Holden's preschool program/graduation

Holden had a preschool program last Thursday. It was so cute! They sang songs. Or, er, they all stood on the stage and laughed a lot or stared into space while the music was playing. Either way, hilarious!

They did a cute little program where the boys got to be giants. You can see part of below.

It was so fun to watch the differences in Holden from his Christmas program to this one. He has become much more outgoing and talkative. (Was he ever not talkative?) He loves to be the center of attention, but sometimes gets nervous in front of lots of people.

Each student received an award and Holden got Class Clown. This does not surprise me for a second. He loves making people laugh and will do whatever it takes to get them to do so. Then when they do laugh he will continue to do that same thing over and over and over again. Kids find him hilarious. As his Mom I would say he is only funny once.

I'm way behind on posting so stay tuned for Tee ball pics, school pics, and hopefully soon Beckett's one year pics!

Letter from Becky

This was written to me on December 19, 1999 by my wonderful sister, Becky. I love being able to pull it out when I'm having a bad day. Or when I'm having a good day. It's one of my favorite things I've ever received from my sister. Thank you Becky!

Jacki,
I just wanted to let you know how much you mean to me. You are such a wonderful asset to my life. When, in heaven, you chose to be a part of our family I know that you knew you would be a tremendous influence on all of our lives. And I thank you for that. You knew that one day we would need you and your example to help us along.
You are a beautiful, beautiful woman. And so unique. And so needed. Please don't ever forget that. And don't ever forget how much you are loved. By your family and by God. He loves you very much and I know he sent you here for a very special reason. So always be true to yourself and be true to Him.
I'm glad you are my sister and I'm glad you are my friend.
Love Always,
Becky

JJ-Tell how, where, when you learned to drive. Any memorable experiences?

I've decided to combine my Journal Jar blog with my family blog. So now every time I'm doing a Journal Jar post it will start with JJ.

I have been going through things in my house recently and I found an old notebook of mine. At the very back were two entries from 2004. I guess I started doing my Journal Jar back then and completely forgot. So today, I'm going to type out the answer to the question in the title. This was written on Jan 1, 2004.

I learned how to drive in 10th grade drivers ed. Believe it or not, I knew nothing before this. I didn't even know which pedal was the gas and which was the brake. There wasn't anything really memorable except that I failed drivers ed. By the time I failed I had a boyfriend who drove me everywhere so I didn't care if I got my license. When we broke up I was pregnant so my Mom drove me everywhere. After that I had a new boyfriend who I was engaged to and he drove me everywhere. (are you seeing a theme?) Finally, when we broke up Becky forced me to re-take the driving test and I passed! By then I was 18.

I do have one story from before I got my license. I remember going to Smith's with my brother Aaron and his friend Ben. They were trying REALLY hard to get me to drive home from Smith's in Aaron's car. And I REALLY didn't want to. I was crying in the parking lot because I was so nervous. I ended up driving home and everything was fine. But I hated them pushing me. Stupid older brothers.

I still don't like to drive. Tim almost always drives when we are together. And if I'm going with someone else I would much rather they drive than me.

I told this story to Tim tonight and his response? "That explains a lot." Really? Really?

Good Things Utah-AGAIN!

Becky and I will be on Good Things Utah again this month! I'm super excited. It did great things for our blog last time around and I have high hopes for this time as well.

I would love for you to come be in the audience! If you want to come just email me for details. If you can't, make sure to set your DVR's and turn on the TV. We will be on on Wednesday, May 26th. at 10:00 am on channel 4.

And if you STILL haven't checked out our blog, click HERE. You have no idea what you are missing and how much money you could be saving!

Alphabet King Holden

Holden was tested at school today and he knows all of his letters and what sound they make. That makes him Alphabet King Holden!

I'm super proud of him.

I did have to bribe him to let me take a picture of him in his crown, though. I don't think he thinks it's a big deal at all.

Happy Birthday Beckett!

Can you believe Beckett is one today? I certainly can't. This year has flown by. It feels like only yesterday that Beckett was born. Now he's walking and talking and making mess after mess in my house. I can't imagine my family without him. Who knew the skinny little 7 pound 1 ounce baby would turn into my love-able Fatty Patty?

Here is a year of Beckett in pictures.

To read the full labor and delivery story click HERE.

 Happy 1st Birthday Beckett!

McDonald's Has a Farm!

Today we went to McDonald's to grab lunch. Holden got super excited when  he saw the sign and said "There's McDonald's! McDonald's has a farm!" and proceeded to sing Old McDonald has a farm all the way home. I thought it was super cute!
You can click below to see him singing the song.