Christmas Break

Wow Christmas break when by so fast. Jamie and Keith's Family came down and Rick came with then. Shane and Kent got here a few day's before Christmas. It is so much fun having the family together. I love having Shane home and being able to go do stuff with him. We just hung out with the family at my parent house and let the kids just play and have lots of fun. We missed Jana and her family but we understand they have other obligation that they need to attend to.

Christmas Day!!

Wow the kids got up and ready to open presents. Kaden came in to wake us up. Kameron took him out to the living room to see if Santa Clause came. Wow Kaden was so happy to see the Santa Clause brought him a rocket and a bike. Kaitlyn got up and we took her to the living room also. She was so happy and jumped right behind the kitchen and started to play. She just wanted to play with that for a while. Kaysen loved rolling around and playing with the rapping paper and his new little toys he got. The kids had so much fun opening there gifts. That was the best part of Christmas for me is to see them and be so happy. After the kids opened there gifts Kameron and I opened our gifts. We both got guns. Wow they are nice and fun to shot. Kameron had to run and take care of the car wash so the kids and i ran up to my parents for Christmas with them. The kids loved it more presents. Kent got them lots of cars and rapped them in groups of 4. Kaden was so happy and Sister was having fun just opening the presents. What a Christmas. I'm so grateful for family's and for Jesus Christ and all that he went through for each one of us. We would ask Kaden who's birthday are we celebrating and he would say Jesus. It is so neat to see him start to understand things. The kids are so excited that there cousins are coming to play. They can't wait tell they get here!

Christmas Eve

The countdown is over Christmas is here!! The kids are so excited we had a fun day. Then when the sun went down the kids where able to open the gift that they got each other. They where so happy. Kaden got a truck full of hotwheel cars. Kaitlyn got a baby that was sick and had all the stuff for the doctor to fix her. Kaysen got a boat which is a bath toy. Kameron got a car kit for his truck and I got a tool kit for things around the house. I love it! Well then we went up to my parents and had dinner with them. Then Kaden and I got cookies ready for Santa Clause to come. They kids went to bed so good and ready to see if Santa Clause came.

Early Birthday Dinner

We went out with my parents for dinner. We went to El Paso and went shoe shopping for everyone and then we went to olive garden. Kameron got a early birthday dinner. It was so funny they came and sung happy birthday and had him wear some funny hair net and had mints on a little plate. He didn't like that part of the dinner but it was funny.

Count Down To Christmas

We have been doing a count down tell Christmas for the kids. We sat around the Christmas tree and told the story about Mary and Joseph when they had baby Jesus and set up the Nativity with them. Then another night we did a craft and made a cookie Christmas tree. Kaden loved to decorate the tree and get all dirty with mom but Kaitlyn wanted to just play with dad. Then we had the kids go shopping and get the other siblings a gift. They had so much fun shopping for each other. Kaden kept telling me Mom tell sister that i want this or that. Kaden sure had fun telling Kaitlyn what he wanted. Then we got to wrap the presents. Kaden helped wrap them all so he saw what he was getting and asks everyday can I open my present form sister. He is being good at counting down the days.

Branch Party

Wow what a lot of work. The Relief Society was in charge of the Branch Party this year. We sure had lots of fun. Mom, Mary Lou and I decided that we where going to make a quilt for every family in the branch and at the party we would do the gift exchange game and everyone could try and get the quilt they liked. It was a fun game and i think everyone really had fun getting different quilts. Davene Herrera came over friday morning to help me make all the refreshments and to let the kids play. The kids had lots of fun and also wanted to help us with the deserts. So we let them up on the table to help decorate the snowman. They all had lots of fun decorating but more fun eating the candy.

Christmas Tree

Well We decided to set up the Christmas tree! Kaden was so happy he wanted to put the tree up so he could put the train up and play with the train. So we decided that we would have them help and have fun. We put the tree up and well the tree is very top heavy. All the decorations are up on the top half. Due to a little girl. She loves to pull off the decorations.

Kaitlyn's Birthday

Well it was a hit!! Kaitlyn is know 2 years old. Wow i can't believe how fast they grow. We has lots of friends over and played lots of fun games and really enjoyed everyone's company. Thanks to all who came and she loved all her gifts. The baby's where a hit! She takes them with her everywhere and wont let anyone touch her dolls. She is such a great little mom!

Thanksgiving

Well Thanksgiving was so much fun. We decided at the last minute to go to Stephanie's house in AZ. Karen and her family were there. We spent the night and the kids loved their little dog saddie. Kaden went swimming that night with Karen, Jared, Courtney, Steph and nick. We had lunch the next day and had Yummy Food. The kids where tired and ready for a nap so we decided to head out and go to Mesa to Visit my family. Everyone went to mesa cause we had a family Meeting. Ryan came down for the meeting and we had a great time while he was down even though it was very quick. The kids had fun with Ryan and sure missed him when he left. Even though Kaitlyn called him Shane the whole time. My mom and dad got all the boys trucks from Cabelas so they had fun playing in the hotel and at Jamie's house.

The Kids

I'm so thankful for my Kids! I love them so much. They mean so much to me. We have so much fun playing and being crazy. Kaden love to play cars and watch his tunes he also love his sister. Kaitlyn love to be a mom to her dolls and make lots of funny faces, she can't go anywhere with out her blanket, i found her in the laundry room laying on a dirty blanket but it has ties on it so she was ready to take a nap. Kaysen loves to smile and play pic-a-boo and play with his brother and sister, he's such a great baby. They are great kids!

Pre School

Kameron and I have been talking about putting Kaden in a preschool and have looked around every where. All the preschool treat it as if it was day care. We didn't like that. They also are 4 hours 5 days a week. Crazy that is more than Kindergarten. So i keep looking and calling around and found that one of friends from our old ward had a preschool at her house. She was able to take Kaden. Today was his first day and he loved it. He was so excited to go to school. He has been asking to go to school for a long time. I hope he really enjoys his time there. We got him ready this morning and had his backpack and of course Kaitlyn had to have her backpack and be like her big brother. It was so cute. But of course she can't go with out her blanket!

Pears!!

Wow! Things I come up with. Our friends where going to Wilcox AZ to pick up apples and pears. So of course a great deal came and i couldn't pass it up. I got 88lbs of pears. I love canning. I have been learning how to can many different things. I used to just know how to make jam but know it has increased and i love learning how to do new things.

Trick or Treat

Kaden has been so excited to go trick or treating. He loves to go up to the door and knock. It is so much fun watching the kids grow up. But sad as well. Kaitlyn loved following her big brother. We got together with another couple and had dinner at a park and let the kids play for a while before going to visit some friends and trick or treating. The Romneys and Mays came along with us. We had a great time. The kids got lots of candy and where so tried they wanted to go home early. It was good so we could get home and get everyone to bed. Kaden was a lion, Kaitlyn was a puddle dog FI FI, and Kaysen was a pumpkin. He was so good just chilling going on a stroller walk, keeping warm and getting lots of rest.