Another Ward Bites The Dust!

The Ring

Tiffany is engaged!! Tiffany is my cousin, our Dad's run the farm together with my two brothers. Tiff is engaged to Albert Jones, they met in Rexburg while going to school. They are planning on a March wedding. I'm so excited for Tiff, she is a sweetheart and so much fun.

Hunting Season

Eric & Zach saddling up

Sizzle tying to get into the saddle room
(she was cold too)

Zach & Eric with their deer

Friday was opening day for Hunting Season so of coarse Zach was very happy!!! Deer season is a big thing with my family, all the guys go and the usually all ride horses. This year was a bit different. Dad (because he just had back surgery) went with Grandpa Elmer in the jeep, Cayleb (my brother Troys son) and Dwain (Wendy's dad) took four wheelers and Zach and Eric were the only ones who took horses. Troy, Shawn and Larin all had to work this year. It was so cold, I was worried they'd freeze.

Zach and Eric both got their deer, Zach's was actually pretty cool. However, when he got it home to skin it they realized it had been shot in the butt, like two weeks ago!!! Yes, that means someone was poaching!! This also means, all the meat was bad. Zach called the Fish and Game and they are having him take the deer in on Monday so they can check it out. It just stinks because we like deer jerky and salami.

My Little Buddies

Hanna & Jessi

Libby, helping babysit

Zach and the boys playing video games

For those of you who don't know I get to watch my sisters little girl Hanna. Heather quit for the summer and just this week went back part time. Well, I forgot how smart this little cutie is. Monday I went downstairs to do some laundry and saw a Hobo spider on the wall and yelled "there's a freaking huge spider down here" this happened about 10 a.m. so imagine my surprise when Zach gets home at 2 and is in the kitchen talking to me and all of a sudden Hanna sits straight up from her nap and yells "Zach there's a freaking huge spider down stairs, you need to kill it". Then she runs into the kitchen and tells Zach this elaborate story of how a spider bit her neck (just to clarify, nothing bit her).
Then on Tuesday Hanna was in the tub and decided after about two minutes she wanted out. So I tried to convince her she should at least play a few minutes with the froggies. She gave me a funny little look, opened her eyes really big and knocked on the side of the tub and said "someones at the door, you better get me out so we can get it". So I figured if she is that smart I should just let her get out of the tub : ).

Hanna telling her story

Hanna showing her "bite"

We got to watch my cousins three boys a day this week too, Garrett, Grason and Wade. Because school was out Thursday all four of Heathers kids were at our house too. Zach had the day off so it wasn't too bad at all. It was funny because I've got to watch these three boys a couple times but Grason won't ever talk to me (he's pretty shy) but he talked away to Zach. J.T. is so good with little kids he made Grason his buddy for the day and he kept him entertained. Chase and Garrett hit it off and played together all day, and Libby helped play with Hanna and the baby. So in all honesty, I think Heather's three oldest did the babysitting : ).

It's Official!!

Jessica & Larin

It's official! Larin proposed to Jessica on Saturday. Larin's kids are so excited! We are happy for them and are so glad they found each other.

What We've Been Up To!

Eric and Zach headed out for their hunting trip

First I have to tell everyone about Zach and Erics hunting trip. Zach hit an Elk but they could never find it. They figure he shot it in the shoulder so the arrow hit a bone and didn't penetrate. He said he still had fun but he was really disappointed.

J.T.

While Zach was gone I went to J.T.'s soccer game. They are doing really good this year, they won the game I went too but lost their first game the next day (Saturday) : ( . Then I had Libby and Chase come over. I don't like being home alone so Matt and Heather let their kids come stay with me. Libby, Chase and I just played games and watched Zoolander (my favorite movie).

Chase and Libby

Best friends or worst enemies?

*ADOPTION UPDATE*
We found out we were approved for adoption on Tuesday and our profile went up on the LDS Adoption Website Friday. I went in and changed something and so now it doesn't come up today so Monday I'll have to see what I did. So Monday or Tuesday people can go to the website and go to search adoption profiles and type in zachandjessi and we'll pop up! Now we just have to keep updating our web profile and take a class every Wednesday for 5 weeks and we are good to go all the way : ). So spread the word everybody!

