Just Jaden

Jaden just turned 4 in sept. and he sometimes checks the tags on his clothes and if they are a 3T well then he just won't wear it! Because he is 4 now. He loves to dress up and pretend. Anytime we get a costume out, he runs in his room to get his and he'll say..."Look mom, batman is in yours house" or his famous saying, "I am a knight in shining armor". That all stemmed from seeing a Knight transportation diesel truck and wanting to know what the picture on the side was. He has loved it ever since...
Jaden rarely lets me dress him in what I want him to wear, but this time was one of those rare moments so I took advantage of it! (I love little kids in a cute hat!)
This is a famous face he pulls all the time. Karlee is our neighbor and Jaden asks almost everyday to play.
I love his baby blues! What more can I say! oh, the blue face- yea that is from a lick a stick! ha ha
A sword, a gun, a car, a guy...
I love this little guy!

all ashli

Cody's mom Concha adopted a cute stray cat to kill the mice at her house in Redmond. The poor kitty ended up being pregnant and had 6 kittens! So long story short she brought them all to slc to give to a no kill shelter! Ashli was in love with the kittens and mauled them all. She was downstairs all day with them so it was kind of sad they had to leave. (But not sad enough for me to keep one and have animals...) Ashli is the queen of 2 minute messes...Anyone with kids knows this is really easy to do. She did this while I was just getting dressed one day. Dragged the chair over, climbed up and filled the sink with all the soap and water. It was flowing over onto the floor! AAGGHH Of course I had to take her pic because I thought "Unbelievable!"
Me and Ang decided to make the girls twinner costumes for Halloween and I just love how they turned out!
Ashli wants to go to preschool like Jaden so we got her a backpack for when she is old enough. She loves it. This is my favorite rock- I love the colors. And the mums are so cool!

I love going to gardner village in October. Ashli liked the pony ride, but was a little nervous!

Happy Birthday Jaden!

Jaden turned 4! He said to me "I don't want to be 4, I still want to be 3!" I said he didn't have to do anything differently. He said "ok mom that's good!" I don't know what he thought he'd have to do! He had a fun bday week though and had a family costume party! Thanks to all that came! (missed you Court and Jess)
Papa was "Captain hook and used the blender hook for his arm thing! It was funny and classic!
Jaden really loved his cousin Isaacs guns and they gave him one for his bday- he slept with it the other night! silly boy!
Here is me and Ashli girl. She looked sooo cute in her batgirl costume- I love it
Here is Mindy and Ashli. Sometimes Ashli will be sweet with her. other times....

I am sad about the warm weather going bye bye. The kids will often have a picnic on the porch. Here is a great friend and neighbor Karlee who is Jadens age!
Me and my friend Jessica at the elephant parade
Ang, Aves (a little sassy!) and me
Courtney sent this in the mail and he was so excited! This sword is huge and he kept trying to fit it in his shorts, I was laughing my butt off!
I love Halloween! Did I mention that already?!

This is for Shirlene!

My friend from work says I need to update my blog... ha ha she is right- I am a slacker! (miss you Shirlene!)

Well the days of summer are coming to an end slowly. I love this time of year though, I love how the air smells and that you can start opening your house windows to air everything out. I especially love wearing jeans and boots! I just got Ashli a few pairs and I am so excited for her to wear them. My kids will have to get accustomed to the concept of shoes. They are constantly taking them off and it drives me crazy! They take after their aunt Jessica who would take them off outside in the dead of winter (remember that hike? We all had coats and gloves and then Jess had no shoes!).



I just love Halloween, I get excited to get dressed up! I got out the costume box and Jaden wanted to try on my cat woman costume! ha ha He said, can I be Cat woman? Um no, but you can be batman with dad- He agreed!
Here is sis with her ladybug costume on. Mindy and I finished it (I know it's early but a girl can be prepared!) It is so cute and her ladybug rainboots finish the look! The wings are way cute too, i added that fluffy maribou on the dots. I love it. I will take better pics in October.
One thing Cody and I have done forever that we love is go to the parade of homes. They are amazing and have so many good decorating ideas! This house is in Draper by the new temple and it is HUGE. This is only the right half! Cody checked and the door was open so we looked around the whole house. It even has a maids quarters and two indoor (in the wall) slides. One from the top floor to the main and the main to the basement! We slid down them and it was sooo fun. I will always remember this adventure!
Happy fall yall!

Ballet under the stars! ha ha

I took ballet for a month and a half. Talk about a killer workout. You should see the director who is 41 yrs old. She is all muscle. Now I just need to eat perfect and wala. Anyway I wanted to take at the Ballet Center for exercise. It was so much fun. This is Lindsay who used to be in center class. (Bethany will remember her)
We laughed when we found out they actually had the adult class perform- We are doing WHAT? But at the end of the dance we were sad that it is over.
We are quite the group! Here is my class. If anyone wants to join me I am starting again in the fall after my surgery! Who wants to see my surgery journey?

Here is my teacher Lusiano. He is a killer ballroom dancer that took several first place for the U of U. He also made it to Las Vegas in so you think you can dance. Too bad we can't all be like him with mad skills! Oh well. It is so much fun!

4th festivities

The day was fun. I went to a Rumba class which was harder than I expected but invigorating. Now that I can work out, it is so exciting. We skipped the parade this year and Cody worked on the basement a little bit. One tiny step at a time we will get it done. Of course we are almost out of money for our basement fund. Tax returns need to come again!
We had a BBQ in our front yard just us four and then Shaun and Patrea came with their baby Isaak who is 5 mos. old. Ashli touched the sparkler and burned her finger. It was sad. I think we've all done that!
Jaden loved the fireworks this year. He had a blast riding his bike and scooter and the neighbors skateboard. Lucky he didn't get burned (he made up for it by touching my hot curling iron!)
Shaun brought his RC car and it is seriously impressive. That thing is virtually indestructible! It was fun to watch it go off a big dirt jump and the kids would chase it!
Here is the kids looking at Isaak. They liked to see the baby. I would've been due in August if I was still pregnant. Oh well. It was meant to be.

Oh we saw the huge Magna fire and sent the boys to look at it. Shaun got video of the fire and then a cop told them to keep going so they had to come home. It was a fun night! Happy 4th of July everyone!

sissy had a birthday #2!

Ashli had her 2 year old birthday party with family. we had a pinata and Jaden smacked that thing so hard, I thought maybe this kid should be in baseball. or help Cody build the basement! ha ha
He was pretty jealous and wouldn't come out of his room for a while. Everyone took a turn trying to console him. At least I got a cute pic of papa and Jaden! ohhhh
I loved dressing Ashli up. She kept trying to take it off but I wouldn't let her. She eventually gave up on that. She got lots of cool stuff but she only wanted to play with her dolly stroller! It was hilarious!
Kisses for the baby! sweet
Some of the fam. Cody, Clayton, Janilee (just found out they are prego for their second) and Isaac, Darrin, my mom. Birthdays are fun!