn't get anymore poop on him. It was quite an entertaining experience! We had a great little trip, but we were so glad to be back home!

4TH of JULY!!

2009-07-14T07:42:00.001-07:00

We celebrated our country's freedom by staying home this weekend! I LOVE the 4th of July! I love the colors and fireworks! I started out the day being woke up at 5:30 a.m. by my wonderful husband calling me on his way home from work! I was so annoyed and was thinking if he is not hurt or dying then he is going to be in trouble for waking me up so early! I had stayed up late from helping his buddy and wife move and I also made Jaylee's hair clips!

Well he wasn't hurt or dying, he was calling to ask if I wanted to go to breakfast with him and a guy he car pools with (Ryan AKA Bundrock) and his family (Ashlee, Asher, and Liam). I was like sure what time? He said 8:45 and I was like why couldn't you tell me that when you got home. Any way we got up and went to breakfast and watched the parade. Then Jason headed home to go back to bed! Before I headed off to the park I took some pictures of the kids!

Brock and Jaylee

Jaylee wasn't too excited!

Then we headed off to the park! They had all these blow up rides for the kids and it only cost $5 for Brock to play on them all day! The nice thing about a small town is that when these kind of activities are going on you can let your kid run around the park and not worry about someone snatching them. I hung out with my friend Celeste for awhile at the horseshoe pit while Jaylee took a nap!

After the park I took Brock to get some fireworks for that evening! Every 4th of July my parents invite people to come to Mama's and we have potluck and sit out the back to watch the fireworks and to light a few! I always get the kids snaps and sparklers. There probably ended up being 30 people and we had a great time watching our 45 minute firework show! Jason had signed up for overtime, so he wasn't able to watch the firework show with us, maybe one of these years he will be with us on the 4th of July!

Family Reunion!

2009-07-14T07:08:00.001-07:00

HAPPY 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
STAN AND LOUISE BULLOCK

I am backed up on all my posts again! Big SURPRISE huh? Anyway I am going to try and catch up. Two weekends ago we hoped in the car and traveled 6 hours to Idaho where my dad's family lives. My grandparents were celebrating there 60th wedding anniversary! It is good to know that there are still people out there that through thick and thin they have managed to overcome all that they have in their marriage and still love each other unconditionally. We started out the weekend with a family reunion at my uncle Kenny's house with the immediate family. One thing we know how to do best is EAT! There was so much food and it was delicious! My uncle Al ( who teaches that he is the favorite UNCLE from a time a baby is born) was in charge of the fishing game and a pinata for the kids. It was so cute watching all the kids stand in line to fish! My cousin Ashlee gave all the boys a pail and the girls a purse with their names on it to put their treasures in them. Even Jaylee got her own purse.

Later that afternoon was the anniversary party! I met alot of family members that I hadn't seen since I was little! It was so amazing to see how many people came out to support my grandparents! I was so excited and happy for them that they were able to share this their anniversary with family and friends.

A few other things we did on the trip was Jason went golfing with my family, we took Brock to see UP in 3D, we shopped a little, and just enjoyed each others company!!!!

Green Acres

2009-07-01T23:55:00.000-07:00

...I wish! We finally have grass in our front yard! I am so excited! It all started out last Thursday on June 25th (Jason's Birthday). Jason had this GREAT brain storm on Wednesday night that he was going to get sod the next day. I was not too very happy with this spur of the moment decision, because we were suppose to get it on Tuesday and the yard wasn't even close to being ready! But if you know Jason this didn't stop him and he was going to do it anyway. So Jason and one of the guys he works with made two trip to Winnemucca to pick up our sod. Each trip they got 2 pallets.

In the meanwhile I was stressed out trying to fill in trenches, rake, and pull weeds. I called my mom and told her that my dad ruined it for me and she was like what are you talking about. I told her that growing up with a perfectionus for a father was not a good thing. I then further explained my situation and how terrible I thought the yard was and how unprepared it was for sod. So, low and behold here comes my parents to help me out! Thank goodness they love me and are so willing to always help out. It was not in any of our plans to be laying sod, because the next day we were leaving for Idaho for my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary party.

I was very pleased with how well the grass looked at the end of the day, but we still had one more trip to make to get the rest of the sod, so I talked Jason into waiting until Tuesday to get the rest. So we finished up the front yard yesterday! I am so excited every time I look at my front yard with all the luscious fresh green grass! I just can't wait to be able to play on it with the kids!

The Finished Project!!!

FREEDOM BLOCKS!!!

2009-06-30T19:02:00.000-07:00

So I was recently in charge of a craft project for our ward. My mom and I put together this cute little Freedom block set. I think that it turned out so cute! The best part about it is that you can turn it around for Thanksgiving and it says Give Thanks!

3 months old!!!

2009-06-30T18:51:00.000-07:00

On June 23rd Jaylee turned 3 months old already! Our little girl isn't so little anymore. She continues to get more and more fat rolls by the minute! She is getting the cutest little personality. She loves to smile and laugh. Brock is such a great big brother. The other day he told Jaylee, "You know I am just one of your biggest fans!" it was so cute!!! The best part about Jaylee turning three months is that she is now sleeping through the night! I am loving it!!! She sleeps at least 9 hours a night. Yay for me!!! Her hair just keeps growing. She looks so cute in her pigtails. Anyway she is just growing way too fast.

A little trip!!!

2009-06-30T16:26:00.000-07:00

I can't believe how fast time is flying by. I have several posts to post on today to get updated. So here it goes. Two weeks ago on Thursday the 11th my mom, Brock, Jaylee, and I went to Salt Lake. We met up with sperm donor's (Brock's biological father) wife. Long story short Jason and I are going to be sealed in the Bountiful Temple on July 11th. I needed a signed document from the SD to let Brock be sealed to us. I called Kathleen, the wife to see if she could help me out. She was AWESOME and got the paper work for me. Brock was able to meet his half brother, Zack. They acted like they have know each other forever, it was too cute!!!

Brock and Zack!!!

The next day we went to the Oquirrh Temple open house! My aunt Sadie, her daughter Jaione, my Uncle Swen, my mom, Brock, Jaylee, and I went. It was such a great experience. It was gorgeous!! It made me get all excited and emotional to know that I will soon get to experience the temple ceremony with the most important people in my life! Anyway enough mushy stuff. That day we drove to Idaho and stayed at my cousins house in Pocatello Idaho. She just had a little girl, Sophie at the end of May, so we got to play with her.

On Saturday we jumped back into the car and headed to a different part of Idaho. 3 1/2 hours later we were to our destination. We went to Challis, Idaho for my mom's cousin's 50th wedding

anniversary luau party. It was fantastic. They have two daughters that are married to Samoans and they had their family members who are part of a professional Samoan dance group to come and dance for us. Also there cute grand kids danced as well. They roasted a pig in the pit and had tons of yummy food!

Then finally on Sunday we drove back to Battle Mountain! Jaylee was such a good little car rider and Brock about drove my mom and I bonkers!!! It was a fun trip and I enjoyed the time that we got to spend together!

