Wilson Family

Summer!

2011-07-10T13:43:00.010-06:00

Summer has begun and we are having a great one! It is too overwhelming to think about all the posts I should have done in the last year. So I will just think back over the past couple months. We started summer off with a trip to St. George with friends. We did lots of fun stuff from hiking, swimming, going to the park, splash pad, boys going golfing, and lots of delicious food! Here are a few pics from the trip. Thank goodness Jackie remembered her camera!

Hudson and Kade at the park

Kade playing in the baby pool

Kade playing with the jet ski he tried to steal.

Hiking trip in Snow Canyon

Wow! I don't know how Hudson let Mike and Kade get in front of him. If Jackie hadn't gotten a picture of this I never would of believed it.

We made it!

Show us your muscles!

We have been working for about a year on remodeling our kitchen and it is almost done. We started with hiring someone to lay tile for us last August. Then Mike sanded down every cabinet in our kitchen and after many trips to Home Depot we found a stain we loved. He also added crown molding. Then Mike changed out the fixtures, we bought a new microwave, and dishwasher. Then we could finally afford new countertops. We have just a few more things we would like to do which are a new stove, backsplash and a new surface for our desk. I absolutely love it and still can't believe it is my kitchen! Just a little more patience and I will have it exactly how I want it. Here are a few picture we took along the way.

tearing up the old carpettearing out the old counter tops

I have dreamed of new carpet for years. It is amazing!

I absolutely love our new kitchen!

I have lost my patience for putting anymore pictures on the blog but Kade and I had a ton of fun in Ohio visiting my family. We also had a great trip to Colorado for the 4th of July. Maybe I will post some pictures of our Ohio and Colorado trips in the next year.

Finally an Update

2010-12-05T17:57:00.008-07:00

I guess you can say this year has been pretty crazy! It is very embarrassing to look at our blog and see pictures from last Christmas. It has been way too long since I have updated it. It's overwhelming to think of all that has happened this year and trying to catch up on everything so I just uploaded a handful of pictures to tell the highlights of 2010.

We took a trip out Colorado in April to celebrate Mike's mom, Pam's, Birthday! It was a week filled with fun. We took a trip to the Denver zoo. This is Kade and his cousin Jace. They look pretty exhausted by this point but they loved it!

Mike Graduated in May!!!!! Well he walked anyway. He had to finish up a class over the summer. It is wonderful to have him done with school and home a little bit more during the week.

Kade playing at the sand dunes in North Carolina.

In May we headed to North Carolina for a few days. From N.C. we headed to Ohio because my sister had been in a fire and was severely burned. Thanks to wonderful doctors, nurses and the prayers of family and friends she recovered quickly. We were very blessed as a family to see a miracle take place before our eyes.
I competed in two triathlons over the summer. They were a lot of fun and I even talked some friends into doing them with me. Amanda and I raced in the Salem Tri in June. Then Mary, Amanda and I did the bountiful Tri at the end of June. Kira and Kade playing together

I headed back to Ohio in June to be with my family and help out with my sisters kids during her recovery in the hospital. It was definitely a bit of a stressful visit but it was wonderful to be with my family.

Kade making a card for his Dad since we were in Ohio during Father's Day. Carter was helping him out what a great cousin he has!

Kade and I had a blast over the summer. It was so good to spend lots of time with him. We took trips to splash parks, swimming with his friends, we went to the farm at Thanksgiving point, a trip to Seven Peaks, up to the mountains to go fishing and lots more. This picture is from the day we went to the Dinosaur Museum with Mary and her boys.

On the Fourth of July we took Kade to Discovery Gateway. He loved it!

Mike and Kade building at Discovery Gateway.

We took a camping/boating trip to Flaming Gorge with Mike's Family. I think Kade's favorite part was riding the jet ski. He didn't even mind if it wasn't in the water, he even started it up when we were back at camp and it was on the trailer. (Actually this picture looks like we took it Colorado when we went out in July to go boating and to a Rockies game. It is much too green in the background to be Wyoming.)

This was at our Pioneer Day BBQ. The kids enjoyed the sparklers and poppers.

