Jack and Jenay

Our Year in Review

2012-01-18T13:31:00.000-08:00

These pictures are in reverse order. So the most recent are first and the older are last. There will be more to come, but my computer time is about up for today.

Triston is my little fish. He loves to be in the water. This is at the new water park in Rexburg.

Weston loves the water almost as much as Triston!

It's hard to get them to go home when we're done.

My boys also love riding the Carrousel at the park.

This is Triston with his cousins Hunter and Deacon.

This fall we went Huckleberry picking a couple of times. One time with Judd, Sarah and Jared and once with Jessa and Brandon. This is on our way home. We had five very dirty and tired boys by the time we were done.

Jack and I went for a weekend trip to Island Park. It was a lot of fun. This is a picture of the lake we canoed on. A really nice guy let us go on his private lake. It was so pretty and peaceful!

We also went to Mesa Falls. This is the exact same place we took a picture when we were dating.

On our way home from a family camping trip we stopped at Jack's parents house to pick appricots. Weston thought they were really yummy! I made a bunch of Jam with these.

Weston was really tired after a trip to the zoo.

Triston got a bike for his 3rd birthday from his Aunt Jessa and Uncle Brandon. He LOVES to ride his bike.

Weston

My boys all sitting eating freezies.

Weston was being my big helper.

This is at my family reunion this summer. It was so fun. The boys got to play in the dirt all day long. I love their dirty faces.

The boys playing in the pool at Grandma and Grandpa Shelley's house.

Triston after a lot of playing at Grandma's house. He was quiet so I went upstairs to check on him and found him like this. I love it.

More to come in our year in review...

Finally!!

2011-12-28T13:14:00.000-08:00

For some reason my blog has issues letting me upload pictures. Anyway, I finally got it to work so here is the beginning of the update of our year.

Starting in Magrath, Canada for the 24th of July.

Judd, Sarah, and Jack.
Triston at the petting zoo.

Waiting for the parade.

Triston and Weston with Great-Grandma James before we left.

Moving and such

2011-05-20T19:02:00.000-07:00

Triston helped us paint the rooms at out house in Elko before we moved.

A birthday get to gether with cousins before we moved.

Playing in the snow at our new house in Sugar City, Idaho.

Triston got to help Jack work with the tractor. Like Bob the Builder.

Weston loves to help in the kitchen.

I found Triston changing Weston's diaper and he held still for him.

July

2010-07-29T03:30:00.000-07:00

We had a picnic in the park with Friends and Family for the 4th of July. We all dressed up in our Red White and Blue.

Triston Loved the fireworks and just running and playing in the park with his cousins.

Cute matching brothers.

The mine hosts Family Days every 2 years. This year Jack's Dad, his Brother Judd, and two friends Jared and Wayne were able to come and see where he works. They had a lot of fun.
They are on the deck of a haul truck here.

And standing in front of one of the haul truck tires here.

Triston in his Aligator pool. He loves to go swimming in his "cool" as he calls it.

Beautiful Weston.

I think he's looking at Angels, but that's just me.

Sleeping after a long day!

In his blessing outfit.

Grandparents

2010-07-02T12:49:00.000-07:00

When I posted last time I didn't know we had these pictures on Jack's phone. Roger and Sue stopped on their way through town coming back from California and got to see Weston in the hospital.

He's Here!

2010-06-26T22:58:00.000-07:00

Weston Jack Riley was born on Thursday June 18th at 2:58 pm. He was 7 pounds 6 ounces and 20 inches long.

He has beautiful hair that is dark at the root and blond at the tip. It looks like it was professionally frosted.

Beautiful Boy!

Triston LOVES his baby!

Weston had fluid in his lungs when he was born. They were afraid it would turn to pneumonia so he was started on an IV antibiotic and kept in the nursery to monitor his oxygen. He had to stay there for two days. He couldn't come to our room, so we had to go to the nursery to visit him and feed him my milk through a bottle because his oxygen would drop if he tried too hard to eat. By Sunday he was able to come to our room with his IV in tow. His x-rays and blood tests were good except he was showing signs of an infection, thank heaven it wasn't pneumonia!!! We would have had to go to Primary Children's in Salt Lake if he had. So they continued the antibiotic for 7 days and he had to be at the hospital for it because of the IV. He kept pulling the IV out, so they had to put it in his left arm twice, once in his right and finally, they day before we were to go home, they had to put it in his head because all his other veins were too tired from daily blood draws. So the above picture is our little fighter pilot. That's what we thought he looked like with his little hat made of gauze.

