Dawson's Blessing Day

This Sunday J.D. blessed Dawson. It was so beautiful, and sweet. He did such a great job and it was so neat to see J.D. be able to bless him. I'm so blessed to have such an amazing, worthy priesthood holder for eternity. I love knowing that the spirit is right there guiding the words of the blessing. We had so many people that came and supported Dawson. Most had to travel and knowing that meant so much to us. Thank you to all who traveled! I hope everyone made it home safe. After the blessing J.D. and i just sat through the rest of church looking at eachother and Dawson. We had some pretty neat thoughts today.
Afterwards we had a luncheon and it was so much fun. It was so nice to visit and just relax. Everything went so well!
This is our family. Dawson had the most handsome tuxedo on! It had a cummer band, bowtie, and tails on his coat! He was lookin mighty fine!
This is Grandma and Grandpa Stevens with us.

This is Grandma and Grandpa Shelley with us

Here is everybody that stood in the circle. From Left to Right it is Jefferson Coats (J.D.'s highschool buddy), Alan Richardson (Jenny's sister in law's dad.), Chet(J.D. bro), Grandpa Stevens, J.D & Dawson, Andy Alldredge (my best friend growing up) Alan Alldredge, (andy's dad), Lucas(J.D. bro), and choc (my bro). The only person missing that was there was J.D.'s best friend and mission comp Todd Evertsen.
Dawson sure has a lot of people who love him!

Thanksgiving!

This Thanksgiving we spent it with the Shelley side. It was very interesting, only because I was the one cooking. The only thing I didn't cook was the pies and corn. I was in charge of taking out a pie though which ended up burnt because I left it in too long. Growing up I always saw my mom cooking and slaving away all day for thanksgiving... I must have missed something because it doesn't take that long. The turkey didn't get done in time because we put it in too late, so we had a turkeyless thanksgiving. I did the mashed potatoes too early, so I was having to microwave them until they were warm again. The stuffing and gravy were good except I didn't cook enough. The rolls didn't get done until we were half way through eating... what else could go wrong.. Well, nothing.. I learned whether it's good or bad, on time or not on time, everyone just eats and enjoys it. And in the end all the food does get eating in the next couple of days anyways. I was so worried and worked up over nothing. :) It was my first time cooking it, and it was fun. We all have to learn someway right???

Pheonix, Zoo, & Hoover Dam

This weekend my grandma was throwing my grandpa a suprise party. We didn't really suprise him .. it was just a party. (He might of died if we would have suprised him...:) Anywho, it was so nice to see so much family. On Saturday night we went to swimming. It was so fun to finally swim and sit in a hot tub... I haven't sat in one since before I got pregnant, so you can imagine the excitement. Then on Sunday we went to the zoo! That was just a blast. It was so much fun to be with the kids there. They make things so much more exciting. On Monday we drove back and we drove the vegas way. We saw Hoover Dam... It was just amazing seeing the construction. It's a much better looking dam than the Lake powell one. We had never seen Hoover Dam until then and it was worth the drive.

At the zoo there was a petting zoo at the end of it. The kids had a blast! My nephew Carson is as tall as the goat! The goat just jumped right up on him.. Carson loved it!
Carson and 2 baby goats. He loves animals and couldn't get enough of these 2.

More kids and more animals. They were in there glory!
I don't know of how many of you have ever fed a giraffe.. there tongues are so freaking long! It was so slobbery too!
It's Pumba from Lion King! I will say he's better looking in the movie... :)
We loved seeing the camels. They really are not very neat eaters... It was very cool to actually see the humps in real life
Zebra's! What if our skin was striped like that???
This was my first time seeing a flamingo... and how lucky to catch some of them sleeping. How can they do that? I tried it and there is no way I could be that still, or better yet sleep like that. They should be ballerinas
Once again a first seeing a rhino! My good friend Brie posted a pic a while back of us doing the rhino dance when we were young... This reminded me of that. There foot is like the hood of a car! They are so massive! The horn was so amazing.
This was probably my favorite. I love monkeys! This was a baby monkey swinging on his tail. It was so adorable. I wish we could of held him.
Here's my a few nieces and nephews. James, Layne, Rylee and Jessi.. behind them is a white tiger! He was pacing the fence... my sister jori got a branch and tried to poke it.. oh wow, he didn't like it at all and tried to eat it!!!!! haha! What a sucker..
This is construction on Hoover Dam. Bridges really amaze me. I can't believe the things that men can build. How they do it is just incredible!

Tagged!

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4 Things I love about my husband.

1. I love how he loves his family so much. He is always telling us how much he loves us and shows it in so many ways.
2. I love that he loves being a daddy. He is so good to Dawson. He loves spending every minute he can with him. I love watching him play with Dawson, it is so sweet.
3. I love his attitude and sense of humor in life. He is always making me laugh, and there is never a dull moment. We have so much fun together.
4. I love how he is such a hard worker, and how much he knows about the gospel. He works so hard so that he can give his family a good life.


