I almost Forgot!!

Garrett and I had been planning on getting married, in fact, we had thought that we wanted to try and elope for 1/1/11... We don't have a lot of money, and don't have plans for having a lot of money for rings or a wedding, so while we were out finishing the last few things Christmas Eve, I pulled him into Penney's with him to show him a CZ ring that was for like $20. If we were going to elope, we HAD to have a ring of some sort to symbolize our love and marriage. He did not like the idea of cheap rings, he thought it was tacky. I was actually getting irritated with him because he wanted to get married, but didn't wanna spend $20 on a stupid ring. He had gone to pick up a gift earlier in the day, which made me think it was a ring, but I didn't know for sure. I kept begging for him to tell me, but he wouldn't. When I started pouting about the $20 ring, he kept telling me "your really gonna regret pouting later tonight" When I asked if he had gotten a ring, he said No. So I was bummed. Then I got over it and we headed to my moms for Christmas Eve dinner.

As I earlier posted, we ate, and then did the Nativity story. I wanted to play the piano for the music, but my mom insisted that Garrett and I be Mary and Joseph... We finished the unorganized play, and at the end I went to walk over to Kaden to help him find his gifts and Garrett grabbed me by the arm and wouldn't let go. I tried leaving a couple times and he finally got the ring "unstuck" from his pocket and went down on a knee-in front of the entire family. He then then popped the question, and even though I had suspected it, I really had no clue that he had gotten me a beautiful ring, 1 of 3 that we had looked at a couple weeks ago. I was so shocked! I was even more shocked that he had already called my mom and my dad, and my older sister, and all his friends knew about it. I was the only one not in the 'loop'. I am just glad that it was a surprise, because all I found all my Christmas gifts a few weeks ago!! So now its official, we are ENGAGED!! And no, its not gonna happen on 1/1/11 but hopefully sometime in late January or February!

Tis the Season

As with every year, Christmas Eve is always at my mom's house. We have a big dinner, usually prime rib, followed by acting out the Nativity story and then we open gifts that we have exchanged with eachother, and the kids always open up their PJ's. Christmas Eve I was on call, so we hurried along and got my home by 11pm to be sure that I was going to be available if needed. Kaden fell asleep on the way home, which made bedtime so much easier. Garrett and I spent until 3 am putting this bad boy together

We had to assemble the table, as well as the actual train city. I actually fell asleep around midnight due to a massive head cold and medicine, but woke up at 230 to help finish wrapping a few gifts and put the stockings together. At about 7:45am I was woke up to "Mommy! Mommy!!! Santa came!! He brought me a train table!! HURRY come look!" He was sooo excited I looked over at Garrett, who was also smiling, and we got out of bed to enjoy the rest of his excitement.

He played with this for a good 30 minutes before he realized there were a few more gifts of his that he could unwrap.

We were in walmart a few days ago, when he reminded me how much he wanted a "pillow pet" for Christmas. I was really glad I stuck with that plan instead of doing something different. He has slept with it every night since!

We had a wonderful Christmas this year, and we hope you all had one as well!! Time to get ready for the New Year! See you all in 2011!

Happy Halloween

I don't post often, but we have had an eventful couple of days.

So I am going to show a few of what happened.

Yesterday we went to Trick or Treat street and met up with Kyle and Jess's family.

Kaden and Robby had so much fun trick or treating together.

Then we had Trunk or Treat Saturday at the church, and then headed out for some regular door knocking!

These were some fun pumpkins when trick or treating Saturday night. They were so fun!

We went trick or treating in an old neighborhood that I lived in. Kaden was 8 months old when we moved, so we weren't aware of the festivities being held here.

Apparently, these people get vouchers and money from business to get a bunch of little gifts for the kids. Each child is allowed 1 gift, and also a bucket of chips/candy. INSANE! There was a huge line to their house, so we knew it was worth waiting for!!

This was more of the very generous people giving to their neighborhood!

Kaden and his trick or treating buddies! (cousins) Leah's on the left, Jayci's in the middle.

This is all the candy he received!! Way to much, I must say so myself!!

My handsome little devil and the Ward Trunk or Treat! :)

Garrett was a Mummy. He had a vision to sew it onto an old collar shirt and a pair of pants that no longer fit, little did he know it would take him until 5am to finish! hehe...so he's probably tired now!

Good Doggy!!

We found a dog. An awesome dog.

He wandered into Garretts work Saturday starving and thirsty.

We have dedicated a lot of time with him. He now knows sit and stay and is probably 50% potty trained.

Kaden named him Chase, because he chases him and he chases his tail! How creative!!

