OCTOBER IN VEGAS

Well family, we finally got it worked out so that we can contribute to the blog...not sure what happened there for a while but it wouldn't let me in :)

Anyhow...where to start??? Things in Vegas are going great, it is finally cooling down a little bit but still not cold enough to really need a jacket (unless you go outside at like 3 in the morning).  Jenna has been busy taking care of the Will Man and being the best wife I could ever ask for.  She is really in to decorating the house but not really the conventional way...It usually starts out with her seeing a great idea online, then she tweaks it a bit (usually for the better), then comes the hunt to find all the parts and pieces, followed by some spraypaint, fabric, screws, nails, varnish, glue and most definitely some caulk to fill up all my mistakes with the saw.  In the end it always looks really good and I am amazed with the way she can just see things in her head and then Voilà! a very cool custom piece of home decor.  My favorite part of it all is that I have had to really invest in some good tools, i mean they are really for her I just get to use them;)  While I am talking about Jenna I just thought I would mention that we have been battling some health issues with her lately.  For over a year now she has been getting this terrible heartburn and it has only gotten worse.  When she gets it really bad, it basically makes her unable to much of anything as it hurts even up into her ears and head (yeah I know, real weird).  Anyhow, we have gone to multiple doctors and she is going in for a x-ray/catscan type ordeal tomorrow so hopefully the doctor will finally give us some indication as to how to treat it.  Until now his best suggestion is to take our her gallbladder but said that even that might not help much.  The only thing that is giving her some bit of relief is drinking aloe vera juice (which was not doctor prescribed by the way...Jordy I think you need to change the medical industry as I feel like I spent a large amount of money for very poor service and then find a little remedy online that points me to the nearest whole foods to buy aloe vera juice...seriously).  Anyhow, the reason for telling you this is that modern medicine can't seem to find a cure but I am sure some good prayer could do the trick.  Amongst your list of people and things to pray for, fee free to add Jenna to that list.

On a happier note, this weekend we are throwing a murder mystery Halloween get together with 6 other couples from our ward.  It is kind of a scary circus theme and Jenna is going to be the clown and I am the FBI agent.  We are really excited as we think this will finally be a way to meet some of the other young couples in the ward.  She we were banished to the nursery, we basically haven't met anyone.

Work for me is going great.  We have about five times more projects that we did last year at this time and at a time when some companies are going out of business, we are hireing.  We have added about 5 employees to the office and another 5 or so in the field so things are looking pretty good.  We picked up a project today and are bidding another on Wednesday.  I have already turned in 5 proposals this month, and have two more to go out tomorrow.  Needless to say this month has been BUSY and I think Jenna will be happy to have her husband back come November.

So the last (but definitely not least) member of our little family, WILL.  What a character he is turning out to be.  He is a very fun and smart little kid and I really love playing around with him.  We recently enrolled him in a little soccer class for 2-3 year olds at the indoor soccer place so you can imagine how excited I am.  Along with being sporty, he is also pretty artsy and Jenna always has fun things for him to do.  Since you probably haven't even gotten this far down the page...i am getting a little lengthy on this post, I will just finish with a couple of pictures.

 This is one of Will's favorite outdoor activities...sidewalk painting.

 Will often gets caught eating straight butter.  He called it cheese for a while but just can't get enough of the stuff.

 Thinking about selling these works of art on Ebay.

 A little Father Son bonding as I tried to teach Will how to build a computer.

And finally...Some guy in Jenna's Parent's ward has some old fire engines and will got the chance to go play on them...HE LOVES CARS:) 

Hope to hear from you all soon.

