Well, well, well...long time no talk!  It's been quite awhile since I've posted on Jace's blog, so here is my first attempt to start this new year off right.  We've changed the program that we use and changed our pics over to Flickr.  Even though we haven't been writing, we've still been posting pics out there so remember to go check them out by clicking on the picture gallery link on the right of this page.  I'm going to try and be more proactive about posting this year, although it won't be as often as when Jace was a baby.  There just isn't quite as much change going on with him as there was then.

Let's see, where do I begin?  Umm, it was a really long hot summer here in AZ.  It didn't really cool down until almost November.  We have a swimming pool now though AND air conditioning so that helped.  Jace absolutely loves going swimming and so does his Daisy dog!  Jace became potty trained and is learning lots all the time.   We went to a great pumpkin patch and get this...we didn't have to wear winter coats, or worry about rain, or even get all muddy!  It's called Schnepf Farms  and they have lots to do there.  One of Jace's most favorite things right now is trains and they just happen to have a little one there that goes around the farm.  Another one of his most fave things is horses and they have ponies there to ride too!  Jace was Sully off Monsters Inc for Halloween.  He had a blast trick-or-treating and got lots of candy!  I ended up donating most of it to the guys at my work.

In November we finally got our yard done and it looks really good.  For Thanksgiving we went to Gma & PopPop's house for dinner (that's what Jace calls my Mom & Stepdad).  Jace also started a basketball class called Lil' Dribblers.  It's for 3-5 year olds, but there were a couple kids there younger than that.  It was Saturday mornings for 45 mins and a parent has to participate with them.  Since Jace is quite the Mama's boy I opted to have Brent do it with him, give 'em a little bonding time.  It was a great experience and we've signed him up again for the January session which starts next weekend and goes for 6 weeks.

December was busy as usual with Jace's birthday and Christmas.  Jace turned 3 this year and I just can't believe it!  It makes me sad that he's growing so fast.  He of course got lots of presents with his favorite being his guitar and his play kitchen.  The Thursday before Christmas we went up to Williams, AZ for the Polar Express train ride.  For those of you who don't know, Williams is up North so we got to see snow!  To see Jace's excitement made it worth every penny!  Some how he came up with the idea that he wanted a kitty for Christmas and it had to be orange.  When you'd ask him what he wanted for Christmas that is all he would say.  So, being the great Mom that I am I started the hunt for an orange kitty to help Santa out.  In case you didn't know (which I most definitely did not) winter is not kitty season.  After driving many miles, Petco stops, and lots of web searching we got lucky.  The Saturday night before Christmas Eve Day an orange kitty was found.  Santa came and delivered him on Christmas Eve because it was too cold to carry him in the sleigh all night.  Jace was so overwhelmed he started to shake!  His kitty's name was Pumpkin, but has been renamed Kitty by Jace.  It's a great kitty and Jace loves him so very much!

For New Year's Eve we went to lunch with my Mom & Dave and then we all came back here.  The guys all played Rockband on the Xbox360 while Mom, Jace and I hung out downstairs.  Jace didn't stay up until midnight of course, but Brent did go wake him up just in time to bring in the new year.  He then wanted to go right back to bed.  So here we are in 2008 and I can't even imagine what this new year will bring.  Hopefully it will bring you all here for a visit because we miss all our family and friends!