Keller Family

Reading Party

2012-01-18T09:30:00.006-07:00

The boys read enough hours in November to be invited to the KUED reading party. It was awesome. The boys had so much fun. Hayden really enjoyed the animals that were there. They had the service dogs that go to the hospital there. Hayden "tried out" each dog until he found the one that he liked the most, plopped down next to it and just gave it a lot of love. We also had to pull him away from the snake because he couldn't stop petting it.

We took the boys friend, Bradlee with us because they were moving during the party. He is making slime.

Hayden is digging for eggs.

We also had to pull Hayden away from the armadillo. He kept trying to pull it out of a ball. I am slightly concerned about what animals he is going to try to bring home with him one day.

We saw many different characters.

Jackson and his "Word Girl" cape.

Merry Christmas!

2012-01-02T15:51:00.001-07:00

Hayden's broken foot

2011-12-22T17:10:00.002-07:00

I had to take a white trash kid with no pants picture to be able to see Hayden's cast. We think he fell from Jackson's bunk bed but we are not sure. He seemed fine after it happened so we didn't think it was broken. After two weeks of tripping a lot, we took him to check out his foot. Yep, it was broken. The cast didn't slow him down at all. He was running so hard on it, his walking shoe only lasted 4 days. He just ran on the cast for the rest of the time. Crazy kid!! I am pretty sure this won't be his last cast.

Zoo Lights

2011-12-22T17:07:00.002-07:00

We had fun seeing Santa and Mrs. Clause at Zoo Lights.

We were also able to see Donner and Blitzen.

Halloween

2011-12-22T17:05:00.001-07:00

Mountain Trip

2011-10-23T21:48:00.005-06:00

We decided to go for a Sunday drive and look at all the colors in the mountains. The boys had a fun time.

Hayden loved throwing rocks in the water. That is pretty much all he did the whole time.

Blake's party

2011-10-23T21:40:00.001-06:00

Happy 5th Birthday Blake!!

2011-10-10T23:00:00.004-06:00

I can't believe that Blake is 5. We love him so much and can't imagine our family without him. He is a very good brother. Blake loves to cook and wants to be a chef when he grows up. We decided to get him an Easy Bake Oven. Blake usually holds his emotions in and tries not to let people see what he is feeling. He was so excited he was squealing with delight. He even loved the hotwheels. He just kept saying how awesome his birthday present was. Bobby Flay started his career with an easy bake so maybe Blake will be the next Bobby!! :) Blake will be having a birthday party later in the week. More pictures to come.

Block party

2011-10-10T22:53:00.002-06:00

Our apartments had their annual block party. The boys always have a blast. This was Hayden's favorite moment. Sitting with a piece of candy with his Home Depot apron on. He kept sighing and smiling.
The boys love to check out all the trucks.

Lots of fun!

The highlight of the day for Jackson was to meet all the U of U basketball players. Blake didn't care about them until one of them told him that his name was Blake too.

Circus fun!!

2011-09-23T19:55:00.002-06:00

We have some awesome friends that gave us tickets to go to the circus. Jackson and Blake really loved it.

The boys now only want to play that they are in the circus.

Blake's first day of preschool

2011-09-23T19:53:00.003-06:00

Blake is so excited to be in school again. He really loves all the friends he has in his class.

Firehouse visit

2011-09-10T20:51:00.003-06:00

State Fair

2011-09-10T20:33:00.003-06:00

We went to the State Fair last week. We had a lot of fun. The pictures are all out of order but I don't care enough to fix them. My brother Wayne came with us. We were watching a comedic juggler and he came out in the audience and picked Wayne to come up and help him. It was pretty funny.
The juggler also picked Blake to help him. He kept dropping his pins and telling Blake to pick them up.

There was a very cute children's section. It taught the kids about farming and how things make it to the store. Here are some random pictures from that. Hayden collecting eggs.

Blake and his friend Bradlee shearing a sheep.

Hayden picking some vegtables.

Blake planting seeds.

The little tractor bike was stinkin' cute.

Blake picking some fruit.

Blake and Bradlee-best of buddies.

Hayden kept saying that this was his tractor.

Hayden loved the goats.

1st Grade

2011-09-10T19:50:00.003-06:00

Jackson is now in 1st grade. We were very ready for the school year to begin. I was more nervous this year than I was last year. Jackson loves his teacher and going to school all day.

The boys were hugging each other all morning. Blake and Hayden do miss Jackson. They get very excited when he gets off the bus everyday.

Jackson and a few of his best friends.

Church History Museum

2011-08-19T12:34:00.002-06:00

We took the kids to the Church History Museum. They really enjoyed seeing all the things from pioneer times. They especially loved the children's section of the museum.

