The Jarheads

Savanna Suns game and Jaycie Soccer

2012-01-27T10:27:00.000-08:00

Savanna's dance company was able to dance at the Phoenix Suns halftime. In the picture above that is Savanna front and center on the jumbotron.

It was really fun for the girls to dance on the Suns floor. That is Savanna right in the middle of the Suns logo on the middle of the floor.

That girl has attitude!!

It was a fun night!

I thought I better bring you up to date on Jaycie and Mesa High Soccer. She just played the last game of the season last night. She has been the starting goalie for the JV team and also team captain.

Jaycie has really improved throughout the season. She hadn't played in a year and hadn't played goal in 2 years.

She was also the back up goalie for Varsity. Meaning after she played JV she had to stay for the Varsity game too. Basically she was on both teams. She ended up playing in 2 1/2 Varsity games when the starting goalie got hurt. Meaning on 2 nights she ended up playing soccer for 3 1/2 hours. Playing all of the JV game and then turning around and playing all of the Varsity game.

Last night was the last game of the season. Jaycie never had a uniform for either team. She always wore the goalie stuff. Last night in between the 2 games a girl comes walking out of the locker room and I don't recognize the varsity player. Then I look closer and its Jaycie. They game her a uniform and she played defender for varsity. Surprise, Surprise. The second half she played goalie because the other goalie got hurt again. Mesa was playing Corona Del Sol. They are always a good team but they only scored on Jaycie 1 time. She has had a great season. Don't forget she has been playing club volleyball right now too. She has been very busy but has kept her grades up and has done well for both teams. Way to go Jaycie! We are so proud of you!!!

Christmas

2012-01-12T15:27:00.000-08:00

I thought I better put some pictures up from Christmas. We had a great Christmas. On Christmas Eve we all jumped in the car and went looking at Christmas lights. We always stop by this house every year. It is always decorated full out and Santa Claus is always there.

This huge snowman is always up. This year they must of put dry ice in his pipe because smoke was coming out of the pipe. Way CUTE!

Savanna with Santa Claus. She is finally to old for Santa. I had to make her sit on his lap so I could get a picture. She was a good sport.

On Christmas eve we always open one present that has new PJ'S. Here is Brooklyn in hers.

All the kids by the Christmas Tree. (Why is everyone smiling cute and Barry has a real scary face?)

Santa brought us a family IPAD.

Jaycie got a paint ball gun. Now she has her very own.

Rob's new pj's. I got this for him. If you can't see it, the picture is Ralphie from Christmas Story and it says "You'll shoot your eye out kid." That movie was the first movie Rob and I saw together. It has became a Christmas tradition. Last year my sister gave us the lamp.

All my 11 year old daughter wanted for Christmas was beef jerky from the McFarland's that live in our ward. (It is Brother McFarland's business)

Rob got this wonderful new ice cream maker. It is the best!!!

Kelsey and her new boots.

Do you love Brooklyn's bow? Her Grandma Ashe gave it to her. Soooooo CUTE!

The kids that live at home with me gave me this great fire pit. Kason and Kali gave me the marshmallow sticks, marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate. So, the day after Christmas we made homemade ice cream and smores. It was great!! Only in Arizona can you sit outside by a fire pit, eat homemade ice cream, and have smores. FUN FUN FUN

Kelsey and Taylor

2012-01-05T21:51:00.000-08:00

Kelsey and I went up to Utah on Dec. 28 to go see this guy give his homecoming talk on Jan. 1st. This picture is when we got to his house. They haven't seen each other in 2 1/2 years. They look really happy don't they?

Jan. 1st homecoming talk day. Taylor did a really good job. He talked for 25 minutes. It never got boring. I was impressed.

Saying good-bye at the airport Jan. 4th. It was a fun week except no snow!!

2011-12-23T07:51:00.001-08:00

Sorry it posted the pictures twice and I don't know how to get them off.

December 2011

2011-12-23T07:50:00.000-08:00

December has been a busy month. Believe it or not but at the beginning of December it got really cold her and rained a lot so we had a fire. We don't get to do this very much so really really enjoyed it.

Brooklyn was sick a lot at the end of November and beginning of December.

She had to have breathing treatments 3 times a day. Sad but look how cute she is.

Bath tub fun at Grandma's

This year we were able to get a live Christmas tree. This Rob and I putting up the first original Christmas ornament of our family. "Our First Christmas Together"

Savanna got to put up the star this year. Jake helped.

Kelsey with her "First Christmas Ornament"

The kids and the tree. Sadly Karissa and Barry couldn't come over. They had to work.

Jake had winter formal. What a cutie!!

Jake and his date Tori Johnson.

We only had one Christmas concert this year. Savanna did a really good job and she even had a small solo.

Can you say cute? Our Christmas present this year.

"Ho Ho Ho"

Yesterday was Kali's 24th birthday. I can't believe my first baby is 24! We looked at some old movie of her. It was funny. She was an adorable little girl and now a beautiful women.

Kali shares her birthday with my mother. She turned 84.

Happy Birthday Karissa

2011-11-21T19:47:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Karissa!!! Big "22"!!

Halloween

2011-11-04T08:15:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn's first Halloween. She went as a cute bumblebee. Isn't she the cutest?

Bumblebee in the pumpkins.

Kali loved dressing her up. I think she gets that from me. I loved dressing up my kids. Halloween is such fun. We had another fun time.

The pictures are out of order. Savanna is a blue macaw from the movie Rio. She is Jewel. She has a mask but Brooklyn cried when she had it on.

On Sunday the 30th we craved our pumpkins. Brooklyn didn't like the inside of the pumpkin at all. She put her hand in once and never would again. What is Kason doing in the background?

Karissa and Barry made a deer jack-o-lantern.

Jaycie crazy as always. She made a jack-o-lantern with his tongue sticking out.

Kelsey has way to much fun with a large knife.

Jake couldn't decide what he wanted for the face of his jack-o-lantern so he did something that is up to your own interpretation. I thought it looked like a werewolf from Twilight coming out of the bushes. With the candle in and all the lights off all you see is two beady eyes.

Here are all of the 2011 Jack-O-Lanterns. I think they all came out great. A Deer (by Karissa and Barry), Jack ripping the guts out of another Jack (Kali, Kason, and Brooklyn), Joker (by Kelsey and Calvin), Up for your interpretation (by Jake), Jack with tongue out (by Jaycie), Penguin (by Savanna) and Jack-bat (by Rob and I).

Scary?!!

A little gross!

Look Barry is trying to smile. Whenever I take a picture he always makes a face. Yes, that is Karissa with darker hair. Strange.

Savanna with her mask and beak on. She couldn't decide what to be this year. So, a week before Halloween I told her to go look in the dress up box of all the old dance costumes. She found Kali's ballet costume and decided to be a blue macaw. I think we did a great job.

Back view. You needed to see all of the feathers.

Savanna, Jaycie (Mother Nature) and Karissa (mad scientist) Jake didn't dress up and Kelsey dressed up the Weds. before Halloween for a party (prison zombie). I didn't a picture. She had to stay home and study for a big test on Halloween. Boring!!

Last but not least. Jaycie as Mother Nature. This was a old choir dress. I thought she did a good job. Jaycie just made the JV soccer team. It was a great Halloween.

Homecoming 2011

2011-10-25T08:09:00.000-07:00

Jake went to his first homecoming dance. This is his date Matti McGee. He is the Junior Class President and she is the Junior Class Vice-President. It was also her first date ever!! He said they had a great time.

Isn't he such a cutie!!

Pretty Cute!!

Aunt Susann was in town for her 50th High School Reunion. Part of the union was going to the Mesa High football game. Sadly Mesa lost but Jake had a great game. That is why he is having a hard time smiling.

Mesa had a parade right after school on game day for homecoming. Jake and friends worked really hard on their Junior Class float. I think it turned out really good. I am glad that is over. He still has a big mess to clean up on the side of the house.

Happy boy, glad it is over!!!

Loss

2011-10-17T22:07:00.000-07:00

Our sweet Bishop Chiles died today from a heart attack. He served our ward well. Rob was his 2nd counselor for 2 1/2 years. He set the example of loving everyone. He will be missed. We are grateful for our knowledge of the eternal plan.

It's catch up time again

2011-10-15T21:59:00.000-07:00

The Jarvis Family has started having quarterly Family Home Evenings. The September FHE was held at our house. We celebrated B-days, Rob gave a great little lesson, and then we played minute to win it. We competed as families. The above picture is Jaycie, Bryson, and Brady with the Ding Dong stack. Jaycie won for us.

Kristy won stacking the cups and taking them down with the fastest time.

