Well Child Check Up's

On Monday February 1st Ben and I took our Boys for their 8 & 5 year check up's.
This blog is more for my own journal, I wanna remember how little (BIG) they were!

Jaden getting weighed.

No wonder I can't hold him anymore!

He is 73 pounds, thats 90th %.

Here is our cracker, Jackee.

He seems so skinny to me because he is tall.

Jack weighed in at 35 pounds, 75th%.

Jaden getting his eyes tested! 20/20...

Thats our PERFECT Boy!

Jackee getting his eyes tested... 20/40.

Doctor Cathy told us that his eyes are still developing so not to worry!

Benj & I are the luckiest Mom & Dad,

look at these 3 cuties!

I LoVe our Doctor!!! Here she is explaining to Jaden where he is on the charts. By the way... he is 55 inches, thats 4' 6", 98th%!

Jackee is 46 inches... 3' 8", 97th%!

Here is the WORST part of check ups, 2 shots and a finger poke... Jack wanted his Daddy to comfort him.

We are so lucky to have Ben in our lives!

When it was time to go, Jack was STILL crying and kept screaming "I can't walk!"

Well Daddy Ben is a sucka for Jack, he carried him all the way to the car!

January...

January 2010... What a CRAZY month!

We ended 2009 and rang in 2010 with Family, Food & Fun! We missed Hannah's Family BUT we know... they will never not be here for a Family get together again. ~Love you Hannah~

The ADULTS played a fun poker game!

The GIRLS were out first.

My guess... the GUYS rigged it so we would watch the kids!

Grandma playing with the heater??? NOPE, it was CHARADES.

Everyone was getting tired so Grammy acted out all kinds of stuff for us to guess.

It was memories I'll never forget!

Byron, Jaden & Stephanie.

The ONLY kids that made it til MIDNIGHT, not!

Grandma "fast forwarded" the clock.

We all rang in the New Year then hit the hay before 12. It was a great trick!

JANUARY 4th, 2010:
Ben made a HUGE sacrifice. He laid down his badge and his LOVE for law enforcement and took a job with Kennecott / Rio Tinto. He loves it! Thanks babe for taking such good care of Me & our Boys!

JANUARY 5th, 2010:

On January 5th I had sugery on my LEFT knee... (Thus be the reason I haven't updated my BLOG.) It has been a roller coaster ride with lot's of pain and emotions. 2 trips to the ER, lots of phone calls and visits with my Doctor, knee drained 4 times (with a huge needle) BUT... LOT'S of love and support from my AMAZING family and friends. My Mom deserves a HUGE shout out for EVERYTHING. She picked me up every day when Ben had work, she took my kids to school, fixed us dinner, gave a shoulder when I cried (constantly) she even washed my back while I was in the shower then blew my hair dry for me! Rylee & Alicia for the AWESOME dinners. My AMAZING Mom in law who held me while I cried and told me the BEST stories to get my mind off being sick. My Husband who is the GREATEST. My BOY's who held my hand walking, opened the doors for me (even though most the time I had to go out of the way to get around the door they opened.) My youngest Jens who kissed my knee over and over, feeling so sorry for me. My Daddy who called EVERY day on his way home from work. My Lee La who offered to do my laundry and feed my kids. My Aunt She She who washed my hair when I didn't have the energy. My LIFE LONG friend Kaysie who text me EVERY day even though she was going thru an aweful time in her life. My GOOD Friend Linda who checked on my often. MY GREAT Doctor, John Brady (call me if you need an Orthopedic Doctor that ROCKS). My SWEET Nurse Leslie who I know I'll always be Friends with. My FAVORITE Daycare, Janalee and Kelli who take in my Son and love him when I can't. Everyone who Facebooked me, text me, called me and prayed for me. AND, those of you ignored because I felt so TERRIBLE, you know who you are... I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Things are looking up, I still have my days when I sleep a lot or hurt BUT... soon I'll start physical therapy and soon I can go back to work!

JANUARY 10th, 2010:

Jaden and Jacks BIRTHDAY celebration!

Jaden turned 8 on the 10th and Jack turned 5 on the 13th.

We celebrated them both at my MOM & DAD's house. We had dinner, presents, cake & ice cream!!!

PRESENTS from MOM, DAD & JENSEN

to start off the day!!!

Can we start opening???

Jaden with Jensen and his NEW shaving kit.

The Boy's LOVE shaving with Grandpa Brad!

New football, DS Games, Clothes etc...

Jaden & Jensen

( I don't have very many pictures of Jaden without Jensen right by his side!)

A NEW Wii Game (Bass Fishing) and lot's of clothes

from Grandma & Grandpa

Grandma Marilyn made Jaden an AWESOME Baseball cake!

Jensen and "NaNa" kissing!

Getting ready to blow the candles out!

Our little HAM!

Our little HAM drinking FROSTING!!!