As if our year hadn't been crazy enough we decided to remodel our kitchen. I don't have any pictures of after our tile was put in I will have to post some later. Maybe in about a year from now with my blogging record. Mike is still working on the cabinets. It took me a while to decided on a stain. We bought a microwave to go above our stove which I love. It makes for lots of extra counter space. In the next few months our plan is to get new fixtures, counter tops, sink faucet and back splash.

Our trip to Gardner Village to see the witches in October. Kade was checkin out the ducks.

Kade pushing the pumpkins off the ledge right by a sign that said "Do Not Touch the Display". The boys heard a thump and looked back. Kade thought he was pretty funny. I got a couple pictures and with each one there are less pumpkins in the background.

Kade, Petra and Hudson

We finally got them to sit still for a moment.

My dad and Bridget came out for a week in October. It was so much fun having them here. We decorated haunted houses one night they were here with Brook and her boys. Kade didn't really care much about decorating he just wanted to eat it.

Beck and Kade all dressed up in their buzz costumes. Kade totally stole Beck's wings for the picture.

We finally got Kade potty trained!! Mike decided to start potty training him a couple weeks ago while I was working late with Parent/ Teacher Conferences. He is talking a lot and getting so big. Yesterday he asked for a big boy bed. Yes he is still in his crib and almost 3. He hasn't tried to climb out and sleeps twelve hours at night. So I guess this week we will try to find a big boy bed for him.

Since Mike just finished school I decided to go back to school in September to get a gifted endorsement. (learning how to teach the really smart kids in my class) I just finished my first class last week. It is really weird to get back into the college mode.Then about a month ago I was called into the YW's in our ward. I think I may have to put my endorsement on hold for a while.

A Happy Holiday

2010-01-01T19:09:00.011-07:00

We have had a wonderful couple weeks with family and friends. I am so lucky to get two weeks off of work. It was a much needed break and definately helped relieve some of the stress from the busyness of the holidays. Mike's parents and sister were able to come into town for a couple of days for Christmas. We were able to eat at In-N-Out twice while they were here. We probably would of eaten there everyday while they were here but it was closed on Christmas day. We went down to Mike's Grandparents house on Christmas Eve and enjoyed a wonderful night with family, friends and great food.

We headed down to temple square so see the lights. Kade loved being around all the people and the lights. It was really busy downtown so we had to park far away and were freezing on the way back to our car.

This was supposed to be a family picture but somehow Mike got out of it. Maybe it was because he took the picture of Kade and I.

Kade was so cute on Christmas morning. He had lots of oos and aws as he opened presents. After he opened a gift he would run to one of his Grandpa's and say opee opee. (which means open in Kade talk)

His Elmo potty training book he got from his Grandpa & Grandma Wilson.

One of his favorite gifts was his power tools he got from Santa. They look like the real deal.

Kade got to be a shepard in the Nativity Christmas story with all of his cousins.

Because of Christmas and his Birthday, Kade gets all of his gifts in one week and loves it. He jumps on his scooter he got and says "ready, ready" so he can be pushed around the house. We are trying to teach him how to do it on his own but it isn't going so well. Hopefully he will have it down by spring.

We had a joint birthday party for Kaden and Petra. I couldn't get a picture of them blowing out the candles because Mike was recording it and I was making sure he didn't get burned by the candles. Neither of them would dig into their cake. I guess they were being shy. Kade just stood there with a limp wrist as Petra picked each sprinkle off her piece of cake.

The boys rockin out!

Kade use every single lego and built this tower this morning. I was the proud mother who had to get a picture before he knocked it over.

I can't believe our little guy is two already. He is full of energy and keeps us busy chasing him around.

Here are of a few of the things he does to make us smile:

He eats salsa with a spoon

He loves books and at night after each book he says " one more, one more"

No ne means shoe

He loves playing with anything that has a handle; brooms, mops, shovels, vacuums, etc.

When he goes to bed he has to say bye to everything; pictures, lights, toys...

He calls cartoons carts

He thinks Dora is the only cart there is and gets mad when were turn on another cartoon and will say cart over and over again until we find Dora

Frequently takes my keys and purse and heads for the door saying bye, bye all the way

Random

2009-10-29T14:58:00.003-06:00

This update is for Grandma Pam since she was so kind to make Kade's vest and chaps for his Halloween costume. Since I haven't updated our blog since August I decided to put some other pictures on because who knows when I will update it again.

