Future excitement

This summer J.D. has been shadowing a dentist here in town. He goes in for a couple of hours each day. For a while now he's been asking me to come down and meet everyone and see what it's like. So today I finally went! It really was such a neat experience. Seeing J.D. dressed like a dentist and working on patients just got me really excited, just knowing that one day I really will be able to come visit J.D. as a dentist.... He loved the thought of it too! The people that actually work there are so nice and the dentist is newer... so he's been a big supporter for our fear of dental school debt and taking care of a family at the same time. J.D. gave me a candy for coming in :) and being so good( lol). its kind of funny since its candy... at a dentist office.... lol! It's a long road until we get there, but it was sure fun to be able to picture everything.

Wedding Fun!

Well, this week has been so much fun! It started on Saturday when J.D.'s little sister Lynette went through the SLC Temple to recieve her endowments. It was such a neat experience for her, and for us to be a part of it was so cool as well. Here is a picture of everyone who went!

This is J.D's little sister Lynette, and her new husband! They had just walked out of the temple! Her new name is Lynette Sweat! The sealing was even more amazing! It was so nice to go and get a refresher on what it's like. They were so happy, and they didn't even cry! I remember that we cried from the beginning... ahaha, maybe we are just babies...
After the ceremony we went to the side of the temple to take pictures. This is J.D's little niece, Jetta, who was entertaining us while we were waiting. It was so funny!
That night was the open house in Heber Utah. It was so cute! They had the best dessert, SUB ZERO ICE CREAM!! We stayed for almost the whole thing and then went to the hotel for the night and decided to go swimming!! This is J.D.'s brother, Lucas! He came walkin into the pool room with cowboy boots and a swim suit! He's a cowboy and never wears anything but boots!
Also, J.D. and his little bro Parker were having a blast! J.D. was chucking him so high in the air! These are a couple of the pics from that.

Isn't J.D. so good lookin! He so happy that he's swimming too! He didn't think he'd get to since we didn't know we'd be going to the reception or staying the night, but his dad saved the night by letting J.D. use his flamed swimming shorts!
Parker loved this! J.D. would throw him like a football! He flew through the air so far!After a fun week of excitement, we finally made it home! It was so nice to see the family and spend so much time with them! We were sad to leave since we won't see Lynette and her new hubby Shane for a long time. They are going to Iowa for medical school for 4 years... :( But we are very blessed to be part of their wedding before they leave.

Eagle Hollow Furnishings

As some of you know, J.D. has his own log furniture business. It's definately a "side" job. We just use his talent of this when we need it. This summer, Jenny's brother ordered a bunk bed with a twin on top and a full on the bottom. This was the first bunk bed he's ever attempted! :) Here is a quick show of the process, which really has taken a bit longer since we haven't put full days of work into it.


After we get all the pieces stripped (which takes forever!!) and cut to length, J.D. uses a tenon cutter to cut each end so it will fit together like a puzzle....

After all the ends are tenon cut, and the holes are drilled, then we spend hours sanding. Then we put it together and bolt everything. Then we put finish on it. This is one side completely done.
Here it is!! It's all done! J.D. quickly put together the ladder (which doesn't have finish on in this pic, but you get the idea). Now, the ladder has a cool feature that you can't see. It's being held up by leather buckles! J.D. is very talented as you can see. He really loves working with wood, and it makes him feel so good to see how amazing the finishing product looks.

The Husband Store

This was a funny email that Jenny recieved the other day and we thought it was worth posting.

The Husband Store
A brand new store has just opened in New York City that sells Husbands. When women go to choose a husband, they have to follow the instructions at the entrance:'You may visit this store ONLY ONCE!' There are 6 floors and the value of the products increase as you ascend the flights. You may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you CANNOT go back down except to exit the building!

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband
On the 1st floor the sign on the door reads

Floor 1 - These men have jobs.
The 2nd floor sign reads: Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.
The 3rd floor sign reads: Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids and are> extremely good looking.
'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the 4th floor and the sign reads: Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help with Housework.
'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly> stand it!'
Still, she goes to the 5th floor and sign reads: Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, help with Housework and Have A Strong Romantic Streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the 6th floor> and the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.

To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opens a New Wives store just across the street.

The 1st floor has wives that love sex.
The 2nd floor has wives that love sex and have money.
The 3rd through 6th floors have never been visited.

Happy Birthday J.D.!

So for J.D.'s birthday, which was on the 31st of July, but we celebrated it the next day at Lake Powell!! He worked all night and got home at 5:30 am, and we left for Powell. He was so tired, but we made it there. We met up with some of our friends there (who had stayed the night thurs.) and they had a boat and jet ski's. As soon as we got there we headed out to ride the tube. We decided that Jenny had better not ride the tube,... we want Dawson to get here, but not at Lake Powell and this early.... So J.D. got on and wow, they were flying all over the place! We hit one wave and he flew 15 ft. in the air (we missed that picture...dang!) We played all day long! It was so much fun! J.D. said it was one of the best birthday's ever. He's now 23 years old....