Ho Ho Ho

I am SO ready for the holidays. The holidays but not the weather (I hate the snow). Katie called and asked me if I was going to do the Fotofly Santa pictures. I hadn't even heard about them but heard Fotofly and Santa and called to make an appointment. She told me that the parents dress up as santa so I thought....PERFECT, I will have Braiden dress up as the Santa so all my kids will be in the picture. While driving out there with an annoyed Braiden because he doesn't want to go he says "I am not sitting on Santa's lap.) So I say "that's okay, I don't blame you. Just come with me and help." When we walk in I hand Braiden the Santa suit and say "don't worry, you don't have to sit on his lap...you are the santa." I am so grateful I have such an amazing son. He just smirked at me and got the suit on. He is such a sport and they turned out so cute.

My favorite!

This one was fun because the guy kept saying "hug Santa's leg" and Bryce would giggle and say "it's not Santa, it's just my big brother."

This one shows my boy's personality to a "T". Bryce is being goofy and playing around and Kayson is just hanging out wondering what we are doing next. I love all 3 of these boys SO much!

So Thankful

(love the self timer but next time I will make sure there isn't something sitting in the bottom left hand corner of the picture...grrr)

This Thanksgiving was a good one. We had the whole family together this year and I love that my Mom's house can fit everyone in one room.
One of my favorite traditions is when we go around the dinner table and everyone says what they are thankful for. This year I said I was thankful for my boys health. There is so much illness around me with friends and family that I just am so thankful that my boys (and Tim and myself and the whole rest of my family) are healthy. Braiden said he was thankful for his brother's and my heart melted. I never get tired of hearing how much my boys love each other!

I went in the toy room to check on Kayson and he was laying down covered in his nite nite. I think we wore him out this year....he missed his nap but was still such a good boy.

My amazing Mom that cooked an amazing dinner and had her whole family over to her house. She is such a great hostess! Thanks for having us over Mom!

This year we went to Grandma Butterfield's for Thanksgiving lunch (1:00) and ate way too much. After hanging out for a while and eating pie we headed up to my Mom's (4:00) and did it all over again. I seriously thought my stomach was going to explode but I kept on eating! We left my Mom's around 8:00 so I could race to Wal-Mart to start shopping. Yes, shop. Most of the stores opened at midnight this year (so retarded). I took Braiden with me to help push our way through the crowds and crowds are an understatement. We walked in Wal-mart...did a loop around the store and walked right back out. There was no way in hell I was dealing with that madness to save a few bucks. I would pay double the price to not have to deal with those crazy's!
We decided to head over to Shopko. They didn't open until midnight but the store isn't open so you have to wait outside...BRRR. Braiden and I dressed like we would be waiting INSIDE the store so we were freezing. Braiden decided to wait in the car with the radio on. I called him and told him not to leave it on very long because I didn't want a dead battery. Wouldn't that suck! Thankfully, Tim left his jacket and Grandma B's so Emily had it in her car, otherwise I would have packed up and headed home. We got in and out of Shopko in about 15 minutes getting everything we went for and made it to the car alive. Turn the key and DEAD....yep, dead battery. So, Emily ran to my house and got jumper cables and the two of us got my car jumped. I was home and in bed before 1:00 am. Not too shabby considering....

Funny Bryce

This kid keeps me on my toes. His brain never stops thinking and in turn, mine never stops either trying to keep up with him. I never want to forget all the funny things that he says.

(in the car rockin out to the stereo)
Me: singing "Moves Like Jagger"
Bryce: makes a disgusted noise
Me: What, you don't like my singing?
Bryce: Mom, when you sing the birds all fly out of the trees
Me: ....nothing, I am speechless!
Bryce: (thinking he has hurt my feelings) Mom I saw that on Rio (the movie)

The next day while driving....man, we have some serious conversations in the car.
Bryce: Mom when there are a group of people that is called a joke
Me: No, that is just alot of people
Bryce: Lots of people are called a joke
Me: Bryce what are you talking about? A joke is when someone says something funny or tells a funny story. People laugh and it is a joke.
Bryce: Then how come when you are around alot of people you always say "ugh, this is a joke"
Man, that kids brain never stops trying to figure things out!

Delta for the Fourth

My favorite time of the year. Delta for the Fourth of July!

Grandpa and Grandma decided that they were going to cook dinner for everyone on Saturday and Sunday night. They cooked hamburgers and hotdogs and they were delicious.
Bryce turned to me and said "thanks for the yummy cheeseburger Mommy." I told him that it was Grandpa's yummy burgers and he thanked grandpa. After dinner Ling walked up to Grandpa and said "thanks Grandpa. Those are better than McDonalds."

Jodi and I took the waverunner out and I have never laughed so hard. I think she was trying to kill me. We took the pink one out so we are sitting side by side and I am holding on for dear life. I was physically exhausted after this ride from holding on and laughing.

I swear I do not have one Delta picture where Kayson has a clean face.