Pool House

Family, We have arranged the pool house so that it will be easy for everyone to use. We put the calendar online at google calendars. The username is centervillepoolhouse@gmail.com and the password is swimbabyswim. You will see when you go online that every family has their days assigned. Nights are reserved for that family after 5:00 pm. Before 5:00 pm it is open for anyone. We do ask that if you want to plan something please try to plan it on our families day and put it on the calendar. If you need to switch with another family please call or email them and then go switch it on the calendar. Everyone is a manager of the calendar so everyone can make changes. The hope is that with a greater visibility and the ability for each individual to schedule what they need the pool house will be used more and without any conflicts. If you have any questions please talk to me and I can try to explain them to you. Thanks Jasonjust a reminder I set up a new blog. you should have received an email that should say. you have been invited to the pittfamily11 blog. please accept and write for the month. mom is dying for pictures. love you all mir

JASON JENNY PITT wrote:

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>Family, We have arranged the pool house so that it will be easy for everyone to use. We put the calendar online at google calendars. The username is centervillepoolhouse@gmail.com and the password is swimbabyswim. You will see when you go online that every family has their days assigned. Nights are reserved for that family after 5:00 pm. Before 5:00 pm it is open for anyone. We do ask that if you want to plan something please try to plan it on our families day and put it on the calendar. If you need to switch with another family please call or email them and then go switch it on the calendar. Everyone is a manager of the calendar so everyone can make changes. The hope is that with a greater visibility and the ability for each individual to schedule what they need the pool house will be used more and without any conflicts. If you have any questions please talk to me and I can try to explain them to you. Thanks Jason
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Johnson Update

Johnson Update
I suppose we are past due in writing to the pitt periodical. So a quick update on our family, the crazy life we live and more! Travis has been traveling the globe and racking up more miles, and lots of spare toothbrushes and pens from different hotels. We miss him terribly, but are trying to be patient as he works out a few things with work that will hopefullly bring him home to us a little more in the future. Here's to hoping! He is the favorite in the bishopric when it comes to conducting...all the ladies think he is charming and refreshing. This we already knew! Tanner, our big 9th grader is doing great in school and having fun with his favorite class, madrigals, and meeting lots of new friends, one of which is named Jessie, you should ask him about her?!!! Marshall has spent the last 4 months healing in one way or another, but he is in the thick of pt for his thumb, and hopefully after that we are in the clear for a while. Collar bone, facial fractures, and tendon in the thumb are all doing fine. It hasn't stopped him from loving Jr. high. He is wanted with the ladies, and real cool cat with just about everyone. None of us are surprised, right?! KJ (Kymble's official nickname) is the leading scorer for his soccer team, they took first in the mayor's cup and he loves being in 5th grade with Maddy and Hunter. They are all so smart, that teacher is lucky to have a dynamic "pitt" trio! He keeps us laughing and is very smart! Kennahdy just turned 9 and I had a small melt-down because of it! Its hard to see your baby grow up and be nothing like a baby. She is beautiful and helpful, and so much fun. She is also in a pitt trio at school and loving dance with Miss(aunt) Jenn and soccer with lydia and best friend Libby. (they also won the mayor's cup)
As far as me. Well, trying to survive being a travel's widow most of the time, and a mission's orphan, has it's challenges, but all in all, life is good, and compared to most in the world, I would have to say that I am living the dream. That's my new motto! Feel free to use if you find yourself in a crazy time of life and wish you could have a different one...you'll soon find out, after taking a good hard look, you are living the dream. And it's a good one.

Adventures in Moscow

Hello Family!

Sorry we haven't written yet, especially since we're one of the out-of-towners.  We don't feel like there's a whole lot of new stuff going on, yet we like hearing about the random details of the other family member's lives, so I guess we'll give you ours!

As a family, we are doing well, enjoying Moscow, our new house, our ward, and life in general.  We have been working so hard to get our yard in this fall, but it looks like while we'll have the sprinkling system in, the grass might have to wait till Spring...which means lots of mud in the next few months!  But, it's okay, once we get it in, we won't even think about these few months without grass. 

Work in Potlatch is actually pretty slow.  We always have ups and downs, but this is one of the worst yet.  We're paying tithing, praying, and fasting, so we know we'll be okay, but it's still scary when it's your livlihood!  He still works one day a week here in Moscow, but that will be ending sometime around the end of the year.  But, he and his employees have come up with some good ideas to advertise and to help people realize the importance of going to the dentist.  He has also started early morning seminary again and while it's a little easier the second go-around, it's still tricky to figure out how to motivate a bunch of seniors before school!  He's doing a great job and learning a lot and the kids love him. 

