Halloween

This year Easton for Halloween Easton was Harry Potter, Maycee a punk rocker, Cannon a studly Captain America and Brinklee was a darling Witch(not pictured). Between the ward trunk-or-treat, the elementary family dance and trick-or-treating our neighborhood with the Weirs the kids scored way too much candy. My kids are already planning their costumes for next year!!!

GramZ

We so enjoyed having my mom come. She is wonder woman and really I couldn't have done it without her. With each baby she has come to the rescue to help our family adjust to the newness of a new baby and I am forever indebted to her.


All the kids are in LOVE ( that's a huge understatement!) with Tyton. They want to hold him every chance they get. Knowing Tyton is my last baby I am trying to capture every moment and love on this little guy as much as I can. He has the sweetest nature. He just goes with the flow and doesn't mind being passed back and forth from sibling to sibling.

Some highlights of the two weeks with mom:
*Having the Thordersons (our adorable cousins) come meet baby Tyton
*My dad flying in for a surprise visit. I was taking a nap and in walked my dad! I was so happy I just bawled. It was so good to see him!
* Garden of the Gods
*Going to the Zoo to ride the skyride(our fav!)
*Halloween dance at the elementary school...hilarious!
*Baking Halloween cookies
*Playing Jinx and Sorry (100+times)

He's here!

Tyton David arrived 15 days early weighing in at a whopping 6 lbs. 2 oz and 18 1/4 inches long! He's a little peanut and pretty much just fell out of me with two pushes. We are in LOVE and are so glad he's come to our family. Life with 5 kids is BUSY so when I can get more than 5 mins to write more I will.

35 weeks

T minus 5 weeks. Crossing my fingers and toes he comes in 2 weeks like Brinks did. We are so excited to meet this little guy.

Grandma visit

Grandma TaTa came for a visit and boy did we pack it in. Of course we took her to our favorite place...the zoo! If you know Nate, you know he has an obsession with zoos. He would go everyday, not kidding. Our zoo has an awesome sky ride so half the time we just go to ride up and down the mountain and wave to the animals from up high but seriously he LOVES the zoo!
We went to the park several times, she had some dental work done, celebrated here 64th b-day, took her to beautiful Garden of the Gods, did some Denver shopping and smothered her with lots of hugs and kisses!! We love visitors and can't wait for more!

Nationals

Well-lets just say I am glad we are officially done with AZ dance. When we moved right in the middle of the season we were asked if Maycee could stay on and finish up the season meaning she would have to fly back 2 times in April and attend Nationals in July in Palm Springs. We decided to do it and finish up the season with her darling team. I'm glad we did it but am relieved that we have now officially closed the door to AZ dance. She is now on a team here and making new cute friends here.

Nationals went really well. It's always a party roadtriping with T-momma. We shared a condo for a few days- the girls of course had a blast being together. Lots of dancing and lots of swimming since it was HOT, HOT, HOT!! I have decided I don't miss the heat. Ask me in January when the snow still on the ground and I'm freezing. I know I'll want to head to the sun and warmth! But pregnancy +heat=don't mix very well with this lady!

All of Maycee's dances took platinum and first place. Their adorable hip-hop was asked to stay to compete in the "dance-off" Tuesday morning. They took 2nd-so proud of them! Way to go PDC

Land of HOT!

We made a quick pit stop in AZ to drop off three kids to stay with their very best friends while Maycee and I drove to Cali for Dance Nationals. The kids were so excited to see friends, our old house and their old school. Cannon wanted to stop by Mrs. Jodi's for a quick hug-he was one happy kid to see her and her dog Oscar. Lolo and Brinks picked right where they left off-playing babies and mommies. Koen and Cannon=2 wild 5 year olds in hog heaven to be together again!!I didn't get a picture of Easton with Mason but they had a blast swimming and playing DS. Boy -Easton misses that kid....Alot! I am grateful for such dear friends who offered to watch my kiddos so I could be with Maycee. I will forever be thankful for them and our dear memories of AZ.

4th of July!

