Sing A Song

This is Jared's amazing choir group. They have over 100 kids, 3rd-5th grade. They practice twice a week before school. They(the choir and their teachers) were asked to teach a workshop on how to have a successful Elem. Choir. They were chosen over all the schools. They worked very hard. Over Christmas break, their choir teachers gave them a CD with about ten songs and asked to memorize two on their break. When they came back they had choir three mornings a week and learned the rest of the song with dance moves. They learned them all by Feb. 5th for the workshop. They did an amazing job.

Jared and one of the funny faces he pulls when he sings, I think his nose gets itchy.

Jared has loved being in choir. This is his second year and he is excited for next year.

He is such a good, fun loving, kind kid.

Primary PJ Pancake Party

We had a great PJ party with our primary. It was for the kids to get to know their teachers. We had a great turnout. Everyone(including our bishop as seen above cooking) wore their PJs and had breakfast. The bishopric came and cooked for us. They are the best. The kids had fun.

Caleb and his friend Kolter. Even though Caleb is not in primary yet, he gets to come to the activities. He wants to be in primary so bad, he cries when we take him to nursery. The only thing that keeps him going is the fishy crackers.

Here is most of our kids waiting for breakfast. In the back is Jared's class. It is the only picture I got of them because they didn't want to sit still.

Drew with some of his class. His class and the class above him were small so we combined them to make a class of 5 kids. Drew is the only boy in his class. I tell him he will LOVE his class in when he is older. Good thing two of his best friends are in that class.

Now he is Three!

Good thing Caleb is young and doesn't have much concept of days, because we were only able to have cake on his birthday and that is because Grandma Rachel made it for him. That was a crazy busy week for us. On Sunday, Darrin and I headed down to Las Vegas for a trade show for our business. We were there Sunday, Monday and part of Tuesday(Caleb's Birthday). Tuesday afternoon we headed back to St. George to spend sometime with Caleb and for the Blue and Gold banquet(I am over scouts in our ward.) Wednesday morning we headed back to Vegas. We bought a bunch of sports equipment from the vendors. We had four guys in our ward help us. We got home about 11pm after a non stop day. Thursday was my birthday, but no time to celebrate because Darrin had to work all day and Jared had a basketball game. So Friday we had a joint birthday for me and Caleb.

Grandma Rachel made this cake which we sang to him after the blue and gold banquet.

He LOVED us singing,

and him blowing out the candles.

He loved it so much he made us do it,

THREE times.

We waited to give him his gifts and little family party on Friday.

So happy to open his gifts.
Caleb's Handy Mandy Motorcycle. It was what he wanted for Christmas, but Santa didn't want to spend 35 dollars on a small motorcycle toy. Lucky for his Mom she found it for half off after Christmas.

Grandma Rachel got the boys glasses for Caleb's birthday. So cute.

The thing that he seemed most happy about was the crayons he got from his Grandma Rachel. He kept hugging them and saying I love them, I love them.

Little Boy For Sale!

Little Boy for Sale!

He likes to build things,

He likes to play games, will only take out one at a time(and not put them back, only took me one hour to do that.)

And LOVES to help in the kitchen. Good thing he is so cute and tells me twenty times a day he loves me. Guess I will keep him.

Cousin Fun!

Sorry for the long/late post. This was our New Years Eve. My brother Jeff, his wife Sandra, their kids Izabella, Adam and Gid along with my Mom came for a visit. We had a blast. Here is a few of the highlights:

Kids enjoying the sun on the back deck.

Aunt Sandra took the kids for a hike. They hiked to the top of the mountain next to our house.

Caleb's first time holding sparklers.


Drew.Doing fireworks with the kids on New Year's Eve.

The kids eating pizza at Fiesta Fun. We took the kids there for lunch and playing around.

Caleb waiting for us to clean up so we could go play.

Gid and Caleb waiting to ride on something. They were too little to ride on the kiddie karts, but that didn't stop them from trying. They both fit their little bodies through the fence and sat on the carts.
Drew playing putt putt golf. He had fun.

Jared trying for a hole in one.

The gang: Drew, Iza, Jared, and Adam.

Drew, Jared and Adam excited to ride the kiddie carts(before they found out how fast they went.)

I laughed so hard. They were going so slow. They wanted to get off.

After they found out that they could walk faster then the kiddie carts go.


Getting each other wet.

Caleb LOVES the bumper boats. This was Drew's first time driving Caleb.

The kids on the bumper boats.

Drew and Iza on the go-carts. They boys were too short to drive but tall enough to ride and they were OK with that.

Jared and Iza riding the go carts. They all had a ball, we wish we lived closer.

HaPpY bIrThDaY CALEB!

Happy Birthday Caleb. I can't believe my baby boy is three years old today. He has brought so much joy in our family.

He started out little, is still little(about 29 pounds), but has a BIG personality.

Caleb with Grandma meeting his brothers.

Going home from the hospital. Little did he know what he was getting himself into. He brings his spunk to the family and his brothers will do anything to make him laugh.

He Loves BYU. He is so smart, that anytime he sees BYU logo he says: "There's BYU" . My favorite thing he does now is anytime we are watching a game on TV he will ask "What color
eHe loves to play with other people's things. Even though sometimes they may not like it.

Caleb LOVE, LOVE, LOVES his brothers.

He is always quick with a smile,

but more quick with a silly face. Caleb we LOVE you.

Here is some of his favorites:

color: yellow
food: eggs
thing to do with his brothers: play
breakfast food: Cereal
TV show: Blues Clues
Movie: I Ba Know(aka I don't know)
Toy: guitar
Primary Song: I am a Child of God
outside activity: ride bike and play with brothers
thing to do with family: Watch shows
what want to be when grow up: a mommy or a daddy, no a singer
hero: DAD
place to go visit: Grandma's House
number: 1
shape:Circle