The Clonts

Swimming

2010-05-31T20:39:00.001-07:00

Nixon 8 1/2 months

2010-05-31T10:08:00.000-07:00

More updates on our life. Nixon now has 4 ish teeth. He is currently cutting through his 2 top teeth. Yikes. He doesnt like it very much but he is doing good considering how painful it must be. He bit me a few weeks ago while we were nursing. (not as bad as I thought, but still...ow!) I pushed him off and said NO in a very stern voice. He took one look at my face and started bawling. Needless to say I scooped him up and told him it was ok he was a good boy. He hasn't sunk his teeth into me since. Cross your fingers it stays that way. Especially since he will have 4 chompers now. Whoo. I do have to say that I am proud we have help on to nursing this far. I hope we will make it a year (September) or a little passed that. Its hard work for sure, but worth it. He is a funny guy. He will throw an all out fit to nurse. Crawl to me crying and if I put him down , the world is coming to an end in his eyes. But about oh 2 minutes into nursing once the edge of hunger is taken away, he will look at me and giggle and smile and then try to find dad then blow raspberries and attempt to make a break for it. All that crying for what?? Babies.

Some other new things. Nixon is eating solid solids now. We eat bread, mac n' cheese, bananas, and anything he can gum pretty well. He like having whatever mom is having. Occasionally if he is really quick he will swipe whatever I have with both hand and shove it in his mouth before I can take it back. He is definitely a boy in that way. He is also an army crawlin fool and quick at that too. He will get up on hands and knees, but then decide, eh, sliding on my tummy is a lot faster. He like to come find me now when he has a poopy diaper, and his mission in life is to get the dog, so he will take off after her any chance he has. But give him something and flashes or makes noise and he will stay put, at least for a little while:)

Well, the last NEW thing is that mom has the summer off! YES! That means I am some what stress free for 2 months. All though, I am just as worn out taking care of Nixon all day as I am working and taking care of Nixon. I just dont have the added stress of grading, pumping, washing bottles, making a lunch, getting Nixon's bag together, dropping him off and picking him up. Whoo. All the small things that a mom does.

Anywho, I love summer. We will have fun in the pool, taking swimming lessons, and just learning. More pics to come:)

Been a Long Time

2010-05-01T12:08:00.000-07:00

Hi all! As you can tell, I have been bussssy (seeing how I havent posted in months). I have been juggling working, trying to work out, and boy. So not a whole lot of down time. Not even to eat. Boy wonder, Nixon, is getting so so big. He is 7 1/2 months now and reaching some major milestones. He is sitting by himself, has two teeth and just started army crawling:) I have 3 more weeks of teaching then its me and boy all the time! Can't wait! Here are some pics to update you all:)

2010-01-04T10:36:00.000-08:00

Go Cards!!!

After church, we got a little silly and put on our Cardinals gear to watch the game we DVRd. Unfortunately the cards lost and we turned off the game like half way through, but on the up side Nixon looked really cute in his jersey:) He are a couple pics.

Date Night

2010-01-04T09:59:00.000-08:00

Date Night:)
Yummy and cute Starbucks cupcake. This paired with a peppermint hot chocolate. Mmmm. My favorite:)
Yummy Watson:) jk. Jude Law was perfect and reminded me a bit of my Dallas:)

I decided he is Watson and Im Holmes.He has the jaw line, and I have the name:)

Holmes on Holmes

Saturday night Dallas and I took the opportunity to head out for a date night. We were a little sicky, but we loaded up on the meds and cough drops, dropped Nixon off with an excited Grandma Nesie, and headed out. Someburros was our first stop which turned out to be an unfortunate choice for breast feeding later:) After the spicy, but sinus clearing dinner we made it to a 7:45 Holmes. I have been waiting for this movie for a while. Its my namesake and all. Sherlock WAS the only famous Holmes before Katie. I never made it big:)

Anywhos. I highly recommend the film to anyone who wants to be entertained. It was perfectly casted and the plot was something I didnt expect. Jude Law, who is so dreamy:), is perfect as Watson. And Rachel McAdams is adorable. Anyway, I was totally excited for this movie. Go see it:)

Happy 2010

2010-01-01T21:10:00.000-08:00

Happy 2010:)

Happy New Year to everyone. Dallas, Nixon, and I celebrated the coming of a new year with a CRAZY night of Wii games. My dad used some Christmas money to get a family gaming system so we spent the night playing. Dallas was the best by far as usual, but I did knock him out in the boxing several times. It was exhausting. We played Mario cart and I was Queen for a couple rounds then just sucked it up.

