Happy 5th Birthday Haden!

~HAPPY BIRTHDAY HADEN~

5 years ago we were waiting for labor to progress, and hours later shocked with the drop in Haden's heart rate. As they attempted to bring his heart rate back up I was rushed off to an operating room while everyone, including Jeff, stayed back in the labor room. As I lay on the operating table, they search for a heart beat, but couldn't find one. Before I know it the anesthesiologist is telling me that he is going to put me to sleep so they can perform a c-section, that Jeff can't be in there with me, and when I wake up I will have a baby. Everything happened so fast and when I woke up I was surrounded by family and was handed the most precious baby. It was an overwhelming feeling, one I don't think I will ever forget. So perfect and so innocent. I am grateful for Haden, for his amazing spirit, and for his thoughtfulness. He is such a sweet brother and son, and always wants us to know how much he loves us. He is so in tune with your feelings and moods and I know he has great things to do in this life. I am grateful to be his Mom, to help him along the way, and be there for him. I love you so much Haden! I hope that your Birthday is all that you hoped it would be!!

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Our Trip to Utah!!

We had so much fun! Thank You SOOO much Grandpa and Grandma for letting us stay at your house. The boys loved it so much! And I love that we all get that time with you! We drove up to Utah on Thursday and had our Thanksgiving dinner on Friday! It was such yummy food, Thanks to Dale and Unhui for the dinner and organizing it. Also thanks to everyone else who brought food, we were stuffed and well fed! Then we had a little Christmas party and the kids got to sit on Santa's lap and they loved it. This was the same Santa I have had growing up and being able to tell him what I want for Christmas, so I thought it was so fun that my kids got to sit on his lap as well. I just found out that it has been the same guy my whole life, I thought that was so cool :) Then on Saturday we got to visit with my Granny and she got to see Delaney for the first time. It was lots of fun! Thanks for letting us come by Granny, we love you! Then later that night Jeff and I took the boys to Salt Lake to see Temple Square and the Temple and all the Christmas lights. It was very cold, but lots of fun! We also got to meet up with one of Jeff's mission friends, Erick and his wife Janette. They are such a fun couple and we had a blast! It was good to see you two and hopefully it won't be so long before we get to see each other again!! We had such a great weekend! Even though Haden ended up sick today as we got to drive home dealing with it all, he is doing better and I hope it was a short lived thing. Thanks to everyone for helping making this weekend fun!! We love you all and it was so good to see you!! As always there are pictures! And not just a few, there are almost 100 pictures, so enjoy them :) (double click on the slideshow to see the rest of them, it starts out with my Grandma and Delaney!)

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Well since we will be driving up to Utah on Thanksgiving, I wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all have a great time eating lots of great food :) I am so excited we are going up to Utah to be with family up there for Thanksgiving. We will be eating our big yummy dinner on Friday, so we are driving up to Utah on Thursday. I get to pack and get us all ready tomorrow so we can get up and leave bright and early! For Pre-school Haden and Grant were asked what they were Thankful for, this is what they said word for word! Haden said I am grateful for my brothers, and glad I can come to your (Grammy and Papa's) house to swim. I am grateful for Grant, Coleman and my whole family. I am grateful for drawing with a magnadoodle, I'm grateful for I love you!, I'm grateful for I can snuggle with my baby sister. I am grateful for the Dinosaur park, I'm grateful for myself and parks I've never been to. I am grateful to go to the petstore with Papa, I am grateful for my Brothers and Sister (like 3 times) and that's all! Grant said I am grateful for fish, I want to eat a fish 'cause those are yummy for me, when I eat all of the food I will get fat - Dad says, sharks, toys, my brothers and sisters, feet, Grammy, Haden, Me! Ya, I'm grateful Mom and Dad, blocks, Roxy (Mak's dog) but she's outside, but I'm grateful for her, but some Roxy's are a girl and some Roxy's are a boy. These kids crack me up! I love their honesty!! We have so much to be grateful for, I think our biggest one is Family! Not only just our family, with such wonderful little kids who bring Jeff and I so much happiness and joy! But our extended family! You all have been there for us through so much and helped us in so many different ways. There is nothing we could ever say or do to truly Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do to help us out! So Thank You from the bottom of our hearts! We are grateful for health! We have been through some rough times (especially me) in the past year, that we are doing so good right now and I am grateful for it! I am grateful for all my blessings, there are so many and I along with my family are so blessed! I am grateful for Haden and for his loving personality! I am grateful for Grant and for his imagination! I am grateful for Cole and for his energy! I am grateful for Delaney and her sweet and amazing spirit! I am grateful for Jeff for his patience, for the wonderful husband and Dad that he is! I am grateful for friends! I have so many that I consider friends, even if I haven't met you in person, but just through the computer. I am grateful for Ramona! She is such an awesome friend and I feel like Heavenly Father had a hand in our meeting and getting to know each other. Life right now is so good, we have so much to be grateful for! We love you all so much! Here are a couple of videos:
This one is Delaney talking and letting us know what is on her mind :)

This one is of Delaney in the tub! She was splashing and absolutely loving her bath

Okay so here are more pictures as well :) Just click on the link to see all the other ones! I couldn't get it to load with a picture, so a link will have to do! We love you all!

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18 Months! Where has it gone??

