::My LiL PRESCHOOL GrAdUaTe::

Yes, Jaydyn graduated her second year of preschool! I can't believe she is all done with preschool. It really seems like yesterday that I sent her to her very first day, and she told me to leave and that she didn't want me to stay with her! WOW...and now she will be starting Kindergarten! She is getting so old. She could have been starting First grade this year. Boy am I glad I held her back a year so she can be the oldest in her class instead of the youngest! I sure am proud of my little girl who isn't so little anymore! She did so well in preschool and is so ready to go to the big school now. She just isn't too excited about the 5 shots she has to get before!

Jaydyn and her friend Maggie!

Jaydyn and Miss Amber!

She was so done with pictures...can ya tell??

MoM and DaD are so PROUD of you JaYdYn!!! We LOVE you!!!!

..::DANCE at LaGoOn::..

Jaydyn and Saydey dance again at Lagoon this year at one of the biggest competition's in Utah! This is the third time we have gone, and Saydey girl's first time! I am so proud of my girls! They did awesome. They didn't even get stage fright like we have experienced in the past =) Jaydyn was first to dance around nine in the morning and she danced her little heart out! It was fun to watch Jaydyn this year because she moved up a class from last year and actually did a big girl dance with a big girl costume! I am one proud mommy!!

Great Job Jaydyn...you did AwEsOmE!!!!!

This little girl was so excited to dance this year...especially to get up on stage to dance in front of everyone! She danced at one, so there was a couple hours in between her and Jaydyn. Let me just tell you she did awesome. When it was almost time to go up on stage, she kind of got a little scared and wanted me to go up with her. I talked her into going though all by herself! I was so proud of her. She did her dance perfect...it was precious!

Uncle Vaughn and Jay took Karston to play in the water while the girls rode a couple rides in between dances. Oh he LOVED it! It cooled him right off! He could have played in it all day long. At the end of the day when we were about to go home, Jay and I rode Wicked and Tiffany took the kids to play in the water and they all got drenched! No pictures of that though...the girls had their hair flat and mascara running down their faces! SO FUN!I got a couple pictures of the girls riding the rides. They just LOVE Lagoon! It is so fun to watch them have so much fun! Vaughn, Julie, and Sierra came and so did Aunt Nat and Kaylee! The kids sure do have awesome aunts and uncles and cousins to come watch them and play with them! Thank you all who came!! You guys are awesome!Jaydyn and her cousin Sierra riding the egg drop ride! Jaydyn loved this one!This picture is funny...we were all watching Saydey and Baylee getting ready to drop down!Riding the airplanes =)

We always love going to Lagoon every year for dance...and I am sure we will be going every May for a long time for Dance! The girls love it and so do I, even though it is a little stressful making sure we get there on time and haven't forgotten anything!! We love ILLUZION DANCE!!!

:::MoThErS DaY:::

Mother's Day was pretty layed back...just the way we like it. I woke up to flowers, two necklaces the girls picked out and four cards. One from each of them!! It was wonderful! We went to visit Jay's mom earlier in the afternoon which is always nice. Then we went to my mom's church and to her house after for a little BBQ. Then back home we went to relax! It was a good day! I am so lucky to be the mom of three precious children! I love them each dearly, and am so thankful they are mine to raise and teach and be an example too.

(Jaydyn was being a stinker and didn't want any pictures taken of her)

I am also so very luck to have a wonderful mother in law. I sure do love her and she is always there for us through thick and thin. We love you Mama Joan!!And then there is my mom...My best friend! I couldn't have asked for a better mom and grandma! She has done so much for me and my family, and what a great example she is to me. I love her with all my heart. In my patriarticle blessing it talks a lot about my mom and how I chose her! I love you mama.

::SuRgErY::

Karston had to have surgery on Thursday at Primary Children's Hospital. When he was a newborn, we took him to get circumcised but they wouldn't do it because they wanted a specialist to look at it. His pee hole was in the wrong spot and his little pee pee was not straight, it was aiming towards the left. So they told us when he was six months old he could get the surgery done. However, we wanted to wait until he was a little older because he had to be put out and we were concerned about that and also we don't have insurance so we wanted to save more money. So on Thursday he had a meatoplasty and circumcision done. We have a tough little guy. We got to walk him to the magic line and then the Dr. took him and we watched him go into the surgical room and then the doors shut. He didn't even look back at us. That was so hard sending him. It's nice though because they give him gas and knock him out that way and then put the i.v. in to be really knocked out with anesthesia. Jay and I waited in the waiting room for an hour before the Dr. came in and told us everything went really good, and that we had to wait for 15 minutes to see him. They only let one of us go back, so I went and seen him laying in his little crib asleep. I will never forget that moment. He looked like a little angel. I touched his little face and he woke up and looked at me for a second, then reached for me to hold him. So that's what I did. They took us to the recovery section where Jay met us there. Once he was all the way awake he was in pain. They gave him some pain medication, but he cried for about a half hour before that finally kicked in. That was hard. There is nothing worse than seeing your child in pain. He has a few stiches inside and then about five on the outside that will dissolve in about a month. The swelling has gone down so much but he is still really bruised. He is doing awesome though. He walked a little funny for the first day, but is all back to normal! He is SO tough!!

The first playroom we were in...

Waiting patiently!

Right when daddy saw him...he was hurting.

I am so glad this is all over with, and we don't have to worry about it anymore. I just hope everything heals perfect and quick!

GrOwInG UP...

This little man cut one of his top front teeth on Friday...finally!! At 16 months old. This one has been trying to come through for 3 weeks. Every morning for weeks I thought it would be through, I could literally see the dumb thing for that long!! So he has THREE whole teeth now! I guess it's really only two and a half teeth, but still!! Now hopefully the other top front one!!! They are coming...slowly but surely.

Yesterday, the girls were playing outside with Jay and Karston usually just wanders outside with them doing whatever. But this day he decided he wanted to do what his sisters were doing. So he climbed the 4 step latter up to a platform, and up one more big step, then turned around and went down the big yellow slide all by himself! He did this for about a half an hour and every time I just knew he was going to fall...but he didn't! Is my baby boy really this big?? Gosh how time flys on by. I sure love you little guy!!!
Going up...

and up...

Almost there.

I did it!!

And down I go!!!

Oh how we LOVE you little man!!!!