Oops, there is one....I am pretty sure he just left Grandma's motor home so she probably cleaned it off.

A face only a mother could love!

Pretty sure the title says it all.
This guy is so ugly that he is freaking adorable.
Can I just add that he is perfect for us...he eats his own poop so we never have to do poop duty!

South Jordan Parade

Bryce has only been in karate for a couple of weeks when they let us know they were going to be walking in the South Jordan parade. Bryce was so excited. He wanted his Daddy to walk in the parade with him but Tim still wasn't feeling good enough (after having his manhood taken away from him...his words)So, Braiden was a sport and went with him. What a fun thing for these guys to do together.




There were 88 entries in the parade and Bryce's "float" was number 88. They were the very last group to walk by. They threw out candy to Kayson and Bryce was having a ball! Grandma Heath met us there to watch and she walked down to the start of the parade and walked along side the float. She got lots of good photos!

Laughs

This kid makes me laugh so hard. He says the craziest things! I wanted to write them down so I don't forget....

While sitting at the dinner table
Bryce: this makes me look gay (I am really trying to stop saying gay in our house. It just doesn't sound nice)
Me: Bryce we don't say that
Bryce: Oh yah, ok it's salicious (he says it while doing quote fingers)
We all laughed (none of us no what salicious means....
Bryce: that means that it's kind of dumb in English


Driving in the car the other day Bryce rolls down his window and says "ooh, the fresh summer breeze." I just smiled. He says these things all day long. He keeps me smiling!

Memorial Weekend cut short

Our Memorial Weekend was cut a little short. Okay, I guess I can't say it was because of Kayson it was really because of the weather. My little guy is the toughest little boy ever. Kayson headed to the Delta ER around 8:45 pm on Saturday night.

The weather turned windy and yucky outside and since it was so close to bed time Kayson and I headed inside to party in the trailer. We were just hanging out on the bed when Lisa came in. Kayson got a little hyper and started jumping around and playing on the bed. He fell forward and bonked his head on the emergency release latch on the window. He stayed on all fours crying and I grabbed him expecting to see the world's largest goose egg. I flipped him over and his whole face was covered in blood. I calmly (yes, I stayed very calm....I mean it wasn't life threatening) asked Lisa for some paper towels. She freaked out and grabbed a handfull while ripping the rest of the paper towel rack. Right then Tim walked in and I said "I think we are going to have to go get stitches." He freaked out and said "are you kidding me?" While running out the door to get the truck. We drove the 5 minute drive to the ER and I am thinking we are going to be there ALL night. They usually have to call a Dr. in. When we got in to check in I asked if there was someone there that could do stitches and she said yes that the dr. was already in. YAY!
They got us right back and the dr. said he doesn't normally do stitches on the face on such little guys but he felt like he needed them. We laid Kayson down and Tim held his face and Kayson was so brave. Tim said that he didn't even have to hold his face that he was doing it to close his eyes so he wouldn't watch. Kayson was not even crying, more like just little wimpers. When he was done the dr. was looking to see how he did and Kayson kept turning his head. The dr. said "can I see your stitches?" and Kayson turned his head and said "no".
We were done and back to the property in 45 minutes....the quickest ER visit I have ever seen. I walked Kayson in and put him to bed and he was laying there when all of a sudden he started rubbing his eyes. I freaked out and tried to get him to stop and I realized he was pulling his eyelashes. I think the numbing was wearing off and he didn't know what was happening. So sad! I grabbed his arms and held him tight and he whined himself to sleep. He seriously is such a good baby!

We ended with 2 stitches and a very happy baby! Nothing keeps this little guys down.

Memorial Weekend

We love spending Memorial Day at Delta. This year was a little different because Mother Nature still doesn't think that it is summer. The water was ice cold but that didn't stop all the kids from riding the tube and poor Bryce from going down the slide. I say poor Bryce because I don't think he knew what he was getting in to. He said down and I didn't believe him so I kept saying "do it" and sure enough he went down. The look on his face when he hit the water was priceless. He wanted to cry but was too cold to cry. Well, I guess it wasn't that bad because he went a second time.

Thankfully Bowzer is a Delta dog. I was so worried that he would run off or fight with the other dogs but he was a natural camper. He thought Braiden's tent was the best thing ever. Braid had to leave a little hole in the door so Bowzer could go in whenever he wanted. A little doggy door in the tent. I would panick a little when I couldn't find him and I would go right to the tent and he was out cold (usually on Braid's pillow) He is such a good dog!

How cute is this little guy. He was so tired and so ready for his nap but when I took him in the trailer he would just play. He was sitting on the swing with Kaylee and Cori and next thing I knew he was like this.....sound asleep.

Yay for Delta! We are so grateful that Jodi and Brad are so nice to let us treat their property like it is ours. We love this place!

My little graduate!

Ms. Marla. The best teacher ever. This lady has patience!

Each kid got to stand up and Ms. Marla said what they wanted to be when they grew up. There were a whole lot of Mom's, princess and super hero's. Bryce said he wanted to be a dad. He tells me all the time he wants to be just like his Daddy.

