Funny How Others Do Their Laundry

When Jason and I got married each of us had done our own laundry for approximately 20 years. Needless to say, we developed habits on how we hang and fold our laundry. I do the laundry (Jason would if I asked him to) and have had to adapt my ways to his, when it comes to folding/hanging Jason's clothes.

Example #1 - Socks
I put them in pairs and fold the tops down.

Jason folds them in half, so the elastic doesn't get stretched out. My socks wear out in the heels before the elastic is stretched out.


Examle #2 - Underware
I fold the tops and bottoms together.

Jason folds the tops and bottoms seperately in 2 different piles. His tops need to be folded with the front out, sleeve folded back and then folded in half, very neatly.

Example #3 - Hanging clothes
When you look into our closet my shirts hang facing the entrance, or in my mind, they face forward.

When you look into our closet Jason's shirts hang facing the back wall, or in my mind, they face backward.

Example #4 - Pants
I fold my jeans with the zipper facing out. Otherwise the front of the pants sometimes don't lay flat when you go to wear them.

Jason folds his pants with the zipper inside the fold.

Example #5 - T-shirts
I don't have any pictures of this one.

I fold my t-shirts in half, push the sleeves back, and then fold in thirds. Since I really only wear the for exercising I don't care much if they are wrinkled.

Jason fold his t-shirts with the front folded out, sleeves folded back and then folded in half. Very neat.

Never ceases to amaze me that there is not even one item in the clothes folding/hanging area that we do the same. :)

Sandwich with Dad

Looks like a big bite.
Hmmm...was a bite actually taken?

The Beginning of the End...

(Summer 2009)

Last Thursday Jacob would not go down for a nap. I could tell he wasn't too tired when I tried to lay him down and an hour later he was still awake. Friday he did nap, but Saturday and Sunday--no naps.

Today I can tell he is tired, but it took him a while to settle down. Pros and cons to this...now if I need to do something in the afternoon we can do it. On the flip side, if I need to do something without him around (like read email) it is a bit more difficult.

Just when you think you've figured it all out--it changes. :)

Bear Lake

Sunday night Jason's brother came over and asked if we wanted to go with his wife to Bear Lake. They had a condo for a few days and he couldn't go. We thought it would be fun and went down on Monday.

We had a great view of the lake from our window.

We played at the park, in front of the lake.
Went swimming. Here Jacob is going from the pool, to the children's pool (getting out--Yea, Jason was there to help chase him),
and finally to the hot tub.
We also went down to the lake and played in the water. You could go out quite a ways and it was still shallow--which was great for kids!!


Please notice there are no pictures of me--basically because I had the camera most of the time, but also because I am under strict contract to not reveal my Sports Illustrated Cover shot for the swimsuit issue...you know how they are about that sort of thing. I then decided I needed to be in at least one shot...so I covered up the bikini, put on a hat and decided this wouldn't spoil anything for the upcoming SI issue. Ah the life of a swimsuit model...it is harder than you think! ;)

Hiking and Thanksgiving Point Dinos

Earlier this month we took a Saturday morning and hiked up to Lake Solitude. We had a great time.

Last week we went with all of our cousins on Jason's side and went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving point. Playing by his cousin Mylee. He didn't particularly like the feeling of the sand, but he splashed around a bit with it. Digging for dinosaurs. :)
The highlight of the whole trip...the .25 (free to those 3 and younger) ice cream cone!

Lagoon Day

Last Saturday Chevron had Lagoon Day for the employees. We had such a fun time with Jacob!

Here he is, waiting in line for his very first amusement park ride. Here he is as Jason straps him in. This did not last, he wanted out so we moved on to a ride where we could go with him.

Here we are on the swing.
He loved it!











He drove a car, flew in an airplane with dad,
and we took a train ride. This is what he thougth everytime we got off the rides--
he wanted to go again and could not understand why we couldn't just stay seated to do that.

He also wanted to drive a boat. We waited in a long line, finally got there, Jacob got in, but then began to change his mind. We thought that once it got going he would be fine. Well, this is what he thought of the ride. Maybe another time around and he'd be fine. Nope, still feeling the same way. This is the one ride he wanted to get off of!

End of the day and we were very hot and tired. A cool fountain felt good. Jason also got to ride a big boy roller coaster--Wicked. He loved it. It was a fun day and I can't wait to do it again next year!!

Family Fun in July!

(Dad with his flag at dusk)

4th of July (actually it was Saturday the 3rd) started with a neighborhood breakfast. Each year the neighbors on our street meet on someone's front lawn, we sign up to bring food,visit and eat. It is a great way to meet and get to know people a little better. Afterward, the rest of the neighborhood meets on our street and the kids ride their bikes in a mini parade. There are a ton of kids, they decorate their bikes and wagons, and have a great time! We then spent the afternoon down at Jason's brother's house. We had lunch, made homemade ice cream (here the men are working on it) and the kids played in the pool. We also celebrated Jason, Mary Sue (my Mother-in-law) and Lilly's birthdays. Jacob playing basketball.

After relaxing, everyone was getting ready to go in for cake. Jason was laying down (he is sitting in the picture, but then laid down)
and Josh and Jared picked up the kid's pool to dump it. They saw him and decided to surprise him with the water. I wish I had known they were coming for him and I would have gotten the camera out to take before pictures. The only shot it got was after.





On the 16th Jason's Mother's family had a reunion. .
Jacob LOVED playing by this water fountain and this is where he spent most of his day




There was a stream/lake where people could fish. Here Jacob is with Jason and his dad. It was a hot, but fun day.

Sunday, the 18th, Michael and Taylor (Joy's boys) were here for the weekend after EFY (before they flew home). Both of them and Elizabeth have birthdays in July. So we got together at mom's to celebrate. Jessica and Brook (Kristina's oldest) have been here since the middle of June staying at my mom's and hanging out with Heidi's kids. There are no pictures of Heidi's kids because they were on a whirl wind tour back East seeing the sights of Church history, Boston, New York etc.



The following week my friend, Andrea and her little boy, Connor, went with us to Cowabunga Bay. We had a great time in the walk-in entry pool and floating down the lazy river. The next night we went with Jared and Stephanie for Lilly's birthday (Gotta love the 2 for 1 coupons we found!)

For the 24th Jason had Thursday-Saturday off. We went on a hike on Thursday morning up off of Wasatch drive. It was great because we were the only ones there on Thursday. Friday afternoon I was rejuvenated with a haircut and color...amazing what that does for my disposition!! :) While I was gone Jacob and Jason went out to the Kennecott mine with Jared's family to take a look around. Jacob with his cousins.







Saturday morning Jacob woke up at 6:15. His usual time is 6:30-6:45, so this was a little earlier. We decided to get up, pack a breakfast of Cheerios and milk, get on our bikes and ride over to Draper park. Actually this was all Jason's idea since I would never suggest bike riding at 7 a.m. Yep, see the picture, the clock says 6:50! We were off by 7 a.m. Jacob getting ready.
Got to the park, had breakfast
and then played on the swings and slides.

Later, after Jacob's nap, we went to a splash park out in Herriman. It was hot, but windy...when the wind blew the water at you it was a bit chilly. Jacob had fun.


That night Jason's family came over for fireworks.

Our friend, Tamsin, with her daughter and unfortunately had her car backed into by one of our neighbors. It was a fun evening overall, but I felt sorry for her.

Just a shot of my men at work.
Daddy talking to work on his "work phone." Jacob needed to be with him and talk on his "work phone" also. It has been a fun holiday month and I had a great time with my boys!