All About Jace.....

Back in January Jace had his Pinewood Derby. Can you guess which of these cars is his??

If you guessed the Hershey's bar, you are correct. Jace chose this design mostly because it's his favorite candy bar and partly because he thought it would look cool.



Brett and Jace watching the races



cookie sundaes for dessert!



Jace getting his award...





at an earlier pack meeting they made these car stands



It was a fun night and all the boys had a great time!!



James Madison- 4th President of the United States...... that is who Jace chose to do his Great American project about. He had to research,  make a poster, a PowerPoint presentation, write a speech and dress in character. Then he set up in the hallways of the school with his peers while other students came around and listened to their presentations. The whole class did a great job!



Ready to present!

We made the wig out of a plastic grocery bag and cotton balls. We had some good laughs making it, especially when the hot glue melted through the plastic and stuck to his hair! No harm done!

Jace in the process of presenting his speech

On March 4, 2011 I had the honor of going with Jace's class to the Atomic Testing Museum. Quite interesting to check out, crazy stuff but I guess necessary to defend our country.

Brett and Jace by the mushroom cloud



This is Knievals motorcycle and jumpsuit..... obviously nothing to do with atomic bombs! There was a portion of the museum that had Vegas memorabilia..



BOMBS AWAY!!!



Just this week Jace had Brett over and they came across this here lizard. This lizard must have fancied them because it would just sit on their finger or shoulder and never tried to escape. They made it a little habitat in a plastic container where it peacefully dwelt.



Brett, Jace and their lizard friend



This little guy just hung out on the front of Jace's shirt!

 Last but not least a quote from Jace that I found quite amusing:

  "Mom, are you sure you can drive in those heels?"

a new year, love day and stuff inbetween....

New Years Eve:

Not much excitement involved in the welcoming of 2011 at our house. Jason had to chaperone the youth New Years dance that our stake hosted this year. I joined him down there for a few hours, then came home to ring in the new year with Lauren and Jace. We had party favors, poppers and sparkling cider to ring in the new year!!

Jace and I ready to celebrate!



the party popper.....




finally got a good pic of the popper!!




POP!! Lauren insisted we block her out of this pic!

  NERD DAY at SCHOOL:

Lauren pulled off the super-nerd look for school today...... wonder if anyone noticed a difference???

Just kidding Lauren!!!!!!

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY aka NO SCHOOL!!:

What do you do on a warm January day and no school? How about a bike ride.....

My mom, two sisters and the cousins joined up for a bike ride which included a stop for lunch and time to play at the park.



Hannah,Lauren, Ava and Maddy on the tire swing




Here comes Jace!





Lauren, Hannah, Koben and Maddy



 there was only one small accident on the bike ride and of course the victim was me! Just as we were heading out of Tiff's house, Jace rode his bike right into mine. He kept riding, unharmed and in denial of his actions that lead to my falling flat on my hands and stomach to the blackened pavement.... in slow motion of course! Luckily I had my little jacket to protect my elbows and jeans that kept the road rash from infiltrating my knees. The embarrassment, however, could not be saved and I joined in laughing at myself along with everyone else. It has been a long time since I have taken a fall on my bike, so I guess I was about due. Other than that, we had a great time!!

WORLD MARKET:

My friend Dawn and I went to the World Market Center to check out the goods during market week. Just a few of my favorites....

Fabulous!! Just don't know where I would put it......

lots o' clocks...



Christopher Guy..... love this room! So Hollywood!



LOVE this chair....so lady like



I'll take two!

  BLACK KEYS:

You are probably expecting me to tell you how great this concert was..... only I can't. You see, I won these tickets on the radio, and not only was the concert on Sunday but we were going out of town that weekend. So while I wish I could have gone, I was also happy with the $110 I was able to sell them for.....

VALENTINES DAY:

Love is in the air!!!! Valentines Day is sweet but we don't usually make a big deal about it. This year I got the kids a little present and balloon, just because! That night Jason and I went to MRKT for dinner with our friends, the Pisciotta's. 

Lauren got a Hollister sweater



and Jace got some Lego minifigures!!



Jason and the kids got me my favorite flowers- tulips!!



We are Family....

I have to admit, I would have pictures done every month if I could! The reality, however happens to be about every other year. The culprits are those other members of my family who don't enjoy documenting our family in pictures quite as much as I do. I can only count on Jason for about 15 minutes, then he's checked out. Lauren and Jace cooperate but complain before and after -and forget about multiple locations. I did succeed last November to squeeze in a family photo shoot and the results are.......

of course in my rushing through to make everyone happy and having places to be after, I forgot to get a pic with Lauren and Jace together. It would have been fun to have one of Lauren and I then Jason and Jace. I guess there's always next year!....or the year after.....

CHRISTMAS 2010

Christmas Eve:

Excitement is in the air! Lauren and Jace can hardly wait to open their jammies (by now it's no secret that christmas eve gift=jammies). Cookies are made for Santa, the tree is all aglow and the kids actually are asking if they can go to bed!

Christmas Morning:

After much anticipation the moment has finally arrived and down the stairs they run.

Lauren gets new bedding and accessories for her room

and the American Girl Bitty Twins

Jace has been extra good in hopes that Santa would bring the AT-AT Walker

already digging into his gifts

Then it was time to go to grandma & grandpas Nelson's for some spoiling.....

I love Lauren's face in this one....
Too bad this is one of the gifts we had to take back- a popcorn machine, too messy!!



more gifts at g&grandpas




Lauren, Grandma, Jace & Grandpa



After gifts were opened my whole side of the family went to China-A-Go-Go for lunch, compliments of my parents



me and Jace




looks good!




Then we stopped by to see G & G Robb



the aftermath......

After all the excitement, all the visits and all of the gifts we ended our Christmas with a trip to the Aliante buffet.

Jace with a full plate.....

clean plater!




Jace wasted no time putting together his Legos!! He even staged them for the shot!



As you can see we had a very Merry Christmas and we hope all of you did too!!