The Morzelewski Family

Slip n' Slide!

2010-06-02T21:20:00.000-07:00

Today was a great day. We got to spend good, quality time with the fabulous weather. Kaden has been asking and asking for at least a month "Is it warm enough today to get out the slip-n-slide??" {my $6.00 purchase at Kohls}. After a very hectic trip with Morgan, Hadley and Preston to chic-fil-a, and an even more eventful trip to Costco.....we came home, went on a walk and Morgan suggested we pull out the slip-n-slide. What a great idea, Kaden could hardly wait! We had so much fun watching all the kids line up and make their way down the slide. I could spend all summer doing this, I think.

I love how Hadley inched her way down the slide each time, not quite having the guts to run and go for it.

The girls loved splashing in the water.

All the kids, lining up to take their turn.

Pay sure wore herself out! Ready to do it all again tomorrow.

He's Off!

2010-05-31T07:38:00.000-07:00

He's Going....

Going.....

Gone!

My little Kaden is growing up. Finally mastered the bike without training wheels! Didn't take much for him once he decided he wanted to do it. It's still a little tricky getting started, oh and stopping is pretty much crashing. But once he gets riding he is totally great! He was so thrilled, he of course had to call everyone immediately and let them know how "awesome" he was at bike riding. He loves to tell everyone around them how great his is at this and that, whether they care or not doesn't really matter to him.

He seems to be claiming his independence lately, he wants to go out and run around with all of the "boys" in the neighborhood. As a mom we want our children to have friends, but it is hard to realign our boundaries and "let go" a bit.

Miss Payton wants to claim her independence a lot sooner that I would like. Can't you just stay with mommy and love me and only me for awhile? I know your big brother is running around outside but lets just have some girl time once in awhile!

Monte L. Bean Museum

2010-05-30T21:39:00.000-07:00

Kaden had his last day of school on Thursday, it was also his field trip day. They went to and interesting place on the BYU campus called the Monte L. Bean Museum. It is basically an entire museum of animals {stuffed} on display. I think the highlight was definitely the live animals the kids got to see at the end. They got to touch an iguana, a snake, and a turtle. Payton also liked touching these animals, which surprised me being that a ladybug could bring her to tears if it got too close.

They ended their field trip with lunch outside on the grass. The kids were excited to see that the big turtle was also out on the lawn eating lunch right next to them. Kaden, Payton and I of course didn't end our field trip there......we had to make a stop at Krispy Kreme on our way home for a doughnut :-) Perfect end to our day!

The Aquarium

2010-05-30T15:13:00.000-07:00

Oh, the aquarium. It has provided us with hours and hours of entertainment this year, when the weather is too cold to play outside! Kaden's favorite things about the aquarium are:

1. Petting the sting rays. He loves this and has to touch at least one each time we go!

2. Driving the "boat". There is always a fight over this one.

3. The store on the way out. I let him buy a toy once so naturally he would assume we would get one every time, right?! {wrong}

I asked Payton the same question, "What is your very favorite thing to see at the Aquarium?" Her response was "Hadley". Of course, I shouldn't expect any different. For Payton, everything is fun when Hadley is around!

Hopefully we won't be seeing the Aquarium for a while, and will be spending all of our free time at the pool/zoo/park, any place that takes us in the sun!!

I did it Myself!

2010-05-30T15:00:00.000-07:00

Look Mom, I got dressed all by myself! Spongebob t-shirt, check. Kaden's pajama top, check. Green polka dot pj top, check. Oh, and don't forget the pink pants underneath the oversized spongebob t-shirt, check.

Preschool Program

2010-05-23T22:06:00.000-07:00

This weekend Kaden had his end of the year preschool program. They had a theme of "Nursery Rhymes", all of their songs were based on several different nursery rhymes they had learned. It was so fun to watch Kaden sing all of the songs (I had no idea he knew). He was one of the "3 Blind Mice" and was excited to play his part! Although he was a little shy up on the stage he did so good, we are so proud of him! So, first year of preschool down. Only 14 more years of school to go. Wow, well that just means I have many more years of fun programs and such to look forward to!!!

After the program was over all of the kids got their certificates, and their "alphabet journals" they have been working on all year.

Kaden and Payton with Grandpa Scott and Grandma Sherri!

Kaden and his preschool teacher Mrs. Daniels

Kaden loves going to school with his buddy Parker!!!

Payton loved seeing her Bubba up on the stage singing all of the songs. His is such a good big brother, we love you buddy!!! After the program we all headed over to Kneaders for some yummy breakfast. We had a great day. Now we can't wait for it to warm up enough to start off our summer at the pool!!!

T-ball's a bust!!!

2010-05-14T21:13:00.000-07:00

It seems like every day that Kaden has a t-ball game it seems to be either freezing or raining. Yesterday it happened to be raining. The 2 games prior were cancelled because of rain but lucky for us (not really) it started raining just as the game started so we played through it. The boys actually really enjoyed themselves. That's why I miss being a kid, you don't notice things like rain, or at least you don't see them as something to complain about. They all huddled up in a circle and played games....not sure what kind of games but they were sure having a good time! Despite the bad weather I have enjoyed watching Bubba play. I'm sure it will warm up just in time for their season to end :-)

Pirates Eat Breakfast

2010-04-27T15:07:00.000-07:00

Pirates eat oatmeal for breakfast...

They make messes too, of course.

Today's dress up of choice was the pirate patch. Why not? Payton is a funny girl. So different than Kaden was at her age. Maybe it's a girl thing? She makes me laugh every day with her funny personality, I just love ya Pay!

T Ball

2010-04-27T15:00:00.000-07:00

It's that time of year again, and I couldn't be more excited! Spring is here which means we get to spend more time outside doing thing we love....like T-Ball! Kaden is so excited to play this year, he is much more confident now and get's really excited about going to his games! I just hope the weather is good for the next few weeks so we can enjoy our time on the field! He has a fun team with lot's of fun friends, so Go Yankee's!

Parker and Kaden somehow ended up with the same number...cute though!

Payton is TWO

2010-03-02T09:31:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my little baby girl is two! I feel so lucky to have this little sweetheart in our family. Payton is such a fun and sweet little thing. Lindsay did such a good job of capturing her personality, I had to post some of the adorable pictures she took.....

Maybe I Will....

2010-01-29T15:09:00.000-08:00

Wow, the past few months have been crazy. I mean really really life changing you could say. So many things going on, and amidst it all I gave myself a bit of a break from blogging. I am just starting to think though, that I am missing the chance to keep track of all of the great things in my life....in spite of all the crazy things. There are a lot of great things that I have to be thankful for. I don't want to miss the chance to document them HERE on my blog. I am not much of a journal writer, and think I am pretty much an ex-scrapbooker for the moment (don't worry Kaden, got your first year done!) so my blog may be my only shot :-)
I am so thankful for a new year. It's a perfect time to start over, in a sense. Make goals, organize, get in shape, whatever yours may be. I think I'm doing all the above.

I'm FOUR!

2009-10-29T22:23:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my big boy is FOUR, crazy? He has been looking forward to this day since October 28th of last year when he turned 3 :-) We just love Kaden sooo much, he has so much personality. His favorite things to do right now are play the Wii, golf, play soccer, jump on the tramp, play games on any one's phone he can get ahold of, play in the snow (recent favorite), help mom cook (MUST push ALL buttons and crack ALL eggs)go to preschool, and LOVEs having a friend to play with almost always. He is a great sleeper, a pretty good eater, and still a teeny weeny bit shy if the situation is right. He loves going with his dad to any and all sporting events and is OBSESSED with BYU, much to James's dismay. We love him to pieces, can't believe your 4 either, buddy!

Breakfast in bed (mom and dad's bed)

Kaden's party was so much fun! I love seeing all the kids in their costumes! Kaden is Spiderman (the bad one) he says. I guess the black Spiderman is the bad one?????

We went to Fat Cat's on Wednesday in hopes of having some pizza and bowling....we got the pizza. No bowling, bummer.
Instead we went to the arcade and played some games. The kids loved it, of course!
Thanks for having a birthday buddy, and giving us an excuse to party for the week! We love YOU!

Tube time....

2009-10-29T22:13:00.000-07:00

Our little Payton has had soooo many ear infections since she has been born, we finally took her in on Tuesday to get tubes put in! Everything went really well, I took her in and changed her into her little hospital gown. There was a sweet girl working there that came in and brought a little doll for her to color on. She blew bubbles for Payton until the doctor came and snatched her away too fast for me to even say goodbye....yes I did choke back a small tear for my girl :-) I couldn't help it. The whole procedure only took about 15 minutes, then I had a grouchy, much more angry version of my daughter back in my arms. I guess kids have a hard time coming out of anesthesia, and for about 30 minutes she was throwing the biggest fit of her life. Next came the nap and after that, a happy girl! I hope the tubes will make a big difference in her health!

It Snowed!

2009-10-29T21:54:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday it snowed for the first time.....Kaden was super excited, could'nt stop talking about it.

So we had to put on these.....

Payton was lucky enough to get Kaden's hand-me-down coat, pants and boots.......

BUT, then it was too cold so we had to come inside for some hot chocolate.....

And Kaden thought he was pretty cute so we had better take 100 pictures of his face.

Piggies

2009-10-29T21:47:00.000-07:00

Is it too much to ask (or wish) that my 20 month old daughter might have enough hair to put into pigtails of some sort? Yes? Ok, well I love her regardless, and the other day I gave her her first go at some pigtails. Mind you each elastic holds about 5 strands of hair :-) Cute, right?

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs!

2009-10-21T14:46:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we took the kids to go see a movie, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs! Payton is FINALLY feeling better and was able to eat all the popcorn/candy/fruit snack she could stand to keep her entertained. I thought the movie was adorable, Kaden loved it too! Hadley and Payton were entertained by the movie for a moment then entertained each other running around the theater :-) And Preston was an angel, of course!!!

Thanks for inviting us Morgan and Hadley

(and thanks for the picture, I stole it off your blog!)

Hey MOM!

2009-10-18T22:21:00.000-07:00

"Check out these RAD moves" Kaden says.......

I think he called this one the "triple bogey"

Awesome rad moves buddy. My sweet brother Tay picked up this board at a garage sale (actually guilted the guy into giving it to him for free) and gave it to Kaden. Gotta love it!

Payton's got a mouthful...

2009-10-14T19:11:00.000-07:00

of what you may ask? Herpes. Yes, you heard me right. Full blown cold sores covering her lips, tongue, roof of her mouth and face. Without a doubt THE MOST awful thing you could ever wish upon a child. She can't eat a thing without screaming in pain, she can't sleep at night (bonus for me) and she is just plain unhappy, which is NOT like Payton.

