There we were on a Sunday afternoon, enjoying the peaceful, laziness of the day.

All of a sudden, out comes my Mom with a giddy grin on her face.  In her hands: a bowl full of Indian mud to mask our faces with!

Easily, she convinced the girls to participate.

Some of the guys needed a bit of a push, others, who refused, 

were suddenly surprised with a finger full of mud on their nose. 

 "Hey, you've already got some on your face.  Might as well spread it all over!"

A different kind of fun

Jared and I went to the US Open this past weekend...it was fun. 

 A different kind of fun though.

Lots of walking

Lots of standing

Some jogging

Bad shoes worn by me

Bad eating habits

Crammed up against the rope next to people I don't even know that might touch me wrong, {repeatedly} just to get a glimpse at the big bad Tiger for 3 min.

Sitting in the cold wind in Southern California

(we decided this was better than baking in the sun)

And yet, we had fun.

We'll do it again.

And next time I'll wear tennis shoes.

Happy #1 to our Jubby bubby boy!

Jason Kali'i Hoyt 

May 29, 2007

dubbed:  J  -  Jman  -  J Bird  -  J Birdie  -   Bubba  -   Jubbs   -  Jubby  - Jason Bourne

Our Lump of Goodness!!

We celebrated a little different this year, with Jared's family in AZ.

They say 1 year old's don't really know what a present is and maybe the aren't really interested...Well our Jubbs was.  He LOVEd his new truck, ball and doogers (stuffed tiger.  OUr son likes things stuffed...hopefully not a precursor for the future!)

And the Cake.  Yeah.  He LOVED the cake too.

Now you know where he got some of his nick-names!

Ode to my Bubbs:

Our chubby, flubby, bubby

Who's bum wears a huggie

It's great that you can play

by yourself all day!

You're content, happy and...full

No tantrums you have yet to pull.

We love the way you growl

When it's into our foreheads you plow

You have eyes that could captivate

And a body made to intimidate

You arrived and we said,

"Who is this?"

You're blonde, white

and we might have the same size fists.

You're our gentle GIANT and 

We're glad you came our way.

You make most days bright and cheery!

It'd be cool if you talked like Bobby Flay!!

loves loves loves to my bubbs.