For your information, Kelsey has been dating this cute guy, Calvin Clifford, for the past two months.

Jaycie has been doing really well as the starting setter for the freshman volleyball team. Her serves have gotten really good too.

She is ready to go.

Sorry pictures are out of order. This is Savanna doing the stacking tooth picks on the bottle.

The Mesa Girls Volleyball teams did a Race for the Cure run. Kelsey joined Jaycie. Still smiling even after running.

Rob celebrated his 47th birthday on October 9th.

Jaycie celebrated her 15th birthday on October 10th.

Just had to put in this cute picture of Brooklyn. She is 7 months old now.

Jaycie with one of her presents

Her cute cake. That's it for the pictures. Life is going well. Jake is now back playing football. He had to sit out a little over a month. He had a game last night and played some. He is doing good working himself pack into playing.

happenings

2011-09-16T10:41:00.000-07:00

As you know football has started but there is sad news. In the second game of the season at the beginning of the 3rd quarter Jake suffered another concussion. We had to go to the ER and everything. They did a ct scan and his brain looks good. It now has been 2 weeks. The dizziness is gone and he only has small head aches. He sat out his first game last week. He hasn't missed a game since he started playing football at the age of 8. Hopefully he will be back playing in October.

Jake had ordered these sweet cleats at the beginning of August. They came the day after he got hurt. He wont be wearing them for awhile. Aren't they great looking shoes? The name on the back he had put on for a little girl in our ward that was born with heart problems. (Paige Bloomfield) She was only 16 months old when she died. 4 days before he ordered these shoes. He wanted to run and play for her. (What a great kid!!!!)

Look who is 6 months old!!!

Don't you just love that sweet face? I love the one dimple on her right cheek. I get to watch Miss B 4 days a week.

Jaycie made the freshmen volleyball team. She is the starting setter. More pictures later.

August

2011-08-30T16:51:00.000-07:00

School started August 10th. Yes, that is very early. Jake starting his Junior year. Jake is starting on the varsity football team. He is #31. He plays safety. He is also on all the special teams. I am said he isn't playing offense. I think they need him but I am just the mom.

Jaycie starting her Freshmen year. At Mesa High!! She is the first class at Mesa! Scary!! Jaycie made the Freshmen volleyball team. Her first game is tomorrow.

Savanna starting her first day of 6th grade. Our last year of elementary school. He teacher is Mrs. Lenz again.

Kason celebrated his 25th birthday on the 15th.

On August 17th Rob's nephew JD came home from his mission. This is JD's mom getting picked up by her other son so she can see JD.

Julie (his mom) crying and his sister Jodi hugging him

Jake's first game of the year. This is during the coin toss. Why do they hold hands? Jake is #31 and his friend Eric that he has played with since they were 8 is #53.

Jake!!

Last of all I turned 45 on the 26th!!! I am old!!

45?!!!! How did I get this old?

Jarvis Family Reunion

2011-08-09T11:34:00.000-07:00

This is going to be a long post but hang in there we had a lot of fun in California this past week. The Jarvis Reunion that is held the first weekend in August every 3 years was last week. We went to California a little early and had an amazing time. We left Monday the 1st. Rob, Kelsey, Savanna, Kali, Kason, Brooklyn, and I went over first. On Tuesday we went to an amazing aquarium in Long Beach. How do you like the shark?

Savanna is petting a star fish. She also petted sharks, jellyfish, sting rays just to name a few.

We saw so many different kind of fish and animal from the ocean. Those are some jelly fish behind Kelsey and Savanna.

When we got back from the aquarium we hit the beach. Karissa and Barry had made it to Cali by then. Our hotel was right by Hunington and Sunset Beach. One of Rob's cousins had an extra wetsuit so Rob used it. It was alittle cold.

Brooklyn's first time at the beach.

We did some boogie boarding and skimming. The is Kelsey boarding.

On Weds. we went to Hunnington Beach Pier and went fishing. This is the fish that Kelsey caught. The US Open surfing was being held so we watched some great surfing too.

Barry fishing. Barry and Kason caught the most.

Rob and Savanna fishing. After fishing Kali and Kason had to go home because Kali had to report back to work on Thursday.

This is the view out our back window of the hotel. We just had to cross a parking lot and we were on the beach. It was great. You could hear the ocean all night long.

Thursday morning we went to Newport Beach and rented bikes. We biked along the beach which was fantastic.

We took the ferry to Balboa Island and biked over there and got balboa bars. If you don't know what that is, it is a ice cream bar that is to die for.

Savanna and Kelsey on their sweet beach bikes.

On the Friday the Jarvis Reunion started. We went to Corona Del Mar Beach for the day. The waves were huge.

Karissa being the little Mermaid

There was a cute lagoon that we went to when you hiked over a little mountain. The waves were smaller and the kids could play more there.

Karissa and Barry.

Jaycie and Kelsey

We roasted hot dogs and made smores.

Kelsey and her roasting skills.

Saturday we were all at the park. It was a really nice park. We played a lot of games and a lot of visiting. Saturday night we were all at a church for a great dinner and program. The above it the Jarvis Family Tree that Rob's aunt Susann put together.

Kelsey and her cousin Zack at the park. It was a great time. Jaycie flew in on Thursday night after her volleyball camp. Jake wasn't able to come at all. Football has started and he had to stay home. We really missed him. We only had about 85 people at the reunion but for all of us that went it was a blast. Great job by the George Jarvis Family for putting it on. We will see all of you Jarvis' in 3 years.

Catching Up Again

2011-07-14T18:29:00.000-07:00

I really don't know if anyone looks at my blog so I haven't been blogging but Karissa told me last night I need to catch things up. So, here we go. Brooklyn was blessed in June. Kason did a great job. Here's a 4 generation. My mom, me, Kali, and Brooklyn. (Look how skinny Kali is, it makes me sick.)

Kelsey had her birthday on June 18th. Can you believe she is 20 years old!! Savanna and Jaycie gave her this dog.

This is what Rob's like to do with Brooklyn. Sleep! He loves being a GRANDPA!!!

Brooklyn is now 4 months old. She is sooooooo cute. Look at that dimple.

We went to Bluewater for the 4th of July again. This was Brooklyn's first trip. I think she really liked it. Everyone had to hold her. She is very spoiled by the Jarvis family.

This is what Rob enjoyed doing up at the cabin.

We went on our hike again. There wasn't much water. The kids could hike down the mountain were water should of been.

The family picture on the rock. We have been taking a picture on this rock since I was a little kid. It is amazing how time flies.

The crazy cousins.

This group hiked up and over the mountain to the waterfall. They say there wasn't much of a waterfall this year. Rain please!!!

Rob has been looking at this thing for 2 years. He finally bought it 2 days after the 4th of July for half price. That is what we will be blowing up next year. It needs to rain, rain, and snow, snow a lot in New Mexico this coming year.

I love this picture of Rob and my Dad. We had another great time. It got alittle hot some days (nothing like Mesa) but the morning and nights were perfect. It rained alot the last 2 days we were there. Kelsey and Jake couldn't go this year and we really missed them. Hopefully next year we will have everyone there. Life is moving a long. The kids only have a month before school starts.

Easter 2011

2011-04-25T10:03:00.000-07:00

Kelsey was an angel in the Mesa Easter Pageant again. It has kept her very busy. School, Work, Pageant.

She's third from the middle.

Same thing, third from the middle in the front

Closing scene of Christ rising.

Sorry the picture is a little dark. If you want to see a small video of the pageant go to lds.org, click on the Easter pageant and then click on more pageants. Pretty cool!

Jarvis Easter Party. Savanna finding the eggs.

Miss Brooklyn enjoying Easter.

Karissa coloring her egg.

The egg fight. This is a Jarvis tradition. Jaycie and Savanna

Barry and Josh

Barry won the whole thing!

Sabin Easter Party. Kelsey coloring her egg. She didn't get to stay long because it was the last night of Easter Pageant. That's why she is wearing all white. She put the scarf on so she wouldn't totally be all white. Funny girl!

Savanna coloring her egg.

This cute young man coloring his egg is Jake

Kelsey and Jake fighting early because she had to leave.

This little girls is Laura. She won the egg fight. It was sooooo funny. She is my cousin Jodi's daughter.

Brooklyn, What a cutie!

Jake fighting Laura. Yes, she won it all.

Savanna finding her basket Easter morning.

Jake is on the Mesa High boys volleyball team. Look how high he jumps.

Jake in action. This season has been OK. He plays half the time. He is only a sophie on Varsity. He is having fun and learning alot.

Jaycie is playing club. She is a setter

Look she is even off the ground. Life is good. Hope you all had a great Easter.