Anyone for a kiss? Don't worry, it should clear up in a short week or 2.....

Until then, keep your distance!

Especially this guy, cause if he gets it I will cry myself to sleep.

update.

2009-10-08T20:40:00.000-07:00

Wow, where to start? I have definitely been absent from blogging, however we have still been doing things, experiencing things......good and bad the past several months, that I have neglected to recognize on this here blog. I do envy all of you out there with the impressive talent to update daily, weekly, even monthly at this point! But we are still here and have a lot to share still......

I couldn't say any more without recognizing the life of the amazing man that we have lost this past month. John was such a wonderful person, father, husband, grandfather. Also many other things to many many people as I have found out over the last couple week since his passing. He was an incredible mentor, coach and friend to hundreds. I want to thank all of those who have taken the time to share their memories and given their support to James.

Kaden and his Grandpa "Mustache"

I know that John had a special place in his heart for Payton, his first grand-daughter in a family of all boys and all grandsons.
I think back to my early memories of John, being terrified when he caught me late at night as Megan and I tried to climb the roof into James bedroom window......He and Nila driving all the way down to St. George while James was on his mission just to see me dance at my Rebelette Review.......him spending countless hours helping us re-build our first house in Holladay, then spending even more countless hours helping to finish our basement in our new home........Payton constantly tugging at his mustache and pulling of his glasses.......him taking Kaden outside and playing baseball for hours and hours, even his last hours he was thrilled to hear of Kaden at his first soccer game scoring his first goal. He loved his kids and grand kids so much. There are too many memories to count, and those we will always keep close to our heart and never forget.

Until we see you again Grandpa John, we love you more than words.

We had a happy reunion a few months ago.....it seems now like they have been home forever! Greg and Jordan finally returned from their missions and Kaden couldn't be happier! 2 new friend to jump on the tramp, play basketball/soccer/Wii/football/golf/boxing/who knows what else with!

Finally reunited with jojo, at last (he loves greg too but I'm pretty sure greg never looks at my blog so I can say jojo's the fav)

First day of pre-school! Such a handsome guy, growing up before my eyes!

We did some fun things this summer, those of which include several trips to the zoo (of course)

And speaking of growing up before my eyes, little Payton girl is doing just that.

My life would not be the same without this little sweetie, I adore her. She is getting so big and independent. She loves to talk, eat, play with her friends (most favorite being her big bro whom she adores) and loves to follow me around, put on my makeup, accessorize her outfits. Gotta love it.

Powell.....and the sand cougar (Go Cougars) says Kaden

Powell babes Drew and Pay were best buddies on this trip, sharing toys and kisses.

Breakfast time, and this girl insists on feeding herself with her spoon.

she also insist on having her shoes on at all times...here we are strait out of the crib, she cried for 10 minutes until I finally put on her shoes over her jammies.

Whatever makes them happy is always my motto.

Golfing in the backyard's always fun......in the summer anyways

And now we are into soccer, and Kaden love love loves it.

We had many other events, Heidi and Sam got married along with Dan and Amber! I should have pictures BUT for some reason I don't, so just picture it in your mind. They were beautiful, both of them.
So there you are, an update. And hopefully many more to follow!

Kaden

2009-06-03T22:23:00.000-07:00

About 4 years ago when I first found out that I was pregnant with a boy, I thought to myself....what in the world am I going to do with a boy??? Ok, that sounds bad but what I meant really was that I know nothing about these so-called sports that my wonderful husband loves so dearly, and that boys all love so much. And the rough stuff, wrestling, boxing, getting dirty (ok, I don't mind getting dirty but not so much the other stuff). It is all so foreign to me.....and I have to say now that although I still may not know that much about sports, I know that I love watching my son learn new things. I love that he wants to play every sport imaginable and was thrilled to get him started in his very first official sports league, I didn't want to miss a second of it! It is funny to see how girls and boys are so different....Kaden is constantly trying to get Hadley to play baseball with him and she just looks at him like, I don't have a clue why you want to play this....where's my princesses??!!
So for the past 4 months Kaden has been doing his latest Little Gym class called "mini-jacks". This is basically a class for {boys} to learn all about sports! Kaden has absolutely looooooved it!! They learned about hockey, golf, baseball, tennis, and a little bit of gymnastics. This was the first time Kaden has done a class with out me, and it was so fun to watch him make new friends and branch out to be a bit more independent. There was a time when he was so shy I couldn't pry his hands off my leg, so I am thrilled to know he will probably go to preschool without a fight :-)

Today was his LAST class of mini-jacks (sadly) and they put on a little show for the parents. Each of the boys had a chance to do all of the things they have learned for the past few months on their own. They did a short beam routine (quite funny) complete with brushes, leg kicks, turns and possibly even an arabesque :-). Next was a little bar routine (equally as humorous) and then they showed off all of the sports they learned. Running, catching a "grounder" and throwing it to first. Hitting the ball of the T, putting a ball then finishing off with shooting the hockey puck into the net. They all got a medal at the end and did a big "ta-da". So fun, I will miss it.

Hitting the ball....

Making his shot.....

His adorable class, 13 crazy boys

We also recently finished up with Kaden's first T-ball league!! This was also so much fun, Kaden got a chance to play with a couple of his buddies Parker and Nicholas and he loved it! The first game was the best, none of the kids knew what in the world was going on. Each grounder hit was followed by a 10-child pile up as each of the boys tried to get the ball first. There were kids tackling each other, eating dirt, and who knows what else was going on out there. It was so fun to go and watch Kaden, he was so intense yet couldn't focus on the coach long enough to watch the ball coming to him. Can't wait for soccer! Anyone know of a good league for 3-year old this summer/fall???

Group shot, don't mind that Kaden looks like he was crying and didn't want his picture taken......cause he was.

Winding up for the throw

Kaden's victory dance for making it to first (yes yes, they all make it to first)

After the experience from the first game the coaches got smart and had each child take a turn to catch the ball in the outfield. The other kids waited patiently......

Good Game, Good Game

I love this last picture because it shows Kaden's serious concentration in his effort to make it to home. His tongue sticking out, his arms pumping. Seriously funny

The day of the FINAL game (the one Kaden had been looking forward to all month because it is the one where he would get his trophy) the coach got "sick" and the game was "cancelled". At least that is what I had to tell Kaden because I mistakenly thought the game was at 6:30 when actually it was at 5:30 and I missed the whole stupid thing. I don't think I have ever felt so bad, I almost cried because I knew how excited Kaden was for his last game. Luckily the only thing Kaden really cared about was his trophy and once Parker brought it by all was good with the world. How much longer will my kids be that easy to please?

Catchin UP

2009-05-27T07:24:00.001-07:00

We have had a pretty busy month or two....no excuse for my lack of blogging but I figured I would play a little catch-up and post some pictures! My kids are getting so big, especially Payton. It seems that when they are so young a month can hold so many new things, walking (ok, not quite yet) talking (lots of this), new mannerisms, expressions, loves, hates, etc. I'm so thankful to be around to catch nearly all of these things every day :-) I love being a mom, although i do have the occasional fear that I may not be doing enough here, or there (doesn't everyone????) Which reminds me that I did not take any pictures from Mothers Day BUT I did have a great day, I think that was one of the many holidays/events that have passed without me sitting my butt down to document our family via the BLOG. We just took our first trip down to Lake Powell last weekend and I did not get a single picture. It was quite a memorable trip only because the non-stop rain forced us to wear garbage bag poncho's on the boat to keep us from getting soaked on our way back to the boat ramp. We did have a good time but missed the SUN. Hope to see him next time!!!

St.Patty's Day....yes it was over 2 months ago BUT I did take a picture

Easter was fun as always, spending time with our family.

Bubba loves his little sissy, as long as she is not screaming, hitting him, taking his toys, crawling down the stairs (mooooom!!!! Payton's crawling down the staaaaaairs!!!! followed by tears if I don't act quick enough). He's a good big brother, he looks out for Payton.

Parker, Hadley and Kaden at our neighborhood easter-egg hunt.

Kaden loved dying the easter eggs and painting {lovely} pictures all over them.

It was also my Dad's 50TH Birthday last month! We took him to dinner and had a little surprise party set up for him when we got back to their house. I would like to think he was super surprised, he said he was at least. We decorated the house with lovely pictures like these.....

Jordan Look-Alike????

Creepy Mustache Man, we love ya anyways dad!!!!!!

This was our group shot at Market Street

It was also my little brother Tay's birthday this weekend, turned 18! I didn't get any pictures of that, he skipped out early from his Spaghetti Factory birthday dinner to HANG out with his friends (lame) so we sang happy birthday to his empty chair (literally)

Oh, and last but not least.....some big announcements. Dan and Amber are (finally) engaged!!! Wow, that is big news ;-) They are going to be married on August 22nd!

And more great news, my little sister Heidi is also engaged to Sam Watts whom we love and are soooooooo excited!!! They are planning on getting married September 8th! Can't wait!!!

Lindsay Wright Photography Giveaway...

2009-04-08T21:31:00.000-07:00

For any of you out there who are in need of some FREE PHOTOGRAPHY, click here to see how you can win a free session with the beautiful and talented Lindsay Wright....but hurry, you have to enter to win before 10:00 p.m. Thursday, April 9th!

the QUADS are 21!

2009-03-15T21:12:00.000-07:00

So it was just a mere 21 years ago that my wonderful brothers and sisters were born....Happy Birthday Greg, Jordan, Heidi and Amy!

(if you ever read this...greg and jordan you are on missions, you have an excuse)

Most of those who know me know I have quadruplets for brothers and sisters! (not to be confused with quadriplegic, there has been a mix-up in the past) I think back 21 or so years ago having quadruplets wasn't so common, because nowadays people are having like 7 or 8 babies at a time octomom style.....but back then the quads were quite the story, even got a little news time ( Baby X 4 they were called) and a documentary video that was actually still seen in childhood development when I was in high school. Kind of funny....

This picture is so cute, from left to right there is Amy, Heidi, Jordan and Greg. I just have to give my parents serious props. I don't think you could fully appreciate what it would be like to have a 5 year old, a 2 year old and 4 babies (with Tay arriving a mere 2 years later) until you have kids of your own! Seriously, I don't know how in the world they did it! Day by day I guess? What else is there!

