HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

To my 2 most favorite "Fathers" in my life

1st-MY Dad:

10 reasons why I love my daddy:

1) He's hilarious and always knows how to make me laugh

2) He's a HARD worker- such an example to me

3) He constantly shows how much he loves the poeple around him by finding any way possible to help his family members in need--even if it means making things harder for him

4) He's such a giver- constantly offering to share or give away things that mean a lot to him

5) He's great at everything he does! He can play ANY instrument, and fix ANYTHING

6) He loves his children and grandchildren and shows it

7) He's fun to watch baseball games with

8) He's in a lot of physical pain somedays- yet it's a rare occasion to hear him complain about it

9) He has a strong testimony of the gospel- understanding his purpose in life- serving others and blesesing their lives.

10) He's sweet and understanding and always lends a listening ear

I LOVE my dad- he's the best. I'm so grateful to have such an amazing person to look up to.

2nd- My Husband

10 reasons why I love my husband:

1) He's an AMAZING and involved father, something I really admire

2) He's caring and sensitive to the feelings of everyone around him

3) He's a really HARD worker-constantly striving to do better and learn more

4) He's very intelligent

5) He knows how to make me laugh- and accomplishes this often ;-)

6) He supports me in everything I do- always my #1 fan

7) He is a good listener and always gives good advice

8) He has a VERY strong testimony of the Gospel and a huge love for his Savior

9) He is almost ALWAYS in a good mood. In our 2 1/2 years of marriage, I have yet to see him get really upset. He's very calm and collected.

10) He's the best husband in the world and I couldn't have asked for more. I feel undeserving of the great love and respect he shows for me each and every day. I love him so much!

And so, to the 2 most important fathers in my life, I wish you a very happy Father's Day. While I was creating these lists, I found that all of them are interchangable between persons. Both have similar qualities that I admire. Interesting- they say that most women compare every guy to their dad. Looks like I found a close match to be my husband! BOTH are OUTSTANDING people in my life that deserve to be recognized. Thanks for being such an inspiration to me and making my life full of happiness!

Alright, so I am FULLY aware that this post has TONS of pictures! But a lot has happened in the last 2 months and I just wanted to show you all of it! First, Kaden turned 1 on May 23rd! We can't believe he's 1 already...time really did fly by. But he's cute as ever and we love him SO MUCH! We had a fantastic BBQ birthday party for him at the neighborhood park by our house. It was so much fun. Family and good friends all came to celebrate with us...it was a blast. Here are some highlights from the birthday party:

Adorable Birthday cake--courtesy of Grandma Robin ;-)

Stuffing his face!

Mom and Dad and our 1 year old!

Opening presents! Kaden wasn't really into unwrapping things, to my suprise. I ended up opening practically ALL of them. Kaden got TONS...thanks SO much to everyone for being so nice!

Slide at the park!

EIEEWW! "Uncle Shawn! That raspberry was SOUR?!"

"I'm 1!"

"Yipee!!"

Birthday Boy

Mom and the birthday boy! Behind me is a decoration I made. It was a layout of pictures of Kaden each month he's been alive! It was cool to see the change each month as he grew up!

OK- So, after the birthday party, we rushed home to pack our last minute items for our trip to Seattle! We left that same night! We spent a week there and it was SO much fun! We got plane tickets to go, back in January. We found a REALLY good deal on the plane tickets, and took advantage! When my mom and dad, and sister found out about the good price...they hopped on board with the idea too! So it was great to have my whole family up there in Seattle with us! We all stayed the night in different locations, but it felt like a mini family reunion. And oh my gosh! The weather was AMAZING while we were there! It didn't rain ONCE! It was in the 70's the ENTIRE time! We felt like we went on a tropical vacation. :-) It was so awesome. We took advantage of the outdoors while we were there!

This was Kaden's first time on an airplane! He did pretty good! He actually slept most of the way there...and wasn't too fussy when he was awake. SUCH a blessing ;-) Good boy, Kaden!

When we got to Seattle, our extended family up there threw Kaden a little Birthday Party! It was so nice! Great Aunt Holly bought Kaden this cake! It says

"Happy Birthday Kaden! One year older and CUTER too!"

