ChRisTmaS BaKinG

My sister-in-law and I made Christmas cookies yesterday. We had a ton of fun! I think we are going to make it a tradition and make them every year. Sunday I also helped my mom make fudge and english toffee(my fave!). This is one of my favorite parts of the holidays, getting together with my 2 best friends and making treats! The gingerbread men were a new recipe and were delicious this year. They have orange zest and a lemon squeezed into them. Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays as much as us!

Getting Ready for Christmas

A lot has been going on lately. We went to Stewart's Market and saw Santa and Mrs. Clause the 1st part of December. I was so happy this year because Kayden decided to at least stand next to Mrs. Clause and get his picture taken this year. Most of you know that Kayden is a little shy and has not sat on Santa's lap since he was about 2. Riley of course had no problem!
Then Kayden was star of the week at school. We made a poster board with a bunch of pictures of him. He got to be the teacher's helper and cut to the front of the line all week. On Thursday he got to bring something special to school and answer questions from the class. Riley and I got to go watch and tell Kayden's class a little about him. It was a lot of fun. I can't believe how fast my boy is growing!
Today was Riley's Christmas program at preschool. He was such a cute little reindeer!! It was a bitter sweet moment for me because Riley is my baby and he is growing up so fast, but on the other hand it is so fun to watch my baby grow up. He is becoming such a big boy!

Craziness-MyLife!

So I'm sure you all have heard all kinds of things that are going on with us lately. Well there is plenty going on and I thought I would just give you an update in case anyone has any questions. I am having a hysterectomy on Nov. 11th. I will be down for 6 weeks. I am hoping to be up and around faster than that. It should be about the same as when I had the boys and I was always up and around within a couple weeks.
Monday night we found out that we have to be out of our house in 30 days because our landlady's son is moving back to Utah. I had a little bit of a panic attack because I am having surgery in 2 weeks, so that means I want to have to have everything packed and ready to go in 2 weeks. After calming down I realized I can do this-I just might be calling everyone to help! I will let you know when we decide where we will be living. In the mean time, wish us luck!!

Bear Lake Ride

Our anniversary is coming up and John is going to be working so we decided to go for a motorcycle trip a couple weeks early. When everyone heard we were going to Bear Lake they all thought it sounded like fun. We have tons of fun with my parents, brother and sister in law. So we said let's all go! We left Friday night when everyone was off work and headed up to Manilla to stay at the cabins in the KOA. On the way up we got caught in a thunderstorm, but it wasn't to bad. Saturday morning we got up and headed for Fort Bridger. We toured the fort and museum. Then we headed to Garden City, UT (a little town by Bear Lake). We only had one tiny thunderstorm on the way. When we got to the KOA and got our cabins all set we decided to head to town and have a famous raspberry shake. YUM! Then we stopped at the store and got steak, chicken, salad, and french bread and headed back to the cabins to make dinner over the fire. We had a great relaxing night visiting and joking. Then Sunday we woke up and headed home through Kemmerer, WY. We got Lindsey home just in time to go work the night shift! We all decided that we wished we had one more day so we could have explored a little more. But then that gives us another reason to go back next year, right?!

1st Day of Preschool

Riley started preschool on wednesday. So sad for mom, he's my baby and I'm not quite ready to let go yet. Needless to say he had a great time and keeps asking me when he can go without me. He's very excited for monday!

1st Day Of School

This year Kayden is in 1st grade. I can't believe he's that old! Last year we had a bit of struggle with school, Kayden had a hard time going and the first week he cried every day. Finally I bribed him with a reward if he could go to school for a few days without crying and that seemed to do the trick. This year was a different story, and honestly I had a harder time than him. I told him I would take him his 1st day and he told me that he didn't want me to take him, he wanted to ride the bus. I was proud of him for being so big but a little crushed that he didn't need me. So I compromised and met him at his class. When he got there, he said "See mom, I told you I could do it!". He had a great 1st day and was happy he got to ride the bus to and from school this year and eat lunch at school. He really loves his teacher this year and I think that helps. I'm so proud of my big boy!

Weight Family Reunion 2009

We had a lot of fun at the reunion this year!! The boys loved the rope swing and playing in the water. Riley even went down the water slide with his dad. We stayed the night in our tent and the boys thought it was great!