Little Hero's

UPDATED NEW BLOG

2008-11-10T10:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, just to let you know I updated on my new blog site, I added some new pictures of me as a brunett ( NO LONGER BLONGE) www.themertzblog.blogspot.com

CHANGING BLOG NAME

2008-11-06T09:57:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone I am having difficulties with this blog site so I registered a new one here is the new one... themertzblog.blogspot.com I am still working on it, so check for updates.....

TricK oR TreATinG

2008-11-03T09:18:00.000-08:00

This year was a lot of fun, kaden was batman and connor was our little pirate. Kaden would run to every door and say "trick or treating" give me candy" connor would drag his little bag to every door he loved getting candy out himself and then putting it in his own little bag.... Chris and I loved every minute watching our boys trick or treat.... They sure made our night. Then we went back to nana's house and partied !
Isn't my hubby good looking.....

I love this picture, connor just held on tight to his bag to every door....

This is my brother! he is a lot of fun, and gave us all a good laugh( you are a good sport bro)

GarDneR VillAgE

2008-10-26T20:08:00.000-07:00

Gardner Village is so much fun.... My mom and sisters always go every year... This time we were able to meet up with an old friend and her mom..... Thanks for meeting us up there kel it was so great to see you and kaden had so much fun with rylee and jake....

kaden and rylee

My sister and I were trying to get the boob effect the witch had, NO LUCK....

My mom and aunt carma kissing the witch

My two sweet hearts that I love so very much ......

My dear friend Kelly, there once was a time that we were inseparable , life happens and we got busy... But those memories will always be there...
Connor's first pony ride.... ThE enD......

3 yr old for SALE!

2008-10-20T09:41:00.001-07:00

I can not seem to WIN! Today kaden decides to get the Vicks vapor rub and rub it all over the same wall he colored on but on the other side now there is a big Grease stain!!! It is all over connor and furniture I just CRIED!This time I just walked away and locked myself in my room to SCREAM in my pillow. .... I don't know if you have ever tried to get that stuff off (IT DOESN'T) it has left a grease stains every where AHHHHHHHH !!!! Time out lasted 45 min this time, I don't think it did any good.....Kaden really isn't a naughty boy but sure has me wondering.... Is this a stage or am I really in for it?

Did this really HAPPEN!

2008-10-16T09:30:00.001-07:00

Somehow Mr. Kaden got into one of our games that had an Eraser board maker in it, when I came up stairs I found kaden in the Nursery behind the chair making such pretty ART.... I looked at Connor first and new right away kaden was being NAUGHTY..... I can't believe this really happened, this is my favorite room in the house and now I have to repaint it.But trying to remember what paint I used is another story..... It was on the floor all on and around the vent....

This is my favorite chair, I bought it at the DI'S and it is way confy now it has kaden's siginture mark.....

SO NAUGHTY!

Maxi Pad

2008-10-11T17:20:00.000-07:00

Ok so I am admitting that life around here is crazy, Yesterday I found 3 diapers and I was sure that would hold us until this morning, never underrestimate my little connor! I went to work last night not know that Chris had used 2 already before Connor went to bed so this morning I changed connor thinking ok that should hold until we go.... NeVeR assume anything right...??? next thing I know COnnor decides to poop and it was not one you could just let go for a few minutes, so desperate times call for desperate measures!
We put Connor is kaden's size 3 underwear (which totally fit) umpa lumpa !!!! and we put one of my maxi pads in it to hold us until we got to the store. Ok so are you laughing yet? The maxi pad totally worked and guess what they are way cheaper than diapers so ummmm I thinken I will not buy diapers anymore and go with the maxi pad(JUST KIDDING) but if you ever are in need maxi pad to the rescue....

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-11T17:07:00.001-07:00

We had so much fun today! It has been way to long since we took the kids somewhere like this... We went to Wheeler Farm and it was the best COLD but so fun... They had face painting, pumpkin decorating, Fish pond, games etc... I enjoy watching my boys smile and having fun, kaden loved picking his own pumpkin I will never forget his sweet little face when he found the ONE. That is the picture right below. Being a mother is the best I just love it so much.....

Question?

2008-10-09T11:45:00.001-07:00

Ok so I have been trying to put a picture where the saying "Enjoy the journey" but can't seem to get it to work, I go into layouts go into that part where you can add a picture or saying, add the picture save it and then it doesn't show up.. WHAT am I doing wrong? any advice?

2008-10-07T12:13:00.000-07:00

Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!

You are thoughtful and care very deeply for your family. A loving home is of great

importance to you and you always try to make people feel welcome. Although you have a great capacity to love, you also have a great capacity to hurt, so at times you can be

sensitive. You're firm when you need to be, but people trust your judgment and

appreciate the kind way you always handle things.

Still Alive!!!!

2008-10-03T11:31:00.001-07:00

There is no better season then FALL! Today I was just sitting outside with my boys enjoying every minute of the cool weather and the smell of Fall.
Some of you have wondered if I am still alive and yes still alive..... Tired but alive! Life has a new meaning to me and Chris these days things have gone a different way then expected and trials you thought could not get any worse, but the main thing is, is that Chris and I have discovered our little family in more ways than one. I have a new appreication for being a mother and wife and what it means to sacrifice! I have a greater love for my Savior and Missionary work. Life is full of miracles and to be apart of that has such a great feeling. I was able to see an old missionary companion, she is from New York,(she sounds like the nanny, sorry had to say that celine:) it has been 3 years or more I just wanted to tell her how much I love her. Celine was my companion at the end of mine when I got really sick she was someone I needed who became more than my friend but a sister to me. I love knowing that sometimes you can remember the great feelings you once had, memories that will last a life time. I wish I had a picture of her maybe I can find an old one and post it. Thank you celine for making time to visit me and my boys we just love you and wish you and your hubby the best.

