This is a post about Jackson many and crazy expressions that he has. These were just taken at Thanksgiving and I think that He is just the most hilarious boy in the world.

This one below has got to be the best one. This is a picture of my mom trying to kiss Jackson and if anyone know Jackson, he does not like to be kissed.

I just think that I am so lucky to have such a cute boy and know that I am blessed to have a wonderful wife and a wonderful son.

Well we had some delicous food to eat there was turkey, ham, mash potatoes and tons of other stuff. We ate it was good and then everyone went home except us kids. We stayed and played games, before my grandma left she said that she loves it that us kids are such great friends and that we can laugh and have fun together.

This last Friday was me and Melissa anniversary. We now have been married for two years. We didn't do much just stay at the Anniversary Inn. We left Jackson with my parents Thursday night. We went to dinner at a place called Buco De Bepas or something like that. It was a Italian restaurant. Melissa had been there about two years ago and ever since she has been asking to go back. It was nice to have a meal with just me and Melissa. Then we went to the hotel and just relaxed. I surprised her with rose petals on the floor and some anniversary champagne flutes. The have the biggest jetted tubs there. It is so nice just to lay in those tubs and just soak. We were going to see a movie the next day but we both missed are bunky boy and ended up just going to my parents.

Melissa is such a wonderful wife. She has always been the girl of my dreams. I think that I am a lucky man to have her in my life. The thing that I love about me and Melissa relationship is that we are best friends. We talk about everything. We love doing things together. If the chance comes that I can do something with Melissa or with friends. I pick Melissa anytime. Melissa has definitely help me grow to be a better man. As everyone knows I am a shy person. She has help me crawl out of my shell a little bit. I think it is just amazing how she can instantly make friends with anyone. I always tease her about her best friend for the week. I ask her who it is, if it is somebody new... Melissa is such a great woman!

Well I can't post on my blog without talking about my cute bunky boy. Jackson is going to be 5 months on Thanksgiving. He is growing up too fast. We might give him some yams to try on Thanksgiving but will see. He is doing so much better on his baby cereal. He doesn't spit it out anymore, but that doesn't mean that he isn't a mess by the time he is done. The other exciting news is that he is getting blessed the first Sunday of December. So whomever reads this and can make it. Your more than welcome.

Well I'll finish by posting a picture I did in Photoshop. - Justin

My first idea is based on the idea of us LDS people thinking that anyone above the age of 25 and not married that you are menace to society. I thought that a wanted poster would be the best way to get the message across. It still a work in progress, but It will say something like if you see these menaces to society to please contact your local bishop. I used Kirby Heyward as the pictures of a person because he is a widely known LDS person.


My next idea is for missionaries. This would be a t-shirt that looks like a shirt and tie and the missionary badge. My idea is that even on p-day or when doing services you can still show that you are missionaries. I have made a test shirt of this one for my brother in law Nathan. It even comes personalized with the Elder's last name. If this is something that missionaries will really want I can make this with different ties.

The last ideas of my shirt has to due with the phrase "sweet spirit." I tested the idea on a couple people and half got it and the other half didn't get it. I don't know if this would be a good shirt just because not everyone gets what it means.

There hasn't been much going on lately, so just like always I talk about Jackson. The other day we raked the leaves in the front yards. We decide to get a little fall pictures of Jackson in the leaves. He enjoyed it a lot. He did good but then decide that he wanted to eat some leaves. We had to hurry and pull him out.

Yesterday we had a family home evening with the Denison side of the family. It is still uncomfortable to be with that side of the family. It was good though to see some of the family. My cousin Christine has a new baby too, and it is so much fun to put Jackson and Isabella together. The lesson was about the second coming. It was kind of hard to follow the lesson because the were reading out of Revelation.

Well nothing really left to talk about. I hope that you enjoy the pictures of Jackson. Please fill free to write any topics that you would like to hear about. - Justin

As you can see it spider-baby. This was Jackson very first Halloween. We were pondering if maybe we should take Jackson out trick-or-treating so that we could get our own supply of Halloween candy. Obviously we didn't but we did go over to my parents house for a little party. My mom makes the best homemade chili which she only makes on Halloween. This is a tradition that started with my grandma. I am not sure that it started with my grandma but it sure does taste good.

The other first that Jackson had yesterday was his first taste of baby oatmeal. It wasn't so much eating as it was play time. His first spoonful was in and out of the mouth just like that. He had that oatmeal all over his face. It was so much fun to see him progress. To me that means that he is growing up.

Well enough for now. Hope that you enjoy the pictures. - Love all Justin

I have this metaphor about my brain being like a hamster and his wheel. Now there is two theory that goes with this. First the hamster is too fat and can't ran as fast as he should. I can just imagine this plump hamster trying its hardest to run. He tries really hard to run as fast as he can he get up to a certain speed and he is feeling good about himself. Then all of a sudden his little chunky paw gets caught in one of the spokes. That when all hell breaks loose. The chubby hamster is now tumbling inside the wheel hoping that the wheel will stop and he can be free of his spinning. Sometimes I feel as if my brain isn't working fast enough, and if I try too hard it just spins out of control. The second theory is that I don't have a very bright hamster and he doesn't know which direction to run on the wheel so he starts running on way and decide maybe this isn't the right way. He turns around and start running the other way. Melissa totally agrees with me on this theory. She like the fat hamster theory and mocks me constantly about it. The reason I bring this up is because the hamster is at it again. The last couple of days I have felt as though the hamster is just holding on for dear life and the wheel is out of control. I hate having that feeling. It is hard for me to want to do anything. I push through it most of the time and just deal with what feels like a daze. Today was one of the days where I could not push through it. I just was in a funk. I wanted to study for school but that is impossible when I feeling this way. The only thing that got me through this day was one of my favorite TV shows, My Name is Earl.


