The WIG!

For Breanne's Birthday, her Grandma Mortensen gave her a Barbie dress up thing. It came with a wig, some barettes, sun glasses, bracelets, a ring, and a phone! Super cute, and she loved it! (especially the sunglasses because after Celeste came to visit and had sunglasses, she wanted some of her own.) Anyway, so the gift was perfect. And then we thought we would have a little fun trying it on the little boys.......................................

Scott looked the best!

Melissa's baby: Aleck

(He hated it!)

Douglas

(Melissa's boy)

Talon

(Melissa's other boy...who also Hated it!)

Eli

He thought it was funny!

Breanne's Birthday!

Happy 5th Birthday Breanne! She started out her day with Mickey Mouse Pancakes! (We always do something we can stick a candle in for their birthday breakfast.)
Here is Breanne behind her Princess cake and butterfly cupcakes.

This is the cake I made. Turnded out pretty good.

This is Breanne opening a present at her "friend" party. We had lots of girls come, and had a really enjoyable party.

We played a game for the present opening. All the girls hid their present then, we took turns playing hot and cold for Breanne to find it. Caroline gave me the idea, and it was great. It helped make it not so "boring" for the kids who aren't opening presents, but just sitting there. Worked great, and took up some time.

Here, Breanne is opening some more presents . I think that was some little thing I got for her to open at the friend party. I think it is a tiara, but I can't really tell.

This is Breanne's "family" pary. Thank you to everyone who came, and for all the lovely gifts! She had a great time!

Her Grandma Jardine made her an apron that came with an invitation to go make cookies at grandma's house. She loves that apron and wears it a lot. Super cute!

Thank you to her Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Eric, who got her a Dora bike! She was really hoping to get her own bike soon, so this was a big surprise!

We got her a Barbie Thumbelina doll that she really wanted! She loved it, and was really excited when she opened it.

And finally, these were the cupcakes that I made for her preschool class a couple days later. They turned out cute. Here they are in the cool "cupcake holder" that Linda gave me. So there are more below those. It made it super easy to take to the school like that.

Happy Birthday Breanne! We love you!

Our Anniversary!

For our anniversary, we went on an all day excursion to places around Salt Lake City. We got a "Connect Pass" from a visit Salt Lake web site. It gives you entry into many different places, for one flat rate. It was a ton of fun. There are many other places you can go with the Connect Pass, but this is where we went:

Tracy Aviary. Our favorite was the bald eagle.



It was cool, they have a lot of varieties of birds there. These three cuties were sitting right in a row, and I thought they were fun.

Flamingo's. They have such amazing balance!

This Is The Place National Monument.

Here I am, in front of the old ZCMI general store (remake).

Jared, in front of the monument.

Red Butte Gardens at the U of U.

This is one of those pictures where we set the timer, and just got what we got. But I think it turned out cute.

Jared liked this.

The Oak Tunnel.

The waterfall.

The crazy Gold Fish! (These were one of our favorite parts of the place.)

Then went into down town, and this is us walking to lunch at:

The Lion House Pantry. Yum!

Then we went down to Sandy and went to the Living Planet Aquarium. It was very good. I really love aquariums! Here, Jared is standing next to some Jelly Fish, but you can't really see them.

They had rays that you could touch!

This is us in front of a mural.

Jared, next to a sculpture of an octupus. They have an octupus there, but you can't take pictures of it.

And finally Thanksgiving point Gardens. We wished that we would have had more time to spend there, but the sun went down, and it was time to pick up the kids. But it was amazing! And we would love to go back!

They have the most amazing waterfalls there! I had no idea that it was so amazing there! You should totally check it out! It was worth it.

Beautiful!

Along with the waterfalls, they have many beautiful gardens.

Well, it was a wonderful day together! I love you Jared! Thanks for the great day! And thank you to my sister, Melissa, who really made this day possible by babysitting the kids! Thank you!

Eli's Birthday Parties!

Eli started out his birthday with some Mickey Mouse Pancakes, and blew out his three candles.

He had a Mickey Mouse themed birthday. So here is his Mickey Mouse cake.
I also made cup cakes using Oreo's and Mini Oreo's. They turned out looking great! It was a lot of fun.

Eli had a fun Mickey Mouse Clubhouse friend birthday party. We played lots of fun games inspired by the show. And we had a good group of kids. It was a successful party! Lots of fun.

At his Family Party, Eli recieved a Peter Pan/Robin Hood costume from his Grandma Jardine! She made it herself! It is so awesome. There is another hat too, but I didn't get a good picture of it. Anyway, super cute! He thought the little dagger was the best! I love the cape! I'm sure this will get a lot of use through the years.

Grandma Mortensen gave him this super cool dragon thing! Everyone loved this! It makes noise, and can squirt water! She gave him some other great things too. Thank you to everyone and thei gifts! We have such a generous family! Eli loved all the things, and the kids have had a great time playing with everything!

The big thing that we gave him, was his own scooter. He loves it! I hope he will enjoy if for many years to come.

Here he is, blowing out his candles, and getting ready to dig in to his Mickey cake!

Happy Birthday Eli, we love you!

Happy Birthday Eli!

Cute, smiley baby!
He is wonderful big brother.

Handsome.

He liked to get in the tub...fully dressed! Once he dragged his blanket in with him!

Snow baby!

Thanksgiving, 2007. That potato is almost as big as him.

Eli has always been drawn to electronics.

so cute.

Eli used to always stick his tonge out. He would just have it out, for some reason. Super cute!

A brand new baby.

Eli turnded three on September 29th. We are so happy that he is in our family. He has been my biggest baby so far, at 9 lbs. His delivery went really well. And he has been healthy and strong ever since. I remember watching confrence in the hospital the day we took him home. He was a very good baby. He is a special little guy, who will probably grow to be a large man. I only hope that I can teach him, so that he will be just as large in spirit as he is in stature. I'm so grateful that I get to have Eli as my son.