The Poulsen's

State Fair

2011-11-11T16:45:00.000-08:00

Jacks prize for winning a water cannon game. I helped.
Jared almost won.

weeeeee

watching the fair parade (it was really lame)

Jack was so hard to get a good picture of because he instantly looks away when he sees you taking his picture.

Such a happy baby

Jack loves carousels (um... I don't think that is spelled right)

flying high

can I get a real one mom?

so tired

flying solo

I'm a cowboy

ewwwww

This picture was right after the giant slide. Jack was so excited to go and then he got to the top and realized how big the slide was and was not happy.

THen he decided it was ok.

more utah golfing

2011-08-04T13:31:00.000-07:00

I just found these. So I guess Wade went golfing with Jared, John and Scott. I'm not quite sure what he is doing here.

Watch out for pro Jack. FOUR

Here let me get that for you. Jack had a great time golfing with the boys. He still talks about it and it has been over a month.

Father's Day!

2011-08-04T12:41:00.001-07:00

I believe my son has a problem...he is a chocoholic like his grandmother Nan (and maybe his mother too). Jack doesn't think something is a treat unless there is chocolate in it. I could give him pie, ice cream, etc but unless there is chocolate he says "that's not a treat mom". I gave him a chocolate fudgecicle and he loved every minute of it.

He sometimes dances when he eats if her really likes it.

Oh man, it's all gone!!!!

So hopefully no one is offended that see's this but I thought it was hilarious. Sometimes when we are at the park Jack won't make it home if he has to potty... so I let him find a tree away from everyone else and do his thing. But..now he thinks he should just potty outside whenever he wants. We share the yard with our landlords and i don't think they would have appreciated seeing this. Oops...I have some work cut out for me breaking this habit.

Fathers Day

Jared got a present from his kids this year. It was the xbox kinect that he had been talking about for months. I think he really likes it, but I didn't know what game to get him so I gave him the biggest loser workout because he had also said how cool he thought it sounded. But, when I gave it to him he thought I was trying to hint about something. So here he is before the game (according to him).

And here he is after. Ha ha what a funny guy

Jared your a great dad and we love you. Thanks for all you do for us!

Utah part 2

2011-08-04T12:30:00.000-07:00

Jared, his brother in law John and his dad headed to Sherwood Forest to do some golfing and they took Jack too (but I couldn't find the pics of jack).

jared

Scott

John holding up the golf cart

We had a cookout at my moms house with the Poulsen's so here I am with my sister Meg and my mother.

Me and my Man

the twins, Tina and Nicole hiding out in the playhouse. I am sure Hadley is in there somewhere!

My brother in law John. I thought this pic was funny because he looks so serious and if you know John he is quite the opposite.

Grandpa with Sean. He hadn't met Sean until we went to Utah this June.

Can I get a Woot Woot?!

Ella, Bridger and Ben. Welcome to the GUN SHOW

The kids playin in Nan's yard

Grandma and Grandpa with Sean

utah part 1

2011-08-04T12:08:00.000-07:00

We went to Utah in June to visit family and bless little sean (who is not so little) and we had a great time. Going back made me really miss my family and all the great things we can do there like four wheeling in the mountains. Don't get me wrong I am loving Boston but going back made my heart ache for Utah. Absence makes the heart grow fonder right!? One of the days we headed up Providence canyon with my brother Park and his family and we had a great time. We borrowed my dads four wheeler and a couple helmets (but Jack refused to wear the motorcyle helmet so we ended up making him wear the bike helmet...I know terrible but we went pretty slow. I totally want a four wheeler now. My brother park had a racer or something like that and that thing was awesome, it could go anywhere..just another thing to add to my wish list. ahhhh someday right?! The picture above is of the kids climbing the gravel hill after we were done. Alex was hilarious because she was pretty much skiing down it.

Park and Easton cruisin around.

There were two great waterfalls at the top created from all of the snow run off. This is Jack and Jared.

Beautiful isn't it!

The best waterfall at the top. It was a little chilly in the shade but it was really pretty

cheeze

Easton, Shelby, Alex, Becky, Bridger, Jackson, Me

Park and his cute family

Cruisin around at my moms house. We tried to take Jack around the house before we went because he was a little nervous at first and we were trying to help him get more comfortable on the four wheeler. He liked helping daddy drive.

We had lunch at Meg's house, here are Brooke and Ella. Don't I have cute neices

(very photogenic)

All the kids had a great time on the tramp, Wesley liked tackling everyone and Jack was a bit nervous. You can tell he is a city boy!

Jared had fun bouncing everyone, he is always great with the kids

learning to photoshop

2011-06-22T20:52:00.000-07:00

Ok. So I know these aren't the most amazing photos but we got a new camera last year and I have yet to try to photoshop any of our pics because I had no idea how to use the program. So, I googled how to do some effects and so far these are the only pics I have played with. Man, it takes a long time to do one photo...but I am super excited to start learning. This first one is of Jack and Jared driving in my parents driveway. It is a dirt road and they were going super slow so no worries. Jack thought it was hilarious and has been asking if he can drive ever since.

This one is of our "Seany Boy" while we were at Meg and Shaynes house eating dinner with my everyone from my family (except Liz and her fam). More to come about our fun vacation!

random shots

2011-05-19T12:50:00.000-07:00

Jack was in nursery a few weeks ago and was having so much fun chasing Emerson that they collided and he got a fat lip. Here his showing it off. His first real "boo boo".

another view of the fat lip. poor baby.

Kind of late, but here is an easter shot of jack coloring easter eggs. He had a lot of fun with it. We didn't take any pics of him finding them the next morning but we did video so maybe that will make it on here sometime. Jack got Toy Story, he already had the 2nd and 3rd so he was super excited for the first one. We kid of do things out of order here. And Sean got the movie Pinochio and of course Jack got tonz of candy and Sean got another binky. YaY.

