Kaden's first day of Kindergarten!!!

Today, my sweet little Kaden-boy started Kindergarten. I can't believe he's old enough to be in school now! Time goes by way to fast.

First, a picture of my good looking kiddo's! This was before we left for school this morning. THe kids were so excited! Kate's preschool doesn't start for another few weeks, and she was so disappointed that she didn't get to stay at school with Kaden.


The kids wanted to show off their new backpacks. Kaden's is a superhero one and Kate's, of course, is Tinkerbell, her very favorite movie.


Me and Kaden on the playground, lined up with his class waiting for their teacher to come get them. I'm all teary-eyed under those glasses!


Kaden and Kate in front of the school.


He had to test out the drinking fountain! :)


In his classroom, after he hung up his backpack.


When I picked him up today, he said that his first day of school was "Awesome!". I'm so glad he had a good day. I love you so much, Kaden!

10 year high school reunion

So, I'm getting old. I had my 10 year high school reunion on the 4th of July weekend. On Friday night, I had a mini get together with my BFF's from high school. It was SO MUCH FUN!!! I'm so glad we got together.

Left to right: Katie Rogers Cluff, Claire Aldrich Porter, me, Holly Heap Browning, Jenny Roser Vasquez, and her baby.


Katie being goofy! She was the only one brave enough to be goofy for pictures.


All of us with our spouses, left to right: Brendan, Nick, Brent, Allen, Freddy


On Saturday morning, our class had a float in the 4th of July parade. Katie and I were brave enough to ride on it, and I'm so glad I did! I didn't really want to but I did so I could throw candy at my kids. It was so much fun! My kids loved seeing me in the parade. Brent took some pictures of me in the parade, and the kids watching the parade. I'm 4th from the right in the hot pink shirt.




Saturday night was the reunion. We had a yummy catered dinner, and watched a picture slide show. We also had to get up with our spouse and tell what we've done since high school. I don't have any pictures of that part, but it was so much fun! I HATED high school because I was painfully shy and people thought I was stuck up because of it. I was expecting it to be all wierd and clickish and awkward like high school was, but it was great! Everyone was so nice and talkative and friendly. I really debated if I wanted to go to this reunion, and I'm so glad I did. I had a super great time!

Bronson's High School Graduation

My baby brother graduated from high school in May. He was only 8 years old when I graduated and left home, and he was 10 when Brent and I got married. He's a great guy, and I'm proud of him! Love you Bronson!!!

Uncle Bronson with Kaden and Kate. Bronson was growing out his beard for the Pioneer Trek that was in June. I can't believe he had that much facial hair in high school.


Bronson and Mom:


Bronson and Dad:


Just so you all know, I have the best family in the whole wide world! I had lots of fun with them. We trashed Bronson's truck, and he was NOT happy about it. I don't have a picture of the back of it, and I wouldn't post it even if I did. There were some not-so-nice pictures on it! haha

Kaden's Preschool Graduation

Kaden went to Little Scholar's Preschool with Mrs. Connolly. She was a wonderful teacher. She helped Kaden so much! Here are some pics from May 2010 preschool graduation.

Pledge of Allegance:


Getting the "exact" award from Mrs. Connolly. He was always willing to tell you EXACTLY about anything and everything in his class. If his teacher talked about a whale, Kaden would list a gazillion facts about whales. Hahaha!


Admiring his award:


Singing a cowboy song:



Showing off his artwork. He painted a picture of the earth.


Kaden with the only other boy in his class, his friend Dexter Waterman:


Daddy and Sissy came to watch too! Dad came on his lunch break.


Kaden is such a good boy, and we love him so much. We are so lucky to have him in our family!

Misadventures of Kate

The kids and I went to my parent's house about a month ago. The kids love to help my dad do chores; feed the cows and chickens and gather the eggs (the only kind of chores the actually like to do). My dad handed Kate and egg to carry in the house. He told her to be really careful with it, so she was walking with it above her head. Then she tripped and belly flopped. The egg smashed right by her head, getting egg all over in her hair and clothes. She didn't cry at all but just came walking in the house all egg-drippy. She was quite a funny sight. I snapped a few pics on my cell phone before I gave her a bath. If you look really close you'll see egg on her cheek, in her hair and on the side of her dress. Funny girl!

Kaden's 6 year check up

Kaden had his 6-year check up with Dr. Laks (aka Dr Robin) yesterday. We LOVE Dr Robin!!! Anyway, Kaden is finally making progress on the growth chart. He was 43 1/2 inches tall, which is still in the 10th percentile where he always is. So no biggie there, except for the fact that he's tall enough to ride most of the rides at Disneyland now. Yay! He weighed 34 pounds, which brings him to.... Drumroll.....

0 percentile!

That's right! He's finally actually ON the growth chart for his weight, even if it is just on the bottom line of 0, which has never happened before. He's usually WAY negative. Like negative 15-25%.

Hooray for progress!!!

Nursing school, here I come!

I'm SO excited!!! I just found out this morning that I got accepted to nursing school at GCC/EAC. I'll be starting in August. I've been waiting over TWO freakin' months to find out. Pins and needles, I tell you! It was torture. I can't believe it.
I'm also very nervous. It feels a little surreal. I feel like I still don't know enough. I'll have to do a lot of studying over the summer.
YAY for moving along in my schooling!

Speeding!

I was driving down to Tempe with the kids to visit with my mom. My dad has training for work so my mom came with him. While we were driving, Kaden was watching the speed limit signs.

I heard him say: "5 and 5 is 10."
Then he asked: "Mom, how fast are you going?"
Me: "65".
Kaden: "Mom, is 65 higher than 10?"
Me: "yes"
Kaden: "Mom, you're speeding really big. You need to slow down."

He was adding the 5 and 5 on the speed limit sign. 5 and 5 is 10! haha

Also, Kaden started soccer again. I can tell he's getting bigger, because he's getting so much better at sports. He just liked running around the field last year, but this year, he's doing good. He had his second game lastnight and stayed with the ball the whole game. He kicked it tons of times, and almost made a goal once. It's so much fun to watch him play. I sure do love that sweet little boy. his birhtday is in two weeks, and I can't believe he's almost 6!

Finally... A New Post!!!

Kate turned three in February and she is such a funny girl. In this picture from yesterday, she fell asleep in the car and started drooling. Then the turned her head and her hair stuck to her drool. So funny!

Also, in the same car trip, she had been eating a lollipop that she got from the barber when we took Kaden to get his hair cut. I guess she just dropped it on her car seat when she fell asleep. She was wearing a dress, by the way. When we stopped the car at Taco Bell for lunch and went inside, Kate kept grabbing at her crotch. We told her to stop a bunch of times and told her that it's not appropriate to do that in public. We asked her if she needed to go potty. No. I asked if she was hurting there. She said yes. I thought maybe she was itching from a yeast infection or something. Oh, great! Now we have to go all the way down to the valley to take her to the doctor! Ugh! I even took her in the bathroom and straightened her panties, thinking maybe that's why she was grabbing her crotch. I guess I didn't look close enough. When we were sitting there eating lunch, Kate lifted up her legs, held up her dress and said "look, mom!"

Guess what was stuck to her bum crack??? A half-eaten lollipop! It had been stuck there for at least half an hour and she was all red and chaffed. Poor little girl. It was pretty funny though.