TheFindlay: Blog of Awesomeness!!!

Jarom Douglas Findlay

2009-09-09T16:39:00.000-07:00

I guess this is what you get when you have a Super Mommy! Before we left to the hospital Ben made the kids masks, and now we have no ribbon for their Christmas presents! Seriously though, we need to thank the Dooslins for taking care of our kids while in labor and practically all day Friday.

The Momma timing her contractions while The Daddy scrambles around the house getting the hospital bag ready. Jolynn had her membrane stripped at 4:45pm and the contractions started coming about 15 minutes after.

Smiling all the while as we walk down the hospital corridor to the delivery room.

The big thumbs up came after she decided to give birth without an epidural! What a trouper, she's...she's got the heart of a champion!

Child Birth: Like a walk in the park when you have a big blue birthing ball to chill on! No, she didn't give birth on the ball, she just got comfy while the contractions were doing there thing.

And success!!! Jarom Douglas Findlay was born at 8:22pm - 3 September 9 - 7lbs. 5oz. - 19 3/4inches. Look closely now, the little guy is so polite he even gave Jolynn a 'golf clap' for all of her hard work.

The closeup. We came up with Jarom when we found out we were pregnant but not being 100% sure on the gender, though Jolynn 'knew' she was right, left us unsure about the name even during delivery. When he came out and we both saw his face we knew that this was in fact our little Jarom.

This is one pleased Momma!

We think he might have his father's nose but other than that the consensus is that he looks a lot like Jack.

Calling the family. I have to say, she looks pretty good to me for just giving birth naturally a few minutes earlier!!!

In between contractions she mentioned that the only thing she kept thinking about was how good the pizza would taste after all the pain was gone. As you can see, the pizza hadn't even been touched yet and the kids already went to town on the lemonade!

Unfortunately after Jarom had some trouble breathing, like Jack, he too had to be put on oxygen and have that nasty tube down his throat. He was a little trouper the whole time.

Cam and Jack were so excited to see the new baby. This picture also delineates the wonderful story of how Jack peed in her pants while waiting for Cameron to go potty, both Cam and Jack spilled their lemonade on the floor and walked in it all over the delivery room, and Jack smearing greasy pizza hands on the nursery glass because she can!

No more tubes!! Oh and kids, this is where belly buttons come from!!!

Jolynn chillin' in the sweet purple swan rocking chair right before Jarom nurses for the first time ever!

Shout for joy...or scream for pain!?

Yeah! We finally have an infant that knows how to nurse!!!

After all was said and done Daddy and Jarom snuggled up on a sweet hospital pullout chair bed for the night.

A pleased Daddy!

Jarom: "Easy there old man, I know you like to squish your kiddos but remember I'm still a feeble little thing."

Comfiest shoulder in America!

Just plain adorable!!!

Ah yes, the mighty powers of 'Lightning McQueen' were enlisted to keep Cam from destroying. If only the peaceful brotherly coexistence could last!

"It's ok if I destroy, just look how cute I am!"

Kisses for the baby!

Jack literally sat there for a good 45 minutes just touching, hugging, and kissing baby Jarom.

After lunch Jack and Grampa Findlay were accessorizing at the table.

Not sure what was going through her head at this moment but it makes for another great picture.

Jarom's billy count was a little high so we went old school and let him bask in the sun for awhile. FTR: It worked!

This is the first time Cam held baby Jarom.

Oh course, when we went to show Mont and Marie our new baby the kids had to stick their suckers in the water.

Enjoying the shade with Grampa while the others were shopping.

Everybody got a new bed because Jarom took Jack's old one. We were in the front room and heard a lot of giggling and screeching, this is what we found.

Yes Jack is wearing Cam's underwear. Laundry was not a priority and Cam has twice as many as Jack. Hooray that they were both potty trained before Jarom came!!!

That looks like a smile to us!

This is Jarom's GQ picture. We think his hair might be curly when it gets longer.

His eye is red because it started getting a bit goopy.

One big happy Findlay family of five!!!

Christmas in December, the Way it's Supposed to Be!!!

2009-01-28T14:17:00.000-08:00

Not much more to say than what each picture will delineate. However, even though we captured the event on video; it is regretful that we did not take a picture of us smashing the 'snowpeople family' to oblivion with an old wooden bat and some axes!! Good times. We did however have a fantastic Christmas and enjoyed all of the time spent with family and friends.