Finally on Thursday the 24th at 9:00 pm we were able to go home!!! And we were so excited!! It was hard to be at the hospital when everyone else was taking home their babies. But our nurses were AWESOME!!! They took such good care of Weston and the rest of us. We are so glad to be home though!!

Going Home!!!

2010-06-25T20:06:00.000-07:00

After a long week in the hospital, we got to go home on Thursday night.

Getting dressed to go home.

All ready to go.

Triston was so excited to have his brother AND both parents home.

Proud big brother!

Grandma Shelley holding Weston and Triston being a helper.

Wedding Weekend!

2010-04-21T11:44:00.000-07:00

These pictures uploaded funny becuase I had to do them individually to even get them to load on here. So we'll start from the end and go to the beginning.

Lisa Wilde Made these cute towels with the kids' names on them. Triston loves having his very own towel.
At the Wedding reception the boys had a blast playing with the fish decorations.

Triston loves playing Ring-Around-the-Rosie and he kept trying to get all his cousins to play with him. They liked it at first but then they got tired of it.

The boys in their cute suits. They were so handsom!

The cousins had tons of fun playing in the sand box at Grandma and Grandpa Riley's house in Lewiston.

And the highlight and reason for the trip was the beautiful wedding of Juston and Nicole!! They are wonderful together and look so happy!! It was awesome to be at the temple with them and then to go to the reception the next night.

I tried!

2010-04-19T11:09:00.000-07:00

I've tried to post pictures three times!! It uploads for 30 minutes then says it can't be completed. So I'll try again when I have more time and patience!!

Update

2010-03-03T18:42:00.000-08:00

Triston is learning how to go pee on the potty. So he tells me all day long that he needs to. But he pretty much just sits there and then jumps up and says he's done.

Family picture at my Grandmother's funeral in Susanville.

Triston got to play with some tiny puppies at my sister's house.
He was so careful with them.

Jack found a dragon costume and wore it and danced around for a while.

He's such a dork, but I'll keep him.

We're having a......

2010-02-13T14:22:00.001-08:00

BOY!!! Yes, we are having another boy and we are so excited!!! We wanted brothers together and we got them!!! So our new baby boy will be here sometime around June 23rd.

We went to Susanville to visit my Grandma who is very sick and all my beautiful sisters were there. Me, Jalene, Julie Ann, Jeina, and Jessa.

Triston likes to do everything his dad does. He followed Jack all around the house with his arms behind his back just like dad. It was so cute!

We like bubble baths.

Our Christmas Adventures

2010-01-14T19:24:00.000-08:00

These pictures are way out of order. So I'll just go for it.

Titan, Triston, Porter, and Jackson at the Riley Grandparent's house in Lewiston after Porter's blessing.

Saturday night while we were making dinner, Jack had all the boys plaing in a fort and then he put all the couch cushions in a pile and tossed the boys on there. They had a blast. They all came in sweating after about 50 min of tough playing.
In Idaho we visited my sister Jessa and her family and we went bowling. We had a lot of fun. But I'm pretty sure all the little boys ages 1-5 beat the pants off all the adults.

The day we got home from Susanville after Christmsa our apt flooded. We were really lucky that we were home when it happened. But it still sucked royally!! So this is my kitchen (the only dry spot) with all the valuable furniture in it.

You can see the water mark on the carpet there, the water came under the wall and through a closet to get to the living room. Nice huh?

Me and Triston on Christmas morning.

We never got a picture together, but I made matching John Deere pajama pants for all three of us. Triston loved openning presents, but he wanted to play more with the stuff instead of openning more, which I guess is a good thing, but we wanted him to keep openning.

Oh, and Grandma Shelley bought him a John Deere socking!!!