Jack at the childrens museum. He loves playing there.

you like my cool shades.

Jack is taking flying lessons so he can fly us home in June.

Super model Jack striking a pose outside the museum.

My Boys

chubby cheeks!!!

smile

2011-05-12T08:29:00.000-07:00

Sean starting smiling on my birthday (thanks for the great gift sean) and he starting laughing this week too. I just love all the stages of my sweet baby. He loves to cuddle and be rocked to sleep, he loves to sleep on his side, and he loves to watch his brother even if his brother is right in his face and doing things that I would think would drive him crazy. I love being a mom!
And, on that note thanks mom for being such a wonderful mother. And, thanks to my wonderful mother in law for all that she does. Happy late mothers day to everyone.

Baby Sean

2011-04-21T21:09:00.000-07:00

Introducing Sean Roark Poulsen 8.5 lbs, 22.75 inches born March 1, 2011. Everything went well with the delivery, the epidural wasn't so great. But, it was better than nothing. I have to say this time around was so much better because we weren't quite so crazy nervous. And, the delivery was only 6 hours verses the 12 hours we spent getting jack here. Jack didn't want much to do with the baby at first but now he just loves Sean to pieces. Maybe a little too much at times. He just loves playing with him and he always has to kiss him and hug him goodnight and tonight he kept asking me if Sean could sleep with him in his bed. I don't think so!

We feel so lucky to have two amazing, healthy little boys. And, of course I also feel so lucky to have such a great husband and father to my children. People seem to ask me a lot how we do it with me working and Jared in school. Life is a little chaotic at times but everything works out just fine because I have such a great husband that I can depend on.

Snow day

2011-01-23T14:46:00.001-08:00

It finally feels winter in Boston. The last couple of weeks we have gotten some pretty good snow storms which is pretty fun. Now if only we could get Jack to enjoy sledding. The other day he and Alisa played in our backyard for a good 45 minutes and had a good time. Alisa is Jared's cousins daughter that lives here in the Boston area. They have a ton of fun playing together. She calls him "Guack" which cracks me up.

Disneyland

2011-01-23T14:04:00.000-08:00

We went to Disneyland with the Poulsen family this year. We were supposed to leave the day after christmas but a storm came through Boston so we didn't get to leave until three days later (stupid wussy bostonians). Anyway, I'm over it now. So we spent the first day in California catching up and just hanging out then the next day we headed to Disneyland. It was super crowded but a ton of fun. One of the first things we did was head over to Splash Mountain (after pirates of the caribean and the haunted mansion) and being the mean mom that I am I made Jack go it twice because we couldn't see him in the first picture.

waiting in line the first day

The haunted mansion was all done up as the nightmare before christmas, very cool.

waiting in line for the Buzz ride, Jack has a scary grin

It's a small world was all done up for christmas too, Jack turned to Jared and said "this is great Dad". So sweet.

We waited in line for over an hour to see Mickey Mouse and then Jack got scared and wouldn't hug him.

It's a small world at night.

Jack loved the carosel

Safari

2011-01-23T13:33:00.000-08:00

Saturday we headed down to San Diego (about 30 minutes outside of San Diego) to the Safari zoo which was pretty cool. We took a tram around the park that had roaming rhinos, zebras, giraffes, etc. and it was pretty fun but I think the best part about the ride was the tour guide. She sounded really excited about her job in a very saturday night live kind of way. What do I mean by that? Well her voice was very monotone...I don't know how to explain it, you just had to be there.

Jack looking at the Cheetas

Jack throwing a fit!

And then acting sweet!

Big lazy lion.

My Lion

My Gorilla

Jared making a face like a Gorilla

Wade, Kali and Miles, we miss you guys. Maybe you should move back to Boston!

Scott and Kristy, thanks for that awesome trip!

Jack had fun in the petting area, he was a little nervous at first but he thought they were pretty cool.

Jared and Jack near the elephants.

Bowling for the first time!

2011-01-23T13:24:00.000-08:00

On our last day in California we headed to the bowling alley to kill sometime before heading to the airport. Jared's family was flying out several hours before us and we all had to check out at noon so this was a fun distraction for us on a rainy day. It was really fun watching Jack bowl for the first time, although I think I had more fun watching him than he had playing. The first couple of times I helped him roll/throw the ball down the alley then we used the metal guide that they provide for kids and of course we had the bumpers for him too. He really liked laying down on the ground after he rolled the ball so he could watch it hit the pins. What a big boy!

My Parents came for a visit

2011-01-23T13:07:00.000-08:00

My parents came for a visit last year and we had a great time. This was my dads first time visiting Boston so we did quite a bit of site seeing. The weather was pretty rainy and cold but we still had fun. We headed over to the USS Constitution, the U.S.A's oldest floating war ship, in fact it is still in commission which is pretty cool. We had a tour of the boat and went through the museum. My dad is a "sailor" he has a sailboat and wishes he had a huge 50 footer that he could sail from alaska to mexico, so he loved the tour. One of these pictures is of him getting saluted by another sailor, my dad was in the Navy way back when. We also headed up to New York and went to Joseph Smiths house and the sacred grove. I wish the weather would have been better and Jack was pretty sick of sitting so asking him to stand still while we took the tour was out of the question. He just wanted to touch everything and run around ( I don't blame him, it was a long drive) we then headed up to Niagra Falls and that was truly amazing. We rode on the Maiden Mist down by the bottom of the falls and all I could think about was how in the world did a handful of people survive that fall. Crazy! Again the weather was less than desirable but on the positive side there weren't very many people there because of the rain and cold so it was pretty nice. I'm going to try to find the other pictures from the falls. Notice Jared isn't in any of the pictures because he couldn't come with us due to school. boo! I guess we will have to make another trip next summer so he can come along.

