Dixon Family

Here goes

2009-12-20T20:17:00.000-08:00

So there are only a few weeks left in the year now... lets see if I can get my blog updated by then. Looking at these pictures makes me miss the sun!

We made it up to the Splash Park a few times.

It was our firt time to Mesa Falls.

Rigby Lake was a big hit! I guess my kids love anywhere they can get messy and go swimming.

My Brother Graduated from BYU Idaho in July so we threw him a party!!

Kaiden had fun at swimming lessons while Connor, Cambrie and I played at the park.

4th of July!! Cambrie was sick that day so not too many pictures, but we had fun nonetheless. We made it to the parade and the fireworks.

July and August were busy months with family coming to visit and a vacations to Wisconsin and Illinois. Lots more pictures from that to come.

Lucky Me

2009-12-20T18:36:00.000-08:00

Last Tuesday I flew 2,690 miles with these three cute kids....

And they were amazing!! The worst part was going through security, especially since now they have to test any liquid you bring on the plane. Apparently baby bottles have been a big threat lately. We made it to the front of the security line and got every ones shoes, sweatshirts (since they don't provide blankets or pillows on the plane anymore) and backpacks off. Then we went through the metal detector and started getting every ones shoes, sweatshirts and backpacks back on. At which point they ask me if they can test my liquids, "sure". Then I notice the guy is just staring at us getting everything back on (oh great, why can't they just test it now instead of staring at me completely annoyed that they are having to wait for me - oh well). So I get over there with the kids and the guy preforms the test, no big deal. But then starts making small talk and acts like I am crazy to take three kids on a plane by myself. Well, it was no big deal, but thanks for your concern;). Every flight attendant was very impressed by them. And in the Seattle airport I had people come up to me saying they couldn't believe how well behaved they were. It did help that they were little walking zombies since we left at 1 am, but hey I'll take it as a complement.

It was a quick visit to Fairbanks, and not a very happy reason for going up in the first place. My grandpa (Poppy) passed away unexpectedly so the kids and I were able to make it up for the funeral (thanks to my Uncle Mike and Aunt Sharon). I just LOVE this picture of Poppy and Cambrie.

I'm grateful for the time I had with him, he was an amazing grandfather.

We miss you Daddy

2009-10-06T18:13:00.000-07:00

Scott left for Chicago early Saturday morning and will be getting home soon, thank goodness. I just wanted to let him know how much we love and miss him. Things aren't the same with you gone, we need you home!!

I've seen these little question things on other blogs and thought this would be a good time to do it. So I sat down with the boys and asked them some questions.

What is something dad always says to you?
Kaiden: Dude
What makes dad happy?
Kaiden: When we play with him
Connor: Chicken and breakfast
What makes dad sad?
Kaiden: When I'm mad
How does dad make you laugh?
Kaiden: He tickles me
Connor: He just can tickle me
How old is your dad?
Kaiden: 16
Connor: 16 (can you tell I was asking Kaiden first while connor was sitting right there)
How tall is your dad?
Kaiden: 6 inches
Connor: Like this tall (with his hand as far over his head as he could reach)
What is his favorite thing to do?
Kaiden: He likes to play video games with me and he likes it when I laugh and am happy
Connor: Daddy keeps punching me in my belly
What does your dad do when you’re not around?
Kaiden: go to sleep
What is your dad really good at?
Kaiden: Basketball
Connor: Football
What is your dad not very good at?
Kaiden: Not eating yucky things
Connor: Saying hahahahahaha he just keeps doing that
What does your dad do for his job?
Kaiden: go to work, he works with his phone and his computer and his friends
Connor: Just come back and go back and come back and go back
What is your dad’s favorite food?
Kaiden:Salad (I have no idea where that came from)
Connor: Treats and Candy (now that sounds more like it)
What do you and your dad do together?
Kaiden: Play and wrestle and jump on people
Connor: Play games and fun stuff
How are you and your dad the same?
Kaiden: We wear black pants and grey shirts and grey pants
Connor: I don't want to be the same as daddy I want to be the same as me (how cute is that)
How are you and your dad different?
Kaiden: We do different stuff. We have different shirts and different pants and different shoes and we have different rooms
Connor: I'm like this small
How do you know your dad loves you?
Kaiden: Because he helps me clean up my toys and the laundry
Connor: He tells me

Then I asked if there was anything else they wanted to say to daddy:
Kaiden: I love him too much and he loves me and helps me to swim and play soccer
Connor: My belly is calling for more cookies

Starting with June

2009-10-06T09:18:00.000-07:00

The catch up begins. Kaiden played T-Ball again this June and he loved it. Although, I think his favorite part may have been playing/wresting with his friends while they waited for their turn to bat. The first few weeks were hilarious watching the kids on the same team race to get the ball. I talked to Kaiden several times about the fact that you are all on the same team so you only get the ball when it is coming right to you, eventually I think he caught on. He was a bit of an ambidextrous batter, just whatever side he felt like batting on that day. Thanks Shera and Leanna for coaching, you guys did great!!

