Stuff White People Like

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I thought it was so funny, I had to share it. Especially considering that Jaxon is wearing a Pea Coat in the picture below.

The Pea Coat


As the temperature starts to drop, many white people are forced to start wearing winter coats. Though many will simply don outdoor performance gear, a great number will turn to the #1 white winter jacket of all time: The Pea Coat.
The Pea Coat was originally worn by sailors and members of the European Navy. If you think about it for a second, this means that the coat is European, Coastal, and Vintage. Three of white people’s favorite things.
Another common characteristic of the coat is that white people will write their names on the label inside the coat. This is not done for fear of theft, but rather as a necessary precaution against party mixups. You see, when a white person attends a party in the winter time they will often be required to put their jacket in a room with literally dozens of other pea coats! Since these coats often contain ticket stubs to the same concerts and identical Trader Joe’s receipts, it can be impossible to find the original owner without a name written inside.
Like with sweaters, the process of acquiring a Pea Coat is almost as important as the coat itself. Fashionable white people can purchase designer pea coats for well over $1000, but the top ranked white people purchase their at Army Surplus stores. This makes them feel better than the white people have spent thousands of dollars on an identical piece of clothing.
But perhaps the greatest value of the pea coat is its ability to help you determine which non-white people have been accepted into the ranks of white people. It is not known if the coat is given to them in an elaborate ceremony or if they buy it themselves, but in either case by wearing the coat they are telling the world that they have white friends.
Long story short, if you want to increase your popularity with white people this winter, get a Pea Coat.

Jaxon's first "Real Christmas"

Though he won't fully appreciate the true splendor of Jesus' Birthday til next year. We counted this year as his "first" Christmas because he is no longer has more in common with a banana slug than a person. Merry Christmas Little Guy!

Christmas Eve

After the Christmas Eve service at Calvary, we decided to start a "Clay Family Tradition", and make the hour drive to Santa Fe. We really bundled up for this cold adventure. With Jaxon in the back pack, we treked through the snow up and down Canyon Road and looked at all the luminarias warmed ourselves by the various bon fires and sang Christmas Carols. We snacked on popcorn, toffe and hot chocolate on the ride home.

River of lights

We went to the river of lights at the Albuquerque Botanic Gardens on Monday night with Heidi, Jesse, his Bekah, and Grandma Sky. Lots of lights to look at, and lots of fun. Jaxon's favorite part was the hot chocolate.

Where have we been???

Well a lot has happened in the past 2 weeks. None of which I have documented. Mostly because the computer crashed, right about the same time the memory card to the camera was ruined. In mourning of the loss of these things that contained endless amounts of information and pictures...I lost my will to blog.
It may be slowly returning. I don't want to miss any major moments in the upcoming holiday season.
Let me sum up the last two weeks quickly as they have been very eventful. Jaxon turned 1, we had several celebrations. He pretty much walks now. (well, he at least takes several steps in a row before sitting down) I am 29 (no not 30, 29) I had a few celebrations for that as well. We got our Christmas tree. (A little one that is up on the coffe table, in honor Jaxon's mobility and ever present curiosity) Sydey (our girl dog) got into the trash ate something awful (possibly a diaper) developed an ulcer in her stomach, had to be admited to the doggie emergency room. That pretty much ate up $600 of our Christmas fund. She is okay now, but has to eat expensive food and take pills every 3 hours.
All three of us (humans) came down with what can only be described as the plague. We slept for pretty much two days straight subsiting on only crackers and 7-up (Pedialyte for Jax).
During this time it has snowed. A lot. Jaxon has four teeth coming in on top. At the same time. This makes him a little extra fussy. Jason and I accidently double dosed him on infant tylenol. Thats what you get when you are grumpy, sick and not communicating with each other properly. We quickly realized this and called the nice lady at Poison Control. She actually told us that it was okay and Jaxon will be fine. We would have had to give him 4x what we gave him to do any harm at all. Whew.

And that brings us to the present day. Still with me? I'm surprised. My attention span would have veered off by now. I don't do well reading lengthy blogs with no pictures.

Here is a fun picture we got of Jaxon enjoying the snow while we shopped for a tree...

Giving Thanks

I will be honest, I never really knew where Thanksgiving came from. Yes, yes I knew about the pilgrims being thankful and sitting down with the "Natives" learning about popcorn etc. But did you know that President Lincoln declared it a day to give thanks to God? I did not. Check out this link to read his proclamation. Now that is one articulate man.

We celebrated this great holiday at church on Wednesday night at the Annual Thanksgiving Banner Service (and pie social :-). We made our first family banner, paraded it around the sanctuary with the other families and Jaxon made a surprise debut on stage with Grandpa. Then on Thursday we drove to Grants to be with Jason's Family, relax and enjoy some great cooking!






(Only 6 feet and over here. Except Jax, but we have high hopes for him)







Jason's sister Judy was in town from Oklahoma. This was the first time she met Jaxon and they got along just fine! In fact, I think she'd make a great nanny...

Shopping Cart Surfing

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Commercialism at its finest

So this Is what its come to? Santa is hawking IPods now. Beautiful.

