Non-Stop Climber...

A few months ago I posted how Jaedyn was starting to climb on things. Well, nothing has changed with that except that she's getting braver with her climbing everyday. Lately I have been finding her climbing on chairs, tables, desks, cars, and she's even tried to get on the kitchen table (luckily she hasn't mastered this climb yet).

A favorite thing of hers to climb on is Jaron's recliner so she can get to the "Cars" toys, not that she couldn't reach them standing on the floor...it's just more fun this way! She plays like this for quite a while.


Such a happy little girl...she loves her brothers toys.


Jaedyn also loves to use the coffee table to get to the "old" computer. We still have it set up for the boys to use, but we don't have a desk for it yet so it sits on a cabinet. She thinks that's an invitation to climb up and play...and yes, she has fallen off this table, but that hasn't stopped her yet.



When Jaedyn figures out that she can't get to the keyboard for the "old" computer from the table, she'll just move on over to the other computer. I don't know if I should be proud or scared at the fact that she can climb up on the chair and navigate the mouse on the computer by herself. It's funny how obsessed she is with the computers in this house.



I'm sure this is going to be a never ending adventure for Jaedyn, I just hope that she doesn't end up breaking a bone...fingers crossed!

Twinsies!

A funny thing happened today...My bestie and I showed up to park day dressed as twins! I pulled up and before I got out I glanced over and saw Lara and thought, "What a coincidence, how funny is that". How often is it that you dress exactly alike with out planning ahead of time. That's right, we didn't plan it at all, but maybe we should start checking with each other before we get dressed, not that I mind being twins.

(Yes, I'm squatting down because I'm wearing heels that make me a lot taller)


I guess it's true what they say...Great minds do think alike!

First Ride of 2011...

Last Saturday we took the kids up to the dry lake bed and let them ride their bikes. We had planned on doing this on New Years day, but the dry lake bed wasn't so dry after all the rain we've gotten lately. Jaron and Jantzen were so excited to go because it's been a while since they've ridden their bikes, Josh's work schedule has been occupying his time on a lot of Saturday's.

By the time we got up there, Jaedyn had fallen asleep...lucky for her and me. She needed a nap and I didn't want to deal with her being ornery.

Jaron and Jantzen got all geared up and were ready to go! Don't they look so cute? Jaron was excited to wear his new boots we bought him the previous weekend.


I caught a cool picture of all my boys riding together (yes, they were riding and not just posing for me)...I love it!


After napping for a while, Jaedyn woke up to have some fun with the boys. At first she was a little disoriented and didn't know what was going on, but it didn't take her long to start playing around.


I had to catch a quick snuggle before she wanted nothing to do with me, only the bikes...


As soon as Jaedyn saw Josh with his bike she was very insistent on getting a ride, so he took her for one. She loved it and didn't want to get off!


On their ride, they chased Jantzen...


..and Jaron chased them...



..then they all just rode together...


After a hard ride, it was time for a snack break. Jaedyn was really enjoying her Cheetos...


The boys rode their bikes a little bit more, then it was time to load up and go home. Apparently Jaedyn didn't get that memo, she thought it was time for another ride. She helped herself up onto Jaron's bike and tried to make it go. She thinks she's ready to have her own bike...sorry princess, not for at least four more years! However, I was very impressed on how she was determined and able to get up on Jaron's bike all by herself, no one helped her at all. Should I be scared about that?





Mission accomplished! She's ready to go!


I just love how happy and excited Jaedyn is in this picture, she's going to love having her own bike one day.



We all had another fun day at the lake bed. One day I'll have a little more fun when I finally get a 4 wheeler of my own. Until then, I'll just keep enjoying my crazy boys on their bikes...and I mean crazy! Jantzen scares the crap out of me when he's riding his bike. He goes as fast as the bike will let him and tries to cut Jaron off, lucky for him Jaron pays more attention than he does. I sure hope Jaedyn's not the same way when she's on her bike...I already have way too much gray hair, I don't need any more!

BFF's

Jaedyn's BFF Rylee came over the other day to play and boy did these two play a ton! They were two very busy little girls. I don't know how any one can have twins. Don't get me wrong, they are good girls, but just so busy that they wear me out.

We were all up in the toy room and I left for just a minute to do some laundry, when I came back this is what the two of them were doing...




They had both climbed on the little table to play with some toys together. Of all the toys in that room to play with, I don't understand why playing on the table is a favorite thing to do. They played like this for a while before they got down. They were being so cute playing, so I didn't make them get down. I probably should have because Jaedyn eventually tried to get down on her own and it didn't turn out so well for her. She got stuck between the table and the cabinet next to it. Yeah, she cried...no, I was nice enough to help her out instead of taking a picture of her in distress. Don't worry though, she was okay. It had just freaked her out.

