Daxon's 5th birthday

Daxon turned 5 back on January 4th and he was one lucky little guy because he got to celebrate his birthday a few different times. We had a family party a few days before his birthday and then on his actual birthday he chose to go to McDonald's for lunch, and then when we got back to California he invited a couple of friends over for a sleepover. That's usually what happens because we're in Utah for his birthday. He was very excited to have so much attention and get to open so many presents.

(The pictures are a little out of order so sorry if it's confusing.)

At McDonald's for his birthday. The adults were so happy to go there for lunch.

As one of his birthday presents his dad surprised Dax and took him to a Jazz game while we were in Utah. He was one happy little Jazz fan! They played the Denver Nuggets or I should say the "chicken nuggets" as Dax would say.

The day of his birthday playing with his leapster which he got for his b-day.

Dax and his cousin, Tred playing with their favorite toy of our trip in Utah....GUNS! Or any kind of weapon they could get their hands on to torment the girls with.

Emma, Abby and Afton giving each other big hugs.

The cake on his birthday.

Dax with his buds Hayden and Ike. He goes to preschool with them. He was so excited to have them come sleepover.

The birthday cake for our family party.

He got a pair of Jordan's for his birthday. I think Jason was more excited for this present than Dax.

the girls in their cute birthday hats

Eating some cake. Another shot with his gun pointed directly at me.

Cheese!!! He was very excited for his party.

Christmas 2009

Yeah, I'm just getting to my Christmas pictures. I know it's pretty pathetic. I really need to be better about blogging, now that I don't have any excuses. We just hooked up our imac so the internet takes like a second to come up versus like a half an hour with our old computer. It was seriously so slow. I love our new computer. It was mine and Jason's Christmas present. We had a great Christmas this year. We actually stayed home this year. It was really nice to have Christmas in our own home with the kids. But we did miss our family a lot so we decided to go to Utah and visit our families. We left the day after Christmas and stayed for ten days. We had a great time and hopefully I'll get to those pictures soon.

dax,logan, and afton in their cute Christmas pj's from grandma sharon.

Logan ran straight for the train table and wasn't even interested in any of his other presents. I think Afton and Dax ended up opening his presents because we couldn't get him away from the trains.

Getting ready to open their presents

And the craziness begins

Jason and I got in on the action too.

Afton and Dax both got razor scooters from Santa. It was a hit!

The lovely mess afterwards.

This picture is from the night before when we actually had to put together and set up the train table. I think we got to bed around 2 or 3 in the morning. As you can see Jason is not a happy camper.

Trunk-or-Treat

I totally forgot to post these pictures of our Ward's Trunk-or-Treat/Carnival. It was the Friday night before Halloween (10/30). We invited Misty and her kids and Val and her kids. They came to our house first so we could take a few pictures and then we all walked down to our church for lots and lots of fun!

All the kids in costume making silly faces.
Max, Afton, Logan, Michael, Dax and Dylen (little Brisa was missing from the picture. She was the cutest little Tinkerbell ever)

The very scary pirates--Dax, Max and Michael

The adorable cheetah and little red riding hood.

Me and the kids

They had face painting at the Trunk-or-Treat. And it was perfect for Afton because they painted a cheetah face for her. It was really cute!

Meow!!

Our really good friend and babysitter, Katelyn, and Dax. They were both pirates so I had to take a picture.

Katelyn and her mom. They always get so dressed up. She was the evil queen from Snow White and was carrying a pail of apples. And she was scaring all of the kids. Not on purpose though. Her costume was just very scary. Dax and Logan weren't too sure of her at first.

There was also a petting zoo. Logan was trying to pet this bunny.

Afton and Dax playing some of the very fun carnival games.

Finally, some good ol' Trunk-or-treating and eating way too much candy.

HaLLoWeEn!!

We were very busy this Halloween with parties and pumpkin patches and of course trick-or-treating. And I didn't want to be my usual slacker self so I was determined to post all of our Halloween fun, although I'm still way behind with other things we've been doing. Hopefully I'll get to that soon. Maybe this post will get me in a happy posting mood and I'll just keep on going. I guess I'll start with our Halloween and then work my way backwards with the other fun activities we've been doing.

