Church Basketball

Jason plays on our ward's mens basketball team and the kids have really been wanting to go watch him play. His first two games were at 9:20 p.m. so we weren't able to go to those ones, but he had a 7 o'clock game so the kids and I went to cheer him on. Dax had lots of fun watching the game and rooting for his daddy. I got to see some parts here and there, when I wasn't chasing Logan all over the stage. It was actually a really good game. They lost in overtime by 5 points or so. Jason was happy that the game was even that close. I guess their team isn't that great this year. But we had lots of fun cheering for the team.

Braxton, Dax, and Afton. Daxon's nose looks funny because he had a bloody nose earlier and I didn't do a very good job at cleaning it out.

Brayden and Logan. Logan had a great time playing with Brayden.

After their game Jason had to score keep for the next game.

Emma's Party

Afton's friend, Emma, invited her to her birthday party. She had it at a place called "Justice." I didn't know that they did parties there, but they do. I was able to stay for a little bit to take a few pictures. First they got their hair done, and then they played a few games and won some web kinz money and then they got to do some shopping with their money. Afterwards they went to Roundtable Pizza for dinner and ice cream and cake. Our family met up with them for pizza and cake. Afton had a great time of course. She just loves Emma to death and loves hanging out with her and her friends. All of the other girls are in Emma's school class and they're in 2nd grade, so Afton was the youngest one there, but she didn't care. The other girls were really good with her and made sure that she was having lots of fun.

The birthday girl getting her hair done.

Afton waiting to get her hair done.

The girls waiting to get their hair done. They were having fun squirting each other with the squirt bottles.

Afton getting her cool new hair do.

The final product! She was so excited about her new hair do.

Her friend Paris was also at the party.

Park Day

We have been so lucky with the really great weather. It's been between 60 and 70 degrees and we are loving it. We decided to go to the park and take advantage of the awesome weather. Afton had a couple of friends over so we all walked to the park. They had lots of fun running around, playing b-ball, and making big piles of bark.

Building and admiring the piles of bark.

Daxon kicking over the piles.

Logan with his crackers. He's happy as long as he has food in his hands.

Goofy kids

Jason is so great with the kids. I'm always joking that he's my 4th child and I guess that's why he's such a great father. He just acts like a kid himself and they love it. He's always so happy just to sit and play with them and make them laugh. They love jumping all over him and giving him lots of loves. This was on a Sunday night and Jason was just laying on the ground and letting the kids dog pile on him. They thought it was the greatest thing.

Afton was doing all kinds of poses for the camera so I snapped a few pictures of her. She's so goofy! Just like her dad.

Logan is very ticklish and Jason had lots of fun making him laugh.

Our sweet little Dax with his great cheeser smile.


I think Logan was trying to hide from Jason so he wouldn't tickle him anymore.

Soccer Game

Jason's cousin, Adam, plays soccer and he had a game close to where we live so we packed up the kiddos and headed over to his game. We couldn't have asked for a better day. The weather was perfect and the kids had a great time. They had lots of fun running around on the fields, kicking soccer balls and playing with their cousins. It was nice just to get outside and let them run around.

Afton and a friend that she made while at the soccer game.

Dax kicking a sweet goal!

I could hardly recognize Dax because he wasn't in his basketball clothes.

Logan pointing at the soccer game and saying "Ball."

I brought some pretzels and they got dumped on the blanket so the kids were grabbing as many pretzels as they could and putting them in their mouths.

Max with his pretzels.

Afton wearing Max's cute little camoflage hat.

This was Logan's favorite part of the day. He loves to get thrown in the air. He giggles everytime Jason tosses him really high. It's the cutest thing!

I love, love, love this picture that Misty took of Jason throwing Logan in the air. It's so awesome!

Yum! Yum!

I finally broke down and let Logan start feeding himself. I know he's probably old enough to and can kind of do it himself, but oh the messes! And he sure made one. He had been whining at dinner one night and we finally figured out it's because he wanted to feed himself. As soon as I gave him that spoon he was one happy little guy.

Nothing like garden veggies and taco meat. Yummy!

He was eating apples and blueberries in these pictures and he had it all over him and the highchair. He got it on top of his head and on his ear. Apparently he thought it was the greatest thing because he was smiling the whole time.