Well, we had a fun time celebrating their birthdays this weekend! Greg is currently serving a mission in Lima, Peru and Jordan is serving a sign language mission in Rochester, New York. We were sad they weren't here to celebrate, although we may have Jordans mission cell phone number and we may have called and left him a happy birthday message on his phone because he didn't answer....

We can't wait for them to be home June 17th!

She's 1!!!

2009-03-04T21:20:00.000-08:00

Well, the day has come and gone...and Payton is officially one! Can't believe it! We had a great time celebrating her birthday and are soooo thankful for all the wonderful people in Payton's life who helped make this such a special day for her.
Payton at 1 year is.....

-28.5 inches long (25%)
-21.1 pounds (50%)

-Has just a baby bit of brown hair, sadly much less than she was born with!

-8 teeth, 4 on top, 4 on bottom
-just learned how to crawl!
-has ZERO interest in walking
-pulls herself up to her knees, not quite to the feet yet!
-says dadda, momma, heidi, ouch, ohhhhh, hi, and nana (banana)
-loves to blow kisses (well, sometimes) and wave hi and bye
-eats EVERYTHING but hates drinking milk :-(
-loves to dance to music

-likes to hold the phone up to her ear and say "hi"
-copies what you do (dance, shake your head, cough or sneeze)
-she is almost always happy!

We love our little Payton soooo much!

We had a little birthday bash on Saturday to celebrate.....

Grandma Sherri and Grandpa Scott with their most favorite (and only) Granddaughter

Payton just sat in the middle of chaos as Kaden ripped open all of her presents for her

What? It's not my party?

Payton wasn't quite sure what to do with her cake so......

she needed a little persuasion

before she finally dug in. Yummmmm

Since Sunday was her actual birthday my mom made her another cake so we could celebrate 1 more time. You only have a first birthday once...right?

And off to bed after a looooong weekend! Love ya Payton!

And on a different note, hasn't the warm(er) weather been fabulous!!!! I have had serious Spring Fever, but I think I got my hopes up too soon because as I write this it may actually be snowing :-( Anyone want to move to St. George? I do!!!! I am sick of the snow! Kaden looooved being able to go outside and "shoot hoops" and play golf. I loved not having him in the house all day!

Love it.

Payton is {almost) One

2009-02-11T14:10:00.000-08:00

I have to say that I love having a girl. I can't deny it. I just can't get enough of Payton and her sweet sweet personality! She adds so much to our family and I just can't believe she is turning ONE! So, in honer of little Pay Pay and her first birthday I had the lovely and talented Lindsay Wright take some pictures of her and they turned out adorable! Check her out at lindsaywrightphotography.blogspot.com she does such a good job and is soooo good with kids (and adults too :-) ) She is wonderful!

Linds gave Payton this tulip and Payton just wanted to chew on the end of it the whole time, tulips are edible....right :-)

There are more I will post later when I get the CD from Linds!

Well...

2009-01-29T22:52:00.000-08:00

Ugh, I am sick of looking at my blog and reading about the Holidays, this and that so I must write a new post! I feel like Christmas was 5 months ago (although I still seem to be recovering). Kaden's room was about the messiest thing I had ever seen for about 3 weeks while I contemplated where in the world to put all of his junk, aka "toys". I would say to myself "I really need to clean up Kaden's room, no no no, I need more time to really organize." And I did this for 3 weeks straight. Needless to say, I did break down and clean it once it got to the point where I could no longer see the floor, and Kaden resorted to dragging all of his toys out into other areas of the house and told me it was because he had no space in his room to play...too messy. After cleaning out Payton's room I was thrilled to find a piece to our humidifier that had been missing since we moved in! And I am still working on cleaning out the office...which is what brings me to the computer at midnight blogging, I have become overwhelmed with the task! This year I am determined to be more organized, get caught up on my scrapbook, and perhaps even hit the gym more than once every 2 months. I am going to spend more quality time with my kids, and especially James! I love the feeling of starting fresh, the possibilites are endless!

Kaden just loves his little sis so much! The other day I was in the bathroom washing my hands and I could hear Kaden yell "It's gonna explode, hurry we have to get out!" following by giggling from Payton. I come out only to see Kaden dragging Payton along the hardwood floor by her arm, she was on her back. She thought it was the funniest thing. He just wanted to save her, you know from the exploding room???? I just thought it was sweet. Whenever he hears Payton wake up from her naps he immediately rushes into her room and climbs in the crib with her to make sure she isn't sad. She of course, thinks Kaden is the most wonderful thing and always reciprocates the love!!!

the HOLIDAYS!

2009-01-16T13:57:00.000-08:00

My blogging Style lately is........ Playing catch-up! I guess that could be my New Years resolution.....Do Not Procrastinate. Wait, that has been my New Year's Resolutions since I can remember! We did in fact celebrate Christmas and New Years, and yes I even took some pictures. It was a crazy time of year, as I am sure it was for all of you out there. I took on a big Christmas project (like I do almost every year, and almost always am up into the wee hours of the night trying to get it done) and organized all of the Morzelewski family pictures into several albums. That was pretty time-consuming but worth it, although if I did it again I would NOT have done it for Christmas! Too much going on. We spent our weeks shopping, wrapping, going going going to Christmas Parties, enjoying family and friends, Christmas, New Years! Now I am pretty glad to get back to normal life, but I do love the Holidays!

We had a little Christmas party for the "Big" kids during the week. It was really fun to see how grown up they are getting! Tons of chaos but I live off that! We decorated gingerbread houses, ate jell-o, went on a hunt for Santa's presents and exchanged gifts between the older kids. It was so fun to have Jenny in town from Omaha too!

All the cute kids: Lexi, Kaden, Rylee, Ava, Hadley, Josh, Anna, Bo, Payton and Slade!

Kaden with his half-smile and his long-lost buddy Rylee!

The Bell's were nice enough to invite us for a Christmas Party...no kids (we all need a break sometimes!) Payton lasted about an hour with the baby sitter before she had an extreme meltdown, but that hour was sure great for me :-)

Christmas was so great! It was funny to see what gifts Kaden got excited about, the only thing he asked Santa for was this Diego game for the Wii and when he got around to opening it he couldn't have cared less about it! Pretty much he would of been happy with his $9.00 play dough set and some candy. Payton just sat in the middle of the room and ate wrapping paper the whole time.

Kids by the Christmas Tree

Payton in her new Christmas sweater

Alex Kaden and Braxton cause serious trouble as always. Clark and Christine, if you read this I apologize again for the worlds most annoying toy given to your kids and purchased by James (who else!)

Merry Christmas Hun!

My Grandma Ruth (my mom's mom) passed away a year and a half ago and left my mom with her wedding ring. We were all so close with my Grandma and loved her so much, so my mom decided to take the diamonds from the ring and put them into matching rings for all of us girls so we would all have something special to remember my Grandma. It was so special and meant so much, especially because just a few days after Christmas this year my Grandpa also passed away and that was the ring he had given to my Grandma. We feel lucky to have been so close to both of them and know that they will always be a part of our lives! My Dad also suprised my mom by putting the large diamond into a BEAUTIFUL ring for her to wear.

Us girls and our rings

My parent also surprised Payton with her very own pair of earings that hold the same diamonds from my Grandma's ring. It was so sweet, I am praying that we will never loose them!!!! They have twist-on backs but we already had the back of one fall off and nearly lost the earing.

Ash and Fo

My cute brother Greg who is currently serving a mission in Peru sent home a package with gifts for all the family, included these cute hats for Kaden and Payton. He is so sweet! It was so good to talk to both of my brothers, we are so proud of all they are doing to serve the Lord and can't wait for them to be home in 5 months!!!!!!

Greg also sent my Dad and Tay these jackets, he even picked out shirts for my Mom, Heidi and Amy.

The Cowans invited us to their cabin a few days before the New Year and we had so much fun! Kaden Ava and Josh ran around and went crazy on the bunk beds while Payton, Anna and Slade entertained themselves and each other. Tate was a perfect angel, of course and didn't make a peep the whole time! We snowmobiled, went sledding ate and hung out!

The Boys! James, Kaden and Josh, Mark Lawrence with Slade and Devin (minus Tate)

And the girls! Rachel, Me, Jenny and Kaci.

Happy New Years! We celebrated up at our cabin and it was crazy....to say the least. Imagine 19 adults, 5 babies and 2 kids in 5 bedrooms. All kids up to celebrate the New Year. I actually don't think Payton went to bed until at least 1:00 am. We had a blast, I would do it again any day.

Payton, Reese and Slade.

Todd had to make a toast of course. I can't remember what he said, but I think we are hoping for the opposite. Happy New Year everyone. I hope 2009 is the best year thus far.....with many more great years to come!

technical difficulties....

2009-01-09T08:55:00.000-08:00

I promise I didn't mean for my background to look like this, but I can't figure out how to get rid of the Christmas stuff on the side! I am clearly not the smartest when it comes to blogging, does anyone know how to take it off? I went to edit HTML in the background, deleted everything and pasted a new one but it only partially changed it.......

For you Jenny....

2008-12-09T10:49:00.000-08:00

This is a picture of Jenny in her momma's womb :-) I found it last night going through a bunch of James old pictures and since jenny is hundreds of miles away I am posting it for her to see...James is the little one with the diaper, then Brad Osborne in the red and Mindy Osborne in the dress. Leslie is about 9 months pregnant with Jenny. How funny!

Charlotte, Payton and Santa!!!

2008-12-08T21:38:00.000-08:00

Well this past Thursday Mel had her BEAUTIFUL baby girl Charlotte Paula Archer and I couldn't resist posting a picture of the little sweetheart! I took a lot of cute pictures, but turns out I'm not the professional photographer I sometimes pretend to be ;-) ha ha, I am SO glad you hired a photographer to take her newborns Mel.....I am just so happy for Mel and Ryan they are going to have such a great Christmas with this little sweetie! Congratulations!!!!!

And can you believe it, Payton is 9 MOnths Old! She is just the happiest baby ever (well, as long as we are not at the movies, church, or anywhere else that it might be convenient to behave) She really is wonderful though, we love her so much!