The whole group (tues, wed, thurs and fri a.m. and p.m.) classes with their caps and diplomas.

Singing the duck song with their duck hats.

Singing the monkey song. They all had to hang their monkey's around their necks for the song. Don't worry, when the curtain opened Bryce was the only one who's monkey was hanging wrong. The arms hook around their necks and velcro and Bryce had his hooked by one arm and one leg. That is Bryce....a little special!

The dinosaur poem

Bringing home a baby bumble bee song.
This graduation was AMAZING! She went all out. Bryce started when he was 3 years old so he gets to do a second year of pre-school and we will be coming back to Pre-School Paradise for sure! She had this huge stage set up in her backyard with curtains that closed so they could change hats. It was so cute to see their little faces when the curtain opened. They wore all these different masks and hats for each song and got to take them all home with them. This teacher is amazing and sent these kids home with so many memories. She made them scrapbooks with their work and progress. So pleased with this class!

Mother's Day

My Mother's Day was pretty uneventful. My Mom is out of town (cruising Alaska with Jo and Brad) and we are celebrating tomorrow night with Tim's Mom. So, today was pretty much another day of being a Mom for me. While eating dinner and playing on Facebook one of my friends posted a "getting to know your Mom". You ask them a couple questions and they answer them about you. I decided to have Bryce do it and then made Braiden. It was cute to hear the answers.

Bryce:
My Mom looks prettiest when - She wears pretty clothes
My Mom's favorite food - Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches
She is happy when - her kids are being good
If my Mom could go anywhere she would go - to the Sand Dunes
Her job is - at MOPS

Braiden:
My Mom looks prettiest when - She is happy
My Mom's favorite food is - Peanut Butter and Jelly sanwhiches
She is happy when - She is scrapbooking
If my Mom could go anywhere she would go - to Hawaii
Her job is - being a Mom

I love these answers! Clearly, I eat way too many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches! I also realized I need to try harder to be happy. I love that my 14 yr old says I am prettiest when I am happy. That is my new goal!

Birthday Party (Family)

The friends bday party ended at 1:30 at our families came over at 2:00. We combined it with my family and Tim's family. It is so much easier to do one big party and get together once than splitting it up.
Tim's Mom brought everything for a BBQ and it was delicious. It was nice after such a crazy day to sit down and eat some good food. The kids all played on the giant slide but ended up on the trampoline. Again, thank goodness for the heater. The whole family (everyone who wasn't in house staying warm) was cuddled up under the heater. The weather kept playing tricks on us and would be cold and breezy and then warm up and then snow and then warm up. Oh well, Bryce didn't care and had a GREAT day!

This is what happens to the birthday boy when he starts partying at 9:00 am and doesn't end until 6:30 pm. He cuddles up next to Daddy and falls asleep at 7:00 pm. He only snoozed for about 1/2 hour and then woke up but he was exhausted!

Birthday Party (Friends)

Yep, that is snow on April 30th. Who would have thought that I would have a problem having an outdoor party the end of April. Tomorrow is May 1st and we have 3-4 inches of snow. I heard it was supposed to snow but I thought it would just be a little and melt quickly. Yah, didn't happen!
I woke up at 7:00 (bouncy house was going to be delivered at 9:00)and I looked outside and I just started crying...what am I going to do now? There is 3 inches of snow and a bouncy house is being delivered in 2 hours. I decided to cancel the bouncy house and jumped on the computer to find a back-up. Where am I going to hold a bday party for 12 four year old on a saturday with no reservations? Ugh, what a disaster. I decided to move it to Jungle Jims and started calling parents. I called and canceled the slide and went out back to tell Tim. He was shoveling off the grass. Yep, that's right shoveling off the grass. While outside I realized it really wasn't that cold and decided to continue with the party at our house. So, I called back the bouncy house people (he pretty much thought I was NUTS!) and started calling parents back. After doing that I went back outside and it was freezing and dark clouds. I pretty much started crying all over again. Ya know what, who cares...it is what it is and the party must go on. Right? So we prepared for a party and everyone showed up and it went great (considering the weather.)

Tim and Braiden shoveling off snow so the kids can run around without getting wet.

Amie, Katie, Margaret and Charlie. Thank goodness we bought this heater. The adults stood under the heater freezing our butts off while the kiddos played. They didn't even know it was cold.

At one point the sun went behind the clouds and it got freezing so we moved inside for pizza. I figured if they were sitting down and not running around they would realize it was cold.

Kayson finally woke up from his nap and loved being outside and playing on the slide.

Happy Birthday Bryce! I love you to Mars and back. You are the cutest most energetic kid I know. Sadly, everything about you reminds me of myself. You are the best! Sorry I can't control the weather but I am glad you had a great birthday party!
Guest list: Luke, Heidi, Gage, Rayse, Ari, Weston, Quinn, Colton (Pre-school), Dallen (Pre-school), Kailee (MOPS), Brighton and Nick.