Our Update

Hello All,

I didn't realize how long it had been since I had posted, so here is my renewed effort to keep up this blog.

Sadie is doing great. She is playing soccor now and they have a game every saturday. Last week she was playing a group of boys that were a little rough. When she backed down to one of them I pulled her aside at half time and said "Sadie, just cause they are boys doesn't mean that you can't go after the ball. Be tough and go get it!" With renewed self esteem she did just that and as she went to get the ball from a boy on the other team they collided and Sadie came out with a black eye. I should have taken this picture earlier it was very black and puffy, it is starting to heal now but you can still see the damage! She took the hit like a champ! She is also playing the piano and dispite a few tough weeks she wants to stick with it.

Brannon is aproaching two. He is busy, busy busy! He learned a new word today, School. It sounds more like "scoooo" but I was excited, I even caught it on tape.

He is a fun boy!

I was taking some pictures for Grandma Kaye this morning so she could see how much he has grown and this is what happened.

1st picture:

2nd picture: notice he couldn't take his hair combed from one more second!

3rd picture:

4th picture:

5th picture:

I guess this one means "I'M DONE!!!!!!!"

All in all, things are good here in Gilbert, AZ. We are having beautiful weather and as the school year comes to an end once again Brian and I feel totally blessed! Brian will graduate in May of 2009 with his Bachelors Degree and then on to law school. We don't know where but we are excited. Sarting May 5 Brian will dissapear to study for his LSAT exam and reapear June 17th the day after he takes his LSAT test. So life is busy and we love it that way!!!

Easter Weekend

Well, Easter turned out to be awesome! Brian's Brother Ben, his wife Wendy, their kids Abby and Morgan, and Wendy's sister Kaye came from Utah to see us. We had a BLAST!!! We went to the Easter pageant on the Mesa Temple grounds the first night they came.

My cousins Jermey, his wife Reanna, and their kids Sierra, James, Athena, Joel and our friend Stacy came too. Needless to say we had a big crowd and lots of fun! After the show some of the kids got to have there picture taken with the man who portrays Jesus.

The next day we went to the Pheonix Zoo! It is a huge zoo and I have only been there once , I didn't know my way around so we only got to see a few animals, but the kids had a great time.

I forgot to take pictures at the zoo. Oh, well.

Then on Easter Morning we had a big easter egg hunt with the kids.

We had a great weekend!!

Sadie's 1st grade program

Sadie lost her first tooth!!!!

Sadie was so excited today when she woke up and saw that the tooth fairy had visited!

"Proud To Be An American!"

Sadie did her first school program last week. She was so excited. She got to sing a song about the liberty bell. Since I didn't catch it on video during the program she did it for me at home. It is so cute! She is becoming a great singer and she loved to perform with her classmates!

These are the pictures from the night of her program.

My Nephew Got Baptised!

My nephew Joshua Jackson got baptised a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on March 1st, 2008. Brian, the Kids and I made him a video but for the life of me I can not get it to post on this website. I think the file is too big, so Sadie made a little video to say CONGRATULATIONS!

Josh, we are so proud of you. We wish we could have been there. I am sure it was great. You will have to tell us all about it and send us some pictures. We think it is awesome that you chose to become a member of the Church. If you live by the teachings of the gospel you will have a happy life. You are a great person and when you smile so does everyone around you. You are a good big brother and you are a good son to you mom and dad. We love you and can't wait to here all about your special DAY!

My Day

Well, these little videos are not the funniest but they show Brannon's personality and I am writing this mainly for Grandma and Grandpa Jackson who are not here to see how fast Brannon is changing. On Wednesday I was trying so hard to get things done and Brannon was demanding attention, so I decided to just video tape him so that I could laugh about it one day. Well as you can guess he didn't perform when I got the camera out. He did tell me how old he was, we have been working on that.But take notice of outfit#1 that day. Please don't mind my huge pile of laundry.





After I taped him we played for a little bit and then he wanted to go outside with Duke. So out we went. Duke and him where being so cute, I again got my camera out and of course they refused to perform but I did get Brannon's latest "thing to do" which is to make himself dizzy.

Also note outfit #2. He ate lunch. Then after I changed him he wanted his shorts on so instead of arguing I just put them on too:)



I also took a pictue of him in these play glasses. He loved them. I say loved because he put them down outside, I didn't notice it and Duke ate them. HA! the story of my life:) LOL

Then he was tired for 30 seconds. Notice his feet are wet. He thinks Dukes bowl is a baby pool.

Then he made my favorite face

Well I didn't want a great day to end without a bang so for dinner I served his favorite!

Well, now you know what I do all day.

love you all

beth

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