Happenings

2011-04-06T08:48:00.000-07:00

Here's a small catch up on the happenings at the Jarvis home. Jake got his drivers license. Crazy and Scary all at the same it. He is a really good driver. Kelsey bought a car.(Sorry no picture) It is a 2006 Honda CRV. So, Jake now has his own car to drive. Our old high school car that the girls have all driven. 1999 Honda Civic. We call her Sunshine. She has many dents in her from Kelsey but she is still working and Jake is happy to have a car.

Jake baptized my nephew Brandon. He turned 8 at the end of December but waited for Jake to turn 16 so he could baptize him. My brother-in-law is not a member and my dad is to old to do it. It was great watching Jake baptize him. Made me cry.

Here's my parents with Brooklyn. She is 4 weeks old and just growing beautifully.

This past week end Jake had MORP. The theme was circus. They went as little kids that go to the circus. His date is Brooke Moore. Sorry the picture are on twice and I don't know how to get them off.

Brooklyn

2011-03-10T07:40:00.000-08:00

Brooklyn Amanda Ashe Born: March 8, 2011 7lbs. 9 oz, 20 1/2 inches long. Sorry there isn't more pictures but I can't get it to work right. She was born at 3:48 am. Kali did well. They are home now. Brooklyn is a good baby. She was also born on Jake's 16th birthday. Great present! I can't believe my baby boy is 16. Crazy! Also, I can't believe I am a GRANDMA! WEIRD!

Disneyland and California Adventure

2011-02-21T16:26:00.000-08:00

Here we are at the front of Disneyland. It was the last day as we were leaving.

Sorry picture will not be in order. This is on our way home. We had to travel home on Sunday so I thought it would be good to stop by a beach and enjoy nature. No, we did not go into the water. The ocean is so beautiful. It always amazes me. This is Hunnington Beach.

Me, Jaycie, and Savanna on Space Mountain!

The whole reason we went was for Savanna to dance and take a master class. Look at the cute sign they put up at California Adventure.

This was the sign they had up at Disneyland. Her group dance at Disneyland on Thursday and California Adventure on Friday.

Here they are at California Adventure.

It was fun to watch them

Rob's Aunt Susann came with us. Savanna's middle name is after her. She is Savanna's pen pal also. Susann lives in Provo, Utah. She isn't married so I told her I found her man for her. Mr. Incredible!!

Savanna found Woody and Army man. They had her do a dance for them. It was funny! The army man did all the talking and Woody just moved his head up and down.

Tinker Bell

This is Jaycie and Savanna on the Grizzly Rapids. Jaycie had the blue poncho on.

The girls had their faces done.

Minnie!! It was a great 4 days. The kids had a lot of homework to make up but I think it was worth it. Kelsey even did homework at night after playing all day. She is amazing. We do love the land where dreams are made of.

dance and more

2011-02-21T10:09:00.000-08:00

Sorry the pictures are not better but Savanna and her dance company dance at the mall to get ready for Disneyland. This is her clogging class.

This is the Boliwood number

Same dance. Last week we went to Disneyland. Savanna, Jaycie, Jake, Kelsey, Rob, Aunt Susann, and I went and spent 3 days at Disneyland and California adventure. We had a great time. I will put those pictures up later. I haven't down loaded them yet. Yesterday was Savanna's 11th birthday!! I can't believe she is 11. I will put those up later too. I have a lot of cleaning to do today from the mess from her birthday.

Kali at 36 weeks.

Isn't she sooooo cute?!!

The finished roof. I really like it.

Now we are going to paint the house. I am thinking red trim and the main walls tan. What do you all think?

Kali's baby shower and stuff

2011-02-03T15:12:00.000-08:00

Time for another Kali belly picture. I think she is 32 weeks, maybe 33.

On the 22nd of January Karissa, Kelsey, Jaycie, Savanna, and I gave Kali a baby shower. A friend in my ward made this cute banner. Baby Ashe will be named Brooklyn Amanda. Don't you love this banner?

My mom made her this cute blanket. Grandma Jarvis also gave her a cute blanket too. Some reason I don't have a picture of it. I will get one later.

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone that came and showered Kali with so many cute things.

My sister Donna made this cute tutu and head band.

Kali's Harmony Park girlfriends.Becky, Afton, Kassi, Ashley, Courtney and Abby. The only one missing was Jessica and she lives in Kansas. Kassi has a baby boy and Ashley has a baby girl.

Here is the group gift. Thanks to everyone that put money in for the stroller and car seat. We didn't have it at the shower because it hadn't came in the mail yet. It arrived 3 days later.

Kelsey and Karissa's friend Clayton Esler joined the church a year and half ago. This picture is of Kelsey and her friend Chelsea saying goodbye. Clayton left for his mission last Wednesday to Mexico.

Last weekend Jake and his friends had a shaving cream and flour fight. They had a good time.

I put this picture up of the house because starting today they just ripped the roof off. There was hail damage from the storm we had in October. More pictures to follow.

Catching Up!

2011-01-12T08:20:00.000-08:00

Hope you are ready for this because this is going to be a long post. Here was our month of December. We always have the end of the semester Christmas shows. This first picture is Savanna at her orchestra concert. She is getting pretty good at the violin. It is her second year of playing. She even played a song with the sixth graders.

Taylor Jr. High Christmas concerts are always amazing. Kelsey is still working for the teacher so the actions were great! Jaycie did a great job singing and performing.

This year Savanna joined a childrens choir. They sang a song with the Taylor Teen Tones at their concert and at the temple visitors center. This picture is at the temple. The choir also sang with the Peace Choir. They had 2 performances at 2 churches. They sang 3 songs with that choir. She had a lot of fun doing that.

Savanna's dance studio put on a Christmas recital. Savanna had a lot of dances but here are a few pictures. This one is her clogging.

I love these blue costumes, I think they are very pretty.

The Jarvis Christmas Party was a lot of fun. Here is Jake frosting his sugar cookie.

The nativity! We even had a few animals this year.

Savanna was the donkey!!

We didn't have enough small children so Jake and Kyle were the wise men. Aren't they studly?!!!!

We had the bells again. All ages seem to enjoy this. We play Christmas songs with pipe bells. Each bell is a certain note.

They all look so intense looking at the poster to make sure they play when they are suppose to. This was Barry's first Jarvis Christmas Party!

I think Karissa is really enjoying it!

There is a great house in Grandpa and Grandma's neighborhood that really has a great Christmas lights display. So, we stopped by on our way home. This is just a small look.

This picture is maybe a fourth of what is all over this house. I is sooooooo cooooool!!!

Of course on the 22nd is Kali and my mothers birthday. Kali turned 23 and my mother turned 83.

Christmas Eve we always go look at Christmas lights around the city. At one house there is always this cute Santa that all the kids can sit on his lap and take a picture. His house is all decorated too.

On Christmas Eve we open our PJ's. Here's Rob's!

The boys all got matching Phoenix Suns basketball shorts. This was also Barry's first Christmas with us. Aren't they soooooo cute?!!

CHRISTMAS MORNING!! What did Santa bring? Jaycie got a camera. If you look close you will also see she has braces now. She got them on the Monday before Christmas. Those are her cute PJ's. They have volleyballs on them.

Savanna's new PJ's and look at the slippers. They are moose heads.

Jake's pride and joy. New football gloves. That's his tough look.

Aren't those cool gloves?!!!

Jaycie with her new cool sunglasses!

Kelsey got these nice boots. Those are her PJ's too. They have soccer balls all over them.

My sister gave Rob and I the best and funniest gift ever. Rob and I's first movie we ever saw together was "The Christmas Story." My sister found this small version of the lovely lamp that the father in the movie won. So, she had to get it for us. If you have never seen the movie rent it. It is a classic!

Of course we put it together and put it in our front window for all to see. Yes, this lamp will be up every Christmas from now on. LOVE IT!!

A few days after Christmas you wont believe what happened. Yes, that is SNOW on my trampoline. We had snow! Not much and it didn't last long but it did SNOW in MESA!!! WOW!!

If you have made it to the end on this post congrats!! Last but not least, Karissa had a party at our house with some of her high school friends. A lot are away at school and were in town for the holidays. Aren't they the cutest?!! 5 are married. 2 have a baby. 1 will leave on a mission in March. All but 2 are in school. (The 2 with babies) 1 will be getting married in a few months. 1 left right after Christmas to be a nanny in New York. They loved getting together and catching up with each others lives. I am grateful for the good friends Karissa grew up with. They helped make her who she is. Hope you all had a great Christmas season and hope you have a Happy New Year!!!

Happy Birthday Kali!