This is Triston when we first woke him up at 5:00 AM!!! My Dad had to go to work early so we all got up early. Poor kid couldn't even walk strait when I first showed him what Santa brought him.

Jack and Triston playing.

Triston helped Jack open his birthday presents.

We tought him how to pop the bubbles paper that stuff comes in, in the mail. He koved it!

Getting Ready for Christmas

2009-12-16T12:33:00.000-08:00

Triston walking in Jack's boots.

We are playing swards with the empty wrapping paper rolls.

Jack dressed Triston up in his welding gear.

Playing in the snow.

Decorating our little tree!

Update

2009-11-30T10:05:00.001-08:00

Carving pumpkins as a family

Halloween in Rexburg with Jessa's family.

Triston was Super Man.

Jackson and Triston at Grandma and Grandpa Riley's house. Jackson was a caveman.

Jack and Judd swinging the boys.

Jared and Wayne came to visit so we took them up to Spruce Mountain.

There are a bunch of Ghost towns up there. It is pretty cool.

Wayne, Me and Jared on the four wheelers.

A pretty view.

Jared and Wayne in a mine shaft.

Family Pictures

2009-10-14T12:14:00.000-07:00

We went up Lamoille Canyon and took family pictures in the trees. It was a beautiful day, except it was a little cold. My sister took these for us. Triston wasn't feeling very well and he was tired. So it was hard to get a smile out of him.

I took this one of Triston, Jack was in it too, but he wasn't looking at the camera. So we cropped it. But I love this one because he isn't being a cheese. He's just Triston.

This is Triston and his friend Kelton playing in the leaves. They had so much fun!

The balloon festival. This is at 6:00 in the morning. We were there at 5:30 I think. It was so cool though. There were 27 balloons I think. One was Humpty Dumpty, one was Smokey the Bear. There was a flag one, and just a bunch with cool designs. Triston loved to watch them blow up the balloons and go into the air.

Jack's New Jeep

2009-09-21T11:23:00.001-07:00

This is Jack's new Jeep. We bought it about two weeks ago in Salt Lake.

On our way home we stopped at the Salt Flats so Triston could run around and play.

He found a hole to sit in and taste the salt.

Father and Son.

Hawaiian Honeymoon

2009-09-18T15:00:00.000-07:00

We had an amazing honeymoon in Hawaii. We went in August. It was short but sweet. We did everything on our list. Polynisian Culteral Center, Scuba Diving, Parasailing, Pearl Harbor, Flight Museum, swimming in the beautiful ocean, and of course, shopping at the International Market Place.

Beautiful Hawaii Temple

Pearl Harbor

USS Arizona

Parasailing. Jack absolutely LOVED this!!!

I, however, got very sick and threw up after.

At the Polynisian Culteral Center. This place was amazing!!

Right before we went scuba diving. This is at Hanauma Bay.
After scuba diving. This was one of the highlights of my trip. I loved every second of swimming with the fishies. I can't wait to go again.

This is our rental car. We had so much fun in it.

Triston's First Trip to CANADA!

2009-07-30T10:36:00.000-07:00

We went to Canada to visit Jack's Grandma and Aunts up there. This was the first time Triston met his Grandma James. And he loved her so much!

On our way up we stopped in Helena to eat and let Triston run around. Jack saw his dream vehicle. This suburban with 5 doors on both sides.

Triston and Uncle Lee and cousin Dillon.

Jack, Cousin Lilly, and Triston. These two had a lot of fun together.

Grandma James and Triston. He loves her.

Jordy and Jonie's twin girls. Triston loved these little angels.

Camie and Caisie and Triston. I know I'm spelling their names wrong.

We had to wake Grandma up to say good bye before we left.

Triston being a cheese in a restaurant in Twin Falls on our way home.

4th of July

2009-07-29T11:08:00.000-07:00

We went to Susanville for the 4th of July to visit my family. My brother and his family came up from Texas and we had a huge party!

Triston Loved playing in the sand at the Lake.

Jack, my brother Justin and my dad having a white T-shirt contest.

The kids playing in the sand again. Different Lake, different day.