One evening we came home from a basketball game to find a huge Christmas tree in our front room.(Thank you Caine family and their friends for having an extra tree and thinking of the Findlay's.) Being full of Christmas cheer we decide to put it up and decorate it. It was too tall and heavy for the stand, which we had to borrow from the Schobers(thanks again), so we just leaned it up against the wall. All in all I think it turned out pretty swell.

So yeah...it actually didn't look that bad in person. We had to prop the star up with three taped together shish kabob skewers, ghetto we know, but we felt good about ourselves.

Ahh the great ski trip of 08'! OK so it was just two Cams wearing ski goggles in the living room, I still remember it well. (We were experiencing some intense UV that day, good thing we had our goggles!)

This is actually Jack's dolly that G-Ma Welcker gave her for Christmas. Cam loved carrying the doll around and talking to it. Apparently all of that caring and carrying makes a boy thirsty!

This is a stuffed pink rabbit that our 'Neighbor Grandma' gave Jack before she migrated to Vegas for the winter. Cam got a brown and white rabbit that needs to be shot so he took Jack's rabbit. (FTR: My wife still thinks the pink rabbit is a pink dog.)

Chillin' with the cousins at G-Ma Findlay's for Christmas. We love Stormi's expression. Cam still randomly says "Sami, Stormi" on a daily basis.

Cam and G-Pa Findlay waiting for everyone to start opening their presents.

Drowsy driving at it's best!

Like always Jack would rather play in the shiny, crinkly wrapping paper then anything else.

We think they conspired with each other on this spatula heist but the investigation is still underway.

We all know what she's thinking, "Thanks Susan, these will be great for spanking little naughty keasters!!!" The kids: Uhhhh, we already have a bunch or spoons and spatulas at home, this can't be good.

It might appear that Daddy's singing opera style but he's really just reading.

We love it when Cam reads to us, haven't been able to understand much of it yet but we don't mind. And look, proof that Daddy's shadow really does have a bigger nose than he does!!! I always knew it but now I can prove it!

It wasn't the fastest sleigh ride I have ever been on but the effort was appreciated.

Much better. Let dirty ole' gravity do all the work! Grandpa pulled grandkids around the front yard for about an hour!

Woot woot to all involved in the building of the snow people family. Props to Becky for thinking of the beard and the crazy hair! Thanks Grandma for getting everyone outside and coming up with the snow people idea. Hopefully this will become a Christmas tradition.

Cute, cute, and cute! The only problem is that when a picture is attempted that involves Jolynn something is always amiss. Both kids are looking at the camera and smiling but Mommy has her eyes closed.

Now, even though Mommy looks sooo cute, the kids have lost their focus. The third attempt at this picture(Priceless moment in our family's life!) is blurry.

Cam loved playing in the snow.

He especially liked it when Kasey played with him. Props to Kasey for playing with Cam the whole time they were together, he loved it!

How much better would this picture be if there was a snowball in it headed straight for his noggin!?

This is the first time that we(Mommy) curled jack's hair. The poor thing grows hair almost as fast as a beach ball!!

Give her a couple of years and she could be a regular 'Whoville' citizen.

Ah the candy cane gingerbread house. As you can see it was build structurally sound. Notice the 'support pretzel' holding up the interior wall. Furthermore, the best thing about a candy cane chimney is that it doubles as an air freshener.

It took some time getting the 'Christmas Corn Lantern' to stay put, yes it is suspended in the air, but we figured it out.

I still say that hat makes her look like a turnip! It is questionable why they charge so much to see elk, what kind of 401k are the animals getting anyway!!

A father and son patiently waiting in line...or is it?! What's up with the mysterious sun-glassed person in the back!?

However, at this angle the hat makes her look a little bit like Mrs. Potts.

This year we decided that presents we actually made ourselves would mean more, at least to us, than something we just picked up from the Wal*. This is one of the bows we made for Daisy, our niece. We also made shirts and sweaters but in the excitement of it all forgot to take any pictures of them.

This is the first bow we ever made, yeah for us!

At our ward Christmas party my 'Santa hat' decided to attack my freshly shorn head.

The kids very first encounter with the Claus! Memorable, maybe not, but at least their parents got some candy out of the whole thing!!!

Cam's Birthday Party

2009-01-16T14:49:00.000-08:00

It is so great that our church understands the importance of basketball in our lives to the extent that they outfit every chapel with a gym. Because Cam loves nothing better than running around we decided to use a church gym for his birthday party. (Thank goodness the churches went back to normal keyed doors so we could get in one on a Monday night!) Don't worry mom, we did have FHE at the church as well as celebrate Cam's birthday. It was a 'double threat' kind of party! Unfortunately we don't have more pictures but we did take a lot of crazy party video!!!

