Christmas in the desert. Paul and Kathy, Nathan's parents, have created such a glorious oasis in their little desert patch. Paul designed and constructed every little detail on the outside. It's such a peaceful place to rest and contemplate --that was in the pre-babe days however! 
Christmas morning in St George. Here's Zoe with her daddy, she's ready for breakfast!
Here's Des and Zoe chilling with thier cousin Jon and his great girlfriend Kristen. Des sat there for 20+ minutes scarfing down those goldfish crackers and his tender stomach ultimately rejected them and up they came! Yuck!
Ahhh... a Christmas morning kiss!
Des trying his new hat on for size -- just right!
We thought we'd give a go on Zoe. Good shot of those jowls, which is totally Grandpa Jones!
Hooray! Happy to catch a smile on this little face.
Des loves Grandma's big bathtub. Nate turned on the jets and those bubbles exploded (nearly double in size from this pic). I decide to join him! (not pictured)
We love to lounge at the Joneses. Here's Zoe caught redhanded trying to lift her Gma's beverage!
Here's a food shot. A note on Christmas dinner (not pictured) which was a glorious ham a-la-Paul Jones, resident cook. Mmmmm... melt in your mouth!
The weather was so nice that we drove to a large playground to relive some of our missed New York outdoor activities. This playground was fantastic!! We had the best time enjoying the sunshine with Des (while Zoe was napping back at the house with G&G Jones.)
Playing pirates with Dad. Arghhhh....
Mom (that's me) likes these posing shots. Lets smile and show how much fun we're having! Which is literally how it often goes since I'm the one most frequently behind the camera. Every once in a while I hand it over for Nate to document that I'm a part of the family activities too!
Here are my boys, walking hand in hand on the path.
Here's another one of those shots -- turned out well I think. I just don't trust Nate with candids. He hasn't the patience, or it's all a joke and he trys to capture my more rotund areas. All these pics are taken with my new Christmas camera -- thanks Mom&Dad -- I've been a camera-less blogger for many months now. Heidi's boyfriend Chris has been loaning me his over these past months. He's an angel!
Des a friend to aligators. Or is it a crocidile?
Nathan P. Jones doesn't look so bad on camera when he actually smiles. I usually get these uncomfortable little smirks.
Nothing but net.
An intense one-on-one soccer game with Dad.
Defeated.
Ultimately, the time had come to return home to NYC -- Here we are at the airport stretching out and rummaging for snacks. The 2.5 hour drive to the airport was quite pleasant, Grandpa somehow managed to lull both babes to sleep. Whew!
We had a partial night flight -- and here are the results of a helpful dose of Bendryl! Don't leave home without it!
3 comments:
Hi Jones Family!!We found your blog from Julia and Eric Sorensons. So glad to see pictures of the fam! The kids have grown so much. We made it out to LA just in time cause Sofia was actually born 3 weeks early. She is 5 months now. Time flies...I loved your post about Benadryl. So funny! We have to try that. All of our friends say to try it so we will. We hope all is well with your family! Tell them we said hello. Our blog is www.franklinfiascos.blogspot.com so keep in touch!
hitawni -- so glad you've been visiting! i've been visiting you too -- a lot of clandestine lurking in the blog-o-sphere! your daughter is so lovely! all the best and we'll stay in touch. :)
Hi Nathon and Family, I spent two weeks in Podsosnovo in 2006 working with the dairy farm managers. It is a very nice community and I would love to go back one day. Podsosnovo was a very peaceful village. I have very fond memories of my time there. Best wishes.
Arvid F.
Minnesota
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