Play catch up!!

Wow I haven't posted in a while..
Lets see since my last post:
*We celebrated my 26th birthday Which was fun!! :)
*We celebrated Denny's 28th birthday! We ate lunch at the Cheesecake factory, then had dinner at home and had a few people over. Ate cake and ice cream.
*We went to California in late October/early November and had fun with Ann, Mike, Jarom and Mitch! We had a blast and enjoyed the sunshine!
*Jayden was a witch for Halloween and so adorable!
*Thanksgiving was great fun! We stayed here and ate dinner with my parents, Julie & Jon family, Chris & Jen. We had fun times with good people, ate and played games.
*We decorated for Christmas, just a few things, but stockings are up! Jayden loves them! she likes me to take them down one by one and give them hugs and kisses and then put them back up! Santa, Snowman, Elf and Train! She loves the Snowman & Train the best! :o)
*The best thing that has happened is: Denny got a job offer!!!!! We will be relocating to... Southern California, we will be in Carlsbad, CA. We are currently looking for a place. Denny starts work on the 27th of this month! We are excited to have work, and be in our own place! We will miss all family here and being close to our family in Idaho. Denny also found a school there, so he will hopefully start in January. If not then, soon after.
we are very excited about our new adventure and life! Glad we will be close to Ann & Mike, Janice and Eldon, Travis & Carly. We also have other friends that will be about an hour ago or so.

(Pictures of, Halloween, Thanksgiving soon to come!)

Idaho :o)

From California we drove to Idaho, Jayden of course did great! She amazes me every time!

Eric & Chelsea blessed their little girl August 1st. She is so cute! Thanks to them for letting us stay our first night with them!

We had a fun busy week. Russell left for the army Tuesday August 1st, so we spent time with him before we left. He is now in South Carolina for Basic Training and will be gone for 6 months! He will do great and we are so proud of him!

After saying goodbye to Russell, we had a relaxing couple days spending time with Denny's mom Julie and brother Benson. It was fun!

Julie took her grandchildren to the ZOO! She said Jayden did great! She had fun spending time with her cousins and her grandma! Julie said she laughed and smiled and was so excited when she saw the kids feeding lettuce to a giraffe! Wish we could have got that on video! (hopefully soon I can get a video camera!)

The next Sunday Tom & Sheri blessed their cute little Albany! :O) Also Tom's brother had his homecoming the same day!

Here are some pics from the day (again, I didn't take enough pictures!!)


Here is us, Julie, Benson, Doug, Tom & Sheri and family, Tammy & Kevin and family! (Tammy is Denny's dad's sister)

Sheri & Albany

Macey

Macey & Jayden

Julie & Albany

Julie with her Grandchildren, Jayden, Albany, Connor & Macey


Albany & Me


Denny & Albany


Doug & Jayden



Macey

We miss everyone!! Can't wait for our next trip to Boise! :o)

Fortie Family Reunion - Placerville, CA

Denny drove down on a Monday with his brother Doug, who first flew to Portland so he could drive down with Denny. Jayden and I flew to Sacramento the next morning! Which was great to miss out on a 10 hour drive and only have to fly for 1 1/2. Jayden is great on the airplane, she just sang, ate and played! :) So Denny and our Aunt Nicole picked Jayden and I up at the airport. We spent the morning at Nicole's house just catching up and having fun.

That afternoon, we drove to Placerville to Camp Nauvoo. It was fun to meet the Fortie family! (Denny's mom side of the family!) Most of whom I hadn't met yet.

Camp Nauvoo is close to town so some family stayed in a hotel, most camped. They had a great grassy field that people pitched tents, they had a kitchen and an indoor eating area, which kept us together for meals which was so fun. (thank you Uncle Jeff and all who helped with meals! the food was so good! I know Denny was in there for almost all of them, doing what he could to help!)

Of course mostly the pictures I took were of Jayden.. wishing I took more pictures!

One of the days we drove to a park which was on our way back to town, and played softball. (I didn't.. but Denny did) I walked around with Jayden and then she took a nap. It was nice and hot so I had the car on and I read while she napped. The family had fun playing!

Jayden swinging, she had a blast!

Jayden and her cousin Kelsie! Jayden loved to play with her! :)

Jayden and Kelsie

Denny playing badminton (no idea if that's right when i say it I thought you spell it badmitten? Have I been saying wrong?)

One of the days we drove to a park which was on our way back to town, and played softball. (I didn't.. but Denny did) I walked around with Jayden and then she took a nap. It was nice and hot so I had the car on and I read while she napped. The family had fun playing!

Here is a couple pics of Jayden I took while we watched the game in the shade! She is just too cute!!

Everyone playing softball, it's the only picture I took of the game.

We were there from Tuesday afternoon to Friday afternoon, time flew by so fast!
Here are pics from our last morning!

