dear santa

Dear Santa,

This year please bring me a big fat bank account and a slim body

and please, don't mix them up like you did last year!

Love, Kandice

I read this on facebook and had to repost!

About us

I was reading some of my old posts and I realized I really do not write about Cody and I much. So here is an update on Dallie Jo's parentals.
As of August we have been working on getting our house plans finalized. We were working with an architect in Price then he didn't work out so now we are back at square one and are now working with a lady in Vernal so hopefully she'll be able to finish them. We didn't think the plans we had picked were that hard but I guess the minimal changes we made were a little more difficult than we had thought. So we've got out fingers crossed cuz we are at the point where we really can't move any farther in the house building process until we actually get the plans done.
We have all most all our Christmas shopping done. We went black Friday shopping in the big city of Vernal to Cal Ranch and bought a little more than expected. Miss Jo is for sure getting spoiled this year! The only person we are having a hard time getting a present for is Cody's nephew Keegan. Nothing seems fun enough for him and it has to be fun for Mr. K.... That's for sure! So we're still on the look out. As for the rest of the family, I have been busy making stuff. I've been having so much fun crafting and sewing for them. I'll post some pics if I remember to take some.
We spent Thanksgiving with my family this year and had a pretty fun time laughing at the girls and shooting some skeet's. Let's just say the girls for sure out shot the boys... Just sayin! Also that weekend Cody and Rylan started to break her steers for this year's county fair. Last year Rylan didn't show one and she was pretty disappointed that she didnt. So this year she once again went and picked her own out of the herd and these seem to be much more tame than last. Cody already has them walking and standing still... That's a pretty big thing!
December 2 we went to Cody's work Christmas party... it was alright. Last year Cod won a TV and this year they didn't do prizes but had Charlie Jenkins sing. Lets just say it probably would have been better if we were alcoholics! haha There were some pretty dunk people acting like idiots. We say... Bring back the prizes!
And yesterday for my Birthday, We went to Vernal to talk to our new architect and then Cody spoiled be by buying me some new 'hooker' boots and we went to diner at the Claim Jumper. Words of advise, the jalapeno poppers should come with a warning label, I think my taste buds are still trying to heal from the heat!
Now today... We received a little present from someone we DID NOT WANT! We got the flu bug at our house and Miss Jo has had it the worst. This morning about 4 am she woke up and we put her in bed with us and the next thing I know, she's throwing up. And she threw up every half hour until 9 am. POOR THING! But now tonight she is running around acting like the same ol' Jo so hopefully she's over it. Sick kids are almost as bad as a sick husband!

That's about it for now. We're slowly getting to the point where we might actually get a house of our own... hopefully in the next couple years! haha

16 month old girl!

Jo is now 16 months old and busier than ever! She's our little explorer and she's still very destructive to my poor little apartment. BUT she has been learning to pick up her own toys.

At 16 months she:

-She is into everything and she now loves to draw (Thanks Grandma Angie!) If she finds a pen or pencil or crayon she heads for my church bag to find a piece of paper to write on. The other day I had our house plans out looking at them and left them on the counter for like two minutes and when I came back to put them away, she had drawn all over them. Luckily it was with a pencil and they were only rough drafts! hahah
-On our kitchen table we have a table runner she can now reach it and she slowly pulls it to her to find a pen or a treat.  Little Messy Marvin!
- She wears 18-24month clothes and she's grown out of her shoes! She is in between a 4-5size shoe!
- She keeps her pony tails in, well she'll keep 1 in! I put one on top and then piggy tails and she looked pretty cute until she took out the piggys!
-She now says juice, peese (please, sometimes), horse, boys, and actually calls me Mom now; I'm no longer Daddy!
-Loves to play with Jaxie! We were able to watch Jax while the Marx's went to their Christmas party and my poor little bathroom couldn't have gotten any wetter! Those too little fishies swam and slashed just about all the water out of the tub! They had so much fun. I have a feeling Jo is going to teach Miss J some bad habits! Sorry Ash!
-When asked to, she will take wrappers to the trash can. She feels so important when we ask her to do stuff.
-She's learning her shapes. She won't say them yet but she can figure out how to put the right shape in the right place with a little help. Same with her puzzles. Little Smarty!
-She's still pretty tender hearted! When ever she gets in trouble she puckers her bottom lip and cries then runs to you and gives you a kiss. She knows exactly how to get out of trouble, a big kiss always does the trick!
-She calls Cody on the phone and talks to him with out my knowing... haha she's figures out how to unlock my phone.
- Loves to push little buttons. Our truck alarm was going off in church for quite awhile before we realized it was ours.
-Still only has 9 teeth. Three on bottom; two front and one moller and six on top; four front and two mollers. Her second moller on the bottom is slowly trying to come in.
-Our Christmas tree gets redecorated every day and the bottom half is usually bare...
-And her biggest accomplishment is.... she took a nap without her binky! haha I'm slowly trying to break her of it, but she just loves it so much!