Jaylee's Blessing!

2009-06-09T00:05:00.001-07:00

Can you say slacker? I feel like I just can't find the time to post. So here is a little update. Jaylee was blessed On May 31. It was such a special day! Jason was so nervous to bless her, but he did a great job. I am so proud of him. Jason's family came down except his brother Mike and his family. Also my dad's parents came and his brother and wife. I always seem to stress when family comes. I am such a people pleaser and I feel like when there is a special event or occasion I try to make everyone feel welcome, but it always seems there isn't enough of me to go around. Anyway I just need to relax and realize that it is what it is. Jaylee looked so cute in her blessing dress. My aunt Lynn made it for her and I will forever be grateful for all the time and work that she put into it. I just can't wait to have our family sealed together this summer. I am working on setting up a date, so that we can be sealed for eternity.

Being funny with fake mustaches!

Other things that have been going on is school is finally out, but I still am finishing up with a college class. I have to continue to take special education classes in order to keep my job. After this class I only have to more. Whooo Hooo! This past weekend was graduation! My cousin Danny graduated. I can't believe it! I am getting old! It seems just like yesterday he was born. Time just flies by way too fast. I am looking forward to the summer. Hopefully we can get our front yard done, so we can play outside! Well I will post more later, it's late and I need to get to bed!

Our 1st Anniversary

2009-05-20T10:44:00.000-07:00

This last weekend was our 1st anniversary! I can't believe we made it! jk Jason volunteered to go with the youth on a temple trip to Reno on Saturday. I figures that since it was our anniversary that Jaylee and I would go as well. Our plans were to stay the night. So we got off to a late start on Saturday. Go figure, no matter how much I prepare for a trip in advance we always seem to run later than planned. Anyway we made it to Reno just in time for Jason to run into the temple to help with the baptisms. I wasn't going to wait around for 2 hours, so I took off to Kohl's. I found Jaylee the cutest dresses! They were having a great sale, so I couldn't resist. My brother always tells me that I am going broke saving money. He just might have a point. After finishing up with Kohl's I went and got a Keva Juice. I love their drinks, but I can't believe how expensive it is to get a smoothie these days. Oh well I enjoyed every bit of it. I then went and picked Jason back up and we went to Chili's with a family that we are friends with. We had a great lunch and then we decided to go and find a motel room.

After the adventure of finding a room we went to the car dealerships to look at new vehicles. We stopped at the Chevy dealership to look. It was so hot and of course a salesman came out to see want he could help us with. He told us that most of their vehicles were at the mall for a sale, so we headed that way. After 4 hours of looking at vehicles and filling out paper work we drove off in a new Chevy Tahoe. Well it wasn't new, but new to us. It is a 2007 and it is in really good condition. Jason and I hadn't even discussed getting a Tahoe, but I am so glad we did. I love it! Happy anniversary to us!

Jason was also nice enough to take me to the movies to watch Ghost of Girlfriends Past! Wow, I can't believe what this world is coming to. Going to the movies is outrageous. It cost $9.75 a piece just to watch the show. My drink was $5 and Jason got candy for $4. I told the guy who rang us up that I should have just snuck in drinks and candy in the diaper bag. He told me that he wouldn't have blamed me if I would have. Anyway the movie was cute and I really enjoyed going to the movie theater. I enjoyed spending time with Jason without fighting!

Editable Creations

2009-05-15T12:26:00.000-07:00

So this last Tuesday was Bunco night! I look forward to this day all month long. I love getting together with my group of ladies! I always laugh so hard that my cheeks are so sore when it is time to leave. I think that one of my favorite parts about bunco is the food. I love to eat, as you can probably tell! lol This month was my turn to bring the fruit. So I had seen a couple of years ago a kit to make an editable bouquet. I never bought the kit and I have kicked my self in the butt ever since. I decided to look online to find out how to make one and I found tons of cute ideas. I combined some of the ideas together to make my editable bouquet! I wish I would have had more time, but Jaylee needed to eat. So this is what it turned out like after 30 minutes! Sometimes I amaze myself. lol

Busy Bees!

2009-05-12T12:54:00.000-07:00

I am such a slacker! For some reason I haven't been able to find time to post lately. Hmm... I am not sure if it is because our Internet doesn't always work, or if it is because I am taking care of all the responsibilities that a wife and mother have. We have been a busy little family lately. Not this last weekend, but the weekend before we went to Alamo for our sweet little nephews blessing. It was good to see everyone and the kids had a blast! We came back on a Sunday and then turned around to go to Reno on Tuesday to take Brock to the dentist. Poor little guy has the worst teeth. He got his second silver tooth and boy was he proud of it! I am for sure taking Jason every time we go to the dentist, because Brock did so much better with him there. On with the traveling. In the last couple of weeks I have also been to Elko! Good thing I love to travel!
Besides our traveling adventures we have been busy with Brock's T-ball, basque dancing, church callings, and work. Speaking of work, I had to go back to work yesterday. Oh how sad it was! I had to hold back the tears when I left mom's house. Thank goodness Jaylee is a great baby. She was so good for my mom. She is getting so big! I weighed her yesterday and she was 11 lbs. They grow so fast, I can't believe how big Brock looks to me now that we have Jaylee. I am so glad that there are only a few more weeks left of school, so I can spend the summer with my kids. I have some pictures I need to post, but that will have to wait until I have more time. So, that is a brief summary of what our family has been up to lately.

I can't BELIEVE.....

2009-04-23T22:26:00.000-07:00

...my baby girl is already 1 month old today! I am so sad that time is flying by so fast. I love staying home and spending time with Jaylee. I am going to be so sad when I have to go back to work in a couple of weeks. Jaylee is the best little baby. We are so lucky to have such a sweet spirit in our home. Jaylee already has developed a cute little personality. She has the cutest little half smile when you kiss her little check and depending on what cheek you kiss is the side that she smiles on. She also will give a full on smile. Jason is always saying that she makes lots of noises, which she does! She is the biggest grunter that I have ever met.

Jaylee has some favorite things. She loves her swing! When she is tired she loves her blanket to be by her face and she has to have her Binky while you rock her and pat her butt! Jaylee is definitely spoiled already, she sleeps right between Jason and I! She tends to always end up close to her daddy. I am not sure is she moves that way on her own, or if she has a little help! ;) Every time I put her in her bassinet she wakes up 5 minutes later. This is just not a battle I am willing to change right now, so she continues to sleep with us. She also loves the car. I love that she is such a good car traveler.

Can you find what is different between these two pictures, besides the binky?

Yes I did it! I had Jaylee's ears pierced today! Before I took her I was feeling bad, because I knew she would cry and I would feel terrible and probably cry with her. I took her to get them pierced and surprisingly it went rather well. She only cried for 2 seconds and then I got her binky into her mouth and she stopped. She is a strong little girl! I am so lucky that she is truly the best little baby. She is just so stinkin' cute!

