Rainbow Party

So we are going to play a little game. Look at the two pictures and see how many things you can find that are different.

Did you find them all? This game was a result of Bailey wanting a rainbow party and me making the the cake upside down but not noticing it until dinner. It was driving me crazy so I had to fix it before she blew out her candles.

 She is so excited to be four. She got her first party with friends and loved every minute of it. They decorated tutus and rode the horse.

In the past year Bailey started preschool and can now write her own name.

She took gymnastics

 became a big sister.

  started riding a bike (this one took a lot of encouragement and a new bike from Grandma and Grandpa McFadden. but she finally did it. We will now work on taking the training wheels off.)

And she got her first goldfish from her teacher in sunbeams.(yeah) I told her that it probably wouldn't live long and that it might die before she turned four. I know a great thing for a mom to say. I was just full of excitement and love when she brought this home from church. (thank you primary teacher) Anyway after that every time Bailey said a prayer she would bless her fish to live until her birthday, and yep that's right we still have them three months later.

I just love this girl and she is such a joy to have in our family.

Stable Star

 Todd came home from work last week and got all the kids out of bed to look at how bright and beautiful the planets where in the sky. The kids thought they were amaizing, especially Bailey who when she saw them started jumping up and down and stating "its a Stable Star, It's a Stable Star" Todd I both gave each other the look. You konw the one all parents give each other when their kids say things and you have no idea what they mean, but you hope the other one does. Then we hear Bailey start singing "Picture a baby in Judea, Picture a sacred silent night..." and then she asked if baby Jesus was somewhere. It was the sweetest moment. It was one of those times where you realize that she really is paying attention, and that she is gaining her own testimony of the Savior. I will always remember that moment everytime I look up at the sky and see a bright star. Thank you Bailey.

(If you look close these were the plantes we saw that night,)

Happy Birthday Karson

I wanted to wait and post this with pictures of his baptism, but because of some family things we have changed his baptism to July. So with that said...

Karson is now EIGHT I can't believe it! We surprised him with tickets to a Jazz game with his dad. They went to the Jazz vs Kings so he got to see Jimmer play. When we surprised him we literally gave him the tickets 5 minutes before they were supposed to leave. He knew his dad was going to this game,  he just didn't know he was going , and his face was priceless. I just Love this Kid.

I also let Karson have a birthday party with his friends. He was so excited that right after Christmas he made all his invitation, and wanted to pass them out right then. It was very hard for him to wait three months. And yes these were the invitation. He came up with it all on his own one night when I thought he was asleep, and as a Mom trying to encourage his creativity and thinking on his own I just had to smile and say "OKAY, good job, these are great! They sat in his room until April, and by then (Thank goodness) he decided on some different invitations.   

He wanted to play basketball for his party so we took all his friends to a  gym and played A BUNCH of different basketball games. Then brought them back and had pizza and cake. It all ended up being so much fun I don't think I will be able to top this party.

Easter 2012

We had a great Easter Weekend the weather was beautiful we got to spend time with family, and just relax. Here a few Pics.

The kids coloring eggs

Karson, Kambree, Bailey ready for their Easter egg hunt in the backyard.

Demry being very patient while I take a million pitures of her.

This was my favorite picture of the day it looks like she just discovered she has a finger.

Hide and Seek

So the other night, I was getting the kids ready for bed, and I kept calling Baileys name to come get her pjs on, but there was no sign of her. After minutes of searching the house and calling her name(thinking she had fallen asleep somwhere) she finely said "right here mom" I looked down and this is what I found. What a funny girl! She had been hiding in the laundry basket on here bed the whole time.

Our Trip To State

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Most of you know this already but I thought I would explain a little, a couple of years ago Todd started coaching the 9th grade Rigby basketball team, he also started to assist the Varsity team during their games, and he has loved it! So does Karson he gets to go to the practices, he sits on the bench during games, and  rides the bus with the team for away games. He knows all the players names and insist that he is going to be Trojan someday, forget that we live in skyline boundries. It has been very fun for our family. So when when Rigby won Districts this year, and earned a spot at State, we had to go cheer them on. The weekend ended up being great and even better Rigby won State. It has been since 1986 that they earned that title so it was a sweet victory for them.  Some might call me a traitor for supporting this team. I call it support for my husbands "extra curricular activities."  GO RIGBY!

Below are some pictures from Todds team they had great season too with a record of 15-5.

Happy Birthday Todd!

I want to say Happy 30th Birthday to Todd!! What better way to celebrate than to take him and do something he has never done before. Thats right we went cross country skiing with some friends.

At least thats what I thought we were doing until we were half way through our adventure and, I saw what we had to go down.

(are you kidding me!)

Todd was a good sport and we all had a great time.

 We laughed the entire day, due mostly because everytime we turned around someone was on the ground. (So funny! This is not even half of the falls. Todd got really good and getting up faster than I could get the camera out.)

Thanks Todd for being such a good Husband and Dad, and even though...

I think you're going to have a great year!