Kensie's birthday and other stuff

Kensie's Birthday


Thanksgiving at Grandma Linda's



Cael fixing the dyson


decorating the tree

i forgot to mention

I'm going private this friday the 21. So please leave your email or send it to cesmith80@msn.com.

I Hate to do this!!!!

Yes, after much deliberation I have decided to go private. I HATE HATE HATE having to do this! The other night I was blog surfing(we've all done it) and almost every time I went to go into someone I got the message. I have loved being able to read about people I went to school with, people I use to work with, family of people I work with, and my own family. I personnally don't care who looks at this as long as they know my family and are not using it for the wrong reason. The only reason i'm doing this is because I just need one less thing to worry about. Like my cousin Mandi said, I still want to be able to share the funny stories and pictures that I never remember to. So please, leave you email and I will add you. For people that don't have a blog all you need to do is set up a google account , which is easy, just so you have a way of signing into blogger. So please, if you know our family-or even just pass our family in the halls at church please leave your email. I'm just trying to keep the Creepys out! Thanks for understanding!

update....finally

I know that I have been MIA lately, but that doesn't mean that I wasn't thinking about my blog. So here is a recap of the past couple of weeks.

First, Me and Casey celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary on the 2nd. We didn't do anything special just shopped (for the kids) and went to dinner with Eric and Jen. We also are making plans with Jeremy and Alisha (theirs was on the first) to do a weekend trip which will be fun!

Second, Casey put the Christmas lights up on our house last weekend. I begged him to do it while the weather was good. I hate the thought of him being on ladder when it is snowing. We turned them on until the neighbors started complaining (no, just kidding), but we did turn them on while we ran to get Cael from my mom's so he could see them and it seemed weird wearing a short sleeve shirt and sandals while looking at my Christmas lights.

thirdly, Cael got to go pheasant hunting with Casey and Gary. He insisted on taking his own gun(toy). He looked so happy I couldn't resist taking a picture. They didn't see ANYTHING so Casey is going to take up Raccoon hunting to see if this helps the pheasant population.

finally, Kensie finally started to take steps. I was starting to think that she wasn't going to be walking by her birthday, but she proved me wrong. She also got her first haircut. It wasn't a huge haircut, but Jenna trimmed the ends with hope it will come in better. She was good the whole time and just smiled. She is getting too big!

PS. if anyone was wondering Guilherme did win the world finals, which was totally awesome and well deserved. He has taken second the past three years! So Go Guilherme!!!

Go Guilherme!!!!

The PBR finals started this weekend and Guilherme is on Fire! After 2 rounds he has rode all his bulls and they have been over 90 points both times. Last night he lenghten his lead by placing 2 in the round after riding copperhead slinger for 92.25. The first round he rode Scardey Cat for 90.25. It is being broadcasted on VS tonight and also thur-sund next week.
Also my favorite bulls are in vegas this weekend. Names to look for Troubador, Charlie bullware, and Big Mike. These bulls also come to the stampede and Troubador is up for bull of the year. He is Rank!

Happy Halloween!

Our Halloween was the best yet! Cael actually liked trick-or-treating this year and Kensie is always easy to please. They both looked so cute in their costumes The only complaint was Cael's mask was scratching his chin so he took it off ,but at least I got a picture first! The night before we carved pumpkins (well Casey) and they turned out really cute. Cooper and Braxten even came over and help it was really fun! Gavyn slept over that night, so in the morning we got up and had ghost pancakes (gavyn ate 5). They got dressed up in their costumes and we went down to my mom's, gavyn and kensie took a quick nap. We headed out to the hospital where everyone was dressed up really cute, especially Nikki. After, we went back to my mom's where Cael had a nap and we made sugar cookies. The rest of the night we went trick-or-treating at family and neighbors houses and made it home just in time to watch PBR.

