wheat fields

Aaron loves the look of people in a wheat field.

On the way to the cabin we stopped to get a few shots.

a deer, a squirrel and some face paint

While Krew was napping and Kali was "watching a movie" I was working on some photo editing when all of a sudden I heard her movie playing in spanish. Curious as to what had happened I walked into the room and Kali had found some of my old make-up and decided to decorate her face :) When I asked her about how the movie was playing in spanish she said, "I changed it, I am trying to learn spanish."

This is our deer friend whom we see several times a day, he likes to sit under our neighbors deck and relax.

As soon as he saw me try to sneak up on him he bolted!

We went for a nature walk today and we saw a squirrel, the kids were fascinated as it jumped from tree to tree and would stop and look at us. Kali was our trail leader, she did an excellent job. I was so proud of Krew, he made the trek all by himself, even though he did ask me to hold him a few times toward the end, a bribery of marshmallows was just the ticket.

It's a boy!

The day finally came Thursday July 15th, at 18 weeks prego we were able to find out the gender of our next child.

(Aaron wants to insert)

This was a happy day for the Jones family and the Dallas Cowboy organization.

Due to a previous engagement Jerry Jones was unable to attend,

but is fully aware of his future hall of fame linebacker in the making.

Aaron and I both screamed with excitement when we saw on the big screen that is was a boy. Kali on the other hand just stood there in kind of a confused state.

She then asked, "so is it a boy or a girl?"

When we told her it was a boy, her confused look turned into a pouty face.

Quickly the ultrasound lady told Kali to come and stand by her and explained to Kali that she was the only girl in her family and had three brothers and she LOVE IT,

because she was spoiled and didn't have to share any of her things with another sibling.

I don't know if that helped Kali at all but she just waited patiently and quietly

for the rest of the ultrasound to be done.

Before we left Kali and I went into the bathroom and that is when the water works began.

Kali just started crying.

It was so heartbreaking.

It made me so sad,

at that moment I had wished it was a girl, just for her.

I tried comforting her, I wished I could make it all better, but I couldn't change anything.

Luckily almost a week later now she is OK with the idea of having a brother

and is even trying to help us figure out a name,

which has been a struggle.

This one is going to take awhile.

By looking at his profile picture he looks like a Jones boy :)

cabin reunion

We always have a good time together at the cabin,

relaxing, fishing, jet skiing, feeding the ducks,

roasting hot dogs and smores and

just sitting around the campfire and talking.

We also like to go over to Jubilee Lake and walk along the path and take pictures.

Krew loves to help his dad build the fire and help keep it going.

The kids had a ton of fun running back and forth on the dock.

We knew someone would fall in sooner or later.

Poor Krew was the victim. Michael and Krew bumped into eachother and Krew

fell backward into the water.

The amazing thing is he just floated on his back.

Luckily I was just chilling on the grass watching them play,

so I was able to run to his assistance quickly.

The scary thing is right before it had happened I was going to run

into the house to get something, but I had a feeling someone might fall in

so I waited. I am so glad I listed to the Holy Ghost that day :)

Cori and Tucker are made for each other.

I love it!

They spend their time spitting grapes back and forth into each others mouth

and perfecting their two man cartwheel.

check out my sis Janica's Blog for more fun and entertaining cabin pics

Jayce's 2nd Birthday - Mercantile Style

July 3rd

We were able to watch fireworks from the comforts of my parents deck.

We enjoyed American Forks, Lindons, and from a distance provo's stadium of fire

and of course all of the neighbors fireworks.

While relaxing and enjoying the beautiful stars (as Krew called them) we all jumped and screamed as an explosion of fireworks went off below us. Seth decided to set off some fireworks to scare us, and it worked. Warren started crying probably more from Janica's reaction than from the actual noise itself. Whatever the reason, Janica yelled at Seth, letting him know he freaked out their son. Krew watching this started yelling at Seth also. We told Krew when Seth came upstairs to give him the same lecture he had just displayed.

When Seth made it upstairs Krew started the lecture. He was intense and mad with his nose scrunched and pointing his finger, then in mid sentence he saw a airplane out of the corner of

his eye and pointed up with excitement and said, "look, airplane." It was HILARIOUS! We

laughed forever. Just like in the movie, "UP" with the dogs in mid sentence, squirrel.

A few more things about my little Krewzer

Krew is still a thumb sucker and every time I wrap him up in a towel after a bath he will say, "my sum" meaning my thumb, he wants to pull it out of the towel so he can suck on it.

While on our road trip any motorcycle, or ATV Krew saw he asked over and over again, "mom ride motorcycle please, get my helmet and ride motorcycle please" it is so cute and it makes me want to get him is own motorcycle with training wheels. Christmas is coming soon:)

Tucker and Seth were awesome and while the girls went out to watch Eclipse they listened for the kiddos while they slept. Well, while they were supposed to be sleeping, Kali had passed out at 7:30 pm (I made sure they had a busy day) however Krew was still awake when we left at 9:30 pm for the movie. I was a little nervous he would give them a hard time, luckily when we got home I asked Tucker if Krew was hard to get to sleep. He said no, actually, he put himself to bed, he said he was ready to go to bed and got up, walked to his room, climbed into his bed and under the covers and went to sleep. I was so proud of my little Krew, I guess I need to go out more, he never does that for me.

4th of July - Hawaii Ohana Reunion

On Sunday morning we all met at the Ford's new AMAZING home and

had breakfast and caught up on life while the kids ran around like crazy.

Lance and Kara thanks for letting us come enjoy your BEAUTIFUL home,

and for feeding us.:)

I only brought my 50mm lens and decided the kids had to sit in good lighting

so luckily Erin had a wider angle lens on her camera.

Thanks Erin :)

Image credit: Erin Low

check out her work at Erin Michelle Photography

Whose bright idea was it to have the kids get together and get their pictures taken?

It is always a must

no matter how much they dislike it :)

This is what I was able to capture from the side.

This is what Brielle thinks

about the whole thing.

Jo Jo was all about it,

Krew on the other hand decided to let the

water works start

which just started a chain

reaction for Teja, then Brady

and Jo Jo only for a second,

here she is already wiping away her tears

Bella, Bode and Graham

just hung out and wondered

what all the crying was about,

and why the adults were jumping around

like crazy people

trying to get them to smile.

torture almost over.

what's that? pictures are done.

OK I am good :)

Kara rewarded them with fruit snacks, Kali decided to shove them all in a once

and we told Jo Jo to say cheese forgetting she had fruit snacks in her mouth

this is what we get :)

I was so excited for Krew and Jo Jo to get together again,

I wasn't prepared for this. Kali and Jo Jo, best friends :)

Brielle you are adorable and win the

most Hawaiian looking award.

Look how dark that girl it!

Brady showing us is throwing and catching skills.

The stunning Williams Family.

the girls.

man love.

From Kali's point of view.

This is what happens when Ohana get together,

Aaron became Derek's brother,

Lance stepped in for James since he was not able to be there.

(You were missed James!)

and Jo Jo became Krew's twin.

Low Family, Ford Family

Bagley Family, Williams Family

Jones Family

If I can see through the tears streaming down my face

I can finish with my thoughts of how much I LOVE seeing my Ohana.

The friends we made in Hawaii are PRICELESS!

Hawaii is paradise, but for me the people we met are what made it

a true paradise.