Bearden Family

Just Because

2011-02-09T08:19:00.000-08:00

It is so sad to me how fast the first year goes. Boston was such a tiny little "peanut". Now he is getting so big. I love every stage he is in, I look forward to the stages coming, but I really miss the newborn stages too. Boston is such a good baby. For my fifth I really needed that. We cant even look at him without smiling. When ever anyone in our house is having a bad day I will make them look at Boston and the bad day is gone! He is such a special little boy. We are so blessed to have him in our family. Love you buddy!

Boston a couple weeks old
Grandma Gin found him this cute shirt when she went to Boston! He is our Boston Boy :)
The cuttest stocking stuffer! Grandma Bearden makes Christmas Stockings for everyone in the family. I thought it would be cute to stick Boston in his. Turns out, I think I was right:)

This was when we were taking pictures of all the Bearden grandkids for Christmas for Grandpa Bearden. I love the look on his face!

Happy Birthday Alex and Brooklyn

2011-02-08T16:24:00.000-08:00

Alex on her Birthday
Brooklyn on her Birthday
Girls out to a Birthday lunch with mom
Alex and Brooklyn

Sorry girls you don't get your own posts! At least I am doing one.
Their birthday's are 5 days apart, so they get to share it most of the time.
They don't mind though. They are such fun girls. We are so blessed to have them in our family! Happy 5th birthday Alex! Happy 3rd birthday Brooklyn!

Boston's Blessing Day

2011-02-08T09:54:00.000-08:00

Boston was blessed in September 2010. It was such a great day. We had lots of family and friends there to celebrate with us. I have a ton of pictures of that day, but I cant find them... So, I will just put up a few that I can find...

Craig, Jera and Boston
Mom and Boston

Boston

It's Great to be 8! (I know, I'm playing catch up).

2011-02-08T09:43:00.000-08:00

In June 2010 Makade turned 8 and got baptized! He was so excited. It was a great day for him and our family. We are so proud of him for making the choice to be baptized. He is such a great kid and adds so much to our family and home. And yes, I'm huge and 8 1/2 months pregnant in these pictures.....

Makade, Craig and Jera

Boston James Bearden

2010-08-18T16:47:00.001-07:00

I am finally posting about Boston...
He was born on July 3, 2010. He was 5lbs 7oz and 18in long.
He was 4 weeks early and had a hard time breathing in the beginning. He had to be in the NICU for the first week. He is doing great now. He is such a sweet baby. We are so blessed to have him in our family. It is amazing the spirit that comes with a new baby.
Here are a few pictures of him:)

Jera and Boston. This is just a few days after Boston was born. We are in the NICU..

Boston, the day he was coming home. He had to have an IV in his head for his antibiotics. We got to take it out a couple days after he was home.

Boston, 5 weeks old... My friend Jordan took some really cute pictures of Boston for me.

Field Trips

2010-05-19T18:18:00.001-07:00

This last month I went on a Field Trip with each of the kids and their classes. It was a lot of fun to be able to do that... We had a great time at each one.

For Makade's Field Trip we walked to the Butterfield Farms...
Makade got to try roping a cow dummy. He did pretty good.
This is Makade wearing masquito goggles..

Alex's Field Trip was to the Petting Zoo at Thanksgiving Point. The kids had such a good time. Brooklyn got to come along on this one.
Brooklyn, Alex and Faith on the wagon ride.
Alex riding the pony

Jaxon's Field Trip was to the Zoo. We got to ride the bus, take a lunch and walk around the zoo. Such a great day for a Kindergartner...
Jaxon and one of the kids in our group.

Happy Birthday Craig!!!

2010-05-19T10:49:00.000-07:00

Happy (really late) Birthday Craig!

Craig turned 32 in April!
The kids and I are so lucky to have Craig in our lives.
He is the best husband I could ever ask for and he is such a good dad. The kids think he is the greatest!:)
Happy Birthday, we love you!

Basketball Season

2010-03-29T13:08:00.000-07:00

Makade and Jaxon both played basketball this year and both realy enjoyed it! We had a lot of fun watching them.

Makade on the ground fighting for the ball...
Jaxon giving great Defense!

I love this...

2010-03-29T13:03:00.000-07:00

Okay, so honestly how many dads would do this. Then be okay getting their picture taken while doing it:) I am so lucky to have such a great husband and my kids are so lucky to have such a great dad! We love you Craig!!!

Alex and Craig. She love him to blowdry her hair because he will put the blowdryer under it all and make it fly straight up. She thinks it is so funny!

Happy Birthday Jaxon!!!

2010-03-29T12:34:00.000-07:00

Jaxon turned 6 in Feb. I know I am really behind. We are so lucky to have Jaxon in our family. He always keeps us on our toes. Here are a few pictures of what he has been up to the last few months. I love you so much Jaxon!