Trick or Treat!

2010-11-05T06:18:00.000-07:00

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. Jack picked out his Thomas the Train costume and he was so cute. We went trick or treating to the mall first and he got the hang of it really fast. He would grab a huge handful of candy and then try to go back for seconds. We only got two pictures there because the security gaurds wouldn't let us take anymore. I guess the photographer on the top floor has photog rights in the mall. Lame.

Then we headed home and just went around one block. It was pretty cold and Jack was actually asking to go home which worked out great because this is the first year that we have a place where we get trick or treaters. I know some people don't like handing out candy on halloween but I love it. I love to see all the cute little kids! Jack really liked it too. In fact he stood by the window and yelled "kids, mom more kids". What a fun year!

Oh yah the one picture of me I had to put in so you could see my baby belly! 23 weeks today. Any ideas for boy names?

Happy Halloween

2010-11-05T06:05:00.000-07:00

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. We all carved pumkins together and I thought Jack would get into it a little more but he thought the insides of the pumpkin were gross and he would barely touch the pumkins. So we carved them and then we let him color his too.

fall pics

2010-11-05T05:24:00.000-07:00

We have been without a good camera for quite a while. The camera we had had funny lines that ran through all of our pictures so we pretty much quit taking pictures. But.... We finally bought one and I love it. I don't really know how to use it other than point and click yet, but I am really excited to learn. Here are some pictures we took this past month. Really these are all pretty much of Jack because we hardly took any of him this year. Bad parents!!! These first couple are at a really cool park here in Boston that has tons of beautiful trees and overlooks onto the city. You almost feel like you are out in the woods when you are there. It's great. By the way Jack won't ever look at the camera so most of the pictures we take are of him playing or looking at something else. Anyone have any ideas on how to get him interested in actuallly looking at the camera?

A view of the city from the park!

Another park near our house. I really love the area we live in because there are so many parks. There is pretty much one on every corner.

The park has tons of old toys in it that people just drop off. He is in a stage where he loves to hide and say "BOO"!

I love this picture of him in the car because I get this look from him all the time. The evil eye. Sometimes I wonder where this little stinker comes! The picture on the right is of our neighbor and landlord Bob. Jack loves him, and he and his wife Doreen are really cute with Jack.

I can't believe the summer is over. This year seems to have gone by really fast. We went to the beach a couple times, I really wish we had gone more but Jack developed and aversion to water this summer that resulted with him screaming until we left the beach or swimming pools. In fact it started the week we headed to Utah and spent the weekend at Bear Lake. Great Timing! But he is finally over it and we are super excited for the beaches next year.

BIG NEWS!

2010-10-08T11:29:00.001-07:00

It's a BOY!!! In case you haven't heard yet Jack is going to be a big brother in March which puts the baby at 19 weeks today. We have no clue on names but if you have any suggestions feel free to share!

New Pictures by Niki

2010-07-06T10:21:00.000-07:00

When Jack and I went home in May Niki was nice enough to take some pictures of Jack for me. I love how they turned out. She is a great photographer. You should check her out at www.pricelessmomentsphotography.blogspot.com

Rockport

2010-07-06T09:36:00.000-07:00

The poulsen's came to visit last month and it was so much fun. This is the whole gang, Kali is a little hidden because she had to set the timer and make a run for it.

Jack loved the waves.

cute crab

I love the water toooooo!!!

Grandma, Grandpa and Jack

Grandpa and Jack

Kali, Miles and Wade at the Rockport Quarry

Jack, Jared and me

Rockport

Rockport one of the oldest towns in mass, such a charming town
Jack loves his cousin Miles
Grandpa and jack

Rockport

Ooops( i love the look on his face)

Ward Campout

2010-07-06T09:05:00.000-07:00

Wade and Miles at the memorial of Joseph Smith's birthplace in vermont
Another view of the memorial

Annie and Steve, our buddies!

Funny face wade.

It's hard to tell in this photo but the guys are playing ultimate frisbee the night of the campout. I really didn't take the picture to capture there amazing skills but rather to capture the amazing view. Our ward campout was up in vermont near the birthplace of Joseph Smith. It was a beautiful campsite and I really wish we had stayed more than one night. The only bad thing about the camp was that as we were driving there we passed a bear crossing sign near the highway which was less than five miles from the campsite and it freaked me out. I'm a wuss. I was so scared that if i got up during the night I would be eaten by a bear. What are the chances right?!They had these little handcarts for us to wheel our stuff around in. I could barely pull it with all our stuff in it so Jared had to do most of the work.

Jack loved the smores

jared asked me to help him carry the mattress into our tent so instead I grabbed the camera and took his picture. He looked so funny with it on his head. Camping isn't really camping without a giant mattress to sleep on.

Jack loved the tent. He kept calling it a tunnel

Jared finished his first year of Architecture school

2010-05-23T17:45:00.000-07:00

Jared's final project was to create a boathouse along the charles river and this is his final result, well one of them. He did four models in all and a series of drawings. Good job Jared.

This is a full picture of one of the models he did. This was about 6 feet long and he stayed up for countless nights working on it. He hasn't recieved all of his grades for the semester yet, but he got an A in structures which was his hardest class. Congratulations Babe we are really proud of you.