4 Jobs that I've had.

1. Junction Drive-In
2. Hotel front desk clerk
3. Apartment complex assistant manager
4. Customer service over the phone

4 Movies that I've watched more than once.

1. Mr. Deeds
2. Wedding Crashers
3. Orange County
4. Iron Man

4 T.V. shows that I watch.

1. Bones
2. House
3. Law & Order
4. Matlock

4 Places that I've been.

1. Omaha Zoo
2. The home of Jesse James
3. Liberty Jail
4. Bethany Beach in Delaware

4 Of my favorite foods.

1. Pizza
2. Biscuits & Gravy
3. Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo
4. Spaghetti

4 Places I'd like to visit.

1. Italy
2. Australia
3. Paris
4. any 3rd world country

4 People I tag.

1. Jamie
2. Brie
3. Sarah
4. Anyone who hasn't been tagged

Shots...

Today was Dawson's 2 month old check-up with the Doctor. I really love his doctor because of how informative he is, and you can really tell he cares. Any concern we have or question, he addresses it with care and checks Dawson to make sure he's okay. His weight was 11 lbs 9 oz.-and in the 48%, Length is 23 inches- in the 55 %, and head his in the 40%... The doctor commented on his development mentally too. Dawson has been making so many noises! He will talk for 20 minutes straight and smiles a ton! It's definately rewarding to have him play with us after sleepless nights. :) At the end of the check-up the doctor says, "Well, he is going to get 3 shots today." I kind of made a sad face. Then he continued, "Ya .. we usually wait to tell moms about the shots until the end of the check-up. . . they are the ones that have the hardest time." Needless to say, it was true for me. I just wanted to take the shots for him, but he really did good. He definitely cried for a bit, but he calmed down really quick. I'm really glad he won't remember it.... I will though. I should probably buck up and just get over it like him.. :)

I need your Email Addresses

please comment your email address to me if you would like to keep reading our blog. I'm going to be setting it to private after Thanksgiving. I won't publish the comments, that way no one else will be able to see you email address only I will be able to. Thanks so much!

Pet Peeves

I really do love blogs, but I must say that its very tempting to make our blog private. I think thats what I'm going to do for one reason... People that you don't even know commenting not nice things on your blog. I changed the comment setting so I could read them and decide to post them or not. I'm really glad I did because just today I got another comment that was way out of line. I love hearing from people I know and seeing their blogs. It's so nice to be able to hear of fun updates of old friends, new friends, and family. I feel like it's a way to stay in touch and keep being friends when you don't get to see each other very often. We all blog to let others know what's going on and to share exciting things.
I don't mind if people I don't know comment nice things, or look at the blog... it's the ones that you don't know who comment mean, out of line, rude comments that ruin it. Blogging is meant to be fun, not for putting down others. So for this reason I'm setting my blog to private... sorry to make it an inconvenience for anyone, but I was really hurt by this person. So please comment your email addresses before Thanksgiving and that way I will add you so you can still read the fun updates. Thank you!

Sleep... :)

Well, I have some pretty awesome news... Dawson fell asleep at 6pm last night. I decided to just fall asleep too because lately I haven't been getting sleep as many of you who have children have experienced.. :) He slept until 11:00pm and he ate, then fell right back asleep again until 4 in the morning! I couldn't believe the time when I woke up! I felt so blessed and rested. He did stay awake for a bit after that, but I didn't mind because I was feeling so good and happy that he slept for so long. Today he slept quite a bit more.. so i don't know if tonight will be the same, but what night is ever the same right? He is getting so big and making so many fun noises. Each day he seems to notice more and more about his voice and the noises he can make. It is so much fun and so dang cute!

Happy Halloween!

Well this year we had a get together at our house. We had crepes for dinner and then watched a movie. We had so much fun answering the door for trick or treaters and also it was so fun to mingle with everyone.
This is our good friend Tim Stevens. (somehow he is related to us) He was a good highlight of the night as you can see! He a darling girl!
This is my sister Jori and her son Carson! She did dress up later that night, but i forgot to get a picture. She was Paris Hilton, and man oh man did she look like her! :)
And here is HOT ROD! This is our friend Jefferson as Hot Rod! He rode by on a scooter too!!! It was hilarious! There is video footage down below! It was so freakin funny!
Here is the little tiger Carson! He was such a cute tiger! He even went trick or treating and it was so sweet! He caught on very quick! You knock and get candy... next door!
And here are the best buds ever! Carson and Dawson! We dressed him up as a clown! He was such a sweet little clown all night. They are such good lookin boys!
This is our footage we got of the almight Hot Rod! If you've ever seen the movie this will make you laugh!

Sweet Cousins

I went to Kanab for tuesday night and wednesday day to help out my sister Amy. Her kids are so sweet and loving. The whole time me and Dawson were spoiled with hugs and kisses and a lot of help. They all wanted to just hold him and play with him. It was so cute! This is Rylee and anytime she was holding Dawson she would say, Jenny will you take a picture with me and him? So I did.
The kids were playing with him all the time and he kept giving them funny faces. I caught one here! I can't quite get what he's trying to say here... haha

Tubby Time

This is our sweet little Dawson after a nice warm bath. He loves to take baths! He just calms right down. He has a little tub that I wash him in and while he sits in that I let the water keep running in his tub and it drains off the sides. So he will stretch out his legs let the water run between his toes! It's so cute!