More Family Pictures

2008-09-08T19:05:00.000-07:00

My darling friend Amanda took our family pictures for us ! Thank you so much for doing this for us, it was not easy with the kids but we may it through it. ") The one day connor decides to through a fit(lol) oh well got to love 1 yr olds

Family Pictures

2008-09-08T18:58:00.000-07:00

Bored? or just being silly?

2008-09-08T18:35:00.000-07:00

Apparently my son thinks it's winter, I came out and kaden wanted to get the sled out so I said oh well looks like fun... I am sure our neighbors got a good laugh at us some days you just have to be creative..... Either that or we were really bored... Probably a little of both:)

Labor day weekend

2008-09-08T18:23:00.000-07:00

We did a lot of fun things for the labor day weekend, went to BRIDAL VAIL FALLS in Springville, took kaden roller skating for the first time, and played a lot at the park. We love being outdoors playing! Boys are so much fun! BUSY but fun....

American Fork Canyon

2008-08-19T12:38:00.001-07:00

Soccer buddies

2008-08-19T12:13:00.000-07:00

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

2008-08-19T12:08:00.000-07:00

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

2008-08-19T11:58:00.000-07:00

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

2008-08-06T11:35:00.000-07:00

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

2008-08-06T11:34:00.000-07:00

Slip & Slide

2008-07-29T12:52:00.001-07:00

Thank you mom for finding this Slip & Slide for us!
If you don't have one "GET ONE" they are so much fun.......

I had to put this on here ! Connor was having so much fun (he laughed so hard a booger came out)

This is one of kaden' s girlfriends Haley

con-man had to get on some of the fun too

this is kaden's other girlfriends Hillary, they were all born about the same time.....

Girls do really "just wanna have fun" Steph we sure missed you! wasn't the same without ya..... Thanks christy and kristen for coming over we had so much fun.....

before we knew it kaden had gone up stairs to start the bath for him and his girlfriends (we all could not stop laughing, he sure thought he was the man you can see it on his face..... )

Dee has become one of my dearest friends, she is our relief society pres. but when we are together it's as if we were old friends.....

This slip in slide was another day for my sisters birthday.....

A walk down memory lane!

2008-07-20T19:14:00.000-07:00

Steph this was a great idea....

1. Add a comment of a memory you have of the two of us together. It doesn't matter if you know me very well or just a little, it can be anything. It can be a recent memory or from way back. Once you leave a comment I will assume you are playing too.

2. Add these instructions to you own post and wait for the memories to start rolling in.

Camping, Hiking, swimming you name it!

2008-07-08T08:25:00.000-07:00

We love to hike, so this weekend we went to big cottonwood canyon and took a fun hike , kaden was the leader and loved every minute of this hike, we all did. Thank you kaden for wanting to go on a hike! With every thing that is going on in our lives right now we really needed this weekend to just get away from the worldly things. There is nothing better than the fresh smell of NATURE! There is nothing more important to me than my family I love them all so much! I have realized that in a split second wordly things could be taken away from us, but the one thing I have is the worlds best husband and father with my wonderful little boys that mean the world to me. I know some of you can understand what we are going through and my heart goes out to you too. As my mom always says THIS TOO SHALL PASS " hopefully right :) Thank you all for all you do for us we are so grateful ! kaden gets on this rock and says "I'm king of the world"

Connor wasn't so sure about this water I think it was a little to cold! That is quite the expression con-man

My darling boys! I love you so much

I am glad my hubby still loves me without makeup! Sometimes I just hate wearing stuff on my face. I like the feeling of a clean fresh face:)

Mommy and kaden playing in the water fall

I love this picture , kaden was telling connor all about the fire works. You really are a great big brother kadenOur little man wants to be big like kaden! stop growing connor we want you to stay little

On the fourth on July we went hiking to Hobble Creek Canyon in springville it was so pretty and nice

A couple of weeks ago we went to echo lake with my family and we had so much fun!

Just papa and me

Long day at the pool :)

Chris took the boys to this park out in south jordan it is free and way fun!

sKy DIVinG

2008-07-01T10:29:00.000-07:00

This is my mom! She has always wanted to go sky diving and this weekend she finally did it. We were all scared at first, but she made it except for her tush I think she might need a one of those inflatable cushions.... My mom is so great! She has so much energy , there were a lot of things she wasn't able to do raising 5 kids a lone going to school and working full time, so now that we are all grown up my mom can finally do things for herself. You derserve it mom. She is always doing fun things her next adventure is a hot air balloon ride in some other state..... I love you mom.....

MonKeY SEe MonKEY Do

2008-06-30T21:56:00.000-07:00

Kaden has had a little problem with going potty outside.... The other day he was chasing the garbage boy and decided he had to go pee, so he just goes right there on our drive way against the garbage can ahhhh my little kaden... So one day noah came to play and we looked out the window and apparently kaden was showing noah how to pee on our fence, they thought they were so funny UNTIL they saw that we noticed what they were doing....
So here is where we start
then on to the next picture!

They thought they were being so sneaky UNTILLLLLL

Kaden and noah come get your pants on (I laugh at this picture because of the way kaden is running what kind of run is that bud)?

Steph I couldn't resist on putting this picture in here, Good thing he was wearing a LONG enough shirt ah? haaaa I love these little boys they sure keep us entertained, they have become little trouble makers when they are together, but that's what best buds do right.....

