Arcade Fun!

This last weekend we had a great time with our family and some friends from Utah. Josh's friend Chris (he was Josh's best man at our wedding) was in town with his family for a mini vacation. We were excited to see them because it's been a long time since we have. We got together for dinner at the Excalibur and after went to the arcade that they have downstairs.

Jaron and Jantzen were sooo excited when they got there, why wouldn't they be...video games everywhere, that's heaven for them! First thing Jantzen saw was this big statue of Sponge Bob. Now, I'm not a fan of Sponge Bob at all and I don't allow my boys to watch the show (I'm such a mean mom), but I let Jantzen have his picture taken with him because he thought it was cool. I just love how he had to do exactly what Sponge Bob was doing.


Chris got some stuffed animals for the kids and they love them. Jantzen has named his "Boba Fett". I thought he was getting over the whole "Boba Fett" obsession, but I guess I was wrong.


The boys, including Josh, had a great time playing games. Jantzen had to get in some dancing action with "Boba Fett". They had fun playing air hockey. I think Jaron won, but I'm not for sure.





The boys gave their stuffed animals to Jaedyn to play with while they went to play more video games. She loved it! At first she didn't know what to think about them, but then she started having fun with them. I think when she was done they were a little wet from her chewing on them. She's so cute!





Before we left I wanted to get a picture of Josh with Chris. Right after I took it a security guard came up to me and whispered in my ear, telling me that I can't take any pictures on the casino floor. I'm surprised he didn't check my camera to make sure I didn't take pictures of anything I'm not supposed to.


We all had a good time hanging out with good friends. The boys had a blast and have already asked when they can go back to the arcade and play.

So Comfy

Our little Jaedyn is the cutest little baby with such a cute personality. She has recently graduated from sleeping in her swing all the time (her reflux is FINALLY going away) to just at nap time, but she still loves it!

Jaedyn is a major wiggle worm when she sleeps and it's the cutest thing to watch her. She has always had to have her face planted in the side of the swing or covered by her blanket, but then she started moving her whole body. Sometimes she will have her leg and arm dangling over the side of the swing...she always turns on her right side.

It doesn't look very comfortable to me, but she sleeps like a baby (hehe!) for hours this way, so it apparently is comfortable enough for her.




Jaedyn won't sleep in her crib all the time yet, and she's still in our room. Josh is having a hard time letting her go...okay, I am a little too. She's our last baby and it's kind of sad that she's growing up so fast, but I know that there's more fun times to come.

Our Jaedy Bug is 7 months

I can't believe our little Jaedy Bug is already 7 months old. She is growing so fast. It's fun to see all that she accomplishes and how she grows every month. She is getting funner and funner every day.

Here are some things about Jaedyn at 7 months:

*She weighs 16 lbs.

*She is 27 in. tall
*She's starting to roll over better

*She rolls from side to side to move around the floor

*She sits up all by herself

*She loves to sleep on her side

*She still loves eating peas more than anything else

*She's finally getting over her reflux

* She loves to pull off her socks and shoes

*She likes to sleep in her pack 'n play at night and nap in her swing during the day

*She gets really excited to pull others' hair

*She makes her brothers cry when she pulls their hair

* She loves to play with her daddy's goatee

*She tries to suck her thumb when we're not looking

*She loves to stick out her tongue

*She tries to yell, but she's not very loud yet

*She's very ticklish, especially on her tummy

*She giggles all the time

*She said "yum" the other day while I was feeding her

*She's happy all the time

* She has started sleeping in an hour longer in the morning and still sleeps all night

* Her smile is so precious

* She's starting to give hugs

*She loves to play with toys, especially her brothers' Bionicles
* She loves to grab at the camera when I try to take her picture

* She has the most kissable cheeks

* She's still the cutest baby in the whole world

Happy St. Patty's Day

Yesterday, the kids and I had a fun St. Patty's Day together full of everything green. Before we did anything, I took some super cute pictures of them before they got all dirty from playing and eating. Jaron and Jantzen had to wear matching green shirts and Jaedyn just looked so cute and girly in her outfit. Jaron was so excited that she was wearing short sleeves again, he picked out a bracelet for her to wear.


I can never get away with taking pictures of the kids and not having the boys smother Jaedyn with kisses. Sometimes I can tell it bugs her, but other times I think she likes it. They are just sooooo cute!!



I made Jaron and Jantzen their annual green St. Patty's Day breakfast. This year they got green pancakes, green eggs, green blueberry muffins, and green milk (I forgot to do that last year, but I remembered this time). They even got to use their green plates and cups. Jaron is on track break so I was able to do a little more without having to worry about rushing out the door to get to school on time.


They both enjoyed breakfast a lot. Jantzen was concentrating on eating his muffin so much that it looked like he was mad about something, but he wasn't. All he wanted all day was more green muffins.



You can't really tell in this picture, but Jantzen had a green milk mustache so I had to get a picture. He was so proud of it. You can, however, see the caked on muffin crumbs on his face.


Later on the boys went outside to play (the weather is perfect here right now) and it was warm enough that they had to have some otter pops. Of course they had to choose the green ones.


Before dinner I made them some green chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Jantzen loves to help when I make cookies. I think it's because I let him lick the cookie dough off the beaters, a kid after my own heart. At first I let him lick the beaters before I added the green food coloring, so I had to wash them , add the color, and then let him lick them again...he didn't have any problems with that, as you can tell. He enjoyed every minute of it.