Cam actually blew out both candles from this distance! We always hoped he had would have a good set of lungs on him.

I think he said "fire" five times before the 'birthday song' and twice during.

Being the gracious host that he is, Cam gave rides to his friend on the back of his sweet ride, the "Swivelmobile 9000!"

His driving skills are so honed that James barely even have to hold on!

Yeah, we don't really know, just a cute picture of the birthday boy.

Crazy old Ben Dooslin taking the little lady out for a spin. Now, unlike Cam's driving prowess, Jack was petrified!!

What can we say, if you expose your 'button' around Cam it's gonna get poked! Pretty sure Katelyn, the little girl being poked, thought it was romantic.

Cam and Aleena just chillin' on the hardwood. Ironically, she was also born on January 12th 2007.

Party goers from left to right: Mangum, Caine, Findlay, England, England, Caine, Houston, England, Caine.

While we cleaned up Jack was hanging out in her walker, munching on some pens.

Cam found daddy's hat and decided to strike a pose. Seriously though, he held that position so mommy could take his picture for like two minutes. The determination, the grit, the focus, the stamina!

Look, Cam cleaned up for his party just like mommy and daddy cleaned up for their wedding reception!!!

When we got home fro the party Grandma Findlay's package had arrived. Cam ripped into his presents like a seasoned birthday present opener! As you can see, mommy was impressed and a little worried, scared!

Checking out the stretch pants to make sure that the stretch is legit!

And here's to you, or at least that's what it looks like. Nothing can really say, "That was a great day," like holding a shiny red ball with a bell inside or an over-sized tennis ball on your parents bed can!

Cam Baby

2009-01-16T11:49:00.000-08:00

Because we had a Jack showcase we should also have one for Cam. We have a lot of great pictures of Cam from various times throughout the past years and hope they are enjoyed by all. Because Jack just sat there and cried for the first, oh I don't know...nine months of her life, we have a few more pictures of Cam in this post then we did in Jack's.

As always, the most jacked up pictures we have of our kids are Jolynn's favorites. This one depicts Cam wearing the top of his 'attachment potty' on his head like a hat. He frequently puts random things on his head and call them hats.

We won a smores kit at a ward party for taking third in the dutch oven cook off. This stick was one of the things the kit came with and because we already have good metal roasting sticks we decided to use it for feeding at a distance!

Gabby is a neighbor friend of Cam's. One day she came over and they went for a good old fashioned swing...in a swing.

Whoa!!! What's this now, good ole Gabby putting the moves on Cam baby! I wish we knew what he was thinking because his facial expression is golden.

From time to time Cam attempts to break out of his crib. Unfortunately for him, he receives the same outcome every time; high centered and screaming on the guard rail!

Oh the humanity!!!

We didn't really make this moment in our family public knowledge but one Sunday, right in the middle of sacrament meeting, Cam did a backwards cannonball off the bench and landed his noggin on the corner of the hymn book holder. The gash was deep enough that we decided to take him to the emergency room, unfortunately missing the rest of church.

The worst part of the whole ordeal was when daddy had to hold Cam baby down on his stomach, similar to what you see on C.O.P.S., so that the doctor could put these bad boys in his head. All the while his mother stood at the front of the bed looking like a saint, trying to comfort him!!! What a raw deal!

We had no idea that when people talked about 'staples' in the medical world they actually mean staples! These things could have just as well been used to keep papers together or hang up Christmas lights. We were hoping for plastic or synthetic staples, something with less Soviet Union style, but no dice.

FTR: His head has healed with no noticeable scare.

Cam prefers to wear hats when he goes out on the town. His head is big enough that any of mommy's hats fir perfectly. His love of sport is so intense already that he will not let us go to games without the coveted D-Fence signs. Sometimes he busts them out to wake Jack up from a nap or cheer for a team on TV.

He hasn't quite mastered the whole D-Fence thing because he always shouts "Offense" instead of "Defense". He has the actions down however, so we know at least his heart is in the right place.

Cam is becoming quite the sports enthusiast. He loves screaming and yelling at sporting event and games on the tube, just like the daddy! At this particular game, SUU vs. Weber State, the action was so intense that he quickly got into his zone.

We made a hobbit door for the kids out of a cardboard box we had and Cam loves running through it and yelling whatever comes out.

These are the suspender straps that go on the dog in the game 'Ants in Your Pants' and he always likes so wave them around saying, "Snakes, snakes." We aren't sure how he made that connection but it sure is fun watching him.

