Makeshift Theater

Last night while the boys were showering I thought it was a little too quiet around our house. Usually around 3:15pm until 8pm it's constantly noisy here, so this was a little unusual. Naturally when it's quiet like this I wonder what kind of mischief Jaedyn's getting into...so I went to check things out.

I guess I shouldn't have been surprised at what I saw. Jaron had set up a movie (it was Megamind, one of her favorites) on his iPod for Jaedyn to watch in his room while him and Jantzen were bathing...it was so cute!

Jaron, of course, join her after his shower...

Jaron is such a sweet big brother to Jaedyn...she's a pretty lucky girl!

Girlie Cousins

Jaedyn loves her cousin Sadie so much. Anytime we mention her name, Jaedyn gets so excited and wants to see her. Luckily for Jaedyn, she gets to go to Sadie's house a lot and play girlie stuff and have sleepovers (they just had one this weekend). It's really nice because Jaedyn doesn't have any sisters, so Sadie is kind of a sister to her. It's also really cute watching the two of them play together...they are both definitely girlie girls and so cute!...

Family Pics...

We had our annual family pictures taken last November (that's right, I'm really behind on blogging them!) by our friend Chelsea Knudsen and she did an awesome job! We went to a local state park near our house and there was a lot of beautiful scenery and buildings that made for some great backgrounds.

For the most part our kids cooperated. Jaedyn had a little tantrum about halfway through because she wanted her Minnie Mouse camera in the pictures and I wouldn't let her (see if you can figure out the pictures that were taken after that). Overall I think our family pictures turned out really good!

**Beware...picture overload (it was so hard to decide which ones to post)...

Thanks again Chelsea, we love them all!

Sneaky Girl!

Jaedyn LOVES Dum Dum suckers! I tell her all the time that she can have one and then "No More!". She doesn't really like it when I tell her that. She's in a phase right now where she thinks she can do whatever she wants...typical two year old girl, right?!?!

Today, I caught her sneaking a sucker after I had already told her no more, except I didn't discover her until it was all gone. She, very quietly, got into the pantry and helped herself to a sucker from her candy bag and found a hiding spot to enjoy it...

Needless to say, we've now "Jaedyn-proofed" the pantry door and she's not too happy about it! She's such a sneaky little thing!

Girls Just Want to Have Fun!

Today I had a fun afternoon with some of my friends to celebrate Rikki and Mary's birthdays. We started out with lunch at Cafe Rio and we had a lot of fun conversations while we were there. After lunch, we headed out to do some shopping. One of the stores we went to was Claire's...we had a lot of fun there! We found some pretty awesome glasses that we couldn't pass up trying on...(Hey, just because we're a little older than the usual Claire's customer, doesn't mean we're not allowed to have fun!)

(Jessica, me, Mary, and Natalie)

(Natalie and Rikki)

I thought these pictures were hilarious! These are some drinking glasses that a couple of the girls bought at Claire's and Mary and Natalie actually used them at dinner. I wasn't able to go to dinner with them and I'm really sad I missed this...they look awesome!!

Even though I didn't get to stay and hang out for the whole day, I still had fun in the few hours I was there. These girls are so much fun to hang out with and I'm so lucky to have such great friends!

New Years Eve...2011!

We spent our last weekend of 2011 with Josh's family in St. George. Jaron took up his new bb gun he got for Christmas and was really excited to shoot it for the first time. On Saturday we headed up a canyon nearby and found a good spot for Jaron to shoot his gun. When we first got there he went climbing up some of the mountains and had a little fall which resulted in a scraped arm (later on that day he fell through the springs on the trampoline and scraped the other side of the same arm, then he hit his head on a dollhouse...poor kid!).

Jaron decided to get his gun ready to shoot while the other kids climbed the same mountain he just fell down. Luckily they didn't have any accidents, not even Jaedyn. Jantzen was gathering acorns all along the way (that's what's in his bag) to feed chipmunks. He thought if he gathered enough acorns that the chipmunks would come out and play with him and be his friend...silly kid!

Josh set up Diet Coke cans for Jaron to shoot and got his gun ready. He showed him how to use it and then it was Jaron's turn...

He did pretty good for never having shot a gun before. There was a 2 liter 7-Up bottle full of water that he was trying to knock over first. It took him a few shots, but he did hit it.

While the boys played, Jaedyn hung out with grandpa and showed off her mad counting skills...

After shooting several bb's at the cans, the boys had to check out the damage...

Then, Jaron decided to do some more shooting to try and knock over all the cans. Jantzen and Coleman sat and watched and it didn't take long for Jaedyn to join them. She liked doing everything they were...she wants to be like the big kids!

Josh brought up his gun and did a little shooting of his own...

After he was done shooting, Jantzen and Coleman went to find all the shells from his bullets (we didn't want to litter) and of course, Jaedyn had to go help too. She was fascinated by the ice on the mountain, but I wouldn't let her play on it because she had her jelly shoes on and I didn't want her to slip and get hurt.

Jaron let Jantzen and grandpa have a turn shooting his gun. I don't think Jantzen liked it very much...

Jaron shot off some more bb's before we decided to leave and I wish I would've recorded him shooting because he did so awesome! He shot down all the cans one by one without missing...he was so excited.

There was a little bit of drama while we were there, but it didn't involve any of our kids. It involved Josh and a golfer. Apparently, there's a golf course right above where we were shooting, but we didn't know that. One of the golfers came and yelled at us saying that one of Josh's bullets flew over his head (I highly doubt that). Josh said sorry and said his gun was put away, but the golfer didn't let it end there. He kept yelling, so Josh yelled right back. Long story short...the rangers came and took all our statements because they were told by the golf course club house that we had assault rifles that we were pointing at the golfers and threatening them and we were letting our kids shoot them (they were referring to Jaron's bb gun!?!?)...none of that was true. Luckily we didn't get charged with anything because we had a legal right to shoot there, but it took forever for them to let us know that!

Later that night the kids all made their own mini pizza's for dinner (the adults had Cafe Rio). I caught Jaron shoving a handful of cheese into his mouth...

After dinner, we all hung out and let our food settle. I love all the pizza sauce stains on the boys' faces...

A little later we lit off some fireworks...

Jaron and Jantzen didn't want to put their jackets on, but opted for blankets instead because they were "freezing"!

Jaedyn enjoyed the fireworks, but not getting her picture taken...

I thought she'd be better if I took one with her, but nope, she didn't cooperate with me either...

We went back inside after fireworks and warmed up. Josh's mom and sister started setting out a bunch of treats to snack on for the rest of the night and I think Jaedyn was in heaven...she loves candy! She quickly made her way onto a stool right in front of the good stuff and that's where she stayed for most of the night...

She wasn't alone though. My other sweet tooth quickly joined her...

The rest of the night was spent playing games and laughing. Josh and Jaedyn fell asleep on the couch early (I forgot to get a picture), but the rest of us stayed awake and enjoyed ourselves. We all had a good time...HAPPY NEW YEAR!