Jaxon on his birthday. He got a new mountain bike like his big brothers and plenty of other stuff..
Jera and Jaxon and Jaxon's birthday!
Jaxon got mad and went to hide like he does sometimes. It took us a little while to find him this time. When we did, we found that he had fallen asleep under his bed while he was hiding:)
This WAS my patio table. The kids were playing out back and Jaxon had a granade in his hand (a rock) and said he had to throw it or it would have blown up in his hand. It just happened to hit my table just right and it was so cold out side that it shattered. He did tell me he was going to get a job and earn enough money to buy a new one. I don't know, he has been wanted to set up a rock store on the corner. Maybe that will make enough to buy a new one.:) He has such an imagination...
I know this is Alex, but the drum set is Jaxon's. Of couse he asks for drums for Christmas. What else would he ask for. We do have them in the basement. He is actually better than you would think. Like I said, this kid always keeps us on our toes. He is so much fun to have around... We love him so much!

A little early!

2010-01-22T14:22:00.001-08:00

I know that my new back ground is jumping the gun a little with the summer theme, but I really want the warm summer here. So, that is why I put it on there:)

Here comes Santa Clause

2009-12-03T18:24:00.000-08:00

Every year we go to Riverton City Hall and see Santa and Mrs. Clause. My mom works there and this year we got to join all the employees and see them early and beat the crowds... The boys loved it. The girls, not so much. Brooklyn cried and Alex cried and ran for the door. I had to chase her down and I am so mean, I made her go back and tell him what she wanted. Every year we go with my Mom and Kane, Mark and Lara and thier boys and Eric and Amy and their kids have been coming with us the last couple of years too.. It is so much fun. You get to see Santa and then you get to go decorate a cookie, do a craft, go on a hay ride and eat scones and have hot chocolate. This is a fun tradition that we intend on keeping up.

Uncle Mark really likes the scones :)
Jaxon is so funny. He got a new scarf that his grandma Bearden made him that he has to wear everywhere and of course he had to wear his Santa hat.
Sier, Kip, Makade, Trett, Jadd, Jaxon and Alex
Our HAPPY family with Santa and Mrs. Clause

Halloween

2009-12-03T18:17:00.000-08:00

I know I am really late at posting this, but here you go anyway...
We had a lot of fun this halloween. The kids got to dress up so many times. They had their school parties, a neighborhood party, a party at Grandma Beardens and then Halloween itself. Makade wanted to be Indiana Jones just like last year, Jaxon had to be a Vampire and the girls of course wanted to be princesses.

All of the Bearden cousins at Grandma's party
Our little family at the party

Happy Birthday To Me!!!

2009-12-03T18:08:00.001-08:00

So this year I celebrated my 30th birthday! Craig, Amy, Jory and Lara gave me a Surprise Party! It was so much fun. We had it over at Eric's house and they had it a Sugar-Free party just for me:) All of the food there was sugar-free so I could eat it and enjoy. We had such a great time. Some of Craig's family came, all of my family came and some of our friends. It was soo much fun. Here are a few pictures of the night.

My Sugar-Free icecream.. Yum!
All the girls at the party
All of my family was there except for Jory's husband Chet.
Craig and I

The Zoo!

2009-11-03T12:15:00.000-08:00

All the kids.
Me and my kids..

Looks like a good time right??.... It really was, but we had 16 kids and 4 adults. Something is wrong with that. It was UEA weekend. We thought since the weather was bad no one would be at the zoo. We weren't the only ones that thought that. It was packed. It was a lot of fun though. The kids had a blast! AND we only lost one kid. Of course it had to be Brooklyn. Luckily it was only for a minute. We were really lucky and found her. She had wondered off looking for a drink. Over all it was a good time.:)

Football

2009-11-03T12:06:00.000-08:00

This year was Makade's first year playing football. We put him in flag football with his cousin Kip. He loved it! He did really well. The beginning of the season was a little slow for him, but by the end he was doing awesome. We all had such a great time watching him. He is anxious to play again. This time he says he is ready for tackle football. We will see....

Makade is the QB in the gray in this picture.
Makade
Brooklyn loved watching the football games...

Alex's surgery

2009-11-03T12:01:00.000-08:00

Alex had to have her tonsils out and a patch put in her ear. This poor girl has been throuh enough. She did really good. The surgery was at primary childrens, she was very anxious to get home and as soon as we did she was ready to eat and run around. The next day wasn't so good.... She is doing really well now. She is sleeping a lot better and loud noises don't hurt her ears anymore. Because of that we call the surgery a great success.

Bear Lake 2009

2009-11-03T11:47:00.000-08:00

Hanging out on the beach
Makade water skiing
Jaxon water skiing
The girls playing at the beach
Most of the grandkids at the condo.

We went to Bear Lake again this summer. It was such a great time. We all stayed in condo's. That part was great. The first couple of days that we were there the weather was really bad. We went swimming at the pool at the condo. The rest of the week was perfect. We had such a great time playing on the beach, riding on the boat, skiing, wakeboarding and tubing. We all had a great time and can't wait until next time...:)

Girls Birthdays!

