Catmull Family

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2011-02-02T18:09:00.001-08:00

GIRL!!!

These pictures are really small and I tried zooming in but with no luck. So if you look REALLY closely you should see nothing in between the little legs! When we were at Fetal Fotos we were watching on a big screen tv so it was a lot easier to see three tiny lines, but in this pic it's so small it turns into just a solid white area. But I know what I saw so we are going with GIRL!! The boys are so excited to have a sister and come up with new names all the time! I have my ultrasound with my OB in about a month so hopefully I will get another better picture to add! We are so excited and still a little shocked! Now if it was only July :)

4th of July

2010-07-20T21:43:00.000-07:00

We had a great 4th weekend! To start off, Eric had the whole weekend off, which rarely happens on a holiday! On the 3rd we went to watch the fireworks in Provo. The boys loved running around with the other kids and then laying on our blankets to watch the "HUGE" fireworks! On sunday we had to help my dad get the floats in order for the grand parade the next day. The boys love this because we drive around in golf carts and color numbers with chalk! They think it is so fun, but we really are working. The next morning I was up bright and early to be at the parade route by 6 am! I was in charge of the pre parade again this year so I was busy that morning getting everyone in order and ready to go. After my parade was done I met up with Eric and the boys and watched my dad's wonderful parade! The Provo police estimated 300,000 people watching along the route! This is not some little town parade! Anyway, after the parade we went home to take and nap and then Eric and I went with a few of my friends to see Eclipse again! Eric was a really good sport and said it was good! And we ate at Cheesecake Factory before, I love that place! We drove home after the movie to go do fireworks at my parents house! They LOVE fireworks!! Aunt Carlie does fireworks with them a lot in the month of June, but this night we did tons of them! It was a great weekend and I am so thankful for living in this great country and enjoying all the freedoms we have!! Aiden watching Carlie do snakes! He loved those!I love Grady's cheesy smile!I sure love my boys!!!

Eclipse!!!

2010-07-20T20:51:00.000-07:00

This night felt like a long time coming, and now it is already gone! :( But I had soooo much fun and LOVED the movie! It of course was too rushed but the only way to stop that is to have a 5 hour movie! We had 17 people come with us to the movie, first we went to dinner at CPK! Then we all drove over to Jordan Commons to be among all of the other "crazies" The place was packed!! But we had assigned seats so we weren't worried about the crowds of people! The movie was great, but I of course cried for Jacob! I love him! Now I'm sad because the next movie doesn't come out for almost a year and a half! What will I do in the meantime!?!?!? :)

Backstreet's Back ALRIGHT!!!

2010-07-13T20:10:00.000-07:00

On June 23rd I went to my fifth Backstreet Boys concert! I have been an avid fan since I was in 9th grade, but it's been almost nine years since my last concert! So when I heard they were coming to Utah I had to go! I set my alarm and got online right as the tickets went on sale. To my amaze and excitement ALL of the tickets were only $35 and the tickets it pulled up for me were floor seats row 15!!! I couldn't believe it! I've never been anywhere near that close and for such a great price! So I bought tickets for Carlie, Leslie and I! It seemed like years later, but finally June 23rd came! Carlie and I had planned to go to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner right before, but we didn't get there in enough time so we hurried and ate next door at CPK! I'm not kidding hurried, we were in, ate, paid, walking out the door in 30 minutes! When we were eating a few different workers came up to us asking if we were going to the concert because of our t-shirts. They all told us how jealous they were and they had wished they were going. As we were walking out of the restaurant about 5 or 6 of them yelled to us, "Have fun at your concert!" We felt like celebrities! So we were back on schedule for the concert, we met up with Leslie and drove downtown to the Energy Solutions Arena. We got special "Floor" wrist bands and sat in our amazing seats! The concert didn't start til forever later and while we were waiting Carlie noticed some seats even closer that no one had been in the whole time waiting. So we quickly moved up and sat on row 6!!!! We were soooo close, we could see every expression and the sweat dripping down their faces! At one point during the concert A.J. came down into the crowd and sang to a lady in the front row! I was soooo close to him, I could almost reach out and touch him! It was such a fun concert! Carlie and I were singing and dancing the ENTIRE time! We never sat down! We were really sad when it was over! :( and Leslie and I were sore for a few days later! (our bodies aren't as young as they used to be) I was so glad I went and got to see them sooo close, it was my dream come true!

Carlie and I before we left for the concert!

Anxiously waiting for the concert to start! (all three t-shirts belong to me)

When they first came on stage!

Brian :)

A.J. kept waving to me! :)

This is when A.J. came down to the crowd! I was sooo close!

Grady in the baby contest!

2010-07-03T10:48:00.000-07:00

My parents found out that the Freedom Festival Baby Contest had added an older category so Grady could enter the contest this year. They were bugging me and bugging me to do it. So we entered him in it, got him a cute new outfit and off we went. It was on June 19th and when Grady went up to the judges he was really shy. They tried to get him to talk a little and he said everything in a whisper, but it was cute anyway. Then we had to wait for the results forever! While we waited they had a play area for the kids. Aiden and Grady loved that part! Finally it was time for awards. His catergory came.... and went. He didn't place in his age group, so we were let down, but never really expected to win. Then they announced the honorable mention for the whole contest and Grady was one of the three names!! He got a medal and t shirt to wear in the parade on the 5th! He was pretty happy, he kept telling everyone, "I won, I won!" It was a fun day and after the contest we went to Toy Story 3, which we all loved! To bad my baby isn't really a baby anymore! Playing with the kids in the peanuts!

With Grandpa waiting for the results
Aiden playing too! The puppet Aiden made in the puppet show

Aiden's Newest Trick!

2010-06-19T20:32:00.001-07:00

After watching my friend Kirstin's blog all the time of Damon riding his bike without training wheels, Aiden thought he was ready to try it himself! He asked Eric to take off his training wheels, so this last Tuesday he did and Aiden was pretty sure that he would be able to ride it right away! I was amazed at how quickly he got it! The first day if we held his seat until he got some speed, he could ride all over by himself! No major crashes! The next day I showed him how to push with his feet until he got enough speed to pedal. Now he starts, rides and stops all by himself! He's already finding little hills to ride over when he goes to the church parking lot! He is so proud of himself, everyone he sees he tells them about how he can ride his bike! I can't believe he's growing up so fast! Today a bike with no training wheels, tomorrow a drivers license! :(

Memorial Day

2010-06-01T21:24:00.000-07:00

During my blogging hiatus I didn't blog about my Grandpa Kennard passing away, so I want to write about our trip to Logan to see his grave. Megan and I drove together with my boys in her car. (They love aunt Megan's car) We were almost there when Grady said "I'm sick I need to go to the doctor!" I think he was either getting car sick or just wanted to get out! He has learned when he doesn't feel good he asks to go to the doctor. So we got there and picked up some flowers for his grave and then went to the cemetery. His headstone just got put in and it looks great! I love that it is a standing one and that they can put the names of all their children on the back. My grandma wrote a beautiful poem that they put on the back as well. It's hard to think that I will never see him again in this life, but I know I will in the next! He was such a wonderful man who lived an amazing life and raised a beautiful family! I am so grateful to be in that family! And to know that we will be an eternal family! My grandpa served in the military when he was young so when we were at his burial site back in December they had a couple soldiers there and they were going to play taps but the trumpet didn't work, so on Monday we had my cousin Nathan play it. He did a great job, it made us all cry! It was great to be there with family remembering a wonderful man! After, we went to a park and ate lunch and the boys played with their cousins. It was a great day, we love and miss you Grandpa!

