Cinco De Mayo

We had a delicious feast on Cinco De Mayo this year.  Cody picked up some carne asada at the mexican market in Mesquite on Saturday night.  We made salsa and guacamole, black beans and tortillas and margarita flavored crystal light.  I wasn't sure what to do for dessert so I made the topping for Kansas krunch and we called it fried ice cream.  Cayden did the chicken dance, Caleb serenaded us with his guitar and Kyle made a mess with his dinner.  Arriba!

Mother's Day 2013

Mother's Day this year was not a totally horrible, guilt ridden, crappy day!  Most years that has been how I have felt but this year was different for some reason.  Maybe it was because MY mom was here with us for the morning, or maybe it was because my children cooperated and got ready for church relatively well, or may it was because I didn't oversleep and had time to get ready and had time to say my prayers, or maybe it was because my husband always tries to take such good care of me on Mother's Day (and every other day of the year) or maybe it was because the speakers at church did not make me feel like crap listing all the things that mothers should be doing or maybe it was all the sugary treats.  And maybe it was all of those things combined but it was a good day nonetheless   Don and the boys gave me an Ipad mini on Saturday night so I could have it ready for church Sunday morning, Caleb made monster magic cookie bars aka "the debil", Cayden made me some cute projects at school and filled out a cute survey about me at Primary and Kyle made me a handprint flower in nursery.  I got a lovely nap and easy and tasty dinner and luckily Don did not have meetings this year like he did last year.  Ask me about that one sometime!  Connor came home and was pretty good and went to bed by 7:30-best gift he could have given me!  

NewYear's Eve 2011

We had a busy New Year's Eve at our house this year.We did not go to Provo at all for Christmas this year because Grandma and Granddaddy were out of town.  It was quite a relaxing 2 weeks but it is almost over and it seems like it has gone too fast.  We started the day with a walk around the block a few times with me pushing Kyle in the stroller and Don helping Cayden ride his new bike.  Cayden only rode the bike around 1 time and it was with Don holding him up the whole time but it was a definite improvement from before when he would not even get on a bike at all.  It took us a while to do our exercise but we did it. After our walk we cancelled it out by making sliders and fries for lunch.  The diets will start on Tuesday!  After lunch I cleaned out the fridge and Caleb had a friend come over.  They played video games a while and I went and took a nap with Kyle.  Don watched football and Cayden played in his room.  After I got up I went to the store for a few items and Don made spinach artichoke dip. 

We made hot dogs for dinner and homemade salsa and I made the devil cake-Texas Sheet Cake and Caleb made vanilla ice cream.  Caleb and Dylan went outside with Don and he taught them how to make a fire with flint and steel.  They roasted a few marshmellows too. 

Cayden kept playing with Legos.  This one is where the townspeople hung a bad guy for saying there were aliens coming.  A little dark I know but atleast imaginative. 

Laura and Taylor came by around 6 or so because they had no plans for the night. They played with Kyle and the other boys and were espcially good at entertaining them all.  We ate our snackies and then played Phase 10 and then In a Pickle. 

Taylor ran home to get some party hats and stuff for the "party".

After the games they enteretained each other by dancing with Cayden in his room and rough housing a bit. 

Tackling Cayden on the ground.

This was the do-si-do move.

This was the traditional blowing of horns and banging pots and pans on the front porch at midnight.  We also had some of those popper things too.  We woke the neighbors I am sure because 3 of our 4 close neighbors are older but nothing beat the cannon that was being shot off all evening long not by us but somewhere else close by.  Connor stayed over at Grandma's playing games with her and Aunt Dawna and Grandpa.  Even Aunt Dena came over there for a few rounds.  Connor called us at midnight and said that there was a fire across the way and from what we could see it was pretty big so me and the 5 kids piled into Taylor's jeep and drove to where it was.  It looked pretty big but was just in an arena and was not threatening any structures. After our midnight drive we went back home where Don was making fries for the girls and keeping Kyle while he was asleep.  The girls went home around 1ish and we got Caleb's friend home soon after.  Cayden and Caleb still had to shower though so bedtime did not happen until around 1:30.  They were a little harder to get up this morning for 11:00 church.

Even Kyle partied with us a bit until I was able to get him down for bed around 11:30.  I went back out to the front room just in time for the count down and to hear the spectacle that was my front porch.  Caleb and Dylan sounded like dying geese honking and Cayden screamed a very high note while banging his pans.  It was quite an entertaining evening.