Kaiden and Carter Cheezin it

Gabe, Kaiden and Hannah waiting their turn to bat

Connor stayed happy if he had plenty of snacks and the hope of getting to play at the park when the game was over. Usually by the last half of the game the snacks were gone and I had a grumpy three year old begging to go play at the park "today". He went through a faze of saying "today" when he wanted something right that second. He has since figured out the correct meaning of today and no longer says that, what a smart kid. Anyway, I can't wait till he can play too (but I guess they will be on different teams so that kind of defeats the purpose)

Poor Cambrie fell onto the cement from her stroller. One of those heart stopping sick to your stomach moments. After about 30 min she was acting like nothing happened and I thought she was just fine with a bruise and a little scratch until three days later when I noticed the huge goose egg on her forehead. We brought her in for ex rays immediately and everything looked like it was supposed to, just a hematoma (blood between her skin and skull). It took 4 weeks for the swelling to go down all the way. Her pediatrician saw her during that time for a well check and said it might calcify and she might end up with a little horn.... WHAT?? Luckily a week after he said that it was gone, whew.

Photo Shoot

2009-09-26T21:52:00.000-07:00

Well, the summer is over... we had a lot of fun and were super busy (I have tons of pictures to prove it) but instead of writing about all the fun things we did and figuring out which pictures to post I'll start with something easy. Yesterday I went up to Rexburg and met up with my brother and his girlfriend and they helped me take pictures of the kids. It was fun and crazy. I wasn't able to get a good one of all three of them together, so I'll have to try again. Connor wasn't too excited about it since he fell asleep on the car ride and woke up a little grumpy, so I don't have as many of him. Kaiden was loving it and started posing right away.

Cambrie in her tutu... I love it

Happy Birthday Kaiden

2009-09-26T19:46:00.000-07:00

On September 11th Kaiden turned five. I really can't believe how fast these five years have gone. What a privlidge it has been to have him in our family, he has brought joy to us everyday.

Kaiden, I never knew it would be possible to love you more now than the day you were born. You have become such an amazing little person...
I love that first thing in the morning you come give me a hug and tell me good morning. I love your big brown eyes. I love what a great big brother you are. I love your laugh. I love that you are such a good friend. I love how brave you are. I love your smile. I love your excitement for even the little things.
We love you Kaiden, happy birthday!

Bear Lake

2009-06-02T17:04:00.001-07:00

Over Memorial Day weekend we went on a trip to Bear Lake. We had a blast!! Thanks to my sisters husbands family for letting us use their cabin. And to my mom for the great surprise... the kids miss you already.

We played with bubbles, squirt guns, played games, wrestled...

And four wheeled. Now all of the boys in my house think we nead one. And I might even give in because it was TONS of fun. Connor wasn't a fan of the speed, he told my sister "I want to go back where I came from" when she asked if he was having fun during their ride. But, I think he blocked that part out of his memory because he still says he wants one. Kaiden of course had no fear (which scares me to death). The rain made for lots of mud and puddles to ride in so we came home with lots of dirty laundry.

The boys attempted to take the kids out, but the boat died and they had to carry all the kids to shore. They came back soaked, at least the kids were dry.

Roasting marshmellows...

Connor just wanted to be held once he got off the fourwheeler

No one could get enough of those kissable cheeks, especially grandma.

The big cousins

And I just have to add another one of Connors cute sayings. The other day he wanted to go outside. When I told him he couldn’t because it was raining he said, “I will wear my life jacket”.

Baby Animal Day

2009-05-20T11:32:00.001-07:00

A few weekends ago we went to baby animal day with some friends. The kids loved it... here are some pics from the day. We went on a hayride and the kids got to hold bunnies, chicks and ducklings. They also had all kinds of baby animals for them to pet. I love Connors face when he was trying to milk the "cow".

I would write more about it, but my floor is clear of toys/shoes/books/clothes at the moment so I better take advantage of it and vacume, because I know it won't last long.

I've also started to attempt to "do" Cambrie's hair.

Update

2009-04-27T15:07:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the suggestions for Connor, here is what happened.

Well, on Saturday morning Connor asked for his blanket. I thought, oh no... but I just told him that he is a big boy now and doesn't need his blanket anymore. Then the tears started. I decided that he may need a little encouragement, so I said that since he is such a big boy and doesn't need his blanket anymore that we could go to the store and he could pick out a treat. At which point the tears immediately stopped... yay!! All weekend he talked about getting his "present" (we didn't even make it to the store till today, and he was surprisingly okay with that too) and never even mentioned the blanket again. He still hasn't even tried to suck his thumb, hopefully he never realizes that it is possible to suck his thumb without holding onto a silky edged blanket. We shall see:)

I did hide all of his back up blankets too (any blanket with silk on the edge), so I guess it's been the out of site out of mind thing. I really didn't think it would be this easy because he would ask for it all of the time. He would ask for it as we were leaving to go somewhere, so we would bring it with us in the car. When he wanted to watch something he would ask for his blanket and of course whenever he was tired he would curl up with it and suck his thumb and fall asleep. Scott has even made runs to the car in the middle of sacrament meeting for the blanket. Not having his blanket has made giving up naps easier for him too. He must have just been ready for this or I am sure it would not have been so easy. I'm so proud of him!! Good luck to all of you out there that still have little thumb suckers.

