photo dump it to krumpit

it is summer.

i've realized that lately i've been blogging like, once a month.

we've been busy.

so sue me.

but it's aiight.

my parents went back home to wv so i have time now to get back on the ol' blog.

we're been having a blast in the sun; everton has been getting brown all over, besides his cute little bum.

so i'm about to dump a bunch of photos on ya on our latest outings.

SEVEN PEAKS WATER PARK-PROVO

we finally transitioned everton to a toddler bed and this was how his first night went.  the next day we got the biggest pool noodle available and tucked it under his fitted sheet. now he falls off the bed just some of the time.  he must be hurling himself over that noodle to fall off but if it prevents him from falling most of the time i'll keep it!

THE LIVING PLANET AQUARIUM-SANDY

my freaking adorable nephew, baby fox

4TH OF JULY

the pool in spanish fork.  

everton loves loves loves the water and loves going down the water slide with his grandpa even more.

 GLENN BECK'S MAN IN THE MOON SHOW

 it rained and hailed while we were in line, making our clothes and blankets SOAKING wet and freaking cold.  but Glenn Beck is lucky that his show made up for the coldness.  it was pretty dang good.

my sisters and i at baby fox's baby blessing.

the kid at city creek mall's play place.

darn his smile!

and the dump is done.

a jovial june

it is O-FISH-ALLY summer.

but poor everton, i don't take him outside as much as i should due to my horrific allergies lashing out the minute i step out.  but still, summer is my favorite season.  i love the heat, the tan lines, and the swimming we try to go out and do.

at the end of may, erin came with me to bunco and the theme was the 80s.  not having grown up in the 80s i took to the web to teach me about some 80s fashion.  i found the leather jacket at DI for $10!  SCORE!

my mom, erin, and i then went to slc on the 13th of june and met up with my dad's best friend and his fam.

then the next day, friday, brett, the kid, and i, headed down to richfield, ut for a family reunion on brett's side.

it was supposed to be a camping reunion, but i opted for the "glamping" route AKA we stayed in a hotel.  hey, there were lots of other family members doing it too!

it was actually nice just hangin out outside chatting it up with brett's family, my allergies didn't act up and the weather was glorious.  and pretty sure everton's dreams were coming true, he got to play in the mud, dirt, and rocks for 2 days.

he's sort of a loner though.  he mostly played in the dirt and rocks than with the other kids.

towards the end of the reunion they flooded the little field and the kids had a heyday playing in the pseudo pond, except for everton.  he was nammy pammy about getting into the water without his shoes, which were shoes that i didn't want to get wet.  sighhh maybe i turned him into a germaphobe.  or as my nephew likes to say, "he needs his man card taken away."

one of my nephews gleefully getting dirty.

some of my cute nieces and i.  seriously LOVE these girls.

then later that saturday evening, on the way back home, we stopped by byu at "the wall" where erin and her band, ahoy, captain performed.  i seriously love watching her sing.  she blows me away with her voice.  she used to annoy me when we were younger (let's be real, she still does) but i'm just so proud of her.

here's one of their songs and yes, that is TOTALLY me screaming her name, embarrassing her with no shame.

then when the show was over we scooted back up to tooele and we were almost home when we got a phone call from travis telling us that kyla's in labor!!  holy crap, we were almost home!  well, because it was getting really late and we had been driving all day, we continued on home.  but my mom and erin were still in provo so they were at least able to shoot down to cedar city in a few hours.  alas, they missed the birth by an hour.  they got to meet this little squishy though!

baby james fox cecil

erin sent these pics to my phone.  i still have yet to meet him!!  and i'm just dying to.

and the next day was father's day.  everton and i got our favorite gentleman some new ties.  perhaps it's cliche to give ties but lately brett's ties were driving me nuts.  he needed some new pieces.

nuts for nutella.

and i just thought you'd like to see this pic super enlarged, cuz it's hilarious.

a marvelous may

what's up blog buddies?!?

may has shot right on by and this is the first blog post to show that may even existed.

it's been a whirlwind.

my parents are in town so that's another reason why i've been on a slight bloggin hiatus.  our days are filled with movies, shopping, and eating, eating, eating.  it's our favorite pastimes.

first off, i got to see iron man 3 twice in one day.  that indeed made the start of may MARVELOUS.

earlier in the month, we helped kyla and travis move into their new apt in bluffdale!  they live just an hour away instead of 5!  i'm so thrilled that they'll be closer.  kyla and i have many playdates and shopping trips in our future.

she's due in june but she was 3 weeks early with hazel so she could technically pop at any moment now!

we're on standby.

then there was mother's day.

and what a gorgeous day it was.  

temple square was covered in tulips galore.  best time in slc ever.  

something about tulips just gets my goat.  i love em.

then i got these tulips for mothers day from my darling husband of a man.

then after church we swung on down to provo for a mother's day filipino feast.

