January Updates

Its been a busy January, but here are a few pictures and updates of life in the Jones family.
Its been a cold month, and McKay is always wanting to go outside and build a snowman. Finally I decided to bring the snow inside for him so he wouldn't freeze his little toes off. He loved the idea!

McKay finished off his second tumbling class and had a blast. It really helps me to see him along side of other 2 year olds to realize what a good kid he is. Sometimes I think he isn't nearly obedient and attentive enough, but now I realize he is just 2. 

Mason went skiing with his Grandpa Goates last week and had a great time. This is him getting all his gear ready the night before they went.

Mason and his best friend Shea partnered up for the science fair and did a fantastic job. They asked 40 different people to either tell the truth or lie about their age, and then surveyed 80 people to see if they could tell who was telling the truth and who was lying. The results: men are better liars than women. Big surprise?

We got a pet turtle and the kids have been enjoying it (sort of). McKay sure would like it to be more exciting and more fun to play with, but does love when we get it out and let it crawl around him. He calls the turtle "rock."

I don't think anyone could have more loving and attentive brothers than McKay. He is constantly getting hugged, kissed, and cuddled by his brothers. 

Mason has been in a Lego League (a robotics club) for the last few months and it finally culminated in a HUGE tournament. There were over 100 teams and I had no idea something like this existed. Their team did great and Mason learned a lot. 

Max wrote a book for his BYU Kindergarten and had a "Meet the Authors" day. Parents got to go and listen to the kids read their books and then collect their autographs. Max's book was really cute and it was about hiking, catching lizards, and keeping them in our bathroom (yes that really happened). He is really thriving in kindergarten this year. 

Mason and I had an evening alone while Marshall was working and the other kids were in Delta. I said we could do anything he wanted, and he chose to go to Red Lobster for crab legs!

Myles and Ari came home from school one day to find that they were wearing the same shirt. When they saw each other they were so cute--ran up to each other and body slammed! Boys!

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