Jayden swinging :o)

Us and Aunt Carrie & Uncle Jeff

Us with Uncle Mike & Aunt Gina

Cristi, Denny, me, Jayden and Carli

We had so much fun and miss everyone! Can't wait until the next reunion!! :o)

Singing

Jayden sings all the time! Her newest songs are Jesus wants me for a sunbeam and the nursery's clean up song (her cousins sing it, that's how she learned the clean up song).

Jayden is amazing you start either playing or singing a song and she is singing along in tune!!

She will continue to sing it later or another day and it's perfect. I can't believe it! She is so musical I LOVE IT! So glad she likes to sing, I hope that never changes.

Birthday & Swimming

Traci, Kelli & Kaleb!

Cute little Denver! Just love this girl!

Cute little Tatelin :o) She is just so adorable!

We all went over to Traci's to celebrate Kaleb's 4th Birthday! He wasn't feeling well but was a sport and we went swimming, opened presents and had cake!
I'm a little late on this post His birthday was June 23rd

Souvenir

This is the T-Shirt I bought for Jayden to remember our trip to Indiana! (The hat her Grandma Bland bought her in Indiana it was nice to keep the sun out of her eyes when she would actually keep in on).

Shoes

Jayden LOVES shoes! It's the cutest thing! She has two pairs of shoes and loves them! She always brings them to me to put them on her. I love it.
I took this picture one Sunday, I had put her sandals on but she wanted her tennis shoes :o)

Bland Family Reunion

This picture was actually taken after the reunion at Traci's by their pool! Jayden loves the water

Here is Jayden and Zadok they were born 1 day apart (Zadok on March 21, 2009 and Jayden March 22, 2009 So glad they were able to meet!

Here is Jayden with Zadok's sister Maliya

Family picture with Grandma & Grandpa Bland

Here is Brittany, Crystal, Mickelle and me :o) I just love those girls!

Here is all the family that came to Indianapolis for the reunion. This picture is taken in front of my Aunt Pat & Uncle Randy's home where we had the reunion

Sorry this pic is sideways, we went swimming one day and of course she loved the water but also loved walking around.

Kelli didn't want me to take her picture, but I took it anyway, here is what you get Kelli when you don't smile, I just take it anyway :o)

Jayden was having a blast running around in front of Randy and Pat's home. She is just too cute.

Jayden and I were able to go to Indianapolis, Indiana for our big Bland Family Reunion! It was so much fun! Very humid and hot, but soo much fun. Jayden did great and had a blast with cousins.

Sewing

I made a blanket last night(with Julie's help) it turned out so cute!! This has been my 3rd sewing project! I love the fabric and hopefully Jayden will too! It was so fun to make it for her!

Candy

Jayden loves anything and everything! I think she has a sweet tooth. Although she doesn't hardly get sweets, I am still pretty sure she is a fan!

Yesterday I was doing some cleaning and in my purse she found an unopened box of Reese's Pieces. I thought that's totally fine since she can't open them. A few minutes went by and I hear her going mmmm! Mmmm! I look and she had chewed a hole in the box. She was loving it!

She is so cute. Now I know I can't give her any boxes.. she might chew her way to see if the candy is in there..

We just love our cute little Jayden!!

Jayden

Jayden now signs:

All done

More

Milk

Help

Down

.. I can't think of what else!

She sings:

Old MacDonald had a farm

Twinkle twinkle little star

ABC's

Happy Birthday

She says:

Mama

Dada

Baby

Up

Happy day

E-I-E-I-O

Bye bye

Buh bye

Here you go

Thank you

I can't remember what else

She sings all day long some days. She loves to read books! She turns the pages and points to the words and pictures.

Everything she does is so cute. She thinks she is really funny laughs after she says stuff.

She walks everywhere! Its so cute!!

I love every minute of it.

She doesn't ever give Denny attitude. She gives me attitude all the time!!! Its so funny. She also throws these little tantrums, when things don't go her way! Arches her back. Throws herself on the floor puts her face in the carpet and cries mostly fake cries.

I don't get it.. she is 1.. isn't that a 2 year old thing?

She also loves phones!!! She puts it up to her ear and says hi and goes on And on. Sometimes she puts random toys up to her ear and acts like it's a phone.

We just love her!!!!

Idaho

We went to Idaho this past week. It was so fun to see family and friends. Jayden had so much fun seeing everyone and playing with her cousins! We are driving home now and its so nice that its only 7 hours.

Lots to do when we get back. Laundry, cleaning, organizing. Temple on Friday, prep for lesson on Sunday.

We have a busy summer coming up. 3 family reunions. Baby blessing. Indiana, California and Idaho. Busy busy! I'm trying to save money for our Indiana reunuion to send Jayden and I. Hopefully I can save enough! I so badly want to go!

I'm so glad we were able to visit and have Jayden see everyone. She changes so fast! Its such a fun age!! Plus she is such a wonderful child! So happy!