WELCOME HOME MAC!

We have been so excited for Nate's brother Mac to come home from his mission (he was in the Philippines). Friday was the day........we set out early in the morning to meet those in the family that were going to Hogle Zoo. We were actually leaving a couple of hours early so that we could go to the Gateway with Kami to see David Archuleta. Well, just before we are to get in the car Nate calls (he had been playing basketball early that morning) and said that he got somebody's elbow in his lip and bit all the way through and needed to go get stitches (of course he did---Nate shows up at basketball and somebody must RUN for the first aid kit :) ) Anyway, we got him headed in the direction of the clinic he should go to and started on our way for SLC. By the time we had gotten almost to Brigham City I hear this strange noise. We were passing a semi so I wasn't sure if it was his truck or us, so I tried to hurry and pass him. By the time I passed him I realized it was us, so I signaled to pull over. Right then the tire BLEW and luckily we were going slower (I was almost ready to pull off) and we were all okay. So now, it is raining, Nate is laying on the table at the docs and we are stranded. So he (Nate) calls his dad to come from work to help us, but after about 5 minutes Tim Nichols (from our ward) sees us and pulls over to help. He helped change the tire (which I could do myself, but was too nervous to mess it up--knowing my morning I probably would have!), so then we drove to Ogden on our little tire (embarrassing having everyone pass us while we are going 50 MPH), so we got a new tire and were on our way again. Needless to say we missed David A. So we were off to the zoo.......

Here are some of the cousins having a grand time!

Ty's favorite part was the slides at the end! He went over and over and over. Thanks to Mary and Isaac who kept him entertained!

You never know what you will see at the zoo!

Next we went to get something to eat and let the tired babies sleep. Then we went to the hotel (Nate's family spent the night in SLC so they didn't have to drive home so late and so the could get some sleep--of course mac and Ryan -nate's dad- didn't get any sleep they stayed up all night talking!) Anyway, we watched a little bit of the Jazz game and then off to the airport. Of course he was the last one off the plane, but we were ready when he came. It was so much fun and we loved seeing him again. The boys were so excited to see their Uncle Mac again.



Here is Nate's immediate family all together.....this doesn't happen a whole lot, but we love it when it does. For some reason (lip) Nate is having a hard time smiling (sarcasm!)


Welcome home Mac! We love you!

Tagged!

Isn't he cute?!

Emily tagged me, so I'm "it" and here is about my wonderful husband.......

What is is name? Nathan Trevor Jones

How long have you been together? married for 7 1/2 years

How long did you date? We met right after school let out for the summer in 2000. Nate and his roommates moved in to the apt complex I was living in. I remember my roommate Jamie running in to tell me how this whole apt of "hot" guys had just moved into the ward. I was totally not interested in even meeting any of these guys. I just didn't want to date anyone seriously at that time and just wanted to have fun. Anyway, a week after he moved in, Nate got into a horrible accident. So the first time I met him he had just returned from the hospital. We became good friends --I even set him up with my good friend Lindsey aka Buffy and doubled with them :) (I went out with his roommate, Dan.) We had a lot of fun that summer and really enjoyed getting to know each other and becoming friends. By August we were dating. Nate knew right away that he wanted to get married, but I had a hard time making the decision, but am SOOOOOO happy I finally made it! We got engaged in November and married 3 months later.

How old is he? OLD.........31-he plays basketball a couple of times a week and when he comes home he is always telling me how his ankle hurts, his back hurts, his hip hurts, blah blah blah. I tell him he is just getting old and needs to keep doing it or he will be hurting even more........sorry no sympathy! :)

Who eats more? I definitely eat more sweets, but he eats more "real food"

Who said "I love you first"? He did. I had been so upset all day, because I thought we were going to break up that day (we had been in a little love spat!) and went over to see him at his apt and he didn't even realize anything was wrong (boys!) After I told him that something was bothering me, he assured me that we weren't going to break up and that he had to tell me something.....that's when he told me............I told him about 2 months later! :)-

Who is taller? He is.