Besides the fog that is over me things are going great. Me and Melissa are getting ready to go through the temple. This is something that I have been wanting for a long time. We are also having Jackson blessed soon which is something we have been looking forward to. Melissa has been back to work now for about a month or so. She really enjoys it but hates working the morning shift because Jackson keeps her up at night. Melissa is going to move to the new hospital soon. She scared and I just keep thinking that if it doesn't feel right she doesn't have to stay there.


Tonight during scripture reading we read in second Nephi about how Satan tries to tell is to be idle. It is so true that when your idle you think all is well and that nothing is wrong. Then you start to forget things, like say your prays, go to church. I also like this chapter because it take about all the different churches teaching false doctrines. It kept bring my thoughts to how important the gospel is in my life. It also brought to my mind, the prophet Joseph Smith. I have always felt the spirit the strongest when anyone talks about him. I loved teaching people about him on my mission and I would say it with such great faith and a knowledge that he is a man of god.


Below is a video of Jackson. I was listening to my music, which you will also hear in the video, and it looks as if Jackson is dancing to the music. He is such a cute boy. He is now about 4 months old. He is starting to giggle and smile.

You will have to bare with me on the music. Some people might think that, that kind of music isn't something that Jackson should be listening to. I think he is one cool dude and can handle any kind of music I play. I don't play the really hard kind of music, just medium music.

Well enough for now hope you enjoy the pictures. - Justin

This has been a really busy week this week. On Monday we went to Lagoon. It was a blast but really hard to go for very long. We did the popular ride like the rocket, rattle snake rapids, and the new ride wicked. It's always a blast to be with family and have fun. We went with Mich, Matt, Amy T (my Amy), Amy M (Melissa's Amy) Mike, Michael, and Emily. The sad part of it all is that in my old age I had to leave early because I was too tired. Part of the tired was the fact that I was getting sick.

I woke up the next day feeling really sick. This sucks! I now have been sick for five days. I not use to being sick that much for that long. It has been really bad pains, sore throat, coughing, pretty much everything. The bad part is that I have had a busy schedule of school and work. I didn't go to school on Tuesday because of how I felt, but everyday since then I have been at work or school. Even as we speak I am at work working a graveyard. So I am a little tired and still not feeling great.

Jackson is doing great he had his 2 month appointment just for a check up. He now weighs 14lbs. 12oz. which is a pretty plump baby. He is now in the 94 percentile for his weigh. We were so worried that he wasn't getting enough nourishment because he kept spitting up, but as you can see we don't have to worry any more. He is starting to smile when we smile at him and he is starting to be more playful. I am a proud dad. My Jacky Boy is the best baby in the world.

Well enough for now. - Justin

Well enough for now - Justin

Obviously it's not finished. I was planning on having more video from the movie and I was either going to leave it with or without narration. The whole part from Tallageda Nights was going to make funny of my Uncle Dave who loves Nascar.

I hope to get into video editing and movie making a little more I have a lot of fun with it.

This was the week of the Tiller Family Camping Trip. (The Tillers are Melissa side of the family.) Almost every year they go to Bear Lake. They have two boats and the rent Jet Ski. This year was Jackson first year to go to Bear Lake. We left Thursday morning it takes about two and a half hours to get there. We get there thru Evanston and we usually stop there to stretch our legs. We stop at McDonalds to get a little something to eat. It was a very high tech Micy D's. They have TVs everywhere. There was even a TV in the bathroom right where the urinal was. That to me has to be a guys dream to have TVs everywhere.

When we finally got there, Melissa had to run out to the beach as soon as possible. Bear Lake is Melissa favorite place to go besides Disneyland. We got in our swimming suits and went to the beach where we went and played in the water. Matt came with us and I was so surprised how much he was liking the water. He was just like a duck in water which is weird because Matt and I don,t know how to swim. We stayed at a motel near the beach because we didn't want to camp out with Jacky Boy, not this year anyways

Saturday was our lazy day. We didn't get up til ten. We hurried a pack all our stuff and I suggest that we should go see this cave that was pretty close by. We went to Minnetonka cave. I had been there several years ago with my scout group but that was like forever ago. We really had a fun time. I held Jackson all the way down and other people took turns carrying him back up. There was so many steps in that cave, but I think that it was sure worth it.

Well enough for now. Here are just some random pictures and video hope you enjoy. Bye - Justin

PS - These are pictures of my Brother-in-law Mikey. He is a very funny kid. He kept telling us that he wanted us to take a picture of his bod and his really ripped abs. So that is why there is the picture of the bottle. There was going to be a picture of him with his shirt of flexing his muscles but he wouldn't let me put it up.

This post is going to be about my little monkey boy. Jackson is now a very active 6 week old baby. The video above shows him turning from his stomach to his back. This is something a normal baby would be doing at 1-2 months old. Jackson did this at 2 weeks old. Jackson can hold his head up like he is a 3 month old.

Jackson is very good at holding onto things. Above is him playing with his ring toys. Jackson can grab, yank, and pull on pretty much everything. He has yank my glasses off my face and they have flown pretty far.

Jackson loves to cuddle.