The Jeffs

Mallorys GRADUATION!!

2010-06-06T20:39:00.000-07:00

My cute Mallory graduated tuesday, we are so proud of you. You are so smart and so fun, I am excited to see the goals you have for yourself and to watch you grow into a beautiful woman, I am so blessed to be your mom and to have been part of your first 18 years. I look forward to watching you as you move into adulthood and off to college. I love you so much. I love what you said on the way to grad ceremonys.. I asked if you were excited.. nervous.. sad.., you said "I just don't want to grow up any more" AWWW.. :0)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DALLIN!

2010-05-24T12:27:00.000-07:00

Sorry this is late, I want to tell my oldest child Happy Birthday he just turned 20, on May 10th. Dallin you are such a great person, you are so loving, and kind, you love your family and take good care of your brothers and sisters they love you tons. You are a wonderful son, I am so proud to be your mom. you are growing into a great man. I love you.

Dear Easter Bunny

2010-04-01T09:13:00.000-07:00

Isaac. mom i dont even want toys for Easter.

mom. Really? why

Isaac. I just want someone to finish just one level of Super Mario Galexy for me.

Isaac. well I dont care that much, but I do want a toy a little bit

Dear easter bunny. Please finish 1 level on Super Maryo Galey P.S. please sign right here yes or no or your name ________________________ P.S. have a great easter and 1 thing if you want theres a carret on the desk

Meet Mugsy!

2010-03-28T11:09:00.000-07:00

I was going to do this a little while ago but didnt and now I should wait and space them out a little but then i will forget and not get to it at all so...We have a new addition to our

family, we got him 3 weeks ago.

This is Mugsy he is 9 months old, half pekinese/ half japanese chin. He likes to chase the cats, Juno wouldnt come up stairs for the first week or so. but now he will come sit on the couch and watch, If Mugsy gets too close he will hiss. But that doesnt stop mugs from trying. He follows Jazz around, Jazz swipes at Mugsy and Mugs nips at Jazz so I guess both are ok with it. Mugsy gets REALLY excited to meet new people, j umps around like he doesnt get enough attention, but after that hes pretty mellow, he likes to play fetch but only when he wants too, not when you want him too, he thinks he's a cat, he walks around on the back of the couches and sits in the window. He also loves to bark at the birds outside, but doesnt bark much other than at the birds. He is doing great, He is a really cute puppy we like him lots. Thanks Tew family!

Happy Birthday Sophia!

2010-03-23T20:13:00.000-07:00

My cute little baby just turned one! she had lots of fun, She loved opening her presents, and eating her cake.

Sophia weights a mere 16 pounds 5 ounces, and is 27 inches long, she has redish hair and blue eyes.

she is a good crawler and is doing very well at getting the hang of finger foods. she loves oatmeal, fruit and eggs, except for touching them, she wont, but she says mmm.. with every bite of scrambled egg. Its so cute

She says mama, dada, kitty and dog, and mmm... she has the cutest laugh,

she is full on mamas girl, no ifs, and, or buts about it. If I'm not holding her, (even if I'm cooking dinner, trying to fold clothes, or what ever else needs to be done) she is taking a nap. I am really good and using only one hand to do all my chores. I have to admit it does get a little frustrating but thats ok, because in no time at all she will be all grown up, She is a joy and a huge blessing in my life. I love you Sophia I am so honored to be your Mom.

What is structure

2010-01-14T10:36:00.000-08:00

My baby is almost 10 months already :( , Logan is potty trained at 28 months, Isabelle will start kindergarten in 7 short months, and Mallory just turned 18, wow how time flies, and I'm convinced that the older you get the faster it goes. My house is usually messy, sometimes we stay in jammie's all day, the microwave is broke, the toilet is clogged, there is never a dull moment and I have unfinished projects in every room, and by the end of the day, I am happy to get the kids all in bed, and then as I lay in bed I can't wait to get up and see those cute little faces again. We are feeling the strain on the economy as everyone is, I often think i should get a job so I can help out that way, but I know I am exactly where I should be, at home taking care of my kids. I thank my Heavenly Father, I am so blessed just to have a roof over our heads and my family all together. And to watch them grow every day.