Justin and Triston.

Brandon and Alex built a really cool Sand Castle and right before we left they let the kids destroy it.

Into Everything!

2009-07-29T10:47:00.000-07:00

Triston has discovered that he can get into everything even when we are standing right there.

Spaghetti face.

Jack and I were sitting at the table not even a foot away from him when he did this. We knew he had the yogurt, but we didn't realize he had broken it open. He made a royal mess and the floor was sticky for days. But it was so cute!

He has the yogurt cup in his mouth like a little puppy while he splashes it all over.

In the trash can.

He pulled a plate of my visiting teaching cookies off the table and ate them. We just laughed.

The Boys

2009-07-29T10:36:00.001-07:00

We went to the Motorcycle Jamboree with my sister and brother-in-law and Jack loved this bike.

We saw this, it's a six speed engine that makes margaritas. It was really loud, Jack liked this too.
Jared and Wayne came to help us with a Luau Pig. We had a lot of fun.

Birthday and Stuff

2009-07-29T10:24:00.000-07:00

So I realized as I looked at everyone else's blog that I haven't posted in a while.

On Triston's actual birthday we were traveleing to Salt Lake to go to my nephew's endowment.

So Grandma Shelley gave him his birthday presents in the hotel room that night.

The next day Triston got to visit cousin Titan, Aunt Julie and Grandma Riley while I went to the temple with my family.

We celebrated Triston's birthday a couple days later at my sister's house where we had a lot of family visiting from out of town.

He had pumpkin pie for his cake, (his favorite) and he got it everywhere.

DONE!!!

Ouchy Ouchy

2009-06-15T16:18:00.000-07:00

Triston stuck his hand in between the broiler drawer of the oven and the door of the oven while the oven was on. It was so sad. This is right after, before we went to the hospital.

Back side of hand. The blisters looked about 10 times worse than this a couple days later.

We put cold water on a highchair tray with ice. We thought he was doing ok, but then he would take his hand out of the water and hold it up to me or Jack and just cry and then put it back in the water. He kept doing this and it was like he was saying "Do Something!" That's when we decided to take him to ER.
Home from the hospital and all bandaged up.

He felt so much better with some pain medicine and burn cream on his hand.

Triston wouldn't stop biting the gauze so we have to keep a sock over it.

This is the blister the next day.

Side view. You can see how tall they are.
On Wednesday Triston got the gauze off his hand while in his crib and bit the blister and popped it. So now we have to take extra care of it.

This little boy is such a trooper. He doesn't let this slow him down one bit. He is still walking all and crawling all over the palce and playing like before. It doesn't seem to hurt him, he just gets annoyed with the sock.

We have an appointment to see another doctor, a surgeon to make sure everything is healing properly.

Memorial Weekend

2009-05-26T09:34:00.000-07:00

Judd, Sarah, and Jackson came to visit us this weekend. Triston and Jackson had so much fun together. They played so well!
We played, we went swimming, we had a BBQ in the rain, the girls went shopping while the boys went and looked at tools. It was a great visit. Thanks for coming!

Triston and Jackson swinging back to back.

Jack and Judd showing off. He's hott, admit it!

The boys.

Jackson got in the tub before we could get his jammies off.

Sarah and I at church.

OUCH!

2009-05-26T09:12:00.000-07:00

My poor little Neon was backed into on Sunday.

Luckily the dent didn't go into the door.

While Jack was working on the dent, Triston wanted to help.
I seriously couldn't Keep Triston away from his dad and the car.

They were so cute together!

Summer is Here! I think...

2009-05-21T19:27:00.000-07:00

Triston likes to push this everywhere he goes.
He loves to swing!

He likes to go for drives in this car, but his feet get stuck underneath,

so we prop them up like this. Don't you love the face?

Today we had a swim party with some friends.

Triston's friends in the pool. They had a lot of fun.

My Boys

2009-03-09T14:27:00.000-07:00

Ready for church

Can you see my fingers??
Triston wanted to follow Jack into the bathroom.

He couldn't get in so he put his fingers under the door.

Playing in Mommy's bathwater. He got soaked!