The rest of the night we just watched Glen Beck laugh at the country (Joe's choice) and Travis Pastrana's Red Bull jump which the DVR cut off. Ha! I had to you tube it. Dallas and Nixon fell asleep before Midnight. My dad and his wife barely made it. Then it was lights out right after. I stayed up til 1 just to make myself feel better. LOL. Welcome to the rest of my life right. Not that I was ever a party animal. I fall asleep wherever and whenever I can. My parents never had to worry about me getting in trouble bc Id rather sleep then be mischievous. LOL so the boring life of a mom is an easy adjustment:)

Well in conclusion, bye to 2009. You brought me a year full of excitement. From pregnancy to moving twice, from having a sweet baby boy and starting a family to fighting with uninformative insurance peoples. I didnt go anywhere or buy anything amazing well besides a new used jeep:) But it has been a wonderful year. Things are falling into place to form the rest of my life and I hope that they keep coming into this new year of 2010. :)

Joe(my dad) got a little crazy and bought a Wii for New Years. He and Dallas were havin it out in tennis. Obviously Joe gets into it. Very funny:)

Nixon loved the Wii too he sat with mom and watched daddy do his thing.

Here is Nixon's POV. I think he just loved the colors:)

Dad and Nixon cozy New Years Eve. Gwen moved as far away from the baby as possible:)

My handsome man chillin. He wears a bib now on a regular basis cause he is a drool machine. I just hope teeth aren't coming too soon. Ouch.

This was Santa's present to Nixon and boy does he love it. The first time I put him in he looked at me and just giggled (his 2nd time only) he LOVES it!

He took a special taking to the toucan which is funny bc his cousin loved her toucan too:)

This is his "hey mama" look. What you don't see after is his shy smile while he shows what he can do:)

More Christmas

2009-12-31T20:35:00.000-08:00

Yay!!! for the bumbo. We put him in and he smiled right away! He loves it!

Nixon is getting better at holding up his head

Stretchin those hammies

Lang loves Auntie's (Jenn's) new running shoes:)

Jenn and Nixon ready to open all of Nixon's gifts. Nixon looks preturbed.:)

Pretty Lang. She loved the singing puppy(Dallas' white elephant present)

Everyone is waiting for Uncle Joey

After the opening. Theres the mess.

Merry Christmas

Happy Christmas!

2009-12-28T14:32:00.000-08:00

HAppY CHriStMas EveRyOne

And that it was for us Clonts. Though I think Christmas went by WAY too fast. This Christmas we spent enjoy Nixon and all parents do. I even sacrificed my Christmas money gladly to buy Nixon some fun toys:) We spent the days leading up to Christmas enjoying some fun. Nixon got a stocking which he will pass on to his sisters and brothers (should we be so lucky:)), we watched A Charlie Brown Christmas and just spent good quality time as a family. Christmas morning was so fun and Christmas eve too:) Nixon got so many things. He is definitely a spoiled boy and its so much fun to spoil him. The smile he gets is worth more than every penny I have ever spent:) He is the best present I could ever receive.

life in pictures

2009-12-28T14:09:00.000-08:00

Filling out blessing papers. Nixon has a name:)
Sleeping before church
Our first Thanksgiving
We were sick:(

Pirates don't need kisses!

2009-11-04T20:49:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween! Arrrg!

2009-11-04T20:31:00.000-08:00

Halloween came and went so fast I feel. But we didnt let it slide by with out dressing Nixon up for his first Halloween:) I have been excited to dress him up since he was born. I decided that a pirate would be fitting and fun:) Since birth Nixon messes around and will always have one eye more closed than the other, The first weekend in the hospital we called him a drunken sailor b/c along with the eye he had high pitch mouse hiccups.

So a pirate it was...it was more scary. The outfit turned out great:) I am impressed with my creative thinking. He also never fussed with the patch not even when Daddy wanted him to wear it for pictures. He did great and looked so cute/funny:) Great first Halloween as a little family:)

2009-11-04T19:52:00.000-08:00

6 weeks and more;)

2009-10-26T18:07:00.000-07:00

So Nixon is now 6 weeks and makin his way to 7. Its crazy! And going by so fast. He is getting so big. As of 4 weeks Nixon was already 10lbs so I'm sure he is at least 11lbs now. He is such a good baby. He cries when he want food has a wet or way messy diaper or when he just wants to be held.(this is a lot:)) He is a very cuddley baby and he knows when he is alone and doesnt like it. I chalk it up to him being so tight in my belly. He was really packed in bc he was normal sized and I always measure small. He is just used to nuzzlin his mama.

At 6 weeks he is now cooing and makin all kinds of other noises. He likes to yell a lot. Not a cry, a yell. He will just sit there and yell at things. His cries however are changing everday. He now has tears when he cries...heartbreaking! He can also hold his pretty well and likes to scoot everywhere when he is on his belly. He works out with his daddy and spits up on mommy. I am so amused how daddy always gets the fun and mom gets the mess.

He is just a cute amazing little man. Enjoy the pics above:) There are so many more!