Mother's Day Giveaway

2009-04-20T23:15:00.000-07:00

All right, this is the cutest giveaway I have ever seen! It is a Mother's Day giveaway and it is amazing! This is definately worth checking out! Go to this website to view the giveaway!
http://themeanestmom.blogspot.com/2009/04/mothers-day-giveaway.html

Spring Break!

2009-04-19T22:23:00.000-07:00

Easter 2009

Well it has been awhile since I updated my blog! So here we go! We had a great Easter! Brock had fun dying eggs with his cousin Jaione!
The next day Jason was coming home from graveyard shift and he woke Brock up to show him that the Easter bunny had came! We only went to sacrament meeting and then we came home to finish packing, so that we could go to SLC to visit my sister Melanie.
On Monday we went shopping! We went to the mall and to IKEA! Melanie wanted to take Brock to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point, so we did that as well! Brock loved the museum. They have hands on activities that the kids can do through out the museum. I was glad that he had so much fun!
On Tuesday we went to Mel's school. She is in cosmetology school right now! I started out with a euro facial! This is suppose to be so relaxing, but not for me. This kind of facial is in a private room and I was suppose to be able to lay down on this bed and get an hour facial that included massaging of the face, arms, shoulders, and neck. Well since I took my kids, this is how it turned out. Jaylee decided 10 minutes into the massage that she was hungry, so I fed her through part of it. This was rather complicated since I had to have my eyes closed for the facial. Then Brock decided that he needed to come into the room and sit at the end of the bed and play his DS. Well this wasn't too bad, until Jaylee messed her diaper and Melanie had to change her and Brock decided that he needed to go to the bathroom. It had been awhile since Brock had left to go to the bathroom and I was getting worried and then he showed up. Brock comes into the room and says, "Mom I got poop on my shirt!" I was like how in the crap did you get poop on your shirt? It was on the front of his shirt and I couldn't open my eyes to see it, because I had hot towels on my face. I still am not quite sure how Brock got it on the front of his shirt, but my sister and I just started to laugh! She was apologizing for not being able to give me the facial that it was suppose to be. I told her it wasn't her fault, I was the one who brought my kids. It still was a great facial and I plan to go back without the kids next time!
My original plans were to go home on Wednesday, but that morning Jason called and said that the weather was terrible in Battle Mountain and that it had taken him along time to get home from work that morning from the snow. So we stayed in SLC another day. That night we went to see Monsters vs Aliens in 3D. Brock was so excited! We all enjoyed the show! This was a great finish to our stay. We got Thursday and came home.
We have had great weather here the last couple of days. Yesterday Jason and I took Brock, Jaione, and Jaylee to the park and then I took the kids to the park today. We got out the stroller and we walked! I can't believe how nice it was. I hope we continue to have nice weather!

Update on the Jorgensen Fam!

2009-04-08T19:49:00.000-07:00

Let me update you on what has been going on in our lives lately! We signed on our house finally! I am not too excited about having a house payment, but I am excited that we have a house to live in! We signed Brock up for T-ball and that will start in a couple of weeks! He loves sports! Also we went to Alamo for the weekend for our nephew, Ryan's, baptism.
We left Thursday afternoon, because there was a snow storm coming in on Friday. We had a good time hanging out with Jason's family. We played the Wii, hung out with the kids, and ate! Ryan was baptized on Saturday and then we went to the park for lunch! I had so much fun dressing up Jaylee for the first time. I put her in her little petty skirt and she looked so cute! We came home on Sunday! Jaylee is a great car rider. Thank goodness, because I like to travel!
Today we took Jaylee for her two week check-up! She gained almost 2 pounds in two weeks. She is a little oinker! That's ok we still love her. She gained half an inch in length. We are so blessed that she is a healthy baby. She is the best baby! She cries when she is hungry and when she has to take a bath. I am having so much staying at home with her, but it is going by way too fast! Well that is just a little update on how things are going her at the Jorgensen house!

She's Here!

2009-03-27T21:03:00.000-07:00

Jaylee Ann Jorgensen

I am a big slacker! This is the first time I have got on the computer since I had Jaylee! So here is the lovely birth story! I went to work on Monday and around 9:30am my back started to hurt. As time went on it continued to get worse. I figured that I was starting back labor, because that is what I had with Brock. At lunch I started to feel a lot of pressure. I figured that I could wait to go to the doctor until my appointment, which was scheduled for 3:45pm. Not too long after lunch the doctor's office called and asked if I could come in early. I was more than ok with that. So a little before 2:00pm I walked around the inside of the school hoping that I would be dilated enough when I got there for them to admit me. I then went home to get Jason and we left around 2:15pm. Once we hit the freeway I started to have contractions that were 3 minutes apart and then they went down to 2 minutes apart. During this Jason decided that he was only going to drive 75 mph, which if any of you have road with him this is very unusual. I asked him to speed up, so most of the way we went 80 mph. It was the longest 50 miles I have ever rode in a car.

Before we got to Winnemucca I called the doctor's office to see if I should go to the office or just go to the hospital. I was told just to go to the doctor's office. I got there and asked if i could use the bathroom, because I felt like I was leaky fluid. Instead it was blood! They then put me in a room to wait for the doctor. I waited like 40 minutes before the doctor came in. When he got there I was dilated to a 5 and 100% effaced. He told them to get me up to the hospital! Once I got up to the hospital I was there a little over an hour before I delivered our sweet baby girl! I do have to mention that I was so mean to Jason and he said that watching the delivery was the nastiest thing he has ever seen! So, anyway from the time the contractions started to when I delivered was about 3 hours!

Sorry for all the details, but I wanted all the info to put in my journal. Now to the good part. Now introducing Jaylee Ann Jorgensen!

Jaylee Ann Jorgensen
8lbs 2 oz 19 in.
3-23-09 5:14pm

Right after her first bath!

The Jorgensen Crew!

Proud Mommy & Daddy!

ROCK STAR

2009-03-20T13:30:00.000-07:00

Today was Rock Star Hair Day at Brock's school. He was so excited! This is part of their reading month theme at school this month. So after I got ready for school this morning I got Brock up to do his hair before I left.

First Brock decide that he wanted a mohawk. Well this was kind of hard, because I made him get his hair cut last week against his wishes. I am such a mean mom!

Then he decided that we needed to put a yellow star on one side of his head. We used colored gel to make the star!

Then I decided that we should put a green lighting bolt on the other side. It turned out alright. Brock was excited about the way it looked, so I guess I did my job!

Not a lot!

2009-03-19T12:08:00.001-07:00

Well not too much has been going on! I went to the doctor on Tuesday, well actually to see the nurse. It was kind of a wasted trip. The only good thing about it was that I lost a pound! I was excited. My doctor will be back Sunday night, so I can't wait for that. I have another appointment on Monday, so we will see what happens.
The weather has been so nice the last two days! I know it won't last, because it said that there is a chance of snow on Sunday! Yuck! I just want it to be spring weather! I want to go on a walk so bad, but knowing my luck I would go into labor. Instead I think that I will take Brock to the park today after school. I might as well take advantage of the nice weather before it goes away.
Anyway like I said, not too much is going on with the Jorgensen's right now!

