Christmas....

Look what Santa left!






This year we stayed with Richards' Mom and Dads for Christmas. Christmas eve we played games and had a good time. I don't know if me of the kids were more excited for Christmas morning. We woke up around 6:30 and opened presents then had breakfast and headed out to the ranch to see my family. Kaden played with his train non-stop for 2 days and Maddie loved everything. It was a wonderful holiday season that once again came and went way to fast.

Christmas Eve

This year we had Christmas Eve at Dave and Marylynn's shop. There was lots of family and lots of good food! The kids all got to open their Christmas pajamas. It was fun to see all the kids so excited about what Santa was going to bring them.

Need I say more?

Making our Gingerbread house

Making our gingerbread house this year was quite a challenge. Mainly just getting the candy on the house instead of in Kaden's mouth. It was a lot of fun once he got into decorating it though...the pictures say it all!

Decorating the tree

Decorating this year has been lots of fun because Kaden is old enough to get excited about the holidays on the other hand we have a little tree un-decorator named Maddie. She does it so innocently too... she reaches out and grabs an ornament and is turned around to get away before its all the way off the tree, then waddles away as fast as she can. Lets just say the bottom half of the tree is no longer decorated and it might just stay that way.

Kaden loves to put the star on the top!

Kaden liked to put all the bells in one spot.

Our little ornemant theif!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving weekend was so much fun this year. We had it at my Moms house this year and because its "the off year", Ammon and Lisa and Ryan and Angie were the only ones besides us that were there. It was so fun just visiting and letting the kids play with the cousins that they don't get to see very often. Thursday after lunch all the men went shooting and so on Friday all the girls went up to St. George for the Santa's workshop and breakfast. We all had such a great time. It was so fun to see everyone..... I love the holidays!!

Papa's Tractor

For the longest time Kaden has been scared of "Papa's Tractor". He doesn't like loud noises, he is even scared of the vacuum and so every time he would even hear it he would hide. The other day however was a different story. Arden asked him if he wanted to go for a ride and he shocked us all when he said yes. Now Papa can't leave the house without Kaden wanting to go on "Papa's Tractor" too.

Watch out here she comes...

Little Miss Maddie is walking. She is still a bit wobbly but she gets were she wants to with a big smile, she is so proud of herself.

Trunk or Treat

This year we went to Bunkerville for the trunk or treat. Kaden went as a cowboy and Maddie as a bee. I was not sure how Kaden was going to do with all the costumes because he doesn't like scary things. It didn't seem to bother him at all in fact by the time we got done he wanted to visit all the cars again. Maddie just sat in the wagon and chewed on candy wrappers. It was so fun to dress the kids up.

Maddie turns 9 months old

I can not believe how fast the time is going by. Maddie turned 9 months old yesterday. She is getting so big! She is starting to stand on her own for a couple of seconds. She is not into learning how to walk just yet which I am totally okay with, She gets around just fine.... she can crawl almost faster than I can walk. She is starting to get into everything, she empties the book shelf in nothing flat and just discovered how to open the kitchen drawers. Maddie is still a big time Momma's girl. She is always giggling and has a smile for everyone but especially her big brother. Kaden loves to pester her all the time. He does help keep an eye on her though, I know she has gotten in to something when I hear him say "WAAAAAADDIE". Maddie is such a good girl we love her lots!!!!!

Like I said she gets into everything;)

Crazy Kid

Ever since Kaden became Mobile he seriously climbs up on everything. He is such a little dare devil. He drives his four wheeler into the wall and uses it as a step. The wall is 5 1/2 feet tall and he loves to walk around it. Yikes!!


Maddie of coarse thinks he is way cool too! I put her hair in piggys for the first time... not sure I like it!?

Josh and Bailey's Wedding

I am finally posting pictures from the wedding. Somehow my camera got left home so we didnt get any pictures. Luckily Stetsy got a few of us. All in all it was a great weekend. It was so good to see family that we dont get to see very often and just have a good time. Congrats to Bailey and Josh...hopefully I can get more pictures to post later.
The reception was so much fun!

Both Kaden and Maddie loved dancing!

Swimming at Grandmas

If anyone has ever been to the ranch with kids it is almost a given that you with have to keep a close eye on them so they don't get in the ditch. Well, the other day Molly and I were visiting with Mom while the kids were having a good time playing in the front yard. Pretty soon Alice comes to the front door completely drenched. We ask her where Kaden is and she says "water". So I run out to the ditch yelling for Kaden and pretty soon I hear "Me swim Mom...Yeah!! I did it!!!" After seeing that he was okay I couldn't help but laugh however it really did scare me. We decided to since they were already wet we would let them swim for awhile and both of them loved it.