Payton at 9 Months.....
-20.5 Pounds, 28.5 Inches
-Just barely started rolling a couple weeks ago so crawling is pretty much out of the question....
-Loves all solid foods, favorite is graham crackers
-Says "momma" "dadda" and "bubba"
-loves to eat paper, the remote, my phone, and small pieces of lint conveniently found in the carpet
-could stare at herself in the mirror all day, but her favorite is to stare at herself when dad is holding her!
-Has 6 chompers, the bottom 2 came in at 4 months and the top for popped through at 8 months
-Thinks Kaden is so funny!
-Is a pretty great sleeper, other than the occasional 6:00 am feeding but I'm not complaining
-still hates the bottle/loves momma
-doesn't have much hair to speak of but we're working on it!
-likes to copy anything you are doing with your mouth, especially if you are eating anything she MUST have it!
-loves to growl at you

Also, we took the kids to see Santa tonight...pictures turned out OK considering Payton was screaming about 15 seconds before this was taken. Kaden was so excited all day to see Santa and tell him that he wanted the Diego game for the Wii (anyone have it? I have been trying to find a good age-appropriate game we could get him for the Wii???) but of course as soon as we got to see him Kaden immediately froze, nothing to say, could barely even move. At least he didn't cry though. So, Seasons Greetings 2008! Thanks Kiddie Kandids for this $20.00 5x7, you are making a fortune!

Grateful

2008-12-02T21:36:00.000-08:00

It seems like I am always a few days (sometimes a few weeks) late on my posts these days. That being said, Happy Thanksgiving! We had a wonderful day that included dinner at the Morzelewskis (Clark and Christines). The kids played, fought, played, fought some more. We ate, it was great! We rested our stomaches for 30 minutes then headed to my parents house for round 2. That was equally as yummy, without quite as much room in my belly the second time around of course. It was just nice to spend the day with our family! Also, I couldn't pass up the chance to say how GRATEFUL I am for all the people in my life that I love love LOVE! I love my kids so much and just feel so blessed every day to see them learn, grown, love, laugh, cry, explore, the list goes on and on.......... They are my world! I am also so thankful for James, for being such a loving husband and dad, so unselfish and giving, I couldn't ask for a better partner in my life!!! I am so thankful for caring Grandparents, who love their grand kids with never-ending amounts of enthusiasm! I am also completely thankful for wonderful friends, whom I trust and love soooo much! The best things in life are people....good people! And for those people I am truly GRATEFUL

This was the one shot I got on Thanksgiving.....John and Nila with all the grandkids
Braxton, Payton, Kaden, Jameson, and Alex

BYU........UTAH!!!!

2008-12-02T21:11:00.000-08:00

The day after the big BYU/Utah game James got to sport his Utah tie to church so Kaden wanted to wear his football tie to match his Dad.....also please note that James does have a mustache in this picture. Gross, I know. I think he shaved it that way just to make me mad, and it wasn't until Kaden said he didn't like it that James finally shaved it off. Thank You Kaden!

Kaden doing the BYU/Utah Dance. He gets a little confused as to which team he should cheer for because he has been to so many games for both teams (James is mostly a Utah fan but his brother Josh is a strength coach for BYU so we kinda cheer for both) He deciphers between his favorite team by figuring out which mascot he likes best, Cosmo, Swoop, and for some reason he always talks about a horn-frog????? I don't know what team that is. I took pictures of Kaden dancing around before a Utah game, and a BYU game just cause I thought he looked cute :-)

Group Shot!

2008-12-02T21:03:00.000-08:00

As mentioned earlier, I had Lindsay take some pictures of the kids at Kaden's birthday party and I had to post them! Large kid group shots are the best, you have half of the kids screaming, a small few actually smiling at the camera and the rest just staring off into who knows where. I love all the kids in their costumes, it makes the shot even better! Thanks again LInds, you are THE BEST!

What a month!

2008-11-10T16:15:00.000-08:00

It has been quite a busy month, as October always seems to be. I am going to blame my lack of blogging on that, plus the fact that my cameras were not working like I wanted them to (I finally got my Nikon back from getting the dumb flash fixed, yeah!!!). Is that a good enough excuse? Hope so. I have made a small attempt to catch up, although I still need to post pictures from Kaden's birthday party! It was a blast so I won't forget! More pictures to come.....but until then here's an update!

Big THREE Year-Old!!!!!

2008-11-10T16:10:00.000-08:00

Kaden, when did you turn into a such a Big Boy? I can't believe it, and I am getting tears in my eyes as I type this because I loooooove you more than words can say! I don't know how we got so lucky to be your parents but I just want you to know that you are just about the sweetest, most handsome little boys in the whole world! Happy Birthday (belated, yes I know) but we did have one heck of a party on your birthday so you can't complain about that! You have been talking about your birthday for the past 6 months (yes, I know you REALLY wanted to be 3 just like Ava and Nicholas) and I must say that 3 years suits you well. Love ya Bubba!!!!

Happy Halloween!!!!!

2008-11-10T15:12:00.001-08:00

Wow! Halloween was just about my busiest week of the year, thus far. Complete with Halloween parties, Thriller, Kaden's Birthday, Halloween itself, followed by more partying!!!! I love October and all of the festivities and I have pictures to prove it! We got to break in the kids Halloween costumes at my parent's Ward Hallween Party! Payton loved her chick costume..... chick head and all, suprisingly enough. Kaden, of course loved his costume as well. He was a boxer and if you asked him what he was he would do the punching hand motions to prove it :-)

Kaden and Grandma Sherri and the bean-bag toss

Auntie Amy

Pumpkin Pancakes for breakfast on Halloween, no they did not taste like pumpkins. Food coloring and plain pancake mix is about as far as I went.

Later that day we went to James work party, which was completely crazy! They had some 20,000 people at the Omniture building because each department goes all-out on the decorations. James' department did a BYU-Utah theme and brought in real grass to complete the look. It was fun, completely over the top!!

We then headed to the Morzelewski's and got all the cousins together to show off their costumes:

Kaden, Payton, Alex, Jameson and Braxton

Payton was really this happy every single time I put her costume on her!

Trick or Treating around my parents cirlcle, I loooove Halloween!

Kaden using his awesome boxing skills on Foe

We ended the week with a fabulous Halloween Party at the Wrights! I managed to get a picture of almost everyone except James and I, bummer! We dressed up as "guitar heroes" maybe someone else got a picture? We had dinner, played games, the kids laughed AND cried cried cried, definitly a success. Thanks so much Brody and Lindsay for a fantastic end to a fantastic month!!!!!

Pirates Cove!

2008-11-10T14:57:00.000-08:00

This was the coolest place ever and Kaden has been talking about it since we left!! The Olsen's were kind enough to bring us and the Ferrans along for a wonderful weekend to Pirates Cove, just outside of Vegas. I wish I had taken some better pictures of the actual property ( I blame my dumb camera) but it is unreal!! Kaden had a blast going down the waterslides, swimming, eating ice cream, and playing basketball in the pool, the list goes on! It was such a fun trip, thanks soooo much Ben and Kira!

Like I said, my camera was not working so I am blaming it for my lame pictures! You get the point though....we dressed up one day in pirate gear after we finished our treasure hunt that Ben's mom Thoma Lee was nice enough to set up for us! It was a blast!

What a pair. These two are like brother and sister.....the loving and the fighting :-)

Family Pictures by Lindsay Wright Photography...

2008-10-15T10:08:00.000-07:00

Lindsay was so wonderful to take some fabulous family pictures for us a couple weeks ago! She did such an amazing job and was extremely patient with my little kiddos who were suprisingly on their best behavior that night! We got a good 2 hours out of Payton before she really lost it and Kaden was an angel. I was so happy with all the wonderful shots she was able to get, Lindsay is soooo talented, and as you can see we got a huge variety of pictures!!! So hard to decide, so I apologize for the incredibly long post! Check Lindsay out at lindsaywrightphotograhy.com

Thanks So Much Linds!!!!

Kaden

Payton

Family

I was bummed that the kids wouldn't really cooperate for this last picture! In every shot either Kaden or Payton were sad :-(

BYU Ball BOY

2008-10-10T08:15:00.001-07:00

Since Kaden's Uncle Josh works as a strength coach at BYU, he asked him if he would like to come to the Women's Soccer Game last night and be a ball boy! Of course Kaden was way excited about it, and I just prayed he wouldn't go into shy-mode which he often does when he is around unfamiliar people. To my suprise he did awesome, Josh took him onto the field to learn a few moves from the players and he was stoked to run out with one of the girls and throw his ball into the croud. He was the only little ball-person, all the rest were 12-year-old girl soccer players so he was pretty easy to spot as he ran onto the field. You can see him in the picture below running down toward the "Y", he wasn't moving fast enough so the girl finally picked him up and ran with him, it was so funny.

So here the crowd is yelling as all the "Ball-people" are supposed to throw their balls into the crowd. Everyone was trying to coax him to throw the ball out but he just stood there. Then when it was time for the national anthem he just ran in line with the others, ball still in hand. Kaden told us later that he didn't throw the ball because we were too high. Apparently he didn't want to throw it to some stranger, for fear he may never get his ball back :-)
After the national anthem the girls ran into their huddle to do their cheer and Kaden was the last little helper to make it off the field.
He was so excited that he got to keep his ball (since he didn't throw it) and he got a free t-shirt. It was so much fun!! We only made it through the first half of the game because it was freezing and poor Payton was so cold so we headed to the Brick Oven for pizza and BYU beat UNLV 1-0, way to go girls!!!
High fives for Cosmo

Pumpkin Patch!

2008-10-09T11:26:00.000-07:00

Last night we went this great pumpkin patch and got some great pumpkins! It was this huge field on 11800 south and 3600 west, just by the District. Not sure what the name of it was, but we got 5 pumpkins for a whopping 10 bucks! I think last year we spent about $50, so I was very impressed that we got such a deal :-) they had wheelbarrows that you used to get your pumpkins of choice, also a kids corn maze, and tractors (not for actually riding, just for sitting on). If you do decide to go out there, just make sure you get there before it gets dark because there aren't many lights and it is really hard to be sure your pumpkin isn't completely rotted or deformed. So I will thank Melissa for telling me about this place, Thanks!

Of course my camera is still broken, at least I am not able to see what the picture looks like while I am taking it (what did we ever do without digital cameras??!!) so that is why many of my pictures have people closing their eyes, etc...

September....is over

2008-10-06T08:30:00.001-07:00

Well September has come and gone, and I have been neglecting the blog. Mostly because both of my cameras are currently (hopefully temporarily) broken. But I did manage to get some pictures from last month....James and Kaden celebrating the start of the football season, camping, Lake Powell, etc....so if you were sick of seeing my last post, here you go!

Go Broncos!

Camping. Well actually just a campfire in the mountains, this is about as close as we get to camping :-)

Payton looooves her Grandma Sherri!

Kaden was cooking hotdogs with Fo while he showed him how to do the "rock on" sign with his hand. He loves doing that for some reason?

Lake Powell! It was so much fun! The weather was perfect, and the water was pure glass practically the entire time we were there! The kids did great too, it was a blast!