For Labor Day we took a trip to Colorado to visit family and we were able to get out on the boat one last time. The water was pretty cold but Kade didn't seem to mind.

Chris, Kade and Mike enjoying a freezing cold swim. I was in the boat with a sweatshirt on but I did get in the water to go wakeboarding.

The captain of the boat with a binkie! We only let him drive when Mike is skiing.

He loves pizza after eating two pieces he licked the plate.

I was so lucky to be able to fly back to Ohio for the weekend of my very good friend Monica's wedding. It was so much fun.

Grandpa came to visit and took the kids to the scarecrow festival in Lehi.

Kaden loved the bouncy slide but we only went down it twice because it was hard for me to climb up carrying him. Luckily there was lots of other stuff to do so he didn't mind to much.

Kade, Jalen, and Landon flying the airplane.

Grandpa took all the kids to Boondocks too! Kade didn't even need any tokens to have fun.

He saw a guy playing this game and ran right over and grab the gun.

Cowboy Kaden

We dressed him up for a get together we had at our church. Mike was standing within reaching distance of him.

What a cute cowboy.

Thanks for making my costume Grandma.

Love,

Kaden

My Wife is AMAZING!!

2009-08-29T19:52:00.006-06:00

Saturday my amazing wife ran a triathlon!

She has been training faithfully every morning at 5am for months.

We left Friday night and stayed the night in Logan. Bright and early Saturday morning we left my Aunt Keri's house and headed up Logan Canyon for Bear Lake. The closer we got the more nervous I could tell she was getting. We got to the race area with plenty of time to spare, she was able to watch some of the other races start and get comfortable with the situation. By the start of the race she had a big smile on her face and was ready to go!

Here she is taking off for the swim. The turn around looked a long way away, but she did great!
She came in off the swim so fast I could barely get a pic, nice hat!

She made the first transition great and took off on her bike.

Emily coming around the last turn into the home stretch, she looked like she could run another 5k and still not break a sweat.

I am so proud of her. She did great and finished the entire race in under 2 hours. I am lucky to have such a wonderful wife, Good job Babe!!!

Oh yeah, she came home after and made dinner!!!!!!

Visiting my Family & Friends

2009-06-28T15:17:00.006-06:00

Kaden and I had a wonderful trip to Ohio to visit my family. I was very nervous about flying with an 18 month old. The flight was about 4 hours and I was entertaining the entire time. I was wishing I could be like all the other people on the plane listening to ipods, sleeping, watching a movie, or reading but that wasn't the case. Luckily he did really well on both flights. Mike was supposed to go with us for part of the trip but we canceled his flight when we were able to go to NC with my family. He couldn't miss that much school or work. Here are some pics of all the fun stuff we did in Ohio.

Kaden with his Uncle Andy

We went to the beach one night for a picnic. Kaden loved playing in the sand. It was a beautiful night when we got there but after about 1/2 hour it got really windy and cold. So it was a very short trip to the lake.

Kaden and his cousin Jackson

At the park the kids played for hours. Grandma brought pizza so we were able to enjoy a picnic at the park.

I had a wonderful visit with my very good friend Monica. She came over from Cleveland for the weekend. She was finally able to meet Kaden.

On Sunday afternoon we went for a walk. I think people probably thought we were a daycare. These are just a few of Kaden's cousins.

Kira and Kaden

At the pool there was an area for kids to play in that was only about 1 ft. deep. Kaden played for hours with his cousins.

We had actually worn him out for a few minutes. He sat on the blanket for about 5 minutes and didn't even move. It was short lived but I enjoyed his exhaustion while it lasted.

My friend Jenine came from Cleveland to visit. We went out to dinner at about 8:00 o'clock. Kade was definately a little moody that night due to the long days and squeezing his naps in when we got a chance. Maybe a late dinner wasn't the best idea but it was great to visit with Jenine and her parents.

Our trip to the zoo.

Kaden didn't even want to eat dinner that night. He just wanted to play.

At the splash park in Columbus with his cousin Kennedy.