My turn!! Triston is waiting for his bath water to fill up.

Look at that cute little bum!!

Salt Lake Trip

2009-03-09T14:00:00.000-07:00

My new car!
Triston playing in the hotel room.

On our way home we stopped at the Salt Flats to walk around.

Triston thinks I look funny with my glasses on.

Family

What we've been up to

2009-03-04T10:19:00.000-08:00

January

We went sledding at Jessa's house.

Hunter was showing Triston his cool truck.

We went to cousin Jackson's first birthday party. Triston really liked his mask.

Triston and Jackson played with the balloons all night.

On our way home from Rexburg we stayed in Burley for my cousin's homecoming. We rented a hotel room so we could go swimming.

Triston is modeling his swim shorts.

February

Jessa's husband Brandon went to the hospital with blood clots so we had her three boys in Elko for 10 days. We had fun making cookies, playing with cousins, and having races outside when it wasn't too cold. Brandon is home now and doing much better!

Christmas With the Riley's

2009-01-12T15:07:00.000-08:00

On our way home we went to Temple square to see the lights

Grandma Riley helping Triston open a present.

Four Cousins; Triston, Ben, Titan, and Jackson.

The boys on Christmas morning in their Christmas Jammies!

Christmas Time

2008-12-18T10:27:00.000-08:00

Our Christmas Jammies

Going Christmas shopping with the girls in Twin Falls.

Our little Rudolph

Thanksgiving & Moving

2008-12-18T08:37:00.000-08:00

We moved three days before we left for Thanksgiving. It was a crazy mess!!

But Triston had fun playing with the boxes.

Triston started trying to crawl while we were in Susanville for Thanksgiving. He was the star of the show.

Grandma Shelley has a bench just Triston's size.

Dad's hat is a little big, but he'll grow into it.

Our Visit to Rexburg

2008-11-12T12:23:00.001-08:00

Triston's new blanket and blocks.
Jack and his new nephew Titan.

Julie, Jason, and Titan on his blessing day.

Friends reunion at Olive Garden.

Fall Colors

2008-11-12T12:15:00.001-08:00

Halloween

2008-11-12T11:53:00.000-08:00

Jack and I were pirates.

I met up with my high school friend Rachel while I was in Rexburg. I hadn't seen her in ages!!

Jackson, Triston, and Titan. Their first Halloween.

Our little monkey.

Triston and his cousin Logan.

Triston's Many Tricks

2008-10-18T14:48:00.000-07:00

Look Dad! I can stand all by myself!!!
I can chew on my hands AND stand at the same time...
...I can even fly...
...and no one knows, but I'm a Super Hero too!

Bundle Up

2008-10-18T14:20:00.000-07:00

Every Morning Triston and I go for a walk. Well, it started getting cold so we found some interesting ways to bundle him up to keep warm. Triston has a pumpkin hat, a jacket underneath with a hood, a winter suit thing turned backwards so the hood is in front, and puppy slippers on his hands. He was pretty toasty.
I love his Pooh Bear hat with ear flaps...so cute!!

Our Family

2008-10-02T15:41:00.000-07:00

Triston in a highchair at his Grandma Shelley's house. He kept falling over so we put towels around him to keep him sitting up.
Triston an Mom just hangin out.
Daddy and Triston showing off their big muscles.
We went for a picnic up Lamoille Canyon and Triston fell asleep at the beginning of our walk in the trees

Our Story

2008-10-02T12:13:00.000-07:00

Jack and I met and became friends in the fall of 2005 in Rexburg, ID. I chased him for about a year, he finally decided it would be ok if we dated in the fall of 2006. We were engaged shortly after but not officially until December. In January Jack and Judd went to work in Hawaii for 6 weeks. It was so hard to be apart! Eight days after Jack got home we were married in the Logan Temple; on March 2, 2007. We lived in Rexburg for a little more than a year while we finished up school. In April of 2008 we moved to Elko, NV so Jack could work at the mines and continue his schooling. On June 8th we welcomed a beautiful baby boy into our family. We named him Triston James Riley. He is now 4 months old and growing like a weed. And we are living happily ever after.