melts my heart

I love these boys.

I love that they love each other.

It melts my heart.

best birthday ever (so far)

This is our birthday boy:

the hat that he got at preschool for his birthday

He says that he had the best day ever. I hope so. Kyle got to be home, so that was extra nice too. In the morning, Kyle and Kaden went on a date and went bowling. We let Bosten take an early nap and then we headed out for the day. Our first stop was Cabellas. Its so fun to see all the fish and shoot the guns:


Next we headed for Provo and Pirates Island (think Chuck E. Cheese...but its all pirates....just up our alley!) We had dinner and played lots of games.

As you can see, the boys (all 3 of them) had a great time. Finally, we headed back up to Riverton for some fun at my parents house. Kaden FINALLY got to open some gifts (he'd been dying to all day!), we did a pinata, and played a super heroes version of pin the tail on the donkey.

The only bummer is the red frosting for his spiderman cake was pink.

I'm not sure how 24 drops of red and 2 drops of blue food coloring turned into this (it was supposed to be really, really red). He didn't seem to mind though...

His birthday always reminds us of what a miracle he is for our family!

We love you, Kaden!

man alive, he's FIVE!

I cannot believe that my little boy is turning five today.

Where has the time gone? I can remember getting THE phone call, rushing to Utah, and seeing him (and holding him) for the first time like it was yesterday.

Holding him in the hospital

Just after his first birthday, in Maui

Turning 2 with a Curious George party

We were in Disneyland when he turned the big 3

Last year with his pirate party

We've got lots of fun stuff planned for today...I'll post pictures soon.

Happy Birthday Kaden!
(also known as: Kade, Shuggie, Shuggs, Brother, George)


We love you and hope you have a great day!

happy valentine's day

Happy Valentine's Day.

We love you!

Phineas and Ferb

Our little monkeys LOVE Phineas and Ferb....They both have to start dancing whenever they hear this song come on. We bought them the soundtrack for Christmas, and Kaden can sing them all. Bosten contributes when he can:

Aren't they so funny? We did not teach them this. They started doing it on their own. Since Kaden figured out that Bosten would chime in on the end, he sings it ALL THE TIME. Bosten thinks he's pretty cool too.

(by the way, they're both tired of doing it...this was about take 10 to get it on video).

Kaden's spotlight

Today was Kaden's spotlight for preschool. We've been waiting all year for our turn, and today was finally the day!

Its kind of hard to read from the picture, so here's the scoop.

Kaden is 4 years old (for a couple more weeks)
His favorite color is orange
His favorite animal is a dog
He loves salmon

But wait, there's more...
Disneyland is his favorite place
His favorite activity is playing games with Daddy
His wish is a family trip to Hawaii

And last but not least,
when he grows up he wants to be a police officer and a drive-thru worker.

WHAT?!?

Where did he come up with that? We gave him lots of suggestions of things he could be, but he wouldn't have anything to do with it. He thinks it would be really fun to give people food and wear a headset. The stuff he comes up with is crazy. So funny though.

I scream, you scream

One night this week we went on an ice cream run to Artic Circle.

It sure was good!