2009-11-03T11:11:00.000-08:00

Brooklyn on her 2nd Birthday.. We celebrated Brooklyn's birthday at Bear Lake. We had so much fun celebrating her birthday there. A week after we got back from bear lake Brooklyn was potty trained... Yay! Brooklyn is such a fun girl. She is always making us laugh. Everyone that meets her instatly falls in love with her. We are so lucky to have her in our family. We love you Brooklyn!
Alex had her 4th birthday. For her birthday I got Faith, her best friend, and took the two of them to get pedicures. They absolutely loved it. They are such girly girls. Alex is such a sweet girl, when she wants to be. She definately has a lot of attitude. It is great. We feel so blessed to have her in our family as well. We love you Alex.
We ended up having a combined party for the girls with our families. Everyone came over and we had cake and ice cream. We had such a great time celebrating with everyone. Happy birthday girls.

First Day of School....

2009-11-03T11:04:00.000-08:00

Alex
Jaxon
Makade

Okay, I have been such a slacker on posting. These next few posts will be a little back tracking. These are the kids on their first day of school. Makade is in 2nd grade now and Jaxon is in Kindergarten. They are both really enjoying school and love their teachers. Alex started preschool this year. She is loving it.

All I want for Christmas......

2009-07-22T10:27:00.000-07:00

Is my two front teeth.
Makade

Graduations!!!

2009-07-21T11:51:00.001-07:00

Makade got the High Flying Hawk award, which was the highest award. Good job Makade
Makade at his end of the year program
Jaxon with his preschool teachers at graduation
Jaxon at graduation

Jaxon had such a great time in preschool and will miss his teachers and friends, but he is soo excited to start kindergarten.
Makade did very well in 1st grade. We were very lucky and got a great teacher. He is excited to start 2nd grade.
Okay, so I am so far behind on my blogging. I am going to try and catch up over the next little bit.
I figured I should get these pictures posted since school is starting back up next week already.....

Happy Birthday Makade!

2009-07-21T11:42:00.000-07:00

Mom and Makade
Makade blowing out his candles
Makade with his new bike

I know this post is sooo late. Makade turned 7 in June. We had a great day. He got the bike he wanted and we had a party with all of our family. He wanted brownies and ice cream instead of cake. It was a great time.
We feel so blessed to have Makade in our family. He is such a good kid. He is so sweet and a big help. He is always making us laugh. We love you Makade....

California Vacation

2009-05-27T08:25:00.001-07:00

We were able to do our family vacation a couple of weeks ago. We went to California and had such a great time.
We started off by driving to St. George and going to my cousin, Cheyenne's wedding. Then we drove to San Diego. That first night we got there we of course had to go swimming at the hotel. The next day we went to the San Diego Zoo. The kids had so much fun there. They loved seeing all the animals. This is where Jaxon had to buy his Safari hat. He loves stuff like that.
Next we were off to Sea World. That was a lot of fun. We went to all the shows and of course sat in the splash zone. The boys loved that part. The girls not so much. They fed the dolphins and pet the sting rays. It was great.
The next day we started our drive to Anaheim. On our way we stopped at Lagoona Beach and played there for a while. We had a good time jumping the waves and burying everyone. That night we went to the Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament. The boys thought that was really cool.
The next three days were spent in Disneyland. It really is one of the happiest places on earth. This was our first time taking our kids there. They LOVED it. They loved going on all the rides. The boys got to do the Jedi Training, which for them was the best part. Jaxon got to fight Darth Vader and Makade got to fight Darth Mal. Alex loved going to see the Princesses. Brooklyn love the Dumbo ride. She was just happy to be there. I was glad the kids would do every ride they could. I worried a little that they would be scared, but they weren't. They loved it.
We ran in to some friends at dinner in Down Town Disney one night. That was a lot of fun for the kids. They got to go do some rides together. We also ran into my step-brother Andy and his wife and kids. We watched the fire works with them.
Over all this was such a great vacation. The kids were so good and had such a good. time. We can't wait to go back......

Worlds Cheerleading in Florida

2009-05-19T14:16:00.000-07:00

Jory, Jera, Bailee and Mom
Bailee's Cheer Team

Bailee's Cheer Team made it to World's this year! I was lucky enough to go and watch her and spend a great time with my mom and sisters. Bailee's team did awesome! I am so proud of you Bailee.
We all had such a fun time. We laughed so much! Thanks for the great trip girls!
Also, thank you Craig for taking care of everything for me while I was gone. Thanks Lara and Cami and everyone else that helped out with the kids. You are all great.

Jeremy and Jamie

2009-05-07T14:59:00.000-07:00

These are my really good friends. They are now ready to adopt. This is their profile. I would like to post it and have you all look at it and send it along to anyone you can. They are such great people and will be such great parents. I wish you two the best. Love you two.....
https://beta.itsaboutlove.org/ial/profiles/7359889/ourMessage.jsf
I can't get this to work, so you will have to copy and paste it.

Catch up post.

2009-04-16T14:03:00.001-07:00

I haven't posted for a while, so I thought I would put some of our highlights down.