First Solids

2009-04-24T14:46:00.000-07:00

Cambrie is 6 months old now, a whole half a year old!! I can't believe it, I really hope the next 6 months do not go as fast (especially since it will be summer). I thought it was time for her to try some rice cereal. She didn't really like it, but loved trying to get the spoon from me. Not too difficult of a task as I was trying to take pictures at the same time. Next time I'll have to have Scott feed her and I'll do video and more pics.

Her first bite, although I don't think she even swallowed anything.

She kept trying to take the spoon from me

I don't think she is a fan

I love her chubby little hands!!

I thought it would be fun to post pictures of the boys trying solid food too(I didn't realize they had the same bib on till I uploaded the pics, I should have put the same one on Cambrie)

Connor Loving Peas

Kaiden Eating Bananas

Kaiden also had his first soccer practice, here is a little collage I made.

On a side note, Connor has not sucked his thumb for over 48 hours!! Shhhhhhh, don't tell him because I don't even think he has realized it. He has always had a thing for his blanket (it's a fleece on with a silky edge) especially when he sleeps and whenever he has it he sucks his thumb. Well, I recently decided that his blanket would be a great thing to take away when he misbehaves (man I should have thought of that much sooner). The first few times he kept asking for it, and I would give it back to him the next day. Well, I had to take it away again on Wednesday and he has not asked for it since. He didn't even ask for it at bedtime!! I'm just hoping he never asks for it again, because if I give it back to him he'll probably just go back to sucking his thumb. What should I do, tell him he is a big boy now and doesn't need a blanket?? Let me know if you have any suggestions.

Easter

2009-04-12T21:00:00.001-07:00

Hope everyone had a happy easter!! We managed to have fun even with a teething baby (Cambrie) and a sick boy (Connor). We even got a few pictures, they still count even though no one is looking at the camera and smiling at the same time right?

Oh, and Kaiden learned to ride his bike without training wheels. He is so proud!!

Connor

2009-04-12T20:18:00.000-07:00

Connor turned three on April 2nd. Here are some of my favorite things about him...

-how he still says "I wanna hold ya"
-his dance moves... man I gotta get him on video, he is hilarious
-how he can be so scared and brave at the same time. The look on his face when you push him a little too high on the swing says sit all, but he is still saying "higher"
-how, sometimes, he is so content to just sit and cuddle with me
-how much he loves and looks up to his older brother. I think he would go anywhere and do just about anything as long as Kaiden was there
-how sweet he is to his baby sister
-how observant he is, even when you think he isn't paying any attention he is.
-the time he was about to jump off my bed and then said "that's not a great idea"

Here are a few pictures of him, we love you Connor!!

Time fly's

2009-03-04T16:05:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it's been over a month since I've posted. I think three kids has put me at my max at the moment, especially since the 4 year-old and soon to be 3 year-old are little boys who are constantly making new messes for me to clean up. And well, the sweet little baby cannot keep the poop from leaking out of her diaper and onto her cute clothes. Oh how I love oxy-clean!! Here are a few randoms about my kids, because they are my life and I love them.

I am starting to discover what an amazing memory Kaiden has, this will be a great advantage to him during his school years (he got this from his dad, not me). He tells me all the time how much he loves me and that I am his best friend, this however has become a disadvantage in primary. He claims that he loves me so much that I have to be his teacher again this year and will not go without me. Let's hope this Sunday is better.

Connor cracks me up everyday with the things he says and how he says it. One day there was a knock at the door so I asked him who it could be... he responded with "I think maybe it's a child of God" and he was in fact correct. He doesn't understand the meaning of the words "grumpy". He will say things like "mom, your hair is so grumpy". Some words he just can't seem to get right... for example he says "everypeople" instead of "everyone" or "everybody"

And Cambrie, she is still the best little baby. She makes all of us smile and laugh every day- what joy she has already brought into our family. She is discovering her voice (she randomly screams her little baby scream), and we love making her laugh (Kaiden is the best at it). Oh, how we love her!!

The days go by too fast and I can't seem to get everything accomplished on my long, long to-do list. I am overwhelmed, but I am so blessed and love every second of my crazy life. Here are a few pictures from the last month!!

