Happy Birthday Braden!

Braden turned 3!!!  It made me sad that he turned 3 already.  Time really does go by fast when you have kids.  We had a great day though.  Grandpa Smith took Braden to Petsmart and a few other places in the morning while I went and picked up the cake and ice cream, the balloons and the pizza.  This is the teeter twirl that he saw in catalog and wanted for his birthday.  We had family over that evening and it was a good celebration for him.  He doesn't ever like when all the attention is on him (he tends to be very shy) but he did just fine.  Aaron decided that we are going to start a birthday tradition by having a pinata at each birthday so we had a football for his.  We have some very tall trees in the back yard and Aaron rigged up the pinata in the trees and we all had a great time doing that.  Thanks to the Smith boys for tearing it up with the bat.  They really know how to swing the bat (and throw it at me too!) Carson, Jacob and Braden were the only cousins so we needed a little extra help.  It was fun!    Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate!

                                          

Rainy day off

May is almost over and I haven't even had a new post since the middle of April.  So I guess it is about time for a quick update.  Today was so nice . . . it rained all day long!  It was wonderful.  Aaron has been working some long hours lately and he stayed home today and we spent lots of time together as a family.  I love those days!  We started off by deep cleaning the trailer.  Braden loves the trailer.  I think he might know more about it than me.  We were cleaning it and he was asking all sorts of questions and figuring out how everything worked.  He even asked how to turn the hot water on.  I was surprised that he even knew there was a switch to turn the hot water on.  He is really excited to take it out camping. We have a trip planned in a few weeks to go to the Manti Pageant and then spend a few days at Yuba Lake.  It should be a great trip. We got it all cleaned and then I had Aaron do some things on the "honey-do" list, which required a quick trip to Lowes.  Another exciting trip that Braden loves!  (It was his lucky day)  Then after lunch Braden and Aaron watched the movie Cars and Austin took a nap and I did more cleaning in the house.  We then killed some time just playing together with the boys and then we had a little BBQ for Memorial Day.  After dinner we had scripture reading, Family Home Evening and of course cookies for dessert.  Then the boys all showered and to bed they went.  They were both asleep by 7:45.  What a great day!