2009 IN THE MAKING

2009-12-28T15:26:00.000-08:00

We had an awesome Christmas. someone did the '12 days of christmas' for us so we got a different piece to a nativity each night. it was really fun, the kids would race to the door to try to catch the mystery people. I had all eight kids toghether for the first time ever it was amazing. Brighton is a wonderful addition to our family he just fits right in, like he has always been here. then of course there is Sophia she is now nine months old. just learning to crawl, and a huge mama's girl (which is exactly how I like it since she is my last) Mallory will be 18 next month. she is looking for scholarships and colleges. dallin is doing good, he just got his own apartment. Madaline is getting tall and cant wait to move into the teens. Isaac is a great first grader, he loves school. isabelle is a big helper she like to play mommy, and barbies. Logan is definately in his terrible twos but getting better, he gets into everything, if you have seen the movie 'Marley and me' he is Marley, I am so blessed, and greatful for these wonderful people in my life.

My Lastest Project

2009-10-15T16:38:00.000-07:00

hello. so I haven't blogged for a while obviously, just trying to keep up with the kids, so here is my story, I like to look at this one moms blog that does hair style tutorials for little girls, to get cute hair dos for my little princess. she quit blogging a few months ago for personal reasons, but just happened to blog today with this cute little skirt tutorial. so I thought, I can do that, so here it is my first of many skirts I will make for my girls it was so easy and fun I love sewing, and maybe with practice will get better. I will have to make them for all the little girls I know now.

p.s. I made a matching one for Sophia too. So cute!

Isaac's Recipie

2009-07-02T07:31:00.000-07:00

Isaac is into making up his own recipies, this is his latest, tortilla, with butter, cinnamon, sugar, cheese, ham, marsmellows, melt in microwave for 15-20 seconds. and as Isaac says we all have to try it cus, 'you dont even know if its gross unless you try'

A Few Minutes Of Creativity

2009-06-19T18:24:00.000-07:00

both being put to good use.

I made the hair pretty just minutes before I took her to get her pictures done for her birth announcement

and this is my third and final attempt before getting one done at my binki holder. the first one didnt work and the second Isabelle cut up grrrr.

2009-05-30T09:53:00.001-07:00

What A Blessing!

2009-05-29T09:34:00.000-07:00

We had our darling angel blessed this month, I even bore my testimony, (with fewer tears than expected) My cute husband came it was really nice to have him there. My Aunt Luana made her cute dress, her cute flower I have to give thanks to my friend Rebecka and her talent. Joe and Ashley came and Joe gave her the blessing for me it was beautiful, thanks tons Joe for your preisthood, and for being close enough to be more visible in our life. nobody stood up to be in the circle, so I had to start calling people by name. it was great. LOL

Yippee! She is here.

2009-03-24T19:48:00.000-07:00

Daily, I would wonder, is today the day? Tuesday night I was having stronger contractions than I have had, nothing regular. I couldn't sleep, anxious I guess, I knew this was the night. I got up went in the front room to watch tv for a while, I even told my daughter, who was doing homework on the computer when I got up, I was probably going to go into labor tonight. I just knew. around 1:00 am I was having more contractions still nothing regular, but I wanted to help them along so I got up and walked around the front room, nothing was happening so I went back to bed, this happened a few times, finally I think it was 1:45 my water broke not alot just a little so I got up to make sure I didn't just pee my pants, although I knew I hadn't cuz I just went a few min. earlier. so I nudged my husband, told him 'she wants to be born today'. While he got up, I got my things ready, the contractions were getting stronger and a longer but still not real steady. but hey my water broke right, they cant turn me away now. I sat on the bed waiting for Jake to be ready he asked if he had time to take a shower, I said sure a quick one, the contractions weren't great anyway. By the time we got to the hospital, the c's were more steady but still about 10 minutes apart, they got to 6 minutes when they called for the epidural, the nurse informed me she would call the doc. on call, that unless I waited til after 7:00 my doc. wouldn't deliver me,I wasn't happy. He heard I was there and came in just after 6:30 but told me he had to do a C-section and would hopefully be back before i delivered, C-sections start at 730 and take about an hour. the nurse checked me around 8:15 and I was ready, she went to see if my doc was done, he had just finished, one push later, Sophia was born at 8:30 weighing 7lbs. 10oz. she is beautiful.