Pampering myself!

2009-03-13T09:12:00.001-07:00

I am so glad that it is Friday! I am hoping to get odds and end things done this weekend before the baby comes. There are a few things I need to finish on her room and then I will post some pictures. Brock's room has been neglected, so I am going to finally hang up some things on his walls. I also want to get a couple of crafts done and maybe I can find some time to scrapbook. I am so far behind!
I went to the doctor on Wednesday! I am not dilated at all, but he did say that my cervix is very thin. He is out of the office starting today, so I have to wait to have the baby when he returns on the 23rd. Hopefully she will cooperate! I have not heard very many good things about the other doctor that is covering for him. In fact my nurse told me that she would not let him touch her with a ten foot pole. That's real reassuring! I told Jason that we just might have to go to Elko if I go in labor before my doctor comes back! I know that I really can't control this matter, but hopefully it will all work out.
So today I am pampering myself! Well actually it started yesterday. I had a pedicure! It felt so good. Today I am getting a massage and then my hair done. I think that I deserve to be pampered before the baby comes! I have been getting prenatal massages for the last three weeks. I love them! They have been helping the pain that I have been having with my sciatic nerve. So anyway enough about spoiling myself. I will post again after I go to the doctor, well actually the nurse next week!

Misc....

2009-03-09T10:31:00.000-07:00

I haven't taken the time to post my winners! They are my two SIL Tonia and Ang and my MIL Annette. Thank goodness they take the time to read my blog! LOL! I haven't figured out what they are getting yet, but I will post it after they have received their homemade gifts!

I am so excited about this blog that one of my friends showed me! This girl makes little petti skirts for girls. I ordered two of them. You can view my finished skirts at http://prettypetti.blogspot.com/. They are so adorable! She is mailing them today and I can't wait to get them.

Not too much else is going on! We are on the count down for our little girl to arrive. We are really excited that we have a new nephew! I have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday, so we will see what is going on. When I went last week the doctor said that her head is in position. I have definitely felt the pressure that she is putting on me. I was sad to find out that my doctor is going to be gone from the 13th to the 23rd. Nice timing! I don't want another doctor delivering my baby! So, we will see what happens!

Pay it Forward!

2009-03-02T10:37:00.000-08:00

I just read about this on one of my friend's blogs. I thought that it would be fun to try it out!
Here are the rules to Pay It Forward!

1. Be one of the first THREE bloggers to leave a comment on this post, which then entitles you to a handmade item from me.

2. Winners must post this challenge on their own blog, meaning that you will pay it forward, creating a handmade gift -anything!- for the first THREE bloggers who leave a comment on YOUR post about this giveaway!

3. The gift that you send to your 3 friends can be from any price range and you have 365 days to make/ship your item. This means you should be willing to maintain your blog at least until you receive your gift and have shipped your gifts. And, remember it’s the spirit and the thought that count!

4. When you receive your gift, blog about it! If you are not one of the first three to comment on this post, you can still play along. Go ahead and start your own Pay It Forward chain, and encourage your blogging friends to do the same! It's all about paying it forward.

Where has the time gone?"

2009-02-22T21:49:00.000-08:00

For some reason I haven't been able to keep my blog update. So, here we go. I went to the doctor last Wednesday for another check up. Everything seems to be going good. There was a medical student in for my appointment. Thank goodness it was a girl, because I had to get these spots called Mollescum froze off of my inner thigh. I was excited to find out that I have only gained 17 pounds up to this point. I know I look like I have gained more, but this is way exciting news to me. After the appointment I went with my parents on to Lovelock to my sister Stephanie's basketball game. They lost and so now their season is over.
I decided to take last Friday off of school, so that we could go to one of Jason's friends wedding. I scheduled a massage before we left. It felt so good! We drove to Alamo and stayed the night. The next morning Jason and I went to Vegas, so that Jason could go to the sealing and I wanted to get a car seat stroller travel system. I didn't end up getting the one I wanted, because it is out of stock everywhere. Oh, well Jason says it doesn't matter what the car seat looks like. He wants people to look at our little girl instead. He does have a good point. so instead of only spending a few hours in Vegas, we spent all day. We needed new tires on the car and Jason and to get a quote from three different places to get the best deal. So we finally have new tires, which makes me feel so much better!
We got back to Alamo just in time to go to the reception. It was really nice and the food was good! We stayed there for about an hour and then went back to Jason's parents house. We got up on Sunday and went to church and ate lunch. I think that we finally left around 3:30pm. It was good to see Jason's family and friends, but I am excited to be home and sleep in my own bed!

Baby Shower!

2009-02-10T12:49:00.000-08:00

Baby Shower!

I had my baby shower this last Saturday. My friend Tasha put it on for me. I had a good time. We decided to have it at my house so that I didn't have to take all the gifts home from somewhere else. I had a great turn out. There were so many people there. Tash counted around 50! My house was full. We started out with lunch. We had sandwiches, salads, and veggies. I am not a big cake fan, so Tasha made me confetti cupcakes (my favorite). I did not want my shower to drag on, so I set a time limit of 2 hours. It was pretty close to that. I got really cute gifts! I now know what I need to buy, so I am sure Jason is not going to be too excited about that! He told me that I didn't need to buy anything after the baby for at least a couple of weeks! I think he meant clothes! The nursery is almost finished. Jason spent a lot of time on it before the shower. He is a great husband. I am always giving him a honey-do list.

Jeremy and Andrea came down for the weekend. It wasn't too exciting. I did find out that Jason will take his brother out for Mexican food, but not me. I always want to go to eat Mexican and Jason says, "NO". I see where I rank! lol. We also went to the crab feed on Saturday night. I love crab. I ate so much of it that I literally made myself sick. I puked it all back up around 12:30 that night. I was bummed, but I guess little Jaylee just wasn't going to let me enjoy it! Overall it was a great weekend, but now I need to catch up on my sleep!

Basque Dancing

2009-02-10T12:24:00.000-08:00

Alright, so Brock is in Basque dancing. It originated in Spain. He had a performance last month and I have never posted about it. I just got the pictures downloaded, so I want to post them. He performed at what they call the Winter Basque Dinner. They serve Basque food and then the kids did their dances. Brock is in the beginning class. It is so fun to watch him partner another girl his age. We had a good time. Here are some pictures!

So much to do!

