Merry Christmas

Here is some pictures we took by the christmas tree. They turned out pretty cute. As you can see Marissa is my little poser. Brooklyn and Marissa love having a new sister.

Christmas Dance Showcase

Brooklyn and Marissa had their christmas dance showcase the other day and I can't believe how much they know. We put them in Ultimate Dance this year and it is definitely worth it. They have learned more in the past 4 months than Brooklyn learned in 2 years at the other class. They did a cute little christmas dance. I am so proud of them.

New Addition to our Family

This is Taylor Lyn Jackson. She was born on November 30. She weighed 8 lb 8 oz and 18 inches long. We are so happy to have her in our lives.

Brooklyn started Preschool

Brooklyn was so excited to start preschool yesterday. She is in an afternoon class so all morning she was wanting to go. Here is a picture of her and her teacher, Miss Carrie. Then a picture of her and her friend Briley, they look so cute. She had a lot of fun and can't wait until Friday to go back.

Marissa started Playgroup

Marissa was so excited to start playgroup this week. She had to have a backpack like Brooklyn and as you can see she likes to show it off. She had so much fun.

Park City

So for labor day we went to Park City like we do every year. It was so much fun, but I can 't show you pictures because we forgot our camera. I need to get copies from everyone that went. We went up saturday morning and meet Bret's sister and her family. We all stayed in a room together. Then my aunt has a condo up there that they get every labor day so her family was there and my mom stayed there. The first day we let the kids play on the inflatable slides and of course they had a blast. Then we were finally able to get into our condo. We made some dinner and then went swimming. The next day the girls went shopping, trying to find those good deals. I ended up finding a lot for the baby and a few things for the girls. Then we went to the alpine slide. This year I wasn't able to go so Bret took Marissa with him and my mom took Brooklyn with her. They had so much fun on it. Then we just went back and swam the rest of the night. The next day we got up and came home. I love going up there every year and the best part about it is that it only takes 45 minutes to get home so you aren't to tired to unpack when you get home. I do have this picture the day we got home I put the girls in there nightgowns at 7:00 so we could watch a movie and after about 15 minutes Brooklyn was out. I guess she just had to much fun up there.

Dance

Brooklyn and Marissa started dance last Thursday and were so excited. We decided to try Ultimate Dance this year. I am so glad we did, she taught them more after one class than what Brooklyn had learned in two years. They are in different groups this year so it is good for Marissa to meet new friends and be on her own.

Pictures

I had Jeni Boston take some pictures of the girls last week. They turned out so good, thanks Jeni. This is just what she had previewed on her blog.

24th of July

On the 24th of July every year we go to Spanish Fork to the parade. The girls always enjoy it, as you can see they wouldn't even look at me for a picture.

Then we go to the carnival to let them ride some rides. Here is just a couple of cute pictures we got of them. They always have so much fun going on the rides, even though it cost a fortune. That evening Bret and I always go to the rodeo and the girls hang out at grandma's. For some reason I didn't take pictures this year at the rodeo.

The Ultrasound!

So we went in to the doctors on Monday to find out what we are having. It turns out we aren't fit to raise boys right now. So it is a girl! It will be fun but scary when they are all teenagers! Everything looks good though.

What we have been up to!

This has been our past month. It has been a lot of fun this summer for us. Now we don't have much to do so it is time to rest before preschool starts for the year.

Lake Powell

So my pictures uploaded from the end of the trip to the beginning and I don't want to reload them. This trip we went down with Bret's team from work and took the National Guard pontoon boat.
I have to tell you about Brooklyn's lucky hat. She was wearing the hat the first day we went out on the boat and about 15 minutes in it blew off her head. She asked her dad to go back but he wouldn't because it probably had already sank. So after 10 minutes of crying we calmed her down by telling her we would find it on the way back and if we couldn't find it we would go get a new hat. So the next day we had decided to go to a beach just across from the docks and have a barbecue. We had been there for a good 4 hours and Bret went to pick up some garabage from the lake and picked up the hat. Brooklyn was so excited! We were a good 6-7 miles away from were we lost it the day before. So that is her lucky hat.

These pictures are at the beach from the second day out. Brooklyn liked to build castles in the sand. Marissa liked playing in the water. They had fun on one of the tubes that you pull behind a boat.

This is the first day we went out to the lake. We started on the lake at about 8:30 in the morning and got back about 5:30. It was a very long day as you can see the girls both took naps on the way to rainbow bridge. It was a lot of fun. The girls were very good on the boat, I was worried they would get bored and want to get off. Once we got to rainbow bridge you have to walk a little ways to get to it but we just made it to where you could see it and called it good since the girls were so tired.

This was on the bridge that goes across the dam. The girls thought it was so cool.

Happy 4th of July

Every 4th of July we go camping up to Electric lake. It has been a tradition with Bret's family and friends. There is always at least 10 trailers so it is a lot of fun for the kids because there is a lot of friends to play with. On the 4th we go down the canyon to Mtn. Pleasant and watch a wonderful firework show. This year Brooklyn was so funny as soon as the fireworks started she giggled and didn't stop till they were over. Marissa just kicked her feet and pointed at the ones she really liked. It was a fun trip!

Disney World

Here are a few pictures from when Bret and I went to Disney World. We went with Bret's work so we didn't take the girls. I wish we would of found the money to take them since I couldn't go on that many rides. I could of at least took them on rides. I did go on a few and we went to Cocoa Beach one day so that was fun. We went to the Blizzard Bay waterpark and it was alot of fun. I was ready to come home by the end of the trip because of the humidity.

Brooklyn got Glasses

So I took Brooklyn in for her 4 year old check up and they did a vision test with her. They told me to take her to optomologist to have her eyes checked. So today she came home with glasses. She seems to like them but doesn't want to keep them on. She looks pretty cute though.

It has been so long!

So here is a little update on what has been going on at the Jackson's house!

BABY!!!

So as you may of heard I am pregnant! My due date is November 29!

Preschool Graduation

I can't believe that the school year is over! Brooklyn graduated from preschool.

They did a cute little program to show us some of the things they have learned throughout the year.

At the end her teacher gave them each a diploma and a book that she put together to show their improvement throughout the year. This is Brooklyn's first page in her book. It shows the improvement that she has done with her name from the first month of school to the last month. When she opened it she was so mad because someone had scribbled all over her book. She kept looking at her teacher to see if she had made a mistake and given her someone else's. Then she started blaming it on the other kids. We tried to explain it to her but she wasn't going for it. It was so funny.