Happy Birthday Jared!

I consider myself the luckiest female on the planet! I have the best husband and best friend that I could have ever asked for. Jared, you are so special and important to me. I am extremely grateful for all of the hard work you put into providing for our family and our future. Our life together has been full of a lot of surprises already, (especially since you are insistent on scaring me every time I come around the corner!) but it is a life that I would never trade. I love this picture because it shows how much Jackson loves his daddy! You are just such an amazing dad and husband!!

Jared I love you so much!!

Happy Birthday my sweetheart!!!

Happy Fourth of July!!

We spent the fourth of July up in Rupert, Idaho where Jared's dad grew up.
We had some fun times with the family including barbecues, volleyball, and swimming.

When Life Gives You Lemons...

We sure have experienced some 'lemon' times lately. We realized that Jackson's surgery was not working while we were in DisneyLand. I was told to keep measuring his head, and it grew a half a centimeter every two days...which is a lot! So the monday after we got back from our trip we took Jackson to his appointment with his neurosurgeon and prepared for the shunt. Not that a shunt is the worst thing for Jackson, it can really be a good thing, we just wanted the first surgery to work!

So they admitted Jackson and he had his second brain surgery at 4:00 pm on the 16th of June.
Jackson did really well, except for the no eating part...he does not like that!! He also does not like his mom during the times he cannot eat. So he is lucky that he has such a great dad to hold him and to help ease the hunger aches.

Jackson with his GrannyMa just after surgery. He is still goopy orange.
Mickey was at Primary Children's to visit the kids. Jackson loved it!
Mickey gave him a Mickey stuffed animal. He loves it! Especially the nose
because it is perfect for his teething gums to chew on!!


By the time we were ready to go home Jackson was feeling so much better and

we could see a huge change! We are so glad to have our Jack Jack back!!!!!!!!

California Here We Come!!!

For our summer vacation this year we got to go with my family to southern california. We were all over the place...

We went to Universal Studios for a little while.
We spent a whole day in DisneyLand. Jared and Jackson's first time!!


Our favorite ride was the buzz lightyear ride! Especially because
Jackson got to go on it. We rode it like 10 times!!!
Jackson got his first pair of mickey ears!!

We spent a day at the pool and a day at the beach.
"We buried Aunt Hilary's legs in the sand. He He He," says Jackson

We spent the morning of June 12th at the San Diego Zoo. Which was really fun.
Here's Jackson...just monkeyin' around!

And we spent the afternoon at Sea World. Jackson loved the fish, especially the whales!

Then we spent another day at DisneyLand. Jackson's favorite ride this time

was the winnie the pooh ride. Here he is...just loving it!!