These are pictures of Jaxon's field trip to the planetarium. We had such a good time. We got to pretend to be on the Moon and on Mars. He loved it. They got to watch a movie about planets and of course he had to get popcorn and space ice cream. It was a great time.

We are building a playground for the kids. It still isn't done, but it is getting there. If only the weather would cooperate....

And finaly Easter. We had such a great time. The kids loved the Easter egg hunts.
On Saturday we started off by going to the Herriman hunt. It was great the kids got lots of stuff. I did manage to loose Makade and Jaxon and had to have them paged, but it all ended well. Next we were off to the Butterfields hunt. It was very nice of them to invite us. Jane did a great job and had all sorts of great prizes for the kids. After that we headed to Grandma Gins for her hunt and BBQ. The kids had such a good time. She had the hunt and played games with the kids and then we ate. It was good to see everyone. All my brothers and sisters made it.
Sunday we had a good time seeing what the Easter Bunny brought, then we went to church and even with four kids it was a great day at church. After church we went to Grandma and Grandpa Bearden's for their Easter Egg Hunt and dinner. The kids loved all the prizes they got there. Brooklyn loved the reeses peanut butter cups. That is all she wanted. Thank you everyone for making our Easter a great one.
I know this post is long and I am sorry, but you are all caught up now.

Happy Birthday Craig!

2009-04-16T13:54:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Craig's Birthday. We started the day by opening presents, having breakfast. Then, Craig went to work for a little while. We all went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. The boys needed their Steak. This was the only picture I got. It is of Craig and Brooklyn on the saddle while we sang to him at the restuarant. He was a good sport. We went shopping and then ended the day with some cheesecake. I think he had a good day. I know the rest of us had a great time with him on his birthday.
Craig is such a great person. He is the best dad. I couldn't ask for a better husband. Thanks for everything Craig. I love you!

Such a Girl!!!

2009-03-26T11:44:00.000-07:00

Those of you that know Alex know that she is as girly as they come.
Last night she got out of her bed to reapply her lipstick. What three year old does that....
The other night she and I were having a girls night. She picked a movie for us to watch and she wanted to watch Thirteen going on Thirty. We were watching it when all of a sudden they kiss. Alex says "ewe gross" I am thinking it is because they are kissing, but no, she continues to say "he is kissing her and she has on lipstick" or as she calls it whipskick. I thought that was so funny. It wasn't gross that they were kissing. Only that he was kissing her with her lipstick on.
Alex is such a fun girl. She love to have her hair done and get dressed up. She loves purses, shoes, nailpolish and of course lipstick.....

Poor Alex...

2009-03-23T12:04:00.000-07:00

This last weekend I had to take Alex in for a sleep study. Again!
This girl has been through so much in the little time she has been around. In the past three and a half years she has had toe surgery for her webbed toes (which didn't work, but I am glad because I love her little webbed toes). She has had a sleep study finding out she had sleep apnea and had to have her adnoids out. She was too young to take her tonsils out too. Then she had to have tubes in her ears. They only lasted a few months, so didn't really work. Then she had to have her tear ducts unplugged with a little surgery so her eyes wouldn't always run, but it didn't work. Now we are starting over with the sleep study again thinking her apnea is back. They think she may need her tonsils out now. We won't know for a couple of weeks. She is such a good sport. As you can tell in the pictures she was just happy to be there. She was so excited, because the next day she got to go pick out new finger nail polish. That is the one thing she wanted.
We are very blessed that the things we have had to go through with her have been very minor. We love you Alex! Thanks for being such a good little girl....

Congrats Bailee!

2009-03-19T11:16:00.000-07:00

Bailee is in competetive cheer. She is an amazing little cheerleader and dancer.
Her group just went to Florida for Nationals. They took 1st place. They now get to go to Worlds next month. I am excited, because I am going with her to watch.
I remember back when I was a cheerleader and watching these competitions on TV and thinking the groups were amazing. Now here she is doing it...
Here is a link to view their performance. They also interviewed Bailee.
Love you Bai.

Go to www.varsity.com Once there Click on the right hand square entitled…”2009 UCA All Star National Level 5 Bonus”. Once the video starts go to the bottom of the video and you will see the word “More”. Click on the word “More”. You will then see a list of icons 1-28 on the right hand side. The Macs Jr. Starz is the 7th icon down. Click on this and you will see their entire performance.

twilight?!?!?!

2009-02-27T13:53:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I never got into the whole twilight thing. To be honest I thought it was all kind of dumb. Everyone was always talking about it and telling me I needed to read the books. I didn't and I think that was mostly because everyone was. Well, Amy talk Craig and I in to going to the movie with her and Eric. I really liked the movie and thought maybe I would read the book. Craig thought I was dumb for wanting to read the book after seeing the movie, but I started it and didn't get very far with it. I took it with me to San Francisco to read while at the airport. I have loved it. I read every spare minute I get. I am now almost done with new moon. I guess I am a late commer, but am now realizing what all the fuss was about....

