finally going private....

Well, since the break-in, i have felt very creeped out, non private, could go on and on. They got away with my moms present, which consisted of a whole family picture CD and lots of pics of my kids, which will probably end up in the garbage somewhere(hopefully) but the feeling that i haven't kept my kids very secure on this blog thing is starting to scare me. one of these days something is going to happen and im going to wish i would have locked my blog a long time ago....ive shared too much on here. too many creeps out there, not worth it. So, please leave your email if you would like an invite:)

how the Grinch TRIED to steal Christmas....

Well,yes, the grinch TRIED to steal Christmas, but it just didnt happen, like the book says "you cant steal Christmas!"

Im feeling bad and guilty that every feels so dang bad for us. We are perfectly fine, a little on edge, but perfectly fine. We have learned a great lesson this year and it is to make sure our house is locked better, and that you cant buy Christmas!!

First off, everyone is wondering the whole story, yes we got robbed. we left to go up to Salt Lake the Sunday before Christmas and came back Christmas Eve to find that some idiot broke into our house and tried to take Christmas. we only lost presents under the tree to eachother and my family, presents hidden in the dressers, and all our jewelry gone. BIG deal, it can all be replaced, and they did NOT find all the kids presents that i had hidden REALLY good, thank goodness, cuz its all that matters!! we feel so incredibly blessed and lucky that it wasnt worse. They could have taken important stuff, and damaged and destroyed our house but they did not. No golf clubs missing, or family videos or important things:) just a creepy feeling left but we are getting over it, now that all our windows and glass doors have rods so no one can get in again! (thanks to dad who went to Home depot a day later to make us safe:) my family also jumped in the car that night drove in a blizzard until 5 in the morning to save our Christmas spirits, and they definetly did that! We had the BEST Christmas EVER!! you truly cant buy it, we have had more things dropped by our door with sweet cards, and so many gifts, that means so much to us that people care about us that much! what great friends, neighbors and family we have who have made this year the absolute best! THANK you THANKyou you know who you are:) we love you all so much!

the kids had no idea anything even happened, they were asleep before we even noticed and had the best year ever! so here are some pictures of them:) they were so excited Santa came to our house!! (and woke up to Grandma and Grandpa and Uncles sleeping here too:)



hope you all had a wonderful holiday! happy new year!!

LittLe CiNdY LoU wHo....

well.... i cant tell you how many times a day we get stopped, both me and nick for people to say hi to "little cindy lou"... so many strangers stop to touch her little piggies and tell us that she reminds them of the little girl on the grinch, yet smaller. and then she giggles and says "bye" to them while blowing kisses and waving. doesnt matter who it is... she can put on a show....

and that she does when shes at home....
today i caught her doing the silliest things, she has quite a little personality!
first is the carseat giggle... she can make me laugh the entire way to somewhere, kaden too, and now they start feeding off eachother.

I was trying to cook dinner tonight, make cookies and hot chocolate for YW, dishes and im just letting Kylee get into whatever in the kitchen to keep her occupied. So she pulls all the pans out and all the sudden she is just giggling like crazy, i look over shes sitting on the pot. actually the strainer. she thought it was so funny. it WAS... had to be there.
not ten minutes later shes giggling again and i find her under the table playing peekaboo with rosco. just popping out and giggling soooo hard! sooo cute!
i swear i am pathetic, but i just have to keep my camera clost cuz this little girl justs keeps me laughin! she is so much fun!

We tried again..... (to get Kylee to sit on his lap at the mall.... still didnt work. its the only thing she doesnt like...


It SNOWED...crazy. its not suppose to snow here... Kaden was outside by 10 am he was so excited! so of course Kylee had to follow too, Brrr. they had a blast, you would have never knew it was 30 degrees out with their smiling faces, until I had to drag them both in cuz their noses where almost purple!! it seriously snowed here for like 8 hours straight. it was so beautiful...

sorry this post is so long and so many dang words!

on a more serious note.....
i just wanna say a few serious things. this holiday i have felt the spirit more than ever and its because of all the love and generousity of friends and mostly family. Everyone has been so wonderful to us, helping Nick survive while he tries to accomplish his dreams at this hard time... i just wanna thankyou for all your love and support. you will never know how much you mean to us and all you do. your support (you know who you are) is so much appreciated. you have no idea. its amazing how prayers are answered and miracles show up when you need them. i am so thankful this Christmas, for everything i have, mostly family. It is going to be the most memorable holiday so far... thank you thank you. I could care less about presents and money, i look at my kids and am so thankful every night that i have them and they are healthy and happy. and my perfect husband, who is trying so dang hard everyday to make a wonderful future for us. i feel so incredibly blessed. we have the best kids, best nieghborhood in the world, best callings in the church, best friends, totally best parents and family and the best lives. i dedicate these posts to our family, i know my mom cant stand a week going by without seeing these kids, and thats why i do it!! I love you all...happy holidays see you real soon!!!! x0x0x0

a little too excited...

