The Movies

This is Dallas Jay at the movies. We were going to take him to see "Bedtime Stories" with Adam Sandlar, but it had already left the theatre, so we ended up seeing, "Mall Cop" instead. It was actually quite funny. We laughed pretty hard! In the mean time, Dallas has been watching "Dreamer" and "Man from Snowy River" and he puts on his cowboy hat and grabs his stick horse and rides all around the house as he watches it. It's pretty fun to watch him. He also still pretends to fall off and get stomped by the horse, thanks to Uncle Andrew and the movies, I am sure that if he were to ever ride an actual horse he would think that falling off was the only way to get off the horse. I guess he'll just be prepared for riding Ward style. Ok, so actually my dad and my brother Jesse are good riders and Andrew too (he only falls when he is doing rodeo) as well as Grandpa Ward, but I am not so great and have had my fair share of bad experiences on a horse, so it would be natural for Dallas to be the same I guess.
Ace is working insanely hard.In the last two weeks he ended up putting in about 135 hours, not to mention the time the month before that. Luckily I am use to him working hard and appreciate that about him. One of my favorite qualities about him.
I am doing good as well. I am at 34 weeks and doing great. It has been fun having miss Reese around( Jesse and Brooke's little girl). She is so cute and a ton of fun too. She has started to smile and has a great personality. She's got me pretty excited for Sofia to come. Nervous, but excited! XOXO

A post from me...

Lately Ace has been doing all of our posts and I thought I could take a moment to put in my post too. It is great having a husband that will do that too. Our house is crazy, but good. Ace is gone most of the time, but we know he's always thinking about us. I am doing good. I didn't have to do the glucose test this pregnancy and my blood pressure is low, I am so grateful and also glad that I didn't continue to see that crazy doctor.
Dallas is growing like a weed. He is so tall that he has to wear 5t clothing! It is amazing. I always thought I was special because I was taller then both my parents (just by a little) and I am now pretty sure that Dallas will be taller then both his parents.
The above picture is a picture of the Idaho Falls Temple where Ace and I were married. We have now been married for almost 6 years and life just keeps getting better, or maybe better isn't the right word, because it was great to begin with, so it's just becoming more interesting in a great way. There you have it.
I loved the inauguration. My favorite part was the musical of the song, "Tis' a gift to be simple..." At least those are the words I know. It was totally beautiful and perfect considering the economic recession.
(Don't forget to see the new post below, also!)

That time of year

Well, I am quickly finding out what tax season is all about. There are a lot of seasons, hunting season, fishing season, golf season, ski season, the holiday season. None of which are nearly as exciting as tax season!!!!!!! No, truth be told, the hours are long, but I love my job and I am very grateful to have found a place that values me for my hard work!

I am even more grateful for a wonderful family that supports me in that work. Jyl is amazing. She has not once complained about the hours and I know that she is doing way more than she should with being 32 weeks prego!!!!!!!! She is an amazing woman and our kids will be lucky to grow up with her example always present.

We decided that we need to make an effort to find things to do as a family with all my extended hours. So, we decided to ask D what he wanted to do. He wanted to go bowling. So, here's a couple of pictures. You can see that he's obviously been watching the Flintstones and is adopting the nick name "Twinkle Toes!"

New arrival in the Ward family

Well,Baby Reese finally made it!!!!! Dallas is so excited to have another cuz around. Jesse and Brooke are blessed to have such a beautiful little girl all themselves, or at least when all the family decides they've had enough and hand her back to them (which is typically when she has a full diaper)!!!!!

Christmas was awesome. Jyl got me a new camera that takes some wicked pics. Dallas got his four wheeler and Jordanne bought him a great helmet. The kid is set. We had great food, visited with family, and had a blizard that rivals all snow storms I've ever seen.

Also, there's a video clip of our next American Idol, pulling a rockstar move singing in his underwear. The funny part is we didn't teach him this song (Oh Holy Night). He just started singing it one day. I guess it's no surprise that we listen to a lot of Christmas music at our house.

Sofi is starting to make her presence known. My wife has turned into a vegetarian fruit loving woman. It's been rough on the boys.

Take care, and Happy New Year!!!

-Ace

So this is Dallas Jay at Halloween. I think he is the blond version of Clark Kent. I know I am totally biased, but what can I say, I'm his mom. Everything around our house is good. We have all of our decorations up. I love decorating for Christmas, it has to be one of my favorite things. I love the Christmas season and all it represents the spiritual, the physical and well I love it all. I pretty much love winter. I wish we had more snow and bad weather all of the time. I think it's fantastic. I am sorry to all of you who don't like it. I still love you ;). Sofia is doing well. Jess and Brooke should have their baby pretty soon and Andrew is doing great in Lima. Ace bought me all of the Chronicles of Narnia and I have started to read them and love them. Truly a fun read. We want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Love the Call family.

Ok here it is...

It's a ... GIRL!! Her name will be Sofia B Call. You might wonder as do all who ask what does the B stand for? The B stands for the three amazing women in our lives Lizbeth (my mom), Bea (my grandma), and Betty (Ace's grandma). All amazing women in their own right and hopefully she will live up to their examples. We also chose Sofia for two reasons, first: it means wisdom and second: Ace had lived next door to an awesome family in Argentia. Their youngest daughter spelled her name with an f and so we thought it would be a good way to remember them. So there you have it! We are very excited and Dallas Jay is truly thrilled. The whole time he knew it was going to be a girl and he was right. Funny how they know so much more then we realize.
Speaking of Dallas he has just had his third birthday and is full of vim and vinegar. He is so much fun, but man he has energy to spare. He was riding with my mom and they were listening to the song by Kenny Chesney, "Everybody wants to go to heaven", and asked my mom if "Everybody wants to go to heaven? Everybody?". He listens and remembers so much more then we realize. That is pretty scary.
As usual the calls have been at it with projects again. On Thursday I came home from a continuing ed with dental hygiene (good job girls on your presentations) and Ace had started to paint the kitchen! It was a color that we had already chosen and I had been putting it off, but he decided to do it. I am a lucky girl. That night we went to bed around 1 am. The next night we decided we would paint our room. I wanted to do light blue to lighten it up a little, so we went to the store, got the paint and returned home to start taping and painting around 8. By 1 am we realized that our room was baby blue and looked like a nursery. Needless to stay we decided to go back to the store the next day at 7 am and get a new color. By the end of the day it was back together and beautiful, but what would a call project be without some ups and downs and 1 Am's! Don't forget to vote!

Another Palin Video

It's also a bit off-color, but after the Katie Couric interview, I'm a bit concerned!!!!! Jyl and I are really watching this political charade with open eyes. At first, we liked the idea of Obama, because it appeared that his energy for change was good. However, the further we got into his actual policies, especially his tax policy, well we've looked the other way. It's just great to see democracy in action and that the right to vote is given to every citizen. It's a great nation we live in, and regardless of whether you agree with our views or not, please don't miss your chance to vote in the upcoming election. By the way, did we mention that we find Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (spelling???) absolutely entertaining? Baby Mama was hilarious.