Summer 2011

2011-08-19T12:28:00.002-06:00

I have been horrible at taking pictures this summer. I either have forgot to bring my camera or brought my camera but was too busy wrangling kids to take pictures. We had a fun summer but are ready for school to start. Jackson will start 1st grade and Blake will be in preschool. That will leave 4 hours for Hayden and me to bond. It will be great to go grocery shopping with only one child. It gives me goosebumps just thinking about it! Here are a few pictures at This is the Place. The boys had a blast.

Last day of Kindergarten

2011-05-31T22:20:00.002-06:00

Jackson had a little year-end program for his last day in Kindergarten. I can't believe how big he is getting.

Fun at the zoo

2011-05-31T22:05:00.003-06:00

We went to the opening day of the dinosaurs at the zoo. There was lots of fun stuff to do. Jackson is working hard at the dinosaur dig.

The zoo had a dinosaur puppet. The boys thought it was really cool until it's nose touched Hayden on the nose. He freaked out and Chris had to hold him until the show was over.

We had to take the classic Hogle Zoo pictures.

The boys had a lot of fun looking at all the dinosaurs.

They ask every day if they can go see them again.

Red Butte Garden

2011-05-31T21:58:00.003-06:00

We went to Red Butte Garden for Arbor day. The kids had tons of fun. We would have stayed all day if I was prepared with lunch. Here are just a bunch of random pictures.

Easter

2011-05-31T21:47:00.002-06:00

The boys were not the best at holding still while I tried to get a picture in their cute Easter outfits. Sadly, these are the best I got.

Hayden was so happy to get a chocolate bunny and a "monkey" (lemur) for Easter.

The Easter Bunny gave the boys some hermit crabs. They were so excited to get a new pet!!

T-ball

2011-04-20T21:20:00.002-06:00

I apologize for my crappy pictures. I really think that I need a new camera. Mine is not taking as good of pictures as it used to.

I think that Blake is pretty fun to watch. He actually pays attention to the game and dives for every ball when he is in the outfield. He told his coach that he doesn't want to play on first base because he wants to chase the ball around.

Soccer

2011-04-20T21:18:00.000-06:00

Jackson is having a blast in soccer this year.

Easter Carnival

2011-04-20T21:12:00.002-06:00

The boys had a lot of fun at the University Village Easter carnival.

They each planted some flowers. None of them would pose for me so this is the best picture I got with their pots.

Nursery Rhyme Program

2011-04-20T21:06:00.002-06:00

The Kindergarten class held their annual Nursery Rhyme program. Jackson was a cow. He is on the first row, second one to the right.

I couldn't get the best pictures. There were way too many parents trying to snap pics of their kids. It was a cute program and turned out well.

Hayden is 2!!

2011-04-20T20:53:00.002-06:00

I am such a fabulous mom that I forgot to take any pictures of Hayden's birthday. I blame this on the horrible cake experience that I had before the party. I was making him a cake like the one below. It pretty much is the same thing but I wasn't going to put a Buzz on the top.

I couldn't find my regular frosting recipe so I just thought that I would try a different one. Big mistake. I had the cakes stacked, all the fondant pieces cut out, and was just sticking them where they needed to go. All the sudden, the whole cake started to shift and the next thing I know, frosting and raspberry filling are coming out of the bottom of the cake underneath the fondant. I could not get the cake to stop falling so I gave up and made Hayden cupcakes instead. I was so depressed after spending so much time on the cake that I didn't even think to take any pictures. Poor boy! Hopefully he knows he is loved even though I never take pictures of him.

Disneyland

2011-02-27T22:44:00.003-07:00

We decided back in the summer that we were going to take the boys to Disneyland as a surprise. We didn't tell them until we had been driving for 3 hours and they asked where we were going. We recorded their reactions but it is really hard to see because it was 6 in the morning and still dark out. Chris asked them where they would go if they could go anywhere. Jackson yelled, "McDonalds!" I didn't know it was so exciting there. Here are just some pictures from our trip. We had lots of fun. It rained on us for one day. We just put on our ponchos and kept going.

We had to see all the Toy Story characters because Hayden loves them sooo much!!! We was so happy to see them until they tried to talk to him and he would freak out.

On our way to our hotel after the first day in Disneyland, Jackson said, "That was better than going to Costco!" My kids really need to get out more! :)

This was the first ride we went on. Hayden wasn't to sure about Buzz. We ended up on that ride 2 more times.

We had so much fun and the boys are already planning when we can go again.

Ice skating

2011-02-27T22:37:00.002-07:00

We took the kids ice skating. They had a lot of fun.

This is not the best picture because I took it through the glass but it is the only one I have with Jackson.

Hayden cracked me up. He didn't like to skate on the ice but he loved wearing his skates on the foamy floor around the rink. By the end of the afternoon he was twirling pretty well.

