Seaside, OR

We had so much fun in Seaside last year that we have been planning a trip back ever since. A few weeks ago the condo we had reservations at emailed us to say that they were behind on their renovations and were going to have to cancel us. We called around and found an open room at the complex next door and were very surprised at how nice it ended up being. You can never be sure on the weather on the Oregon Coast and so I was planning on it being cold and wet, but it was beautiful all weekend! At times the wind picked up pretty strong, but it was still amazing. We invited my parents to come along with us, hopefully they had as good of time as we did.

I love the swings on the beach!

The afternoon that we arrived was the coldest of the weekend so the boys much to their disappointment didn't get to play in the water, but they loved digging in the sand.

Last year Scott took Jaden on these bumper cars and Logan was SO sad that he was too small to go on them. He has been talking about them since and that was the number one thing on his agenda when we got to Seaside. He walked on his tip toes to the height line and stood as tall as he possibly could, and it worked the lady let him in. He had the biggest grin on his face the entire time.

Scott got up early to go for walk on the beach and came home with a crab he caught. The men cooked it up and Scott ate it for lunch that day.

More bars in more places...

At the touch tank in the aquarium Jaden dove right in touching everything. That says a lot about him, my little boy is defiantly growing up.

We spent Friday at Cannon beach. It was 80 degrees and we took advantage of it. The bigger boys were having so much fun and kept going up to Cannon and telling him how much they loved his beach. Jaden is our little fish, even though the water was freezing he kept wanting to go back in and jump in the waves. Logan preferred playing in the sand most of the day, and Cannon just wanted us to let him off the blanket so he could eat the sand.

Eight years ago we came to Cannon Beach on our honeymoon and look we still love each other!

While we were taking our picture by our names in the sand Logan found a stick and wrote his own name.

It's not everyday that you get a beach named after you.

This is what happens when you apply spray on sunscreen in the wind.

The best quote from the trip was from on the way home. Jaden had been sitting quietly in the backseat playing his leapster when he out of the blue asked "Why is Grandpa the only one talking?!" If you know my dad you know how funny that is!

Jaden's 6th Birthday

Jaden turned 6 last week and we spent several days celebrating. Jaden's teacher was going to be gone on his real birthday so he wanted me to bring treats in the day before. At first he said that he just wanted Mrs B to be there, but later told me he was worried that the sub wouldn't know where the pretend cake was in the classroom. So we kicked off his birthday a day early, might as well spread the sugar out a little anyway.

On Friday, Jaden's actual birthday, was our stake's father/son camp out. Jaden got home from school and only had about an hour at home before he loaded up in the car and took off with the boys. He wanted to open all this presents right then, but we really didn't have time and we needed to have something for him to do at his family party on Sunday. He did get to open one gift from his Grandpa and Grandma Holt, who got to come up and spend the weekend with us.

Jaden has been talking about having a friends party all year long so even though I wasn't looking forward to it we let him have one. It ended up being really fun, but it wore me out!

In the past I have always made the kids a pinata for their birthday, but this year I decided to go for the store bought version. It was a busy week and I didn't have a lot of extra time to make one, and I figured that the kids were getting big enough they would need a stronger pinata than the ones I make. I was wrong about the needing a stronger one. I didn't think those poor kids were ever going to break that thing open. In fact I think Scott had to end up tearing it open for them. I guess I'll go back into the business for the next birthday.

Just when we were about to open presents some crazy guy showed up and tried to steal the presents off the table. I had warned the kids to be on the lookout and to spray webs (silly string) all over him like spiderman. The kids loved it, but it got them so excited that I started to lose control of them at that point. Good thing they were about to go home.

On Sunday we had a family party for Jaden where he was finally able to open the rest of his presents. His final gift to open was new underpants (which he was surprisingly not too upset about) after that I handed him a little paper with a clue on it. He had to follow the clues that eventually led him to find a new bike. It is a little big for him, but he was been riding it around all week like a champ.

Is he making a wish or saying a prayer?!

Cannnon has had a busy week. All in one day he learned to crawl, pull himself up on things and mimic his brothers. He is still just as happy as ever and we are all in love with his infectious grin.

The bigger boys started up soccer and love it! Logan physically can keep up playing with all the older kids, but tends to lose attention quicker than the others. At practice last night he kept pulling his shorts up all the way to make the others laugh. That's our Logan. According to their coach (Scott) Jaden is by far a notch above all the other kids on the team. He has a lot of natural ability and we are looking forward to watching him progress over the years. We couldn't possibly be biased could we?

Cannon is happy to sit on the sidelines and watch. He absolutely adores his big brothers.

Easter

Our ward had a Easter activity on Saturday. Jaden and Logan enjoyed hunting for eggs while Cannon had a great time playing with their baskets after they were done.

I looked away for a second in which time Cannon managed to swipe a cupcake from a kid sitting nearby.

The Easter bunny found our house again this year!

After church we headed over to Grandpa and Grandma Hatfield's house for a yummy dinner and egg hunt. Aunt Heather did a wonderful job filling the eggs with goodies!

Both Jaden and I weren't feeling well on Easter so we never ended up getting a picture. I tried to make up for it yesterday, but I think I probably should have waited until after haircuts. This is the longest Jaden's hair has ever been in his life!