Kaden looooooved surfing! He started out by standing on the board behind the houseboat while someone held the board. By the end of the trip we finally convinced him to ride behind the boat on his tummy while Ty, then James rode with him. Of course once he finally did it my camera broke but we were so proud of him :-)

Payton and Hadley in their matching jammies. So cute!

And this is so pathetic but this is the only picture I got from the So YOu Think You Can Dance Concert!! The screen on my camera is blank so it will take a picture but I had no idea of what would actually be in the picture. I think this is Gev and Will? Not sure, but the concert was amazing!! We had a blast, I am so glad we went!!!

I Did It! Finally....

2008-09-22T09:14:00.000-07:00

For those of you who have been telling me time after time that I need to read the Twilight series (you know who you are) I finally did it!! It is sad to admit, but I haven't read a book other than lame parenting books (Babywise, How to solve your Child's Sleep Problems, What to expect when You're expecting, etc.......LAME!!!) since I have been married! I love reading but never give myself the time to do it. Since the movie is coming out soon I figured that was good enough incentive for me to get going and read it! Not to mention the fact that I felt totally clueless when everyone would start talking about Edward, Bella, Vampires....I had no clue. Almost everyone i know Looooved the book. My hairdresser told me she had a client who believed she was a vampire and tried to show her the various vampire traits she possessed; her incredible strength, how fast she could run.....she was 10, but still. Needless to say I also loved the book and can't wait to read the rest of them! I read it over the weekend and James was about ready to strangle me because I couldn't put it down!

It's TOUGH being a 2-year-old!

2008-09-09T13:45:00.000-07:00

This is how I found Kaden literally 30 seconds after he told me he wasn't tired....

Gardner Village, and the Alpine Slide!!

2008-09-07T09:37:00.000-07:00

Well, we had a pretty good week! I figure the warm weather is quickly coming to an end so we better fill our time with as many outdoor related activities as possible!!! I am really dreading the day that it is too cold to go out and play! Soooo, this week we headed to Gardner Village to walk around, feed the ducks and visit the little petting zoo......

Kaden, Lexi, and Ava loved riding the ponies. Hadley....not so much :-) It was her first time! and WARNING! If you go through the petting zoo with your stroller this goat will eat it! Seriously, this goat was licking, chewing, and attacking my stroller so better leave it out next time.

Group Shot! Kaden wasn't really cooperating, but with 7 kids you can't really expect too much

This weekend we all went up to Park City for a little outlet shopping, Alpine Slide AND Coaster, and our favorite place....BAJA Cantina! We had so much fun, and a group of about 25 for dinner (craziness, as always) Thanks everyone for a FUN night!!!!
I just love these 2! They are just the best of friends, I hope it lasts forever!

Riding up the chair-lift. P.S.....it was freezing!!!

Were ready! The slide was so fun, Kaden and Ava loved it! Kaden may have loved it a little too much, he was crying to go for another ride for the next hour.

One picture from this weekend that I wish I had taken was Friday night, Hadley wrestling with Kaden! It was so funny, she just wanted to tackle him down and he was trying his best to be soft.

So cute.

Happy Birthday James!!!!

2008-09-04T08:49:00.000-07:00

So as I was going through all of my pictures I took of james on his birthday, I realized....there was like 2. James would have killed me if I posted them. Did I take any of my kids on James' birthday? Yes. About 200. So I decided to post some oldies of James :-) What a sweetheart! James, I love you soooo much, you are the most wonderful husband I could ever ask for! You are so patient and understanding, such a hard worker... You are such a loving dad, your kids are so lucky to have you. Hope you had a great birthday! Love YA!!!!!

I almost forgot! James said the last thing he wanted for his birthday was for me to take back the previous comment I wrote on Paytons 6-month post when I said she was a mommy's girl. Ok, I must admit that she is pretty into her Dad. James is so good at making her laugh and smile. Any time I am taking her picture and need her to be happy I make James come and talk to her. She does love her Dad...of course!

2008-09-04T08:34:00.000-07:00

We made a little project for Dad that included paint, hands and feet. Payton only got to do feet cause you know what it would have been like trying to get her to cooperate with her hands!

Of course we had to make a birthday cake! More for something to do with the kids than anything. Kaden was into the batter, takes after his daddy!

So don't judge me by my cake.....Kaden helped me (at least that is my excuse)

We lit the candles and sang Happy Birthday.....

and Kaden opened all of James presents, cause every birthday is Kaden's Birthday.

And a rare shot of the headband on Paytons head.....

But that didn't last for long of course

Happy Birthday to my sweet, wonderful husband! I love him so

Six Months!

2008-09-02T21:38:00.000-07:00

Well, my little pumpkin is six months
old! I can't believe it, where has the time
gone, seriously! I have loved every minute
of this sweet little thing...really!!!

Whats going on at six months?
-Well, she is 19.5 pounds
-27 inches
-She still isn't rolling over but that is
actually a plus in my eyes (no rolling off the bed :-)
-She is getting close to sitting up, and just recently
discovered that she actually likes to stand.
-She looooves to hear herself talk, and lately growling
seems to be her sound of choice.
-She's a mommy's girl (sorry hun, I think you've got
Kaden's vote though)
-Still no hair, and to my great dismay she has discovered
her headband and wants to EAT it really bad.
-Plenty of chub rolls, enough to share even!
-Blue Eyes
-Loves to watch her brother do anything!
-No bottle, sadly. Is it too late????
-Loves the BUMBO seat and her bouncer!
-Likes to eat your FACE, or anything she
can grab for that matter.

Love Her!!!!

Ash and Fo's Wedding!

2008-08-24T20:54:00.000-07:00

Well the day has finally come and gone! Ashely and Forrest were married on Friday and the day couldn't have gone better! The ceremony was beautiful and the reception equally as amazing. I couldn't believe it all came together but it was fabulous! They had the reception the the Mackintosh's amazing backyard so there was plenty of room for everyone to stay! They also rented a photo booth, and I should have gotten a picture because it was such a cute idea! They come and set it up, the guests get to take as many pictures in it as they want and they print off 2 copies of the picture; 1 for you to take home and the other for the bride and groom to keep for their book. So cute. Congrats Ash, I love you sooooo much!

Kaden couldn't figure out why he couldn't get the doors open!

Kaden was so scared of Ashley in her wedding dress, it was like she was in a Halloween costume and he didn't recognize her or something!

All the cute kids! Kaden, Alli, Taya, Payton, Corbin and Mya

James was self-appointed taxi-driver for the night. I think he thought it would be fun until neighbors started asking for rides home :-)
So not the best picture of the tent, but I got a little side-tracked and soon it was dark and my flash wasn't working!!!! It was beautiful though. We hung about 200 of those chinese lantern balls from the ceiling, had a wonderful buffet of food and the flowers were fabulous!
They covered the tramp so no kids could enjoy it, sorry Kaden! It served as a gift drop-off :-)

Baby Scarlett

2008-08-20T08:39:00.001-07:00

I just took a quick trip to St. George to see the new addition to the Shaw family, little (and I mean little) baby Scarlett. She is so so so precious, just the teeniest thing with tons and tons of hair, lucky girl! She is adorable!!

Just to show you how small Scarlett is (or how big Payton is) here is a little comparison....

Scarlett is 6 days old and of course Kristi looks as good as ever!

Tif, Kristi and Me! Tif has about 4 more weeks to go before we meet her beautiful girlie! Krisit, thanks for letting me come and stay with you and invade your home, love ya girl!

Grandpa "Mustache"

2008-08-17T21:18:00.000-07:00

For some strange reason lately Kaden has been calling his Grandpa John, Grandpa Mustache. Why? Well for starters he has a mustache. That's pretty obvious, and you know kids, they come up with some pretty wierd ways to explain things, people, places, etc. He will say, "Mommy, are we going to Grandpa Scotts or Grandpa Mustache's?" "Did you know Grandpa Mustace hit me on the head with a baseball, but it was just an accident". Kind of Funny! We will see if that name sticks for good :-)

Ahhh, Sunday

2008-08-17T20:37:00.000-07:00

So I just love Sundays, especially during the Summer. They are pretty relaxing, sleep in, breakfast, movies, get ready and go to church, off the visit the families, then come home and relax some more! Love it. Today I decided to pull out the camera and literally took about 200 pictures just cause I was in the mood and I wanted to document a typical Sunday with my kids! So here it is....

I thought this was so cute, Kaden and Payton layin in the bed watching a movie this morning...

Bathtime!!!

Payton is growing up so fast! I can't believe she is almost 6 months old, where has the time gone? She is seriously the best baby, I feel sooooo lucky to be her mom!!!

Can you see her teeth? She popped out her two lower ones at 4 months and I am pretty sure the uppers on coming in soon! All I can say is we may have to say farewell to nursing sometime soon!

All dressed and ready for church....

The boys and baseball, this could keep them busy for HOURS

Wanna Taste????

Mmmmm..... Payton and Jameson are just discovering each other
Best Friends?
Not now that Payton tried to eat him :-(
What a day!

Babies Babies.....and more Babies!

2008-08-08T08:58:00.001-07:00

Last night we we so lucky to have the Bells bring over sweet baby Lola and the Sharps bring over their Triplets!!! Greyson, Beaux, and Saylor. So we had 4 adorable infants, 2 babies Reese and Payton, not to metion Hadley (you will always be our baby, Hads) and the much older and mature Kaden and Avery :-) Grand total of 9. We had a blast with all the kids, and couldn't pass up the photo op's. I was so mad that my camera was acting funny and I couln't get a clear picture! The ones of Hadley eating her lipgloss were way too blury!

Lola, Saylor, Greyson and Beaux

Payton and Reese
They were sooooo funny in their Bumbo seats, Reese tried so hard to grab Payton. They just entertained each other for a good part of the night!

All the girls and the Babes
Um, do you see what I mean about my camera??!!! I need some serious help! I couldn't get a good picture of these 3. Kaden any Avery were treating Hadley like she was their little baby, it was so funny!

And a few randoms....

2008-08-07T18:09:00.000-07:00

Go Bee's, Kaden got this at the game the other night, which was soooo much fun! I need to post the pictures!!!!

Boating with the Ferrans...Brooke, Me, Morgan and Heather! We had so much fun, although the weather was not cooperating! Actually neither was Payton. Maybe next time we will attempt to leave her home?????

And Payton's new toy!

First taste....

