The guys snowmobiling weekend

Jared in his happy place... Yeah all the guys went up to the cabin for the week and did guys stuff,... they watched movies, talked about dieting, complained about their spouses,discussed their favorite novels, watched movies, etc very manly stuff... they also broke a few rented machines. All in all, it sounded like they had a great time..

What were Brody and I doing while Jared and the boys were playing in the snow?... lets just say, it was really noisy and really messy... and Jared had to clean up the house when he got home (pretty much yer average couple of days)...

Weekend in Utah

Well, we just got back from Utah at Grandma and Granpa Wells'. It was fun... aside from all of us feeling under the weather... Both Brody and I have awful coughs and can't seem to get rid of them. We went to Temple square and wandered around... we looked at some apartments and on sunday, I got to go to the Messiah rehearsal with mom and sing with the small orchestra. On the way home we went to Grandma Chaffin's birthday party. All in all it was a really fun weekend. I think it's safe to say I am experiencing a strong pregnancy this time... I am sooo much sicker than even with Brody!... no fun, but a good sign, anyway, it will pass.... We miss you all and hope to see you soon... Love, Mar, Jar, and Brod

"What you talkin' bout Willis?"

We are pregnant again!

Yep, if all goes well, I am be having another October baby which will be fun. It's still pretty early so everyone keep your fingers crossed for me that this takes better than last time! Anyhoo, for now, watch out, another Chaffin is on its way... Love, Mar Jar and Brod

I Love Christmas!

Christmas was great! We woke up in our own beds and were pretty much snowed in. I went for a jog through the deep Rexburg snow... it was really awesome. Terry had to come pick us up for the Christmas party because we couldn't get out of our parking lot! We had good food and played scum. I hope everyone's Christmas was as good as ours was. Happy New Years! Mar, Jar, and Brod

Merry Christmas Everybody!

Yeah, it is really looking like Christmas now...

with all the snow that is dumping on Rexburg. Pretty cool (no, really, cold actually).

Jared is done with finals and he did

so well this semester with his classes...

we are all very proud. Only two more

semesters to go! We have our tiny

ghetto tree up and a few presents hidden

from Brody... We plan to be here Christmas morning. Our first Christmas not at someone

elses house. We will go see Grandma and

Grandpa Wells and the Lights on temple

square before christmas and then go to the

cabin, hopefully, with all the Chaffins for

New Year's Eve. We'll see if the weather

permits. Anyway, we miss you all...

hope you have a great holiday season,

Love,.... Mary, Jared, and Brody

Thanksgiving was so much fun...

We're back in Rexburg now but we spent a whole week in Utah at Grandma and Grandpa Wells's. It was really great to see almost the whole family there. It was a full house... utter chaos but so like it used to be. We all got colds, of course, and ate too much pie, etc. We stayed up way too late playing games, talking, and laughing (so worth being tired). The last night there Deb helped us figure out our webcam so we can stay in touch better now with everyone. Anyhoo, Jared's finals are coming soon and then it will be Christmas! We just bought our first fake tree (4 feet tall) and decorated it last night with the ghetto fabulous ornaments we have accumulated hand-me-down. It looks really tacky... I love it. Well, I will put some more pictures on soon.. Love you all, Mar, Jar, and Brod

It's almost Halloween!

I love this time of year. Brody and I have decorated our apartment for Halloween already. We have jackolantern and bats in all the windows and lights up around the door. It's awesome. I don't know yet what we will be for halloween but it has to be something really good and I am open for suggestions. Anyway, Jared is so busy in school right now that we don't see him much so maybe he should be a ghost for halloween. just kidding. Well, Love you all, Mar, Jar, and Brod

Back in Rexburg!

So, I haven't blogged lately... sorry. It's been really busy lately. We are back at school finally and Jared has finished his first week of school. We are loving the weather here, it gets cool in the evenings and only up to about 70 during the day which is quite a change from Arizona. Brody loves playing outside with all the little cars and bikes that people leave out for community use and the playground that is just his size. It's really great to be able to go right outside our door and have kids for him to play with and grass to run on. Everything is getting back to normal with my health after the misscarriage and the only hard thing is seeing all my old friends that are pregnant. It seems like everyone is pregnant here! It makes me anxious to try again but because of how far along I was, I don't think that would be wise... We'll see what the doctor says when I can get an appointment. Anyhoo, I'm glad we're back. Jared and I just got called to the activitees committee in our ward and I think I am more excited about it than he is. It could be fun,... I guess that's all the news for now... I'll keep you posted, talk to you all later, Mary, Jared, and Brody

Fun in San Diego

We had a great time in Sandiego last weekend. We stayed in San Marcos which is right next to Vista. We went to see the house and took some pictures. We will post all those soon. First, we went to the Clydesdale breeding farm and saw all the new babies. It was so cool, Jerry (Jareds 2nd cousin, I guess) works with them and he got us free tickets to Sea World. The first night we walked on the Oceanside Pier and ate at Rubys on the pier which was fun. The next day was the 4th and we went to the beach, along with everyone else and their mother!... it was packed . Brody loved the ocean and the sand... which he got everywhere, including mom's hair. He liked the reactions it got when he started throwing it at both his parents. We decided after about and hour that it was too cold and too crowded so we drove to Coronado Island and sight saw for a while then we decided to walk through the air craft carrier, Midway which is docked in SanDiego Bay. That was really cool to go through all the tunnels and living quarters and see all the aircraft on the deck. Jared especially loved it. That night we went back to the beach to watch the fireworks at the Oceanside pier. We got a great spot and waited for an hour and then boom.. the first one went off.... nothing. we couldn't see anything so we drove home. It was a real let down. On Saturday we drove to Sea World. We stopped at the temple on the way down but it was closed for maintenance so we took a few pictures and went to sea world. That was really.... expensive. I thought since the tickets were free we would be saving money... The problem is, that's not where they make their money... It cost $8 for a hotdog and a bag of chips. We had fun aside from the expensive food. We saw the dolphins and the whales and rode the skyride. Brody especially loved the Elmo ride and the splashpark. We got to see fireworks that night and were exhausted from all the walking that night. We drove home on sunday morning after sacrament meeting and one more trip to walk on the beach where Jared proposed. It was fun. Anyhoo, I will post the pictures a.s.a.p. Well, gotta run, Brody is tearing apart the computer lab,... Love ya, Mary and Brody

Happy News from Hell

Sorry about the title, but that is really accurate right now. Thing is, it's probably colder in hell. Anyhoo, we have great news... we are pregnant again! A few of you already know this because, if I've talked to you recently, I told you because I can't keep secrets. It was never really a secret but... whatever. This means I will be due Febuary 15th, the day after Valentines Day... how romantic... Anyway we miss everyone here and we are really ready to see some of you soon. We are escaping on the 4th of July weekend to SanDiego because it is only 5 hours away and we are getting free tickets to Sea World from Mom Chaffins cousin(?) who works with the big horses there. That will be awesome. Brody has never seen the ocean so we are excited. Well, gotta go... Brody is restless and we are in the apartment computer lab... so, love you guys,... Mary, Jared, and Brody