Soccer!

Over the past month Caden has enjoyed playing soccer for Murray Recreation. He has been able to play with other boys from his school. Their team, the Gators, has done quite well. They ended up being undefeated. Way to go Gators! We've enjoyed going to the games and cheering for Caden and his friends. I have to admit that I am glad soccer is over for now because it takes over your life for a few weeks! Until next soccer season life will be a little more calm!

Disneyland Trip!

We had a fun time at Disneyland and Legoland a couple of weeks ago! Since the kids had a whole week off, we went during Spring Break to use our "Give a Day, Get a Day" Disneyland passes. Mckay especially had a fun time because we went to Disneyland on his birthday. His Disneyland birthday pin got him a lot of attention from all of the employees. It was fun to see Mckay go on most of the rides, even the fast roller coaster rides, and get so excited about them since this was his first time of being able to enjoy Disneyland at this age. This was our first time going to Legoland. We were amazed to see the cities and buildings all made out of Legos. And the kids enjoyed all of the rides! We'll have to go again in a couple of years so that Jackson can enjoy Legoland more. He wasn't old enough or tall enough for most of the rides. But the older kids had a blast! It's definitely hard to be home!

Science Fair

Caden participated in his school's science fair last week! His project was titled "Battery Factory". He learned about how batteries work and made his own battery using pennies and nickels. Three students from each grade were awarded trophies. Caden received a trophy for his project! It was fun and a lot of work, but we're sure glad it's all over with!

Fun Weekend at Badger Creek

Our family had a fun time at Badger Creek in Idaho with Scott's family! We went sledding and snowmobiling! This was our first time of using a tow rope to help us get up the sled hill! We also had fun celebrating Valentine's Day with Scott's family by having a cousin Valentine exchange and fun activities! Scott has a wonderful family and we always enjoy being with them!

Chocolate Houses!

Our family has a fun tradition of decorating gingerbread houses every year with their cousins and grandparents. A few years ago my friend gave me the idea of doing chocolate houses instead. The kids loved it so much that we have changed to decorating chocolate houses. After decorating we love eating the candy and all of the chocolate! Here is this year's houses the kids decorated!

Baptism Day!

Kaitlyn's baptism was yesterday, Saturday, November 7th. She was baptized and confirmed by her dad. It was a good, spiritual day for our family. We enjoyed having family and friends there to share this special day with us! And the luncheon afterwards was yummy! It was fun to chat with everyone! What a great day for Kaitlyn!

Happy Birthday Kaitlyn!

Kaitlyn had a fun birthday yesterday! It's hard to believe she is 8 years old and getting baptized this week.

Last week Kaitlyn had a birthday party with some of her friends. Since she loves arts and crafts we had all of the girls paint some ceramic pumpkins, paint stain glass art, and make some cute necklaces. We also ate pizza for lunch and then decorated cupcakes and sugar cookies! It was a lot of fun! Kaitlyn was definitely spoiled with gifts this year! She can't wait to start working on all of the arts and crafts gifts she got from everyone!