2009-03-02T12:05:00.000-08:00

Happy Tag
Link to the person who has tagged you.Write down six things that make you happy.Post the rules, tag six others and let them know you did it.Tell the person when your entry is complete.

6 Things that make me Happy:
1. My family
2. All my kids climbing in bed with me in the morning
3. Nap time
4. Hearing my kids laugh
5. Sewing
6. Chocolate

6 people I tag:Becka, Carrie, Prairie, Stephanie, Cynthia, Shawn

2009-01-29T08:44:00.000-08:00

A little tribute to my ADORABLE kids,and LOVING husband whom i am EXTREMELY grateful for. I have been tired and overwhelmed, with these last few months of pregnancy. and my 38th birthday! holy cow, (I know its not 40 yet, but really close) but my CUTE kids make me SMILE.

ROOT CANAL!

2008-12-03T09:19:00.000-08:00

So I finally decided to get my root canals done,(yes, plural meaning 2) I had been putting it off for at least 6 months that I knew about them. It wasn't so bad, at first(6 mo. ago) I was going to go completely under so I didn't have to feel anything, but now that I am pregnant, they could only numb me. but it was ok, He did one at a time and then let me have a break, before doing the next one. they were really nice. so by the time i was done ...2 hours later. I was numb for another hour and a half, and when the numb finally wore off, oh my goodness I wanted to cry, but had to keep my composure so I didn't scare the kids. Mallory had to work and my husband went back to work, but as soon as I was feeling anything I was on the phone begging my husband to come home, and feel my pain killer prescription. which he did and I made him take care of the kids all night while I layed in bed. It would have been a nice little break if I wasn't in so much pain. anyway after trading off every two hours between Tylenol and lortab for the night, I am feeling much better this morning. =) oh and to top it off he thinks there is another one(root canal) that will need to be done

if its not one end its the other!

2008-11-19T11:05:00.000-08:00

Hello, its been a while but we are well, after about 10 days of Logan having the flu. throwing up 4-5 times a night, but then (wierd) seemed fine during the day, (well not fine, whiney and wanting to be held but not vomiting,) so anyway with him basically on sprit and saltines for those days he is finally eating solid food again, and now his tummy has to get used to solids i guess, so now we have head to toe poop every morning. yippy!! oh I made the yummiest roast sunday it turned out SO good and juicey, I love a good roast, it is one of my favorites. I found this really cool site for dinners its called "simplifysupper.com" it has easy, 5-6 item recipies and a grocery list for the week or you can make your own calendar, and pick the recipies you want for the week, or month, and its free. it looks really cool, I havent made anything on it yet, but i love new recipies and someone else planning what to cook every night =)that will save me lots of time, and energy. oh BTW. It's a girl, (or will be) and her name will be Sophia May. this pregancy has been too easy. Hopefully it will continue. Anyone interested, I love the Doterra oils, it is so fun to get my order in the mail every month and to find new things to use them for, the kids remind me to put oils on them too.

canning tomatoes

2008-10-02T08:43:00.000-07:00

Yeah for me, I was up til midnight last night canning tomatoes, I figured I would wait til things settled down, I forgot they take a while to cook. It was fun I actually like canning, they look cute and the feeling of accomplishment of course. I would like to do some peaches too but don't have a tree so I will have to find them on sale to buy enough to can =)

I'm not very good at this

2008-09-15T10:13:00.000-07:00

I'm not very good at blogging, I never know what to say so bare with me maybe I'll get better. there is one thing I wanted to share. I was going to do a blog about the funny things my little Isabelle has been saying lately but I have to write it down or I forget and havent been writing things down, but there is one... she just finished going potty and ran to me so excited, " mommy there is a mommy one and a baby one and a daddy one, i said great, as she is running back to the bathroom where Isaac is now going potty, and she yells at him "Isaac don't go potty on my mommy" she is really funny I will have to think of more, and /or remember to write things down.

Home Sweet Home!

