Caden's Birthday Party

So I was gonna combine this with my last post but had some issues with it so here is round 2 of birthday fun. We decided to have a birthday party with Caden's cousins and family that weekend at Jungle Jim's Playland. After SIX hours of fun and all his little friend leaving it was still hard to get him to leave.

Happy Birthday Caden!!!

Caden turned 3 last month and we had lots of fun celebrating. We had a membership to Discovery Gateway for a few months so we went and had a good time there on his birthday. They had this fun little exhibit with big dominos, and balls, and some other fun toys. Caden found his lucky number 3 ball.

It's been 2 months

Ha so I know I said I would do better at this blogging thing, and technically I have.. Lets see it was like a year in between my last post (or longer) but I still want to do it more frequently. I just enjoy adding pics to my blogs and we had camera problems with a lot of our fun festivities this summer. We bought a pass called the Salt Lake Pass of Passes which took us to a bunch of Grizzlies Hockey Games, Rocky Mountain Raceway, Real SL, and a season pass to Seven Peaks water park in Salt Lake. We have taken full advantage of these passes and had a ton of fun! Caden and Mason do not like being cold. It has taken us many trips to the water park to get them comfortable in the pool. I now stick them both in the same kids blow up boat because they don't weigh much and they have a blast playing with each other. The Raceway was a ton of fun. By far our favorite was watching races on the oval track. Has anyone ever seen Crazy 8 train races!?! It was crazy. For those of you who haven't here is a quick overview.. You have like 10 "trains" racing. The trains are made up of 3 junkie cars. In the front you have a driver who only has a working gas pedal, in the middle there is no one, and in the back is a person with only a working break. Then the race in a figure 8 shape track... Lots of crazy wrecks. I can't believe people do this stuff. So much fun to watch though :) If these passes are available next year definately will be getting them again. We have had a lot of fun.

Lets try this again.

So Sunday in church we talked about Geneology and well I have decided since I don't keep a Journal I need to do something. So here we go again, lets see how long I last :) As I am sitting here trying to update all the old stuff and make things cute I am remembering why I quit blogging in the first place..I am not very savy when it comes to this stuff so it takes forever and doesn't turn out very well so bare with me as I try to figure this out and keep things updated :)

So I thought to start things up again I would give a little info on everyone and the things they are doing.

Ryan

Ryan is currently attending the University of Utah. He also works at Smith's Marketplace Pharmacy. Ryan loves being a dad and his kids absolutely adore him.

ME

So this is a really bad picture but my updates include a fun new hair color/cut. I usually keep my hair on the dark and longer side. I got thinking we are heading into summer so why not. Chop it and lighten it up, and here it is...
I quit my job back in March and am now staying home with my kids. Its not an easy job but I am happy I have the opportunity. I love my kids and enjoy being here to help them as they learn new things.

Caden

Caden is almost 3, I cant believe it! He is such a smart kid and a great big brother. A few of Cadens favorites right now are: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Toy Story, playing at Grandma's house with his best friends/aunts and uncles, playing in the sandbox and doing everything on his own :)

Mason

Mason is almost 9 months old. He is the happiest baby I have ever met, as long as he is not teething. I thought this picture to be appropriate because Mason's favorite thing right now is FOOD. He is trying all sorts of things and knock on wood is eating alot better than Caden ever did. Caden is still picky so I could really use a child that actually eats :) Mason has three teeth now and is still working on trying to crawl.

Well there ya have it for now. A quick little update on our family. We are keeping busy and having fun. So hopefully there will be more to follow not too far down the road :)