Love, Love, Love those boys!!

I'm just in love with all of the boys in my life (Jared, and my 3 little monsters) and I'm so, so glad my boys have such great little friends and I just love them all. So here's to the boys.
Tiffany brought over the CUTEST little spider crafts and the boys had so much fun making these little spiders. Austin takes his silly little spider everywhere he goes (it's pretty smashed up now). Here's Austin, Jordan, Tiffany, Corbin, and Dane making their little spiders:




Look at these two! Do they get any cuter?? I love my little Cayden and little Jaderbug.

Jordan and Jackson: these two boys play quite a bit and we've become such great friends with the Machons. We love Jackson; he's such sweet friend to Jordan and Austin.


Brandon's birthday party: we are so lucky to live on a street with so many little people! We have some of the best neighbors and some great friends. Jordan just loves to see his friends from our neighborhood and church.




Gardner Village: Jordan was in preschool so he missed out on the fun, but we got to check out the witches at Gardner Village; I just love this place!
Here's Austin and his spider, Corbin and Sammy, and Tiffany and her CUTE baby boy:




Preschool friends: Jordan's preschool went to the Sandy Fire Station to learn about fire safety and I got to meet a few of Jordan's school friends.


And here's my two boys who can't seem to leave each other alone... but are completely inseparable and are such buds. Yes, this is what Jordan does to his little brother every time I turn around for even a second (usually not stickers, but he's always doing silly things to this poor kid and Austin is such a trooper and usually plays along).






And here's a conversation log between Jordan and I this past week:
Jordan was eating his lunch with all of us one day and then he told me he didn't want to eat anymore.
M: Why don't you want to finish eating?
J: Well, if I eat then I'll get big and strong.
M: Yeah, that's right. Don't you want to be big and strong?
J: No, because if I get bigger then one day I'll die, because people get old and die.
So I want to be a kid forever.

J: Dad, I want you to be a kid so we can be best buddies.
D: We can be best buddies even if I'm your dad.
J: No, you have to be a kid.

J: MOM!! MOM!! Lanae!!! LA-NAY!!! COME HERE!!
I ran upstairs thinking he was hurt or something was wrong.
J: Look! (I looked in the toilet)
J: There's a daddy poop, a brother poop, Awww, look, the little brother poop is hugging the daddy poop.
OK, that one was gross but it was so funny at the time.

J: Mom, does the Holy Ghost have blood on him?
M: Umm.. I really don't think so, why would you ask something like that?
J: Well, if the Holy Ghost in my heart, and my heart makes blood, then he has blood on him, right?
M: Hmm.. not really.

Jordan killed a little bug in our house with his dart gun and then he leaned over and told the bug, "it's ok little bug. You're just going to heaven".

Jordan wanted to be a knight for Halloween and wanted Austin to be a dragon. So I found, what I thought, a very cute dragon costume. I got the kids dressed up last week for the Odgen Dino Park and I said to Jordan, "look at your little brother, he's a dragon!"
J: Silly mom. He's not a dragon, he's a dinosaur.
He was right. How did I miss that one??

The funny things kids say.

Happy Birthday Jared!

We celebrated Jared's birthday over a week ago but we've been gone and things have been crazy, so I'm catching up. All of you who know me know how much I love this guy; he's such an awesome dad and he's so good to me. He takes such great care of our little family and I just love him to pieces.
So here's how the day went:
8:00 AM: Breakfast in bed and gifts.
I took the kids out and we all went shopping; I found some cool stuff for Jared at the mall and Jordan went "shopping" in our garage. He found some cool stuff like golf balls, tees, golves, etc. and he was so excited to wrap up his findings and wait for the big day to give his dad his present.

9:00 AM: I set up a tee-time for Jared and one of his best friends, Dan Kooyman up at the Mtn. Course @ Wasatch (his favorite place to play). He didn't know he would be playing golf so he was all grins when I told him Danny was on his way to pick him up. I had the entire day to finish my to-do list (pick up balloons, cake, etc. for later). Jordan was my little helper and was so proud that he was helping make dad's day special.

3:30 PM: Kids, Pizza, Movie on - check. Babysitter - check. Change of clothes in car - check. Birthday boy home with smile on face - check. Off on the road, just me and my honey off to our next stop: Sego Lily Day spa.
After we had a couples massage and a warm bubble bath we got showered up and ready to go to dinner. We had some time to kill so we just sat by the fire and talked and enjoyed the ambiance.


7:00 PM: on the road. I told Jared we had dinner reservations but I didn't tell him where. We kept circling South Towne mall and I think he knew something was up, but was kind enough to play along...
7:30: We ended up @ McGrath's and we had a room full of some of our closest family and friends. It was so fun and it meant the world to Jared to see everyone there. Happy Birthday babe - you are so loved!!





Birthday Party Part II
So I tried to make this one a surprise but I had to fill him in so he could take care of his to-do's; we left early the next morning to go to St. George and Las Vegas for the week.
We love St. George; the weather is always so nice and we love to go on long walks, play at the parks, swim, golf, etc.




Jared and Jordan at Sunbrook: Jared took Jordan golfing for the first time and it was the cutest thing. Jared's been telling him for months now, "when you're a big boy I'm going to take you golfing with me" and he finally had his moment. Jordan felt like he was the biggest kid on earth. He even hit a few good shots and learned some golf etiquette since he was on a real course. I told Jared that in a few more years he'll have his own 4-some; dad and his 3 boys!




We took the kids to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and then went to the Pizza Factory:


Uncle Layne and Aunt Diane were in town so we got to see them one night for dinner:

We spent the day swimming, had naps, and then went to dinner:










And then we were off to Las Vegas for a few days. Jordan was convinced that we were at another Disneyland because he saw the Exalibur Hotel and he remembers staying there once... somehow that got linked up in his head that the castle hotel was in Disneyland. Hmmm... Vegas - not quite Disneyland!
We walked the strip and had dinner at Hawaiian Tropic Zone by the Miracle Mile Shops:



We went swimming at the pool; the kids loved the lazy river:



We went to Ceasar's Palace and had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. All three kids fell asleep during dinner, so we successfully wore these boys out. We piled all three kids in the double stroller and walked back to our hotel.





The next day was our day to head on home; Jordan had one special request: he wanted to go to the M&M store and buy some candy. So that's what we did. And that was the end of the trip.