We were able to go with my sister Jen and her four kids to Columbus for a night to visit my brother, Ryan, and his wife, Megan, and their two kids. My brother Jared and his wife Maria also live in Columbus but Jared is in South America on a backpacking trip for the month. On Saturday Maria made us a delicious dinner (with a yummy dessert) and the kids swam at the pool at their apartment. We were about two hours late for our visit with Maria I guess that's how long it takes to get 7 kids and 4 adults out the door to go swimming.

Kaden loved his cousin Abby's chair and was moving it all around the house to sit on it and tap his foot.

We had a great trip and the 10 days we were in Ohio went way to fast. It's always hard to leave my family espcially since I don't know when I'll see them next. I told Mike I will be planning a two week trip for next summer so hopefully he can come for some of it.

Fun in the Sun

2009-05-27T17:46:00.005-06:00

We had an amazing vacation in North Carolina with my entire family. The house we stayed was right on the beach. The kids would go searching for crabs at night and we laid on the beach during the day. We had a couple days of rainy weather but the guys enjoyed the huge waves the storm brought in. My family is pretty loud and rambunctious but Mike survived. Here are just a few of the 160 pics I took while in the Outer Banks.

On our way to the beach house after a long day of traveling. We woke Kade up at 5:30 am to catch our flight. He only slept about a half hour of our 5 hours on the plane. Luckily he slept pretty much our entire ride in the car from the airport to the house. (3 hours)

my sister, Keri, and I

We made a quick stop in Virginia Beach for dinner, a stroll on the boardwalk, and shopping.

Kade backing up over the car tracks. They were giving him some difficulty so he decided to go down them like he goes down the steps.

Glam shots!! Kade posing for a picture before heading off to the beach.

Playing in the sand.

Watching the playoffs on the big screen.

On one of the rainy days we went to the aquarium. Kaden loved all the fish and back up and screamed when the shark swam up to the glass.

Mike looking hot in his wetsuit.

( I don't know how to rotate the picture. Mike will have to do it when he gets home. Hopefully he doesn't delete it.)

The waves don't look that big in the picture but they were huge. I just took a couple pictures and then had to go in because I was freaking out thinking one of my family members might not survive the night.

I gave the boogie board a shot the next day when the waves weren't so big.

He would find a stick to play with each day we went to the beach.

My last day on the beach with my sisters. Mike had to pretty much drag me off the beach so we could catch our flight home.

Eight Days and Counting

2009-05-07T16:44:00.003-06:00

Only eight days till my entire family gets together in Outer Banks, NC. I didn't think we would be able to go due to all the testing we do at school during the month of May. Luckily everything fell into place, we finish testing next week and we will be able to go. Mike and I are very excited to go on a vacation. Our vacations the past few years have been to Ohio and Colorado to visit our families. Which we love to do but a change of scenery will be great. I am a little nervous to fly with Kaden. It is hard enough to keep him entertained during church. I will be packing lots of treats and toys. Here is where we will be staying.

http://www.carolinadesigns.com/cdfinal/ASP/INCLUDES/oneprop.asp?propid=632

Easter

2009-04-19T17:28:00.010-06:00

For Easter this year we decided to get Kaden a tricycle. We didn't do a basket and candy but are planning on starting that tradition next year. We looked for a few days and many stores to find the perfect bike. We wanted one that we could push since he is vertically challenged and can't yet reach the pedals. Mike was watching American Chopper and apparently that put him in the mood to build his sons first bike. We couldn't wait to give it to him so Kade got it a day early. He loves it and usually throws a fit when it is time to go inside after riding it.

Luckily it was a beatiful day on Easter since I waited till the last minute to get Kaden's Easter outfit and could only find shorts I liked. There were tons of cute dresses for girls but not much of a selection for boy.

Kaden's favorite place in the house is this cabinet in the kitchen. It takes him very little time to pull everything out and destroy the kitchen.

Playing peek-a-boo with our pots and pans.

2009-03-24T20:15:00.004-06:00

Kaden at his first Utah Jazz game. He loved all the people and excitement. The game started at 7:00 so he fell asleep during half time. He will never sleep during church but he can sleep with thousands of people screaming all around him.

We used to put him on the step because he was too afraid to get down and it would keep him in one spot for a few minutes. Now he likes sitting there and he definatly loves his cheerios.

