Christmas Day 2009

Kaden ready to ride his present from Santa, Ty really wanted it to be his, he got a scooter.



Is that bed head or what?
Ready to ride, once the snow melts
JD and his fam ( Mom, Angie, JD, Sandra, Laurie, Michael, Dad) In the afternoon we went to JD's parents for dinner, his Mom had the house decorated gorgeous as usual. It is always fun to see what new centerpieces she is going to have and how pretty the presents are always wrapped. It was great to hang out there for a few hours.
Grandpa Reeves with his new fire crew!! We spent the rest of the night at my parents unwrapping more gifts and eating more food. My parents gave all their grandsons semi-automatic nerf guns. The boys had so much fun!!
Merry Christmas!! I don't know if I have ever appreciated hanging out with family as much as I did this year. Family was what made Christmas so special for me. After presents at our house we went to my sister for my favorite Christmas meal, breakfast casserole. Came home got ready went to Bountiful and then off to Riverton. Christmas is always a busy crazy day but I love it. Thanks everyone for making Christmas so great for my family and I!!

Christmas Eve 2009

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On Christmas Eve we went to the annual Reeves Family party, which is always fun. During the white elephant game JD's professional bull riding shirt was found. To say the least Colby had been sneaking in his closet. His reaction was hillarious, luckily it is safe and sound in the good care of my mother. After the party all the grandkids get to open up their first present of Christmas, PJ's!! Thanks Mom and Dad.

Temple Square Adventure

Getting in the Christmas Spirit!!

I love my BOYS!!

All I can say is what an adventure....
-Trax train chuck full due to free ride night
- Sing- a-long at Delta center totally full
- Rush through the lights hoping to beat the sing- a-long rush for trax
- Took wrong train to University
- Left JD at Burger King (he was getting fries for the hungry & cold kids)
- JD ran a mile to catch-up
- Aaron & Kristy threatened people so we could get on train to go home
- Our very own trax train sing-a-long (put on by the people surrounding Aaron & JD)
- We made it home and had some really good laughs

Till next year Mortensens and anyone else who wants to join us on our crazy tradition

Gingerbread Houses

Every year we go to my parents house and make a HUGE mess making gingerbread houses. All the kids love it. I think more candy got in Ty's mouth than on his house :)

A New Tradition!!

So I totally copied this idea from a neighbor (thanks Summer) but it sounded like so much fun. The Sunday after Thanksgiving we decorated the Christmas tree, read some Christmas stories then watched The Grinch then we all had a big sleepover under the tree. The boys loved it!! JD was a little concerned that we might be going to bed early because we had the boys go to sleep around nine, but he was the first one snoring under the tree!! It was a great way to start the Christmas season and get a nice joyful feeling into our home before FedEx comes a calling....

Wahooo

Another little one is on it's way!! So far things are pointed towards another little toe-head boy!! I am due June7 which is great June will just be a HUGE birthday party. Kaden was born June 28, Tyler June 15 and now this one June 7. They will all be exactly three years apart CRAZY!!
So naturally I was hoping for a little girl to try and even up the score in our house but if you look closely at pic #3 it's not looking like I am going to get my wish. I am only 12 weeks along so it is a ?boy but unless that is the babies umbilical cord..... I am actually really excited to have another little boy I won't have to buy this baby anything for years and boys really are a lot of fun. I was playing basketball with Tyler the other day which I love, then I thought about playing dolls or make believe with a girl and I am not very good at that sort of stuff.
So while the doctor was giving me the ultrasound it was absolutely amazing to see this little baby that is 2 inches long move it's little arms, put his hands over his face and watch it's little heart beating. I wasn't expecting an ultrasound at the visit so it was a real treat.
Kaden and Tyler are both already talking to my tummy. Kaden told me the other day that the baby can share his shoe bin, since we only have four, he is a really sweet little boy!!

Happy 7th Anniversary

November 23 was our 7th anniversary together, and we had a blast. We went to the Desert Star
Theater together and then were able to sleep in Monday morning. (Thanks Amanda for keeping the kids over night) There was nothing fancy about it and no gifts were exchanged, and I wouldn't have changed a thing. The most precious thing I have in life is my husband. It is so nice to be married to someone who is so much fun to be around and can always make you laugh. This past year of our marriage has to have been one of the best. Thanks honey for everything you amaze me everyday!!

