Sunday, March 22, 2009

3 Years Old

Aspen turned 3 years old two weeks ago on March 8th. She had a great Birthday! A few days before we went to Boise to meet Brocks mom and sister, who were there for work meetings. We got a hotel and celebrated. She had a great time, we went out to dinner,swam,played at planet kid,opened presents and ate a cool cake! What more could a girl ask for? Then on her actual birthday we just had a small family party with cupcakes and presents. This year was cinderella's carriage made by Grammy. It was a big hit. It turned out so cute. Aspen blowing out her candles at the hotel party!Grammy and Grandpa got her a Tinkerbell chair. She loves it, she carries it around the house. Plus it is purple which is a huge bonus to Aspen. Two happy kids at Aspen's 3rd Birthday party.
Aspen is full of personality. She is so much fun and is always making us laugh, well except for Cash. He is a little scared of her right now but I am sure that will change soon. :) She is very strong willed but also very sensitive to others feelings. The girl loves to dance and sing every where we go. Sometimes I just wish I could turn down her volume but I think she only has one volume, LOUD. :) Never a dull moment when Aspen is around!!

This is one of the gifts she got from mom and dad. She loves ponyville, it was funny because before she opened our presents she went to the store with money from mamaw and papaw and picked out a little ponyville movie theater and a car and scooter for the ponies. I knew at that point I did a good job picking out her gift since that is what she picked out for herself. Now she has the ponyville all set up in her room and plays with it often!She got some face paint from Aunt Brittney and family and loves it. This time I helped but was told exactly what to do and what color. There have been other times that I haven't helped but it still looks pretty!! This stuff is awesome because it washes off so easily. When she is done having it on she just goes in the bathroom by herself and washes it off. I thought I wouldn't of been such a big fan of this present but it turns out it is not as messy as I thought! Yeah!

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Pictures....

It has been almost 1 whole month since I have posted. So I thought I would put up some random pictures.Here is a common look we get from Aspen. If she doesn't want you to look at her she just puts her eyebrows down and we know to back off or it could get a lot worse! Also in this picture you can see Aspen has earings! They are so cute on her and she just loves showing them to everyone. I had her ears pierced when she was a baby but she pulled on her ears so much they got infected and we had to take them out. So we tried again, she was so brave. Kamden on the other hand kept running out of the store with her hands on her ears saying "I can't mommy, I can't watch this." She was worse than Aspen, thank goodness I got hers pierced when she was a baby!Don't ask me! I never know what this child is going to do next. She went and got the cone and the stool and just sat there. It sure doesn't look to comfortable to me.Here Aspen is sleeping so peacefully. There are some nights she just doesn't stay in her bed. This was one of those nights. The last time I caught her she was sneaking into the bathroom to get this headband she said she couldn't sleep without!My sweet Kamden finally got a snowman. She asks all the time if we can go build a snowman. I feel like I always put her off. Finally she went and did it herself, I just ran out to help stack. She was so proud!Cash is now 7 months old. He is sitting up by himself but sometimes decides to throw himself backwards really hard so we back him up with pillows. He has 2 bottom teeth and his top ones look like they could break through anyday. He is still not sleeping through the night which is getting really old. Each time I am ready to start letting him cry it out he has been either teething or sick. Hopefully soon we will get there. He is still such a happy smiling baby. I just love this little boy! Here he is with some bling around his neck from his sister. Don't mind Kamden in the back with her hand down her pants getting in itch! This picture and the next one I just love. Is he cute or what? Look at those eyes! My really good friend Aleah went through the temple this past month. It was such an awesome day. I love this girl!






































Sunday, February 8, 2009

Bath Time and Wavy Hair

Just a quick update for my mom who is on a mission. She had made a request for some pictures of Cash in the bath. Cash was probably my first baby that didn't like the bath for more than 3 months. He has finally relaxed some and enjoying himself. He loves to splash and sit up and watch his legs kick. His cheeks are always rosey because of his eczema, poor kid. Hopefully it will get better as he gets older like Aspens has. But he is pretty cute either way! :) He is doing some major arm circles in this picture!My cute kids before church. I am not real sure of the face Aspen is making but that is to be expected! :)Grammy french braided the girls hair after the bath on Saturday night so it was pretty and wavy for church. The girls loved it. I need to learn to get better at braiding because Aspen tells everyone that her mommy isn't very good at doing Braids!I was trying to take Kamdens picture and she wasn't sure how to pose or if she should look at the camera or away. She is so funny. I thought it turned out cute catching her in action.


Sunday, February 1, 2009

Winter Carnival

We have had a great winter carnival weekend. I think this year has been my favorite for the ice sculptures of all the years we have lived here. The theme was fantasy. Lots of castles, which is a kid favorite. Brocks parents came up on Friday evening. Kamden was so happy they could come watch her be in the parade. Her preschool was in the parade as flowers. They each made their flowers and were so cute. There is one little boy in Kamdens class that went home and told his parents he was not going to be a flower. So they made him into a venus fly trap, with a fly painted on his face. It was awesome! I again was not allowed to leave Kamdens side, so I walked along the side of the float. Aspen got lots of candy and necklaces so she was happy!
Kamden on her garden float. That is one cute flower!Kamden with some friends from her class. Miyah is the one in the middle and is her favorite friend from school. They will be going to different elementary schools and Kamden is pretty sad about that. Cash all bundled up for the parade!
Here are two little boys in Kamdens class that she really gets along with. Dyllan and Hayden(the venus fly trap) One cute girl with a lot of beads!Our good friends built this sculpture. They own a dock business so it is of a bear fishing in an ice pond while sitting on a dock. They also built a fun slide. This is Aspen and Brock going down. They got the First Timer Award.This ice sculpture was call Candy Land like the game. It got 4th place and prize for Kid Appeal. More Candy Land. This is a huge fish with a slice of pizza hanging out of its mouth. It was right outside a pizza place. This one got 3rd place. This one got 5th place. If you can't tell its a speed boat with people chillin inside.This sculpture was amazing it was a circle of trees with a face carved into each of them and a castle coming out of the top. The detail was awesome. In the picture was Rexanne(Brocks mom), Kamden, Aspen and Me. This one got 1st place.

