A funny face!

Kannon enjoying a chocolate covered ice cream cone. Thank you Katie for the fun treats!

A Trip to the Circus

We had a fun morning at the Circus last week. Barry's mom took all of the young grandkids. The moms went along too. Katie, Emma and Hannah came also.




Tanner was very excited about the people that worked at the circus and he started asking lots of questions about what they do and where they live. You know how concerned he is with what he is going to be when he grows up so I started to worry that he might want to be a circus person. I told him I really didn't want him to work in the circus when he grew up and he said, "Don't worry mom I won't because I am afraid of clowns." He is a funny kid.

Everyone was excited when the elephants finally came out and did their tricks. The kids sat still the whole show and seemed to have fun. And of course, there were lots of snacks brought by Grandmama which makes any event more enjoyable. :)

School Begins

Just a few 1st day of school pictures. Tanner was very excited and was ready to go this morning. He picked out his own outfit. Notice the new shoes on everyone. That is an annual outing - to Shoe Carnival for school sneakers.

Track Meet

My friend Katie took Kannon and Tanner to a "Kids Track Meet" at ASU.
They both had a great time. They ran the 100 meters, threw the shot put,
and did the long jump and maybe some other things too.







Here is Tanner in a close race!
















Here is Kannon in a not so close race! I asked Tanner if Kannon was the only one racing, he said no that everyone was just way in front of him. From the looks of that smile I think Kannon was just enjoying the crowd.

















The best part, of course, were the Medals at the end!

In the News!

Wow, we were surprised to open the paper the other day and find our picture in there!

Baseball 2006

Summertime means baseball for the Jones Family. Tanner had fun playing his second season of T-ball. He loved playing 1st base. As soon as the ball was hit, Tanner was on the base ready to catch the ball. Now remember, this was T-ball and the ball doesn't get thrown to 1st base that often, but Tanner was ready. Next year he will be moving up to Machine Pitch.












Corey played his second year of Machine Pitch. He is a great batter. I think Corey's favorite part of the season was that his coach always had a cooler of gatorade for the players. After each game, the team had a prayer to bless the refreshments. Corey volunteered the first night and we were so proud of him for saying such a nice prayer.









Dustin's team won the 14 year old State Tournament. He had a great tournament. The hightlight being he hit his first homerun! In the Regional Tournament, his team lost their first game, won the next two and then lost again. The team did a good job and I think they all had fun.

The boys on the team all stayed with Host Families. Dustin stayed with three other team mates with a really nice family. They had a big house and a nice in ground pool. Matt, I could see you guys hosting some ball players sometime. The family came to all of the games and cheered for the boys like they were their own. They even took them to their church on Sunday morning. (First Baptist Church). The day we got back from the tournament Dustin went to golf and then tennis practice so he has already moved on to the next sport.

Even though, Kannon didn't play on any organized baseball team he watched and played plenty of ball. Anytime there was an empty field nearby he was on the mound "pitching" or running the bases. He will get to play T-ball next year which he is excited about.

We are glad that mom and dad had a chance to see some of the ballgames this summer. That means a lot to the boys. I thought it was pretty neat that Dustin had both sets of grandparents at the Regional Tournament to cheer him on. We appreciate all the support and interest that everyone gives our boys.

Yellowstone 2006

Hello Family. My friend, Katie, convinced me that I need to start a Blogger page, so here it is. It would be fun if all of us would try one. With us being so far away from each other it would be a great way to keep up with fun moments and events in everyones life.

The trip to Yellowstone was a lot of fun. Each time we are together it is like we haven't been apart. It was great for the kids to have so much time to reconnect with each other.

Even though that first day at the park didn't turn out like we had planned (everyone meeting at the Old Faithful Lodge at 11:30) we had a fun day with the Bjarnson family. And didn't we look cute with our matching shirts. Mom, I want you to know that my boys wear their shirts all the time. Now, I haven't caught Barry wearing his yet but I am sure I will.

Yellowstone was sure a beautiful park. Corey will be studying the different regions of the country this year in school so I am sure it will be fun for him to be able to share that he traveled to so many states this summer.

Corey and Tanner wrote in their journals about the Yellowstone trip when we got home. I told them to write about two of their favorite things that they did. Corey wrote: "I went swimming at the cabins hot tub. The hot tub had Bacteiria that can make you sick. I went in it. I liked it in the hot tub." And Jamie , you thought no one was listening to you. :)

Another highlight for Corey was: "One day I was hiking when in the forest I saw a moose munching on something. I thought it was a big teenager but it was a baby moose. It was fun."

Tanner draws pictures in his journal and then he tells me what to write. One of his highlights was: "I got to hide food for the bears at the Bear Reserve. The bears ate carrots, lettuce and berries. I got a red bucket with the food in it. Maia and I both love wolves. We like bears too!"

Thanks mom and dad for another fun family gathering.