Rub a dub dub there is a boy in the TUB!(or sink)

2008-06-16T11:42:00.000-07:00

Besides food, there are 2 things that connor loves nothing more & that is water and being naked!I am so sad my little boy is getting so big where did his first year go, I don't remember kaden's first year going this fast..... This picture below is on Father 's day at my mom's house he got so dirty after eating that my mom just put him in the sink which he loved. Needless to say not even 1 hour after this little bath he had to have another from being in the sand box!!!!I think he does it on purpose to get baths.....

SPLISH SPLASH watch out connor is in the bath... He is such a big splasher you get soaked every time he is in there. This picture just proves what a big splasher he is....

Matthew & Connor playing at nana's matthew thought it was so funny to spray connor in the face with the hose, connor didn't think soooooo..... Boys will be Boys :) There were a lot more pictures on this day but the boys decided to be naked so I don't think I will post those.....

2008-06-16T08:47:00.000-07:00

Okay so life has been crazy! A few weeks ago I had my gall bladder out(not fun), my brother left on a cruise so a few days after my surgery I had his kids zack11,shania 8, natalie 6 and my to little rascals, they were a great help...(but thank you percicet) So here are some pictures of that week with the kids, I couldn't go swimming, but the kids were great to watch kaden and connor in the pool...

Connor loved the finger painting it was his and kaden's first time...

This is natalie she is quit the acrobat, she is doing a kart wheel into the pool, this girl has no fear....

This is shania she is 8 and matthew 18 months

Matthew and connor are such good friends, matt is alittle afraid of kaden because he is alittle mean to him, but they sometimes play really good together hee hee

A day at the park, hey natalie are you bored? That was her famous saying :) (I'm bored)

This is zach he is 11

Kaden had a such a ball with the kids, he loved being able to camp out with the kids all week in his tent. Natalie was fun and would always read to kaden....

I have this candy land game that is on a dvd andt he kids loved it they played it all day//

2008-05-18T15:06:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day
Our new set of Wheels
Blast from the past
Scentsy candles

I realized that so much has happened since I have blogged last. So I decided to make one big blog so hopefully you won't get bored. First of all I decided to start selling SCENTSY CANDLES.... I couldn't figure out how to down load a picture but when I get my website up and running I will post it. I love these candles and even though I am busy with the business I thought this would be way fun..... Also and it was a good incentive to get a new car!!!!!

These pictures were taking on mothers day down in springville, it was a long day, but a very nice day. We went to church with grandma, then we jetted back up to bountiful to play at the park with my family.....

I love this picture!

My sister tiffany got this Best Mother Emmy award for my mom for mothers day it was so funny!!!! but she loved it.

Happy mothers day mom! I love you more than you will ever know....

Uncle trent and connor!!! My brother who sold us our dream car!! Thanks trent for the awsome deal!!!! we love you

Stacey this picture is not complete with out you! we miss you so much!!!1

Yes! we finally got our dream car, it is a 2007 Taho and has everything!!If you see the car we had before you would agree that is was time to up grade. Connor had to get a new car seat and the tracker was just to small, my brother found this Tahoe and we weren't sure at first but he said take it home for the week and then let me know so in reality it is his fault because how do you give back the car( right)!!!! Chris is still sweating bullets but we love every minute in it and finally our family feels safe.... I love it love it love it!!!!! Thank you hunny!!!!

even has leather seats!!! I have never had such a nice car...

Don't you think it was time to upgrade? It really has been a great car, sometimes you just need to move on right....?

10 yrs later and thanks to blogging I was able to find some old cheer friends. Jamie Jorgenson and Bryn smith!!! It has been so much fun catching up, every month we each plan something to do, this kids have a lot of fun (especially Kaden playing dress up with the girls hee hee) In this picture is Kaden, Jamie's 2 kids Mckala and Brendon, then Bryns oldest reagon we are missing bryn's youngest macy and my little Connor and Jamie's little addie.....Bryn and Jamie it has been so great catching up I hope we always stay close and keep doing fun things....

Me, bryn & jamie

2008-05-08T18:35:00.001-07:00

You Are Eggs

Traditional and totally grown up, you truly believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

You don't skimp on nutrition or quality. You're likely to take the time to make yourself a decent meal each morning.

You're a great cook, even if you aren't a showy one. You can make a feast out of simple ingredients.

The food you eat may be basic, but you prefer to think of it as classic.

What Kind of Breakfast Are You?

Is is Summer yet?

2008-04-26T13:45:00.000-07:00

This weather is really frustrating me! Are we ever going to have a spring or summer? Every day is so different we would be silly to not take advantage of the warm sunny days well the 2 we had right! Chris and I love to roller blade , any spare minute we are loading the kids up and going somewhere fun to roller blade! Does any one else like to roller blade ? It is so much fun and you really get a great butt work out hee hee! Life is so crazy these days I feel like I never stop, I know you guys can relate kids and work just keep you busy! I feel like I never get a chance to blog anymore:( I always look at your blogs though and I love them . Work is going good ... We just hired 2 knew people we feel like, they will be great one of them is really a marketing guy we hired and his brother works for Good Things Utah so I don't know the exact date , but we are way excited because they asked our office to be on their show, we are hoping this is the break that we are looking for.
We are also trying to prepare for a race up in Park City in August so almost ever night we are running, Chris is way better then me, I just keep getting the worst side aches, does anyone have any suggestions? Kelly you are a runner what tips can you give me? I feel like I can run forever , but my side aches stop me from doing that. Anyways I hope you guys you enjoy these pictures , these are two different days. Love all of you and hope everyone is doing great.... Keep in touch with me Kaden is so good at the monkey bars even without daddy!

