Elephant Parade and Circus

Kaden thought it was funny that the elephants held each others tails!!!

Logan's favorite part!! "bike vroom vroom"

Last Thursday was the elephant parade for the start of the circus. So we picked Kaden up from preschool and rushed down to the Gateway to see the parade. It was better this year than last and the boys got excited for going to the circus on Friday!!!
On Friday we went early to the circus to go and she the animals before and to go down on the floor and talk to the clowns and performers and even see them up close. Kaden just absolutely loved this clown that had a British accent and kept losing his hat. Logan got scared when one of the Tiger roared and him. Tanner loved the elephant and mini horses.
Paul's parents got a suite to watch the circus for the whole family which was really nice. The boys could move around and got to the bathroom when needed. They loved it especially Logan. He was cheering and clapping through the whole thing. I am glad that we went. Thanks Bonnie and Dennis for the tickets!!!

Paul's birthday!!

Now Paul thought that I was crazy for making such a big deal about his birthday but his boys had a blast doing all the stuff for his birthday. If we went to Wal-mart and they each picked out a present for him. I was surprised how much thought that they put it. Kaden got him a Dr Pepper, Tanner bought him some candy that Paul likes. I bought him a motorcycle yep I bought him a Hondo CBR 600F (aka bullet bike) Now before you guys think that I have finally gone crazy it was a toy!!! He keeps bugging me to get a motorcycle so I bought him one!!! Then we made him a cake and we had to make a Horton the elephant one because that is what he told the boys he wanted. We decorated the house and made him dinner. I hope he had a good birthday if not the boys certianly had fun celebrating it!!!

Parker's blessing

Parker was blessed on the 13th of September. And boy was that a projected to get ready for. It was somewhat nice because it forced me to get projects done around the house but it was a couple stressful weeks to get already!!! It went great and lots of people came. Some weren't able to be there and were missed.
I actually had a really neat experence in getting ready. I had the thought that I needed to do something in my house because my Grandma Norma would notice. Then I remember that she wouldn't be there since she pasted away almost 18 months ago. The night before the blessing I had the most vivid dream, it actually took me awhile after waking up to realize it didn't actually happen. I dreamt that my and Parker arrived at church early for his blessing while Paul stayed home and finished getting everyone ready. When I walking into the chapel there was my Grandma sitting on the back row with a black and white pleated skirt and her layers of costume jewelry necklaces and her "bling" all over her fingers. I said to her that I didn't think that she was going to be there. She then said, "I wouldn't miss this!!!" Then I continued to have a wonderful conversation with my Grandma the details I can't remember but walked away with the feeling that she had never left and was still with us. SO I KNOW THAT SHE WAS THERE WITH US AND WOULDN'T MISS THAT IMPORTANT DAY!!!

How do you stop kids from growing up so fast?

I need to figure out a way to slow my children's growing up!!! This last few weeks it seems my kids have grown way too quickly. Kaden started soccer and is doing great and loving it. Especially that Daddy pays him a dollar for every goal. Needless to say we are going broke from this deal. Tanner decided that he wanted to go potty and wear underwear and has basically potty trained himself. Logan is now old enough for nursery. Parker is "talking" and smiling and interacting more and more each day. Kaden also started preschool which was probably harder for mom than for him. I am not ready for them to grow up but whether I am ready or not they are!!!