NEW CAR!!!

OK. We finally did it. We got a new car and we absolutely LOVE IT. Our eyes were REALLY opened last night as we were car shopping. We had in mind what we wanted and then shocked find that a car we thought we'd NEVER want is actually the car we ended up getting.

Its a 2006 KIA Sportage. It only has 42,200 miles on it. Its a cute little SUV and it suits our needs. We even got exactly what we wanted for our trade on our passport and the monthly payments we could afford. We weren't trying to play their stupid and extremely annoying game when we kept telling them no. But in the end it all worked out in our favor. Jared and I are very excited and pleased with our purchase.

So, what do you think......???

Happy Anniversary!

Today is my mom and dad's 32nd Anniversary. They are still so in love and are such a great example to me of what a great eternal marriage should be like. They have never had a fight and ALWAYS put the other before themselves. When you are around them you can feel the love they have for each other.

I'm so thankful for my mom and dad and the many things they have taught me over the years. I'm so thankful for the things that they continue to teach me even now.

We love you both so much and wish this year to be as great if not better than the rest!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!

Here are some fun pics of my mom and dad

Birthday Wishes

Yesterday was our adorable niece, Reyes' 2nd birthday. She is just the cutest thing and we wish we could have celebrated the day with her. We love you so much and hope you had a wonderful birthday.

Today is our nephew, Jayson's 1st birthday. It has been so fun to watch him grow. He is such a fun little guy. We hope you have a fun birthday with lots of yummy cake! We love you very much!!!

Time to Baby Proof

The other night Jared was working on the computer, I was making dinner, and Cayden found his way into the kitchen. He likes to follow me into the kitchen and grab at my ankles and legs and hang out while I'm in there. However this night was a little different. Cayden had discovered something new.

So Jared and I went out yesterday and bought some baby proofing necessities. Now Cayden won't be able to get into the cabinets.

Cayden is also getting REALLY good at standing on his own. Its so much fun to watch him grow.

He doesn't stand for very long in this video (they never perform when you want them to) but he can stand for about 20-30 seconds.

LOVE TO ALL!!!

Birthday Cake

So on Sunday we had a small get together at my parents house to celebrate Jared's birthday. We had dinner, played Nertz, and then had cake and ice cream. I wanted to do something special for Jared so I decided to make him his birthday cake. I am always trying to find new ways to inspire and encourage him and show my support of his career path. So about 6 hours later this is what I ended up with.

Jared enjoyed the cake and had quite the time cutting it. He tried to give everyone enormous pieces. But we had a fun night and I was very happy that Jared liked his cake so much.

Happy Birthday!!!!

To the most amazing husband in the world. You deserve the best today sweetheart. I love you so much!!!

Boise Trip!!

So we are back from Boise and I think everyone survived the Linton family reunion. We got up early on the 2nd and drove to Utah. After an interesting night of bowling in Tooele we woke up on the 3rd and headed up to Boise. We had such an awesome time. Jared's sister Jenny let us stay at her house and we were so thankful for her and Steve's generosity. We always had a good meal, plenty of snacks, and a nice comfy warm bed to sleep in. I have to thank little Alyssa for giving up her bedroom to Jared, me, and Cayden. But I think she enjoyed sleeping on the Princess couch.

The purpose of the trip was for Meggy's baptism. What a special day that was. Meggy just glowed all day. She looked so beautiful in her white dress with an enormous smile on her face ALL day. Jared and I were so glad that we could be there to share in Meggy's special day. We couldn't be more proud of her for making the choice to be baptized. On of my favorite moments of that day was when Alyssa told us she wanted to be baptized too. Emmy told her that she could start preparing now to be baptized by reading her scriptures, saying her prayers, etc. So Alyssa walked into the other room and said "I'm going to go read my scriptures so that I can be baptized." It was so cute and so wonderful to see the good example that Emmy and Meggy had set for Alyssa. All of my nieces are such wonderful girls!

We were sad to leave but Monday rolled around and it was time to go. As we left Jenny and Steve's house there were tears from our beautiful nieces and it broke my heart. I had so much fun with them and wish that we could see them more. But it will make the next time we see each other again that much better. We love them so much! I'm guessing they are pretty fond of me too because Tayler includes me in the list of people she plans to play with.

I had such a great time spending time with Jared's family. I have only been a part of the family for a short time so its always nice when I can spend time with them and get to know them a little better and hopefully they can get to know me better too.

Our newest Family picture (not the professional picture)

Cayden really loved the swing (and his rubber snake)

Cayden in his very first Burger King Crown

Keeping cool in the shade under the trampoline

Apparently the trampoline tastes good...

Playing in the pool (Cayden really does love to swim)

Chillin' on the 4th of July

LOVE TO ALL!!!

I LOVE Family Home Evening Activities

Last night we went to my mom and dad's house for Family home evening. I told My little brother Matt that he had to plan the lesson. Then I told my baby brother Timmy that he had to plan the activity. Matt did a great job on the lesson! As for the activity....you can decide after watching the video.