I love this stroller so much! If you are active you need to buy one of these, it is worth every penny!

Connor at nana's house all the other kids were riding their bikes, connor wanted to ride something to so thank you aunt heidi for letting connor ride this tractor. He felt so big.... He is already 21 pounds and is not 9 months yet. Crawls every where and loves to eat.... hee hee

This was a really fun day! This is a park in bountiful, My sister heidi and our kids went down to visit the nana (who we love so much) and played all day and all night because we just knew the next day would not be this nice.

Our trip to Maryland, D.C & Mount Vernon

2008-04-01T10:42:00.001-07:00

My mom and sister with her son and me and my two boys went to Maryland to see my sister and her two kids! It was so great to see them, we had fun and we were always on the go! We got to see so many neat things, We miss you already Stacey, Jordan & Destiny!

We turned around and this is what kaden was doing, he walked all around the store like this! Kaden don't think mommy will let you out of the house looking like this when you are older! Minnasota Airport

Maryland here we come, this was the kids first time on a plane, they did great! Thank you aunt sandra for the cool radio

We had to be at the airpot at 4:30 AM

A day at the park in Maryland, it was pretty cold

This is my niece and nephew that live in maryland Jordan and Destiny

me and my mom

aunt heidi and matthew

This is Washington D.C, this is a picture of the Jefferson momument

Here we are at the in front of the reflecting pond and the tall building in the back is the Washington Momument

This is the capitol of D.C, we were so bummed our White house tickets didn't come before we left!

Connor was such a trooper, you can take this baby anywhere he was wonderful

MORE OF D.C

2008-04-01T10:30:00.001-07:00

This was really neat to see in D.C this was a huge wall of all the names that fought and died in the Vietam War

Here we are in front of Lincons Memorial

My sister stacey, Jordan and Destiny

Kaden says this is his new girlfriend, she was so cute her name was lea, this little girl was my sisters best friends little girl

This is looking out over Washington D.C from Robert E. Lee's house

This is John F Kennedy's grave! They call it the ETERNAL FLAME

This is the people on a wall from the Vietnam War

Seeing this momument still makes me teary eyed, all those who have fought and died for us, and those still fighting for us are also fighting for their lives too!

This was a cool Musuem, this was actulally Abraham Lincons hat

This is the orignal R2, D2

This was my favorite seeing the real scarecrow outfit and the rubbie slippers worn by Judy Garland

This was the first barbie doll ever made

Here we have the original kermit the Frog

Mount Vernon/ George Washingtons house

2008-04-01T10:25:00.001-07:00

This is all of us! One of sisters best friends brought her 3 girls to hang with us!

George Washington's house! It was amazing and beautiful, thank you mom for showing us this great history!

Our trip to Maryland, D.C & Mount Vernon

2008-04-01T10:01:00.000-07:00

this was such a cool park in maryland kaden loved this dig toy! to bad utah doesn't have cool toys like they use too! I would have pictures of the animals, but this was the only animal we actually really saw! at the zoo

This was our last night here so we took pictures to be silly! Since we see my sister and her kids maybe once a year, we thought we better stock up on the pictures

Time to go home!

EASTER

2008-04-01T09:36:00.001-07:00

do you think connor's pants could get any higher?

the easter bunny brought kaden a new big boy bike!

kaden and cousin justin at grandma betty ann's on easter

this picture below, chris made a easter egg hunt to kaden's present

I don't think I have ever seen him so excited!

EASTER at nana's house in bountiful saturday

my two sisters heidi and tiffany!

JUST BEING SILLY

2008-03-16T21:29:00.001-07:00

sometimes kaden and I get really silly, connor and daddy don't know what to think sometimes why we do the things we do.... One night kaden and I were just being silly and taking a bunch of pictures for no reason, it was fun and we had fun just laughing at eachother!

connor is so funny he gets up on his knees and rocks back and forth, but when he crawls he goes back wards... Well he crawled himself underneath kade's bed.... We thought it was funny.... He gets so mad too that he can't go forward....
ok so I know I am not the only mom that takes pictures with clothes on my babies head right???/

kaden I love being with you and being nerds..... you are so fun and always make me laugh.... you may look like your dad, but you are quorky just like your mom hee hee

To big to fast!

2008-03-16T21:14:00.000-07:00

Connor thinks he can get big on us! I can't believe how fast your second child grows up....

I don't think I could of took a better picture of kade

READY, SET, CRAWL

Connor gets on his knees and moves back and forth

don't tell kaden that I am playing with his geo tracks!!!!

yea, now I can see what you are doing!

JUST AN UPDATE ON US!

2008-03-05T15:16:00.000-08:00

Is it just me or does the time seem to go faster the older you get.? I find myself thinking it is one day when it is really another. I have not posted in a while and you would rather see pictures I know! My life has just seemed to flash before my eyes..... Owning a business is a lot of work, work that I knew would come. Our #2 Receptionist just quite(in a email I have to add)how tacky! We just hired a few new consultants I hope they work out, some people that come in for an interview I have to wonder about sometimes.
So needless to say Chris has needed my help, so this is what we are doing these days Chris works monday ,tuesday's8-8 (oh ya our manager is now working for the corporate office so that makes in for more long days) I work 8-8 Wesendays and Thursday, we both work friday at different times so we can do the kid switch a roo! Plus we do the same thing on Saturday! Kaden started Preschool/daycare Wenesday, and Thurs from 9-12 then daddy picks him up and the two boys get to be with daddy which they love! Heidi thank you for taking Connor for us, it means a lot to know he is loved and safe for these two days..
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Do you ever wonder if it will be worth it? Do you ever feel that having faith and hope can be exsuasting (however you spell)!