I wear my sunglasses at night

2010-05-23T17:41:00.000-07:00

Jack and I went to see "how to train your dragon" in 3D. I haven't taken him to a movie since he was a baby and could sleep right through them so this was a new adventure for us. We started out in the middle of the theatre and quickly made our way to the back row. Why you ask? well jack decided it would be more fun to run up and down the back to rows then entire time rather than watch the movie. I really thought we would like the movie. I brought him treats and popcorn and he did like those but he just couldn't sit still. I think we need another year before we try that one again.

Happy birthday to me

2010-05-23T17:37:00.000-07:00

Thank you Jared and Jack for giving me a great birthday. Jared made me a chocolate cake with chocolate icing (my favorite, bring on the chocolate) and special ordered my favorite vanilla cream chocolates from Russel Stovers. Yummy! And then I got to go and pick out a whole bunch of clothes which is just how I like it. Thank you Boys, I love you both.

Castle Island

2010-05-23T17:29:00.000-07:00

Castle island is a fort that has been there since the 1634 but it has obviously been changed and updated several times over the years. The inside was closed when we went but it was still pretty cool.
jared and jack in front of a monument

jack wanted to put his toes in the icy cold water. It was kind of gross water so I was glad it wasn't warm, I don't think I would have let him swim in it. Yuck

The Fam

Jack and I

Easter

2010-05-23T17:20:00.000-07:00

Jackson loves his cousin Miles! here he is adjusting his binkie for him.
Cutie

A couple in the ward invited everyone over to there house on easter so we could have brunch a big easter egg hunt for the kids. Jack loved hunting for the eggs in fact we had to keep taking them out of his basket so other kids could find them too.

We made easter eggs for the big easter egg hunt. This was mine before I dyed it. Beautiful isn't it

Jack and Jared had fun but Jack kept trying to break the eggs.

A day at the zoo

2010-05-23T17:05:00.000-07:00

Jared and Jack in front of the Lion (notice the lovely pose the lion is in)
Look how big Jack is.

Jack liked this Baboon unfortunately my flash messed up the picture

This truck was half in the lions cage, Jack thought it was pretty cool

"get it away"

We went to the zoo about a month ago. We were really excited to take Jackson thinking he would love to see all the animals. But, he didn't really care about them and he just wanted to run around. Oh well at least he had fun running and playing on the playground. maybe next summer he will enjoy it a little more.

walden pond

2010-05-23T16:57:00.001-07:00

We went ot Walden Pond today and it was so beautiful. It was a little flooded so we couldn't take the path that runs right along the pond and I couldn't find the mesquito repellant and as you can see I wore the wrong kind of shoes but it was great and we are totally going back. It reminded me both of my grandma's farm and a little bit of Tony's Grove. Next week we are going camping with the ward campout and we are supper excited so I will hopefully post some more pictures next week.

2 years old!

2010-03-11T07:23:00.000-08:00

This is the smile Jack gives us when we say "cheese". Pretty cheezy!
Old man Jackson

Random picture from New Years Eve. Jared and Wade playing Band Hero

My cute baby in the tub!

Santa

2009-12-14T21:01:00.001-08:00

I think this picture speaks for itself!

Random fun

2009-12-14T20:53:00.000-08:00

Isn't he cool with his tube socks and I-pod!
Jack hates brushing his teeth. Here he is hiding from me in his fort

Wade taking random pictures of himself. He likes to steal our camera and take as many shots of himself as possible. By the way congratulations Wade and Kali their beautiful and enormous baby Miles! Yah!

This is Jack in his fort

And this is us making his fort. We were bored!

Museum of Science and a day at the park

2009-12-14T20:49:00.000-08:00

Jack learning about magnets
playing with the blocks

doing other fun stuff. The museum was fun because we did a play date with some of the other moms in the ward.

What a chick magnet

hanging out at the park

Halloween

2009-12-14T20:39:00.001-08:00

In Salem

This wasn't taken on Halloween but it was in Salem so I thought it was appropriate, and this is probably one of my favorite pictures of Jack. I think he looks so cute and funny!

Jack on the train on our way to Wade and Kali's so we could go trick r treating!
At the Ward Halloween party. How do you like Jared's chops?

Driving to Boston

2009-09-08T10:23:00.001-07:00

St. Louis
Illinois or Indiana?

Pennsylvania

New York

Boston

I would have taken more pictures but I ran out of memory on my camera. This trip took about 5 days total not including the stop in Kansas City. And, it actually went a lot smoother than it could have. Jack did great. So we are here now and we have unpacked and Jared just started his first day of school today. I keep singing that Adam Sandler song "back to school, back to school, I've got my shoes tied tight..." I think he is really excited about going back to school. So, we are getting settled here. The weather is perfect, the city is beautiful, we have some great family close by and the ward is great so all in all things are going pretty good. I just have to find a job now!

Fun at Sammie's

2009-09-08T10:17:00.000-07:00

Jack and Jared at "the swimmin hole" at Sammie's house
jared's amazing dive into the water from "the rock"

Bathing Beauties Betsey and Sammie

Jack and his favorite truck at Sammie's

Me and Jack on the rock

Driving to Boston

2009-09-08T10:10:00.000-07:00

Driving to Sammie's, we were really excited to be in a car again. This was driving day 3.
There was a little storm on the way to Sammie's and then while we were down at Sammie's there were some tornado warnings around midnight so we all had to go downstairs. We didn't dare go in the basement though because of the possibility of snakes, Sam's basement is scary. So, we plopped down on the couch on the main floor and prayed that we would at least hear a tornado coming so we could run for the basement. No worries though none ever came.

Day two driving through Nebraska

Day one driving through Wyoming

Just starting on our trip to Boston. Jack was high enough up that he could see all of the farm animals that we passed. He kept saying hi hi hi, moo, moo, moo. I was really cute for the first hour.

