Cool new way to study the Scriptures

So I found this cool new application to study the scriptures and keep all your markings and everything all synced up no matter where you read. Check it out!

http://ldsscriptures.com/

Say no to crack

 So it seems I'm at no loss for crazy things my little Jelly is doing. Here's a great one from just after Thanksgiving that I forgot to post, but it's way to good to let it go by without letting everyone get a good giggle. Gosh, this girl is just full of personality, there's no one like her. Love my Jay Girl!

So driving home from St. George we stopped to play in the snow at Jacob's Lake...

The kids haven't seen snow that many times so they were all really excited.....

Then, Jaylee bends down with her back to my window... 

I know that there are possible dire consequences to being the kind of parent who will hang on to these kinds of pictures until she gets to be a teenager, but who would have been able to resist?

This one's just stinkin' cute.

Christmas in Idaho

Grandma worked hard on making all of these blankets for her Grandkids. Nine- count 'em nine! Actually plus three more that got shipped off to Florida too. The kids LOVE them and they are lovingly referred to as their Grandma Huggies... Grandma said every time they snuggle up, it's a hug from Grandma.

Grandma and 14-month-olds Brecken and Barrett

Jaylee opening her Baby Alive

She looks thrilled for what Santa brought her doesn't she??? J.k. she was really excited to get Guitar Hero, I guess we must have just said one of those stupid parent comments right before snapping the picture.

Sydney

David and his gi-normous remote that can never get lost

Ethan- Suns fan just like Dad and Grandpa

Taylor- Definitely feeling older finally getting his own cell phone

Joel- Cool watch man!

Whitney- gift card from Grandma, yea!

Ethan- Love that smile- he never looks at the camera!

This is how you corral two babies once everyone else gets out the small presents :)

Joel, everyone loves nerf

PLAYING REINDEER GAMES

I forget the name of this one, but it's something like Snowball Soup?? Anyway Jaylee was awful at it but it was so funny to watch her think she was getting all those snowballs in the bowl :)

Whitney scored big time at it

Pass the ball with the feet!

This was supposed to be a no-hands pass the ball with the neck, Jaylee obviously thought those rules were just wrong and made her own.

Now, I wish SO BAD that I had gotten a picture of Blaine and Dave showing everyone how to play! David got the creeps from Blaine's stubble- ewwwww! They got a little closer after playing together :o/

Syd and Joel got it down!

What do you do when there are nine kids in a house and not enough places to sit for dinner??? Put 'em on the stairs- Aunt Tamara is very resourceful!

The face- off... Who's going to end up with the toy?

Brecken and Bear got along pretty well... no huge fights, just wait until they are two! So much fun to have them together though. It's fun to have a cousin 12 hours apart. I hope we can get them together for their birthdays a lot!

Jaylee's Mush-nash

Jaylee is our mischievous one, she's three and half and I still have to constantly watch her when she gets a hold of a marker. We have two walls where the ever effective Mr. Clean eraser was proven to be more of a dry-wall remover than a marker eraser. Not to mention our stairwell that has nails pounded into the wall ever so carefully at a three- foot high eye-level. I think I need to just chalk this one up to her problem-solving skills and sense of style...

"I wish I was more unique looking.... oh look! A permanent magic marker... problem solved!" She calls it a "mush- nash."