On this particular night we put Cam to sleep in our bed so we could watch a movie in his room, where the TV is. When we finished the movie and went in to our room to go to sleep we tried opening our bedroom door with little avail. Something was blocking the door from the inside. After we slowly pushed the mysterious object away from the door we saw this; Cam dead asleep with a headlight in one hand and his blanket in the other. It was so funny we had to take a picture.

If Cam could play in water everyday he would. Our blow up kiddie pool is almost like a hot tub because we use a hose to fill it with hot water from our kitchen sink. The hard part is convincing him that it's time to come back inside.

As clearly demonstrated, splashing is his favorite water activity!

Part of the 'bedtime routine' is reading a few verses from the good book. As big boys do he has to have his own book. We're not sure how much he gets out of it turned upside down but at least he's trying.

Mommy asked us to stop for a second so she could get a picture with our faces.

Just a cute kid. Those two bottom teeth have held their own for awhile against a practically full upper set.

We tried to get a candle to melt all over a glass bottle for kicks and giggles but we found that candle technology has either become greatly enhanced or doesn't exist because the candle just sat there and no cool dripping occurred. However, as documented by this photo, Cam thoroughly enjoyed watching the "fire" and repeating a thousand times "fire."

With little resistance we were able to ween Cam off the binkie before he was one. Unfortunately, he now thinks it is hilarious to steal Jack's binkie, put it in his mouth, and run all over the house while we try to catch him. Most of the time Jack screams in the car is a direct result of a binkie snatching.

Cam thought an old baby wipes box would be a great place to hide in. He miscalculated his dimensions a bit. If any Costco people are checking this blog out you can send the advertising revenue directly to our account. That also goes for Kroger!

Well I have to say, I never thought we would be a 'time out' family but it has happened. Surprisingly the 'doormat island' works perfectly and he doesn't move once placed on it.

RandomJack Pictures

2008-12-15T14:05:00.000-08:00

Yes, I know that I did not put a space between 'Random' and 'Jack.' We do that to her name a lot because so many things have Jack in it. PepperJack (If you've never had this kind of cheese, or aren't eating it on a regular basis, you are missing out!); CrackerJack; AppleJack; the UnionJack; Jack In The Box (both the restaurant and the children's toy); etc. We think it is also humorous that there are sooo many stories and rhymes dealing with a Jack.
~ Jack and the Bean Stock aka Jack the Giant-Killer
~ Jack be Nimble
~ Jack and Jill
~ Little Jack Horner
~ Jack Sprat
~ Jack Jelf
~ Jack Jingle
If you think we are making these up just ask Google, not Jeeves, he supports socialism!
All of these leads me to believe that maybe, just maybe, Mother Goose's name was really Jack Goose!!!
Anywho, because we love our Jack sooo much this is a post dedicated to her.

As I have said before, I don't understand our children's desire to 'help' with the dishes.

I also cannot understand why their mother allows them to 'help' with clean dishes when she knows that it drives their father crazy.

These pictures are proof that it is 3 against 1 in the Findlay home. FTR: She always looks this cute when she is doing something that she isn't supposed to be doing. I keep telling her when she is eight and becomes accountable that this smile won't work anymore. Famous last words I imagine!

Seriously though, we are supposed to be eating with this stuff!

It is amazing how fast little fingers can grab stuff, even when you know you were 'watching' her.

I'm pretty sure it says that Sprite is recommended by pediatricians on the other side of the can, somewhere.

HERE IT IS FOLKS, the one picture that Jolynn has tirelessly campaigned be put on our blog for everyone to see. You got it, this is a picture of our daughter eating her own poop!!! Oh yeah, on her face and in her mouth. The worst part was how mad she got when we cleaned her off. I guess it goes back to the old saying, "Like mother, like daughter!"

I'm not sure if this is the reason they started going from cassette tapes to CD's and iPods but it might have played a part in the transition.

Once again, if the binky was removed, we would see that all too familiar 'You love me sooo much don't you' smile!

I just thought she looked really cute in this outfit.

These pictures were taken on the floor of my office. Don't ask Jack where those post it notes came from that are behind her because she has no idea, she would never destroy daddy's office!

This picture was a few months ago but I think it is beautiful.

Thanksgiving (Dzien Dziękczynienia)

2008-12-11T10:03:00.000-08:00

We have created two moocher monsters. If the kids see that we have anything they are all over it really quick, this time it was ice cream.

We got a new storage bin and anything new the kids love to play with or in this case in. It's cute because if Cam is doing anything he always wants Jack to do it with him. He loves his little sister!!