Love you Jo!

PS today I'm feeling a little old! Yep that's right I'm now 25, but life is great and I love being a wife and Mommy! I truly have the cutest family...

Daughter like Father

This little girl is so funny! Let me just start with that...

She is getting quite the little attitude, the next picture is a perfect example of this.

She also has become very picky at what she eats. She like to eat chicken nuggets, if there is ranch and she usually only eats the chicken when she forgets not to bit the nugget! haha

On this night, Miss Jo was at home eating lunch with Daddy and he caught these cute pics... Enjoy!

Cheeser!

Love this girl!!!

Wild Hair!

Jo's hair is growing so well and she actually leaves her pony tails in.

When she wakes up she usually looks like this and I can't resist from laughing every morning!

Peeek!

Peek a boo!

Jo is constantly wanting to play peek a boo and when I try to get her attention I just say Peek-A-Boo and she comes running to play.

I thought her eyes might be turning greenish blue but they look as blue as ever!

PS that her new little hat I crocheted for her, its too cute! It has little ear flaps on it and she looks like a little pilot girl.

Miss Jo is our little swimming fishy. She still loves her bath time and has learned how to squirt the water out of her toys. She laughs and laughs as she gets Mom and Dad all wet. Little stinker!

Ride your horse,

Ride your horse,

Ride your horse through town, 

Now watch your horse,

So you don't fall down......

She was having such a great time until that dang rocking horse got a little wild and she just about fell off backwards.

WE have alot of practicing to do before she can ride alone next summer, maybe I really should invent Velcro pants to keep her in her seat!.... haha

LIttle Lady BUGGY!

We tried really, really, really hard to paint her nose and we even put little hearts on her cheeks but you can see how long that lasted... we didn't even make it out our front door before they were smudged up and rubbed off on Cody's shirt. All well, we did get some cute pics and had a fun time showing her off!

Flying Lady Bug

We only went to a two house, and one was my good friend Jenny Caldwell's house. We were pretty shocked to have this scary lady open the door to us... Jo for sure didn't know what to think until Jen pulled out the candy and all was well!

And after a long night of playing and getting lots of candy, our little lady bug turned into a sugar high devil! haha

Look at those horns... haha

Funny story of the night, we rolled Jo's window down in the truck so she could see all the kids dressed up and she would yell at the top of her lungs at the kids. She was just Jibbering all kinds of words to them telling them what to do. It was hilarious!

Carving Pumpkins

Let me just say, carving pumpkins is really hard with a 1 year old!

We had seeds strung all over our house and I actually found one in her toys the other day.

But she seemed to have a good time and she loved seeing them lite up, even if it was for two seconds.

Kisses for the Little one!

 PS! These little pjs are really cute and they even glow in the dark, but they are the devil! haha I swear every time she wears them she wakes up and won't go back to sleep. Just the other night she woke up at 11pm, 1am, 2am and then was up until 4:30am! AWE, I swear she will NEVER wear them to bed again!

Leaves and Lovers...

Meet Wyatt.

He is our cute little neighbor boy who Jo loves to play with.

Wyatt and his Mom were out playing in the leaves and we decided to join in.

These two love to play together. They'll be playing one minute and hugging the next!

We were joking while taking these pics that they look like engagement pics....

Who knows what the future holds for these two! haha

Ward Halloween Party

This year for Halloween, Miss Jo was a little lady bug!

The cutest lady bug ever...

 And as for Cody and I we were bikers. Cody thought we were probably going to get kicked out of the church for our tattoo sleeves but we didn't, but I did get released from my calling. HAHA 

BUT not because of our tattoos.  

Look how cute she is.......!