Boots are made for walkin'

Tye LOVES Kadon's boots. In fact I don't think Kadon will EVER get them back. He wears them night and day. He won't let you take them off unless you promise to put them back on.

Bugs....

Kadon is fascinated with bugs. He loves to look for them, hold them and especially loves to scare mommy with them. He is usually very lucky and gets some good screams out of me. Yuck, bugs!

Cabin Fever!

We love going camping and riding in the razors!

We were able do both these things with Uncle Mikey and Aunt Ashtin. We went up to her families cabin and spent a few days exploring and just enjoying being together.

Brothers

These boys are "thick as thieves"! They are THE best of friends as well! Nothing makes a mom happier than watching her children play with and serve each other. Kadon is a very good big brother! He teaches Tye how to do things and is very patient as he learns. He loves him so much! He loves to read to him and snuggle either in bed or while they are watching a movie. He truly treasures his little brother. Tye is so enamored with Kadon. He will do whatever Kadon says and tries to do whatever Kadon does. When Kadon is gone playing at a friends house Tye sulks around the house asking for "budder". I hope they always cherish each other as they do now.

Some days are like this!

It's not all the time that Kadon has meltdowns. In fact he usually is very easy going and so much fun to be with. He is HILARIOUS!! He loves to take pics with me and always tells me he loves me. My most favorite thing he says is "I love you Mom. You are the BESTEST MOMMY EVER!". Life can't get much sweeter than that.

Sundays are SO fun here....NOT!

 We had a really rough day at church. Kadon could NOT sit still or even whisper. He wouldn't listen and he was very defiant. As you can see in that bottom left hand corner. Usually this is not a big deal but Daddy has been working like crazy and is hardly ever home (cause work is CRAZY busy) so the boys stay up until he gets home so that they can spend some time with him. Well we had one of those late nights and this little boy couldn't take it. Grow up if you were disrespectful during sacrament meeting you had to come home and sit reverently on the couch for 10 mins. Well he had already had problems in Primary that I had to be called from my class to come and sit with him (10 mins) then for every time I had to stop him from doing something he shouldn't I added 5 mins. As you can see minutes quickly multiplied... 35 mins= NOT a happy boy

 Tye on the other hand was angelic. We came home, I laid him down and less than 5 mins later he was out.

With only 10 mins left this dude succumbed to sleep.... 

It was a rough day but we made it through and we were all a little wiser from it.

Lots and LOTS has happened...

 We are a baseball family, through and through. Our summers are not complete without at least one baseball game a week. And at those games this little dude always gets a ball. With a face like that though, who could resist.... :)

 Sometimes Daddy's need a timeout too. Both had to sit there with their nose on their knee while they were thinking about what they did. Oh the joys of BOYS :)

  Can't EVER resist a 'photo op' with this cute Mister! 

 Here the Boys are watching and learning about possibly on of the greatest movies of ALL time. Yes, that would be 'Princess Bride'. Right here they are being educated about the R.O.U.S's. Kadon really got into this part and was yelling at Wesley to "get 'em, he's behind you, look out."

Cousin Time

Cousins are the BEST! And when you get to spend ALL day with them AND then ALL night it makes for even more fun! Ben and Tana went away on their anniversary and asked if we would watch the kiddos.... Ummm, I didn't even have to think about that, OF COURSE we would! I love these kids as if they were my own! I seriously have the BEST nieces and nephews around! Kadon and Tye love playing with them and I love watching them play and interact. Family is such a wonderful blessing. I am so glad we live so close to most of our kids cousins. The relationships they build now will continue throughout their lives and into the eternities.

Kadon's Testimony

Kadon gave a talk in Primary recently. It was about prayer. As we were discussing what prayer means, what it is, how we pray and what he'd like to say about it in Primary; we also discussed what a testimony was, what he believed and so on. We told him we would not write it down, he would say it from his heart as the spirit directed him. Above is what he said. I think he did a pretty good job!

As a parent its an amazing journey of discovery of one's self and of our Heavenly Father's love. I think that one of the only ways to truly understand how much our Father in Heaven loves us is to become parents. Then and only then do you realize the depth of love he must have for us. As a mother I love my children so much that it makes my mind spin circles, makes my heart beat so fast and so slow at the all at the same time, makes my heart hurt when they are hurt, makes me happy when I know they are happy, so proud of them when they learn something, knowing and seeing who they truly are, and the list goes on and on. I know that is how our Father in Heaven feels about us and probably with a deeper love then we could ever imagine. He loves me. He Loves Mike. And He LOVES my children. In fact they are his children and we just have them on loan. Sometimes it feels overwhelming, knowing that I am responsible for these precious spirits. I hope and pray that I can do the things that will bring my children back Him. Both of my boys have made me feel this way. Since Tye has come into our lives I have a deeper love and gratitude to Heavenly Father, I think each child/person who enters our lives will do that to us. Just when you think you can't possibly love someone more, someone else appears and teaches us the capability of our hearts. The way they grow and allow more love to reside. I feel truly blessed.

Life turned upside and now we are getting back on track!

I am shamefully behind on our blog. I am going to be back tracking and having to quote from my journal on some things. I want to remember these times always and it makes me happy to share them with you.