BRYLEN JEAN

Here she is...the newest member of Melissa and Brian's little family. Brylen Jean was born October 21 at 8:02 am, weighing in at a whopping 7 lbs and 15 oz. She was 20 1/2 inches with dark hair and looking just like her big sister Neeley. Dustin and I got to drive up and see the little princess. If baby security wasn't so tight at the hospital, I probably would have ran away with her. But I would have also suffered the wrath of Brian...those girls have their daddy wrapped around their fingers :) Anyway, we'll get more pictures posted as soon as possible. By the way, mommy Melissa is doing great. I would have posted a picture of her, but I didn't want to have to post another awful picture of me in labor as an apology :)

PICTURE TAG

So here's my 4th picture from the 4th folder of my pictures file...and just in time for Halloween. The Wild Whitts were the Toy Story characters, and I was more like Little Ho Peep :) Or at least that's what my mother called me. This year we've opted for the Peter Pan family, and although I would look hot as Tinkerbell, I'm going to be the more conservative Princess Tiger Lily. Anyway, play along if you life. Post your 4th picture from your 4th folder in your picture files.

ARE WE EVEN?

Here you go, Crystal. I'm posting a labor picture of myself, and I have removed what you called the "Donkey Kong" picture. I thought your comments were pee-my-pants hilarious and had to read them again (out loud) to Dustin. So I tried to repay your kindness with an Ode to Crystal. I guess your blog of fame pictures weren't to your liking. I'll do better next time....I promise :) Until then, this is Lynette signing off...

WANTED, CRYSTAL DAHL SCHOFIELD

Have you seen this person....Brown hair, blue-green eyes, beautiful smile. Crystal Schofield is wanted for telephone avoidance, blog stalking, and excessive silly commenting. If found, please return her and her family to Cedar City, Utah, where her sister is going crazy without her.

Okay, so mostly she's wanted for excessive, silly commenting. I was blog stalking my own blog when I noticed 16 comments. I thought, "What a popular blogger I am!" I couldn't contain my excitement at all of these friends. Then (before even checking the comments) I thought more rationally, "I bet one of my smart a!@# sisters left 16 comments about me getting off my lazy butt and writing a new blog." Sure enough, it was little sister Crystal. After reading the hilarious, witty, and charming comments, I figured she deserved her very own personal blog article. You gotta love sisters :) And just for you Crystal, I have blogged about five times today.

ZION PONDEROSA

Yup, this was a while ago too, but I couldn't leave out such an awesome adventure at the Zion Ponderosa with the White Family. We were suppose to move into the house Saturday before Labor Day. When that didn't happen, I decided we needed a little vacation to relax and enjoy the fleeting summer. I made a last minute call to the Ponderosa and reserved one of their last two cabins. When we mentioned it to Jairus, the White's made a last minute call and reserved the last cabin. Can I just say we had a total blast. I didn't get enough pictures of all the fun stuff, so if you want the full experience visit www.crissandjair.blogspot.com

Let's just say the Ponderosa knows how to take care of their guests. They feed you every meal, boast a two-tier swimming pool w/ 2 rock slides, have numerous ATV trails, and a rocking kid camp. That's right....they take your kid for a half day or full day. They feed your kid. They let your kid do any and every activity they want. And they give the parent one awesome, relaxing, whine-free day (which I took full advantage of w/ a swedish massage).

So here's to next summer at the Zion Ponderosa. Mark your calendars because the more, the merrier :)

A COUPLE ELDER WHITTAKERS

During our 8 years in Cedar, we have rarely lived in a place where we couldn't walk to church. Our new address in no exception, and Dustin had told Jase that they could even ride their bikes. Well, for those of you who know Jase, you'll agree when I say, HE NEVER FORGETS! So on this certain Sunday (even though we were late) he insisted on riding his bike. He told me to just drive Jaxon to church. He was riding his bike with daddy, and they would be right behind me. They did just that. When I got home, I raced to get the camera. They looked so handsome (and missionary-like) on their bikes. Of course, Jaxon enjoyed the wagon ride while I snapped a few priceless moments.

STAIRS, STAIRS, STAIRS

If I haven't mentioned it before, I really LOVE my house! I don't think there is anything about our new home that I don't absolutely LOVE! But if my boys were to pick a favorite, it would be the stairs and the catwalk. Other than the playroom, they spend most of their time playing on the stairs and throwing things through the banister, off the catwalk. It's pretty cute, especially with Jax. He usually brings one large lego block from his bedroom, throws it down, smiles at me, then goes for another block. Anyway, I just thought these pics of the boys were handsome and fun...ENJOY!

1ST DAY OF SCHOOL

On the way to school.

Just before school started.

Ready for some learning w/ Mrs. Mia :)

Yeah, the first day of school was a while ago, but better late than never. Jase was so excited for his first day at Creative Kids Pre School. His teacher, Mrs. Mia, is awesome. He goes two days a week for two hours and is always coming home with the cutest project. We've been working on his alphabet letters, so he wanted to write a letter to his counsins. In one of them, he told me to say..."I want to go to Preschool so bad, but it's not today. It's tomorrow when the sun is up." I'm thinking I better revel in him loving school because by junior high, he'll be trying to skip class :)