Timmy was creative enough to come up with his own version of "Majide". So for our activity last night we played an Americanized version of a Japanese game show. Believe it or not, it was really fun.

We are off to Boise tomorrow.

Until we return...LOVE TO ALL!!!!

Father's Day and a Growing Boy

Its been a while now but I wanted to share the happenings of Jared's first "official" Father's Day.

Proud Daddy and son

Since our church starts at 9:00 it was not possible for us to get up and have a nice breakfast. I did however, make Jared open up his gifts before he got too completely ready for church. As I got Cayden ready for church Jared sat on the bed and opened his gift. As most of you know, Jared got a new suit for a graduation gift. Since he got a new suit we figured he needed new shoes. We have shopped around for a while and found a pair that Jared really loved but he didn't want to spend the money on. I decided he NEEDED those shoes so that was his Father's Day gift. He also needed a belt that looked nicer with his suit so he got a new belt too. And to top off the ensemble I had a tie made with Cayden's picture on it.

When we got home from church I made Jared Scooby-Doo waffles (they are his favorite) for lunch. He was bummed that we didn't have them for dinner a while ago so I thought he would enjoy them for Father's Day. After a while of hanging out, putting together a gift for my dad, and making a salad to go with dinner, we went over to my parents house for a Philly cheese steak dinner. It was awesome! After dinner we played some games that Kimmy put together. For one of the games everyone had to trace their hand and try to guess which tracing belonged to each person. It was fun but somewhat difficult. Another game was a Q&A about the dads in our family. It was a really fun evening and Jared said he had a great day.

Answering his questions for the game (he took FOREVER!)

Gotta love the Scooby Doo waffles!

Jared grinned from ear to ear all day. I know Father's Day can be a hard day for him sometimes, but it was nice that this year we could celebrate him. I love to see the love that Jared has for Cayden and the admiration that Cayden has for Jared. I know he is still extremely young but he definitely knows who his Daddy is. The way his face lights up when Jared gets home just melts my heart. The other day Jared was in the bedroom and Cayden and I were in the living room. Jared was talking to me and Cayden followed Jared's voice and found his way to the bedroom so he could play with his daddy. It was so cute. He smiled and was very proud of himself for finding him.

I'm so glad that Cayden wants to spend so much time with Jared. Jared is such a great Daddy. Cayden and I are so lucky to have Jared. We love you!!!

Now for the growing boy! Cayden is getting so big and doing things he shouldn't quite be able to do yet. He is crawling around like a mad man. He's really picked up on that skill. He loves being mobile. Last week he crawled under a dining room chair and got himself stuck. He was not very happy about it.

Now he has a tooth that is ready to break through. We can see it and feel it and we are just waiting for it to surface completely. Hopefully he will be a little happier once it breaks through. He is also pulling himself up now. We had to lower his crib mattress so he didn't topple out of his crib. We have so much fun playing with him and watching him grow.

sleeping in the same position as his daddy

So, besides playing with Cayden Jared has been working, I am working Summer School and in the evenings we are scrapbooking. Yep that's right! In July we should have our 2006 and 2007 scrapbook pages for everyone. You'll have to wait until 2010 for your 2008 pages though. After doing pages for the past years I'm scrapbooked out! Hope everyone is doing well! See you all soon!!!


LOVE TO ALL!!!!!!!!

Crawling, Working, and Playing

More updates on our little Cayden, he's crawling!!! He started crawling on June 3rd. It was such an exciting moment. He's getting pretty fast now too. I think he saw too many other kids being able to move around and decided he was ready to move too. Now there is no stopping him.

Jared and I just returned from a 5 day trip to Utah. We went with the purpose of getting work done on his mom's house. We did quite a bit even though it didn't feel like we did a whole lot. On Saturday Jess came out with her kids. Its ALWAYS so much fun to hang out with them. After visiting for a bit we started working and moved everything away from the living room wall and started peeling wall paper. I would have had an entire sheet pulled off in one piece had Jess not tried to peel in and ruined it! Geez Jess!! I still love you though. SO this is the wall before...

This is Jess working and Jared playing

And this is the wall after...(minus a clock in the empty space that hasn't been purchased yet.)

It was really fun to see all the kids together. Tayler and Rylee loved Cayden. Jayson loved him too just a little to hard sometimes. I got some really cute pictures of the kids together.

Rylee would kiss Cayden and then say "Cayden slobber on me"

These are two of my favorites from the weekend. Tay was such a big helper with Cayden.

Falling asleep in front of Grandma's toy drawer

On Tuesday before we came home we went to the cemetery where Jared's dad is buried. It was very special to me because it was my first time visiting his grave site. But it was more special to be able to take Cayden and even though he doesn't understand us we could talk to him about who he is named after. It was a really nice afternoon.

One Last thing to post. Yesterday was my oldest brother's birthday. We took Chris to Gunther Toody's for dinner. It was quite entertaining. Happy Birthday Chris. We Love you!!

Love to all! Have a wonderful week!!!