Santa gave me Cheetos!

We went to ride the little train ride at the mall. Braden maybe thought it was really fun by the end :) The nice conductor was willing to pose for a picture with Braden and Kale, but Braden took the "pretend I don't see him" stance and would not acknowledge that the conductor was next to him! Classic. Got to love him!







Seeing Santa at the mall. They were actually really good, although no words were exchanged between Braden and Santa :)






Here are a few pics of Braden and Camiron ready to go to the ward Christmas Party. Braden had a great time, he ran and ran and ran..... He was willing to sit with our Santa for a few minutes. But it didn't last long as you can tell. After the party when we asked what was the best part, he told us that he saw Santa and Santa gave him Cheetos. He was stoked about it. So why did we buy him presents this year?! Dang it!

uhh oohhh

It has begun... Camiron is officially walking. She only crawls to something so she can pull herself up and get in the right "angle" to walk! She turned 10 months on December 7... and took her first steps on December 9th. I have quit counting the number of steps she is up to now! I left her in her room the other night while i went to start her tub- and seconds later there she was next to me, having walked right behind me the whole way. At first it was walking in a straight line, but now she can turn corners, can occasionally keep going after many pushes from Braden, and is so happy and proud of herself.

friends forever xoxo

There are some friends that you just know you will travel through life with. Brooke and Mike Romney fall into that category in our life! We haven't been able to see them in over 3 years- but from the minute they walked through our door, it was like we saw them yesterday. We couldn't ask for better friends. We even were able to have a great night out to dinner with them without kids. This was a milestone for Troy and I who haven't had many opportunities to be kidless. It was fabulous. Brooke and Mike- thanks for the friendship, the laughs, the unsensored conversation, the maid service, taking us out to dinner, playing with our kids, and making us laugh. We love you guys and miss you already. See you in Arizona!

tis the season... to be behind on blogging!

We had a family night with just Braden and made a really great gingerbread house. He was really into it. Eveyone elses kids seem to want to eat the candy- suprise suprise- he was really intense about putting it all on the house. But unfortunatly it then rained for a week and we had horrible humidity. And the house slowly melted away... it lasted for less than a week, and now his hard work and the christmas cheer of the gingerbread house can be found at the dump :)




a fun rainy day at the aquarium and zoo with Kale








Braden has a new buddy Kale. Kale is 3 and Braden love love loves him! This was one of our many park days with Kale. It was especially windy and Camiron thought it was so fun to stand that the tube and have the wind blow through. I couldn't stop laughing at her hair!!




We actually made it into the hills for a little family hike. We had a great hike. Braden loved every second of it, especially us telling him that we were hunting for wild pigs so keep looking for them. Although we did not find a wild pig, we did find a few wild cats which seemed just as good to him!

just be cute... dang it!

I thought it was cute that both kids were in the crib together... lets catch a quick picture of it.... not so easy. after a few minor bumps (to camiron of course) and a few sorry kisses (from braden of course).... we ended up with.... nothing!

Giving Thanks

We have so much to be Thankful for! We love our beautiful, funloving kids more than words can say.... we love all our family who are so far away.... the friends we have all over the world.... and the friends who makes us feel like family during the holidays. Here are a few pictures of our great Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is not complete without some hula, karaoke, monopoly, and the 6 hours Braden spent on the tramp. Our thanks go out to the Ohki's who take us in for all the holidays! We love you guys.

A little "Junk in the Trunk"

Camiron has a little extra padding on her tush... so I decided it was time to call in the experts.



I called up my long time friend Richard Simmons for a little expert advice on how to tone that pint size tush. Richi explained that really working out is all about fashion. As long as you are looking good, that tush will just melt away.

If you get confused on who is Richi and who is Cami- Richi has a little more hair than Cami does... although both have hair that sticks up no matter what you do. (and Cami is in the pink- not that Richi isn't on occasion).



Richi had Camiron working out in sets of four- Sit on one...

Crawl on two...

Stand on three...

Kisses on four....



After a long hard workout Richi's only advice for Camiron is that being able to walk really helps. Maybe a few more months!

Halloween Fun

I think it is funny that the "holidays" are kicked off with Halloween.... such a strange holiday- but I sure do love it.
This year Braden was a fireman. I picked the costume purely so it would be one that he could play in and think it was fun. Unfortunatly he didn't even like to wear it to trick or treat in. He loves firemen, fire trucks etc... but he does not love costumes. We coaxed him into wearing it at our church "trunk or treat", but he told me at our Moms club party, his speach party, and on Halloween- I want the party, but no costume! Didn't matter that eveyone else had one on. Uh well. But we did practice saying "trick or treat" and he was super excited that if you say that you get candy in return.
and poor Camiron... we will just say that late nights are not her thing :) but she sure did look cute!


Handing out candy at our ward trunk or treat


How could I not put up this picture of Bradens friend Jonah- I couldn't get over his costume, it was so funny, and he kept it on the whole night! What a trooper.

This one goes out to Nate... The True "Bad Boy"

So today I pulled up to a stoplight next to the "ultimate bad boy" and wished our good friend Nate could be in the car with me to witness what I saw. Next to me on a shiny green motorcycle was a guy in jeans, flip flops, no helmet, a barbwire tat around his arm, shown off nicely by the wife beater tank top he was wearing. Once I looked over at him and smiled- because I was about to laugh, he must have thought the smile was just for him and he threw me a wink!! What! Yep, got my two kids in the back and I am listening to the wiggles on the radio- but being the bad boy he is, he thinks everyone thinks he is hot. After a nice rev of the engine, he took off up the hill and mock 100 leaving me laughing and wishing Nate could have seen it all. I miss the bad boys of DC.