Merry Christmas 2014!!

3 excited boys made for a fun FAST present opening....i believe it took 12 minutes to blow through all the presents from santa!
We did so many fun things this Christmas season. We really tried to center our Christmas more around Christ this year, we made a service chain and each night we read the scripture that is written on it.  We have done all our family home evenings this month about Christ and his birth. The boys have had such a good time looking at all the lights, expecially khai he has LOVED seeing the houses  all lite up...he calls the lights "cools"!!
We made our Christmas cookies for santa. Our elf "rocket" has been surprising us each morning with his new adventure he had that night...i love the magic of Christmas and all the believing our kids get to experience!!

One activity we did this year was so touching to me...their is a little girl who was very sick up north and this may have been her last christmas, all she wanted was christmas cards from all her "friends" to cover all the walls in her house. We made it one of our family nights and went and bought her some christmas cards and we colored pictures in them and mailed them off to her. (we dont know her, just saw it on the news and facebook). it was so awesome to see my boys draw her things she would love!


I love our little family we have and im so thankful for Christ and the atonement and that I am able to have my family forever and not just for this life. I have made it a goal this year to bring Christ into our home and everyday life more!

The boys were nothing but spoiled of course!
Kaylin got:
his gas motorcycle from daddy and mommy a suzuki 70
the new skylanders game
pokemon cards and case
footie pj's
guns
bike ramp
motorcycle ridding gear
new coat

Kiptin got:
Motorcycle ridding gear
dart guns
pj's
new coat
lots of monster trucks
a new motorcycle bike
board games
xbox games (motorcycle ones of course)

Khailo got:
his long awaited vacuum, once he saw that he pretty much didnt care about anything else!
rc truck
monster trucks

Grandma and Grandpas spoiled them too with lots and lots of fun toys.

We really tried to focus more on christ this christmas and doing our family nights and making sure the boys understand that christmas didnt start with presents and what the most importing thing is about Christmas...Christ!

I loved being home this year and waking up to our cute boys so excited to open their gifts and see the fun things they got...I love watching their cute excited faces as they open each one and jump up and down and yell so haply!









(kaylin riding in papa's yard and kippies picture of his awesome riding clothes)

HAPPY 5 BIRTHDAY KIPPY...

Your 5...five...f.i.v.e. WOW this is so crazy...your officially not my "baby" anymore (even though you will ALWAYS be my baby), now you are school age and that makes me so sad and so happy at the same time!
Iam so happy for your growth and I love seeing you change each year...I'm so proud of you and the cute, sweet boy you are. You make our lives so happy and full of laughter, your "stories" are so much fun to hear, the things you come up with are so great!
You have learned so much the past year and have really grown into your independence and you act like your 10 or so, yet you are still so little...You amaze Dad and I everyday with how much you can do as a 4/5 year old, I bet 80% of kids your age cant do half of what you do each day...your skill level for 4/5 is outstanding! Dad always comes to me and says he cant believe the things you can do at such and early age. You drove dad's RC car like you've been doing it for years yet it was just your first time (almost as good as daddy!), your ability to have such amazing hand and eye coordination playing the "big boy" games with daddy is amazing to watch, you seriously are a pro! When your doing your school work on line and its asking you to choose a word that means what it is saying, and your laying around not really paying attention talking to me and I'm saying for you to listen to what the computer is asking you to do and you say "i know what it said" and you get the answer right...its amazing to me, you can do so many things at once!!

You are such a great big and little brother...you love kaylin and cant wait for him to get home from school each day so you can hang out with him!
Khailo adores you...you are always playing with him and loving on him and even bossing him around!

You LOVE to ride motorcycles still...its your passion and its fun to watch and see how excited you get when ever you see a motorcycle...You also ride like you have been doing it for years...you pick up on things so so fast!!

We are so proud of you and love you to death...my heart swells when I hear you laugh, see you smile, and when you get all snugly with me...I love our cuddle time and will miss it when its not "cool" anymore!!

