I am doing my frist yard sale

I am excited and hopefully will get some people out here to have fun and make some money with. If you want to join the fun, come and sell too or just hang out.

This is my add~

Come have a great time and shop while your at it. July 1st and 2nd that is Wednesday and Thursday from 9am - 12pm At the Jones Arena. We will have a bake sale with cookies and goodies to eat and drink. We will have a yard sale with Tonz of great stuff listed. We will have canoe rides and a little petting zoo with some of the animals for sale too.

Canoe rides will be $5 per person for 15 minutes at the big pond at the arena
petting zoo is donations excepted
Animals for sale- 3 horses, 3 sows, some chickens a Togenberg buck goat and a jersey cow
Yard sale-
Brand new "still in the box" Maytag dishwasher
baby and toddler boy clothing, maternity, some men and women articles of clothing
twin bed frame, baby walker with wheels, high chair, baby busy toy,
kitchen items and appliances
brand new chandelier "never used"
older vacuum in it's own chest
Denim Jeans for scrap/sewing fabric or to wear
Granite sand
and the list goes on

Come and have a good time before the 4th kicks off at the Jones Ranch
Hwy 55 East on Paddy Flat past farm to market road and at the arena on the Left
See You there!!!

Bull Riding!!

We go to ride a mechanical bull tonight here at the ranch. It is here till Saturday so any of you close by come try it out for free. After that you will have to pay. :) It was so fun tonight. Gideon did it his first time by himself and was pretty scared so I gave him a ride with me and then Joseph gave him a ride as well. He enjoyed it even though it was a little scary for him. I sat Bridger on there but I think he was really scared of the thing. He didn't really like it. I stayed on for a while and so did Joseph. It was a lot of fun. I can feel it in my abs, back arms and tale bone right now. I just need one of those in my back yard so I can get fit on it and make money at the same time :) It was a good time.

Happy Fathers Day!!!

I just love my Husband Joseph. We have learned to Love eachother more and more as the years have gone by through hard and not so hard times. He is such a wonderful daddy who brings so much Joy into our childrens lives. I hope You have a great Fathers Day and Know I love you very much!!
Love your girl, Camille

PS:
Happy Fathers Day Dad Jarvis and Dad Jones
and all you other fathers out there. I hope it is a good one for you :)

My Decision

After deciding to go down to Meridian and be there while Joseph is gone, whenever that will be, so that I would be closer to my family and have babysitters and all that stuff, it just made sense but just didn't feel right. I wasn't too surprised when last night driving home from Boise I felt at peace with the idea of just staying where I am in Donnelly in Dan and Lisa's home until Joseph got done with basic and tech school. So that is my decision, is to stay here and not go gallivanting somewhere else. I feel at home here and as long as I am prepared then it should be just fine. I feel it would be easier on the boys as well. I feel safe here So YEAH!! I feel good now and at ease.
Joseph got a job landscaping down in Boise area but we feel it best to keep looking in the McCall/Donnelly Area and hopefully find something that will bring in income, even if it is only part time. So I guess the job he has is temporary till we find something else. We also have little part time things down in Meridian that we can do a few days a week and the rest up here.
We are still working on the waiver thing for joining the military and have to make a few more phone calls this week to see if we can get things rolling.
I am so grateful to have a place to live and good friends around me. It is going to be a beautiful day. :)

A beautiful sunrise in the Mountains

6 am this morning I was getting Bridger a bottle and saw the most incredible scene outside. It was so Beautiful that I almost couldn't put Bridger back to bed fast enough so I could grab my camera and take these pictures. A breathtaking Beautiful morning!

Motorcycle trip a couple of weeks ago

This was such a fun outing we went on. My parents and our friends, (my sister in law Tonya's parents), Keith and Bev Ramsey, went four wheeling back to our spot where we went camping. It was a beautiful drive back there and then we had a picnic at the sight. right before we left to head back really dark clouds were gathering and the thunder was rolling so I got the boys prepared for their venture with garbage sacks. Keith got pictures and they are great. It poured so hard on us on the way back that we were soaked to the bone and COLD. But Bridger was so wrapped up and with my gloved hand over his face he slept the whole way home. Gideon was a trooped as well. He was cold but didn't cry and had a good time riding with Grandpa. We got home and put Gideon right into the bath tub. He didn't want anything else. it was crazy and fun but we all made it home well and alive :).

Down in Meridian

Hey were down in Meridian this week. Joseph got a temperary job with Serenity Landscaping and we will definely take whatever we can get. We are so grateful that we found a job and that Joseph has work. So hopefully we will be able to find more work and continue on bring in some income. Thank you for your prayers in our be half and now if we can just get the kinks worked out so we can get into the Air Force ;) Love you all~

The Friend Website

http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ae20e975d2a2b010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0
the friend website for fun activities for the kids...and your self if your like me :)

June Clouds

This was a scene this evening in our back yard. I love it! I call them my Angel Clouds.
So this week was a fun one. I was able to see my greatest friend Larissa and we hung out just the two of us and went browsing at a store. I really need to do that again when we have more time and more money because Lari you have such good taste and I need an update...Badly :) Anyway it was so fun to see Larissa and hang out. I really wish I got a photo but didn't. saturday I tookthe garbage to the dump and went out to the Arena and hung out. I got the harrow and hooked it up to the truck and made it look nice too. I am really going to miss this place...The Ranch. But the Lord will help us and we'll have new adventures and meet some more friends. I know I will always have my friends here in Donnelly and McCall. They are so Wonderful. :) Right now we are looking for a job and struggeling at that. We need anything at this point so keep your eyes and ears peered out and hopefully down in the Meridian/ treasure valley area.
Tonight me and the boys made a fun box. We are going to put Ideas in it for sundays, Family Home Evenings and things to do when we are bored...maybe rainy days. So If any of you have suggestions I would love to hear them.

