A Fun Day on the Lake

Ben wanted SOOO badly to learn how to wakeboard this summer. He has been practicing on land, but this is the first time in the water. He was so excited to try, I can't believe how brave he is... I was the one sort of freaking out......

He got SOO close to getting up, I think he was surprised how hard it was, he tried a few times, and then got tired. He said he can't wait till next time, I was so proud of him, he did so awesome....

This is Gracie and her cute cousin Spencer! Christiaan and Karen and their family have moved to Boise and we couldn't be happier. It has been so fun to have them here!
Who makes these things??? Stupid LifeJackets!! Poor Ju-ju... this was one of the many tactics to get her to forget about that awful thing invading her cheek space...
Natey and Gracie
I thought that there would be some sort of time lapse, or some sort of "break" from boating, after our almost tragic happenings last time... But Oh No! Jake was just as eager as ever to get back at it. I am happy to report that his lip has returned to its normal size and he is doing much better...

All the "Watson side" Grandbabies... + Uncle Christiaan...

Poor little Henry, not only was his lifejacket a major cheek invader as well... but he had to wear the pink one! The excitement on his little face is almost too much....

Happy Fathers Day!!....and stuff...

First of all......

Happy Father's Day to the Greatest Father and Husband, we love you so much!!

Okay it once again has been forever! I do have a semi good excuse tho this time. My lovely computer crashed! Yep, lost everything, and I mean everything.... the last 3 years of our lives gone... just like that... However my good friends at the Mac store were able to recover about 95% of my data, so I was so very excited that not all was lost. My two sense to everyone would be tho... INVEST IN AN EXTERNAL HARD-DRIVE! Then I would not have lost anything. It just happened with no warning of course, one day my computer just didn't turn on... So there ya have it..

Anyways.. Back to the good stuff, here is what we have been up too..

Jake and I ran our very first half marathon called the Great Potato...I trained for months and Jake trained for 2 weeks.. and because of him we came in with the time I never would have pulled without him! It was so much fun to run with him, he never thought he could ever do anything longer that a mile, and a now he is running another in July! So much fun....

MY BABY GIRL TURNED 1!! Julia turned one on May 15th. She is such a little sweetheart. She is a food junkie. The kid loves food more than any other kid I have ever seen. We had to give her cupcakes for her birthday, cause I knew that she would literally eat an entire cake if we let her. Most kids will pick and prod, but Jules just dove right on in and devoured. Happy birthday Baby!

Julia had a Fishy birthday. The icing turned out a little on the blue side.... not great for clothing or carpet, but they tasted good.... =)

Cute little Gracie, has found a new hobby... riding Horses...Gracie loves animals so much, and this wonderful opportunity presented itself and she lives her weeks now, by when the next horse lesson is. She loves riding so much, and her awesome teacher says that Gracie is fearless when it comes to lessons. The girl will try anything, and that makes her fun to teach. We are so excited to watch her grow and develop her confidence a little more, and see where this adventure takes her.

We had the awesome oppurtunity to spend a week and a half with Jakes family the first weeks of June. We had an immediate family reunion in McCall Idaho with just his parents and brothers. Then we were off to Vernal, UT for an extended reunion. It was so much fun, and a much needed vacation from all the craziness!Part of our journey took us to Temple square. We took our kiddos for the first time and it was the most magical night. We only had about an hour and a half to show them stuff, but there was the most amazing feeling that night. There was a giant storm brewing in the sky, and here I had my little family gathered in the most sacred of all places safe and sound, and learning about what it means to feel the spirit. It was a night I will always remember.
Last, but not least Jake and I celebrated our 8th Anniversay!! Long story short, he convinced me we should go boating (it was the warmest day thus far in Boise, and the first real day we could have gone..) So naturally I agreed... It was the greatest day, perfect weather, perfect water... It got to be quite late, and there was a huge storm that was appearing in the sky so we hurried and got the boat to the dock. Well, the boat was coming in a little fast, combined with waves pushing it in even further, so Jake decided he would sacrifice himself and jump out and save the boat from hitting the dock... The dock was a little further away than planned and that combined with a little inertia.. and Jake smack right into the dock, taking most of the impact with his upper lip... Not sure how he escaped this one as unscathed as he did, but boy was it a close one. I have never seen a lip so big in my life... he came out with a slightly sprained wrist, some banged up knees and golf ball lip... but that was it... NO BLOOD...few... Definitely an anniversary to remember...

Happy Anniversary babes..... here's to kissin ya 8 million more years.... =)

Julia Girl

Where does the time go? Juila is 11 months old! She is in such a fun stage right now. She has a tremendous amount of personality, and she gets more and more dramatic by the day. She is so much fun to be with, she always makes us laugh. She is crawling everywhere, standing up on furniture and walls and getting into EVERYTHING. She is a little mischievous, but I can't complain, she is the sweetest, most easy going little girl. Can't believe she is almost 1!

The Thunder Rolls

One of the funnest things about our new home is the views from all the windows. (this is the view from our bedroom) Today, Gracie and I watched this incredible storm roll in. I wish I had a wide angle lens to capture the whole sky at once, but these are completely unedited photos, this is how it looked rolling in. It was nuts to see how quickly it got dark, and thundery, and a little scary out there (as Gracie said).

Wow it has been forever!

So much has happened since February. I can't believe I have been such a slacker! We have moved again. Haha... Is anyone really surprised?? I mean come on, if you know us we can't stay anywhere longer than 6 months permanently. So this one was luckily just up the road, we are still in the same town, and Gracie is still in the same school. The home that we were renting was about to foreclose, so we had to scoot out rather quickly. We were so blessed to find another home in our same ward. It was literally the only one in the town in our ward for rent. We are so grateful. So you would think after number 23, moving would be like second nature. It really would be, except for the fact I have come to realize that we have so much stuff!! TO MUCH stuff. We have moved it all once again, but this time will be the last. I am doing a major re-vamp and getting rid of all the junk we never use. I felt somewhat inspired on Sunday, the bishop announced that our Deseret Industries was really low on donations, and they really encouraged us to donate what ever we could to help out those in need. Especially in these hard times, and DI gives jobs to people who might not have a chance for work otherwise because of a disability... Ha... talk about speaking right to me. I will have those little workers busy once again. They wont know whats comin when they see my SUV packed to the brim. I am so excited to get rid of it all. I love it when I open a tote that hasn't seen the light of day in over 5 years and it contains a picture frame and a candle stick... (why oh why have I moved you around all these years) And there are plenty more things like that. Anyways! We are still loving Boise, Jake is doing great with his business and the kids are all doing so well. We register Ben for Kindergarten on Friday! Where does the time go? I think I will really have a hard time letting him go. It doesn't get any easier the more you send off. I have lots of pictures coming, I will post some of our fun new home, and some of the kiddos. For now here are just a couple quick shots we took on one of our warm days at the lake last month.

A little photo shoot...

It has been a while since I have posted, so I thought I would post some recent pictures of the kiddos.

Perx Security!

So I just had to give a little shout out to Jake. Perx Security is officially Up and Running!! (www.perxsecurity.com) Jake has had this dream of owning his own business since we were first married. I am so proud of him, he has finally done it. This is the official sign (props to brother Nate). Jake has been working tirelessly to make this company everything he has wanted it to be. He is with out a doubt one of the most driven, hard working individuals I have ever met, I feel so blessed to have him in my life. Congratulations Babes!