Nixon Trenton Clonts

2009-10-08T18:03:00.000-07:00

Here He Is!

2009-10-08T17:26:00.000-07:00

Sorry to anyone checkin this thing for news. Hopefully you all have heard by now bc tomorrow is 4 weeks!!!! And Sunday is a month!!! Our sweet baby boy is here!!! He made his grand entrance at 6:44pm Sept. 11, 2009(could he choose any other day!).

Nixon Trenton came 5 days before his due date and surprised a sad mommy. (I was hoping he would come Sept 9th bc it would be an awesome bday and bc I had a feeling that he would come. ) On the 9th I had my 39wk appt and nothing had changed from the week before. So she scrapped membranes and said she was at the hospital delivering the next day and to come see her. Well the 10th came and went with no baby. Some contractions but no regularity or pain. Needless to say I was depressed, so I stayed at work and just distracted myself. I got everything done. Little did I know this was my nesting surge. That night was like any other. Took a shower, ate dinner, watched some tv, dreaded finding something to wear the next day (bc I was so big), read some and fell asleep. THEN at around 4:55 I woke up with some pain. Then it went away. 3 mins later it came back. I got up and drank 2 full glasses of H20 and walked around. Pain was still coming 3 mins apart. There was no way this was real is what kept rolling through my head. I googled contractions and I seemed to be having them. So I called the sister who is a nurse. She said to go to triage. It was now 6:30 still 3mins apart. So I finally woke up Dallas who had to get up for work anyway and said that I think we are having a baby. I called into work and then Dallas and I debated him going to work. ( I still didnt think it was real). As we were talking I cried through one painful contraction and he said k im staying home. He then sat and timed my contractions while I did my make up ( i know very vain and very funny, what else was i going to do?). After an hour of contractions 2 to 3 mins apart he said ok i think we need to go. It was now 8am. So I called triage described my symptoms and they said uh yeah you need to come in. So I ate some cereal, packed up and we headed to the hospital(still 2 mins apart. for those who dont know thats pretty bad). They checked us in at triage at 9:30 and monitored me and let me sit there forever!!! I was hot and hurting by then. But they did have plans to admit me, my doc was just in emergency surgery. So at about 11am I was admitted. I continued to contract until 3pm. (ugh) Then after a walk and an exercise ball(bad choice, made it worse) I decided to finally get the epidural. Oh my I love love love epidurals!!!! It was the best thing EVER! I was so warm and toasty and couldnt feel a thing!!! After the epi I progressed fast and painlessly and at 6:15pm we started pushing. (It was so weird bc I felt great!) We pushed for 30 mins and tada!! He was out!! Amazing! He was 7lbs 5oz, 20 3/4in, long and skinny with big hands and feet.(basketball player:)) It was funny how easy it was, I was very lucky:)

Afterwards Mr. grunty Nixon visited the NICU with Daddy and Auntie Jess(who was working up there that day) to get his lungs cleared. Meanwhile I visited with the fam. Nixon had to be monitored for a bit so I had some dinner got cleaned up and to my big room(I had an awesome hook up) and in wheeled my baby boy with Daddy and Auntie!!! It was precious to say the least!

We spent the next 2 days at the hospital and on sunday took home a perfect baby boy. Over this past month life has changed drastically (partly due to my hormones:)) My little man is getting big and is very strong!!! He has his days and nights flip flopped(so mom tired some dark eyes) but besides that he is perfect. We are learning a lot. Can't wait for everyone to meet him!!

2009-10-08T17:18:00.000-07:00

Still Blonde

2009-06-26T09:02:00.000-07:00

So thanks for the opinions on my locks. I am pretty foxy with brown hair...but I stayed blonde.

Its a lighter blonde with a dark peek a boo underneath. Looks pretty good and I have a little of both blonde and brown.

As much as I love the brown:( I think I cant beat the blonde. (take a look at my arm hair!) anywhos it looks good. But I think I will always struggle with the decision.

No Fun in the Sun

2009-06-26T08:21:00.000-07:00

So obviously this is not me, but uh doesnt it look so wonderful!

I wish I was in that very spot every day (looking that good too wouldn't hurt),

Well being that relaxed was the idea I had a couple of days ago. So I live in AZ its hot right, duh. Its the middle of summer and I finally found a pool to spend a few minutes in and lay by. My goodness it felt so good. So relaxing. I could almost imagine my self on the beach in Oahu again. Mmmmmm.

Until....I got home.

I had only been out for about 45 minutes and in the water most of the time. Of course I would get out and lay by the pool to get a little sun. I got maybe 15 minutes of direct sunlight.

Now normally this amount of time would only enhance the freckles on my face and shoulders. But apparently when you're preggers hormone increase and the lack of time in the sun takes its toll. I am so red! and so mad!

