The Top Ten Things we've been up to since I last posted.

# 10 Elias turned 10 years old on June 25, 2009. We had a little family party for him. Good times. Happy Birthday Eli. I can't believe it has been ten years.




#9 Lots of Camping, Edna and Evan Leavitt Family Reunion in Pine Valley, UT

Ryan Conger, Jason, Glenn, and Paul Leavitt

Jaci 5 yrs. old

Cousins gutting fish with Steven in Pine ValleyDaniel, Jared, Elias, Abram.

# 8 Karl and Suzanne Leavitt Family Reunion in Panguitch, UT



# 7 Jim and Stephanie Abney Family Reunion in Showlow, AZ

#6 Grandpa Jim came to town a couple times this summer to have some dental work done. When we took him to the airport and left him there, Jaci said," I'm gonna miss Grandpa, he's a good friend." Soooooooo cute!

Grandpa Jim and Jaci "Good Friends"

#5 Eli participated in his first BSA Pine Wood Derby!!! Way fun! Good Job Eli! Sweet car!


Heritage Ward May 2009.

#4 Jaci graduated from Kindergarten at Dooley Elementary, Henderson, NV.

Jaci, Gracie, Dallin, Stryder, Dakota, Drake

Jaci and Ms. Greenough

Jaci and Gracie

Best Friends

#3 Eli was in the 3rd grade play Little Red Ridding Hood. Eli was a"Treeo" he sang some fun doo-ops.

Eli, Alec, Mina, and Jared.

#2 Jason ran the Zane Grey Highline 50!!! Yes, you read it right he ran 50 miles in April on the Mogllon Rim in Central, AZ. Crazy huh! It took him 15 hrs. but he did it. I am so proud of him.

For the last leg of the race (final 17 miles) they allowed a pace runner to run with the racer so Jason's brother Glenn ran the last leg with him. Thank goodness for Glenn.

At the finish line!!! Yay!!! Jason is now training for the St. George Marathon in Oct. 2009

And the #1 thing is .....................................

I am pregnant!!!!



I am 6 months and we are having another girl!!!!!

So there ya have it folks that's what the Leavitt Family has been up to!!! It was all a lot of fun once I stopped being sick:)

The question you dread from your children!!!!

So, lately I have been trying to work on my relationship with Eli. I just want him to open up more and talk to me about anything. Well maybe I got more than I bargained for. A couple of weeks ago I was asking Eli about school. He began to tell me about a few boys in his class that he referred to as "naughty". I asked him why he thought they were naughty? He said that they talk about this girl in his class in a not so nice way. I wanted to figure out what he was trying to tell me so I preyed a little more. He said they talk about what the want to do with her. As all of you moms can imagine I was shocked to hear this from my nine year old. So I preyed a little more and he said come on mom can't you figure it out. It was hard for me to ask but I said do you mean they said they want to have sex with her and he said yes! Shocking and scary.

Then out of no where he looks me square in the face and says, Mom have you ever had sex before? ............. I wanted to be honest so I said yes. He looked at me and said you are so disgusting, so I said the only thing I could think of and that was dad did it too! Followed by, I had to that is how a baby is made.

So after sharing the discussion with Jason, he called Eli into our room and asked how does this make you feel and Eli said, " I am highly disturbed by both of you!" Jason tells him that is good you should feel that way at nine years old, however after your mission you will marry a nice young lady and you will feel differently then. Eli said," No I won't I am never ever doing that!!"


So I had to blog about it so later in life I can remind all of us of this very statement. This was such a reminder to me of how much I still have to learn and what is yet to come as a mother.

Kids are so funny!

Jason taught the Family Home Evening lesson tonight. It was about being a disciple of Jesus Christ by being kind to others. Jason did a great job. At the end of the lesson Jason stated that Jesus loves us unconditionally. Then he said," Jesus loves us even if we have character flaws and physical flaws like: weird, rusty old bikes, bad breath, pimples, and deformed hands. Out of the blue, Jaci chimes in and says Jesus even loves you if you have warts. (Jaci has a wart on her hand.) That girl cracks me up and I love her.

Crazy Hair Day!!!!

Today was Crazy Hair Day at school! I think the pictures speak volumes!




Jaci and Eli (5 and 9)




Jaci Before



Jaci Before



Jaci Before



Eli shows attitude







Jaci After



Jaci After Love the Afro

kids-wall-art.com

I just wanted to post about my awesome sister-in-law Amy Abney. She is married to my brother Matt and they live in Pine, AZ with their 4 children. Amy is an amazing artist. She has painted beautiful portraits of my children. She has started a website for her art work. kids-wall-art.com She is so creative with her paintings and does lots of art work for kids bedrooms. So go check it out and spread the word. Thanks for letting me share my Amy.

Marathon in Sedona, AZ

Sedona, AZ is so beautiful. We went there to run a race. Jason did the Marathon (26.2miles). I was going to run the Half Marathon with my brother and 3 of Jason's sisters. However a couple weeks before the race I injured my hip. I decided I would walk the 5K and take pictures. So here they are for your viewing enjoyment.

Jason's sisters, Jamie, Trisha, and Jen

My brother Matt and Jason. Jason has his race face on focused.

Matt, Mandy, Trisha, Jamie, and Jen

Matt and Mandy after the race

Trisha, Jason, Jen, and Jamie after the race

Trisha and Jamie placed.

Jamie 3rd and Trisha4th

Jen hangin out waiting for Jason to run by.

I feel so blessed to have married into such an awesome family. I love all 6 of Jason's siblings and their spouses. We always have a lot of fun together. My brother Matt is truly one of my best friends. Which made it one of the best trips. Thank goodness for family:)

Sort of Failing at the New Year Resolution

Ok so I knew this would be a challenging resolution cuz I so don't do the computer thing. I have been so sick for the month of Feb. in fact I counted my healthy days and the total was 4. So I know this post is generic and I do have a lot to catch up on. I have set a goal to post good stuff next week.

Here is a funny from my Eli. He was reading a DVD case and said,"Dad who is "Hug" Jackman?" Jason and I laughed and said," it is Hugh Jackman." Eli said that is the dumbest name ever, Why would you name someone that?

I didn't say it out loud but I thought when you are as hot as he is it doesn't really matter what your name is:)