EASTER 2011

I feel as though I have been a bit of a slacker lately when it comes to my blog and catching up on family blogs. I guess I'm just getting caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life and forgetting to stop and write down the special moments. So is our Easter Catch up! ;)

My brother Mikey was in town and boy was Cayden excited. He sure LOVES his uncle Mikey. Mikey got into town on Tuesday and stayed for a week. It was so nice to have him here. On Saturday, the day before Easter, we let the boys dye Easter eggs. They were excited to have Uncle Mikey helping out.

Easter Morning rolled around and Cayden couldn't WAIT to get downstairs to see what the Easter Bunny had brought him. He was excited when he started spotting eggs all over the house. We let him and Jake grab their buckets and start hunting. Jacob didn't really get into the hunting thing. He would just find an egg and throw it. He thought they were balls. We had to show him that there was candy inside. However, once he realized that he would find an egg, sit down, eat the contents, and search for the next one. Cayden proceeded to give me all the pink and purple eggs. Apparently the Easter Bunny hides gender specific eggs and Cayden was aware of this, I was not. I though it was super sweet of him though.After the egg hunt we sat down to a yummy strawberry, banana, and whipped cream waffle breakfast. It was awesome! Then I gave all 3 boys haircuts. We had to hurry so we wouldn't be late for church but it didn't work. we ended up being about 15 min late. But we are never late so I didn't feel too bad about it. After church we came home and tried to get a few Easter pictures. I hate camera timers!
After restful Sunday naps we went to my parents house for dinner. They had an egg hunt for the boys. Then they told us there was going to be an adult egg hunt. We were very excited. However, the weather didn't cooperate so we had to wait until Monday night for our egg hunt.

It was a great Sunday spent with great people. It was a nice opportunity to explain again to Cayden why we celebrate Easter. That its not just about eggs and candy and the Easter Bunny. It is a day to remember our Savior and the sacrifice he made for us. I am so thankful to have the atonement in my life. And I'm thankful that I can share my love for the Savior with my boys in the small teaching moments that come along.

~Love To All~

80's Prom

Jared and I were invited to an 80's prom by some friends of ours in our old ward. We thought it sounded fun so we planned to go. Then as the time drew closer and we had NO CLUE as what to wear (we were both pretty young in the 80's. I was born in 84' and Jared in 81')! I was frustrated and told Jared that I didn't want to go. WE decided to go out shopping and found outfits for the both of us so we asked my parents to babysit and the date was set. Jared and I were going to the prom. Exciting right???

EXACTLY!!! We had SUCH a blast. It was so much fun. It was probably one of our better date nights. (Except for the fact that we didn't go out to a nice dinner before hand.) Jared bought me a corsage and everything. We got to the prom about an hour late, that's normal for prom right? But there was still time to vote for King and Queen. As the night went on there was 80's trivia. There was a "how 80's were you" game as well as a game matching tv characters to the show they were on. It was a super fun night with some great friends.

~Before Prom~ (can you see my purple extensions?)

~Prom Pictures at the Prom~

~Jared and his buddy Carl dancing the night away~

When the time came to announce the Prom Queen I didn't hold my breath. I never win ANYTHING.

~Jared and I totally won Prom King and Queen~

~Our spotlight dance~

~Our friends Carl and Dawn are the couple in the center-We were glad they came.~

WHAT A GREAT NIGHT!!!!!!! Jared and I were so glad that we could go to a prom together. It was a small glimpse into what it could have been like if we had really gone to prom together in High School. Thanks for being my date and making this prom a night to remember Sweetheart!

If you ever have the chance to go to an 80's prom totally go. It was so fun!

~Love To All~

An Unskinable Date

A few weeks ago Jared and I had a super fun date night. We went to the theater. It wasn't the big theater downtown. It was a cute little local theater in downtown Littleton called The Town Hall Arts Center. I discovered it on a field trip with school. We went the night of the performance hoping they still some tickets. They did! They save 10 $10 tickets each night for at the door slackers like us and we were fortunate enough to get 2 of them that night. What did we see you may ask????? When I found the theater I looked at the shows they were doing and I had never seen this one. I so wanted to see it so I asked Jared and he was stoked. He said that this was the first show that he saw that made him interested in theater. So it was a must that we go. We had about an hour to kill before the show started and we were both STARVING. Right across the street was a little place called Abe's Cafe. It was empty and since we were short on time we thought, "What the heck, let's give it a try". It turned out to be a little Greek cafe. It was a lot like Dancing Zorba's on My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The food was good but their baklava was TO DIE FOR! It was the best baklava Jared and I had ever had. I wished we didn't decide to share it. I totally wanted my own. I can't wait to go back.

Inside Abe's Cafe before we headed to the show.

We left Abe's and walked back over to the theater and anxiously awaited the start of the show. I don't know what it is about going to the theater but I totally love it. The show was great and it made me wish I still performed on stage. I really miss it. Jared and I loved spending an evening to ourselves and we owe Bethy a HUGE thank you for babysitting on such short notice. Date Night is always wonderful. YOU ROCK BETHY!

On our way out of Downtown Littleton I noticed a sign....

Yep, right on the edge of historic downtown Littleton is this restaurant "Merle's". When I saw it I pointed it out to Jared and we were both kind of shocked that this place existed. We decided that, in honor of his Dad's birthday, in November we will go and eat at Merle's. I checked out the menu the other day online and it looks pretty good. I'm excited.

