Jordan's Photo Shoot

Here are a few pictures taken by Jordan's Aunt Bridgett and her fancy new camera! I think they turned out cute!

The Lifferth Family Christmas Party

This will have to be a short post. My blog hasn't been updated in a while, and I do happen to have a few recent pictures I could post from the Lifferth family Christmas party.

The party was on Dec. 1st, up in Springville, Utah. It was great fun. My personal favorite part of the evening was seeing the REAL Santa Claus. I am serious, this guy was really good. I think he took at least 5 minutes, if not more, with each child. He was jolly, and fun, and the kids LOVED him. He was just exactly what I picture Santa to be.

I couldn't get any real good pictures because of the movement, but here's what I got!

They also put on a Christmas program involving the women in the story of Christ's birth, and Gabe provided background music for the program. I tried to get a little bit of video for that, but it didn't work. But he did a great job!

Jordan's New Friend

You may remember that when Jordan was about 6 or 7 months old, we got a little kitty. But then Jordan ended up getting a cold, and at the time I thought it was allergies. Well after a trip to the doctor we were informed that allergies don't present themselves that way in infants, so he was most likely not allergic. The problem was, we had already sold the kitty by the time we realized this.

Well... we decided to give it another go, and we bought Jordan a new little playmate. And he LOVES his little kitty. I think he's even trying to say "tt ttttee". He and the kitty get along great.... most of the time. I mean sure, he knocks the kitty around a bit, but it's not every day Jordan finds someone small enough that he can be the bully! It is so cute watching him play with his kitty, he's never giggled so much! He's even developed a new tone of his voice when he talks to the kitty, it's adorable!

It's actually a pretty good kitty too. Jordan pulls it by the tail, and it just plays with his hand while he does it. It has a very good temperament. It even chases Jordan sometimes too. He also came fully potty trained, which is a great bonus! We haven't named him yet, so we are open to suggestions! Let us know what you think!

It's SNOWING!!!

Ok world, just try and stop me from busting out the Christmas music!

Happy Halloween!!

Jordan has a personality all his own. One of his most distinct traits, and one he is quite well known for is his growl. So we decided to play on this and had Jordan be a lion for Halloween this year. I found an adorable costume for only 8 dollars on KSL. All I needed to do was draw whiskers and a lion nose (not as easy as it sounds...) Jordan hated getting his face drawn on. It took several attempts, and in the end, and after copious tears (poor little lion!), we had to take what we could get. This is how it turned out.

We went to our ward's Trunk-Or-Treat party and enjoyed showing off our cute little baby. We arrived a little late and didn't get a whole lot of 'loot', but I think this year it was for the best.

At any rate, Jordan enjoyed sitting in the trunk of our car, holding onto the edge and growling at the trunk or treaters.

After the ward party Gabe and I took Jordan trick or treating to his Grandma and Grandpa Dorsey's house, where he got more candy and we also got to visit with Michelle and Lua and their family. Jordan worked up quite a sweat in his costume so we took it off of him and let him just play.

The next day we took Jordan to CornBelly's corn maze. We had fun wandering around the maze, and even managed to find David Archileta's ear and hair. After that we wandered around the other various activities they had there. We went on a Hay ride, a cow train ride, and played in a room filled with dried corn!

Jordan was mostly just afraid of the corn room though. But can you blame him? It swallowed mommy and daddy!

I've caught the bug...

When we first moved into our house here in Payson, there was snow covering our entire yard, and all of our trees were leaf bare. We had no idea what kind of trees they were. So when spring came around, one of our trees began to get blossoms. Nothing really came of the blossoms, except very small pears that never got big enough to count.

Naturally, since our tree had not produced anything the year before, I had no reason to believe that it would this year either. Boy was I wrong.

Our tree produced more pears than I knew what to do with this year. Seriously, my visiting teached described our tree as one straight from a Doctor Seus book. The branches were breaking and curving everywhere. It was a good comparison. And one day, I realized that this year, we might just get some real fruit. And, with the economy being in the state that it is, I considered it a blessing from our heavenly father, and I knew I'd better not let it go to waste.

So Gabe and I harvested all the fruit we could in a day, and then Gabe set to work pruning our poor picked on tree. We then waited for weeks making sure to keep the temperature in our house below 73 degrees.

The pears have just about all ripened, and I have been scrambling to get them canned. Friday was my very first time canning anything, and when we had finished jarring 13 quarts, and 7 pints of pears, I felt very satisfied, and proud of the work I had done. (Of course I didn't do it alone. My cousin and my mom helped me out quite a bit!) I am going to be canning more tomorrow, and I am getting so excited at the prospect. I have seriously started becoming obsessed. Now I am taking people up on their offers of fruit from other trees, and I am thinking I might can some of those as well. Plus, I have decided to make and freeze a bunch of pies, and maybe make some pear jam.

I have become a fruit preservation freak!

Tagged: 7 Weird or random things about me...

Lucky me, I am one of those 'special' people to be tagged on my sister's blog. So now you all get to know a few strange things about me.

1. It drives me crazy when people put their bottom teeth in front of their top teeth. Even the thought of it is just... icky!

2. When I was little, I used to suck my thumb and pull out my hair. Therefore, I always had thinner hair than my sisters. Funny thing is though, my husband used to do the same thing!

3. I also can't stand to rub my finger along my fingernail sideways. You know what I mean? Because of the nail ridges... It is like scratching a chalkboard for me.

4. I have recurring nightmares about spiders, and lions chasing me (never at the same time though.).

5. If something in a store looks soft, I cannot pass it up. I have to feel it.

6. I almost didn't hook up with my husband because he didn't open my car door, and he didn't want to hook up with me because he thought I was obsessed with American Idol... and therefore a crowd follower. Long story short, he always opens my doors for me (and no, I didn't have to train him), and I am not obsessed with American Idol. I just watch it sometimes (and he does too!). Assumptions are not always true.

7. Fall is my favorite season. The air is crisp, and filled with anticipation of the fun holidays to come. The leaves are beautiful. I love fall treats, ie: pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pie, zucchini bread, etc etc etc... I love wearing sweaters and warm yummy things.

Anyway, that is seven random things about me. And now it is my turn to tag... and I choose: Annie, Crystal, Monaca (Barnabi), Meloschmuck, Whitney, Sarah, and Alida.