2008-08-03T20:38:00.000-07:00

I have had this in my drafts for a week now... thinking i would get pictureson but havent yet so here is the blog and maybe i will get pictures later:)
We are finally home from our vegas/sierra vista trip, it was so much fun. first we drove to las vegas on friday, went to a really cute water park and then saturday, went to sierra vista, Az. so that we could be there sunday when all my nieces came to town. it was so fun we swam everyday, the kids loved it, we played "Human Volleyball" everyone gets in a circle, (mostly grown ups and alot of men) with feet together, and someone stands in the middle of the feet trying to stay stiff and falls. the sitting people try to keep her from falling on them by pushing her over to someone else, and keeping feet tight around "the ball" it is so fun. you should try it at your next party. my sister ended up delivering 2 babies while i was there, actually 2 in one day! We had lots of fun!

Our New Siberian Husky

2008-07-16T09:49:00.000-07:00

I didn't tell you we got a dog he is 9 months old, his name is Koda, He has one blue eye and one brown eye, it kinda cool. We had to drive out to Roosovelt to get him, and he threw up 3 times on the way home because he isn't used to car rides. But he is really cute and knows basic commands although he chooses to ignore them sometimes. he broke his first chain one night and ended up by the University of Utah (I'm on Fort Union and 1300 east.) but we got him back, he chewed up my brand new screen door, socks shoes, etc. but the kids love him, Isabelle wakes up every morning and as to go see if "koda is awake" we live in a culdesac, so at night I let him off the chain to run around, he likes to go to the nieghbors and run through the canal, and across the street to play with another dog, he has a really cute personality.

Mallory

2008-06-30T08:47:00.000-07:00

Mallory left for girls camp this morning, actually she spent the night at her friend Tara's so they could stay up making pizza, and stuff and leave early this morning. She is a great girl and growing up to be a beautiful woman, even though she is a typical 'girl' teenager, and thinks the world revolves around her, she does so much for me, helping with the little kids and cleaning the house. She gets awesome grades usually bringing home about a 3.7 (give or take a point) and now she is enrolled in online Chemistry, just to get ahead a little for the 'DR.' career she wants to go into. She is so fun, I love you Mallory and I am so proud of you, thanks for all you do MOM

Arizona Trip

2008-06-25T12:27:00.000-07:00

I am so excited, at the end of July, I am taking my daughter to Las Vegas for EFY, and then going on to Arizona to see my sister for the week. with all the rest of the kids, its about a 16 hour drive at... where are we? $4.50 a gallon now. but thats ok I haven't been for over three years. So my kitchen and anything else have been put on hold for a while. Steph, for your info. I will leave here on the 25th go to vegas til Sunday (i want to take the kids to the M&M store and maybe the nascar place for Isaac on saturday) then head to Sierra Vista on sunday, We'll be there til Friday or Sat. I'm not sure yet. then stay the night again in vegas and drive home Sun. I cant wait I really do love road trips.

Where Does The Time Go

2008-06-18T10:08:00.000-07:00

gosh, I feel like the summer is just flying right past me, we haven't even gone camping yet, of coarse with the gas prices its hard to go anywhere, I did finally get my garden put in, which was great of me. Its not as big as usual but I wanted to get something planted before it was too late. I swear it seems like the older I get, the faster time goes by, we can fly through a whole year now and not know where it went. I cant believe my baby is almost a year old already, I got one starting kindergarton this fall, my oldest is 18 and another one with just 2 years left of school. its crazy. you really have to cherish every moment. hopefully we can go camping this weekend, we do have a couple bigger trips planned in july though.

Teenagers GRRR...

2008-05-01T12:13:00.000-07:00

I guess its true, that the reason god gave us teenagers is so that we would be able to let them go out on their own, if they stayed cute and sweet we would want to keep them forever, well mine is pretty much depleted of ANY cute and sweet, I assume its all teenagers, but 'help' me if I'm wrong, does she really think the world revolves around her, like it would all stop spinning if there was one less teen in it? Everything I own is automatically hers to share (if I ever find it to 'borrow' it back) or just plain HERS because she has allowed me to be in her presence. I'm weird, old, lazy, I never let her do anything, all her friends moms are nicer than me, I don't do anything right. I guess what comes around goes around, I remember not being so nice to my mom, and now I'm paying for it... all I can say is, watch out sis. cuz you'll get yours, her daughter is going to be even worse, and then... I'll just sit back and smile.