You will be amazing through out your life...you set out to do something and you always knock it out 150%...Keep working hard towards your goals and dreams in life and never give up!

Dad and I love you to the moon and back, forever and ever!!

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY buddy boy!!!

Your birthday party was simple and fun. This year all you wanted was some friends, pizza and ice cream! you are not too big on cake so you wanted your candles in the tub of ice cream!!
Your close buddies came over: Colin Kritzer and logan robinson, cute little aurora and cousin daydon.
Rocket our elf set up a cute table for you to see first thing in the morning with a all your favorite breakfast food and a little gift...he is such a fun elf!

SNOW

I can't believe it's November 2nd and christmas is NEXT month...crazy! To day we had our first snow day and the boys (and daddy) were so excited, running and yelling and couldn't find their warm clothes fast enough!
This was Khailo's first real experience with snow and he didnt know what to think for a bit...kaylin threw a snow ball in the house at him and he got so excited, wanted to touch it until his hands froze and then he was done!!

Halloween 2014

Here is our halloween fun! The boys were so cute as always and it was so much fun seeing how excited they were to dress up and be with their friends.  We had our annual halloween neighborhood dinner and trunk or treat...me and two friends host it and it's a blast...everyone brings a dish of some kind to share, this year we had such a great verity of food from pizza and corn dogs to sub sandwiches and soups! I love this neighborhood so much it's been the best thing for our boys and us, we have such amazing friends here!
Here we are for halloween...kaylin was a misterious man and kiptin was an army guy and khailo was a cute little scuba diver daddy made his costume and it turned out so adorable!

Our First Cruise....

One whole week with just My lover!
I was so excited that we were really actually going this time...scared to leave the boys for so long but so excited to have some time with just the two of us.
Grandpa and Grandma haslem were so generous to offer to watch the boys for 7 whole days and night...no easy task for sure! They took on school, home work, soccer games and practices, scouts, meals and laundry and cleaning and much more...they were pros! We didnt have phone or internet on the ship so once we left miami that was it...we could get a hold of them or vice versa if there was an emergency but it cost way way too much to call or text so we just let them do their thing. j
When we got to the ports we could find WiFi and grandpa would right us emails about what they have been up to and let us know everyone was still alive!

We went on the Carnival Breeze, their newest ship for 6 nights 7 days..we sailed to Ocho rios Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, and Cozumel Mexico.
We didnt do any land excursions this time cause we really just wanted to see what it was like doing a cruise and we just wanted to hit the beaches pretty bad.
In Grand Cayman we took our boogie board and nick got his skim board and we just soaked up the sun and sand and LOVED every minute of it!!
next time we will for sure do some excursions!

It was strange to only get my self ready, only get food for my self and eat it while it was hot! it was strange to sit in peace all day...the first few days were so nice and quiet but after that the days seem to feel empty-ish and we missed our boys and hearing them laugh and play...reading stories to them and throwing them in bed each night...snuggling with khailo and not having him glued to me was very strange, my lap felt empty!

I was the most worried about coming back home to Khailo because he is only 18 months and I have never ever been away from him more then a few hours since he was born...and i proved to be right. we got home about 4 am and so we couldnt see them til morning...the older boys ran in and hugged us and then khai woke up, I ran in his room and was like "hi sweet boy, i missed you" and he just sat there and starred at me...no smile, and almost a cry...he totally forgot me I swear. I was so sad and carried him in to see daddy, he did the same with him too...it took us laughing with him to bring him around....and in about 3 hours he was back to his old self and glued to my lap, and still is to this day!

We had so much time to just hang out nick and I...we ate the BEST food each night, 3 course meal every night in a "fancy" restaurant with the BEST deserts...chocolate melting cake with ice cream is what I had everynight cause it was just too good to pass up. Nick tried new foods since he had the chance, Lobster tail and Alligator. I had the best steaks i have ever eaten and their mashed potatoes where to die for, we both eat a side of those every night too!

