Birds

So my entire life, during fall, I have watched flocks of birds start flying south for the winter.

Now I am here in Texas - which is south I guess because ALL THE BIRDS ARE HERE!!!

Everyday when I go to pick up Dan from school - hundreds and hundreds of birds fill all the bare trees around the law school, and they just chirp away. 

Christmas is coming!

Holidays are so much fun with a child! Even though Jaxon is still a little young to really know what is going on, it makes it better for me just taking him around and doing fun Christmas things! On Saturday December 4th the Science Center put on a Holiday Wonderland that we went to. They had gingerbread cookie decorating, fun holiday games, a little train ride, a cowboy Santa (yes you heard me right - we are in TEXAS) and much more! Jaxon had a good time - when we went to take a picture with cowboy Santa, the Santa tried to put him on top of the huge horse... Jaxon did not like that so I had to hold him for the picture - but other than that it was a huge success. Also, the stake here in Lubbock (there is only one stake here) put on a nativity Christmas program thing from December 2 - 4 so after Jaxon and I went to the Holiday wonderland we went over there. It was BEAUTIFUL! They were using this as a missionary opportunity so all the missionaries took shifts and would be there to answer any questions about the church. They had hundreds of nativities and live music with a choir while you were looking at them all. They also had the primary room set up with nativities kids could play with along with costumes for them to dress up in and get their pictures taken and then they put them in a cute Popsicle stick frame that was made to look like the stable. It was such a neat thing and it seemed like a huge success. When I went it was really busy so I hope it was like that the entire time! Here are just a few pictures of these events!

Jaxon decorating his cookie

The finished thing being eaten!

In front of the pretty decorations... he was distracted by something

Us with Cowboy Santa LOL - this still cracks me up!

Our Stake Center decorated for the "Oh Holy Night" event - it was BEAUTIFUL!

Jaxon's new thing

So Jaxon's new thing is to climb in things.
Lately, Jaxon has wanted to pick out what he eats... so I let him stand in front of the fridge and grab what he wants out. Well the other day he gave me the food he wanted and I went to put it on the table and turned around to him doing this....

Then just yesterday, I was doing laundry and taking clothes out of the dryer and into my room to put away, I was going to put more clothes in so I didn't shut the dryer door - when I got back, I found this...

So one of the gifts we were going to give Jaxon's for Christmas this year is a little play tent, but since he really likes having things to go inside of... we thought we would just give this one to him early. He has had a blast playing in it! He even wanted to be in it while we attempted to watch cars... he actually held still for 15 minutes this time! It was pretty funny!

AHHH I JUST LOVE THIS LITTLE BOY!!!

Family

I just have to say that I REALLY do have the best family in the world. I'm not just talking about my immediate family, I am talking about my extended family.... both sides. My dads side of the family, the Koch's, get together about once a month - sometimes more. My cousins are some of my best friends. I had sleepovers with my cousins, we went on trips together, we still (well when I am in Utah) get together to play games, talk, and just have a good time. We support each other. I am SOOO blessed to have them in my life and now that we are all growing up haha and moving away to pursue our dreams or go where school is, we don't get to see each other as much - but that doesn't mean I don't think about them and how much I love them all the time. My fondest and most cherished memories are with my cousins.

With that being said, it breaks my heart to think that Jaxon might not have that. Who knows when he is going to have cousins, and when he does - they probably won't be close in age like I was with my cousins. So family.... immediate and extended that are close in my age... START HAVING BABIES PLEASE. My son needs to experience the joy I did growing up. Thanks. :)

"Please give me cousins to play with!"

How can you say no to that face and hair haha