Crazy times

Things have been a little crazy with Drew starting his new job, getting Zoey and celebrating Dade's birthday. Drew's new job is going really well. He just heard back from ASU the other day and has an interview for the Masters program in March. Please keep him in your prayers.

We have had Zoey for 4 weeks now and she has already gained 6 pounds in those 4 weeks. She is growing so fast and has a lot of energy. The boys love taking her to the park and playing with her. She has been a joy (and a challenge) for our family.

  The boys playing with Zoey after we brought her home.

 

 Dade playing with Zoey at the park

 Some pictures of Zoey a few days ago already getting a lot bigger.

 Dade just turned 3 on the 13th and had his birthday party the fallowing Saturday. Grandma and Grandpa Raley and Grandma and Grandpa Pease were there and Courtney and Tavia surprised us by coming that weekend. Dade was so excited about his presents that he kept asking if he could open them about every 5 minutes. He wanted a Thomas the Train theme (again) for his party so he got a lot of Thomas toys and a play tool set that is Dade and Landen's favorite. I made Dade a Thomas 3D cake. It was my first time sculpting a cake so it didn't turn out as good as I would have liked, but not bad for my first time. I still can't believe Dade is already 3; time has gone by so fast. He is growing so much and is already 3 feet tall. He is opening up a lot more and talking all the time. He use to be so quiet but now he is quite the copy cat and likes to do and say whatever Landen does.

 Dade opening his presents.

 His Thomas the Train cake.

We have been looking for a house and "thought" we found one. This house was everything we had been looking for so we put an offer on it. It had been on the market for 5 days and already had 7 offers. They ended up going with another offer. We were pretty disappointed and have had a hard time liking any of the other houses we see now but we are still looking no matter how discouraging it is.

Here are some recent pictures of the boys.

 

 Drew and Landen playing soccer.

Drew has been doing really good with the camera. Here are some pictures he took of our family and of the boys.

 This one of the boys I took.

A new addition to the family!

We are getting a dog! My cousins dog had puppies and when we saw the pictures of them we fell in love and decided to get one. Their  mom is a German Shepard mix and their dad is a Brindle colored Boxer. We went to see them on Friday but it was late and they were sleepy so we didn't really get to play with them much. We had two puppies we were trying to decide between. I took the boys over to my Aunt's today to make our decision. So meet Zoey:

Christmas 2011

I am blogging late about Christmas but I finally decided to get it done. We had a really nice Christmas with my parents. The boys got a lot of presents. Landen asked Santa for Optimus-prime and blue shoes and Dade asked for Bumblebee. They were very excited to see that Santa got them what they wanted. I really had a lot of fun this year with Landen since it was the first time he really got into Christmas and Santa. It was nice being able to spend Christmas with family especially because this was the first year in four years we were able to.

 Looking at all the presents

 Dade loves Thomas the Train

 very cool binoculars

 art set

Dade got a Spencer (from Thomas and Friends) and was very excited about it!

Drew started the Academy on January 2nd so he is just starting his 3rd week and has 4 more to go. It is nice for things to finally be moving along. I am only working on Saturdays now and love it. It is really nice being home with the boys again. I really missed spending this much time with them. Even though I would prefer to spend Saturdays with Drew it is still nice to get out of the house one day a week.

Last class

Here are some more cakes and cupcakes I have made recently.

 

 Cupcakes I made for my moms office. The snowflakes I made out of white chocolate.

 This cake was for Drew's work.

 I had my last cake decorating class tonight and this is the cake I made. I learned a lot and had a lot of fun in the class. I hope to be able to take another class soon to learn how to work with fondant.

It is about time!!

I should have posted this earlier but I have been really busy with work. On Wednesday Drew got a call from the Correction Department and he GOT THE JOB!!!! We are so excited! He starts the academy on January 2nd. Things are finally moving along!

Fish cake

I am taking a basic cake decorating class at Joann's. So far I have had two classes. We didn't do very much for the first class but the second one was a lot of fun. I have really learned a lot and am excited for the next two classes. I hope to take the more advanced classes some time soon. The lovely little fish cake I decorated.

Landen's Birthday

Landen is growing too fast for me! He turned 5 on November 30th. On Saturday the 26th we had a little birthday party for him. We had a really nice Thanksgiving with Drew's family then had both of our families together for Landen's birthday. Landen is such a smart kid and is growing so much everyday. I am so proud of him and thank Heavenly Father every day for him. He is such a sweet kid and never forgets to tell me how much he loves me. I am so blessed to have two beautiful, loving, great kids in my life!
 

The kids played a game that was kind of like pin the tail on the donkey, except it was with transformers and they had to put their stickers on the Autobot and Desepticon symbols.          

 The "SWEET" Autobot cake I made for Landen.