Charlie...Chuck & Shanins

We crashed the weekend in St. George at Chucks. It was fun to get away. Jaxon immediately asked, "where's the swimming pool?" LOL! Not this time Jax. We went down to enjoy the drive, visit, and just get away. Charlie had friends come over and we all played Partini. It was so much fun! I totally have the funniest pictures....I wonder where I saved them???

A little more of an update....

It's been a while since I've updated the blog. I have been working lately, and haven't had a lot of time to just sit down and relax at the computer. I will update more when I get a chance. I have a few pictures that I have downloaded from my cell phone, but that's about it today. As far as the last few months...they have just flown by. Halloween came and went (Jaxon was the red power ranger) and we spent at least one day a week at FrightMares. It was a blast. And it's so much nicer to go to Lagoon when the weather is cool, and it's not overcrowded and gross.

Jaxon played indoor Soccer for a term in the Fall, and was excited to play. We discovered that he likes soccer much more than baseball because soccer is "more fun, and not so boring just standing there."

(Yummy!! Still working on taking off those sausage lbs!)

Thanksgiving was great. My mom had a Thanksgiving dinner at her ward for any family that wanted to come. She had a great turn out. All of the kids in our family got together and between all of us fed about...well, maybe 50-75 people. It was fun. I even found out that one of John's Mission Comps was called into my moms bishopric. That was pretty funny. I found out that they even bought a house that John and I had made an offer on several years ago! LOL! What a small world. Our family Thanksgiving was spent at the Little America Brunch. It reminded us all of Dad and the good times we would spend staying there as a family, going to the Sunday brunch, or going to the good ole' Sinclair Christmas party. It was a great way to all relax, enjoy ourselves, and feel all together as a family.

Christmas was here before I knew it. I enjoyed every minute of it. Hence one of the reasons I haven't updated the blog. We did Christmas decorations (inside & out), watched every Christmas movie ever made (including Sponge Bob Christmas), and had a blast. It was especially nice because last year with my pregnancy loss was really hard and I didn't have much time to celebrate. This year ROCKED! I even got to see the Nutcracker (no Allison...those are not potatoes!) I didn't get a chance to send out Christmas cards, but can't EVER let that happen again... (hee hee - Sorry John!). This new year brings lots of changes. I am working part time for an airline (yeah!), John is busy running for a seat on the Union council, and Jaxaroonies is still in Kindygarten.

Jan 2009 - St George Trip

We went to St. George to visit my little brother Charlie. We had a great time. Being in snow free sunny St. George was a blast even in the winter time!

We stated at Charlie & Shanins house and played games every night!

I look drunk here, but the only think I was drinking up were the warm sunny rays in St. George...lol.

We played partini, and I nearly pulled my hair out. It was a fun game!

Me & Jaxaroonies!

John needed a profile picture for his Union Campaign, and I made him laugh each time I was going to take a snap shot. It was hilarious!

Here we are...

So this was my challenge...

This is what I drew!!! It was so funny to see Charlie's eye's pop out of his head! I got lucky on this game!

Charlie & Shanin doing their challenge...

The next day we drove out to GunLock Lake. There was this really nice man there using his metal detector. Jaxon thought it was a "cool toy".

So the nice man showed Jaxon how to run it! I guess now he has his own profession!

This guy was so nice. At first glance I was a little scared, and kept a distance. As he got closer to myself and Jaxon he was completely harmless, and very, very nice. It was a good lesson to teach Jaxon that looks aren't always what they seem. Of course, I needed a gentle reminder as well!

Here's the man showing Jaxon how to find pennies.

John and Charlie were there as well. Charlie wanted one of those metal detectors too!

John kept planting pennies in the dirt for Jaxon to find. He would get so excited!

The "guys" getting excited over the metal detector.
I started taking some landscape shots, but it was a pretty sad sight!

See What I mean.

GunLock Lake was nearly all dried up! It wasn't what I remember it like years ago!

This is how my skin looks in the winter time!

Jaxon playing around... The metal detector guy had to leave.

This picture made me realize I had to do something about my weight!!

John wouldn't wake up so I sent Charlie in there to wake him up!

Jaxon and Charlie's dog Seepo.