Sorry there are so many of Cambrie, but I couldn't decide so I posted them all:)

Vacation Pictures

2009-01-27T11:24:00.001-08:00

We're Home

2009-01-13T12:35:00.000-08:00

Well, we are back from our vacation in California. It was so nice, just what I needed. It was great to see my family and to get a break from winter, it was 80 when we left... talk about hard to get on the plane. Anyway I have a million things to do, but I thought I would hurry and post a few pics.

Video of Cambrie

2008-12-17T09:54:00.000-08:00

Here is a little video of Cambrie smileing and talking to Scott. Can't you just tell she loves her daddy. And it is official, she is one chubby baby. I took her in for her two month check up and she is in the 97% for her weight. I love my chunky babies!!

First smiles

2008-12-14T17:24:00.000-08:00

Cambrie has been smiling for a while, but now that her baby acne is gone she looks so darn cute!! Kaiden loves making her smile, especially when she coos back at him (well I think we all love that part). Baby talk is so sweet.

2008-11-22T18:58:00.000-08:00

Oops, I uploaded these photos but forgot to finish my post. Life with three kids is great. Cambrie is still the best baby ever and am loving this stage so much for the first time. The boys were so fussy that I couldn't wait for them to grow out of the crying stage, but she doesn't even really cry. She is even sleeping for about 5 hours straight at night, ahhh I love being able to get into a deep sleep. As you can see from the photos she is chunking up just like the boys did.

Connor is such a great big brother and is so sweet to Cambrie

Halloween

2008-11-04T10:41:00.001-08:00

The boys had a fun halloween this year. I tried talking Kaiden into being something cute again this year (like a pirate) but he was stuck on being spiderman. So I got him a spiderman costume and he tried it on the week before halloween, and it's a good thing because I grabbed the wrong size and it was way too small but perfect for Connor. So we set out to find another spiderman, but after three stores Kaiden settled for Optimus Prime and loved it. They got to dress up three times... Our ward's Halloween Carnival, Boo at the Zoo, and then Halloween night trick-or-treating. Kaiden was really into trick-or-treating running from house to house, then we would make him wait for Connor to catch up. Anyway, here are some pictures from our fun nights.

Kaiden (trying really hard not to smile) at the Halloween carnival

Connor AKA Spiderman

Going Fishin'

Connor trying to get his donut (he had powderd sugar all over his face the rest of the night)

The boys at boo at the zoo

Searching through the leaves

Daddy and Kaiden on Halloween (and ofcourse Cambrie in the stroller). Connor was not in a picture taking mood:(

Iron Man getting ready to go trick-or-treating

So Beautiful

2008-11-01T19:45:00.000-07:00

When Cambrie was one week old I had my friend Miranda at Sweet Pea Photography take pictures of her. They turned out great, thanks Miranda!! Anyway here they are along with some I took today (at 16 days). She already looks so much bigger and is loosing her newborn look. I just had to put her new bow in her hair (thanks Brooke) it's too cute!!

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Sweet Baby

2008-10-30T08:27:00.000-07:00

Cambrie is two weeks old today and she is as sweet as ever. I can not believe what a good baby she is, I have heard about baby's like her but until now I wasn't sure they existed. The only time she really cries is when she is in her car seat, but then she will take a pacifier and be fine. When she wakes up to eat she just fusses until I pick her up. She is awesome at night, just eats, lets me change her diaper and goes right back to sleep. I love to just watch her... she is always looking around and every once in a while I can catch her smiling (I know they aren't real smiles yet but its a fun preview). I love her little hands, she has the longest fingers. I don't know if they just seem long because she always has them open and moving around or if they really are long. When she sleeps she has to have them right by her face, it is so cute. Here are a couple pictures of her with her brothers, who just adore her. Connor is always wanting to know exactly where she is at all times and Kaiden can't get enough of her. For the last few days he has been asking me if she started laughing yet, I think that will be his favorite... he loves making babies laugh.

We blessed Cambrie on Sunday since my family was still here, it was nice to have my brother and Dad be here for that. She did great until right after I got done taking pictures of her in her little dress. She spit up all over it. One of those where they spit up everything they just ate... gross. Anyway I just rinsed it off and you can't even tell. If you look close in the pictures you can see her flaky skin, she is peeling like crazy.

Cambrie Natalia

2008-10-19T08:39:00.000-07:00

She is here and she is beautiful... and I am so in love!! Cambrie Natalia Dixon was born at 10:52pm on October 16th weighing 7lbs 12oz and 19.5 inches long. She is the best little baby and is doing great. The boys are just loving their new baby sister, Kaiden thinks she should sleep in his room and he'll come tell me if she wakes up:) Well, here are some pictures of our little girl.

