A few pics from January's Birthdays

Payton's Jr. Jazz schedule

Here is P's schedule for the rest of the year.

1/31/09 @9:00 am @ Dow James
2/7/09 @ 10 am @ Dow James
2/14/09@8 am @ Settlement Canyon Elem
2/21/09@ 8 am @ Dow James

For those of you that can make it, he would love to have you :)

As promised but a little late!

Derek at sushi!
Me with some friends after Toby Keith


Me and Baby James


Alexis and I
Payton and I



I also have one of us at my Christmas party and I will take more soon I promise! But right now mom has my memory card.

Corys Surgery

I know that most of you already know, but for those who don't, Cory's surgery went real well. They shortened the two ligaments that hold the ankle bone. Also, there was a lot of scar tissue that they removed, and fixed a chip on the bone. He is in a hard cast for about 3 weeks, then a walking boot for 3 weeks. He will have to wear an ankle brace everyday for about 1 year. He should be back to work in 6 weeks.

Finally an update from us

Well finally an update on us. I am living and working in Lehi, UT at CH Robinson and Derek has a house in Tooele and works at CR England in West Valley. We have been dating since August 2008. Derek has an almost 4 year old daughter named Kaitlyn. We spend most of our time just hanging out watching movies and me cooking dinner. Occasionally we go out and love sushi! Our jobs are time consuming and very stressful so we love to relax! Derek goes to Beaver every weekend where he is from and his daughter lives and I work at the gas station by my house while he is gone to pass the time. It gives us date money at least. Derek is currently working in Ontario CA and will be home every weekend to visit! We love coming out to Tooele and spending time with the family and lately playing Cranium even though Jon thinks everyone cheats! I will get better at updating this more often mom! I will post pictures tomorrow!

Just us

I guess I will post an update too for those that might not be up to speed on us. Above are our three beautiful munchkins. Alexis will be nine in March, Payton is seven, and baby James is almost 8 months.


Tim and I are planning an August wedding, and he just left for California on Saturday. We are already hugely missing each other. He is working to get settled in there to start his new job in an oil refinery. We moved into a new house in Overlake at the end of November and we LOVE it. It has so much more room. WE went from 1100 sq feet to over 2500 and it is so much better. Plus, we have a huge yard, and the kids are itching to be able to play in it. I am excited to have room to plant a good sized garden this year.


James has eight teeth and is working on two more. He is officially mobile and is all over the place these days. He crawls/scoots/rolls every where he wants to be. He is starting to eat off the table and will eat anything we will feed him. We have to be careful with our fingers though because he bites hard :) We just went through our first hospital stay with RSV, but he is doing well now.


Alexis in third grade. The kids just moved to a new school on Dec 1st. Her new teacher's name is Mrs. Chacon, who also happens to be a friend of mommy's. She has two of her good friends from the old house in her new class. She is doing very well in school. She is a huge help with the baby. She is active in Girl Scouts and is in the middle of cookie selling.


Payton is in first grade. He is learning to read. He loves playing Jr. Jazz basketball. He loves all video games and is loving the new Wii we got for Christmas :) he doesnt have too many close friends in the new neighborhood yet. But, as friendly as he is, we know once it warms up he will have made lots of new friends.

As for me, I am back to work part time. I am still running my business, but very much much enjoying al the family time I spend at home. I am busy working on getting ready to plant our new vegetable garden, and have fond a new joy in baking :) I hope everyone is well and we will post updates soon.

Jon, Jessica, Breanna, Hope, and Mac

Here we are!!! The Jon Watterson Clan is blogging :) I am not sure who all is going to be reading this so for those that do see us a lot well this is a good recap! Jon is currently going to school at Westminster to get his MBA and has been employed for almost a year at a place called Egng. I am still doing Lia Sophia and I still really enjoy it and I spend most of my days chasing Breanna who will be 3 on Feb. 24th and started Pre-school a couple weeks ago, little tike I wish she would slow down but I don't really see that happening. Then we have a newest Hope, she will be 4 months on Feb. 6th and is getting ready to roll! She has the most bubbly personality and is a pretty easy baby so far! We could never forget about Mac our 2 and a half year old yellow lab, he is big and is very gentle, especially with babies. So this is our family in a nut shell!!

Welcome

I set this up so that we could all keep up with each other's daily lives. I have added each of you as co-authors so that you can each contribute. I sent you each a link inviting you and giving you access to post. I don't want to be blogging by myself, so please feel free to blog along with me on here. Pictures are welcome and when it comes to grandkids, are expected. If you would like me not to nag you to check in and update, then please do as often as possible. Thank you.

~~Mom