Fourth of July fun!

Monday, July 6, 2009

So this is the first Fourth of July that Josh and I have had together. It's weird, cause it's also the last holiday that we HAVEN'T shared together. HAHA. We met last summer, on the 24th of July, and have shared every holiday together since. So it's kinda strange to think about. But we had a really good time on America's birthday this year. We were able to spend it with Kim and Shay and boy let me tell you... I think I was more excited than the girls and Josh combined! I got hairties and t-shirts and Josh and I made red, white and blue jello parfaits... I freaking love the Fourth of July! We ate the parfaits (well, they were huge, so part of them) on Friday after we picked the girls up. Then we got everyone bathed and to bed early cause we had a BIG day ahead of us... Saturday morning we got up at about 6:30. We got up to Layton park at about 8:45 and got a pretty good parade route seat. We had about an hour and a half wait, but we kept entertained. The parade was pretty good and the girls got more candy than they needed! My sister Toni met us there with her three kiddies and the five kids had quite a blast. Again, I took pics but my camera is going down hill I think. Some of them were again blurry. UGH. After the parade we went to the carnival and got yummy food and walked around and the kids bounced in the blow up toys and Toni's kids all rode the mechanical bull. We had to head up to the campsite, so we left around 2:00. Up camping we had quite a blast. There was a ton of Josh's family there and Terry had out this huge tennis ball launcher. Reminds me of the potatoe launchers... HAHA. Sherri had made this fun "adult" pinata with travel sized Motrin, Tylenol, Pamprin, breath mints, gum, lotion, and then candy. It was really fun. They then did a pinata for Josh's mom, Candy (my sweet mother-in-law) for her birthday (July 5). HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!! Josh and I got our tent all set up and everything situated. Heidi and Jordan had brought thier new puppy Coco and he is adorable. Dang it, I wish I took pictures of him. We went and watched fireworks down in town and Jordan had tons of illegal ones he got in Evanston. HAHA. The cop on patrol never came and talked to us directly, but groups around us were talked to. Guess we couldn't do any that shot in the air... or so he said. Tracy and Jordan were lighting them anyways! We had quite a fun time. Camping is always fun and I'm glad we went!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Monday, June 29, 2009

I wanted to publically tell my mom HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I love you mom and hope you have the most amazing day!

Tribute to Three Icons

I just wanted to give a shout out to three legends that we lost this past week. Each of these three individuals made a significant impact on thier industry and changed the culture of America in thier own ways. Thank you for your talents and for your courage to be yourselves. You will be missed!

Ed McMahon (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009)

Farrah Fawcett (February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009)

Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)

Josh Gracin Concert

So, Josh surprised me on Saturday with tickets to the Josh Gracin concert!!! Sadly, most of my pics turned out blurry (what the...?) So I stole a couple from Chandra, and other than that you will have to deal with blurry. Sorry! HAHA

Air Show Pictures

Friday, June 26, 2009

As promised, here are some pictures from the air show we went to a couple weeks ago! (some may be a tad bit blurry)...

Keoke and the Manti Pageant

Thursday, June 25, 2009

This past Saturday Josh and I had quite a big day. First of all, we headed to the SL County Animal Services to look for a cat. The adult cats are free this month... but we gave into our weakness and got a kitten instead. We named him Keoke (K-oh-kee) which is Hawaiian for "quick runner" HAHA. He is about 3 months old and is a grey and white tabby with a little bit of tan in his coat. He is such a fun addition to our family and we love him to peices. He loves chasing strings, playing with his jingle bell balls, attacking your feet from his hiding place under the bed, and napping in daddy's lap.

Also on Saturday, Josh, Tracy and I trekked down to Manti for the annual Morman Miracle Pageant. I had never seen the pageant, so I was super excited. By the time we got there is was pouring rain and everything was soaked. We stoppd in Ephraim and the Walmart. We needed a leash for Keoke and Tracy decided to get a tarp to put down in case the ground was wet. We also got some cat toys and such. thanks heavens we decided to stop. The cat toys kept Keoke entertained while we waited out the rain in the car, once the rain did stop and we found a good spot on the grass, the tarp was perfect to keep us dry, and Keoke wanted to run and play, so we were so glad we had that leash. YAY. It was a pretty good day. It got a bit cold and I had to keep moving around to stay warm, but it was great. Everyone had such a great time.

Oh, and happy fathers day again to Josh, my daddy, daddy Curtiss, all the grandpas in my life and everyone else enjoying the wonders of fatherhood. You are truely appreciated, more than you may know. :)

Air show, Kittens & a Baby

Friday, June 19, 2009

So a couple weeks ago Josh and I went to an airshow up at Hill Feild, and it was such a blast. YAY. I'll put some pictures up. Also, last Friday was our one month anniversary. We just had a nice dinner and spent some quality time hanging out, but it was great. Oh, we are looking around at some kittens. Yeppers, we are getting a pet, and it was actually Josh's idea. (little butterflies in my tummy again) There is a place we want to go to tomorrow that has them super cheap and they come all immunized, microchipped, fixed, with toys and collars and food. It would be perfect. Wish us luck! Other than that we don't have too much news. Oh, and FYI for those rumours going around... no there is no honeymoon baby!! Despite what Jordan has been trying to leek. HAHA. But it was a good smile for a while there... until Heidi got a little frustrated with Josh being elusive. Sorry Heid! But yeah, thats about it. Love you all!

