Jaydyn's Pinewood Derby Pictures!

Okay I finally got the pictures off Adam's camera - I seriously need to look at getting me a small camera - waiting for him sucks!

Time for an update!

I have been awful this year at blogging and even at taking pictures. We got Adam a great camera and I can't work the stupid thing. My goal - at least for today - is to do better at recording things. So now to update you on our pretty boring lives:

Jaydyn participated in the Pinewood derby in the Woodland Hills ward and had a blast. He did quite a bit of the work himself - sanding, painting etc.. with some help from Grandpa. He seriously worked on the sanding for hours. He took 2nd place in his division and 5th overall. He was so cute watching the races and playing with his friends. I'll post pictures when Adam gets around to uploading them.

On February 21st i went in for a small surgery. Nothing major, just a small bladder thing. I honestly didn't think it would be a big deal. I was and still am tired and tire very easily. I am not allowed to clean (which sucks for those of you who know of my OCD habits), lift anything heavier than a gallon of milk, do laundry, nothing for 6 weeks (only 5 left). I can walk but haven't much since I'm still recovering. Adam was great while he was home - he took 3 days off work to baby me, two of those days I was stuck with a catheter, which sucks btw, so I didn't do anything but lay in bed and eat popsicles. Bella has been her usual mothering self. She wants me to feel better and her way of doing that is to lay on me. Unfortunately 70lbs is too much for my stomach to handle given where the incision is. It's been an adjustment with her.

Both boys are ready for spring break but it's not till next month :) We are all tired of the winter weather and can't wait for it to stay warm!!

Adam and I started our new semester. I had to take a College Writing class and I have to admit I've done pretty well. My first essay was a narrative and I got 100/100! Luckily I have Adam to help me with that class. We are also taking two Psychology classes together and they've been a blast.

I'll update with some pictures soon.

Christmas 2010!!

We had a great Christmas this year. The kids have been so excited! We went up to the Raymond's for Christmas Eve and my parents joined us. We ate some really yummy food, sang, played some games and Nik performed for us. Christmas morning the kids woke me up at around 3:30am and they were forced to go back to bed till at least 7am. They were so excited! They got a Wii, Guitar Hero and guitars, Lego's and tons of other toys! After all the mess had been cleaned up we went to my parents to have lunch with my parent and sister Jamie and her girls. It was so nice to be able to spend time with all of our family!

Here is some pictures of our fun:

Jaydyn's Baptism.

So I am a bit behind on my blog so I'm going to try to catch everyone up.

In November, before Jaydyn's birthday my parents were finally baptized. My step-dad Joe, was raised Catholic and my mom had had problems in the past but they started taking the lessons together and were baptized together in November. It was great to see them so happy!

In December Jaydyn was baptized. He wanted Chase to baptize him. (Steven had baptized Nik). We were a little afraid that he would get right down to the font and chicken out since he's so terrified of water in his face. He did great though! He went right under but did shoot out of the water as fast as he could :)

Some pictures of the day:

Thanksgiving 2010!

For Thanksgiving this year we went to St.George to see my family. They boys didn't like the drive but had so much fun when we got there. The became best friends with their cousins, especially Brent - my uncle Karl's youngest. We stayed Wednesday night to Thursday but came home that night. We always do our family reunions/holidays now because our family is so big we can't fit in my Grandma's house anymore!

I always love when I get to see my family. Since I grew up down there I love going back. I love being able to visit my Grandma, aunts, uncles and cousins. I miss everyone so much in between visits.

Some of our fun:

Happy Birthday Jaydyn!!

My baby turned 8 on November 11th! I can't believe he's 8 already. Time has flown by. He is such a loving fun child. He always makes me laugh and is coming up with jokes or stories to tell.

For his birthday we did dinner with just our family. He got to choose and it was McDonald's. We stayed for ages so the boys could play and then came home and he opened only a couple presents from us then. That Saturday he invited over 10 friends including his cousins. They played laser tag, watched a movie, played with all the toys, decorated cupcakes and had a blast.

Jaydyn had a great birthday. We love him so much and are so glad he is part of our family!!

Some of the fun:

Happy Halloween!!

This year Adam and I went out for Halloween. We went to Harry O's in Park City with our friends Ian and Emily - it was a lot of fun! We had a blast dressing up.

It's kinda dark, the flash got messed up.


Ian and Emily:


The next day we took the kids trick or treating. Since we live in Utah we celebrate holidays on Saturday if they fall on a Sunday. On Friday my mom watched the kids and they went trick or treating around her neighborhood and Saturday afternoon we went around Provo City to the little thing the city puts on. Trick or treating has definitely changed from when I used to go! Now it's all about making it safe and easy for the kids. I remember going out with my friends as soon as school was out and going door to door for hours but not anymore. I kinda miss it being like that!

Nik hated the mask because of his glasses so he wore it like this - he's a goof!






We went with my mom, my sister and my nieces.






Kira and Jaycee didn't want their pictures taken but you can see them, kinda, in some of the other pictures.

I also have to post this. A friend of mine sent me this in a text - took him 3 1/2 hours!! We are all huge LOTR fans and play online together - his pumpkin even has the sindarin lettering on the crown.