11 months

It's true, my baby is soon going to be a year old! She is acting so much like a toddler and is getting into everything! we can't get enough of her, especially her brother. Cael went deer hunting with Casey so me and Kensie went to the mall. first mother/daughter shopping trip. anyway, we were eating in the food court and Kensie must have been missing Cael because she would not stop talking to these cute little boys next to us. it was so cute. Like I said me and Kensie spent the weekend home without the boys. I think it was good for the kids to get some individual attention. Milestones...... She is still not walking, but she is getting more interested. She has a new love of pillows and giggles when she wrestles with them. She still says hel-lo, new word is Oh. I can now get a snap clip in her hair, finally! Loves to empty things out especially Cael's toys. She is getting sick of baby food and wants to eat and drink what we are. I have not attempted to take her bottle away and not looking forward to it. She is a girly girl and loves purses and jewelery. She waves and says bye-bye. Acts shy around people she doesn't know. Her favorite daycare lady is Jill and kensie snuggles with her when I drop her off in the morning. No new teeth. I think thats it.

First field trip

On Monday we went on Cael's first field trip to the red barn. All of the kids were excited to go on the wagon ride and of course Cael wanted to ride in the wagon with the hay (that had been rained on). After a few seconds my butt was completely wet. A lot of the kids were excited to see the tractor and hay. Cael was confused about this since everyones grandpa is a farmer! right? When we got to the patch Cael ran to the first pumpkin he saw and wanted to claim it. It's stem had been broken off so I talked him into the one with a stem. He then got ornery (hunger) and wanted to go back to the wagon. After we got back to the wagon he tried to lift the pumpkin and broke the stem off. So much for getting one with a stem! When we got back to the barn he ate his donut and we wandered through the store. After looking through every bit of candy he finally decided on two apples, one for him and his dad. This made a very good impression on his teacher (wink)! But i assured her that this was a rare occasion!

Good Bye Summer!

It turned out to be a nice afternoon on friday so me and the kids went to the park to celebrate good weather. Kensie took her first ride in the swing and squealed the whole time. The park is such a good way for Cael to burn off energy, I dont know what I'm going to do when it snows!

When Casey gets bored~

My house is his first victim! Since we are fastly approaching our house's fifth birthday we thought maybe we would finish a few things that we have been wanting to do since the day we moved in. Well Casey took this a little far and now my house is a mess! Hopefully we will be back to normal soon! I will post pictures of the final result when they are complete, if they ever get completed!

Wild Girl is ten months old!! She is into everything and has now reached the phase where she has to be entertained. She had an ear infection and I was hoping maybe that was the cause of the clingie-ness, but Mr. Ear infection is now gone and she still is my shadow. She also has mastered the steps and loves to bounce up and down when she gets half-way up, so I have to watch her like a hawk! Her first words are ma ma, hell-o, da da. Waves bye-bye. Sings along with music especially at church. . She is still crawling like a maniac and has not even tried to take steps. She loves pop and attacks anything in a cup. Her hair is still crazy as ever and the other day I had a "hillbilly" type man stop us at Maceys and commented on how Un-cute her hair was. It was nice coming from a person with a mouth full of gold teeth. It so fits her personality so I love it wild!

1st day of school

It was Cael's first day of school at Wilde 4 learning preschool. He's not been so sure about this going to school so we took him up shopping and got him new clothes, backpack, and pencils. It must have worked because he couldn't wait until 9:30 this morning. He kept asking if we could go. He did whine a little when I dropped him off, but he got over it. When I went to get him he came running out and the first thing he told me was that he had put his belt in his bag. I asked why and he said that he had went to the bathroom and couldn't buckle it back up. So I asked if his teacher put it in there and he said "no I didn't tell her". He must have been to embarrassed to ask her to buckle it. He said they went outside and looked for the "gingerman". and after found him they got to color him with frostin (it looked like crayon). But over all he had fun and hopefully he can make some new friends. I too have started taking classes at night and the other day Cael asked where I was going. When I told him school he said "mommies don't go to school".