-Josh and Tacy Jackson

May 29, 2009

Friday, May 29, 2009

Okay, I know you are all dying to get an update on how the wedding went and what kinds of fun we have had on the honeymoon and at our new home. Weel alright then, I'll update already! HAHA.


First of all, the wedding was AMAZING!!! I wont bore you with all the tiny details that I remember in my crazy head, but here are the basics! First, I would like to publically thank Jamie, Jake, Tiffany, Tracy, mom Jackson, Heidi and Josh for staying up so FREAKING late the night before putting together flowers and finishing the cake. Holy monkey, I was half delirious and Josh made me go to bed, but I'm sure the others stayed up way later... THANK YOU! the morning of Josh, Tiff and I got ready and took off to Temple Square to do our pictures. It was great and you can see a couple shots from there below. After we grabbed my favorite pebble ice and headed to my grandparents house in Bountiful for the luncheon. Most everyone was already there setting up and the place looked so amazing. It was so relaxing to sit and eat and visit with everyone. Afterwards we headed for the reception hall and did a bunch of pictures of groups and family. The ceremony was after that and I was all kinds of emotional before I stepped out there... then I saw my friends from work and the tears broke out. Thanks for coming girls!! The rest of the ceremony was beautiful and Josh was crying just as much as I was HAHA. The reception turned out really great and tons of people came to support us. I'm so thankful for all of them and thier support of our special day. More pictures are below as well as at our new shutterfly website http://tacyandjoshjackson.shutterfly.com GO SEE!!!!


The honeymoon was really enjoyable as well. We stayed in SLC the first two nights at a hotel. We got our apartment keys on the 14th and then took off for Lava Hot Springs!!! We stayed at this amazing hotel, Lions Gate Manor. I highly recommend you ALL go there! Fantastic! We hung out in the hot pools and mostly relaxed. On Friday we took off for West Yellowstone and ended up staying in this nice little place there. In the park we saw tons of Bison, Elk, and hot pots. We even saw a grizzley bear and a black bear! There was a cute little yellow fox that trotted by our car and then at another place there was a couple wolves holding an elk hosage on an island in the middle of a small lake. It was great! There was still a lot of snow on the east side of the park and Yellowstoe lake was still frozen over, but it was like 65 the whole time. It really was a really nice vacation and we had a lot of fun!


We moved everything into our house the next Monday and we are proud to say all of the boxes are gone and all of our decorations have been hung up. YAY! We love our new little home and are so excited that we have finally been able to start our life together! If anyone wants to come down, we have a pool, volleyball, basketball, tennis, kids park, BBQ pits, hot tubs, raquetball... all kinds of stuff to do! We could have a blast!

May 8, 2009

Friday, May 8, 2009

Hello All :) Well, only FOUR days to go... can anyone believe how fast it has gone by? When did I start counting down **goes to check** First blog entry was on September 20. I hadn't put a count in the body, but I figured it was 233 days to go... I like TODAY's count much better. :) Well, let me get everyone up to date. Today is Friday, my last day of work until after the honeymoon. I haven't been able to do a whole lot this week, for two reasons. Number one: most of the stuff left to do cannot be done until the night before or the morning of. and Number two: most of the things I CAN do now were taken up to Josh's house. So I dont have access to them. Shoot. All well. I officially had my first Bridezilla breakdown last night. Pretty sure I was curled in a ball on my bed sobbing through the phone to my poor Joshy. Sorry baby, I just had to let it out. HAHA. But I'm much better now, and Josh always knows what to say to make me feel like everything will be okay. And I love that. It really helped me last night. So we have our rehearsal for the ceremony tomorrow morning, and then my bachelorette party tomorrow night. As far as honeymoon plans, we may make a last minute change. It's supposed to snow in Yellowstone on Saturday... and that is NOT what I planned for my honeymoon. All I wanted was a warm sandy beach. Granted, plans change and we can't get everything we want, so I have compromised and accepted another option. However, I refuse to frolic in the snow on my honeymoon... sooo... Josh and I are brainstorming ideas. For the most part, everything else is okay. We are having trouble getting tables for the luncheon, which is kinda freaking me out right now... and Josh brought up an issue that his entire half of the guest list for the ceremony will be standing with us in our line... So now he is having thoughts that we sould invite more people. That may turn out completely chaotic because who would he pick and choose between? We cannot fit all of his aunts, uncles, and cousins in for the ceremony. There are not enough chairs (or standing room). But he can't pick two or three families and leave the rest out... this is kinda a disaster. No stress. No stress. No stress. No stress. no stress.... I need to go take a breather... Love you all. I hope I can update again before the big day. But if not, I'll see you there! Only 4 days to go!