Em's Birthday Party

For Emily's Birthday she wanted to go bowling. It's been a long time since we've taken Caden bowling and I don't think we've ever taken Halle. We had to wait like an hour. I guess everyone else had the same idea that day.

Halle entertained everyone while we waited..

Caden decided to read the paper to pass the time..


Caden was very excited to go "real" bowling. He does it all the time on the Wii, but that isn't the same.

I got nice pictures of everyone's bum.

Lucas..

Halle really wanted to play with the red ball, but it was just too heavy for her. She was a little mad.


Caden really liked the ramp for the ball.



Mal...

Dad..(nice form)

Jason...
Emily...


Halle tried it too. She started freaking out saying, "No! I want the ball back!" She thought it was gone forever.

Audrey chillin'

Mom and Mal were happy to be there


Audrey...


Lucas and Caden...

Jer...

Me and Lucas...

Me..

Here are all the scores. At least some of us broke 100.


I let Caden bowl in my place. I definitely would've came in last.

Are you scared?

The other day Caden decided he wanted to draw a picture of a scarecrow. At first I thought that was pretty random, but he's been watching Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoons nonstop so I thought that might have something to do with it. I think he drew like 10 different pictures. Then he decided he wanted to make his own scarecrow. I thought it was pretty creative. He drew a face and found clothes and shoes and arms. Here's his cool creation...

The scary face...
Then he decided he wanted to be a scarecrow too. This is his scarecrow face. Are you scared?
(I love how he's holding the scarecrow's hand.)
(This is Liz that posted it. I don't know why I signed in under Lucas' name.)

Valentine's Party

When it comes to being creative, I am not very good. If someone gave me all the materials and gave me detailed instructions I could probably create something. When I have to come up with something on my own, I struggle. I feel bad for my children when it comes to Halloween costumes and Valentines boxes because I never know what to do. Luckily I have my mom to help. I wish I would have gotten more of her creative genes. She can create anything with the scrap wood in the garage. I had an idea of what to do for Caden's Valentines box and my mom made it happen. I did help out a lot, even though Lucas doesn't believe me.

Here's how it turned out....



Caden was very excited!

Joys of Motherhood

This is what happens when you're a mom...you turn into a human pillow. This happens every time I lay down on the couch.

Firehouse Field Trip

Caden got to go to the firehouse with his preschool class today. He has been talking about it nonstop and he has been very excited to go. When we got there he said he didn't want to go anymore because he was too scared. He wouldn't get out of the car unless I promised to go with him. I finally gave in and said I would. I knew Halle was not going to cooperate and I was right. She thought she could wander around the whole place by herself and go into any room she wanted. She had a major meltdown. I thought the field trip was pretty lame. We didn't even get to see the fire truck. The lady took us around the office and showed us the computers, the kitchen, the lockers where they keep their bikes and a lot of empty rooms. It wasn't very exciting. At least she showed us her gun and taser. I took the kids to lunch after and I asked Caden what his favorite part was and he said he liked going up and down the stairs. I guess that tells you how exciting it was.
I was a bad mom and forgot to bring my camera so I took some pictures of Caden when we got home to make up for that.

This is Caden giving me attitude...


Since he didn't get to see the real fire truck, he had to settle for his toy truck..

He got to wear his preschool T-shirt. He was very excited!

He wanted to take a picture of me and Halle. This one turned out pretty good.

Crazy Hair Day!

Caden had Crazy Hair Day at preschool today. He doesn't have a lot of hair to work with so it was a big challenge. I'm not very creative, especially when it comes to hair. He said he wanted to spike it, but that isn't very crazy. So we decided to make it into a mohawk. He was happy so that made me happy.

He wanted to get a picture of the side view too.


Chillin' with my homies. What's up.
Halle really wanted her picture taken too. She got up on the couch and kept smiling until I took a picture of her. I think her smile is cute in this picture.

Silly Kids!

I noticed I hadn't posted on the blog lately. I was trying to think of something I could actually post. Since the holidays are over, our life has been pretty boring. So I decided to post about all of the random things that my children have said or done. That's always entertaining.

Before Family Home Evening last night Lucas told Caden he could play the Wii after if he was really good. Caden is obsessed with playing the Wii and he gets really excited when we say he can actually play. I try to limit how much he plays it, because he would play it all day if I let him. FHE went really well. Lucas gave a lesson about prayer and he talked about what we are supposed to say when we pray. When he was done he asked Caden to say the closing prayer. This is how it went, "Dear Heavenly Father, please bless us that we can play the Wii now. Amen." I don't think he was paying attention during the lesson.


I think I should limit Caden's TV watching also because he's memorized a lot of slogans. The other day he could tell I was getting mad and he said, "Mom don't get mad, get Glad." Every time we pass the RC Willey sign he says, "RC Willey, Your home, Your way."

Caden also started Sunbeams. I was scared to see how he would react because I've been his nursery leader for a while. He loves it! After his first Sunday he informed me that he needed his own scriptures. So we went to the "Scripture Store" and he got to get his own scriptures. At our family scripture time, he pretends to read them. He is very proud!

Halle has turned into a little chatterbox. She talks all day long. When we are out in public, people can't believe she is only 2 because she talks so well for her age. It's a challenge to keep her quiet during church.
Some sibling love....
I'm so glad these two are mine! They can be a handful, but it's worth it!