Jordans birthday

Jordan is 1!! I can't belive it has been one year since I was in the hospital delivering Jordan. He has truly been such a blessing to our family and gets cuter each day. We just decided to have his birthday at Brick Oven. So we all enjoyed pizza and watching Jordan play Peek a boo. His new favorite game. As you can see, he is still getting the cover your eyes part down.

Older brothers and sisters means plenty of help when it comes to opening presents

Jordan is very lucky to have so many people that love him. We had a good time and Jordan absolutly loves all his new toys.

Snowmobiling

Oh do I have some good stuff to post today! We went up to my parents cabin over the weekend and had the best time ever. The kids absolutley loved playing in snow taller then themselves and playing with all the snow toys. Amy couldn't get enough of the snow. She was the one with all the good ideas, including strapping on the skiis and being pulled behind the snowmobile. We are glad she didn't catch a wedge and loose a limb!

Kaylee took her very first ride on a snowmobile. Colton showed her a few things and without any hesitation she jumps on the machine and guns it.....I thought we would have to talk her into riding it alone, but no...watch the clip below and see how she did.

Kiley was so kind to take Jeff and I on a little ride through the mountians. Jeff and I are far from pro so it took us alittle bit to get used to the machines. Just when you think you are getting the hang of it, this happens. (push play)

Right after the "jump"

What a beautiful place. It is amazing feeling like you are floating through clouds at 60+ mph...........HEAVEN! Thats what I call a playground

Jeff now has "Arctic Cat" tattooed on his knee

This weekend was so much fun. We missed the rest of the crew, so we will definatly have to do it again soon.

I liked the snow.......but can I say BRING ON THE SUN!!!!!

This is funny, we went tubing up American Fork Canyon. The kids could have stayed all day. Jeff and I on the other hand, we didn't dress nearly as warm as we should have so we have frost bite.

Christmas was so fun!! This is right before the kids got to see what Santa left for them. Look at Jaxon. I laughed for so long at this picture! I think that the lack of sleep the night before has gotten him a bit confused!!

Christmas morning was a success. Santa did pretty good considering the kids continued to change and add to the list up until Christmas Eve. Case and point...... BUMBLEBEE!! That is a story that we wont ever forget! 2 weeks before Christmas, Jaxon decided that he had to have the Bumbleebee Transformer. I had seen those in Costco for months and passed them by thinking I had no need for them. *sigh* So we get ahold of one on Ebay. You know those people that hog up all the hot toys for the season and then try to make a buck, or MORE off a kids Christmas list...... Well that's who we were dealing with. We made the point very clear that we needed by Christmas and we would pay to upgrade to overnight shipping. Well 4 days before Christmas this grinch informs us that he mailed it and it should get to us by DECEMBER 27!!!! AHHHH PANIC! He is a Jerk and has no consideration for the situation and taunts us by saying how much fun his kid will have opening his on Christmas, and it is just as good on the 27th as it is on the 25th. Anyway He and Jeff go back and forth for awhile and finally Jeff decides to use his blog as a little "revenge" He asks his readers for a Christmas present.......email this guy and let him know what kind of person does this to a 4 year old on Christmas. Apparently hundreds and hundreds of emails were sent and you could imagine how mad he was!! I loved it. I was so mad at him. BUT....the day we found out this wasnt' going to get to us in time we found a wonderful lady who was willing to express overnight to us and we should get it Christmas Eve. So with 2 transformers on there way, we were hoping we would get at least one. We did. Christmas eve we got one and the rest is history. You can see Jeff trying to put the complicated thing together!

Then off to my Mom and Dads. We made out with some great gifts. We missed Jessica and her family, and Monica and her crew, but we sure had good times with the karaoke! Watch the video of Amy and my Dad....Karaoke at its finest

Having a good time yet?? This is how parents typically look by noon. (we do anyway)

Christmas at Kohlers is always a hit. The kids were spoiled as always and had a blast!

SNOW DAY!

What do you get when you add Jeff + boring Saturday+ snow on the ground?

You guessed it.....MAD JAXON!!

Dad better hope Santa didn't see or he will be getting a LUMP OF COAL!

Its that time of year again when all the Christmas programs are in full swing. The kids have been working really hard on the "Big Shows." Kaylee's dance studio put on the "Nutcracker." So push play and treat yourself to a cute Elephant dance below :)

Isn't she the cutest Elephant you have ever seen?

Next up we have Jaxon. Jaxons preschool put on a cute little program with the best Christmas songs I have heard all year. Sorry for the rotten quality, I wasn't sitting as close as I would have liked.....

Jordan (9 mo) enjoing the show

Jaxon knows this song best so that's why I put this one up instead of a Christmas song. He loves his school and teacher so much. Jaxon is reading now and is passing off 1 book a week! It is so fun to watch him learn and succeed. I found myself talking to Jeff about what we are going to do with Jaxon next year. He will be turning 5 in June, so technically he should be going to Kindergarten.

2 years ago I had a goal. My final "we've made it" goal would be to mainstream Jaxon to Kindergarten. I often thought to myself on the way to Dr's appointments and on the way home from therapy that if I could just get Jaxon into Kindergarten then WE would have won the battle and the "A" word would be nothing more than a distant memory. Sometimes it seemed like such a far fetched reality that I would have to remember not to set myself up for disappointments. Thankfully we had more hopeful moments then discouraging moments.

So fast forward to today. I find myself in a whole new debate. Jaxon is now reading and is indistinguishable from his peers. He is ahead of 95% of the kids his age. When he goes to kindergarten they will be learning the things he has already learned. The question now is not "If I can just get him to Kindergarten..." it is "WHEN DO WE START?" I feel like the luckiest mom in the world. I have 3 happy and healthy children. This is what life is all about.

TORI DAZE

I love Tori Amos. I know she can be a bit "out there" but I still love her. I have gone to many shows and since my partner in crime Monica was out of commission, Jeff got the extra ticket. (not to many people I know are to excited to see tori :) He went out to Calif 2 years ago and went to a show with me. It was AMAZING!! I got to meet her before the show and that was even more amazing! So for this year Jeff knew what to expect. He actually likes to see her live. She puts on such a magical show. Anyway.....we had Unbelievable seats. Dead center 3 row. Ok enough rambling because I could go on forever about how great the show was ect...........

This is Tori, just in a different get up.

I recorded some of the show....check it out.