I am also trying to prepare myself mentally for the upcoming 5 months that Joseph will be in Texas for Basic and Tech school. I am trying to put things together to help keep the kids busy during church or activities to do at home together. Things that will keep us doing things. My Denim board I am planning on having that be the connection the boys have to their Daddy. We are going to have maps of where we live and where Daddy is and the things he is doing and why, Letters pictures etc... It will be fun. So if any one has any good "cheap" ideas to help with transition and fun things to do with the kids, let me know. Thanks. Hope every one has a good week. Love everyone!

As most of you know Camille and I have made the decision to join the Military. It looks like I won't be going to basic training until October or November and we need some income until that time. We are hoping to find something down in the Treasure Valley so that we can get Camille set up in a good rental before I leave. If anyone knows of a good job or combination of jobs that would allow us to accomplish this please let us know ASAP. Thanks for your help

Update #2

So Joseph took his ASVAB test and scored in the 93 percentile which is AWESOME!!! Way to go Joseph!! :) So he can Qualify for just about anything now. We have been looking more into the Air force rather than the Army and are hoping to be able to get accepted into that. They have to do a waiver with us because we have one too many kids and so they have to check your credit and stuff like that. So I don't know how long that will take but hopefully we can get into the Air force because from people we have talked to they treat their people a lot better. So we are just hoping to be able to get in and then we will make more decisions on what Jobs we will do. We are shying away from special forces now despite that is what Joseph really wanted to do. We hear if we want to keep our family intact and together then we better not do special forces. SO that is what is going on thus far. It sounds like when he does enlist that it would be not till October/ November when he would start basic. I plan to live in the Meridian Kuna area while he does that and that could be around six months of not seeing each other and very seldom actually talking to each other. So back to our mission days of writing lots of letters. So there's a heads up for thus far. Hopefully we can know more soon.

The update, thus far

Well Joseph and I have been praying and have been really looking into the military for our occupation. Yesterday we got a peaceful answer that it was. We plan to join the Army in the near future. Today has been an overwhelming day of emotion for me, but knowing how I felt yesterday, the peace of mind, I know that it is the right decision for our family. Joseph feels good about joining the Army and that it is the right thing for him to do and feels great Peace with it. Even though it is terrifying for the both of us, it is right. You cannot deny the power of the spirit.

