The Great Salt Lake!

Two weeks ago Jayden and I drove up to visit Tiffany and Colt and the boys. First we met them at the farm and then we drove up to Logan and went to Gossners and got cheese and then we went to Pepperidge Farm and stocked up on Gold fish crackers. We then got lunch and ate at the park before visiting the Willard Park Zoo. After that we went back to our hotel and swam with the boys and then spent some time at the farm. We spent like an hour watching a hen trying to lay an egg. Apparently she didnt lay it until long after we were gone. Must have been a GIANT egg! We spent the rest of the night watching movies on HBO! On our way home I told Jayden we would stop at the ocean, which is actually the great salt lake. I thought we could spend a few hours playing on the beach. Well the water was like 10 miles from where we parked the car(Not really it just felt like it), the sand was very hot to walk on and it quite possibly could have been sinking sand! The flies were absolutely disgusting and if things werent bad enough after about 5 minutes my legs were on fire from the salty water. I did not enjoy it but Jayden sure did!

Silly boy playing in the water. He wouldnt put his swimsuit on!

Collecting brine shrimp.

The darker spots in the middle that look like wet sand are actually tiny little annoying flies! GROSS!!!

The Living Planet Aquarium

A few weeks ago I took Jayden and my Mom and the boys to the aquarium. Jayden is fascinated by and loves all the creatures of the ocean! It was amazing to see all the beautiful fish! Jaydens favorite things were the Jelly fish. Trevs and Roberts were the Sting Rays. My favorite thing was the Octopus! It was so cool looking(and quite ugly). It was kind of pricey but I would recommend it to everyone!

Our new car!

I bought a car today! I am so excited! I bought a 2008 Pontiac G6. I rented one awhile back and fell in love with it! When I asked Jayden what kind of car he wanted he said, " A silver one. They are fast." Every time we would pass a silver car he would say look theres a fast car. I like silver so I decided thats what color we wanted. Lately he has liked cars with a honey-comb shaped grill(is that makes any sense) but he called it a "Honey whack" I guess meaning Honey wax??? I dont know for sure. This car is awesome. It has more than what I wanted minus the tinted windows but those will have to wait until next month!

Somewhere over the rainbow(s)...

I took this picture last week after a rain storm. I thought is was amazing! I mean its not to often that we get to see 1 rainbow but 2 right next to each other? Thats just absolutely beautiful!

Jaydens Birthday Party!

Sorry Amanda, Your pic sais Tyson below it, I cant fix it!
Jayden turned 5 on Monday, December 22nd. I cant believe he is getting so big! He got to start the day out by going on a little field trip with some kids from his school. Around holidays when they are out of school, they invite the kids (if they want to) to go places and teach them how to behave correclty when out in public. I guess on Monday they walked aroud the mall and Rachel let him buy a flag with her credit card which I guess he loved. Rachel is one of our favorite helpers from Giant Steps and she is quitting to go to hair school. We are so sad. We hope her replacement is just as nice. Anyway he left at about 9:00 am and got home at 2:00 pm. Then later that night we had his "crane" party. He LOVES cranes. I gave him a big Tonka crane that he has been wanting now for over a year. He was so happy. At his party we did a construction word search and played pin the present on the crane hook. I really didnt know what else to do. Normally we would just have pizza and cake and ice cream but he had been wanting this "crane" party for so long that we had to make it a little more special. He was sad that Jerick and Gunner weren't there but he had fun with everyone else to.

Christmas Program

The cute little Gingerbread house he made at school!


Such a silly boy!


I guess its cool now to ride in the dump truck, rather than push it!


Jayden & Rachel

Jayden The Red Nosed Reindeer

Today at school they painted Jaydens nose red and they made these cute little antlers. He looked so cute with them on that I bribed him with a candy cane to let me get a picture!