The first night at dinner, it was a casual night, we sat by a fun couple who just got married and then on the other side where two older ladies...after our meal it was time for desert and we didnt know what to choose...they had cream brulee and we had never had that but didnt want to order it if it wasnt going to be good. The just married couple had ordered that and they were done before us and had left...nick looks at me and says "she didnt even eat that whole half of it, maybe i should try some" i laughed thinking "yea right" your totally not going to eat off someone elses plate??? um yes, yes he did..one bite from a side she hadnt touched and the two ladies sitting on the other side of us just stared at him...and then laughed. one of them said "i have never ever seen that actually happen before" we both stared laughing and she asked where we were from, we said Utah and from then on she called nick the "utah boy" we ran into her a few times on the boat and thats what she called him! Needless to say he loved it and ordered it...and it was YUMMY...we were hoping they would have it again but they never did.

There was so much to do on the boat and we never got to do it all cause there was just too much and not enough time :) we watched shows, went to art shows, hot tubed, watched a little big of their "dive in movie" they had each night, played golf, worked out....mostly just hung out together walking around and exploring!

It was so much fun on our formal nights...we got to get all fancy and dressed up together...hills and cute little dresses...that was one of my high lights for sure!!

we had balcony room on the highest deck on the back of the boat which is the best spot to get for not feeling the movement of the boat...it was so pretty to sit outside and listen to the boat go across the water and it was really pretty to just look out there....at night it was super dark and would be so scary to be lost at sea at night!
I was so surprised that you really couldnt feel it moving very much at all, we went through a few storms and you could feel it sway back and forth a few times but not much at all.

When we were done, we got off the ship and headed for the airport and once off the boat thats when i got a little sick...everything was moving and it felt like i was on a small boat in the water and it was swaying back and forth...it took me 3 or 4 days to get my "land legs" back and not feel like i was moving, which was weird I have never heard anyone say that that has happened before, but it did to me.

I cant wait to cruise again..it was so awesome to get to do so much together for a whole week with no other distractions but next time I would love to take the boys!!

Here are some fun pictures from our trip!

A Year & A Half...

1 1/2 years old little buddy!

Yesterday you turned 18 months old...I have waited for this day to come so you could finally go play in the nursery at church. I tried taking you in there for the past few weeks and you LOVE it...as long as you can see me that is. If I leave the room, within 10 min you are back at my side lol!!!

We have just adored you and how much love and laughter you bring to our family, you love your brothers and its so fun to see you running after them and trying to do "big boy" things with them.

You are starting to say a lot of words but your newest word that you started saying just this week is "dinky" aka STINKY!!
You have been so happy now that your ears are not bothering you ever second of the day.
you love to eat, sleep and play. most of all you are glued to you mommy every second of the day :)
you know when im leaving now, as soon as I put my sunglasses on and get my purse or keys you head straight for the door!

We love you so much and I am so happy you chose us and that you chose not to wait for us to decide when to have you...you were the best SURPRISE i have ever had!!!

we love you khai man!!!
happy 18 months

Happy 17 months...

17 months today little buddy!!!


today marks 17 months since you have been born!!
I love you more and more each day.
You bring so much joy and happiness to me and our family!

The past month you have gotten to be such a funny little dude, here are the new things you have started doing and some things you love most...

you started shaking you head no now when I ask you if you want something..like "are you ready for bed" and you shake your head no!
you started getting really hyper and will just throw your self back onto the ground and laugh
you started to run away from us now...thats been fun for me ;)
you have noticed the outlet sockets now and try to plug stuff in or unplug stuff...im not thrilled about this, it makes my heart stop everytime you are by one.


you started to really like peanutbutter and honey sandwiches
you love the water
you LOVE taking showers...when daddy walks in the door from work you run straight to our room and head in the shower and then jibber jabber to dad to get in!
you still go to bed so amazingly 7 pm to 7:45 am if not longer

You just got your ear tubes in this past week and you have been a new kid...so happy all the time and not pulling on your ears every second of the day. The day we went into have that done, I felt so bad leaving you, it broke my heart when I had to hand you over to the nurse who took you through the double doors while you were reaching out to me and crying...but I knew in 30 min you would feel so much better and the ear pain/pressure would finally be gone and you could just be a happy little toddler finally! It only took the Dr. about 15 min to put them in and then you were woke up and Dad and I came to hold you & love on you. you slept most of that day but the next day you were so happy, we could tell a big difference in you!

