Caden & Mikey

Caden loves to see his Uncle Mikey.  They were so cute reading together yesterday.

Visit From the LeSueurs

 Sarah, Steve, and Max came for a short visit on their way to a family reunion in Utah.  It was good to see them.  The boys just love each other so much, and they are so cute playing together.  Caden keeps saying Max's name.  I wish that they lived closer!

 They thought that getting up and down and jumping on the bed was great fun.



 They played in the little pool at my parents house.



We went to Arizona Mills, and they had a blast riding the carousel.  They both cried for more when it was over.

Happy 2nd Birthday Part 2

We celebrated Caden's birthday with my family on Friday.  We went out to dinner and then came back to our house for a yummy Cars cake and presents.

Caden's Big Boy Room (Although Duke seems to think that I finally made a room for him.)

Happy 2nd Birthday Part 1

We celebrated Caden's 2nd birthday with Matt's family on Saturday.  Caden's cousin Noah was also turning 2, and his other cousin Cannon was turning 1.  We had a joint party at Chuck E Cheese.  It was the first time that Caden has ever been to Chuck E Cheese, and he loved it of course.

He especially liked riding in every single car.

 He played some basketball with a little help from daddy.



He also figured out how to master ski ball for maximum tickets. 

Amy made this super cute cake. 

This was the crazy chaotic part of the party with 3 little boys opening presents. :)

Caden's Big Boy Room

I decided to make Caden's big boy room for his upcoming birthday present.  I found a really cute bed on craiglist, so my parents helped me go and pick it up.  When we got it home we decided to put it together.  We are getting rid of the guest room, and making that room Caden's new room. 

Caden had to "help" take down the old bed.  It was so cute.  He is always such a good helper. 

I am going to slowly transition him to his big bed starting with naps.  When I put him down in it today he went right to sleep with no problem.   I was excited about doing his room, but it's bittersweet to see him sleeping in there.  It means that he is getting way too big, and I was really sad today.  By the way his room isn't totally done, but I will post pictures when it is. 

Texas

We went to Texas to visit Sarah, Steve, and Max.  It was so cute to see the boys play together!  Every morning as soon as Caden woke up he started asking for Max.  He even did if for a couple of days after we were home. 

 The boys had so much fun playing at the bounce place.  Caden of course loved the basketball.



 Caden and Max playing basketball together.

 We were pretty impressed when Max and Caden went down this big slide.  Caden was a little apprehensive, so it took a while for him to go.  Max loved the slides and went down with no problem.



 Then Max decided that he wanted to go down this huge slide.  I don't think that the picture really does it justice, but it was really really big!  Caden ended up going down too, but only on his stomach.  I was surprised that they weren't scared.  After the first time, they both went down a bunch of times.



 Max loves the park, so we had to go every morning.



Usually when Caden sees a slide he heads the other way. but I guess that he decided that they aren't so bad after having some much fun at the bounce place. 

The boys also had a blast playing in Max's little pool.

Sunflowers!

My sunflowers all started blooming.  Some of them are taller then the house, and a lot taller then Matt!

The First Food From Our Garden!

9 Years!

Matt and I celebrated our 9th anniversary on the 18th.  I can't even believe how fast that the time has gone, and I am so lucky to we married to the most wonderful man ever!  I seriously don't know how he puts up with me all of the time.  He is the nicest most caring person that I know, and he's an awesome dad.  I am so grateful for him!  In order to celebrate we decided to take a trip to California, and we left Caden with my parents.

We went to Magic Mountain, and we had not been there in ages.  I have to admit that I was feeling a little nervous and thinking that maybe I was getting to old for all of those roller coasters, but we had a ton of fun.  This picture is right before we got on the first roller coaster of the day.  It was called the X2, and it was definitely the scariest one there.  We waited in line for about an hour, but that was the longest that we had to wait.  A few times we got right on, so it wasn't too bad.

Here we are going up to the top of The Goliath.  I was thinking that this ride was going to be pretty tame, but it actually had some serious G forces.  Afterwards we both said that we started blacking out at one part.  Maybe we are getting too old for this!  This was also the last roller coaster that we went on.  Matt said that we had to stay until we were feeling dizzy and sick, so I guess that this is the one that did us in.

The view from the top of The Goliath.

We stayed at a hotel right on Laguna Beach, and it was nice to be so close to the water and hear the waves.  The weather was awesome at 75 degrees, but the water was definitely a little chilly. 

We also decided to check out Beverly Hills, and see if it was just like in the movies.

Of course that meant that we had to go to Rodeo Drive.

We didn't see any movie stars, but we did see some crazy expensive stores and cars!

It was funny to see people taking pictures with cars, but I guess that we weren't much better.  Apparently this car is a Bugatti and worth well over a million dollars.  That is crazy that it was just parked on the side of the road.

I was also surprised so see that the Los Angeles Temple was right down the street from Rodeo Drive.  It was a beautiful sight amidst all of the craziness.