Great Aunt Lisa and Kaden. She got him this cute set of "keys". He LOVED it.

Great Aunt Holly got him his 1st pair of swooshes! Haha...these Nike sneakers were adorable! He also got a cute pair of church shoes from his GG, and a toy phone from Uncle Allen,Aunt Meggan, and cousin Ava! Thanks guys!

We took a trip up to Mount Vernon, Washington....farm country where my Grandma and Grandpa Combsie live. It was SO muc fun! This is my sister and my cousisns Courtney and Tiffany. Love em!

Grandma and Grandpa Combsie FINALLY got to meet Kaden!!

My cousin Courtney has a little cutie named Ava that is the same age as Kaden! They were little buds.

Swimmin' with ava

Since the weather was SO AWESOME- we went to the beach A LOT! Kaden was such a beach bum!

Dad burried him!

"I love Holly!"

I just added this picture in because he's started this new thing with bananas! He LOVES them. We call him our little monkey now. He is ALWAYS in the mood for a banana, and he'll just GOBBLE it down! Its so funny to watch! Each bite is an entire mouth full! But somehow he gets it down just fine...then comes back for more!

Great Aunt Holly got him this cute little floater boat for his Birthday, and Kaden had a blast in it! As you can see!

Reaching for the doorknob....showing off his new kicks! :-)

When we visited Allen and Meggan, we went to a Children's Museum close to their house in Everett! It was a blast! Kaden loved exploring.

"Would you like a ticket sir?"

It's fascinating to watch a penny roll around in a bowl!!

We went to Lake Morton/Camp Nordy! Aunt Holly and Uncle Dan own a Lake house up there that was SO awesome! We got to go out on the boat and play on the dock! Kaden loved it...SO relaxing!

Austin's first time ever driving a boat! Nice job babe!

And now just some random pictures from recently:

Parker's Preschool Graduation! Congrats!

Kaden LOVES cousin Cohen!

Here's another "new" thing Kaden loves to do! He likes to open and close cupboard doors and drawers! The funny thing is, he never wants the things that are inside the cupboards, NO...he just wants to watch it open and close! It's the funniest thing. He could do it for hours....just, open....close....open.....close :-) Silly Kaden.

"Show me your muscles!!"

"Show me your muscles" video!

Hey guys! Well almost a month has passed since my last post...but we've done some fun stuff! Kaden is trying SO hard to walk but probably has a ways to go still before we'll see that. He's getting all 4 teeth on top at the same time! Poor guy probably hurts a lot because of it, but it's exciting to see his cute little smile change. We just got back from our trip to Las Vegas and it was SO much fun! Austin's job required him to travel to Las Vegas for a conference lasting 3 days. Since this time the conference was held over our 2 year Anniversary weekend...we decided to drive down there early and make a vacation out of it! So, we left 4 days earlier than the conference date to enjoy some time together. The weather was GREAT and we even were able to miss out on a bad snowstorm back at home! We enjoyed the swimming, shopping, sight seeing, and just relaxing! Here's a BUNCH of pictures of our fun time....ENJOY!

Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada!

Weeeee!!

Having fun swimming at the Monte Carlo hotel!

I just LOVE this picture. It turned out SO cute. He had such a blast swimming...he was SO CUTE!

Practicing his walking

Funny Lisence plate

So handsome!

Las Vegas temple

Such a cute grin :-)

"Want some celery?!"

"Crapless Craps" hee hee

Yes, we took a "stroll down 'Memory Lane'. :-)

Us with the Stratosphere! This is the hotel we stayed at for the 1st 4 days of our trip! So cool.

Up at the stratosphere obeservation deck! Pretty view.

Kaden had to miss a few naps while we were there cuz there was so much fun stuff to go out and do! This is the face he gave us to let us know...."guys, I'm so tired! Let me go to bed!"

April 14th! We went to the Hard Rock Cafe for our 2 year Anniversary Dinner! It was SO much fun! WAY loud...but it was a cool experience! Kaden ended up getting sick while we were there though...threw up all his dinner...kinda embarassing, but an interesting experience to talk about, right?! What can ya do?!

