Jaxon is Five

Today, Jaxon celebrated his fifth birthday. Jaxon is our silly, little tease. He loves playing jokes on people and teasing them. He's always happy. He's stubborn. He thinks he's never sick and never needs sleep. He works really hard on his speech therapy. He still loves Mickey Mouse but has really gotten into Minecraft this year. He's started collecting all the different toys and loves playing the game on the ipad. Happy birthday Jaxon!

A little about Jaxon on his 5th Birthday:
Favorite Color: Red
Best Friend: Everybody in his class
Favorite Animal: Dog
Favorite Character: Mickey Mouse and Michaelango
What do you want to be when you grow up: Doctor
Favorite TV Show: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Favorite Movie: Ninja turtles
Favorite Book: No favorite
What makes you happy: Riding bike
What makes you sad: mean people
Favorite Food: Mac n cheese
Favorite Song to Sing: Mickey Mouse theme song
Games you like to play: Minecraft and ninja turtles
Favorite Memory this year: riding horses
Nickname: jack, jack jack, Jaxon Mickey (he gave that one to himself), Jacko Wacko

Happy 4th Birthday jaxon

Jaxon turned four today and I can't believe what a little boy he is. Jaxon is our spunky little boy. He has the best laugh and funniest expressions. He's still working hard at his speech therapy and is still improving.  He loves being outside and digging in the dirt. He knows his numbers, colors and shapes. He's been in preschool all year. He's a fun, happy boy and we love him to pieces! Happy birthday Jaxon!

A little about Jaxon on his 4th Birthday

Favorite Color: Red
Best Friend: Kade
Favorite Animal: Dog
Favorite Character: Mickey Mouse
What do you want to be when you grow up: Mickey Mouse
Favorite TV Show: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Favorite Movie: Mickey Mouse
Favorite Book: Mickey Mouse
What makes you happy: Mickey Mouse movie
What makes you sad: when he doesn't have a Mickey Mouse movie
Favorite Food: Corndogs, Quesadillas, Hotdog, mac n cheese, Sandwiches, chocolate milk
Favorite Song to Sing: Mickey Mouse theme song
Games you like to play: Mickey Mouse
Favorite Memory this year: going to Disneyland

Nickname: jack, jack jack

We had a family Mickey party (I bet no one guessed he likes Mickey) he opened presents...

Ate cake

Happy Birthday Jaxon!

Happy 6th Birthday Kaden!

This was Kade's first year he got to have a birthday party with friends. He decided he wanted a pirate party and invited some friends from the neighborhood. 

We had a scavenger hunt where the kids got a piece of their "pirate" attire. Made an under the sea bottle. They played, ate and opened presents. Kade had a great time. 

On his actual birthday, we had a little family party with cake and ice cream.

A little about Kade on his 6th Birthday

Kade
Favorite Color: Green
Best Friend: Dannon 
Favorite Animal: Monkey
What do you want to be when you grow up: Paleontologist 
Favorite Movie: Ice Age 3
Favorite Book: Big Egg
What makes you happy: When I get ice cream
What makes you sad: When something I really wants I never ever ever get
Favorite Food: Tacos
Favorite Song to Sing: I am a child of God
Games you like to play: Fish Game 
Favorite Memory this year:  Going to the Monster Truck Rally with Daddy

Kade always has a smile on his face, he loves his family and friends dearly. He's a great little boy

Happy 9th Birthday!

Kylie and Bailey turned 9 while we were in Aruba. I've never msised a birthday and felt HORRIBLE missing such a big day for the girls. We were flying home on their birthday but we celebrated all day the next day when I picked them up. Luckily, Paul's sister Kim (who was watching our kids for us) is the best at birthdays and made it special for them. They got breakfast in bed, went to the park, and had all kinds of fun!

Our Birthday Celebration: I made them dirt cake, they got the rollerblades they've been dying for, and spent the day having fun! ❤Love these two!❤

Happy Birthday Jaxon!

Jaxon turned three. I can't believe he's three, he's growing up so fast. For his birthday, we went to McDonalds for lunch, played outside all day, ate hotdogs for dinner, opened presents, ate cake and went to see Lorax at the $2 theater.

A little about Jaxon on his 3rd Birthday...

Jaxon
Favorite Color: Blue
Best Friend: Kade
Favorite Animal: Monkey
Favorite TV Show: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Favorite Book: Baby faces
Favorite Food: Quesadillas and Hotdogs
Games you like to play: hide and seek. He hides then giggles until he's found
Favorite Toys: Cars, Ipad, keys
Fun Tidbits: He likes to cuddle with Kade when he sleeps. He can play with cars for hours. He laughs more than any kid I know. Everything is hilarious and its contagious. He says "Mo (no)" and "yeah" for everything. He has the vocabulary of a 4 year old but can't articulate most of them (according to the district speech people, he qualified for speech services through the schools. He starts speech therapy/preschool next week).

