Happy 4th Birthday Cade!

Since all my kids birthdays are in the Spring, it is no surprise that Cade landed in the Spring as well. He was born May 25, 2007. He is the baby, and I can't believe he is growing up so fast! We had a little family party for his 4th birthday here at the park!

He is obsessed with red, so you will notice that he got a lot of "red" things. Red balloons!

Here is a bunch of different shots of family. I did the party in Pleasant Grove, so more family were able to attend.

We just had pizza, with cupcakes and ice cream sandwiches for dessert. It was really fun!

More mingling.

Time for presents! A red ball from Aunt Celia's family.

A cool bike from mom & dad

Cool cars from Aunt Maria's family, and a fun bat and ball set along with a really nice baseball glove from Grandpa & Grandma Saul

A cool race car pig piggy bank from Grandma & Grandpa Robison

And the wind-up race car book that he's been begging me for forever!

A fun bubble lawn mower from Aunt Shawnee's family

He also got some much needed church clothes from his Great Grandma Wittick. I will have to take pictures of all him dressed up one of these days. I thought I had a picture of them, but I guess not.

Can you say spoiled?? Happy Birthday Bud! We love you!

Jaida's 10th Birthday!

Jaida had to share her birthday this year with Alyssa's baptism. I don't think she was very happy about it. Not everyone could stay, so we hurried and fed everyone after the baptism, then later that night she FINALLY got to open her presents.
New jeans!

A new watch, and her bedspread in the background.

Her choice of dinner was waffles! Since we had already had dessert earlier with all the family, we stuck a candle in her waffle and sang to her again! :)

Best enemies....uh I mean Best Friends. ha ha

Cards with money! Always a good thing!

Her Justin Bieber shirt that she begged for after Alyssa got one for her birthday. After I bought it she decided that she hated Justin Bieber. When she opened the shirt a little over a month later she was "disgusted". It was pretty funny. She will not wear it in public, and only wears it for sleeping. Whatever. I can't keep up with the fads. At least the shirts were only $1 at Walmart.

And last but not least, Jaida's "new" room! She had dark green walls, so she picked a fun, bright green color. She also had a cute bedspread to match, but when we got it out I had accidentally bought a full size, so we had to take it back. When we returned it, she found this one she liked better. I like this one better too!

I really liked how this room turned out too. I was able to get her dresser painted white, which helped, but she will have to wait on the blinds. Little bits at a time, so we will add to hers probably at Christmas too! Anywyay, she loves it!

Happy Birthday Jaida!!! We love you!

Preston's 12th Birthday!

I feel like such a crappy mom because for some reason I
have NO pictures of Preston's birthday. :(

We did have a small party for him. Our family, Grandma & Grandpa Robison, his Aunt Celia, Uncle Jeff, and Cousin Whitney went to Pirate Island! Other than having to wait FOREVER for the food, we had a good time. They have Karaoke, which was entertaining to say the least. :)

Preston turned 12 this year, got the Priesthood, and started passing the sacrament. He was so excited, and loves every bit of it! He has thoroughly enjoyed young mens, and scout camp that he got to go on this year.

For his birthday he got money from Grandpa & Grandma Saul, money from Grandma Wittick, some new ties from Grandma & Grandpa Robison, from all of us he got a really nice sleeping bag, a Star Wars Wii Game, the Fablehaven 5 book, and a new tie tac.

We love you Preston, and are so proud of you!

P.S. Just last month he was made the new Deacon's secretary in our ward.

Alyssa's 8th Birthday!

Finally catching up!! First up: Alyssa's Birthday!

This year for the kids birthdays I wanted to do something cheap, fun, but different. I decided to buy a huge bag of balloons and blow them up while they were at school. Since Alyssa's birthday is first, she got the first batch. Here is a couple pics of 72 balloons all over her room.

It would have been fun to do twice this many, but trust me 72 was enough. She loved it and thought it was so cool to have that many balloons in her room!

For her birthday she wanted Kentucky Fried Chicken, so we invited Grandma & Grandpa Robison over, and just ate, and opened presents. First off she got a new bedspread (you can see it in the background.) The jammies she is also holding were from Grandpa & Grandma Robison.

