Who's ya daddy?!

You can tell the difference between Jason's blog posts and my (Joy) blog posts because mine are so wordy. That's what Jason says. So I am sure you can tell right away who is writing. We always write about what our kids are up to so I thought I would write about what Jason is up to. Work has been pretty busy (I know- nothing new there). He has a trip to Minnesota planned and this last week he had some customers in town so he was working late and meeting with them. More and more he is unable to play the "random kid in the room". It used to be that people didn't pay much attention to him because he looked so young and they had no idea he was the engineer until he spoke. I think he kind of liked that role. It sort of shocked people. Now, he is starting to look his age and of course people know who he is. I suppose maybe some new customers still write him off at first. And then they find out he's a genius. With work being so time consuming the "honey-do" lists grow and often don't get checked off for awhile. Example below- plastic on the doors. I was thinking about the Thanksgiving where Jay and James put the plastic up for us (so Ilene wouldn't have to freeze sleeping in the family room on the couch). Fun memories. Anyway we should have gotten the plastic up much sooner. Our $335 heating bill last month made it a priority. I know- YIKES! You'd think we live in a 5000 sq ft house or something. I thought this shot was kind of fun because you can see their reflection.
Although work takes most of the time I would say Jason's main "job" is dad (yes, he's my husband first but that's all fun and "joy", not work :). He is a GREAT dad! We put the kids to bed the other night and Jason was holding Wesley. The kids were having a hard time settling down to sleep so Jason went in to check on them. This is how I found them, all snuggled on Allie's bed and Allie was telling them all a bed time story- Peter Pan. They eventually all had to go back to their own beds.
His other priority is his calling which he does very well (so says our ward family . They always tell me what a great job he does as councelor). It has been fun to watch him grow and although it does take time, we receive many blessings for it. That is something hard to describe, just something you experience. Below is a card all the YW signed for his service. They held a special Thank You dinner for the bishopric (and wives but Wesley had just been born 3 days before so I missed out).So I guess this was kind of a brag blog, but I feel so lucky to be married to this man. And I recognize that his parents and family have a HUGE part in who he is today. I am a firm believer that siblings help raise one another and have an enormous impact on who we are as adults. I can think of stories about each one of you to prove my point. So really this is a Thank You Paynes- to each of you.