 3 generations of moms.

us jones girls with our hot mom.

just some of the filipino women in the family.

kyla's and my family with our cousin kim's fam!

my hot cuz, kim and i!

the 3 great grand kids on the filipino side so far.

landon, hazel,and everton.

they look peaceful here but in reality they are rambunctious!

a bruised eye, rosy red cheeks from playing so hard, and a wide grin make for a tiny joker.

LOVE HIM.

with my parents hanging out with us, brett and i take full advantage and go on dates as much as we can.

one saturday we went on a super date where we got massages for the first time (HOLY BLISS!  thanks amazon local!) then afterwards we went to zupa's cafe (our first time) and finished off the date by seeing star trek, into darkness, which of course was AWESOME.  it was a much needed date with brett.

and the rest of the pics are random ditties of our may adventures.

  

the next event we're waiting for is kyla popping that baby out!!  

seriously, we're getting anxious and ecstatic.

double birthday deluxe weekend

everton and i are birthday buddies fo life.

we technically have separate birthdays, but the fact that he was born 30 mins after midnight when it still felt like my birthday those 2 years ago, i like to think we share the same birthday.  i can't think about my birthday anymore without thinking about my water breaking at the mall and i was in labor for 10 hours.

i feel like i have an even bigger bond with my son.

and this past weekend, it was our birthdays.  mine was on friday and everton's was on saturday.  couldn't do too much on friday while brett was at work but i took advantage of it being my birthday for all it's worth and did everything i wanted to do.  except sleep in, everton could care less that it was my birthday.  maybe i should've slept in on his birthday!  

i got to play around with my birthday gift from brett and i'm still in love with this palette.  i can attest that it is truly amazing.

my awesome friend jill threw a little surprise birthday party for her sister and i during the day.  it was really great getting to hang out with friends while gorging on mint chocolate cake pops.  thanks jill!!

then that evening all i wanted after dinner was to get some coldstone ice cream, which is something we do, like once a year.  seriously, that stuff be pricey!  but it was my birthday and i needed it.

sharing the goods with everton.  i'm just that great of a mom.  (and i ain't payin to get him his own!)

then the next day, it being everton's day of arrival to this earth, we went to the sketchy looking stockton miner's cafe and had a super delicious birthday breakfast.  and we didn't have to pay for everton's and my breakfast because it was our birthday!

i think everton enjoyed his breakfast.

for everton's birthday this year we didn't get to throw him a party and right now i'm sure he could care less about a party.  we're still recuperating from our vacation, shoo i just now unpacked the last suitcase.  so i thought that it would be more enjoyable and less stressful for all of us if we took everton to the zoo for his first time.  we went to the hogle zoo in slc and met up with some of our really good friends.

(most of the zoo pics were taken by my girl charlene, thanks girlfriend!) 

for the most part everton had a lot of fun.  but we went a little late in the day when he is prone to get cranky. he's really into animal noises right now (still not into talking a lot yet) and he imitated a lot of the animals he saw.  the monkeys mesmerized him and he didn't want to go onto the next animal exhibit.  now the elephants, they're my ultimate favorite animal.

left-right: matt & elise, us, mitch, jenny, & baby charley, and adam & charlene.

thanks again for coming out guys!

i think i have the greatest friends in the world and i feel so blessed to have most of my friends living right here in utah.  Christy, you need to come out here!!

and adam and charlene got me everton an awesome set of marvel figures.  he really appreciated it, you can see it in his face.

i can't believe this child of mine is 2 years old.  or the fact that i'm 25!  

everton is my treasure.

even though he's still not very chatty, he's really into sound effects.  what a boyyyy.  he's utterly and completely OBSESSED with trains.  and lucky us, we live near one!  (hint:sarcasm)  he can hear the train going by anytime during the day and rushes to the couch, peeks through the blinds and just watches it go by. and screams, "CHOO CHOOOOOO!" the entire time.  he also loves the thomas the train show, which i thought was so boring when i was younger.  his other fav shows/movies AKA ones i can tolerate are curious george, mickey mouse clubhouse, sid the science kid, sesame street, and toy story plus most pixar movies.  i also throw in an x-men/avengers cartoon every once in a while to keep him cool.  like i said earlier, he's also pretty good at doing animal sounds.  so as of right now, i try not to get too worried about him not talking as much when he gibbers like crazy.  but rest assured he still loves to say, "ashes" and can also say, "peas" for please, and "cheeeeese" when he sees you taking a pic of him.  he's coming along.  he's pretty much in love with fruit snacks and chicken nuggets, but heaven help him if i try to feed him anything green and healthy.

and i'm sure you'd like to know my latest obsessions in my 25th year of life.  i am in love with the vampire diaries, downton abbey, sherlock, and revolution, instagram, and i'm still obsessed with the titanic and LOTR.  i'm so freakin excited for the movies coming out this year i.e. iron man 3, start trek 2, man of steel, THE WOLVERINE, and THOR 2.  ughhhhhh i can't wait.

and that concludes our birthday weekend.