Happy Birthday Mr. Jackson

2011-01-29T20:32:00.004-07:00

Jackson turns 6 tomorrow but we had his party today. He chose a Harry Potter theme. The pictures are really out of order but right now I don't really care enough to fix them. You will have to deal. Hayden is actually posing for a picture and smiling. That never happens.

Some of Jackson's cute friends eating cake and making their crafts.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ACTION JACKSON!!!

The kids are using their magic wands to make a feather float.

Jackson wanted a sorting hat cake. I think that it turned out pretty good. It looks really freaky on all the pictures. I think it looked better in real life. Jackson loved it. That is all that matters.....right?

Just thought I would brag.....

2011-01-25T10:50:00.003-07:00

I made this cute (if I do say so myself) Valentines wreath from coffee filters. It makes me happy every time I walk past it. Now I just need to find a way to make my nasty door look nicer.

December

2011-01-05T13:59:00.001-07:00

Here is the whole month of December in one post. It was such a crazy month and I had no time for anything extra like blogging! Chris has decided that he is going to get his MPA. Our lease for our townhouse was up the end of December. After much thought, prayer, and consideration, we decided that we needed to move back to student housing at the U. We were able to get an apartment in our old court. Everything worked out so well we really knew it was meant to be. Santa visited the boys a little early. This was taken the first week of December. He woke them up while they were asleep. They thought it was pretty cool.

We went to The Christmas Shoppe so the boys could pock out their ornaments for this year. The elves were pretty cute.

The gingerbread train that the boys made.

We picked a perfect night to go to Temple Square. It was so warm. I think by the end of the night everyone had taken off their hats and gloves. We went with the Prax family. My boys can't get enough of them.

I love Blake's hat hair in this picture.

My cute Hayden baby. Too bad he is becoming more of a boy than baby.

We were able to score some free tickets to Candlelight Christmas at
This is the Place. Here are the kids on the train. We are with the Prax family again. Maybe Chris and I can't get enough of them either! :)

Emma in between the boys. They both love her so much. They are always discussing who likes her the most. I hope this doesn't cause problems when they are older. :)

The boys had fun petting the animals.

Jackson did a great job at his Christmas assembly. It is really hard to see him but he is in the front row between the two girls.

Christmas Eve with the Stoker family.

Christmas morning. Hayden would not turn around. He was too happy about his kitchen.

Oh how Hayden loves Toy story.

Happy Halloween

2010-10-30T19:35:00.000-06:00

Gardner Village and pumpkin patch

2010-10-24T18:23:00.003-06:00

Blake is 4!

2010-10-24T18:16:00.002-06:00

Blake had his party at Wheeler Farm. I went to take pictures and realized my batteries in my camera were dead. Lovely. Here are a few from my phone. One of our neighbors had his camera and took some awesome pictures.

Welcome to the Keller house, Ms. Toothfairy

2010-10-01T13:25:00.003-06:00

Jackson has lost one tooth and has a few more loose ones. How did my baby get so big?

Blake's first day of school

2010-10-01T13:21:00.003-06:00

Blake started pre-school the first of September. We were a little worried how he would handle it because he is such a headstrong child and his teacher likes things her way. Luckily, Blake adores Ms. Larraine and does anything she tells him to.

Our fishing adventure

2010-09-02T20:46:00.005-06:00

The boys have been begging to go fishing. We went up the canyon a few Saturday's ago.
Blake didn't really care about the fishing. He just wanted to play in the freezing water.

Cheetoh face Hayden.

Jackson is in Kindergarten

2010-09-02T20:42:00.002-06:00

Jackson started Kindergarten the end of July. He loves it so much. He has an awesome teacher and his school is also awesome. I am Secretary for the PTA so I get an inside look at what is happening there. All I can say is "WOW". I could not have asked for a better school experience.

Summer in a nutshell

2010-09-02T20:29:00.003-06:00

I know that I am so behind on blogging for the summer. I didn't have a computer for part of the summer and then I just got so busy with school starting and PTA projects. It doesn't look like life will be slowing down anytime soon so I guess I am just going to have to find time to blog.

Here is our summer in a very small nutshell:

My aunt Terri always paints characters for the kids to get their pictures taken with for the 24th of July.

Chris' parents gave us a trip to Newport beach for Christmas. We had lots of fun at a beach house for a week. Hayden did not like the ocean. He loves swimming but the waves freaked him out. He is upset that Chris is holding him in the water.

We thought that this starfish was dead. A teenage girl was carrying around the beach. Blake wanted to look at it. After he flashed his smile at her, she told him he could keep it. We later found out that it was alive. We took a picture and put it back in the water.

Hayden had lots of fun in the sand.

Jackson had a blast swimming in the waves and looking for seashells.

More Newport Beach

2010-09-02T20:05:00.005-06:00

Taking the ferry to Balboa Island.

Grandpa Larry and Hayden doing what they do best together.....napping!

Jackson is so proud of his boogie boarding skills.

