Caden the Neglected . . .

Yes, I do neglect Caden becuase he has passed the "cute" stage and is now more into the "I am growing up and I am not cute anymore but look at me look at me look at me stage!!!!! And Lydia found a way to ruin my memory card on my camera, so no pictures of caden until I buy a new one.

Here is the Cadenupdate:

He used to cry when he struck out. Now he cries when he doesn't hit a home run. Okay, not real tears but it is funny. He is so so so so close!!!!! He hit a ground rule double yesterday. Maybe the rain will stop by tomorrow.

His Elementary Saga is coming to a close, highlights including:

100% on science CRT (standardized test)
office helper (they love him there)
Student Body Secretary
Awesome friends, except when they act like 12-yr-old boys. He he he he.
Losing a lot of the remaining baby teeth, one in the middle of a choir performance, one forced out by "the Dentist."

Plus he is the best big brother there ever was.

Love that boy.

. . . and he just turned six!

So just in case any of you got the wrong idea about my sweet little boy, here are a few snippets from the weekend . . .

We went to a stake event entitled "Walk with Christ" on Saturday. Upon reading the place cards on the table in the last supper room, Garrett turned to me and asked, "Where is John?"

Not to insult your intelligence, but this means that he:

a) Can read well,

b) Can read fast,

c) Has powers of deduction beyond his years, and

d) Knows the names of twelve disciples!

Then in church on Sunday, he was LISTENING to Bryan Whitehead's talk and turned to me as Bryan was quoting a scripture and said,

"That's the scripture they wrote above Jesus' tomb!"

Yes, that was the same scripture that evidently Garrett read while we were in the resurrection room on Saturday. Wow.

I am delusional in a good way

I get these big ideas and can't seem to rest until they have been carried out to completion . . . or partial completion. I am beginning to accept that it is part of who I am, but I don't know if I will be able to reign myself in. . . .

My delusions have nothing to do with the headshots, I just happened to have the discs in my bag when I went to the library so I thought I would share.

We did go to an audition on Saturday, but Weston will tell you that the Blue and White game and football clinic he went to later that day were a lot more fun.

Garrett rises again . . .

So he got the season schedules for the Blaze, the Bees, and Real Salt Lake at the grocery store the other day. After reading all of them excitedly, he reclined at his chair and glanced at the back cover . . .

"I think I need a Bud Light!"

We had our first word of wisdom talk.

Then, yesterday on our way to baseball he grunted in frustration and yelled,

"I can't get 'Highway to Hell' out of my head!!!!!!

I quickly found a catchy tune on the radio and helped him sing it. I don't know if Lenny Kravitz's American Woman is any better . . .

Yay Husband.

Aaron's team has won last two games by about 30 points! Tonights score was 35 to 2 at the half.

Christmas letter 2010

This year was . . . boring thank goodness. Except July.

Aaron's team started this season off well . . . not so much the last two weeks. He just finished up an assignment serving in the spanish branch. In trying to master the language, he read ALL the standard works in spanish this year. wow. He's out shopping right now (12/23), a tradition I will never break him of I think.

I started a children's choir at our school and started working for the post office. Two huge things that are impacting our lives more than I anticipated. I still have same hair, calling, clothes, cars, house, husband,and kids as last year, which is something to be grateful for. I did lose five pounds and a washing machine. I love my new one. Yay!

Caden is an office aide at school - the staff and teachers all love him. He had to go into a first grade class the other day and the kids all dropped their jaws because he is bigger than their teacher. He still is doing sports like crazy and started working out on his own this year. He earned "anything at costco" for his hard work over the fifth grade year and he chose a weight bench. (Over a playstation3) We are so happy about that.

Weston sang a solo on sunday in our church program. Silent Night. He took an acting class over the summer and interrupted that to go get his appendix out. (He lost his independix, as he used to say.) Luckily this happened two weeks after baseball season. He is a great reader, and is currently enjoying the percy jackson series. He cares for everyone and has great faith.

Garrett got some stitches over the summer too. My friend asked him what happened to his forehead. "My dad did it!" he said, "But my mom told him to!" He was locked in the bathroom, not responding with the bath water running. I frantically asked Aaron to break the door down. Garrett was trying to open it at the same time. He is loving kindergarten and [parent about to totally brag] the absolute best reader in his class. Seriously.

Lydia started dancing this year. That is the cutest thing ever. She comes with me to Garrett's class once a week, so she is sometimes a kindergartner. She also has a little once a week preschool. So fun. Oh yeah, she lost about 1/6 of her hair in the treadmill while Caden was at urgent care getting his head stapled back together the day after Garrett's stitches came out. This was just a few hours before Weston came down with appendicitis. Loved July. Almost done paying for July.

Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope you are merry and bright.

Love, the Cousins.

Halloween 33

My beautiful dancer . . .

I wouldn't let Lydia wear her snow white dress to the school as we were going to be there for three hours, and she mostly unsupervised (choir concert, led by me)

Lydia and her friend did not plan this . . .

Weston definitely planned this . . .

We forgot to dig Garrett's muscles out of storage, so he had to get by with his own . . .

Caden was lucky enough to wear two costumes as well. I prefer his Toy Story 3 costume that he wore to school (see above) . . .

It snowed four days before Halloween! Crazy!