2009-02-02T12:29:00.000-08:00

I finally started to feel a little better on Friday. On Saturday I started to paint Jaylee's room. The base color yellow that I got was terrible, so I had to go and get a different color of paint. I usually love to paint, but it seemed like it took forever to get painted what I did. I am still not finished. The striped wall was way time consuming. I have one more color to paint tonight. I then have to wait for Jason's next day off, so that he can put the bead board up and the trim. I hope that this will take place on Wednesday. I really wanted the room done by Saturday for the baby shower. We will see what happens.
We have been living in our house for two months and I still have a lot to do. There is still trim that needs to be painted and doors. Also my spare room is a disaster. I am going to have to take time to clean it out, so that Jeremy and Andrea can stay in it this weekend. I have so much to do and not enough time to do it in.
I go back to the doctor on Wednesday. I get annoyed with how long I have to wait in the waiting room and then it only take 5 minutes for the check up. I still don't understand why places book so many people around the same time and expect everything to go alright. I would rather them not book so many people to ensure that I wouldn't have to wait so long for my appointment. Enough venting about that. I will update after my appointment.

Why me?

2009-01-26T20:51:00.000-08:00

This weekend sucked! I have been sick since Friday. I went to the doctor today and he said that he wasn't sure what was wrong with me. He said it could be allergies or a cold. Let me tell I have had both of these and it doesn't feel like either. Also he was going o prescribe me some cold medicine and he told me to take alieve for my achy body. I looked at him and said, "I don't think I am suppose to have those when I am pregnant." He then proceeded to ask how far along I was. I told him seven months and was a little shocked that he couldn't tell. I definitely look pregnant. Anyway I am staying home again tomorrow to try and get my strength back. It sucks that I had to use 2 sick days, because as it is I don't have enough to cover my maternity leave. Oh, well I guess it will be worth it.
Enough about all the boring stuff. While I was home sick Jason decided to take Brock to Alamo with him on Saturday. This was really good for them to have some bonding time together. They are best buds now!
I was suppose to start painting the baby's room over the weekend, but that didn't happen. I am shooting for this weekend. I still have a lot to do on my house. I have lived here 2 months now and it is still not put together. It is kind of frustrating. I have made a list and hopefully it will all be done before my baby shower. Anyway I hope everyone has a great week!

TV addiction

2009-01-13T12:59:00.000-08:00

I am so excited that so many of my reality TV shows are on right now. I love reality TV! Last Monday night my friend Tasha and I decided to have a Bachelor premiere night. I made taco soup and she made dessert. There was 5 or 6 girls there as we watched the first episode of the new Bachelor. It was so fun as we set there and picked our favorites and not so favorites. I picked one of my favorites out right away. I love Melissa! She is so cute and she seems down to earth and not so much drama. Anyway my DVR is so full of shows recording on Monday nights that I had to switch things around, so I could watch all of my shows.

This is my play list:

1. The Bachelor

2. Momma's Boys

3. Superstars of Dance

4. True Beauty

5. The Biggest Loser

6. American Idol

7. Extreme Makeover

I also have several other shows that are not reality TV shows that I watch regularly. I guess I am just making up for all the years that I spent doing homework and working instead of watching TV. I am beginning to wonder if this addiction is healthy or not? Probably no, but I am going to continue watching these addicting shows. Jason can't stand them, except the Biggest Loser, so I have to watch them when he is not around.

Anyway, enough about my TV addiction. I went to the doctor last week and everything is going great. I still feel a lot of pain and pressure on the inside of my legs and lower stomach. Oh, well it is all worth it. I had a close friend this week who was 8 months pregnant and lost her baby. They found a blood clot in her placenta and so the baby wasn't getting any food. The baby died and then she delivered her. I started to cry when I heard about all of this. I feel so bad for her and her family. I know that everything happens for a reason, it is just hard to understand why. I feel so blessed and fortunate that my pregnancy has gone so well and I hope that it continues to.

I finally decided on a crib set for Jaylee's room. I really was set on pink and brown, but then I found this set. I ordered the crib set today, so that I can get paint to match. I am going to put bead board up half way on the walls. I am going to have a striped wall and two solid walls with polka dots on them. I am going to make my polka dots out of vinyl. I hope it turns out the way that I envision it.

I wanted to get a white set, but Jason insisted that we buy a crib last week at Wal Mart after my doctor's appointment. They didn't have any white, so we got a 4 in 1 walnut crib. Now we are trying to find a changing/dresser to match, because they are all out of stock online that match the set. Oh well life goes on!

Happy New Year!

2009-01-05T12:19:00.000-08:00

Alright, so I haven't posted in awhile because I was on Christmas break and I don't have the Internet at home yet. So I am finally posting. We had a great break! Jason was off almost the same amount of time that I was. We didn't get hardly anything accomplished on the house. I think that we are both burned out. We took a lot of naps and watched TV. We also spent lots of time playing games. I love to play games, especially card games. My parents gave me a Wii for Christmas and Jason and Brock love to play it. I have only tried out the bowling. I want to get the Wii fit, so I can lose the baby fat after she is born.
Well I went to the doctor on Christmas Eve and everything still looks good. I was bummed to find out that I have to start going every two weeks to the doctor. There was exciting news, I have only gained 12 pounds so far. I feel like I have gained 30! I was way excited when I received that news. So, it looks like Jason has won the battle and we will probably be naming our little girl, Jaylee Ann. I can't believe how much stuff I still need to do before she arrives. I am going to start decorating her room. I want to do it in brown and pink with polka dots and maybe stripes.

I hope that everyone had a great holiday season!

It's snowing AGAIN!!!

2008-12-19T08:36:00.000-08:00

Snowy Days

I woke up this morning to 5 inches of snow. It still has not stopped snowing. I should not be complaining, because our appraiser is coming to do an appraisal on the house day. We are suppose to have our deck stained for the type of loan we are getting. So last night I prayed that the appraiser would over look the deck and my prayer was answered with 5 inches of snow. So, this morning I have to be grateful for the snow. I just hope it stops soon. I think that Brock and I will make a snowman tomorrow.

Today is my last day of school before our Christmas break starts! I am so EXCITED! I get to sleep in and stay in my pajama's as long as I want. Also I still have last minute Christmas shopping to do. Last night our ward had a cookie exchange. Everyone that participated made 4, 6, or 8 dozen cookies/goodies and how ever many dozen you made, you got to take that many dozen home of other kinds of cookies/goodies. It is perfect, because now I have everything to make up my goodie plates to take around to our friends. So, Brock and I will be delivering those this weekend. Jason is on night shifts so he won't be joining us ( I am sure he is so sad! lol).

Enough of my blabbing here are some pictures of me being festive!

It is finally up!

2008-12-12T10:03:00.000-08:00

Well I finally put up some of my Christmas decorations! Brock was such a great little helper. Now I need to put my garland around my deck, so that the outside of my house has some holiday decorations. This weekend Brock and I are going to put together our ginger bread house. I think I usually end up doing most of the work, while Brock eats the candy.

I am not too excited for this weekend or next, because I am the Junior class advisor and I have to be at the concessions supervising. I don't know how I was talked into this position. The real down side is that we are in charge of prom and it is two weeks before my due date. That should be a fun week! Oh well, I am just going to have to deal with it and make the best of it.

