He is finally here!!!

Last night Lesha gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, he was huge! 9 lbs 8 oz and 23 in long! I get thats what you get for going 13 days past the due date. We were lucky enough to get to see him just minutes after he was born and he is so adorable (and heavy). Here are a few pics:
The first family picture

Me and the baby "Lincoln Taft Arnold"

Update

It probably doesn't surprise anyone to find out that we have been crazy busy with homework, final projects, and final tests coming up that we haven't had time to post anything and we haven't had time to do anything worth sharing. We are so glad this semester is almost over, just a little closer to graduation! We talk all the time about how it feels like we will be in school forever but jon only has 2 semesters left and I have a few more (i don't really want to give out the number in case it changes). Anyway, I know this thankful post is really late but I don't care, I just wanted to take a minute to share a few things I am thankful for:

I am so thankful for Jon. He does so much for me all the time, he edits all of my papers ( a lot!) even though I cannot read his (they are all in French or some computer language), he puts up with my emotional junk, and he does the laundry when I am at work. As you can tell from this picture he is so cute with all of our nieces and nephews and he is going to be such a great dad!

Second I am so thankful for our families. I have heard some holiday horror stories from other people and that is something we don't even worry about. Everyone is so easy to get along with and fun to be around.

Third I am thankful that we are able to go to school and make things better for our future family

Fourth I am thankful for our great sunday school class that I teach each week (Jon's shift at work has kept him from church since august) The kids are 14, 15, and 16 and they are so easy going and I am so grateful they don't expect a greatly prepared lesson each week (because I rarely find time to read it before church). Jon will be able to come back to church in January and I am extra grateful for that.

And last I am thankful that for my religion and for my testimony it keeps me going when I am down to my last thread.

P.S. Thanks to you for reading this boring, cheesy post.

Halloween 2008

Our halloween was not super exciting this year. Jon had to work until late, so I hung out at Josh and Libby's party for a while until I went home like the party pooper I have become. We did make time earlier in the week to have our annual pumpkin carving night (this tradition started while we were engaged and I hope it continues for many years) I love carving pumpkins! Here is a picture of this years pumpkins:

Jon carved the picture of frankenstein and I carved the scary tree

Wedding memories

Here are some pictures from our wedding per request of Emma and Ali:
a few bridals:


My favorite engagement pic:

The temple:


and the reception:



That is all

Small Random Things

Our lives have not been very exciting lately. We are both full time students and I work part time and Jon works full time. Our schedules don't allow for very much time together but we are trying to make the most of our time together (though it mostly consists of watching the MLB playoffs and doing homework). Here are a few things that I thought were exciting that have taken place in the last little while:
This is my enjoying my delicious gyro at the annual greek food festival in ogden, it was delicious!

My mom has become obsessed with making these beanies and her enthusiasm is contagious. I made one for each of the little ones in the james family. I made hats for maddie and jordan but I couldn't get them to sit still with their hats on for a pic. So here is luke, man this kid gets cuter every time we see him:

This picture is of a pumpkin vine that grew up one of the trees that surround my garden, I like to refer to it as my "pumpkin in a pine tree" but the snow storm that we had a week or so ago knocked it down. It was funny while it lasted.

Last I took a picture of the soup I made out of the butternut squash and carrots that I grew in my garden. The soup tasted pretty good even though I had to use twice the number of veggies because the ones out of my garden were miniature. Maybe next year I will get a normal size something to grow in my garden

That is all for now we hope everyone else is doing well

Another Trip to California

I really wish the peterson's would move home to Utah so we could see them more! but for now we go down to see them every chance we get. Here are a few pics of mine and libby's trip down to see them a few weekends ago:
These are all at the dodger's game for cal's b-day (btw the doyers beat the cubs last night in their first game of the playoffs, go doyers!)
Kady and Owen

Cal and his buddies

Me and Libby we had a lot of fun together

This is me with tess, she is so big! and she just gets cuter and cuter if that is possible

On a quick side note Brooke called on friday to invite us over because she just got home from the AI tour and was making room in her closet for all of her new clothes and getting rid of some clothes she was given and didn't have room for. Kady, Libby and I each got a new wardrobe and I have been wearing mostly my new free clothes since we got home It was so awesome. Thanks Kady for an AWESOME trip!

Happy Birthday Logan!

Logan just turned 18! I know this is about a week late but here are some recent pics of the youngest one (I almost put littlest but he is bigger than all the girls)
Before the homecoming dance, what a stud!

working on his eagle project, he finished his last merit badge at 9:30 the night before he turned eighteen, what a procrastinator!

Here is Logan in his natural state: Texting

Last is a pic of me holding Logan in the hospital right after he was born, Logan is the best little brother, though sometimes a major stinker! Happy Birthday bro!

Tagged, and stuff

I was tagged by Libby so did you know?

-My favorite color is...something that changes a lot, right now maybe yellow
-My favorite dessert is...Pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting
-My favorite Sunday CD is... Not just Sunday, the newest Deathcab for Cutie
-My favorite anytime CD right now... see above
-My favorite show is... so many, the Hills, Office, Life, and Chuck
-My favorite place to be is... on vacation with my family.
-My favorite time of day is ... The short time I get to spend with Jon (exact time depends on the day).
-My least favorite thing to do is...homework.
-My least favorite thing to wear is... pantyhose - I agree with Kady, though I don't mind tights
-My least favorite place to be is... waiting in line, anywhere
-My secret obsession right now is... crocheting blankets
-I miss... the time I had to relax during the summer and the Petersons
-I have been terrible at...studying, I am not motivated lately
-I have... lots of projects to figure out in the next few weeks
-I look forward to... graduation and kids
-I love... the feeling of completetion, and Jon

You can probably figure out from my answers that school has started again. I started the education program this semester, that means only three more to go! It is a lot what I expected: a lot of work! Jon and I are working opposite schedules so we don't get to see each other very often, but we are surviving. Besides school and work, not a lot is happening. Libby and I are going down to see our favorite oldest sister in a few weeks and I should have some great pictures from that. That is all for now.

Pioneer Trek

As I previously mentioned we went on the pioneer trek a few weeks ago as a ma and pa. Here are some pictures from our very fun and very tiring experience:
Here we are at the top of the mountain that we pushed and pulled the handcart up, too bad we still had to go back down

here is our "family" at the top including all ten of our teenage kids, they did such a great job, I hardly even touched the handcart because the kids wanted to do all the work

this is a picture of the entire group that went on the trek

this is our family at the this is the place monument at the end of the trek, we really gained a sincere appreciation for all the people that made the trip across the country with handcarts, we only went 20 miles with a lot less to carry, more people to push and pull, and a hot meal waiting for us when we finished each day. I can't imagine the trials they had to go through.

More Summer Fun

A few weeks ago my mom called me at work to invite me to the James Taylor concert at the USANA amphitheater, here coworker and good friend and some extra tickets so I left work early and went down with my mom and logan. turned out the tickets came from a super rich guy that owns a suite at USANA so we got VIP parking, dinner, and great seats! it was so much fun! and i am sure logan will soon get over the fact that I bought the same shirt as him. Please ignore my ugly hair, like I mentioned before I didn't think I was going anywhere until the last minute.

This past Saturday night we went with Jodi and Tate to the Bees game. It was so fun! I've always loved Jodi and I love to see her so happy! Thanks guys for inviting us, we look forward to getting together again.