Week in Review 12/26-1/1

Monday-On the day after Christmas, we slept in, did not get to breakfast, so we made sliders on my new indoor grill/griddle, ice cream in the new ice cream maker. Connor and Cayden spent the night at grandma's and so Caleb went over there around 9 to have pancakes with them. The kids love love love grandma's pancakes. We cleaned up some from the Christmas since we just the house go. Connor and Cody went to Mesquite with grandpa to clean another carpet. Later in the evening we watched The Adjustment Bureau.

Tuesday-We did some more cleaning up around the house. Caleb had Connor Waite over to play. Don and I left at 4 to go to Vegas for Kyle's sleep study.

Wednesday-After Don slept some from being gone all night he took Cody, Cayden and Caleb to Vegas to see The Muppet Movie.  They went to Aliante Station and had lunch in the food court and then went to the show.  I stayed home and mostly slept with Kyle.  In the evening Teri Waite and her girls came over to visit.  I played with the Kindle app on my IPhone and downloaded some books to read, washed all the blankets and clothes from the sleep study and then the boys all watched X-men that night.

Thursday-Don took Cody to Vegas to the airport and then went golfing with his boss. The kids had friends over-Molly, Kaili and Linnea, Connor Waite.  I made chicken salad for lunch and Caleb and Connor Waite made paninis.  Connor helped grandpa with some carpets.  I really wanted to bake cookies but instead I cleaned toilets and did laundry instead.  In the early evening the kids went next door to Molly's to have a hot dog/marshmellow roast and play games with the neighborhood kids.  

Friday-As  part of Connor's Christmas present from grandma and grandpa he got some roping lessons from Micah next door.  He had fun learning to rope.  Then he cleaned carpets with grandpa and played with a friend-Austin Leavitt.  We took Caleb and Cayden to Lion King in Las Vegas and grandma kept Kyle.  We also had dinner with Don's boss and another guy he works with and their wives.  Caleb was in desperate need of some new pants so we went to Kohl's on the way in.  Cayden had a sick stomach toward the end of the day and I pumped him full of ammodium and even a very special Zofran.  

Saturday-We started a our New Year's eve with a walk around the block and and Cayden attempted to ride his bike with alot of help from us pushing and pulling.  To counteract any good that we did walking we made sliders and fries when we got home.  More football was on of course.  I went to the store for a few party essentials and made a bunch of treats.  For our evening events see that post. 

Week in Review November 14-20

Monday-Mom and Larry left.  Don and I took Kyle to Doctor Zilberman for his 2 month check up.  He got 4 shots and was not happy.  I don't think that he had ever cried that much or that loudly EVER-except maybe his circ but I was not in there.  I gave him Tylenol while we were waiting and that seemed to help.  He had his first dinner date with mom and dad because after the doctor we went to PF Changs.  He was really good but he had a really sad night after that when we got home.  We did not do any shopping after we ate because we were just tired and it is so hard to do anything in town with a new baby.  Kyle fussed and cried alot the rest of the night but seemed to settle after he had his Tylenol.  Cody went to the high school to "critique" the play that was being presented that week.

Tuesday morning I bottled 9 quarts of chicken that we had bought on Saturday on sale at Lin's. That afternoon we did family pictures outside in our neighbor's yard.  My friend Serena came from Mesquite to take them for us.  Connor was a little wound up while we were getting ready to do them and even at the beginning of the pictures he had a few choice words to say. Tuesday night I helped Cody start to get his mission papers filled out.  Very strange holding my 2 month old while assisting my soon to be 19 year old get ready for his mission. Cody took Cayden to the high school play.

Wednesday morning Don took Cody to the airport with a quick stop at Capriotti's.  Don also got his car worked on sort of at Pep Boys and then went to dinner with some guys that had come into town.  Caleb went to mutual and I videoed Cayden's book report that he did not want to get up and do in front of the class.  Connor went to work in Mesquite with grandma and grandpa and helped them do some their work in Overton.

Thursday-I took the video report up to the school to show Cayden's class.  Don, Connor and Grandpa cleaned some carpets in a house in our neighborhood.  Caleb helped at the Book Fair and student showcase night-an event where he just wanted to be dropped off at and not have his mother attend with him.  I caught Kyle smiling at himself in the mirror above his swing and tried repeatedly to get it on film to no avail. 

Friday-Cayden went to Grandma's after school to help her get some of her Christmas stuff up.

Saturday-Don and I felt stomach fluey most of the the weekend and did not do much.  I wanted to get the Christmas lights up on the house but we just did not feel like it.  We did not make it to church on Sunday because we were still feeling yucky.  Kyle may have had a stomacheache as well because he was pretty grumpy and fussy most of Saturday night and Sunday.