Who is smarter? He is

Who does the laundry? ME! Nate does know how to do it, but I think that he just chooses not to! I KNOW he knows how to sort his clothes because each day when he comes home from work or play he makes little piles with his clothes ALL over our room!

Who does the dishes? I think he has done them once or twice!

Who pays the bills? I do, but mostly it is bill pay so it is easy

Who mows the lawn? pretty equal

Who cooks dinner? I do mostly, but if he does then we get to have pasta roni! or pizza :)

Who drives when you are together? Depends on if he is tired of driving or not......he gets tired of driving to work everyday

Who is more stubborn? Probably me..........dang it!

Who kissed who first? He kissed me first and I was so scared! I thought for sure with this next move our friendship was OVER, I didn't think we would get married (the thought just freaked me out!)

Who asked who out first? After he kissed me, he decided that he should probably ask me out! hehe, sorry mom!

Who proposed? He did, but it was a near disaster.................my roommates and I loved to watch Friends so we had it recording......................he sent me on a treasure hunt to a few places and at the last place there was a video that I was supposed to watch, so clearly we wouldn't want to mess up our Friends recording so we headed over to our neighbors to watch it (they weren't home) Well the video was Nate dressed all up standing outside the temple talking to these pictures he had of me. He told me how he loved me and wanted to be with me and then said he had a very important question to ask me. He said, "Now if you'll turn around I will ask you this in person!" My roommate Kim started freaking out saying how we were in the wrong apartment. So we grabbed the video and ran back over to our apt. where Nate was hiding in the bathroom. We watched the end clip again and then he came out and asked me. It was very fun! :) He STILL resents the whole Friend factor!

Who has more siblings? He does with 5-I have 4

Who wears the pants in the family? I would say we are pretty even.............




Nate and Kace (I just love this picture!) Nate loves to fish, hunt, camp and just be outside! He enjoys playing basketball, softball and used to enjoy playing football (doesn't play too much anymore!)


Nate is the best thing to happen to me! I appreciate all he does for our family. He is a wonderful husband and father, I couldn't ask for anything more. He makes me very happy! I love him so much........



Okay, now I tag.......Andrea, Becky, Emily H and Kierstin!

Trenton's "cheap" entertainment!

If you want to see how to make your own fun in Trenton click here. This is nerdy I know, but Clayton really wanted to do it and Kace just couldn't say NO. (I could though! GROSS)

Fun at Discovery Gateway

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A mom of one of Kace's friends at preschool asked if we would like to go with her to Discovery Gateway in Salt Lake. So off we went. When we got down there we met up with my sister Kami and went to lunch then off to discovery! I was surprised to see that it was flipping $10 a person, EVEN Ty was $10 to get in. Somebody is making some serious money. I am glad that I only had two kids to get in, as well as myself of course (I am cheap like that!) Naturally, if you live in or around Salt Lake you get a whole $1 off (sense the sarcasm!)

The kids had a great time of course. There was a ton to do. You name it they had it, it was kindof like the Treehouse Museum, in that they both had lots of things to do and you never could get bored (well parents could get bored, but kids definitely not!)

Here is Ty stuffing his face! We weren't supposed to have treats in the museum, but with Ty that is just not an option. So here he is stuffing it in!

trip to the TREEHOUSE MUSEUM!

I first met Becka Cook....now Oberg while working at ICON during college. We quickly became good friends and miraculously (or fate) we ended up marrying cousins! So now I get to see her at some (they have been living far away lately!) family things as well.
Anywa, Becka and her kids are up visiting from Vegas while Bennett is in Peru so we decided to get together with her sister-in-law Kallee and our kids and go to Ogden to the Treehouse Museum. I hadn't ever been there and was VERY impressed. They have so much to do there. The kids were in heaven and could run around to their hearts content. They had a fireman display where you could dress up and pretend you were a fireman. They also had a President of the US display with a desk to sit at and be President! There was a school, grocery store, garden, TP (Indian TP!) Anyway you get the drift there was lots and lots and lots to do.