San Francisco

2009-02-19T17:18:00.000-08:00

Here we are at the concert
Mom and Kane, while it is not raining :)
Criag and I

This past weekend Craig and I went to San Francisco with Mom and Kane.
We had such a great time. It rained the entire time we were there, but that didn't stop us. We walked all along the pier and went to all the shops. Mom had an unberella in the car, but Kane wouldn't go get it. He kept saying "it will blow over". It was really funny. I finally bought my mom another unberella. That night we went to Tommy Emmanuel's concert. He is amazing.... The next couple of days we just drove and saw sights, shopped and ate and ate and ate.... We had such a great time and can't wait for the next trip......

Happy Birthday Jaxon!

2009-02-09T15:43:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Jaxon! I can't believe Jaxon is 5. Time goes by so fast. Jaxon is such a fun kid and always has been. He has definately got a stubborn bone in his body, but that makes him him. He is always making us laugh. We are so blessed to have him a part of our family....
For his birthday he wanted to have a sleepover party. He has been planning this party for months. We did it the weekend before his birthday. He invited some of his cousins (Kip, Sier, Braxton and Nicole). His brother and sisters and both sets of grandparents. All the kids slept over and the grandparents came for pizza, cake, ice cream and movies, then they went and slept in their own beds. We woke up and had doughnuts and chocolate milk for breakfast. It was a great time.

On his actual birthday he started out the day with opening presents having his choice of breakfast (frenchtoast). He then went to school taking oreo's and suckers to share with his class. We went to dinner at Rock Creek Pizza. He told me he wanted to got to little ceasers for dinner, but that he wanted to eat inside. I told him you can't and so he settled for Rock Creek :) We went to the boat show after that. Grandpa Kane and Grandma Gin came with us to dinner and to the boat show. He said he had a great birthday! We love you Jaxon.

Basketball Season

2009-01-30T15:03:00.001-08:00

This is Makade's second year playing basketball. He is having a great time.. He is getting a little more aggressive and that is helping him a lot. If you can't tell he is number 5 on the white team.

Lets Go!

2009-01-30T14:57:00.001-08:00

Brooklyn is such a fun little girl. She is always wanting to go out side. When she gets up in the morning she heads straight for the coat closet and gets a hat, any hat, and her jacket. She has to put the hat on by her self. She is ready to go!

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

2009-01-15T15:41:00.001-08:00

We had such a great Christmas. Every year we go to Grandma and Grandpa Bearden's house for Christmas Eve Dinner and a little party. We are lucky enough to have our own personal Santa that comes to visit the kids every year. We had such a great time. We ate dinner, exchanged gifts and did a white elephant game. After that we came home and let the kids open their new Christmas P.J's. Grandma Gin, Grandpa Kane, and Bailee came out to hang out a little that night. Christmas morning the kids were so much fun.. They woke up at about 7:30. Well, let me tell you what really happened. I woke up at about 2:00 to get Brooklyn a bottle and I could hear something upstairs. I go up so see and it is Makade. When he saw me he said "Hey mom, a rip-stick G". He was sitting up there watching TV and holding his rip-stick G. I sent him back to bed and then we all got up at 7:30. They all came running in so excited except Brooklyn. She didn't get it. They all loved everything they got. Their main gifts from Santa were Makade his rip-stick G. Jaxon a snowboard. Alex a baby, barbies and a barbie van. Brooklyn a baby and stroller. Craig and I surprised them with a new real 4-wheeler. They were so excited. They love riding it. Makade told one of his friends "I am really good at driving it, I have only tipped it over one time". This is true, but his friend didn't think of it as a positive thing. He wouldn't ride the 4-wheeler.... Christmas morning we always do a big breakfast with the Bearden family. This year it was at our house. It was a great time. With the big snow storm everyone got stuck at our house. I think everyone ended up having to be pulled out to leave.
We all usually meet up at my mom's that evening, but because of the snow my brothers didn't make it, we missed seeing them and their families. We had a great Christmas and hope you all did too.

Christmas Cards?!?!

2008-12-29T12:59:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I really meant to send out a Christmas Card this year. Thank you to all of you that sent us a card. We loved them.
I will give you a quick little update on all of us, since we didn't do the card thing. Next year.....

Craig: Craig is doing good. His company is doing good. He is serving as second counselor in the Elders Quarm Presidency and is enjoying that.

Jera: I am doing good. I have good days and bad days with my health, but it could always be worse. I am still at home with the kids and loving it. I am serving as the second counselor in the Young Women's Presidency. I love it. I was in the primary presidency right before, so I was a little nervous for the change. It has been great though.

Makade: Makade is six and a half. He is in first grade. He loves going to school. He is quit a social little butterfly. He is playing basketball right now and is really enjoying that.

Jaxon: Jaxon is four, he will be five in February. He is in the 4 year old preschool. He is excited to start kindergarten next year. He is a fun little boy. He love playing with his brother and sister.

