We Miss our Peeps

Let the Count Down begin! 2 weeks until we see y'all! We miss you!

Sexiest Man Alive

You might not know, but you are all related to the most beautiful person on the planet...and I know what you are all thinking...Ammon, right? Wrong. To see some suprisingly sexy photos of PJ, go to our blog, you won't regret it...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEN!!!!

ITS THE BIRTHDAY GIRL!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! JEN WE LOVE YOU!!! YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLE PERSON & WE ALL WISH WE COULD SEE YOU MORE! HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY!!!

( & THANKS FOR MARRYING THIS GUY!)



Ammon & Carlo had something to say (this is copied & pasted from my inbox):
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of the things I find funniest about Jen is her super human ability to keep her house/yard/kids/husband neat, tidy and orderly...Seriously!!
I was lucky enough to spend some time with Josh and Jen (am I the only one who thinks they might be avoiding us?) a few weeks ago and I got to see their beautiful home. Immaculate would be an understatement. Not only were the lawns perfectly groomed and the carpets freshly vacuumed, the kids rooms were spotless, the kitchen looked like it was straight from a magazine, and jens computer/craft/creative room was like Martha Stewart paradise!!! I do not exaggerate people...perfection. So, how does a mother of three energetic kids (who each happen to look as if they were hand picked from a catalog to complete the "perfectness") keep everything so orderly? Freakish, I tell you, freakish. I havent even begun to describe how Jen made an incredible dinner that was ready seconds after my arrival AND (this is the best part) a breakfast with more pancakes than I could possibly eat...which is no easy feat you know.
I have developed 2 possible theories to help explain how Jen manages to maintain this level of amazingness:

1) She is secretly a meth addict and while the rest of us waste our time sleeping, Jen, in her cracked out state, takes care of everything we only dream about. In this theory, she most likely laughs at us "sleepers" while she contemplates world domination.

2) She is an incredible woman with amazing talents that most people only hope to develop. She has found an amazing balance in her life that makes others want to be like her (I know I do). :-)

Jen, all jokes aside, Carlo and I hope you have an amazing birthday and that you remember that even though we dont see eachother often, we love and miss you very much! Thanks for being a great sis in-law!!

Love,
Amms
and Carlo

Mari & Chris:
WE LOVE YOU! Chris says "HAPPY BIRTHDAY..I am finally going to get to know you!" Jen you rock! You are super talented & I only wish I lived closer to you so some of it would rub off onto me! haha. You are an awesome wife & mother & sister..I am so happy you are apart of this family!!!

More to come Jen, MORE to come!

Im an Old Lady..

I go to the craft store at least once a week....I go to the fabric store at least once a week...I spend any extra money I have on: yarn, needles, fabric, etc..Not only do I go to bed by 10pm everynight, but I usually spend my last hour knitting hats! I AM AN OLD LADY! The thing that kills me about all of this, is that I always said I would never become domestic. I would vow to mom that I would Never cook! Never sew! etc. etc. Look at me, such a traitor to my own beliefs! Why did I find out NOW that I love these things? Its karma, I'm telling you. Anyway~ as most of you know (and some of you share) I have a need to have a creative outlet...So I am currently making hats with Courtney, who will be selling them in UT. And I am continuing to dable with headbands 'n such. Anyway, this is your littlest sister being an old 22yr old granny!

Remodel Project At Mom's Place

For those of you who didn't get to see what the latest project was at mom's house, here are a few pics of what happened. Enjoy!

Bronx Zoo!

Well, as most of you know by now, we will be moving back to Utah this fall. We are excited to be going back, but will dearly miss our friends here in New York. We weren't quite ready to move, but there have been a lot of things happening as of late that have let us know it is what Heavenly Father wants us to do, so we are at peace with it and excited to be back in time for the holidays.

As we prepare to move, we have been starting to do a few things one more time before we leave. Over the past three years, we have done just about everything we initially wanted to do when we first came here and it is nice to look back and have all those memories.

Last week, we spent an afternoon in Central Park and at the Central Park Zoo. Just yesterday, we took the kids to the Bronx Zoo, which is an AMAZING place...this is coming from someone who only goes to zoo's because he has kids. Anyway, we wanted to share a few of the pictures with everyone.


Here is Ellie, looking fresh and excited about the day at the zoo...of course, we had just got there.


Aside from an amazing family, take a look at the grounds of the zoo behind them. Amazing.


Our first break. As you can see, Ellie has decided she is done with the zoo, unfortunately for her (and us), we still had four hours to go. The other three were having a blast though.


The kids had a great time at the Children's Zoo portion of the zoo. Here they are at the prairie dog holes where kids crawl through a tunnel and can pop up through little plastic tubes and look at the prairie dogs running around them. I was lucky enough to catch all three of them popping up at the same time in the same tube!


One of the kids favorite shows on TV is Zabomafu (I know that is spelled wrong, but I don't care that much). It is a show about a lemur..well, they finally got to meet the lemur face-to-face and they were pretty excited about it.


Joshua doing a little bit of tree climbing. He is a very good boy.


Joshua really isn't afraid of much, including animals. He loves to touch an animal he possibly can, luckily this sheep didn't seem to mind.


Well, initially I didn't think anything of this picture other than to be glad that I got one where Caleb was actually looking at the camera. Then Katie pointed out to me that he had a very 'surprised' look on his face, and, well...on first glance it looks like the lady to his left is, well, giving him a prostate exam...no wonder he looks surprised! "MOON RIVER...using the whole fist doc?"

Here are the kids at the Congo exhibit going CRAZY!!!


Yes dad, we are riding camels...Joshua loved it, he kept saying "dad, this is such a good camel" and patting its back.

Joshua started to get tired and was hiding under Katie's shirt towards the end of the day.

Last ride of the day...notice Ellie isn't quite as chipper as at first.

This is about 10 minutes after we got in the van. It was a long day, but a lot of fun. The kids were wasted and just collapsed in the van once we started driving.

It was a good day!

Thanksgiving Turkey Trot!

Hey Everyone! I hope you are all well! As you already know, Chris and I are on our 'quest' to becoming healthier peeps & have started running...well, the summer took a toll on our goals and now that things are wrapping up we are trying to get back on course! I looked up a few different little 5ks (which you can run or walk) and found on in Sandy on Thanksgiving morning! What a perfect way to start out the day, healthy..then we can gorge ourselves & not even think twice! ha! So I wanted to throw it out there, so you can start walking/jogging..its only a 3.1mile thing, so you can even strap up your kids in strollers & we can push them!
I also wanted to know WHO is actually going to be home for Thanksgiving? I think we should have some fun things planned, and of course, some down time :) I was thinking if its not snowy yet (fat chance) we could do the Alpine Slide, Bachi Ball tournament etc. Anyway, COMMENT if you plan on participating & Ill get more info about it! We could be team CARVER..like for CARVING A TURKEY! Get it? Get it? lol!