2008-08-07T18:03:00.000-07:00

..of food! I decided it is about time that Payton should eat something that doesn't necisarily have to include me. It wasn't the greatest try, as you can see all she did was spit it out but you have to start somewhere I guess. As most of you know my "breakthrough" with the bottle was totally a one-time thing :-( haven't gotten her to take it since!

Kaden was "helping" me feed her and showing her how to eat it

Work Party!

2008-08-07T17:56:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went to James' summer work party down at Thanksgiving Point. They rented out Electric Park and had tons of food, cotton candy, popcorn, churros, snow cones, you name it! Not to mention all the rides ect....it was a lot of fun!

Kaden was being a little timid so I had to ride the cow-train with him, wahooo!!!

The ferris wheel....has anyone been on this ride lately? It is scary! Of course I had to hide my secret fear from Kaden, you can't see from the picture but he cried for about the first half of the ride but we waited in line for like an hour to get on so I was determined to ride! We were literally the last ones to be let off and Kaden had to go potty, ahhhh!

Happy Birthday....to me!

2008-08-07T17:48:00.000-07:00

Last week my incredibly thoughtful husband planned a little suprise get together for my b-day! I was half-way suprised, James accused me of asking too many questions (in my defense I really had no idea) and told me a few hours before. Anyway I had a great time, thanks everyone for coming!!!!

Lake Powell!

2008-07-28T13:06:00.000-07:00

O man, do I love Lake Powell! We had such a fun time as always, great weather, water, etc. etc. etc. Thanks Cook Fam for another great trip!

The first thing Kaden wanted to do was Fish! He was so into, and even "caught" a few for himself :-)

We played a little Guitar Hero....
Happy Birthday to Ty, Fo, and Me!

Kaden and Paytons first nap together, ahhhh
Kaden and his lizard "Piggy"

Drews first ride on the tube, cant ya tell he looooved it?!
Ty attempted to take Kaden surfing with him but this is about as far as they got

4th of July!!!

2008-07-08T08:53:00.000-07:00

Fouth of July was a blast! We spent the day at the pool then went up to The Irvings cabin for a bbq. It is so beautiful up there! Later that night we headed to Midway for fireworks. It was so fun!

Kaden and Hadley are best of buddies

My little sparkler

Summer Lovin'

2008-07-08T08:51:00.001-07:00

I love the summer! So relaxing and fun to be able to so many different things outside. Kaden loves putting on his biking gear just to wear around the house :-)

Payton is getting soooo Big! She is now 4 Months Old and getting to be more fun every day! At her 4 month check-up she was 17.9 pounds ( 97+ %) and 25.5 inches (75 %) so she is still 3 pounds lighter than Kaden was at her age but she is definitly a chunky monkey. She is the best baby, so sweet and laid back. She is an awesome sleeper (12 hours most nights!) I just love her!!!!

We Love the ZOO!

2008-07-08T08:48:00.000-07:00

We just went to the Zoo with Melissa and Bracken and had a blast! It was soooo hot (ever had to push a double stroller with a 36 pound toddler and an 18 pound infant up the steepest hill ever?) I was sweating but it was still a blast. Kaden and Bracken cooled off in the drinking fountains and I drank my water bottle full of boiling hot water

Kaden, Bracken and a Llama

I was afraid Payton was going to roast but she did pretty good stayin cool
CAn you see the giant APE in the picture! The kids loved it

Adios to the Zoo, see ya next time!

Boatin

2008-07-08T08:46:00.000-07:00

Oh I just love boating, I wish we went more! This day we went with my family to Utah Lake, which is great since it is now only 15 minutes from my house!! Payton does awesome on the boat and Kaden does great too now that he is a little older. He likes to just watch people do their thing and occasionally holds the flag.

Tay was so cute with Payton, he got her laughing for the first time!

My dad out on the tube with Kaden, I was afraid I would never get him out again after I sunk him in the water boating with Todd and Morgan :-(

Grandma Sherri with the Kiddos

Ash and Forrest are getting married August 22nd, Yay! I am so excited!

Assume Position

2008-06-23T13:11:00.000-07:00

The other day I had taken the car seat out and it was sitting in my front entry way. I came out to find Kaden relaxing in the seat, arms above head. It is so funny but he always does this, mostly when he is tired and about ready to fall asleep. He has done this since I can remember so I thought I would post a few pics I had of him doing this :-)

Don't ya just want to kiss those juicy lips???

I also caught Payton napping with her arms up today so maybe it just runs in the family :-)

the driving range...

2008-06-18T13:59:00.000-07:00

We headed up to Mulligans for a little FHE the other night to hit some golf balls. Well, Kaden and James hit balls and I attempted to hit a ball.

Kaden insisted on wearing one of James golf gloves that was way too big for him, but you can't say no to a 2-year old :-)

Daddy helping Kaden with his swing

Hmmm, does Payton hate golf or just the camera???
Maybe both?
We couldn't leave without hitting in the sand trap!

Happy Fathers Day!

2008-06-18T13:52:00.000-07:00

Belated, but I couldn't let the week go by without telling all the wonderful men in my life how much I love and apprecitate them! Happy Fathers DAy!!!

James is the most wonderful Daddy to both Kaden and Payton! And I couldn't ask for a more loving, patient, hard working Husband! Love ya!!!

Grandpa Scott

Grandpa John

Breakthrough!!!

2008-06-11T22:06:00.000-07:00

I just had to document my nights success! You may think I am lame for being so excited, but I finally got Payton to take a bottle tonight! After an hour of her screaming with the bottle down her throat she finally gave in and drank the whole thing. I have had serious anxiety (as some of you know) about leaving her for more than a few hours because she is litterally attached to me, but I am now seeing light at the end of the tunnel :-) Kaden never took a bottle and it was AWFUL, so I am so thrilled to see that I may be able to break the cylcle. Yay!

I'm a BiG GirL!

2008-06-08T09:59:00.000-07:00

This weekend Payton took a trip to the mall with her buddies Hadley and Reese to get their ears pierced! I have been wanting to do it for a while so once Payton was three months old we went for it! I was a little nervous but it wasn't so bad. We had a super grouchy employee who hated us after Morgan and I quizzed her on her experience and qualifications but she did a good job, at least no unwanted holes in unwanted places.....

Before....

During....

AFTER!!!!

She was feeling a little emotional and started crying when the girl dotted her ears with the marker, so you can imaging how sad she was when they put the earings in! It broke my heart but she only cried for a few minutes, then pouted for a few more.

Hadley was happy once she got her sucker

Reese did wonderful! She cried for about a minute then was back to her happy-baby self!

FINaLLY an UPDaTE

2008-06-04T22:26:00.001-07:00

Here are some new pics! I know I am a slacker but come on, I just had baby number 2 and am still trying to find that balance between being a mom and doing things that I enjoy....like blogging! So here I am at 11:30 at night, six posts later. I still have pictures of Paytons blessing and some other random ones but those will have to come later. Hope you enjoy!

Congrats Meg!

2008-06-04T22:16:00.000-07:00

Well, after being in St. George all weekend I decided to take yet another trip down Saturday to go to Megans wedding. I dragged Melissa with me and we had a great time! Megans wedding was beautiful, she looked beautiful and it was soooo great to see her!

Okay, you may think Melissa and I are are pretty lame but we reminisced on old times, visited our old apartment at Raintree (ghetto) where we met and became the best of friends!

This ones for you Shanda and Stacie!

C 6 at the Wedge.....what more can I say! This one is for James and Russ :)

Farewell Egberts!!!

2008-06-04T22:11:00.000-07:00

I just had to say Bye to the Egbert family who have up and moved to Omaha, Nebraska! How Rude! Well I guess they do have a good reason being that Jon is going to dental school but I have a feeling they will be back soon (snakes, tornados, weird bugs.....). They won't be back to Utah for about six years and Jenny I am going to miss you!!!!! Itried to dig up an embarassing picture of Jenny to post but that will have to come later! So much to do, so little time!

MotHErS DaY!!!

2008-06-04T21:59:00.000-07:00

Mothers Day this year was so wonderful! James made it so special for me, Thanks Hun! He totally suprised me with a new camera and I love it! He and Kaden made me breakfast in bed, it was so sweet. I just want James, Kaden and Payton to know how much I love them!!!

Payton with Grandpa John and Grandma Nila

The boys entertained themselves by climing in the window well. Boys......

Alex

Braxton

Our newest addition to the Morzelewski Family, Jameson Cole!

I Love this Dress...

2008-06-04T21:55:00.000-07:00

and she is already growing out of it! Lindsay gave me this adorable dress for Payton. I went to put it on her for the first time the other day and she is just about grown out of it already!! I was so sad, she is growing up way too fast!

St. George....again

2008-06-04T21:46:00.000-07:00

Over Memorial Day weekend we headed down to St. George for a little vacation. For those of you who were down there you know it wasn't quite the greatest weather but we were still able to sneak in a little time at the pool....or hot tub I guess

I love how Hadley had two binkies with her at all times the entire trip, she is such a cutie!!!

Kaden is pretty heavy if you can't already tell from the look on James face :-)

James, Todd and Zac with the kiddies

Bye-Bye Super Beasts!!!

2008-06-04T21:37:00.000-07:00

Kaden had his last Little Gym class today ("Super-Beasts" is the name of his age group for those of you who thought that was kinda weird ). I have loved pretty much every minute of this class! His teacher Miss Kim was so awesome with the kids. Especially Kaden who has a really hard time having anyone help him other than his family or people he knows really well. They learn all kinds of skills in the gym, sings songs, learn to take turns, all kinds of things. It wasn't quite the same with Rylee gone :-( but I am so glad we took the class! I would recommend it to anyone!

I Need to CatCH UP!

2008-05-18T22:17:00.000-07:00

On my blogging! We have had a lot of things going on that I want to post about but I have been bloggin lazy!!!! Payton was blessed a couple of weeks ago and it was wonderful! She is getting so big, we had her 2 month appt. and she was 14.5 pounds! Not quite as big as Kaden (he was 16.8 pounds at 2 months) but she is sure getting there :-) Mothers day was so great, James bought me a new camera that I am super excited to use! And a lot of other things, you know how it is when you have a blog. Everything is like; Oh! I want to blog about that! And then at least for me, I nag myself constantly until I get it done. Anyways I am rambling but more posts/pictures to come tomorrow!

Best Friends!

2008-04-25T00:02:00.000-07:00

We got together tonight to watch the Jazz Game and Kaden and Ava had their matching D-Will Jersies on. They have such a funny bond, I love watching the two of them play

New Best Friends, Reese and Payton just trying to figure each other out :-)

Ya, that's me with all the drool down my shoulder

St. George!!!

