kaiden's pirate party, 4 years old!!

Totally unusual behavior by Kaid, oh wait, maybe not.
Brotherly love :)

My little clown face baby and my awesome mom

Evann all bundled up!

Poor addie!! It was so stinkin cold and windy, but she still has a smile on her face!

mad dash for the candy and treasure at the end of the treasure hunt

my cute little birthday boy!!

Ok, so I made a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and forgot to bring the forks, hmm, maybe not such a great idea!

Oh my goodness! Happy birthday to Kaiden with frigid arctic winds! So maybe the party didn't go quite as I had planned, and maybe we didn't do half of the activities, but could I really expect things to go as I planned?! Kaiden said he had a good time and we had lots of fun friends there to support Kaid. Major thanks to friends and family for braving the weather and being at the party! Kaiden always loves being celebrated and got some awesome gifts- seriously, he LOVED everything he got--Thank you!! Mixed in with all the chaos, I didn't get a chance to take pictures so thank you to my wonderful sister Lori, the photographer, that took care of pictures for me! Huge help!! Luckily no more birthday parties until the end of July :)

This is how you make a mess. Step 1: dump a liter of pepsi into some beef stew. Step 2: empty an entire shaker of salt into the mixture. Step 3: Some honey for that yummy sweet taste. Step 4: add some pepper, wait maybe the entire shaker, why not go crazy!? Oh wait, make sure you fall asleep and drool into your dinner before so that you are sufficiently rested.

villans beware!!

Who wouldn't be scared of this bunch of bruisers?? I know I am! Little boys are the best!

Four years of fun with my cute Kado!

Happy Birthday Kaiden!!

I can't believe my little man is 4 years old!! What would we do without our little Kaiden? He is so much fun and always keeps us on our toes! Kellly surprised him with a hot wheels bike for his birthday this morning. He is very excited to ride it like the big kids!

Hurray for Spring!! (some days)

This is a really twisted place for birds to lay and egg!!

Kaiden's preschool field trip to Animal Ark. They loved it!!

Once in a while, they actually sleep!!

Crayola bath crayons are always a huge hit with my boys!! Great bribes for bathtime!

We got to go to the Zoo with the Silvas and some other friends. It was a beautiful day, and always a fun place to go!

Keagan and Kaiden watch the news in bed with me in the morning to find out the temp for the day. We are fox 13 watchers, so Keagan was way excited to see Big Buddha at the zoo.

Camden's excited face is my FAVORITE!!

super fun grandma!

We had so much fun at Rob and Kathryn's beautiful wedding Thursday. The boys came with me, Charlotte, and the grandmas to the reception. We ate yummy food and super awesome cheesecake and grandma busted some moves with the kidos. Congrats to the new couple!

Girls scrapbook retreat

Major props to Lori and Lindsey for an awesome retreat!!!

My wonderful mom is so great to plan girl's retreats every year since my oldest sister got married. It is always so much fun!! She always gets us together, has a little program to help us or teach us and there is always yummy food, tonz of laughing and something special for all the girls. I am so grateful for my wonderful mom, sisters and sister in law! I am so blessed!! This year my mom had the fabulous idea to take us all the the semi annual Memory Box scrapbook retreat in Altamont, Utah. Mom and I have catered it a few times and Lori is a co-director of all the retreats. They are always so incredible, but this time we all got to relax and enjoy it together (Lori still worked her buns off, but we loved being there with her!). I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys scrapbooking or just relaxing at a 600 acre lodge in the middle of nowhere- awesome!!!

We started off the retreat in style, with ice cream to eat on the way there, YUM! Wednesday afternoon we took off and had the lodge to ourselves for the night. We of course ate yummy food, did pedicures (provided by mom), and laughed a ton. There is always laughter when my Mom and Angie are together!! We helped Lori get beds set up and finally went to sleep.

Thursday was the first official day of the retreat. We recieved our gifts, awesome tackle boxes for our embelishments and super cute bags with lots of fun scrapbook stuff inside! I love it!!

Every night and every morning Lori and Lindsey left us cute little gifts and treats on our pillow or table, these are just a couple of them. They are so creative and thoughtful!!

My cute mom at work on her broken foot layout, sorry about that one mom!!

This is about 3/4 of the tables with all the crazy scrappers. There is always good music, tonz of snacks and lots of laughter! Thursday night I finally checked out at about 2:30am.

You have to get off your buns every once in a while and do something, we did the macarena, the something cha cha, and the electric slide. Rock on party animals!! My super fun cousins were there too with there seriously intense card game. I think they called it nertz or pounce. Yikes!! Rachel (lori's friend who did a great job catering) added just a little bit of competiton to the game :) I am not so great at cards, but loved playing with them. You can see my cousins Kate, Liz, and Anna gettin down in the picture above. I am so glad they were there!

Me, MaKell, and Ang

Ok, so MaKell is making me a little nervous!! I am so lucky to have such a fun family!! I don't even remember the last time I laughed so much in one weekend!!

For some reason, I won the Chipboard portion of the layout contest on Saturday morning. I was excited for the fun prize! There are some crazy talented scrapbookers there!!