I couldn't get a good presents or cake picture for the life of me... but at least we can see sort of what he got.

A little video blowing out candles... lol. 

He kept blowing but they would not go out. Once he starting spitting, mom and dad started helping.

Happy 5th Birthday Kade!

Kade is growing up to be such a fantastic boy. He's fun, talkative, doesn't back down, always has a smile on his face, never likes what is for dinner, loves his family & friends, center of attention, loves being a big brother, and is a mammas boy. We love Kade and couldn't imagine this family without him.

For his birthday this year, he wanted smoothies for breakfast, to go to 7 peaks, then went to lunch at Burger King, played with friends, then we went to Chuck E Cheese with the Moodys and Jenny and Paige for dinner. It was a busy fun day!

A little about Kade on his 5th Birthday...

Kade
Favorite Color: Green
Best Friend: Haley
Favorite Animal: Monkey
What do you want to be when you grow up: Vegintary (veterinarian)
Favorite Movie: Ice Age
Favorite Book: Big Bad Wolf
What makes you happy: When mom makes cheesy potatoes
What makes you sad: when I have to go sit on my bed
Favorite Food: Cheesy Potatoes
Favorite Song to Sing: 5 little hot dogs
Games you like to play: freeze tag
Favorite Memory this year:  Family Home Evening

Happy 8th Birthday Kylie and Bailey

I can't believe my two little babies are already eight and going into the 2nd grade. They are such good girls. On their birthday they wanted poptarts for breakfast, In-n-out for lunch (milkshakes of course), went to see Rio in the afternoon (w/ mom and their brothers), then out to dinner to NY Pizza. Afterward, we invited the Barons over for cake and ice cream. It was a fantastic day and we couldn't be more proud of these two beautiful (inside and out) girls.

A little about these wonderful girls on their 8th Birthday...

Kylie
Favorite Color: Pink
Best Friend: Bailey
Favorite Animal: Pig
What do you want to be when you grow up: Doctor
Favorite Movie: Tangled
Favorite Book: Magic Tree House Books
What makes you happy: Being with family
What makes you sad: When Moose got lost
Favorite Food: Meatloaf Balls with Mashed Potatoes
Favorite Song to Sing: Skyscraper by Demi Lavado
Games you like to play: Jenga
Favorite Memory this year:

Bailey
Favorite Color: Light Blue
Best Friend: Kylie, Addie Moody
Favorite Animal: Elephant
What do you want to be when you grow up: Zoo Keeper
Favorite Movie: Parent Trap
Favorite Book: Billboard Dad
What makes you happy: Going places as a family
What makes you sad: When dad has to go away for work
Favorite Food: Lasagna
Favorite Song to Sing: I've been working on the railroad
Games you like to play: Guess what am I
Favorite Memory this year: Going to watch a movie at the pumpkin patch

Happy Birthday Kade!

Kade is FOUR. I can't even believe it. Four years ago today, I had no idea how to be a mom to sons and Kade is all boy. He loves superheros, tools, transformers, and cars. He loves playing any kind of game, board games, computer games and games on my iTouch. His favorite color is green. He loves watching Johnny Test. He's extremely bright {sometimes too much for his own good} and quite the negotiator already. He is constantly cracking us all up. He's fun and always wants to be part of whats going on.   It's hard not to like the little guy. Our family would not be the same without him. We love you and are so proud of you Kade! Happy Birthday!

On the day he was born.

On his birthday.

He really wanted a Buzz Lightyear {we saw toy story this summer} so we got him a talking Buzz Lightyear just like in the movie. He did not want to take pictures (he wanted to play with it) so this was the best I could get.

 Opening Presents- He got some school clothes and a pillowpet {Thanks Grandma/pa Chalmers}. He also got some money{Thanks Great Grandparents} and new school shoes {Thanks Nana &Poppy}

The Cake. He told our babysitter that if I didn't get him a cake, it would NOT be a birthday. Good thing I remembered the transformer cake.

The day after his birthday, I had the day off so Jaxon, Kade and I went to Jumping Jacks. Its a place with all kinds of blow up bouncing toys. This was the perfect place for two active boys. We spent around an hour and a half there. We had the place all to ourselves. It was a ton of fun!

Happy Birthday Kaden boy!

Happy Birthday Kylie and Bailey!

Today, Kylie and Bailey are 7 years old. I remember my dad always telling me they grow up in the blink of an eye. Why does he have to be so right? I thought I'd celebrate this by giving little snapshots of our wonderful girls.