2010-12-22T08:42:00.000-08:00

Today my oldest baby turns 23!! I can't believe it. I was thinking this morning about her birth. We were living in Provo, UT. and Kali was due on Christmas day. My parents had come up from Mesa to spend Christmas with was and help with Kali when she was born. My mom and I had done some laudery and we decided to go to the mall and do some Christmas shopping. I told Rob right before we left that I felt like I had been wetting my pants all morning. We decided to stop by my doctors office before we went shopping. My water had been leaking all morning so they sent me to the hospital. I checked in at 4:30 pm and had Kali at 7:30 pm. It was also my mom's 65th birthday too. Pretty good present. I went into the hospital with no snow and we I left the next day there was snow everywhere. It was a great day and Kali has been a great daughter. Now she will be having a daughter soon. Life is crazy!!

Kali

2010-12-02T07:52:00.000-08:00

Sorry I was wrong. As it says on the ticker, Kali is 25 weeks. 2 weeks does make a difference. Ya baby Brooklyn, can't wait until March 13th!!

Update

2010-12-02T07:49:00.000-08:00

Sorry it has taken me so long to catch up on the happenings of the Jarvis Family. All Karissa wanted for her birthday was cowboy boots. The Browns are a cowboy family and she needed her pair of cowboy boots. Watch Out For These Boots!!

Savanna's dance company danced the half-time show at Mesa High for their Fear the Hop Basketball Tournament.

They did a great job and it was fun watching this future Mesa dancer/cheerleader!

I made the turkey this year for Thanksgiving. This is only my 3rd time doing a turkey. We had dinner at our house. I tried out my new roaster. I think it turned out great and tasted very good. Donna's family was over, my parents and Rob's parents. Kali and Kason came over later for dessert. Karissa and Barry where out of town in Cottonwood with the Brown family. We missed them.

The 2010 Christmas Tree is up. Monday night for home evening we put the tree up. Everyone was here except Kelsey. She was asked to go to the Cardinal and 49er's football game on Monday Night football. It was her first professional football game. They lost bad, but she said she had fun. We missed her.

Here's my cut kids, minus cute Kelsey!

Here's Kelsey after she got home from the game.

Kali's belly bump is getting bigger. She looks so cute pregnant. I think she is at 23 weeks.

Karissa

2010-11-23T07:25:00.000-08:00

Karissa Pauline Jarvis Brown turned 21 on November 21st. Happy Birthday Karissa!! Hope your day was great. Since her birthday was on a Sunday we went out to eat as a family last night for home evening. We went to Giant Hamburger. It was rummy! On her birthday we had Jarvis' and Brown's over for cake and ice cream and a few games. It was a lot of fun. The only thing Karissa wanted for her birthday was cowboy boots (picture to come later). Happy Birthday Karissa we love you!!

Halloween and Jake football

2010-11-08T10:19:00.000-08:00

Halloween 2010!! We celebrated on the 30th because Halloween was on a Sunday. Jake as Elvis

Savanna is the Mad-Hatter

Jaycie as a court Jester. Jaycie went with her friend Emily, her mom and dad, and some other girls to haunted houses. She said there was some good haunted houses. We went over to the Udall's for their annual chili and soups. They always invite people over because Collin Udall's birthday is on Halloween. It is a very fun way to start off the evening.

Savanna wanted to walk around with her friends this year. Ashley, Allison, Savanna, and Shaylee. They are sooooo cute!! I was able to sit out front with my parents, my brother Gene, and Kali joined us this year. Rob, Kelsey, Karissa, and Barry went to the ASU football game.

Kelsey dressed up at an ASU devil since she was going to the game. Security took her pitch fork away because it could be a weapon. She had to get it back at the end of the game. DUMB! When she got back she went to a dance party with her friend Danny Parker. He was Michael Jackson. Sorry no picture.

Had to put this picture in. These are Jake's friend Tyler Taylor(mountain man) and McKay Angle(cowboy). Aren't they cute?!!

Jake had his last football game. The team didn't have a winning record but Jake was amazing this year!#16 He was on offense, defense, and punt return. Can't wait until Varsity next year.

Speaking of Varsity. They moved up 3 JV players for Varsity's last game. Jake (31), Erik Sanchez(60) and another guy. They played Hamilton. Mesa got their butt's kicked. Jake did get to go in for the last set of defense downs as a safety. He even made the last tackle of the game. He went in once in the 3rd quarter as safety because the 1st string guy got hurt alittle. He did not like standing on the side lines most of the night. He has never had to do that before. Usually he is always in. It was a honor to be moved up for the game so that was good.

Yes, he did the hauka (spelled wrong sorry) before the game. It is a Mesa tradition for the Varsity to do this. Bring on 2011 football!!

Kali's Belly 2

2010-10-28T08:42:00.000-07:00

Here is Kali at 20 weeks. Last week I went with her to another ultrasound she had. It was so much fun seeing her baby girl. The baby is measuring right on her due date. March 13, 2011! 3/4 of a pound and 9 inches long. (that was a week ago so she is a little bigger now)

You can finally tell she is pregnant!! The little bump!

Jack-o-laterns

2010-10-26T08:58:00.000-07:00

For home evening last night we did our jack-o-lanterns. I have to say we are all getting really good at it. Everyone was there except for Kason. He had to take a test for school. We missed him, but it was Barry's first Jarvis pumpkin carving experience. Welcome Barry!!! Here's Jaycie being her funny self.

Jake cleaning out his pumpkin

Karissa cleaning out hers. She really didn't clean out that much because she doesn't like the insides of pumpkins so Barry did most of it.

Kali was on her own this year. I think she did a great job.

Here's Kelsey with her jack-o-lantern.

The finished product! Pretty good!

That is mine and Rob's. We used a pattern we found on the internet. That title "What!"

Last week was Mesa High's Homecoming. Jake was asked to be on the sophomore float

Sorry out of order but her is Savanna cleaning her's out. It was a fun night!

Big News!!

2010-10-11T12:58:00.000-07:00

Jaycie turned 14 yesterday!! I can't believe she is 14. It is crazy!

She got this cute phat beach cruiser bike! Love it!

Happy Birthday Jaycie we love YOU!

On Saturday Rob turned 46! That is a giant cookie from Paradise Bakery. He didn't want cake. The whole family went and saw Secretiarat. Not sure how to spell it. Then we went to dinner too. This was for Jaycie's birthday too. Now for the BIG NEWS!!! Are you ready?! Kali is having a BABY GIRL!! Sorry no picture but we are all excited. Jake is disappointed.

September Update

2010-10-04T16:57:00.000-07:00

Savanna and her dance group danced at the Diamondback Game. They performed right after both teams warmed up. This picture is all of them on the JUMBOTRON!

Here's Savanna in her company costume.

Here they are dancing on the field. It was fun.

Mesa High had there little bunnies again this year. Not to bad of a jump for a 10 year old. She can jump better than some of the cheerleaders.

Here's Savanna doing a chant.

Jaycie had her first choir concert. She decided to do choir instead of band this year. She is in Treble Clefs. It is the second to the highest choir. Not bad, for never being in choir before.

Jaycie did a great job.

Here's most of the group. Jaycie is in the second row, last one on the left.

On Oct 5th my Dad will turn 85! We had a little party Sunday after conference to celebrate. The candle says, "Over the hill too old to count". Love you GRANDPA!!

Sorry out of order, but her is Savanna with Randy Johnson Bobblehead. Pretty funny!!

Kali's belly

2010-09-22T15:32:00.000-07:00

Here's another picture. She starting to stick out a little

Kali's belly

2010-09-22T15:30:00.000-07:00

Here is Kali's belly at 15 week. Those of you who know Kali she usually has a perfectly flat stomach so it is really fun to see a little something sticking out. A small bump!

Jake gets driving permit!

2010-09-20T10:58:00.000-07:00

I just took Jake to get his permit. He passed and can now drive the car. It's crazy!! Also, Rob said I need to put on my blog where I got the football pictures of Jake. They came from MPS Athletics web site. Mesasports.org Brant Clinard and Darren Eyring where the photographers.

Jake

2010-09-18T09:27:00.000-07:00

Here's another picture of Jake from the Chandler game. This is one of his punt returns.

Jake

2010-09-17T18:29:00.000-07:00

Here's some pictures of Jake. The top one is a 40 yard catch at the Westwood game. The bottom 2 is against Chandler. It was a punt return. The kids helmet came off from hitting Jake's hip. Yes, he has a bruise. His games are a blast. Come and watch. Thursday September 23rd 6:00 pm at home against Skyline.