Fall Fun

Look at this stylin Fedex Driver
Kaden with some of his classmates on their fieldtrip. They each got to pick one apple off the tree.
JD doing Yoga on one of date nights to prove Colby and Aaron wrong
Kaden's new favorite thing to do is go motorcylcing. Jaxson has been so nice to share his motorcycle with Kaden. While Colby and JD have turned one of my parents field into a race track with jumps and a burm. On this particular day Colby borrowed another little motorcycle from a neighbor so of course Kaden and Jaxson were racing around trying to beat eachother, they got going pretty fast. One time Kaden was more worried about were Jaxson was then where he was going and ended up crashing on the side of one of the jumps. He brushed off the dirt and he was ready to go.Luckily Kaden hasn't had any serious crashes, Santa just might be bringing him some motorcycle gear!!
My sweet Ty crying after he had to get off the 4-wheeler to give Kayci a turn. Thanks Wells for letting us join in on the motorcycling fun.

Happy Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN... from Batman & Bumblebee (or something that stings- Kaden would always say this when people would ask him what he was going to be for Halloween)

Nacho Libre

"I ate some bugs, I ate some grass, I used to hand to wipe the tears from my eyes. To kiss your lips will break our vows, No, no, no, no, no way jose. Unless you want to we'll break our vows Together, Encarcio......"

It was the Mortensen's annual Halloween party and we did our best to reclaim the title of best costume!! Thanks Mortensen's for another great party!!

Coming to Reality....

Kaden would love to get out on the kneeboard and sing to himself while he was cutting back and forth inside the wake!!

Tyler never really got in the water much, but he was great at pulling in the rope and holding the flag!!

So I think I am finally coming to terms that our boating season is over, sadly to say. My favorite place to be is on a boat with family and friends and we were able to go a lot this summer. The greatest part about it though is that it is my kids favorite place to be too. Kaden is taking it pretty hard that it is too cold to go out on the boat, he just wants to go wakeboarding. Below is a video of JD so close to landing a flip. Next year honey you will get it!!

Questions & Answers of a two-year old

Tyler: "Mom where is Jesus?"
Me: "Jesus is in Heaven"
Ty: "I want Jesus in my garage"

Happy B-day JD

Happy Birthday to the most amazing person I know. (Beware I am going to brag about him) I could not have asked for a better husband, father or best friend. He always knows how to look for the positive side in everything, even when others think there is no silver lining. We went through a pretty rough experience earlier in the summer and he gave me the hope and strength that I needed. NEVER was there ever a negative comment out of his mouth or had he lost hope. He deals with a lot of stress at work and the majority of the time you would never even though something is wrong because he is always happy. He has taught me so much about not worrying about things and just to enjoy the ride.
JD is the most amazing husband. I left him with the kids for 5 days while I went and played in California with some friends. I planned on coming home to a messy house and a worn out Dad, that was not the case at all. The house was spotless there were rose pedals on my bed with Keith Urban tickets, I was completely blown away. Thank you honey for all you do, sometimes I feel like it's too good to be true!! I hope you had a great birthday!!

Way to go Kaden

We went boating last Wednesday and Kaden got up on the wakeboard all by himself on his first try!! Of course I forgot the camera, duh!! That night it was just our little family and Kaden was the first one in the water knee boarding for forever. He even went over the wake but then crashed. He was so excited to about getting up on the wakeboard. Now he wants to show everyone, it is so much fun watching him learn new things.

San Diego 2009

WHAT A WAY TO END THE SUMMER....
-Airplane Ride, Kaden loved landing and being thrown to the front of your seat the best!!
-Tide pools at La Jolla
-Beach
-Zoo, completely forgot the camera but loved it!!
- Dinner w/ just the adults- Happy Birthday Richard
-Beach
-Sea Port Village
-Beach
- Beach, Britta and kids came :)
-Ships
-Airplane Ride

My all time favorite pic of Kaden even though he is upside down I can never catch him smiling for the camera!!
Kaden consoling Tyler after a small scary crab ran over a rock towards him
He is just catching up the latest and greatest ways to decorate for Halloween

Kaden "Mom surfers are tough, and I am a surfer!!"
He would get hammered by the waves jump back up and head back out for some more
Ben was so cute with Ty he would be calling out his name constantly to come and play with him. It was great
Pamela Anderson here I come
This is the house JD built

San Diego 2009 continued

This pic sums up how much fun Ty had on the trip

He is one cute little boy

Kaden coming in to warm up for a few minutes before heading back out again

These three Ben, Bailey and Kaden boogie boarded together for hours everyday
What fun is a beach with out burying someone in it?
All the grandkids thats right there is 20 of them, we were quite a sight every where we went. Yes, I did hear the comment look at that huge" Mormon family"

While we were waiting to catch our flight we went at toured all the big ships Kaden absolutely loved it he could have stayed on each ship for days, I on the other hand was getting sick from feeling closterfobic
Yes, I am their Mom. Ty's bright white hair draws quite a bit of attention and people just stare trying to figure out if I really am their Mom.
Saying goodbye to the ocean and the boats!! Thank you to the Dunn family for always making San Diego so much fun and relaxing.