Alex: Alex is three. She is such a little girl. She loves shoes, lipstick, getting her hair done, jewelry. Any girly thing. She is in dance and loves that.

Brooklyn: Brooklyn is 17 months. Yes, one more month until nursery...... She is such a good little baby. She is so fun. She loves playing with her sister and brothers.

We hope you all have had a good year and a Merry Christmas!

A Little Scare

2008-12-29T12:54:00.000-08:00

I will try to give the short version.
Saturday night at about midnight Bailee calls me and says "something is wrong with mom, her eyes are crossed". I had her put mom on the phone and sure enough I could tell she was starting to have a stroke. Kane had taken a sleeping pill, so he was no good that night. I stayed on the phone with mom while Craig drove down and got her. He and Bailee took her to the E.R. at Jordan Valley, they called mom's doctor. Her doctor wanted her to come to the University of Utah hospital, so they could monitor her there. They have done a lot of tests and we are hoping she will be coming home today. She is doing good now, but that sure was a scare.

Christmas Dance Recital

2008-12-19T11:46:00.001-08:00

We started Alex in dance in August and they just had their first recital. It was so cute. They had all the kids wear their P.J.'s. Alex did such a good job. At the end Craig gave her flowers. She thought that was great!

In-laws

2008-12-17T15:27:00.000-08:00

Every year we get together with all the adults in Craig's family (my in-laws) and go to some kind of Christmas event. This year we went to the Desert Star Theater. It was a lot of fun. Everyone was there except for Steve and Amanda. We missed them, but still had a great time. I honestly think I am the luckiest person when it comes to in-laws. I have the best. We all get a long and have such a good time together. They are all so good to me and my family. They are always there to help me out with the kids or anything else that I need on a bad day. They are good to just help even when I say no. They all know me too well. I love you all!! Thanks :)

Traditions

2008-12-17T15:19:00.000-08:00

It was tradition week and Jaxon's preschool. Most people brought things to make or something like that. We decided to take grandpa Kane to sing Christmas songs with the class. They all loved it. Jaxon had to play the bongo's, since he IS in grandpa's band. Thanks for the great time Jaxon and Grandpa Kane.

Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand

2008-12-11T14:02:00.000-08:00

Okay, so my family really likes Ryan Shupe. When I found out he was going to be at South Town Mall for a mini Christmas Concert we just had to be there. Makade was at school, so Jaxon, Alex, Brooklyn, Grandma Gin and I went.
Jaxon has been on a kick lately trying to convince everyone that He Is one of Santa's helpers. He had to wear his Santa hat and all. When we were at the concert he was singing the songs along with the band. He said to me "mom, I think they are going to want me to come up and sing with them since I know all the songs". Unfortunately they didn't ask him to come up. He did get his new Christmas CD signed and thought that was great. After the concert we appropratly went up to the eatery to have some "corndogs" for lunch. For those of you that don't know they sing a song called "corndogs". I know I am jumping around, but you know how I said Jaxon is convinced he is Santa's helper. He saw Santa there at the mall. He walks right up to him and says "ho,ho,ho Merry Christmas" as if it were some kind of code they had and then he just walked off. It was so funny. We had a great time. I love this time of year. The kids come up with such funny things.

Grandma Gin, Jaxon, Alex and Brooklyn
Jaxon with his Santa hat of course
Me and Alex

"Here comes Santa Clause"

2008-12-11T13:13:00.000-08:00

For the past couple of years we have gone to the Riverton City Hall to see Santa.
We stand out in the cold for about an hour so we can be one of the first ones in line. The kids all just play around and wait for Santa and Mrs. Clause. They come in on a fire engine and then we all follow them up so the kids can sit on Santa's lap and tell them what they want for Christmas. My kids absolutely loved seeing Santa. Alex was a little nervous to sit on his lap, so I had to sit with her. The kids all had such a great time. We were there with cousins and friends. After we saw Santa we got to go decorate cookies, go on a hay ride and have scones and hot chocolate. What a good time for all.

Thanksgiving!!!!

2008-12-10T09:48:00.000-08:00

This year we had Thanksgiving here at our house. It was my mom's year to have us all over, but because of her health and Kane's knee replacement surgery they weren't up for it. It was my first year doing Thanksgiving and I think it turned out really well. We had Mom, Kane and Bailee, Brian, Mindie and Ridge, Chett, Jory and Jack all over for dinner. Jory's friend Danielle came over later to hang out. Justin and Carolyn had just had baby Aspen, so they stayed home this year. We missed them, but understood. Thanks everyone for coming! I was pretty busy that day, so I didn't take a whole lot of pictures, but here are some on the one's I do have...

Danielle, Jory and Chett
Craig and Jera
Baby Jack
Mindie, Ridge and Brian
Mom and Kane

Classic Skating

2008-11-23T20:23:00.001-08:00

For those of you who have not been to Classic Skating, it is a great place for the kids to play. They have a Jungle Gym, Bounce section and of course a rink for skating. You can use skates, use scooters, bikes, most anything you can think of..
We went here for a birthday party for a friend of Jaxon's. Makade was off track so he got to come a long with us. This was our first time here. At the skating rink Makade only wanted to use his scooter. Jaxon on the other hand insisted he was going to roller skate for the first time.

