Ice Skating

I was looking through some pictures and realized I forgot to post about us going ice skating. We went on January 23 and Landen was able to go for the first time. We were worried he would get the ice skates on or step on the ice and then not want to do it any more. But we were very happy when he got his skates on and walked around with out a problem. Then we got out on the ice and he had so much fun skating around. We had to hold his hands and he stumbled a lot but he was loving it. Even when he was stumbling or fell he had a huge smile on his face. We carried Dade around until I tried to carry him and fell with him. I fell really weird trying not to land on Dade so I hurt my knee. So I sat on the side with Dade while Drew took Landen around. We were there for about 2 hours and I forgot my camera. So the only picture I got was with my phone of Landen getting his skates off as we are getting ready to leave.

Dade's first Birthday

Here are some pictures of Dade's First Birthday. Dade had a lot of fun playing with the balloons. We weren't sure how he would do with his presents since on Christmas he just wanted the wraping paper, but he did really good opening his presents him self. Then when we gave him his cake and he pushed it away and said "uh uh". He would only eat it if I gave it to him on a fork. I made him a lion cake and I liked it so much I didn't want to put the candle on it. We had some friends come over. After the presents and cake we played the Wii and let the kids just play. It was a really fun day. I just can't believe he is already one. Landen did pretty good. He kept saying things like: "It's Dade's Birthday", "That's Dade's Birthday cake", "Are those Landen's" (pointing at the presents). Once we pointed everything out as Dade's for his birthday then he kept letting everyone else know it was all for Dade's Birthday. Today Dade said "Dada" for the first time. He has said "Mama" once but I haven't been able to get him to say it again. He was having so much fun saying "Dada" I called Drew at work and let him hear Dade say it. He was pretty happy.

Thank You

The move went really well. Thank you so much to everyone that helped. We really appreciate all the help we received. We still have stuff to unpack and some stuff to take to our storage but we are almost there. The boys have had a hard time with not getting my attention. Also Landen was over at friends houses while we moved so he has been going crazy with being stuck at home and not having other kids to play with. But we have had some warm days so we will try to get outside more. Dade is walking all over the place. That is all he wants to do and he gets upset when he keeps falling. Saturday is Dade's first birthday. I can't believe he is already one.

A Fun Week

Well I just took my Mom and Dad to the airport. They flew in last Wednesday and just left today. We had such a good time with them. We took them to Olympic Park in Park City and we got to watch some people do the skeleton run. They watched the boys for us one night and let Drew and I go on a date. We went to Olive Garden for dinner then went to the movies and saw Planet 51. It was really nice to go on a date with just the two of us. We also went to the Planetarium. The rest of the time we just sat around and relaxed. It was a lot of fun having them here. Landen and Dade had a lot of fun playing with them. When we took them to the airport Landen had a hard time saying good bye. As he saw them walking away he started to cry and kept saying he wanted Grandma and Grandpa. He cried the whole way home. Right after we left he called them to tell them bye again and then when we got home he called them again. He is really going to miss having them here. It was so nice having them stay with us for a week. Here are some pictures from their visit.







































Now that my parents have left its time to get ready to move tomorrow through Friday.