Ty couldn't get the grin off his face!
Kace "caught" Ashden the fish with his fishing net. They loved looking at the fish in the aquarium. They kind of look alike don't you think?! Shaws must have very dominant genes!
Ty loved loved loved going through this tunnel and going over this bridge they had. We did that over and over and over and over. Actually, just Ty did, I just stood there and watched him!

We had a great time and it was great to see Becka and Kallee!

SOCCER

Yesterday was our first day of soccer. Going to this soccer game made a lot of memories come back to me. I loved playing soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was in first grade. These are the things I remember:

1- We won our first three games 8-0 and then won the rest of our games that season. We were obviously very good :) Many undefeated trophies were won, while playing in Trenton.

2- Janet Cottle was our coach and she was very organized. We had a color coded position chart. I mostly liked playing forward.

3- We were bribed that at the end of the season we would get a candy bar for every goal we scored. I don't remember what I got, but I do remember I wished I was Kelly Buttars because she got 15.

4-We hardly ever lost in 5 years playing Trenton soccer (I then went to competitive in Lewiston and Richmond for a couple of years, but it wasn't nearly as fun)

5-Just a little song-think Troop Beverly Hills!
"We're the girls from Trenton hill,
Soccer is our greatest thrill!
We will work and practice real hard,
lalalalalalalalalalalala (I obviously forgot that line, so if any of you remember it, remind me!)
Trenton hill what a thrill,
Trenton hill what a thrill!"
Yea we were kind of dorky! But at least we had fun!

6-We had practice off the bus, which we loved.

7- I reffed for one season-note to self: never NEVER never ref against a team your dad is coaching.

Back to Kace's soccer......Kace was so excited, he has actually been so excited ever since we signed up. He did great. I was surprised how much bigger he was then everyone else, but I guess he is just about the oldest for his grade. He scored his teams only goal. They have a couple of what we like to call "dandelion pickers" They make me so frustrated because they don't really care to do ANYTHING! In this league for preschoolers they don't keep score, but the kids sure know the score and we LOST. I was kind of mad. I really wanted to win. I tried not to show that to Kace though, because he didn't seem to care as much as I did. He did a great job. He told me after the game that he was really good at stealing the ball. Which he was, whether it be from the other team OR his own teammates!


I did hear one set of parents say, "Well, looks like it is going to be a one-man show." Talking about Kace, but HELLO parents, your kid can go get the ball too! He was obviously one of the "dandelion pickers" previously mentioned.

Notice the girls on the ground

Just call us COACH!

Kace IS one of a kind!

I videoed Kace doing this song, which his dad taught him. Each evening when we get ready to say the prayer on the food we would ask Kace why we pray and this is the song he sings (of course it USED to be the song that Nate would sing, but Kace just adopted it as his own and made some modifications!).............
I guess it is some MC Hammer song, I didn't even know he sang other songs besides, "Can't Touch This" Anyway, Kace sang this at my dad's birthday dinner and I am posting it at Heidi's request!



I don't know another five-year-old that won't sleep in his covers because he doesn't want to make his bed. I thought that would happen when he was like 12. I was having him make his bed each day and he decided (on his own), after about a month that he no longer wanted to sleep in his covers and just wanted blankets on top!

Seriously, Kace is a great kid with a ton of personality. He is the BEST big brother to Ty and cares so much for him. He has a such a thirst for knowledge and loves to read. Four or five months ago I walked by his room and just listened to him sound out words, now he is reading like a pro and isn't even in kindergarten yet. He is so excited to start soccer, likes to go outside and play bat and ball and loves to tell everyone how he can make 21 baskets in a row. He loves to go fishing with his dad and to go camping. We love our Kace he is definitely one of the biggest blessings in our lives! Sorry for the cheesiness, but mom's are allowed to do that once in a while!