I'm back!!!

It's been forever since I posted last and I thought it was time to get on it again! Kyla and Jayden are acting like ducks here with some masks Doug brought home from work! They are getting so big and they are pretty silly!

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Kyla is now 7!!

The kids chose to have their birthday dinner
at Texas Roadhouse. I am happy
to say that this year they actually got on
the saddle when they sang happy
birthday to them!!

I really can't believe that my sweet, happy
little girl is 7 years old now! I honestly
feel like it was just yesterday that
we had her. She is growing up way
too fast, it actually makes me quite sad!
Pretty soon it's going to be makeup and boys
and talking on the phone all of the time. Doug
is having a hard time with it too. He is in
denial that his little girl is growing up!
Happy Birthday princess!!

Jayden turns 5!

I can't believe he is 5 years old. The
last 5 years have flown by. I try and tell
him he is still my baby, but he refuses
to believe me! He says he is a big boy now,
but I tell him he will always be my baby!
He is such a boy too, he loves monster trucks,
bikes, scooters, wrestling and being a total
goof! Love you so much my little man!!

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Too sweet

I have only two words to say about my kids,
very precious! I could just gobble them up!

I love him

I love this man. He makes our family work. Without
him I would be lost and so unhappy. He is my strength,
my sounding board, my protector, my eternal companion,
my one and only, my greatest advocate, the man who holds my hand
and wipes my tears when I am struggling, the one who allows
me to be who I want to be, he is the one who makes me happier
than anyone ever has. He is the glue that holds this family
together. Jayden likes to say that I am the nurse boss and dad
is the pilot boss, but we all know who the real boss is and he's ok
with that! Without him our kids would never get any vegetables
or really good, healthy food! I love that when he comes home
from being away from the family for a week, he dives right in
and does everything for the kids and for me. I will forever be thankful
to his mom for raising such a wonderful and confident man.
I know it's not easy to be married to a confident, strong willed,
sassy girl like myself at times, but I know he loves me even
more because of these characteristics. I am truly lucky and
blessed to have him as my husband and the father to our
children.

Gingerbread House

Most people know that I don't have the most patience in the world, so when the kids
wouldn't stop asking for a gingerbread house, I told them to wait until dad got home
and he would do it with them. They were so excited about that. So, I bought the ginger-
bread house and told Doug that he was going to have so much fun doing it! Ya right!
Needless to say, Doug didn't have much fun, but the kids did! Once it was done it was
all we could do to prevent them from destroying it and eating it. We made them wait a few days and this is the result.

Fun times

Jayden gets to take Grover home from preschool
periodically and he takes him everywhere! I LOVE
this picture of him. He is so sweet I could eat him
up! I love him so much.

Duck duck goose, gotta love it!

Halloween 2009

Jayden was good ol' Darth Vader this year
and loved it. Of course, by the end of the
night he wasn't wearing his mask or
carrying his light saber, but he still looked
the part! He actually said he had enough
candy towards the end and wanted to go
home! Obviously his mother didn't teach
him that you can NEVER have enough
candy!

Kyla was Gabriella from HSM. She
looked so stinkin' pretty. She did get
to wear makeup and she was ecstatic!
She has the longest eyelashes ever!
Unlike her brother, she didn't think she
had enough candy at the end of the
night! Thank goodness!

Randomness

Kyla looking way too grown up, but she does
look so pretty. She is such a girl, I love it!

Jayden being a goof, what else is new?

Jayden's preschool went to the firestation
and had a lot of fun. The firemen were
really great with the huge amount of
kids there!

1st lost tooth!!

Kyla lost her 1st tooth on August 29th! She was so excited.

I realize she looks scared in this picture, but this was her smile
when I asked her to smile for her picture! The tooth fairy
came that night and was extra generous for her 1st tooth!
We made sure she realized that she wouldn't be as lucky with
the rest of her teeth!

Family pics

We finally had family pics done while in Utah.
We had a blast and it was great to have every-
one together.

I love this picture of the kids. So cute.

I loved this red wall in the ghetto of Ogden.
Kellie Hales did a fabulous job on the pics!

So cute together!

First day of school!

My two very cute kids! I can't believe
Kyla started 1st grade and Jayden is in
his last year of preschool! Where did the
time go?

We finally let Kyla ride the bus to
school this year and she was super
excited! She loves the bus. We'll have
to see long the excitement lasts!

This is Jayden walking up to his
preschool! He loves Mrs. Amber and
we love her. Jayden is loving preschool
so far!

We have fish!

Their names are Kyla and Jayden! Kyla can

hold her breath for so long! She really loves the

water. Jayden likes it, but not nearly as much

as Kyla!

Hanging out with Grandma & Grandpa

Kyla and Jayden decided to look for scorpions
with their cool head lamps. Thankfully they didn't
find any!

Jayden and Kyla love Grandpa's tractor! They
are always begging to ride on it!

The cutest kids ever! They certainly
love to hang out at Grandma & Grandpa's house!

Sedona trip cont...

This hiking trip was short. We didn't want the
kids to get too tired and then have to carry
them. They did really good. They really liked
climbing all of the rock stairs.

This is Doug and Jayden holding this rock
apart. Aren't they strong?!

This was in Red Rock Canyon. Isn't it pretty?
This was our last "hike" on this trip. We really
went there so we could play in the water. Let's
just say it was a little bit chilly in the water!

We had a lot of fun here. This is the tail end of
slide rock. The kids loved walking in the water.
They were pretty wet by the end. I guess we
should have worn our bathing suits!