Blake hated the ocean. He had a few too many uncles telling him their were sharks in the water. He would only play in the sand.

Jackson would sit in the water and wait for the waves to pull him out. We had to stand nearby or else we were afraid he would get pulled too far in.

I have more pictures from the start of our trip. My camera was dead so they are on my MIL's camera. I will have to add them later.

Stolen idea

2010-06-18T08:45:00.002-06:00

I am stealing an idea from my cousin, Carrie, to help private blogs not so forgotten. This is how it works. This blog is public so you can put this in your blogroll, update list or however it is you manage your blogs. I will hyperlink the public blog to the private blog so you will know when it's been updated. I guess that I should probably keep up on my updates now! :)

Pre-school graduation

2010-06-18T08:29:00.003-06:00

Jackson graduated from Ms. Larraine's pre-school. We love her as a teacher so much!
They had a little program. It was hard to get good ones of Jackson. Here is the best I could do. Jackson practiced constantly for a week before it started. He would stand in front of the mirror to "make sure he was doing it right."
Blake is now excited because he gets to go to Ms. Larraine's next year.

2010-05-11T13:40:00.001-06:00

We will be going private next week. Let me know your email if you want an invite.

Joys of Motherhood

2010-05-04T15:55:00.003-06:00

Yes, this is my couch cushion with an iron print in it! Need I say more?

Red Butte Gardens

2010-05-04T15:48:00.004-06:00

We went to Red Butte Gardens for Arbor day. It was a little snowy but we needed to get out of the house. Hayden was very upset the whole time that I was trying to keep the snow off of him. He wanted to see what was going on and didn't want to be bundled.
The boys had so much fun in the Children's garden. We will definitely be going back when it is warmer and the fountains are turned on.

The boys got to plant a tree. They were so proud of them. They check them everyday to make sure they are growing. I can't wait until they are bigger so I can put them outside.

Hayden's one year stats

2010-05-04T15:40:00.002-06:00

I know I am a little behind on these but better late than never, right? Hayden is 32 inches tall and 25 pounds. The funny thing is that he has stayed the same weight since December but has moved up 2 sizes in clothes. I am not sure how that worked. We love Hayden so much. He is such a sweetheart!

Kites

2010-04-24T20:04:00.004-06:00

It really was not windy today but the boys have been dying to use their kites since they got them for Easter. They mostly just ran around with them or made their Uncle Tyler run around with them.

Here is a picture of Blake with my parents dog. He really loves him. Blake is always whispering secrets to him and trying to feed him.

Easter

2010-04-05T11:22:00.005-06:00

We had a fun Easter. My boys were so excited that they got a kite. I don't think they would have cared if they didn't get any candy.

Hayden was not to sure of the whole thing.
The boys with their loot.

Hayden discovered licorice. He was in heaven.
The boys cute Easter shirts. They couldn't wear the shorts that we got to go with them. I will have to take better pictures when they have the whole outfit on.

We loved having conference during Easter. The talks were all wonderful and much needed!

Hayden is 1!

2010-04-02T22:26:00.005-06:00

It seems like only yesterday I was incredibly overdue and anxious for this little guy to grace the world with his presence. Now I wish he was still my little baby. He is such a cutie and we love him so much.
Hayden spent his day dancing around the house. Every time I tried to take a picture of him he would stop and give me a look. He was dancing to Beyonce and Lady Gaga when I interrupted him in this one.

It is hard to tell what is going on but we are singing to him. He could care less about the cupcake.
This is him before the cake. He sure is full of crusty looks today.
He totally downed the frosting and wanted another one. He didn't care about the cake.

His brothers were more excited about opening his presents than he was.
Hayden got a few sand toys for his sand box. He kept trying to wear one of the buckets as a hat and he would put a ball in the bucket and then stick his face in it. What a weirdo. We love you Hayden baby! Happy Birthday!!!

food

2010-03-14T00:12:00.002-07:00

I read a book a while back about cooking for a whole month in one day. Basically you are supposed to save money because you are buying everything in bulk, not wasting any food, and saving money by not going out to eat on those stressful days. I really wanted to try it but then we didn't have enough room for our freezer and had to put it in storage. We now have our freezer back and I wanted to give it a try. Today I cooked from 8:30 until around 4:30. My freezer is full of food. I am hoping that everything tastes okay when we pull it out to reheat it. I have saved money at the grocery store so far. I will have to wait until the end of the 30 days to add up milk and produce money to see how much I save and if it is worth it.

Party like a rockstar!!!

2010-02-11T12:25:00.005-07:00

For Jackson's 5th birthday he wanted to have a rockstar party with is friends. This should not shock any of you that knew my cray guitar playing, band organizing kid who is always singing a song. The pictures are out of order but you get the idea.

