World's Greatest Grandpa!

He wins the award. He's the most selfless, caring, loving Dad and Grandpa that anyone could ever ask for. Thank you, Dad for all you do. Those babies love you more than you know :)

Welcome Leia Grace

 On Friday, we got a call from Jessica that her blood pressure was too high and that she needed to go to the hospital for some tests. So, we all flew there to make sure she and Leia were okay. And we waited...

It wasn't soon after that they decided it would be best for Leia to be born. So at 5:10pm, we welcome Leia Grace Latham. She weighed 6 pounds and 14 ounces.

We all rushed to see her as soon as she was born and what a sweet, pretty girl she was. Blue eyed and blonde hair!

She's been a wide-eyed pretty girl since she was born. Just taking everything in and usually never saying a peep!

She got all washed up, so she could meet her Mama!

and it was love at first sight... 

Jessica is a trooper - she's as strong as they come and hard headed as any! 

Big brother, Ryan, loves his little sister. He's so proud.

As is Auntie and the rest of the family...

Now, Miss Brooklyn has found her new best friend. She's so sweet with her. She dresses fancy with her and just loves to share her baby dolls and read her books. They will be the best of friends!

We love you pretty girl. We can't wait to watch you grow up!

Jones' Crohnies

Each year, we participate in the Take Steps for Crohn's & Colitis walk in Raleigh. My Dad was diagnosed at the age of 51 with Crohn's. He has always said he is one of the lucky ones because with medicine he is able to keep his Crohn's under control. What the crazy thing is - each one of his treatments that he has to take bi-monthly in addition to daily medicines is almost $15,000. Therefore, one of my passions is each year to get our family and friends to walk with us and help raise money. 

This year we were able to raise over $2,600 and had our biggest crowd yet. Plus, we won the t-shirt contest and top corporate team! Thank you to everyone who participated and donated - we truly appreciate it. I long for the day that my Dad can say he's is Crohn's free!

Top Corporate Team - a BIG thank you to Robins & Morton and our wonderful co-workers

The "Jones' Crohnies" team!

Day 7 - Magic Kingdom

Our last day at a park was spent at Magic Kingdom for Day 7. It is safe to say that Jalen loves roller coasters and especially Space Mountain. Mommy is so not a rollercoaster person, but I did Space Mountain with him and Nicholas. On our first day at Magic Kingdom, the race cars in Tomorrowland were not working, but on our second day at Magic Kingdom, they were! What fun that was. Our dinner was at 1900 Park Fare and it is always delicious, but we had a to wait for quite a while. We ended up having our waiter from last time we went and he is absolutely great. The kids love him. 

Day 6 - Animal Kingdom

Who would've thought they would go to Disney World and meet Santa? Our kids sure didn't, but they did (www.marathonsanta.com) and they were very excited. He was so nice and gave them a coin right from the North Pole. We love Animal Kingdom and really enjoy the safari ride that they offer. The kids love seeing the animals up close and right at our truck. We got to see a parade at Animal Kingdom and had not been able to see that before.