Update

2010-09-16T09:11:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went to my Uncle Bob's funeral in New Mexico. It was very nice and all of my children went. We sure did love him and will truly miss that man when we go up there. Sorry, no pictures because I can't find the thing I need to put my pictures on my computer. Jake had another great game last night. He had one great interception when Chandler was about to score and he ran it back 45 yards. He has some great carries for some yardage. If you want to see video, go to YouTube and type in Jake Jarvis. There should be three videos of Jake that Rob has put on. Westwood, Dobson, and Chandler games. He is #16.

Mesa JV vs Westwood JV

2010-09-09T12:12:00.000-07:00

Mesa JV beat Westwood JV last night. Jake had another great night. 1 interception, 1 40 yard catch and a 40 yard run. Fun game, pictures later.

Jake

2010-09-07T09:26:00.000-07:00

Jake had his first JV football game last week. He had 3 interceptions. They beat Dobson. Sorry no pictures, I didn't take my camera. Maybe Rob will help me get the video on. They play Westwood tomorrow. GO JACKRABBITS!!

Happenings

2010-09-07T09:18:00.000-07:00

Mesa has strange weather. Yes, it is very hot but then all of a sudden it starts raining and HAIL!! Yes, the white stuff on the tramp is HAIL! Crazy!!

Sorry out of order but this is Savanna. She is in the middle with the Supergirl outfit on. She ran for Student Council Vice-President. There were 11 others running against her but she WON!! Savanna Vice-President!!

More of the storm. That's the rain and hail going into the pool

Rob's Aunt Susann from Utah and his Aunt Jan and Uncle George from California have been here visiting. It has been fun spending some time with them. The heat is killing them though. You probably shouldn't come to Arizona on vacation in September. We are very glad to see them though. Side note: My Uncle Bob Lowery died last Friday night. We will be going to New Mexico for the funeral.

First day of School

2010-08-20T10:05:00.000-07:00

School Started!! Jake, Jaycie, and Savanna started on the 11th. Kelsey started today! Now the house is mine again. Kelsey and I are repainting her new room. Pictures later. ( Jake isn't dressed for school. He had football at 6 am!!)

Kason's Birthday

2010-08-20T09:57:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday we celebrated Kason's 24th birthday. Look at the fire on that cake!!

He's Home!

2010-08-07T10:25:00.000-07:00

Jake finally came home from the Jamboree last night. They were suppose to be home a day earlier but their flight was canceled in Washington D.C. because of weather. He had a great time. Three weeks is a long time to be gone. He had great stories and took 934 pictures for me to see everything. The bad thing is he lost 10 pounds. Not good with football coming up. We will just have to get him eating again.

Bluewater Part 2

2010-08-02T19:50:00.000-07:00

We went back up to the cabin so Kelsey could go. We had a great week. It rained alot and so Jaycie, Kelsey, and Kyle got alittle muddy riding.

Kelsey learned to ride a motocycle. She did really well . Look at her doing the jumps.

Savanna brought up her friend Alison Stahle. They had alot of fun driving quads and they both learned to drive a motorcycle.

Mike brought up his dune buggy. It was fun riding around and getting muddy.

Everyone helped Grandpa Sabin with his puzzles.

We had a big game of paint balling

The cabin was a blast. We love going to Bluewater. We made more great memories.

The sand box was fun. My sister Donna put new sand in.

We had to move the outhouse. That is one heavy outhouse. We had fireworks again too. Savanna is shooting off a roman candle. We also needed to have smores.

Here's Savanna learning to ride a 50 motocycle and Kelsey jumping the quad. Aunt Ruth and Uncle Bob came up and visited. It was another great week. We love the Cabin!!!

Savanna City Champ

2010-08-01T23:33:00.001-07:00

Here are the girls in the 9-10 division. Savanna placed 5th!
Inward dive
Her ribbon and scores
Back dive, She also did a front flip but I already put one of those on the blog. She did great!! It was a fun season.

Championship Dive Meet

2010-07-21T10:49:00.000-07:00

Savanna placed 5th in City at her dive meet. Pictures later

Jamboree

2010-07-16T11:59:00.001-07:00

Jake left for the National Jamboree last night. He will be gone for three weeks. This is his troop at the airport last night.
The Harmony Park boys that went: James, DJ, Jake, Tyler, and Jeremy
Jake in his cute scout uniform he has to wear everyday. He has three uniforms. Love the bowlow tie. Not sure how to spell it.

Savanna Diving

2010-07-16T11:53:00.000-07:00

Savanna has been doing diving this summer.
She has been doing a great job.
She has championships tonight. I'll let you know how she does. She made it to championships by placing in to top 8 last Tuesday night. Out of 23 girls I think she is doing great.

More Bluewater

2010-07-16T11:45:00.000-07:00

Savanna with Uncle Bob. He had a stroke a few months ago. He is doing OK.
My mom and Aunt Ruth.
The front of the cabin with my family.
Everyone but Kelsey. We really missed her.
July 4th was a BLAST!!!

Summer 2010

2010-07-16T11:35:00.000-07:00

Bluewater was fun, fun, fun this year. The only sad part was Kelsey couldn't come because of work. 4th of July was a blast. I mean BLAST!! Rob, Kason, Barry and Jake had a great time putting on a show.
Smores and more smores!!
I just love this view
We took our hike to the waterfall. We call it the jungle. Jake has great climbing skills.
Of course the family picture on the rock every year. I will need to photoshop Kelsey and I in but I don't have that skill. We got to add Barry this year!

Swimming Fun

2010-06-27T18:46:00.000-07:00

We went swimming for home evening last Monday.

These guys are funny!!

Here's some more!

2010-06-27T18:27:00.001-07:00

Kelsey had her 19th birthday last week on the 18th. Here is a present she got from us. We tried to give her a fun day. We couldn't do anything at night because Kali had dance so those that could, we went to lunch at Applebee's and then had cake and ice cream at the house. That night she had a party at the house with her friends. Kelsey is an amazing girl. She is working full time this summer as a swim coach and life guard and taking calculus in summer school. She got all A's in her first year at ASU and made the Dean's list!! We are so grateful she is in our family. LOVE YOU KELS!!
When Karissa and Barry opened their presents that got these cute aprons with their names on them. People gave them some really cute stuff. Thank You to all!!
Here's the whole Brown and Jarvis Group!! Didn't we do well with the colors!!
Here's my son's!! Look Jake is taller than his 2 brother- in-law's.
Barry and MY GIRLS! Karissa's friend Dana made Savanna's dress. It came out soooo cute.

June

2010-06-27T18:13:00.001-07:00

I am finally putting up some pictures from Karissa's wedding. It was a great day. It was alittle hot and the air conditioning went out at the wedding place we were at. Still trying to get some money back for not having air conditioning. Here is Rob and Karissa.
This is the beautiful center piece of the food table. The flowers were gorgeous!!
Here's her cake. Isn't it beautiful.
Here's us outside of the temple. We moved into the shade instead of right in front of the entrance of the temple.
Karissa and Barry when they came out of the temple. Love the dress!!

Karissa Brown

2010-06-11T12:07:00.000-07:00

Karissa married Barry yesterday. They were married at 1:30 pm. We had alot of friends and family there. It was great. A little hot but still a good day. Thanks to everyone who came. I'll post pictures later. I have a lot of cleaning up to do.

Big Day

2010-06-05T09:15:00.000-07:00

Catching up again. I went to girls camp for 3 days. It was fun. Left early because Karissa had her prewedding pictures yesterday morning at 6am. We had to do it this early because of the heat but the heat still made her sick. Yes, in front of the temple entrance she was on her hands and knees in her wedding dress throwing up into the flower bed. Sad at the time but really funny now. She will have a great story to tell her children. We had to keep stopping and let her sit and drink water and fan her. Hopefully we still got some great pictures. Her and Barry looked beautiful anyway. Today she will be going to the temple for herself. Very exciting!! It's at 3 if you want to come.

Last catch up

2010-05-21T21:04:00.000-07:00

Jaycie had her last volleyball game. This is her crazy team.. It was a great season
Karissa had her practice hair for the wedding Beautiful
Gila Valley Temple

Karissa's Bridal Shower

2010-05-21T20:42:00.001-07:00

We had Karissa's Bridal Shower!! It was so much fun. Friends and Family were great to her. She got alot of aprons.
Many "Cute Outfits". This is what Kali and Kelsey gave her.
The girls!! Dana, Amber, Karissa, Janell, Amy
This cute gift was from the Haws girls.
Look at this cute girl. Can you believe she is getting married? I can't!

