Recent News

So, I just got done with a 3 hour nap and I decided to blog a little more about what we've been up to, ya know since I just never blog anymore. Plus, I know people are DYING to see recent pictures of our little guy. However, there aren't too many of them because like I said in my recent post, he hates having his picture taken. Every attempt I make, he is usually screaming NO to me.

So, in recent news, there's not much to report. I think I'll let the pictures share everything we've been up to.


Jace was able to spend a day at Bear Lake with grandma and grandpa Rowley. From what I heard, he had a blast. Who wouldn't have a blast running on the beach clotheless?



Jace had his first dentist appointment. I was a little concerned at how it was going to go because he's never been a fan of having his teeth brushed. Come to find out, he LOVES the dentist! He was so good and cooperative. And he got to watch Mickey Mouse while they did the whole checkup. They told me I just need to floss his teeth because some of them are looking a little tight. Thought it would be a disaster even trying that, but he loves that too! Sometimes Jace just surprises me.

I canned salsa for the first time without having to be walked through it. My friend, Sarah, came out one day to learn how and we made 2 batches at one time. It was a long day of hard work, but it's so nice having all this salsa in our food storage. I tried something not even my mother-in-law, the salsa queen, has done. I added habanero peppers to some of the jars. It turned out awesome. My hubby is one happy guy!



I wish I could remember where these were taken. I just found them in my phone and I just love them. It just shows how happy Jace really is. And it shows how much he loves lemons and limes. This kid just loves all tastes. He can eat anything from super sour to really hot (like the habanero salsa I made).

I love how this picture expresses Jace too. That's how he always lays when he watches tv or anything.

Lance was able to go and spend 9 days in Mexico. He's been nagging me for I think years now to go back to his mission. Finally, we got to a point that we could afford for him to go. He really wanted to take me, but he really just wanted to visit his mission areas and visit people. Not speaking the language, I decided that he'd probably have a lot funner if he took his younger brother, Derek, with him. So, they planned it and had a lot of fun. Lance was constantly worried that I'd be upset I didn't go and stuff like that, but honestly, hearing about his trip, I'm so glad he was able to spend a week with his brother and get sibling time and just have fun with him. I don't regret not going because I had a lot of fun at home. I took the week off work to spend with Jace and also for my sister's wedding. My mother-in-law came out and we literally cleaned out the house and built Lance an office. We also canned a bunch of peaches. Yum!


It was really clean when he got home, but Jace likes to call it his 'car' room. He likes the big desk (from KSL, of course)and he likes the spots on top of the desk to park his cars in.

It's actually really funny to come downstairs to find all the cars parked in the garages. My boy is a car kid. He loves them! I didn't take pictures of everything I did in the house, but I also bought a shelf and put it up in the basement for all of my food storage and stuff I've canned. We put a hole in our laundry room and hung up a pole with hangers to hang up clothes as they come out of the drier. We rearranged Jace's room to cover up the big hole in his wall that he made. I feel like I live in a new house!

As I mentioned in my last post, we celebrated Jace's 3rd Birthday. Still can't believe I have a 3-year old. For his actual Birthday, I was able to get the night off work, so Lance and I decided to take Jace to a pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins.






He loved the pumpkin patch. Of course, he wanted every pumpkin in the patch. He mostly liked it for the running space.

With my sister's wedding and Lance going to Mexico, we went back and forth on having a party for Jace. At the last minute, we decided to have a party with our families. It wasn't big by any means. And Jace didn't get a nap, so he was extremely ornery the whole night.


Before the party, I took Jace out in grandma's backyard and took pictures of him all decked out in his cars attire. Much to my surprise, he loved getting his picture taken and was being cute for me. Too bad my camera doesn't take great pictures and a lot of them came out blurry.

I had ideas in mind for a cake and then procrastinated, so at the end, I just borrowed a car cake pan from a neighbor and baked it. My sister-in-law iced and decorated it for me. I think Jace was pretty happy with it. And he blew out all the candles all by himself. He got pretty spoiled with lots of cars stuff. Car rugs, car bedding, cars, talking truck. I have one pretty happy little boy. Anyways...that's pretty much our life the past few months. Jace just got Halloween pictures taken the other day, so as soon as I get them, I'll post them.

The Best 3 Years

Well, it finally happened. Our little boy turned 3 years old this past week. It's just crazy to me that our little boy is all grown up now. He's not my little baby anymore. So let me just take a second to talk about this sweet little guy.

*He loves cars. Not just the movie CARS, but any cars. We have cars everywhere in our house. He can't go anywhere without a car in hand.
*He loves to count. He can count to 20 now.
*He loves to sing. If there's a song playing on the radio that he likes, he'll ask us to play it again. Just hearing songs only a couple times, he picks up the lyrics and will sing along to it.
*He still hates getting his picture taken. It's a rare occasion that we'll get a smile out of him while he's looking at the camera.
*He loves being with mommy and daddy. He's constantly talking about doing things with both of us. This past week, he's been assigning us a certain car to play with.
*He loves his family. He's always asking about going to his grandmas' houses and playing over there. He especially loves his uncles.
*He likes to "clean". Mommy, however, doesn't like him to clean because it usually turns out worse than it already was.
*He refuses to go potty. We tried potty training for a couple days and he did pretty well. However, he now refuses and will throw tantrums if we even mention the potty to him. We've tried a reward for going and it doesn't matter what he is offered. He just doesn't like it. Hopefully it will come in time.
*He finally has learned his colors. We tried working on colors with him for a long time and one day, it just finally clicked. I think his favorite color is blue.

Jace is such a joy to have in our family and we really couldn't imagine him not being a part of our little family. We could just talk about him all day long nonstop because he is just the joy of our lives. We can honestly say, our family wouldn't be complete without him around. Happy 3rd Birthday our little Jacer boy! WE LOVE YOU!