Birthdays!

Well, between home schooling Kade, running the older two to their activities and still nursing a baby, I just can't find time to blog or do anything else for myself!  This month we had two birthdays at our house and I need to share some pictures of them.  First, Carson turned 5 on March 10.  He is so ready for kindergarten and wonders when he will get to go to school with Colton.  He is such a fun and imaginative little boy that really can entertain himself all day long with his animals and imaginary friends! He is so funny to listen to and watch when he is playing.  Then we celebrated Kade's 10th birthday on March 21.  It is really hard for me to believe that he is 10 and growing up so fast.  He has always done so well with everything that he has had to deal with in his life, but I will have to say that he has handled the past 2 months so well! He truly is an example to all of us!  We are so glad that we have these two wonderful boys in our family!!

On a side note  Kade will be having his head device removed on March 30!!!!  He is so excited and ready to go back to school with his friends, I just don't know if I am ready to send him back! It makes me so nervous for him to get bumped or hurt, but I will be strong! ha ha ha ha

 Heather had been teasing Carson about getting him a dress for his birthday and so she wrapped up this red dress and boy was he suprised that she actually did!

 Grandpa and dad trying to get Carson to try on his new dress!  Heather did have a better present in the bottom of the box - Legos, He like those much better!

 Kade had a guitar on his list for Christmas and did not get one. He had it on his birthday list again, Grandma Hall got him one, and so I guess he is going to teach himself how to play the guitar!

 Kade wanted a bowling alley for his birthday cake so here is my effort at creating a bowling alley.

I am going to stick some pictures of Kennedi in also just cause she is so darn cute.  She is 10 1/2 months old now and crawling, standing up to furniture and just as spoiled as ever!! 

Kade's Recovery

I am so behind on blogging that it would be rediculous to try to catch up, so all I will say about Christmas is that it was great spending time with family and the kids loved spending time with their dad!

January was packed full of fun events!  We tried to do some fun things before Kade's big surgery, so we went swimming at Green Canyon, slending on the South's Butte (big hill just west of our house), went bowling, and ate pizza every night the week before surgery.  On Jan. 27 was the big day.  His surgery was scheduled for 2:00p.m. and was suppose to be 2  hours.  He went in at 1:30p.m. and the doctor came to visit with us at 3:15.  He did great!  He was suppose to stay in the hospital for 2 nights, but 26 hours after surgery and we were headed home.  The drive home was a little hard for him to get comfortable and deal with a little pain but he did good.  He only took ibuprofen for pain and only for about 5 days and then has been pretty much pain free.  He is a very amazing kid!  He has had such a good attitude through all of this and only gotten upset twice about not being able to eat certain items.  He will have to wear the appliance for 2 months and then a head gear after that for a while, and can only have liquids or very soft foods for that 2 month period (he can't bite down or chew on anything).  So that is our biggest challenge to try to feed him and feel like he is eating some healthy items and getting enough calories (he has lost 5 pounds) and he doesn't have that to lose.   

3 days after surgery and still some swelling. So ice bags for his cheeks.

 The syringe that he feeds himself with. 

I took pictures of him at the hospital with my phone, but I am not sure how to get them on the computer, (if anyone knows how or could give me tips that would be great) So Here are a few pictures after we got home:

Thanksgiving

 This year we spent Thanksgiving with the Hall side of the family and as always we had a ton of fun packed with non-stop activities and tons of food.  We started off by having the turkey trot at the church with of course family pictures which I am proud to say turned out fairly well!  Then food, the dance off competition, and then Dessert!  This year's winners of the dance off were Colton (for the younger division) and Amanda for the adult division. I don't have pictures of them, holding a baby or something but hopefully someone will send me some.  Some of the things I am thankful for are: the wonderful family that Jeremy has and for their love and support, I am grateful for my family and the strong influence that they are to me. My sister was not able to enjoy Thanksgiving this year due to her chemo treatment, but I am grateful that it was her last one and that she can finally see the end to this horrible cancer.  She now has radiation to go through but we are praying that it is not as bad as the chemo.  I am grateful for a wonderful husband, and kids, but most of all I am grateful for my Savior and my testimony of him!

 Grandma and Grandpa got ran over by some cute reindeer!

 I am thankful for such a cute and precious baby girl that brings so much joy to our family!

Halloween Fun!

 We had a fun Halloween week this year! At our house it always seems like Halloween is all week long!! The kids have red ribbon week which is a D.A.R.E. thing to keep kids off drugs. So everyday they have a theme and dress that way: crazy hair day, red day, sock day, sports day, ect.  Then a party with the Hall's included eating a doughnut, or rice crispy treat off a string(above: Colton, Mckenna, Kade)  Bobbing for candy in packing peanuts(below: Carson) Then we also had a trunk or treat at our ward building which I always love!

 Here is the clan all dressed up? Colton-Ninja Turtle, Kade-Karate kid, Kennedi-Cute cowgirl, Quinton-Nerd, Mckenna-Pirate, Carson-Ninja

 All the Hall grandkids!

I had to get a picture of my cute pink Cowgirl!

And of course carving pumpkins! Five or Six is just too many to carve so this year we put everyone of teams. With the older kids they got to do most of the carving themselves and we just supervised! It was great!

 Mckenna invited a friend (Laramie) since Kennedi can't do too much yet!

 And as a side note Kennedi is almost 6 mo. old and is sitting up on her own!! Rolls and all!

Fun Photo Shoot

Well it has been 3 yrs. since I had the kids' pictures taken by Terri French.  They were such good pictures that I guess I didn't think they needed to be changed.  But this weekend I decided to get it done and to do it myself since our schedule is always so hectic. I took over 200 pictures and this is what I have narrowed it down to.  Leave a post and give me your opinion, I love feed back! 

Now all I need is a family picture, that will be a miracle to gather everyone and have Jeremy home!

How could I forget

I can't believe I forgot to post about our other nephew that was born this summer! I was scrolling through my pictures and sure enough there is a picture of Archer that I didn't put on here. So here is a couple photos of Archer who was born on Aug. 17. The proud parents are Natalie & Dustin. (Jeremy's baby sister)

Picture overload

If I would only sit down for a few minutes and download a couple of pictures it probably wouldn't take very long, but instead I think to myself, that will take too long I'll do it later. Here I sit trying to catch up and it is probably taking me twice as long. Here are a few fun pictures.

We have church at 1:00 which gives the kids plenty of time to burn.
Here they are pulling Kennedi in the laudry basket
Just sitting back hoping they don't wreck

Mister Cool Carson

Here are a few pictures of Kennedi doing new big things:
She loves Jumping in the jumper

Sitting at the table with the rest of the family

Sitting up in her walker

Our new nephew Lincoln John, born Sept. 8
Ty & Amanda's baby

Happy Birthday to Colton he turned 6
on Sept. 13, and yes he chose the same cake as he had last year!