New do!

We cut Jayleigh's hair today and I think it turned out so cute! Her hair was getting long and she refused to let me pull it up anymore and would pull it out anytime I did her hair. Needless to say by the end of the day it was full of food and so hard to comb through and she would most nights cry when I was combing it. This is going to be so nice for her though that way. Now she will have to let me actually do it every day and I hope that won't be a challenge!

She did it!!

I'm so proud of Jayleigh! After the Duncan Christmas party I didn't think there was anyway that she would sit on Santa's lap again (at least this year). So when Courtney let us know that Santa was coming to daycare I was excited to see how Jayleigh would react again. Well he called her name and I took her over there and put her on his lap and she didn't even cry. Of course she was playing with her hair as she always does when she is nervous or embarrassed. He asked her what she wanted and she said loud and proud "a kitchen". I was so proud for her and excited that she got up the courage to sit on his lap. She has told me over and over again since that "Santa is really nice and brings me toys." I'm so happy that I got a good picture with her and Santa this year and I hope that this is just the start of many more! So Santa, I think she has earned her kitchen set this year for Christmas. ;)

GREAT NEWS!!!

We got some wonderful news for our little family yesterday. Landon got a job working for Richfield City on the road crew!!! This means no more working out of town, no more packing, no more seeing each other for only a few days out of a week! It also means more steady hours, so we won't have to worry so much about winters, plus he gets benefits! We are more than thrilled that he is going to be working there. He is going to be making a little bit less, but you know what?......................The more family time that we are going to be able spend together is going to more than compensate for that little bit of loss. We are gaining so much more, and we couldn't be happier!!! I'm so happy too that we are still living with his parents right now, because it will give us time to figure out a new budget and get used to the new pay schedule and stuff so we will be better off when we have our own home! Landon will have his first day on Monday (12-12) and I will for sure keep you updated on how it goes.

Thanksgiving Break 2011

Thanksgiving this year was so much fun! We stayed in Elsinore Thursday and had Thanksgiving dinner with Landon's family. It was so much to have everyone together and enjoy each others company. About 6:30 that night Landon, Jayleigh and I headed up to Manti. We got there and put Jay to bed then my Mom, Amanda, Landon, and I went up to Provo to hit all the big Black Friday Sales. We headed to Target first (when it opened at midnight) and man that was INSANE!! It was so much fun to watch everybody and of course get some good deals our selves. From there we headed to ShopKo, JCPenney, and Sams Club where my Mom got a new laptop. By the time we got home I was exhausted as Landon and I had been up since 6 am Thursday morning to go hunting with no sleep. we got home about 7:30 and I took about an hour nap. Then it was time to see Cashelle and AJ and the kiddos. It was so much fun seeing them especially since we hadn't seen each other since June!!! We visited for a while then went to go and see Grandma Kjar, then we were off to the light parade. After the parade I came up with some games for us to play. We played our own version of "Minute to win it". It was so much fun and I'm so happy that everybody participated. It is something that I definitely think we need to do again. On Saturday it was the Duncan family Christmas party. As usual it was so much to see everybody, have some good food and fun! Well when Santa came I was sincerely hoping that Jayleigh would be excited to see him. He came in and she buried her head in my chest. Then he came up behind her and rubbed her back and she screamed bloody murder. I went in the corner with her and had to pry her legs off my waist. Poor little girl was not having anything to do with him! Cody also wasn't a big fan when he came in. In fact he was sitting on my mom's lap and asked if she would go and get his present for him. He is so dang cute. After he realized though that Santa was nice after he got his present he went up and gave him a high five. This weekend was so much fun and got me so excited for our party in a couple weeks!! I can't wait until we get to go St. George for our annual Kjar Christmas Party!! It is going to be so much fun :)

Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween this year! We had a party a couple of days before with Landon's family. We carved pumpkins and had a blast. Shelly made some cupcakes and Jayleigh enjoyed the sprinkles a little too much. She was Jessie this year from Toy Story and loved her costume. We sprayed her hair red and she thought that was pretty cool. Getting it out wasn't as bad as I thought it would be but she left a pink ring in the tub!

Conference Weekend

We had a wonderful Conference Weekend. Landon stayed and went to Antimony with his dad and Jayleigh and I went up to Manti. My dad and Chris went up the mountain for the muzzle loader hunt so it was just us, my mom, Amanda and Carter. We had so much fun. Friday night we went to dinner and had went and got treats at Wal Mart. On Saturday we went for a ride up Nebo loop and saw all the pretty leaves and listened to conference. The leaves were just starting to change colors and it was so peaceful and nice up there. Aunt Kelly, Grannie, and Josh followed us up. We then went on to Springville and cleaned up Great Grandpa and Grandma Martius' (Grandma Duncan's parents) headstone. It was so nice to be up there and I hadn't been there for so long. While we were up there I had to get pictures of Grandma there and us cleaning it up. It looks so much better! I hope that I can get up there more often. Thanks Mom, again for everything this weekend. I'm so glad that we got to spend time with you and Amanda. Love ya!!

Horsin' Around

Dusten was nice enough to take Jayleigh over to his Dad's last week and let her ride his horse. She wasn't too sure about it at first but once she got on and grabbed on to its mane she had a blast. She thought she was pretty hot stuff and after she got off, she kept asking to get back on. He also let her feed the horse and the donkey. Thanks Dusten and she can't wait to do it again!

Corn Maze

We went to a corn maze on Saturday. It was so much fun! Landons's aunt Denise, her brother did it. It was cut out like an army tank. We had a lot of fun of that day, Jayleigh had fun playing with Emma, going on the bounce house, riding the train, and walking through the corn. While we were there, we pigged out on snow cones, funnel cakes, potatoes, and fried pickles. YUMMY!! Jayleigh also found a piece of board that was covered in dirt and thought it was so much fun to slide down. She was filthy by the time we got ready to leave.