Jack's First Vacation

We just spent a wonderful five days in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It was a blast. We hiked, whitewater rafted (not Jack), ate at some great resturants, and explored the area. Our good friends Chase and Carrie live up there and we got to meet their kids, Reese and James, for the first time. Our condo was in Teton Village and had two bedrooms and two bathrooms, plus a kitchen. Mary came along and it was the perfect size for the four of us. Jack did so well! He slept great in his play yard and was perfect on the drive there and back - it took about six hours each way with stops. We loved the Tetons and I saw a moose. We also saw Ospray, which look a lot like Bald Eagles and make their nests on power poles. It was a great vacation and we can't wait to start planning more!

Moving?

We have taken our house off the market! After three offers the pressure was on to except one. The problem was we could not find anything we wanted to buy. We looked at about fifty houses and made an offer on a short sale which fell through. So we decided to take our house off the market and consider building. We are now pretty confident our house will sell when ready. So now we are looking at lots and different floor plans. We'll see!

Jack's First Birthday

As the saying goes, "time flies!" Jack is already one. It has been an amazing year! We had a great party for him. We did a pool party/luau. There were nine babies and about twenty adults there. Everyone swam and played in the pool and then we had Hawaiian food. Jack devuored a cupcake while we sung to him. Finally, just before all the babies tuckered out we opened gifts. All the kids helped open gifts so it was quite chaotic (special thanks to cousin Brooks for his assistance with trying out all the new toys). Jack's cousin from St. George came up along with his Mimi and Pappa so we had a full house all weekend which was really fun!