Fun times with my camera and Photoshop...

So I LOVE my new camera and it is really fun to play with high quality photos in Photoshop! I will post other pictures later, but I did want to get a picture of my little man up for his birthday!

My Little Man is 5!!

So today is my little man's 5th birthday...where has the time gone? I still remember the day I found out I was pregnant like it was yesterday! Although it was July 4th, so I guess it would be hard to forget, right?
Anyway, Aidan was so excited this morning. Jesse and the girls opened his bedroom door and yelled "Happy Birthday" and Aidan said, "It's Thursday, Thursday is my Birthday. YEAH, I'm 5!" He is such a little ham! When I wished him Happy Birthday again on the bus before school he made me lean over so that he could give me a hug and a kiss and he told me, "I wuv you mamma!" I know it is his birthday, but he gave me the best present ever with that statement!!
We decided to have his birthday dinner last night since everyone was home. I asked Aidan what he wanted for dinner and he very innocently looked at me and said, "Ketchup." And then went on playing. I mean, how do you respond to that? After a little more prodding he decided that he wanted chicken fingers, french fries, and chocolate ice cream with cones. So we had chicken fingers, french fries with ketchup, and chocolate ice cream with cones.
Then he got to get his birthday present, which was the Wall-E DVD.... so of course we had to watch it that instant at 7pm. They all enjoyed being able to stay up late and watch the movie and everyone went to bed after without incident....which was a nice change!
All in all it was a great night with the family!

**My new camera should arrive in a day or two, so I will but up a picture of him then.

A Boy, A Dad, and A Pole...

Aidan got very upset on Sunday when Jesse went fishing without him....so when Jesse got home from work tonight we had to go buy Aidan his very first fishing pole. And of course you can't buy a fishing pole without going right out and using it!!

Unfortunately it was starting to rain -- so they got some practice casts in on the front lawn! Aidan was VERY excited and ran in the house and said "Momma, I did fishin's!!!"

I guess we have a new obsession to deal with!!

Father's Day

There are two men in my life that have the honor of celebrating father's day -- Jesse (my husband) and Gary (my dad).

I'll start with my Dad -- I know that almost everyone thinks their father is the greatest, but mine really is! To start with he was able to put up with Sandy (my biological mother) -- this alone deserves a medal! Second, I don't remember him ever saying anything negative about anyone in front of me as I was growing up. Third, when I moved in as a very independent teenager, he gave me the freedom to rediscover who I was and he supported me in making me a better person. Fourth, I can probably count the number of times I heard him yell on one hand. I love my dad very much and in many ways I credit him with literally saving my life and rescuing me at a time when I needed rescuing! I could go on and on, but most of all, my dad is an incredible example to me! He is strong, compassionate, a worthy Priesthood holder, kind, loving, funny, a hard worker, generous, caring, as well as to many other superlatives to list!

Jesse is an incredible father. He would do and does anything for his kids! He works hard to give us the things we need in life, and he is not shy about getting down on the floor and playing with the kids. He has little routines that he does with each of the kids so that each one knows that he loves them individually. I know that as the kids get older they will say that he is the best dad in the world, and though I think he is a great dad -- I will always argue that my dad is the best!!

On a side note....

We were celebrating Father's Day at our house this evening and came time for dessert, we were having ice cream, my conversation with Aidan went as follows --

"Aidan do you want dessert?'

"Uh huh."

"Do you want some ice cream?"

"Yeah ice cream!" (at this point he did a little dance around the room)

"What kind of ice cream do you want?"

"Cold kind"

Well I guess I can't blame him, who wants warm ice cream!!

Boys Will be Boys

It was such a beautiful day out yesterday that I took the kids out to play...we used chalk on the sidewalk and driveway, we ran around the house, we even pulled out our bicycles!

We were riding bicycles in the driveway when Aidan suddenly disappeared --- know where he went???

Apparently he had to go potty -- I had just taken the extra potty out of the van and it was in the garage -- so I look up to see Aidan dropping hid drawers in the middle of the garage to se the potty....did I mention the garage door was open and half the neighborhood was playing on the street?!?!?

At least he thought to go use that potty rather than having an accident -- what am I going to do with that boy!?!?!?