Mommy and Cambrie right after delivery

We actually got one with her eyes open

The proud big brothers

Home from the hospital and sleeping like a little angel

One Week Left

2008-10-09T16:52:00.000-07:00

It's official now, if I don't have this baby in the next week (which I am hoping for) I have my induction scheduled for Thurs. Oct. 16th!! I am so ready, but at the same time it's crazy to think in a week (or less) our family will be so different. The boys are very excited, in fact when I told Kaiden I was going to the doctor this week he told me I should have the doctor take the baby out of my tummy. If only it were that easy:) It will be interesting to see how they adjust to a new baby. I set up the bassinet and changing table/dresser and Connor came in my room saying that the baby should come to out house and stay for a while, I told him that the baby would be part of our family and would live at our house and he just said oh, okay.
I did have Scott take some pictures of my belly, it's been almost two months ago though. Maybe I'll have to take some more before she is born.

Swimming lessons and Preschool

2008-09-15T10:33:00.000-07:00

For two weeks in August Kaiden did swimming lessons and he loved it!! I was a little worried about how Connor would do having to watch Kaiden and not getting to swim too, but he did great. I think it helped that there was a park right next to the pool and the lessons were only half and hour.

Kaiden started preschool this month too. He was so excited for the first day and thinks his back-pack is the coolest thing ever. When we parked in front of his school he said, "bye mom, see ya later". I said, well I was planning on walking you in - is that ok? Ofcourse he said yes and was just as brave once we got inside, just gave me a little wave and a wink as he went to one of the tables set up in his class.

Lava Hot Springs

2008-09-12T14:50:00.000-07:00

Last month we went camping in Lava. I thought I would finally post the pictures:) We went with our neighbors and the boys just loved it. We brought tubes and floated down the little river by our campsite. The tubes were pretty small and Connor and I were the first to try it out, we tipped over within seconds of getting on the tube. Everyone else had troubles too so it wasn't just the big prego lady. Scott decided the tubes needed more air, so we blew them up more. It worked great until Scott sat down with Kaiden and their tube popped (I guess we added a little too much air). Poor Scott had a big red ring around his back and legs.

Next we decided to make it into town and try the bigger faster river. We rented a double tube that had netting on the bottom so the boys couldn't slip through. We walked up to the starting point all excited and then we saw the first drop off... it was big but we thought we would go for it. We made it through, although we did learn that you need to lift your butt up or it gets scraped on the rocks. The next drop wasn't near as big, but I was still nervous about Connor falling out so I was holding onto him with both hands. We went down with the tube just fine but then all of a sudden Connor and I just popped out. Since I was only holding onto Connor we didn't stay with the tube. The water wasn't even to my waist so it was easy to get back in, but we had a crowd watching us (just a little embarrassing). The rest of our float was a blast, Kaiden was laughing hysterically the whole time. I could tell on Connor's face he wasn't too sure what to think (can't really blame him after falling out of the tube) but he was laughing right along with Kaiden. It was quite the adventure!!

We had dinner in town after tubing and then headed back to the campsite. We had a fun night playing games and then got settled in our tent for the night. I bought the boys flashlights so they played with those for a while and then we all fell asleep. Until about 4:30 in the morning when a rooster at our campground started crowing every 15 min. until about 7 (when we decided to get up anyway). The boys slept right through it, but it even kept Scott up (I didn't know of anything that could do that). At one point he said he wished he had a gun so he could go shoot it:) We had breakfast then stopped by a park until the pool opened. Then we spent most of the day swimming and going down water slides. By the time we headed home the boys were pooped, but we stopped for ice cream anyway!!

2008-09-12T14:48:00.001-07:00

My New Camera

2008-08-12T17:23:00.000-07:00

I thought I would post some pictures from my new camera. Scott bought it for me for my birthday and I LOVE it (thanks honey)!! I'm still trying to figure some things out, but it is so much fun:) I took these one afternoon after Kaiden had been swimming at the neighbors and Connor just woke up from a nap. A perfect summer afternoon always needs a popsicle.

Can't you just tell this boy loves popsicles??

How can you not smile when you see this face??

Chukars Game

2008-08-06T12:49:00.000-07:00

The Chukars game was a blast!! The boys did good watching the game the first half, luckily after that they had "noni" there to spoil them with ice cream and snacks. They also had fun going over to "Charlie Chukar" (the teams mascot) giving him hugs and high fives. Kaiden got both of his hands signed as well as the pennant that was the free give away that night. I asked Kaiden as we were leaving what his favorite part was and he said running the bases. When the game is over they let all of the kids go out on the field and run the bases, even Connor went out. It was so funny to see him run as fast as his little feet would carry him to keep up with the big kids.

Heise

2008-08-06T11:44:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from our day at Heise Hot Springs. Scott took the day off so we headed up early and got a lot of swimming in. They have a big deep end so we put Kaiden in his "floating" suit and rented Connor a life vest, this made our life much easier. Mallory let Kaiden wear her swim goggles and he looked hillarious:) The boys both went down the water slide and we had to drag them out of the pool when it was time to go.

My cute hubby

I wanna go to Alaska!!

