Elephant trainer

Yes, Breanna has mastered the stairs. She loves showing us how big she is by going up and down them.

Her Dad is so mean. He's trying to make her be like the elephants in the circus. "Stand on this little stool? No Thank You!"

Climb Every Mountain

Breanna is not even 14 months old, but she loves to climb. These are only a few places I found her today.

McKenna Sue turns four

Our Pixie turned 4! On Saturday we celebrated with the cousins at Grandma Kitty's. This is the cute cake Grandma Kitty got her. She's taking the first bite.
Sunday morning before we went to church we opened presents with Grandma Kitty.
When we got back home, Daddy gave her one last present - a Tinkerbell doll. She loved it! She said "Daddy picked this out just for me!??" Sure he did.

Christmas Tree

Last week we decorated our Christmas tree. Jason got it for $5 last year after Christmas. Not bad, huh? With enough decorations on it, it's not too ugly.

Breanna wanted to undecorate the tree.

Tutu's

Here's McKenna and Breanna playing in some of the tutu's I made for the craft fair. If anyone wants one, let me know. I've sold 15 so far! Jason is very proud of his little entrepreneur wife.

McKenna has been really funny lately. Braden was the "Shining Star" at school and the kids got to ask him 5 questions about him by raising their hands. McKenna was raising her hand (very impatiently), so Braden's teacher let her ask a question. She said "My favorite color is pink!". Then we went grocery shopping on Saturday and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" was playing on the radio. McKenna said "Santa Claus ROCKS, Mom!" What a funny little girl.

Cute Breanna in the small tutu.

McKenna came in from outside and said "I made myself pretty for my Daddy. When's he coming home?" Cute thing.

Sick Baby and Raking Leaves

Yesterday we raked leaves and mowed the lawn one last time before winter.  Braden and McKenna loved playing in the leaves.

Breana has been sick the last three days. As you can see by these pictures, she has not been her usual chipper self. Braden also got sick (started throwing up) after dinner tonight. Unfortunately, we had talked all day about making brownies tonight. We told Braden we would make brownies another night when he was feeling better.  Both Braden and McKenna screamed - we promised brownies and we had better deliver.  I asked Rebecca if we could make brownies (since I really wanted them too) and just give some to McKenna.  You could guess the response I got from Rebecca.

Braden said "I'm feeling bettter Dad".  So, needless to say, we had brownies tonight.  We hope they'll stay down.  We'll let you know how things turn out.

A Man and His Mop

Here's the history of the Jones Family Mop.For several years, we had been using the Roll-o-Mop from Costco. It had an all-metal construction, with a sponge head. However, they stopped carrying it a few months back. They replaced it with a cheaper plastic version. The mop head popped off the mop after only a few uses! I returned it to Costco for a full refund.

I knew we needed something better than a simple sponge mop. We went to Don Aslett's Cleaning Center. I asked the friendly cleaning professional for a high quality mop. She suggested the Scrubbee Doo. I was a little surprised, to say the least. "Do you have anything more absorbant"? I asked. She replied, "Do you want to absorb water, or do you want to clean"? I told her "I want to clean, da#@ it, I WANT TO CLEAN!"

It was the best decision I've ever made (besides marrying my sweetie). It has a telescopic metal pole, which makes it easy to travel with (yes, sometimes I take my mop to Elmo). The washable mop "head" attaches to the pole with velcro. The mop handles like a sports car. But what really sets this mop apart is the Scrubbee Doo pad. It's a microfiber pad that cleans like nobody's business. 

Check it out here:http://www.cleanreport.com/p1041/Scrubbee-Damp-Scrubbing-Mop-Pro-Pad/product_info.html

You must get this mop. It will change your life.


A proud man with his mop.

D.I. Exchange and new glasses

Our ward had a "DI exchange", where families in the ward brought old belongings to the church, and other families would take what they needed. Anything left over is taken to the DI center. Breanna found a Buzz Lightyear chair that she had to have.

I got new glasses. After spending WAY too much at Lenscrafters 2 years ago, I finally discovered glasses online. We buy everything else online, why not eye glasses? I got 2 pairs of nice glasses for $52 shipped. Check out www.glassyeyes.com (a blog that exposes the retail eyewear conspiracy and reviews online eye glass stores). I got mine from www.optical4less.com.

Breanna sleeping

Halloween wore out Breanna. Good thing it only comes once a year!

Swimming pools and laundry hampers

We found Breanna sucking on her own arm. She tastes so good!


















This afternoon we decided to go swimming. But first we had to drop off a Redbox movie at Walmart. I had everything piled on my lap, including Jason's wallet. When I got out of the car, apparently, Jason's wallet did as well. We got a block away from Walmart when Jason's phone rang. It was a man named "Chip", who said he had Jason's wallet. We hurried back to Walmart, and there he was, in front of Walmart. I'm very sad to say (on my part), but he didn't look like the type of guy who would return a wallet. All of Jason's credit cards and cash were still there. It goes to show you that you can't judge a book by it's cover. It made me think of President Hinckley's talk where he said "the world is mostly good" (or something like that).


Breanna loves to go swimming with her Daddy.
They have a really fun alligator slide. The kids love it, along with the lazy river.

Breanna is facinated with the hamper now. But she tries to stand up in it. She gets mad when she hits her head and gets stuck.