Updated Family photo

The House

We are finally in our new home!!!!! Yay! We could not be more excited.  We are not only first time homebuilders but first time homeowners, crazy!  Yep, we probably are crazy.  But I can honestly say I have no regrets(yet...) and I am loving our home.  We made the decision to build because we were having a difficult time finding something we could both agree on.  I was dying to get out of the subdivision, but Jeff wanted to still be close to work.  So when we found this lot right next to the lake we could not pass it up!  It was a lot of work, and ALOT of decisions. . . who knew I could care so much about a light fixture.  I would do it again. . .but I'm hoping I don't have to and we can stay put here for awhile!

View from the front door

View from the side. . . we would love to trim some trees so we could see the lake a little better, but it is so beautiful.

Finished exterior. . . landscaping to come-hopefully this week!!

7 months

Jack is getting to be happier and funnier all the time!  He loves his brother, and is happy to be malled by him most of the time.  They are so cute together!  He is rolling both ways now and can pretty much get to where he wants to be. . .unless he gets stuck:)  He is loving solids, mostly avacodos and sweet potatoes are his favorites but he also likes bananas and applesauce.  He also likes to motorboat his little lips and spit it out all over me when he's done. . stinker!  This month the no sleeping has really caught up with me, so we are crying it out. . .not my first choice but I'm so exhausted.  We have only done it about 2 nights but already seems to be getting better.  Here's to hoping we can get this guy to sleep so I don't go officially crazy;)

Jack 6 months

I can't believe my little baby is 6 months. . . in some ways its been so fast and in others it seems like forever.  This month Jack started solids.  He is doing pretty good with them.  He is still working on sleeping better at night, but he naps like a champ!  He was such a good sport during the move. . .I couldn't have asked for better.  He has really mellowed out and it pretty much content during the day to watch Max play.  We sure love him!  And yay we made it 6 months with 2 kids and everyone is still alive:)

Can't get enough of these chubby thighs!

Lisa turns the BIG 30!!!

Happy Birthday to me!  I have enter the next phase of life. . . the 30s!  We had planned to go to Moab with our good friends for my birthday, but Jeff had a very bad back injury.  Poor guy could hardly move, it was really rough.  But we made the best of it.. . and I still got cupcakes!

Jack 5 Months

We are playing some catch-up here..... to be quite honest the last few months have been a blur.  Baby Jack is giving me a run for my money.  He loves to eat all the time, and wake up every 2-3 hours.....
But he is a sweetie!  He loves to smile and loves his mom and dad, and especially loves to watch his brother Max.

Max is 3 years old!!!!

I cannot believe my baby is 3!!  Max is such a joy to have in our home.  He has the sweetest, funniest little personality.  We are so lucky to have him!

 Over the last year he has changed so much.  He talks all the time!  He is quite the repeater and has super good hearing. . . so we have to be careful what we say.  He is very polite and uses 'please' and 'thank-you', I love it!!  He is getting to be very independent but will still like to be held and cuddled if he's tired.  He knows all of his colors and can count to 10. . . .I don't know how or when this happened. . . I credit it to the time he spent at Grandma and Grandpa Bryson's.  He is a great big brother and is always wanting to hold or hug baby Jack.

This year he really started snowboarding and we are so proud of him!  Jeff has a leash on him to help him steer but he's getting pretty confident in going down the hill.  He is pretty brave, but really works best when his mouth is full of skittles and he has root beer and fries waiting for him in the lodge:)  

Max helped decorate his own cake this year, he had a blast doing it!!! He helped wash the cars and trucks first and then stacked them on the cake. .. He was a little excited about his cake, can you tell?

Jeff built Max this awesome Monster Truck race track for his birthday.  It has been such a hit, if you know Max you know he obsessed with anything with wheels!  A few weeks after his birthday they went to the Monster Truck show, which was also a huge hit!

We sure love this birthday boy.  He made us parents and has taught us so much in these 3 years. . . who knew we could love little people so much!!  Happy Birthday Max Doyle!  We love you!