Easter Day- April 8, 2012

The Jackson's of Albuquerque

April 8, 2012

Kevin was very busy this week with work, school and extra jobs provided to him by the woman he tutors & her husband. On Thursday he spent most of the day working in the optometrist's office run by Kattia's husband. However, Stacie was very thankful when he was able to come home after she started feeling unwell. Meanwhile, Stacie and Henry continue to enjoy their time together, even if it feels like it is slipping away too quickly. On Thursday Stacie took Henry to her workplace to visit her friends and coworkers. Although her coworkers look forward to her return in six weeks, she is much less thrilled with being apart from her precious little boy.

April 1, 2012

This last week Kevin, Stacie, and Henry enjoyed more time with Grant. They grilled ribs, went on walks, ate out at Tucanos, and just enjoyed being together. Henry especially loved playing with Grant, treating him to several big grins. They were all sorry to say goodbye to Grant on Wednesday morning and look forward to his visit in the summer.

On Friday and Saturday Stacie worked hard to prepare the refreshments for an upcoming ward activity, which proved to be a very difficult task while caring for Henry. However, as frustrating as it can be at times for Stacie and Kevin to try and keep up with Henry's needs, all of their frustrations have melted away as Henry has begun to smile and laugh more regularly. Every smile is precious. Attached in the flicker account are a few of the special moments captured.

On Saturday Kevin worked hard all day to help an acquaintance fix up some homes so that he could earn a little extra money. It was a very long day as he worked for about 14 hours, but they were grateful for the job opportunity. Today all three Jacksons are catching up on some much needed rest.


Grant's News

Grant has had a busy week of work, visiting Mom, and keeping things going around the house. He hasn't much time for gardening, which is okay because he is too nervous about it getting cold again to start any annual flowers in the yard. However, his tulips are now blooming. On Tuesday he did make a tour around town to see what the various stores had begun to carry, but he intends to hold off a few more weeks in case it dips below freezing at night. Thursday Grant had the day off and was able to go for a walk in the marsh, which hasn't happened in a while due to how muddy it has been with melting snow. The weekend at work was pretty slow due to the Easter holidays and nice weather.


The Colorado Haws Family


April 8, 2012


The most exciting news this week is that Haley lost her first tooth on Tuesday! After attempting to pull out Haley’s tooth for two weeks I had my good friend Tamara try which didn’t work, then had my other good friend Lisa try and succeeded and is now hired as the official tooth puller for our family! Haley was so excited to finally have her tooth out. That night she put her tooth in her long awaited heart pillow and woke up to find a dollar and a note from the tooth fairy. On Friday Haley had a rhythms assembly where she participated in 6 dances. I think her favorite was the “chicken dance.” Saturday, I took the girls to an Easter Egg hunt and then surprised them by taking them to Disney on Ice. They loved it! Haley just ate food while she watched the show while Kayla kept telling me about all the different princesses that she could see during it. Sunday was great day, because my really good friend Lisa and her family joined us for church. Hopefully they will come with us again sometime. Andy is doing well. He has been informed that he will be moving again (for those of you that are counting this is move number 4). We have about two months before he will be home and we are all very excited for him to be done with this deployment.


April 1, 2012


This week the girls were excited to sleep in all week for Spring Break. I was surprised that I was able to figure out an activity for them to do each day. On Monday despite the wind, we went to the park on post and had lunch. Haley and Kayla made a couple of new friends there. Afterwards we went shopping at the commissary and then home to ride bikes. On Tuesday morning we went Visiting Teaching and then to the library to pick out more books. We spent most of the afternoon outside because the weather was beautiful. On Wednesday I took the girls shopping and then to Jack in the Box so Haley was able to use her coupons that she earned at school. In my opinion I don’t think we will be going there again because the food is not that great. Thursday was the highlight of our week because we were able to talk to Andy on Skype for about an hour. The girls were so excited to see him. Only 69 more days until he leaves Afghanistan! After talking to Andy I took Haley and Kayla to the Nature Center and the park. This was the first time that we went to the Nature Center and it was pretty cool. They have walking and bike trails and different types of animals that you can see. There was a Canadian goose that seemed attached to Haley. It kept following her anywhere we went. On Friday Haley played with her friends Sydney and Camden. Then I took them to ITZ (kind of like Chucky Cheese). It was okay but a little on the expensive side. Saturday I took the girls to the Easter Egg hunt on post where they had activities, entertainment and of course the Easter Egg hunt. Later we came home to watch General Conference. Sunday I took the girls to the church to watch the morning session of Conference and the afternoon one at home. I am very grateful that we have the technology where we are able to hear the inspirational and uplifting words of our Prophet and the other speakers twice a year.


The Wisconsin Haws Family


Mom had surgery on her back on March 30th. It was a tough week or so but she is making some really good progress and we hope that she will be coming home soon. She is in the rehabilitation unit now and getting a real work out each day. Thank you for your prayers and to Jeff L. for assisting in giving priesthood blessings to mom. I felt the power of the priesthood in that ordinance.


Logan has had a sort of quiet week at home. He did read Hunger Games and then see the movie. It was a too violent for me so I did not see the whole show. He has been a huge help during mom's recovering. He does ride his bike down to the hospital to visit mom. He has two orders of chickens coming in soon so he has quite a load of work coming soon.

Lanette also had a pretty quiet week. She is looking forward to her 20th birthday this week. We hope to get her the jaws program so that she will be able to enjoy the Internet more. We think it may be a great way to help her communicate with friends and family.

Emily has dropped by to see mom on two occasions. She has played in one soccer game and more games are planned for this week.

I have really been blessed by the assistance of Grant and Logan. It has made so much possible. Work was relatively quiet last week which was also helpful. I have had the opportunity to ponder more the Atonement of Christ. As we have celebrated Easter it has provided opportunities that helped me realize what a great blessing the restored gospel is to each of us. Perhaps my deepest dream is that our family will be united in love one for another. We have so much to share with each other. I pray that we can each feel of the individual love of Savior for each of us.

Love,

Dad