Kaden is sooo excited this year, he is at the age now where he knows whats coming and it is so much fun! The first thing he does in the morning is grab the cholcolate christmas countdown calendar and find the right day, then he asks me to turn on all the christmas lights (even though it is light).
we had to go see Santa today, AGAIN, make sure he knew what Kaden wanted (which isnt much thank goodness) and also make ANOTHER gingerbread house, (from scratch, ill have to get a pic of that he decorated pretty much all by himself) as you will soon see. he got to be Joseph in their Joyschool "play" at the retirement home! they were of course loved! then he wanted to start helping me wrap presents. then he wanted to make cookies with sprinkles like the ones he saw at walmart. we did not get to that! anyways, point is hes really really excited and doesnt wanna stop! its so cute! i cant even begin all the times we are having to watch rudolph and frosty:)....

yesterday he spent honestly over and hour sitting at the table making this letter for santa. he told me exactly what he wanted me to write then he traced over the letters one by one with so much patience. i just had to put it on here for my mom. he will sit for hours a day now and just color, stamp and make cards with me! so fun!


Then today the funniest thing, Kylee found some funny pink flower shoes of mine, wore them around the house for at least an hour! it was so funny, she would fall and start giggling, fall again put them back on. over and over! i wish I knew how to put video on here, i will learn soon! she is getting so silly but so fun.

i love these kids.... time for more:) jk still need to talk daddy into that one:)

Pictures say a thousand words....

Kylee at the family reunion, loving the santa hat!!
...Decorating the tree....
again loving the santa hat. Kaden was all excited to decorate the tree this year, he is so excited for Christmas and for the first time really knows whats going on now! so fun!

Kylee at my moms house, ready for bed... always smiling and being adorable!

Just a few snaps after church, i do it a lot!! poor kids, always having to pose for mom! at least they like eachother now, its so dang cute!

Caught them eating apples under the table! they are little buddies! cant stop taking pics of them! is it wrong to take 500 in 3 weeks??

...The Jubilee of Trees...
Kadens favorite (and mine) was the Grinch carrying the tree in his bag, super cute!
as you can see, Kylee was not a big Santa fan! which suprised me, she isnt usually afraid of anyone. santa thought i was mean to make her sit there and cry while i got a pic!!

Our little fireman...

first off, ya i know my background is christmasy, i am usually anti christmas until thanksgiving is over, but my weekend is packed, going outta town all next week and then... well you know december, ill be lucky to post! so anyways.....


I got to take the preschool kids to the firestation today for their field trip! they were all so excited! Kaden asked me every ten minutes all morning what time it was....
They loved taking their turns sitting in the fire truck, and the grins on their faces when they saw the fireman hats they got to take home, soooo excited! a great day at Joyschool!



Kaden and his cute girlfriends!! he is a ladies man:) he thinks...


Kadens first year of soccer is over. he is so excited about his first trophy, he has slept with it at night, it sits by him when he eats, and in the car. he is so proud, and thinks he won, of course he won, every one does at age four:) he cant wait till next year!

Pics pics and more pics....

I have been begging Nick to give me some money for family pictures. For some strange reason he just didnt think it was on our priority list, well, Im a mom, and it IS on mine, so I was determined to find a way. My AWESOME friend Shanna, volunteered to take them for us! Wow, what a job she did!! I cant believe how awesome they turned out, and for FREE!! Shanna, you are amazing, I cannot believe she doesnt do this for a living! (you could make bank:) anyways, I am so impressed and so thankful to her. It is such a wonderful feeling when they are done, and your pictures are all updated in your house, well Im getting there.
so heres a glance for you... there is about 50 more that turned out unfortunately I cant put them all on here!! thanks Shanna! your the best! owe you!












and..... We went up North a couple weeks ago, me and the kids, Nick was suppose to be outta town, my parents took us to some fun festivities, like the pumpkin patch and scarecrow festival!! we all had a great time!

Halloween was a blast. What a fun age for the kids. Kaden was so excited to be super man, I couldnt talk him out of it, but he looked very cute, and muscular! Kylee was a cute little fuzzy bee, and well me and Nick if you cant tell oh well. you havent seen the movie! hope everyone had as fun as a holiday as we did!!

We got to take our Joy School kids on their first field trip to Stali farms today. They loved it. Tractor rides, petting animals, slides, pumpkin patch. way too much fun:) and Kylee had a fun time just watching all the kids!

what to blog about???

