Happy Birthday Landon

Here are some pictures of Landon's Family Birthday Party! He dreamed up this wild idea for a birthday cake and told Grandma Julie exactly what he wanted...3 layers, like a wedding cake...one layer with doggies, one with break dancers, and one layer with legos...oh yeah...and PINK! This year Landon got Zhu Zhu pets for his birthday and lots of accesories to go along with them. Landon is my little sweetheart. He gets along best with girls, loves stuffed animals especially his doggies, and loves his breakin class. He plays with our dog Maggie more than anyone and loves to take her outside and brush her for me. He wants a dirt bike more than anything in the whole world, but I just can't let that happen...yet! We are so happy that Landon is a part of our family! We love his little "Tow-Head"!

Landon's birthday breakfast...pancakes with strawberries and cream


Landon's first present he opened...his newest addition to his doggy collection


Landon's birthday cake


Opening Presents


Putting all of the Zhu Zhu accesories together

A Birthday Date with Dad...

Happy Birthday Date with Dad! We decided to let the kids have a birthday party with friends every other year. This is our year of no friend parties, so the boys get to pick something fun that they really want to do. Landon really wanted to go skiing with Chad. Chad said after 5 or 6 runs on the bunny hill, he took him down the "real" one. They had a great time! Landon did great, and loved every minute of it! Hooray Landon! We are so proud of you! Happy 6th birthday!

Feeling a little Guilty...

I've been feeling a little guilty for my previous post about Sundays. Sunday's tend to be harder days for me, particularly because Chad has been going to work right after church. Since that post, I have thought long and hard about how I can make Sundays better at our home. I have decided that right now my focus needs to be on the boys and not on that it is "my" day of rest. I am happy to say that we had a wonderful Sunday. The boys all got up and got ready pretty easily. They were all wonderful in Sacrament meeting. After church we got home and decided to go on a family bike ride. Not sure if that is considered "breaking" the Sabbath or not, but I felt great about it. We were all happy and having a good time together. If we would have been at home we probably would have been fighting and that would have felt like we were breaking the Sabbath. After our bike ride Jared had his baptismal interview with our bishop. Jared was SOOOOO nervous. I am not sure why he was so nervous, especially because he knows the bishop pretty well. He is an amazing guy and has young children and is always so cute with the kids. My kids just love him. So we went in and sat down and the bishop asked him if he knew what it meant to get baptized. Jared's eyes welled up with tears, and he couldn't talk because he was so nervous. Bishop didn't say anything about the tears, he just kept on talking and explaining everything to Jared and tried to make him feel more comfortable. It was a very sweet and tender experience for me. I know that Jared has been thinking a lot about his baptism that is coming up and is taking it very seriously. I am thankful for a kind bishop that is sensitive to the spirit. Jared is very excited to get baptized and even more so after his interview today. Later in the afternoon, my mom and Tera came over (mom brought some dinner) and we all had a nice visit! The kids even got to play with Tera's Sugar Gliders!
With the right intent and the right spirit Sundays can be good!