Favorite saying of Jack's as of late:
"thank you momma."
He says this every time I give him something to eat.
It MELTS my heart.

Congrats to my brother!!

Steve is official! Pretty cool stuff. This was in the Hawaii News in their business briefs.

Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert has hired Steven Gray as an associate. He was previously a summer associate for Damon Key, legal intern at Federal Signal and legal extern at Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association.

For some reason I can't get rid of the picture below him. Sorry....

CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS 2010

We had a wonderful Christmas this year spent with family and friends. We were sad that my brother could not make it to Utah. He had to work and was stuck in Hawaii (poor guy!). We seriously love going to Utah and spending time with family and friends.

We kicked off the holidays with a Dallas-friend ugly sweater-white elephant party. It was hilarious!!! We are so grateful to have made such close friends here. We would be so bored without them!




Then we headed to Utah to see friends and family. My Seattle relatives have come every year for as long as I can remember. It is a straight party from the day the arrive to the day the leave. It is so fun to have them around.
We have the traditional Christmas Eve meal, then we do the nativity thing (sing songs, read scriptures, etc) then we do a white-elephant exchange which is always a lot of fun. We always play lots of games, tell stories and the highlight is the annual laser tag games. This year my younger cousins killed all of us old wigs.

Grandma opened a gift that was a pair of special panties that is suppose to make your tush "pop." It was perfect for her!

Superman underwear.... Need I say more....

No words needed

Love my grandparents


My cousin was so cute with Jack. They were best buddies.


Every year we do a get together with my dad's side of the family. It was great to see my grandparents, aunts and uncles and lots of cousins!
My aunt and uncle with their little girl. We are so thrilled for them!


more to come....

More Randon Pics....

More random pics. My computer was having issues so I could not put them all together.

FOOTBALL
Jack loves the football or any ball for that matter. He has a pretty good throw if you ask me. Thanks to the Dallas weather, Shawn and Jack were able to get lots of ball time in!


HATS
Jack loves hats whether they are made from underwear, game pieces, nylons, socks, whatever. He thinks everything should be put on his head. It is pretty hilarious to see the things that he comes up with that can fit on his head. Shawn would not let him wear the underwear hat to school one day and Jack was not a happy camper. This is Jack saying "cheese!"


MORE SUNGLASSES AND TRUCKS
Jack loves to pretend to drive in the car. He could stay for hours in the car and just play. He was loving uncle Jason's truck. He is obsessed with trucks especially "big trucks." By the way, noticed how Shawn dressed him..... There have been several occasions that I have picked Jack up from his preschool class and his shirt is a pj top. Shawn has mistaken a pj top for an everyday shirt. It makes me laugh. But no complaining here. I am just happy he is dressed, fed and dropped off to school. Shawn really is a great husband and dad!



CANDY
After we went trick or treating Jack had to taste all the suckers he got. It was pretty funny and I did not mind because he just licked them all and then I could throw them away. He did not really care about the other candy.

Some fun picks off of Shawn's phone

SUNGLASSES

Jack loves sunglasses. Here he is as Mr. Cool

SEATTLE BOY

Shawn's boss gave this shirt to us when Jack was born. Jack was final able to wear it last summer.

RAINBOOTS

Jack went through a stage were he was obsessed with his rain-boats. He wanted to wear them whenever we went out. I guess he can get away with it!

JACK

I LOVE this little man. I am seriously lovin' Jack being 2. It is so much fun! I just can't get enough of him these days. Shawn and I are constantly laughing at the things his does. His favorite things are cars, trucks, trains, airplanes, animals and dinosaurs. He loves reading and school. He loves playing with his friends. Oh and he loves his grandmas, aunts and uncles. He gets way too spoiled by them.

He is really into imitating everything we say as long as our utterances are 2-3 words. Which we think is the cutest thing. His favorite phrase (and our most loathed) is "up pwease" or "mommy, dad, up pwease" when trying to get us out of bed way too early in the morning. He has learned that if he adds "pwease" at the end of everything he is more likely to get what he wants. How can you say no to a kid who is polite???? Shawn and I probably give in way to much because we think the "pwease" is too darn cute. I could go on and on about the reasons why I love him but I guess I will say I love him because he is just JACK. and I couldn't ask for anything better.

P.S. he is almost officially a big boy. He is sleeping in a bed (our old queen we finally upgraded to a king) and he is starting to be potty trained this week. Wish us luck!

Jack turns 2!!

Jack has been so excited for his birthday. It has been really cute. He celebrated it at day care on Friday (pictures to come) and all Friday night he was doing the happy dance. He woke up Saturday so excited to have all his little friends over to celebrate the big day. On a side note, I had no idea how much work birthday parties are! I was exhausted by the end of the party. I have a new respect for moms. Despite all the work, it was worth it all. For his little party our agenda went as follows: "put the car on the track," a truck pinata, opened presents, had pizza and cake and then played, played, played. I was not sure how the games would go considering the kids were 2-3 but they loved the games. They were so cute. Of course Jack was absoluetly spoiled by his grandparents, GG and friends. I can't believe my little guy is 2! I am soaking up all the fun two year olds are. We love little Jack and just can't seem to get enough of him!

I made him a truck cake. Thanks to my dear friend Marianne for pretty much decorating it all. It is so nice to have such great friends especially since we don't have family in Texas. She was out my house at 7:30am helping me out. What a good friend!
Everyone was so happy, I wonder why....
Jack chillin' in his new chair.
Jack enjoying his little table he got from his GG.
Jack was loving all the attention he was getting. He was seriously in heaven.
Clapping for himself.....
Of course we had to skype in GG. I will give credit to Shawn for that idea.