Jaxon started out thinking "this doen't look to hard".

This is how the rest of it went. I ended up carrying him back to take his skates off. He was such a good sport.

Makade just stuck to tearin it up on his scooter.

Halloween???

2008-11-23T20:02:00.001-08:00

I know I am super late, but I thought I would still post our pictures of Halloween...

Makade, Jaxon and Grandpa Kane were all Indiana Jones. Alex was sleeping beauty, Brooklyn was a witch and Bailee was "white trash" with trash bags all over her.

We were also lucky enough to have one of our friends stop by. Brittany Spears. Doesn't she look great!
We had a good Halloweeen. We did the trick or treating and all that. The kids loved it.

Update

2008-11-01T19:50:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to give a little update on my mom...
She is doing quite a bit better. She came home from the hospital a week and a half ago. We all wondered why she was sent home. She was miserable. Someone had to be with her all the time and help her with everything. She went in and got another cat scan done on Friday and they said the Hematoma is 80% gone. We are so excited. She is starting to feel better and act better. She got really loony there for a little bit. We are finally starting to get our mom back. Thanks to all of you who have kept her in your prayers.

October 25, 1994

2008-10-25T08:21:00.000-07:00

Larry (My Dad)

I can't believe it has been 14 years today since my dad passed away.
When I think about it, it seems like it was just yesterday. I remember the day so clearly. It also seems like it has been forever. So much has happened since he passed. He is such a great man. He is such a good example to me. When I go through hard times I just think of him and it really helps me through. I miss him so much. I love you dad!

Happy Birthday Lara!

2008-10-20T13:35:00.000-07:00

Okay, so you know I had to put that picture :)
I know I am a day late, but I know you will understand.
Lara is one of my best friends. She is always willing to help me out with anything. She is always up for doing anything at any given time. She is always there to listen to me. She is always good for a laugh. We have had our ups and downs, but look at us now. Love ya Lara.... Happy Birthday!

My Mom!

2008-10-18T08:59:00.000-07:00

Jera, Brooklyn, Mom, Bailee & Jory.

My mom just had her 54th Birthday! Happy Birthday Mom!! Unfortunately on the same day she ended up in the hospital. She is at the U of U hospital. She has a subderal hematoma (which is bleeding on the brain). We are all very concerned about her. She could use all the prayers she can get.
She is a great person. She is my best friend. I could never imagine life with out her. I love you mom!

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-12T12:44:00.000-07:00

Jaxon, Makade, Alex & Brooklyn
Brookie and Jera
Grandma Gin, Makade and Alex
Craig and Jaxon
Makade, Jaxon, Alex and Brooklyn

Friday night we took the kids to the pumpkin patch. They had so much fun.
They got to pick out their own pumpkins, then they went through the corn maze.
Grandma Gin came with us. When we were all done we went to Grandma's house for some hot chocolate. Now the kids are very anxious to carve their pumpkins.

Fishing Trip

2008-10-12T12:33:00.001-07:00

Alex
Craig, Jaxon and Jera
Grandpa and Grandma Bearden
Makade, Craig, Alex and Jaxon
Craig and Makade

We had a great time going fishing with Grandpa and Grandma Bearden.
Grandpa took us up to Strawberry Lake on his boat. We had a great time catching fish and just hanging out on the boat. Thanks Grandpa and Grandma for a great time!

Happy Birthday Kane!

2008-10-07T12:05:00.000-07:00

This was at Kane's surprise party!
The Band! :)

Happy Birthday Kane!
Today is Kane's 60th birthday.
I am so lucky to have him in my life. He is such a great person. He is so good to me and my family. He and my boys started a band. They are so excited about it and talk about it all the time. Kane is really good at the guitar and singing and my boys are starting to think they are too. Thanks Kane for being so good to my kids. We love you so much. Happy Birthday!

I was tagged by Jess

2008-09-02T11:14:00.000-07:00

Four random things I like (adore) about my Husband?
1. The way he treats me. He is so good to me!
2. He is the best dad!
3. He can fix and do anything. I think he gets tired of me telling people, "Oh, don't worry about that, my husband can fix it for you."
4. the good person that he is.

*Four movies that I would watch more than once?
1. Girls just want to have fun
2. Pollyanna
3. The Ringer
4. How to lose a guy in 10 days

*Four Tv Shows I watch more than once?
1. The Office
2. ER
3. Law and Order
4. Bachelor

*Four Places I have Been?
1. Hawaii
2. Mexico
3. Texas
4. Bahamas

*Four people who E-Mail me regularly?
1. My mom
2. My friend Amy
3. My step-dad Kane
4. My Aunt Ellen

*Four Favorite Foods?
1. Sandwiches
2. Fresh Vegetables (cooked)
3. BBQ food
4. Apple Chips

*Four places I would like to visit?
1. Hawaii, again
2. Chicago
3. England
4. Any beach

*Four things I am looking forward to in the coming year?
1. Any nieces or nephews I have that will be born this year.
2. Hopefully some kind of vacation.
3. Spending time with my little family.
4. I am sure there is more, but I can't think of it.