I usually wouldnt get this red unless I was laying out directly for an hour, no water trips. But unfortunately I underestimated the whiteness of my skin. As some of you know my mom is hispanic, however I got non of it really. I have the german coloring from her side and the english whiteness from my dad. Which equals...really really white.

Needless to say I am taking it easy, No gym:( no anything really. Just lots of time being a pregnant lobster.

And no worries no harm done to Mr. Nixon. He is still rollin around and kickin up a storm. Though he does really like it when daddy puts ice cold hands on my belly.

Dad loves it too:)

2009-06-22T20:53:00.000-07:00

Blonde vs. Brunette

2009-06-22T20:30:00.000-07:00

So my dilemma of all dilemmas, blonde or brunette?? Last year I went to the dark side. At first it was not good. It was dark. And by dark we're talking black. It had to be that way I guess because of the drastic change from blonde to brown. Buuut after a while it looked good! Really good. I loved it! Buuut after a month maybe longer my roots came in and what do you know, the dark roots that came in when I was a blonde were now coming in blonde as a brunette. I cant win. Still I kept it dark. Then after a while I went back to blonde only because everyone said my blonde roots looked to funny and b/c I had been a blonde my whole life and people were having separation issues.

Soooo here is my issue, what do I do? Stay blonde or go dark again? What looks better? Please give me your opinion!!! Dallas says either but he likes me blonde...for the most part. How do I make a decision based off of that? So opinions please!

Exercising and Pregnancy

2009-06-17T18:26:00.001-07:00

Ok. For any of you who really know me know that I have separation issues with the gym. So when contemplating pregnancy, I always thought that I would appreciate the "break" from the gym. Well now that there is a bun in the oven its a negative on my appreciation of a break. I have found that I miss the gym and long for my hard core runs and sweat sessions. Don't get me wrong I am still there about 4 times a week. But even those days that I take off are not great. I just don't feel as good on the days I don't go, as the days I do.

Well, as much as I love it, working out is getting harder. (you can imagine right) As Nixon gets bigger, I get more tired and not to mention sore. (Thanks relaxin). I truly admire those women who do triathlons while carrying a bundle of joy in their uterus. Im just hopin my gym addiction and good intentions will help me bounce back quick. (Dang you Ashlee Simpson) Cause this big belly thing is fun but, uncomfortable.

Oh I love you gym!

As you can see, pregnancy to post baby, Ashlee looks amazing and I kinda love her look. I know she is Ashlee Simpson, not the coolest, but I love the hair and the effortless look. Oh if only I could pull of the hair and had a hollywood life:).

All New Stuff!!

2009-06-06T16:28:00.000-07:00

It is now June and I have not updated this thing in quite sometime. Not that you all are just dying! But I don't know maybe some of you are. We will go with that. Since I last entered something A lot has changed, especially in the belly region. I have gotten pretty big. Not huge, but huge by my standards. I am not used to having a belly get in my way when I have to stand up, exercise, and basically in anything I do through out the day and night. Nixon is a big healthy boy. He is moving so much now and has found several ways to cause me pain. (the bladder punches, pushing my liver into my rib cage, and shoving himself in the bottom of my tummy, which he is currently doing now). He likes his daddy the most though and kick anytime he is near, But will stop the second Dallas puts his hand on my belly. I tell Dallas he is on his best behavior when dad is near.

I am now 25 weeks and 4 days. So I'm getting there. I have tried to really start preparing for the actual birthing process, but I have found I cry at anything to do with labor. I know everything will be fine, it is just all so unreal and impossible to me. Dallas and I have registered at Babies R Us and Pottery Barn Kids(for the nursery set, so cute. Plan to use it with all the kids). Dallas has spent countless hours researching car seats and strollers and I think we have decided on the Britax Chaperone. Its brand new. We have been given several little outfits and books, But we are looking forward to our showers and any help we can get.

In the middle of all this baby growing stuff Dallas and I are also moving in with his parents (Wayne and Jill) Yay! This is an attempt to pay off big ticket items we have and put more money away for a house. It is the best for the future:) (just repeat that to me anytime I have a melt down k). So needless to say we are busy folks. But very happy! Now if only I had a pool or an ocean.

Some of our favorite little things for Nixon so far.

(it would not turn horizontally sorry)

Mom's very pretty bag!(thanks Dallas:))

Daddy's Bag

2009-06-06T16:05:00.000-07:00

Soooo I have decided to be brave and take pics of my belly just so ya'll can oogle at how big I am. Honestly, I feel huge and I think I look huge. But after taking these pics I looked at them and thought that I don' t look that big. But I put these pics in succession so its does look like I am getting bigger by the minute! Enjoy and don't make fun too much!