Hike at Alpine loop

2009-09-08T10:02:00.000-07:00

I don't remember what waterfall this is but it is above sundance on the way up to the alpine loop. We loved this hike. This waterfall was amazing.
Waterfall

Bridal veil falls in Provo Canyon

This water was so cold that my feet hurt when we got out and we were only in the water for about a minute. I don't know how all those kids were playing in the water. BRRRR

Cambridge Mass bridge

First trip to Boston

2009-09-08T09:54:00.000-07:00

Jared and me at a garden park downtown, I don't remember the name of it but it was really pretty. During out first visit to Boston it rained nearly everyday.
Doesn't Wade look like he is actually a picture on the bus!

Jared and Susan on the train

Wade and Kali on the train.

This is up by Cambridge. This is the river they do a lot of the boat races on with all of the guys rowing, like in the movie Skulls.

more summer fun

2009-09-08T09:50:00.000-07:00

Jack hunting for easter eggs at Nan's house

Carter, Jared and Jack hunting for easter eggs at Nan's house. These are some old pictures but I thought they were cute and I am trying to catch up on my blog so here they are.

Boston countdown

2009-08-15T10:44:00.003-07:00

Two days until we pack up all our stuff and head to Boston!!!!

Summer FUN

2009-08-15T10:27:00.000-07:00

Jack screaming at the Oaker Mountain Open house, he looks like this 50% of the time.
Jared, Josh, Tina and Jon burying Niki at Bearlake during the Poulsen family reunion

The burying process

Jack at Bear lake!!!

Oaker Moutain Temple open house with the Poulsen's

More Summer FUN!!!

2009-08-15T10:20:00.000-07:00

Hiking at Zion's National Park
Waterfall on the way up to Emerald Pools

Jared, Scott, Kristy, Tina and Jon in Snow Canyon

Jon showing off, Oops are ya stuck!?

Snow canyon, Jon, Jared, Tina and Kristy (Scott is Taking the picture) at Snow Canyon

More SUMMER FUN!!!

2009-08-15T10:03:00.000-07:00

Hiking at Snow Canyon June 2009
I'm the brown and blue dot and Jared is the white and khaki dot. I had to stop because I was too scared to climb any higher. It was super steep.

Jared, Me , Kristy, Scott and Jack in Snow Canyon

Jared and Jack hangin out at the pool in St. George

Jack and me in the kiddie pool

summer fun

2009-08-15T09:48:00.001-07:00

dinner at the poulsen's the night before Niki's big wedding
The day Niki went through the temple for the firs time.

Jack helping grandpa around the yard. Grandma and Grandpa were babysitting while we were in Boston looking for apartments.

My mom had a "John Wayne" birthday party for my dad so we all dressed up as cowboys. I especially like Jared's sexy mustache.

The first of spring, Jack having some fun!

We are moving to Boston!

2009-06-22T16:39:00.000-07:00

We are moving to Boston in August! Yah!

2008-11-14T20:49:00.000-08:00

Jack and Jared with their Jack-o-lanterns
Little monster

Jack looks tiny next to this huge pumpkin. all pumpkins provided for us by Kristy

Hitting the pinata at Nan'ss house.

Susan and Jared and Jack all dressed up at Nan's for the Halloween party. It was a lot of fun. we did the cake walk, hit the pinata and had a great dinner.

October 2008

2008-11-14T20:43:00.001-08:00

This was Jack's costume for Halloween. Isn't he adorable!
Messy Boy

Jack

Hangin at Hogle Zoo with some cousins

Stephen took some family pictures for us. Jack wasn't feeling good but Stephen was still able to get some good shots. thanks stephen

Play time

2008-10-07T19:50:00.000-07:00

We went to the park the other day and Jack loved the swing, he just giggled and giggled
Happy baby
Jared (Natelli's boy) and Jack hanging out at Natelli's house
Look how big we are
Logan, Jared, Jack and Taylor (Nat's kids)! Thanks to Natelli for watching Jack for me while I was doing training for my new job.

Beautiful Flowers

2008-10-07T19:46:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago Jared sent me these beautiful flowers for no reason, I was so excited because I don't get flowers very often. This picture was taken two weeks after getting them and they still look beautiful. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband! I love you Jared!!!

Jack's Room

2008-10-07T19:35:00.000-07:00

Mommy and Jack's hands
Jack's feet (3 months old)

His room is an airplane themed room, it is almost done but we still have some old looking airplanes to hang around the ceiling. Jared did the great paint job and thanks to Kassey for the adorable lettering on the wall!
We had these curtains made. I think they turned out pretty good!

Tagged

2008-10-05T09:04:00.000-07:00

Answer the questions with one word (or a little more) and then tag three people.
1. Where is your cellphone? Home
2. Your significant other? Amazing
3. Your hair? Blonde
4. Your mother? Wonderful
5. Your Father? Wonderful
6. Your favorite thing? Family
7. Your dream last night? Weird
8. Your favorite drink? Rootbeer
9. Your dream goal? Rich
10. The room you’re in? Living room
11. Your hobby? Reading
12. Your fear? U.S. Economy
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Rich
14. What you’re not? Artistic
15. Muffins? Cinnamon
16. One of your wishlist item? Harley
17. Where you grew up? Smithfield
18. Last thing you did? marathon
19. What are you wearing? P.J.s
20. Favorite gadget? Phone
21. Your pets? none
22. Your computer? laptop
23.Your mood? lazy
24. Missing someone? No
25. Your Car? old
26. Something you’re not wearing? Socks
27. Favorite store? Banana Republic
28. Like someone? Jack and Jared
29. Favorite color? yellow
30. When was the last time you laughed? this morning
31.When was the last time you cried? i don't remember