Frankland Ralph Kennard

Oct. 21, 1925- Dec. 26, 2009

The boys took turns putting our flowers down.

Aiden's first cavities filled!!

2010-05-05T17:33:00.000-07:00

This happened a month or so ago but the video is so funny I had to post it! Aiden had two cavities and when we went to get them filled he had to take an oral sedative right before going in. The video is me and Aiden in the waiting room as it's beginning to kick in! He thought everything was so funny and couldn't stop from falling over! He also got laughing gas so he didn't struggle at all! It took ten minutes and he just sat in the chair smiling and laughing!! When we were leaving I had to carry him out because he couldn't walk yet and he said "I want to be silly again!" I guess he won't be aposed to cavity fillings in the future!

Cruise to Mexico!! 4/25/2010-5/1/2010

2010-05-04T16:23:00.000-07:00

We just got back from a 6 day cruise to Mexico!! We went with some of Eric's friends from work and their wives! It was soooo much fun, and soooo relaxing! I really enjoyed getting to know everyone and we had some really good laughs! We stopped in Puerto Vallarta and Cabo. We got massages in Puerto and explored the resorts, and shopped, snorkeled and swam in Cabo! The boat was fun too, except the last day when the boat was rocking sooo bad half of us got sick and it was too windy to go outside. But the seasickness helped prepare us to want to go home! I missed my boys a lot but they had a great time at Grandma's! Thanks to my awesome family and Brooke for watching them the whole week! I probably gained 10 pounds and no longer know how to do housework, but it was well worth it!!Meet the "Cinco Amigos"! They walked around the whole boat like this, confusing most the passengers! They were asked to sing happy birthday to a few people around the pool!! People thought they worked for the cruise ship!!

The whole group!

Our ship the Norwegian Star

In Puerto Vallarta

In Cabo

One night at dinner!

The hot tub in our exclusive "Spa"
A beautiful ending to an awesome cruise!!

I'm Back!!

2010-04-13T17:06:00.001-07:00

I know it's been a long time since I've posted, and I'm not going to try and back track either. We had a lot of fun in the last 6 months but I am starting from now. A couple weeks ago my "Twilighters" and I went to the New Moon DVD release! We pushed our way through an angry mob of old moms and grandmas to get to the front so we could get our DVD's signed! The actors of Mike, Angela, and Eric were there! They were really nice and funny and all three signed our DVD's! Since we were in the front of the line we didn't have to stick around until 2 am like last year, so we got home at a reasonable 1 am or so! I had tons of fun just being a groupie for the night! (Let's hope next year it's Taylor Lautner)

Aiden's 4th Birthday!!

2009-10-06T09:06:00.000-07:00

I am late posting again! But Aiden's birthday was Sept. 28th and he turned 4! I still wake up and can't believe he is so old and becoming such a smart little boy! He's not a baby anymore! On the sunday before his birthday we had a party at my mom's house and had presents, cake, and ice cream. He got clothes and books and a game, and a spiderman costume for halloween (that he wants to wear everyday) but his favorite gift was a spiderman scooter from grandma and grandpa! He was riding it outside and said "this is my favorite present ever!" Then on his birthday that monday we had a party at the park with Gracie, (his cousin that was born the same day) and Eric's side of the family! The hit present of that party was the hair stuff Gracie got (princess straightner, curling iron, blow dryer) all the boys wanted to play hair stylist! He had lots of fun, his friends Damon and Austin came and gave him gifts! And grandma Debbie came from Ephraim and that always makes his day! Plus he got $30 cash in birthday cards! Now when he tells me he has money he's not lying! We all had a great time and love Aiden very much! He continues to surprise me with his sweet smart fun personality and I love being his mom! Love you Aiden!

Aiden still wearing his costume days later

The Circus is in Town!!

2009-09-25T21:08:00.000-07:00

We got tickets to the circus a month or so ago because we thought it would be something fun to do for the boys birthdays! Aiden's birthday is on monday the 28th and Grady loves elephants so this is kindof for his birthday too! We didn't get there in time to go and pet the animals but we did get to the pre show and right when we got there they brought out two elephants and had one paint and kick a soccer ball and dunk a basketball! The boys were amazed!! Grady couldn't even talk he just stared! When they left he kept saying "bye, bye ephant" Aiden was amazed at all the tricks they could do! Then we went to our seats and watched the circus! They did really well through out but they were most amazed with the elephants and the tigers and the guys on the big wheel things! It was pretty cool all the tricks they did, they even made an elephant disappear! Grandma was too nice and bought them overly priced toys! Grady of course got an elephant (he has named it mumbo) and Aiden had to have the binaculars! They love their toys! We had a great time and I'm glad all of my family could come and enjoy it with us! I know the boys will never forget it!

Grady's 2nd Birthday!!

2009-09-07T20:44:00.001-07:00

I know I'm slow posting this, but better late than never. Grady's 2nd birthday was August 28th! I can't believe my baby is 2!! I guess he's really not a baby anymore! He really loves elephants!! I don't know where it came from but he loves them, so we had an elephant themed party!! His cake was an elephant (or that's what it's supposed to be, you be the judge) he had elephant balloons and tons of elephant gifts!! He loved it! We had a lot of family and friends come to the park to have cake and ice cream and gifts with us! Grady had a great time! Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us and thanks for his fun gifts!

Camping Trip

2009-08-16T22:08:00.000-07:00

We took the boys camping for the first time this summer! We went with my dad and sisters and eric, myself and of course the boys! Aiden had been waiting to go all week because he wanted to sleep in the tent and he loves our air mattress so he was excited to pull that out! We just went up Provo Canyon so it wasn't far away but we got there just in time. We immediately put up the tents and the second we finished it started to rain!! So we got in the tents and waited and the fire pit had pretty good tree coverage so we could also hide under there without getting too wet! So we made dinner in the rain and sat by the fire in the rain and just camped in the rain. The boys liked to get in my dad's van and play but they kept coming in and out so we locked them in there to play and eventually they started looking through the windows trying to tell us they wanted out! We just heard these little voices saying "get us out" the picture says it all! We went to sleep in the tent and it rained some more. Grady did not like sleeping in the tent, the whole night he would wake up every half hour and cried saying "out, out" so finally around 3:30 am I decided to take him home since we lived 10 minutes away. Then when we got there he stayed up until 6 AM!!! So we slept for three hours until everyone at the campsite woke up and started calling us to come back! When we got there Aiden kept telling me "I liked sleeping in the tent, I was a good boy, I'm a good sleeper, huh mom!" He wanted me to know that he slept good after I had to leave. We made breakfast and it started to rain so finally we started to take our tents down and pack up to go home. Just as everything was in the car ready to go the sun came out! So we decided to hike up to Bridal Veil Falls and let the boys play in the water! They loved that even though it was really cold! We then went home and pitched the tent again so it could dry out and I did a lot of laundry to get rid of the fire smell! But even with the weather and the crying child, we had a good time! Aiden loved every minute and didn't care at all that it was raining! So thanks family for a great camping trip!

Happy 6 years!!