Here are a few of the kids getting tatted up.
Jackson's "killer" guitar cake.
Hayden is rockin' it with Aunt Steph.

My fabulous "rockstar" brother is showing all the kids great moves for when you are rocking out.
More tats.

Jackson's cute friends.

KUED Readathon party

2010-02-11T12:10:00.004-07:00

My boys read enough hours in a month to attend a party sponsored by KUED. It was pretty cool. They were able to meet many characters from some of their favorite show. Sid the Science Kid was the biggest hit.

There were tons of activities and games. We came home with bags full of fun things.

Ladies man

2010-01-20T09:37:00.002-07:00

We have some friends that have a little girl that is 6 weeks younger than Hayden. Her name is Kate. She weighs the same that Hayden did when he was a week old. She is teeny next to my big Hayden baby. Hayden always pushes her over or grabs her hair when he is near her. The cutest thing happened yesterday. Hayden was playing (or torturing) with Kate. He put his hand on her head and slowly brought his face to hers. He was so gentle. It was cute. He then gave her a very long kiss until she had enough and started to scream. It was so cute. I wish I had a camera when it happened. I guess I better be careful with him around girls. He also has started walking. He will take a few steps here and there but not if you want him to around other people.

My last whine for a while

2010-01-14T08:58:00.002-07:00

I am so sick of taking my kids and husband to the doctor. It is ridiculous how much we have gone lately. Here is the most recent happenings: (If you are also sick of me whining just skip this post-I would probably do the same.) Hayden has had tubes in his ears for a week now. He wasn't a bad or angry kid before he got them-he just always had fluid in his ears and his ear drums kept rupturing. Since he has gotten tubes in he is very clingy and whiny. He is not the same kid. His doctor looked at him on Wednesday and said that his breathing has gotten worse and his stomach is very upset. We are hoping it is just from all the different medicine he has been on. We are giving him a few more days to see if anything changes and then, if not, we are going to look at some new possibilities. One of Jackson's eardrums started to leak junk while we were waiting to be seen at the doctor's office. The doctor said it looked so horrible he was surprised it hadn't ruptured yet. He also said that his throat looks horrible. On the way home from the doctor, I called Chris to see how he was doing because he has been getting sick. He told me that he passed out while walking home from work. I asked if anyone helped him. He told me that when he came to, people were just staring at him. SERIOUSLY-I would hope that if I saw someone pass out after crossing a very busy crosswalk, I would try to help them. I took him to the hospital. It was a very interesting drive. He was slightly delusional. He would randomly yell out weird things and he kept asking where we were. After 6 hours in the hospital and many different drugs and tests, we got to come home. He has strep throat and his white blood count was high. He had a very high fever. That is what made him pass out. On the way home, he told me that he had some weird dream while we were there. I told him about his crazy rantings and he didn't remember any of it. He is now loaded with different drugs that will hopefully get him back to his old self.
Well that is the end of my whining. If you are still reading, thanks for letting me vent. I really hope that everyone will get better in our house soon. I hate having sickies.

Hayden's love for balloons

2010-01-12T12:19:00.002-07:00

Hayden loves balloons more than anything. When we pass them at Dan's he reaches for them and cries if he doesn't get one. They keep him entertained for hours. Sometimes he will just lay on his back and pull the string and watch the balloon. It just cracks us up.

Hayden is 9 months

2010-01-06T15:50:00.002-07:00

I can't find the cord to my camera so I can't put an updated picture up yet. I can't believe Hayden is now 9 months old. He now weighs 23 pds. He is 97% for his height. He has 8 teeth. He can get anywhere that he wants to. I think that when his tubes get put in on Friday, he will be walking shortly after that. He walks around our furniture like a mad man and can stand in the middle of the floor by himself. He is a very happy boy even with his constant ear infections. We love him so much and can't believe how fast he is growing.

Our craziness

2009-12-31T21:43:00.002-07:00

We had a fun Christmas other than the fact we were all sick at various points during the Holiday. I think that must happen to everyone. Hopefully our Hayden saga is coming to an end. Hayden has had many different antibiotics and shots to stop an infection in his ears that just won't go away. He will be getting tubes put in next Friday. That should help with the fluid in his ears and help cure the infection. Hayden has also had some issues with always being congested and he sounds horrible when he breathes. His doctor thinks some of that is because he is allergic to his formula. We are trying some new stuff that stinks even more than soy formula. (I didn't think that was possible!!) Our doctor has also told us to move out of our apartment. He thinks that the mold in it is not helping with his nasty sounding lungs. They have gotten really bad the last month or so. He was pretty concerned on my last visit. We are now on a search for somewhere new to live. We are sad because we have made so many friends and really love our ward, but if it will help Hayden, we are willing to do anything. Hopefully once we get infections and congestion under control, he will actually sleep through the night. Oh I can't wait for that!!!