The sad part is that Kaden, when chris took him to school, he just walked right in, no worries he says! I play with kids at school. He seriously has no problem leaving me, I am not ready for my little man to say "see ya "to me that easy!
My boys are so fun and growing up so fast! I love it when they make each other laugh. The best is when were in the car and kaden says "Mommy I love my daddy, he plays with me and loves me,I love his office, yep i love my connor, mommy and my daddy! I so happy! I started to get a little teary eyed, it made me so happy to know that my little man was happy!

I love working and giving that time for chris and he enjoys having a break from the office,and to spend time with the kiddies... he is such a great dad. He thinks I should work more, but I still need to be home with my babies, working is his job right! yea right it is both of ours! At least we can laugh at our selves trying to juggle work, home, kids, life, and us!

How is everyone else? I feel out of the loop these days! Every ones blog is so cute and I love to see all the pictures, looks like everyone is having fun!

Keep me posted (yes you too steph, even though we live like 2 feet away I still never see you these days) Noah needs to come over and play, kaden still tells Heavenly Father that he is thankful for Noah every night before bed..... :) Anyways this is my crazy life these days! The good thing about working so much, is that I know we are making someones life better! At the end of the day that makes it all worth it.

P.s Anyone have any good relaxing tips: for me? My favorite is my bed:) but can't be sleeping all the time right?

Food for thought

2008-02-26T16:44:00.000-08:00

"We never know how GOOD we are, until we are called to RISE"

"It is EXTRAORDINARY how EXTRAORDINARY the ORDINARY person is"

"One by one, we can better the WORLD we wish for"

"When we strive to become BETTER than we are, everything around us becomes better, too"

"The PURPOSE of LIFE is to DISCOVER your GIFT, The meaning of LIFE is giving your gift away"

"Every day brings another CHANCE to make a DIFFERENCE.

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2008-02-22T10:32:00.001-08:00

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2008-02-21T10:05:00.001-08:00

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Silly Boys

2008-02-20T08:57:00.001-08:00

These boys love to jump on the bed! Connor loves to do everything that kaden does! It is so fun to hear your boys laughing together.

I just wanted to say how much I love my boys!

Rub a dub dub!

Connor loves his bath time! But doesn't every baby?

My blue eyed boy! I am thinking blue has become my favorite color!

THE BIG BIRTHDAY WEEK

2008-02-17T17:39:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Kaden & Me!!!!
I can't believe Kaden turned 3! We won't even talk about how old I am ! :) We all had such a good week. Thank you heidi for taking me to my favorite place to eat " ZUPAS" so yummy. Chris really spoiled me this year it is fun having your birthday the day before Valentines!!! Every Valentines I get Roses and I love them! Thank you hunny !! For Kaden's birthday all he wanted to do was play basketball, (easy enough for me right) so in the afternoon he invited his best friend Noah and his nana to go bowling with him. Then later the rest of the families showed up and we went to the church and played basketball and kick ball, it was really fun! Kaden was in HEAVEN. Thank you all for coming out here to play with kaden you made it a really fun birthday for him. Thank you for the sweet gifts you gave him. Kaden got a train table and a Geo trax and loves it so much(yeah!THANK YOU NANA):) He also got his first remote control car(Mario cart) if your kid does not have this, go get it for him. Kaden just laughs every time he plays with it. It is a fun toy! Thank you aunt t.t and tanner. We love all of you so much and appriecate all you do for us and our kids. I know I am saying thank you a lot, but, I just want everyone to know how much we love you and for all the wonderful gifts. The best was just spending time with all of you.
I love you!
( p.s there a lot of pictures)

This is when he woke up and went down stairs and say his Geo trax!

Grandma Betty Ann and aunt sarah! (Thank you for driving all the way up from springville)
Future jazz players!

For those of you who know kaden know that he born a basketball player! He is amazing and I am not saying that just because he is my son! There are plenty of people that will agree with me when I say he is amazing with the ball! He can throw with one hand and in the hoop it goes. This picture is with one hand right when he walked into the gym this is the first thing he did!
Daddy teaching him the ropes about basketball! Kaden Likes to go watch daddy play church ball he will run up and down on the side lines with them. He has to wear his basketball shirt and take his ball! He eyes every move they make and then comes home and tries to do it!

Finally a day out!

2008-02-08T17:59:00.001-08:00

OUR DAY OUT!

Heidi and I were so tired of being bored, so we were on the phone saying lets just do something fun, she had never been to the gateway children's Museum, so I thought Matthew and the boys would love this and they did. We got picture happy so be prepared there are a lot of pictures. It was really fun, heidi thank you for going with me.....

two sister's could not look more different!

Heidi, just so you know, your still in the picture!:)

Connor had so much fun, he had to be right in there with everyone, he was so good, but isn't he always, to bad his older brother can't be this good most of the time. I do love you kaden!!!!

NOAHS BIRTHDAY PARTY

2008-02-04T09:55:00.001-08:00

MY FIRST TIME BOWLING!

( noah thank you so much for inviting us to your birthday party, we had so much fun! we love you "happy birthday bud")

This picture was so funny! All the kids turned toward me for the picture, but we forgot to turn Connor(whoops) isn't this a funny picture? I love it.

Where's my cupcake guys!!!

Their first time bowling together.