We love you, I can never say that enough..I say it to you all the time and hope you always feel that from Dad and I!


surgery day 8.13.14

First Day of THIRD Grade!...

He has made it to Third Grade already!
Kaylin is so excited to be back at school and in third grade. I cant believe we are here already, time fly's by faster each year. He is so easy to shop for..the only things he wanted this year were His favorite colors are green and black and he badly wanted to find a green and black backpack...lucky him we came across one just in time for school...and some more FOX shirts, so nice to have a non picky kid!
Daddy gave you a fathers blessing last night and blessed you to do well in school and be able to learn easily and be a friend to all those who are in need of one. You are such a great kid and such a sweet hearted boy, we know you will have lots of friends and always find those kids who need a little extra kindness from someone.
We cant wait to see how much you learn and grow this year.
We are so proud of you and hope you love 3rd grade!!!

Our three amigos...

These faces are amazing...they are all clones of each other in looks but in personality they are so different!!!

I had them all dressed for church and they all looked so handsome...so of course I wanted a picture!!




We Love these three little guys so much!

Kaylin 8
Kiptin 4
Khailo 1

Last summer bash...

The week before school starts we wanted to do one last thing for the summer with the boys before life got a little crazy again.
Parker was visiting with his girlfriend stephanie and the michae and chantel were going to fly back to texas from being here all summer. They all wanted to be able to hangout one last time and thought WET'N WILD would be perfect!

It just opened in may of this year and we wanted to try it out too. I was worried that kiptin wouldnt be tall enough to ride the rids but he went on all of them except 2!!
The boys had such a blast, it was so much fun to watch them ride down the slides and splash into the water. There is this crazy tall slide the goes straight down (i wont even go on it) kaylin wanted to go down it sooooo bad and nick finally gave in and he loved it...crazy boy.
Kiptin loved all the rides he went on and there was also this racer slide that was way freaking high up there and went down really fast (again i wouldnt go on that one either) but he insisted that he wanted to ride it so nick and parker took him up and I thought for sure he would get freaked out once he saw how high up he was but nope that ended up being his most favorite one of all!!!

I was so nice to just be able to spend some time with nick, kaylin and kiptin...khailo stayed with grandma and papa for the day while we went down.

It makes me the most happy when I get to see these amazing boys of mine smile and laugh!!

heres to summer of 2014, cant wait for the next one!!

Happy 11th Anniversary to us...

Happy Anniversary babe!
I love you more each year. I am so proud and honored to be your wife and the mother to our sweet boys! You  have made me the happiest woman for the last 15 years and I wouldnt and couldn't ask for anything more. You are my soul mate, my true love, the man of my dreams...thank you for loving me each day..even on the tough days :)
Thank you for blessing me with my sweet boys and letting me be their mother and thank you for being an incredible husband and father!!
I hope the next years are just as great or better then these have been!

I love you forever & always.
love your wifey!!

fist thing in the morning you left and bought me some super pretty flowers and doughnuts for breakfast!

This year we kept it low key...and it was so nice to just hang out at home and be together. We had a busy week and I really just wanted to stay home and not be out and about...plus its always easier to have a "home style" date and not have to find a sitter for the boys. We have a really great theater with a huge screen and its so much better to lounge on the comfy couch in our comfy's and rent a movie and eat our dinner right there.
We ordered yummy pasta for dinner and had chocolate dipped strawberries and sparkling cider and a red velvet cake...PERFECT date to me!!

The big 3-0 for Daddy!!!

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY TO AN AMAZING MAN!