The kids had a lot of fun having everything green for St. Patty's Day and I love making fun traditions and memories for them to enjoy. Jantzen said he wishes we could have everything green all the time, I don't think I could handle that much food coloring in everything, but it's fun to do once a year. HAPPY ST. PATTY's DAY!

Baseball Has Begun!

Last Thursday Jaron played his first ever baseball game. He has only played soccer, but really wanted to give baseball a try. He was really nervous to play, but he has practiced a little with Josh and I think he's super excited to learn a new sport.

Before we left for his game I wanted to get a couple pictures of him, of course he had to give me some cheesy poses. He wanted it to look like he was catching the ball. Silly kid, I love how he's so excited to play.




Here's Jaron getting ready to go up to bat. He looks a little nervous. He told me in their practice before the game that he hit the ball and hoped that he could do it again.


Jaron ended up striking out, but in his defense the kid who was pitching was really good. His pitches were really fast, I'm not sure I would've hit them either. He does look really cute playing though.


He played an outfielder position next to Jace...surprise, surprise. I saw him chase after one ball, but most of the time I watched both him and Jace dancing and goofing around. They are such characters when they are together.


Jaron's team ended up winning...yay!! After the game the boys got to enjoy the best part of the sports season...hot dogs, nachos, pizza, pop, and if they're lucky, cotton candy.


Even though he struck out on his turn batting, Jaron said he had a lot of fun. I'm glad he has such a good attitude about it and I hope that as the season goes on that he will get a hit and enjoy it even more.

Good Luck Buddy!

The Cutest Sound in the World...

Last night while we were eating dinner, we sat Jaedyn up to the table with us so she could enjoy some peach yogurt melts...they are pretty yummy. Jaron LOVES to make her laugh and he's figured out the best way to do that. He shakes things and that gets her giggling a ton. So instead of him eating his dinner, he decided to entertain her, Jantzen, and himself. He took the bag of yogurt melts and started shaking it. That got Jaedyn giggling up a storm. She was laughing for so long that I had to tell Jaron to stop so they could eat their dinner before it was cold, it was so cute though.

We also have a video of Jaron making Jantzen laugh when he was a baby too. He's such an awesome big brother and will make a great dad one day.

I love the way that these kids can make me smile, especially when life gets frustrating and stressful. I know I can always look at them and see that my life is really good because I have them in it.

Thomas the "Fort"

I remember when I was younger making forts in the family room with blankets and the couches, I never had one this fancy. Jaron got this Thomas tent when he was younger, but it has been a fun toy for both boys for a long time. The other day Jaron and Jantzen made forts out of it in the toy room. They turned them on their sides and made themselves a bed inside. Jaron got Thomas and Jantzen got Annie and Clarabel. It was a weekend, so we let them have a fort slumber party. They stayed up late, watching a movie until they got tired.


Jantzen was the first one to fall asleep, he usually is, but Jaron stayed up a lot longer. Most of the time that kid stays up later than all of us. I guess Josh and I are getting too old, we fall asleep early.



Jaron and Jantzen look so cute and peaceful sleeping in their forts. It will be a sad day when they are too big to fit inside these tents and play like this. They are very creative with all the toys that they have. It's fun to watch them and see what they come up with.

Story Time With Jaedyn

Jantzen loves to have books read to him and he's trying to get Jaedyn to love it too. The other day he brought a book to Jaedyn to read to her. She got so excited and grabbed it from him. She decided that she was going to read it to him. It was so cute seeing them together and to see how well Jaedyn was holding the book. As you can see she really got in to it. I even got a wink out of her...how often does that happen? It will be fun when Jantzen can really read all of the words, so they can both enjoy more than the pictures. For now he makes up his own stories, which is super cute and creative.






I just love these kids!

Tule Springs

A couple weekends ago we went to Tule Springs with the Foisy's to let the kids run around and enjoy the animals. The first thing the boys wanted to do was feed the ducks. I brought leftover hamburger and hot dog buns for them to give. I told them to break small pieces off, but I think they gave them half a bun each time. The geese seemed to really like Jantzen, they kept surrounding him. Last time I brought him here a couple years ago he freaked out, but this time he thought it was funny.





After we fed the ducks and geese we walked around the pond while the kids explored. Then we went to see the horses, sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens. One of the chickens had feathers, or something like that, on its legs that looked like they were wearing boots. It was kind of funny to see.



There were also peacocks there and the kids had to get a closer look. Jaron was trying to chase them, big bully, while Jantzen and Avery stayed back a ways. Jantzen did finally get a little brave and headed towards them, but of course they just ran away. We did get to see a few of them spread out their feathers. There was a white one that was spreading out its feathers, but I didn't get a picture fast enough. Even though my boys have seen peacocks at Sea World, they were cool to them...Jantzen was only 1 1/2 when we went there, so he doesn't really remember them.




Little miss Jaedy bug slept pretty much the whole time we were there. She woke up just before we left so she could have her picture taken with her daddy. One day when she's older we'll bring her back here to see all the animals.


After we left, we headed over to U Swirl for some yummy frozen yogurt. When we told the boys that's what it was, they were not too thrilled, but then they tried it and LOVED it! Jaron wants to go back soon. Then we all decided to go to Cafe Rio for dinner. Yep, we are cool parents to let our kids have dessert first and then dinner. Lucky us, they ate all of their dinner. It was a fun day...I love getting to spend time with my family like this.