We have fallen in love with him, and he is just perfect for our family. We put an ad on craigslist in 2 different places, and hadn't heard anything. So Garrett took him to the vet to get checked for a chip. On the 4th try, they found one. We finally got ahold of the manufacturer who called the owner, with no answer. Garrett even went to their house. Nobody home

Finally a couple hours later, the owners son called, saying that they lost them on Tuesday (?) and that his dad is in Mexico. Yes, they are hispanic.

I guess there were 2 of them, male and female, and the female is with animal control. Garrett said the yard was horrible, and not a place for animals. We found Chase Saturday, and the son claims they went missing Tuesday. I wonder how long these little puppies were all alone before they escaped! We are hoping that when everything is said and done, these 2 adorable puppies will not be allowed back home. We have now had him for 5 days, and we hope to have him for many more! Everybody keep your fingers crossed!

This puppy needed saving, and hopefully animal control does the right thing, where the owner is out of country, and takes these cuties away!!

Darby Canyon

Today I got a wild hair to go for a hike. Both Garrett and I had the day off. So we quickly got dressed, grabbed a few things at Maverik, and headed out for Darby Canyon. This was Kadens 1st EVER hiking experience.

Darby Canyon is beautiful! It is about 2.5 miles to the Caves.

I can't remember what they call this rock, but I remember it from when I hiked with the YW.

He had lost his energy, so we sat on some rocks and he ate a snickers bar. It worked. He was able to walk almost the rest of the way to the caves.

Apparently it had just snowed there about a week before. And there was quite a bit of snow!

I honestly have no idea what his face is for! He is getting ready to throw a rock into the waterfall, that you can't really see because my cameraphone is crap!

The windcave. Kaden and I didn't actually hike into it because 1: It was supposed to be closed for some disease that bats have been dying from. Apparently they are doing some studies on the bats and the caves have been closed since the 27th of Aug. 2: The trek up this far was snowy, muddy, and slippery. It was scary enough getting this far, and it only took us probably 30 minutes to get down 100 feet!

Overall, we had a wonderful time. It was nice to get out of the house. In fact, Kaden asked if he could watch TV when we get home...looks like we need to get out a bit more!!

Cinnabun anyone?

So, I made my first batch of cinnamon rolls. That is, after trying it 4 times with no success!!!

These are the before cooked pictures.

...and these are the after! I sent them off to my moms to be taste tested by my sisters and step family. So hopefully they taste as good as they look huh! I am pretty proud of myself!

Lagoon Bound

I know its been awhile...but I decided to post about our recent trip to Lagoon.

We had been planning for quite some time to meet my sister Paige and her husband at Lagoon. It was finally the right weekend, so I bought 4 discount adult tickets from work. Originally $42.95+ tax and I got them for $35. About an hour after I bought them, Paig

e was watching a commercial (she gets Utah news) and there was a Ch 2 Appreciation week,

where it was Buy One Get One Free at Lagoon the 15th-20th! WHAT?!? I just bought ours for $70! I was bound a determined to get them sold, so we could participate in the discount.

I had a lot of calls. Just no success.

Oh well, we had already planned the amount paid into our budget, so I was trying to get over the idea that we paid more than we could have.

We woke up bright and early and headed out at about 7:1

5am. The trip was great. I ended up driving the whole way there so that Garrett could get a few more Zzz's since he'd been working doubles the past week. He had also

told his cousin we'd stop

by in Ogden for some breakfast. We arrived there, ate and ran, and then went to Lagoon.

When we got to Lagoon, it was SOOO BUSY! Holy Crap! I went to go get Kaden his ticket, where as it was cheaper than the $35, and low and behold, only the ppl that were requesting the BOGO tickets were receiving them. So Garrett decided to try and sell our tickets to someone. If they didn't know about the BOGO at least they were gonna get a few bucks off, right? AND IT

WORKED! The first people he offered them too, took them! That saved us like $28!!!!

We had so much fun there! We started off at Lagoon A Beach, where it was so busy, we knew it'd be at full capacity later if we waited.

And the best thing!! Kaden is now tall enough to ride most the kiddie rides by himself. Its funny watching a bunch of 3 and 4 year olds stand in line...they have no idea what they're doing! LOL

Kaden loved the swings, and his face was just priceless!!!

Both of us on the Carousel. You definetly have to wash your hands when your done. Yuck.

Riding the Carousel for probably the 3rd time! He loved it.

This cracked me up! There were no pedals to push, but the kids weren't grasping the idea that once you turned your wheel to get it moving, you had to straighten it out...Kaden basically just went in complete circles the entire time!