(ONLY at Grandma's)

MAKE A WISH!

Jackee is always happy to get clothes!

Shaving Kit...

A PUZZLE for and EASY to please kid!

A NEW scooter and a GOOFY Dad putting it together!

Wii Water Sports from Grandma & Grandpa, plus lot's of clothes!

A new tool belt to help Grandpa with the remodel!

A complete scooter!!!

Daddy and Jackee love eachother so much!

Jack wanted a PIRATE cake... Grandma made him a PONY then added

pirate decorations... A PIRATE PONY, he LOVED it!!!

JANUARY... the middle, 2010:

We took the Boy's to see Alvin & the Chipmunks, the Squeakquel

It was the 1st time we have taken Jensen to a MOVIE!

We were nervous BUT like always... he was awesome!

When we walked into the theater it took forever to get him to his seat. When he saw the movie screen he acted as though he died and went to HEAVEN it was so cute. Every few stairs he'd stop, turn around and get so excited when he looked at the screen!

It was so CUTE!!!

Our 3 boys...

Alvin, Simone, Theodore... Jaden, Jack, Jensen.

JANUARY... the END, 2010:

Jensen got something sticky EVERYWHERE including his hair!

Check out that bald spot!

We had the pleasure of hanging out with my FAVORITE stand in MaMa and her Family for a FUN night of Poker!!!

Mama Sharee, Me & Gena

(That's Root Beer Mama Banks!)

As ALWAYS... Lot's of laughs and fun!

Look who WON!!!

You go Mama... By the way, those were most of my chips! LOL

The Kids always LOVE going to Grandma Sharee's but this time

was extra special because they got to bond with SAMMY the BIRD!!!

Jack looks scared BUT he loved this bird so much!

For a second I wanted to go out and buy him one!

Jensen TRIED hard to like Sammy

BUT... he was so scared!

Do you see what I see???

A modern day COOKIE MONSTER!!!

JANUARY... the END, 2010:

A LONG and CRAZY month has come to an end!

Christmas & Christmas Traditions

This year was a lot like every other year EXCEPT...last year. With my Mom being gone last year during Christmas we let a few traditions* slide. Christmas Eve service at church and jammies were just a few of them. Well, that's in the past so here is to this year and the many to come with ALL my Family together and HAPPY!

We started out with Christmas Eve gifts. Mom & Dad bought everyone new jammies (another tradition*). Ben and I invited a good Friend, Mark to spend Christmas eve, Christmas morning, and Christmas day with us. We took a few pictures around the tree, then we all jumped in our cars and headed to Grandpa Verlo Kendrick's grave to turn on the lights on his tree. (Tradition*, my Grandparents in Heaven are NEVER forgotten.) After Grandpa's we headed to church for the infamous Candle light service (Tradition*.)

Mark, Me, Benji

My BeAuTiFuL Parents

After church we head to Grandma Shirley's grave and turn her tree on (Tradition*.) This year Ben, Mark, Jensen and I didn't make it to Grandma's because we were on a time limit to pick up Jack in Draper.

We decided this year to have a sleep over at Grandma and Grandpa's. It was lot's of fun for Me and the Boy's but Daddy Ben had to leave about 10 because his allergies were so bad. I made him promise, swear on a stack of bibles, scouts honor etc. that he would be back by 5:30 am.

HE was!!!

This year I decided I didn't want Santa to get the credit for our hard earned money that bought the gifts SO... Santa didn't leave much and I LOVED IT!

Jaden's Santa Stash

Cheeser... Jaden was genuinely thankful this year! Yep, that's my Dad in the Scooby Doo PJ's!!!

Lil Jack's Santa Stash

Fake smile??? Na...

I think he just wanted to cut the pictures and start opening presents!Jensens Santa Stash Jensen on his new 4 wheeler you'd think was his FAVORITE, noper...

See the Woody doll in his hand???... that lame little thing was!!!

After the gift exchange everyone helps clean up then we play! While everyone is playing Mom and I (mostly Mom) prepare an awesome breakfast (Tradition*.) The day continues with visiting, munching, a drink or 2 (52 if your Ben...LOL) and almost always there is a Christmas nap fit in the day somewhere (Tradition*.)

Christmas this year was awesome as it is every year EXCEPT last year... again it just wasn't the same with Mom in California.

So AGAIN, I say...

I'm so thankful to have all my Family healthy, happy and most of all TOGETHER!!!

Lot's of Christmas posts below!

Yes you are an elf...

Today while getting ready for yet another day of Christmas shopping. I was listening to Jaden and Jack debate about Elf's.
This is how it went:

Jaden: Yes Jack, elf's can fly.
Jack: No they can't Jaden.
Jaden: Jack how do you know they can't fly then?
Jack: Because Jaden, you have big ears like an elf and you can't fly.

It was so sweet and so funny at the same time! I was very proud of my Jaden who just shook it off and laughed with us!