Cinderella and Bella

These things that they call "Rats" are Alexis' newest pets.... She decided to name them Cinderella, and Bella. The names have changed a few times since so I don't know what their names are for sure. Jonathon and Alexis just love them.. I on the otherhand am still getting used to these things... I thought people tried to get rodents OUT of their house... not invite them IN. But whatever I guess.. Today I finally actually picked one up... long enough to put it in Alexis' lap. Alexis laughs at me because I seriously freak out.... the other night Jonathon told me I had to get used to holding them because when he is gone I have to get them out for Lexi. Well I wasn't ready and he put it in my hand.. I freaked and let go of it.. and the dumb thing crawled into the couch cushion. The couch we have upstairs the cushions don't come off.. they are attached and the thing got all the way down into the bottom of the couch. Jonathon had to CUT (yes Cut) the bottom of our couch to get the thing out.... It is an older couch so I don't care.. but The rat was in the couch for almost 10 mins... LOL

The Zoo!!

On Jonathon's week home we tried to do as much fun stuff all together as possible. One of the things we decided to do was go to the Zoo! Jonathon's family came along as well. Alexis had a good time looking at all the neat animals.

This picture of Jonathon and his little brother Sterling cracks me up!

Jonathon being a dork!

Well since Jonathon has to be gone for a whole week when he is at work.. I've kind of had to step it up with some of the things we do on a daily basis. I've been feeding and walking the dogs (well they pretty much walk me!) I'm attempting to cook like Jonathon does.. Because Alexis will let me know if Daddy's food is better :) I finally was brave enough to pick up one of the Rats we now have... (I'll post a pic of them soon.) I picked it up long enough to hurry and put it in Alexis' lap. I don't know why but it's taking me a little bit to be brave enough to hold the dumb things.... :) And then today I pulled a million weeds out of our yard and my back is broken I believe. Those are just a few things... I'm sure this summer when he is gone for a week I'll have to mow the lawn too :( Oh well I'm learning something new all the time! I was so proud of myself for actually walking those dogs by myself.. and picking up the rat. Those are Jonathon's jobs!

Quick Update

Well life has been extremely busy the last couple of weeks. I can't believe March is over and it's getting very close to the middle of April. I have a pretty good feeling that summer is just going to fly by :( Well we've had some changes in our life that have been both exciting and a little crazy! Jonathon is still running his Tile company and it has picked up since the weather has gotten warmer, but Jonathon is always trying to do something that is going to help us to be able to save money and put money towards his business ventures. Our brother in law Chad mentioned to Jonathon a few weeks ago that he knew of a Gold Mining Company in Elko, NV. that was hiring. Chad had found out from a guy that both him and Jonathon worked with in Ticaboo. Jonathon called the boss guy and the guy told him to drive down and meet him the next day. In the mining world you drive to wherever the job is... In this case 3 1/2 hours away.. then meet with the boss for maybe 15 mins, and drive back home. Then the boss guy calls at 8:00 pm. the next day and says be here tomorrow. You don't have a lot of time to get stuff together, or even get a plan going. It all happened very quickly and before we knew it Jonathon was down in Elko working for the Small Mining Division. It is a gold mine.. so everything has been new to Jonathon. He works a full week, 12 hour shifts and then gets to come home for a full week. He is in Elko for his second week of work right now and will be home on Tuesday night. It's been very different for all of us, because he's never been away from us for more than a weekend. But we know that will the kind of money you can make working as a miner, we will be able to save money and then Jonathon will also have the money he wants to start all of the businesses he wants to. Chad also got a job down there, but they are on different crews so when Chad's home Jonathon is gone. I feel blessed that oppurtunites come up for us that we can take advantage of even if it will just be something temporary. We do miss him lots when he is gone... But the weeks he is here we get him all to ourselves! He also still has time to do what he needs to with the Tile.

Me and Alexis are doing great! Life is busy, but we have so much fun together.. and I love my little girl so much!

My parents came up this weekend, and it was great to see them. Chad and Kelly officially have moved into the house they built in Provo and it is nice having them so close! Life is great.. and we have been truly blessed. We are still trying for a baby... but know it is in God's hands :) Alexis still prays every night for a baby. She walked up to me one day and said "Mom, our baby went up to heaven... but we have to keep praying for a new baby." She is such a sweet little girl, and when the day comes that we do have another baby.. she will be an excellent big sister!

My baby girl!

Alexis is so beautiful :) She is growing so fast.. and I can't believe some of the things she says! She is such a mature little thing. She reminds me and Jonathon all the time to say our prayers.. and she says very good prayers! If you say any kind of "mean" or "bad" words even something like "crap" she'll say very loudly "We don't say that word!" She doesn't care who says it either.. she'll even tell strangers that :) Alexis is so much fun, and she reminds me every single day how lucky I am to be a mom! She is mine and Jonathon's whole life.. and we couldn't have asked for a better little angel! WE LOVE YOU baby girl!

Happy Easter!

Easter Weekend was a lot of fun! Jonathon, Alexis, and I went camping out at the Sand Dunes! It was pretty windy, but we still had a lot of fun! We camped with a friend of Jonathon's that he met from work. Alexis loves to go camping, and she asks us all the time if we can go! Hopefully we'll get to go camping a lot this summer :)

Kelly, Nicole, and Keri came over to decorate easter eggs, and let the girls do an easter egg hunt throughout the house! Little Nicoley had a good time.. but didn't really understand that she was supposed to find as many as she could.. She'd really just get one, and then that was good enough for her! Alexis had fun.. and kept asking me if we could hide more eggs. The next day she took out all of the eggs she had found.. and placed them in various places around the house, and had me look for them! She is so funny :)

Just some fun Pic's :)