Tag: Tina, Kristy, Kassey, Holly, Kali

My First Marathon

2008-10-03T19:32:00.001-07:00

Meg and me the morning of the marathon, feeling good and ready! Woo hoo
Mile 17 still feeling pretty good. I ran the first 8 and then ran/walked the next 5 but by mile 14 my knees were killing me so I had to walk the rest. Jared and Jack met me along the way and encouraged me to keep going. The Poulsen's and my family were also there to keep me going.
Finally finishing the race. There was a guy the last block that said "it's not much further... come on just run you can do it... come on" I wanted to punch him in the face because I could barely bend my knees (pain, lots of pain)
And, here are my poor toes two weeks after the marathon. No they are not painted, that is bruising on my big toes
So I am happy that I did the marathon. My goal was to finish and I did it but I was mad about my time so I think if my knees allow me to... I am going to do one more next year. I know, Crazy!

My Sweet Baby

2008-10-03T19:25:00.000-07:00

The Alpine Loop

2008-10-03T19:17:00.000-07:00

Bridle Veil Falls

We went for a drive on the alpine loop several weeks ago and thought we would go for a hike instead Jack ended up throwing up all over himself and so that kind of ruined things so instead we stopped and cleaned him up, took some pictures and drove home. Oh well next time!

Hogle Zoo

2008-10-03T19:09:00.000-07:00

A fun day at the zoo!
Jared and Jack
Me, Jack and Jared
Look how big he is!
Riding the train

Results of Jared's work party

2008-10-03T19:01:00.000-07:00

Jared's work had a summer work party this past July and Jared thought it would be a good idea to slide into second base while only wearing his regular shorts and t-shirt. This is the result of his athletic abilities!
And this is how he felt about it!

More on family vacation

2008-08-16T23:18:00.001-07:00

Grizzly bear approaching its victims! We spotted a bear far away and were looking at it with our binoculars when we noticed this grizzly bear about 100-150 yards away playing in the bushes. It walked up toward the road and these stupid people didn't get in their cars. Cookoo
Scott and Wade looking at the bears
A cute picture of Jackson and Jared
Our new sister in law Kali wants to be a photographer so she took our new family picture. Good job Kali. There used to be a huge Pepsi truck on the right but Jared photo shopped it out. Good job Jared!

More on family vacation

2008-08-16T23:02:00.001-07:00

Niki, Jack and Susan at the Yellowstone Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center.
The Poulsen's
Jared was the only one to catch a fish when we went fishing and he caught a monster of a fish. It was the biggest fish he has ever caught measuring over 18 wopping inches
Grandma trying to entice our little angel with the Dr Pepper
Jared, Jack and Susan in Jackson Hole

The Annual Poulsen Vacation

2008-08-16T22:40:00.001-07:00

Standing in front of a stinky sulfuric gyser
Jack and Jared in front of (as John calls it) old dissapointment
We waited an hour and a half to see old faithful go off. As you can see Jack didn't find this very exciting!
Niki, John and Tina walking on the path around the stinky mud pots and gysers
Jack and Grandpa Scott! Jack didn't last very long in this backpack but it was fun while it lasted

Happy Birthday Jared

2008-08-16T22:31:00.001-07:00

Jared got a PSP and some games from me for his birthday. And of course the best card ever. It said I was going to give him some pirate booty for his birthday and then when he opened the card some pirates mooned him. Sweet!
This is him inspecting the game I gave him, and the little bottle in the bottom left corner is from Jack Jack

Poulsen Family Reunion

2008-08-16T22:09:00.000-07:00

Jackson and Grandma hangin out near the tents
Mom and Jackson taking a nap after a hard day of playing in bearlake and a loooong night of not sleeping. Last year we brought sleeping bags to sleep in and it was too hot so this year we only brought blankets and it was way to cold so Jack ended up sleeping between us instead of in his crib. Let me tell you that doesn't work very well on an queen/full sized air mattress, i wouldn't recommend it.
Jack and Susan in the water. He loved it!
Susan, Jack, Jared and Niki and in the background are Wade and our new sister in law Kali near the wave runners. We always look forward to going to this reunion each year. We camp out friday night and play all day saturday. The boys go golfing and then they make us breakfast on saturday. It's a lot of fun! Wehew for Bearlake!

Fourth of July

2008-08-16T21:56:00.000-07:00

Okay so I am way behind again on updating our blog again. But here is a picture of us on the fourth of July. We went down to Stephen's (my brother) house for a BBQ and Park, Robert and Meg's families were all there. Then Boo's family and ours went to a park near the BYU stadium to enjoy the spectacular display of explosive fireworks and smokey air. Jack and I enjoyed watching Boo, his kids and Jared's amazing athletic abilities with the football and all impressive wooful ball (is that spelled right?). Notice the patriotic attire.

Roark Family Reunion

2008-07-03T19:42:00.001-07:00

Roark Family Reunion

2008-07-03T18:35:00.001-07:00

Sammie and Jack
My immediate family! Wow we are a big family!
Easton and Jackson (6 months apart)

We had a great time at the Roark family reunion. All but three families made it so it was a great turnout. We went to Sammies for the reunion as usual. Everyone stayed at the campground except meg's family, my parents and us, because we stayed at Sammie's. Hot showers, bathrooms, haha it was great. We went swimming, canoing, and fishing. It was fun, fun, fun! I really missed being out in Missouri. I love the culture, the people, the fireflies, the rainstorms, our friends, Missouri is great! the only thing that sucks about Missouri are the chiggers.