Here is a closer up of the tree detail, pretty amazing stuff.Grand Prize! This one was a huge castle with a dragon, knight, bridge you can walk on, king and queen sitting on their throne, a slide, and a cave. This guy has won grand prize the last 4 years.Here is the side view of the sculpture that got Grand Prize. Kamden sitting on the Kings lap.And finally Aspen and I sound asleep on the couch together after a long, cold and busy day walking around town.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

6 months Already!

I can't believe my baby is 6 months old already. He is such a happy baby, I love it. He is always smiling, even when he is sad, tired, or hungry. If someone starts talking to him or smiling at him he tries so hard to smile while he is fussing. Our next goal is to start training him to sleep through the night. I got spoiled with my first, she just did it on her own at 3 months. I am thinking Cash is taking more of the approach like Aspen did(trying to work the system). Where finally at 9 months with her we put an end to it. Well, I am not going to wait that long with Cash! :) His stats for 6 months are: Weight- 18 pounds 9 oz. 75% , Height- 27 inches 75%
He is not as big as Aspen was(but most babies aren't) but a little bigger than Kamden. I feel so blessed to have such a happy, healthy baby in our family. I am starting to be a lot happier of a mom too, it just helps me when the babies get a little older and more scheduled.
Pictures by Kamden! She took them by herself, she did a great job!

Sunday, January 25, 2009

MAUI


Brock and I got the opportunity to go to Maui for a week this month and had such a good time. We went with Brocks mom and dad, sister and her husband and his brother. We left the kids with his Aunt. Thanks a ton Aunt Willow! I even left the baby! I was really debating on leaving Cash or bringing him. He was only 5 and half months. I was feeling like a bad mom but it was so nice to have a break. He did great and actually I think that is an easier age than him being 1 year old. He wasn't having seperation anxiety yet so that helped a ton. The kids all had a blast so that made it that much easier for me to have a good time, knowing they were in good hands. The weather was great and we got to do so much. We hung out on the beach lots, played some beach volleyball, basketball, snorkled (got to see turtles, my favorite), got to go on a 4 seater plane and fly around the island(awesome), got to see lots of whales, shopped, and went over to the jungle part of Maui called Hana. The week went to fast. Here some pictures of our trip.....On our way up to Hana(the jungle) you stop a lot and see different things. This was a sea arch and there were also some caves you could walk down to, pretty cool.
We got to do some short jungle hikes and and walk through a bamboo forest.The guys got to give surfing a try. It was really fun to watch, they all thought it would be a lot easier than it was. I kept trying to tell them, you better start on some smaller waves, it is not as easy as you think it is. This beach ended up being perfect. This was the guy they rented the boards from. He was pretty cool. All his kids are great surfers, and he even surfs with his dog on one his longboards!
Brocks cousin Ron is a pliot for skywest. He was over there the same time we were and rented a little plane for any of us who wanted to take a ride. They had to split us up by weight. He took a total of 4 groups that day. We were the last and it was the very windy by the time we got to go up. But Wade, Brock and I don't have a fear of flying and have pretty strong stomachs so it was all good. We got to go all around the island, my favorite was seeing the whales. It was AWESOME, we got to see them from up above so you could see them swim under the water and jump up(breach), they would do it over and over again. I could have watched all day!Here I am in the plane. I have never been in a plane this small before it was so much fun. I got my headset on all ready to communicate!!Skye is in front of the dangerous shore break sign. This is up on the north shore of Maui where they have bigger waves. Brock is in the background checking out the waves seeing if they can handle it or not. They could!

Brock and I at Freds, it was a mexican place with really good food. This was our last night in Hawaii. All week I asked Brock to take me out dancing. I LOVE going DANCING! This was the night. Before I got to go dancing we found a karaoke place for Barry. He loves to entertain. It was fun to watch him and at the end he asked for his boys to come up and help. This place was packed and they all loved the Idaho boys.Then it was my turn. We found a place that had a DJ with my kind of dance music. It started out with just Brock, Skye and I on the dance floor but them Wade joined in followed by Barry and Annie. Barry was just out there trying to dance like the others and cleared the floor except for us because everyone started just staring at him.(That isn't sweat on Barry, it was raining outside pretty hard) I could of stayed all night. It was a good time.Wade, Brock, Skye and I went snorkling. It was awesome we saw lots of fish and turtles. This was our last day and we got out of the car to check it out and come back and Skye is still sitting in the car. We said what is the matter lets go and he said look at the sign. It says SHARKS MAY BE PRESENT, a shark bite has happened here before. Please be careful. Well that was a little scary but we didn't spot any. We stayed together. They all told me its cool we don't have to worry sharks go for the shortest person. Thanks guys!