Yamboree

Heath and I had a blast at the Yamboree! Thanks Jones' for letting us come! This is what we did during the week:

Thursday we had a Halloween party for the kids. Steph made some pretty amazing treats for the party. Perry took all of us on a hay ride around their land, the kids got to pick out a pumpkin, and then we decorated them. It was so cute!

All the kids on the hay ride!Perry pulling us behind his HUGE blue tractor.

Thursday night all the girls went to the YAM Queen pageant. It was a little dark so I couldn't get very good pictures. Brooklyn wanted a picture with princess Sarah-Beth in

the blue dress, and the YAM Queen is in the brown. There were a lot of princesses, duchesses, dancers- all sort of entertainment. I loved it! The dresses were huge and sparkly! Once the queen in done showing us her dress, she walks up the stairs, and all the queen's court stands around her. It was so fun! My favorite dress was the dark green one, but my picture didn't turn out. The "D" you see on the train of her dress stands for her last name- DAHLE. Each princess had a escort that helped her up the stairs after she showed us her dress, and curtsied. Their tuxes (the vest and tie) matched the girls dress color. Heath did that once! I couldn't believe that! He would have been so cute to watch.

That was day one. So fun and such a different experience. I loved it because it was a tradition. It's not often you get to see something like that. I love that small-town feel. I laughed, clapped and smiled all night! Thanks Angie and Donna for the tickets!

Day 2 of the yamboree will come tomorrow......

East Texas...Here we come!

This Wednesday Heath and I are headed to Gilmer for the annual Yamboree. I am so excited! The yamboree is a fair attending/parade-watching/beauty pageant-seeing/animal-showing/barn dance-dancing/4 days of fun! I have never been because each year I was in school, but this year it's finally going to happen! It is going to be like nothing I have ever seen before! The most exciting part: The YAM Queen Pageant!!!!! Here is the winner from 2008.....oh yes. This is going to be TEXAS big!

Harrison at the Fair

Heath and I took big H to the fair last weekend. It was so much fun! 

This is what we got to do:

Rode a real pony with Uncle Heath.

Rode the helicopters with Aunt Lizzy.

Took pictures on an excavator, tractor, skid-steer and bulldozer.

Ate a blue snow cone or as H says (blue pineapple pine cone). 

Watched a country band.

Saw all the farm animals.

He did a great job there! We enjoyed being with him so much. Then we went back to our house, watched some spiderman, colored sharks, worked on spelling our names, played with basketbal with Uncle Heath and had some pizza and a smoothie. What a great day! We can't wait to spend more time with you Harrison! We love you so much. 

(pictures taken on Annie's camera, sorry I have nothing to post now)

Congrats Jess!

Congratulations to Jess and Adam! They just had their first baby last night, a cute and beautiful baby boy. Gavin Merrill Gerber. I am so happy for you both. What an exciting time for you. I cannot wait to see you both with him; I know you are going to make amazing parents!

Happy Anniversary!

Heath and I have been married for 3 years! I can't believe how fast it goes! Today he bought me flowers, a movie, took me to dinner and even let me get dessert! Pumpkin cheesecake is fantastic. Thanks babe, I love you.

Sleeping Beauty (Omis Minni)

I watched Claire the other day and we had a blast! We colored, painted our toe nails, danced, ate lunch, and watched Sleeping Beauty. (Claire says it like "Omis Minni") Emily would probably spell that better than I just did, but that is what is sounded like to me. Claire is so cute when she watches it. She know all the words to all the songs, and she laughs when Maleficent comes on! I caught her during the part where the good fairies are changing Rose's dress from blue to pink!

Time for the Jones' to catch up on some blogging

Okay. I don't blog very much. . . sorry. But here are a few things that Heath and I have been doing for the past couple of months. Except for my wonderful Oregon trip. I forgot my camera! I had a blast there...it was crazy- 11 adults, 1 four year old, 4 two year olds, and 2 babies. We rode bikes, tractors, fork-lifts, had a wedding at the house, wake- boarded, 4th of july parade, s'more cook-offs, music by the fire, go-cart racing, baseball, and fireworks. Thanks mom and dad for a wonderful time. 

Yesterday, Anne, Jordan, Harrison, Heath, me and my cousin Kodie went to Park City. We shopped around, bought treats, went to dinner, and rode the slide thing.....Harrison kept saying "this is a skateboard. I ride a skateboard." He did so well on the ski lift to the top! I get a little nervous with heights and H handled it better than me! 

Here is Harrison and his dad at the end, and Heath getting off. Harrison laughed the whole way down, I laughed and screamed....When Harrison got off he cried because he wanted to go again! It was so much fun. 

Harrison drove the excavator and rode the carousel with me. He kept saying "It's like Mary Poppins." He was so cute and fun.

 

Friday I made bread in my new Kitchen Aid. I didn't use Mom's recipe so it wasn't the best tasting. Little lumpy and short, but it makes good toast! HAHAHA.

A couple weeks ago Stephani and Noah came to stay at our house for a couple of days. Isn't Noah such a cutie in this Picture?
He loved wrestling with uncle Heath. Heath absolutely loved playing with him. We miss you Steph!
In June Heath and I went with his family to South Padre in Texas. A lot of my pictures didn't turn out because the lens fogged up from the (wonderful) humidity.  This is a beautiful sunrise that I caught.
We played mini-golf, or as Heath says: putt-putt golf together. Brooklyn was REALLY good!

We also went and saw a sea turtle release in the morning. Aren't they adorable! So tiny! They are headed to the water! Good luck guys!

Here is a turtle we saw at the rescue center. He lost one of his fins, poor guy. That was a lot of fun to go see.
We enjoyed the beach, boogie boarding, relaxing, reading, swimming, enjoying the pool at the beach house, wonderful food, and great company! Thanks Perry and Angie for the great vacation. Heath and I loved it. 

So that is what has been going on here. We are enjoying ourselves, Heath is doing well with work, and we can't wait for the next vacation. Love and miss you all!