I know you are going to kill me steph for putting this picture on here, but I think you look so darn cute prego! I love this picture of you and connor. ( and your little boy to be)

Chris had so much fun bowling with kaden for the first time. They don't look anything a like, do they? :)

STANDING FOR SOMETHING

2008-02-02T08:37:00.001-08:00

3 1/2 hrs later, we were able to see the Beautiful President Hinkley. It was really nice to be able to spend that time to reflect on his life and all that he has done for all of us. He is such a amazing man! We were able to see the celebration of his birthday while we waited inside. It was really nice also for Chris and I to have that time to ourselves! When we walked into the room where his body was it was such a peaceful feeling and worth every minute we waited. He looked so happy. Death can be such a beautiful thing. We were only able to see him for maybe a second, but it was just enough time to see his beautiful body and thank him. I put on the title Standing for Something, because we were defiantly standing for something and that was a memory that will last us a life time. Thank you Chris for going with me and sharing this memory with me. I will be forever grateful you did this with me and that we were able to see the wonderful Prophet and spend that time together. I enjoyed every minute with you and feeling the love our Heavenly Father has for each of us. A continuing confirmation that this church is True and that these Prophets are true servants of Heavenly Father. I just feel that we are so lucky to be a part of this, we are given so much. It is just a happy feeling to know we are loved and watched over, One thing I try to always remember is to make sure that I just live in this world trying to do whats right and not BECOME of this world.

BE HUMBLE

2008-01-30T12:49:00.001-08:00

Someone asked me once If I could meet anyone in this world who would it be? I said"Gordon B. Hinckley". He really is the one person I wanted to meet in this life time to thank him for bringing me back into the church, as I served my mission our beloved Prophet loved us all Missionaries so much and his words of Wisdom and love gave me power within my self to serve our Heavenly Father Faithfully. I loved Gordon B. Hinckley so much and am filled with joy that he is reuniting with his wonderful wife. He did amazing work here on this earth we all know how proud Heavenly Father is of him. Chris said the day he passed away" what a welcoming he was about to receive". There are so many things I could say about this amazing faithful loving Prophet. It humbles me to have known how lucky my little family and I have been to have lived on this earth the time Gordon B Hinckley lead this TRUE church. We love you! and will miss you dearly.

2008-01-24T09:14:00.000-08:00

MIDNIGHT & STILL AWAKE

A while back Chris was given these energy drinks for him to try, they are in a plastic tube just full of sugar. After our Vegas trip he put them in the junk drawer, they had been in there in for awhile and I completely forgot about them. Until a couple of days ago Kade found one in the drawer and wanted a drink, I said no hunny that is not for little boys"but I want some" well kade "no" it is bed time, I am going to get Connor and I will be right back, before I knew it there he was saying " I LIKE IT MOMMY, I LIKE IT" handing me the drink, I looked at him and said Kade, please tell me you didn't drink half of this and if you did how in world did you get it open?

He just kept saying yummy I like it mommy" well needless to say here it was 3 hrs later and he was still running back and forth to our room to his" saying the funniest things like his Elmo had to go potty and he would come in to our bedroom knowing we were in bed and turn on our bathroom light and pretend ELMO was going potty! Chris and I could not stop laughing he was just talking to himself and going back and forth we did not know what to do! I just kept asking Chris if Kaden was going to be alright knowing that was not good for him at all... I felt so bad that I had left that drink in there, I honestly have no idea how he could of opened it himself. He always seem to be out smarting me! I should have thrown it away along time ago I don't like those things anyways I think we just forgot we put it in there. Needless to say it was an unforgettable night.

2008-01-24T09:04:00.000-08:00

VASELINE

Unfortunantly I don't have a picture, but last Friday, Chris and I attempted to watch a movie, We thought Kade was asleep, well that was our first mistake thinking he was asleep, chris went to check on him and pretty soon I hear "heather you better come see this" I had so many things going through my mind of what he could of done not prepared for what I was about to see. There kade was in his bathroom with a large container of VASELINE smeared everywhere. He looked at me and said " Mommy look what I made" I was speechless! He had it all over the mirror in his drinking cup, he had it in both hands just smearing it all over his face.
Have you ever tried cleaning up Vaseline? Let me tell you that is not the easiest thing to clean. After what felt like using a whole roll of toilet paper and all the wipes and 45 minutes later the mess was cleaned up and chris and I were like well I guess you can forget the movie and we just went to bed just looking at each other thinking "the joys of parenthood" Kaden still thinks he did nothing wrong! oh my little boy you think you are so funny!!

TAGGED

2008-01-21T13:08:00.000-08:00

So I was wondering how long I could go with out being tagged. But my dear friend Kelly just wanted to add me on all the fun. No really I am excited to do it so here it goes.....

What is his name? Christopher Tanner

How long have you been together? 6 years this past Nov(and Chris surprised me and flew us to Vegas with no kids(loved that hee hee) and we had sooooo much fun, thank you Chris for a great surprise)

How long did you date? Those of you who know the story know that we really didn't date, seriously I had my wedding dress before our first real date, what can I say it was love at first sight okay maybe 3rd hee hee! It just all fell into place.... So we actually dated/get ready for a wedding about 4 months....

Who eats more? Are you kidding me! Chris by far that boy can eat and eat and just gain muscle, but since I started my program with Total Health and Fitness I eat about 6-7 times a day so maybe me right now who knows right!!!! All I know is when we go somewhere for dinner people wonder if I starve my husband because he can just eat and eat !

Who said I love you first? Chris (I was so shocked I said thank you)who says thank you right.... I did however let him know I loved him too.