~Love To All~

5 Years!

Today is our 5th Anniversary. I am so thankful that I made the decision to marry such an incredible man. Every day in an adventure that I look forward to and at the close of each adventure I look forward to being in his arms. 1 Year

2 Years

3 Years

4 Years
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Happy Anniversary Sweetheart! I LOVE YOU!!!!

Catch Up!

I'm still here!!! I promise! Life has been crazy since the start of the new year so I haven't had a chance to sit down and blog about it. But I finally have so have fun reading about our holidays!
~Love To All~

New Year's

We had such a fun New Year's! The big boys decided it was a good night to play RISK. Not everyone is a fan of that game so we found other things to occupy our time. Cayden and Spencer played a fun game of Disney Magical Moments Scene it. It quickly became a game of just watching all the movie clips. But it was still cute to watch. I think my dad had fun playing with his grandsons. ;) The rest of us just hung out and talked.There was A LOT of goodies for everyone to snack on to keep us awake. We watched Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve. It was awesome because my cousin and my aunt were in Time Square and were on TV dancing with Ryan Seacrest. It was fun to see!

We all anxiously awaited for the ball to drop and start out 2011 together. We decided to let Cayden stay up if he could.He made it!!! I wasn't all that surprised. What I was surprised about was that he didn't get cranky and he and Spencer played happily with no fights at all. It was a fantastic evening.

Our first 2011 picture! I don't look so great after midnight. ;)

I promise its just sparkling cider in their cups!

Happy New Year to all! May this year bring many wonderful and exciting blessings!

~Love To All~

Christmas Day!

I have the BEST husband in the world. Jacob woke up super early and Jared got up with him so I could sleep in. I woke up around 8:15 and Cayden was still sleeping. We decided we should probably wake him up. So we did and we headed down stairs to see what Santa brought us.

After we opened our stockings we had our traditional breakfast of oatmeal and cinnamon rolls. It was so yummy. Next it was time for presents!

Jacob LOVED his gift from Grandma.
Cayden's favorite was his Buzz Lightyear

I think Jared's favorite was the Playstation Move

We had so much fun opening presents. Cayden got so crazy about it that he began opening everyone's gifts. He loved it though. We had a little time to play with our new toys before we headed to my mom and dad's house for Matt's phone call. It was so good to talk to him and hear his stories. I miss him so much and can't wait till May when he comes home.

After Matt's call we opened more presents, hung out, and then had an amazing dinner. It was a wonderful Christmas Day spent with wonderful people. WE were thankful my brother had skype on his computer so that we could still see and talk with family that we couldn't be with.

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

~Love to All~

Christmas Eve

We had a very fun Christmas eve. It began with the boys making cookies for Santa. They had a blast!!!

They were really good at taking turns using the rolling pin. I was also surprised at how well they shared the cookie cutters. They work so well together. I' m glad they are such good buddies.

They posed for a few pictures after sneaking candy canes off the tree while they waited for the cookies to be done.
Then it was time to frost the cookies. I'm not sure if there was more frosting on the cookies or in their tummies. ;) They didn't eat much of the AMAZING dinner Tyson made.

Our Christmas Eve tradition growing up was to act out a live nativity. We haven't done it in YEARS since everyone is grown. However, with this being the first official Christmas in Colorado for my grandparents Kimmy thought it would be fun to act it out again for them. So we did. I was the angel, Jared was a wise man, and Cayden was the donkey. We decided to have Jake help my dad narrate. Kimmy, Tyson, and Spencer were shepherds, Tim and Mikey were wise men, Chris was Joseph, and Bethy was Mary. We used a Cabbage Patch doll for baby Jesus. After reading through the Christmas story we sung Christmas Carols and then it was on to BINGO!

Its a Crabb family tradition to play BINGO on Christmas Eve. The tradition changed as my dad's family got older and grew. My Grandma began having a Crabb Family Christmas Party where we all got together and ate and played BINGO. I have really enjoyed the last few years being able to go and participate. However with Grandma being 87 my aunt decided she was to old to be having the party every year. So the Crabb Family Christmas parties have come to an end. So we decided to do BINGO on our own this year. It was so fun and everyone ended up with great prizes.

Jared and me after BINGO

Everyone opening their BINGO prizes and making trades

Then we went home and put out our milk and cookies for Santa and went to bed.

Tumble Bus

Cayden went up and had a new kind of fun at Kimmy's house. She signed up to have the Tumble Bus come for her daycare kids and invited Cayden to participate in it too. He LOVED it! There is a zip line, balance beam, rope ladder, gym mats, a swing, and more fun stuff too. I was glad my mom was willing to take him up so he could participate.

1 Year Old

We celebrated Jacob's birthday on the 17th of December. It was hard to imagine that a full year had already gone by. Why does it seem that life goes faster the older you get? We had a yummy dinner and then had a small cake for Jakey. He even blew out the candle!

We actually had 3 little parties for Jake's 1st birthday. One with just our little family on his birthday, one up at Kimmy and Tyson's the next day, and one at my mom and dad's house the day after that. Jacob blew out the candle on every cake!

We are so thankful to have Jacob in our family. He is SO FUNNY! He always makes us laugh. He is such a little cuddle bug. He LOVES to eat. We all just love him so much!

~LOVE TO ALL~