Baby Nixon

2009-06-06T15:54:00.000-07:00

Baby Nixon

So I have finally posted some ultra sound pictures. They aren't the best cause in my lazy state I didn't feel like scanning them onto the computer. But here he is in all his glory!! Of course he is much bigger than these pics by now. These were taken in April. And yes I know I haven't posted anything in quite some time. But here is our little man. Hope you all can see him ok. Oh and I left his "man parts" picture out of this. But dad is proud:)

To Clear Things Up

2009-04-24T15:54:00.000-07:00

So, cranky pants Dallas doesn't really like what our blog says about "his boy" so I need to clear it up. I am a story teller. I like to fully immerse my readers or listeners in the story. I like detail. So I told everyone the full detail of our ultra sound experience. Its more fun that way don't you agree? Soooo Like i said in the previous entry we needed to go back into the doc's to get another ultra sound to measure some more, but this time we got to go to a really good ultra sound place! out in north Scottsdale(I've decided we are going to live there someday if I cant live in San Diego or Hawaii) So at this appt. I definitely ate 2 iced cookies and drank a bottle of orange juice before we went, on the way. When baby was put on camera HE was a movin! He even flipped over for us and gave us shameless pics of his manhood. His dad was proud. They tech got very nice pictures of everything she needed to see. The 4 chambers of his poundin heart, and all the valves and their functions. She got a view and placement of his tummy(which was positioned just right) and his kidneys and bladder(much bigger than mom's) She also got a great view of his long spinal column. No wrongs to be seen. We were impressed and relieved.

Sooooooo... He IS a boy! Nixon Trenton. And he is doin so good! Oh and he is long! So dreams of a little basketball player are coming true for Dallas. He is also 9oz. and right on target with my due date. So everything is just great! Its just all so weird and amazing. I don't quite feel ready to be a mom, but I know it will be here before I know it. :)

We have a winner...we are pretty sure:)

2009-04-18T01:11:00.001-07:00

Thursday, Dallas and I got to make our way to Ahwatukee to see if we could see what our little nugget would be. Girl or boy. I have had an inkling from the beginning that it was a boy, but toward the end I really didnt know. (either way we would be soooo happy). Well we finally entered the ultra sound room after 2 bathroom trips at the doctors office and then a third right before the gel and camera. I drank lots of cold water because I heard thats what you are supposed to do. So then gel is on and camera is rolling and our little one was just chillin. Not doing a thing but flippin a hand on top of his belly. It wasnt looking good. I think the bean burrito I picked up for lunch put him to sleep. So the tech gave me a lolly pop and the sugar got him goin a bit. Still though he was pretty tucked up and cushy. His arms up by his head and on his belly and his legs crossed indian style and tucked up against his belly. I tried gining him a poke but he was not budging. But finally for just a split second he loosened his tight hold just enough for the tech to catch a shot of his man-ness. Very cute:) She continued to try and get him to move but baby boy was stubborn. Soooo we are pretty darn sure but to be safe we get to go back in (no charge to us) on May 1st to get another look, a good money shot, and some more measurements. This time I will eat a cookie and drink some oj on the way.

SOOOOOOO check back in with us, because who knows it could be a girl, but mommas know you know and Im pretty sure its our little Nixon:) if not..., sorry baby girl:)

p.s if anyone can teach me how to upload pics and videos on here that would be great. I have tried, but computers hate me. Its amazing I have been able to do this much!!:)

2009-04-01T22:40:00.000-07:00

A Very Magical Sound

Today I got to here the best sound ever!

A heart beat!

I am 16 weeks now and pokin out ever so slightly, though not at night. Im huge right now. I have to wear Dallas' shirts because everything else is to tight or just looks nasty!

So i know some of you are thinking that this is way late to here the heart beat for the first time, but it was worth the wait. The deal was my awesome Dr. that I saw at 12 weeks was generous and gave us an unscheduled and uncharged ultra sound. The very first thing we saw on the screen was our tiny baby's heart pounding away. Then we saw limbs flailing and the body moving around. It was amazing and a bit unbelievable. But it was well worth the swap for hearing the heart beat. Thanks Dr. Wilson. (i highly recommend him to anyone who is looking).

SOOOO anyway, thats our story so far. Our milestones if you will.

Next up are flutters, jabs, and finding out if this is a tough boy or a fiesty girl. We will let you all know!

Happy News

2009-03-08T22:22:00.001-07:00

SOOOO to those of you who read our blog...not many:) We have some unexpected news. We are expecting! and yes a baby not a puppy or anything else. We are seriously prego and seriously surprised. We are now 12 weeks almost 13. Hopefully we will have pictures for all to see soon:) Cross your fingers for a boy:)

New Year, New Stuff...sorta

2009-02-09T19:58:00.000-08:00

Happy 2009 since we have not blogged since then. We are happy to be in the new year. We had some new year resolutions, but I have forgotten what those were already. Dallas and I have been busy busy. Dallas is working hard and taking a couple of science courses at MCC. He was signed up for 5 classes but MCC decided that he was only going to take 2 and not tell him about it until it was too late. Nice huh. But he will have the ability to really focus on those 2 classes. I (jenn) am taking a class through the district for my teaching degree and I am also getting my own dose of MCC. I took an AZ constitution course over a weekend and got an A nice right. Besides that we are enjoying the new stuff on TV. Lost!!!! yay!!! I am so happy to have it back. And others. The weather has been great these past couple of days with the cold and the rain but we know its heating up soon. Well- we hope to have more news the next time we blog and pictures so stay tuned in and check often:) Love to all and we miss you Hawaii!