Christmas Eve

2009-12-24T22:01:00.003-07:00

We had a good Christmas Eve. Jackson woke up this morning and ran into the living room looking for presents. Apparently he didn't understand the difference of Christmas and Christmas Eve. After we broke his heart, we told him the fun things we were going to do. Here are some pictures of the boys with Santa at the Nielsen party. Hayden would not take his eyes off Santa. It was pretty funny. We are excited for tomorrow morning. We hope everyone has a fabulous Christmas!

Sing-a-long

2009-12-23T22:49:00.004-07:00

These pictures are horrible but here they are anyways. We went to the Christmas sing-a-long at Energy Solutions. The boys had a lot of fun. They really liked riding trax.

MoTab

2009-12-23T22:43:00.003-07:00

Chris and I were able to celebrate graduation Saturday and Sunday. The boys stayed overnight at my parents house. We went to the Cheesecake Factory Saturday night. It was delicious as always. Sunday morning we were able to see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Sunday broadcast. It was so beautiful and the singing was fabulous.

Zoo lights

2009-12-23T22:39:00.002-07:00

We had a lot of fun at Zoo lights this year. The boys loved posing for lots of pictures with their friends.

Friend Party

2009-12-18T21:35:00.002-07:00

My boys have some great friends that live in the court. We decided to draw names and have a little Christmas party. It was so fun. The kids were so cute with each other. We also had some good food which is always a plus.
Here is my group of girls. They are fabulous. They are all so willing to help and even more willing to have some fun. I think I would go crazy without them to spend the long winter days with.

Hooray for Chris

2009-12-18T21:32:00.002-07:00

I am so proud of Chris. Not only did he just finish school, he did it while working full time, had three crazy boys, and graduated with honors on the Dean's list. I just have to thank him for all his hard work and dedication to everything he does. His is a great dad and husband. We all love him so much and are grateful for him.

Here comes Santa Clause

2009-12-13T22:09:00.003-07:00

We had our ward party on Thursday. We are so glad it is over!! (We are on the activities committee.) Poor Hayden couldn't go because he was sick. The best part of the whole party was the look on Jackson and his friend, Jacob's face when Santa came in the room. Their whole bodies were shaking with pure joy. It was so cute. Here they are standing in line. You can't tell by the picture but they were so excited.
Chris was the photographer for these pictures. When I first looked at this picture, I was going to delete it because all you can really see is how Blake spilled water all over his shirt. Then I noticed he had his arm wrapped around Emma's. It is so cute.
Blake and Santa. The first picture that I have of him not crying while on his lap.
Jackson and Santa. Thanks Dad for being a fabulous Santa. Jackson told me later in the week that this was the "real" Santa and the others you see around are just helpers. You never know, he could be right!!! :)

2009-12-07T20:39:00.001-07:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

2009-12-07T19:55:00.003-07:00

The best Christmas present ever...

2009-12-04T15:20:00.001-07:00

One less size of diapers to buy and change!!

What do you do......

2009-11-17T22:56:00.005-07:00

What do you do when it is 45 degrees outside and you have 2 boys crying by the door because they want to play outside? Tell them it is too cold-until they see one of their friends outside and start freaking out because it is the end of the world because fun is happening outside without them. This is a very common occurrence in our cinder block kingdom. We were freezing and we came up with a solution. I am sure that the cute girls walking by that don't have kids yet thought we were total white trash. We didn't care. To quote my good friend, Jamie: "Don't judge us, just join us."
Yes that is an extension cord coming from my apartment.

Yes, there are several extension cords hooked together because we didn't have one long enough.

Yes, we have a heater out in the playground.
I know many of you are thinking, "Yes, I would call that white trash." I also know that many of you past cinder block residents are envious, you remember the days of sitting out in the cold just for your sanity. Oh, what you would have given for a little warmth. All I can say is "Don't judge us!!!" :)

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-31T22:59:00.002-06:00

I don't have very good pictures of the kids. I need to take some more but I'll put up what I have for now. We had a lot of fun with a lot of parties and trick or treating this last week. Here is my wiggly spider that won't look at the camera because there is so much going on around him.

Blake the firefighter.

Jackson the knight.

Blake is three!

2009-10-31T22:50:00.002-06:00

I am a little behind on blogging because we haven't had the internet for a little while. Here are some pictures from Blake's birthday. Better late then never, right?

We had a fun safari birthday with friends and family.

I can't believe that Blake is already three. He is getting so big!!!

catching up

2009-09-28T15:13:00.007-06:00

Here is an update of a few things we have been doing this last month. The pictures are not very good because they are all from my cell phone. I can never remember to bring my camera.

We went to the Children's Museum with Jackson's pre-school class. We had a lot of fun.
We went to our block party and had so much fun. Here is a picture of Hayden being so good in the stroller.
It is funny because the thing that my boys had the most fun with was riding on the different lawn mowers and trucks that belong to our maintenance crew.

