First Father & Son's camp

We just had our first Father & Son's camp out last night. The little guy did great. I think he was the youngest one there.


I'm excited for many more. I was bummed I have not done anything like this with the girls yet. At least we are going camping with the family next week so they can enjoy camping again too.

Happy Birthday Cari!!!

Happy Birthday to a wonderful women, friend and mother.


You are not just a lady that buys our clothes and mends our clothes.
You are not just a full time cook who makes sure your family is fed.
You are more then a police officer and judge for fights each and every day.
You are not just an amateur nurse who tends to all our wounds and needs.
You are not just a taxi driver for everywhere we need to be.

You are much more then that...

You teach us how to love and guide us to be better.
You show us how to delight in chubby little baby legs.
You show us how a simple treat can brighten someone's day.
Your hugs fill our souls with the warmth only an Angel could provide.
Your smile is like a thousand rays of sunshine on a dark and dreary day.
You teach us to have fun in a puddle of rain.
You show us that growing up means more fun in more places.
You show us that a listening ear is better then any advice.
Your heart is bigger then life itself and makes our home the best.
Your soul is truly special and an inspiration to all you met.



You truly are an inspiration to us. Happy Birthday from me and the kids to you.
I take great delight in knowing that our girls will grow up to be like their mom and that they will be okay.

I usually post lot of pictures on a day like this. All the best ones of Cari from when she was a kid were posted last year if you want some fun pics. :-)

Lainey's first day of school

Lainey started her first day of Kindergarten today!!! Excited does not even cover it (for both her and her mother).

Cari tried to talk her into riding with Dad to the school for her first day, but she would have none of that! On the bus to AND from school was her wish!

The first thing she said after getting off the bus "Dad, the bus has NO SEAT BELTS." Lets just hope that does not cause any problems for riding in the car.

She was so excited to go in. Have fun sweetie!!
Oh ya, and Lance managed not to cry either. Not bad for the fact he was the one freaking out the most about this new stage in life...

Our World in a Minute

Lance informed me of the need to update the blog, and gave me a list of events that I could blog about. BLAH BLAH BLAH. We have been having fun and being busy here are some picture updates.

Mom Went to GIRLS CAMP!!!


Lance went to CUB CAMP

The girls go hair cuts once again we chopped about 4 inches off Lainey's hair, and we went to the temple open house.

We went to This is the Place Heritage Park the weekend of the 24th

Lance won a pie eating contest

Lance won a watermelon eating contest.
We have a busy next couple of weeks so stay tuned for other exciting new in the Jessup world
AND THIS IS YOUR WORLD IN A MINUTE!!

When Mom is away the family will play!!!

Everyone keeps asking if we are doing okay, since Cari has been gone for 4 days now. Well we are doing great!!!

We played out in the pool earlier in the week. Gordon even got in and was having fun with the girls.

While the kids were napping the other day I even got to go and help put out a field fire behind some of the homes in our neighborhood. Don't play with fireworks. :-)

The highlight has to be dressing up like cows and going to Chick-fil-A for FREE FOOD. Thanks again Jane for posting about it on your blog.

I did dress up as well. Cari has our good camera and our old one died before Lainey could take a picture of me. At least the guy at Chick-fil-A took a picture of me, maybe it will be up on their community board. :-) All the ladies in the neighborhood that were there can be my witnesses. :-)

Lilly's picnic

Lilly decided to do a family picnic the other day. She is just like her mommy, a true hostess.

The best part was that Gordon came over and sat right down and played right along. He waited his turn for a plate and didn't cause a single problem. It was priceless.

Gordon loved to eat the food that Lilly prepared for us. He even tried to use his forks.

Late Birthday Presents

The girls finally spent their birthday money that they got from Grandpa Zulliger . So thank you Grandpa!!

Lainey's bike was much to small for her and with the help of some free gift cards from Target (with every new prescription) she was able to buy it herself.

Lilly of course now gets Lainey's old bike. She bought a basket for her bike (she didn't spend all her money yet) to make it her own.

With all the bike riding Gordon had to get in on the fun. You can't keep this one still for long. :-)