2008-08-06T07:16:00.000-07:00

A few days ago Connor woke up from his nap saying, "I wanna go to Alaska!!". Kaiden has been asking to go since the day before they left when everyone was packing up. He wanted so badly to go too, and asked repeatedly if he could. It took some convincing, but eventually he decided he would like to stay here with us. He still asks every now and then, but it was so funny that Connor just asked completely out of the blue the other day. Obviously the boys miss their Aunts and Grandma and would love to go to Alaska for a visit. Here are some cute pics of the boys with their Aunts and Grandma (Connor hasn't been into posing for pictures lately, so there is just one with him - oh well)

Annie, Kaiden and Mallory

Kaiden and Noni

Abigail and Connor

Kaiden and Mallory

Riot Zone

2008-07-31T11:31:00.000-07:00

One night we all went out to the Riot Zone. The boys played on the inflatables with Abigail and Annie while the rest of us played miniture golf. I got two "hole in one's"!! We won't mention the other holes, let's just say I wasn't very consistant. Scott and Janet did great, I doubt Scott wants me to put this on here, but he got beat by his mom - it was really close though:)

My boys being monkeys

Abigail and Annie all smiles

Everyone at the Riot Zone after playing hard!

Rigby Lake

2008-07-31T08:06:00.000-07:00

Well, I am getting really behind because I still haven't posted all the fun stuff we did while Scott's family was here and they have already been gone over a week. I need to get on top of it! Here are pictures from Rigby lake... it was a fun day in the Sun. And anywhere that there is water, my boys are sure to have a blast (the sand was an extra bonus)

Scott, staying cool with a towel on his head. He thinks it works, I don't know I've never tried it.

Kaiden and Connor each took a turn swimming out to Scott (with a little help from me). They both love the water and would swim great on their own if they just learned how to float.

The boys playing in the sand, they had so much fun!! Oh, and I love Kaiden's little bum crack in the one picture:) Too cute!

After Rigby Lake we headed home for showers and then it was off to Scott's annual work party. This year it was at Freeman Park and it was catered by Bajio's. There was a pinata and games for the kids, they loved it!!

Connor showing Daddy his candy.

Kaiden and Connor with their loot after the pinata. That night one of the cups of candy got left out downstairs. The next morning Connor found it and ate almoast all of it before I realized where he was getting the candy from. What a sneaky little boy!!

The Zoo

2008-07-22T08:30:00.000-07:00

While Janet and the girls were in town we made it to the Zoo. It was a fun day, we even timed it just right for one of the animal encounter shows and got to see a baby porcupine, a chinchilla and a snake up close.

Abigail helping the boys get a drink, what a good little Auntie.

Kaiden taking a rest at the zoo. He was trying so hard not to smile, he started making funny faces or closing his eyes when I get the camera out. Like father like son.

4th of July

2008-07-09T21:18:00.000-07:00

A few days before the 4th Scott's mom and 4 sisters arrived at our house. Ian came down for the weekend and Keegan and Jessi stopped by for the day. It was fun to have so much family in town to celebrate the holiday with us!! We started out the day with the parade (thanks to the Brockbanks for saving a great spot). The kids had a blast getting all the candy and goodies!! Then we headed back to the house for a BBQ which included a slip-n-slide, squirt gun fight and goofy golf. After that we went over to find a spot for the fire works. While we waited we walked around the river, played games and well chased kids around:) The boys were way excited for the fireworks and loved every second of the show. I think everything is more fun with kids, just seeing how excited they get over the little things makes it all worth it!

On Saturday we drove down to Ross Park for the day. My boys both just love the water, they both have no fear (which scares me). In the big pool Connor only wanted to jump in when there wasn't anyone to catch him. And in the kiddi pool he would crawl and splash around like Kaiden. In the deepest part his head would be completly under the water, so we had to swoop in and rescue him. Kaiden is becoming quite the little swimmer, only problem is he doesn't get how to put his head up to get a breath. He just swims completly under the water, slowly sinking till we grab him. I plan on putting him in swimming lessons next month so hopefully that helps. Anyway, here are some pictures from our fun weekend!!

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T Ball

2008-07-03T14:19:00.001-07:00

Kaiden has been playing T-Ball this past month and has been loving it!! It's fun to watch all the little three and four year olds try and figure out how to play the game. They've come a long way considering when we started most of them didn't even know what they were supposed to do after they hit the ball.

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Video of T-Ball

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Connor's T-Ball Practice

2008-07-02T15:43:00.000-07:00

Ofcourse Connor had to play too!! Here are a couple pics of him and a little video of him hitting the ball (or at least trying too)

Free Thomas Train

2008-06-24T14:05:00.000-07:00

I love finding good deals and this one is awesome, so I just have to share it! Toys-R-Us has a coupon for a free Thomas Wooden Train. The boys and I went and got ours this morning. I found it on Slickdeals.net just click on "Free Select Thomas Train Engines" and print. It's only good through the 26th (which is Thursday) so hurry over before they are gone!

Missing Daddy

2008-06-22T22:01:00.000-07:00

Scott is out of town right now so the boys and I are missing him. Tonight on the phone Kaiden told him he had to come home and sleep in his own bed. It's just not the same without him here. We miss you honey!

