Happy Mothers Day

This year for Mothers day, we had two very sick little boys we were up with all night. At about three am , Jason told me Happy Mothers Day. Yes, I was in the bathroom helping a vomitting child. Not a very nice thing to say to me. I did make it to church and Jason stayed home with Stanton and Easton. Jaden did a great job singing in Sacrament and my Sunbeams were obviously fed too much sugar for breakfast. They were seriously out of control! But, I got my little flower and went home happy. The economy and uncertainty of our future at this moment has made us step back for a moment and realize that we can do without a lot of things. Mothers day was a great beginning to that. I had Jason make a screen for my garden so that the critters stayed out and he fixed my brakes. So now I don't squeek, and my rotors will survive. My veggis should grow nice and big and I am very content and happy with these small, inexpensive gifts. He mopped my floor and helped clean up. It was a nice day. My mom brought me flowers and Jaden made an adorable little plaque. The reason he loves me the most: I let him play Club Penguin. Nice! I guess that is the most endearing quality my son loves the most. Oh well, he's six. All in all the day was nice and I had fun. Even without presents! I hope that everyone else had a wonderful Mothers Day and that it was filled with kind, loving words and lots of loved ones.

Jaden Fly-n-high

So, I am a little techno-challenged and could not figure out how to get both of the pics from the ride to post together when I sent from from picassa. Oh well, I will figure it out soon. So, this is Jaden's first little jump with his bike. He has been trying to figure out the wheelie thing for a while, and this hill helped him a ton! He looks so cute! What a fun time it has been getting him to ride. He loves it so much, he even cried when we left. Music to his dad's ears!

High Flyin' Boys!

We went out riding in the sand and I took some pictures of the boys on their bikes. We got some good ones and had a lot of fun! Jason is still a little hottie!

Stanton Turns 4!!!

Stanton turned four on March 18. What a fun time! He had a family party first, then we had a few friends at the park. He wanted a pirate party so bad and it had to have a pirate boat. This is the first birthday he has really been able to tell me what he wanted. And, he held nothing back! He told me in many details how he wanted hs wooden pirate boat to be. Needless to say, we didn't build a wooden pirate boat. Instead, he seemed very pleased with his pirate ship cake I made. It was suprisingly easy to put together, and the funnest part was probably the candles coming out of the side, like cannonballs! It was perfect March weather, with enough wind to use all the kites we bought for favors. He had a lot of really great friends come and he loved all the fun presents. Thanks for all your support. We have worked hard to get where he is today! This is the cake he had at our house. I did not make this one. It was found at Lins. It was cheeper to buy this than the frosting and sprinkles he wanted. It's really cute, and was quick for me!
Stanton's favorite food is bacon and eggs. At our house, when it is your birthday, you get to choose what we all eat for every meal you are home for. So, for breakfast, we had bacon and eggs. He wanted that for lunch and for dinner too. Jason came and took us to McDonalds for lunch, and I pepped it up at dinner. We had pancakes with strawberries, whipped cream and strawberry syrup. We of course, also had bacon and eggs (thank heavens we have chickens). So, by the time cake and ice-cream came around, we were sugared out! We had over half the cake left! But, it was a fun dinner.

He got a suitcase, which he calls his new backpack. He loves Lightning McQueen. He thought it was awesome.

He is adorable!

In the past year, Stanton has improved in speech and behavior dramatically. He only spoke a few words at three and was so incredibly shy and afraid of people. He now has a very large vocabulary, much more self-esteem and is so funny! He loves to do things that make his muscles work and loves preschool people don't scare him anymore, and he is very friendly. He is going to speech therapy once a week and has really come out of his shell. He loves his brothers and can be so sweet. He has been a challenge for me since he was born. I was not prepared for what came. I am so grateful for the things I have learned through Stanton and how much we have grown together. I have learned patience and understanding and to love all accomplishments in life. He is an amazing boy and has a Christ-like meekness, which people identify with, and they soften when they are around him. How blessed we are to have this sweet boy in our lives. Thank you for being you. We adore you! Have a wonderful year. We are excited to see you grow and learn so much.

Cow Dung Run

Jason and Jaden participated in the Cow Dung Run in Delta on March 15. They had fun, but it was only 13 degrees when we entered Delta! Jade got an awsome start, but finished second to last. He cried the entire race, but he did finish! He had cold hands and was so upset over it. I am very ill-equipped for this type of weather! Jade said he was just so happy he didn't lose and get last place. Jason says that's a boy thing. Finally, the finish line

Jason's run went well. Here he is with two of the boys just hanging out to get his finishing order.

This is his last lap of the race. He fell and his feet were tangled up in the handlebars... Another rider had to stop and help him get untangled. He still took second place in his class. It is craziness to me all the stuff he goes through, for the possiblility of a trophy. There isn't even cash invloved in these races!!

This is a checkpoint and coming into pit road. He said while he was tangled in his bike, he was thinking that he was being crazy about racing, and probably wouldn't do it anymore. Well, the next night, he was telling me to get the next application ready and sent out. So, Wendover, here we come on April 15. Back to Delta in May, and maybe a bit of a break for the summer. Who knows????

He sure looks cute, though!

Rhino Rally 2009

Jason and Jaden both participated in the Rhino Rally this year. It's a motorcycle race. Jade's was a loop that they ran for twenty minutes. Jason's was a 55 mile ride. I didn't get any pics. of him during the race, but this is him coming into pit road. He was really mad at this point, because he had to fix his clutch in the middle of the race. It took him about ten minutes to do that. He was passed by so many people, he was very frustrated. Still, he took fourth in his age class. We still don't know how he did overall, with the three hundred riders. But fourth in his class for his first time, isn't so bad. He even received a trophy! Off to Delta this weekend for the Cow Dung Run! Yee HAW!

Jaden looks so cute in his matching red gear. He had a lot of fun and it was fun to watch. I asked him how many times he crashed, and he said," I quit counting after four, mom". So funny! All the kids were falling a lot and some were even on training wheels! Talk about cuteness! He took fifth in his age group. He thought he took third, and is still upset over it. He will try again in Delta this weekend, and we'll see how aggressive he gets there about third place!

Off he goes!

Happy Love Day!

For Valentine's Day, we went as a famly up to Pine valley and went tubing. It was a first for all the boys. We had a lot of fun, and it was interesting. There aren't any pics. of me, as Jason noted the other day, but obviously, I am there!