Our little girl is a momma's girl big time, this is a classic Jack and Mommy picture.

Normally Jack takes a nap on my bed, but I was washing the sheets so I put her in Cam's bed. A few minutes later Cam got really tired so I asked him if we wanted to snuggle Jack and he said yes! So I put him in the bed and I went in an hour later and this is what I found. He's a really good big brother, we are really fortunate to have such a sweet boy.

I love this picture they look so cute. When ever Cam wants to hold Jack or wants to be held he says "hold this" so in this picture he wanted to hold her while they swung. Both kids love this swing at my parents house. (That's where we were for Thanksgiving.)

We went to visit my Grandma Welcker and my cousin Nick (Who is preparing for a mission good work Nick) pulled out Sylvester the cat and Jack loved it.

My parents have this little 'car,' or at least that's what they call it, but on their new tile floors you can get going so fast it's AWESOME. Cam was riding it almost the whole time we were up there. Finally I got a turn and took Jack with me. She is getting to be such a pretty girl.

We went to the Gateway mall to look around and this is Cam's in his warm clothes. I love his puppy hat and gloves, but he wasn't to thrilled. Too Bad!!!

Cam visited Santa at the Apple store.

When we got home from Thanksgiving in SLC our good friends the Schobers had already helped us decorate for 'Christmas.' They did a great job with the colors, but not so much on the actual holiday!!!!

2008-11-27T15:39:00.000-08:00

Excellent!

As I've said before, our little 'Monkey' is a pretty big baby kisser.

The kids.

Cam loves 'helping' mommy cook.

We are aware that this exploits our great parenting skills but Cam just loves nipping on the ole' maple syrup bottle.

"Man, that's some good maple!!!"

Yeah, G-Ma Welcker bought this for us and we forgot to put it on her until she was a little too portly for it. Even so, she still is our lil' Miss. February.

"Cameron, Cameron. Can anybody find Cameron?"

There he is! This is one of his favorite games. Sometimes he does it when we aren't paying attention and he will sit there for awhile and then start saying, "Mommy, Daddy," until we come and start looking for him.

This is Cam's notty cylinder, spin cycle depending on the crime!

Jack loves Daddy's IKEA shoe horn. Let's just say it doesn't get used to put shoes on very often.

Every now and again, which means on a fairly frequent basis, we find Cam passed out in random positions and places. This is exactly how we found him.

Infant Side Car

2008-11-24T14:42:00.000-08:00

We had a lot of fun with Jack when she was little and these are some of the better ideas that we came up with.

Cam loves 'riding' mommy's motorcycle. Oh wait and what's this...jack loves riding along side mommy's motorcycle!

What a perfect fit!!! I'm not sure that the police or her grandmothers would approve but we thought it was genius!!!

Pretty much this is how Jack rolls!!!

FTR: We never actually drove the motorcycle when she was in the saddlebag.

This is probably one of our favorite pictures of them together that we have. Ale piekne dzieci!

The Updates!

2008-11-21T11:25:00.000-08:00

My sweet wife has been after me for some time to get pictures on our blog and recently I actually did!!! However, if we were to post from this day forward only current pictures, we would be forgetting a lot of good times. Therefore, we have decided to update all of our pictures since Jack was born. (We plan on alternating new and old stuff every other post so it's won't be all old stuff all the time.) Once we get that caught up we will start back at good ole' 28 April 2006!!

And there ya have it.

Look how itty bitty she was! She came out so little and so squishable she would have fit into a soccer ball!

She has always been a cutie!

I put her by this regular sized Book of Mormon so we can remember just how miraculous our little girl was.

Mommy almost fell victim to our bedtime routine! She was and is such a trooper when it comes to keeping a smile through sleep deprivation!

Cam has always been a snuggler and he loved his baby sister from the start.

He always wanted to get in and swing with her sooo bad. Sometimes he got his way before we could catch him!

You can't see the wall but we pumped up the air mattress and watched movies projected on our big wall.

Here we caught him getting his way and swinging with Jack. Once the picture was taken he quickly retreated!

This is my attempt at being a good photographer. I think she looks like a little lion cub with paws way too big for her body.

Cam loved pulling all of the pots out and banging them together. Sometimes he would just pull them out because he didn't think mommy had enough to do!

He's about fourteen months here. Both of our kids love wearing hats. Cam likes to put random things on his head, like balls; bananas; laptops, and call them hats.

One of the best family pictures we have, how sad is that! I believe this was taken during our Thursday night 'the Office' ritual.

