Andrew's Blessing

We ended our trip with little Andrew Robert High's Blessing.  

Erica is a SUPER- Mom and boy does she have her hands full.  Her saving grace is the sling she whipped up for Andrew.  Erica totes him around in it 24-7 which allows her to multi-task.  She can cut apples for Benson (20 months), bake cookies for the family and sew up a quilt all while simultaneously putting Andrew to sleep.

We love our new little 'REW'.  

We had soup, Erica's homemade wheat bread (which she made with Andrew in her sling), and lots of cookies after the blessing then it was time to head back to Arizona.  Matt drove the entire way home only stopping ONE time while the kids slept.  We really packed a lot in and it was a wonderful trip!

THANKSGIVING

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast at my parents house this year.  Then we ended up with Matt's family that night.  Our family has so much to be thankful for and we feel incredibly blessed.  Our children bring us so much joy and we're surrounded by family and friends that love and support us.  The gospel gives us peace during times of economic and political chaos and helps us remember what is most important in life.

Grandma's High Chair

This is the High Chair that I used when I was a little girl and now every one of my children have also used it.  You know it's got to be sturdy to hold up to all the eating we do.  The funny thing about it is that it doesn't have straps to hold the babies in.  There have been countless times that we've found one of our kids holding on for dear life just about to slip all the way through.  Chase figured out how to stay put by putting his little toes up on the tray.  "Eat up Chase, you're looking a little thin!"

Bowling B-day Celebration!

So there are 6 birthdays in the month of November so while we were in Utah we had one big November B-day Celebration!  Grandma and Grandpa Jones took the whole Jones clan bowling, then back home for pizza, cake and a few presents!

Jackson used his big strong muscles and did it all by himself.  The kids had a blast bowling on their lane.

Audrey picked out a ball that matched her outfit

Chase and Austin hung out together observing everyone's form and placing bets on who would win while sampling each other's snacks.

All the Birthday Boys... and Angie!

(Also that week the girls went to see TWILIGHT and some of us pulled an all nighter shopping in Park City for black Friday- Ferfie got school and work off the whole week so we went shopping got a pedicure and worked out at the gym together.  We were pretty much BFF all week long:)

Adeline's Blessing in Utah

We headed up to Utah for little Kaylor Adeline Cannon's blessing.

Audrey loved holding a little girl baby- Adie was so cute and happy the entire day!

The whole gang was there and we hung around Sam and Jessie's house for the rest of the day-thanks guys.  

The cousins loved playing together

Grandma and Grandpa Cannon soaked in all the chaos of grandkids EVERYWHERE!

Uncle Paul challenged Blake in an arm wrestle and "barely beat him"- maybe if Blake wasn't laughing so hard he would of had a chance.

It was also our 12 Year Anniversary!  I love Matt 12X's as much!  Wow, a dozen years together and still going strong!

Blake's Birthday-ONE DECADE OLD!

When we asked Blake what he wanted to do for his Birthday this year he asked if we could go camping.  Veteren's Day was on the 11th and the kids got school off so we headed to a campground about 5 min. from our house- Catalina State Park.  The Winfield family came and brought Blake's best friend Joseph and Blake invited Soma as well.

The boys of course, played football and whittled sticks.

We had tinfoil dinners and played games in the tent.

The boys slept in their own tent and Matt and Steph got the cots.  Chase ended up in Steph's sleeping bag halfway through the night- it was pretty chilly!  The next day we went on a little hike and looked at some questionable Indian ruins.  The kids found a really cool tree to climb.

Blake, Joseph, and Soma= THE THREE AMIGOS!

We weren't brave enough to let Chase crawl around in the dirt so he was our little caged pet.

On the 13th, we made Blake a Batman cake and Jackson ran to get his Robin costume on (Audrey didn't want to miss out on the fun so she was the princess in distress that needed to be saved)

Paul & Trisha brought BATMAN and BATGIRL for a guest appearance.  Their fee was very reasonable and they're quite entertaining!!

Blake was really excited when he got LEGO BATMAN !!