Happy Birthday Baby Kasey!

On December 13th Kasey had her first Birthday. I am amazed at how much she has changed over the year. She went from being a tiny little thing that just laid there to almost walking and having a huge attitude. If you haven't been able to tell by pictures she is a pretty happy baby unless she doesn't get her way then everyone better watch out (hopefully she grows out of that lol) She had so much fun opening her present from grandma Sherry, grandpa Phil and uncle Ryan. ( I shouldn't have been such a slacker and wrapped the rest of her presents instead of just giving them to her lol) She also loved her cupcakes. She has a huge sweet tooth lol. She enjoyed them so much that she was pissed that they were all gone. Hopefully she had a great first birthday!

Happy Anniversary

So I haven't updated this in over a month but December seemed like it was a super busy month for us so I'm sorry if you have been coming to our blog to see whats going on in our lives lol.

On December 3rd Eric and I had our 6th anniversary! That morning the kids and I went to a parade and carnival for the city of Surprise because it turned 50. The kids had never really been to a parade before I was a little worried to take them to the parade and carnival by myself but they did awesome! They loved seeing all the cars trucks and all the people. Cadence's favorite part was all the cheerleaders. There was even a group of grandmas that were cheerleaders so Cadence said that her grandma Sherry should do that lol. Brandyn's favorite part were all of the cars and trucks. After the parade there was a carnival. There was all kids of things for the kids to do. They made ice cream cone Christmas trees, rode a little train,
went to a petting zoo, and rode ponies. There was even an elephant that the could have rode but they didn't want to but they enjoyed looking at it.
Eric got off work early to spend some extra time with me. Usually for our anniversary my parents watch the kids so we can have a date but due to us living a state away we went on a date with the kids lol. We went to Olive Garden and the kids loved it. Then we went to go see a movie but decided to go home and do a movie night at home. We all had a great day!

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving we just stayed home and Mark came to visit us. My poor mom...I think I called her about a dozen times asking questions about cooking lol. I have decided that after having to cook a Thanksgiving dinner I do not like Thanksgiving! It is so much easier just to go to my moms and help here and there but not have to do the whole thing. The kids did make a banana pudding pie. They even cut up the bananas for it.

While I cooked the rest of the food Eric made the cookie turkeys that grandma sent all the stuff for. They turned out pretty cute.
Yes I know my husband is a huge dork lol. This was also Kasey's first Thanksgiving. I think she enjoyed it....




I think the other kids enjoyed it too. After eating dinner Cadence and Brandyn decided that it was time for a nap.
After her nap Cadence browsed the black Friday ads to see where she was headed to shop But she decided she would be smart and send dad and grandpa out so she could actually sleep lol. So although I had to cook Thanksgiving by myself and stressed out about it the whole time I think it turned out pretty well and hopefully everyone else enjoyed it too!

Football

Eric managed to get 2 tickets to the Cardinals vs Seahawks game from his work and took Brandyn. As soon as Brandyn found out he got to go he was so excited. Even though the game didn't start till 2 the tailgating began at 11. Brandyn had so much fun at the tailgate party that when it was time to go inside for the game he was mad and didn't want to leave. After the game started Brandyn found his 2 favorite parts of a football game......Food and Cheerleaders lol. He is a typical guy. By the end of the game he was one tired little guy, but he had a great boys day with dad!

Halloween

So this year Halloween was a little different for us. Every year we would get together with my parents and carve pumpkins and for the last 4 years they would come trick or treating with us. This year we were left carving pumpkins and trick or treating with just us. And just as an fyi for grandma and grandpa Phil.....Cadence says you guys should have just came down to go trick or treating with us lol. Even though it was a little different it was still lots of fun. It was very nice not having to try and carve cold or frozen pumpkins lol. As well as not having to bundle up to go trick or treating, in fact it was so warm poor Kasey got super hot in her pumpkin costume lol. I was very surprised that neither of the kids really had a problem with cleaning out the pumpkins.

Kasey really didn't get it I don't think lol she was just so excited to be standing on the table.
For some reason Cadence was scared of the pumpkin even though it was a happy one lol
Brandyn said ''I'm not scared dad take a picture of me" lol
Cadence picked the smiley face and
Brandyn picked the 'pirate ship' as he called it.
Brandyn does not look happy lol.
So even though grandma and grandpa didnt go with us the kids still had a blast and got way to much candy!

Brandyn and Moose

Brandyn and Moose have become best buddies. Moose lets Brandyn do what ever he wants to him. Brandyn loves to play with Moose and cuddle with him. Brandyn loves to climb into Moose's crate and lay with him. He is such a great family dog and loves the kids so much!

Preschool

On October 4th Cadence started preschool. She was so excited! I was very surprised when we got there she went right in and started playing and had no tears when I left. She had so much fun that when I went to pick her up she cried because she didn't want to leave. And when the weekend came she was so upset that she had to stay home for 2 days lol. She has now been going for almost a month and still loves it. Every morning she gets up and is so excited to go to school and she also is still getting mad when its time to go. Most days the only way I can get her to leave with out crying is with a promise that she gets to come tomorrow lol.