Saturday, October 23, 2010

A Fall Trip to Utah and Idaho

The 4 of us(Craig, Kelli, Natalie & Weston) decided to travel (by car) to Twin Falls via Queen Creek, Cedar City,Provo, Salt Lake City & Bountiful to visit the Kelsey and Hurd families. We left Friday 10/8 in the afternoon and visited with the Pollard family in Queen Creek. We had fun teaching Bryn the phrase "Who ya gonna call?. . .Ghostbusters!!" Saturday we drove as far as Cedar City, Utah and spent the night. Sunday took us to Provo where we walked around the BYU Campus and drove through all Craig and Kelli's old haunts when they were students there anciently! We then went up to Bountiful where we stayed with Uncle Tom & Aunt Jan Jones and enjoyed their company and lots of fun Halloween decorations! Monday we went to Temple Square in Salt Lake City and played "tourist"!! Here we are at the top of the Conference Center looking down at the temple and grounds. The 2nd picture is us in front of the huge skylights on the top indoor floor of the CC. They were beautiful!

Tuesday morning we drove up to Twin Falls just in time for Mallory's 4th Birthday party! We got acquainted with all 5 of our grandchildren who live there and got to meet our newest grandson, Sawyer. Tuesday through Friday were spent playing with grandkids, eating Heather and Rachelle's yummy creations, going Bowling and to "Hop to It" and to a corn maze, playing pool on the back porch, playing softball in the backyard, going swimming, and just generally "hangin' out" and enjoying each other's company! Here is Rachelle and Ellie just chillin' One night we made caramel apples! Here is Sydney with her creation! Delicious!

Ellie and Mallory enjoy a swing!
Grandpa naps with Ellie on the giant beanbag!
Ready, Set, . . . . .GO!! Last one through the corn maze is a rotten scarecrow!
"I hear monkeys!!" Mal kept saying!!
On Friday we took a sightseeing trip to the Twin Falls on the Snake River and enjoyed seeing them even though they weren't running very high. Rumor has it that at certain times of the year, the runoff is so high that a person standing where we were in this picture could feel the mist of the waterfalls! Cool!! (Weston just ate a fly!)
Grandpa Jones gets to know his first grandson, Sawyer Robert Kelsey
We all had so much fun! Thanks Kelseys and Hurds for the fun times and great memories!
Saturday we drove as far as Las Vegas, spent the night and then Sunday 10/17, we drove home to St. David where our dogs Cocoa and Noelle were anxiously awaiting our arrival! We fell into our own beds greatful for the experiences we had just had.













Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Our First GrandSon!!

We Have A New GrandSon
{The count now is 5 granddaughters (with 1 due in Dec.) and 1 grandson}
Welcome to Sawyer Robert Kelsey!!
born 9-15-10
by C-section because he was breech!
weighing in at 7 lbs.
21 inches long
The New Family
Big Sis Sydney

Big Sis Mallory

Here He Is!!

Isn't he cute! We think he looks like a combination of his two older sisters! We can't wait to meet him in person!




Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Man Stuff

OK, take a good look at this photo cause this baby is going to get painted--finally!!! (And yes, it is going to be painted lemon yellow in honor of it's status as a LEMON!)

This month's title is "Man Stuff" because Craig has been working on cars nonstop and has been up to his elbows in grease. So this month's blog is dedicated to him and his passion for mechanic work! This photo shows him BEFORE he started to work on any cars! Notice--no grease!



This is a silly picture of Craig that was taken when he was just a babe. Somehow he got that one finger up to his eyebrow with that surprised look on his face like he is thinking, "oh no, someday this photo will be posted to my blog--I know it!!"


AAAHHH...sweet bliss after a day of mechanic-ing! Gettin a shiatsu backrub on the "daddy chair"!

The long shot---snoozin' after hard workin'

Cocoa is taking a break with him!

Doesn't he look relaxed?!


Thanks for all your hard work, willingness to get greasy and for all the $$ you've saved us over the years!!! We Love Ya!





Friday, August 13, 2010

A Tribute to Teddy
9-4-96 to 8-12-10
Some of his nicknames were: Teddy Bear, Rascal, The Character, Padfoot, Bear-Bear, & Stinky
He was always the defender--on the lookout for any stranger coming into the house so he could bark and growl and make himself seem larger than he really was!
I love this profile of him--it shows how proud he could be yet sweet at the same time.
This silly puppy loved to mess up throw rugs and then make himself a little bed in the mess!
He was a good, loving companion who gave his kisses freely.
We will miss him greatly.


We Love You Teddy!



Monday, July 26, 2010

Crazy Kids!

What have we been up to this summer?? Well, here are a few pictures to satisfy your curiosity!
Here is our lil' cowboy cousin posing! Can you guess who he is?

This is one of our crazy family photos taken at Weston's 8th grade graduation and Elise's 12th grade gradution!!


Ok, so one time when Weston was a little bored this summer. . . .


If we've told them once, we've told them twice. . .


NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED!!!



(Busted!!!)
Hope you are having a fun summer!
(Oh, and if you are a Jones or Hansen kid reading this--update your blog!!
Some of them are 3 months old!!!)




Saturday, July 17, 2010

More Summer!

Some bittersweet moments from our summertime.
Jess and Beth with their former stepfather Kevin--
a meeting of forgiveness and healing.

Kevin, Kalin & Kelsen reunited.
Kevin, Kelsen, Jessica, Bethany, Kalin, Kelli
we met for a sad event--Kiersten's funeralin Simi Valley, CA

Sometimes Summer is Fun!
Bryn snugglin' in grama's bed with her big teddy bear and a soda--what could be better?!


Actually snugglin' with Grama! That's what could be better!!

GRANDKIDS ROCK!!!





Monday, June 28, 2010

Summer in Southern Arizona!

A Corny Poem
by Kelli
Summer in Southern Arizona is always hot,
sometimes the clouds come through and then it's not.
We love it when the clouds bring rain,
But then we get muddy streets--what a pain!
I guess the weather never makes us happy,
So why do we live in Arizona? Cause we're all a little daffy!



A Monsoon is A'Brewin'




Grama Higgi gettin' some lovin' from Natty, Leesy and Beth



The Jones family "unposing"
The Jones family "posing"
Can you tell the difference????
Summers are always crazy at our house. Weston just turned 14 and went on a "High Adventure" trip with the teacher's quorum to Roosevelt Lake. He jet skied, water skied, fished and camped for 4 days. Now he thinks he is a pro water sports dude!! (He probably IS better than any of us--but don't tell him that!!) Elise is getting ready to move to Thatcher to start her first year of college! Go Elise!! Natalie is writing a book which she hopes to finish by the end of the summer. Get ready to read! Kelli is catching up on all the things she put off during the school year and poor Craig STILL has to go to work every day. We feel sorry for him but are glad he is willing to do it! June is almost over and that means 1/2 of summer is already gone :-( How does it always go sooo fast??!! Enjoy what's left of yours everybody!!