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Fairport Harbor

Over Labor Day Weekend we took our families to Fairport Harbor. Madelynne finally got her wish and got to go to the "beach". She loved playing in the sand and spending the day playing with her cousins.

Sharing the Kirtland Experience

We were excited to share the Kirtland experience with some of the members of both sides of our family when they came to visit Labor Day Weekend for Jackson's Blessing Day. We felt very blessed to have so many come from all over! Matt's parents came from Pennsylvania and his older brother, Adam and his family came from New York. Tanya's parents came from Dayton, Ohio and my sisters, Andrea and Kierstin, came from Utah. My sister, Collette, came from Colorado! A BIG thank you to everyone for coming to share this special weekend with us. It really meant a lot to us.

Little Wonders

our lives are made
in these small hours
these little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away,
but these small hours,
these small hours still remain
-Rob Thomas, Little Wonders lyrics

Here are a few of my favorite pictures we had taken for Jackson's birth announcements. Isn't life beautiful? Thanks Ryan for the awesome pictures!

Family Home Evening

Because Madelynne is only two and a half our FHE lessons are usually short and sweet. We have found The Friend church magazine to be a great resource for gospel lessons that are just that-short and sweet. A couple of weeks ago as we were cleaning up dinner on a Monday night I told Madelynne we needed to hurry, so we could have family home evening. She got really excited and immediately ran and got The Friend magazine and told us, "It's time for family home evening." Then she sat down and picked out an article to read for the lesson. I hope she is always this enthusiastic about family night and learning the gospel.

Two Friends

Whenever Madelynne and Jackson are together Madelynne will say to me, "Look Mommy! Two friends!" I have to admit I love it when she says this. I like most mothers, would love for my children to be best friends. Madelynne loves her baby brother so much and is always very quick to help with the baby. She gets very concerned when Jackson cries and does whatever she can to help comfort him and make him happy again. She is so compassionate and loving. I hope she never loses that. I love my girl and my sweet baby boy!

Gently rocking the car seat to soothe Jackson.

Helping Daddy carry Jackson to Mommy for feeding time.

Brother and sister...

and "two friends". Love it!

Jackson at Three Weeks

Since we had to take Jackson into the pediatrician twice in his first week of life he ended up having his two week check at three weeks instead. We are glad to say he is growing and is a healthy little boy. Here are his stats at three weeks old:

Weight: 9 lbs. 12 oz.
Height: 21 5/8 inches
Head: 14 7/8

He is in the 75% in all three categories.