Kamden: Nephew

These pics turned out so cute I had to post them. My sister went to an antique store and borrowed some stuff from a friend that's a professional and this is what came out:

Here's her other kids:

Silly Canon

I had to post this before I forgot. I think it's so funny, I write things down so I don't forget and then come and post them here later....or never. And then my brain got a clue--I should just post them as soon as they happen. I'm a genius!

Canon at the dinner table: (we're eating on paper plates) Mom, I want spiderman (talking about the spiderman plate)

Me: No, Canon.

Canon: Mom, I want spiderman. Mom, I want spiderman. Mom, I want spiderman. I WANT SPIDERMAN!!

Me: Canon, I am not getting you the spiderman plate.

Canon: Dad, I want spiderman.....Dad, I want spiderman...

Dad: No answer.

Canon: Ryen, get me spiderman. RYEN, get me spiderman.

Ryen: No Canon.

Canon: Ethan, get me spiderman.

Ethan: No.

Canon: Logan, get me spiderman.

Logan: No, Canon.

Canon: Jocelyn, get me spiderman. (this was in order of how we were sitting, btw)

Jocelyn: Nope.

Canon: Me get spiderman??

I just love it!! I love him! I love my kids. I love pizza on paper plates for dinner.

Complete Silliness

Logan: When I was eating my breakfast blood started to roll down my finger, from my paper cuts.

Me: Let me see...I don't see any blood. It looks fine to me.

Logan: That's because it's too dark in here.

Me: Would you like a bandaid? Is that what you want?

Logan: Yeah.

Canon at Pack Night starts running right into the middle of a relay race with kids running to and fro. The kids are skidding, veering, and dodging him. Then Canon falls as I'm rushing out to retrieve him. He hops right back up and yells triumphantly, "I win!"

Valentine's Day-The Rest of the Story

The Food:

Salad Demaison, Asparagus, Chicken Pillows-shaped into hearts, Sparkling Cider and Heart Shaped Fruit Pizza! It was so yummy and pretty too.

The Decorations: Heart Confetti, Curled Ribbon, and Pink, Red & White Candy Corns all complete with our Best Dishes and Candlelight

And the most important part: our family!

We all dressed in our very best. I even did the girls' hair all fancy.

Check out their hands in this photo-so funny!

And the best part: The Dancing!

Thanks Mindi for the fabulous idea!!

Valentine's Day for the Whole Fam

So we decided to make Valentine's Day a family affair. We had these invites for the kids to open this morning for our fancy rendezvous tonight. It's gonna be fun! I also gave them 3 coupons each for one free chore completed by mom or dad. They were really excited about that. I think more excited than for the partay tonight.

10 Years Old

So we have these insanely cheap passes to Trafalga and Seven Peaks. We definitely want to make the most of them. So on Ethan's birthday we took the kids there. Even though everyone in Utah county has bought these passes and it's pretty crowded there, we had a really great time! We went rock climbing, mini golfing, played laser tag and rode some rides.

Check out the pure joy on Canon's face.

Happy Birthday my sweet sweet boy!

Christmas Morning

A Good Christmas!

It always is. I especially loved this one. I was so impressed with the slow laid back pace. After looking through the stockings we fixed breakfast, ate breakfast and then cleaned up breakfast! And then finally got back to it. There was no wining or impatient waiting. They seemed just as happy as we were to take it slow. I mean, is that normal? Does that just happen when they get older? Still, they're all under 10. Not quite the age of maturity.
I love how impatient they get while we take pictures. Here they are waiting at the top of the stairs. I guess this is where they got all their impatient waiting out. We had to take several pictures while waiting for Canon to stop crying. They loved that! This was the best we could do:
Taking turns coming down the stairs to look for stockings.
I love this picture!
Let the frenzy begin!
Sing-a-ma-jigs! These are HILARIOUS! Canon and the girls got these in their stockings and they spent forever just playing with them, not caring when they got to the gift opening.

When Canon got this Logan was a little confused because he had one (that had been run over twice and is no longer usable) and he thought we were giving Canon his. He was a little sad about it until he opened this:
Trust me, he was thrilled.


Jocelyn wanted a Go-Go pet dog. I wanted to get her Heelys (knowing Jocely's love for thrilling adventure). We both got what we wanted. --Grandma Hansbrow got her the dog. Later I asked her, when she was rolling all around the kitchen, what her favorite gift was. You betcha, mother knows best!

Ryen wanted school supplies. I found these great lapboards online at Tag Toys. They are chalkboards on one side and dry erase on the other and the quality is amazing. She of course loved them.
I was the most surprised by her Christmas morning. When we teased her that we took her present back and that she doesn't get a present from mom and dad she took it literally and wonderfully. It was weird! She just sat back and said, "Okay." It was so sweet! You could tell that she was a little disappointed but her response was so mature. I don't think we would have teased her like that if we knew she was going to think we were serious. Mean parents!

This gift was kind of a family/Ethan gift. But Ethan wanted the PS3 in a bad way. Not because he knew all the possiblities a Playstatin could hold but so he could play a video game called Split Second. Yep, the game was his gift from Santa. That would've been a bummer: the PS3 but no game. We're not that mean.

Ethan hugged and kissed his present. His reaction was priceless.
We must not tease very much because he believed us too when Brian said, "Oh no, he's going to know what it is, I just heard it bark." Ethan paused and then carefully unwrapped the present. So funny that he believed it. I wouldn't even buy Jocelyn a pretend dog.