2009-08-05T17:10:00.001-07:00

Sunday August 2nd was our 6 year anniversary! I can't believe it's been that long! The time has gone by fast and slow. I'm at a point that it's getting hard to remember a time that eric and I weren't together! I love him so much and am greatful I have such a wonderful hardworking husband! We are going on a cruise in Oct. so I didn't think we would do much to celebrate. Then the original plan was to have the boys sleep at grandma's (practice for Grady in Oct.) and go to dinner and a movie on sat. Well Eric set up an appointment for us to go to a 2 hour spa/massage! Then go to a hotel in SLC, but of course the boys got sick and we weren't able to have them sleep over but they did stay most the day at grandma's while we got our massages and went to Outback and then a movie! (Thanks family for watching them so long!) So it still turned out to be a wonderful anniversary! And we still have our cruise to look forward too. (and I'm getting more and more excited the more terrible two's Grady becomes!) When people used to tell me that I would love Eric more the longer we were married I didn't think it was possible as a newly wed. But I do and I realize I will continue to love him more and more the rest of our lives! Every experience good or bad has made us stronger and I love him for all he does for me and our boys! Happy Anniversary Eric!!!

Aug. 2, 2003

March 5, 2003 Proposal at Disneyland

Feb. 5, 2009 six years later + two kids!

Michael Jackson Aug. 29,1958 - June 25, 2009

2009-06-25T21:46:00.000-07:00

Where do I start! I know when I was in I think fourth grade my mom recorded an interview Opera did with Michael Jackson! I fell in love right away! I must have watched that over 100 times! I liked him so much that I recorded the whole interview onto a cassette tape and would listen to it at night when I would go to bed! That is when it all started for me and my love of Michael Jackson! After that it was clipping articles, buying his tapes or cds, teaching my elementary friends his songs and making up little dances to them, I even went through many songs word by word and wrote them down to show my friends at school! (this is before internet) I used to take my walkman out at recess and show my friends my newest favorite song for the week! I couldn't get enough, I had 9 full video tapes of just Michael that me and my friends would watch at sleepovers and scream over our favorite parts! I have loved Michael for a long time and am heart broken that he is gone! When the tickets went on sale in London I wanted so badly to go, but I told myself that he would come here one last time and do a concert in the US. Now I will never have the chance to go! I remember one time I went to a play of "Joseph" and Donny Osmond was there because his nephew was playing Joseph. Now my mom was so excited because she loves Donny. But I remember sitting in my seat so excited and kindof nervous because someone who had met and shook Michael's hand was in the same building as me!!! All I wanted to do was ask him what Michael was like but I didn't get the chance! I knew this day would come and many times I thought of how I would react, but I didn't see it coming today! And I am reacting just like I thought I would, crying, crying, and crying! And recording all the news press about it! To many people I know this sounds silly or even stupid but I feel a great loss for the greatest entertainer of all time and a man that I have loved and stuck by for almost 20 years! I will always remember Micheal and the great impact he had on my life!! Just like his song for Ryan White, Michael was truly Gone Too Soon!!!

Update!

2009-06-24T18:54:00.001-07:00

I know I haven't posted much lately so I will do a quick catch up! Well, summer is full swing we have been to the pool a few times, seven peaks once, a rainy summerfest weekend, kangaroo zoo, and lots of playing with friends! But the great mom that I am I forgot the camera for all of these events! For mother's day we got Aiden a bike and he hasn't stopped riding it since I leave it in my car so he can ride whenever he goes to Grandma's or Brooke's house! Sometimes when we go to the grocery store he thinks he can take it in and ride! I don't have much riding space in our yard but I put a video on here to show you how he improvises! Eric turned 28 on June 17th and we had a small party for him! (again no camera) He got a grill for his birthday/fathers day gift! We are excited to cook outside and avoid heating up our already hot house! Well I think that sums up the last few weeks! I hope to better at remembering my camera the rest of the summer! (I do take pics on my phone but don't know how to transfer them!)

This is a picture of Aiden after he knocked his front teeth on the bath tub! He wouldn't open up to show the bloody pushed back teeth but this is his fat lip! We called him our Who child from Whoville!

My little blue eyed boy!

Grady Talking!

2009-05-13T21:14:00.000-07:00

These are videos of Grady talking a little! He really says a lot more words now but didn't have the patience to do it during these videos! My favorite right now is when he says Thank You! He says it all the time and it's too cute!

New Pets!! New Job!!

2009-05-07T22:14:00.001-07:00

The other day we were at my parents house and they still had my bird cage from six years ago when Eric bought me a bird while we were dating! I showed it to Aiden and he loved it and wanted to find a bird to put in there!! So we cleaned it out and went to the pet store and picked out a bird! In the pics there is only one bird but the next day we realized he needed a friend so we went and got another one! Aiden named the first one Foofy and the second one Tinkerbell! So those are their names and no one can change them!! (We tried Sky for the blue bird but he wouldn't have it) So the boys now have birds and they want to take them out all the time!! But they are going to become the class birds for the Storybook Preschool!! That's right I'm starting a preschool in the fall! I'm really nervous and kindof scared! But I'm going for it anyway!! Wish me luck!!
The inspiration for the name of my preschool!! You knew it would be something Disney!!! :)

Disneyland Trip #2 April 14-16

2009-04-25T09:30:00.001-07:00

Yes we went to disneyland again!! It's my favorite place and I have season passes and my family was going so we went again! We ended up flying because I found cheap tickets and I can't handle the thought of driving with a 3 and 1 year old for 12 hours! Even the two hour flight was hard!! They just don't want to sit still and the elevation hurt Grady's ears so he screamed a lot! But we made it there (I flew alone with the boys! Quite the accomplishment!) The boys had so much fun this trip because their three aunts were there to play and hold and give them everything they wanted!! My family now realizes the huge muscles I have from holding them all the time! They all had sore arms!! Aiden's new favorite ride this time was Haunted Mansion, he can sing most of the song to you thanks to Carlie! And Grady still loves Winnie the Pooh! He now says pooh all the time!! (He's really starting to say a lot of words lately!!) Mine of course was Splash Mountain!! We stayed almost everynight until midnight! The boys were such troopers and usually stayed up with us! Don't worry we slept for two days when we got back!! We love Disneyland!!!

They loved taking turns pulling each other around!!

Eating a healthy breakfast!

Aiden finished swimming lessons!

2009-03-28T10:33:00.000-07:00

He started lessons the beginning of March and yesterday was his final class! He did so well! Over the three weeks he learned to float on his back, and hold his breath under water, and back stroke while floating and kick his little feet while floating! And coolest of all he jumped off the diving board! The first time the teacher took them to do it he jumped right in and has never been afraid! He loves it and is quite the little fish! We look forward to the summer when we can go swimming all the time!

His pre shower each time!

Jumping right in to start class! He is the one under the water!

sorry it's a bad picture it's through the glass! But that is him swimming on his back! Alone!! (sorry I'm a little proud!)

Here he is with his completion certificate and a sucker! Congrats Aiden!!

