Our lil' Monster is 4!!

Braxton had his 4th birthday on the 31st of December!  He was pretty excited, in fact the day after Christmas he asked if it was his birthday yet?!?  That is what we get for telling him that his birthday was after Christmas! :)  So he got a cool big dump truck to go with his big digger that Santa brought.  Grandma Karen made him a fun book with all the hikes and activities we had done throughout the year.

Josh wanted to have our own version of cupcake wars.......I bowed out when he started..they aren't just decorated fun the cupcake is crazy good and even had filling inside!

We decorated them while Brax was outside playing so dad went to show him....I think he was excited! :)

These ones were red velvet.  I decorated them, Josh wanted the fronting to be swirled with 3 colors, so there you have it!  They tasted delicious!

Blowing out the 4 candles......as you can see he couldn't possibly do this by himself so Boston got in on the action but we gave him his own cupcake!

We had a fun little party for Braxton he invited all of his friends  We had Cole Richins, Raini & Pelli Faiga, Carter Wardle, Peter Isom, Jayden, Deizel, Miles, and Jackson. He also insisted on inviting his friend Kayley Wilson.....She is only 10 years older than him! :)  But they are best buddies!  It was lots of fun! 

Coloring Monsters........

           Playing monster Bingo

                

Boston hitting the pinata........ Daddy's creation

    Cole & Nikki hitting the monster..

Birthday boy Braxton winding up.....Daddy is proud to say only 1 person didn't get to hit it before the candy all came out, but he hit it after and destroyed it!

      Playing Monster, Monster, Eyeball!!!

         Blowing out the candles on his Awesome Monster cake!!  Yes it even has 3 crazy eyes!

Boston's b-day at Hogle Zoo

We can't forget the lion drinking fountain pictures......it's a must every time you go to the Zoo....

Boston is 2

Getting old is hard to do........ Josh Style

Josh had his 30th birthday, we partied hard core, or well we spent some fun time together as a family!!  I thought he needed some photos of being an OLD MAN!  I really can only say this because I am 2 years younger than him! :)  Not that he is really old.....

 

 He kept telling everyone that he was 24, it was so funny.  I asked Braxton how old dad was and he said 24, I said no he's 30.  Braxton was convinced that dad was only 24!  So I told him to show me how old he was and he was giddy to say 2  4......I made him try again and he was all grumpy with a 3  0.

 Josh is a MAJOR fan of the University of Utah......so I made him a drum cake.....not even close to perfect but I had fun and he liked it.

Happy Birthday Sweetie!  To many more birthdays and getting OLD together.

Braxton's 3rd Birthday

We had Braxton's party  on Friday the 30th since lots of people have plans for his actual birthday on New Years Eve.  We had a friend party at the pool, yes the pool in December.  We do live in southern Utah  and the pool is inside! :)  He absolutely loved having his friends and cousins there to play with! 

Josh and I made the awesome dinosaur cake and some cupcakes that spelled out Happy Birthday Braxton ( they aren't pictured because they had a little spill on the way to the pool.  The kids didn't mind that they looked funny they still tasted good!)

We had a great time, a BIG thanks to all our friends who made it special! 

November 2011

November came and went like a speeding train!!  Josh spent most of November up in SLC working.  The boys and I partied hard while he was gone! ha ha :)  We went to park and played in the leaves a few days, that was lots of fun.  I took the camera and snapped a few shots.  

 My mom and dad purchased a new house so we spent Thanksgiving break moving their stuff!!  The boys really enjoyed getting everything out of the storage units!

We had Thanksgiving dinner on the 26th because we weren't sure when Josh was going to be able to make it down.  He did end up making it down in time but I hadn't defrosted the turkey....oops! :)  So we doubled up my birthday and Thanksgiving dinner.  Josh made me a delicious chocolate cheesecake with strawberries dipped in chocolate. 

 The neighborhood boys had to have their own turkey bowl!  The had lots of fun Josh had to show off his mad skills and agility with all the weight he had lost.

We had a great November  :)