2008-04-24T23:58:00.000-07:00

Wow, I have been craving the sun for soooo long so it was wonderful to head down to St. George with the Bell's and the Olsen's for a little weekend getaway. The guys in our neighborhood had a golf tournament Friday and Saturday so Kira, Lacey and I just hung out at the pool with the kids! The weather was absolutely perfect! I wish I lived down there I love St. George so much! Plus it gave me and Kira an excuse to play dress up with our girls and get them in their swim suits :-)

Payton was an angel at the pool, she just relaxed and slept the entire time

Kaden had so much fun playing golf and swimming, although it was sooooo packed at the pool I think he was a little overwhelmed by the hundreds of kids everywhere. He needed a buddy! Mom isn't that fun at the pool I guess.

Kira, Lacey and me! No trip to St. George would be complete without a trip the the Pizza Factory ( much to James' dismay)

Back at home and reunited with his buddy Mokie, getting some long overdue lovin'

Good Luck Heidi!

2008-04-24T23:50:00.000-07:00

My cute little sis Heidi just left to Ecuador to a humanitarian project for a few months. She will be working with little kids in several different orphanages and all different ages. What a neat thing! She is such a kind, compassionate person I know the kids will looooove her to death. Love ya Heidi, we will miss you!

CAtchinG UP

2008-04-24T23:46:00.000-07:00

Kaden had so much fun at Ava's 3rd birthday party! Rylee was spinning him and Ava around on the chair and that was a Blast!

Kaden is obsessed with golfing every time he goes over to my parents house. This day he ran out without asking, and without clothes obviously.....you can't tell from the picture but it was freezing outside that day! Kids are pretty oblivious to the weather I think.

Hmmmm, not quite right

That's a better fit!

Happy Birthday Dad!

2008-04-24T23:38:00.000-07:00

My Dad just celebrated his 49th birthday, and as usual we headed to the Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner. I was just wondering if anyone else's family is also obsessed with this restaurant It has been a staple with the Cook's for as long as I can remember and I just want to know if anyone else craves it like me??? For the last birthday which happened to be the Quad's, we did something a little out of the ordinary and went to Flemings, which for anyone who has never been there is a really nice and pricey I might add, steakhouse at the Gateway. Well it was fun and great but I think everyone was secretly wishing they were at the Spaghetti Factory. Maybe it is just the carb lovin', spumoni eatin' family we are! Oh well, it is cheap and everyone leaves happy.

Heidi and Payton

Kaden had to have some candles in his ice cream too, so he could blow them out like Grandpa

Happy Birthday Dad, your the best!!!!!!

Husband Tag!

2008-04-13T09:32:00.000-07:00

Ok, got this tag from Lindsay so here I go!

1. What is your husband's name? James Morzelewski

2. Who eats more? Sadly, most of the time it is me. I eat a lot faster so I usually end up scarfing more than my hubby.

3. Who said I love you first? James! We were Juniors in High School, in Colin Kents backyard on his tramp. James was writing things on my back with his hand and he wrote "I love you". So sweet, those were the days!

4. Who is taller? James is, well except when I am wearing really tall shoes!

5. Who is smarter? Hmmmm, not quite sure I guess it just depends on what you need to know!

6. Who is more sensitive? ME! Maybe a little too sensitive sometimes James might say...

7. Who does the laundry? I do. It is actually the one chore that I enjoy doing, even though these days it seems like the laundry never ends!

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? James has always slept on the right side, who knows how that came about? I get the nightstand for the moniter, my water, phone, lamp, etc etc etc....

9. Who pays the bills? James does! I am pretty oblivious to our bank account but he told me I am going to have to start paying some...Rude!

10. Who cooks more? I am definitly the cook but James always mans the BBQ because I am afraid that it is going to blow me up :-0

11. What meals do you cook together? Good question! Um I guess the only time we really cook to gether is when we BBQ. Usually He cooks breakfast on Sunday when I am too lazy to get out of bed!

12. Who is more stubborn? ME!!!!! without a question! I think this drives James crazy but I take after my Dad!

13. Who is the first to admit it when they are wrong? James! This goes along with the whole stubborn thing I think. James is so great at talking things out and not holding on to grudges or fights!

14. Who is more clean? We are about the same I think. These days I feel like I am a total disaster though, Lacey what was that cleaning ladies number again??? :-)

15. Who has more siblings? Me! I have 3 younger brothers and 3 younger sisters and James has 3 Older brothers.

16. Who wears the pants in the relationship? I think we are pretty equal

17. What do you like to do together? We love going out to eat, watch our lame reality TV shows (the Hills, Laguna Beach, you get the picture) going to St. George, And mostly spend time with our two sweet little kiddos!!!!

18. Who eats more sweets? Me! The Cook family is notorious for our terrible sweet addiction, I get it from my Mom!

19. Guilty pleasures? James' are Coke!!!!, smartees suckers, The First 48, Sports ( I don't think he feels guilty about it though), Naps (which are very hard to come by these days) having internet on his phone and these days Rock Band!!! Mine are: Blogging, buying clothes for my kids, The Office (just started back up again, YAY!!!) and carbs ( I just can't narrow it down there are too many to list)

20. How did you meet? I was 15 and a Sophomore in High School. It was my second day in Sister Morgans Seminary class and James transfered in! I thought he was so cute :-) She introduced him as Moses (his nickname is Mo) and I thought that was his actual name. We spent the rest of the trimester staring at each other from across the room (I was shy). I think the first time we talked was when he called me at my house to hang out (these were the days before cell phones) and we held hands for the first time on Halloween.....the rest is history!

21. Who asked who out first? On a date? Well James asked me to Christmas dance our Sophomore year. I was only 15 and of course wasn't allowed to go to dances until I was 16. He came to our house, dropped off his stuff on my front porch and ran. My dad was pretty clueless and didn't know what was going on, thought someone was trying to vandalize our house so he got in his car and chased James down! I could have died of embarassment! To make matters worse my Dad called James the next morning before school to appologize. I thought my life was over, needless to say I went to the dance. I guess it wasn't quite as bad as the time my Dad announced my sisters first kiss over the pulpit is sacrament meeting! My sweet Dad, he really means well!!!

22. Who kissed who first? James kissed me! Sophomore year, we are cruising in the Escort, Lisa Loebs "I Do" playing in the background. We pull up to my house, akward pause. I go to unbuckle my seat belt as he leans in for the kill, I don't know what to do (it was my first kiss) I quickly peck his teeth and jump out of the car. I was so embarassed, I think I told him thank you before I ran into my house.

23. Who proposed? James! I knew it was coming cause we had already picked out the ring and everything but we went on a hike up Bell Canyon. We hiked to the very top and were almost all the way down. We crossed over the bridge and he stopped to give me a hug. I thought the bridge was shaking but it was him :-) He got down on his knee and pulled out the ring! It was sooo sweet!

24. What is his best feature? The thing that attracted me to him from the first time I saw him was his smile! Sounds cheesy but is so true!

25. What is his best quality? James has so many great qualities! He always tries to make me laugh, he is so goofy and doesn't care what people think, he is very outgoing and can talk to anyone! Is is very sweet and always hleps out around the house, he is such a hard worker and so motivated to provide for our family, and best of all his is an awesome husband and an amazing Dad!!! He loves his kids so much and would do anything in the world for our family! Love you Hun!!!

Now I tag: Shanda, Rachel, Jenny, Mel Faye, Kristi and anyone who hasn't already done it!!!!!!!!

Early Puberty?

2008-04-10T22:21:00.000-07:00

Today I was over at my parents house and, as usual Kaden disapeared. I searched only to find him standing in my parents shower pretending to shave his face. I looked closer to see that he had taken the actual razor and tried to shave, like Daddy I am assuming. He had a huge scrape across his cheek, I felt so bad! We got a bandaid and made it all better, but I just have to laugh that he really watches James and wants to copy everything that he does! I guess it is cute until they get hurt, maybe I just need to watch him better ?!!

Poor guy

Here is Payton, she is growing up soooo fast. As her cheeks get chubbier she reminds me more and more of Kaden as a baby. She is so good, sleeping pretty great and that is great for me!

BOwLinG!!!!

2008-03-31T22:06:00.000-07:00

What a night! I didn't realize how crazy it would be, but we had so much FUN! The night got off to a rough start when we got to Fat Cats and I realized I forgot to bring shoes for myself. Yes, I went to dinner barefoot. I am brainless these days, but at least we were just going bowling. I only lost Kaden 1 time (thanks nice Fat Cats employee for returning my son to me before I had a breakdown). Kaden loooooooooves bowling, tries to talk me into going to the bowling alley nearly every day so I thought it would be fun! And it was!

Heres my boy, he insists on throwing the ball himself. After a running start he just lets it crash onto the lane. Luckily they had 5 pound balls so he wasn't quite so dangerous.

Ava is such a sweetheart!!! It was her first time bowling and she didn't know what to think. One hour and 3 frames later she sort of lost interest but can you blame her?

Lexi was cracking me up, she was soooo obsessed with the balls and running all over the lanes. I loved it!

Hadley wasn't quite big enough to bowl the ball so she just tried to knock the pins over herself :-) Morgan got a workout chasing that girl up and down the lanes all night!!!

The "Big" kids Hadley, Kaden, Ava and Lexi

My two handsome boys!
The Little Kids, Slade Presley and Payton
Payton loved bowling sooooo much, can't you tell?
Kaden's a pro, look a that form!
Finally awake for the first time in a week! This girl sleeps more than any baby I know!

Easter Weekend...

2008-03-30T09:29:00.000-07:00

A week late, but here are the pictures! We had a really good Easter weekend this year, Kaden was so excited about the eggs (he has a weird obsession with eggs, he always wants to crack them) and for the Easter Bunny to come! Saturday morning we took them down to Thanksgiving Point for the Easter Egg Hunt. They had activities for kids and a big easter egg hunt for all the different age groups. We got there at 9:00 am and it was FREEZING! We quickly did a few activities with Kaden, and as soon as the egg hunt was over we were out of there!

Kaden got a race car painted on his face

James had to leave early to get to work so Todd took Kaden on the Easter Egg hunt! There were about a million kids out there, they were lucky to get a bunch of eggs! Todd said that Kaden only wanted to get the pink eggs, hmmm.....

Had to get some hot chocolate to warm up before we froze!!!

We had a neighborhood party that afternoon at the park. Kaden still couldn't figure out that you are supposed to find the eggs and put them in your basket, I had to follow him around, point the eggs out and tell him what to do with it. I guess this whole easter thing is a little new to him....