Twilight DVD Release Party!!! (sorry it's long)

2009-03-21T18:11:00.001-07:00

Where do I even start with this post!! It was such a crazy fun night!! I was always planning on going to buy the movie at midnight but when we heard that a star from the movie was going to be at the Riverton Walmart of course I had to go! So my wonderful husband stayed home all night with the boys while me and my sisters left around 8 to head up to the Walmart! We were meeting up with my friends from high school Leslie and Melanee! As we pulled into the parking lot it wasn't anymore crowded than any other Walmart so we were thinking maybe not as many people knew about it as we thought! WOW were we wrong! We walked around and looked at the set up and the stuff for sale at midnight and saw a line forming so we followed it thinking that is where we needed to be! I wrapped around the whole back of the store! So Megan and I left Carlie and Courtney in line to go see what was happening. Megan ended up standing in the "for Walmart manager's friends and family section only" and told them she new him so they let her stay! I ended up in the mosh pit where Leslie and Melanee and Amber later joined me! After what seemed like forever she came in through the doors, Rachelle Lefevre (Victoria)! Everyone screamed and was really excited! Megan got a front row view and shook her hand and was later interviewed by one of the news stations!! (Lucky) Well she stayed there and I left to find my other sisters and got some of the free food they were giving out! After awhile we decided to get out of line because we were too far back anyway. So we got in line to buy the DVD when Megan calls and tells us she got her DVD signed and for us to come over so she could sneak us in by her! Leslie and Melanee had already got in with Megan and after countless Walmart employees telling us to turn around we can't go this way, we finally made it through and sat watching Rachelle sign everyone's stuff! She is so pretty and nice! She stayed until almost 2 in the morning to make sure everyone that was in line got signed!! So when we saw the end of the line coming we hurried and ran in so we could get one last thing signed too! That is what the video is of her talking to us as we walk by with our books! It was sooooo much fun and crazy! I love being around my fellow Twilight obessesed people! My husband and most other people I know just don't understand! And since we were about the last twenty people there she shook our hands as she was leaving!! So at 2 am we started our drive home, laughing and talking about our fun night! It was all worth it, even though we would really have loved to see Rob or Taylor, we were glad we had Rachelle who was so sweet and nice to all of her fans!! Now I will have to wait until November for my next midnight premiere experience!!!

Waiting for Rachelle in the mosh pit!

As she walked into the store!

These pictures are of people on both sides of me while in line to buy the DVD! This is not including the line that wraps around the back of the store!

This is the view from where Megan was sitting! We stood here the rest of the night and just watched and got people in line to have her sign our stuff!

Our whole group finally together!

With all of our autographed stuff! Please excuse the stupid things I say in the vidoe! I was a little star struck!

Aquarium Trip

2009-03-19T19:41:00.000-07:00

Today the boys and I went with my two sisters to the Living Planet Aquarium. (I think that's what it's called) It was pretty cool, they had lots of different fish and a tide pool that you could touch the sting rays. Aiden wouldn't even touch the water he was too scared! But Grady got hands and feet in at times, he was too short to reach the animals though! I even touched them a few times and they are slimey feeling! There was a pretend pirate boat that Aiden liked because he was Jack Sparrow! (you'll notice the video of him being Jack Sparrow) It was fun and not too crowded so the boys could walk around and look at the fish or frogs or snakes as they wanted! After we went to the Mayan so Aiden could watch the divers and he thought that was "Awesome" he tried to do some diving of his own! We had a really fun time!

Zoo trip number 3!

2009-03-18T12:25:00.000-07:00

Since I started this blog this is my third post about going to the zoo! Well there isn't much to say about the trip, it's pretty much the same as always! But we got some cute pictures and of course the boys loved it! Grady really enjoys it now because he walks a lot of the time with Aiden and can see the animals and tells us what they say! Aiden just wanted to get in with the zebras again! We had a fun day together!

I guess he didn't want to sit by me!

This is at the cougars cage! Grady's crazy hair is from sleeping in the car!

Talking to the animals!

He loves the elephants!

BYU basketball game!!

2009-03-07T22:03:00.000-08:00

Tonight me my dad my two sisters and the boys went to a BYU basketball game! The boys had a lot of fun!! They were cheering and clapping and Aiden would yell, "B Y cougars!! B Y cougars" over and over!! He really liked the flipping cheerleaders too! Megan told Aiden that he could be a basketball player too and she said look that's you, pointing to the players. He said Courtney look that's me!! Grady really enjoyed the stairs and running in the hallway the second half of the game! But he still clapped everytime he heard the crowd cheer! It was a lot of fun and some work but I'm glad they had a good time! Oh and Aiden ate two whole hot dogs!! WOW!

Sledding!! Sort of!

2009-02-20T20:43:00.000-08:00

After watching Brooke's video of her kids sledding with their dog Aiden has been begging me to go sledding! So we went to grandpa's in hopes of sledding down a hill of some kind! When we got there we found no snow on the hills and only some in the backyard! So we had to pull Aiden! This is a lot more work than it sounds like! We all had to take turns being his horse! But he loved it! So his first sledding experience was a success but hopefully next time we can find some good hills!

Disneyland!! Feb 2-6 2009

2009-02-14T21:21:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted this trip yet because there's a lot to say! It was by far my best disneyland trip yet, and I've been on a lot! Staying 4 days and staying at the disneyland hotel were two things I've never done which helped make it wonderful!! Plus we flew(I hate driving) so that also helps! I loved the hotel, it just felt like you never left the park because everything was decorated disney and random characters walked the halls saying hi to the kids and the pool was awesome! We only got to swim one day but Aiden loved it!! It was a peter pan pool with an ariel themed hot tub! I think he loved the slide the most he only went down it a hundred times! We had sooo much fun at the parks! Aiden's favorites: Buzz Lightyear, Jungle Cruise, Dumbo, Small World, Fantasmic and Tarzan treehouse! Least favorites: Matterhorn, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Honey I shrunk the Audience! Grady loved everything but seeing Tigger and Pooh was his favorite! We were able to go back to the hotel for naps and since it wasn't crowded we got pretty much every ride in that we wanted! I'm telling you I couldn't ask for a better trip! We had perfect weather and it started raining right when our van came to pick us up to go home! And to top it all off Eric bought us season passes!! So anyone who wants to go to disneyland give me a call and I'm on board! Thank you Eric for the trip of my Life! You were so wonderful the whole trip and really tried to make it great for me and the boys, even though it's not your idea of a relaxing trip! We will remember it forever!

See you soon Mickey!! (I hope really soon!)

Chuck E. Cheese

2009-01-30T14:47:00.001-08:00

With the weather never being warm I feel bad that the boys stay inside most of the days! So we have gone to Chuck E. Cheese a few times lately so the boys could run around and play fun games! Aiden loves it, he knows what games are his favorites and doesn't need any help from mom starting them or playing them! Twice now he has won 50 tickets in one of those hard ticket games on the first try! He must have a gift because no strategy was involved!! Grady loves to follow him everywhere and try to play anything he does! But most of all he loves the big characters that sing on the stage! He could watch them all day! But when Chuck E. came out and was waving to all the kids and taking pictures with them he started crying! So I guess he likes them from a distance! (It will be interesting to see how he does at Disneyland with those characters!) Anyway, we have a lot of fun and Aiden always wins enough tickets to get a prize to take home! He is very proud of his collection!!

Notice Chuck E. on the right! That's why he is screaming!

Trying to play with brother!
Eric was trying to torture him on the big jeep!! He didn't like it too much!! Aiden ready to cash in for some prizes!

Another Reunion!!

