Weekend Trip To Blanding

We were able to make a short trip to Blanding over the holiday weekend. It was a long trip(9 hrs), but well worth it. We stayed with Sara and Joe in their guest room, which was very nice. We tried to surprise Marie's parents, but they found out from someone at work that knew we were coming, which was my fault as I didn't tell anyone we were surprising them, oh well. I spent the day on Friday working on the computers at the office, as they were in dire need with me being gone for two months. It was nice to see everyone at the office though. Marie and Jaiden spent the day with grandma Byrd. We ate dinner at Marie's parents and played a quick game of boccie ball, from which Marie and I came out victorious. Saturday morning we went yard saleing with Marie's parents, which was a lot of fun, we found some good stuff too! We spent the rest of the afternoon at Marie's parents relaxing. Marie and I went for a ride on our scooter while Jaiden took a nap, which was fun, I miss riding my little scooter. We spent the rest of the day with Sara and Joe. Sara was anxious to play with Jaiden, and they had a lot of fun. Sara is probably Jaiden's favorite person, he probably wouldn't even care if we just left him with her and took off, but I'm sure Sara would, well eventually. On Sunday we went to church at our old ward, and then went over to my grandparents house for dinner and to visit with them and my uncle Charles. They all seemed to be doing really well. We spent Monday morning with Sara and Joe and then headed for home that afternoon after saying our goodbye's.

Here are some pictures form our trip


Grandpa Byrd learning to tie flys.



Here is our bird Buddy, Grandma and Grandpa Byrd are taking care of him while we are in Douglas, because we can't have any pets.

Little Critters!

We have had a few uninvited guests grace our presence outside of our apartment this last week, well other than the usual (birds, bugs, bugs, and more bugs). We had a huge toad, and a tarantula. It is not uncommon to see toads, but this one was monstrous (I put a smaller toad next to it for comparison). From what I have heard tarantulas are pretty common this time of year, but this is the first one I have seen, well alive anyway.



Here is the tarantula:



Here is the toad:



I don't mind the toads, but the spiders creep me out, especially the big ones. Luckily these ones seem to be pretty slow, and don't really care if we are around. Sorry if this bored you, we get pretty bored here and get exited over little critters and such.
~Justin

Playing Games

We had a little party for Josh and Jenny's one year anniversary of being in Douglas. We ate some pizza and played a couple of rounds of Catch Phrase. It was very fun!
I was trying to be a "Barker's Beauty" to show off the game but apparently it just didn't work for me. Guess I'll just stick to being a mom.

Having Fun With Jenny

Jaiden loves to hang out with Jenny and Josh. We're just glad that we have good neighbors that will take Jaiden when his mom is feeling like she needs a break.

Our cute little Jaiden boy.

Here are some more pictures of our cute little Jaiden boy. Jaiden is in the process of getting his third tooth, so he has been a little grumpy, but he is still a happy little guy most of the time.








He gets a little bored of eating sometimes, and likes to lay his head down and look to dad for some entertainment, much to mom's dismay.

Fun in the sun!

Jaiden Playin' in his pool on a hot summer day. Aug 07'







raaaaaaar!

Tryin' to catch a bug

Our new car!

Here are some pictures of our new(used) 2003 Suzuki Aerio