Jordan's 3rd Birthday!

Yes, yes, I know it has been quite a while since I last updated. And I really can't tell you why that is exactly, except I guess it was just a busy summer. And I got lazy. But I am back now, and I have a longish post for ya'll. Hope you enjoy!

Jordan's actual birthday is on the 6th, but since my little brother's wedding was on the 15th, Gabe and I decided to wait to do his party until the 13th, because my sister and her family, and also my brother were coming into town for the wedding and we thought it would be fun to have the whole family there.

But on his actual birthday, we did a lot of fun things, most of which I seem to have forgotten to take pictures of. But we woke up in the morning and after opening presents, we got to watch a parade (Payson Onion Days). Afterwhich, Gabe took Jordan and his cousin, Max on a bike ride. Then daddy and Jordan went swimming. After all this, Jordan got to take his best friend, and cousin, Max with him to Pirate Island Pizza.

Max wasn't sure what to think about all those pirates roaming around, so he declined taking a picture with this particular pirate.

The boys had a blast eating pizza and french fries, and watching Captain Jack Sparrow conduct bingo night.

After eating all of their food (wink, wink, yeah right! ;) ) The boys got to go check out the play ground and arcade area.

When we got home, Jordan got to enjoy his very own personal birthday cake. (Gabe insisted that a kid needs cake on his birthday!) So we put three candles in it and sung the happy birthday song.


Jordan's birthday party happened on September 13th this year. I thought it would be fun to be a little creative this year, and this is the product of my insanity.

Yes, 4 pairs of Buzz Lightyear wings. One for each of the young guests at the party.

This is the cake I made. Not a whole lot to it, but hey, I had just spent a few weeks making Buzz Lightyear wings! What do you expect?

The boys loved running around in their wings, and going inside the "Space Ships". Note the shape of the door. Just perfect for those little space rangers to fit.

And then they all boarded the space train

This is Christian and Nicholas, my sister, Natalie's boys. We were so glad they could make it for the party!

And of course, Jordan and Max, the dynamic duo. I think the boys all looked so adorable in their wings.

My camera decided to stop working at around this point, so that is all I've got for now. After this, there was a special appearance by Emperor Zurg, whom our four little Buzz Lightyear's were quick to give chase, and beat him incessantly. Or perhaps I should say just 3, as one particular Buzz Lightyear noticed that Zurg bore a striking resemblance to his daddy, and didn't appreciate the fact that he was getting beaten on.

After this, we all went inside to open presents and Jordan got a very special present from his mommy and daddy. Jordan was a bit oblivious to the meaning, but I'm sure all of you can figure it out. ;)

Jordan's got some new toys!

We got Jordan a bike a few weeks ago. He thought it was great at first, that was until he fell off.
:( Poor kid is afraid to even get on it now. We'll work with him. :)

Jordan got this go-cart power wheels from his Grandpa Dorsey, as you can see, he is LOVING it!

This next picture is every little boy's dream... Yes, Jordan is now the proud owner of 4 power wheels. Now before you start getting all huffy, let me explain. We paid five bucks for the one he is sitting on, and the rest were all free. We have one battery that they all share.

Yes, like father, like son. Our yard is quickly filling up. Luckily I am already used to it, having grown up with a dad who had many "project cars".

Guess what everybody?!

My little boy did a little bit of growing up today!

PS: I know it's gross, but I am so proud!

Catching up...finally!

Ok, so I know it has really been a while. But it seems like the longer I wait to blog, the more I dread doing it because stuff keeps piling up that I want to blog about, and it takes forever to load pictures for me. But anyway, I finally decided to just bite the bullet and get it all posted.

A week or so ago Gabe and I decided it would be fun to fly kites. Jordan did pretty good holding on to the handle once Daddy got it in the air for him.


We flew kites just in our yard at first, but then began to realize that it just wasn't working so well. The street was awfully close to our grass, and with an excited and running two year old... well you get the idea. So instead we went to a park that was pretty close by.

And, it just so happened to be close by Jordan's favorite little cousin's house as well. In fact, just across the street. It was the cutest thing watching these two little boys running toward each other yelling each other's names... seriously so cute. I got a video, but those are horrendously long to post and I am already including a different video that you will see in a moment. So yeah, unfortunately, Max's kite got stuck in a tree shortly after he and Monica arrived.

But they got it out pretty fast. And then of course it began to rain, so our little outing had to be cut pretty short.

Gabe has been telling everyone about this, so if you haven't yet heard, I am surprised. This is the airplane Gabe bought for me using his very own "fun money". His philosophy is that flying airplanes as a family is cheap and not as dangerous as say, four wheeling or any other activities families do together. So he asked me if he bought me an airplane and let me decorate it any way I wanted to... would I go flying with him? I said that I would, and here is the result.

Gabe is a leader in Young Mens in our ward, and there is a dating issue of the New Era for beginning daters that he is supposed to read through. Jordan also took interest in it.

He got really excited at the prospect of going on a real date!

