All Aboard the Birthday Train!

WOW! My Baby boy is 2 years old. I can hardly believe it. He is about the same age as Emery was when we moved here to SLC and started Pharmacy school. The time has just flown by! We had a VERY fun and VERY busy day for his birthday this year. It started off with opening his new bike and an Easter Carnival in the big Grass field by our house, where the kids had a very rewarding Easter Egg hunt. Soon to follow was a trip to the store for last minute birthday party items then Nap Time/Making a cake for 4-5 hours. Then finally the big party. We really were going to keep it simple this time but I think Tim and I just like to celebrate things too much. We ended up inviting everyone we possible could in our ward/court and told them to spread the word. The BBQ Birthday party was a huge success and so much fun. Kaven was SO HAPPY and smiling all day, especially at his party.
He defiantly knew that it was his special day. It is hard to hear in the video but after everyone was done singing and clapping he says, "Kavens' Birthday!" It was so neat to watch him run around with that glowing personality and bounce in his step.
This boy is SO SPECIAL to me. He is so aware of his surroundings and very sweet with the things he tells me while hugging me. My favorite is every night as I lay him down, he smiles up at me and says, "Nigh, Nigh I Love you Mommy." The perfect ending to everyday. Man, I love being a mom.

Welcome to.....

(Delta for Spring Break 2011)

We did all kinds of fun things like....

Geo Cashing

Swimming

Fire Breathing (a new trick of Tim's)

Spin Painting with Grandma Paula

and Picnics in the Oak City Canyon
(Despite the snow and wind)
It was actually REALLY fun and adventurous!

BUT........
That is not all.....

We actually hit Annabella at the end of the week
where Tim dropped me off for yet another week and we....

Played with cousins/family
Worked on the new house they are building (sorry no pictures)
and enjoyed the great outdoors!

HOLY MOLY!!..........

We have been married for 6 years now.......
HOLY MOLY
...We had to wait 30 minutes just to get into here...............
HOLY MOLY..........
Mole Negro and
Tacos don Ramon
HOLY MOLY.....
Just look at our son after the ice-cream we had after our dateWe have been wanting to eat at the Red Iguana as soon as we moved to Salt Lake City and saw this restaurant on the food network channel. We really wanted to try one of their Mole platters. Why not for our anniversary. And it also checked off another item of our Salt Lake City Bucket list! Another great Anniversary to add to a list of memories as well!

Birthday Wishes

On February 18th, Tim had another birthday! For a few weeks prior to his birthday, he kept mentioning on how he wanted to go camping. But as you may know, unless we want to freeze to death, it is not quite the season to go camping. So while Tim was at school all day we created as close to a camping trip in our family room. We set up our gigantic tent, which almost took up the whole room (I had to place one of our couches on its side to even fit it), placed greenery all over the place, had mountain video/sounds playing on the computer when he walked in, made foil dinners, had camping snacks in a cooler in our tent, and even ate a dirt cake with a lighter for the candle. His gift was a camouflage backpack filled with all sorts of camping and survival gear in every single pocket. He seemed to really love it and it was SO MUCH fun! Oh ya, we even dressed to part. The kids and I all dressed in our camouflage clothes. The kids thought it was pretty cool too.

Tim walking in surprised
Making our foil dinners
hanging out in the tent with our fun camping snacks
Opening presents
Showing off his new back pack and a few of the survival items
His dirt cake (made with frosting and Oreos) with his lighter candle.
Happy Happy Birthday Tim (a few weeks ago)! We really love you!

Valentine Surprises

As you may have noticed, I have not blogged for a whole month now. This is partly because my camera broke while I was on that wonderful sunny vacation at my parents house. Well for Valentines day Tim surprised with a scavenger hunt. He personally made all these clues which eventually led me to a new camera. These clues were so clever and fun. He said it took him 8 hours to make all of them. He aged the paper and everything. It actually took me half a day to find all the clues and figure them out (between taking care of kids). It was SO FUN! I even had to hold them up to the mirror to figure out what each clue said. I sure love my sweet heart. I just feel so blessed to share all my joys, sorrows and eternity with him. He is my best friend and love. Who could ask for anything more.

I Love to Ride my Bicycle!!

Kaven has been trying to ride this bike in the house all winter. He is pretty good at getting around the house but we thought we would let him try it outside where he can really go. He can BARELY reach the peddles but manages to keep going. He will ride this trike all the way to the church now, down hills and around turns. I am so glad he loves it so much! We are going to have to get him a helmet soon because he is a lot more brave than Emery and I am afraid I am going to have a dare devil on my hands. Safety first! All I can say is I am SO EXCITED for his birthday. You will just have to wait and see what that entails.

2 Weeks of Sunshine and........

helping out grandma (wash the dog)
watching shows

feeding goats

playing in leavesplaying with grandma and grandparoasting hot dogson the chiminea (spelling?)
playing with cousins
and missing him......................We sure had a lot of fun visiting family in the wonderful warm weather, but it really is nice to be back with Tim again, even if it is cold, snowy and bad air quality. I always tell him that home is where he is. Thanks to everyone who put us up during those two weeks (Mom, Dad, Cami, Brandon, and Andy and Jenny. We probably had TOO MUCH fun!!