This is our story and how it started up to now. It is long so you really don't have to read it but I needed it for me so that I can look back on it and know how I feel. Every other day is a roller coaster of emotions for me that I am trying to accept.....just to let you know I support my husband 100% in his choice and I know that I know it is the right choice for our family at this time.
The Story~
One year ago....
Joseph has always been a rancher/farmer and has loved it very much and has never seen himself doing anything else. Last year He went to work with Valley county sheriff with the jail and marine patrol. We looked into this as maybe a career or something but Joseph just did it because it was "A job". It has been a trying year because we want to be here on the ranch but feel like it is time for us to leave for a while and then come back.
A month ago.....
Joseph doesn't want to leave the ranch but as his wife I was feeling it and shared it with him. Over this last month it has been hard to know what we are to do. Things we were trying didn't work out and we looked into things but just came to dead ends and didn't feel one way or the other. We know we needed to find a job and probably leave the ranch for a while and we looked at a few options but nothing really felt right. We scanned over the military a few times but nothing serious just thinking about it here and there but didn't want to go there so we didn't.
Monday....
I was fasting and praying for my husband and for things to work out somehow. I was hoping that Joseph would find hope and become himself again. (this has been hard on him)I got my scriptures out and read in Alma 32 about Faith. We turned in another loan application and to no surprise we were rejected again. I told him that I could go and work and he said in a joking way, totally not serious the, "I would join the Army before it came to that." That evening we had a good talk and things started changing after that. He was beginning to Hope again. We seemed at a stand still so we got Joseph's patriarchal blessing out and started reading it and seeing if anything stuck out to us or gave us a little inspiration. WE were thinking of his strengths and what he would be good at. This was our list.
.... Physical work, Family, outdoors, strategic mind in some cases and likes challenges in some cases.......
We read Joseph's occupation paragraph in his patriarchal blessing again and there were things that stood out to us. It said that we would have guidance we needed when it came time to choose a profession. It said to choose that which would bring happiness and fulfillment and would allow him to serve. Then it went on talking more about that and that he was called to serve others and be a blessing to them. And then it said that he would be blessed from harm and danger and from evil and accident.
This was all in the section under the occupation and it stuck out to us and we decided to look more into the military.
Tuesday.....
Joseph had looked a few different things over on this day and in the afternoon he decided to look a little bit more into the Army. I was like whatever, this is just a thought that would pass....then I was getting the boys a snack in the kitchen. It hit me then. I knew that everything up to this point was preparing us for something more. Something we didn't expect. The spirit was enlarging my heart and I was overwhelmed with emotion. I knew it was time to leave but I didn't know where or what we would do. We looked at things for a while on the Army and surprisingly we felt OK about it. I had a meeting that night and shared my experience with them and that increased my faith and testimony on what I had felt earlier that day.
We kept praying for guidance and for the spirit to be with us as we looked more into the Army. Wednesday we did chores around the house and Finally sat down and wrote out all the questions we had and researched more about the Army and family life.
Thursday....
WE went down to Meridian and my mom watched our boys that day as we went to the the Army recruiters office to get more info and to get our questions answered. They were straight up with us and their answers. Joseph then took a pre test for the ASVAB and scored in the 77 percentile. They said this to be good and so we scheduled to come down next week to take the ASVAB test. Once he would take the test he would be able to sit down with the recruiters and see what his score was, where he would be qualified and what jobs would be available to him. We will see what happens at this point. (back to Thursday) While we were there at the office I had a distinct thought that me and my family would be very much taken care of especially when I would live on post. After we got all our info we left and decided to go to the Meridian Cemetery where both of our grandparents are buried and go say hi to the gravesides.
the cemetery.....
We went and got a blizzard at DQ and shared it as we walked and talked a the cemetery. We got there and talked about our memories with our grandparents and then started walking around the beautiful, peaceful cemetery. It was like 90 degrees outside and there was wind and a bit of rain and it felt great to be out there walking around. We started going over the information out loud to each other and how we felt and what our thoughts were. We had an emotional time with laughs too walking around the cemetery for about an hour. This was the breaking point, the starting of a new chapter. We knew and the spirit witnessed to us through our hearts that this is what we needed to do as a family. Joseph felt great Peace and seeing that helped me to open up and let the spirit talk to me too. This was a wonderful bonding time for Joseph and I and we needed that.
After that we went back to my parents home and hung out with our kids.
The temple....
The next morning we got up and got ready for the temple. We sat in the bathroom, since it was 5:45 in the morning as to not wake up anyone, and read president Uchtdorfs talk in the ensign. (the first presidency's message) We then went to the temple with our decision and felt PEACE. Joseph felt it right off. I was struggeling with the fact and was emotional. I then read in Alma 32 again and read the versus 28-33. That was my answer and I felt it. I knew that I had felt the promptings of the spirit letting me know what was right. I knew that what i was feeling was a fire in my heart that was making me cry and I was at peace.....
Now......
Well at this point we know that our lives are going to be changing rapidly and we feel the adventure starting up in our lives. Last night on our way home we stopped at the veterans memorial cemetery where my Grandpa and grandma Haskett are buried. I went and visited there gravesides and had a good cry. Joseph and I went up to the look out at the top of a hill under a big American flag and I wrestled with my emotions and how I was feeling but holding each other under that flag I knew what I would have to do. I knew that my husband would be serving this country and I was proud of him for making this choice. It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about what I felt there under that flag holding my husband in my arms. It was a very emotional experience for me and Joseph still felt at Peace and knew it was right. This gave me the increasing Faith and courage that I needed to know what we were doing was OK and that things would be OK. This was a very good memory making experience with my hubby and all the feelings i felt I don't think I can even convey through words.
Continue to pray for us as we continue this road and that Joseph will do well on the test next week. the higher your score the bigger the difference it will make in job choices and opportunities and in rank.
That is our story thus far and we look forward to many wonderful spiritual memories to be made here and in the future.

If we are listening we hear

Yesterday was a day of epiphanies and realizations. Our family is at a turning point in our lives and we just realized it. We are unsure of the outcome or the course at this time but if you could pray in our behalf to be able to be intune with the spirit so that our minds will be open and that we will make a well informed decision in our lives. Don't worry once we figure a few things out then I will give more details but until then just your prayers in our behalf would be greatly appreciated.
I love the Lord and I know what has happened in our lives up to this point has been divinely directed by Him. That is an amazing thing to figure out. Now I am just anxious to know what he has in store for us and what we need to do. Thank you for your prayers and we love you all. :)The Joseph and Camille Jones Family

Bridger Boxing Daddy 2

This one is a little fuzzy at first but still cute.

Bridger Boxing Daddy 1

Bridger is so cute because he puts his fists right up to his face and makes yelling noises at his dad when they are play boxing. It is really cute.

June Ventures: Trying new things

So the month of June my goal is to try a few different things like doing laundry by hand. Like 10 loads....I was a little behind and decided this was the best time of any. It was a bit different but fun in a way. I was saving electricity and got to listen to noises and things outside and the boys played in the mud while I did it. There was something "almost" soothing about it and then you remember it is a chore and that thought leaves. It was a fun experience and would do it again if I needed to.