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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Heidi's Baptism

June 6th was Heidi's baptism and it was such a special day for our family! We had a wonderful day with many of our family here to celebrate with her.

Instead of buying a new dress, I fixed up the dress that Erika wore as a flower girl for Aaron's brother Thayne's wedding years ago. It is such a beautiful dress, it just didn't have sleeves so I added some sleeves and fixed a few of the rips in the dress. She looked so beautiful all dressed in white!

My favorite thing about the whole day was how happy Heidi was. She knew this was a special day for her and she was just beaming the whole time. During the program, when the speaker had her come up to the front of the chapel, she just couldn't take the smile off her face. I love Heidi for her purity and innocence.

Heidi was so excited to have her own set of scriptures to read.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Heidi and Jared's Birthdays

May is always a big month for our whole family, but especially for Heidi and Jared because it is also their birthdays. I honestly think May is as busy a month as December most years, with all of the end-of-the-school-year events we have going on.

On May 16th, Heidi had her dance performance. This is the first time Heidi has ever had dance and she really had a lot of fun! I wanted her to have the experience at least once in her life. She loved being up on the stage and wearing a pretty costume.

I know this isn't the best picture, but it's such a sweet memory. At the end of the program, they had all the dads go up and dance with their girls on the stage. It was great to see Aaron and Heidi up there together. I could tell Heidi was so happy!

May 19th was Jared's birthday and he turned 5.

On May 20th, Jared had his preschool graduation. He took preschool from Mrs. Carolyn Francom, the same teacher Erika and Kyle went to. She is getting close to retirement so Jordan will probably have to go somewhere else. Jared really had a lot of fun at preschool and just soaked everything up like a sponge.

The next day, May 20th, we had a birthday party for Heidi and Jared together. They each got to invite a few of their friends. This made things so much nicer for me, as their birthdays are less than a week apart. Our kids only get a party every 4 years, on the "big" years, and it just so happened that both of theirs ended up being this year- Heidi turning 8 and Jared 5.

We had a whole bunch of fun games in the backyard and then the piñata. I loved that Jared got excited about a rainbow unicorn piñata. Hmmm.... Well, they both loved it, then. The kids had a great time hitting it and of course getting the candy. We got the piñata done just in time for a big rainstorm to hit. Very lucky!

After the piñata was broken, Jordan thought it could still be used to ride around the kitchen...

Of course, I had to throw a picture in of our adorable Kaylee, happy as always.

Heidi's birthday fell on Memorial Day this year (May 25th) and we decided to take a trip down to Salt Lake and go swimming in Oma and Opa's pool. Swimming is one of Heidi's most favorite things to do. We first went down to my sister's house in Orem and then went out to lunch at Golden Corral, Heidi's favorite restaurant.

Erika and Lucy chillin' in the pool.

Kyle and Logan swimming

After swimming, the kids enjoyed a short ride on the horses.

Heidi is such a sweet girl and we are so grateful to have her in our family. What a special girl! I can't believe she is already 8 years old.

I made Heidi a frozen cake for her birthday...

Sunday, June 2, 2013

May birthdays

What a handsome boy in his little suit!

The month of May is always very eventful at our house! With two birthdays and all of the "end of school" activities, it keeps us hopping! We celebrated Jared's 3rd birthday on May 19th, Sunday. Because it was a Sunday, we didn't do a whole lot. It was a pretty simple birthday with a nice dinner and cake. Jared opened a few presents in the morning and then Oma and Opa came up that afternoon after church and spent some time with us. I made Jared a "Cars" cake.

Heidi got to celebrate her birthday a little early this year with a friend party. We had 9 of her little friends over on May 22nd for a little party. Four of them are from her kindergarten class and the rest are kids from our neighborhood. Notice the little boy to the right of Heidi with the party hat on. His name is AJ and he is in her kindergarten class. He has been the sweetest little friend to her at school. He holds her hand on the way to lunch and carries her lunch for her. He stands up for her at school and "takes care of her" (what he told his mom one day). One day when I was visiting the school, he said to me, "I'm going to be with Heidi forever..." How sweet! Heidi already has young admirers...

For the party, we let the kids come dressed up in anything they wanted. Most of the girls were princesses. We had a few little games with prizes and a rainbow pinata (the highlight) and presents and cake. One fun thing was that Jared also thought this party was for him, too, since his birthday is less than a week before Heidi's. Great! Even better :) Both of them couldn't stop talking about the rainbow pinata all week before the party. We had it hanging up in our kitchen all week. You know they're excited about it when in their prayers more than once they say, "...and thank you for the rainbow pinata." Simple pleasures!

Heidi wanted a "horse cake"

They don't make those pinatas easy to break! After the kids each had a few swings at it, Aaron finally broke it open with a metal bat. We had a shower of nerds all over our carpet!

Big Number 6!

For a second celebration, we took a trip to Boise for Memorial weekend to visit Aaron's parents. On Heidi's actual birthday, we celebrated at grandma's with a picnic and cake. Heidi opened her presents from mom and dad and then got to go shopping with grandma and grandpa. They also took all the kids to a bounce house while mommy and daddy, and Jordan took a much needed nap :)

That afternoon we went swimming and the kids had a blast! Because Erika and Kyle both had their goggles, Heidi wanted to wear some, too. I don't think she knows quite what they're for. I love that they smashed her eyes almost shut and she was still loving every second of it and SOOO HAPPY! It was also fun to see how much Jordan loved the water! I didn't expect him to get so into it, but he splashed like crazy, grinning the whole time.

