Part of Our November

These are some pictures I took down by Utah Lake close to our house. I really love them!!

Kandon LOVES "Yo Gabba Gabba" and I heard they were going to a toy store in the Riverwood's so I knew I had to take him. Bridget and Emery came too, Em wasn't too sure what she thought of them up close. Kandon loves them and would have hugged and stood by them all day!!

He's 3!!!

His party with his little friends.

He gets so mad so easy and was DONE with this costume.

I can't believe my baby is 3!! I honestly was planning on getting pregnant around his birthday in October but with me loosing my job and having no insurance, plans changed and i'm fine with that. So he is still my baby and will always be!! Kandon is full of energy and is one of those kids you really can't take your eye off of for too long.

Things he loves:
-His brother, Karter (hands down!! Kandon looks up to him so much!)
-Grandma Gayla
-His "me" (favorite blanket)
-TV shows Handy Manny, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Special Agent Oso
-Yo Gabba Gabba
-the color GREEN
-Basketball, there has been times Scott turns the tv from ESPN and Kandon wants it turned back
-being outside and playing with Karter
-to ride his bike
-play with his daddy and run to him when he gets home from work, or hide from him and make daddy find him
-and to be read "Little Digger" at night by mom and sang to every night!!

Kandon is also getting to that stage where he tries to sing every song (or most) from the radio. He is so funny. There is one thing about this kid that cracks me up, when he gets hurt he runs for his "me" (his blanket) no...not mom, not dad, not even grandma. He is very independent except for when it come to going to class at church. He is not a snuggly kid and never really has been. But I have to say he brings a smile on our face everyday and we LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!
Happy 3rd Birthday Kandon!!

A Little Bit of Fun with Friends

Karter has a little dirtbike and a four wheeler and for some reason he was a little afraid of his dirtbike this day. Which is really weird to me cuz normally he is begging to ride it. Don't ask why his head was down...he said he was tired!

Karter let Trey ride his dirtbike and Trey was in 7th heaven. Looks like I know what to recommend to Jeff and Karly. Addie was too cute she kept stopping and taking her finger off the gas and shaking it cuz it hurt.

Kandon was a whole other story. He didn't want Karter to take him he wanted to ride the four wheeler himself. So since I wouldn't let him he decided to just play in the dirt! He is all BOY!!

Karter's First 1st Grade Field Trip

Karter's first field trip in 1st grade was to Pumpkinland. He was so excited that I got to go and help and be his leader. He was happy he had Trace (a new boy that had just moved from Montana), Damian, and Adam in our group. A group full of boys is pretty fun to listen to and watch. They got to pick their own pumpkins when we left and were pretty excited about that. I have to admit I don't miss the days riding a bus to school. Luckily Karter doesn't have to, although he is always saying he wishes he did. Why we all thought that was the coolest thing ever is beyond me! It is so hot inside a bus and stuffy. Maybe i'm just getting too old. hahaha

Dear Toothfairy...

We ended up making a trip to go to Lake Powell with Scott's family and who of all people forgot her camera...me!! It just so happened that Karter had a loose tooth for awhile.I should have known that someone would talk him into pulling it especially when he was showing everyone and anyone that would take the time to look at his loose tooth. So Lance (Scott's younger brother) says to Karter one day lets pull it out. Karter wasn't too sure about it. But Lance said Karter I promise it won't hurt at all, and told him how good he was at pulling out kid's teeth. Karter decided ok and let him do it. I was sick I didn't have my camera, but thankfully my sister in law Becky pulled through for me! Here he was getting his first tooth pulled out and no camera, my luck! Lance got a paper towel and counted to 3 and on 2 he pulled it. The look on Karter's face was priceless. It was once of those I'm gonna cry and then once he saw Lance had the tooth it went to an instant smile. He was so EXCITED! We went in the trailer and put it in a baggy and had to start writing the letter. He wanted his cousin Tylie to help him. He wrote and asked the tooth fairy to keep his first tooth cuz he wanted to go home and be able to show his Grandpa and Grandma (my parent's) and his friends. To his surprise the next morning he got $2 and she said he could keep his tooth!! He was so HAPPY!!

