A long overdue update!

Ive pretty much given up and trying to keep this thing up to date, it just doesn't seem to fit into my day very well, so maybe someday Ill get to all the stuff I  missed, because there is a lot that I should be writing down...somewhere! I dont keep a journal all that well and would love to have a better and current blog to write down some of these things that I would like to remember.  I guess thats a good goal to work on. :) Anyways, here are some of the things we did during April! It was a good month and was lots of fun!

We started out the month with Jon doing some new training at work. He entered the training to become a CERT member at the prison. Pretty much the prison swat team, they do cell extractions and such.  I think both of us underestimated what exactly this would be. We thought, "oh how great that he will have a more normal schedule and be home in the evenings, it will be so great.... It was a 12 hours a day for 10 days.  He came home looking like this pretty often:

 

 The rest of him pretty much looked like this: 

He got pretty beat up and they worked him really hard. It was a little taste of what its like to be in the military I think.  He said it was one of the hardest things physically he has done, but was also very much worth it and he enjoyed all the different things that he learned. We wereso proud of him for completing it and doing so well!

 

   He got pretty beat up and they worked him really hard. It was a little taste of what its like to be in the military I think.  He said it was one of the hardest things physically he has done, but was also very much worth it and he enjoyed all the different things that he learned. We were so proud of him for completing it and doing so well!  during that time he missed our anniversary and easter but we tried to celebrate together afterwards with a fun dinner at tacanos with the kids. It was great!

     During that time it was also Easter, so me and the kids pretty much did it on our own.  It was a good Easter though and I tried to just take it easy and enjoy the day. We got up early and searched for the baskets on all the eggs. Noah liked finding his basket, but the eggs was a different story. We had decorated a bunch of eggs the day before, and he only wanted to find HIS eggs.  So he showed off his two year old self during that fun, but other than that, it was great! We all had candy for breakfast and rushed off the church by 8:30.  The rest of the day was just relaxing and doing whatever they wanted and we ended the day with Waffles, cant really beat that!

 

   As for the rest of the month,  we had my birthday which was pretty low key, but great!  Every year we try to make a realy great cake for each other's birthday, but this year I requested german chocolate and when Jon found the recipe and it said he had to seperate eggs, he decided it was a little over his head :) So I got a wonderfully chocolate cake from Fred meyer!

 

We went on lots of walks and visits to the park and Jon let the kids try out his bb gun which they thought was pretty cool.  Ella had a preschool art show that she worked really hard at and she loved seeing all her pictures on the wall.  She has really loved preschool and we will be sad to see it end this month.  We made some really cool rainbow cupcakes that Makella has been dying to make and of course, there has been plenty of silliness!  Enjoy the overload of pictures!

The big 30!

Jon turned 30 this year! I wanted to do something really fun for him on his birthday, so I thought, what could be better than a surprise party?! Well, his suprise day turned out to be just a surprise dinner which then turned out to not even be a surprise, so oh well, I'm not very good at surprise parties. It was still a lot of fun and it was great that his dad was able to be in town to be there. His whole family came minus a couple of people and we had dinner at famous Dave's, which is one of Jon's favorite restaurants. It was fun to have everyone there for his birthday dinner. I did not get Nearly enough pictures of the whole thing, so these are just a few that I got.



































I somehow managed to not get the whole bottom of the table, so there really are more people there, Im just bad at picture taking!
















In all my failings at putting together a surprise party, there was one thing that I did manage to keep a secret. After we were all done eating, I had talked with the waitress about bringing out his birthday dessert. and a long with it, she brought another decorated plate with a card that had this picture inside of it ---->














Im Pregnant! And he had NO idea, he was completely shocked and it was so fun to see his face! I wish I had gotten some pictures that I could post on here, but I got it all on my video camera and I cant put that on here, so this is all you get. I had just found out a couple days earlier and it was soo hard to keep it a secret!! After he got over the shock of it all, he was so excited and we cant wait to have our third little baby!

Anyways, The next day which was Jon's actual birthday, was pretty quiet and relaxing. Not much happened, but we had a good day and I made him a blue velvet cake. He thought blue would be cooler than red, so I gave it a shot and it turned out pretty good. It didnt look that great, but tasted awesome, so it was a hit. We sang happy birthday and the kids helped him blow out the candles.





























I am so lucky to have Jon in my life! He is such a great husband and father. He makes me laugh everyday and I am forever grateful that he works so hard to take care of us so that I can stay home with the kids. I love that I get to share my life with such an amazing guy! Love you Jonny!!

Im Baaack!