Who is taller? He is

Who is smarter? I wish I could say me, but of course it is Chris for someone who really doesn't like school sure passed with flying colors! He loves to learn, but hates school, now me I love to learn too but can't wait to go back to school this summer, I told chris even if I am 90 years old I will get my degree, in what, I am not quite sure, but I will do it..... go me right hee hee

Who does the laundry? I do, I really enjoy cleaning it is the one thing I feel I am really good at. Since connor was born I just can't seem to keep up with the laundry(please tell me I am not alone in this)but I am trying and seriously if I don't do it, it won't get done.....

Who does the dishes? I do, but on the weekends chris is really good to help.....

Who sleeps on the right? I do(I am still afraid of being closet to the door I know how silly is that, but if something were to happen it would get me first right hee hee (it is just an old fear I can't seem to get rid of)

Who pays the bills? ANY TAKERS!!! chris does our bills and gets mad me for not doing the bills at home, because then he has to not only do our bills but our business bills too, I tell him that is what he gets for being the smart one.

Who mows the lawn? Believe it or not I have never mowed a lawn in my life, and right now neither because we live in a place where it is done for us, that is what we pay the HOA FEE for hee hee, but can't wait to have our own lawn soon..... (so chris can do the mowing hee hee jk)

Who cooks dinner? I do

Who drives when you are together? Chris. For some reason he thinks I am not a good driver....

Who is more stubborn? Of course me, I don't have kelly's excuse, I think my mission made me stubborn.... I don't know I use to never be stubborn then I got married and became really stubborn.

Who kissed who first? Chris kissed me first

Who asked out who first? he did

Who proposed? Chris (and when he did he kneeled down and said "I promise to love you forever, will you marry me? ) how sweet is that!

Who wears the pants? So Chris thought I was full of it saying I wear the pants, looks like we both think we wear the pants.... (but I know I really do)ha ha ha

so now I tag, anna, heidi, bryn and jamie

off to school

2008-01-17T11:48:00.002-08:00

3 GOING INTO HIGHSCHOOL

Kaden put his back pack on and said "mommy I'm going to highschool, see ya" It was so funny I said "highschool huh! yep so I need my books and pencils. Well kaden I said lets go to school so your first assignment is to teach connor how to play ball, which he did, and your second assignment is to find a round shape tunnel and crawl through it. Then he sat in connor's room (which was the classroom for him) and he showed me all the shapes and learned how to recognize the #1 and 2... He loves school for some reason he has this perfect image about school in that little brain of his(lets hope it stays that way) I may be ready for him to go to preschool, but not highschool....
Don't bug me he says"I'm at school learning"
playing ball with connor
and crawling through the round tunel!
is it just me or does the second baby get bigger faster then the first?

Bumble bee

2008-01-17T09:36:00.000-08:00

Matthew came over last night to play ball with us and he looked so cute! He reminded me of the song"I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee, won't my mommy be so proud of me"we love you matthew....

Aunt heidi what did you do to my hair?
Mommy and kaden were playing ball, connor thought it was so funny he always laughs when the ball goes high....
I love you aunt heidi!

There's no fun, like SNOW fun!

2008-01-09T10:49:00.001-08:00

Stephanie, Ben & Noah have become our closets friends. . We called them up and asked if they wanted to go sledding with us. This was kaden's first time really sledding and he loved it.(but crashed once and decided he just wanted to walk down the hill) We had so much fun! Thank you steph and ben for coming with us. We are really lucky to have such great friends.

Any ideas?

2008-01-08T14:44:00.000-08:00

Okay so I realize how girley this page looks, I loved my other one and for some reason I can't get it back. I get my blog designs from matiekay.blogspot.com(thank you bevany), does anyone have any ideas?

Looking back at 2007!
Last year went by really fast, but, then again the older I get the more time flys. Last year Chris and I knew what to expect, he graduated from the U of U in May, we opened a business the end of July beginning of August, we had our sweet baby #2(Connor) the week we opened. I was telling Chris how last year we knew what to expect, this year we are not sure what to expect. We have high hopes that our business will be as successful as we believe it to be, I know most of you think he is crazy for leaving a government job to starting our own business, but I knew from the beginning that Chris was going to own his own business when he graduated. I feel really blessed to have married Chris and that we have 2 wonderful children with together. He is the one person I know that puts up with my qorkyness, (is that even a word?) I also feel blessed to have a husband that is family oriented, and to be able to stay home with my two little BUSY boys! Life does come at you fast, but I firmly believe that by making goals and working hard you can accomplish anything. May this year bring happiness to all of us!

2008-01-03T14:54:00.001-08:00

BEST BUDDIES!

MY BEST FRIEND NOAH

FIVE months and sitting up!

2008-01-03T11:26:00.000-08:00

Connor turned 5 months on Jan 2 and I was sitting and playing with him when I leaned over he was still sitting up! My little boy is trying to be too big to fast!
As exciting as this is, I am really sad about it! I don't like it when my babies get big! I'm sure you all can relate!!!!

Happy New Years!

