THE BIG BIRTHDAY WEEK

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!

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

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

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

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.

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.

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!!