Hayden's 6th Birthday

We celebrated Hayden's birthday on Sunday (a day early) and just like every year he was glad when it finally arrived. He had been asking every day since the beginning of March when it would be his birthday. --And any one who knows Hayden very well knows he has NO PATIENCE!! --Anyway, we had everyone over for his party after church on Sunday. He had seen this cake:

in a magazine that I was looking at one day, and he said that it was the cake he wanted for his party.

Well, our cake didn't turn out quite like the magazine:

Thanks for all your help Jacki- even if it did fall apart on Sunday morning... (The things we do for our kids!!)

Hayden was a little sad, but I think I was more sad than he was!! So, I ended up making a new cake before church on Sunday and he seemed happy with it.

Hayden wanted a pinata again this year, but we couldn't find a motorcycle one, so we ended up with "Uncle Sam's hat".  (Don't you just love Hayden's outfit - shorts and snow boots?)

He really liked all of his presents that he got - like the Hot Wheels Motorcycle (and Lego's from Hailee and Lexie)

and the Toy Story Lego's (from Paige, Gavin, and Ethan)

(Plus, he got a shirt and money from his Grandma and Grandpa, money from the Snuffy's, and money from Papa Mike and Nana)

Hayden loves to collect things - he has a bottle cap collection that he has been working on for about 2 years, and then this past summer- he started collecting rocks. This kid comes home with rocks falling out of his pockets, and he collects any kind of rocks, small ones, big ones.  He even came home one day from school one day - and excitedly wanted to show me a rock that he had found. When I "checked" out his "cool" rock - it was an old piece of gum!! Gross, huh? --Anyway, a few months ago he told his dad he wanted to look at rock tumblers on the Internet, and so he has been checking them out ever since. Not sure where or why he came up with the idea to want one. But he had his heart set on one, and on Sunday morning when he noticed his wrapped presents he told his dad "Cool! It better be a rock tumbler!!" So, guess what he got from us:

Now he just has to wait for the process of polishing the rocks to finish, which is a total of almost 3 weeks!! Maybe this will help him with learning to be more patient. We can always hope, right? 

Spring Break 2010

Hayden had his Spring Break the week of March 15th, and he was so ready for it. He is only in Kindergarten and already hates going to school. Well, I guess he hates getting up to go to school because he does fine once he gets there.  Anyway - we didn't do too much on Monday and Tuesday - made some cookies, watched a movie (or two), played a few games. Then on Wednesday - the kids were starting to fight and drive me crazy, so since it was a fairly nice day - we went to the park.

Hayden and Kayla had fun playing on the slide......

and the merry-go-round.....

and the swings........

Katie enjoyed the swing too!!!

And that's pretty much all there is at Manassa's park, so when Hayden got tired of playing - he decided to take some pictures

of the birds in the park,

the equipment in the park,

and the people in the park.

The rest of our spring break was spent out of town. We (me, the kids, and Waylen's mom) left on Thursday morning and headed over to Colorado Springs. We got there around noon and went to the mall and did some shopping, then went over to Target and Ross, then the highlight of the day (for the kids) was going to Chucky E. Cheese. Waylen's brother, Ben, and his wife, met us there for dinner and I think Uncle Ben had has much fun as the kids did playing games.  That night we stayed with Ben and Kaley, and woke up to it snowing. Of course, the one time in ages that we go somewhere it snows!!!  So on Friday morning, we went down to Pueblo and stopped by Kohl's, then we went and ate at the Olive Garden (which was oh, so yummy -as always!!) and then did some more shopping (you know I had a million things on my need/want list).  So after spending the day in Pueblo, we started to head home, but when I gave Waylen a call he said the pass was closed due to wrecks and visiablity.  So we had Waylen priceline us a room, and we ended up getting the Marriott which was really nice. Hayden was really excited about staying in a hotel and both the kids were excited that they got to swimming, (after we made a trip back to Target to get them some swimming suits and swim tubes, which ended up being huuuuuuuge!!) They got to swim for about an hour or so, and had lots of fun playing with a family from our ward that was there too!!!  We got up and left Pueblo around 8:30 on Saturday morning, and after a snack break in Walsenburg, a potty break in Fort Garland, and a detour back towards Fort Garland (because of a horrible accident) on our way to Alamosa, we finally made it home around noon.  It was a lot of fun to get out of Manassa for a few days, even if it did snow!!! And that pretty much wraps it for our spring break. 

Our KRAZY Kayla

Just wanted to do a post on our other princess - Kayla. She is our KRAZY little girl. You never know what this girl is going to say or do next. Her latest "fashion statement" is wearing a swimsuit. 

