Awesome red-headed mullet

Jack got a haircut! This is the before...

This is the mullet he had for a few minutes...

And this is the slightly grumpy but oh so grown up little Jack afterwards. I have to say I miss the luscious red locks.

Twinners

Are these some cute cousins, or what?

My little guy is sure looking grown up. Kinda makes me sad...

Island Park and Yellowstone

We just got back from Island Park and Yellowstone tonight and I'm already blogging about it. This is some kind of record for me, I just know it. We went with my family and stayed at a cabin up at Pond's Lodge. The mountain air sure was nice! It was a ton colder up there than it was down here. I think the temps peaked at about 65, but it was down to about 48 during the day on Friday because it was rainy most the day. Unfortunately that was the day we were supposed to float down the (Snake, maybe?) river, so we had to cancel the river and we went into West Yellowstone and went to the museum and the Wolf and Bear Encounter. Then on Saturday we headed into Yellowstone and got a nice surprise- it was a free weekend! That saved my family $100 with the large convoy that we had. But it also made for a very crowded Yellowstone! Oh well, I would love Yellowstone in any condition! It was Jack's first time seeing geysers and waterfalls and buffalo and all the many other wonders of Yellowstone, and do you think he loved it?!? Nah, he was pretty neutral. What he did love was the fudgesicle at the general store. And I don't blame him. I admit I had two myself. Consecutively. You would too, they are that amazing. In 2005, Jason came with my parents and me on a Yellowstone trip and we took a picture outside of the store with our fudgesicles, so we thought it would be a fun tradition to take the same picture in the same spot everytime we go back, and just add in any new kids that there might be. Here is our 2005 and 2010. Jason says we look a lot older now. And I say that one of us looked a lot skinnier. I won't name any names.

2005

2010

Two of my cute nieces.

I sure love spending time with my family. I feel like I never get to see my sister and her family so everytime I do is a treat! Love you guys!

This makes me happy...

St George

We took a fun little weekend trip with our friends the Ashbys last week. It was tons of fun! Lots of sun and outdoors. I went mountain biking for the first time ever and it worked me over pretty good but it was a really good time. Jack had a ball spending time outdoors. We haven't been able to do much of that in the rain at home.

It's always funner to swing with a friend.

We also went to Zion National Park and did some hiking, including a little trip up to Angel's Landing. The view was AMAZING!

This is the ridge you hike up to get to Angel's Landing.

At the Emerald Pools.

We took the kids to a splash park and got lots of cute pics of the little man. Thanks again to the Hatts for letting us stay at their home!

Jack thought it was pretty awesome to spray us with water.

One of all the kiddos.

It's all fun and games until your bum gets wet.

The down side- Jack got sick. Then Lindsay got sick. Then Jack developed croup. Then we drove home a day early at midnight and had easily the worst night of everyone's life. Especially Jack! We took him to the dr's the next day and had to get him on some breathing treatments and steroids. He's lookin' pretty buff now. And then Jason got sick. And that's where we are currently.

Jack is one! (Okay, he's one and one month now)

Warning! There are a TON of pictures in this post. But it's not everyday that the Jack man turns one! For Jack's birthday last month we wanted to take him someplace fun so we thought about the zoo. Turns out Mother Nature wanted to snow on us that day so we headed to the aquarium instead. I couldn't really think of a ton of places that a one year old would really care to go, but I think he seemed to have a pretty good time!

He pointed at lots of fish, and hit his head on lots of glass fish tanks. I wonder if he thought they were just giant tv screens.

We touched the sting rays. And then washed our hands really good. :)

After the aquarium we had a big party with both of our families at the Buhlers, and I unveiled my masterpiece. Ta Da! It's AG Bear. For those of you that don't know, AG Bear was Jason's first and best friend. He's still a valued member of the family but now he sleeps in Jack's bedroom instead of Jason's. So this was my tribute to good ol' AG Bear.

Holy smokes, this kid got spoiled! I don't think he'll ever need another toy again. Thanks to everyone who bestowed gifts upon our son.

And now the best for last. Jack's first trip into sugarland. He started out pretty casual, but I've included a sequence of photos that illustrate what happened over the next few minutes. I think you should be able to pinpoint the exact moment when he reached the peak of his sugar high and lost all control, followed by a dazed and full little Jackie afterwards.

Thanks to all the friends and family that made Jack's special day so much fun. If Jack enjoyed himself even half as much as I did then it was success!