My little Kensie is into everything. The other day I walked out of the room and Cael must have left the fridge open because I came back this is what I found. She squealed when I caught her and cryed when I shut the fridge. I also forgot to post her 9 month stats.

She walking around furniture and will stand alone. She is even standing up by herself without pulling herself up.

Her nickname is wild girl because of her wild hair and personality.

She will now say mama and today I thought she said hello. She will wave bye-bye too.

She did cut 4 teeth last month which makes her have 6.

The other day she tried to steal Abbie's baby so I got mine out of the storage room and she has loved them. We need to get her some girl toys before she starts thinking she is a boy because she plays with tools and cars all the time.

She loves our dogs and giggles when they get close.

through a childs eyes

Lately Cael has become obsessed with my camera. I sat down today to upload my pictures and was surprise when I had 47 to upload. I haven't had time to check how many he had been taking. My little man had been very busy and I thought they were to cute to delete. The car/4wheeler was taken at the fair parking lot, jakoye's legs in our kitchen, grandma at the diaper derby, Kensie, a roll of electrial tape, and his watering boot. Move over Kimo there's a new photographer in town! They remind me of the end of "rainman". too funny

Busy, Busy & Busy

What a busy month! There has been a lot of things going on around here the last month and with the Olympics on at night I have not wanted to play on the computer. (That being said I would like to apologize to all the people who are mad at me for not posting in such a long time! I will try to be better) First of all Cael took swimming lessons the first of the month and loved every minute of it. (next phelps?) Him and Gavyn loved playing shark and motor boat,motorboat. Gavyn was especially good at playing the shark and told us after that he "ate all the fissy's". Cael loved doing "tiggerbounces" to the other side and playing like he was a choo-choo along the wall. He would not go down the slide even though he told me every morning that he wanted to. He can't wait until next year. Last week was the county fair and we tried to go to everything we could. We started the week off on Wednesday when Cael rode a sheep in the junior rodeo. He was so excited until he saw all the other kids crying when they fell off. Casey was helping him on when he started to change his mind and told Casey that he wanted to get off. Casey turned around and told them to open the gate. He lasted a few seconds at least long enough I got a picture of him falling off. At first he said he liked it but was not doing that again, but now he says he will do it next year. When we got in the car he yelled "oh man, we forgot my belt buckle!" I explaned to him that he will have to stay on next year to win. Kensie competed (well tried to compete) in the diaper derby, she thought playing in the grass was much more fun. little stinker. We also went to the atv rodeo and the derby which were both fun and kept us busy. Lately Cael has been such a sweetheart and a big helper. He is acting so old and is starting to say the funniest stuff. He sounds like a 30 year old man in a 3 year olds body. The other night he was laying on the couch with Casey and I was laying on the other couch watching the Olympics. I had just laid down when he asked me if I wanted his blanket. what a cutie. then last week he came in with something behind his back and said mom I got somethin for you. I said what? Aaaaaa boogerfinger! I said a what? Cael: no a buggerfinger. Me: a what? Cael:" I mean a handfinger." Thank goodness when he showed me what he was talking about is was a butterfinger. He has been loving to go to the farm with the guys. The other day he was on with Chad when Travis stopped to ask how much longer he was going to be. Travis said they talked for a few minutes when Cael all of a sudden yelled "get to work"! My dad hopes he keeps up his enthusiasm so he can help when he is old enough.

swimming

Cael finally went to the big swimming pool. He is 3 1/2 years old, but last summer I was prego and there was no way I was getting in! This year Casey's cousin Shauna rented the pool and invited us to come over. I thought it would be the perfect time to break my kids in. We ran to Wal-Mart and bought both kids a floaty so we could push them around. At first Kensie didn't know how much fun she was having, but after a few minutes she got use to it and love kicking her legs. Most the time she had her finger in her mouth and it looked like she was trying to figure it out. Cael was a natural fish and didn't act scared at all. Him and Braylee had fun playing together with his lobster. They even both got on it at once and before I could get a picture they were in the water. Me and Casey could honestly not remember the last time we were there. We all had a great time and it was fun to spend time with family. Thanks Shauna for the great time!