2009-01-20T13:21:00.000-08:00

Lately it has been the year of reunions for me! I love it! Catching up with all my old friends and seeing what they have been doing the past 8 years and meeting their adorable kids! Well on Jan. 10th I had another get together with my good friends from my ballet days! You'd never know it by looking at me now, but these girls can tell you that I danced ballet for many years! I wanted to find an old picture of us to attach to this but they are at my mom's house, but I will try to find one! We went and had lunch at Allie's house and talked about our lives and looked through wedding albums! It was really fun and I'm glad to keep in touch with these great girls! I will always remember our Saturday at the studio making up the dance to the "dreams" song! Thanks for a great day girls, I hope to do it again soon! And thanks Marisa so getting it set up!

Top: Marisa and Me Bottom: Lindsee, Allie, and Brianne

Santa Baby!!!

2009-01-02T19:14:00.000-08:00

I know that I haven't posted forever! That's what the holidays will do I guess! I plan to post some Christmas things but first I wanted to share what Santa brought me this year!! (I act like a kid in a candy store about it) He is taking me on a 4 day trip to Disneyland!!! Some may call this my mother ship, and it is!! I am soooo excited! Aiden has already been three times before and Grady once but this is the first time Eric is coming with the boys! So we are really excited around here! We hope to leave in Feb or March we will see!! Just thought I'd let you know I have the best husband around, I mean Santa!! :)

Aiden at 4 months old!

Aiden at 1 1/2 years old!
Aiden 2 1/2 and Grady 7 months old!

Santa Clause

2008-12-15T20:59:00.000-08:00

The boys went to see Santa today! Aiden went right up to him and sat on his knee and told him he wanted a train for Christmas! Grady was fine when he was looking at him but as soon as we put him on his lap, he started screaming! They loved the train that drives around Santa the most, they rode it twice and loved every minute! I love Christmas because of moments like these!Oh yeah and on Saturday they got to meet the Grinch at my mom's Christmas party! Grady thought he was a little questionable too but no crying!

First Hair Cut!

2008-12-15T20:48:00.000-08:00

It's been a long time coming but we finally cut Grady's hair. He did so good and didn't even cry or move around too much! He looks a lot older to me know but the old hair do was looking a lot like a little girl! I could almost put it in a ponytail!! Here are the before and after pictures!
Love you Goose!

Festival of the Trees

2008-12-04T23:02:00.000-08:00

For the past few years my mom and sisters and I have gone to the festival of the trees in SLC! We went tonight and had a fun time! The boys had their moments, but for the most part did ok! Well Aiden did sleep through half of it in the stroller! It's just not Christmas time without going to see a huge room filled with beautiful Christmas trees and awesome Gingerbread houses! And who could leave without getting the cinnamon scones! I love Christmas time and I love the traditions we have in my family! Someday we should do a tree girls!! (There was a pretty cool Twilight tree there as well!)

With Aunt Carlie and the famous wands we always get!!

Aiden asleep and no Grady is not sleeping sitting up, he just has his eyes shut!

Aiden just woke up and didn't want any pictures!

P.S. Could anything be cuter than walking in my room and hearing Aiden talking to Grady and I look around the corner of the bed to find him reading a book to him just snuggled between my bed and Grady's crib! Moments like that are far and in between for me and I love them so much!!

Thanksgiving!!

2008-12-04T22:52:00.000-08:00

I know this post is late but oh well! We had a great Thanksgiving at my mother in law, Debbie's house! She is such an awesome woman and a wonderful host! She did a lot of cooking and preparing for this day and made it wonderful for all of us as ususal! We love you Deb!! This is Grady's pre dinner warm up!! He like his Grandpa Kennard loves Thanksgiving!!!Here we are eating and eating and eating!

Aiden and Gracie playing upstairs!

Here is everyone after eating! Maybe Debbie had a little too much to drink!! :) We had a great time and really love our family! That's what makes a holiday all about food great to me, are the people I get to eat it with! Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

The Long Anticipated Twilight Prom!!!

2008-11-22T10:15:00.000-08:00

I can't tell you how excited I have been waiting for this night to come! I worried all week on what to wear and what to expect when we got there! The night started out with Lauren picking up all the Utah county girls, me carlie and carla! We took pictures at Carla's house just like real prom! And to my surprise Eric got me a real corsage to wear to my prom! He is the best husband ever! (thanks for the suggestion Deb!)So here we are before we leave.....

We are ready to party! So we drive to Jordan Commons to meet up with leslie and melanee! We get there and to enter the party we have to walk the "red carpet" so of course everyone wanted our picture!

Then we met some guy thinking he was Edward! He was pretty weird!

Then we ate a bunch of Twilight themed food and had free drinks all night! Carlie loved that! Everyone got their hair or nails done and we took pictures with another random guy on what we imagine is Jacob's motorcycle!

Notice his tense hands and face! I don't know if he liked us very much!! Ha Ha
After a lot of waiting it was finally time to watch the movie! We got as many free drinks as we could carry and sat down in this huge theater! They handed out goodie bags and free popcorn! Remember we were VIP!!! We waited what seemed like forever more, (thanks allyse's bridal) But then it started and I loved every minute of the movie!

So much in fact I went again the next night!! With my family (minus the boys I mean) and my friend Brooke, Carlie's friend Katie, and Courtney's friend Chessie! I loved the second time around too! I will be taking donations so I can go as often as possible, so contact me if you want to donate!! :)

I had a great weekend, one I will never forget! Thanks to all who came with me and made it sooo much fun!! As Carlie put it, now what will we do with our lives? New Moon please hurry!!!

Zoo Trip!

2008-11-19T22:28:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday we went to the zoo with my friend Brooke and her two kids! It was great weather and we had a lot of fun! There was hardly anyone there and it seemed like it wasn't really open without all the crowds of people! We just took our time and let the kids guide us through the zoo! They loved the animals! Grady had a great time because he could get out of the stroller and look at the animals and really seemed to understand what they were! He even made his tiger sound when we saw the big cats! Aiden loved the carousel and rode on the snake! He also loved the zebras and wanted to get inside the fence with them! He kept saying, "Here zebra, zebra" We had a great time at the zoo! Thanks for going with us Hunter Family!! Here are the kids looking at the elephants! Grady loved these guys!

The kids loved this ride! They cried and ran away from us when it was over!

This is where Aiden wanted to get in with the zebras!

Little Grady looking up at the huge giraffe!

My little Gorilla, Aiden!

You probably can't tell but this Gorilla is eating it's own poop! We couldn't believe our eyes and my friend Brooke was afraid he was going to throw it at us! He didn't but the kids had a grose story to tell when we left! EEWWWW!!!

High School Tag!

