laundry, anniversary, hiking

Well it has been a little while since I've posted so here is what we've been up to. Jacob is now 9 months old. He loves "helping" with the laundry, and "unloading" the dish washer. He is crawling and standing just about everywhere. Ivan and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary. We went to the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy, we stayed at the Little America hotel, where we swam and went running in the gym, we played tennis, we did sealings in the Salt Lake temple (the highlight of the day) and we went to Red Lobster for dinner. It was a memorable anniversary. This last weekend we went hiking. It was Jacob's first time. Ivan carried him in the infant carrier 3/4 the way but then Jacob wanted out. We hiked the Rattlesnake Gulch trail up Millcreek canyon. It was a beautiful day.

thats all for now....have a good one

p.s. Jacob loves dogs

Jacob loves dogs, no matter where we are if there is a dog around that's where all of his attention goes. When we were up at my parents for Halloween he was facinated with Jimmy. He followed him around everywhere. Jacob is crawling all over the place and his favorite thing to do was follow Jimmy. He thought it was pretty cool that he could pull Jimmy's tail and make him move. Jimmy loved to kiss Jacob in the ear. Here is my favoirte picture with Jacob and Jimmy.

Halloween

Well sorry it has taken me a few weeks to post. Life has been busy. Last week I received Salt Lake County Outstanding employee of the year. I received a cash award, 2 tickets to ride the Heber Creeper, and lunch with Salt Lake county mayor Peter Carroon. Jacob and Ivan also came to the lunch which was at Baxters American at the Gateway. I was just as surprised as anyone to receive the award. My boss gave a little speech about why she nominated me at the luncheon. It was a great day.
We went up to my parents house for Halloween. There was a trunk or treat at church. I was an Incan girl, and Jacob was a bumble bee. Ivan didn’t dress up this year. Latter we went to my parents house and Dave and Ashley came over for dinner it was great to see them. Jacob is growing and learning in leaps and bounds.
Today Jacob saw snow for the first time. He was intrigued by the white stuff all over the trees, and grass. I'll be adding some pictures later because I don't have the camera with me right now. Have a great one!
Jessica, Ivan, and Jacob

8 months

Well Jacob is now 8 months old, and he is crawling. I can honestly say this has been the fastest 8 months of my life. This week he started crawling, clapping his hands, and eating many more foods. He loves the bath tub. He likes yogurt, and chicken, beans, lentils, he eats all fruits and veggies. He isn't picky at all. As long as he's hungry he'll eat about anything. Jacob love the park, and he loves to swing. There is a park close to our house where they just added 2 new playgrounds. Here are some pictures from the park.

I had one of the biggest suprises of my life this week. I was chosen as Salt Lake County employee of the year! At the end of the month Ivan and I will have lunch with Mayor Carroon of Salt Lake County, and I will receive a cash award of $1,000! I was just as shocked as I'm sure many of you are. We were also very blessed that Ivan got a full tuition minority scholarship for 2 semesters. Ben came to stay with us last night and he and Ivan had a huys night out. Ben took Ivan to a REAL soccer game at the new stadium. They had a great time together. We are all healthy, happy, and doing well.

Love,

Jessica, Ivan, and Jacob

General Conference

Last week was great. Ivan and I went to the temple on Thursday to do sealings. It was a nice prelude to General Conference. The sealer taught us many things. I love it when they can take the time to do that. Then Friday we went to my mission conference. It was great to see old friends, only one of my companions was there because most of them don’t live close enough to come. Saturday we watched the morning session at home and then we went down town for the afternoon session. We didn’t have any tickets, but we were lucky enough to get 2 from a family we met who had extra. Ben and Ivan’s mom went because they hadn’t ever been in the conference center for conference. Ivan and I have been many times so we took Jacob to the North Visitor Center and watched it in a theater there. Then after the session we went to the Joseph Smith movie. After that the guys went to the Priesthood session in the Conference Center and Ines, Jacob and I went home we were exhausted. Sunday we stayed home and watched conference on tv. It was so fun to have Ben come and stay with us. Two of the talks that really touched me were Pres. Uchtdorf’s about hope and Elder Holland’s about ministering angels. I am so grateful that we have living Prophets and Apostles to guide us, and teach us. Love, Jess, Ivan and Jacob

General Conference

Last week was great. Ivan and I got to go to the temple and do sealings on Thursday which was a nice prelude to Conference. Then We went to my misson reunion. It was fun to see some old friends. Then Ben came to stay with us for the weekend. We went down town for the Sunday afternoon we didn't have any tickets. But luckily we found some one that had two extras. Ben, and Ivan's mom went. Ivan and I watched it in the visitor center. Then we went to the Joseph Smith movie. The guys stayed and were able to go to the conference center for the Preisthood session. Jacob, Ivan's mom and I went home we were exhausted. We stayed home for the Sunday sessions and watched them on tv. Two of the talks that really stood out to me were Pres. Uchtdorf's about hope, and Elder Hollands about ministering angels. I am so grateful for living prophets and apostles to guide us in these days. Love, Jessica, Ivan and Jacob