Kensie 8 months

It feels like I just posted her 7 month stats and now it's already time to do her 8th! time is flying.

She is everywhere, she started crawling last weekend and now she has the hang of it and is everywhere!

She has not been much of a roller, so now I've got to get use to her being to move.

She has two teeth on the bottom and it looks like she is trying to cut 4 on the top, poor baby!

She is pulling herself up to things and the last couple of times I've went into get her from her room she has been standing in her crib, she also has pulled up to the couch too.

She loves suckers and anything sweet, she is her daddy's girl!

She loves to play in the water and kicks and squeals.

Feels everything with her index finger and then puts it in her mouth.

Pulls hair and glasses.

She has an obsession of chewing on shoes, especially Casey's.

She is eating good and prefers the stage 2 dinners. I can get her to eat almost anything except the Hawaiian delight.

She is chewing on everything and puts everything in her mouth. I am now on constant carpet duty.

She loves to tease by tapping on the shoulder of the person you are standing next to and then she wants them to try and get her. Her and my mom do this constantly and she is having a hard time understanding why Halle doesn't want to play.

She is still jabbering and tells stories.

She is getting the cutest personality and we love to see her smile.

family pictures!!!

Amie just posted some of our family pictures on her blog http://www.steeleyourheartphoto.com click where it says to go to the blog. Then you can go into her website and go to client proofing and our password is smith. I can't decide! what do you think?

Ute Stampede 2008

I know that I'm a little late posting these, but that's because I've had a Stampede hang-over! We've had something going every weekend for months and it's finally starting to catch us all! This year was extra fun because Cael loved every minute. We tried to get to everything starting with the "run of the horses" that came down main. I pulled down to the fairgrounds and waited right by the bulls, so that we could watch them bring the horses into the corrals. As we were waiting Cael looked over at the bulls and said "I can't believe Reindeer's here"! For you that don't know, we are big PBR fans and Reindeer Dippin is one of our favorite bulls. He bucked on friday night with our other favorite bulls, Troubador & Charlie bullware. We love seeing the bulls we get to watch on TV! I even took the boys down before the rodeo and got there pictures taken in front of Troubador. He is the highest ranked bull going right now and I can't wait to see him in the PBR finals! So after we watched the horses and seen the bulls I took Kensie to the baby contest. She woke up not feeling good and has been trying to cut a tooth for days. She looked extra cute but wasn't her happy self. She didn't place, but I think she was the cutest down there! Gavyn took second and looked so cute with his metal and monkey. In the afternoon we went to the horse parade. We dressed the kids in there stampede clothes. Cael couldn't to wear his new boots and clothes, he even got to wear his cowboy hat that was signed by all the PBR riders. We had a ton of people stop us and ask where he had got all the signatures. Cael loved all the parades and waved at all the cute cowgirls. (there is a picture in my slideshow of him flirting) After the parade we took Cael to the rodeo which he loved. Every time a cowboy would ride he would take his hat off and wave it in the air. His favorite part was the one armed bandit (the dodge is what he kept calling it). Friday was the mammoth parade and all the kids got lots of candy. Chad drove the diesel through with the drill team and Nikki went through with CVMC. After the parade we went down and let Cael and Gavyn ride some of the rides before the Rodeo. They had a good time and Cael was excited about going to the rodeo again. He asked every 15 min when the dodge was coming out. Here is the video of his reaction.