More Stuff

2010-05-21T20:33:00.001-07:00

Jake's last choir concert at Taylor. It was a great concert. They did all 50's songs. It was great. This is Jake with his partner Mallary.
Jake and Mallary!!
Statesmen also did a great job. Jake had a solo. They did songs from musicals. This one is from Hello Dolly. "It takes a woman"
These boys are soooooo cute!!
This one is from Music Man.

catch up time

2010-05-21T20:10:00.001-07:00

It's Friday night and I am home by myself. Rob is at a football meeting for Jake, Kelsey is at work lifeguarding, Jake is at the 9th grade end of the year dance, Jaycie and Savanna went to my parents house, and Karissa and Barry went to the movies so I thought I would catch up. With the end of school comes alot of programs. This is Jaycie at her band concert. She also directed one of the song that they played. I was really impressed with her directing skills.
Savanna had her concert too. Yes, on the same night. This is her friend Allison. She is enjoying playing the violin. This is her first year.
Jaycie and her friend Emily were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. My niece Shelby was too.
Taylor had their awards night. Jaycie received two awards. Outstanding 7th grade reading and math.
Jake received two also. One for Scholarship. Meaning 4.o or better all 3 years at Taylor. He also received Taylor Top 9th grade boy. Everyone thought he should of gotten athlete of the year but I told everyone that his third sport was at Mesa High so they wont count it. In the year book all the kids voted him top athlete. He is amazing!!

Parents 65th Wedding Anny

2010-04-25T20:52:00.001-07:00

My parents will celebrate their 65th Wedding Anniversary on May 2, 2010. They were married May 2, 1945. We had a party for them last night. It was a lot of fun. We had about 75 people there. We ate and by brother Gene gave a little information about their life. Karissa and I made a video of them and then we square dance alittle.
They have been a great example to me and I am so grateful they adopted me and had me be a part of their family. They are great parents and grandparents. Happy 65th Wedding Anniversary Mom and Dad!!!

More Easter Pageant

2010-03-29T16:10:00.000-07:00

The group of angels singing of Christ's birth
Kelsey the beautiful angel.
Here's the girls. They have given alot of time up to be in the pageant. I am so proud of them. They are having a great time and they are even set apart as missionaries for the pageant. They come out when it is over and talk to people about the gospel and take alot of pictures with people.
At the end of the pageant when Christ has risen. It is breath taking and you can really feel the spirit. If you haven't gone yet. GO!
You can pick out Kelsey pretty easy but Karissa is in the second row on the far left. They should of put her in the front she is way to short.

Easter Pageant

2010-03-29T16:01:00.001-07:00

Karissa and Kelsey have started Easter Pageant. They are both angels. We went down on dress rehearsal night and took pictures. They are beautiful!
Karissa
Karissa dancing on the top of the stage. They are really high up if you have never seen it before.
Here's Kelsey. She is so beautiful.
Kelsey

More from Bluewater

2010-03-20T10:07:00.001-07:00

Here's Emily and Jaycie on the porch swing right before we left to come home.
I just had to put this one up. Look how cute the love birds are!!
Jake tubing down. He is a dork!!
Savanna and Emily tubing down. Love the faces they are making!
My cute baby girl playing in the snow. It was a great trip and a needed one. We got ready in 2 days and just played games, ate and had fun together as a family.

Mor pics from Bluewater

2010-03-20T09:40:00.001-07:00

This is DARLA! The girls built this beautiful snowwomen in the front of they cabin.
We went up into the mountains to go tubing. It was alot of fun. This is Karissa and Barry. I think Karissa is having hat problems.
Here's Kelsey going down.
We went down to the lake. It was totally frozen. Aren't my parents cute?! They will have their 65th wedding anniversary on May 2nd.
I let Jake walk out alittle on the lake. It was amazing that it was all the way frozen. The kids threw big rocks trying to crack it but nothing worked.

Bluewater Spring Break

2010-03-20T09:24:00.000-07:00

We were able to go up to Bluewater at the last minute for Spring Break. We only got to go for 4 days but they were GREAT!! Here's the kids in front of the cabin. Jaycie brought her friend Emily Lenz and BARRY got to come up for the first time. My parents came too. Kali and Kason couldn't make it.
Yes, there was snow!! This is Savanna on my Aunt Ruth's teeter toter.
Nothing like snores. We had them every night. It was so nice sitting by the fire all day and all night.
We made a snowman outside the kitchen window so we could look out and see it. This is BILLY BOB>
It snowed all day Sunday. Look at it come down. That's Savanna on the porch.

Jake's Birthday

2010-03-09T18:43:00.001-08:00

Happy Birthday Jake!!! Jake turned 15 years old yesterday. "15!!" Somebody left this poster on his bedroom window.
Isn't it cute? It was from his friend Maddi Baser. He went to school most of the day. I took him out in the afternoon to get a MRI on his back. He see's the spine specialist tomorrow morning. We had Coasta Vida for dinner and then he opened his presents and we had cake and ice cream. We did pull out old video's of him. Boy, he was the cutest thing. Still is. We laughed the hardest when we watched Kelsey singing to him when he was 2 days old. Good memories!

BAD NEWS

2010-03-05T08:18:00.001-08:00

Jake's back has been hurting him for awhile. He started lifting weights at Mesa High for football next year and after a couple of days he could hardly walk. Rob took him to the doctor yesterday. Took x-rays. He has a hair line fracture on the L5, I think. The one right before the little bones for your tail bone. We have to take him to a spine specialist. The bone is also not lined up with the rest of his back. So, no activity right night. Sad, because he made JV Volleyball at Mesa High and would of been starting when the games start next week. Looking back we think he did it a year and a half ago in football when he got a helmet to his back. It probably healed and then in basketball in December when Taylor played Poston, Jake was on the ground trying to get the ball from a Poston player when another Poston player jumped on Jake and the kid landed on Jake with his knee right where his fracture is. He couldn't get up for a while and it did make him cry but he kept on going. Later, in January he had a game against Rhodes and he was going up for a lay-up and got thrown against the wall. He got up but very slowly. Keep him in your prayers and hopefully this isn't a big deal. I really am tired of doctors and their bills. On the happy side, Karissa and Barry's wedding day is JUNE 10th!!!!

Karissa Engaged!!!!

2010-02-26T07:05:00.000-08:00

Karissa got engaged last night to this guy BARRY BROWN!!
Here's the RING!! She has very little fingers, a size 4.
Do you think she is excited?

My Baby Turned 10!

2010-02-24T15:56:00.000-08:00

Savanna turned 10 on the 20th! I can't believe that my baby is 10!
She got some cute vans. We went out to dinner at Applebee's and then came home for presents and cake and ice cream.
We sure love this girl and are grateful that she came to this crazy family
New swim suit for this summer
Love the birthday dress! Savanna keeps us all young and we just love her!!

Valentine's Day

2010-02-17T15:45:00.000-08:00

On Saturday Feb. 13th our ward had a adult Valentine's Party. There was dinner and entertainment. Guess who was the entertainment! Rob and I were Sony and Cher and our friends the Shepherds were Donny and Marie Osmond. We sang "Babe, I got you babe." It was pretty funny. Jake has now finished basketball at Taylor. Their team ended up 10 wins 7 loses (I think) Most of those losses they should of won. We really didn't like his coach that much. Nice guy but not that great of a coach. He is now trying out for Mesa High Volleyball! Go Rabbits!

Jaycie First Volleyball Tournament

2010-02-01T08:35:00.000-08:00

Jaycie had her first volleyball tournament. It was in Prescott. We had to leave at 4:30 in the morning. We drove up, played three games and drove home.
Jaycie did a great job. The whole team did. This was the first game for all of the girls. They haven't been playing together very long and they all did a great job.
They all really need to work on serves. They wont let them serve underhanded, so they all have to serve overhanded.
Jaycie played setter. She did a really good job. She has a really soft touch on her setting. She also dove to the ground well. A lot of the girls wouldn't dive but Jaycie did. I think that comes from being a goalie in soccer.
Look at that girl!!!!

Jake Basketball

2010-01-25T09:34:00.001-08:00

Not much has been going on except school and Jake's basketball games. So, I decided to put up a few pictures for you. Jake is doing well. He is the best re bounder and Mr. Defense. His long arms can cover a big area.
He plays tough too. If you look closely you can see he is wearing a knee brace on his left knee. When he played Brophy a guy kneed him in his knee. It is still swollen and needs some support.

For a white guy he can jump really high. Hopefully he will keep growing and jumping higher and higher. He's #25!
He only has 4 games left. It has been really fun. I think he has improved a lot. Football is his favorite sport so he hasn't played a lot of basketball but I think he is pretty good. Hopefully he will learn a lot more at Mesa High. The coach at Taylor isn't that great. All the other kids are doing great. Kali is starting to be a sub for Mesa schools. Kason is just working and going to school. Karissa and Kelsey are doing the same. Jaycie has started club volleyball. Her first tournament is this Saturday. I still haven't gotten Savanna into dance. Well, that's the catch up.

