An Outpouring of LOVE

This past Wednesday my good friend Kristy asked if I wanted to go out to lunch with some friends in the neighborhood. Of course I said "Yes". She came and picked me up and handed me my sandwich from Kneaders, I said what is going on Kristy and then I saw my Mom drive. She drove me down to the clubhouse where her and Laurie had planned a surprise baby shower for me!! I couldn't believe it, I actually started crying it was sooo nice. So many people came that are just amazing friends and gave me really cute things for the awaited baby Linc. I felt so loved and grateful that I am surrounded by such great friends and family!! Thanks Kristy and Laurie you guys are the BEST!!

The night before I had a traumatic eyelash incidence where I pulled out half my eyelashes with an eyelash curler. To say the least it sent me over the top with filling ugly and I had a little breakdown. Every girl is entitled to an ugly cry every once in a while. Well one of my sweet young women found out and brought me up a card and candy bar. She was so dang cute!!

Thank you to everyone I am one lucky girl!!

Glasses

It was a big week for Kaden he lost his tooth and then got glasses a few days later. He is a little farsighted so he needs them for when he is reading or doing school work. He loves his new glasses and Tyler is more than a little jealous. I think he looks like one handsome little dude. We are also hoping that this will help him to be able to focus longer when reading!!

Toothfairy

Amanda tying the floss onto his tooth
All ready floss is tied to the door
One happy little boy with a big hole in his smile!!

I am glad I have a sister who is brave enough to tie floss to my childs tooth then pull the door open. The first time the floss slip off his tooth and then the second time he thought it was still in his mouth till he saw it dangling at the end of the floss. The root on this tooth was just as big as the tooth itself but he said it didn't hurt. He is one brave little boy I never let my Dad do that!!

Girls Trip

A few weekends ago I went on an awesome girls trip to Park City with some amazing friends from High School!! It was so much fun talking all night long, getting pedicures and shopping for like 4 hours ( the longest shopping trip I have ever been on but I loved every minute of it) . It was great just being with the girls!! My friend Lauren and I are due a week apart and it was just fun being together!! Thank you, thank you, thank you April for putting it all together!!

Every time I stop and think about all the amazing friends I have in my life whether from high school, college, neighbors, etc. I am completely overwhelmed with gratitude. Last summer when we were faced with a trial in life I cannot even begin to describe how much comfort it brought when I would think about how all the different people I knew I could call if I needed any help at all. So thank you to all my friends and letting me be a part of your lives!!

I Didn't Hear A Dang Thing

Today Kaden and I were driving in the car when he was trying to remind me of a time when we were zooming past all these cars and then cars tried to zoom past us etc... (He always has to be first) I said, "Kaden I don't really remember what you are talking about do you know what day it was or where we were going"
He thought for a while and we tried to figure out what day it was with no luck so he says.....

"Mom maybe I should ask Heavenly Father what day it was and he can tell me"
Me, " You can Kaden"

I hear him saying the cutest little prayer asking Heavenly Father to help him remember what day this whole story happened. He finished sat there for like 2 seconds and then says..

"Mom I didn't hear a Dang thing"

I died laughing but was almost crying at the same time because it was the cutest little thing ever. How many times have I wanted to say that after saying a prayer. I then said well maybe later in the day you will remember what day it was and then you will know that, that was Heavenly Father answering your prayer. "Or maybe he will just tell you" was his reply. I am so grateful to have a little boy who is always thinking about Heavenly Father and Jesus. He is such a great example to me!!

Happy Easter

Our Easter bunny just shoves everything in buckets that seem to only last one summer!!

Kaden woke-up first and came into our room so excited that the easter bunny had come. He was absolutely amazing with Tyler during the Easter egg hunt and made sure Tyler found plenty of eggs too. He really is such a sweet little boy, he just gets so easily distracted that I forget it sometimes.

Despite the snow we had a pretty fun Easter!! Saturday morning we went to the Herriman City easter egg hunt where JD was traumatized by all the butt crack he saw when helping Ty get eggs, I thought he had seen a ghost by the time he got back to me and Kaden I was dying laughing.
You know as a Mom when you have a dream like vision of how your kids are going to behave after the Easter Bunny arrives with some small presents.... and it usually never happens. Well I am here to tell you DREAMS DO COME TRUE!!! The Easter Bunny surprised the boys with some Legos and a table to play on, the day was awesome. I heard the majority of the conference talks on Sunday while playing legos with the boys and preparing desert for my parents house that night. It was truly an enjoyable and fun day just hanging out together and being home.
The night was spent at my parents house were eggs were scattered in every possible place you could think of inside since it was a little too wet and chilly to have it outside. Then while all the cousins ran around together the bigger kids, not me, played a serious game of basketball JD came in dripping. To say the least it was a great Easter Weekend!!

Sunny St. George

Supporting the Tea Party Express, we had heard that Sarah Palin was going to show up but never did. I am not a huge political person but it was good to learn some new things!!

Amanda pretending to throw Ty off the cliff just so she could watch me freak out from behind the camera
We went on a hike up at Red Cliffs there were rocks, sand, sticks and water the kids were in heaven and no one complained at all or asked to be held it was great!!

Sticks, sticks and more sticks Kaden carried all these sticks the whole way back from our hike

The kids had spring break this week and Colby's parents just got a house in St. George so Amanda, My Mom and Me went down for a few days to enjoy some nice warm weather!! It was heavenly, the temp. was close to 80 and there was no wind. We all got a little sunburnt and the kids were outside non-stop. Monday we spent ALL day at the park, Tuesday we went hiking at Red Cliffs then swimming and Wednesday we cleaned and packed while the kids rhode their bikes and scooters outside. It made it even more enjoyable when we would call home and hear about the huge wind storm everyone was going through up here. Thanks Amanda for having such a sweet hook-up it was a lot of fun!!