Kaleb For SALE!

My little boy has turned into a monster!!!! He likes to spit, yell, and cry all the time. Oh yeah, did I mention he thinks he can talk back and not listen. We are having a very hard time with him. I'm hoping I'll have enough strength and patience to make it through the summer. :(

Kesa or Alice? You decide.

I took Kesa and the boys to get their haircut the other day. Kesa was just supposed to get her bangs trimmed and as you can see from the pictures, that's not what happened. She's been wanting to get her hair cut like Alice from Twilight. I swear she things she is Alice. :) Anyway, she absolutely loves it!

Kids say the darndest things!

I was awakened the other night by Kaden saying he had a bad dream. After calming him down and making sure he was okay I went back to sleep. In the morning I went to wake up the boys only to find them already awake and talking. When Kaleb saw me he wanted to tell me about his dream. As he started to tell me Kaden interrupted and said, "Oh yeah.....I had a dream that I was being chased by Hobos." I looked at him and asked if he knew what a Hobo was. His response was, "They are people who can't afford cable." I about died laughing! His bad dream was about being chased by people who can't afford cable. I finally explained to him just what a Hobo was. Oh to live in Kaden's mind. :)

Kaleb said to Mark the other day, "Dad, I'm really tired so I think you need to get me some caffeine so I can stay awake." Apparently he's heard me say something to that effect before.

Kesa the pirate

Middle School has been so good for Kesa. This is her 2nd year and 2nd play she's been in. Even though she had to get up early for play practice, she never really complained and she had a great time. This year they did the play Pirates of Penzance. She's already looking forward to next year's play.

Kesa's good friend Megan, brought her flowers

Piano recital

The girls waiting for the recital to start

Despite Kassie being very nervous, she did great!

She did a wonderful job!

The girls with their piano teacher

Tornado

Monday night was a little exciting when the sirens went off letting us know we were in a tornado warning. We had lots of hail and strong winds. What was even freakier was the rotation of the clouds over our front yard. I've never seen anything like it. We are very thankful we were kept safe and sound. Unfortunately not everyone was so lucky. There were some homes that were destroyed.

Pinewood Derby

Kaden has been excited for weeks to participate in his first Pinewood Derby. Papa helped Kaden cut out his car since Mark and I were gone on our cruise. When we got home, Kaden and Mark got to work putting the car together and decorating it. Kaden was so proud of it! Now for those of you who know Kaden, know that he can be very sensitive about almost everything. He kept saying that he hoped he would win and we kept telling him it wasn't about the winning. We knew that if his car didn't do well we were going to have a train wreck of a child. When it was Kaden's turn to race for the first time, all we prayed for was that his car wouldn't come in last. Low and behold it came in second. We were so relieved! Every time his car had to race we just prayed that it wouldn't come in last. It came in first from then on. It was sooo exciting! It was fun to watch him and his friend cheer for the other cars in their troop. We combined with another ward and so for the results Kaden came in 2nd. He was 1st in our ward. It was truly an exciting day for our Kaden and a huge relief for his parents.

Getting ready to race.

Yeah Baby!

1st place

Getting his medal

The car

Kaden with his troop

A happy Kaden and his Dad