Our BIG Halloween Party

Yesterday, the 30th, we had our BIG Halloween party! It really only consisted of a festive dinner, a little dancing and carving our pumpkin. I had been talking it up to Mackayla the whole day and she was so excited. A few more years down the road and it will probably take a little more to impress the kids but at such a young age they thought this party was great!

The dry ice was of course, the most entertaining part of the dinner.

Jared was the one most entertained by it.

Mom and Mackayla

Every meal is a party for Bradley

Being in the party mood, she actually allowed her picture to taken.

Dancing to "The Monster Mash"

I had left the fridge open a slit for only a second and turned around to catch Bradley with his hand in the cookie dough.

Carving the pumpkin

Mackayla reached her hand in once and pulled out some goo, then she deligated the rest of the cleaning out job to her father.

Our jack-o-lantern which Mackayla has named carvy.


Jared and Bradley on the front porch

Mackayla and Bradley making Halloween cookies this last Sunday.

Grandpa & Grandma plus more

Grandpa and Grandma Hatfield were able to spend last week visiting at our house. It was so much fun to have them here.

A tickle from Grandpa

Grandma and SnowWhite

Relaxing with the kids.

Grandma was actually ready to catch Bradley in case he rolled off while sleeping on the couch. Mackayla was just wanting to be by her Grandma's side. As soon as my parents showed up Mackayla didn't have much need for me anymore. She loved pretending to be a baby and have Grandma be her "mama."

I asked Dad and Mom if we could borrow their jumpolene for the winter. It was much smaller than I remembered but the kids loved jumping around in there.

Here is a little display of all the presidents of BYU. We're sure Jared will be next in line.
Twirling

Bradley trying to open a birthday present from Nini and Papa. Mackayla did most of it, but we're pretty sure he'll have it down by Christmas.

A boy and his truck - what more needs to be said?

Mackayla's first real haircut. I've trimmed her bangs before but this time we took almost an inch off the ends. As I very well know, with curly hair you don't have to cut much to make it look a lot shorter. It's curling up a lot more now and looks like a cute little hairdo.

At the beginning of the month we went to the BYU homecoming parade. It was really cold that day so not many people were actually lined up on the street. We had a great time, though, and the kids got lots of candy!

Jared brought all this in from the garden the night before our first freeze. We cut the watermelon a few days later, but it was just turning pink inside - not quite ripe enough, but it really did taste like a watermelon.

The Birthday Party

Our One Year Old
We can hardly believe a year has already gone by. Bradley is such a delight. He's so much fun and getting so smart. He's saying a bunch of words and learning new things every day. We're still working on walking but I don't think it'll be much longer. We had a lot of fun celebrating his birthday.

Bradley loves balls so he got a ball cake for his birthday.

We took a million pictures and I have the hardest time picking just a few so here a bunch of pictures of the cake.

He was pretty hesitant to dig into the cake at first. Mackayla kept scraping off frosting and putting it in his mouth for him and he finally started doing it himself.
He reached down and took a few bites straight out of th cake a couple times also.


He just wasn't getting messy enough so we gave him a fork and then he really got into it.

We started the pary off with a birthday dinner at Wendys (fancy, I know) Bradley loved dipping his chicken nuggets and fries.


Bradley and all his presents.

He really didn't know what was going on but loved playing with his new toys.

For some reason he got really excited when he opened up his new church outfit.

Once he got cleaned up from the cake he enjoyed playing with his new toys again for a while before bed. It was a great birthday! We're so glad Grandpa and Grandma Hatfield were able to come celebrate with us. Thanks for coming!

Bradley and his balls

Driving his new cars around

David Clyde Jones 1925-2008

As many of you know, my grandpa passed away last month (September) on the 16th. It was pretty unexpected, which is never much fun for family members, but is probably the prefered way if you're the one that has to go. Anyway, he was truly a wonderful man who will be genuinely missed. Following are some pictures of him, and some of our family during the time of the funeral. We love you Grandpa!

David C. Jones was born May 19, 1925 in Virden, NM. He served as a communications officer in the U.S. Navy during the end of WWII and throughout the Korean War.

What a handsome sailor!

He married Iris Brown in the Mesa, Arizona temple after serving in the central states mission. Iris also served in that mission. When she finished her service, they continued to correspond until David returned home. They were married a lengthy four months later (I believe it was 4 months).

Grandpa left us a legacy of love, faith, and BYU devotion. This is a picture of the last time that we saw him in person. It was my graduation in April. He wouldn't miss it!

The family had this BYU flower arrangement made for his funeral. I don't know that there was ever a bigger BYU fan.


The viewing was very nice. Melissa said that it reminded her of our wedding reception in Arizona. The guests just kept coming through the door all night long.

The ten living grandsons (two preceded him in death) were the pallbearers.

Military Honors - How neat!

Goodbye Grandpa. We love you!

David Clyde Jones
May 19, 1925 - September 16, 2008

The day before the services, we took family pictures at the temple. Nearly all of his posterity was able to be there. We haven't received the group picture yet, but will add it in later. Here are some other fun pics.

Nini and Papa with their grandkids.

Uncle Jason with the kids.

Gary Jones Family

Jared, Mackayla, and Grandma

Mackayla and her cousin Sophie. Cute matching dresses!


Other random pictures from the weekend.

Mackayla and Bradley wrestling for the chair at Grandma Jones' house.

Mackayla and Melissa enjoying pancakes at Grandma's.

Our lovely family. We met at Melody's for dinner the first night we were there.