She wore her swimsuit (with panties) almost every day last week (and she has it on today too). I can get her dressed in the mornings and within an hour, she has something else on whether it is the swimsuit or dress-up clothes or a few weeks ago it was this one particular outfit that she wanted to wear EVERYDAY whether it was clean or not!!! --The red shirt is the top, and it has a pair of pink "soft pants" (as Kayla calls them). Stretch pants are the only kind of pants she will wear now (well, when she is dressed to go somewhere that is!!) She absolutely refuses to wear jeans!!!

Kayla has never been one to want to sleep in her bed, she usually ends up going to sleep on the couch or on the floor in our room, and she would probably prefer sleeping in Katie's car seat than sleeping in her own bed.

And needless to say, she usually always ends up in our bed. So, a couple of weeks ago, I asked Kayla why she never sleeps in her bed, and she quickly responded with "Well, there's a hole in my wall." So, I had her show me and it was this teeny tiny hole that is in the wall from when we ran a phone line from that room to another room. The thing with this hole is - it is practically covered by her dresser, so not sure how she even noticed it.  We put Katie's crib in her room on Saturday, and thought she might sleep in there Saturday night with Katie, but no she didn't - she refused to because of the hole in the wall. So, Waylen finally covered the hole with some tape and she has went to bed in her own bed since then, and as stayed all night in her bed every night this week.  --So not sure what she was worried about with this hole, but to think this whole time she wasn't sleeping in her bed just because of that tiny hole!!!  --Guess we'll have to see how long this last!!

Kayla was assigned her first talk in primary on Feb. 28th. I found a really simple talk (and pictures to match each saying) that went like this:

Jesus loves everyone

Jesus forgives those you make mistakes

Jesus teaches the gospel

Jesus serves others

Jesus heals the sick

Jesus loves everyone

I took her down to the church on Saturday afternoon, so she could practice using the microphone and go through her talk a couple of times. It went great, she was so excited, and she stayed excited all day Sunday. She even asked me before she went to her Primary class if it was time to give her talk. --Well, not sure what happened, but she got up there and FROZE!!!  She wouldn't say a word. So, I called Hayden up to have him do it for her, but then she decided she would do it because of course, she didn't want Hayden doing it!! Well, by this time, the primary kids started giggling and so then, she FROZE again and never did do it.  --Not sure if she would have done better had she went first.  She was sitting on Waylen's lap waiting her turn, and he said while the girl before her was giving her talk, Kayla started getting tears in her eyes.  Kayla says she didn't do it because all the kids were laughing at her.  --So who knows?? But the thing is ever since then, she'll be playing at home, and she'll stop and say "Jesus loves everyone, huh, mom?" and/or  "Jesus heals the sick, right, mom?" and/or "Jesus serves everybody. Is that the next one?" She has probably said her talk at least three times (without any help) since then!!-- Guess we'll see how she does next time she is asked to do a talk!!!

Like I said - You never know what this KRAZY little girl is going to do or say next.

Time to Eat

Katie was able to enjoy her first bowl of baby cereal this past Saturday (6th). She wasn't quite sure about it at first, and just like all babies first time eating, she got more on herself and everything around her than she did in her mouth.  Hayden and Kayla both had to have a turn feeding her, and they thought it was the most exciting thing ever!! It was a little difficult (and still is) to feed her when she always ends up turned to the side in her seat.  She also loves to grab the spoon and try to feed herself.  She is loving the cereal, and now she has something to eat during dinner. Although, she still stares at everything we eat!!  Feeding her the cereal at dinnertime gets her tummy all full for a good night's rest.  She has been sleeping much better at night and in her own crib (that we finally put up) every night this week. 

Katie: 4 months old

Here we are with another month come and gone, and our sweet little Katie Sue is now 4 months old.  She is still such a sweet baby and we just love her so much. She is just bursting with personality already and she has the cutest little smile.

She loves to sit in her bumbo seat, and always has to sit in it and join us at the table for dinner.  She always ends up turned to her side instead of just sitting in it looking straight ahead.

 

Kayla had been wanting Katie to wear this shirt from the time she was born, not sure why, but she always wanted her to wear it. Well, she can fit in it now, and Kayla was so excited when we but it on Katie. I'm sure you can tell that it says "Does this DIAPER make MY butt look BIG??"

