Clark County Fair 2008!

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Well this is a couple weeks late, but as I always say, better late than never! I guess you can say that going to the fair has become a family tradition for us. Last year Wade's parents opened a catering business called Maggie Ann's and gave the fair a try and it was a success, so they went back again this year! While Wade was busy working, I was busy keeping the kids entertained! We had a good time, the kids got to go on lots of carnival rides, get their faces painted, see and pet lots of animals and play with their cousins, which was their favorite part of the whole weekend! On Friday night, Wade took the boys to the rodeo and on Saturday, we got to watch our nephew Connor in the mutton bustin' contest, which was really fun to watch! Connor was a brave little boy and did a great job! All in all, we had a great time, but I think we were all glad when it was over, espcially Hannah-she didn't really enjoy the heat and the wind! Now we get to look forward to next year-whoo hoo!

Good Job Jakob!

Last week Jakob came home with his report card from kindergarten. As most of you know they don't get actual grades, but rather just inform you if they are meeting the standard requirements or not. So I was looking through the report card and came to the end and there was a note from his teacher expressing how proud she was of how well he has been reading, then at the bottom of his teacher's note, there was a hand-written note from the principal asking Jakob to come to her office to read her a story! So this week he gets to go read to the principal! We are so proud of Jakob, even though it is just kindergarten, he really has been working hard to learn to read and write! We feel lucky to have such a wonderful teacher for Jakob and a principal who takes the time to recognize students on an individual basis! It really made Jakob feel special and it gave me an opportunity to talk with him about how working hard and doing good in school brings special rewards! So that night to celebrate we took him to his favorite place for dinner--Subway, yummm!

A Special Weekend!

This past weekend was really special for our family! On Saturday we were able to go out to Logandale for our niece Hailee's baptism. It was a beautiful baptism and Hailee looked gorgeous all dressed in white! Congratulations Hailee, you are a beautiful girl and a good example to your brothers, sister and cousins! Jakob can't wait until he turns 8 so he can get baptised--only 2 more years! Then on Sunday we were able to bless Hannah. It was a beautiful blessing and Wade did a wonderful job. I am so thankful for him and the priesthood he holds so that he can perform these special ordinances for our family!
The 2 beautiful girls--Hailee and Hannah! I wish I could of got a picture of both of them dressed in white--that would have been priceless!
This is a picture I will always treasure! The baby blessings of the boys were wonderful and days I will never forget, but Hannah's was a day I sort of always dreamed of and hoped for, simply because she was able to wear this beautiful dress that I was blessed in myself and was handmade by my mom and her Oma! I am so grateful for her and her sweet little spirit!
The proud parents with their sweet little angel! (All of the pictures we took with boys turned out blurry, but their were very excited for their sister!)
Afterwards, all of our family came over for some delicious food provided by Maggie Ann's Catering (i.e. Wade's parents). We also had some delicious desserts that were provided by Hannah's Oma, Aunt Steph and Uncle Marc! Thank you to everyone who helped make this a wonderful day for us to remember--we are truly blessed with wonderful family! We love you all!

Our Easter Weekend!

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Well, we are a week late, but I guess better late than never! We had a really nice Easter. We colored eggs with the boys on Saturday, while Hannah took a little nap. They thought is was lots of fun and could hardly wait for them to dry so they could go on an egg hunt, which we had to do inside because our backyard isn't in yet so there are not to many hiding places out there. Growing up we always had a prize egg which was usually colored with several different colors and who ever found it got some money, so I told Wade to hide that one really good, so he put it inside one of my slippers behind the couch and amazingly Jakob walked out of his room and walked straight to the slipper and picked up the egg--I guess we didn't hide the prize egg hard enough! Needless to say, he was very excited to find the prize egg and get some money! On Sunday after church the kids and I went to my mom's, unfortunately Wade had to go to work. We barbecued hamburgers and hot dogs and then the kids got to hunt for eggs with their cousins! The kids had a blast and love these special occassions when they get to spend time with their cousins and grandparents! Thanks Mom for hosting Easter in your beautiful backyard-I know it's a lot of work, but we love you for doing it!

Opening Day!

Jakob is finally old enough to play little league and couldn't wait for it to start! A couple weeks ago they had their pictures and opening ceremonies-it was quite the event! This is our first time doing little league and I didn't know that made such a big deal out of it. As you can see Jakob is on the Rockies, he was a little disappointed to find out that he was not on the Dodgers, but quickly remembered that the Rockies were in the World Series last year and decided it was okay to be a Rockie! We just didn't remind him that they got swept!
Here is his team. Somehow we managed to get him on the same team with one our neighbor friends and 2 of his friends from his kindergarten class, so he is loving that! Wade volunteered to be an assistant coach, so he helps out at the practices and games when he doesn't have to be at work-Jakob thinks that is pretty cool to have his dad as a coach!
This is all the teams that are playing this season. After pictures, they annouced each player and they got to go on a "parade" around the field so everyone could see them and their team. It was an all day event, but was a fun experience for Jakob! Now we can't wait for the games to begin!

Finally An Update!

We are still alive! I have decided that finding time to sit down to the computer is nearly impossible! So sorry to those of you who get on to see some updates and tada-nothing! Hannah is now 6 weeks old and is the love of our life (along with her brothers)! She weighed 10lbs. 11oz. at her 1 month check-up and was 22 1/4 in. She measured in the 90th percentile! We are so glad that she is big and healthy, but at the same time it makes us kind of sad that she is growing so fast! She is still such a good baby, I really don't know what I did to deserve her! She is sleeping between 7 & 8 hours at night and still sleeps half the day away! She probably knows that if she was up all night, her mommy would not be able to handle all the whinning from her brother Mason during the day! Since I haven't posted in awhile I thought I would make a slide to catch up-so to everyone, we hope you enjoy catching up with our little Hannah!

Indoor Camping!

Since Hannah was born, we've been feeling a little couped up. So to try and keep the boys entertained, we decided to set up this little tent for an "indoor campout"! Wade took the boys to rent a movie and they came back and hung out in their tent with some popcorn and drinks while they watched their movie! They thought it was so fun, they begged us to let them sleep in there again the next night! The small and simple things that keep life exciting! Mason begged me all day to come and hang out in the tent with him. I finally couldn't resist his big, brown begging eyes, so I stopped whatever I was doing at that moment to squish into this tiny tent with my little guy! We had a great time!