I was debating what the heck to blog about. we dont have money to take any fun trips right now, all i ever post about is pictures of my kids, not that there is anything wrong with that, they just dont change that much from week to week:)
so, i was just checking my email a minute ago and a couple things made me laugh so i thought i would share.

first this whole real estate thing has hit a lot of people and hard. this economy is scary but i thought this was kinda funny, yet true, although thank goodness not like this in our neighborhood:)

It's titled.... Halloween wont be the same this year...


Then my sweet step Mother in Law (i am blessed with two) sent me this adorable link for all dog lovers. you have to go to it really quick it will make you smile and only takes about literally 2 seconds. copy and paste it into your browser! worth the time!

http://www.actrix.co.nz/special/cyberclean.html

and one more tag game...

I am: wasting time...
I think: im glad my kids are sound asleep
Everything in life: is almost perfect
I want: to decorate my little girl a room,
so i guess some extra money:)
I have: a perfect family
I dislike: red ants. sick of them
I miss: all the family far away
I fear: losing anyone close
I feel: happy but worn out, very busy day
I hear: the computer buzz in the silence and the AC
I smell: nothing, stuffy nose
I crave: strawberries from costco
I cry: when i am PMSing and over nothing
I search: for answers of all sorts
I wonder: when Nicks hard work will finally pay off
I regret: not selling all our rentals 3 years ago
I wish: for safety and health and nicks dream to come true
I love: my beautiful children and hubby more than anything
I care: about my kids health again
I always: am kissing Kylees cheeks
I am not: unhappy, life is too good
I remember: falling in love for the first time with Nick
I believe: in the happiness of the gospel standards
I sing: mama mia soundtrack believe it or not really loud when driving!
I don’t always: tell people i love them enough
I argue: about issues I feel strong about
I write: in my journal once a week
I win: rumikub every time i play!! (no its true im not just bragging:)
I lose: dunno, dont try enough new or competitive things i guess
I listen: i love to listen to Kylees giggle
I don’t understand: why anyone should ever get hurt or die
I can usually be found: at home, at the park, or at walmart, exciting ;)
I forget: well actually have to admit i forgot to put water in my rice chicken casserole the other night, big mistake. too much going on the same time:)
I am happy: in nicks arms or holding my babies and just watching them!
I tag: Heather, Jenna, Jenny, Tirsah and Michelle

my little beauty...

This year has been the best year of my life. I had absolutely no idea that it would this much fun having a baby girl. She is such a joy and I laugh at least 10 times a day at something she does. It has been so joyful getting to know her and her little cute personality. I cannot believe she is one, it has flown by!

this picture was taken by my brother Cody last weekend on his cell phone! I think Im going to enter some contests with it! Thanks bro, hes the best picture taker in the world!(you have to click on picture to enlarge it, her eyes are so gorgeous I am so incredibly jealous!)

Kaden is 4! Kylee is ONE!

Kaden had his first friend birthday Party! It was my first attempt and went very very well considering we invited 12 kids and ALL came! He had a blast! and my train cake I attempted actually turned out awesome too, the kids loved it of course!



Kylee fully enjoyed her first cake, unlike Kaden at one. She was mad when we took it away!

We went up North this past weekend to celebrate the kids birthdays with family! My Mom threw an awesome Party! Thanks mom and Dad, and everyone who came and the fun gifts!
Kaden got spoiled by grandparents, and got his first big boy bike! He loves it! We asked him what he wanted to do for his birthday dinner, he chose a picnic at the park so he could ride his bike!!

My parents took us to the State Fair and the kids had a blast! Kylee loved to touch the bunnies, Kaden rode the Pony and the yellow slide! TOO much fun!



Nicks mom took us on the Heber Creeper too, which the kids had a great time all 3 hours! It was fun to hang out with cousins and Grandma! Thanks Connie!!

What a fun weekend! Happy Birthday to my 2 sweet babies!! (that arent really babies anymore!) I love you!!!

My little sporty guy...

Kaden started Soccer this week for his first time ever and today was his first game. He had a blast! He didnt want to ever be taken out. The best was that we were getting our bums kicked like 20 to zero with five min left. Kaden got the ball taken from him so he tackled the kid to the ground, and his teammate scored! go Kaden. forgot it wasnt football for the moment! at least we got one score! (you can click on small pictures to enlarge!)


Nick had to take Kaden to hit golf balls again cuz he had so much fun last week! I got to watch this time it was the cutest thing ever. watch out Tiger woods...and Daddy!:)



And... here is the invite for any fellow bloggers who live up North. We are having a family/friend party next weekend at my moms house Saturday night at 7:00! anyone who wants to watch Kylee go to town on her first cake, should be a great show!