Reading "Fox and Sox" the night before daddy left. Don't ask me why but this is Scott's favorite book to read to the boys, they love it too. Both of them bust out laughing at the way Scott says all of the tongue twisters.

Last week they made cookies together, one thing all my boys have in common is their love for sugar!

Still Sucking his Thumb

2008-06-13T21:18:00.001-07:00

Connor turned two back in April and he is still sucking his thumb. He only does it at night or nap time when he has his blanky (basically when he is tired). Only three and a half months till the baby will be here so I am thinking I should do something about it now rather than having to deal with an angry two-year-old at night as well as a newborn. If anyone has any suggestions or knows of something that works let me know.

Fruit Snacks and Fire Alarms

2008-06-12T16:07:00.000-07:00

Usually I save fruit snacks for the grocery store and church, but yesterday I caved and let Kaiden have some "just because". He has always talked to his fruit snacks while eating them, stating the color and animal of each fruit snack then saying "yeah" before he popped each one into his mouth. Yesterday I noticed he has added to his little ritual and has started biting off each animals head after he states the color and type of animal, then says "where's his head go?" "I don't know, maybe next time". I don't know where he gets this stuff, it's funny what they come up with sometimes.

Talking to his fruit snacks, silly kid

Then today Kaiden asked for a bagel, so I put it in the toaster and got busy with something else (forgetting that our toaster has been deciding on it's own when it's going to pop up, no matter what setting you put it on). Next thing I know the fire alarm is going off, so I hurry and pop the charred bagel up, open the door and run over to the fire alarm with a chair and a pillow to fan the smoke detector. The alarm stopped after just a minute and the boys didn't freak out at all, they thought it was kind of cool actually. Kaiden informed me that "maybe the firefighters will come", he was pretty bummed about his bagel too.

Uncle Ian

2008-06-11T08:55:00.000-07:00

Ian is Scott's brother and he lived with us for about 10 months last year, it was great having a live in babysitter and the boys just loved it. Kaiden was almost two and Connor was 6 months when he moved in. Kaiden called him "eye-an" and he would follow him everywhere, we eventually got a lock on Ian's door so he could have his own space. Then Kaiden would just cry outside of his door for about 15 min. until he got distracted or Ian came out. If Kaiden ever managed to get in his room without anyone knowing he would get into all of Ians Movies and PS2 games or play his guitar (sorry Ian), oh and there was one time where he got into a pack of his gum and was chewing about 10 pieces. On a few occasions Kaiden tried to follow Ian to school, one day he got about 3 houses down before I realized he had escaped. Not long after that we got the child proof locks for the door knobs. Connor just loved Ian, he was always coming up with ways to make Connor laugh or make funny noises. It was great to have him around and we miss him, we don't get to see him near as often now that he is at school at BYUI. We do get to pick him up and drop him off at the start and finish of each semester, these pics were taken back in April at the end of the last semester.

It doesn't matter what he's doing, Kaiden is right there by Ian's side

Connor

2008-06-09T13:10:00.000-07:00

I thought I would tell a little about my boys, Connor turned 2 in April and is still my baby (well for another 4 months anyway). He started talking very early and has the sweetest little voice. He will come up to me through out the day and say things like "hey mommy, what cha doin mommy". He started saying "just a second" every time I ask him to come do something (get dressed, brush teeth, eat lunch... whatever) and while it gets very annoying, I still think it's cute every time. My favorite is when I ask him why he wants some thing or why he is doing something he always says "cause why", it makes me laugh just writing this. He also says certain words very cute, "it's wishious" (it's delicious) and "that's wediculus" (that's ridiculous). I love the way he gets so excited over the littlest things and he has become so independent lately. I will be trying to help him do something and he'll say "I do it myself", even if it's something that there is no possible way he could do it himself. I love my boys so much and getting to spend every day with them is the best!! I wouldn't miss out on the little moments for anything in the world.

Kaiden

2008-06-09T11:43:00.000-07:00

Okay, so obviously this is a post about Kaiden. He is our 3 year old and he is ALL boy. He has always been so brave and daring ever since he learned how to crawl there has been no stopping him. Somehow he has managed without a single broken bone for three and a half years (knock on wood). He loves all the typical boy stuff; cars, trucks, trains, tractors, dirt, wrestling (you know what I mean),but he also would choose to have you read him a book, color a picture, or do a puzzle with him over almost all of those. He is my little cuddle bug and always has been, when he was a baby he wouldn't fall asleep unless he was being held and cuddled. Kaiden has become Mr. Social (just like his dad), so whenever he sees a friend playing outside he just has to go play too (this is very often since there are 14 kids that live in our cul-da-sac and 7 that live behind us). These are a few of my favorite recent pics of him.