Kansas City

2008-07-03T18:22:00.000-07:00

John, Julie, Susan and Jackson
Jared and John

We went to Kansas City this past week and it was a blast the only thing I wish we had done was take more pictures and maybe go to the Royals game. While we were there we stayed at John and Julie's and they were awesome they had more toys for Jack than he has at our house. They had this great little chair called the bumbo that I think we need to buy it is awesome. While we were there we just saw old friends and had yummy barbeque. We were planning on going to a Royals game but it was sold out which never happens. Crazy!

bath time

2008-07-03T18:18:00.001-07:00

Jackson loves bath time. He is so funny to watch because he just splashes and splashes and by the time it is all over with I have pretty much had a bath too from all the water he splashed on me.

Crookston Family Reunion

2008-07-03T18:08:00.001-07:00

The Crookston Clan

Tina and Jackson

Kristy, Grandma Crookston, Jared and Jack

Jared and Chris

Last month was the fun Crookston reunion. It was at Willow park this year so it was kind of fun to be able to go over to the zoo and see the animals and fish and birds while we were there. A lot of people made it so it was really fun to see everyone. The cotton trees we crazy, i think I swallowed enough cotton to make a shirt. But, overall it was a lot of fun. Yah!

Mt Timpanogas

2008-07-03T17:59:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we went to Scott's (Jared's dad) work party. We always like to go to his work parties because they have really great steaks, YUM! So of course we had to stop off for a family picture with Mt. Timpanogas in the background but we didn't have anyone to take one so we settled for these.

No school for me

2008-06-07T00:49:00.000-07:00

I just thought I would let you all know that I have decided against going back to school. I keep thinking it is the perfect time but it just doesn't feel right right now. Oh well, it's more fun being home with Jackson and Jared anyway.

Help me decide

2008-05-20T19:21:00.001-07:00

So I was just thinking about maybe going back to school for my family nurse practitioner license. It would take two years and a lot of money but would be worth it in the long run. I was thinking that if I did it now it would be easier on Jack rather than waiting a couple of years when he would really notice me gone. What do you think? Go back now... Or wait? decisions, decisions!

Happy Mother's Day!

2008-05-14T20:15:00.001-07:00

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers today. We went up to Logan on saturday for a dutch oven dinner with Jared's family. It was a delicious dinner but I was pooped. I worked all night long friday night and I only ended up getting an hour and a half of sleep before we headed up to Logan so I wasn't the most chipper person so I apologize to everyone that had to be around me. I was a tad bit grouchy. Jared and Jackson gave me a very nice gift. Jared wrapped a box with a wet diaper in it (it was only water, but that is how Jackson supposedly helped) and there was a letter inside that said I get to go to the melting pot tomorrow for my gift (I love the melting pot, YUMMMMM). At the time I was really grossed out by the wet diaper and I was a little mean about it so I am sorry Jared it was a great gift and I am super excited to go eat yummy fondue. After dinner we went over to the cemetary and planted some flowers at Eva's headstone. They are small now but will be beautiful in a month. They are called vincas! Beautiful, probably one of my favorite flowers!

Sunday was my day with my mom and family and it was great because my dad, Jared and brother in law all made dinner and cleaned up for all of the women. I think it should be like that every sunday. Ohhh wishful thinking.

Monday Jared had to go to St. George for work so Jack and I went along for the ride. Sometimes I complain that I don't get to spend enough time with Jared because he is traveling all the time and is a workaholic but I have to say I am really grateful I have a hard working husband. I feel really lucky to be able to stay home with Jackson and if it weren't for Jared I wouldn't be able to do that so this is me telling Jared thank you. I love you. Anyway... sorry for that little tangent I was just saying that it was really nice being able to spend time with Jared even if it was just time spent driving in a car. We got to St. George late monday night and then Tuesday he had meetings so I of course went shopping. Fun! and then I went and visited a cousin of mine that I haven't seen in over four years and then we just drove home again. There was a lot of driving this past couple of days but it was nice.

I would have had some more pictures to post but my camera batteries died.

Jared on the beach

2008-05-08T18:54:00.000-07:00

As susan has written in the past, I get to go to some pretty neat places for my work. A couple of weeks ago I went to a remote part of Costa Rica to design a new resort community. It was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. One of my favorite parts were the black sand beaches.

Random pictures

2008-05-08T18:31:00.000-07:00

Deep thoughts by Jackson Poulsen
Grandma and Jack
Tummy Time
First time eating rice cereal
Messy Eater!

Here are some random pictures taken over the last couple of weeks. the first one I thought was just adorable because he did that himself. I swear I did not pose him. The second picture was taken when Jared's mom came down to babysit. She has been really helpful since I have gone back to work. I have decided that I want to quit working but I think it would be better to still work a little so I can keep up my nursing skills because I plan on working full time again someday when my babies grow up. My mom has been really helpful too with the whole babysitting thing, in fact she left her house at 4:30 this morning so she could be to my house to babysit so I could renew my ACLS. Wow it is nice living near family. The next picuture is of tummy time and he usually hates that but since I have started laying him on my tummy for it he has been a lot better. And, of course the last two pictures are of him eating his first bowl of rice cereal and milk. Yummy! I am pretty sure he got most of it on him rather that in him. Oh well!!!

I got tagged

2008-04-15T20:31:00.000-07:00

Who Do You Love? Jared, Eva, Jackson and of course all of the rest of my family and friends
How Long Have You Been Married? 4 years, we were married December 20th
Who Said I Love You First? Jared, it took me a little bit longer to figure it out.
How Long Did You Date? I don't really know how to answer this because we were friends for six years before we got married and during that time we went on a few dates. So it is hard to say when we officially started dating. I would say we probably dated for about nine months before we got married.
Where Did He Propose? We were living in Kansas City and we knew we were getting married (we already had the date set). So Jared led me on this scavenger hunt all around Kansas City but we ended up in my apartment (it was empty because I had just moved into another apartment) were he had lit hundreds of candles and he got down on his knee and asked me. It was beautiful.
Who Is Taller? Jared (He claims he is 5'10" but he is really only 5' 9 1/2"
Who Is Smarter? Me...of course! just kidding I think I have an easier time with bookwork and school stuff while Jared is much more artistic than me.
Who Does The Laundry? Me
Who Pays The Bills? Me
Who Mows The Lawn? Jared and me
Who Cooks Dinner? ME
Who Drives? Jared drives us to church on sunday but most of the time I drive because I get car sick.