I'm still busy with the usual...husband, kids, house, meals, and Young Women's.  We have YW in Excellence coming up and we're busy planning that with the girls, but other than just lots of meetings and activities, things are gong well!  Our area has been getting a lot of chances to do missionary work lately, which is super neat to be involved with.  The church is doing a media blitz here and showing lots of commercials and doing tons of advertising on busses and things.  They estimate that 70% of the public will have seen at least one commercial during just the first week of showing them.  So, they're preparing the wards and stakes to be able to answer questions.  The missionaries in our mission area are also doing church tours, which has been really successful.  As members, we can just invite friends and neighbors and let them know that if they're curious, they're welcome to come on a tour of our building...so while they're walking by paintings of Christ, the sacrament table, and the baptismal font with a picture of Christ's baptism by it, they are getting a 15 min. lesson by the missionaries and are then invited to learn more and attend church services.  It's been great because there aren't home distractions and they have already been to the church so it's not as hard for them to come back.  Plus, it's a lot easier for members to invite friends on a tour of the church rather than to have the missionaries stop by and teach them.    It's a fun time to be here!

Noah is in his second year of pre-school and while the first little while was tough, he's really liking it now.  He even carpools with another little girl in our ward (and doesn't scream the whole way)!!!  We are working on reading and he's doing great.  He also still loves to write, draw, do puzzles and mazes, and RUN!  Ammon built the kids a sandbox and that's also one of his favorite things to do.  I laugh so hard at some of his comments...the other day, Ammon and I were invited to go to dinner and couldn't find a babysitter, so a friend said her daughter could watch them at her house.  When I asked Noah what he thought about that he, of course, said, "NO WAY!"  Then after thinking for a minute he said, "Mom, do they have a trampoline?"  I didn't know, so he said very seriously, "Okay, here's the deal.  If they have a trampoline, I'll go.  But if they don't, I'm not going.  That's MY deal!"  I was laughing so hard because he already knows how to work the system :)

Elizabeth is Noah's exact opposite.  She is loud, messy, snuggly, and social.  She wishes so badly she could go to pre-school!  It's so fun to have 2 kids who are so opposite because they teach each other and compliment each other in their differences.  She says the cutest and funniest things and since she has a little lisp with her "s," it makes them even better.  Her curly hair is the talk of the town here and we get stopped at least once wherever we go.  Everyone calls her little Shirley Temple.  It's still super curly and we're hoping it will stay for at least a while longer, it's just so cute!  I remember as a kid when I'd ask my mom what she wanted for Christmas or her birthday she'd say, "All I want is for you kids to be nice to each other."  I always thought that was kind of a wierd thing to ask for.  I mean, really, weren't we already nice to each other?  Well, now I understand!  As a mom, that's really all I want...ever.  Just please be nice to each other!  I just didn't realize the fighting, taking toys, pinching, hitting, and just plain annoying each other started at such a young age!  Oh, if only I could go back and give my mom what she really wanted for Christmas!

We love you all and think about you often.  We love getting blog or email updates and phone calls.  We're trying to figure our dates out for Christmas, so we'll let you know when we'll be there so we can see most of you!

Love,
Ammon, Natalie, Noah, and Elizabeth

October is here in AZ

Hello family. We have officially been here 3 months crazy. Does it feel like home yet, not quite but we are having fun. I love conference weekend. We had so much fun. Ardi and I took the kids on Friday to the New Dolphin movie out. The kids had a blast. Ard, and I were exhausted after but we had a blast. Sat, we swam and played while the boys went to priesthood. Sunday we took the kids to the Mesa Temple, the kids were so confused, it doesnt look much like a temple, but we had a good time.
A quick update is, school is going great for the kids. I love the Charter school they are in. I love their teachers too, Im so happy we found this school. Jordans work is going, slow but going. I got put into the Primary Presidency and our program is coming up so Ive been working on the program. Our dog biscuit,is super crazy but the kids love him so Im stuck with him I guess. Thanks everybody for the birthday calls or note it was super nice. We miss you all The Browns