"Yeah, this is the life... I've got it all figured out.
I've got grandma all to myself!

That night we went out to dinner at Golden Corral. We had a great meal and Heidi got to be sung to by the waiters. Erika had fun making Heidi a "unicorn horn" out of a cotton candy stick. Silly girls!

Friday, June 8, 2012

Heidi's 5th Birthday

Heidi had a great 5th birthday this year on May 25th. She is so easy to please. Her most exciting presents were the balloons and some pink goggles. (Don't ask me why, but she has been asking for those for weeks and I found her 2 pair at Walmart for 1.50) Anyway, she was also really excited about the red wagon we got for her and Jared's birthdays. She loved it so much, she wanted to sit in it to open her presents and to eat her snack before we ever took it for a spin outside.

Her preschool was officially over, but they were having one last event at the school- a picnic at at the playground. We brought cupcakes for everyone and they sang to her there. It was perfect! You couldn't have asked for a nicer day, either. She had a great time playing on the toys with her friends.

Kyle and Jared on the slide

Who wants a cupcake? I picked out the sprinkles.

That evening, while Kyle and Aaron went to a Father-Son campout at Earley Park, the rest of us had a "Princess Party" at home. We ate pizza and watched Cinderella. Then, we dressed up like princesses.

Erika even got mommy to dress up too, which is not a sight you see everyday-

especially a VERY pregnant princess.

We went up to my parent's house the next day for the weekend to be there for their homecoming. The kids had a great time with their cousins. We brought the cake mommy made for Heidi, her cousin Lucy and uncle Cory. (Hence the letters L,C,H.)

Happy Birthday, Heidi!

Lucy, Kyle, and Erika waiting for cake.

Parkinson funnies

Nov 2012- Aaron was watching football on TV and Jared came out saying, "I want to go watch grass!"

Dec 2011- Heidi said one morning, "Mom, there's frosting on the house!" (on a cold day when frost was on the house).

June 2, 2011- Driving in the car Kyle said to his sister, "If you don't learn to talk, Jesus will make you talk Spanish." (He explained later that he actually meant sign language. That's how he thought it worked.)

Feb 28, 2011- Kyle said, "I don't like to have babysitters because they are only supposed to take care of babies!" Then we explained that they can take care of bigger kids too.

Dec 15, 2010- Kyle said, "I know how they make egg nog. First they dump in the eggs and mix them around. Then they put in the nog..."

Oct 20, 2010- Kyle said, "Mom, is some cheese blue?" I said it is called blue cheese but isn't really that blue. He said, "Well, then does it taste like blueberries?" I love all the questions he asks about how the world works- He's really trying to figure things out.

Oct 7, 2010- We were driving by Arctic Circle and Kyle said, "Is that the hamburger hut? I like that hut." I am wondering if he was remembering a time when we went to "Pizza Hut".

Aug 12, 2010- We were driving by a farm where there was a big fire burning up the field and Kyle said, "Dad, is that where the indians live?"

Aug 8, 2010- We were driving in the car and Kyle said, "Dad, I think I 'm truck-sick." "You mean car sick?" "No, truck sick- when you're sick in the truck."

Aug 2, 2010- We were headed off to a doctor's appointment for the baby and he was crying. Kyle said, "Mom, I think he's crying because you said he is going to get a shot."

June 28, 2010- The other day at dinner it was Heidi's turn to pray and daddy was helping her. She was just repeating everything word for word when he got to "Please bless it.." and said it 3 times. Finally I had to open my eyes to see what the hold up was. Well, little Heidi was just stuffing spaghetti in her mouth as fast as she could and it was hanging out all over. We all just bust up laughing. I guess she just couldn't wait any longer!

May 19, 2010- On the way home from the hospital after seeing their new baby brother, Erika said, "When I was born mom and dad said that I looked blue." Kyle said, "And when I was born I was pink and red. "

Dec 9,2009- The other day we were eating dinner and Kyle didn't want to eat. He said, "I don't like to eat aliens!" We told him there were no aliens in his dinner. Then, realizing what he was talking about, I said, "You mean onions?" He kept calling onions "aliens" and we got a kick out of it.

Nov 20, 2009- Erika lost another tooth at school today. Kyle said to her, "Erika, when my tooth gets loose and comes out, I'll give mine to you."

Oct 10, 2009- Today Erika said, "Mom, someday when I'm older, I want to get that recipe from you!"

Sept 9, 2009- We couldn't find our puppy anywhere and had driven all over the neighborhood to find him. Finally about 2 hours later Kyle showed up holding him and I said, "Where did you find him?" He said, "In the killer-box". "The what?" "The cooler-box". He had stuck him in a cooler in our backyard and forgotten about it. We were glad he was okay!! I felt terrible and gave him some extra TLC for a little while.

Sept 4, 2009- Erika said tonight, "You know what my favorite thing is about school? It's lunch... and learning... and break!" We said, "Isn't that the whole thing?"

Aug 17,2009- We were camping and had brought all our bikes. As we were leaving camp for a little while, Aaron commented that it might have been wise to bring a chain to lock up our bikes so they wouldn't get stolen. Erika said, "Or, we could have just brought a sign that said, 'DON'T STEAL!'".

July 12, 2009- Today at church Kyle looked at my Young Women's Medallion and said, "Mom, is that you on the necklace?"

July 3, 2009- Kyle had been sleeping down in Erika's room with some friends and came upstairs before we went to bed. He said, "Mom, there was some noise down there. I think it was the tooth fairy, coming to get the loose tooth."