Of course he realized that if he was going to go on a date, he needed to borrow money from mommy's purse.

He had a lot of fun flipping through the pages. Too bad it will be another 13 and a half years before he can implement any of the ideas he got!

These next pictures are just of Jordan playing on his slide. This is one of his favorite things to do.

Jordan recently rediscovered his hat that his grandma and grandpa Lifferth gave him. It's getting a little small for his ample sized head, but he still loves wearing it.

Jordan was pretty grumpy the day before Easter, so these next few pictures almost didn't happen. Luckily we decided to give it a shot, and he cheered right up. As you can see.

Yes, he is wearing the toilet paper package for a clothes protector... I didn't want to waste a garbage bag!

As you can see, Jordan thoroughly enjoyed this Easter tradition of egg dying. And Gabe and I had fun doing it with him!

When we were all done we let Jordan play with them, and he sat and picked them up one at a time and moved them to different slots in the egg carton.

A few weeks ago Gabe and I were talking, and Gabe was saying he'd like to turn our car into an RC car... I personally like our car the way it is and so I suggested instead that he turn his lawn mower into RC. I was kind of joking, but Gabe was apparently inspired. He got to work pretty much right away and really it was only like a day later that he had managed it.

Yes, my genius husband managed to turn his riding lawn mower into an RC lawn mower. He is quite proud of that fact, and he actually got a job offer because of someone who saw it! (The job wasn't something that would work for us, but it was pretty cool that the guy was that impressed!) My husband is now the talk of the neighborhood. So here it is, in all its glory:

Family Christmas Parties

These first pictures are from the Dorsey Christmas Party. I think I'll spare you the details, and simply let you enjoy the pictures. I have been sick so I am satisfied simply to get these pictures posted!

These pictures are from the Lifferth Family christmas. I have to say for this one, I was very proud of Jordan, he did quite well with Santa. Check out his smile!

Alright, so I spent the time downloading this video because it's so cute. I think the Lifferth's get the 'real' Santa to come to their parties, he is great!

On to November!

It seems like lately 1 post a month is all I manage. But at least it's something, right? November was a really fun month! I have lots more pictures to post, so here goes!

This is Jordan's new winter coat. My sister, Natalie sent it because her boys had grown out of it. I think it is one of the cutest boy coats I have ever seen! It is slightly big on him, but he will have room to grow, so it is great.

I was at D.I. last month and happened to spot this toddler bed for only15 dollars! I actually already had a lightening mc queen sleeping bag and chair that matched, so even though I hadn't planned on getting him a toddler bed for a while yet, I decided to jump on this deal. And amazingly enough, he actually slept on it the first night we got it. I thought it would take a while for him to get used to it. Jordan is still a little confused, however, when we first got it, he kept pointing at the sticker and saying, "Truck, truck."

Ok, so I found this hat and neckband thingy at the dollar store and I thought it was hilarious!

Unfortunately the kitty didn't get the humor. I'm still gonna make him wear it on Christmas though! Haha.

On Thanksgiving morning I was peeling potatoes, and for some reason the process was fascinating to Jordan. He stood next to me the entire time, his eyes glued to the process, and he even cheered when I would finish with each potato.

Isn't his new sweater way cute? I got it at TJ Max for 13 dollars. I have shopped for myself there before, but for some reason I never thought to look for baby clothes there. Anyway, I am glad I did! Oh and also, let me take a moment to point out that I ended up giving him a hair cut on thanksgiving morning as well! I just hadn't had time to do it before that! So, what do ya think? It was a painful and stressful process, and it never turns out quite like I hope, but I'm learning.

This is Jordan with his Aunt Kathy. For some reason, it is a tradition for my family to color in coloring books on Thanksgiving, so here they are, keeping the tradition alive!

Black Friday was eventful. I actually got up this year and went out shopping at around 5 o'clock. This is the first time I have done that since I was like 20 I think. So yeah, I forgot what to expect. I went to walmart and basically only got 3 pairs of character pjs (3 dollars each!) and two storage tub containers (4 dollars each). Woohoo! Yeah baby, it was so worth it! lol. But anyway, we also went to the University Mall and got to watch Santa Claus arrive by helicopter! Jordan loved seeing the helicopter, but when it got close, the wind started to scare him a bit. Unfortunately I forgot my camera, so no pictures of that one!

So yeah, that night we had dinner on our "nice dishes". And then put up our Christmas tree. I always like to get it up the day after Thanksgiving.

Jordan was amazed at the tree, especially when we turned on the lights. And remember a while back before his 2nd birthday I had been working on him blowing out his candles? Well, he started trying to blow out the lights on the tree! It was so cute. What a fun kid.

The kitty's favorite place to site now is under the tree. I am just hoping he won't be as bad as he was last year when he was just a baby kitty and kept knocking down the balls and chasing them everywhere, and also tearing down the ribbon. Which, coincidentally, if you will notice, there are not any balls or ribbon this year.

Well that's all for now folks, hope you're all having a great Christmas time!