Happy Birthday Hali!

Hali's 7th birthday was on Friday. We told her she could go anywhere she wanted for dinner. I really need to stop doing that. She picked Chuck E. Cheeses. YUCK! Have you ever had their pizza? But the kids had a great time, so I guess it was worth it.

Hali got a pink Nintendo DS and a fashion designer game. Regan plays with the game more than Hali. Which if you really know my girls, is really shocking!

They had this really cool booth that you could pose for a picture and a drawing of the picture would come out.

Regan and Hali being goofy with their "ticket" prizes.

This is Hali with her birthday cake. She didn't have a friend party this year (we only have parties on even numbered birthdays), but we had family over on Sunday night.

Did Any of You Catch Oprah Yesterday?

I sure did. I never get to watch Oprah! The tv's usually on Spongebob or something like that. But I made sure to watch Oprah, yesterday. Why you ask? BECAUSE THE OSMOND'S WERE ON!!!!! I'm sure my kids thought I was nuts. I was dancing and clapping, laughing and even tearing up, when they talked about the death of their dad and eternal families. It was so sweet.

So, of course, after the show I HAD to go on itunes and buy me some Osmond songs. Scott is sure I'm totally off my rocker. He did not have the privilage of having a red 8 track tape to dance in the living room to! How sad for him. So now I'm rockin' One Bad Apple. This is so beneath Scott, I LOVE IT! Pure torture! Hey, he's bigger and stronger in the tickling department, so I have to take what I can get. Now I just have to get the kids to sing Puppy Love all the time and I'll win this round, at least!! (Cue evil laugh).

A New Tradition

A couple of weeks ago, we had our ward Super Saturday. One of the classes was about Birthday Party themes. They also did a section on Birthday traditions. The one I liked the best was this. You select a door in your house(It has the be the same door every time)and on a family members birthday you decorate it. You can keep it decorated for however long you want. I just thought it was cute and easy! So Hali's birthday is today and we thought we'd start the tradition. Regan and I made signs and we put up streamers. I forgot the balloons! Sorry, Hali! I'm still working out the bugs!

Hali in front of the Birthday Door. It was really early in the morning, that's why she's looking a little possessed.

The Blogging Sickness

Blogging changes a person. I think it's a lot like Scrapbooking. You take lots of pictures. About everything. Your camera is your best friend. I suppose that's good in a way, my kids will have tons of pictures. And we will have TONS of incriminating evidence to show future sons and daughter-in-laws! But I think a little cruelty comes out in the quest for a good picture. Case in point. Here is another Zoey asleep in the high chair pose.

I must point out that Scott took these pictures, so the blogging disease is spreading to him, too. This is what we let happen in our quest for the perfect blog post.

It's a sickness, people! Don't Start!

I Love My Son.

I remind myself everyday that I love my son, so that he will live to see Christmas, let alone his 4th birthday. I went upstairs to get dressed today and this is what I came back to:

That would be an entire box of Corn Flakes. The white pieces are felt things that belong to this book I bought for Church, that Porter loves. It's only supposed to come out on Sunday. We don't really eat Corn Flakes. I just use them on casseroles. They only come in HUGE boxes, so a box will last me for about a year. Well, they would if Porter could manage to stay OUT OF THEM! He has this strange obsession with them. He doesn't eat them, he just plays with them. I find the box out more times than I'd like, but this is the first time he's dumped them. Unfortunately, I have a hard time disciplining him. I mostly laugh. This time I really tried to scowl, but a really big snort slipped out and then I was done. I guess if I didn't laugh at him, he probably would be dead.


He even put Corn Flakes in the pocket of the book that holds the felt pieces!

Sweet Babies

Yesterday we went to the baby blessing of Scott's cousins new babies. She had twins about three months ago. The great thing was, I got to enjoy babies and NOT WANT ONE! It was very free-ing. They were so sweet and great to hold, but I didn't want them to be mine. So great.

Brock Wade Jackson

India Marsha Jackson

A Personal Narrative by Regan Jackson

Last week was Parent Teacher conferences. The first thing out of Regan's teacher's mouth was, "You have an incredibly, intelligent, child." Yes, I do. And she didn't get it from me. So her teacher shows me this paper that Regan wrote in class and said that she made a copy for herself because she couldn't believe it came out of a 4th grader! So I thought I'd share this story with all of you, because it really is good.

"Regan!" called my dad, Scott. "What?" I asked. Then Scott replied, "It's time for the hike." That news didn't excite me at all. My bum still hurt from the crash the other day(She crashed on her bike). So I sadly said good-by to Betty and Jack(They were the puppies that belonged to the farm near where we were staying). And then, we were off. After a few minutes, we arrived at the trail parking lot. We met up with my cousins at the head of the trail. While walking, we saw a sign that read: Very Hard Trail Ahead! But we didn't care. While hiking all the kids complained, including me. Me and my family lagged behind. When we finally got to our destination, I stopped in my tracks and gaped open mouthed in awe! It was beautiful. There was a lake with a mud colored log right through the middle of it. Right above the lake was a crystal waterfall running into the emerald green lake. It was so beautiful, that when we left, I was sad. While hiking down I learned going down was harder than up. About halfway along the trail, my mom, Nikki(written with hearts over the "i"'s), said, "If you guys make it all the way down, we'll have ice cream!" That got me going! Finally, we were in the car eating ice cream. Yum!

Obviously, the parentheses are my comments! And I fixed the spelling, but other than that, it's word for word. I would have saved myself the typing, but our scanner is busted. Porter decided to see if it was anything like a trampoline. Thanks, bud. It doesn't even look remotely like a tramp. Who knows what makes his mind work.

Regan can't figure out why everyone is making such a big deal about her "stupid paper". It's because you have a great vocabulary for 4th grade, babe.

Trick or Treat!

I just had to get a picture of the candy haul. Hello! And that's not even all of it! I couldn't fit it all in the bowl! And I even gave some out!!! It seems like we didn't have as many trick or treaters this year. I was giving out candy by the handful. Maybe that's why we got so much back. Everyone was giving out handfuls, too!




Hali's Dance School had a Trunk or Treat on Tuesday night. I think the kids had more fun manning the Trunk than walking around. I know we are so boring, no trunk decorations.