Utah State Fair

Everything a kid could ask for...is at the Utah State Fair! It was all that and them some. From sweating so bad in the toasty hot sun, to worrying that we need to wash the kids hands every other minute, to eating a big bbq chicken wing and buying all the crap that the informercials try to get you to buy. Really what more could you ask for.? Sometimes I wonder why we even go. But the kids always have a blast and we always do to watching them have so much fun. So...until next year (cuz I know we'll be there)!!

House Fire

You are probably wondering why I am posting about this house fire? The reason is this. This home is within our stake and close to where I live. I was taking the boys to go somewhere and when I was backing out of my garage, I saw smoke. We went to where it was and this is what we found. A home, burning...and worst of all the owners came home to this! I stopped and me and the the boys watched it as firefighters tried to save their home, but were unsucessful. It broke my heart! I can't image coming home to a absolute loss, with nothing but the clothes on your back! It was a good eye opener for Karter, a boy that is a pyro and loves to play with lighters. That is why I stayed and let him watch as long as I did. We didn't end up going where we were originally headed. I came home afterwaeds and couldn't stop thinking about it. I worried and made myself sick thinking...did this family have kids? Is the owners in need? How can I help? Scott told me rather than sit here and do nothing...go. Go ask what you can do to be of assistance. So I went and found out it is a spanish couples home, they have no kids and pretty much they now have nothing! I told them and their neighbor I would do what I could to help. I came home and posted on my facebook and had our ward send out a email for a home and clothing drive. I NEVER thouht i'd get all that I did. But it was overwhelming with the outpouring love that people did to help, someone they didn't even know. I have never done something like this before. But to see their reaction was worth every minute of it! I did something and whether they could use all that I collected was up to them. But I know they used and needed most of it.

Now the only thing that sits on their lot is a cement pad of where this home use to sit. But I will end with one last story. When the couple was sorting through all the rubble and charred stuff in their home. The husband came across a ring box, he wasn't able to wear his wedding ring because he was a handy man and did construction and was afraid of getting hurt by wearing it. When he opened the box where his ring sat, it was perfect, completely untouched by the fire. It was the only thing in the home what wasn't damaged! I loved that they shared that story with me and in return I can share it with you.

Karter's First Day of 1st Grade!!

I've said before and i'll say it again, this is more for me than any of you i'm sure. I am so behind and am going to playing catch up. My goal...is at least one post a week...hopefully more but at least one! Karter started 1st grade and "loves" it. The first day I asked him if there was any cute girls in his class and he said "mom!!" and I said what and he said "well yes mom". He still won't admit who it is (and it's January) but I have a few guesses.

Things he has learned or loves this year so far in school:

To learn about space, dinosaurs and SHARKS or anything to do with the ocean!! There is a reason I beleive he is an Aquarius!

To read much better

Loves chapter books

Football
Thursdays...when mom comes and helps with centers

Spelling and has got 100% all but 3 times which have been 90% twice and 80% once!!

Lunch and recess (of course)

Things he loves at home after school:

He loves to play with his friends when he gets home and his homework is done!

Play xbox

Ride his electric scooter or dirtbike

Be outside

To read each night with mom!!

**Kandon absolutly loves you and looks up to you so MUCH!! He adores and idolizes his BIG brother!!**

Karter it seems like yesterday (literally) that you were born and I was staring at you thinking how lucky we were to have you in our lives!! You have grown so much and we still feel that lucky!! We love you to pieces and are so proud of how much you love school and how good you are at it!! Keep up the good work and grades!! XOXOXOXOXO

Someone save me...

I wanted to be totally caught up before Christmas with the rest of our summer...Karter starting 1st grade...Kandon's 3rd birthday and so on. But our old computer took a dump!! It got a virus and we were going to loose everything. Luckily we have an external hard drive so I lost nothing. But I did get a new computer, finally a mac. It's used but new to me!! I love it and it is the new aluminum style, and to me its perfect!! I still need to load all my information on here so I can finally update this blog...it will come.
But we are alive. Scott is finding out this week on a potential job, we hope!! Please cross your fingers, toes and whatever else you can cross and PRAY like CRAZY for him!! I will keep you posted.
Merry Christmas and hope I get this updated before the New Year!!!