Kyle's Blessing

Kyle Brandt Adams was blessed by his dad on Sunday, November 13, 2011.  Grandma Penny, Granddaddy Larry, Calley and Cody came down on Friday afternoon as well as Uncle Chris, Aunt Anne, Lexi and Cameron.  Aunt Suzanna, Uncle Ryan, Abby and Owie came down Saturday afternoon.  We had taco salads Friday night when everyone got here.  Don was in Portland most of  the week but got home on Friday evening as well.  On Saturday we just hung around the house.  We made pancakes and bacon for breakfast and then watched football most of the day,  For dinner we picked up Rik's BBQ from Overton and went to the store for some last minute items.  Sunday morning we made muffins with the little kids-they wanted to help and then we had sausage and waffles. We made it to church on time with everyone ready believe it or not.  In the circle was Don, Cody, Grandpa Don, Granddaddy Larry, Uncle Chris Gessel, Uncle Chris Zundel, Uncle Ryan Pitts, cousin DJ Schwatrz-Ashley's husband and the Bishop.  After Sacrament meeting we hurried home to get lunch out for everyone.  Uncle Chris and Aunt Anne had to leave as did Aunt Suzanna and Uncle Ryan.  My amazing friend Serena came to the blessing and then over to the house for lunch and she just jumped right in to the kitchen and started cutting and chopping and then she did lots of dishes too.  She was my super angel that afternoon!  Of course we had help from Grandma's too.  We had Hawaiian Haystacks and spinach salad and our traditional white I am a Child of God cake.  Kyle wore a white sweater outfit and the white crocheted baby blanket from Mawmaw. I think the outfit was Cody's but I would have to look at the pictures to be sure. After everyone left and we got the kitchen cleaned up we watched football again.  Go figure. 

Kyle's First trip to Utah/Pre-Halloween Activities

We stayed at Chris and Anne's house this trip because there was no room at Hotel Humphreys with Cody living there, Calley back from Washington and Julia and her family there as well.  The kids had Thursday and Friday off from school for Nevada day.  Connor did not go because he wanted to stay and help grandpa do some carpets jobs.  Caleb had his play Wednesday afternoon so we left Thursday around 1pm.  It took all morning to get out the door.  We stopped in St. George to get gas and food at Wendy's and feed Kyle.  We were there about an hour and then we were able to get to almost Nephi before Kyle started fussing.  I got in the backseat with him and just kept his binkie in his mouth until we got to Grandma Penny's.  Everyone was up there having dinner and cake for Uncle Chris' birthday.  Grandma made enchiladas and a double layer jack-0-lantern cake for Chris like he has had every year for as long as I can remember.  We stayed up there for a little while visiting and letting everyone see the new cuzzies-Kyle and Cameron.  On Friday, Don had a lunch meeting and Chris and Anne had doctor appointments so me and the boys just hung out at Chris' house.  On Saturday Caleb and Cayden and I went to a few party stores looking for costumes and then Don took Caleb and Cody to get some sushi that they brought back to share at Chris' house. 

 

We dressed Cameron and Kyle up in their twinner pumpkin costumes and then  we went to the pumpkin patch which is really just a greenhouse at a nursery off Geneva Road.  We picked out pumpkins for all of us and then we went over to the Water Conservancy District where they had a pumpkin walk; lots of carved and decorated pumpkins lined up for everyone to walk by.  They also had a few kids games and donuts for those who wore costumes. After that we went up to Grandma Penny's to carve pumpkins and have a yummy dinner of potato cheese soup and cheese toast.  The pumpkin carving took most of the evening and Don's neck and shoulders were killing him by the time we got done.  Cayden wanted a Tigger pumpkin, Caleb did an Ironman pumpkin, Cody made a face thing and I plugged some Woody, Buzz and Elmo  pieces into 3 other pumpkins. Ryan  made a cool Batman symbol, Anne made Snow White, Su made a ghost in the woods, Chris made Cinderella and there was a few more that I can't remember now what they were.  Mawmaw held the babies as did Abby and Owie and Cayden.  Owie sang I am a Child of God to the babies too.  It was so cute.

 

Then we had fun dressing up the babies.  Chris and I went to Target on Saturday night and bought a BYU onesie for Kyle and and Cougar pillow pet for Kyle and a Utes Pillow Pet for Cameron.   We took pictures Sunday morning of the rivalry.  Kyle slept through most of the picture taking and Cameron cried.  After the photo shoot we loaded up the car and headed back to Logandale.  Kyle did pretty good on the way home too.  We made it to St. George again and stopped to feed him and change him and then proceeded home.