Friday was the best night of bull riding and was a great way to end the night. Saturday we got up and went to the chuck wagon breakfast. I agree with Marci when she says that the breakfast is still as good at 8:30 as it is at 6:30! We walked through the car show and then headed home to re cooperate before the parade. After the parade we took Cael out to Nikkis for the night because we were going to the Rodeo with Eric & Jen, Matt & Chelsea, and Chris & Jakoye. This was the 9th stampede we have been to with Eric & Jen. We always have a fun time and I hope it's a tradition we never break! After the Rodeo we always make a couple of trips around the carnival, get our fix on the food, and then go back and hang out at our house. It's always sad to see it end but we can always look forward to next year.

Husband Tag

I was tagged by Marissa. So here are some fun and random facts about my hubby!1. What is his name? Casey Eugene Smith 2. Who eats more? Casey eats more at dinner, but I'm always hungry first 3. Who said I love you first? I'm pretty sure it was me, but it's been ten years ago and we can't remember when it was. I think we were outside of my house. Who is taller? Casey, but our legs our the same length. Who is more sensitive? I am. I've only seen him cry twice in the 10 years we've been together. Who does the laundry? Me, he's a man and thinks that everything can be washed together and in warm water. He does help with it though by taking the dry clothes out and puts them in a pile on top of the dryer.(he doesn't see a problem with this) so I try to keep up on his work pants so that he doesn't have to help! 8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do, except when our kids were newborns because the window is on the right side so we would put the bassinet on the left side so I would sleep closer to them. 9. Who pays the bills? Me, Casey hates to write out checks and is terrible at remember when things are due. 10. Who cooks more? Casey, Casey, Casey! I hate to cook and I only do it when I absolutely have to. It pretty sad when your sister and mom call your husband for his recipes! 11. Who is more stubborn? Me, Casey has spoiled me and always lets me have my way. Casey does put his foot down when it comes to public speaking and talking to people he doesn't know. (he is very shy) 12. Who is the first to admit they are wrong? Casey, he hates fighting and will do anything for it to end! 13. Who is more clean? Casey is very fussy with the yard, and is constantly picking up the house, but I worry about the deep cleaning, the laundry, and my car. He hates anything to do with maintaining a car and so i have to beg him to wash it. 14. Who has more siblings? We have exactly the same 1 sister and 1 brother 15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? Me, Me, Me and it's not that I like it but Casey always thinks he has to ask my permission before he does anything. I'm trying to break him of this habit because I feel like his caretaker. I just always feel like he gives me the final say. 16. What do you like to do together? We love to watch PBR together and go get drinks at conoco. We love Disneyland and can't wait to take Cael. We also like to go to dinner and shop(if he's in a good mood)17.Who eats more sweets? Casey loves all kinds of candy and always has a supply, as for me I'm just happy with a big Dr. Pepper. 18. Guilty pleasures? Pepsi, trolli eggs, The View(yes, the tv show), and playing with his dogs 19. How did you meet? K- this is kind of long. We actually went to school together and hung out with the same people for 2 years but we didn't actually meet until about a month before he graduated. In school he was verrrry shy and didn't do anything except work, weight lift, and wash his truck. He was a Senior and I was a sophomore. He was a TA in the wood shop and two of my friends were in his class. They both really liked him and would talk about him and I had no Idea who they were talking about until I finally went into the wood shop with them and they showed me who he was. At the time I was head over heels for a total looooser and was not interested. Anyway for months we would pass in the hall and say hi and that was the only talking we did. We even went to lunch together once, well if you call driving in different cars and sitting on different tables going to lunch together. He acted like he was scared to death of me. So about a week before he graduated his cousin came into fros-t-freez where I was working and told me that he knew someone who liked me. I was still heart broken over the looooser and couldn't stop thinking of ways to get him back! (I don't know what was wrong with me) So I spent a few minute trying to get out of him who liked me and I was expecting him to tell me the biggest loser in the school! When finally he told me it was Casey. I was shocked! Yeah, it turns out the whole 2 years we went to school together he knew who I was and had a crush on me. It didn't take me long to forget about the loser, because now the chase was on for my cute red-head. It only took me pulling him over about a million times and asking him out on our first date for him to finally act like he was interested. When Casey told me he had liked me that long I didn't believe him until he started telling me outfits that I wore years before! I had a stalker on my hands and never new it! 20. Who proposed? We both did, we had been together for four years and just decided to set a date. at the time it was no big deal but now i'm going to have to make up something good to tell my grand kids. 21. What is his best feature? His eyes, they are brown with long long eyelashes. Cael has his eyelashes but Kensies not looking so lucky. 22. What is his greatest quality? I love everything about him, but I especially love how handy he is. He loves to redo stuff in the house and is constantly wanting to make things look better. There are not many husbands who love to remodel!

