Violet Ann Lay

It's been a while since we have posted and I figure that since we had a baby since our last post and she is now six months old, it is about time that we post about it. Violet Ann Lay was born January 25th, 2011 at 12:37 pm.
Violet was 21 inches long and 8 lbs 15 ounces. The nurse at the hospital originally told us that she was 23 inches long, but she didn't measure very carefully.
We blessed Violet April 10, 2011. It was nice to have most of the family here.


Our friend Krista came and took pictures of Violet in her blessing dress a couple of days before the blessing.
Our little family.
The Circle.The Grandparents Jaxson with his cousins from Jenny's side of the family. The cousins loved spending time with Violet. Jenny's Family. My Family In July, we went down to Saint George for my cousin, Laura's, wedding. Betweeen the wedding luncheon and the reception we took violet swimming for the first time. Jaxson also had a great time spending time in the pool. He loves spending time with his cousins and swimming. That day was a great day because he got to do both.Violet did really well traveling. We stopped by the St. George temple before we headed home.On our way home, we stopped by Kay and Lee's. We always talk about going down to Fillmore and seeing them, but it has been a while since we have made it, so we figured that if we are passing by, we have to stop.Since then Violet has continued to grow. She has started sitting up, and loves to play with her toys. She will lung forward to grab anything within reach, or even grab things that are just out of reach.
We love our little girl so much. She is growing up so quickly.

Jaxson turns 3!

One of Jaxson favorite things to do is go on FrontRunner or the train. So I thought that we be fun for his birthday. I met my mom and Clark at Woods Cross Station and then we went to McDonalds and met my cousins. My cousin, Kristina, has a little girl with the same birthday as Jaxson.

Jaxson would get really scared when the other trains would go by, they were really loud.

Then after McDonald we went to Kangaroo Zoo in Woods Cross with Amber and Jaxson's friend, Davis. He had a blast! It wasn't busy so they practically had the whole place to themselves.

Gotta get fueled up.

Jon took half the day off and so it was nice to have him chase Jaxson around.

Jaxson and Davis loved the minature golf course. They must have done it at least 6 times. They are so good at it too.

Jaxson took a good nap after that.

Jaxson's Birthday Party

We had Jaxson's Birthday party on Sunday Oct 31st, because we figured it would be easier to have everyone over on a Sunday. Yikes! Having Trick-or-Treating the day before made for a REALLY busy weekend.

Jaxson loved all of his presents and he even got to have his Grandma Lay be there for his Birthday. She gave him some awesome dinosaurs.

Jon made Jaxson his Train Cake. HE LOVED IT! I thought it turned out really good.

I can't believe I have a 3-year-old!!!

Fire Truck and Ambulance

Joyce invited us to her Mom's group this summer and Jaxson got a treat- A Firetruck and an Ambulance!!

The firemen did a demonstration about fire safety and to get the kids comfortable with the guys in their fireman suits. Ben looked awesome as a fireman!

Then the kids did a walk through the back of the truck.

Then came the Ambulance!

Jaxson was so excited to get his sticker and hat.


I love that he HAD to wear it this way.

Train Park

Once a month during the summer there is a train park in Farmington. We were able to catch the last time they had it in August.

Ben, Abi, and Joyce came with us.

They had a little train ride that we went on.

Jaxson loved the tunnels.

It was super hot that day, but it was worth it. Abi made a friend and got invited to her party. We didn't even know her name. That's Abi for you.