I have NOT felt like blogging this year...but now Im back and ready to give it another shot :) We have done so much since I last posted, but thats to much to try to catch up on right now, so I will just start with the latest and greatest! Halloween! I Love halloween, always have. It was a big deal growing up, probably because its my sister's birthday, but I have memories of cool costumes, lots and lots of jack0lanterns and just lots of fun! Now that I have kids, I have my own little cute kids to make even more adorable! I tried really hard not to make their costumes this year, because I didnt want to be slaving away all month sewing stuff, but thats pretty much what I ended up doing. Maybe not all month, but it was long enough. In the end, it was worth it because they looked so cute! A couple days before halloween we carved some pumpkins. We got Noah to get his hands a little dirty with the goop, but Makella insisted on using a spoon. Such a little lady. I think they turned out pretty cute though.

For Halloween, We went to Aaron and Kelly's house just like we did last year. We went trick or treating, had some yummy chili, ate lots of candy and had a wonderful time! It was fun to hang out with them and little Kayleigh was adorable! She was a little pirate and Kelly did such a good job on her costume! Makella and Noah were a pro at getting candy. Noah would position himself right in the middle of the door and open his bag, ready to go. And Ella left every house with a "Thank you! Happy Halloween!" Enjoy the picture overload!!

She is looking way to grown up! Where is my little girl??


Do a witch pose, Ella!

This is his serious cowboy sheriff face


That serious face never lasts long, he is so stinkin cute!
Here is little Kayleigh the pirate! She was very good about wearing her hat, and loved digging in all the candy bags!

Look closely and you can see Noah's spurs on his boots, so great!

Whenever I told Noah to say cheese, he would make this face and look away from the camera.
Noah is not a big fan of actually eating his candy, but he sure does love to play with it!


Happy Halloween!

Day 14

Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.

This one is a no brainer...
My Jonny! He is my best friend, my husband and the father of my kids! What more can I say? He makes me life wonderful!

Day 13

Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist.

I think Im pretty well rounded when it comes to what music I like to listen too. Its true I dont like a lot of rap or really hard rock, but other than that, Im pretty flexible. It was hard for me to think of who is my favorite. I finally decided on Brad Paisley. I just think that every song he comes out with is so good. He has a wonderful voise and is pretty easy on the eyes, that definetaly helps :)

Spring Break

We actually got to have a spring break! Jon had a whole paid week off. It was pretty great! We had plans of going to Utah to see family and friends, but changed our plans at the last minute and just ended up staying home. It was so great though! We ended up painting Ella's room, which we had wanted to do for awhile. It turned out cute and we had a lot of fun working on it together. Here is a before picture. This is right before we set up to paint, so the walls are cleared off and everything was moved to the center. But you get the idea.
And then the after:
Makella really wanted to have a pink room and since she had done a pretty good job of destroying the old paint, we decided to just do it. She knew we were painting it pink, but we didnt let her in her room until it was all done and put together. It was a huge suprise and she was SO excited! I loved seeing her face when it was all done. She gasped and said "Oh... look how beautiful it is..Its pink just like I wanted! Thank you Thank you!" She was in awe. If you know Ella, you can probably imagine her saying that. It was really cute.
I was also able to work on our garden a bit. It was still a too cold to do alot with the ground, but I got some little seed starter things and planted a bunch of plants that are supposed to be started inside. Ella helped me do it and we made some cute little markers, so I wouldnt forget which was which. It was a fun little project. Its been a little over a week and there are already a few little sprouts! Im really excited to be able to get them in the ground. I also got some strawberry plants and planted them outside. Im excited to have a garden this year...hopefully I dont kill everything!


We also were able to celebrate Kamden's birthday. Jon's parents came up and Kami asked me to make some cupcakes for his party. I was really excited because I love to have a reason to make cupcakes! His theme was trucks, so I made some trucks out of fondant. I definetaly have a long way to go before I really good at it, but every time I do it gets a little better. It was fun to be able to practice a bit. Here are a few pictures from the party.
This is Kayleigh, she was just hanging out and having a great time. She is such a sweet little baby and so cute!
I just love Kamden! He is the cutest little kid and he always have a huge smile for everyone. I missed all the really good cake pictures, but he seriously dove into that cake and got it everywhere. It was great.

Jim and Kay just got back from hawaii and got all the grandkids some cute hawaiin outfits. We tried to get a group shot of them, but didnt really turn as good as we had hoped. Noah pretty much cried the whole time and I was pretty unsuccessful at getting a good picture. But they were cute anyways.
Besides all that we just stayed home, had lots of movie nights, relaxed and had a great week. It was just what we all needed. Jon went back to work today, so its back into regular life and Im ok with that :) Happy Spring Break!