Here is Blake practicing his t-ball skills.
Hayden can sit by himself and has even crawled a few times. He is getting so big!!!
Jackson is on the Rockies team. It is kind of funny to watch. All the kids tackle the ball. You would think you were watching football.
We had lot of fun at the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving point.

The boys had to make sure to take a picture in front of the shark because their friend Phillip loves sharks.

We went to the Greek festival. It was not as fun as we were hoping it would be.
We have been to the zoo at least once a week and know the baby elephant quite well! :)

weight correction

2009-08-21T08:30:00.001-06:00

So if you read in my earlier post Hayden weighed 16 pds. at his 4 month appt. Well I decided to weigh him again because he has already grown a ton. He is now 18 pds. What a chunker!!! :)

Hayden baby

2009-08-20T11:48:00.003-06:00

Hayden had his 4 month appointment a few weeks ago. He is definitely growing. He is now 16 pounds and 9 ounces. The poor kid takes after Blake and is now on soy formula. It surprised me how well he took the formula and the bottle. The hardest time he had with the whole thing was at church when he just wanted to nurse to go to sleep. He is such a sweet boy and we are so thankful for him everyday.

Summer fun

2009-08-01T22:39:00.009-06:00

I have been such a slacker at updating my blog. I blame that on three kids and the lack of sleep they bring to my life. We actually have been pretty busy this summer and have done quite a few things. Here are a few of them that I actually remembered to bring my camera:

We went to Silver Lake and Donut Falls. We had a lot of fun. The boys had a blast climbing rocks, trees and playing in the water.

Hayden was a trooper and slept for most of the day. He is such a good boy.

Chris had to carry Blake on his shoulders most of the way. Blake could have walked himself but why when Dad is there to do it for you?

Happy 4th of July. Grandma Karren bought these cute flag patriotic shirts for the boys.
We had a lot of fun at This is the Place for the Days of '47 free day. The pictures are a little out of order. The boys had fun at the baby animal petting area.

Blake and his friend Phillip are so funny together.
Blake loved the baby goats. He kept talking about them that day and told Chris that he wanted one for a pet. I had to drag him away from them when it was time to go.

Blake has his own mind and is not willing to change it for anyone but himself. If he couldn't see the baby goats, he didn't want to see any baby animals. He decided to just play in the stream until Jackson was done petting the babies.

The boys were so excited to ride horses. They did a good job of waiting in the long line in the hot sun.

Little escape artist

2009-06-21T22:24:00.002-06:00

The other day we were outside and Blake climbed a fence next to our playground like it was nothing. He then had to show Jackson how to climb it. I took a picture and told the boys no more climbing. Blake is such a little monkey!

My chunky Cabbage Patch

2009-06-03T21:35:00.002-06:00

Hayden is two months! It has gone by so fast. He went in for his doctor's appointment yesterday. He now weighs 12 Ibs. 14 oz. He is in the 97% for his height. He is getting so big. He has started smiling a lot more now. If you can get him to smile really big he looks just like a cabbage patch doll. It just cracks me up. We love Hayden so much. He is such a sweet boy.

Hayden's blessing

2009-05-05T23:01:00.001-06:00

I am such a slacker mom. I didn't even think about taking pictures until everyone had already left. This poor kid. He will definantly have a complex when he sees all the pictures that his brothers have when they were babies and he will see the very few from when he was a baby.

Spring pictures

2009-05-05T22:13:00.004-06:00

So I thought that I would take the boys to take some fabulous pictures that I could give to the fam at Hayden's blessing. I went by myself (that was a mistake). This was our first outing that we have taken since Hayden has come. The boys weren't horrible but they wouldn't stay by me when I was taking individual pictures. I gave up on that. On the group pictures, Blake kept looking around or Jackson kept smooshing Hayden. I really wished they would have worked out because it took a lot of work to get them all dressed up and downtown. Oh well. Here are some pictures of our uneventful photo shoot.

Easter

2009-04-14T12:56:00.006-06:00

We had a lot of fun at the Nielsen Easter party on Saturday. The boys looked for easter eggs. Jackson had fun in the races.

Easter morning

The boys looked good in their Easter outfits. We only had time to take a quick picture on the couch because our church starts at 9:00. By the time we got home, their clothes were dirty. We will have to get them dressed up again and take them to Temple Square and take some more pictures.

Easter egg fun

2009-04-09T21:35:00.003-06:00

The boys had so much fun coloring eggs today. They can't wait until it is Easter.

It's about time...

