It's Been Awhile

So... WOW. Its been soooo long since I've written a new post on our family blog (SORRY!). To be honest its been soooo hectic, I havent found the time until now. So many things have happened in the past couple of months, I'll try to fill you all in as best as I can.....

*Jason got a new truck (chevy 4x4 truck), its amazing. Perfect room for our family, looks awesome & the price was RIGHT. However the engine was not so right. Yup.. believe it or not the engine BLEW UP.. LITERALLY the day after it was paid off. What are the odds? But seeing we got this bad ass truck for only 4 grand, we are willing to get a new engine. It's $1500 for the engine(which jason will put in himself!).. so really were still paying no more than 6 grand for the whole truck even with a new engine... CANT COMPLAIN. We are getting the engine soon.. so i'll keep you posted.

*We had a flood happen at our house. Yup.. a flood & a fire all in one year (haha our luck is amazing!!). But really, it was a blessing in disguise. Even though we lived without some flooring for awhile, the results of our new floors are GREAT. We have amazing tile in our kitchen (Much better than that vinyl crud), and we have all new carpet throughout the house, its a REALLY nice dark shaggy carpet that I wanted. Im starting to notice a pattern with us. Something horrible with happen.. but it always turns out to be a blessing. Awesome :)

*I can't believe how big Landon is getting. He turned a year old on June 12th and it just doesnt stop there. He's crawling eveywhere and pretty much walking. Hasn't got the walking down 100% but hes standing on his own and taking a couple steps here & there. He's saying words like mama, dada, hi, bye, papa, kitty. He waves bye bye and gives kisses. He plays games, feeds himself, runs around the house like a hyper monkey & has the greatest sense of humor ever (deff. got that from his daddy!). As he's getting older we are able to do more things with him. So far we've taken him to MotorFest(car show), 4th of July BBQ's, the zoo, bike rides, boating on my parents boat, & we even had our 1st family camping trip a couple days ago. I love being a mommy & it's only getting more & more fun by the day.

*Jason is still working with CTR & is working his butt off. They sent him to some classes to get certified, which we were so happy & thankful for. I am still working at The Athletic Training Center & still dropping weight. I currently decided I am going back to school this fall to....... BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY. I got accepted (I knew getting good grades in highschool would pay off!). I start at the very end of August & I am going to get my Masters in Elementary Education. It's going to be a hard & long journey, but I have faith.

*Our friends Kim & Ricky moved up here to Idaho from San Diego. It's nice to have familiar faces around. We opened up our home to them for about 2 1/2 months until they got on their feet. They recently just moved into their own home and are doing fine. They are both really good friends to us & we are soo happy to have them here in Idaho :)

We are so blessed & so happy with everything that has happened to us here in Idaho. We of course miss everyone in California, but you guys are always on our thoughts and in our hearts. Our family will continue to grow, learn & go through obsticals that will only make us stronger. It's been an amazing ride so far, & I can't wait to see what else is in store.

Love Always,

Jason, Tiffany & Landon Browne

Little Gym

Last Thursday Landon started his 1st day at The Little Gym. It's an amazing place where parents take their children once a week to work on their motor skills and social skills in a fun way.

I thought this would be a great idea,  seeing that Landon is at that akward age, 7 1/2 months old. He want's to do soo much and get's bored sitting inside, but there's not much out there for kids his age to do. This place is sooo cool; they work with kids... ages 4 months old all the way until 6 years old. He is right now in the BUG class (4 months - 10 months).

Yesterdays class we focused on increasing physical stregnth, flexibility and coordination through gymnastic concepts. Landon did soo well, it was soooo cute :)

Once he becomes a BIRD (10 months - 19 months), we'll be able to go more than once a week. For now we go every Thursday at 11am - 12pm.

NEW YEAR, NEW START

HAPPY NEW YEARS!! It's been so long since I've written a blog; we have been so so busy here in Idaho. Jason has been working non stop and I have been working and taking care of the little one who has been extra needy lately. Jason & I also just got over a REALLY bad sickenss, so we were out of commission for awhile. No good! But were back and in action, so I thought I'd catch everyone up on what's been going on with us......

Jason has his 90 day review in a few days, and were hoping he get's a nice raise (cross your fingers!). We are very excited and anxious for that. With all the time and sweat he puts into this company, I would think they would reward him with a nice raise. We'll see though!!

As for me.. I've just been doing the same ol same ol.. working and taking care of my little man. For Christmas my grandma got me a REALLY nice sewing machine (since I lost my old one in the fire!). It's amazing; it's actually even better than my last one. And then I got to thinking,  might as well use my hobby and my little extra time to use... I'm going to be starting my own fashion business. Launching a clothing line would be waaay too time consuming(I dont have all the time in the world!), and there's also too many competitors out there, so SCRATCH that idea. I was thinking(actually my mom was thinking!) to gear it towards dogs. Idaho is a BIG dog place, and i've talked to a few people(family & co-workers) and they say they can never find a good place to buy affordable/cute doggy scarfs. So I am going to start with that, and see where it takes me. I will be making a website, business cards, the works; and I will be setting up stands at different festivals/venues and all that fun stuff. My goal is to have the website, doggy scarves, and business cards all done by May. May is when the "See Spot Run" benefit is happening in Nampa, Idaho. That's where TONS AND TONS of pets and there owners come and walk for a cause. There's always a lot of stands of pet food, drinks, toys and apparal.

Never thought i'd be using my talent/hobby for DOGGY SCARFS(haha!), but we'll see how it goes. I figure start off little and if it gets big then I can expand. Its a great idea, affordable to start and not so time consuming. Wish me luck, & I'll keep you posted on it.

Until next time........

Christmas In San Diego

Jason, Landon & myself arrived into San Diego LATE Wednesday night around 10pm. We had an amazing time; it was soo nice to see all our family and friends. It sucks we were only there for 3 whole days; it's hard to fit quality time with everyone in such a short period. We spent 2 nights at Jason's mom's house and 2 nights at Jason's dads house. Then had an AMAZING Christmas at his Grandma's house where we saw everyone and watched the Chargers kick some major booty(woohoo!). So much fun!!
We came back home to tons of presents underneath our Christmas tree from my side of the family. It's safe to say that we got really spoiled this year(especially Landon!); thanks to jason's family and my family. Were very glad to be back home, in our own beds and what not... but we sooo didn't wan't to leave San Diego. It was hard saying goodbye.. AGAIN!! We'll be seeing most of you in Feb. for our family/friend Vegas trip, we can't wait for that :)
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, I know we did :) We got some really goods pics during our San Diego Christmas trip...

(VIDEO OF LANDON OPENING UP A GIFT IN IDAHO!!) - THANKS MOM FOR THE VIDEO CAMERA! MUCH NEEDED!!