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!

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!!!)

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!!!

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!!

7 down, 4 to go!!

Vanessa and Nolan Got Married!

April 29, 2010 @ 4:30 pm.

It was a beautiful wedding and a beautiful day!

Vanessa poses with the 5 grandgirls in their special dresses Aunt Rachelle made!

The Whole Gang on the Mesa, Az Temple steps

A New Family Picture

Seven Down, Four To Go!!!

And as an extra sidelight--there are 2 more grandbabies "in the oven" due to arrive before 2010 is out!!!

#5 Granddaughter Arrives March 29

Little Elliotte Joy Hurd made her arrival into this world on Monday March 29th! We are so excited to meet her when the Hurd family comes down for Vanessa's wedding at the end of April. Speaking of the wedding, Nolan Hatch will join our family when he and Vanessa are married on April 29th. 2 additions to our family with 1 month--that's awesome!! We are excited to see all of our family as all the Jones and Hansen kids are expected to come for the wondrous occasion! Even Grama and Grampa Jones are flying in from CA!!
We are dilligently trying to fix up our back yard for the reception but the weeds are trying to take over! Maybe the guests won't notice the weeds with all the sparkly lights and pretty wedding decorations! Our next post will include some family reunion & wedding pictures.
Happy April to everyone!

We Have Grass!

After 2 backbreaking days of hard labor, our backyard finally has grass (no, you can't hide your weed in there!!)! Thursday 2/4 night at 8:30 our sod arrived from the Phoenix valley. We were supposed to get it the week before, but we'd had so much rain that it was too wet to harvest---so we had to wait a week. Craig took off work Friday and Natalie volunteered to skip school so those 2 and Kelli worked on putting the sod down until it was too dark to see anymore. On Saturday, Craig and Kelli finished up the job as all 3 kids had "prior comittments" and couldn't help. It's being watered 3 times a day for a total of 45 minutes and it had BETTER stay GREEN since it is winter grass overplanted on summer grass! WE ARE EXCITED!! The dogs love it too!