Girl clothes

We went to my parents house last night and decided to play a game of bocci ball outside. However, I realized that I forgot to bring Jack's coat and it was COLD!...of course, I consider anything below 65 to be cold...anyway... I searched my parents house for anything that might be remotely Jack's size that I could use as a coat. I found a lavendar sweat suit that used to be mine that was in with the doll clothes. Jack looked SO cute in it! Just like his mama!

Christmas morning

We had a wonderful Christmas morning. Papa woke up first and started the Woods traditional monkey bread breakfast. Jack was the last one up at 7:30...funny how the one morning he sleeps in the latest is Christmas morning. After breakfast, we opened our stockings and Jack got his Elmo phone that Santa left him. It quickly became his favorite toy.

Pre-Christmas Festivities

It's almost Christmas! We've had so much fun this week getting ready for it. Last night, we went to see The Forgotten Carols. It was my first time and I LOVED it. One of the best parts was seeing Sean & Elizabeth Oborn there! We miss our dear friends! Tonight, we went to the Temple lights. They were beautiful. Jack loved it.

Jack loves giving "kisses"

Silly boy

This morning, we were getting dressed when Jack saw himself in the mirror looking like this. He started laughing so hard and decided he needed to parade around the house for 10 minutes before letting me finish taking off his pj's.

Thanksgiving Jefferies Reunion

Thanksgiving was so much fun this year. The entire Jefferies family was able to get together for the first time in almost 4 years! Crazy. We did tons of stuff and wore ourselves completely out.

Pedicures for the ladies!

MarioKart Championship


The petting zoo

Coyotes game

Last night, we got free tickets to go to a Coyotes game. Someone at work couldn't use them and Ty willingly accepted to go in his place. The seats were awesome! We were in one of the suites and we felt so high class being there. They had snacks and drinks...and free beer too! :)

I even took a picture of the free bags of peanuts. I love free peanuts. If you don't know what I'm talking about, go read my blog entry about the Diamond backs game from August...

Mom's Birthday

This weekend we celebrated my Mom's birthday. We all surprised her by showing up at their house and made dinner and dessert for her. It was a lot of fun. We started the evening with a little bocci ball.

Texas sheet cake!

Jack and cousin Brock giving hugs.

Dad was work out from all the grandkids, I guess, because he fell asleep in the middle of the party.

Dust Devil Race

Yesterday was the big race day we have all been waiting for--the Dust Devil mountain bike race in Fountain Hills. Ty has been training for months and shown a lot of dedication by riding in the wee hours of the morning. The race covers about 17 miles of mountain trails and takes about an hour and a half.

A few seconds after the start (Ty on the left in light gray and Cody on the right in blue).

They both finished! Cody did really well. The final times haven't been posted yet, but he probably placed in the top 3 for his division. Ty was really doing well, but got slowed down when he had to fix a flat tire. Unfortunately, in the next 20 minutes, he had to stop and fix 2 more flats! Better luck next time, honey!

Progress...

So, we decided that the packing tape on the ceiling didn't look that convincing. Ty is taking on the task of repairing it without hiring anyone. He's definitely made some progress.

Happy Halloween

This year, Jack loved his bear costume. I was worried that he would want to take it off, but he was perfectly content...except for the fact that he was sweating (temperatures were in the mid 80's). We went trick-or-treating with Granna, Papa, Cody, JoEllen, Ethan, and Gavin.

Reaping the rewards!