Here is a picture of our tree. The picture doesn't do it any justice. I wish you could see all the little ornaments, especially the one that Ang had made of the three of us. It is so cute! Oh, well you get the picture.

Insane shoppers!

2008-12-08T13:02:00.001-08:00

Well Brock and I made it back from SLC last night. We picked Jason up from work on our way home. I thought that this would be a great idea! WOW was I wrong. I wanted to eat in Carlin at the Chinese restaurant, but Jason said that he didn't want to wait that long. So we went to the Pizza Factory, because one of the guys Jason works with told him that they have a really good sandwich there. I was not excited at all, I am not big on sandwiches for dinner and I definitely didn't want pizza. I thought I was the pregnant one! So I decided I would just eat when we got home. I wasn't in a very good mood after that! I am too much of a spoiled brat and when I don't get my way I tend to pout.
SLC was insane! All the stores were so packed and the lines were so long. I usually love to shop, but I was so annoyed on Saturday. I decided that if I really need something, then I would just order it online. There was some good points to our trip. Saturday night I got 10 hours of sleep! I also ate with my family at Red Lobster and IHOP! They were so good! Brock was able to play with his two cousins that he doesn't get to see very often. They had a great time, especially while my uncle Al was babysitting them and he took them to the park.
I am definitely glad to be back home! Tonight Brock and I are going to put up our Christmas decorations! It is about time! I hope everyone has a fantastic week!

Still moving!!

2008-12-02T08:00:00.000-08:00

Well we are still in the process of moving. I do have to say that it is getting much better. We still don't have all of our stuff at our new house, but we will get there. I am so thankful that Jason has worked on our house all of his 7 days off. Poor guy, he hasn't had much of a break. I am happy to say that I now have a functioning kitchen and Jason has been working on the other bathroom and I think that it will be functioning by the time I get home today. So, things are looking up. I still have lots to unpack, but oh well I will get there.
I think that I am going to go to Salt Lake this weekend to do some Christmas shopping. It will be fun, because I can stay at my sister Melanie's house and I have a couple of cousins that can watch Brock. I think that I will take the truck, because I want to go to IKEA for some storage cabinets. I also want to go Tai Pan to get Christmas decorations for my tree. Since we moved my parents gave us one of their big trees. I want to get new decorations for it. This is the downfall to moving so close to Christmas, I have been so busy unpacking that I have not put my Christmas up get. I am a little sad, because this my favorite holiday season. Hopefully I will get it all up by next week.
We had a good thanksgiving at my parent's house. Mostly all my mom's family and my dad's parents were there. We had a good time! I was so excited that my uncle brought pies from Marie Calenders. The banana cream is my favorite! I also enjoy the left over turkey sandwiches. The day after Thanksgiving was my birthday! The big 26! My grandma took my uncle Swen and his family along with Brock to Orvada, where my great grandpa has a ranch. On there way back Jason, Stephanie, Edwin, and I met them in Winnemucca to watch a movie. Of course I went to Bolt with Brock. Jason, Steph, and Edwin went to the James Bond movie. We had a good time. Overall our Thanksgiving break was good!

Moving

2008-11-26T10:40:00.000-08:00

I remember now why I hate to move! It is such a pain! We finally slept in our house for the first time last night. I am having mixed emotions about the whole thing. I did not want to move into the house before it was finished. I feel like I am being pushed from one house to the next. Of course being pregnant isn't helping my emotions. I cried for along time last night, because I am so frustrated that I am living in a house that I can't even get ready in. I had to shower at my parent's house last night, because I need someone to light my pilot light. Then I had to turn around this morning and go back over to my parent's to get ready for work, because I do not have a mirror to get ready with. Oh well, I am sure it will get better. I was just wishing that Jason wasn't on graveyards, so that I would have felt a little better about things. Thank goodness he is now on his seven days off.
On the other hand I am excited that I have a doctors appointment today. Brock and I are going to the appointment. It will be fun for just the two of us to have time to spend together. Of course he has stipulations for going, I have to get him Pokemon cards at WalMart. He is such a negotiator. He has been a trooper through the move. We didn't even get started on his homework until 10:00pm last night. I feel like a terrible mother.
I am excited for Thanksgiving and to spend time with my family. My family has not been together for the last two years for Thanksgiving and Christmas, because my brother has been on a mission. It should be a great day. I am also excited for my birthday, because Jason and I are going to go on a date. We don't ever take the time for just the two of us. Hopefully we will be able to go to a movie! I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

Addiction

2008-11-19T15:53:00.000-08:00

Sooo I haven't posted in awhile, because I am addicted to the twilight series. I started the first book on Nov. 7th and I just finished the last book today. I loved the whole series. I could not get enough of them. This is very rare for me to be excited about a book, usually I hate to read. I am so excited for the movie to come out. I am going to watch it next week. I just hope that it is as good as the book, otherwise I will be completely disappointed. Well back to reality and the real world now.
Jason and I have been working on getting our house ready, so that we can finally move into it. Last night I went there after school and stayed until 11 and Jason came home at 1. We are both really tired and I am so sore. This little girl sure loves to torture her mom. She has me in pain every day, but it is definately worth it. Anyway, back to the whole house thing. Our carpet was laid yesterday and Jason worked on the bathroom and putting the trim up. I painted the bathroom and a whole bunch of trim. I am going back over tonight to work on it, because I want to start moving some things into it this weekend. Jason is going to be on graveyards, but I think I have our home teachers lined up to help us out. We still have a lot of odds and ends to finish up, but overall it is coming along good.
There is one thing that I hate about being a teacher....parent confrences. I have parent confrences tomorrow night and all day Friday. I not looking forward to it at all! Anyway I better get over to my house and get some more stuff done.

It's a Girl!!!

2008-11-03T22:06:00.000-08:00

So last Wednesday Jason, Brock, and I headed to Winnemucca for our ultrasound. I was so excited. The lady that did our ultrasound was so nice and she was really good about showing us everything and explaining what parts where what. I was so excited when she told us that we are having a girl!!! I then asked her how often she is wrong and what percentage she would say she was about it being a girl. She said that she had been doing ultrasounds for a long time and that she has only been wrong twice. Once was on a set of twins and the other was a boy instead of a girl. So, when I heard the last part I was a little unsure, until she told me that she was 95% sure that it is a girl. I couldn't wait to tell everyone and neither could Jason. We both got on our phones right away to announce our exciting news. Brock on the other hand was not to excited during the ultrasound when the lady said he was going to have a sister. He argued with her and told her that he was going to have a brother. He is completely fine with it now. We are so excited that we have a sweet little girl that is coming straight from heaven!
We went to Alamo for Halloween to see Jason's family. We had a good time! Jason and Jeremy took Brock, Ryan, and Ben trick-or-treating. I was glad, because it rained off and on. I helped Andrea hand out candy. I love looking at all the cute costumes! On Saturday Andrea and I went to Vegas to do some Christmas shopping. This is early for me to start, but I thought that if I get a head start then I could spread out everything between pay checks. It was so nice and warm there. When we got home that night Jason and I played pinochle with his parents. It was a great time and Annette and I ended up beating the boys 2 to 1. Annette also taught Jason and I how to play pinochle with 2 people. It isn't as fun as playing with 4 people, but it is still entertaining. We headed home on Sunday. The trip home was much more pleasant than the trip there. Overall our weekend turned out to be a fun trip, but I am sure glad to be home.