Back in School

2010-01-08T09:35:00.000-08:00

Sorry no pictures but Jake, Jaycie, and Savanna have gone back to school. The week has gone well even though we have had a hard time getting up in the mornings. Jake was sick on Tuesday and didn't go to school. He had ear infections in both ears. He missed a basketball game but the team won without him. They played Carson. They have a big game against Stapley this afternoon. GO TAYLOR!! Karissa is backed to work for Skyline. School doesn't start for Karissa and Kelsey until the 19th. Rob was released from the bishopric and now is a adult sunday school teacher. That's about it.

More Christmas Picts

2009-12-28T16:42:00.000-08:00

Karissa and her date for the "Whoville" party! Barry Brown
The girls got boots for Christmas!
Savanna got a new beach cruiser bike from Santa!
Guess Who got a red one?!!!! ME!!!
Christmas Eve, everyone with their new PJ's. Christmas was a wonderful day. Rob's parents were out of town so we spent the whole day at home. My family came over for dinner in the afternoon. Rob got a new phone which I am very happy about because his old one didn't work very well. Now he is always playing with it. Some of the kids got new Ipods. All in all it was a wonderful day.

Christmas 2009

2009-12-28T16:32:00.000-08:00

Karissa went to a Whoville Christmas party. Don't you love her hair?
Kali had her 22nd birthday on the 22nd. I can't believe my baby is that old! Does that make me really old? YES!
Karissa and Kelsey had their Christian Dance Performance. It was beautiful as always.
They both did a great job.
We had the Jarvis Christmas party on the 19th. Here are the kids performing the nativity. Rob's parents were in Canada for Christmas.

MOre pictures of December!

2009-12-17T07:54:00.001-08:00

We had our Laurel Christmas Party at my house last night. Every year we have a fun sock exchange and lots of food. This year Stephanie Romney read a cute story and every time she said right or left you passed your present around. When the story was done, that's the gift you get. It was a lot of fun. Look at all the great socks! Very fun tradition.
Here's Savanna at the piano recital.

More December Fun!

2009-12-17T07:38:00.001-08:00

Savanna and Jaycie had a piano recital. Karissa played a duet with Jaycie. They did really well.
Savanna had her first orchestra concert. The 4th graders sounded pretty good. They have only been playing since September.
Kali graduated from ASU. We had a party at our house to celebrate. She received her degree in secondary education majoring in History. We are so proud of her. She did it in 3 1/2 years! Now she is just looking for a job. This is Kali with Kason and their friend Barry.
This is another friend of Kali's from high school, Fatma.
Jaycie had her band concert. Those 7th graders are sounding pretty good. All the songs sound like real songs!

December Fun!

2009-12-08T07:53:00.000-08:00

Last night we put up our Christmas tree. We got to buy a real tree this year so the house smells wonderful! Kason couldn't be there because he had school.
Jake and the Teen Tones from Taylor Jr. High sang at the temple grounds. It is always a lot of fun to go to the temple grounds and hear the music and look at the great lights. It always puts me in the Christmas spirit.
We had our ward Christmas party. As always the Bishop, Counselors, and Clerks have to perform something. This year was the best. This is Rob and they played Christmas carols with those tubes using their legs and heads. It was so funny. I have it on video. I will try to have Karissa help me put it on my blog. Really funny!!
Basketball has begun. Jake is one of the captains and gets to play alot if he doesn't get into foul trouble. I think he is a point guard but I'm really not sure. Sometimes it depends who is in.
So far they are undefeated, winning four games. His number is 25. They play Poston today. It should be a really good game.

Thanksgiving

2009-11-30T08:26:00.000-08:00

We all a full day of eating. We first went over to Rob's parents house and had Thanksgiving dinner at 1pm. Visited for a few hours and then we were back to our house to have Thanksgiving dinner with my family. So lets just say we ate and ate and ate. We played some games too!

Karissa's 20th Birthday

2009-11-23T14:47:00.001-08:00

Karissa turned "20" on the 21st.
She had her girlfriends spend the night and this is the breakfast Rob served them. They slept outside in our family tent. They had a fire with smores too!
Dana, Janell, Courtney,and Amber.
She wanted a cruiser bike for her birthday. Of coarse it had to be lime green!!
She named it "Lucy"! We went out to eat as a family too.

Fan

2009-11-20T19:25:00.001-08:00

Kelsey has gone about 5 years without her ceiling fan working. Tanner Green was nice enough last week to come over and put a new one up for her. She had to pretend she helped.
Tanner work hard putting her fan up and Kelsey holding the flash light for him

NEWPORT BEACH

2009-11-17T07:39:00.001-08:00

Rob and I went to Newport Beach, California for a four day get away with the Scoresby's. They were nice enough to let us have the back seat of their car and the second bedroom of their hotel room. This is a picture of a place we ate at with Rob's cousin Derek and his kids. It's called Ruby's Auto Diner. They had four old cars in front of it.
This is Rob by our hotel room. We went on a three hour bike ride by the ocean and took a boat ride over to Balboa Island and had a Balboa Bar. Rob rode a bike for the first time since his stroke. He did really good. I am having problems down loading those pictures. It was really nice getting away and just spending time with Rob. They kids did a great job at home.

MORE HALLOWEEN

2009-11-02T10:43:00.001-08:00

Here's Rob and I. Dumb picture of me. Oh, Well! Rob is Barney Rubble and I am a Hawaiian tourist. Something easy.
Jaycie with her monster jack-o-lantern.
Here's Savanna with her spider.
Kali and Kason carving the pumpkin. I think Kason likes that knife to much!
Karissa with her jack-o-lantern. It's a pumpkin face with a witches hat on. Halloween was a lot of fun. Bring on THANKSGIVING!!

Jake's football ends and Halloween

2009-11-02T10:24:00.000-08:00

Sorry I haven't posted lately but there really hasn't been anything to post. I have need really really busy with my church calling and helping Rob with his wrapping paper business. Friday night we carved our pumpkins. Here's Kelsey with her's.
This is Kelsey and Jake on Halloween. Don't they look great together!!
Here's Savanna(scarecrow), Karissa(pirate), Jaycie(Betty Rubble) and Jake(gangster) on Halloween. Kelsey wasn't home from the mall yet so she isn't in the picture. My mom and dad came over, and my sister Donna with her kids. We set out front and handed out candy while Savanna and Jaycie went trick-or-treating and the others kids went to parties. We had alot of trick-or-treaters. I went through 4 big bags of candy from Costco!!
Jake has now finished football at Taylor. I really can't believe it is over. The school year is flying by. Here's Jake and Rob at the end of his game.
This is Jake with his sister's minus Kali because she wasn't there. He had a great season. The team didn't win much and I really didn't like his head coach but I guess that's the way is goes. Today he starts try outs for the basketball team. Go Jake!!!

Jaycie's birthday

2009-10-12T11:10:00.001-07:00

Jaycie had a soccer game on her birthday. This is her playing goal.
After the game everyone sang to her and we handed out crispy creme donuts and juice.
Happy Birthday to Jaycie! Big 13!!
The cake! A cookie dough ice cream cake.
She wanted flowers for her birthday and she also got this outfit. She is really growing up

birthday's and more

2009-10-12T10:54:00.001-07:00

Jaycie had her first junior high band concert. It was really good. What they played really sounded like a song!
Rob turned the big 45!! We went to the Mesa High Homecoming game and then we had people over for cake and ice cream.
Jake had a game last weds. they lost but Jake did O.K.
Kali and Karissa performed the fight song with all the other alumni cheerleaders. Aren't they both sooooo cute!!!!
They remembered the dance. Kali is student teaching a Mesa and part of her job is student council. She was running around all night getting everything done for the half time show.

news of this week

2009-10-06T08:44:00.000-07:00

It was a great conference weekend. For once we didn't have soccer games so we were able to watch all the sessions of conference. My family always gets together for dinner after the last session on Sunday. We celebrated the October birthdays. Jaycie, My Dad, and Rob. Today is my dad's 84th birthday!!! We are all so happy and blessed with each birthday he has. My dad almost died seven years ago. Believe it or not the man lives with no stomach!!
Jake had a GREAT game this past week. He had 1 touchdown(2 really because they said his knee was down before the ball crossed), 2 point conversion and some other wonderful stuff. His team won!!
Jake also had a choir concert this week!!
Such a STUD!

Here is some MORE!