...Land that I love...

I love having the fourth on a friday!!! If it was only possible every year. Ha Ha Ha. We were busy all day. We got up first thing and went to the park for breakfast. Then went home and got ready for the carnival, we try to go early before the heat. It's always fun to see friends & family that I only see once a year. We lasted there for about 2 hour and then went and had lunch and got ready for our barb-b-Q. Around 6:30 everyone started to show up for our party. We invited everyone that was around to come over and watch the fireworks and have a burger. The weather was a perfect overcast and made the night that much more comfortable. This was the first year Cael watched the city fireworks. Every year he has always fell asleep before they started. He's not the biggest fan, but he enjoyed them because they were far away. When the guys started to light our fireworks Cael went and sat in our house with the door open to watch. He hates loud noises and sparks. He runs for the house every time his grandpa's start welding. Kensie loved watching them and wouldn't take her eyes off them. July has just begun and I'm already tired!!!

Wall*E

So, everybody that knows me knows that I looove Disney/Pixar movies. Yes, i'm the one driving to walmart the day they release one from the vault. Nikki is also a collector and agrees with me when I say that the best thing about buying a new disney movie is driving strait home and watching the previews to see what they are releasing next. My friend Natalie Mccoy sent me a quiz to take to see what princess I would be. The Little Mermaid is one of my favorites and yes that is who I turned out to be. Anyway, Cael is now old enough to take to the movie (the big tv is what Cael says), so I don't have to drag Casey or my friends with me. Except Casey still goes with me by choice. {I think he is hiding his love of them} So last night we went to Wall*E and took Cael and Kalee. Kalee took this picture with her phone of Cael sitting by Wall*e & Eve. Cael loved the movie so much that when it was over he yelled to me "Mom, that's a good movie". Me and Casey liked it but it wasn't my favorite. We went to Kung fu Panda a couple of weeks ago and We liked that better. There was more adult humor in it. That being said I still love Pixar movies and if I was an artist I would go work for them!!!!

Thousand Lakes 2008

It's been years since we have been to Thousand Lakes. This is Casey favorite place to camp and hunt. Unfortunately it is a draw only area to hunt so it doesn't happen very often. Thousand Lakes is part of Fish Lake National Forest and borders Capital Reef. This picture shows us over looking Capital Reef. We had a good group go with us, Casey's family, my mom & dad, Hal & Elaine Anderson, Chris & Lynelle Memmott, & Casey's uncles and family. Cael had such a good time and is loving camping more and more. He would go and go and go until he couldn't handle it anymore and then finally give it up for a nap (99% of the time it was on the 4-wheeler). The baby did so good and never fussed. She went with us on the 4-wheeler the first day and loved every minute. We did a lot of riding and saw a bunch a neat places. After the first day, my mom and dad decided to go in the truck down to Capital Reef and through Cathedral Valley and then back to camp. We were all going on the 4-wheelers so they took Kensie with them. From what is sounds like, they got into some scary patch of road and did some rock climbing. My mom said that Kensie never made a peep the whole time. Kensie is so good to take, but she had a weird obsession with licking the table in our trailer (should we worry????). We also found a tree that Casey had carved our names on in 1999. I can't believe that we have been together for ten years. I'm going to find some old pictures of us and post them soon.

Kensie 7 Months

Another month down! She's getting busy and is trying to crawl!

