4th of July

Brandon's 1st Birthday!!

I can't believe my baby is 1! We had cake and ice cream to celebrate. The cake was a disaster but the end result was great thanks to Arlund!! We were going to make a lego cake but had a problem getting the round circles to not fall apart when frosting them. We even froze them but they still didn't work. About 30 minutes before the party Arlund said lets just make a fish. He free handed a fish and we painted him as the guests were arriving. I think it turned out just great! Besides he's one, he don't care haha! Thanks to all that came, it was alot of fun!

Brandon Walking!!

Brandon started walking about a week before his birthday. He is getting better everyday and can now pretty much walk all over the place. This is a cute little video we got of him walking. It's a little dark and sideways, not sure how to turn it, sorry! He looks like a little drunk but it is really cute!

Hanging in Lehi

We went to Grandpa & Grandma Lewis' house to help with the sprinkler system they were installing. The kids had a blast playing outside. Brandon just loved the swings. We got some really cute pictures.

Derek's Broken Arm

(ER, Splint)
Again it's been awhile since the last update. Instead of one long post I am going to post separately....sorry all!

We will start with Derek's broken arm. Last month Derek decided to play superman @ daycare and give 2 girls a piggy back ride at the same time. He fell and landed on his arm and broke it. When Arlund took him to get the cast on the next week the doc said sorry your going to have to
come back tomorrow and have surgery. They put him to sleep and reset his arm. He now has a cast up his whole arm. He has had fun letting people sign it. It comes off next week! He was suppose to play soccer but only made it to a couple of games. Next year!


(Pre-surgery, Cast)
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Update...

Arlund-just competed in his first grappling tournament. For those like me that are not sure what grappling is, it is like wrestling but instead of having timed rounds or pinning your opponent, you go un-timed until someone gives up basically and taps out. Arlund's first round was 16 min long. He broke his pinky toe, and did a little damage to the skin on his big toe but came out 2nd place in his division! I was not there to cheer him on, but I am very proud of him! This is something he has wanted to do for along time and I am glad he is finally getting a chance to!

Jo Lene-2 months now on the reduced calorie diet! Lost 7 pounds this month! Not as good as the first month but a total of 21 pounds all together! (Not that you can tell really) Still going.....more to lose!!! I am also suppose to be running a 5K in 4 weeks and I am totally not ready so we will see! I have to sign up by April 17th so I better make my mind up quick haha!

Kayden-is doing very well in school. He is in the 3rd grade but is already on a 4th grade reading level. He does very well in Math and so far has received 100% on all his multiplication tests! He is learning to play some chords on the guitar and we are looking into getting him into lessons. He is going to play baseball this summer. They had an edible car race at school and he got his picture taken for the newspaper!

Derek-received his Salem Superstar award and they had a little assembly we got to attend. He is also working really hard to learn his sight words to be able to read and seems to be getting better. Jacey made him a huge poster over his bed so he can practice all the time, he loves it! He got to participate in the Kindy 500 at school. They make fun cars out of cardboard boxes and then race them all over the country (or school gym.) He is so full of energy, he had a double ear infection last week and that never slowed him down! He is going to play soccer this summer!

Brandon-is turning into quite the jabber box. He is also getting to the age where he knows what he wants and will throw a fit till he gets it! He is crawling and has become very fast and gets into everything! He is such a good boy and cracks me up everyday! He also had a double ear infection last week and now has a bad cough! He is probably going to be my tube baby! Hopefully the warm weather will help, (that is if it ever quits snowing!) We have moved him into a foward facing carseat and he is just growing up too fast! He now weighs 23 1/2 pounds!

Here are a few pictures from March, enjoy!

Derek Kindy 500, Superstar award (picture kindof dark, he's in the hat)

Brandon's new car seat, Kayden's edible car

Mismatched day @ school! Arlund's wooden sword he won!

Mirror, Mirror...

Just had to post this cute picture! We have a mirror that is just leaning against the wall in our hall and the other night Brandon kept kissing himself in the mirror! It was really cute! He is such a funny boy!