Birthday Party

This year Daxon got to have a birthday party with his friends. Usually we're in Utah, so he doesn't get to have a party with his friends and since we were back at home for his birthday we decided he could have a party. I was going to do something small and simple, but as I started planning it just kept getting bigger. He invited about ten friends over and we played a few games. He picked "Duck, duck, goose" and then we had a scavenger hunt. After the games, we sent this kids outside to the bounce house. We were very lucky and the weather was perfect, so the bounce house was a hit. We got a Scooby Doo bounce house and Dax loved it. He actually had a whole variety of themes for his birthday. He had a basketball cake, speedracer plates, transformer invitations. He just couldn't decide on one thing. After the kids played outside for a while, everyone came in for some pizza and then we opened presents and had cake and ice cream. Dax had a great time at his birthday party and it turned out to be a great day.

The friends that were able to come to Daxon's party were: Emma, Paris, Brenden, Sophia, Chase, Halle, and Garrett. Jody, Aaron, Jared and Adam came too.

Tons of shoes

Yes, lots of big smelly shoes. Jason had the young men over to our house for one of their activities and this was the pile of shoes by my front door. So I thought I'd snap a picture of the stinky mess. The shoes really weren't that smelly, but there sure were a lot of boys in my house that night. I think he has between 15 to 20 priests in his class right now and there were about 10 or so boys over that night. Surprise, Surprise, there activity was watching a Jazz game. So I guess it was more for Jason than the young men, but he made them smoothies and they had fun playing with my kid's toys. There was a group of them playing upstairs with Daxon's hot wheel city he got for Christmas. My kids love when the young men come over. They have a great time showing off and being really crazy! And the young men are great with my kids. They don't mind having them hang all over them.

Dax turns FoUr!

I can't believe it but my Dax is 4 years old! It's so crazy that he's that old. He turned 4 on the 4th of January. And he's been very lucky because he's already gotten like three birthday parties and one more still to come. We just celebrated his birthday with our own family. He opened his presents in the morning, then we went to church at 1 p.m. We definitely weren't looking forward to afternoon church. Dax went to Sunbeams for the very first time. He was so excited, although he fell asleep during Sacrament meeting so we had to wake him up. But he was very excited and had a great time and loved getting sung to for his birthday. After church, we had a yummy dinner which Daxon picked--pork chops, salad, rolls, and broccoli/cauliflower cheesy dish. Then we baked his birthday brownies and sang to him once more. We love this little guy. He keeps us entertained all of the time and is constantly making us laugh. He says the funniest things. At times he can be a little crazy and wild, but we wouldn't want him any other way. We love that he's so full of life. Some of the things he likes right now: the Utah Jazz, his girlfriend Avery, playing and watching basketball, star wars and transformers, wearing basketball attire 24/7, scooby doo, picking on his sister and little brother, always wearing a white shirt and tie to church just like his daddy, making mommy sleep by him for 5 minutes every night, eating snacks all day long, chewing gum and lollipops, trucks and trains, showing his cheesy smile for pictures and making us laugh a lot.

Having fun on his birthday!

I was going to do a collage picture of Dax from birth to now, but I'd have to scan in his first year of pictures and I'm too lazy to do that right now, so I'm just posting one of my very favorite pictures of Dax. He's about 18 months old in this picture. Isn't he the cutest little boy?! I can't believe how much hair he had and look at those big dark eyes.

Birthday Dinner

Since Daxon's birthday fell on a Sunday this year, we went on Saturday for his birthday dinner. We let him choose where to go and he said the "taco place" which is Del Taco. They have a play area and the kids love it. So that's where we went. We called Misty and invited her and Dylen and Max to join us. It ended up being just Misty and Dylen because Max was sick. The kids had a great time together. They always have so much fun together and I know that they had been missing each other.

Dax, Dylen and Afton. Dylen and Afton were jumping in the picture. They were too excited to hold still.

Having fun coming down the slide.

Dax and Afton were playing with his doctor kit that he got for Christmas...... and wearing their helmets? I love Dax in the glasses. He makes a cute nerd!

"Let me check your heart 'beep' Afton"