2008-11-19T21:46:00.000-08:00

I was tagged by Lauren!!!
1. Did you date someone from your school? Ryan Turley, Brady Baker, and David Dias were my boyfriends during high school
2. What kind of car did you drive? A ford festiva, affectionately known as the "Beav"
3. Did you pass your drivers license test your first try?Yes
4. Were you a party animal?Of course not!!
5. Were you considered a flirt? Sure
6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?I was in choir in 9th grade
7. Were you a nerd?Not really, but I had pretty good grades!
8. Were you on any varsity teams?Nope
9. Did you ever get suspended/ expelled? Yeah for a silly fight in 11th grade.
10. Can you still sing the fight song?No but I can remember some of the cheer routine to it!
11. Who were your favorite teachers? Mr. Love, Mr. Rudelich, can't remember the other names!12. Where did you sit for lunch?At whatever fast food place we would go to that day!
13. What is your school's full name?West Jordan High School & Copper Hills High School (I went to both)
14. What is your school's mascot and colors?Jaguar & Baby blue, Black, White/ Grizzlie Green, Blue
15. Did you go to homecoming and with who?Kevin McDonald
16. If you could go back and do it again would you? Only to weigh what I did and still be in shape and dancing. But not for anything else.
17. What do you remember most about graduation?The money I got and getting ready to move out and go to Snow College.
18. Were did you go senior skip day?Which one? I skipped many senior days!
19. Were you in any clubs?cheerleading and drill team and FFA
20. Have you gained some weight since then?Um yeah!
21. Who was your prom date?Adam Epson my senior year. My junior year.... Carissa
22. Are you Planning on going to your 10 year reunion? If I lose 20 pounds and if they can find me.
23. Did you have a job in high school?Claires in the Mall
I Tag... Carlie, Marisa, Autum, and Kirstin

Halloween!!

2008-11-01T20:55:00.000-07:00

It seems like my kids had to wear their costumes 10 times this week for different events! But we had a lot of fun and got way more candy then we need!! (Holiday weight here I come!) Anyway, these pictures are from the night we went to UVU they had trick or treating and Halloween craft and game stuff! Aiden especially liked the spider he had face painted! Grady of course loved the candy and Korbin (their youngest cousin) was just having fun being a cute little pooh bear!

Aiden and his "scary spider"

The two binkie boys!! Tigger and Pooh!

Grady and his favorite candy, Suckers!!!
All the boys at the pumpkin patch! They obviously were more excited about the pumpkins! (Aiden is Tow Mater if you couldn't tell)
We had a great Halloween! Thanks Grandpa for taking Grady up and down all the stairs in the neighborhood just so we could have a few full size candy bars! We love you!

Another Reunion!!

2008-10-27T22:33:00.001-07:00

Last friday my friend Christine and I organized a lunch with all of the girls from our first year at Snow College! We've been wanting to do this for awhile but couldn't arrange the schedules. Finally it all came together and everyone met at my house for lunch! We all are married and have kids now (including Christine's little boy who is due in March) and it's was really fun to see how we have changed or stayed the same! We ate lunch and caught up on what everyone's been doing for the past 7 years! It was a lot of fun and I'm glad we did it! Thanks everyone for coming and bringing your cute kids to play! Let's continue to keep in touch!

Back: Leslie, Sara Front: Tara, Christine, Linsey, Ashley winter 2001

Back: Tara, Sara, Linsey Front: Leslie, Christine Ashley 2008

Look at all those cute kids!!

Grady is Walking!!!

2008-10-23T23:41:00.001-07:00

He is finally doing it! He started walking a lot tonight at my mom's house! Then when we got home he did it even more! In this video he followed me from the couch to get the cookie! Food always works with Grady! He even walked all the way out of Aiden's room by himself! Yay Grady! We are so proud you are finally trying to walk again, I guess he couldn't be traumatized from no longer nursing forever! Hooray!!! He will be 14 months on Tuesday! Just like big brother was!

Sorry it's so dark my camera is dumb!

I'm going to the Prom!!!

2008-10-16T16:54:00.000-07:00

I know to most of you this is silly but I am way excited!!! I can't wait for the movie and now I am going on with my obsession by going to the Prom! It's pretty much a party before you see the movie! I have 5 ladies coming with me and you know who you are! It is going to be a lot of fun!! I can't wait!!!

Which Twilight Lady are you??

2008-10-13T20:19:00.000-07:00

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Play Date!

2008-10-09T23:08:00.000-07:00

Last saturday I went up to Salt Lake to my friend Leslie's house! We had a playdate with our friend Melanee from high school! It was fun to catch up and find out what everyone is doing in life now! I can't believe how much can change in 7 years! The kids had a great time playing and destroying Leslie's house! (sorry Les!) It's always fun to look back with friends and remember the crazy days of high school! Here is a picture of all of our kids together! I guess they were watching someone else! Let's play again soon!
Aiden 3, Grady 1, Aspen 4, Chanler 1, and Clayton 2

Aiden's Three Year Pictures!

2008-10-01T22:28:00.000-07:00

As Chandler on Friends would say, "Could he BE any cuter?"

Happy Birthday Aiden!!!

2008-09-30T22:19:00.000-07:00

Sunday was my little Aiden's third birthday! I can't believe he is already three! Where has the time gone!? On Saturday we had a combined party in the park with cousin Gracie who was born the same day! They had lots of fun and got way too many toys! Grandma Debbie made cupcakes for both kids, pink with suckers for Gracie and brown with dinosaurs for Aiden! We had lunch and ate cupcakes and the kids played on the playground, it was a really good party! Again, thanks to everyone who came, you are all great! On Sunday we had another party at my mom's house with more cake and more presents! This time there were more clothes and Aiden got bored of that really fast! Each time he was sooo excited to open the present and he would always say "more clothes" and throw them to the side without even glancing at them! He did get really excited about his spiderman pj's! We had a lot of fun at both parties and got a lot of stuff, toys we really don't have room for and clothes that Aiden will need to stay warm this winter! He had a great time and now he is working on remembering how old he is, he always wants to say two but will correct himself! We love you Aiden!!

Aiden's 3 year old cupcake!

Aiden hugging his cousin Gracie

Aiden and best bud Austin waiting for the cupcakes!

Look at all those presents!
Victory!! The last one was a toy!! Blowing out the candles

My 6 quirky things!

2008-09-17T13:31:00.001-07:00

I was tagged by Katie, and as hard as it is to find fault in myself I will give it a shot! JK

1.I can never just like something, I have to be obsessed with it! Take Twilight, I can't stop thinking about, talking about and dreaming about these books! Ask my roommates in college about my bedroom! Hello backstreet boys!!! And don't even get me started on Disneyland!!

2. I am not creative at all! There for I never scrapbook or start craft projects and can't even really decorate my house!!

3. I want a dog so badly I can taste it! Even though it is not very logical in my life right now! I also obsess over this issue as well! Ask Eric!

4. I love the Cheesecake Factory but I will only order the same two things every time, for fear of not liking something else! Also the fear of wasting money and the trip to SLC! And I only like plain cheesecake!! With all the flavors to try, I only like plain!

5. I hate anything on my hands! Water, food, lotion, sand!! You name it I don't want it on my hands! I get very upset when I get really pruny fingers after a bath or hot tub! And I hate pulling ice out of ice cube trays! Not all of this is related, but I hate them all the same!

6. I talk too much and never know when I've crossed the line until after I'm done with the conversation! I have had many call backs to family and friends saying I'm sorry for talking too much and I hope I didn't offend anyone! I should really just not offend people in the first place! And especially with my family I need to learn to butt out! I want to be a better listener over all!

Well, everyone I know has pretty much been tagged so I tag Carlie and Courtney!

Lovin the cake!

2008-09-02T18:36:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics of Grady enjoying every bite of his first birthday cake!!
Needless to say he was very happy with the cake and the freedom to eat it however he wanted!

Happy Birthday Grady!!

2008-08-28T23:19:00.000-07:00

Aug. 28, 2007 my little Grady was born at 7:54 am and he has been making my life wonderful ever since! We love you so much Grady! He is such a loving little boy and he is a great little brother to Aiden! (he puts up with a lot!) Happy Birthday, my baby!
Birthday Cake pictures still to come!

