the bailey family

What's Your True Color?

My Result: Green

You're green, the color of growth and vigor. Good-hearted and giving, you have a knack for finding and bringing out the best in people. Green is the most down-to-earth color in the spectrum — reliable and trustworthy. People know they can count on you to be around in times of need, since your concern for people is genuine and sincere. You take pride in being a good friend. For you, success is measured in terms of personal achievement and growth, not by status or position. Rare as emeralds, greens are wonderful, natural people. It truly is your color!

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My new addiction is Guitar Hero.  I love it and it is the first video game since super Mario Brothers in the late 80's(?) that I have been good at and have enjoyed.  It is fun to play with my kids and it is a great party game.  I can't put it down. In fact last night, I had good intentions of folding four loads of laundry and posting a blog, but of course, I put the kids to bed and picked up the guitar. Before I knew it, it was 11:30.  So I challenge anyone to a friendly match if you are interested.  Hopefully this won't last long, because I don't know how long I can live such a crazy life.  Jon wants me to write rock on, but I know that is lame.

Christmas

I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing Christmas and winter break.  We had a lot of fun at home, and then going to Utah for a week to visit Jon's family.  The kids stayed busy playing guitar hero, playing in the snow, going to museums, playing in the snow, eating out a lot, and of course, playing in the snow.  We have some master sledders coming of age, and the kids can't wait to try their skills on the slopes this year.  Thank you to all of our friends and family who helped make this holiday season so memorable.  We love the cards and pictures!

My little one isn't so little anymore!

This is Clay and Carley getting into all the dvd's at the Warner's house. They are trouble makers already.

Christmas is coming!

Is everyone as excited as we are about the Christmas Holiday? We had a great time in Arizona last week for Thanksgiving with our family. Robin was in charge of the meal, and it was so yummy as usual. I think after four full days we might have worn out welcome a little. We had fun going to the movies, golfing, hanging out, playing uno and dominos, (I can't believe we didn't play nertz!!) eating out, going to the mesa temple, which was a first for Jon and I, and running the Turkey trot, a 10k. It was my first one, and I was pretty proud of myself. Jon ran it in 48min., Jillian in 56 or 57, and I ran in 58. Then we went and played soccer for an hour which is actually pretty fun and challenging with the kids now that they are older. Another highlight was going to the ribbon store to get hairbows made for Carley. You go in, pick out your ribbon, and they make the bows for you. A whole store full of ribbon, who knew!
Tonight we decorated our tree which just seems like the official start of the Christmas season. I hope everyone enjoys time with their friends and family, and stops to think about our savior Jesus Christ, his birth, and what a special thing it means to all of us.

new website

just to let you know, I started an iweb page. I also have a web gallery. Using these I can put more pictures and videos on for those of you that really care about us or really miss us. I'll try to update it periodically, but who knows how it will go. the website is web.mac.com/jon.bailey, and our gallery, which has a slide show on it right now is gallery.mac.com/jon.bailey. I know this is a lot of info, but I am amazed at how easy it is to stay connected now a days. We really are blessed to have such great technology. Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween!

Was Halloween fun for everyone? We had so much fun carving pumpkins, going to our trunk-or-treat at church, going to the pumpkin patch, and of course, going trick-or-treating Halloween night after a warm bowl of homemade chili. I only make it once a year on Halloween and is a tradition in our family for as long as I can remember. I'm sure everyone has some special memory of going to Grandma and Grandpa Dunn's house for chili and trick-or-treating in their neighborhood. We liked it because the houses were closer together than on La Bajada where it really was scary and creepy going trick-or-treating. As you can see, we had a Nacho Libre, a pirate girl, black spider man, superman, and a little pumpkin. Dominique and Roxy (his dog), and Grandpa Dave came with us too. Grandma Cathy and Grandma Great stayed with Carley and passed out candy. Jensen learned quickly what was going on, and had a blast. The other kids just went as fast as they could I guess thinking they were going to miss out on something if they didn't run. This year was monumental for nine year old Braden, who for the first time asked to use a pillow case for his candy. Hope everyone had a great time with your families and friends.
Labels: Carley and first taste of Halloween

october 21

I have a lot to catch up on. A couple weeks ago Jon ran in the St. George marathon and did great. He ran it in 3:42 and we went up to Utah for the weekend. The kids had a blast and we got to spend some time with our friends the Monsons. They are always so nice to take us in. The next week we went on a Mexican cruise with Jon's high school friends and their wives. We were gone without the kids for six days. It was so much fun, I almost felt like I was in high school again. We are grateful that we knew the kids were in good hands with their aunt Jillian and Carley with aunt Heather. We are finally at the tail end of putting our house back together but things go pretty slow when the rest of life doesn't stop. The kids are doing great. They are having fun playing soccer. Tanner is in tae kwon doe and loves it. We were hoping it would help control his energy, but it has seemed to have taken the opposite effect. Oh well, he likes it. Jensen woke up last week and decided to start talking in sentences. We love listening to him repeat everything we say, and Carley just woke up and decided to start crawling. She gets around pretty well now. Time to get the gate out. Hope everyone is looking forward to a fun and exciting Halloween.