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Bottles are his reward......look out here comes spider-baby!
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
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The hamster took a break....
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
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.
Well enough for now hope you enjoy the pictures. - Justin
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Don't you just need a vacation?
It occurred to me on Friday at work that me and Melissa had this whole weekend off and didn't have to be back til Monday night. This is very unusual for us. We usually have something going on. I thought it would be fun to get away for the weekend. This is very unusual for me because I like to have thing planned out. We decided to go St. George. Melissa's Aunt owns a town home down there and we called her last minute.
We left Saturday morning and got there about 6pm we had to make a lot of stops for Jackson to stretch his little legs. We got there finally and went to the townhouse we were going to stay at just to find where it was and to unload our bags. This townhouse was really nice. It was more like a really house then a townhouse because it wasn't attached to any other homes. It was a pretty nice size. Me and Melissa would be more than willing to take it off there hands and we could live there.
The next day we went to Zion. Whenever we go down to St. George it's a must for us to go to Zion. We hiked a little and went to some places we have never been before, like weeping rock, which was pretty cool. Then we did the river walk. The water in the river was pure brown because it had rained the night before. Walking the river walk leads you to where the end of the narrows hike is. This reminded me of when I was in Scouts and actually did the narrows hike. I must have been out of my mind. I can remember when I did that hike that it seemed like it took forever. My troop did it in two days. They have spots there where you can camp. Our spot that we got was cover in daddy long legs. Everyone was freaking out. I was so tired I did care. Anyways, I am proud of doing that hike. We finished our day at Zion. Jackson was perfect he did get cranky or anything like that. We got one of the front carrying thing that you put babies in and Jackson kept falling asleep in it.
Our next part of our adventure was to go visit Steve and Tara. I like going to their house to see what Steve has done next to that house. This time he had the theater room almost finished and he demonstrated the house voice recognition. It pretty cool. I think visiting with Steve because you can tell when he ask how you're doing he really wants to know. He always wants to know what everyone is up to and he is fun to be around.
Monday was the day that we headed home, but first we wanted to do one last fun thing. We went and hike around Snow Canyon. Both me and Melissa had never been there before. I like it because it wasn't crowded like Zion was. It was a really beautiful place to go. So we did that and headed home, which took about 6 hours again because we had to stop for Jackson to stretch.
It was a much need vacation, we had a blast, It was spontaneous, which made it fun too.
Hope you enjoy the picture. - Justin
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