Our NEW orange tree!

Yesterday we bought an orange tree. It will be serveral years before it gives us any oranges and we probably won't live here when that happens but oh, well:) Here is a picture of our backyard. We have redone a lot on it. It used to have rocks that bordered the the yard all the way around and we took out most of it and put in grass and in the corner an orange tree, some flowers and a retaining wall. We are happy with it. Maybe one day a playgound will be there too.

This is what our backyard looks like now.

The other big thing ;)(lol) that happened is that duke turned ONE! Yeah! I wish I could say that he is behaving better but no, not yet. He has a lot of energy. He is still great with the kids but just not with my flowers, trees, and grass! So needless to say I took this picture of our tree before we put up a barrier so the dog wouldn't get it.

Our beloved Prophet

My heart sunk yesterday as I learned that our prophet Gordon B. Hinckley passed away at 97 years of age. He was a man I greatly admired, loved and trusted. He stood for truth and righteousness. He loved the Lord and he loved The Gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I will continue to learn from his example and share with my children his teachings of the Savior. I will miss his sweet and powerful presence but I am happy that he has returned home to our Father in Heaven. What a marvelous man. I truly thank God for this Prophet!

I was sitting at my desk yesturday paying some bills and this is what I heard so I

grabbed my camera and recorded these two. They play like this all the time. But no one can make Brannon laugh like Sadie! I love my kids!!

I love the AZ Weather

Today it's 70 and sunny here in Gilbert, and i love it!!! Brannon and I went to the park today and had a blast. His favorite it the car that rocks back and forth, oh, and throwing sand. He is sure fun. He loves to smile and laugh. Sadie started piano and I think that she will really like it. She is doing well in school and is so good to her little brother. Duke, well, Duke is still a puppy. He sure is cute and he loves to walk with me every morning. we are getting ready for Brian's next semester that starts on Monday. He is excited to take a french class this semester and brush up on his "skills" as he puts it. He is loving working at the Law Firm and they are giving him more responsibility all the time. Life is good! We sure feel blessed to have the gospel, family and friends.

Christmas 2007

Okay, so I havn't been good about writting BUT my new years resolution is to write more, which should be easy becasue I havn't written in 2 months. Anyway here are some pictures from christmas, we don't have very many because my battery died in the camera after two pictures. But that is the Jackson in me, I am camera challenged! Two of the pictures are on the way to SLC. We stopped at Hoover Dam and took a picture. The other one is our only Christmas picture! I will post more soon.

The ZOO!

Yesterday was our first adventure out side of Gilbert since we moved here. I went to the zoo with the kids and my friends Tara, Lindy and there kids. We all had so much fun. We saw lots of animals, went to the petting zoo and before we went home we had to play in the splash park! This was Sadie and Brannon's favorite part. But they enjoyed everything. Sadie found a tractor like her Grandma Kaye had when she was little so she had me take a picture of her on it. Brannon was so funny at the splash zone he would lean over the holes where the water would shoot out, then when it hit him in the face he would laugh and laugh. I have to admit I think I enjoyed it as much as the kids. It's fall break this week so I am sure I will have more adventures to share as the week goes on!

We are really enjoying the weather here now. It is 90 and beautiful, not to hot and cool in the evenings. So come visit us!

My first time Blogging!!!!!

Well, This is my first time Blogging! I am kind of excited! But I don't know what to say so I will just tell a funny story! We just moved here in June and there are a lot of streets that
are spanish names. We were driving last night and Brian and I were talking about how to get home and I told him to take Guadalupa. Sadie leans up between our front seats and says "Mom how come I don't get to use GuadaluPASTE? Is it only for mommy and daddy's teeth?" We thought that was so funny! She is getting so big so fast. She is doing great in School and is making many new friends. Brannon is busy as ever and his new favorite thing to do is brush Sadie's hair! He always makes us laugh!
Okay that's it for my first Blog! BYE