During the month, Katie stayed busy trying to roll over. She loved rolling to her side and just laying there watching everyone and everything around her. Then, she would roll on over, but would always get stopped when her arm would get in the way. But she finally mastered it on Sunday, and dad and Kayla saw her roll over from her stomach to her back a couple of times. She never would do her new trick for mommy though, until Tuesday night, mom had her lying on her back, and next thing mom knew she looked over and Katie was on her tummy. Yeah!! (Actually I'm not so sure I am ready for her to start doing all of this, because then she will grow up too fast!!)  And now she just starts getting mad when she rolls from her back to her tummy, guess she hasn't figured out that she can just roll back over to her back!!!  I'm sure she'll figure it out pretty quick and will be rolling all over the place.

She still likes to play with her playmat, although she doesn't last as long now playing with it as she did a month or so ago. She wants to sit up, so sometimes I'll just sit her in her bumbo up next to her toys on the mat and she's a lot happier than lying down.  

She likes taking a bath, and is usually ready for it as soon as she wakes up. She likes to get her bath, get dressed, play for awhile, then eat and have a nap. On most days that is!! Some days she will go all morning without a nap, she's too busy worrying about what mom and Kayla are doing.    

Just had to include this picture of our sweet little princess. She had a great big smile I was wanting to get a picture of, but she started eating her blanket. In the end, I think it turned out to be a pretty cute picture even without her cute little smile!!!            

10 YEARS!!!!

I just can't believe that is has already been 10 years since Waylen and I got married. I'm always saying how fast time flies and how I just can't believe it has already been _______ since _________, but seriously where did the last 10 years go? --It seems just like yesterday when Elder Dunkin gave me "Elder Hoover's" address and said "Here, he wants you to write him!!!"  I was shocked, excited, thrilled, confused, amazed, you name it - I felt it!! --For those who may not know the story of how Waylen and I met - You probably do already know we met while he served his mission in my hometown of Waycross, GA.  He served in the other ward there, and in March 1998, a family member of mine in his ward invited the elders to our Mobley family reunion, where we officially met.  After that day, I only saw him in passing while at church for the next few weeks before he was due to go home.  Then, when he left, Elder Dunkin (who served in my ward) gave me his address. So that's the short story of how we met.  Nothing too exciting, but that slip of paper with his address (which I still have) changed my life forever!! --And when we first got married, Waylen always got a kick out of telling people we met at a family reunion in GA, and that he just got me to start wearing shoes b/c I never had any, and his all time favorite joke: "So, Faith got pulled over right after we got married, and the officer asked her "Got any ID?" and Faith said 'Bout What?'" (And he says the 'bout what?' in the fakest Southern accent I've ever heard.!!!!) --That's just one of many that I've heard since we got married!!!

In honor of our 10 years, 10 things that I love/am thankful for about Waylen:

1 - I'm thankful that he is such a hard worker and goes out to work every day to support our family.  Although, I do wish he would take a few vacation days every once in awhile!!! But then - when he does I am often ready for him to go back to work!!!

2 - I'm thankful that he feels my place right now is at home with the kids. Although, it may sometimes get difficult financially, and would be much easier if I had a full time job too.  But everything always works out for the best!!

3 - I can never stay mad at him. If we have an argument or disagreement about something, he will say or do something that will make me laugh (or realize how dumb I sound or am being).

4 - He is full of lots of laughs. He always has a funny story or joke to be told, and is usually always the life of the party.

5 - He is a wonderful daddy. The kids just love him so much, even though he doesn't have much patience with them (or that's my opinion!!). But he always takes time with them when he gets home from work whether it is helping Hayden with his reading, Kayla with cleaning up her messes, and just giving Katie kisses.  And the kids' favorite thing to do with daddy is WRESTLE (which always occurs right before bedtime!!)

6 - He is great to help out with getting the kids ready for bed. --The bedtime routine is the one part of the day that I hate because Tired Kids (or some nigths- Rowdy Kids from Wrestling) + Tired Mom = NIGHTMARE!! -- But Waylen always helps out, even on Wed. nights when he gets home at 7 from work, eats dinner, and has to be at his bishopric meeting by 7:30!!

7 - I am thankful for his calling as 2nd counselor in the bishopric. It has blessed us in more ways than we know!! --(And the kids are actually better at church on Sundays without him sitting with them!!)

8 - He is a crafty, handyman. He always has some project going on. From bathroom remodel to kitchen remodel to privacy fence outside, he has thought of it and did a lot of it himself.  He always has a plan on how to make our home a more beautiful home.

9 - I'm thankful that he is worthy to give priesthood blessings. There have been many times we have had sick kids in the middle of the night, and a priesthood blessing is just what they needed to get through the night!!

10 - I'm thankful that he's Waylen and is his own unique self!!!! He's the best!!

Look forward to many more adventures and memories during the next 10 years!!!