Here are a few pictures from when Adrianna came to visit us. It was a very relaxing weekend, but so good to see Adrianna after two years. Jackson had such a good time with her. He really likes her and just acted like he had known her his whole life.

Here is Jackson playing with his basketball and hoop. He loves to dunk the ball. Bobby put the hoop up to see if he'll start shooting, but he hasn't yet. He also loves to bring you the ball so you can shoot, then he goes and gets it once you shoot. It's nice not to have to chase after your own ball!

New House!

Below are pictures of our new house! You can drag your mouse along the picture and it will tell you which part of the house it is. The Front Room is our favorite. There is so much room to move around and play, and we do play! Jackson loves all his toys, especially now since there is room to move. The Kitchen shows our ugly fridge, but we are getting a new one right now! It was hard to get good pictures of the Mater because of the three little windows above the bed. We have to figure something out to cover those. Jackson's room is the only room that we have really decorated. Kendra (our sister-in-law) painted the ceiling and the lines on the walls, although I don't think the picture does it justice. It looks great! Mikelle is loving the craft room. She is working on Jackson's scrapbook, so when he's napping she can work, then close the door and leave her projects out! And the Guest Room has no bed yet, but hopefully today or tomorrow we will go get a mattress for it. So, we are all unpacked, but there are no pictures on the walls yet and we haven't started decorating. We will post more pictures when the place looks a little more homey!! We are loving it though, especially all the space, and are getting one project done at a time!!

New House!

Okay, so here is our 18 month old "little"boy! He is starting to look so old. He has started to make all sorts of faces, and he loves to say, "wowwy wow." He is now in nursery, and since we moved wards and we aren't in nursery anymore (YIPEE), we are actually getting something out of church again!! He has all of his teeth except his back molars, and the doctor said he looks good at 23 lbs. 11 oz., 25%, and 34 inches, 50%.

So, maybe this is bad to incourage, but he is just so dang cute. He loves to lounge and watch T.V. or movies. His current favorite is "Cars" then "Finding Nemo." But he also likes "Elmo's Favorite Songs" which is at least a little educational!!

So we have been huge slackers, but with the move and all we have been a little busy. We will get pictures posted soon of the new house. We are almost all unpacked!! So, just a quick picutre of Jackson. He is playing with styrofoam. This was at Grandma and Grandpa Halterman's, and we all thought we should stop him and Tessa, but they were having too much fun. So we just let them and we found styrofoam around the house for days!!

When we came back to Phoenix we stopped at the outlet mall in Anthem. Jackson found the splash park without any problems. At first, he was a little wary of it, but Grandma showed him how it was done, and by the end he was one wet little boy. And so was Grandma! He liked trying to catch the water, but was really confused when it disappeared. The person who invented these little parks, genius.

While in Prescott Jackson got to try his first ice cream cone. Aunt Kristin had to show him how it was done, but then he was all over it. She showed him how to turn it, and of course how to share! He started standing, then turned around and got into her lap. He would take a few licks, then let her have a lick, but only if she was fast! He got it all over himself, but it was so cute. We had quite an audience at the mall.

Bobby has been crazy busy at work, so Mikelle and Jackson have been spending more time in Prescott to beat the heat. They had tone of fun. Jackson loves to be at Grandma and Grandpa Halterman's house. He gets to play with all sorts of toys. He loves anything with wheels on it. He will push his stoller all over the place, but hates to ride in it. So when he found Mikelle's old dolly stroller, he had the time of his life. It was just his size. And Grandpa Halterman got out the ATV and took Jackson for a ride. He even got to ride in the trailer. He loves to make the Vroom sound of a car, but sometimes he really just growls. It is too cute. And of course, Jackson loved the sandpile. Thankfully Grandpa would take him out to play at night when he got home. There is nothing more Jackson loves then to be outside, which gets old, but thankfully the weather in Prescott was great to be outside.

The first week of June we were in Prescott to celebrate Mikelle's dad's birthday and Father's Day since her parents will be in Missour.i It was a lot of fun. Barry and his family and Amber joined us. It was a little windy, so we went to the school to fly kites and play with the oversized tennis ball. Jackson and Tessa had so much fun with the ball. It was a littte too windy to fly kites, but Mikelle's mom got hers out about a mile. It took Barry a good 10 minutes to reel it back it, fighting it all the way.

While in Prescott, jackson got his first hair cut. He really needed one, but no whe looks so much older. It took four of us to manage. Mikelle cut, Grandma Halterman held Jackson and Bobby and Kristin took pictures and video. It was funny, and Jackson only protested a little. 

For the past few weeks Jackson and Mikelle have been in Prescott helping paint Grandma's Game Room. It looks great! Bobby joined them for Memorial Day weekend, and had fun moving furniture back. Jackson loved the handtruck. Riding on it and pushing it. He is 100% boy!

Here we are at Barry and Kendra's house. Jackson and Tessa love rides in this tonka truck. Jackson enen tried to push Tessa. It was so cute. There was only one spill, and no injuries,so a good experience overall. At Kira's baptism, yes she's 8! We had to hid the truck, which brought a few tears, but he was quickly distracted with a sponn and a cup. Who needs toys!! Jackson and Tessa are so cute together. Tessa loves her cousin Jackson. She calls him cuz, and gets super excited whenever she sees him. She even called last week to "talk" to him, with some help from Kendra of course. 

Here's just a cute picture of Jackson in his BYU jersey his Aunt Bridgette sent him. Soo cute! We just had his 15 month check-up. He weighs 23 lbs., 30% and is 33 inches tall, 95%. He's growing so fast.

Here are just a few pictures from Easter. We were able to go to Barry and Kendra's for dinner and to play a little. It was a lot of fun, and we were all there but Jared and Suzy. Even Mikelle's Grandparents and Uncle Rob came. Mikelle woke-up really sick Monday morning though, so sorry to anyone who she might have gotten sick. Although Kristin is sick too, with something entirely different, so chances are if you were at Easter with us, you are getting sick, sorry! Luckily Bobby and Jackson haven't gotten sick yet. We're keeping our fingers crossed. On another note, isn't Jackson growing so fast? He looks so old in this picture, but super cute in that tie!

Jackson loves to be outside, and luckily we had nice weather in Prescott. He and Trenton were Grandpa's big helpers in the garden! And the sand pile in the backyard was Heaven! Tessa especially liked to throw the sand on Jackson, although he really didn't seem to mind the sand in his ears and hair. Lets just say he spent a lot of time in the dirt and tub in Prescott!

Last weekend we were able to go to Prescott to see Jared, Suzy and Van. We had so much fun. Jackson tried to find his legs on the trampoline, but mostly just sat. He loved it all the same though. Jackson rode on the ATV's with Grandma Halterman and Aunt Amber. He seemed to be having fun, but a little unsure all at the same time. Jackson had so much fun with his cousins. Although, at one point he hugged Tessa and she pushed him away. That made him very sad, but I think he has forgiven her and moved on.

Here are some of the picture we took with the family. Bobby's Grandma lives in Chicago but was in San Diego visting her daughter, Sandy. So we took advantage of seeing them both. It was their first time meeting Jackson. He wowed them of course and we all had a great time. 

We also went to the beach. We were expecting the water to be cold, but it was overcast as well, so it was really cold. Jackson loved to play in the sand, his new favorite thing is to dig and fill buckets with sand! And he didn't mind the water too mcuh until a wave snuck up behind him while getting his picture taken. Then he was too wet and cold, we didn't stay much longer after that. We did bring home a lot of sand with us though. The best part of a trip to the beach! Bobby's Aunt Sandy came with us and Jackson didn't even mind her burrying his legs in the sand!