2009-09-28T12:42:00.001-07:00

Two weeks ago Rob and I flew to Utah. We left all the kids at home with Karissa to hold the fort down. She did a great job. She even made a roast for Sunday dinner! Anyway Rob's cousin Renae's daughter died at the age of 29. She was married with 3 little kids. She had been fighting cancer for the last 51/2 years. The picture is of Renae and granddaughter .
Brittney was a great mom. She had a lot of faith and understood the plan of salvation. It was an amazing experience to witness how Brittney's husband, children, parents and in-law all have a great bond and love for each other. My testimony was strengthen of eternal families.
This is Rob with his Aunt Susann, and cousin Derek. We had a great time seeing family.
Savanna had a gymnastics meet a week ago. She is a level 5. I know the picture isn't that great but look at that split jump!!!
I don't have pictures but Kelsey became very sick a week and a half ago. She had throwing up and other problems too!! By that night her blood pressure dropped, got dizzy and her whole body locked. Her legs where straight down and her arms locked straight down and then her hands turned turned in and locked with her fingers out straight. I hope this makes since. Rob called 911 and she went to the hospital. They gave her IV fluid and meds. for her pain and to calm her stomach. They said she was dehydrated and the low potassium made her body do that. It was really scaring. She missed three days of school. She's finally eating normally. It also took a while for her body now to hurt. Things are all back to normal. Sorry this post was so long but I had a lot of catching up to do.

More Pictures

2009-09-28T12:29:00.001-07:00

Jake has had 4 football games with Taylor. He keeps playing different positions so I really don't know what he is playing now. I do know he plays almost the whole game. He is almost always on the field doing something. There are only 6 guys that have ever played football before so his team has a lot to learn. Jake is #80!
This is Jake getting a great tackle
This is Jake running a kick off return
Before the game as one of the capt.
Isn't he cute!!! He seems to be really enjoying High School football. The just need to win more. They have only won one game.

catching up

2009-09-28T12:10:00.000-07:00

So, I finally found my connector for the computer so I can put pictures up. Guess who had it? Kali! She borrowed it when I was in Utah in August! All these pictures are of the kids and their first day of school. Karissa sophmore at ASU!
Kelsey Freshman at ASU!
Savanna 4th grader at Porter!
Jake 9th grader at Taylor Jr. High!
Jaycie 7th grader at Taylor Jr. High!

UPDATE

2009-09-03T16:14:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted because I still can't find the thing I need to download my pictures to my computer. Sorry, no pictures again. Kelsey and Karissa started ASU. Karissa her sophmore year and Kelsey her freshman.(She already has around 15 credits from some of the classes she took in high school) Jake had his first football game for Taylor. They played Shepherd Jr. High. It was played at Mesa High. His team lost but Jake had a great game. He was really tired because he played almost the entire game. He had some great catches and he caused a fumble and recovered it. The line had a hard time but I thought the Taylor team did really good considering there are only 6 guys on the team that had ever played football before. This was the first game ever for some of them. Jake is a receiver on offense and safety of defense. Other wise that is about all that has been going on.

Update

2009-08-20T08:45:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted but I wanted to put up pictures but I can't find the thing I need to down load my pictures on my computer. We went to Utah for the booksellers convention for Rob. It went well but the fun was visiting with friends and family that live in Utah. Jake, Jaycie, and Savanna started school. Jake is in 9th, Jaycie in 7th and Savanna in 4th. So far they all seem to be enjoying themselves. Jake is busy with football. It is going to be a lot of fun watching him play for a school team. Kelsey and Karissa haven't started ASU. Yesterday was the one year mark from Rob's stroke. It's a little strange. Hopefully he will keep progressing . I'll post again when I can put pictures up.

Jake's Nose Surgery

2009-07-23T11:50:00.000-07:00

This is what Jake looked like on day three.
Right after surgery in recovery
Getting ready for surgery!
My brother Edwin died June 30th. His funeral was on July 7th. This is at the luncheon. This is my mother (standing in the black dress), Uncle Anthon(far left), Aunt Barbara, Uncle Ernie(my mom is standing behind him) and Aunt Iris on the right.
My brother Edwin's funeral.

Bluewater

2009-07-23T11:18:00.000-07:00

I finally got my computer back so here are some pictures from our trip to the cabin. This is Jaycie riding the quad. She has gotten pretty good at driving around.
We had smores to nights when we were up there. That was alot of fun.
We hiked down to the water fall. We call it the jungle. Rob did a great job getting down there. I didn't think he could do it but he did. He was very tired afterward.
Ever since my family started going to the cabin and hike the jungle we get a picture on this rock. There has been some good memories. Here is my family plus three friends. Dana Woodbury(Karissa's friend), McKay Angle(Jake's friend), and Taylor McCleary(Kelsey's friend).
Here's the cabin. We love going to Bluewater, New Mexico. My parents didn't come with us this year because of Edwin's death and we had to cut our trip short because of the funeral but it was beautiful and alot of fun. The fireworks on the 4th was alot of fun too.

Busy July

2009-07-10T16:18:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted. My computer broke and is getting fixed. I am on Rob's so there will be no pictures. Sorry! On June 30th my brother Edwin died. He was 60 years old. We left for Bluewater on July 2nd as planned but came home on July 6th for Edwin's funeral on July 7th. His funeral was nice and alot of relatives came. Rob gave the plan of salvation talk and Karissa and I did the prelude. I played the piano and she played the cello. We did primary songs because my brother served alot in the nursery. The short vacation was nice. All of my family went and a few friends of the kids. We haven't had a vacation with everyone in three years. Today Jake had his nose surgery to fix his broken nose. Also today, Jaycie had 8 teeth taken out by the oral surgeon. 4 babies and 4 adults. They are both doing pretty good. Also, my uncle Bud died last friday and his funeral is today in Idaho. I was not able to go with all of these surgeries. He was 90. I will post more when I can put pictures up.

More Ski Dive Pics

2009-06-22T10:35:00.000-07:00

Kelsey made it back to the Casa Grand Airport and threw up in the bathroom. Then she rested here while Karissa jumped!
Here's Karissa coming in for her landing
Another picture of Karissa. She loved it too!
Here's Karissa
Here she is getting all ready!

More Ski dive pics

2009-06-22T10:21:00.000-07:00

Kelsey walking away after a great landing. She did get sick and threw up! But she still loved it and would do it again.
Rob coming in for his landing.
This is Rob!
This is Kelsey!
The three Ski Divers! Karissa, Kelsey, and Rob! They loved the free falling the best!

Kelsey's birthday and skidiving

2009-06-22T10:08:00.000-07:00

Sorry this will go out of order a little bit because I don't know how to fix it. This is the little brown plane they jumped from at 10,000 feet!
For Kelsey's birthday Kelsey, Karissa, Kali and I went and had pedicures. Kali's foot is at the top, Kelsey's is the tan one on the right (she is life guarding and getting tan), Karissa is at the bottom, and then me on the left.
This is Kelsey coming in for her landing.
Kelsey and her cake! Big 18!!
Karissa and Kelsey getting their pedicures.

2009-06-18T08:34:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Kelsey Donnette!! Today Kelsey turns 18!! I can't really believe it. This is her on Halloween with her friend Amber. (Yes, that is her hair all curled)
She has always been a active girl. She will try anything. Thus tomorrow she will be jumping out of a airplane. That is all she has ever wanted for her 18th birthday. Karissa and Rob are going to jump with her. Hopefully I will have good pictures to post.
She loves to sing and perform. It was great watching her this year.
She is so beautiful. She doesn't think so but she is inside and out!!
I just plainly love this picture. I blew it up to a 5X7 and put it up in the hallway.(Yes, I took that shot) We are so grateful to have this great girl in our family. She almost didn't make it at birth (cord around her neck 4 times, yes, long story) but we are so grateful she is a fighter. Kelsey you have truly blessed this family. We love you! By the way she is speaking in church this
Sunday about fathers. She said I will cry hard.

Jaycie 6th grade graduation

2009-06-01T21:50:00.000-07:00

I just got back from girls camp and with all the business I didn't get a chance to post Jaycie's promotion from 6th grade. It was on the same night as seminary graduation so Savanna, Kali, Kason, and I went to 6th grade graduation.

HeHere is Jaycie with her certificate.
ThThis is Jaycie with one of her best friends Emily Lenz.

2009-05-23T22:53:00.000-07:00

Kelsey's Graduation from Mesa High School. Yes, it rained during the whole ceremony. It wasn't pouring but just a constant rain. I can't believe it rain on graduation two years in a row. Karissa's was rained out last year. She had to have her class split in two. One group in the auditorium and the other in the gym. This is us.
Kelsey was in the top twenty of her class (#11) so Rob and I got to sit on the field. I took this great picture of her right after she got her diploma.
Here she is getting her diploma!
Kelsey the big graduate!!