And then he was 7.

Happy Birthday my little man,

you are so loved!!

* Carson turned 7 in May and life was so busy, I forgot to blog. However, I do want to throw this up and tell my little guy that he is a dream come true.

I have loved these 7 years and we are so lucky to have you, Carse!!

London wanted a picture of her new Jeep up. There are a couple of funny stories about the jeep:

1. The day after her birthday Brett asked me "So, then what did we get for London?" I told him the Jeep. He said "oh, London told me that Allie gave her that" I said oh no she's being silly. So I asked London, "who gave you that cute jeep?" She answered "Allie" Awesome!!
Allie is such a generous friend!!

2. We hid this jeep behind The Basinger's fence as a big surprise for the end of her party. Julia saw it and when Jane said "that's a surprise for London..." Julia said "but mom, I thought we were giving London Snow White and those dorks" I love this quote for so many reasons. Julia you are so dang cute!!

I really am so glad I have the chance to be around London's friends so often. She couldn't be more spoiled with such darling, funny, nice and fun little friends.

My Flower Girl

Disclaimer: When I asked London what kind of birthday she wanted without hesitation she said "a flower party". I really didn't know where to start. Whilst researching I discovered a few really cute ideas on blogs and such. A couple found nestled right in our cozy Maple Community. Namely the ever so creative and mysterious Ruthanne Hotton and the winner of our 2008 Maple MVP, Jane Basinger. A shout out to you and your talent and helping me trick London into thinking this was the best flower party ever!! Gracias! Gracias!

Happy 5th Birthday Sweetheart!!

Five of my Favorite things about London:

she is really funny, she is a loyal and good friend, she lights up when Carson or Jonah walk in the room, she believes that she knows square roots, and her socks always itch so she cannot wear them.

Happy Birthday Babe!
Brett's cute nieces Maddie and Abby made him this cute cake.
(nobody cares Wendy!)
We had so much fun with you guys!!

Look at this amazing prodigy of a child. Taking steps at 15 months!! Incredible.

My cute little chub.

Merry Christmas!!All he wants for Christmas is his...He sang this at his school program and was so proud that he really did lose both his front teeth just in time for Christmas. Santa did not bring him front teeth. I don't think he really does that.Christmas morning! Soooo fun. The kids were so excited and said it was the best Christmas. I liked the waking up before 6 a.m. part. Fun!

Well Good Morning Mr. Christmas!this is our front door greeting...and one Brett took whilst shoveling our driveway. We are snowed in!

Perfect for a cozy family Christmas day!

One! Happy Birthday Handsome!
You bring our family so much happiness!

11 months old

El Guapocito!

To Crawl: Move slowly forward in a prone positon.
Jones definition: Only move forward
when a strongly desired object is out of reach.

Costumes 2008

Cuties! We had so much fun trick-or-treating.
My little knights...and could London be a cuter little Witch?

I love this pic. It was taken at Gardner village.

Jones cracks me up!

October Blessings

The Great Pumkin PatchWasn't October the best month? This yearI loved October.

It was the best weather.


Carson was off track! yay


Dennis was created.

Jonezie says light, fan, what's that.

Does not crawl. Won't.

Jonezie learns how to eat an ice cream without getting

a brain freeze. We were able to trick or treat in St. George.
(with Brett)

Carson wanted to go trick or treating around the

whole "blog"

Heroes, The Office, and Chuck are still good.
I could go on and on.

The Mayletts loved October.

My BIG tough guy

My little tough guy

Or is it the other way around?? I love my boys

Just Dance....

I feel like little girls are meant to dance! I loved watching London at her first dance experience. She overdoes the graceful arms and her skip is hilarious...but the cutest thing ever. She gets to go with Julia and Katie two of her favorite little friends. It's good to be four. She also started pre-school atJoey Brough's. So cute... London loves it!

NINE MONTHS!

Time does go faster when you are having fun. Jonah is so much fun. He is such a bright little guy...he says uh oh(not on demand) He waves bye bye, he plays bonk, he clucks at you. Sometimes when I kiss his extremely kissable cheeks over and over he thinks he has to return the favor then he clucks his tongue trying to mimic the kiss sound. He also tries to be so manly and always use his deep voice when gooing and gaaing. How cute he is. He just melts my heart.

Happy nine months my beautiful baby!

I give it a 10.0

Even though it takes a small miracle to get The Dickie Clan all in the same place at the same time, it's a pretty fun time. We went to the rec. center and the main attraction turned out to be diving...especially daring each other to go off the highest dive. There were a handful of Dickies on the highest dive for 40 minutes. Debating. 10 minutes Jason...20 minutes we hear Tash yelling "I'm going to Maui" then 20 more minutes of pacing, all of us at the bottom yelling "just do it!" Finally Brent took the plunge...and then Jessica and Zak. Brave! I was pretty impressed. Brett and Eddie and all of the kids went off some pretty decent high dives. Carson even went on the "big" diving board twice. That kid is so cute. He said that under water he was thinking "oops, I don't know if I'll make it up to the top" poor guy. Overall I give our fun day at the rec. center a 10.

Girls Day!

We often get to celebrate our little girls. Days are full of princess activities, tea parties, dress up, house (or as Laney Jessup calls it...home), polly pockets, babies, pet shop, story time, a show, Hullabaloo and start over again. If we get all of these things in at least twice a day my little London has a happy day. Otherwise, at the end of the day I get the

"Mom, we just didn't do anything fun today!"