Sunday, December 26, 2010

Merry Christmas

Santa Claus made it to our house this year. Guess we were all good. 

the Pillow Pet is Brett's favorite gift.

Caleb really didnt get the whole santa thing but still had fun getting into mischief.

Brett was so excited all day.

Spoiled little Caleb.

Brett got so many fun gifts including Criss Cross Crash, Hero Factory, NBA Jam Wii, Real Construction, etc.

Caleb playing with his new kitchen



 Now that Christmas is over we didnt put many things back out.  Caleb has been into everything in the front room.  Its safer for him now but he really does not get the word "no".

Friday, December 24, 2010

Road Trip/ Christmas with the Jacksons

My 8 day break off work started out quickly and hasnt settled down yet.  First we started by going to Brett's concert at school.  They had a big party and then a singing program (brett is the 2nd from the end on the middle row).   At the end the big man mad an appearance. 





From there we headed to Fillmore.  Caleb and Brett stayed with Nana and Grandpa (THANK YOU) while justin and I headed to vegas.  We spent a night in mesquite and then a night in vegas.  Had a great all you can eat buffet in Mesquite.  We spent a few hours at Bass pro shops and got rain gear.  After that we headed to the Vegas Bowl.  The Utah Utes lost but the road trip was still well worth it.  The next morning we headed back to fillmore for our 2nd Christmas of the year with the Jacksons.    Brett was so excited to get a Paper Jam guitar.  It really is made out of cardboard (hint the name paper jam) but its a great toy.  Brett loved it  especially when we hooked up the amplifier. 

Caleb got a scoot and push toy.  Brett loves it as much as Caleb and had hours of fun scooting Caleb around. 



Finally on christmas eve we made it home. Brett and I made cookies for Santa Claus. Brett decorated the plate that was especially for Santa. Brett has also been tracking Santa on Norad. He is very excited for tomorrow. We had a wonderful Chili dinner (okay so I had beanless chili, Jusitn had regular chili, brett had steak and corn, caleb had steak and cheese).... but we all enjoyed it.
I cant believe its only be 4/8 days off for me..... It feels like its been a lot more than that.  I am so excited for my 4 more.  Just hanging out at home with the kids and hubby (minus my time for my massage on Monday)

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Floors/Brothers

My camera on my phone is not the best so this is blurry but you can see how shinny the floors are.  Brett helped me mop the other day.  I must say he is a perfectionist! I was pretty impressed at how good he did. 


Caleb was laughing so hard in the video below, again you cant see much but just listen to Caleb's little giggle.  I also liked how Brett was trying to make sure he didnt fall at the end.  They are really such good brothers.  Caleb loves to follow Brett around.


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Our family always has about 3 Christmas'.  One at home, one with the Shilaos' and one with the Jackson's.  Its always fun to celebrate 3 times.  Our first one this year was with my parents.  Unfortunatly we couldnt all be together but that didnt stop the smiles.  Thanks mom and dad for everything. You spoiled us like always. 



Brett so excited for his new "ninja" robe and Zhu Zhu Kauhns from Yia Yia and Papou

Caleb playing with his new drum from Yia Yia and Papou
Brett building a gingerbread train.  Good thing Daddy is an Engineer and helped us build it.
I was on the winning bowling team for work.  I had the lowest score out of everyone there but my team floated me.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

My Las Vegas Walkabout

Went to Vegas for a few days alone for work. I got a little bored and walked through my hotel- the bellagio, cesars palace and the outside of the mirage. I really am not a big fan of Vegas so its kinda nuts that I will be there twice this month. Once for work and then again a few weeks for the Utah Utes vs. Boise State.

Only in Vegas would you see Santa dressed like this.



View down the strip of Ballys and Paris


Cesars Palace Moving statues


Terry Fator, my favorite America's Got Talent Star


The lobby of the Bellagio all ready for Christmas

A cute Tiffany's Display. The window next to it had a 300k ring in it.

Volcano at Mirage

Some Shrine religious thing, I didnt see a sign to what it was.

Bellaigo fountains

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Christmas time is here

Went to the store for a Christmas Tree and we ran into good ole santa claus. Brett asked him for a Criss Cross Crash and a pocket RC. Caleb really didnt get into the whole Santa thing. I had to take pictures of a picture and they didnt come out well but here you go.




Got the tree up and the decorations out.



Found an oreo in a pack that had one side upside down. Dont know why I had to take a picture but I felt like it deserved a photo.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Jackson Family Photos

On Halloween we had family pictures taken. Our photographer was Justin's Brother Luke's Girlfriend Elisa.... It was nice to get to spend some time getting to know her, and nice to get a family photo.









Over thanksgiving weekend we realized how much Caleb likes meat..... On thanksgiving day he had a ton of ham. He would pick out the ham over everything else on his highchair. Then he had meat sauce with pasta and tonight sloppy joes. This kid LOVES to eat!

For thanksgiving Brett ate turkey dipped in A-1. YUCK!!!!

Monday, November 22, 2010

Random Pictures

Here are a few pictures I have taken over the last few months...

Brett so excited for the first snow. We didnt get much but enough to get out the snow gear.