Can you say LOSER!

2008-10-27T20:38:00.000-07:00

I am terrible at keeping up on my blog. The main reason is because I can't post any pictures off of my camera, so I have been messing with that hoping that I could figure it out. No luck so far! Well last Friday I hosted Bunco at my house. We had a great time. I asked everyone to dress up in their Halloween costumes. I also went to familyfun.go and found the cutest Halloween recipes that I passed out to all the girls to make and bring one item. All of the food turned out amazing. I look forward to getting together for a girl's night once a month. I decided to make these cute little gifts for each girl. I bought these little jars at the dollar store and I used my mom's vinyl machine to print out the word BOO, then I filled them with candy corn. They were so cute! I also was in charge of buying all the prizes, so I did up different vinyl projects to give away. So needless to say it was a success!
Jason has been working really hard on our house. I think that he is tired of being in this tiny house with all my crap! I came home from my friend Tasha's purse party last Tuesday night and there was a budget laying on the table when I got home. Some of it was a little unpractical, but for the most part he did a great job! I need a budget that is for sure! I love little things like this that Jason does, even though I don't always want to go along with them. In the end I realize that this is only going to better our future and relationship! We have our moments, but I am truly blessed that I found Jason. He is a great husband and father to Brock. I was always worried that I would never find someone that would love Brock like their own. BOY was I wrong. Jason is great with Brock. I am so excited that they have created a special bond between each other. He is a keeper for sure!
We go to the doctor on Wednesday for our ultra sound. I have a feeling that the baby is not going to cooperate. We will see! I will keep everyone posted.

Flying By!!!

2008-10-06T17:12:00.000-07:00

Why does it seem like the days and weeks keep flying by so fast? I went to the doctor a couple of weeks ago. Brock was able to hear the heartbeat and he thought that was pretty neat! He keeps saying that it better be a brother, because if it is a girl it will not be his sister! I have an ultrasound scheduled for the 29th of this month, so hopefully we will find out then.
Gary and Annette (Jason's parents) came down this last weekend. It was Gary's birthday on Friday, so we took him out to dinner at the steak house in town. On Saturday Jason and Gary worked on the floor to the master bathroom. Jason started to tile it last night. We took the guys lunch and ate with them at the other house. Then Annette, Brock, and I watched confrence, went to a few stores around town. Annette needed to find Ben a present for taking care of her dog, Nia. We found a cute little cat to take his old cat's place. We didn't want Jacob to feel left out, so Annette got him a little stuffed animal as well. Annette then watched Brock while I went to my hair appointment. Brock really liked hanging out with Annette and Gary. They both played legos with him, which they got him for his birthday. Also they got him 4 lego computer games. Annette and Brock went on a marathon reading adventure. Poor Annette she read lots of books to Brock. No wonder why he didn't want them to leave.

Bunco night!!!!

2008-09-18T22:18:00.000-07:00

So, a little over a year ago I started a bunco group. We meet once a month and play bunco, which is a dice game. There are 12 players (all girls of course). We all rotate houses and the hostess decides on the menu and assigns out everyone to bring something to eat or drink. I look forward to this night every month. It is a girl's night out and we sit and laugh so hard! Also there are 5 prizes at the end! The reason I am telling you all this, is because I am hosting next months bunco and I am so excited about it. Since it is in October I have asked everyone to come dressed up in some sort of costume. Also I will be having everyone make these food Halloween recipes that I found online. I think that it is going to be a great night and I can't wait!
Well enough about bunco. Not too much else has been going on except work. I still am not too thrilled about my job this year. I did find out today that I have been paying for an extra insurance plan that will pay me $1900 during my maturnity leave. SCORE!!! Next week is homecoming week and of course I volunteered to be in the faculty skit and lip sync. I have one of the lead roles in the lip sync, it is freaking hillarious! If you have ever seen the Blues Brothers, we are doing a song off of that movie and I have to do a lot of dancing. I am one of the Blues Brothers, so it should be quite interesting. We practiced today and boy am I out of shape. Some of the ladies told me that I am going to put myself into premature labor. Yeah right!!!! I am so excited about it. For the skit we are doing Hollywood Squares and my part is Jessica Simpson, which is perfect because I can be the biggest blonde. The role shouldn't be that hard to pull off.
Jason is on his days off, so he has been working on our house. He textured our bathroom today and is going to tile it this weekend. I am hoping we will be in there by November. I love when Jason is off, so he can take Brock to school and I don't have to take the extra time to get him ready before I leave. Well enough blabbing for now, maybe if I posted more often I wouldn't have so much to talk about.

Why now?

2008-09-11T22:13:00.000-07:00

Well we made it back from Joseph! If Jason and I ever get a divorce, it is going to be because of traveling together on a road trip. LOL It seems like all we do is argue over the dumbest things in the car and it annoys me that I just can't go to another room. So after Kaia's blessings Jason decided that we were going to drive back to Salt Lake and stay the night there. Well we got to Provo and ate at my favorite place, the Olive Garden. Then Jason decided that he needed to go to church in Battle Mountain the next morning, so he wanted to drive all the way home that night. I was so annoyed and tired. I told him that I refused to drive, so we made it to Wells and decided to stay the night. We got this nasty room that smelled like mold. It was a terrible night! We made it home the next morning in time for Jason to make it to Young Mens, so he could do his calling. (Since when did he care if he goes to church or not) Well enough of the venting and complaining about that.
The other thing that I would like to complain about is that since school started I tend to get night sickness. Not every night, but occasionally. So last night was the worst and I am going to tell one of the most embarassing stories that has ever happenend to me, so other people can get a good laugh. I figure if I don't tell on myself, Jason will share it will the rest of you. So I wasn't feeling good, so Jason gave Brock a bath and put him to bed. We were watching Americas Got Talent it came to the end and I ran to go to the bathroom. Well it turned out that not only did I need to go to the bathroom, but the baby decided that I needed to throw up as well. So I am sitting in the bathroom throwing up for 5 minutes straight and Jason come sin and says what is going on. I stated the obvious and he told me I sounded like a weed eater and that he had never heard anyone use so much force to throw up. I just turned and looked at him and told him to get me a towel, because I had just peed all over the floor. He started laughing and he couldn't stop. I told him it wasn't funny and that I couldn't control it. It was either puke or pee on the floor, I would much rather clean up pee. Jason wanted to call Jeremy right then and I told him no way. I have never puked so hard and so much in my life, my throat still burned for most of today and it even gets better. I was helping a student today and I had to run outside and throw up again. This is the first time that this has happenend at school. My only question is why now am I getting sick? I think I have figured out what causes it, LEMONS. Lemons don't make lemonade when you are pregnant, they just make you throw up!