Oh no!!! We can't find her head!!! Just look how tiny she was!!!

Cam followed a trail of 'Starburst' jelly beans all the way to his Easter basket at G-Ma Welcker's house. A sucker for 'tandy' just like his mother!

We enjoy going on walks as a family which usually end up like this.

Jolynn wanted a picture from further back so one could discern that they were in a stroller.

"It burns, it burns!!!" This is one of the first times we let him eat spaghetti by himself.

"Don't look at me, I'm hideous!"

Cam gave Jack a kiss the first time he saw her and has been doing it ever since. It's coo because that's just his disposition, he always has love to share.

Let's be honest the bow is down right frightening!!! I think it's child abuse but Jolynn loves bows.

We absolutely love this one because she is always sticking out her tongue and playing with it.

Better color, same horrible child abusing bow!!!

This is a perfect depiction of Jack. She is beautifully concerned, and slightly annoyed, about everything!

Decemberween Outfits and Outfitters!

2008-11-17T14:59:00.000-08:00

I’m not too crazy about Halloween but Jolynn wanted to get all dressed up so we did. There aren’t any pictures of her in costume however, she couldn’t decide what to be so she wore black clothes and was a vampire. Can you say Lame-O! (That’s pronounced O, drawn out, as in Oklahoma’s going to get spanked by Texas Tech this weekend.) She also changed out of her ‘costume’ before we started taking pictures.

Pretty little girl posing in her ‘mummy’s girl’ shirt Grandma Findlay got her for Halloween.

And now hot dog style.

Mom and the kids. We’re not quite sure where Jack’s shirt went but yeah… most likely she drooled on it or ralphed all over it. Same old story!!!

Clearly our little monster. Again, props to G-Ma Findlay for finding these gems, we love them.

We were able to score this sweet monkey suit for Cam which was perfect because we call him ‘Monkey’ a lot more than we call him Cam. Here he is showing daddy what mommy gave him that daddy hates when mommy gives it to him. I swear his stomach must be 73% gum by now!!!

Grandpa Findlay came over from the retirement home to visit the fam!!

I’ve always wanted to shave my head like this but never did so I figured Halloween is the perfect alibi. I’m just disappointed that my hair on the sides wasn’t long enough to comb over. : (

Jolynn was down with it until I told her that I wanted to keep it like this for a few days.

Here we get a clear shot of the ‘Classic V’ pattern male baldness! (Taken form George on Seinfeld if you are unfamiliar with the ‘Classic V.’)

It looks so sweet from the back I was able to fool some people at the hospital, where I borrowed the walker from, who actually thought I was an elderly!!!

As you can see Jack was a sheep, she looked soo cute.

Jolynn was originally going to be Little Bo Peep but that never materialized.

The worst part of Halloween was when we read the sheep costume and realized that it was hand wash only!!! Not cool for a crawling baby who also spilled chili from the ward trunk-or-treat all over!!!

Cam going in for the hug.

Cam loves giving hugs and kisses to his baby sister. We both think this picture is priceless, monkey face domination and all!!

Just look how big they are getting!! Crazy!!

Lastly, well ok it's really only second to lastly, we have Cam holding Jack…kinda.

Cam's pulling a little Mike Tyson ear move, on an innocent unsuspecting sheep, he learned from his sweet mother!!!

Late Halloween n' Stuff

2008-11-12T15:22:00.000-08:00

Now that our camera and our computer are both functioning as they were intended to we will be updating our 'Blog Of Awesomeness!!!' rather frequently because we are constantly taking pictures of random events and just plain daily life goodness.

Here are a few pictures of our family pumpkins n' stuff.

Please allow yourself to enjoy our three-headed-pumpkin featuring StrongSad, Homestarrunner, and Da Cheat. Oh yeah and n' stuff too.

A little featured closeup headshot of Homestarrunner with the flash on n' stuff. This is his prison face!

The StrongSad and Homestarrunner with the flash off and a sweetly mysterious glow that is coming from behind their heads. Kinda creepy I know but that's how these Jack-o'-lanterns roll! The n' stuff is hiding in this picture.

And here is our littlest punkin' Jack-o'-stinker n' stuff.

Autumn Pictures

2008-11-11T17:13:00.000-08:00

While paying rent Jolynn saw a pile of leaves and decided to throw are kids into them. The pictures actually turned out really nice.

What a B-E-A-Utiful little girl we have. Jack loves posing for pictures and cameras.

This is how are kids always are, quietly sitting and behaving themselves! What can we say, that's some good parenting!!

