The Jones Family

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Splish- splash

Little Ty loves water! He could splash in the tub or pool all day! Summer- here we come!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

We had to get one more family trip in before this little babe joins our family so off to Cali we went! Jeff was a trooper. He knew I wanted to go to California so bad to escape the AZ heat. We headed out on Thursday morning (Aug. 9th) and went to Legoland on Friday (April and Robert's birthdays!).

Jeff and I have decided that we are not big "theme park" people. It is expensive and crowded and you end up waiting in a lot of lines, BUT it is all worth it for the girlies!! Maylee was the perfect age for Legoland. She could do most of the rides. Her favorite was the Dragon Rollercoaster, which surprised me. I thought it would be a little scary for her, but she went on it several times. Brooklyn liked the Little Tot village and the splash pad, poor girl couldn't go on too many rides.

We were there from open to close. We were one tired family by the end of the day!

So, this picture is so perfect of my kids. I love this picture! Compare it to my sister's cute family picture from above- everyone is smiling and looking at the camera. Here is ours. Have you noticed my girls do NOT like getting their picture taken?! It is so painful sometimes. So this time we just took it, with Maylee off in the distance and Brooklyn refusing to look and smile. :)

Zoo in August?

We haven't been to the zoo in awhile. The zoo in the summer doesn't sound so great, especially being pregnant. But all of us preggo mommas (seriously, all 4 of us were pregnant!) decided to brave it and hit up the splash pads. We even saw a few animals. How cool is this? This oregantang came right up to the window and stared at them for several minutes. The kiddos thought it was pretty neat.

Note to self: don't go to the zoo in August if 7 months pregnant!

Friday, September 7, 2012

Build a Bear Birthday Night

For their birthdays, Grandma and Grandpa got Maylee and Halle Build-a-Bear gift cards. They made a special night of it. They went to the mall and got some dinner (yummy Mickey-D's, obviously the girls' choice) and then they went to pick out their bears. Of course they had to go with the PINK Hello Kittys. I love the outfits they both picked out. It shows the difference in their personalities. Too funny. After they made their bears, they went to Kokomo's for some frozen yogurt. These girls apparently got every drop out of their bowls! That's my girl!

Thanks for such a special night Grandma and Grandpa!

Goodbye Speedracer

Jeff sold his '95 red civic the weekend after the 4th of July. Jeff had the civic since he was 16. Lots of memories. Good times. I think I was more sad that he was selling it than he was, but I guess I wasn't the one driving it all the time. It was old, but it was a good car. Now he drives the Rav 4 and I got a VAN- making room for baby #3!!

4th of July

We loved being at the cabin for the 4th of July so much last year, we decided to make it a new tradition! So we made the drive up to St. George on Sunday, July 1st and then went to the cabin on Monday. We spent the time doing cabin stuff- fishing, hiking to the creek (which was more of a hike this year since it was so dry), riding the 4-wheelers, relaxing, eating, BB gun shooting, swinging... it was PERFECT! The girls were absolutely the best ages- they loved every minute of the cabin and I didn't worry about them falling or getting hurt now that they are "big" girls. They had a blast.

For the 4th of July, we went into Panguitch town. I love that little town. We grabbed some lunch at a drive in and then went to a park for some little kid games.

We went to the same picnic spot we went last year. Unfortunately this year was a dry year so there weren't any pretty wildflowers. Bummer. But there was water in the creek, so the girls enjoyed sticking their feet in and having daddy and Poppa help them across.

Maylee caught her 1st fish this year! She took a little kiddy fishing pole and caught it on her line! She seriously stayed out on the boat for HOURS with daddy and Poppa 2 days in a row! I was shocked she could last that long, I don't think I could last that long! I guess you don't wanna come in when you're catching fish.

(Bad to the bone... na-na-na-na-na....bbbbb-bad! These girls think they are hot stuff on the 4-wheelers (or at least apparently Brooklyn does from the looks of this pic!) They both loved going on rides but Maylee was a pro at getting Grammie to take her on a ride whenever we had some down time.)

Friday, June 15, 2012

Look Who's 4!!

Maylee is now a big four year old! Jeff was out of town, so we spent the night at grandma and grandpa's house... we started the morning of with some pancakes for breakfast. Maylee actually prefers cereal most days, but where would we put her birthday candle?! Thank goodness she likes pancakes too.

We had quite the company for the day- all the Fosters came and even uncle Adam! Maylee chose to go to a splash pad and then we went to her new favorite restaurant, The Habit. She also opened a few presents. Not too bad, huh?! :)

We love you, Maylee! Happy Birthday our sweet girl!