Today turns a new chapter in life...nick turns 30!
Its hard to believe and take in really, it blows my mind every second I think about it...there is NO WAY he is 30. The handsome, smart, HOT, boy I met at 15 is now grown up and even more HOT at 30!
He is really such a catch and I am the luckiest girl alive to have him in my life. I couldnt ask or make a better daddy for our sweet little boys. He makes me feel beautiful even when I feel my worst. He lifts me up when I am down and has stood by my side through some pretty thick times in life.
He loves me no matter what. and I get the privilege to love him forever!



I thought I would write 30 things I love/thankful for about you for your 30th...

I LOVE...
1. Your heart
2. your passion
3. your patience
4. your jokes
5. the amount of love you have in your eyes for your boys
6. the love I feel from you
7. your smile :)
8. LOVE your body heat that warms me each night when im freezing
9. your lips that cover mine when we kiss
10. your hugs
11. your arms that hug me so tight
12. how safe I feel with you
13. your comfort
14. your inner child that plays so adorably cute with our little ones no matter how silly you may look
15. love when you warm my side of the bed so i dont have to climb into cold sheets
16. love that you love the outdoors
17. i love that i can sit with you and not have to talk
18. i love that you get me
19. i love how caring you are for me
20. your willingness to drop everything and do something for me
21. knowing you will rescue me from anywhere at the drop of a hat even in the middle of the night :)
22. love that you dont sit and what sports
23. love your encouragement for our boys to try new things
24. love your strong beliefs and how you stand up for them
25. willingness to try anything
26. your romantic side that comes out once in a while :)
27. the way you challenge your self
28. that you have hobbies
29. Your amazingly HOT BODY
30. I love that you chose me...forever & Always

Kaylins baptism day!!!

Today you were baptized!

Iam so happy we had the GREAT opportunity to have you be able to choose to be baptized in the Sweet Water River in Wyoming at Martins Cove. It was so incredible to witness not only my first baby getting baptized but to feel that over powering spirit that was there. I know there were so many pioneer spirits, family that have passed and Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father.

The days leading up to your baptism...
We knew this would be a very very special opportunity and place for you to get baptized. We also wanted to take part in our ward Pioneer trek experience while we had the chance.

I was worrying about feeling rushed the whole time and I didnt want us to have to feel that way so the weeks leading up to trek I called Sister Monche at martins cove and talked with her about my concerns, she talked to me for about 30 min on the phone and explained to me kind of what the place looks like and she had said that she had been to many many baptisms but her most favorite ones have been the few that she has been to in their spot...I felt the spirit so strong on the phone with her that it brought me to tears listening to her talk about the resemblance that spot had to the jordan river where christ was baptized and I just knew with all my heart that is where you where suppose to be baptized (writing this brings those same feeling right back and makes me tear up even now weeks later).

Well time came for us to leave for the long long drive to wyoming and once we arrived 12 hours later...it was so beautiful there and peaceful.
We all got our hand carts ready and set out on our walk to camp. we camped at this spot right next to a big opening where the sweet water river was running, Dad and I and grandma and papa walked down with you guys and where just in aww and amazed at the beauty and peace that was there...I told dad that is the spot i was picturing in my head and at that moment i felt like maybe we should just take you down there and baptize you and not wait til the last day because i was so worried about everyone making us feel rushed because they would be done with the trek and want to load up and get on the road and head home. We decided that we already had the program made up and we should just go with it. but i was still worried about that in my head.

The last day came and we walked the 3.2 miles back to our cars and once everyone arrived we were told it was time for the baptisms (another little boy also got baptized there with you). You headed to change into your whites with dad and I went and sat in the front row and looked out over the river where you would be and it was AMAZING, so beautiful, so peaceful, and the spirit was all around, everywhere I looked I felt like spirits were standing and waiting to watch you!

I was so thankful at that time that we didnt choose to do it up the river all by our selves and that our family and friends and our ward where all there to feel that powerful feeling, it was so much for then just doing it in the chapel font, overpowering is the only word that comes to mind to us to describe it.
You were so happy and excited, once you were baptized all your cute little friends and kids from our ward where congratulating you and telling you how awesome that was and asking if it was really cold!! you loved that! I loved that!!