2008-12-21T16:42:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!!!

Welp we haven't posted since Thanksgiving and yeah we haven't taken any pictures either. I need to get better at that. Dallas is the great photographer, but he is done with taking pictures.

Anyway, not a whole whole lot has changed with us. Dallas finished up his semester at MCC and is more than happy to be on winter break until Jan. 16. I also am on winter break now. I finished up Friday. It has definitely been a challenging semester for me, but I am learning a lot and I do really love my kiddos. I am so grateful to have the job that I do.

So now that we are on winter break we are getting ready for Christmas. We have been Christmas shopping a couple of times and have just a few gifts left to buy. Then all the wrapping! Tomorrow i plan on baking now that i have some time this year before Christmas. It should be fun. My sisters and I will bake up a storm. Sorta. This Christmas should be a good one. Dallas and I plan on cooking breakfast Christmas morning at Dallas' Dads. We also plan on a white elephant gift exchange with Dallas' Mom's family which should be hilarious. Dallas and I bought great gifts. We plan on putting up a good fight to get them back. We are also going to spend sometime with my sisters, brother, brother in law, and niece to do a gift exchange and to hang out. More than likely we will watch Christmas Vacation. Charlie's favorite.

We love you all! And are just happy to have a break and to have each other this time of year especially.

2008-11-28T12:13:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-11-28T11:56:00.000-08:00

For Thanksgiving this year Dallas and I split our time as usual. We started our day with 2 turkey bowls for Dallas and a great workout for Jenn. Out of the ordinary though, I (Jenn) had to actually cook! I think this is the first Thanksgiving I was asked to make something. I am 25 though so I guess I have to start sometime. Everything turned out great. After our morning Dallas and I went to Nana and Papa's place for our first Thanksgiving meal with is mom's side. Everything was really good. especially his moms sweet potatoes. They were made with extra love and boy did we love her for that. After the meal i helped clean up and chatted with the family while dallas took a nap. The turkey kicked in really quick. After Dallas woke up we said our goodbyes and made our way over to see my family and to eat our second meal. Ugh!

2008-11-28T11:35:00.000-08:00

So during and after dinner Langley enjoyed her Thanksgiving food. She was in a sharing mood and gave me many chunks of her green bean casserole. She also decided it would be fun to smear it on her own face instead of putting it in her mouth.

2008-11-28T11:11:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving turned out really great this year. After spending some time Thanksgiving afternoon at Dallas' Grandparents house with his mom's side of the family, we traveled out to south Gilbert and had a dinner with my sisters and brother and niece. Joey made the Turkey which turned out great and which Dallas was so generous to carve. Jessica did the green bean casserole and mashed potatoes. Alexis did the stuffing and I did the other green bean casserole and rolls. Everything turned out great and Langley even enjoyed it. After dinner we put Lang to bed and played games. It was a pretty hilarious time.

Langley got to say hi to her daddy.

Dallas carved that turkey to the bone:)

2008-11-28T10:52:00.000-08:00

So this is our apartment well parts of it. all decorated an what not. It must have been late because Conan is doin his thing on our HDTV which is a year old. The lovey wreath on our door was an awesome gift given to me (Jenn) from my good friend Lara Fletcher:) She an amazing girl and really shouldn't have:)

Twilight

2008-11-17T22:31:00.001-08:00

Well Friday is the day!!! Twilight is out and I can't wait! It took me long enough to get into the books and after I read The Host, I though ok why not. So I began reading figuring I would loose interest, but much to my surprise I loved them and quickly devoured all 4 books and I am currently reading Midnight Sun online. I have become such a fan that for my classes themed scarecrow for the school fall festival we did a Twilight theme and dressed our scarecrow as Edward. It was a labor of love;)So yes I can now be grouped with the tweeny group of girls and their mothers who will be lining up to watch Bella and Edward's story come to life on screen....it will never do my imagination justice:)