FINALLY!!!!!! GOALS REACHED!

2008-08-17T17:06:00.000-07:00

Most of you know I had two main goals to accomplish this summer! Well, I can finally say that I have done it! First, Aiden has been potty trained for about a month now and rarely has any accidents anymore! (Hence the pic of him sleeping in big boy undies!) Second, Grady, my very stubborn Grady, is FINALLY taking a bottle!! I have been nursing him for almost a whole year now and I have tried everything I could think of to get him to take a bottle! I didn't want to nurse after he was one and his birthday is in 11 days so I cut it close! Through a very painful process it has finally worked! He still looks funny drinking the bottle since he doesn't suck on it, he puts it to the side of his mouth and chews the milk out! It's quite odd looking, but none the less he is drinking from it! I am so happy I can't even find words to express it fully! But just know that my life is pretty great right now! Victoria Secret here I come, I'm gonna need some support after almost two full years!!! :) :)

Aiden's First Dentist Trip

2008-08-11T16:17:00.001-07:00

I know I should have started taking him to the dentist earlier but I didn't! Anyway, today was his first time going and he didn't really know what the dentist was, he just knew he would get toys by going! We get into the office and they sit him in the chair to take x rays and he is pretty shy. Then they ask him if they can take a picture of his teeth, he says "no" not yelling or screaming, just no. So she asked how many teeth he has, he says "four" can I see them she asks, he says, "no, I ate them all" You did! she says, he replies, "Yep they are all gone, I ate them all!" Don't ask me where he learns these kinds of things! It's like he's already mastered how to get out of something he doesn't want to do! The assistant and I were both laughing trying to say anything we could so he would take the picture, but to no avail! So they looked at his teeth and said that they were spaced enough to see any cavities so we moved on! Now we get into the room with the "big chair" and Aiden is pretty happy to sit in it! Then the assistant shows him that she can move it up and down! Boy did he love that! She starts to show him all of the tools she will be using to clean his teeth, she lets him touch them and gives him a drink with the water tool and so far so good! Then she puts the toothpaste on and starts brushing, and as I would have predicted he starts screaming and wanting out of the chair! She tells me we can stop if we want but the nice mom I am said he's fine and helped to hold him down while she finished brushing! After all that she shows him the drawer of toys, now he is calm again going through each toy telling her what it is! All we had left was for the dr. to look at his teeth up close so we convinced him to get back in the magic chair and after the dr. looked at his teeth he could get another toy! While the doctor is looking in his mouth he keeps trying to tell us he is going to "get an airplane in a minute" Well, the doc got done and said everything looked good! He even said I can tell he brushes his teeth each day! In my mind I was thinking "you can?" (When you have to hog tie a child to brush their teeth each day you begin to wonder if you are doing any good!) Now I know we are! He picked out some more toys and we were on our way home! He was so proud of all the stuff he got and he thanked the assistant lady about 5 times for all his "toys!" It went a lot better than I had imagined and I now know how manipulating my son can be when he really doesn't want to do something!
After a long day at the dentist here he is with his stuff! Notice the floss in his hand, I knew that would last a long time!

Happy 5 year Anniversary!!!

2008-08-02T10:21:00.000-07:00

Today is our 5 year anniversary! I can't believe it! Sometimes it seems like it went so fast and others like we've been married much longer! :) I just wanted to tell Eric how much I love him and how I love our lives together so far and look forward to many more years! He makes my life wonderful everyday and he is a wonderful father to our two boys! We all love you EJ!!

This was taken just after he proposed on the steps of sleeping beauty's castle! Does he know me or what!! It was so romantic!

I love this picture because it shows the way I was feeling most of the time when I was with Eric! We were so in love! And still are!

Everyone loves to see us kiss! :)

He has such kissable cheeks!!

We went to San Diego on our honeymoon and we were able to go through the temple there! My favorite one! It was beautiful!

This is our first Halloween as a married little family!

These were our first kids! Figaro and Geppetto! Just had to throw them in here!

On our trip to california with two months to go until I popped!

Then came Aiden James 9-28-05

Next came Grady Dean

8-28-07

A lot has happened in 5 years and I have loved every minute of it! Nothing is better than living life with your best friend! I love you Eric!

Sleeping Anywhere!

2008-07-27T17:44:00.000-07:00

Well, Kirstin is right! Kids can sleep anywhere! I got a laugh out of seeing Damon asleep on the front steps the other day! And today was Aiden's turn! He usually can keep going all day long, he is extremely cranky but none the less will keep playing away! Well, today must have been a long day! He was eating some dinner and I walk back in to find him trying to get comfortable on the kitchen chair! He finally gives that up and just goes to sleep face down on the kitchen table! I would like to say he was blessing his food, but he wasn't, he's fully asleep! I felt bad not moving him right away but then I couldn't have shared this funny moment with all of you! You gotta love kids!

Teton Trip 2008

2008-07-20T22:06:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we went on a family reunion trip to the Tetons National Park! I myself have never been there and wasn't quite sure what to expect. After a long 6 to 7 hour drive up there with three kids (Aiden 2, Grady 10 months, and Korbin 3 months) we finally got to this beautiful place! The kids were really pretty good on the ride up by the way! I was amazed at the huge mountain peaks and the beautiful clean lakes and rivers all around them!

We got up Saturday morning and packed up to go on a hike! I know a hike with two kids, what were we thinking, but it turned out to only be a half mile hike and that was why we survived! Before we got to where we were going to hike we had to take a quick boat trip across Jenny Lake! Again more extremely beautiful places! I was really in awe of how peaceful and clean the lake was! Next time we go I want to try and canoe on it!!! (If eric will go with me so I don't get stuck in the middle of the lake!)

Here we are on the boat! Aiden would have loved to go for a swim!

Eric and Aiden stopped to enjoy the river for a minute!

We are almost to the waterfall in this picture, and I'm not even breaking a sweat! :)

Here we are at the waterfall!! This picture doesn't do it justice though! I've never seen such an amazing waterfall before, it was so perfect that it seemed like it was out the movies! It was definately worth the hike with two boys, even though one was really heavy and the other couldn't stop wanting to touch everything on the way! You can guess which is which!!

What a face!!!

This is the Catmull Family! Eric's Aunt Joyce, his Dad, and Aunt Rexenne

Joyce's daughter Stephanie, Eric, his sister Lauren, and Rexenne's daughter Christie

There are a lot more people in each family but these were the one's who could come this year! All the in laws and grandkids were there just not in this picture!

After eating lunch by the falls we hiked back down and went back across the lake. We then went back to our cabins and had so time to take naps! All the kids were sooo tired and so were we! After we got up we went down by Jackson Lake and had a dutch oven dinner and told stories about our anncestors! We sang some songs by the fire and the boys got really dirty playing in the dirt, even Grady! We got back and we all took showers and got ready for bed! The next morning we had our own Sacrament meeting as a family and it was really special! Eric was even asked to give a talk! The whole weekend turned out to be really fun and I'm glad we were able to be part of this family tradition! I would love to go again next year! Here are some fun pics of the kids throughout the trip!

Grady and Korbin

Me, Korbin, Lauren, Eric, Grady, Aiden, and Grandpa Curt

A lot of time spent in the carseats!!

Our cute little cabin!

And sleeping on the way home!! Thanks everyone for making it such a great reunion! And Lauren I'm so glad you came, I had so much fun with you and your mom!! Ha Ha

I Hope They Call Me on a Mission!