Kaden had been taking three or four steps for a few months now but I didn't consider it walking. Everyone at work kept asking if he was walking yet and I kept saying he is close. It took him a while but now he is pretty steady and can almost run. In the this video he is walking towards the balloon he just had to have from the grocery store. It was just barely out of his reach at the check out and he screamed until I finally got it for him. It was only 1.99 and it has kept him entertained for hours. It was defintaly worth it.

Update

2009-02-17T19:29:00.009-07:00

I did so good for a while at posting more often. I am trying to think what has happened the last month with the Wilson family. I had the wonderful opportunity to get stitches after having my feet taken out from under playing basketball. Yeah you guessed it, it was church basketball. I think it is funny that I have played sports pretty much since I could walk and never had an injury. Then, I play one game of church ball, and have to go to urgent care. I actually landed on my chin so my jaw was sore for about a week. This was in the same gym that Mike tore his ACL. I guess the lesson I learned was to stay away from church ball. Mike still continues to play every Thursday and Friday night. His doctors bills were way more expensive than mine so hopefully he has no more injuries. Mike, no injuries, I must be dreaming.
A beatiful up close picture of my stitches. I am trying to get rid of the nasty scar it has left me.

I have also had an eye infection for almost a month now. A couple hundred dollars later and two different doctors and I still have it. I am supposed to be going to the eye doctor again even though it is viral and so far they haven't been able to do much for it. I'm just tired of wearing my glasses.

Kaden is almost walking. I think he has been almost walking for about two months now. He walks between furniture and will take a few steps between Mike and I but that's about it. He has finally learned how to come down the steps on his own. He would constitently go up them and get to the top and cry for us to come help him get down. I was very excited when he finally learned to crawl back and go down them on his own.

Happy Valentine's Day

Kaden recieved a package from his Grandma Wilson. I opened the box for him and let him grab the things out of the box. Here's the order of what he took out of the box:

bag of cookies

another bag of cookies

card

and finally the toys

He is just like his mom! He loves cookies!

Thanks for the package Grandma

Well Mike is working hard to get everything figured out for CLS and keeping busy with school. There have definately been some stressful days the past month but Mike does a good job of taking things day by day. I think he has stopped telling me about any of his stresses with CLS cause I get a bit of anxienty thinking about it all.

Kade on a joy ride with Dad, shhh don't tell Grandma!

It's Final!

2009-01-11T18:20:00.002-07:00

I know many of you are going to be shocked because we have updated our blog 3 times since the new year. It has just been an exciting and busy two weeks. On Friday we closed on the purchase of CLS. Mike has been the general manager of CLS for about a year now and worked there since 2005. In October we approached the previous owner about buying the company. We have been negotiating since then and we were finally able to come to terms late last week. With such a big move comes a rush of emotions, excitment, anxiety, and fear to name a few. I'm sure life will definately be more stressful as business owners but we are ready for this new challenge in our lifes.

Kade's Birthday

2009-01-08T19:47:00.008-07:00

Kaden had a wonderful birthday on New Year's Eve. He was spoiled with gifts, a party, and a cake of his own. Well we had a party but he went to bed about a half hour after it started. He got to dig into his cake and then we hosed him off in the shower. He was in bed by 8:30 and then the real party began. We had friends over for a night filled with food, games, and guitar hero.

Oh, how the time flies. I can't believe it has been a year since this little guy came into the world. He definately surprised us being a few weeks early. I wasn't quite ready, thinking I was going to work until my due date. I guess he had different plans, he wanted to be with his friend Petra and his cousin Jace who were born two days earlier. He has brought us much happiness and been a blessing in our lives.

Kade began opening his gifts after his morning nap and opened one every couple hours through the day. His favorite part was playing with the wrapping paper, bows, and cards.

He got his football from his Grandma and Grandpa Wilson.

Singing Happy Birthday

Kaden loved the frosting.

We'll be cleaning frosting out of the shower for weeks.

Everyone jammin' out while the kids are asleep.

Christmas in Colorado

2009-01-04T18:31:00.002-07:00

We headed to Colorado on December 23 to spend Christmas with Mike's family. We had to travel through snow from Salt Lake to Evanston but the roads cleared up after that. While we were there we played cards, lots of Guitar Hero, went shopping, and took Kade to his first Hockey game. We also ate a ton of great food. Kaden was a really good travelor, it was when we got there he became a little terror. He wouldn't go down for a nap the entire week we were there. He had to be rocked to sleep and held for all of his naps. If not, he would just cry for hours and not get a wink of sleep.