We started off our Halloween by going to Denny's for breakfast. We went there a while back and the kids have been begging to go again so we thought it would be fun to go Halloween morning. After breakfast, I put together a little "Spooky" treasure hunt for the kids. They love doing scavenger hunts and were very excited to go on a Halloween one. It ended with their treasure (the new Ice Age movie) in a pumpkin.

After the treasure hunt and watching their new movie, we got ready to go trick-or-treating. Both the boys were pirates and Afton was a cheetah. Afton and Dax were very excited to go trick-or-treating and couldn't wait to go. We met up with our friend's, the Fallentines, and decided to go trick-or-treating around their neighborhood. They live in a fairly new subdivision so a lot of people who live in the country come to this neighborhood to go trick-or-treating. I guess everyone who lives in the country goes to that neighborhood. I couldn't believe how crazy it was. There were so many people. We'd go up to people's doors and there would be like 20 or more kids at the door. It was nuts! But the kids had a good time. Dax was always out in front racing to the next house. And we have way too much candy. It's ridiculous how much the kids got. I think we have like three big bowls full of candy.

Pirate Dax and Cheetah Afton (we actually called her the floppy eared toothless Cheetah. One of the cheetah ears just wouldn't stay up and of course she's still missing several teeth)

We borrowed this very cute costume from my mom. Thanks mom! We got lots of cute comments on it.

Arrrrh Matey's!!

Logan wouldn't get in a picture with the kids so Jason had to hold him. He was also a pirate but he wouldn't wear half of his costume (missing pieces--a bandanna and a sash)


Doing some serious trick-or-treating. I don't know if you can see them very well, but in the bottom right picture they are holding their trick-or-treat bags. My mother-in-law made them for the kids and they turned out so cute. She asked what they were going to be for Halloween and tied that into their bags. Afton had some cheetah print on hers and the boys had pirate stuff on theirs. They were so cute and a perfect size for trick-or-treating. Thanks Sharon!

Pumpkin Patch

This has always been one of my favorite family traditions. I just love going to the pumpkin patch with the kids. They have so much fun running through the fields and picking out their very own pumpkins. I love this time of year! And I'm so happy that my husband has such great hook-ups at these fabulous pumpkin patches. We're very lucky! We invited our great friends, the Thompson's, to join us for a fun family home evening. We met around 4 p.m., drove through some dirt roads to find the best pumpkin patch (most of them had been harvested so it took awhile to find one that still had decent pumpkins), let the kids run wild while picking pumpkins, and then we headed over to the main pumpkin patch for some fun on a train ride and big bouncy pillows. We finished off the night at In-n-Out for dinner. It was a great night!

Logan was having a difficult time walking through the fields. He kept falling in the furrows between the pumpkins. So he'd stop at each one and call for me to help him jump over it.

Stuck at a furrow.

Afton with her perfect pumpkin.



Dax and Brenden. As you can tell, Dax was more interested in throwing dirt clods then picking pumpkins.

Logan, Afton, Dax and Brenden trying to find their perfect pumpkin.


Sophia and Logan. They were so cute together. They just sat there smiling letting us take pictures of them.

Now he's stuck in a furrow. He actually liked it. He just sat down and started throwing dirt.

Afton and Brenden.

The best picture i could get of my kids. Isn't it lovely?

This is one of Logan's favorite things to do right now. He just loves pulling his daddy's ears. I think he loves it so much because of Jason's loud screaming.


The awesome train ride! And i say that sarcastically because it basically just went around the corn maze and that was it. I guess i was expecting to see something exciting.

Logan wasn't very happy to be on the train and I don't know why because he loves trains.

They had these huge bouncing pillows for the kids to jump on. It was actually pretty neat. Dax and Afton loved it. Poor little Dax was getting bounced all over the place but he loved it. Logan didn't want to have anything to do with it.