Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Jayla's first trip to Blue Eye, MO

Jayla on the plane ride home. She loved the plane. She was so happy!! THANK GOD! Everyone talked about how she was such a happy baby.

My sister and I went in on a very nice cookware set for my mom. She was crying because she has been wanting this for ever! She deserves it with all the cooking she does!



Jay and Daddy at Silver Dollar City's Christmas lights show


Grandma and Grandpa Skorstad with one of the many snowmen at Silver Dollar City.
My mom and now Jay love snowmen!

Mommy and Daddy with Jay. It was so cold!!!



Silver Dollar City's Christmas parade. Jay slept through this. We only went to watch this for her!






Walking around Silver Dollar City waiting for the sun to set so we can enjoy all the beautiful lights.


Jay bundled up nice and cozy from the freezing cold.



Jay loving on her Grandma



My parents' dogs Tag and Hobo.



Finally we remembered to get a family photo!!



Jay pointing to all the fishes in the big fish tank at Bass Pro Shop.



My parents backyard. So peaceful!!



I love this one. Where's Fargo? Jearel had to borrow my dad's attire to ride on my parents' tractors. I don't think they make clothes like that in AZ.


Jay's long flowing locks of gold. :)


OK just her wild tubby hair!!



My mom couldn't take Jay on any wagon rides due to the weather so she just made her an indoor wagon. Nice job mom!! She loved it! I couldn't stop laughing though. This is definitely something only Grandma would do!!



She spent hours in the indoor wagon. I thought for she my mom was gonna have a heart attack pulling her everywhere. ~Again only something that Grandma would do~



Passed out from all the entertainment. My mom enjoyed it so much that I had a hard time getting her to put her in her bed!


Getting into trouble with Grandpa



Grandpa making Jay laugh and laugh!! They were so cute together!




Being spoiled as usual!! She was such a happy girl on our vacation!



More presents



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Yep ONLY my dad and his friend would fish in this weather!!



On the lake my parents live on.







We took Jayla on her first little vacation to see her Grandma Skorstad and meet her Grandpa Skorstad for the very first time. My parents moved to Missouri eight years ago. People always asked why the heck would they do something silly like that, but I completely understand. My dad is a huge fisherman and where they live couldn't be a better spot for them. It's like they moved to their little piece of heaven. It is absolutely gorgeous out there. They live right on the lake. To just walk out on their deck and see the view they see everyday is just breathtaking. I am so happy for them, but at the same time it has been very hard with out them here. Especially now that we have Jay. My mom is such an amazing person and does so much. She works so hard at always making people feel right at home. Those of you who know her know exactly what I am talking about. She is a clean freak and always cooks and bakes a ton of food. Holidays have always been so important to her. She does such a great job at entertaining. I have talked and talked it up to Jearel for years and now he finally got to experience it first hand. I want to follow in my mom's footsteps when it comes to the holidays. This is something I have missed so much since they have been gone. Their house was beautifully decorated, we were well fed, and we were SPOILED to no end. Thankfully the weather was extremely cold, which led us to spend most of our time in the house. My mom wanted to go, go, go and was a little upset that we were tied up in the house. I wouldn't have had it any other way. This gave us time to really enjoy each others company and left more time for them with Jay. We had a great time. It is so hard to leave them and more so now with Jay. I'm wishing and hoping they make it out here for Jayla's birthday. ~~ Hint, Hint Jearel~~



~~Thank you Mom and Dad for everything that you do. I love you both so much!! We had a wonderful time. Also thank you for all the sweet adorable presents for Jay. She is very lucky to have amazing grandparents all around.~~

4 comments:

Four to Score said...

i can't show ryan these pics, he'd wanna move there. that would be paradise for him. he's a huge fisherman too. he has to go to all the crappy manmade lakes around here. i noticed jay has a learning pal or puppy or whatever that thing is called. kylee LOVED that thing forever. just wait til it starts to go off in the middle of the night by itself, you'll wanna stab it with a knife just like me.
looks like jay had a good time, and looks like it was FREEZING. merry 1st christmas miss jayla!

Jenni said...

Love that she finally got to meet your dad! I remember from Adam's wedding rehearsal dinner that he is so amazing with kids, and Kyan just loved him!!! You guys look like you had a blast hanging out at your parents house!
So glad you are back to the blogging world! I had so many Christmas pictures to upload, but had other things happen after that I wanted to put up first, but didn't want to go backwards, that it was such a relief when I was caught up. I think now that you are a little caught up you will be back in action!
I feel like I just babbled a ton...hope I made sense! HA!

Candis said...

YIPPPPPY SKIPPPPY, a post at LAST!
I seriously enjoyed this one, so beware of long comment:

I'm wondering if you could ask your parents if the Creels could come for the holidays next year?? It looked so peaceful & totally festive.

The pic of your dad & Jearel cracked me up- FARGO! HA

Jayla is SO pretty & such a happy girl (you paid your dues for a great result.)

I loved how Jay sat up & just help/opened her little gifts- my heart melted looking at those pics. It made me even MORE excited for the holidays next year with Camden!

Your mom reminds me much of mine (especially the obsession with SNOWMEN!)

Thanks for sharing...

Anonymous said...

i love ur mom!! she is awesome!! i still remember adam and the freak out in the tbird......and hw calm ur mom was lol!!!...im with candace i wanta go and visit!! u knw jay and ree will b up at ur house late and ree will b loud and jear will b yellin shut up like ur dad with me! lmao!! o the time flies!...jay looks like she had a great time :) i knw ur fam soooooooo loved seein her........