A Wilson family tradition is decorting cookies on Christmas Eve. Kaden was a little young to decorate but loved participating in the eating part. He would of eaten the entire cookie but I cut him off about half way through.On Christmas Eve Mike sang the Hanukah song by Adam Sandler. Kaden thinks his dad is a rock star.

Kaden needed a lot of help opening his gifts. He was very spoiled by all of his grandparents.

Kaden's face lit up when he opened a soccer ball from his Aunt Jen and Uncle Brant. It is the perfect size for him.

Kaden's stocking made by his Grandma Wilson.

About half way to Colorado Mike and I realized we forgot to pack our camera. Luckily we were able to take pics with his parents camera. Thanks for emailing the pictures Kevin and Pam.

Kaden's Many Hairstyles

2008-12-03T18:16:00.001-07:00

Well it has been a month since we last posted anything. We did the poll on our last post and never got on to say how much he actually weighed at his last visit. He weighed 20 lbs. but apparently he doesn't look it. The camera must add 5 lbs. I will also try and stay away from horizontal strips. Maybe I will start putting him in black too.

We went through our camera from the last month and saw we had taken lots of photos of Kade's hair. Here are a few of our favorites.

This is what Kaden's hair looks like after he screams in his bed for two hours. His hair is so thin the picture doesn't even do it justice.
This is his hair after he takes a bath and his mom styles it with lotion. It's a good thing we didn't have a girl.

Kaden checking himself out in the mirror after he got his head buzzed for the first time. He thought he was looking dang good.

Sleepless Fire-Breathing Dragon

2008-11-04T14:59:00.002-07:00

We had a wonderful week with my Dad coming to visit from Ohio, my sister from Idaho, and hanging out with my family that lives here in Utah. I think I gained 5 lbs from the few meals we made and the many my Dad treated us to. Kaden also had his 9 month check up yesterday. He is 10 months but somehow he got a month behind on his visits to the doctor.

I have been off track for the past week and still get to enjoy time off with Kaden the rest of this week. We had some great moments and some not so great moments. I am trying to not be such a push over with him sleeping in his crib. So my goal for while I am off track is to try and get him to take a nap with out being rocked to sleep or comforted for hours at his cribside. He has also been waking up around 5:00 in the moring and I just bring him into bed with us and rock him back to sleep. I wouldn't be able to sleep because he is so heavy and he would lay on my chest and I would have trouble breathing.

So I started this plan of letting him cry it out on Friday. He woke up at 5 am and cried until 7 am. He went down for his nap at 10 am and cried until 11:30. After all those hours of crying I couldn't take it and I got him out. So all he learned for his morning nap was that if he cries for an hour and a half his mom will finally give in. Then Mike came home Friday afternoon and I went to my sister to get a break. Mike put him down at 2pm and he cried until 4pm, then he fell asleep. We are on day 5 of this and he still cries anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour. Other than nap time he has been a very happy boy. He is crawling everywhere and pulling himself up to everything. He is trying lots of new foods like Ty (Pennington's) homemade rolls, rice, ravoili, pizza, and waffles are his favorite. Actually anything with carbs are his favorite, just what the boy needs right. We went on a trip to Gardner Village to see the witches.

The witch taking care of business as the kids play.

Kaden and Mom out to lunch.

Kade with his Grandpa that came to visit from Ohio.

At a Halloween party in our costumes. I'm a pirate if you can't tell.

Update

2008-10-26T19:01:00.002-06:00

Mike had last week off school so I put him to work in our house. I had quite a list of things I wanted done and he managed to get them done pretty quickly. First on my list was getting our guest room painted. The room is not quite done, I would still like a night stand but atleast we have it painted. So it is all ready for those who would like to visit West Jordan. We also painted our room a light green. I absolutely love the color. I was looking for a headboard and two night stands. Then the hot water heater went out. We can take warm showers but we don't have our bedroom set. We will have to wait a couple weeks.

