Halloween Time at Disneyland

Disneyland at Halloween is a sight to see! I love having a annual pass....

Monster Mash

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Show and Tell: Lily Style

Lily has "show and tell" each week at preschool. Last week she was to share her favorite thing. We thought chocolate was a good idea, since I've never seen a 3-year-old consume so much, and her Aunt Katie who was visiting suggested we bring a little chocolate to share with the class. I got it all ready to go, but then Lily ran in her room and grabbed a picture off her nightstand that she has taped to the side of it next to her bed and said she HAD to bring this. I kind of moaned thinking, "what will her teachers think", since they are in our ward, but I realized it was one of her favorite things and she really does love it. It's a picture that my Dad took for a singer that he knows. She was doing some promo stuff and asked him to do some shots. Lily knows all about the people in the pic: Koko, Kandy and Synammen Jenkins! :-) When I picked Lily up from school, I asked her teachers what they thought of her "show and tell" item, and Miss Heather told me ALL about it! Lily said they were Grandpa's friends and told them their names, and how one of them had to leave the band, etc. I can only imagine their initial reaction! I had to give them a little background about how my Dad is a musician and is into photography, so that it didn't sound so crazy! Kids.

Koko, Synammen Jenkins, and Kandy

Lily had an uncanny resemblance to her idol this morning when I took her curlers out...

High speed stroller action

We were in Vegas last weekend to see family and so I could work a little. Saturday, I was outside cutting my Mom's hair and came back in the house to witness this! Yes, that's a doll stroller, and Betsy bent the metal! Haha. I actually considered taking it with me for when we go places--make Lily do all the work. How great would that be? :-)

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New Beginning...

I'll admit, I've been neglecting our blog for the past 2 months. But give me a break! We just moved! There is so much I've skipped that I'm not even gonna try to back track, I'm just going to give a brief update and move on from there. So, We have successfully moved to Southern California. Jake has been in Law school for over a month now and has survived. Lily has started Preschool, Dance and gymnastics, all the with her cousin Meg, and loves it all. Betsy is a crawling maniac and is the definition of a Dyson. She puts EVERYTHING in her mouth. And the teething...Ah! I'm busy being a Mom and keeping things in order. I think sometimes that having a jail sentence wouldn't be that bad. :-) We had a busy summer: Hawaii, Canada, packing, moving, unpacking, etc., and we are ready to slow down a bit....hopefully. We really are enjoying it here so far, and have even discussed staying when Jake is done with school. It's fun have Kerry and Nate and all the cousin just down the street, and Disneyland and the beach near too. Here are some pics of Betsy with my Great-Aunt's walker from our trip to Santa Barbara a few weekends ago, and Lily's first day of school...tears and all!

In working order!

Okay, My little photo blog, Jamiliajean.com, is back up and running, so make sure to check it out! We are back from our annual Canada trip, and pictures are not far behind! We have been super busy since coming back from Hawaii,and packing up our house to move to California. For those of you that didn't know, Jake got in to law school, so we will be there for the next 3 years! Things have been a whirlwind, and I feel like I never have anytime between moving, kids and work. Stay tuned!

My little hula girls

I took these in Hawaii, obviously. Looking at them gives me pangs of homesickness! I miss it. To see more, go to my new photo blog: Jamiliajean.com