This week...

Bosten had his first popcicle! Kaden and I shared with him and he LOVED it

(what's not to love about Otter Pops?!)

There was a new episode of Curious George on this week. As you can probably imagine, we were SO EXCITED. Both boys snuggled in our bed and watched it when they woke up.

Kyle was off on Saturday, which doesn't happen too often. Kaden woke up and told Dad, "this day is crying out for doughnuts!" (a line from Curious George). Kyle being such a good daddy took him to get doughnuts for a treat.
Even Bosten got to taste the frosting...who can resist ORANGE frosting?!

Finally, yesterday was the first game of Spring Soccer. It was pouring, so Bosten and I didn't go to the game. Kyle said Kaden was so excited. Kyle yelled, "GO KADEN!" one time and gave him 2 thumbs up. Kaden ran right up and said, "Dad, next time say GO SHUGGIE!!". So, so funny! (Shuggie is Kaden's nickname...it all started when he was a baby and Riley (cousin) called him Sugar, Shuggs, Shuggie. It has stuck. In fact, when people ask Kaden his name its a toss up if he'll say Shuggie or Kaden.) Go Fire Dragons! Go Shuggie!

Stick Figure Family

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Where does he get this?

My conversation with Kaden this morning:

Me: Kaden, why don't you wear the underwear that has stars on it?

Kaden: Why Mom?

Me: Because you're a star.

Kaden: Oh....well, why don't I wear my Incredibles ones since I'm incredible?

Me: (Laughing) Good idea, Kade.

Oh baby!

We were completely thrilled to hear this week that our friends, David, Heather and Holland (remember they're the ones that took care of Bosten those first 10 days) have adopted a baby boy! Ryder David Jensen was born on Saturday, and brought home on Monday. Its been a long, stressful time for their family, but we're so happy for them. If you want another tear jerker story, click on their link (David and Heather) to get the details.

Congratulations! We love you!

I don't know if I can say this enough...Adoption is a hard road for everyone involved. Yet, SO WORTH IT and a miracle. Adoption is a miracle!

Again

For those of you who've known us for awhile, this won't be a surprise at all....

Yes, that's SNOW. Crazy, spring, Utah weather! Anyway....

WHY you ask?!

Honestly, lots of reasons.

-We're getting things in order for baby #3 (no, things haven't changed and we're still in limbo with Bosten's adoption). Spring is a WAY better time to try and sell than later, so we're going for it.

-Interest rates and prices are down, which means we can afford to live closer to Kyle's work (which he's glad about, especially on those nights where he's on call and out all night).

-I'm tired of the hour commute (each way) down to see my parents and sisters. We go down at least 2 times a week, so anything we do will be closer than we are now.

Those are the big ones. We're doing it by owner. We've been really lucky with our other 3 houses and have done it by owner each time. Yes, we know the market is different now and there are a million houses for sale (as any of the realtors would tell you that have called...even though we say we're not interested in an agent). We'll see.

Better late than never

I'm happy to report that everyone is finally feeling better around here! In fact, the whole family went to all of church on Sunday...that hasn't happened for weeks. Anyway, here's the boys' new Easter shirts. (Kaden had the hardest time keeping his eyes open with the flash!) Aren't they cute?

Did you know?

6% of the population is adopted

BUT, 60% are touched by adoption in some way.

Love it. We love adoption.

Easter pictures

Here's some pictures of the boys from Easter morning. Kaden was THRILLED to wake up and find out that the Easter bunny had come and hid eggs and a basket. Bosten wasn't too excited, but he did like drooling all over his new toy and a plastic egg. We bought the boys new shirts to wear for church, but since they've been sick we didn't go. I'll post those pictures after we actually wear them.

One cute puppy and eyelashes to die for

Here's some pictures of the kids from this week. They both have colds still (or again, I'm not sure) and haven't been feeling the greatest. We got the puppy towel as a gift when Kaden was born. It was so nice, but is finally being appreciated. Kaden loves it and thinks its super fun. And, do you see Bosten's eyelashes? They're crazy long and curly. The picture really doesn't do them justice. I'm seriously jealous.

Our little worker

Papa came up one day this week to help me whip our yard into shape. We pulled weeds, edged, mowed, sprayed weeds, tilled the beds, etc. Kaden was such a good helper! He must have moved the fertilizer spreader in and out of the trailer a million times. He saw that Papa had work gloves on, so he wanted to have some too. His little hands must have been so hot! Snow gloves aren't very good work gloves!

Mmmm....chocolate!

My sister, Lindsey, gave Bosten his first taste of chocolate this week. Of course he thought it was heavenly and immediately wanted more....smart kid!

Our date with the missionaries

One of the fun things about Kyle's calling is we get to hang out with the missionaries WAY more than we would otherwise. They're really fun, and we think its great for Kaden to hang out with them. Last week on "P day" we took them minature golfing.

It was pretty cold, but no one seemed to mind. Afterwards we went and got ice cream....it was a pretty fun "date with the missionaries" (as Kaden said).

We Love Adoption!

Grab a tissue...



We love adoption! We're so thankful for our 2 birth moms. Even though we're still working on the legal stuff with Bosten's adoption, we're so excited and anxious to start the journey again. Its by FAR the hardest thing we've ever done.

People kill me when they say stuff like:

"oh, I wish I could just adopt. it would be so much easier."

"you're so lucky you don't have to go through 9 months."

"adoption is easy."

My response?

WHATEVER.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

(those are the nice ones I'm thinking! :))

I haven't been super vocal about how I feel about adoption...other than the frustrations of waiting and hoping to adopt. I guess its because its super close to my heart.

I want to be better.

Its been such a huge blessing. It definately makes you realize that Heavenly Father is very much a part of adoption and He works out the details...the right babies get with the right families. I have a very strong testimony of that.

So, know someone who might be in a situation to consider placing a baby for adoption? We'd love to hear about it. Even if its not right for us, we know people who are trying to adopt too.

MIRACLES HAPPEN.

ADOPTION IS A MIRACLE.

Myra Maines and friends

So. Yesterday was April Fool's Day. Kyle and his co-workers got tons (I'm talking at least 10) phone calls asking for:

Myra Maines (say it fast a few times)

Doug Graves

Paul Bearer

Ha Ha Ha. Kyle asked one of the callers if he was looking for Myra Maines or Ura Maines. Huh?! Kyle said he repeated it several times before the guy got it. Then he was bummed that he wasn't the first smartie to come up with that joke. Funny.