May 2016

At the beginning of the month we went to Kanosh with Matt and Kaitlyn. While we were there we went on a hike, played with puppies and Chris and Matt went Turkey hunting. That all took place on Friday. On Saturday the boys went hunting again...with no luck! They saw some but was afraid to shoot them because it was on private property! haha. While they were hunting Jenell, Kaitlyn, and I went running up the canyon. When we all got back together we went to Cove Fort. That evening we did a surprise birthday party for Matt and had a BBQ, games and cake.
For Mothers day Matt and Kaitlyn came to our house for dinner and games.
Amber Wright came and stayed with us for a week. We went to FHE Sunday at Aunt Linda's. Amber and I took the boys to Kangaroo Zoo to play. Then we also took the boys to the Hoggle Zoo.  Once Briton got here I took Coulsen and my kids down to Meadow so Briton and Amber could have some time alone. The kids had so much fun in Meadow and Coulsen did great!!
The last morning that Briton and Amber stayed, they watched out kids so that Chris and I could run in the Run to Walk 5k.
Towards the end of the month we went down to Meadow again as a family. My Family was having a mini family reunion. The younger half of the family was all there plus JD. So there was JD, Marla, Franky, Jenell, Deric, Daniel, and Me and our families. It was fun to see everyone. That was my first time meeting Deric's little boy Liam. While we were down there Chris and I started our little garden in my Dad's garden.
For Memorial day Chris watched our kids and Jenell's kids while her and I went and played in a two on two grass volleyball tournament. Unfortunately we didn't do to well but we had lots of fun!

Caden
  • I have been reading the child whisperer. He is definitely a type 2 and reading it reminds me a lot of what Caden is like. 
  • He is very aware of other people's feelings. He gets sad if someone else is sad. 
  • He is a planner, He likes to know what is going to happen. It really helps him to not be so worried and scared if we really talk things through with him. 
  • He is very calm and shy around others he is not familiar with. Just needs to take his time soaking new things in.
  • He loves to do puzzles. He likes the challenges of thinking. 
  • He has been asking lots of questions lately, Especially WHY?
  • Loves to help me: silverwear, fold clothes, sweep, mop
  • Still struggles with nursery but doing better. I think he will do much better when Catherine is in there with him. 
Catherine
  • Starting to make animal noises
  • Gives her baby open mouth kisses
  • Got her top molars on May 13th
  • Got her bottom molars on the 23rd
  • Screams when she gets excited
  • Loves to play with Caden. For the most part they get along well. Sometimes not as much! haha
  • Still very much a mommy's girl! I love it! 

At the Library:





At Kanosh/ Jenell's Place:
Turkey Hunting









Our Hike up Kanosh Canyon, it ended up being a lot further than what we thought!






Matt's Birthday Surprise!



This happened on our way back to Lindon, I couldn't help myself to get this cute little bum picture:

We let Caden wear this Utah shirt in Honor of his Uncle Matt going to school there and Utah won their game...but only to bed haha



When Amber and Coulsen came:








 At Kangaroo Zoo:







So cute how they were playing on the phone pretending to talk to each other.



At Hogle Zoo:










When Coulsen, myself, and my kids went to Meadow to my parents house.  Love how much they love each other. Caden says that Coulsen is his best friend!






Meeting at the park for lunch with Marla and Stacee with their kids




Grandpa is the best! He took all the little boys out to the bard and let them play with the tools! The boys loved it and nobody got hurt! haha:





They Loved riding in Grandpa's truck!!
Bath time! They were super dirty as you can tell by the water:


 After baths and got all ready for bed they got to watch a movie and have popcorn:

My mom and I went for a walk after we got the boys to sleep








 Our 5k Race:

 Caden out helping Wayne work on the yard! Caden loves Wayne!


Black Mail!!! hahaha Normally when Catherine wakes up from her nap I will tell Caden to go say hi and then I will go in and get her. Well this time when I went in I found them like this. Caden climbed in and took all of her clothes off along with his! haha They thought it was so funny!

Mini Freeman Family Reunion:










Trying to catch fish!

 The Beginning of our Garden:






 Cute boys! These are all the grandsons from the younger half of my family!