Surprise Uncle Kyle!! Happy 30th Birthday!

On Saturday we had a surprise birthday party for my brother Kyle. He turned the big 3-0! We had a great time. Our Grandma and Aunt Lynne flew in from Arizona, his best friends Aaron and Brent came, and tons more family and friends. Happy Birthday Uncle Kyle we love you bunches!!!

Cooper waiting for Uncle Kyle

Cooper loving his Aunt Lynne, he even shared his celery with her.

My Nephew Tatum.....he is only 3 months old! Such a big boy, but more of him to love!

Surprise!

Happy to see Grandma

Surprise......Aunt Lynne is here too!

Kyle and his best friends Aaron and Brent.

My Sister in Law Kelly and Tatum

My Nephew Treven, enjoying a cupcake! Cutie Pie!

Lynne, Kyle, Grandma, and my Mom

Kyle, Grandma and me.

Happy Birthday Kyle!!! <3

Spencer at Cub Scouts

Spencer's Den was in charge of the skit at the Pack meeting, they did a a skit dressed like Native Americans. He also received a bunch of honors for finishing a bunch of his electives and also earned a bunch of belt loops. The pictures are a little blurry, but I'm going to blame that on Tim since he took the pictures. **wink** wink** He also sold the second most of all the kids in his pack, selling almost $1600 worth of popcorn. Good job my little scout!

Santa's Workshop

Cameron's preschool class got to go to Santa's Workshop for their field trip this month. It was free for family members to go as well. So I wrangled my dad to go with me to help out with Cooper while we were there. We lucked out cause the day before it was rainy and foggy all day, and then the day after we went we woke up to snow, but while we were there it really was perfect weather.

This place is kind of like an amusement park for younger kids, with a north pole theme. It is really cute and the kids have a blast. There are all kinds of rides and big slides for the kids to do. I learned really quick why again Tim goes on the spiny rides with the kids and not me. It seemed like that is the only thing that Cameron wanted to go on. I had the biggest headache and tummy ache the rest of the night. Oh well Cameron had a blast, I guess it is one of those small sacrifices that a parent makes.

The giant pepermint slide.

Cameron riding the tilt-a-whirl with his teacher Mrs. Campbell and classmate Gillian.

Cameron giving Papa a lift!

Cooper on the gondola ride with me........it made me nervous cause he did not want to sit still.

This is the the northpole, it stays frozen year round.

Cameron and his friend Rachael on the Christmas tree ride.

Cameron riding with Mrs. Campbell again

I think he wore himself out. The funny thing was Cooper did not sleep the whole way home but Cameron was out in the first 5 miles.

A beautiful fall day

Today was absolutely beautiful, the weather was perfect. We started off the day getting ready to go to Nana and Papa's house so I could go to work for a little bit this morning. The boys just wanted to stay in my bed and not get ready. Then once we got back home Cameron got his motorcycle out and was giving Cooper rides, it was very cute. Tonight Tim took the older two to the movies and Cooper and I have hung out here, until about 20 minutes ago when he fell asleep on me watching Go Diego, Go. So hear I sit in peace and quiet, and let me tell you it is heaven!

Just had to share........

Tonight I went in to cover the boys up before I went to bed, and I found Spencer in Cameron's bed, and BOTH of them with their "lovies" Spencer has had that bear as many of you know since he was 7 months old and still loves his "teddy". It has changed names a couple of times, like when he was little and could not say bear or teddy it was "der rah" then to "der rar" and now just "teddy", This poor bear has been "lost" a few times and in a few lost and found boxes at grocery stores. It use to be a pretty baby blue color, now....not so much, more of a greyish/blueish/brownish color depending on when his last bath was. He has been stitched up so much and now is getting to the point where there really is very little good fabric to sew holes shut anymore and that would explain why the little silicone beads are falling out all over the floor and his bed. But how do you take something that is that loved away.......you don't I guess!

Cameron never latched onto a "lovey" when he was young. But in the last year he won this Incredible Hulk out of one of those crane machines and has not slept with out it since.

Cooper has both a teddy and a blankie. I think he leans a little more towards the blankie right now though. He likes to grab the edges and rub it on his cheek. I will have to wait until the morning to get a picture of him carrying it around cause there is no way I'm going to wake him up taking a picture just for this blog......I'm no dummy, let a sleeping baby sleep! But I do have to post a picture of him in his Av's jersey(which by the way...come on Av's pull it together!).

So again when I saw this I just had to take the picture, not just because it is so darn cute, but heck it will be a great blackmail picture to go along with those bathtub pictures when dating starts!

Oh then there is the one of him loving Cameron's Scooby Doo

UPDATE:
Here is Cooper with his blankie this morning, he loves putting it on his head and try to not walk into a wall. Silly Boy!

Have you done?.......99 things

This has been on a few of my friends blogs and now I think I will put it here on mine.


99 Facts about me. Copy and paste this into your blog, as well! Just highlight the things that apply to you!



1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child(does a cabbage patch doll count?)
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run(I'm pretty sure I did in softball)
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (I wish!)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (unfortunately)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible (A lot but not all)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Pretty boring....

Wow weee we have been pretty boring lately! I'm not sure why, it seems like we are still on the go all the time, just nothing really interesting to tell you all about. I did make it out last Friday to the zoo with Cooper and Cameron. It turned out to be a good choice to go on Friday cause it has been COLD here ever since. Right no it is 39* out right now, and that has been a warm up from this mornings 30* when I took the boys to school. Oh man I'm so not ready for the real cold yet! Although the mountains now have snow on the peaks. So pretty!


Here is Pikes Peak with snow on it from this spring, but it looks like that again now, It is just to cold for me to go take a new picture, I'm a wuss.

Here are the boys riding the train at the zoo.

The hair is gone!

Well I was not sure if he would ever decide to get a haircut again or not. Spencer's hair had gotten so long and so thick, but this weekend he asked Nana to finally CUT his hair. So I have my nice clean cut little boy back! I love it! he looks so much older too. I told him that if he did not like it he could let it grow back, but so far it is a hit. My favorite part is getting ready for school in the morning, no more comb your hair conversation. Oh and Cameron got his trimmed also, so he is as cute as ever as well.