2009-04-04T19:51:00.003-06:00

Our little guy has finally come! Hayden Moroni was born April 2. He was 2o inches and a whopping 9 Ibs. Hayden had to show us that he is in charge. After being 16 days late, I went to the hospital to be induced. Hayden still was going to show us that he had the power. The doctor lives 10 minutes away and he barely made it. Our little guy came before we could finish the epidural. I could tell that he was going to be big. He swallowed some merconium and so he had to be taken away as soon as he was out. I didn't get to see him for almost and hour after he was born. My nurse was making bets with me about how big he would be. She didn't think he would weigh more then 8 Ibs. I figured that he was in the upper range of 8 Ibs. Our mouths both dropped when Chris finally came and told us his weight. We are very glad that Hayden is healthy. I will put more pictures up later.

The boys love their little brother so much. They are so ready to help with anything and give lots of hugs and kisses.

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2009-03-27T16:23:00.000-06:00

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2009-03-27T16:22:00.000-06:00

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2009-03-27T16:20:00.001-06:00

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2009-03-27T16:15:00.000-06:00

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Happy St. Patty's Day!

2009-03-18T22:03:00.003-06:00

We didn't do much for St. Patrick's Day. The boys just had fun wearing their new shirts and Jackson had a fun party at school. We had a shirt for our new baby but he has decided that he doesn't really want to come yet. So all we can do is wait and he will have to wear his green shamrock shirt another day.

Puppies

2009-03-08T19:49:00.001-06:00

My brother got two puppies. The boys had fun playing with them.

Pirate party

2009-02-02T21:48:00.004-07:00

Jackson's pirate cake.

Some of his friends showing off their pirate hats they decorated.

Jackson is 4!

2009-02-02T21:38:00.002-07:00

Jackson turned 4 on Friday. We went bowling. The boys had a blast.

Christmas

2008-12-28T21:17:00.003-07:00

We had a great Christmas. We hope everyone else had a fabulous holiday.

Christmas excitement

2008-12-11T21:10:00.002-07:00

We are excited for Christmas. That is all that gets talked about in our house. The boys have been very good with our tree this year. We haven't had a single ornament broken (knock on wood). You can't really see in this picture but the boys are sitting by their new ornaments they picked for this year. Blake picked an Elmo and Jackson picked a Ninja Turtle (my brothers would be proud).

Temple square

2008-12-11T21:05:00.003-07:00

We went to see the lights at Temple Square. We rode Trax. Jackson thought that was more fun than the actual lights.

We will be okay...we have a chimney!

2008-12-11T21:00:00.002-07:00

Jackson would not leave me alone until we made a chimney. Well, we made one. The boys are so proud of it. They were trying to think of everyone that they could call to come look at it.

snow fun

2008-12-09T18:55:00.001-07:00

Santa

2008-12-09T18:49:00.002-07:00

Santa visited us a little early at our ward party. We had tickets to a basketball game but Jackson decided that he would rather stay at the party to see Santa. Blake went to the basketball game with Chris. A few days later Jackson said,"We are in trouble Mom. We don't have a chimney so Santa can't come to our house. We need to buy one." I tried to explain that Santa is magic or that we would leave the door unlocked. None of these ideas were good enough. He decided that we would have to make one and put in on our wall. I guess that is going to be our project for the next couple weeks.

Fall

2008-12-09T18:44:00.001-07:00

There was a HUGE pile of leaves. The boys had fun playing in them with a few of their friends from the court.

Leaves

2008-11-06T20:20:00.002-07:00

The boys had some fun playing in the leaves before the snow hit.

Halloween fun

2008-11-06T20:10:00.002-07:00

Blake was Batman for Halloween. He is doing some fancy superhero move for the picture.

Jackson was Kung Fu Panda. He was so excited. He has been talking about being this for weeks.

They were so excited to go trick or treating. They didn't want to eat any dinner because they wanted to make sure they could go out with their friends.

We are having....

2008-10-28T20:50:00.002-06:00

We had our ultra-sound yesterday. We found out that we are having another boy. I was really hoping for a girl but I do love my boys. Chris decided boys were all we knew how to make. I guess he is right. We are excited and now just need to get everything ready. We haven't decided on a name yet but Jackson really thinks we should name him Buzz Lightyear. I am pretty sure we won't but that is what he is calling him for the time being.

pony ride

2008-10-19T10:21:00.002-06:00

As soon as Jackson saw the ponies he wanted to know if he had enough money in his wallet to ride. The boys were so cute and excited when they were watching the horses that I couln't say no. After a long wait, the boys got on and when is was time to get off, Blake didn't want to. He kept trying to get back on. The girl that was helping him was really nice and took him back to his horse and let him hug it and tell it goodbye. They still are telling people about the ride.

Blake's birthday

2008-10-16T10:28:00.002-06:00

My baby is now 2 years old. I don't know if he was more excited about his birthday or if his brother was. I spent many hours making him a "Wiggles" cake. He was so excited to see it that he put his hand right in it and smeared the whole thing before his party even started. I guess he was happy about it and that is all that matters.