our house

Here are the pictures of our house that we are buying, I'm getting more excited about it every day. We took our family to look at it today. We had bus loads of people in there, if the owners drove by they probably would have been a little mad. 

Happy 8th Birthday, Caden

Caden is turning 8, and is getting baptized, we are so excited for him. I can't believe he is so old. He is such a fun kid and we love him. Happy Birthday Caden!

Nixon's Itty Bitty Sports

Nixon has been dying to play baseball, like Caden. He has been asking me every day " Mommy when do me get to play my baseball." "When it's my baseball game I'm going to smack that ball!!" Well, we signed him up for Itty Bitty sports, which is two weeks of soccer, one week of basketball, and one week of t-ball. He was so excited, for his first practice he got ready about two hours early. We got there and he was out on the field for maybe ten minutes and all of the sudden he decided he was not playing anymore. For the rest of the practice he sat on my lap, drinking from his water bottle and that was that.  I think he likes the dress up part more than actually playing, probably like a lot of other 3 year olds. Maybe he'll like it better next year!

Our New Home

We found the house we are going to buy, finally!! We love it. It has all the features that we wanted in a home. We wanted to stay in our ward but I think we'll like our new ward.  Our kids are even a little excited about it. Escrow should close around May 22. Thanks to Linda Urmston we were able to get the house, she is a great realtor! Anyone that is thinking of buying a house should call her, she's not like those other realtors that only want a sale. I will post pictures of it as soon as we get to go inside it again.

Brad's Schedule

I am so excited, Brad's horrible schedule just got a little better! He now works 1-9 Monday thru Friday, instead of 2-10 Tuesday thru Saturday!! We can have an actual date night now! It will probably be another 5-10 years before he'll get a day shift, oh well at least we did not have to move to Fresno.  I'm just glad that Brad loves his job and doesn't mind any shift he has.  We actually have gotten used to him being home in the mornings and it's nice he gets to be the one who puts Nixon down for a nap! The only thing that really stinks about it is Brad doesn't see Caden very often during the week, since Caden is at school in the morning. Caden loves his Dad, and gets sad when he can't see him!!

5k

Okay, so I ran in the Kern River Trail Run, it was my first 5k. I really enjoy running, this run was a little different then what I normally run, it was slightly hilly and rocky. I'm used to concrete and the occasional street running, I think for training for the next 5k, I'll start running on the horse trails around my neighborhood. My legs are a little sore I think it was the areas that were like running on beach sand. I placed 60th out of 126. So I guess I'm average. Will did the 10 mile and placed 4th (WOW)! I don't think I'll ever actually compete to win, I'll just do it for fun.

Cute Outfits

I walked into Carsyn's room the other day and found her stuffed animals dressed like this. I asked her why she put her underwear on them, she said they didn't have any clothes. Has anyone seen clothes for stuffed animals anywhere, I think I might need to invest. She got sad when I laughed, I thought it was cute but she didn't think it was very funny. Wow, I can't believe how much more sensitive she is than my boys.

Kenneth's Blessing

We went to Fresno last Sunday to watch 

Paul and Mariela's son Kenneth, be blessed. It was nice, although we didn't understand the whole sacrament meeting because it was in Spanish. We still could feel the spirit. Anyone sitting near us probably couldn't feel it, since Brad and his brother don't know the meaning of whisper! Afterwards we went to Paul's house and had lunch. We actually met one of Brad's cousins there. She lives in Fresno apparently, and she and her family stopped by. I'm always excited to meet his relatives since they all live all over the country and none in our town (except for immediate family).  All in all it was a quick but fun trip. I always love going on trips, no matter where we go.