2008-01-01T09:34:00.000-08:00

MY BEST FRIEND!
Let me tell you about this wonderful tradition that Grandpa and Grandma Marie Mertz do every New Years Eve. The picture below is one of the things the kids look forward to every year called the Fish pond. They go from youngest to oldest and this is when they can give all the grandkids their Christmas gifts. Then they get all the confetti works and let the kids go crazy(talk about finding confetti for days right) ! We all love this, we go crazy and really have fun with everybody.... Then Grandpa and Grandma Marie let all the kids stay over for the night while the parents have the night to them selves, THANK YOU GRANDPA AND GRANDMA ! Then they have a yummy breakfast in the morning for everybody when we come pick up the kids.
Of course kaden got his Fire Truck(I think we have every kind of truck there is, if anyone needs saving a life kaden has the vehicle. )
3,2,1, HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!!! (It really wasn't midnight)
Cousin Janie making a snow angel in the confetti!
Connor I am not sure what this face is your are doing, but it's pretty funny bud!
I had someone take this, to prove to Chris we do still kiss ! Of course our little monkey had to get in some of the action! Kids!!!! are wonderful aren't they??? ha ha

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

2007-12-28T16:09:00.000-08:00

Kaden was so excited, but what kid isn't for Christmas, these are kaden's favorite toys he got from Santa. He loves his Ambulence and Airplane that is all he wanted for Christmas, thanks kaden for making it easy this year hee hee! Oh and can't forget to thank Nana for the spider man jammies....
Now how could this little boy ever be bad!!!!! (Santa says)
My Airplane.... Thank you santa, thank you.....
Kaden's best buddy Noah has a scooter, so santa brought him one too, so now they can ride together.
Connor is so fun to watch, I love this stage when they start to grab everything, so curious, babies are so much fun!

Christmas Eve

2007-12-28T15:55:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas Mom! Tiff,heidi & me made this quilt for my mom, it has been about 4 yrs since grandma has passed away so we decided to put pictures of her and her family on the blanket it was so fun looking back at my mom when she was in high school ! We hope this will comfort you when you think of grandma! We love you mom!!!!!
Uh Oh grandpa! Santa says you have not been a good boy this year!!!!
Bob I had to put this on here, in hoping you could tell me what you were doing???? you never make me stop laughing!
This was christmas day at grandma bettyann's, and this was about the best picture I could get.

Is it the HAT?

2007-12-23T20:38:00.001-08:00

This picture reminds me of the saying "what you talken about willis"
Fist time eating rice cereal, I think that is a yes!
These boots were made for walken.... Aunt heidi gave connor this outfit to wear it has the cutest pants but after changing his diaper I couldn't resist.

Daddy go high

2007-12-23T20:31:00.001-08:00

I am so behind on pictures! I finally captured the perfect smile!Every day kaden says daddy go high, go high, some times it last all night! Kaden is full of life

BROTHERS

2007-12-23T20:20:00.000-08:00

Brothers really do make the best of friends!
Some mornings the boys like to lay in mommy's bed and watch Mikey mouse club house!
To bad this good mood doesn't last durning church
Wait you took my bink, give it back!
Could they look any different? I just love my boys, even though kaden can be a handful he really can be so sweet and lovey, and connor is just the sweetest baby ever, and has such a tender heart with the most loveable face, I am so blessed to have these two boys in my life, life just wouldn't be worth living with out them....

The weather outside is frightful!

2007-12-23T19:43:00.001-08:00

Papa loves to spoil his grandchildren, of course he had to buy kaden a little four wheeler that he loves it doesn't matter if it is raining or snowing he has to ride the 4 wheeler.I love you kaden! you are defiantly all boy!
I love my aunt heidi!
No more pictures mom, let me ride " now where's the reverse button! "
This 4 wheeler has a slow power and super fast button, of course kaden found it and can ride this like no other " watch out" he just goes and goes but he is so good at it too! I swear I just can't believe how smart this kid is!

I just had to put this in here, matthew you are such a cutie pie!

Santa's little Elf's

2007-12-23T19:31:00.000-08:00

Papa had this little Elf hat, Kaden insist getting his picture taken,"your not your mom's kid are ya?) hee hee
Aunt heidi and her cute little elf Matthew
I had to put this picture on here, we were at Nana's house and kaden would only take a picture if he could hold the Root beer bottle, and the funnest part is Connor your not mad are ya? I just can't help but laugh every time I see this "Connor you are cute even when your mad." This is not the best picture of me but hey I just had a baby!!!!!
Jingle Bells, Jingle bells, kaden was just sitting on Nana's counter just singing Jingle bells as loud as he could to make sure we all were listening. Tanner banner is in the back being his back up singer!

WINTER WONDERLAND

2007-12-21T10:08:00.000-08:00

Finally snow! kaden has been bugging us to go outside we couldn't get to the store with all the snow so we has to use a little pool we had when kaden was one" hey desperate times call for desperate measures and it worked!
daddy go faster!
kaden had to help daddy shovel our driveway! good job kade!
Kaden and Natalie at Nana's house, these two always have so much fun together! Natalie was such a good sport to go outside with him, but where's your coat silly?

Our Newest Addition

2007-12-20T11:13:00.002-08:00

Connor is 2 1/2 wks old in these pictures! As some of you may know Connor had a rough start coming into this world this is his first week home. He spent his first 7 days in the NICU at ST. Marks, we visited him every 3 hours everyday! He really is the sweetest baby ever! He went through so much to be with us and we make sure every day he knows how much he is loved and how grateful we are that he is our son! He is perfect! He is healthy and a happy baby, thank you to everyone for your wonderful prayers!
I think I am out numbered!
Chris was so great to do these pictures, he knows how important pictures are to me especially when our babies are so little, because we all know how fast they grow up and want to be big!
Kaden loves his little brother he always says Connor "I miss you" and is always concerned about where he is or has to make sure Connor gets toys too!

Welcome to the world our little sweet boy!

No more Monkeys jumping on the bed!

2007-12-20T10:50:00.001-08:00

Kaden is our little monkey, these are family pictures taken when Connor was 3 wks old

To sweet for words, we loved this photographer she was awsome!

These were actually taken in our bedroom on our bed!

Connor jay mertz (CJ)

2007-12-17T12:44:00.000-08:00

Connor is the sweetest baby you will ever meet, it doesn't take much for him to smile... we love you connor thank you for being sent to our family....