Pagaents

I have always been secretly fascinated by pageants. And not the silly ones where only the prettiest girl wins but has nothing between her ears (Miss USA, thank you Mr. Trump) but the ones where the girls have to be mildly intelligent, talented, and make significant contributions to society on top of being able to walk around on stage in a bathing suit with smile on their faces. (The Miss America Pageant) No I have never wanted to compete and God knows if I ever have a daughter I will lock her up before I would do that to her. But I've always loved watching them. I like to pick my favorite from the beginning and cheer for her to win. I also love calling them by their state. Example, " I really hope Texas doesn't win her hair is too big, but I like Iowa's smile."
Below is a picture of me with a family friend who was Mrs. Colorado. I got to go watch her compete and win. This is probably when my fascination began.

(Yes I always smiled like that, I thought it made me look sophisticated, kind of like Princess Diana. I have since figured a few things out)


When I lived in Las Vegas I was given the opportunity to work on the Miss America pageant and jumped at it! It was so exciting to see what goes on back stage. I love that even today, those girls have chaperons everywhere they go and all the entourage that travels with each girl. Here is Miss Pennsylvania (in the red dress) sporting my make-up. She won the Bathing Suit Competition but sadly didn't make it all the way.

Bubble Bath

Jason is in Oklahoma for a football game. Here is a little video we shot to show him all the fun baby times he is missing...

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Sinking...

Bananas in Pajamas

I remembered this show today, mostly because Heidi used to be such a big fan when she was little. I thought Jaxon might enjoy it and I was right. He loved it. And of course we ate bananas while we watched it.

A bad day fishing?

Whats that they say about a bad day fishing? Its better than a good day at work? Well I love my job and all, but that saying pretty much applies to being with Jaxon. He lights your day. Let me share all the lovely things that I encountered today . I keep a wax pot for, well waxing in my bathroom. Its unplugged and not hot while I'm not using it. I USED to store it under my bathroom sink until today. Jason did a great job baby proofing the kitchen, but hasn't quite made it to the bathroom. Jaxon found the wax and was very amused/disturbed when his hands started sticking to each other, his clothes, and his face. There you go Mess #1. Later after that disaster was recovered, I changed his diaper, but must not have fastened one of the sides all the way because it dislodged and his diaper starting making its way off towards the side that was still secured. As we were leaving I noticed he starting getting really warm in my arms. We were both very wet. Mess #2. We quickly went back home to change into dry clean clothes, and then ran to the grocery store to pick up somethings, but I must have left the formula out on the counter and the dogs got to it. I found the can later on the floor empty with formula all over surrounding areas. Mess # 3. Later, as Jaxon and I were sitting at the computer checking email, I was consoling myself with a couple cookies. I didn't pay much attention but he was squirming and wanted down, so I obliged. While I was typing something up, he must have stood on his tiptoes, and snatched a chocolate filled cookie. I looked over moments later and this is what I found.... Mess #4

Needless to say I haven't gotten much laundry done or anything else. But I have enjoyed every messy moment of today.

Preach it Dad

My Dad taught the Wednesday night service at Calvary this week. I feel like a proud parent bragging but he really brought his "A" game. I like watching my Dad teach especially lately. His sense of humor has ripened nicely. Most people are a little intimidated by him at first, because he is pretty direct and usually a little distracted.
(which typically means he isn't looking right at you unless you REALLY get his attention)
He taught on the future of the Church in America last night. I found it to be poignant, convicting, and just funny enough to keep your attention the whole time. Kudos Dad.
To check it out yourself click here

(And yes I stole that picture from the church website. Does God frown on things like that?)

A Wild Week of Fun

A lot happened last week. So much in fact that I won't go into great detail about much. Levi and Jennie came into town with Alivia and Lenya, Halloween happened, we had lots of great family get togethers, and Nate Heitizig married his fiance Janae. Levi, Daniel and Alivia were all in the wedding party. Then I got really sick and some guy got elected president. That pretty much sums it all up. Here are the pictures to prove it.

Sooo Funny

I'm not quite sure if it was the coldness or the sweetness or both, but Jaxon found my blizzard hilarious. Enjoy!

Which one is my son?

Cousin time!

Paper Doll Princesses

Every one of the outfits that these dolls are wearing was hand picked by Alivia. In some cases Heidi and I would get an entire outfit on said Princess and Alivia would decide she needed a different dress, had to have a purse or was missing flowers. Future Stylist to Royalty. Please note that Sleeping Beauty on the far right has a pillow stuck to her head.

Hi!!!

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23 years is a long time

I have known Emily (Schuur) Genz since I was 5. That is a very long time to know a person. Other than my parents and brothers, no one else in my life fits that bill. Basically I ate paste with her, I learned to ride a bike with her, got braces with her, went to slumber parties with her, and I started liking boys with her. You get the picture. She was in my wedding and I in hers, and now we finally got to hang out with our babies. To quote Willie Nelson, and then Dave Matthews ;-)"Ain't it funny how time slips away?"