One of her favorite other gifts, a Justin Beiber shirt!! Also, the sheets next to her new bedspread are from her Great Grandma Wittick!

Next up was a really cute scripture bag from Grandma & Grandpa Saul.

And finally, her very own brand-new set of scriptures engraved with her name!

She was so happy! Here is a final shot of her checking out all her stuff. We let Preston take the photos, so we didn't end up with a shot of cake, or grandma and grandpa sitting there on the couch.

This year we also decided that instead of just adding to a already full toy collection, we would do a "room makeover". (Thus the new bedspread, sheets.) Here is a quick pic of her newly painted room and bedspread which she knew about and picked out herself along with the paint color. We still need to paint her dresser, and add a few more accessories, but it is a start. You can see before pics in the top picture of this post with the balloons.

Maybe we can add a bookshelf, along with a few more things for Christmas. We also need a valance or some curtains too! At least it's a start!

We love you sis! We're glad you had a fun birthday!

Happy 9th Birthday Jaida!!!

Nine years ago on April 9th my sweet little Jaida snuck in to this world a tad too early. Born at 27 weeks, weighing just 2 lbs. 12 oz., and measuring 15 inches long. She scared us all half to death by coming that early, and we didn't know what the next few hours, days, weeks, or months would mean for us.

Needless to say, here she is 9 years later, a perfectly happy, healthy little girl. She is our little miracle baby! We love her and are so proud of the big girl she is becoming!!

We went shopping and she was determined to have these blendy pens!!

She also chose Pixos!

Mom decided it was time for a new jacket!

And a girl can always use a new pair of pajamas!

Her little brother played photographer for the night and captured a close-up of her new piggy bank! (This year Target had the cutest banks, so I made it a goal to get each of my kids one for their birthday.)

She also got money from Grandma & Grandpa Saul, and Great Grandma Wittick, and a sewing machine from Grandpa & Grandpa Robison!

We love you Jaida! We hope you had a really fun birthday!

Happy Birthday Preston!

Here is my first little guy! Born 11 years ago. He was such a snuggle bunny. Very long, and a hairy back. LOL
Loved to sleep on his tummy!!!!!

He was a Blue's Clues fan when he was little. This is from his 1 yr. birthday party!!


Crawling in the grass. So cute!


Hanging out in Moab!

Enjoying the snow at Grandma Saul's.

Age 4: Little Hoopsters

Being goofy!

Fall School Picture 2009. Such a handsome guy, even with his "road rash".

WE LOVE YOU PRESTON!!! Happy Birthday!!!

Alyssa turns 7!!!

Our season of birthdays is starting at my house. Once March hits, it seems we have birthdays or other family celebrations about every 2 weeks. We always start off with Alyssa, who turned 7 on March 1st.

We just went over to grandmas, had dinner & cake, and opened a few gifts. Grandma even made her a sign!

Here is dad bringing out her birthday cheesecake!

A piggy bank from Grandma & Grandpa Robison. She also got birthday cards from Grandma Wittick, and Grandma & Grandpa Saul both of which had money in, so she was thrilled to put that money right into her new bank!

A fun princess game set from her Aunt Celia and her family.

From us she got a couple toys which we let her pick out herself. She also got some clothes too! Nothing too spectacular, but she looks happy to me!

Happy Birthday Alyssa, we love you!!!!

Cade turned 2!! (Way behind!)

I am so far behind, but I just realized I never made a Birthday post on Cade a few months ago! My little Wesley Cade McConahay was born on May 25, 2007. He weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz. and was 21 inches long. Such a perfect little baby, and my easiest birth of all!

Here are a few of my favorite pictures over the last 2 years. I tried to keep it simple, so it was hard to choose, but these are cute!

Fresh out of the "oven". LOL

Big yawn!

My little genius!

About 1 yr. old!

Starting to walk!

Walking in daddy's boots!

Happy Birthday Buddy! We love you so much!

Just a little about Cade:
Cade has been a wonderful addition to our family. I can't imagine our lives without him. He is so sweet, loving, helpful, spunky, and smart all rolled into one. He still doesn't talk a lot, but it is amazing out much he knows! He loves playing ball (with any ball), he loves books, he loves trucks and tractors, and loves to lead & direct music. So funny!