This was SO sweet! While we were at the Hard Rock Cafe, Austin tipped off our waiter without me knowing...that it was our 2 year anniversary. Just before we left, the waiter brought out this ice cream sunday for us with two burning candles! He made us stand up and he yelled to all the people in the restarant to shout "Congratulations!" to us. It was so cute....I love my husband! What a sweetie. I'm so grateful to be married to such an amazing person...2 fantastic years down...and MANY more great years to come!

Us two on our anniversary. We love eachother :-)

At the Las Vegas Library! We went there to use the free internet :-)

I just had to add this one in here...funny face, huh?!

VIDEO: Kaden LOVED swimming! He just wished he had all his fun bathtub toys with him!

VIDEO: This was just kinda funny. While we were eating at the restarant...the only thing that would keep him entertained while we ate...was ice cubes! Haha....poor guy probably thought it was torture that he couldn't pick it up with his hands! It sure kept him entertained though...and we got a good laugh out of watching him!

Well Kaden turned 10months old last week can you believe it?! What a fun grown up boy! We love him so much. Recently we decided to get his hair cut for real instead of just the trims I did before. He needed an ALL OVER haircut...it was getting SO long. So...with the advice of Aunt Brittany, we went to Cookie Cutters-a haircut place for kids! It was SO fun...Kaden got to sit in a cute airplane chair...he got to watch an Elmo movie to distract him...and the lady who cut his hair was SO good. The whole experience was quick and painless...and wasn't expensive at all :-) We even got to go home with a little baggy of hair left over from his 1st real haircut! It looked cute...but now he's not my little boy anymore! He looks SO grown up like his older cousins. I love it though and it was much needed. We love our little Kaden and can't believe how fast the time is going by! Pretty soon...Kaden will be walking and talking :-) Enjoy the pics of our recent adventures!

BEFORE Kaden's new Haircut!

Getting his new haircut!

AFTER!

SO adorable

Playing at Kangaroo Zoo for cousin Parker's 5th Birthday Party!

Kangaroo Zoo---all tuckered out

As always, he absoutely LOVES grandma with Bailey :-) But no, I wont give you kisses!

 He LOVES to go on bike rides with mom and dad

Ah...the joys of letting them learn how to "do it themselves"! Messy Boy!

Kaden likes to help mom with the dishes

Happy Birthday Parker!!

:-)

Kaden had fun at Kangaroo Zoo- but it looks 

like Dad was having a little too much fun as

well :-)

LAME BLOGGER

I've decided my blogging has been kinda lame. I really have only used this blog to post pictures for family members that live far away. But after seeing some friends and family members' blogs...I realized there's a lot more too blogging than pictures! So from now on, here's a more concious effort to kind of journal the events that happen with us...as well as show you some fun pitures to go along with it! Hope you all enjoy!

So Kaden has been growing up WAY too fast. It's eciting, but also sad! We continue to be impressed with the things he begins to understand and aknowledge. He now understands the words "no,no!"...but has yet to really master obeying it! Crawling is a breeze for him now...it's hard to keep up! He loves to climb and pull up onto everything...exploring how to best push mommy and daddy's buttons! It amazes me how he gets into some things, but hey, I guess that's ok cuz he's so darn cute. I'm not sure who knows this, but as a part time job I watch a cute boy named Daniel. He's 5 years old and loads of fun. Him and Kaden have really grown to have fun with each other and Kaden loves having a buddy to play with! Daniel has also grown real attatched to the cutest nephew ever, Parker who is 4. They have lots of fun together...which gives me and my sis Britt more of a chance to get together. So it all works out! Since the weather has been nicer...we've been making frequent trips to the many parks in our neighborhood here! There are SO many...we love it! (We just LOVE Spanish Fork) Kaden loves being outdoors and listening to all the sounds and smelling all the smells. Hooray for good weather! I feel like we had to keep him cooped up in the house ALL winter in order to keep him from getting sick. But even still...Kaden got sick a bunch. I'm excited to get out there and go on walks again and spend some much-needed time in the sun. :-)

Kaden has learned 2 new tricks!! haha. He can crawl like no bodies business....and he also learned how to give kisses! This kid is SO adorable...we just love him SO much. He really brightens up our lives.

"PLEASE mom!! No MORE Kisses!!"
Great smile! With teeth!
Silly smile!