Presidents and Capitols

The other day Heath and I were trying to name all the US presidents that we could....no luck. Then we tried to say all the US capitols....no luck. Then Heath said "hey remember Animaniacs...they know all of them!" So we watched them and would like to share with you all. HAVE FUN.

GIDEON

Heath and I just purchased our first pet. We named him Gideon. He is a Beta fish born and raised in PetSmart. As my sisters know, I haven't had very much luck with fish (RIP: Maria, Virginia, Lithuania, and so many others I don't even remember their names- however, they all ended in 'ia' I know that) but they were all 26 cent gold fish so maybe my $3.99 Beta will do a little better. Good Luck Gideon! You'll need it! Heath apparently believes that he will be able to take care of you. His fish skills are amazing! Just ask Monstro.

Happy Happy Birthday Daddy Dear

Happy Happy Birthday Daddy Dear, happy days will come to you all year. If I had one wish then it would be, a happy happy birthday to you from me. Love you Dad!

Happy Birthday Babe

Forgot our camera!- Dang.

We spent a wonderful Christmas in Texas with Heath's family. We enjoyed going to the temple in Dallas, The WONDERFUL polar express ride to the North Pole, yummy food, pedicures, fun activities, movies and great company! Thank you Perry and Angie for making this Christmas so memorable. We of course forgot our camera, so here a few we got from Heath's phone. Sorry!

Stuffing the socks is the funnest part! I love to see what is inside. Such fun little gifts from Santa and everyone. Thank you! Oh, that is Noah's rad red wagon (cup holders and all!)
Heath and I would love it when Brooklyn would come and snuggle in our bed. This is right after church. She is so adorable. Miss you Brooklyn!
Jack and Brooklyn admiring their gifts from Santa. What good kids they were this year!
Good morning Noah. You look adorable in your Christmas jammies. Miss you!
Our gingerbread house. Jack loved the junior mints that we used on our roof- just ask Grammie.

Well, sorry about the TIME it has taken me to post, and the LACK of pictures I took, but hey- at least y'all got a taste of Christmas in Texas. Jones fam- we love you and we had a blast! Miss y'all!

Thanksgiving in Rexburg!

All the sisters in my family went up to the Rexburg house and celebrated a much-loved holiday. WE had oh.....12 pies (not all pictured), yams, mashed potatoes, huge turkey, rolls, mom's jello, cooked carrots and aspargus, ham, stuffing......SO MUCH FOOD. We started the pies on wednesday, finished them on thursday as well as the rest of the wonderful feast, and kept eating it for 3 more days. It was so fun. We saw a couple movies, put up Christmas lights, went to the BYU-Idaho beautiful new book store, did some Christmas shopping, listened to the new "Christmas Best" CD from Em and Tim, and much much more. My favorite part was the WHITE ELEPHANT gifts we did. Usually the Clason fam does this on Christmas eve, but this year we all won't be together so we did it at thanksgiving. Let's Begin:

First, Heaths' gift from Jordan. Heath is a spurs fan, watches every game up here on TV. Jordan and Tim love how much he loves his team......
I have a love for coloring books. We did a lot of that up there- (CLASON GIRLS LOVE TO COLOR) so Harrison got me this coloring book and High School Musical crayons from the dollar store. So funny!
I got cat six beautiful glass cats to decorate one of the guests rooms at the Rexburg house. They were absolutely hideous!
Dan has a strategy. There is this AMAZING pizza place in Rexburg- Craigo's- and when dan goes and gets the all you can eat, salad, pasta, pizza and dessert buffet, he doesn't eat his crusts, leaving more room for the actual pizza pie. So, when we all went to Craigo's, in shifts due to babies being asleep, we saved all our crusts in the ziploc bag. What a funny idea Emily! We all laughed so hard! Dan- you know, that strategy does work. 
Emily is an artist as most of you know. She is very talented and designs Christmas cards, thank you cards and all sorts for everyone! She is so kind. So, Catherine got her some essentials: Glitter pens, kitty thank you cards- and some pretty crazy looking face thank you cards. It was perfect! Good job cat.
Claire had Jordan. She makes this face that we all call "concerned claire"...and Jordan always catches it. So Tim wrote up for her all of the reasons why she is always concerned. They were so funny. Oh claire, we love you.
Heath and Tim. Tim just bought an old GMC truck that he loves, that has a nice gun rack built in it. What a perfect thing to put on your trailer hitch Tim! 
Dan had Annie. Annie has very sensitive eyes, and the whole weekend she wore sunglasses in the house while we were cooking because the kitchen lights were too bright. A regular thing for her to do. She also gets headaches from certain brightness, so Dan made a visor that connects to her sunglasses and and icepac that ties around her neck!

Annie had Claire. She likes to throw tantrums and bang her head against the floor so anne make her a head-sweat band and padded it to protect her head. It was so funny! 

Tim had Harrison. He is one smart boy. So Tim made him a workbook. Cross word puzzles of his favorite words, people and food. Word searches....very very good work Tim.

Just a few of our many delicious pies that lasted the week and more! Gotta love pies.
Poor little Claire burned her hand on the fireplace, so her parents wrapped it and she snuggled with dad most of the day. Bless her heart. She played for two days with that sock over her hand.
Cat's great way to chop onions. Ski googles! It works!
Harrison loves to watch the "Hot Dog" song from mickey mouse with heath on the computer....again and again and again... we love him.

All in all the weekend was fun. A few accidents, burnt hands, throwing up, screaming because he heard his parents come in the room...... a thanksgiving to remember that's for sure.

Christmas Cards and Gifts!

Hello all. I have such creative people in my family. (Both the Clason side and the Jones side). My sister Emily has designed different Christmas cards for anyone that would like to send some out this year. They are beautiful! With each purchase, $5 will go to our friend Nie Nie. Click on "Christmas Cards for NIE NIE" to the right, to see her great designs and all the information regarding your purchase. My sister-in-law, Britni, has used her creativity and has started a wonderful Children's Boutique business online. She has set up a website with all the wonderful things she makes and sells. (See link on the right: CAMBERLYN).