Birthday Fun

I am now 26! My sweet 15 year old sis-in-law Barb wanted to take me out. I got the kids dressed up in the their adorable Halloween outfits from Grammy Dallof and we headed into the nearest 'big' town, Sierra Vista. We spent the day there and Barb paid for everything, including gas. She bought me a few misc. things, but mostly we just enjoyed our time together...thanks sis!



Then Grandma watched the kids so Roy and I could go to dinner. We went to The Depot in Tombstone, which is one of our favorite places. Burger for me and steak for Roy of course!

I came home to my favorite cake...homemade German Chocolate from my mom-in-law...and enjoyed it quite thoroughly!Thanks to all who called, emailed and sent cards...it was a great birthday!!

Charles is home!!

Roy's brother Charles returned from serving a successful 2 year mission in Portugal on October 17th! He had traveled about 20 hours with not much sleep the night before and no sleep on any of his flights. He was quite exhausted but still stayed up late to visit with the family and gave a fabulous talk in church on Sunday. The whole family did a musical number...Lord, I Would Follow Thee...and we did quite well considering we only had 2 days to practice it with everyone. We've really enjoyed having him home.


Waiting with much anticipation!


Of course, Mom gets the first hug.

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Visiting with family after the 'homecoming' talk in church.

The WHOLE Jones family

Roy Boy is 1!!

Baby Roy turned one on October 1st. We just had a little family party at Grandma Flory's. I made a cake to let him dive into. I didn't have any hesitations on having him destroy it because it didn't end up looking all that pretty. He's not as precocious as Morgan...it took us a long time to coax her to dive into her first birthday cake...so we thought it wouldn't take him long to dig his hands into it. We did end up having to do about as much coaxing as we did with Morgan, probably just because everyone's attention was on him. In the end he had a great time tearing it apart!

We splurged and got this adorable little horse for him because he LOVES climbing on things. It also wires up to the tv and has several interactive games for the kids to play. We haven't connected it to the tv yet, but both Morgan and Roy enjoyed just climbing on it, just like we thought they would. The kids also got some cute Halloween attire from Grammy Dallof which we look forward to using! Happy Birthday to our Roy Boy!

Healthy

Morgan and Roy are healthy and happy. Both kids still have lots of spots that need to heal (hopefully with minimal scarring), but the actual sickness is over and we are so thankful!

















































We can now play outside without worrying about the heat causing more itching. The kids love going outside...which makes me so grateful that we now have a yard with grass. They both love our dog Cinder so much. They can sit on her, pull her tail, grab her mouth, and basically do anything else and she just sits there and lets them. We hope they stay good friends as they grow up!

More Chickenpox!

Poor guy!! His case was not a mild one after all. In fact it seems to be a bit worse than Morgan's. He is a trooper though...aside from being up most of the night because of the itching, he has been pretty happy through it all. Especially if he's being held. Mom's not getting a whole lot done, but at least it gives him some comfort.

Now it's his turn to get oatmeal baths. They are supposed to help with the itching...we'll see. We have heard of several others in our ward that have gotten them. Oops, I guess we started an epidemic after all!

Morgan is so intent on wanting to take care of him while he doesn't feel good. She has asked to hold him about 6 times today, once after she kicked him in the face and made him cry! He calms down instanty when she touches him

Signing Time

This is my plug for Signing Time, videos meant to teach children how to use sign language to communicate. We KNOW that teaching Morgan to sign was a huge plus in her learning to talk and to make it so she has virtually skipped the terrible twos. Baby Roy signed earlier than her...the video shows his 1st sign, milk (opening and closing the fist), which he did one day before he turned 9 months old. Now he signs dog, milk, mama, more, cookie, and cracker. Signing does NOT stunt speech, it helps it...we love these videos and encourage those whose children are having difficulty with speech to start teaching them sign through these videos. Even those that don't have difficulties can benefit...it's a 2nd language! Roy and I enjoy learning the signs as well. I hope to have a link to the website soon, but until then you can find out more about it at signingtime.com.

Roy's Passion

Other than his wife and kids of course, Roy's passion is airplanes!! He grew up around them and around family members that are pilots. Although he isn't flying much currently, he too is a true blue through and through pilot. I know it's hard for him to be around them so much and not get to fly, but we feel very fortunate that he is doing something he loves.

These are pictures of our plane. It is a Cessna 172. The first is it's condition when we got it, and the second is some of the progress that has been made on it



This is the plane that Roy is working on currently to give us some cash to finish up our plane. It's a DC3, which is a WWII freight plane. That is him standing under the left prop. He's enjoying working on it!