Kylie is such a sweet girl. She's tenderhearted and so loving. She's Mama Ky, a little mother hen with her brothers. She's a little bossy but means well. She loves pink, is shy at first but once you know her isn't at all. She love Ariel, babies, her glasses (they make her different from Bailey and therefore she loves them!), and her family. She is a daddy's girl but likes all things girly. She enjoys reading and does great in school. She loves all things creative and is a wonderful artist.

We are so proud of her and the girl she is growing up to be.                                         

Bailey is such a fun girl! She loves life and always has a big smile on her face. She loves purple, and tends to be shy with those she doesn't know but once you get her started watch out! She loves the water and being outside. She's not afraid to play with bugs or other creepy crawly things.  She's our picky eater but is also a garbage disposal, we don't know where she puts it all and can out-eat some adults.  She's smart and loves to read. She does great in school and loves to be near everyone. She's our little monkey and loves to climb on everything and always has.

We are so proud of her and the girl she is growing up to be.        

For Bailey and Kylie's 7th birthday, we were on vacation in California and decided to go to Sea World on their birthday to make it a little more special but we did manage to open presents before we left.

They had a wonderful 7th birthday!

Jaxon's ONE

Jaxon Paul is now ONE, where has the time gone?? 

One year ago, on the day he was born...

And now He's One!

Since Jaxon was born on Cinco de Mayo we wanted to have a festive birthday. It was a little strange having a first birthday without family around but since it was a Tuesday we just did our own thing.

 Jaxon LOVES magnets, opening and closing everything, food (all of it), giving kisses (if I ask nicely), and just being a lovable boy. He's not walking yet but I really think he could if he wanted to. He just get where he wants a lot faster crawling. I can't wait to see what the next year brings.

We love you Jaxon and Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Kylie and Bailey!

I can't believe my sweet little girls are 6! Kylie and Bailey celebrated their 6th birthday during the midst of Paul's family reunion. It was great having friends and lots of family around to celebrate. The girls wanted a party so we invited some friends and cousins over for some backyard water fun! Then up at the reunion, Grandma Chalmer's got them a cake and pinata. Kylie and Bailey are such wonderful daughters and we love them very much! Happy Birthday Girls!

Daddy's Birthday

Happy 32nd  Birthday!

For Paul's birthday, we went out to dinner to the Mayan. I've only ever been once before and the atmosphere was fun but the food was awful. I had heard an ad on the radio saying how great their food was so we thought we'd give it a try. The girls had a birthday party in Sandy so we dropped htem off and went to dinner with Great Grandma and grandpa, Aunt Carol, Nana, Kade, Jax, Paul and Marcia. The food was great! I recommend it for sure! 

Mommy and Kade, he was giving me kisses. He can be the sweetest boy.

Kade was very afraif of being in the snakes mouth. He kept saying, it was going to hurt. It was quite amusing.
Kade and Auntie Carol.
Kade watching in amusement the divers during the show. He thought it was the coolest thing ever!
Kade and the birthday boy

The Terrible Twos Have Begun!

Kade is officially two now! I can't believe my little baby is a little boy. Time flys!

He adores Diego (You know Dora's cousin... Go Diego Go). Every present he opened he was looking for Diego so it was lucky Grandma and Grandpa got him a Diego set! He was thrilled to get a Diego playset, he still has not put it down. Thanks Grandma & Grandpa!

I couldn't find my camera so most of his birthday was videos!


Kade saying thank you! When he says thank you or sorry he gives a hug and a kiss. Its sweet...

Happy Birthday to Kylie and Bailey!

Kylie and Bailey are now FIVE YEARS OLD! I mean, seriously...FIVE? I can't even believe it. Good thing they don't start kindergarten this fall or I might really freak out. Paul and I flew in from Hawaii at 7 am (we took the red eye getting maybe 2 hours of sleep) to be back on their big day. Since we were in California, we decided to celebrate with a little BBQ with family. Their Nana and Poppy, Aunt Amanda, Great Grandma and Grandpa and Great Aunt Robin were all there for the festivities. Aunt Amanda gave them a pinata that I think the adults had more fun beating with a bat than the kids did. We all got a little Dora Aggression out. It was fantastic.

I thought Ky liked Dora more than that!

Bay too..

K didn't get it...

Paul finally broke the pinata... He must not like dora too much either

I've had years of Dora... too much "vamanos, lets go" for me.

Everyone gave it a go... Heres my dad and my grandma! Even almost 80 year olds like a pinata.

Some fun pictures...

And the best part for the kids, the candy! I had to limit the amount they could have. One ziplock bag full, otherwise we'd have candy for years! Thanks Amanda, that was so much fun.

 Kylie and Bailey made out like bandits with presents. Here's just one...

And of course what's a birthday party without cake?

Me, my Aunt Robin and sister Amanda

Thanks to everyone who came! We had a blast!