Logan is crawling

2008-04-12T19:20:00.000-07:00

It is so cute... Logan started crawling the past couple days, and sits up by him self, he got his first tooth on easter morning and now has 2. he also can pull himself up in his crib so I had to pit it on the lowest level. He is getting so big

Isaac starts T-ball this week, this is his second year, he loves it, his first day is tues. where he will get his, uniform(tshirt) and hat and meet his coach. he had a blast last year, and was sad when he couldnt go oplay any more. he says the funniest things, it was my nephews birthday last month, and Taigan is 2 1/2 months older than Isaac, I saac was so upset that Taigans birthday was first, and didnt let up all day till I promised to ask heavemly father if he would make Isaac birthday the same time as Taigans next year.

p.s. Isn't she the cutest thing you've ever seen . she's got her baby, her backpack, her dora hat and her church shoes, or as she would call them ,her princess shoes, she tells us all the time, "I'm a beautiful princess"

2008-04-08T11:31:00.000-07:00

update... here are some pictures I just took of my finished cupboards, they look really good, I'm excited.

hey havent blogged for a while, nothing really going on except the basics. I'm at a stand still with my kitchen. I did get the doors put on but still need to put a coat of paint on the fronts. it looks really good, have to wait for more money to come in so i can start the floors, i need about $150. for backer board for the tile floors, but it will be great when its done ...... anyway its coming along nicely. it will be sooo nice when its done, this kitchen was all original from the early 60's i think, so in dire need of a makeover. i'll get more pictures up soon.

Remodling my kitchen (by myself)

2008-03-24T12:57:00.000-07:00

I am remodling my kitchen, I got tiles for the floor but ran out of money for the backer board to tile, so i started on my cupboards, i for got to take pictures of the before but there are some of the process, took the doors off and started on the inside, then sanded down the doors and took them to my dads to help put the molding around them for face lift, and now, I still need to primer and paint the doors its been fun but long or should I say slow because of cash)the really dark wood is what it used to look like

it's my turn

2008-02-29T21:28:00.000-08:00

So I was 'tagged' °Ü°
Here are the rules:

1. Link to the person that tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
4. Tag at least three people at the end of your post and link to their blogs.
5. Let each person know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
6. Let the fun begin!
NEW RULE! - NO TAGS BACK! °Ü°

Okay so here are RANDOM facts about me you may not know.
1. I really bothers me to buy a dented gallon of milk, i have to dig around to make sure its not dented or I wont buy it.
2. I have lived in Salt Lake City, Utah all my life and have never been snow skiing
3. I have 7 living children boy, girl, boy, girl, boy, girl, boy
4. I started remodleing my house a year and half ago and still havent finished the first project (my front room)
5. I love purple I even painted my bedroom purple
6. I love camping , I cant wait for summer, just a short 15 min. drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon and we can camp all the time

whoo! so there it is .
and tag... your next

Thanks
the Latimers
Larry and Prarie

My age is starting to show

2008-02-28T10:05:00.000-08:00

As you may or may not know about 2 1/2 years ago I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis it was really bad for a while after I had Isabelle, and goes into remission when your pregnant, well since Logan it hasn't been too bad, a little stiff but that's all really, until the past month, both wrists were really sore and I got a 'Bakers cyst' behind my knee, that popped and was draining fluid down my calf which made it really sore and bruised. but all is well again

the love of my life

2008-02-28T08:38:00.000-08:00

Ok so I guess this is the cool thing to do, I have a few friends and family creating blogs so I'll give it a try.

my little Logan is 6 mo. and last night I finally decided to move him to a crib, (he's been in the bassinet in my room for those first 6 mo.) I guess the older I get the more I appreciate the little time we have with those sweet babies, not that its taken me 17 years to figure that out but i sure do love being a mom. anyway Logan slept great I assume for 10 hours, because Isabelle is in there too and she didn't wake up. my kids are adorable