The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays. I think its because we are in Provo with family. The weather is perfect and my kids are so happy to be with cousins. I have the GREATEST family. Seriously I am one lucky girl to have them. We love being together and spending every second together. There are always tears shed when our time together is up but we look forward to our next reunion.

This year was my dad's 65th bday so we had a celebration for him. His favorite present was his new license plate for his ranger that says PAPAFUZZY!! The kids always love raiding my moms costume closet and performing skits. That closet can entertain for hours!

Some other highlights were meeting our new niece Ella. She is the littlest peanut and so super smiley. We could of just eaten her up she is sweet. We saw dear friends, took lots of ranger rides, ate loads of yummy food, BYU bowling, Provo parade, and fireworks!!

Time in Odgen

It's tradition for us to head to Utah every 4th of July. Ever since our first July in AZ we discovered you can't do fireworks, the parade will melt your face off due to the sun and its simply TOO hot to live in 115 weather, we decided we will always go north. Besides, Provo knows how to really celebrate the 4th!

We spent a few days in Ogden with Nate's family before going to my family. It's always a cousin heaven. They loved playing Just Dance on the Wii, going swimming, eating LOADS of popsicle's,celebrating Uncle Jon's B-day, going to Chuck E Cheese's, roaming Grandpa's farm and staying up way too late every night watching movies! Yeah- for summer and time to play!

Catch Up... Big time!

HOLY MOLY I'm behind. Time to bust a move on this blog before baby #5 rocks our world! We have LOVED living closer to our dear friends from dental school-Nick and Aly. Hadley got baptized so we went up for her big day. She looked beautiful and we are glad we could be there. Maycee and Hadley are such cute friends. We've enjoyed going to a few Rockie games this summer in the Comfort Dental suite. We just happened to go the same night as Nick and Aly and 3 of their cuties one night- SOOO fun! Aly and I didn't watch one second of the game but we did some serious catching up!!

Girls Weekend

Way back in May some of my dearest friends from AZ came to visit us CO girls. What a great weekend with many laughs, TONS of food and lots of shopping. I will forever be grateful for friends like these ones. When they left I was so sad-I cried and cried. I truly miss our little "circle" of friends in AZ but know what we have is forever. Glad these girls like to getaway like me and can't wait till September for our next vacay!

FIVE

Before I get too behind on my blog, thought we should acknowledge a birthday in our household-Cannon Thomas Budge turned the big 5! He has been asking when his b-day is for the past 6 months. He would get so frustrated that it was taking "too long" to get here! Well it came and went and we celebrated at Chuck e Cheese (his choice for our family activity). Sunday was his actual birthday so we celebrated by -breakfast in bed, presents, cake and ice cream with friends at a park and dinner of choice=ham sandwiches, strawberries and water! Pretty simple guy! LOVE this kid so much. He came into this world with a crazy start. With us moving 4 days later and starting a new job, life was really upside down. But Cannon brought this special love into our hearts and family that helped us (me) get through that whirlwind of a time. He has his momma wrapped around his little finger and I hope he knows how much we all adore him!

Facts about Cannon:
* Loves sleeping with his brother and wants nothing to do with his own room.
*Loves gum, Life cereal, chicken nuggets, ham sandwiches without cheese, and anything sweet!
* Is RUFF and TUFF
*Is a natural at any sports
* Does a back flip on the tramp
*Can swim for hours... diving down deep, jumping and fliping off the edge (he's crazy!)
* Loves babies and tells me everyday that our baby is getting bigger, kissing my belly and talking about "his" baby.
*Has the BEST smile and the most contagious laugh
* Is SO ticklish
*Excited to Kindergarten in the fall

Happy Birthday Buddy. We LOVE you so much and can't imagine our lives without you.

BIG girl now

Brinklee has mastered the potty and has thrown all her binkies away! NO more baby girl...she is officially grown up! We could not be more proud of this little monkey. Way to go Brinks!!!

New Aunt

It is so fun being an aunt! Love this new little one. Congrats to my bro and his wife

Happy Easter