Heather and Larin

Arbon Valley

Larin, Zach and Haylee
letting their horses get a drink

Heather and Zach

Zach

Larin and Haylee

Tuesday Larin had to go round up cows so he asked Zach to go help him. Heather, Zach, Mom and Haylee (my cousin whos Dad owns the farm with my Dad and brothers) all went with him. There is no pictures of Mom because she took all the pictures : ( . They all came home pretty sore and they couldn't find a few of the cows. But they all said they enjoyed it and it was a good day.

I got to stay home with Larins two youngest; Mattie and Morgan, and Heather brought Hanna out. For those of you who don't know Mattie and Hanna are very best friends! Mattie gets very upset if Heather doesn't bring Hanna out when ever possible : ). One cute thing that Mattie did was at lunch time I helped her say the blessing and after I said Amen Mattie looked at me with a silly grin and said "You forgot to bless Jessica, we always bless Jessica." I thought it was so cute and I couldn't wait to tease Larin when he got home.

Adoption Update

Adoption Collage

So one of the many things that we need to do for adoption is a collage that shows what we're all about. It sounds easy but try to fit as many pictures as you can that show people what you like and are all about on to just two pieces of paper. It was really hard for me to decide what pictures tell about Zach and I, but this is what I came up with. Our case workers show us to a committee on Monday so hopefully we'll be on the LDS Adoption web site soon!! We are still waiting for our background checks to come back.

Zach and Eric left this afternoon to go Elk (bow) hunting with Zachs Dad and brother Caleb. So cross your fingers Zach comes back with something and hopefully he'll bring back some pictures for me to share too.

Girls Party 2008

Back: Holli, Heather, Jessi (me), Whitney

Middle row: Mattie, Grandma Harrison, JoAnn (Mom),
Wendy w/Hanna on her lap, Shaylynn, Jessica w/Makenna on her lap
Front: Katie and Liberty

Holli and Heather being...Holli and Heather : )

The girls getting ready for the movie

Mom and Grandma
(and no they didn't plan to match)

Mattie and Jessica

Shay and Katie

Painting our nails

Mattie's facial

Shay and Katie asked me for cucumbers,
they told me it would " help them relax" (too cute!)

Larin, crashing our party,
we punished him by tying a ribbon in his hair

Daisy looking for any left over Chinese food

The car Eric took us for a ride in

Every year; around August or September, all the girls in my immediate family have a girls party. It's like a big slumber party. We paint nails, watch movies, have lots of junk food and just enjoy each others company. This year we got Chinese (one of my favorites) take out and watched "She's The Man." We have all of the younger girls sleep on the floor and all of us adults share the beds, so basically we don't sleep at all. We didn't even finish the movie until 2 a.m. and then you know how girls are : ). Wendy and I shared a bed and the last time we looked at a clock it was 3:30. Then of coarse at 7 a.m. Mattie was wide awake and ready for more fun. So we ate our breakfast (Wendy's yummy breakfast casserole) and got ready for the day. Libby had a soccer game so Heather, Hanna and Libby had to leave early. Grandma had a funeral so she had to leave early too. So Whitney and I painted the younger girls nails and gave them facials.

I forgot to let everyone know who the new faces are, Jessica and her daughter Makenna. Jessica and my brother Larin are dating. Which is why Larin crashed our GIRLS party. Yes he crashed it, because Larin and Jessica live 2 1/2 hours apart they don't get to see each other very often so Larin figured were she was only 1 hour away he had to make good use of it, even if it meant dirty looks from his sister. He hung out with us for a couple hours Friday and then came over Saturday morning for breakfast. Jessica and him had made plans to go to the temple and I offered for their three girls to stay with me. It was great getting to know Makenna better, she loves horses, likes to wear pretty skirts and likes to sing along with movies.

Back to the topic of party crashers, we had another crasher Eric (my nephew). He recently got a new Trans Am and his sister Holli (who lives in Logan) hadn't seen it yet so he stopped by to give her a ride. So of coarse, Heather, Whitney and I had to go for a ride too. It is an awesome car!