2008-07-06T14:15:00.000-07:00

I am a primary teacher in my ward. So I get to hear the primary songs each week. It is one of my favorite parts of the calling! Any of you who know me know I am quite the emotional boob at times! Well, primary singing time is no different. I often find myself filling with tears either from the words in the songs or the cute little voices singing them. But most often when I think of my young boys singing these songs someday! Today we were working on the song "Called to Serve" and very different emotions filled my heart. The excitement of hopefully singing that song with my 19 year boys as they enter the MTC! With that excitement came sadness that they will leave me someday for two whole years! And back to back!!! I am going to be a wreck for 4 years straight! I know that nothing will make me happier than to be able to send my sons on missions one day, but for now I am just loving every minute with my little babies!!

Kennard Family Reunion

2008-06-28T22:51:00.000-07:00

We just got back from a fun filled weekend up at BYU's timp lodge near Sundance! Every summer we have a family reunion for my dad's side of the family up there! It was lots of fun and Aiden had a great time with all of his cousins! He rode tricycles and found treasure and collected catepillars! It's a big cabin that fits our whole big family. It has a big backyard area where we played volleyball and the kids went swimming and the brave went down the homemade water slide! (It's a pretty big hill and is filled with really cold water!) We had a family talent/skit night where we made fools of ourselves, but at least the boys looked cute! And of course we ate lots of food and had plenty of treats!! I love my Aunt Pam's dessert! It was a really fun weekend and it was great to catch up with all our family! I look forward to doing it again next year!

Grady learned to play pool!!

One of the many catepillars we found, playing in Grady's hair!

Aiden sliding into the pool! (filled with warm water from the kitchen!)

My ten month old Baby Grady!

Swimming all day long!!

(pictures from our family skit are still to come!)

Happy Birthday Eric!

2008-06-17T23:46:00.000-07:00

Today was Eric's 27th birthday! I can't believe he is that old! So I wanted to post a pic of him when he was younger! Here he is with his mom and chad, trevor, and lauren! Eric is the one making the funny face! He's so cute! So for his birthday we went to P F Changs with my family and had cake and ice cream after! He is such a great father and husband and I just wanted to say how much I love him and how great he makes my life! Happy Birthday Eric, I love you!!!

Summerfest weekend!

2008-06-15T15:39:00.000-07:00

aiden, tara, grady, aspen, leslie, and clayton

This weekend was Summerfest here in Orem. My friend Leslie and her kids came to watch the parade as well as Lauren, My mom, and Megan. We also ran into Riley and Emily Anderson. Riley was in the guard with Eric and just got back from Iraq. The kids really loved the parade! We had front row seating since the parade route goes right in front of my house. (The only perk about living on Center St.) They got a lot of candy and really enjoyed the floats! Aiden loved Captain Jack Sparrow and Aspen loved all the Princesses she saw! (Mostly the Cities Royalty girls) Even through all the noise Grady managed to get a little nap in! The Costco float was throwing out something but we couldn't see what it was and when Aiden went to catch it, it was a role of toilet paper! But he didn't mind, his exact words were, "We did it!" once he grabbed it! The kids had lots of fun playing together and Leslie and I had a long needed catching up session! I had a great time and hope to hang out with her and her kids more often! Thanks for coming to visit Les! You gotta love summer and the events that make it memorable!

Don't forget the toilet paper! Thanks Costco!!

Cupcakes at Grandpa's

2008-06-07T23:25:00.000-07:00

Tonight we went over to Grandpa's house and made cupcakes! The boys really enjoyed eating the cupcakes and I enjoyed cleaning them up after! Ha ha Aiden was in charge of licking the bowl clean, and all utensils!

And if any of you know Grady, you know his favorite part was eating the finished product!He is preparing himself for his first birthday coming up in August! Food makes him so happy!

Memorial Pictures!

2008-06-05T16:18:00.000-07:00

I know it's late but I got some of the pictures from memorial day from Debbie! I'm still not used to taking my camera everywhere! So here we are at Grandma Hansen's Grave! It was a great day!

He finally did it!!!!

2008-06-02T09:18:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Grady finally started to crawl! We were starting to get worried since he is nine months old now! But just like magic he figured it out and is getting better each try! Now I have to get everything in the house safe for a crawling baby! It's amazing how I am still so excited and proud even though we've been through this once before! And to all of you who thought he was to chubby to move himself, well he showed you!! We love you Grady!

2008-05-30T23:32:00.000-07:00

6 Random things about me.....
Autum tagged me!

1.My younger sister knocked me out when I was younger by throwing a piece of a cow bone at my head! I even have a small scar to prove it!!!

2.I am a great horse rider! (no matter what Eric tells you)

3.I hate the feeling of pulling ice out of ice cube trays with my fingernails!

4.Before I was married I thought I never wanted kids, and now I can't get enough of my kids!

5.I performed in the Ballet West Nutcracker twice when I was younger!

6.I might have some information about some missing football boards from West Jordan football players! Or not!

I tag Lauren, Leslie, Courtney, and Debbie

Memorial Weekend

2008-05-28T13:31:00.000-07:00

Well, we had a good weekend with the typical bbq and cemetary visits! Aiden was so excited to carry the flowers to his great grandparents graves! He felt so grown up and actually enjoyed himself each time we went! Also if you know my husband he can't stay away from RC Willey, so when there is a big sale that's where we will be! We ended up getting all new appliances for our kitchen which I love! I have more room in my fridge and it's so easy to clean a flat range stove top!!! And no more crappy dishwasher, even though any dishwasher is better than none for me! Just ask Eric about our first year of marriage!

Aiden made a "house" out of one of the boxes and he invited Grady over to play! They sure find joy in the simplest things! Anyway, we had a great weekend as a family and I'm glad we could take time to remember those who came before us! We owe a lot to them!

A visit to Grandma's House

2008-05-15T15:50:00.000-07:00

Tuesday night we went down to Ephriam to visit Grandma Debbie. We had chinese food for dinner, Aiden and cousin Gracie loved the noodles the best! You should have seen the mess under the table!! The two of them had so much fun together, they rode their tricycles all day and helped Grandpa Mark plant peas in the garden! They are best cousins! The best part of the trip was either the brownies Grandma made us or the new haircut Aunt Lauren got! Either way we had lots of fun!

Friday Night Fun

2008-05-10T16:53:00.000-07:00

Well, friday nights around have changed a bit! But i still have tons of fun with my little boyfriends. Eric was working last night so we got pizza and had a party ourselves! The bath is a huge highlight of the night for Aiden and Grady! Lauren my sister in law came over with one month old Korbin, Aiden trys to be so helpful with him and is so proud to be big enough to hold him. We love him very much, he is a great addition to our extended family! (Aiden also really loves Korbin's dad, Jeremy!) Sometimes the best dates are at home with your fam!

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-05-08T18:21:00.001-07:00

Catmull Kids

2008-05-08T15:47:00.000-07:00

My life right now is pretty much run by these two guys, so who better to talk about first! Aiden James and Grady Dean are the highlight of my days and sometimes nights! They keep me running and cleaning and happy to be a mom! I never knew I could love any two people soooo much! Aiden is an energetic, talkative two year old and Grady my sweet but stubborn 8 month old! Who knew I would love this mom stuff so much, but I do!