Sleeping Beauties... Caleb was sleeping so cute in his car seat I had to take a picture. Then because I took his picture I had to get brett as well.




Daxton and Brett when they were carving a pumpkin. This was only a few minutes before they took off because it was too gross.


Brett told me he wanted to make me beautiful the other day. He painted my toe and finger nails, put my hair in pony tails and also did my makeup. He told me I was beautiful and should always wear pony tails.


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Brett's 1st Report Card

I am going to be one of those mom's who totally brags about their children! I wouldnt have it any other way. Brett got his first report card and had his first parent teacher conference last week. I was absolutely dreading the meeting. Yes, this makes me a horrible person but Brett has not had the best track record in day care so I sort of assumed it would carry over to kindergarten. Anyway let me just eat my thoughts! Brett got the best report card. It was straight 4's. (which is my book is straight A's) this included showing respect, taking responsbility , self control, etc. The teacher had nothing but good to say about him.

So let me just say what a wonderful awesome boy he is!!!! We sill have our challenges but Brett is growing up so much right now. Its fun to see.

Kindergarten

Personal and Social Responsibility Gets along with others 4
Follows directions 4
Stays on task 4
Listens attentively 4
Finishes & returns homework on time 4
Shows respect 4
Accepts responsibility 4
Exercises self control 4
Completes work on time 4


LANGUAGE ARTS Oral Language
Listens and demonstrates understanding
Speaks clearly and audibly
Participates in oral activities
Phonics and Spelling 4
Reads cvc words
Uses letter sounds to spell words
Names all upper-case letters 4
Names all lower-case letters 4
Produces the sounds for all letters 4
Fluency 4
Reads letters & numerals in random order with 4
Reads high frequency words automatically 4
Vocabulary
Learns and uses new words
Uses multiple resources to learn new words
Comprehension
Uses strategies to comprehend text
Writing 4
Writes name correctly using capital and lower
Uses fluent & legible handwriting
Expresses ideas by writing in a variety of fo
Writes numbers to 9 4
Concepts of Print
Understands elements of print
Discriminates letters, numbers, words
Identifies punctuation in text
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness 4
Demonstrates word awareness
Recognizes like & unlike word parts
Orally blends word parts
Orally segments words into word parts
Identifies beginning sounds 4
Identifies ending sounds

MATHEMATICS
Number Sense and Operations 4
Represents whole numbers to 30
Demonstrates one-to-one correspondence
Joins sets together (addition)
Orally counts to 30 4
Recognizes numbers to 30 4
Separates sets (subtraction)
Compares sets of objects
Recognizes ordinal numbers (first to tenth)
Estimates quantities using 10 as benchmark
Represents numbers in relationship to 5 and 1
Patterns and Number Relationships 4
Identifes & sorts objects by common attribute 4
Identifes repeating and growing patterns
Geometric Concepts 4
Names, identifies, and draws basic shapes 4
Uses words to describe position & distance
Measurement
Compares and orders objects by length and wei
Identifies the use of clocks, coins and calen
Identifies a day, week and month on a calenda
Names days of the week in order
Data and Probability
Collects & organizes simple data

Scale of Understanding4 - Understanding key concepts, demonstrating required skills, and applying knowledge of the standard.
3 - In the process of developing an understanding of key concepts, skills, and knowledge of the standard.
2 - Beginning to understand key concepts, skills, and knowledge of the standard. Assistance is needed to apply skills and knowledge.
1 - Not yet demonstrated an understanding of key concepts, skills, and knowledge of the standard. Additional time and support is needed.


So that was my brag for the day, but I am sure I will have more. Other than awesome grades we are still all trying to get over being sick. Caleb still has a horrible cough, I have sinus pain, justin is coughing and Brett just looks pale. We are all back to work and school but I think we could really use a long weekend to recover.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Get your flu shots!

It all started with Justin saying he felt sick, then it lead to him missing class which is something he NEVER does, after that I got sick, then Caleb got a fever and now Brett is saying he has a headache and a cough. None of us have had flu shots. The Dr. said its not really going around yet but he is pretty sure we all have the flu! So dont wait!!!! this sucks!!

Friday, November 5, 2010

Just Dance

Brett and Dax were having a blast playing Just Dance 2. This is a game I bought for me and Brett to sweat to, so I was surprised to see 2 little boys dancing. They played a while before I got the video camera out so they were already a little tired.




Friday, October 29, 2010

Day off

I had a nice day off thursday. I started off at the Halloween Parade at Brett's school. He was so proud to walk by me in his spiderman outfit. From there we went to Chik Fil A to play on the play ground and have lunch. Brett had a blast with a little girl named Addison and Caleb got in a play ground fight with a little girl who did not like babies. All in all it was a blast. After lunch we headed to a pumpkin patch and took an hour to pick out the perfect pumpking. Got to go home a rest for an hour and then off to the neighborhood trunk or treat for a gallon of candy. Not sure what we are going to do with all the candy.

Photos from the pumkin patch




Caleb's first time on a play ground, we were over in a protected corner but we had a little gal climb under and push him over.