Dying Eggs..

The Easter Bunny brought Kaden some big boy underwear. I think it is about that time, Ahhhhh!
Easter Sunday, my two kiddos! Payton looked so cute in her Easter dresss that Kaden couldn't resist giving his little sis a kiss!

My new Golf Club!

2008-03-17T20:44:00.000-07:00

Today was a great day for Kaden because he got to go pick up his new golf club that Grandpa Scott had ordered for him! My dad is so sweet, he took Kaden to the golf store the other day while we were having a shower for my cousin Jenn. Kaden for some reason golfs left handed so my dad ordered him in a lefty golf club that was just his size. Lately he has had an intense obsession with golfing.... aside from his obsession with basketball, bowling and pretend football. Every time we are at my parents he heads straight outside to hit the golfballs with clubs that are twice his size, so at least now he can head straight outside with a club that actually fits him! It is funny how boys are naturally so drawn to sports! I love it, I just can't wait until it is warm enough for Kaden to swing that club somewhere other than my hardwood floor, I can't count how many times a day I am yelling "only on the carpet!!!" Thanks Dad!!!

Welcome Home Drew!!!

2008-03-16T08:47:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to do an update on a post that I wrote a few months ago on my cousin Jenn, her husband Eric and their little baby Drew. This week sweet little Drew was able to come home from the hospital! I know a lot of people have been following their story and it is a truly amazing one. Little Drew was unexpectedly born at 24 weeks weighing one pound four ounces. No matter what challenge was put in front of them Jenn and Eric were true examples of faith, patience, hope, determination, the list goes on and on! They have spent every day of the last four months traveling to the hospital to be with their little guy. They tell the story of their journey much better than I could ever tell it on their own family blog, but I really just wanted to express my excitement and love for the Towner Family and to say Welcome Home Drew!!!!

Family Pictures

2008-03-14T15:59:00.000-07:00

This week we had our family pictures taken! The morning was a bit chaotic being that we had to have the pictures taken before James went to work, that meant a really early wake up for Kaden. He was very grouchy and uncooperative, we had to bribe him with everything imaginable to mankind (fruit snacks, cookies, chocolate milk, chocolate cookies, going to the golf store, watching TV etc. etc. etc........... the list goes on) Not a smart idea, however despite my toddlers bad mood she was able to get some really sweet pictures! She does such a wonderful job, you can check her out at www.fausetphotography.com Here are some of my favorites:

One Week!

2008-03-11T21:22:00.000-07:00

This week has really flown by! It makes me realize how quickly time flew by with Kaden, how quickly they grown. I love being a mother of two! It is amazing to have a new baby in our family, and a totally new experience to have a girl. I absolutly LOVE it! Kaden love his new little sis BUT, as some of you with multiple kids may have already experienced, has been screaming (literally screaming) for attention. He is super grouchy and I honestly can't blame him. I have been slightly out of commision because of my c-section and haven't been able to give him the attention I would like to of. But tomorrow's a new day! I just had to post some pictures of Payton in her first week home. She is such a good baby, other than the fact that she will not eat for more that 30 seconds at a time, but we will work on that.....

Aunt Ash gave Payton her first manicure... don't want to scratch up that pretty face!

Kaden my love bug wrestling with Mokie (who has also been suffering from attention withdrawls)

Our New Arrival!!!

2008-03-05T20:45:00.001-08:00

Our Sweet little Payton Morzelewski has made her appearance!!!

She was born on March 1st weighing 7 pounds and 20.5 inches long!

We are finally home to post some pics, what a relief :-)

We were a bit suprised that she came into the world so early, being that my actual due date wasn't until around the 24th of March. I was scheduled to have a c-section on the 13th, but I guess Payton had her own plans :) We were out to dinner celebrating Morgans birthday when I started having contractions. We stopped by the hospital on our way home to make sure that everything was okay, but once I got there my contractions were so close together that they decided to keep me there! I was in complete shock; as most people know I had fully planned my schedule up until the day of my scheduled c-section! I was so positive I wouldn't go into labor before then! We checked in to the hospital around 8:30 p.m. and by 11:52 p.m. we had our sweet little girl! We couldn't be more thrilled!

Kaden was asleep when we got to the hospital and was knocked out cold throughout most of the night. Too much excitement I guess

James got to wear this sweet outfit into the operating room, when did they do away with the scrubs?

Payton had to spend the first 22 hours in the NICU so I was soooo anxious to have her all to myself!

Kaden love his little sis! All he has talked about for the past couple of months has been giving her a binky, rocking her, giving her kisses. He is so sweet.

Jenny and I together in the hospital! Bo was born only 3 days after Payton, so I made my way down to Jenny's delivery room to cheer her on...

Jenny was only 4 rooms down from me, so we got to spend a day in the hospital together before I went home! Di was also there to deliver Reese the same day as me, she was only a couple rooms away too! I guess it was a popular time for babies!

Payton and Bo

Finally going home! 5 days in the hospital is plenty for me!

Mmmmmm, Apples

2008-02-12T15:07:00.001-08:00

My living room is a bit of a disaster area right now! We sold our couches and they came and picked them up last week, but our new couches are yet to arrive! I took advantage of the open space and let Kaden set up his tent/tunnel set to play in. He then pulled out all the toys to toss into the tunnels. What a mess....well I let him have some apples with caramel dip yesterday while I was getting ready. When I came out a couple minutes later I couldn't find him, but then spotted one of the tunnels standing upright. I peeked in and found this! He was being sneaky because he knows he isn't supposed to eat anywhere other than the kitchen. Little stinker...

Kaden, the Artist

2008-01-26T12:12:00.000-08:00

So last night I went and picked up some pink paint to test out a color for the nursery. As I was brushing the color on the wall Kaden was obviously interested and wanted to help out, so I made the mistake of letting him take the brush and painting a little bit on the wall.....and leaving the paint (the lid closed of course) on the floor in the bedroom. This morning James walked in to find that Kaden had pried the paint bucket open and proceeded to paint all over the walls and doors in the nursery, down the hall, the bathroom and his bedroom. Not to mention a huge portion of the CARPET, the brand new WHITE rug I just bought for the nursery, the shelf, several of his toys, our dog Mokie and himself. I felt bad getting mad at him, it really was my own fault for leaving the paint out, and plus he was so proud of himself! Needless to say, we were able to get the paint off the walls, though most of the toys went in the garbage. I was lucky to find a carpet cleaner that was nice enough to come out within 25 minutes of my desperate phone call. I'm sure I am yet to find many marks of this artistic adventure, but for now....disaster averted

Poor Mokie.... you can't see it from the picture but he has paint all over his back

This wall actually got the least of it but I didn't pull my camera out until most of the paint was cleaned up

Yuck
Thanks Kelly's Deep Clean!

Farewell 2007....

2008-01-06T09:29:00.001-08:00

Each of these pictures is a memory that I will always remember!

-Kaden so cute in his high chair and bib

-The "swimming lessons" that Kaden took with Ava, Rylee and Lexi

-Kaden falling asleep with a Diet Coke in his hand (aren't I the best mother?)

-Building our first home

-Going to the Jazz games with Kaden, plus his obsession with the Jazz Bear

-Lake Powell! Too many fun times to count!

-Our Carribean Cruise with our wonderful friends!

-Bobsledding in Park City with my family just before the boys left

-My 2 wonderful brothers getting their mission calls and leaving us for 2 years!!!!

-Les Mis with my mom and sisters

-Losing my Grandma who I LOVE so much!!!!

-The fourth of July

-Our trips to the Zoo

-Kaden's first time on a horse

-Taking Kaden on the tube for the first time

-Visiting the Pumpkin Patch and letting Kaden pick out his pumpkin

-Finding out we are having a GIRL!!!!

-Cancun with my Family

-Kaden's Superman costume, Halloween and his 2nd Birthday party

-Riding the "Polar Express"

-Keeping Kaden up til midnight on New Year's Eve to have him wake up four hours later ready for the day!

Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year! 2007 has been a great year for our family, with a lot of changes. We have spent many wonderful times with our family and friends. We moved into our new home, Kaden turned 2, my 2 brothers left on their missions, we found out we are expecting a baby girl in March, and countless other great memories and adventures! I am so thankful for my family, I want James and Kaden to know how much I love them!!!!! We are so excited to see what 2008 will bring!

New Year's Eve at the Wright's

Pregnant Girls! I know you can barely tell Kira is pregnant but she is due in like 5 weeks! Not fair.....

Kaden and Ava shared their New Year's kiss :)

Merry Christmas!

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We had such a great time this Christmas with our Big 2 year old who was finally old enough to appreciate opening presents and get excited about Santa coming! Kaden was so excited to come out to see what suprises Santa had left for him. So we spent the morning at home then headed over to my parents house to have breakfast. One of the best parts of the day was being able

to talk to my 2 brothers who have been gone about six months now!!!! Greg who is serving in

Lima Peru, and Jordan who is serving a sign language mission in Rochester, New York! We miss them both so much and are so proud of them! I was a little bummed though because Kaden was a little too grouchy after his nap to talk to Greg. He had warmed up a bit by the time Jordan called though, maybe got 1 minute of talking in. Oh well, there is always Mother's Day :)

We spent the afternoon at the Morzelewski's and Kaden had a chance to play with his cousins.

We are so thankful for such great family and friends and to be able to spend our Christmas together!

The Polar Express

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Last night we rode the Polar Express (aka, the Heber Creeper) with the Morzelewskis. For those of you who have never experienced this, I would say it was worth the drive to Heber but only because it was great for the kids! (Don't go if you don't go with kids). The train goes about ten miles an hour, which was fast enough to make it about half-way across Deer Creek Resevoir, then you turn around and come back. We were going to put Kaden in his Christmas p.j.s but once we got up there it was soooo cold outside, and fairly cold inside the train I didn't dare change him. It was a great time with the family and the kid's had a lot of fun, I am sure we will do it again next year!

Josh, Dan, and Dan's girlfriend Amber with the boys (Kaden, Alex and Braxton)
They served cookies and hot chocolate to everyone......

They read the story of the Polar Express and Mrs. Claus visited the kids....

They told some really bad jokes.....

Once we got to the "North Pole" (I think it was a house with Christmas lights on it)
Santa was standing outside waving to the kids....

The Conductor came around and punched the kids tickets....

And Santa visited! He even knew all the kids names! (nametags)
Kaden is terrified of Santa if you can't tell from the picture.

Santa gave each of the kids a silver bell to take home.
You will need to read the story or watch the movie before you
go :)