Pumpkin Hunting and New Happenings

2008-11-17T21:46:00.000-08:00

Yay!! Its finally starting to get cold in AZ. Well at least in the mornings and late evenings. We'll take it
though. Its helping us get into the holiday spirit. Not that I (Jenn) need any help. I am watching The Grinch as I type this. And if you're wondering its the cartoon version, the best one:) Well as you can see we went pumpkin shopping the week of Halloween. Now why this is still relavant is because we ended up never having time to carve the pumpkin and it is still chillin on our doorstep all perfect. Well its only rotted a bit, on the back side. But its doing well and adds to our festive Thanksgiving decor. Besides holidays, we have been super d duper busy. Dallas has started up his own city of Mesa softball team the Softball Homers. He recruited some guys from church, some from highschool and some from work to play. So far they are pretty decent, but the one team that they played sucked hard core. Dallas is also playing on a work softball team for the city of Mesa. So thats right he is gone 2 nights a weeks ballin it up. Thats just fine with me. Except the first team, the team Dallas put together, I have to be team wife. Its not bad, just cold. Along with being team wife:) I am juggling quite the load between work and school. Being on the activities commitee, we are in the heat of the season. I just helped to wrap up the Halloween party which was a success and we have moved right on to the Christmas party. A Hawaiian Luau. Nice right:) The best of both worlds, kinda sorta. I am also now a den leader for the bears and every Thursday night we are creating and doing and trying not to hurt ourselves while signing of cubscout stuff. I dunno I've never done this before. At work, whew, I am shoulder deep in Student Council work. We just wrapped up a Fall Festival where we made $300 from a bake sale. Not shabby. I am also coordinating and running a canned food drive. Did i mention i am doing all this for only half the pay. Yeah. Sucks. Oh and did I mention the 24 kids that occupy my classroom and are my number one priority?? Yeah my head is spinnin to say the least. But somehow I am whippin it all out and getting it all done and still having time to spend with Dallas. Whew prayers answered yeah? Soooo... life is very busy and crazy to say the least but we are still oh so happy and lovin it all. Crazy is good right?? Well, thats my motto for now.

Stuff thats New. Finally!

2008-10-14T23:02:00.000-07:00

Things are new and changin!! Thats right I'm blonde again:) kinda miss the brown and the length but... I guess its ok. You tell me:) Though you cant see it, our apartment is fully furnished and decorated. Guess you'll have to stop by to see the poshness of our place. We have included a pic of our favorite spot of decor... the wall o Nixons. Thats right the dream has come true and we arent done yet. We want that whole dresser full of them. Dont worry we will post that picture too because we know how seriously awesome it is to look at. AND of course the newest addition to the Clonts family no not the 51-30... the Suzuki SV 650 S. Dallas has a new baby and I have decided that he can keep it because we hope someday he will let me have a baby too. One that coos instead of revs. Anyway he is loving it and doesnt look to bad all suited up;) Life is good here and we will try to do better at keeping this current. We know you miss us Bullocks:)

2008-10-14T22:52:00.000-07:00

YAY!!!! Little Lang has made it to her year mark! This 2 month premie celebrated her 1st birthday Sept. 29! The party was great and the family was all there. Aunty Jenn even made the crown meant for a 3yr old princess work for this tiny one. It was a great day and isnt she the cutest thing you've ever seen!!!?

The Next F'n Trip

2008-10-14T22:33:00.000-07:00

Oooooook... so here is trip number 2 of the summer of Dallas. This time Dallas' travels took him to the beautiful bay area of California. The F'n in the title of this entry regaurding this trip has 2 meanings. 1: Dallas left me home for a whole week, again. and 2: a very large purchase was made as a result of the trip. SO details. Dallas had the opportunity to spend some time with my fam.( dad, brother, and brother in law). The trip was out to Laguna Seca in Monterey, CA. The boys go every year and this year my Papaw had to drop out so Dal got the ticket, which is quite expensive. Sooo dallas spent a week taking in the Racing bike world and being "greenhorned" by my brothers. By the end of the week Dallas was sold. The testosterone filled world of MotoGP got to him and he wanted a bike. So here we are 3 months later and there is a bike sitting pretty outside in our parking space and a sparkly helmet decprating our breakfast bar. Hold on to your butts ladies and gentlemen dallas is out on the streets.

The F'n Back Packing Trip

2008-10-14T22:10:00.000-07:00

Soooo... Over the summer Dallas took a few trips. This was the F'n back packing trip as he likes to call it. Dallas and his BFF Jake spent a week back packing through the rough and ragged terrain of northern Arizona. Strapped with about 60 pounds of gear they set out for their week of adventure. Dallas and Jake planned to hike a trail that would lead them through Chevlon Canyon and out to Woods Canyon Lake. Even though the trail was plot there was still a problem upon arrival...rock and LOTS of it. We're talking big boulders from canyon wall to canyon wall. Needless to say there were bumps, scrapes and bruises and even a night on a hard granite surface (the only area that was flat enough to sleep on). There were some pretty spots and lots and lots of green. But lets just say they were sooo done by the weeks end.

