broken, bruised...cast it up

Jason hurt his wrist playing basketball. After 2 weeks of an aching wrist he decided he needed to get it checked out. An x-ray, an appointment with an Orthopedic, an MRI and another appointment with the Ortho he ended up with the diagnosis of a bruised bone and this blue cast. That's right...BRUISED. Apparently a bruised wrist bone is very sensitive and can be easily broken so the Dr felt this cast was necessary. I guess when you spend an outrageous amount of money on an MRI you might as well get something out of it.

After 2 days of having it on he was ready to cut it off himself.

logan's heroes

Lunch with the girls. The four of us have not all been together since high school. It was so fun to meet Parker and to catch up on everyone's lives. I sure hope we won't wait so long to get together again, especially since we are all living close by.

I LOVE THESE GIRLS!

bubble gum game

always a good time when you put together a circle of people, dice, a knife, a fork and a lot of bubble gum. fast pace, intense, high energy, slobbery, sticky and a little disgusting...not for the faint of heart. the game is fun! please play it at your next get together and maybe put a tarp down cause when you laugh with a big wad of gum in your mouth you cannot help but slobber all over.
the winners...

valentine's

i love to love people. it's so nice to have so many people to love, especially on valentine's day!

Jason, Owen and I had our own little valentines' day together in the afternoon. Owen got a bag of love with toys from the dollar store in it. Of course he loved them and when he breaks them or throws them in the garbage i won't feel bad about it. his favorite...the tootsie rolls and the dinosaurs. jason gave me perfume that i really love, he picked it out all on his own. what cute boys i have. i love them more than anything!

my mom has instilled festiveness in our brains(most of us at least) and every holiday we wear the coordinating colors, pretty awesome i know. love me some beautiful girl pictures...




...along with some silly girl pictures!
my mom and dad set the living room up with the long tables and made us a candle light steak dinner. it was delicious and so fun to be with the family(we missed the clark's who were stuck in bad weather in salt lake).

My Valentine

Amy,
I just wanted to tell you how much I love you and all the many reasons why I love you more each day. This is our seventh Valentine's Day together! I am so lucky to have met you! You always bring a smile to my face and I wish I could spend every minute with you! There are many things I love about you....here are a few (in no particular order), with pictures as proof.
~You have a great outlook on life, where you want to go and who you want to spend it with (pic 1).
~You are an amazing example to Owen (2).
~You really get me....many times it seems we are think the same thing (3).
~You love life and enjoy everything it offers (4).
~You love, care for and watch out for Owen..........you're like the best mom ever (5).
~You are always up for an adventure or trip (6&7).
~You let me win when we're playing a game because you know I have a big ego (8).
~You will never give up on your goals or dreams.......like getting discovered someday (9).
~You always teach me something (I thought I knew it all) like how to pop popcorn on a fire (10).
~You share my love for nature and always trying to get the most unique photo (11&12).
~You are always honest with me, whether it's telling me I need to shower or that you think another guy is hotter than me (13).
~You love playing in the snow (14).
~You let me leave for a week with the scouts (3 years in a row) so I can see places like this (15).
~You always make me laugh (16).
~You let me share with you some of the great things in life, like a fire on the beach (17).
~You love me even though I can only act tough (18).
~Your love makes me crazy (19).
~You would do anything and everything for our family (20).

I love you!!! Happy Valentine's Day!!!

MY TOP PICKS OF OWEN

Here goes nothing..........
That's right, it's me, Jason.
I was just looking through some of our pictures and there are a lot of Owen that I really love. So I thought I would just share some of my favorites. Sorry if there is too many (I did leave out about half...what can I say, he gets his looks from his mom).



We have had a lot of good laughs!



There's nothing like a good shower!



Ummm......next Michael Jordan???



Can't turn your back on this kid for a second!



Some more good times...thanks Amy
for letting me put that sticker on!



What can I say.......this one just makes
me grin from ear to ear!



He loves to listen to the Aggies!



He was checking himself out in the mirror for
the longest time....until we got the camera out!


I hope you all enjoyed it. Hopefully Amy does not
delete my first post (I don't think she will but
I do hope I pass the test. I would love to be
accepted as a 'blogger').

Donny and Marie

Last weekend Jason , Mom , Dad and I drove down to Vegas to see Donny and Marie in concert. Jason and I gave them tickets to the concert for Christmas. We drove down on Thursday, stayed the night at Angela's and then drove to Vegas on Friday. Mom and Dad sat in the backseat and watched movies. I am sure it was nerve wracking for mom not to be driving. She always drives. She did tell Jason he was a good driver though.

We stayed at the Flamingo.

Flamingo island was incredible. The grounds were beautiful.

We did a lot of walking and of course I took advantage of every photo opportunity. I only posted a couple so nobody thinks that I am totally in love with myself. The Miss America pageant was at the Planet Hollywood Hotel the weekend we were there. I walked the red carpet and signed a few autographs. I really wanted to go to the pageant but the tickets were pretty pricey. We saw some contestants walking around. It was fun. I have always loved watching the Miss America pageant and guessing who is going to win.

This guy was out on the strip. Lots of people were taking pictures with him, mostly cause they thought he was a joke. I respect him for standing up for what he believes in...definitely wouldn't take this approach myself though, too many angry, crazy drunk people. I used to really enjoy going to Las Vegas but I think I would be okay never going again. I don't drink, smoke, gamble and I don't want 'hot girls right now'. If you are not into any of that stuff there is really no place for you on the strip. It's groddy.

Mom and Dad LOVED the concert. They talked about it all night. Jason and I sacrificed tickets for ourselves so we could buy better tickets for mom and dad. Yeah, we are nice like that!

After the concert Donny and Marie met in a secret spot for a meet and greet for people with VIP tickets. Unfortunately mom and dad were not one of the VIP's. Luckily, Jason found the secret spot and we stalked them from a far. I got in trouble with security twice taking pictures through the crack in the partitions. Then as we were leaving I yelled for my mom(she's not quite as boisterous as I am) 'WE LOVE YOU DONNY' and he smiled and waved at us. Nothing like a smile from Donny Osmond to get your heart racing.

We went to the 3D m&m movie in the m&m store and mom said '"whoa" out loud when things flew out at us and she made everyone in the theater laugh. It was great.

Can't pass up a photo op with the SpongeBob gang.

Hoping for some luck on the slots. Mom would not even let me play the penny slots. I don't love playing them, because I would rather buy new clothes, but I had some pennies in my wallet, there were no penny candies to buy and I wanted to get rid of them. They are still in my wallet.

We drove home Sunday and stopped at Angela's for Sunday dinner. It was delicious. The weather was pretty crappy most of the way home, but we made it safe and sound. It was really fun just hanigng out with mom and dad for the weekend. We left Owen home with Monica and really missed him, but it was nice with just the 4 of us. Mom and dad do so much for us and I hope they know how much I appreciate and love them both.

We had a good time, ate good food, wore short sleeves and flip flops during the day, gained a greater appreciation for the standards we try to live by, rocked out to music superstars and enjoyed good company. Yep.