UPDATE

It's been a while, so here is one big update. Chad went fishing at lake Powell with his Dad and some uncles, so the boys and I went up north to my parents. We had a great time and was able to see family and friends that we hadn't seen in a while. Caden got to play everyday with his cousins, he was in heaven.

This is Chase and my brother Jason. See the resemblance? I do!!

Caden (holding a kitty) and his cousins Tyus and Peyton.

Kristin, Me,Bridget

I went out one night with a couple of my best friends from high school Bridget and Kristin. We went to dinner while grandpa and grandma Erickson watched the kids. How nice was that! I love these guys and miss them like crazy. I wish I lived closer so we could hang out more.

Mayson and Chase

My brother Ryan, his wife Susie, and their two boys Mayson and Jackson came to visit over their spring break in April. We had so much fun spending time with them. The boys had a ball playing together. Thanks for coming!!

Caden, Jackson and Mayson swimming! They are little fish. We had a hard time getting them out of the pool.

"Ice Cream Cone"

Well it has been a while since an update, we have been going like crazy and have had a lot of company, this week it caught up to us. I got the stomach flu on Monday and a cold on Tuesday. I started to feel better Wednesday and thought the boys had gotten lucky and not got it, but I was wrong Chase was throwing up all day yesterday and Chad is taking his turn today. Lets just hope Caden gets lucky and doesn't get it. On the positive side it seems to only be the 24 hour flu (if there is a positive side to the flu).
The other night I tucked Caden in for bed, gave him a kiss and said "good night sugar"! He said "mom don't call me sugar", he paused for a minute and said "call me Ice Cream Cone." It made me laugh and we went to bed the next morning I called him sugar again and he said "mom remember I am Ice Cream Cone". What a silly kid he says some of the funniest things!!

Easter

We had a great Easter!! The Easter Bunny found the kids. After church Chad's parents and two of his sisters came over for dinner and a Easter egg hunt. Some of Caden' s buddies (Brennon and Keaton Romrell ) were walking by during our egg hunt so they came and joined us. The kids all had a ball finding eggs, when they found all of them they would give the eggs to their dads to hide again.



Caden and Chase in their Easter outfits, ready for church.

Caden on a mad dash to an Easter egg during our Easter egg hunt.

Chase and Aunt Kori enjoying the nice weather.

Chase and Caden's Easter baskets from the Easter Bunny. Chase got a book and summer outfits. Caden got golf clubs and golf balls. They both got supper cute outfits for church.

Keaton, Caden and Brennon with the easter eggs they found.

Kasey, Kori and Chad (Chad's Sisters) relaxing!!

Chase 5 months

Chase is 5 1/2 months and man has he grown, I bet he is almost 20 pounds. April 5 Chase officially slept through the night form 8pm to 6:30am, he has slept through most nights since. Waking up every couple of hours is a nice stage to be done with. Now he is going to be starting baby food I am not to excited about this, the smell just makes me gag. Our little guys is growing fast.

Campout in Zions

Last weekend we went camping up in Zion National Park. It is about 25 min from our house, and in the last 5 years that we have lived here we have probably been there 4 times. Sad I know we will be going more now that Caden is getting older and is getting into hiking and camping. We had a good time, we went with some friends Eric and Maranda Miller and their kids Maya and Gavin. Chad and Eric use to work together. They look like they could be brothers and have a lot of the same interest like hunting fishing and shed hunting(looking for deer horns). They have been spending a lot of time together lately and decided to get their families together and venture into the outdoors. We just bought and new tent this year(one big enough for our family of 4) and are hoping to start camping more. I have great memories of camping trips when I was young and hope my kids will have the same. We had a fun time, we thought the wind was going to blow our tent down in the night, but other than that it was great!

Caden waking up from the night!

Chase sound asleep! He did really well in the night only woke up once, ate and went right back to sleep.

Caden, Gavin and Maya

Our little family waiting for dinner to cook!

Eric and Maranda!! Great picture I know but it is the only one I took of them. I hope they don't see this!

Caden at the Dentist

Caden had his first real dentist appointment yesterday. I took him when he was almost two to the dentist Chad and I go to but they didn't do much I don't think they even looked in his mouth. That appointment consisted of riding up and down in the chair and picking out of the prize box, needless to say I was disappointed I thought he was getting a real check-up. This time I took him to Dr. Scholzen a child dentist and he did a great job. Caden didn't like it much and was throwing a fit so he had to sit on Chad's lap and lay back on the Dentist for his x-rays and check up. It took everything Chad had to hold his arms and body he is one tough kid. Caden survived the cleaning and the x-rays showed he had NO cavities so I was excited. Maybe one day he might mellow out and actually let the dentist look in his mouth without being held down, but it is not looking like anytime soon.


Caden after his check up with his balloon and book he got for being so brave!

Dr. Scholzen, Chad and Caden getting x-rays! Poor Kid!!

Grandpa and Grandma Erickson came to visit!

My parents came to visit last weekend, Grandpa and Grandma Erisquin as Caden would say. We had a great time it was fun to see them since we haven't been able to since Christmas. They live in Wyoming so we don't get to see each other and much as I would like. We went shopping, hiking, and had a little camp out. Well Chad, Grandpa and Grandma had a camp out, we wanted to go camping but decided 40 degrees at night might be to cold for Chase. We set the tent up in the backyard so Caden could still sleep out, well he lasted 10 minutes and was in the house with me and Chase so my parents and Chad slept out. We went up to Red Cliffs campground on Saturday and went hiking up to the pools of water, then went and roasted hot dogs and smores in the fire at the camp ground. It was a lot of fun and was good to spend time with my parents. Thanks for coming we love you guys!!!


Chad, Caden and Grandpa climbing up a big rock!

Grandma, me and Caden roasting our hot dogs. Grandma 's hot dog fell off her stick in the fire, she got it out brushed it off and ate it, insisting that that was the way she likes them BURNT!

Caden and Grandpa on a old tree stump that looked like a dinosaur, so of course they had to ride it.

Grandma and Chase sitting on the side of a big rock watching everyone play in the water.