Feliz cumpleanos Kayla

 Kayla Turns 2

Tiny Maracas in the rain ;)

One of my best cakes

(My friend Gabby helped and showed me a ton of tricks!)

 Rain is your worst fear when you plan 

your party to be outdoors.

Kayla's party turned into a flood, but the kids loved it. 

 Our Friends were such great sports!!!!!!!

 These mustaches made Kayla giggle so 

much she couldn't even get it to her face

 Everything turned out alright and it was a great day. 

Happy Birthday Kayla

Hand Foot & Mouth

It looks worse than it was!!!

We were informed that Hand Foot & Mouth disease is

very common. It is similar to chicken pox. 

Once you get them you are immune. 

They didn't really bother kayla and she never acted sick except 

for the first night when she couldnt sleep.

We got it from friends who didnt know they had it, 

and then we unknowingly gave it to more

friends and it made the rounds through the kids. 

Jaden only got 3 blisters, so no pix of him. 

 Just a couple weeks of confinement to our house so we 

didn't spread it to anyone else.

Lots of warm baths help them dry out and heal faster. 

Kayla loves the Tub so she didn't mind at all. 

Big Girl Bed

Kayla transitioned to a big girl bed. She has been able 

to climb in an out of her crib for a while now.

I just put a mattress on the floor for now because I

don't want her to fall off a high bed.

On her first night she was so excited and Jaden 

wanted to keep her company so she wasn't scared.

When we went to check on them this is how we found them.

Jaden asleep on the bed and Kayla asleep on the floor.

They are funny even when they are asleep. 

Easter egg hunt

It was a wet cold day, but the kids had fun. 

Merry Christmas 2011

 We wish we could have gone to visit family for Christmas, 

but it was fun having our own little celebration.

 Jaden & Kayla are both getting so big

Merry Christmas We love you all!

Of course the kids loved all of their presents, 

but it was also fun trying to teach them about 

our Savior and what Christ has done for us. 

Jaden learned a ton from Sunbeam class

and liked to look at the nativity scenes 

when we drove around town. 

Christmas activities

 Kayla and Jaden got cute owl hats from Ellen & Fam

 I got a kitchen off of craigslist for $10 and painted 

it these cute colors for Kayla for Christmas

 We went to a Christmas party at Jaden's preschool 

and he was so excited to have Kayla do story time with him. 

 Jaden liked showing Kayla and I around his classroom

You can kind of tell in this pic, but Jaden doesn't like 

wearing clothes. He is always in his undies and takes his 

clothes off whenever he thinks we wont notice ;)

We went to see the Lights around town

on Christmas eve, & of course Jaden was 

asleep 5 min. into the drive

We did see this one huge tree completely covered 

in 20,000 lights. You can just make out the two story 

house in the background that the tree towers over. 

Other then that we have been hanging out and enjoying 

the mild weather for our christmas in 

Minnesota. Love you all. 

4 years old

Jaden turned 4 and we celebrated wit a small party.

It had to be early, because everyone was

 going out of town for the holidays.

I guess thats how it will be the rest of his life ;)

 This year he wanted a dragon party. 

It was cute, but the cake didn't turn out, so 

the pic is of a smaller, simpler, less dragony cake!