2008-06-09T18:21:00.000-07:00

Graduation

2008-06-09T17:59:00.000-07:00

May 22, 2008 The last little Holmes entered the "real world" kinda. Though we all know that the real world doesnt hit ya until many years down the road when we graduate from college, then its when we get married, then its when we have kids. Anyway she has progressed in some form into the world outside of high school. LIttle Alexis (not so little anymore) graduated and we were all there to celebrate. Even Langley and Dallas made an appearance seeing as how they are the newest additions. Alexis wore killer shoes that did in fact eat her feet alive. We couldn't find the car fast enough after the ceremony. We took pictures, in the Holmes fashion of course, all in our pose and showing our bright whites. We shmoozed for a bit among the sea of graduates families and friends and then headed back to Gilbert to go home and sleep. Alexis, who knows what she did and for that matter I dont really want to know. Happy graduation little sis. Someday you'll be as old(and cool) as I am.

Laie, Hawaii

2008-05-28T22:32:00.000-07:00

2008-05-28T22:21:00.000-07:00

It was all about Lost! They film all over Oahu!!

While in Hawaii

2008-05-28T21:57:00.000-07:00

Now while in Hawaii we did quite a lot of things. One of which was matsumotos( i probably spelled that wrong) I have a shirt but no pics. Oh let me tell you it was amazing. My mouth still waters for it now. That aside the list of our Hawaiian experience is long and eventful. Dallas and I spent days driving all over the island with the bullocks. We took pictures on some amazing lava rock at the edge of the world it seemed. We were supposed to see whales there but no whales. We visited many Lost sets which are all over the island. We even got a back stage pass persay and got to watch the cast film on the beach. Jack and Kate and Jin, Sun, Juliette, Daniel, Charlotte, Bernard and a dead doctor were all there. It was amazing!!! Kate, Evangeline Lily, even waved hi at me from her makeup chair. Uh! amazing! We also visited the Dole plantation and had yummy pineapple ice cream. We visited Pearl Harbor. We did Waikiki a couple times and enjoyed a great show from Basketball Man. We shopped at the biggest swap meet ever! We saw my favorite animal a Sea Turtle named L2. And of course we sunned and swam. MMM Hawaii. If you have the means, I highly recommend it.

2008-05-28T21:41:00.000-07:00

On my life long journey to become a surfer, I came one step closer this past March. My husband and I flew across the ocean to the beautiful island of Oahu. And man let me tell you, it was love! Did I surf?? uh no. Did i do anything that came close to surfing? does snorkeling count? And I didn't even do it well!!! But hey I was there and I was totally feeling the surfing island vibe. And Dallas he was a freakin pro at snorkeling. But thats no surprise, he's good at everything. Anywho we enjoyed our amazing trip courtesy of Trevor and Lauren Bullock. They allowed us to stay in their humble abode and drove our mainlander bums all over the island. I have never had a better time. The island defiantly haunts you after you leave. I have daily desires to go back and live their forever selling pineapples and fish and eventually surfing on the beautiful North Shore(just not in the winter, if you know what i mean).

Been a long time

2008-05-28T21:26:00.000-07:00

Whoooo doggie it has been a long time since i blogged considering I have only blogged once. I am still getting acquainted with this thing and wish my buddies and cousins the Bullocks were here to teach me all the tricks. To be honest I jumped on this think thinking it would be cool to have. Then I just thought thast it was for moms who had babies to show off. But seeing as how I am now 25 with no babies and will be having no babies for quite sometime I figure that I will create this site in preparation for the babies. That and because I love to show off my husband.

Paige Paige Paige

2007-10-15T23:01:00.000-07:00

Welp, after viewing the amazing blogs of Paige and Mandy I decided to try out a blog myself. I dont know if it will be as creative or cool as the ones I have seen, but I will give it a go. After spending this past week with the amazing women of the Erekson family I have recommited myself to decorating my apartment to its greatest potential, finding sales whenever and where ever I can and stocking up, and creating a strong sisterly bond with my sisters. I learned so much on this trip, but no lesson as great as "no sleep equals tired eyes and headaches!" I loved the temple trip and felt so comforted by the fact that Erica didn't had no idea what she was doing either. I loved the shopping trips with Granma Erekson and the "girls". They were inspirational. Down East was truly a revolution in my shopping history. I loved staying up late telling stories about our lives and was especially grateful to those who were so interested in mine. I loved finding a new friend and building a closer relationship with my inspiring sister in law and loving mother in law. By the third day I thought I would surely died if I tried to keep up with Jody, but everyone else reassured me that its ok to give up. I loved this trip and the experiences that came with it and I have found it so so so hard to return to the "real world". Especially in the morning. But, returning to my husband and seeing the smile on his face and feeling his arms around me was all worth it. I never knew how much he would miss me and how much more I would love him after spending a week with amazing women who made the rest of the "world" go away.
P.S. I am so glad I am one of Paige's new favorites, because I loved her!