I tag Michelle, Meg, Liz, and Tina

Three Months old!!!

2008-04-15T19:57:00.000-07:00

We got Jack's 3 month pictures today. He wasn't very happy during them, but they still turned out pretty good. The last picture is of him in his blessing outfit, his blessing was on sunday and it was really nice all of our family except my mom and sister (they are in Missouri with my grandmother Sammie) were there and a bunch of our friends were there too so it was a lot of fun.
I went back to work last week for the first time in 3 months. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be because I am working nights so I don't think Jack really misses me much. But when I called home to check on Jack and Jared all I could here was Jack screaming so later when Jared called me back he told me Jack had screamed for several hours and that I couldn't work anymore. It was kind of sad but it is good for the both of them because it gives them daddy and son time together.

I hate tummy time

2008-04-05T11:22:00.001-07:00

Get Me Off My Tummy!!!

OOPS

2008-04-05T11:22:00.000-07:00

So yesterday Jared and I went shopping to Dillards because he needed some new pants. Well he did the funniest thing. He asked me to come and look at some pants he was trying on so I did and I told him I didn't like them so he's like "OK" and just starts taking them off and I was just talking to him (thinking nothing of it) when he realized that the door to the dressing room was still open and he was standing there in his underware for everyone to see. So he slammed the door shut and luckily no one was around to see him. But I am sure that the security cameras had a funny moment caught on tape. Oops, hee hee hee.

April Fools

2008-04-01T15:53:00.000-07:00

Today is April fools day so I called my mom and got her pretty good. I told her I was pregnant (which is crazy since Jack is only 2 1/2 months old) and she just laughed and laughed and kept saying "are you serious?". It was pretty funny. She was laughing so hard at me that she said she was "weak". Not the reaction I thought I would get but still very funny. I also called my sister Liz and she fell for it too. Suckers I can't believe they fell for it!!!

2008-04-01T15:38:00.000-07:00

Jared is finally home from all of his travels and we have really missed him. He came home yesterday and he was really off of his schedule (I guess they are 15 hours ahead of us). So while Jared was gone he missed St. Patricks day and Easter so I decided to make him easter dinner. So I made a ham, twice baked potatoes, rolls, salad, deviled eggs and a raspberry pie. Yummy!!!And he was so tired by the time he got home that he wasn't hungry, but he was nice enough to eat anyway but now I have tonz of left overs which is not a good thing when you are on a diet.

Well the past three weeks Jackson has started smiling and I have yet to get a good picture because everytime I try to take his picture all he can do is stare at the camera so I will have to keep working on it. He has also starte cooing and it is so adorable. I love how he is interacting with us now.

By the way the top picture was taken about a month ago. The cute kids are my brothers (Ben and Ella). Jared invited them to come over for a snowball fight and he decided to build them a fort so that is what they are standing on.

Jared in Korea

2008-03-22T10:09:00.001-07:00

Jared has been in Korea the last couple of days, these are a couple of pictures that he sent me.

2008-03-21T16:13:00.002-07:00

Jackson loves his binkie but he may have found something else he loves, his thumb!!! I know I shouldn't want him to suck his thumb but it is a lot easier than popping his binkie back in his mouth every five seconds because he can't hold it in very long by himself.

Jared in Mongolia

2008-03-18T17:50:00.001-07:00

Jared has been in Mongolia for the past week and a half and we have missed him so much, this is the longest he has ever been away from us. He is there for work. They are designing a new city near the border of China. He spent the first couple of days in the capital of Mongolia, I have no idea what the name of it is, and then he took a 14 hour train ride to the property he will be helping develop and he said that there are herds of camels roaming about and that the hotel he stayed in made a motel 6 look like a 5 star hotel. He said that he had running water the other day and he got to take a shower by sprinkling water over himself while sitting in a small tub. Next he is off to Korea to look at three other potential sites and then he will finally come home. Jared is having some awesome experiences with his job but we sure miss him while he is away.

swimming

2008-03-18T17:42:00.000-07:00

Jared has been in Mongolia for the past week and a half so Jared's parents were kind enough to save me from my boredom and invite me to St. George with them. The weather was soooo nice it was 75 this day so we took Jackson for his first swim in a pool and of course he loved it. Here he is just chillin. It was so depressing driving back to Salt Lake because it just kept getting colder and uglier the further we drove.

2008-03-18T17:40:00.000-07:00

Jackson finally started smiling back at us this week. He just turned 2 months old and he usually insists on having his binky in his mouth at all times (so this was a rare moment caught on camera even if it is only a half smile).

Aoommmm

2008-03-18T17:33:00.000-07:00

Baby Jack

2008-02-22T19:12:00.001-08:00

Our little peanut!!! getting a sponge bath, on the bili lights, mad, with grandma poulsen, and next to Natelli's baby Jared (Jackson is one week older)

Baby Jackson

2008-02-16T20:21:00.001-08:00

This is Jackson he is our second baby and we are so excited to have him. He was born January 15th and he was 6lbs 14 oz. and was 21 inches long. We have been having a lot of fun with him, even though all he does is eat, sleep and poop.