Happy Brithday Brenden!!

So this is a quick shout out for Brenden. His birthday was on the 9th. He is such a great, smart and funny kid. I cannot believe that he is already 9 years old. He grows everyday...and is seriously going to be taller than me before we know it. It seems like just yesterday, Jason and I were at the Diamondbacks game and it went a little like you would expect. Jason loving our awesome seats...paying attention to the game with all that he has. Me...well I am timing contractions, thinking about what is going to happen soon, so uncomfortable in those stadium seats, and for some reason I have a nervous calm about me. I remember it so clearly. So in the 7th inning, I told Jason that my contractions were 5 mins apart and we might have to leave the game early. He assured me that I would be fine and the game was almost over...to his defense we had already been sent home from the hospital(I hate those false alarms). Luckily for me contractions stayed the same...all night in fact. The next morning I went to the doctor and we were sent to the hospital. I can remember the exact feeling I had when I saw Brenden for the first time. Something that stays with a mother. He was perfect...cone head and all. I felt more happiness than ever that day. I wouldn't change it for anything. He always brightens my day in some way, he is such a good brother(especially to Kenzie). I love that he absolutely adores Jason and wants to be like him in every way. I love you Brenden..now stop all this growing would you???
Here are a few pics of him...I sure miss him being little!
Some of his favorite things...dirt bikes and the lake.



Who could forget when he bit completely through his tongue, broke his leg and broke his arm...all in year!



His third birthday at Disneyland...

The first day of Kintergarten....I was so sad, he was not.

And his most favorite thing today...his dog and best buddy!

We love you Bubba G!

Dear Tooth Fairy,

Dear Tooth Fary,
I have Lost my tooth I am sorry I will never do it agen I Promes. I will Look for my tooth after school. I Left it on the coter(counter) then I went to school. My MOM must of thron it oway on ackdent. Love, Hailey

This is what I found on Hailey's night stand. I typed it word of word...She did circle the part about me throwing it away. Hopefully it turns up. Oh, and someday I will find the charger to my camera so I can put some pictures up again...someday.

Help!!

I want to do a new sign for my house. I am going to do it with vinyl lettering. I need some ideas...anyone got any?? Oh, and I want it to be something about FAMILY...I know I am so picky and demanding!!

Update

So we have been pretty busy around here lately. I thought I could do a little update on the entire family.
Jason is almost done with this semester...yeah!! No more Calculus...at least for now. He works so hard for our family. I do not know how he keeps up with everything! Funny story: the other night Brenden and Hailey wanted to sleep on the trampoline. Jason thought it would be so funny to get dressed all in black, put a scary Halloween mask on, and scare the crap out of them. I was a little worried, but Jason is a big kid when it comes to this kind of stuff so off he went. He jumped over our fence, and I watched him crawl across the rocks. As he got up to the trampoline Brenden was like "Dad tell me that you"...and Hailey was sound asleep! Pretty entertaining for me to see Jason crawl across the dark backyard. I was glad that they were not too scared.
Brenden is growing way to fast. We wear the same size of shoe, which is nice when I want to buy him some, I just try them on to see if they would fit. Before long the kid is going to be taller than me. He tested into the gifted program at his school. We are very proud of him. Not many kids are able to get into this program(like 3% of kids that test) and it will be very good for him. He will have to change schools, but does not seem to mind. Football is almost over...thank goodness! This season has seemed to be a waste of time. Bad coaching = you learn nothing...and you do not even get a workout in. He is looking forward to the summer and his birthday. He likes to go to work with Jason and he likes making money! But he likes spending it more...
Hailey finished soccer, with an awesome last game. She is so competitive, I love it! I took her to the doctor just before her last game. She was diagnosed with a form of Stills Disease. Which basically means that her growth plates get irritated easily. She has been favoring one of her legs. I thought that she might have pulled a muscle between soccer and running team. It just kept getting worse so I took her in. She has to stretch morning and night and she has to wear a insert in her shoes. It is pretty uncomfortable for her and she has to take Ibuprofen before and after any exercise. If she can get healed up during the summer she can play soccer again next season. She also has tight heal cords which is making it worse and it makes it harder for her to get healthy. I guess it could be worse! She is about to lose another tooth, FINALLY! She is pretty dramatic with everything right now..and it makes me wonder what the teenage years are going to be like.
Rylie is getting so tall. I did not notice it until Jason's Dad pointed it out. She is so much fun. She just learned to ride her bike without her training wheels. She is so proud. She could not wait for Brenden and Hailey to get home from school to show them. They were so good and acted like it was the coolest thing they had ever seen, even though they both did not see what the big deal was. At least she did not know that. Her hair is growing slowly, but at least it is growing. The other morning Jason heard her wake up in her bed. She stretched and said "it is going to be a beautiful day"...this is pretty much the way she looks at the world. I love it!
Kenzie is still a mess. It seems like she goes in waves...right now she is in a messy wave. She is always into something. Yesterday she painted the bathroom with pink fingernail polish while I was at the store. She is always saying" I didn't mean too", or "Mommy are you mad at me??" She keeps us on our toes. She loves Ryker and spends a lot of time with him outside. He goes down the slide just like her and she loves that.