I think it's pretty cool that Jaedyn already has a good friend. I hope these two stay good friends for a really long time.

Little Miss Sweet Tooth

Jaedyn is seriously the cutest little girl ever! It's so hard to get mad at her with those big brown eyes of hers, so when she gets into the pantry and gets out candy do I get mad...no, I take pictures!

Anytime Jaedyn sees the pantry open she high tails it over to see what she can find. It's always the candy that she takes out (we still have a ton from Halloween). I guess I should learn to shut the pantry when I'm done in there and I leave the room because when I don't this is what she does...


Jaedyn's a pretty smart little girl. She has figured out how to open the Ziploc bag herself, but she's still learning how to open the candy wrappers. I know it won't be long until she does, but until then she'll just eat the candy with the wrapper still on it. Lucky for her I help her take it off.



Seriously, how can you get mad at a face like that?

Good Times!

A few weeks ago we went to St. George for Tate's birthday party at grandmas house. After the party was over I decided to let the kids stay for a little while longer to play with their cousins. While the big kids were playing, this is what little miss Jaedyn was up to...


...That's right, she climbed up by the TV to get the phone. She has an obsession with phones lately, so she'll do anything to get her hands on one to play with. It's so funny to watch her play. She gets on, pushes buttons like she's actually calling someone, and has a conversation...it's the cutest thing.

I had to put the phone down on the floor because she almost pushed it off a couple times, but that didn't stop her, it only made her happier. Just check out the concentration on her face, she's so into this phone thing. I think that means we're going to have a major social bug on our hands when she's older.



While Jaedyn was busy chatting away with her imaginary friends, the older kids were playing a dancing game on the Wii. It didn't take long for her to join in on the fun though.

Here she is dancing with Sadie, she was loving it...


Then Jaron and Jantzen decided to get in on some dancing action. They were so fun to watch, they were so into it. I loved watching them dance and they were actually pretty good, next time I'll remember to record them.





I just love this picture with all the kids. You can see how much fun Jaron and Jantzen are having and Jaedyn is just "chilling out". She watched the boys most of the time they were dancing and did a little dancing herself, but I guess she got bored with it after a while so she decided to relax and take a break.


I'm thinking I might have to get this game for us to play at our house, of course there won't be any cameras allowed if I'm doing any dancing though. I know you are all sad about that...I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I just don't want anyone to feel inadequate about their dancing skills.

New Years Party

For New Years this year we partied with our good friends, the Heiselbetz's and the Foisy's. We had a fun filled night planned for all...

Here's Jaedyn with her BFF Rylee. These two were having fun running around together, they are such little cuties!


While we were getting things ready for dinner, Jaedyn and Rylee were waiting so patiently to eat, okay, not really. They were two very hungry little girls, so they manipulated their dads into giving them a cookie before dinner, not that that's really hard for them to do. So, here they are sitting up to the big kid table enjoying a pre-dinner snack...thanks dads!



For dinner we had so many yummy things to eat. We had Lil' smokies, chicken enchilada dip, Alfredo, seven layer bean dip, spinach dip, two different cheese balls, pizza dipping sauce with french bread, chips, bacon wrapped water chestnuts, drinks, and for dessert there was chocolate chip cookies, mini apple tarts, and chocolate balls covered in powdered sugar. Yeah, we all got full really fast!

After we ate, we decided to try and burn some calories by playing Rock Band 3. We ended up playing this for hours...we were having way too much fun!



Even Jaron took a break from playing with the kids to join in the Rock Band fun...he's really good at it too! Josh loves the new Rock Band because it has a keyboard with it. That's his new favorite instrument to play on it now.


While us adults played with our toys, the kids were having some fun of their own. Jaron, Jantzen, and Dallin were having way too much fun running around, playing DS's, and eating. I even caught Jaron doing a little dancing to the music we were playing...


The three crazy, wild boys having a good time...


Once it hit midnight, we toasted to the new year with some sparkling cider and kisses. Here's the first attempt at getting a picture of all of us kissing, you can see how well it turned out...


We weren't quite ready when the timer went off, except for Savannah and Erik. I know it totally looks like I'm trying to get away from Josh, but that's not what I was doing. I'm not really sure what I was doing, but I thought it was a funny picture...GO Savannah and Erik!!

Here's a better picture (that Jaron took for us) of all of us getting a good New Year's kiss. I'm sure Jaron loved taking these pictures for us, he hates to see people kiss, especially his parents (it's disgusting you know)...smoochy, smoochy!!


And, of course, what's a little New Year's fun without a crazy picture of the old folks at the party? I have a picture of Josh doing the same thing to me a couple years ago so I had to return the favor. I love how we can be fun in pictures and not be so serious all the time, it makes life a little more interesting.


We all had such a fun time celebrating the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011, thanks for the good time guys. Let's hope that this new year brings better things for all of us. Happy New Year!!