My blog is being stocked!!

2008-09-04T21:50:00.000-07:00

I am a complete looser! It is pretty bad when your husband checks your blog to see when the last time you posted. He gets on my blog all the time and checks out everyones posts and then asks why I hardly post. Well let me fill you in on what has been going on in out lives. I started teaching school on the 21st of August and Brock started his first day of Kindergarten the same day. I thought for sure I would cry as Jason and I dropped him of and got him situated in his classroom. I held back the tears and instead of realizing that my baby is growing up, I was full of excitement for him to start a new chapter in his life. I never new that Kindergartners have so much homework. We spend 30 minutes to an hour every Monday on his weekly homework that is due Tuesday or Wednesday. Also we have to read every night for 15 minutes and Brock has to read a poem that goes with the letter of the week 7 times each night. Good thing Jason is around to help! Brock likes Jason to read with him.
Jason and Brock have started to bond a lot more since school started. Jason takes him to school on his days off and picks him up. He has only been late one time and been forgotten to pick up once as well. Thank goodness for the responsible babysitter that picks up the slack. I am so glad that Jason and Brock are creating a stronger bond with each other. It has been hard for Brock to accept another authority figure, but he is finally adjusting. They have lots of fun playing around and joking with each other.
As for me when school started, I started to get a little sick. I was not very happy about the whole puking thing, but thank goodness it has stopped. I just seem to feel tired all the time. I feel like my house and yard is falling down all around me, but no matter how bad it gets, I just can't seem to find the energy to clean it. Hopefully this won't last long. So, I don't know how many of you watch Army Wives, but I am addicted. My sister bought season 1 and I watched the whole thing in a weekend. Then on Monday the season 2 marathon was on lifetime and I spent all day watching it. Again this proves that I am a complete looser! The second season isn't over yet, so I was so excited that I was able to watch it before I had to wait for it to come out on DVD. Anyway I will quit blabbing and I will try to post more often so I don't have such long posts.

Scrapbook-a-thon

2008-08-12T22:23:00.000-07:00

Well I survived my first time at CKU. CKU is a scrapbook retreat that they put on every year in several different places around the United States. The one that I attended was in Provo, Utah. My sister Melanie and I went from Thursday to Saturday night. It was so much fun and we got so much free stuff!!! They had the cutest ideas and we made so many different projects. It was so fun to get away and have time to spend with Mel. I am way sad that she has moved to Salt Lake to attend cosmetolgy school. It will be such a great oppurtunity for her. I don't know who is going to miss her more, my mom or Brock. When she left Brock cried and put his arms around her neck and would not let go. It was so hard for me to see my little boy so sad. He is definately attached to his auntie M.
Enough about the sad stuff. Jason and I just got home from playing on our co-ed softball team. It was fun and I got some really good laughs at Jason. He asked to be 1st base and he was cracking me up. Also he always swung at the first pitch when he got up to bat. I think he only made it home once. So finally I have found something that I can beat him at. He is always beating me in games, but not tonight! We had fun and that's all that matters.
We went to our first doctor's appointment on Monday. I didn't actually get to see the doctor, but I saw the nurse and we figured out my due date and I was asked about a million questions. Jasona and Brock waited in the waiting room, because Jason thought that it would be more than questions and a pee test. Some times he is so funny! So I was right, my due date is March 26 and I will be 8 weeks on Friday. So far everything is going great, except for the fact that I am already getting huge and had to buy some maternity pants. That is ridiculous!!! Melanie keeps telling me that I am going to have twins. Wouldn't that be an amazing experience! I would love having a set of twins. Well we will see at our next appointment.

Exciting News

2008-07-29T10:16:00.000-07:00

I am such a slacker when it comes to posting new blogs! We just got back from Salt Lake on Sunday. We went to the zoo on Friday. It was so hot, but Brock had a great time. He especially loved the white alligator and the giraffes. On Saturday we went to Lagoon with my dad's side of the family. We had a great time! Brock was able to go on some of the bigger rides this year by me taking the wheels out of his Heley's and letting him wear those. They have a thick sole that made him taller. The best part was Lagoona beach. Brock loved to pull everyone around the lazy river. He just finished 6 weeks of swimming lessons and he loves to be in the water. We also loved the one water slide that goes from the slide to a little area of water then switches back to the slide and it keeps going like that for awhile. One of the life guards kept flipping Jason's tube over everytime he went into her water area, it was hillarious! We also had fun mini putting, riding the rides, and watching the music performances, oh yeah and EATING! We left about 11:15 to go back to our motel rooms. On Sunday we all slept in and went to eat at Marie Calendars with the fam. The only thing that sucked was that their air conditioner was broke and it was so hot in there, but the food was GREAT! Then we left for home.
Anyway that is not the exciting news. The exciting news is that I am pregnant! We found out a couple of weeks ago. I am not very far along, maybe a month. I think that I will be due at the end of March. We are all really excited, especially Brock. He has been begging for a brother, a sister, and a baby for awhile. Jason and Brock want it to be a boy and of course I want a little girl. Whatever he or she turns out to be we will love them. Anyway that is our exciting news!

It's AboutTime!

2008-07-15T10:51:00.001-07:00

I finally created a blog! I keep telling my SIL that I am going to do it and I have kept putting it off. Anyway a little about myself. I was born in Idaho and moved to Nevada right before I turned 8. I live in a place called Battle Mountain and the only things that it is known for is having a BM on the mountain, which everyone makes fun of us for, and we were named the armpit of America a few years back. So, that pretty much somes up where I live! I am just kidding, I love it here ( I never thought that I would say that) my family is here and so are a lot of my friends that I went to school with. We all swore that we were never going to move back here after we graduated, we were all wrong. There is just something about a small town that makes me feel safe and secure raising my children in!
Enough about BM, I recently just got married to the love of my life on May 17, 2008. It was a great wedding and reception. We had lots of friends and family that shared our special day with us. Jason and I met on the Internet (LDS singles to be specific). He hates when I tell people that, but I think it is hilarious! It doesn't bother me one bit, because I don't think we would have met any other way. We were living at opposite ends of the state! I had started talking to him back in March of 2007 and then he just stopped responding online. Then at the end of July I heard from him again and he explained that his subscription expired and that he had re-signed up. We exchanged phone #'s that night! Two weeks later I met in in the middle of nowhere (Tonapah, Nevada) to ride with him as he followed some buddies of his that were racing from Vegas to Reno. It was a fun trip and things started to progress from there. In October Jason decided to come to Battle Mountain to apply at the mines up here and that we he was hired! I was so excited!
I am so lucky to have found such a great guy who loves me for all of my imperfections. Jason has not only chosen me to be a part of his life, but also he has chosen to be my son's(Brock) dad. I am so excited to expand on our family and hope that it happens soon. Well enough for now, I feel like I just wrote a whole novel!