Coming Back

WE ARE BACK! Not only back to blogging, but back to Henderson. Oh how I have missed you Henderson.We had a fantastic time in St. George. We were able to spend some quality time with family, attend many great weddings, camp, family reunions, cattle drives, plays and see a lot of our dear friends.
Here are a couple pictures from our summer:

Levi's first birthday (milk and cookies) was a complete success!

We went to the county fair

Celebrated Jord's (and meg and janece's) birthday in Pine Valley

Camping with the McDonalds. Me Cherri and the kids decided to "camp" in the cabin...

4th of July fireworks with the family 

Jord's bday again

Play dates with great friends

Surprise! Carly and Andy told us they are pregnant!!

Our cutie niece Sophie

We are fully back into the swing of things here in Henderson. Jordan is really enjoying his second year of law school. So far it has been a lot more relaxed and easier. Me and Levi have gotten back to our play groups with full force (we have one every day of the week!). I have loved coming back and getting together with a lot of our friends. We have had a couple great get togethers with our law school friends which included another pool party and intense pool basketball game. Levi is a full time walker these days and is a little bit of a trouble maker. His new fun thing to do is hide everything. I have found a couple pairs of my shoes in the trash, and the laundry basket and other things like lids and magnets in our clothes drawers and jordan's backpack. It is pretty funny, i'll admit. He is great at signing which has been awesome for us because I think it helps with him not throwing tantrums because he can't communicate. He also now folds his arms when we say our night time prayer. It is probably the cutest thing you have ever seen.

Levi: 10 Months, and STG

{10 Months}

This post is just a tad late..

-Levi can point to what or who he wants

-Says "dod"for dog,"nana" for banana and "mom" and "da" or "dada" 

-Doesn't like to eat baby food anymore. He only wants to eat what we eat. He especially likes Gramma Neece's garlic and onion black beans. 

-Cruises all over the place

-Can walk while only holding one hand

-Is down to 2 naps a day. It was hard work but is great because the naps last from 1.5 - 2 hours

-Wears clothes sized 6-12 months

-Loves to laugh

-Still no teeth!

-Isn't too interested in his bottle or formula anymore

-Can drink from a cup {assisted}

Boxes to Ishinomaki Update

I am so excited and happy to report that our box made it to Japan! and look, we even have proof! Mr. Oikawa from Be 1 Project in Sendai, Japan is holding a picture of our family and our box!

{I kinda feel famous for having him hold our picture, I won't lie...}

We loved this opportunity to serve. We helped someone somewhere. Someone we don't even know will benefit by this and that just feels good.

Want to do something for Japan?: my cousin created a website for people who want to help the relief efforts in Japan. Go to this website and just click "support." You can click once everyday for about 84 more days. Every time you click 1 yen {which equals roughly .o1 US dollars} will be donated by a company sponsor. Sooo...all you have to do to help is to click a button on your computer. How sweet is that?

Check out this link for the complete post on The Sleepy Time Gal's blog that included the pictures of our family.

Mustache Pool Party

Jordan and his law school friends decided to grow mustaches the last month of finals. Here are the results:

 {Eric Carson, James Clissold, John Peck, Jordan and Alan Miller}

{next pics add Joe Bowen,  Kevin Day and Michael Lum}

Here is our law school family. We have had many great parties and get togethers over the past year. We are so grateful to have such great friends!

And hooray for Jordan being done with his first year of law! This summer he got an internship with Gallian Wilcox Welker Olson & Beckstrom in St. George.

Levi 9 Months

Our little one is 9 months!

Yay!

Here are his stats for our record:

Stands holding onto things

Claps his hands by himself and when he sees others clapping

Can still fit into some of his 3-6 month clothes

Wears size 3 diapers

Will "walk" when you hold his hands

Waves "Hi" and "Bye"

Gives kisses

Sleeps 7pm to 6am

Still no teeth

Loves prunes!

Shakes his head "No" (although I think it is more of his way of dancing)

Will give high fives

Such a momma's boy

Still takes about 3 naps a day - first 2 about 1.5 hours; the last half an hour

(We tried just going for 2 naps but he was sooo cranky. I do love his 3 naps!)

Loves when we sing "The Wheels on the Bus" - he'll stop crying and laugh

Most of his favorite toys can be found in the kitchen like: pots, pans and silicone basting brush

Boxes to Ishinomaki

(photo Here)

Me and Jo were devestated to hear about the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan this past March. We have wanted to do something to help but I wanted to do something more personal than just sending money. Then I found this website. I stumbled upon it looking for a tutorial on making a mat for Levi's highchair.If you have time check it out.

They started out sending boxes to the children of Ishinomaki. They have been able to send so many boxes (over 600) that the boxes have been going to other sites to help those in need.

Me and Jo finishd our box and sent it out Monday night.

It included:

Candy for the kids

A quilted baby blanket

Paper and Pencils

Hello Kitty bubbles

Hello Kitty socks/ Toy Story Socks

HK bracelets and neclace

Stuffed animal

Basketball

6 mini handsanitizers

Bottle of lotion

Hand and face antibactrial wipes

Pads

Tampons

Ramen

For the past couple months I have been trying to get back into studying Japanese from my old text books (and now from my awesome Ipad2). So, I added some post-it notes in Japanese to some of the items we sent. I also wrote out a card in Japanese to the recipient of the box (with help from my dad). It feels so good helping others. This was just the project I was looking for that made it seem personal.

If anyone else wants to send out a box let me know and I can send you the address (you will ship it right to Japan)!

Or you can go here and email Nicole and she will give you the address.

My Birthday

I got this movie:

(Did I tell you me and Jo are planning on taking Jiu Jitsu this summer?)

& we went to see this:
Wow! KA was amazing!!

Me & Jo decided that living in Nevada, about 15 min. away from the strip, is pretty awesome.
(I know STG isn't THAT far away from Vegas, but there is just something about being so close -and residents- that makes everything seem cooler).
You can bet we will see all the Cirque De Soleil shows before we move.

Levi did really good with his first time paid babysitter
(a YW who I got to know through basketball).
He went right to bed and didn't give her any problems.
He is such a good child.