Summer fun

Yes its November now - so here in a nutshell is what we did over the summer break:


Lots of swimming...

Fourth of July - watching the fireworks with friends...

yes jadie is in her pajamas ...

Monsoon storms ...

Dinner by candle light during the monsoon storm that knocked our power out...

The homemade tv the kids "watched" during the storm...

Trying to picnic in the shade of our tiny tree

We decided to take some doughnuts and milk to the park one sat for breakfast - the kids rode their bikes.

The kids call this place "Spider man park"  ... Lexi playing on the web - pretty talented with rain boots on!

more playing in the web

racing down the slide

biking in 100 degree weather + doughnuts + strawberry milk = one sick 11 year old

One handsome little man chillin in the shade

Fun balloon hats at the restaurant at family dinner...

 Lots of dressing up!

 Our annual candlelight spaghetti dinner the night before school...accept that it was lasagne

And the first day of school -    Bailee sixth grade, Raden third, and Lexi first

FUNNIES

Yes I need to do some updating but wanted to post a couple funny things  before I forget :

Jadie's version of "Ba ba Black sheep"

Black sheep black sheep have you any wool
yes sir yes sir three bags full
one for the master one for the day
one for the little boy who lives down the drain


oh so thats my problem - I forgot to tell that little boy living in the drain to clean it out so the water drains faster!


Also- we learned an important lesson on rotating food storage -

Bailee - "mom whats wrong with these tacos?"
Me    -  " nothing, they are just store bought shells- not homemade shells "
Bailee " well I like your homeade ones a lot better"
Raden, Lexi and Jadie all agreed too
Me - feeling great that they finally like something I make "thanks guys - just eat these tonight, I was too worn out to fry any tonight."

Kids continue to eat but complaining that they like the homemade ones better - I am feeling really great now and sit down to eat my food. After taking a bite of my taco...

me - thinking " hhmmm - these do taste a little different"

a couple more bites ...

me - " uuugghhh - these are really gross!" I better check the expiration date on these shells!

Yep it expired in March ..... OF 2010!!!! you can do the math but I will just tell you - 1 1/2 years passed expiration date!

Me - " Dont eat any more shells guys! they are bad!"
Bailee - " I already ate a whole one! Am I going to die?"
Of course then the other kids all chimed in too.

Apparently with store bought taco shells, the "best when used by date" really does mean "best when used by". 


So dinner was tacos - without the shells - and beans and rice. Oh and of course one of them piped up " Mom we are actually living on beans and rice just like you said we would have to learn to do if there was an emergency!" 

Radens big day

This is a big deal birthday this year  for Raden -

First he turned 8 and had a birthday party with some friends. They went and watched a movie then came home for cupcakes and icecream.

 We are so glad he has such a great group of friends!

 Bailee made him this great banner for the party

We also had a family birthday .... with chocolate cake of course

The next exciting thing was that he got to start cubscouts! He was so excited he
wore his shirt for two strait days

The third exciting thing was that he chose to be baptized ... I loved seeing him and Jared
all dressed in white and watching Jared baptize him and bless him with the gift of the Holy
Ghost. Our family and close friends were able to be there as well.

 Family pic before the baptism

 Having lunch afterwards with the cousins

 New scriptures and journal!

 Congratulations Raden! We love you so much and know you have made a great choice to be baptized! We are so thankful to have you in our family!

Oh Raden

Yep another one - I absolutley LOVE the things he says.


So there is a cute girl that Raden has had a crush on since last year. Well this year she is on his class again and they have assigned seats together on the bus. After school yesterday he asked if he could talk to me in my room and I said of course. So we went in my room and had the following conversation:

R - So you know how  I have a crush on  "girls name" ?
Me - yes
R - Well it started because she had a crush on me first. Its because of ( flexes his bicep on one arm) these bad boys.
Me - ( trying hard not to laugh) Wow you do have big muscles!
R - Yea - every time I show them to her she smiles.



Exactly how many times has he flexed for this little girl?  I think Im in trouble

Warning

Was taking the garbage out one morning and saw this written in chalk on the outside wall ...

You have all been warned.

The Big 8 !

Raden turned the big 8 last Sunday. He had been counting down days for a couple weeks and was so excited. We usually don't do a friends party and a family party but turning 8 is a big deal - so we let him pick some friends to come help celebrate. He decided that he wanted to go see King Fu Panda 2 in 3D and then come home for cake and ice cream and of course to open presents.

I'm so glad he has such a great group of friends to hang out with!

Cameron B. ~ Brandon D ~ Isaac D ~ Camron H ~ Romney P ~ Raden ~ Jayden N

Then on Sunday we had a family birthday party too. 


Bailee made a great Birthday Banner

Presents ....    Bayblades

A Real BB Gun -

First Real Toolbox and Tools

And as requested - chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.

I am so grateful that you are in our family!I love that you know what you want and are so strong-willed. My quietly stubborn child. I hope you continue to make good choices and be an example to all that you associate with. I love you with all my heart - Happy Birthday Raden!

Koston

So my camera broke a couple weeks ago - who knew that would happen if a three year old was using it - so I dont have any new pictures to post/ But I do have pictures of  a newborn Koston that I do need to put on here. SO here we go -

These first two are for those that always think my house is clean - its not, here's the proof! Please notice Jadie in my bed eating Cheerios

Okay - now that you've seen the house .... these are pictures we were able to have taken of him when he was 8 days old.

My boys!

Proud big brother

Bailee is a HUGE help

Lexi helps too

Yes -  Jadie too

Getting bigger - he has to have a burp rag with him constantly cuz he is a spit up machine!

We were able to bless him in February -

Before leaving for church on blessing day

Happy Boy!

Koston is now 6 months, rolling over, eating baby food and is chunkier than ever. He is such a laid back happy baby. We are all head over heels in love with him! Will post more pictures when we get a new camera