10 Years!

Today Jorge and I are celebrating our 10 year anniversary. I can't believe I have been married to my best friend for 10 years! So much has happened in these past 10 years but it seems like it has gone so fast! Jorge is the best husband and daddy. He works so hard for our family and we love and appreciate him so much. We've said since we got married that we would go on a Hawaiian cruise for our 10 year anniversary. Since we just had Jackson that didn't happen this year, maybe in a few years. Jorge wanted to make up for it so he's been doing cute things to make me think of Hawaii. I woke up to a sweet card, a yummy chocolate cake, and some Tropical Skittles and for lunch we had a Hawaiian meal from Rumbi Grill. Jorge is so sweet to me and always makes sure that I'm happy and taken care of. Tonight we are going to go see New Moon finally, I think Jorge is secretly more excited about it then me! Or just excited to get away since we haven't been on a date since Jackson was born! I love you Jorge and can't wait to see what the next 10 years has in store for us, thats if you can handle me for 10 more!

Baptism and Blessing Day

Warning, picture overload, since it was such a big day for our family I put lots of pictures on here! On Halloween Kaden was baptized and Jackson was blessed. It was a very special day, Kaden was nervous, but excited. Jorge did a great job with the baptism, confirmation, and the blessing. Kaden's Grandpa and Aunt Jessica both gave nice talks and his cousins Katie and Kristine sang a beautiful song. It was a perfect day for our boys! Our family and friends came to support them and it couldn't have gone better!

Little Jackson was so tired and ready for his nap he wouldn't smile for the picture

My handsome guys!

Our little Family before the baptism and blessing

Kaden, Erica, and Kennedy. We met Erica and her husband Kip in California. They also moved there from Utah to open Costa Vida. They were our family in California and are such good friends now that we are all back in Utah. Kip and Jorge still work together.

Alex, Kaden, Tyler, and Abby. Kaden and Tyler have been friends since Kaden was 2 1/2 and Tyler was 3. They are the first people we met in our neighborhood in Lehi, we are so grateful they are still very close friends!

Kaden and Grandma Thatcher

Jessica, Kaden, and Kevin

Halloween 2009

My adorable nephew Cory was the cutest little snowman!

All of the kids ready to head out for some Trick or Treating. Jackson was taking a nap so he didn't get to join in on the fun. The weather was perfect and the kids had so much fun. They didn't get much candy because our neighborhood is on the side of the mountain so the kids had to climb lots of stairs and got tired. They were excited because they each got 5 full size candy bars! Nicolas had his candy gone the day after Halloween, he takes after me!

My boys all ready to go trick or treating!

When the flash goes off Jackson's eyes get huge, so this is how he looks in every picture I take!

Halloween Parties

This is Nicolas leaving his preschool Halloween party. He had so much fun and couldn't wait to get home and eat all of his candy. While I was in the shower he ate every last piece of candy he got!

We went to Cornbellys for some Halloween fun. It was freezing cold and windy so we were there all of 10 minutes and I went back to the car with Jackson because he couldn't breathe in the wind then Jorge brought Nicolas to me a few minutes later. When it started snowing a few minutes later we headed home.

Kaden all dressed up for his school Halloween party and parade. He was so excited to dress up for school because they aren't allowed to in California. He had lots of fun.

Pumpkins

We had some fun carving pumpkins for family night the Monday before Halloween. Kaden did his own pumpkin and I helped Nicolas, he thought the guts were gross!

This is what our last week and a half has looked like:

First Nicolas started with the H1N1 flu on Saturday, his sweet daddy cuddled him and took good care of him for a couple of days while he stayed in bed sleeping lots, burning up with a fever, eating Otter Pops and watching tv.

Then Wednesday it hit Jorge, I warned him not to be cuddling Nicolas and getting so close to him. We went to the doctor with Nicolas on Tuesday and the doctor said he suspected the H1N1 flu. We went to the health department and got shots but it was too late for Jorge. I've been busy taking care of the sickies and disinfecting the house and praying hard that no one else gets sick, especially the baby. It seems that they are on the mend now so we'll cross our fingers that we're done with it for now!

Kadens 8th Birthday

Yesterday Kaden celebrated his 8th birthday. He was so excited to open his present before school and I think he was a little disappointed he got new scriptures instead of the air soft gun he wanted. Then he got a scout uniform from my parents so he was very excited for his party to actually get something fun. We took Kaden and 9 of his friends to Fat Cats to go bowling. Nicolas also got to go and thought he was one of the big boys. They had a lot of fun and I am so glad we had the party somewhere other then home because those were some crazy boys!

Nicolas got a little distracted with his nose while he was bowling!

Kaden and all of his buddies after bowling. They had such a good time. Kaden has made some great friends in my parents neighborhood, now he never wants to move!

Kaden got to go to scouts today for the first time. They went to the Bean Museum, he was so excited to go and had so much fun. I am so excited for him to experience all of these new things. Its hard to see him growing up so fast and going out into the crazy world. We feel so lucky to have Kaden in our family, he is a sweet, smart, and fun boy. He loves life and to be around people all the time. Life is never dull when Kaden is around. Kaden has been through a lot in his short life and with each change he works his hardest to make the best of it and to find as many friends as he can in the process. We are so proud of him and for his decision to be baptized in a couple of weeks!