American Fork Canyon

Soccer buddies

Kaden and his buddies all started soccer ,they are so fun to watch , daddy is the coach too which makes it even more fun for kaden.... Noah, kaden & adam

Noah and kaden bumped into eachother so they gave eachother hugs! these boys cannot get enough each other (kaden said"it so nice to have a best friend.... )

ok so I know what you are thinking ! but hey maybe soccer will do some good:) This is so much fun for me to see kaden in soccer I love it, he was ment for sports and I love that chris is the coach I have always wanted that.

2 cool for you mom(kaden says) noah says yeah to cool dude!

Chip and dale dancer???? hopefully not

Kaden came down stairs with just his tie on, I could not stop laughing ,(what in the world ) he reminded me of a chip and dale dancer.... I have no idea where boys come up with half the stuff they do,but he insisted on just wearing his tie ,I was not having that:) ahhhhh boys they are so much fun...

Random pictures

Love naked babies, good thing we have a fence !Mom needs to get some stuff down, so I put them in the sink.... hee hee

This is sometimes the only way to get some cleaning done...

Wheeler farmand we are milking a cow

What a stud

Ice cream buddies(kaden loves eating ice cream with daddy)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONNOR

I thought before you look at the pictures I would say a few things about connor. Last August 2nd was a hard day for all of us. When connor was born he & I both had problems, I was not able to hold for 5 hours after I delivered him because of the problems I was having, then when I was able to finally hold him 3 hours later the NICU nurse's came up to take him. We were only able to hold him 20 minutes a day other than that we were able to touch him through an incubator...

Words will never be able to describe the sadness we felt seeing our new little guy all alone inside an incubator. The time came when it was time to go home for me & chris as we said our sweet good byes to our baby, we drove home in silence, quietly crying, there were no words that could express the pain we both felt leaving with out connor, I can still remember that sadness and hope to never experience that again.
For the next week in a half we went to the hospital every 3 hours to feed him and tell him how much we loved him. The day came when he was finally able to come home, only he was not really home he still had to be in a billy bed for another week still not being able to hold him, as we came together as a family living by faith and hope Connor is now 1 and healthy.
Thank you to everyone who celebrated this special day with us. WE WERE NOT JUST CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY, BUT A LIFE ."We love you so much connor thank you for being in our family, life would not be complete without you. Happy birthday
(Don't forget to scroll down and look at his birthday party pictures)

Connor Jay mertz 2 days old

2 weeks old, in a billy bed at home, even though he was born in the summer it was crucial to keep him warm.

Connor's graduation party at St Marks 1 years old

Connor's 1st Birthday