To All Scrapbookers and Papercrafters!!!

Making Memories (a scrapbooking/paper/craft company) is having a warehouse sale in SLC, Utah RIGHT NOW!!! Hours:

Thursday April 29th noon-8pm
Friday April 30th 10am-6pm
Saturday May 1st 10am-2pm

Somebody please go check it out for me and tell me all the great things I missed :)

April 14, 2010-Family Pics

We had family pictures done again a few weeks ago. This time a friend of mine did them. I think she did a great job! Here's a few of my favorites of the kids. I haven't decided which family picture I like best yet, so that will have to come later. Morgan was not cooperative at all and it was like 40 degrees out so we were all freezing.

The one below is the typical scene around our house.

Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA) Ball

April 23, 2010
Last night was the anual AAAA Ball. I have to admit. I was NOT looking forward to it AT ALL. I had only ever been to Clint's graduation Ball at Ft. Rucker, which was boring, especially since we didn't really know anyone there. They always have boring speakers at stuff like this which makes the night drag a little. Anyway, this ball turned out to be such a blast. We're so glad we went. We're lucky to have so many great friends here in Korea.

The ball was at the Hyatt Hotel in Seoul. We decided to leave the kids with some friends and stay the night in the Hyatt. Here's a few views from our room.

Getting ready at the hotel.

This was the back wall of the ballroom. So pretty!

Being silly.

Amber, me and Nikki.

Jake, RJ, Clint, and Steve

It was a great night and we had so much fun! The speakers were actually quite entertaining. We're kind of looking forward to the next one. On Saturday morning we tried to go to breakfast at 2 different restaraunts, both closed. So we ended up going to lunch with a few friends, then we went to see a movie, but were both falling asleep before it even started so we just picked up the kids and went home. We missed the kids and were so happy to see them. I don't think Jackson even noticed we were gone :)

Click HERE to see Jackson's modeling pictures on the Allo & Lugh website. Thanks Brenna for finding them for me :)

Morgan's 2 Year & Jackson's Blessing Photos

Back in December we had pictures done for Morgan's 2nd birthday. We decided to do a few shots of Jackson in his blessing outfit as well as family pictures. Due to lack of other options, we went to the same lady who did Morgan's 1 year pictures and family pictures last year. Which didn't turn out that great. These are the best ones we got this year. I thought I'd share. None of the family ones turned out. The flowers in these pictures were like a bright purple-ish color that didn't match Morgan's dress at all, so I had her turn all of them into black and white.

This one (below) is my personal favorite.
This is a perfect shot of her natural laugh.

Not sure why they cut her head off in this one???

There wasn't one single good shot of Jackson. This is the best we got and his collar is sticking up and the angle on his face is bad. O well, at least this year we will be in the states for both of their birthdays and we can do better ones! I hope!

PS Jackson was blessed in the same outfit his dad was blessed in :) So this picture is very special despite the not-so-greatness of it.

Our First Walk of the Season

Today it was almost 70 degrees!!! Hooray!!! It was very overcast (partly because of the volcanic ash maybe?) but it was finally warm! It was in the 40's 2 days ago, so I'm not sure how this warm weather came about, but it will probably snow again, the way Korean weather has been this year. Sorry for the poor quality, these pics are from my cell phone.

We used the double jogging stroller for the 2nd time in 7 months!!

I couldn't help but take pictures of the flowers. Its strange because most of the plant life is still dead, but then you have these beautiful trees blossoming flowers next to the lifeless brown ones.
Cherry blossoms are my favorite. This is a bad picture, but they look like snow! They're so beautiful. I remember last year when the blossoms were falling off the trees, my taxi driver said "its snowing in Korea!"

My 2 Favorite Boys!!!

April 14, 2010

She Does This Frequently

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Jackson is 7 Months

Still pretty much the most handsome baby in the world! He's sitting up on his own, but still tumbling over because of his big heavy 99th percentile head :) He loves being held lately, and is very social and loving. We call him our little bear cub. Though, sometimes he sounds like a Velociraptor!! He's eating anything and everything I give him, and would probably eat a BigMac if I let him. He's wearing size 9-12 months in his onsies because of his long torso, but wearing size 6-9 month pants. He can still fit in some 3-6 months pants.

No Explanation Required

But I'll give you one anyway. I was nursing Jackson the other day. Morgan was carrying her baby around in its carseat. She always says "hi baby, what ya doin?" to Jackson. So I told her he was eating and told her that her baby was hungry too. So she unzipped her jammies and started feeding it.

New Pictures

Morgan thought this would be the best way to take a bath together.

Guess what Morgan did....AGAIN!!! Guess I need to start hiding my purse in a closet or something.
I can't get enough of this kid. He is the only one around here that's keeping me sane!!

This is for Grandma Beth. She says she never gets to see pictures of me. Now you can see why!

Quote From Julie Beck's General Conference Talk

Good women have always had a desire to know if they are succeeding. In a world where the measures of success are often distorted, it is important to seek appreciation and affirmation from proper sources. We are doing well when we develop attributes of Christ and strive to obey His gospel with exactness. We are doing well when we seek to improve ourselves and do our best. We are doing well when we increase faith and personal righteousness, strengthen families and homes, and seek out and help others who are in need. We know we are successful if we live so that we qualify for, receive, and know how to follow the spirit. When we have done our very best we may still experience disapointments, but we will not be disapointed in ourselves. We can feel certain that the Lord is pleased when we feel the spirit working through us. Peace, joy, and hope are available to those who measure success properly.