Of course little boys must throw leaves, that's just what little boys do.

Cam really didn't want to take pictures so this is the only semi-good one that she got. He is growing up so fast.

For Our Families!!!

2008-10-28T13:58:00.000-07:00

Please view this and send it to others.

HEARKEN!!

2008-10-09T10:08:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday I was in a meeting at the Church Office Building with Elder Ballard and he said that the issue of gay marriage is one of the most important that we will face in our lifetime. He urged all present to let everyone know about this website and encourage them to fight for marriage and our country.

We must do everything in our power to get this bill passed and thwart Satan’s attempt to destroy families!

Please go to ProtectMarriage.com and support the cause in any way you can.

THE SIN OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH WILL BRING THE RESULT OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH!!! GENESIS 19:24-25

If we only ask, we shall receive!

2008-09-24T14:55:00.000-07:00

The Book of Mosiah 24:10-15
10 And it came to pass that so great were their afflictions that they began to cry mightily to God.
11 And Amulon commanded them that they should stop their cries; and he put guards over them to watch them, that whosoever should be found calling upon God should be put to death.
12 And Alma and his people did not raise their voices to the Lord their God, but did pour out their hearts to him; and he did know the thoughts of their hearts.
13 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came to them in their afflictions, saying: Lift up your heads and be of good comfort, for I know of the covenant which ye have made unto me; and I will covenant with my people and deliver them out of bondage.
14 And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions.
15 And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren were made light; yea, the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord.

I testify that this is true and that it likewise happens to His children today. We will all endure trials, our celestial glory depends on it (D&C 136:31), but all will not be as the followers of Alma in their trials. May we be so wise to REMEMBER our great and merciful Savior, the only one with power and authority to grant us joy and peace in this life and the pluralities He has for us thereafter.

The Gospel According to Matthew 11:28-30
28 ¶ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

In hopes that all might see.

2008-09-24T14:53:00.000-07:00

Which party blocked significant reform in 2005 to prevent Fannie and Freddie from assuming extremely high-risk mortgages in excess of $300+ billion? Demoracts.

Which U.S. Senator accepted more than $125,000 in donations from Freddie and Fannie and helped tie up partisan support to prevent the aforementioned reform? B. Hussein Obama.

You trust this guy with the U.S. economy? He blames the housing meltdown on Republicans' deregulation policy. Yet, when Republicans realized that quasi-governmental entities (Fannie and Freddi) were assuming high-risk, subprime mortgage liabilities larger than most countries' annual GDP, the Democrats stepped in to protect their loyal contributors and blocked all efforts for meaningful reform. Their blunder has cost American taxpayers $1 trillion and left tens of thousands unemployed.

See also: http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/09/21/baracks-wall-street-problem-is-now-americas/

Authored by Brandon Stoker on his facebook.

Go Mama!!!

2008-09-04T12:36:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to give a shout out to my wife for doing her first post. SHOUT OUT!

I was scared that Emily (Jolynn's sister, a regular blogger) would convince her to make a slide show with a ton of pictures on it. For some of you such slide showery shinanigans might be coo, but I think pictures totally deserve a personal comment. I mean all that focusing and lining up and smiling and clicking and checking to make sure its worthy to take up sacred memory space and then finally posting it definately deserves some TLC (TenderLovingComments). Am I right people, am I right!!?

Course I freakin' am!

So, yeah, we will be doing a lot better at posting pictures and their accompanying TLC's so check it out!

And check this out too (which is another way of saying also, the double o is not a misspelling),
3 Nephi 14:24-27. Oh the sweetness of doing!!!

Finally

2008-09-04T11:01:00.000-07:00

Hey friends, sorry it's been so long. Here is a little update for all of the Crybaby Sallies out there.

A few fun things have happened since Jack's surprise birth:

Jack is now six months old, she is so cute and growing like a weed. She's up to sixteen pounds and loving it. We love having a chunky chunk baby. She has rolls all over and they are super tickelish. We blessed Jack in May and had lots of family and friends there to support her. Thanks to everyone who came, we really appreciate the show of love for our little girl.

Cam loves having a little sister, they love to giggle and play together. Cam is over a year and a half and is a sweet, happy, and cute little man. He loves to climb and run and throw things!!! He is in a really fun stage, he is learning and growing so fast. Cam talks and signs a bunch which makes my life a lot easier. Cam is also a little fish, we got him a little swimming pool that he loves. We always invite a friend over to swim and he just goes nuts, he stays in for hours. His absolute favorite is to splash, all the time.

