Happy Birthday Jayden!

I can't believe my boy is 7!  Time is moving too fast for my liking.  Jayden is really growing up lately.  For a while, it seemed like he was staying little (maybe deep down he knew it did my mommy heart good).  But this summer he grew out of all his pants and shoes, and his face is changing from little boy to big boy.  Wow, he really is growing up.  All the kids are.  I know time passes, and it is a good thing. I just hope my kids still laugh at my goofy jokes and forgive me so readily for my mistakes as time passes.
I am so grateful Jayden was born into our family.  He is my tenderhearted boy.  He is immensely imaginative and creative.  I often wish that I could spend some time in his head, because I think it is probably fun in there!  He is so sharp, and sometimes he just takes my breath away with the things he says.  He is the kind of person who "sees" much more than he lets on.  He can be incredibly wise sometimes.  I cannot wait to see the amazing things this boy will do as he grows.  Plus, he is a crack up!  And his shy smile melts my heart.  I love you Jayden!!

Of course, I have to include some pics and video of the goober.  He is getting cuter by the day!  He is crawling like crazy and will be walking soon, I'm sure.  Charlee had a little too much fun at the ward Pioneer Day breakfast.  She was wiped out! :)

 Well, this last month has been a parenting adventure for sure.  Jackson started not feeling too good right after school got out for the summer.  Turns out he had an ear infection so bad it ended in a ruptured eardrum.  Lovely.  While he was still trying to get over that, he came down with the chicken pox!  Poor baby!  He was so miserable, but handled it very well.  He has also been cutting his two front teeth.  Needless to say, there have been a lot of sleepless nights in this house.
Charlee has the chicken pox now.  She has been pretty miserable.  She is on the upside now so I'm hoping to be able to get back to a normal schedule soon.
Jason went to a dining out this weekend.  He looks sharp, huh?  Too bad I wasn't invited.  But he said it was really fun.  Love my man in his uniform!!

Here's one for the grandparents

I know, I know, I have the cutest baby ever.  Well, 4 of them, actually.  I don't know how I got so lucky!  This last one is for future blackmailing purposes.  :)  Charlee found a princess crown at a friends house and decided that Jackson should wear it.  He wore it happily for about 1/2 hour.

More Pictures

These are pictures of Charlee's birthday.  For the kids' actual birthdays, it was pretty low key since we knew we were going to have that big party at Aerials.  They love getting birthday presents!

We went to Disneyland kind of on the spur of the moment.  We had 3 days of planning and just went and made it happen.  It was a ton of fun.  The driving kind of sucked, but it was worth it.  We spent 3 days at both Disneyland parks.  Jason and I traded off watching the baby and taking the kids on rides.  We watched the parade, ate naughty food, and basically had the best time ever for those 3 days.  Can't wait to do it again when Jack is old enough to want to go! The sad part is...we forgot to pack our camera, so the only documentation we have of the whole trip is from our crappy cell-phone cameras.  Sad.

Birthday Party

We did a combined birthday party for James and Charlee.  They chose Aerials Gymnastics and it was so much fun.  The kids got to jump, swing, zipline, slide...all sorts of crazy fun.  Can't believe my kiddos are growing up so fast.