Mess...

My conversation with MESS...aka Kenzie...
Me: Who made this mess??
Mess: It'sHaileysFault(yep all one word)
Me: Who
Mess: It'sHaileysFault
Me: Hailey is at school
Mess: Um Um Um Um Um, It'sHaileyFault
Me: Are you sure??
Mess: Um Um Um Um..it was Rylie
Me: Was is you and Rylie??
Mess: Nope...and she runs off
Funny how the baby of the family always has someone else to blame.

Who Knew??

Yesterday Kenzie got a her sweet little hands on a tube of bright red lipstick. I used this for a game at Hailey's birthday party in January and totally forgot about it. She decided to leave us a BEAUTIFUL drawing on her carpet! I thought it would never come out. So I got out my Queen of Clean book, that I have had for years, but I never really have used it. One suggestion was to use shaving gel. Yes, I said shaving gel. To my surprise it brought the lipstick right up! So thanks to the Queen of Clean, Kenzie will live to see another day!

EaStEr WeeKeND!!!

So every year we spend Easter with my Dad and his family. We have gone out by Roosevelt Lake for a picnic in years past but this year we decided to go camping at the lake for the entire weekend. It was such a blast and I believe we will be doing it every year. We reserved our own little campground. Our view was amazing. It really was a nice place to camp. They have a small park, showers and most important a place to go "potty". When we first got there Hailey came running over and said "Mom, this is great..they actually have toilets..not the stupid portable things!" This is a huge plus with three little girls! Friday night it started raining and it poured until about noon on Sat. When we were able to see the mountains around us they were covered in snow. So it did get a little cold, but nobody seemed to mind. Brenden had a blast fishing and letting Ryker tag along. I wish I had a picture of that, it was priceless. He loves that dog. All said and done we came home with scraped knees, tummys filled with tons of sugar, really tired kids and a weeks worth of dirty laundry. It does not get any better than that(at least in our family).
Our view from our camp trailer...this is Friday before the snow!

Candace, Jakob and Rylie. These two little ones are only a couple of weeks apart...so they had a lot of fun together. Mostly throwing rocks over the side of the mountain.

Kenzie so excited to hunt for eggs.

Hailey and Rylie with thier cousin Ashley. These girls are full of spunk.

Kenzie with her Uncle Ron. Everytime my kids see him he feels them full of icecream. So of course Kenzie is totally in LOVE. Doesn't he look SOOOO much like my Dad??

Hailey, Rylie and Ryker with my niece Johnna.

Brenden telling me that he does not have time for pictures. I think this is the only one I got, so I will take it.

My girls hoping that it would be warm enough to swim... I don't think so.

Kenzie helping Daddy set up, he kept telling her to move and she would say" Daddy, I'm helping"

Jason and Dad getting ready to go fishing...thier hats crack me up!

My newest nephew...Andrew.

The girls with all the eggs. Kenzie kept wanting to stop and eat her candy.




Hailey saying Rock ON...

And just for FUN...this is from Easter 2006. It is bitter sweet. My kids are growing way to fast. Don't they look SO SO little. Rylie is such a chubby thing. I had forgotten how chubbs she was, since she is now my thinnest kid. I was super prego with Kenzie right now. Crazy how time flys!!