Bentley's Party

The party was fun. Jared got the swing set put together and even though it was a little cold and windy outside all the kids didn't seem to mind. The company and food was great and Bentley loved eating her cake. Thanks to everyone for helping celebrate this special year that we have had with Little "B". She has brought such a fun loving spark to our family and can't imagine our lives with out her. LOVE YOU BENTLEY. Happy Birthday.

Bentley's Birthday Day

We spent Bentley's Birthday at the hospital. We were just visiting family. Everyone is ok. I had recently purchased a set of 3 spring form cake pans and wanted to try them out. Let's just say the rainbow of M & M's helped disguise the many flaws of trying to layer the cakes. Not many people were that hungry so the nursing staff ended up with a late night snack.

Turkey Hunt Part 2

Arts and crafts portion of the day. Jamie brought some finger paints and the kids had a blast. We had some trouble with the wind blowing all the papers all over and the paint would get on the clothes, luckily they were washable.

We all went for a four wheeler ride to a stream where the kids could go fishing. There is this spot where they bring troubled teens I guess and they survive off the land. Bronx is in one of their teepees that they made. He thought that was pretty cool.

Sunday came and we said our goodbyes to Bronx's new found friends. It wasn't a successful hunting trip for Jared. At least they actually saw turkeys this year. Even with that set back we still had a fairly good time once the snow melted and the sun came out.

Turkey Hunt Part 1

This will count the second year that we have gone to Boulder, Utah for Turkey Hunting. Last year Jared and his buddies did not see a single turkey and I was one week away from delivering Bentley. Our fingers were crossed for better luck this year. This was what we woke up to the first morning of the Turkey Hunt, SNOW!! What were our chances. It was cold and the sun would come out and it seemed like it was going to be a good day, then the hail came. We spent the day in the trailer. Luckily we had movies and Jamie brought the kids some crafts and Bronx started to make himself a cool bracelet.

The second day turned out to be much better. The sun was out and Bronx got a chance to shoot his new bow that his dad bought him so he can scare the turkeys, just like his dad. Bronx doesn't shoot the turkeys he says he scares them.

Bentley had fun in the back of the trailer. Not many places she can be down on the ground without getting herself all muddy. She had fun with Camden.

We did spot a deer. The kids were able to pet it, ride it, and Bronx shot it with his bow but it lived. I was surprised that the deer ould let us get that close. It stayed in that same spot the whole camping trip.

Mother's Day 2010

I had Jared's family over at my house this year for Mother's Day. This is the first holiday that I had at my house so you can see from the pictures above that I didn't really allow myself time to take pictures. Bentley is wearing the dress that her Nana Manning gave her for Easter. It was a nice beautiful day.

Chuckie Cheese

On Bronx's birthday we took Bronx to Chuckie Cheese. Even though we had a party for him we wanted to acknowledge his actual birthday. Jared's family met us there to help celebrate.

Bentley cracks me up. She has soo many faces. She started sucking through a straw and because of this new discovery she didn't want to put the drink down. She was pretty good at tolerating all the rides and games. Although you could tell the night was getting to her by her facial expression in the picture above with Bronx. She seems really annoyed at something.

We could not get Bronx to sit down for a few minutes and eat. He just wanted to ride and play. He found this battleship game that he wanted to play over and over. He got pretty good at launching the missiles at those boats. Chuckie Cheese is fun but I don't mind waiting a few months before going again.

I can't believe how fast time flies by and there is nothing you can do to stop it. Bronx is becoming quite the grown up at such a young age. He already knows when to say "I do nofing." and telling me that is sister is crying because "she is just a boob." Other than those few moments he really is so polite and loving. It is such a joy to watch him grow and learn. I love you Bronx....

Bronx's Birthday Party

For Bronx's 3rd Birthday we went to Layton's Classic Fun Center. Bronx wanted to do the inflatables and he loves arcades so this was a perfect place for both. We rented the spongebob room which had ninetendos and bubbles. All the kids thought thats fun.

Bronx had fun playing on the pirate's cove. It is a really fun area made up of obstacles and slides. His aunt Lexi and cousin Kailie took him once and from there on out he was fine on his own. He spent a good hour in that cove area. We played arcades and a lot of people chose to skate. I remember back in the day when I had my 16th surprise birthday part at the Classic in West Jordan. Things haven't changed that much except they added a few things.

Bronx's favorite part of the day of course were the presents. He got a lot of clothes, which were really needed, and a lot of fun summer toys. Thank you everyone for coming. We really had a good time. Bronx loves seeing his cousins and friends.