Then brother and sister Monche said a few words and held up the pictures of Jesus getting baptized and asked us to look at the resemblance of the two spots and it was amazing to see that where he has baptized and where you were baptized was IDENTICAL, the mountains, the tall grass, the single tree, the river and rocks, it was like we were standing in the same place...words cant describe the feeling that everyone felt at that moment...its something that will always be with me and I hope you as well my sweet boy!!

Your Baptism was so incredible, we have had people coming up to us for the last few weeks thanking us for letting them be apart of it because the spirit was so powerful there, they have ALL said it was the most perfect ending and they are so glad they were able to be apart of it and have never been to anything like it before!

This is an experience we will treasure for the rest of our lives!
We are so proud of you for making the choice to follow our heavenly father and be baptized. We are also so proud of the amazing person you are and the heart of gold you have for others!
we love you so much, more then words could ever describe, you are our everything!!

This is the spot of your baptism, so peaceful and beautiful...its the perfect picture to show the spirit and calmness!





We were sooooo tired when we got home after midnight, i had all these cute plans for you lunchon but I just could make it all happen. Family came up from stg for your conformation sunday and after we had a fun lunch with everyone!

Happy 8th birthday kaylin boy...

Eight awesome years with this kid...we couldn't be more blessed, he is the sweetest most kind hearted little boy!
We are so excited for this birthday and all that comes with it!  we will be leaving for Wyoming this next week we're kaylin gets the great opportunity to be baptized in the Sweetwater river, same place where so many of the pioneers were baptized. It's one of his favorite stories about the brave group of young boys who carried all the people across the Sweetwater river because it was so cold and frozen that many would die if they got cold, so these few boys carried everyone across and went back and forth over and over and later died, but being so brave they saved hundreds of lives.
Kaylin is so excited to stand close to where they were and be able to be baptized like jesus was in a river...we are so proud of him and the choices he makes!

Kaylin, we love you so much, we are proud of you and hope you always remember that. You will always be my little baby no matter what your "number" is or that you are taller then me one day...my little baby boy you'll always be!!

Here is pictures from your fun "SHARK SPLASH" party we had today. You loved the water bounce house slide from last year and really wanted it again this year and you are really into sharks this year so we made the two go hand in hand!!
Since you have an awesome dad, he carved you a shark out of a watermelon. You are not into cake or frosting, and you really wanted a chocolate fountain so we went with that, one was suppose to have red chocolate in it but we messed it up and it turned into more like "shark chum" thats what we called it!!







What a fun, super, great, kid you are!!

Fishing Fun....

Summer is here so let the fun begin...

We wanted to go up to the "lake on the hill" to swim a bit...but it turned into a fun fishing day for you and dad and kippy.
We brought a net you guy could catch some fish, not thinking you would actually catch any that way...BUT to our surprise you guys caught 6!!
Not only did you catch some using the net but dad also caught about 3 with his bare hands!!! You were so happy!! you helped dad clean them and then we cooked some up and tried them, you and dad liked them but mom...not so much!
I loved seeing how happy you were out there having fun and how excited you where to catch them with out a pole!!!

Hello Two Wheels...

Your a bike rider now!!!
You learned to ride on two wheels...goodbye training wheels...hello big boy club!!
You where so determined to learn to right without training wheels so that you could join all the big boys on their bike and do jumps just like kaylin.
We are so proud of you! even when it was hard and you fell you still got back up and tried again...there may have been a few fits when you fell up you still got up and tried again, and again....and again!!!

Nap time masterpiece...

Oh khailo, I sure love you. I love everything about you, but today I found one thing I really don't enjoy that you found rather funny.  you were taking a nap and I wanted to take a quick shower while I had a free second before you woke up, as I was about to step in the shower and heard you playing in your bed so I knew I had to be fast.  I was like 10 min and then I came in to get you. I opened the door and you were standing up and laughed "haha" and I looked down and there was your diaper. On the ground. With poop in it. Then I see you and your bed and ....holy crap is all I could say! Here is the fun masterpiece you made for us today...