Busy Kids

School this year was a little disjointed for our kids because of the move. Jackson and Tanner had a lot of friends at their old schools and really missed them. They finished the last month of the year here and they adjusted pretty quickly. I wasn't going to put Tanner in a preschool for the last month but our neighbor does preschool and let me put Tanner in and he LOVED it!!

Tanner and Miss Laurie...


Here's Jackson at his kindergarten graduation...




Jackson also turned 6!!! We had cake and ice cream with the Astle side of the family. Jackson still doesn't understand why we have "sides" of the familly. He thinks the Weaver's are our side of the family since we are Weavers and the Astle's are another side. We were going to have the party at Murray park until it was covered by water. (The Weaver party got a little chaotic and I forgot to pull the camera out, Jackson loved having 2 parties with a whole bunch of cousins!!!)...

Jackson said he forgot to make a wish. I guess all he could think about was licking the frosting


It's been nice having my sister and her family in town!


Jared was in charge of the camera...


I have a friend who calls this "craughing" not sure if it's crying or laughing...I also like my mom's face...


I'm pretty sure this guy just heard there was going to be ice cream so he showed up...


Usually graduations and birthdays (in our family) mean summer is here. The weather just needs to get the memo and then we should be good!

Happy Birthday Jared!!

Yesterday someone asked Jared how old he's turning and he couldn't remember. I don't think that's a good sign. And so begins our serious aging. Last weekend when we went to St. George, Jared turned to me and said "well, we've officially had our 'old people' vacation." Meaning, we dragged our kids around in the car driving, stopping to get out and look at the view, driving, stopping to see another view, driving, stopping for lunch, and driving some more. Jared even said to the kids "take off your headphones so you can enjoy the beautiful scenery."

Getting older isn't as avoidable as we once imagined. Sure, we figured we'd age chronologically, but I think in the back of our minds we were certain we weren't EVER going to say and do the exact same things our parents said and did. But here we are, being our very own parents. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, depending on the parent.

Just kidding. We do love our parents. All of them.

But back to Jared's birthday, he's getting older, he's getting wiser, and he's become a husband I wouldn't trade anything in the world for and a father who our kids adore (and not just because he bribes them with candy when I say they shouldn't have any).

You are a wonderful husband, father, and my best friend. Happy Birthday! Love you!!

St George

Last week I looked up the forecast for Memorial Day weekend and once again, it was cold. So, when I looked up the weather in St. George, I couldn't stop my little fingers from booking a hotel with a pool and a bed where it was going to be sunny and warm. I'm not too familiar with St. George but Jared loves it so he showed me the sights...

some "sand dunes" (the "dunes" turned out to be more of a sandy plateau)




The Volcano cave tube things.






Jared saw a sign that said "Ostrich eggs for sale" and when we stopped he couldn't hold back from buying a $15.00 Ostrich egg. His excuse was "it's like the equivalent to 20 regular eggs." I don't know the last time I bought a dozen eggs for $7.00 and thought it was a good deal but at least we have a huge egg in our fridge that we don't know how to eat.






I think Annie looks a lot like Jackson did when he was this age.


Ahhhh, fun it the sun. We actually happened to go down the same time as our friends the Stoddards and we were able to meet up with them and splash around in their pool. The short trip was a perfect little getaway!

Happy Anniversary

Sheesh, I can't believe it was more than seven years ago that Jared proposed. With finishing school, moving across the country, moving back across the country, having 3 kids, buying a business and having a lot of fun along with it all, the time has flown by.

When I think back at when we first met, I remember laughing a lot. We were both going to school, we both worked and every extra second we had, we spent together. There was one day when we were dating we were both super busy and didn't get to see much of each other. I thought it would be fun to get him a treat and write him a little note and put it in his car so he would find it on his way to work. After I put his treat on the seat of his car and ran home, I went in my bedroom and found he had left me a treat with a sweet little note on my bed too. That made me smile.

Even though things aren't as simple as they were when we first met I still find myself smiling a lot.

Happy Anniversary Sweetie!!

Jumpin Around

The best part about owning a home is we get to have our very own TRAMPOLINE!! Even though I find my kids jumping on every other trampoline in our neighborhood but ours, it's still fun to have.

Annabelles Blessing

Last Sunday we blessed Annie. She is 3 1/2 months old but with winter, getting sick, and other scheduling conflicts this was perfect timing for us. The day was beautiful and we were also able to have people over at our new house.

Here's our fun little girl. As long as she has a full belly she's pretty content with anything else going on.


I got a little pre-occupied with other things and forgot to take very many pictures. We had a full house but it seems I missed most of them!! I thought I had everything planned and ready to go but when 60+ people all showed up at once for lunch my mind just flew out the window.

Jared and Annie


Grandpa Michael


Great Grandpa Astle


Grandpa Steve


Mick, Tomas, Jason, Jerrin, Paul, Grandpa Astle, Great Grandpa Astle, Jared, Annabelle, James, Grandpa Weaver, Jonny


The boys disappeared pretty fast as soon as we got home from church but they did make a quick appearance.


Like I said, as long as Annie has a full belly, she pretty much can handle anything.



We are so happy to have Annie in our family!! She is so sweet and we all just can't get enough of her. We are so happy we were able to have our families come and be a part of this special day! We are blessed to have such loving families! I am grateful we have such a close relationship with my extended family because if it weren't for them my side would have been just the 3 Astles versus the 33 Weavers :) Jared and I both loved having everyone over and are so grateful for all the yummy food people brought too!!

A little bump in the road...or the leg

A couple of weeks ago Jared noticed Tanner got a small scrape on his knee and the next day it turned into a big nasty bump. We left it alone for a little while to see if it'd go away but it didn't. On Sunday Tanner woke up with hives so I took him into the pediatrician and had both checked out. It turned out the hives were an allergic reaction to Amoxicillin and the Dr. didn't know what the bump was and referred me to a surgeon to check it out. He was scheduled yesterday to go to Primary Children's Hospital to get it drained and cleaned out.

This is Tanner the night before...


A little close-up...


As soon as we got home I carried him into the house and laid him on my bed with his leg propped up and a movie on. Less than 20 minutes later I walk into the kitchen and he's lined up all the stools and chairs...

Nothing will slow this kid down.

The Surgeon said it was an infection. He said it probably was a bruise that got infected and it should be just fine. It was a bit of a big ordeal needing to got to the hospital and prepare him for surgery just to drain a little bump on his leg but I'm glad he was able to get it done asleep rather than freak out while someone cut into his leg. Tanner was really pretty cute during the whole thing. He was REALLy excited about his cool hospital pajamas and the mask that he had to put over his face for the sleepy medicine. PCMC was a really nice hospital and it was one of the only places I didn't feel stressed over Tanner acting like a 4 year old boy. They had so many toys, suckers, and he even got to ride in a wagon to the operating room.