Kaden playing at his Grandma and Grandpa's house. While we got away for a peaceful night in Heber.

Kaden loves swinging at the park. He was in the swing for about 45 minutes just people watching. We went with his Aunt Brook, Jalen and Landon.

Hudson came over to play.

Big Boy and a New Home

2008-10-03T16:28:00.002-06:00

Well we didn't blog for over a month and now two posts in one day. Mike is the ambitious one. I told some friends the other day I was done blogging. I am just exhausted by the end of the day and crash.

Kaden is pulling himself up to everything. He has also climbed one step. He has two teeth now so the past couple weeks he has been really fussy.
He loves Cheerios and also ate some pizza the other night.

Mike finally got his TV he has been wanting for years. This room still has very bare walls but has lots of furniture.
This is the one room is our new home that is pretty much done. This mirror is hung now, this picture was taken a few weeks ago. Mike also has to take down the rod above the pictures it is still there from when we moved in. Chelsey helped me decorate thank goodness because I have no decorating skills. We spent a whole Saturday shopping and only finished one room. I still have a lot of things I would like to do. The big projects are painting our guest room and our bedroom. I will post pictures of them once we are done painting and decorating.

Football Games

2008-10-03T16:00:00.003-06:00

Saturday we took Kade to his first U of U football game. He and Hudson had a great time until half time when Kade fell asleep. We had gone to the BYU game the week before, however he only lasted until half time and was wiggling and squirming around so we had to leave. I guess he's a Ute fan.

Kaden and Hudson at the U of U game

Kade's corny smile for the camera

The family enjoying the game.

Back to the Grind

2008-08-17T20:02:00.005-06:00

Well things have been a little crazy the past few weeks. I am back to work and things are going pretty good. I only have only 22 students in my class right now so that is a major plus. I am sure I will get a few more soon because traditional schools starts this week. Every year a handful of kids come in with their parents saying we didn't know school started already.

Last weekend my younger brother Andy was hit by a car in Provo. He was crossing the street with a friend and a 17 year old girl making a left hand turn ran into him. He had surgery on his nose this last week and he will need a lot of dental work done. Other than that he has lots of scrapes and bruises.

Mike just got back from New York City. He went with his friend Ty. He really wanted to go to a Yankees game before the staduim closed. While he was gone Kaden started running a fever so I took him to the doctor and he has an ear infection. I am thankful Mike is back, I don't know how single moms do it.

We are also closing on our new house this week if all goes as planned. We are only moving about a block away but it will still be a lot of work. It will be great to be in a bigger home and I am very excited to have Chelsey come help me decorate.

Kaden has begun crawling the past few weeks. He thinks it is pretty cool to crawl under our coffee table. Being a mom has just become more exhausting. He loves cords so if he sees one he is there before I know it. I have to start baby proofing the house.

My sister took Andy to get his surgery this last week. Brook told me about this conversation between Andy and the doctor in the recovery room. Keep in mind Andy had an ice pack on his face so he couldn't see anything.

Someone enters the room

Andy " Is that you doc?"

Doctor "Yeah"

Andy " Did you fix my nose up real good"

Doctor "Yeah"

Andy " You didn't give me no Michael Jackson nose did you?"

Brook could barely stop laughing enough to tell me the story.

Summa, Summa, Summer Time!

2008-07-13T19:25:00.006-06:00

Well it has been a very long time since I have blogged and I have no excuse except laziness. I have been out of school for about five weeks now and it has flown by. It has been great spending so much time with Kaden. We have enjoyed visits from both of his grandmas. His grandma Bibler came last week and we did lots of fun things. We went to Seven Peaks on the Fourth and he loved the pool. We laid towels on our picnic table so he could take his afternoon nap. We did fireworks that night at my sisters house and Kade slept through most of them.

We went to Pioneer Village last week our second time there this summer. I put him on the smallest pony so we could get a picture.

We went up to Rexburg last weekend to hang out with Keri, my sister, and checked out her new apartment. We enjoyed a picnic in the park and grandma gave Kade his first Dr. Pepper. Too bad Kaden doesn't know how to sip from a straw.

Andrea and Barlow stopped by on there way home from Colorado so Kade and Jace got to play together. They looked so cute playing in the crib so I went to grab the camera when I got back to take the picture Kade was sucking on Jace's toe.