Cut first tooth

Started fruit, she loves bananas

Screams when she doesn't get what she wants

Rolls from back to front

Loves to go for walks in the stroller (she talks the whole time)

Hates to lay on her back except when she's tired.

She is loving her bath and crys when we take her out

Trying to crawl, she gets up on all four's and rocks.

Has to have her bottle to go to sleep

She is wearing 6-12 month clothes and size 2-3 shoe

weight 18 lbs 3 ozs

Summer fun!

Cael is having the best summer. He is finally old enough he can enjoy having friends (cousins) over. Him and Kaitlyn get to see each other all time because we live so close. They play so good together and are becoming good friends. We had Gavyn sleep over the other night and this was Cael's first time having a sleepover at his house. He was so excited to have him come stay. They played all night until it was time to have an "orange cow". We love to make this drink and will have it at least a couple of times a week. Gavyn wasn't so sure he wanted to try it until Cael talked him into it. He took one sip and let out a big "MMMMMMM"! Casey started a fire in his new pit he got for fathers day and they sat out there until they got tired. He is so funny and him and Cael are good at wearing each other out.

Father's Day 2008

I love the guys in my life! It so fun to have a day to celebrate all that they do for us. Especially to my hubby who is the the best daddy, husband, and friend. I don't always let him know how much I appreciate all that he does for our family. Our home does not feel complete until he walks in the door from work. Cael can't wait for him to get home everyday so they can "work" together. He calls Kensie his little princess and she smiles and giggles every time she see him! My kids are so lucky to have a dad that loves them so much and is willing to play with them all the time. I have people tell me all the time that Casey is just like his dad. My father-in-law is a great example to Casey and has taught him how to be a good husband and dad. They are both hard working and have to have everything perfect. He is always willing to help us out and never complains about anything. Gary always sees the good in people and I have rarely heard him say a bad thing about anybody. I also was taught by example of how a dad should be. My dad never made me feel like an inconvenience and was always willing to help in anyway he could. During the summer we spent our day's with him and the guys farming. I have the best memories of those summers spending time with him, my grandparents, uncles and cousins. He taught me to listens to oldies music (which I love) and to love animals. Cael wants to spend all his time with the guys and is learning from them everyday. He has the best guys to look up to! We spent all day Sunday eating! We went to Chris & Jakoye's place first and ate till we were sick (BBQ turkey mmmm) and then we went to my mom's and ate right after. I had to take mine home I was way to full! Oh-yeah I forgot to mention that while we were at Chris & Jakoye's, Cael ran into the wall and got a huge goose-bump on his forehead. He said it didn't hurt, but it look bad! Kensie also cut a tooth that night. She is much happier!

Lagoon 2008

We spent the day Saturday at Lagoon with my family, well everybody except my Dad and Chad. Cael had a good time and loved all the rides. Our favorite was the new Odysea ride. We had the boys go on all the kiddie rides before we had them go on any of the bigger ones. Cael was so excited to go on the log ride and wanted to sit in the front. He was having a great time until he realized that he was going to get wet and then he wanted to sit in the back! Well by that time it was to late to change seats and he ended up getting wet. This picture was taken right before he started crying. By the time we got off both boys were screaming that they wanted to go home. I don't know if he was scared of the drop or if he was mad he had got wet. What ever it was he got over it and was ready to ride something else. We didn't get to ride Rattle Snake Rapids because the line was too long. The crowds were great in the morning with hardly any wait, but by the afternoon there were long lines and the boys were not up to that. Around 3:30 the boys were getting tired and we were trying to decide if we should head home. We decide to let them go on one last ride and while waiting in line the power went out in the whole park. So that decided it for us. Cael rode home with Nikki and they said the boys didn't even make it to the freeway and they were asleep. Cael is still talking about it and has even said that the log ride was his favorite. Hopefully we've not ruined him on water rides because they are my favorite! We had so much fun that now we are going to plan a trip to Disneyland!