24 hours in Utah

2008-06-06T10:25:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday night the boys and I, along with Keegan and Jessi, made the 3 hour drive down to Salt Lake to see Orin. He was in Utah for an Anytime Fitness managers training for a few days and since it had been almost a year since we had seen him last we figured the short drive was more than worth it for a chance to see him. So, we snuck into his hotel room and all crashed there for the night. In the morning we headed out to breakfast and then over to the Hoggle Zoo (I'm gonna get my moneys worth out of this zoo pass). After the zoo we stopped by "This is the Place" park for a pick nick and some Frisbee throwing, then after locating two Salt Lake Running stores we were running out of time. My plan was to make a quick stop by Ikea but we figured we better make our way back over to the airport as it was getting close to time for Orin's plane to leave. It was a fun day and I just love seeing my boys with their Uncles. It doesn't matter how long its been, a week, a month, a year, they get so excited anytime they get to see any of their Uncles.

Everyone at the zoo (minus the pregnant lady taking the picture)

Kaiden and Orin

Connor chees'n it in front of the Monkeys

If there is water, Connor will find it

Kaiden and his Uncles

Sizing up with a Gorilla

The boys and their Uncles

Hanging out at "This is the Place"

Seattle Trip

2008-05-24T08:24:00.000-07:00

On May 8th we loaded up the Tahoe and headed out for Milton, WA (just south of Seattle) to see my sister Mariah, her husband Dustin and their little boy Camdin. Their newest addition, Colton Timothy, arrived a few days after we got there (my mom flew down from Alaska to be there too). It was so fun to get to see them all and be there to help out.

One of the highlights of the trip was the Woodland Park Zoo (especially since it was free for us all to get in with our zoo pass to the Idaho Falls Zoo). We saw all kinds of cool animals, it was a great day for it too since it wasn't too hot or too cold.

Connor and Grandma watching the Sloth Bears.

We took the boys to the ocean one day and they loved it! Kaiden had fun finding sea shells and the little boys played in the sand and threw rocks. Scott even got into the sea shell searching, venturing out on his own to find the best ones.

Kaiden just adored his new baby cousin, Colton. I have a feeling he is going to be a great help with his baby sister too!

We headed down to the lake after a picnic to cool off!! It was 95, crazy especially when two days before it wasn't even 60.

Scott and Kaiden, after a splashing match... can you tell who won?

Brothers

2008-05-24T08:08:00.001-07:00

It's a Girl!

2008-05-24T07:33:00.000-07:00

We found out recently that we are expecting a baby girl! The boys are so excited, Kaiden has said all along that the baby is his little sister so that's kind of cool. And of course I am totally thrilled!! After almost four years of rock throwing, dirt digging, mess making, car racing, rough housing, and well just boys being boys I am more than ready for a girl. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my boys so much and they make me laugh every day with the crazy and silly things they say and do but who can blame me for wanting a girl. Scott is more than happy and has been telling anyone and everyone that will listen about the news. Here is her latest picture.

Cousins

2008-05-23T13:37:00.000-07:00

Kaiden and Connor had so much fun with their cousin Camdin while we were in Seattle visiting. They were all inseparable from the moment we arrived. Kaiden thought Camdin was the coolest little guy ever and could not get enough of him. The only sad part was saying good bye, the boys wanted to stay and never go home. I loved seeing the three of them together, I just wish we lived closer.

Our Cruise

2008-05-06T07:32:00.000-07:00

Scott and I started out the year with a cruise to the Caribbean. I was a little nervous leaving the kids for a week with my parents, but they did great!! We left from Ft. Lauder dale, FL where we met up with Scott's cousin and his wife. It was so much fun having them with us!!

This is a picture of our ship, Radience of the Seas. It was really beautiful and had all the fun stuff to do, we stayed busy checking everything out and going to the nightly shows.

Key West was our first stop. We explored the town and then we were off to parasail.

We were up so high!! It was amazing to see everything from way up there, the whole island looked so small. I was only nervous as we were coming in for the landing, I thought I was gonna crash and burn, but I stuck it! Scott got a little worried when his swim trunks started falling off as they were dunking us in the water but he was able to pull them back without anyone noticing.

Cozumel was very cool, it was our first time snorkeling on the trip and we had a blast!

We were in a nature park so there were walking paths to explore, we found a lizard and started following it around.

At Grand Cayman we took a charter out snorkeling and then to sting ray city. They said it was good luck to kiss a stingray, so you know Scott he couldn't miss out on that! They were so soft and would let you just hold them, I held one for about 5 min, so cool! You can see my hubby's great photography skills on that pic.

Once our boat arrived in Jamaica we headed straight for the beach. We didn't want to miss a minute of the hot sun, knowing that we only had two more days till we were heading back to snow. The water was so beautiful and we saw the coolest fish when we went out snorkeling (of course by that point we had used up all the film in our water proof camera).

This was taken at our last formal dinner, sun burnt faces and all.

Another One On The Way

2008-05-03T21:02:00.000-07:00

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