Happy Birthday Grandpa Jim!!

Your such a good example
of what a grandpa should be
We always get along so well
even when I'm angry.

Your so patient
and understanding
your so quick to give.

How lucky I am to
have a grandpa like you
someone who takes an
interest in all that I do.

You have a good heart
and your honest and true
You are the best grandpa
and I really love you!!!

Happy Birthday Papa!!

Love,
Kaiden

Pajamas

Ok, so all of the sudden Kaiden has something for pajamas. He throws a fit every time I try to put his clothes on. He goes to his drawer, pulls them out, brings them to me and says jammies. For the last two days that is all he has wore and he wants to change into different ones every hour. Thank goodness we have stayed home the last 2 days because I won't take him out of the house in them. Today we went to my parents house and I tried to put his clothes on and he threw a fit. Mike told me to put them on and to let him throw a fit so I did. He cried for a little while and we told him we were putting his jammies in his bag and he could have them when we got to grandma's house. So of course when we get there, he gets them out of his bag, brings them to Mike and says "jammies".

More Christmas Pictures!!

Christmas Day!!

Well our morning started out a little interesting. Kaiden got up at 6:45 and we went in his room to get him, flipped on the light and had no power. So needless to say, we opened presents in the dark. Thank goodness my grandparents gave us the lantern the night before. The power was out for three hours. Kaiden was so cute. Every present he unwrapped he would tell us to open it. It was so fun watching him get so excited!! Then we got ready to head to my parents house and Mike opened the garage and we had a 3 foot snow drift in front of our garage. So poor Mike had to put on his snow clothes and go out in a blizard and snow blow before we left. We had 12 inches of snow. (Mike emailed KSL a picture of our house and last night they showed it on the news and showed the measurements of our driveway and said it was 2000 pounds of snow he snow blowed.)
We finally left and was headed to my moms and we were turning left on the highway and a car ran a red light and barley missed us. Good thing Mike was paying attention and stopped. It scared the crap out of me!!
We made it to my moms finally and ate breakfast and opened gifts. Kaiden had a blast with his cousins. They got sick of opening presents so they played and Mindy and I opened there gifts for them. Later that day we went to my Grandma B. and had dinner. It was so good. All of my grandparents sure know how to cook. I think I ate to much though. It was nice to visit with everyone.
We left my parents house about 7:30 and Kaiden fell asleep on the way home. He hadn't had a nap all day. We all had such a fun day. It will definietly be one to remember!!!

Christmas Eve

Every Christmas Eve since I can remember, we have went to my grandma and grandpa Rich's house. My moms whole side of the family comes over for dinner and later we all exchange gifts. I always look forward to my grandma's cooking!!! All of us cousins pick names, and this year Kaiden got to open his gift first. He was so excited. He got building logs and a animal puzzle. He played with them for awhile but when he saw the other kids open up toys he was right there ready to play with those. My grandparents gave him animal flashcards (there were about 30) and he said the names of all of them. I was so proud of him. My grandparents gave us a coleman lantern and boy did it come in handy Christmas morning. We had alot of fun seeing my family and spending time with everyone. After we are done there, my parents have us come to their house so we can open up pajama's. I think traditions are very important and I am so grateful that my grandparents are so involved with all of us and keep us such a close family. We love you!!

Christmas Lights at Temple Square

A couple of weeks ago, my parents took us to temple square to look at the lights. Kaiden was so excited. He calls lights "ho, ho's". We have no clue were that came from. It was really cold. After we went and got hot chocolate and then went back to my parents house and ate dinner. We had alot of fun!!

Snow Day

Yesterday we thought it would be fun to pull out the four wheeler and sled and take Kaiden for ride around the neighborhood. Mindy, Carson and Sisi came over, and let me tell you they had a blast. Mike would pull two at a time and the other person got to ride on the four wheeler. Mindy and I stood outside and froze our butts off. Thank goodness we had the kids really bundled. It was so fun seeing the smiles on the kid's faces and hearing them laugh. Thats what life is all about!!!