I am doing well, lost most of the baby weight! : ) I spend my days playing with our kids and occasionally cleaning the house!! She also brings me lunch everyday, which I am so grateful for! She keeps getting more beautiful by the minute. This is no suprise to most of you but Jolynn is definately the one who keeps the whole Findlay machine running. We would be no where, and be having no fun, without our sweet little mama!!!

Cameron is also doing very well. He is a splendid father. Cam loves his daddy; they like to kick the ball around the house. It's cute to watch them play together and you can tell that they both really enjoy the time. In May Cameron graduated with his masters in Business Administration. He is loving being out of school and loves not paying for it even more!! He had the opportunity to play the base guitar (for graduation) with one of his professors, it was awesome. He looked right at home on the stage. We are currently in the middle of making decisions for our future. We are going into the AirForce so Cameron can be a Chaplin. The church told us he needed more graduate credits that deal with counseling so we have decided to just go for the whole tamato and get a Ph.D.

It is a crazy time right now with life altering decisions but it is also a great ride! We are enjoying a relaxed summer full of camping, hiking, and enjoying the great weather. We go to the park and build bonfires and roast marshmallows a lot, it has been awesome!! It's nice to have time to spend together and do whatever we want. We are really enjoying our little family right now. We have two wonderful kids, a roof over our heads, and we are well provided for; we have so much to be grateful for because we are truly blessed.

Our Sweet Jack Lynn Findlay (& Family)

2008-02-19T23:26:00.000-08:00

Alma 26:16

Thank you all for your prayers and faith.

GOD REIGNETH IN ISRAEL!!!

Here are a few of the best pictures we have taken the past few days. We hope you enjoy her as much as we do.

This one is the family of three just before we shipped Cam off to spend the night with our friends.

This is our "She-Ra" momma giving a big thumbs up during the contractions and what have you. Beautiful lady!!!

Our sweet Jack. This was about 5:00 am on Monday.
5lbs. 5oz. ~ 17.5" ~ Born at 4:25 am ~ 2/18/08

This is a National Geographic quality close up shot by daddy Cam himself!! Eat your heart out Anne Geddes!!

The tube in her nose is oxygen and the one in her throat help get rid of the stuff in her stomach, excess air and baby gunk.

Jolynn thinks she looks a lot like Cam in this picture, or at least like him when he was a tiny kido.

These pictures are her just hanging out in her baby heat bed. When we first saw her on her stomach we were kind of shocked because the hospital is the place that always tells you that you are a failure as a parent if you let your infant sleep on it's tummy. However, they explained that she has to be rotated to get an even temperature going and to keep her comfortable. Jolynn says its kind of like a chicken on a rotisserie, getting plump and juicy!!!

One of the hardest things for us has been not having Jack with us and not being able to hold her. Unfortunately she can't be bothered much because her rest is so vital to her quick recovery.

_____Jack and the momma______________Jack and the daddy________

Can we get a woot woot for our sweet purple swan rocking chairs!!!
Oh yeah baby, rockin' it in style!!!

Like Cam, Jack had a high BillyReuben count and had to be under the lights. However, Jack's was more like a death ray while Cam's was a baby tanning bed. If you look closely you can see the death ray's penetrating circle. She wears her super hero mask on to protect against the deadly rays of the death ray and thwart it's penetrating circle.

Here we see Cam, aka "The Big Brother," get in the zone while watching the Jazz put a whoopin' on Golden State Tuesday night.

Other aka's for "The Big Brother":
~Mr. Executive
~I Need A PoopSmith Onesie
~My Mom Made Me Mooch Your Food
~Smiler McSmileSmile
~I Poo In Bathtubs
~Ron Paul Real Estate
~Dried Booger Mustache Man
~Poopie Stink Face (This term of endearment was given to him by his adoring mother.)
And last but certainly not least,
~Sir WhinesAlot (Also given by his mother)

Here we are as a 3/4 family hanging out with Grampa Findlay.

Our two favorite women. Jack Jack with the momma, double chining it and all!!! This is the first time we saw her without the tubes, she is absolutely adorable.

Word on the street is that double chins are the new fanny pack!!!

Seriously though, with all the love in our hearts, this picture (which is different than the previous one) makes Jack look like the fat kid on The Sandlot.

What can we say, the best should always be last. Thanks for playing.
And remember, always keep your stick on the ice!!!

In Hoc Signo Vinces

2008-02-11T10:26:00.000-08:00

This is forizzle the first post on our blog! Oh, yeah!