Girl's Day Out

This is not the best picture. Its from my phone. But Morgan got her first real pedicure today. These Korean ladies know how to pamper! I'm not a huge fan of pedicures normally, but I love getting them here. This is one thing I will miss!
Today Morgan went the whole day without a diaper. Usually when we go out I've had to put a diaper on her for the car ride. But today I braved it out and left her in underwear. She went the entire day with no accidents. I'm so proud of her. She's getting so big!

New Fun Stuff From Grandparents for Easter

Jackson is always so happy. All we have to do is look at him and he giggles and squirms.

Morgan showing daddy her new dress and candy bracelet from Pama Webb.
Playing with her new makeup from Pama Jaelann.
Concentrating very hard on making mommy pretty.

A few minutes ago I was changing Morgan's bed back into a crib and putting it in Jackson's room. She was really unhappy about it and crying hysterically. She's been sleeping in a twin bed the last 3 nights, so I reminded her that she was in a big bed now. She went and laid in bed with her blanket and was crying so hard. I went and sat down with her and put my arms around her.
I said to her, "Getting big is hard isn't it?"
Through her tears and quivering voice she answered, "Ya."
I told her, "Mommy needs you to be a big girl, can you be a big girl?"
Again with a quivering voice, "Ya."
After a long pause...."I wanna song."
Then through MY tears and quivering voice I sang to her, "I See The Moon".

Easter Sunday

We had a nice Easter Sunday this year. We woke up early, as usual (because the kids refuse to sleep past 6 o'clock), and spent the morning lounging and enjoying each other's company. The Easter bunny brought Morgan a princess basket full of princess "stuff", a bathing suit, and new flip flops. He left a 3 lb bag of gummy bears for Clint and me.

I didn't buy Morgan an Easter dress this year because last year I bought her one, but then she got 2 from her "Pama's" (grandmas). She ended up with no Easter dress this year, but I did get her this cute new spring outfit. Unfortunately she can't hold still long enough for a decent picture, so this is all I got.

After church we came home and had a nice fried turkey dinner with our K-16 family. It was kind of last minute, but it turned out great. We're so blessed to have such wonderful friends here. Like Autumn always says, "Friends are the family we chose for ourselves." (We miss you Autumn). All in all it was a great Easter, even though Morgan didn't get to do an egg hunt this year. We hope you all had a wonderful day celebrating the Resurrection of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Our Week

This last week was kind of a crazy one. On Sunday last week Morgan decided she wanted to start actually peeing everytime she sat on the potty. So, potty training started Sunday and she was in big girl underwear on Monday. She had 2 pee accidents Monday, 2 on Tuesday, 1 "bad" one on Wednesday. Thursday, Friday and Saturday she had 1 "bad" accident each day, and then Sunday she was peeing all over the house and had another "bad" accident in her pants. Talk about FRUSTRATING!!!! I'm so worn out with potty training!!!! This is why I wanted to read one of those "do it in one day" books first. Because I can't do the "stay-at-home-for-7-days-and-never-leave-the-house-til-she's-trained method". When we leave the house, we don't leave for a quick grocery run, its a minimum of 1 hour of driving plus the errands we have to run, etc.

On top of potty training we had a friend come stay with us for 4 days. Morgan had a lot of fun having Naner (Xander) sleep over. Xander's favorite movie is "Cars", so now Morgan is obssessed with the movie and watching it right now actually. They played pretty good together, but Morgan decided she would start using toys to hit with instead of just her fist, so poor Xander went home with a bruise on the bridge of his nose. They did learn to compormise eventually as you can see in the picture below.
On top of potty training and having slumber parties, both of the kids have been sick and have been up A LOT during the night. Friday night being the worst. Saturday was an incredibly busy day for us, Clint was working, and I was running on 3 non-consecutive hours of sleep. I tried to sleep in on Sunday morning, but just couldn't do it. See, I have this problem where my mind just races and races as soon as my head hits the pillow. I can't seem to stop thinking about all the things I need to do the following day or replaying conversations in my head from the previous day. And, unfortunately, I can't take anything to help me sleep (not even Melatonin) because I'm breastfeeding still. So for now, I'm trying not to be too onery and cranky all the time :)

Thank heavens we had a fun and relaxing Easter Sunday with our Korea family!!

I know the my Redeemer lives.

What comfort this sweet sentence gives!

He lives, He lives, who once was dead.

He lives, my ever-living head!

He lives to bless me with His love.

He lives to plead for me above.

He lives, my hungry soul to feed.

He lives to bless in time of need.

He lives to grant me rich supply.

He lives to guide me with His eye.

He lives to comfort me when faint.

He lives to hear my soul's complaint.

He lives to silence all my fears.

He lives to wipe away my tears.

He lives to calm my troubled heart.

He lives all blessing to impart.

He lives my kind, wise Heavenly Friend.

He lives and loves me to the end.

He lives, and while He lives I'll sing.

He lives, my Prophet, Priest, and King!

He lives and grants me daily breath.

He lives, and I shall conquer death.

He lives, my mansion to prepare.

He lives to bring me safely there.

He lives! All glory to His name!

He lives, my Savior still the same.

Oh, sweet, the joy this sentece gives:

"I know that my Redeemer lives!"

He lives! All glory to His name!

He lives, my Savior still the same.

Oh, sweet, the joy this sentence gives:

"I know that my Redeemer lives!"

-Samuel Medley

Jackson 6 month Stats

Weight: 18.5 lbs. (60thish percentile)
Height: 27.25 in. (60thish percentile)
Head: 99th percentile!

He's gone down from 85th percentile. He's starting to level out I guess. He feels like a brick when I carry him. I guess my scale is a little off, cause I could have sworn he was 20 lbs. But thats okay, that means I weigh less too :)