*Four people that I have Tagged!
1. Jory
2. Lara
3. Melissa
4. Jamie

I get tagged all the time and never do them. I don't know what made me decide to do it this time, but I did!

Happy 1st Birthday Brooklyn!!

2008-08-21T13:52:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my baby is 1!! Time goes by so fast.
For Brooklyn's birthday we went to the lake on Grandma Gin's boat.
It was a great day! Happy Birthday Brookie, I love you!

Dance, Dance, Dance

2008-08-13T17:47:00.000-07:00

Alex just started dance. I think she is really going to enjoy it.

Makade's 1st day of school

2008-08-13T16:47:00.000-07:00

Makade's 1st day of 1st grade. He is now going all day. Having recesses and school lunch. He thinks he is pretty big. Okay, so I am the mom that likes my kids to dress up really cute for the 1st day of school. I wanted him to wear khaki shorts and a button up shirt, but he insisted on wearing this. I still thinks he looks so cute. He sure has a mind of his own. I love it. He is such a fun kid. He is enjoying 1st grade...

Pig Tails

2008-08-13T16:44:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn is the first one of my kids to not have much hair.
One day I thought I would try pig tails on her. It didn't work out so well and she didn't love them, but I still thought they were cute.

Happy Birthday Alex!!!

2008-08-13T16:34:00.000-07:00

August 11th was Alex's third Birthday. I can't believe she is already three. It goes by so fast. We had a good day. We just hung around home opened presents and then some family and friends came over that night for cake and ice cream.
Alex got her little, pink car because she has a fetish with little cars and opening and closing doors. She loves her little car. Happy Birthday Alex. I love you!

8 - 8 - 08

2008-08-13T16:22:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my little sister had a baby!
Jory had baby Jack on 8-8-08. Isn't that a cool Birthday!
He is such a cute, good baby! These pictures are him the day he was born.
He has a lot of cute brown hair. Jory is doing good. She is bouncing back really quickly. Congratulations Jor! I love ya!

A Week at Bear Lake.

2008-07-17T22:23:00.000-07:00

Every year my family does a week long trip to a lake. This year we went to Bear Lake. What a great time. We stayed at a camp ground. Craig, the kids and I were so lucky, because our great friend Eric let us take his ginormous fifthwheel-toyhauler trailer. What a great guy! We were nice enough to let my mom and Kane stay in the toyhauler part. Ha, ha. Actualy, it is really nice in that part. I think they had a good time in it.
Everyone was able to come except for Chet and Jory. Chet had started a new job and Jory is very pregnant. We missed them. We went to the lake, played on the beach and took the boats out every day! We would come back to camp in the evening and take the 4-wheelers out for a ride. What a great time!!! Mindie's family was there for the second half of the week, which was a lot of fun to have them there. Which, by-the-way, Brian and Mindie announced that they are having baby number two in Feb. Congratulations! We are so excited for them!
The kids had a great time playing with all of their cousins. We already miss everyone.
Thanks everyone for such a great vacation!

Does this take anyone back?

2008-07-17T21:27:00.000-07:00

For those of you that don't know, this is the cute little house I grew up in....

Brookie

2008-07-17T21:19:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I just thought these were cute pictures of Brooklyn... She is such a fun happy baby. I am so lucky to have her!

Happy 4th of July!!

2008-07-17T21:14:00.001-07:00

We had such a good 4th of July! We went to the Riverton park for the carnival. The kids had a blast. My mom and Jory had a booth there where Jory put colored hair extensions in people's hair. She was a good sport and stayed there most of the day, even though her feet were so swolen. Our good friends Eric and Amy and Eric's little girl (Alex's best friend) Faith met us at the carnival. We all had a great time.

School's Out!

2008-07-17T20:07:00.000-07:00

Makade with his medal. Every kid got a medal. They all thought that was pretty cool.
Makade and Alex
Makade and his teacher, Mrs. Johanson

Makade's last day of Kindergarten. He had such a good year and really like his teacher, Mrs. Johanson. We are going to miss her. He is very excited to start 1st grade.

Craig is 30! Happy Birthday!

2008-06-25T16:28:00.000-07:00

Craig and Jera
Lincoln, Eric, Craig and Chad Amy, Jera and Jordan
Brian and Craig

For Craig's 30th birthday I threw him a surprise party. He was so surprised, it was great!
We had a lot of friends and family come to the party. We played a lot of guitar hero! It was a lot of fun!

Day at the zoo

2008-06-25T13:53:00.000-07:00

The kids and I went to the zoo with Brian, Mindie and Ridge.
We all had such a great time. My kids loved being with their Aunt, Uncle and cousin.