Roommate Reunion in St. George

Kade and I just got back from St. George. My college roommate Mary lives in St. George and some of the girls I lived with up at BYU-Idaho got together for a weekend of fun, without our husbands!! We went to the pool, shopping, dinner, and talked about the good old days up in Rexburg. We had a blast. Brody and Kade did really well in the car.

Brody and Kade enjoyed the swings at the pool. We also took them down the slides. Kade got a lot of water in his face but he didn't seem to mind.

We got to lay out at the pool for a little while. Kaden fell asleep so I could actually relax for a few minutes and lay out. The rest was definitely needed since I only got a few hours of sleep the night before. We had a late night of talking and Kade was up much of the night when I finally went to bed.

Kade and Cash all tuckered out from playing in the pool.

We went to dinner that night and Kade loved to watch our cook doing tricks and lighting fires on our grill. All the people around laughed at how big his eyes got when the flames moved across the grill.

During dinner I was telling Mary how Kade has just started to reach for plates and grab at things on the table. A few minutes after that he grabbed my water and it went all down the front of me. I got some stares on my way out, I am sure people thought I peed my pants. We had a great time in St. George it was wonderful to catch up and enjoy time with friends.

Tornadoes, Snowstorms, and Boating in Colorado

2008-06-01T21:49:00.004-06:00

Last weekend we went to Colorado to see Mike's family. We had quite an exciting trip. We stopped to grab some dinner in Rawlins and Mike heard at the gas station some tornadoes had touched down near Fort Collins. Then on our way down from Laramie we hit a really bad snowstorm. I think I cried in the car more than Kaden. Once we finally got there we had a great weekend. We went boating, shopping, and to a Rockies game. It was great to get away and relax. Kade got spoiled by his grandparents and aunt.

When we went boating it was to cold to actually get in the water. Mike dared me to jump into the water for $2o, I said yeah right how about $150. Then he upped it to $200 so I jumped in. It was very cold but definately worth it for some new clothes. Kaden enjoyed walking down the beach and soaking up the rays.
Kade's first baseball game was a blast. He enjoyed the game as long as the crowd wasn't noisy. If a team scored he would pucker up his lip and cry. He was a trooper all weekend being carted around Colorado.

2008-05-13T18:00:00.004-06:00

Kade's 4 month visit

Height: 25 inches

Weight: 16.7 lbs.

He is growing so fast. I was worried about how small he was when he was born but he chunked up real fast. He spit up all over me today, right after he spit up he began laughing really hard. It was very cute. He rolled over for the first time today and was like wow what did I just do.

Hudson Petra Kaden

Masha, Jackie, and I all registered for the same bouncer. We went to go play games a couple weeks ago and decided we needed some pics with the kids in their matching bouncers. Hudson was about two weeks old at the time, Petra and Kaden were born two days apart. (Even though it looks like two months apart.)
Kaden doesn't know what to think about his jumper.

2008-04-26T19:36:00.006-06:00

Kaden had a lot of fun in Ohio. He was held by his grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles all day long. This made him pretty upset when we got home and wasn't held constantly.
Our weekend away in St. George was very relaxing. Kaden loved being outside in the warm weather.
Kaden enjoys eating as you can tell by how big he is. It goes straight to his thighs, cheeks, and chin. He just started eating cereal. We can't get it to his mouth fast enough before he starts crying.
Kaden's mom and dad sure know how to dress. He danced to Madonna till he passed out at the 80's party we went to last weekend. We tried to tight roll his pants but they didn't stay.
I bought this cute hat when I was shopping a couple weeks ago. Apparently Kade doesn't think it is as cute as I did.

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2008-02-23T20:52:00.000-07:00

Hard day Kade?
Valentines Day
What a big boy

2008-01-23T16:54:00.000-07:00

He's not sure he likes bath time.
Jalen excited to hold his new cousin

2008-01-08T08:51:00.000-07:00

2008-01-04T10:42:00.000-07:00

Aunt Ashley made him this blanket
He loves to close his right eye

The clothes Grandma Wilson gave him to go home in

Baby Kaden

2008-01-04T10:37:00.001-07:00

Kaden needed a little O2 to get his lungs going