Jaki Called Jeff a Wuss at Dinner Tonight

And not just a wuss, but a wuss-y!

Why? Because he wouldn't eat a peach slice dipped in barbecue sauce.

Who thought up this delectible treat? Rachel

But then as the three of us girls chanted "Do it! Do it! Do it!" he did it. It was pretty funny. Nothing like some good peer pressure to make us do things.

And you know what? Peach slices dipped in barbecue sauce really aren't so bad. (I tried it just before Jeff did and for the same reason) (Except I wasn't called a wuss.)

And this is the face Jaki made as she was saying it.

After 9 visits to the dentist, 13 cavities, and $300+ gone from our checking account, our family finally has a clean bill of dentistry.
Heres the breakdown:
Jaki-1 visit
Rachel-1 visit
Jeff-3 visits, 5 cavities
Kayla-4 visits, 8 cavities!!!!

I guess thats what you can expect after not going to the dentist for 3 years. Now if I could just get rid of this dang cold sore.

A Trip to the Dunes

The weekend before Jeff's brother, Rusty went on his mission we took a trip to the dunes in St. George. We had an awesome time. Jeff's family have a Yamaha 125, a little Suzuki 110 and a Honda 250 and then his dad rented 2 Suzuki 400 4-wheeler's and another Honda 250 bike and we had a blast! We stayed at his parent's time share accomodations and went with Kevin to his singles ward that Sunday. I had forgotten how quiet those singles wards are and our 2 little girls were not quiet! Well, Rachel did pretty well, she sat and snuggled Kevin. Jaki made a break for the door and Chad went and followed her. Halfway through sacrament meeting I asked Jeff if I needed to go relieve Chad, but he said Chad was probably having fun. After the meeting was over Chad came and found us with a little grin on his face. Apparently Jaki works as a chick magnet!

Heck yes I'm ready to ride!

Jeff was in his element!

Rusty throwing a little dirt

Jaki had fun on the 4-wheeler, but had even more fun on the trailer with a pop, a cookie and a yogurt.

Rachel giving the hang loose/aggie horns sign

Rachel looking like shes slightly stoned. That girl had a blast! She rode with me on the 4-wheeler most of the time and kept screaming Faster! Faster! It was awesome!


Jeanae and Rachel giving the aggie horns and whatever sign Rachel is doing.

Chop Chop!

I got a haircut! (Actually, I got all of them cut, hehe) (You know it was funny)

My last cute pictures with long hair:

The night before:
After:

I got more than 10 inches cut off. My neighbor Sara is amazing at short haircuts and I have been wanting to get rid of the locks for quite some time. The only problem was, she was scheduled out 3 months! (See, I told you she was good) After she took the first whack she scooped up the hair from off the floor (I took Rachel with me and Rachel thought the hair on the floor made good stomping grounds) and there was at least enough hair to outfit 3 mannequins. Then she finished all the trimming and lo and behold, on the floor lie enough hair for another mannequin! Sadly, I couldn't donate my hair (or maybe with the economy the way it is I would've looked to make a few bucks) because over the past 3 years I've gone back and forth between blonde and brown too many times. Oh well, at least it's gone. (By the way, Sara told me she'd never seen someone so calm having so much hair cut off. It was time.)

Let It Snow!!!

Last weekend we finally had a free day to go get our Christmas tree! (I know, December was halfway over, but at least we got to have some fun snow to play in.) It was snowing quite a bit and there was a lot of snow on the roads, especially the canyon roads where we ventured off to find our tree, but our trusty 4WD pickup handled it with ease. I am proud to say that I cut the tree down and hauled it down the mountain (okay, hill) all by myself.

No, Jeff is not a wimp, making his wife cut down his Christmas tree. He was busy taking Jaki back to the pickup and saving her from frostbite after she took off her gloves and bare-handed the snow.

Rachel loved sledding behind the pickup!

As soon as we turned onto the canyon road she and Jeff sledded while I drove and then after we cut down our tree Jeff drove and she and I sledded.

She was fearless! We figured after Jaki seemed to be so miserable after getting her hands frozen she would have nothing to do with the snow, but she saw Rachel having so much fun and wanted out for more action.

So Jeff piled the girls on the sled with him and they had a blast! After Jaki was done we still could not get Rachel to get off the sled so she and Jeff stayed on and I drove as fast as was safely possible (note the word safely) to see if Rachel would get a little scared and want to get off, but she just loved it more and kept yelling, "Faster, faster!" We finally got her off after we got back to the highway and she was almost completely covered with snow!

The next day Rachel's friend and our neighbor, Tanner, came over and asked Rachel to go outside and play in the snow with him. They had a blast! Her Uncle Matt went out and played too and they all seemed to have a lot of fun.

Train Ride to Temple Square

Yesterday our family followed the recommendations of Jeff's parents and caught the train in Farmington and rode to Temple Square to see the Christmas lights. (We found out when we got to the train station that we could've even cought the train in Brigham City, and hour closer to our house, but oh well.) The girls had a blast! Rachel loves to ride airplanes (not gonna happen much anymore since we have to buy her a ticket now), and busses (doesn't really happen very often either) so we knew she would love a train. And she did!

It was fun to get all bundled up and enjoy the beautiful lights. It wasn't even that cold so we were lucky. Sadly our camera battery died before we actually got to the lights, but we did get a couple at the train station.

Fall is coming (and going)

So fall has come and pretty much gone in our neck of the woods, as evidenced by our snowy drive through the canyon this weekend. To welcome the colder weather I got the girls some new clothes last week and Rachel was so excited about her new shirt with a "starf" on it! I put it on her and tied it, but she kept re-tying it how she thought it should go. The only problem was, the way she tied it wasn't how I thought it should go. I finally convinced her to let me tie it my way long enough to take this picture (with my phone camera since the battery on our camera died just in time for the finished product).

Jeff snapped this photo during the battle-of-the-starf-tying (just before our camera battery died).
In other news, Rachel got to be the leader in her preschool class last week. She was so excited! Each week one of the preschool friends gets to be the leader as they walk to and from their preschool classroom. I think Rachel thought she was pretty important stuff with the big job that was placed upon her shoulders. I am glad I left to pick her up early enough this day so that I could snap a few photos with my phone.



And finally, I had to add a picture of Jaki sleeping. It is quite the feat to be able to rock this little one to sleep. She's not such a fan, but Jeff finally conquered the task.

Oh yeah, and here's a cute little video of Jaki and Rachel helping Jeff sweep up a crumbled roll. Jeff was trying to help Jaki hold the little broom and sweep it into the dustpan and Jaki thought she needed to lay on her belly and get down close to the mess.