Cole is officially 18 months old today! I can't believe he is that old. I mean it seriously seems like just a couple months ago we were figuring each other out and here it is a year and half later. He is such a fun little guy who loves his brothers and his sister very much. He likes to make us laugh and will do anything to crack a smile out of you! He loves to read, sing songs and dance! He is so full of life and energy. Haden likes that Cole plays toys with him, does books and goes inside the expanding ball with him. Grant likes that Cole plays with him, eats snacks and play games with him. We love him so much! Nursery here we come :)

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WOOHOO FOR 18 MONTHS COLEMAN RAY!!

WE LOVE YOU!!

Oh to be little again!

I love watching the thinking process that goes through my kids' heads. It is so fun and with Haden and Grant it is even more fun because you get to hear what they are thinking. Haden has imaginary friends and lately has been talking about them a whole lot more than usual. Grant has watched him talk and even play with these imaginary friends and has gone into his world and taken on Haden's friends as his own. Well yesterday Grant named one of his very own imaginary friends, her name is tee tee, and talked about her like Haden does his own. It was too funny! I had an imaginary friend and although I don't remember it, my Mom does. And she was a huge part of my life, so how funny and ironic that my kids would have them too. Haden has a couple, waagog, Jenny and Guy, and he talks about them just as you would your own friends. I personally think it is great! Here are this weeks funny sayings:
Haden ~ “The ‘raccoon’ is hatching, it’s a beautiful butterfly”. He meant to say cocoon, instead of raccoon.

Grant ~ He coughed and then told Jeff that he smelled a cat and that is why coughed.

Haden ~ “I could feel Delaney’s heart beeping (beating)”

Haden ~ "Mom why can't I marry you or Delaney?" So once again we talked about why, and he said "well no one wants to marry me right now!" So I told him I would like for him to not marry until he is 30 or so, well he told me No! So I asked him when he wanted to get married, and he says 15!!! Um...I will settle for after his mission :) But not 15.

Grant~ "Mom when I be a little baby, you tickled my belly and I laugheded!"

Haden ~ "Mom I want to go to China on my mission." So I said you do, why China? Haden said "because that is where they make McDonald's toys and I want to go help make them." I had to keep from laughing, because he was so serious! He also wants to go to N Mexico (New Mexico) so that he can meet Indians. He loves that his dad met the Navajo Indians and thinks it would be a great place to go! I have to agree! We want to go back and visit the areas he served in, he met some pretty amazing people there!!

Here is a video of Cole and figuring out he can fit in the swing and have a good time :) He got it swinging all by himself, and he was going pretty fast!



Here are some recent pictures! Just double click on the picture to see the rest of them!! We love you all!! Thanks for checking in on us!

Oh to be little!

What's New?!

Well not a whole lot is going on! Delaney turned 3 months on Tuesday, I mean seriously where has the time gone? I love that she is getting older and getting more personality, but I miss holding a sweet newborn! Here is a picture from when she was coming home from the hospital, and then a new one now that she is 3 months old! It is quite the comparison, and really she doesn't look like the same baby :) Let me know what you think!




I have a video of Laney laughing. Jeff was rubbing her feet on his chin and she thought it was pretty funny! So I hope you enjoy it! (sorry it is dark)



And what's new, more pictures! I know I take a lot, but I know I enjoy them and so do my kids!! So I hope you do to!! (just double click on the picture to see the rest)

Cuties :)

Kids say the darndest things.....

I absolutely love the things that come out of Haden and Grant's mouths. They crack me up and I wish I wrote them down, I think I could write a book. I wanted to share some of the things they have said the past couple of days :)
~Grant said (completely out of the blue) to me 'Howdy pardner' and so I said it back to him and then he asked how I was, I said 'good, how are you?' and Grant said 'very well Thank You!' I laughed so hard!
~Haden was in pre-school and they were talking about nice words, and so the kids started listing off the nice words they know. I over heard Haden say 'you're gorgeous'! We have him trained :) I actually hear that a lot from him and it is so sweet!
~My Dad took Haden and Grant to the pet store with him to get crickets for the lizard. The boys LOVE the pet store! When Haden got back he told us that he wanted a tarantulatta (tarantula), I can't even correct him when he mispronounces things, it is way too cute!
~Haden said when he gets bigger he wants to marry Delaney. So I had to explain that she is his sister so he can't marry her. So he thought for a minute and then he says that he is going to marry me. So we tried telling him he will find someone and marry them. He didn't like that answer and insists that he is marrying me! So I figured until he is old enough to even think about girl (which is like 30, right?!!) he can think he will marry me!
~The boys are big into pets right now (so I am thinking we need to get something). But they want a total of 5 pets, and they are 1.Dog 2.Bone 3.fish 4.turtle 5.fox. I asked why the bone, and they looked at me like it was a dumb question and said 'for our dog!' DUH! What was I thinking?! Also the fox is because they have been watching The Fox and The Hound, and if you have a dog you need a fox because they are friends.
Anyway I thought they were cute and wanted to write them down so I could remember them :) Also here are some pictures!


Reading a book with Papa! He is so patient with Cole!!


Cole sat up next to Delaney and smiled, so I had to take a picture!! He loves to sit 'right' next to her and it is so cute!!


Cole was balancing his sippy cup, and was so proud!


Cole found some ribbon from one of Laney's bows, and he was trying to get it just right to put it back on her. He was not happy when it didn't work!


Jack got this horse for his birthday and he looked so cute when I was over there I had to take a picture!


Haden had to give it a try too! :)