I was not going to post this video as it is not the safest thing to do with my son. However I was begged and pleaded to post it. I hope everyone enjoys the video. And don't hate me for letting him do this. (all for you J & B)

This is how Kamden comes down the stairs every morning. He's hiding his minnie (binkie) in hopes that I will forget to take it and put it on his shelf. (he's only allowed to have it at nap and bedtime.) Silly Boy.

This year for Thanksgiving we had my three brothers that live here and their families over. Along with Justin's mom and brother. We had a very laid back fun day.

My parents celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary in Sept. and both turned 65 in Nov. I knew I wanted to do something big and fun for them. I don't think there is anything they like more than when they can get all their kids together in the same place at the same time. It's been a couple for years since we have all been able to be together. There are 9 of us so it's quit a task.

About six weeks before there birthdays I called all my siblings and asked if they would all be willing to come here (for the ones out of state) and meet at a restaurant to surprise my parents. All were in so then the fun began. Two of my sisters and my youngest brother all drove down together on Thursday and got here Friday about 3 am. Then my brother Eric just happened to have to come down for a work function and brought my other sister who had just moved up there weeks before. We met up with him before he got to my parents to pick her up so they wouldn't know.

Trying to get Kai to eat is quite the task. Until recently when the gastroenterologist (?) told me not to do to much coaxing as it will have the opposite effect. She told me in all her years of practice she's never seen a kids stave himself to death although we do need to continue to work on get to the bottom of the problem. Anyways, I told him if he want to get big muscles like daddy then he has to eat. Now he is very into showing us his muscles after every bite of food he eats. So on Monday we were at Carson's baseball practice and after his snack he needed to take his shirt off and show us how much bigger his muscles got from eating some chex mix.

Riley did a singing workshop with a group of kids from our ward. She was a little more into acting than singing. But still cute.

My brother had his annual Halloween party. The kids had lots of fun playing with cousins, dressing up, eating yummy food and checking out the cool fire barrel Uncle Scotty made.

This tree has been dead since we moved into this house. With all the other yard work that needed to be done we just got to cutting it down. We borrowed my brothers chainsaw but could never get it to work. We decided to try and cut it down with a hand saw (I would not recommend this method)

Monday my sister Natalie and her family made the big move up there. We met them at their new home in Saratoga Springs and helped them upload the moving truck and unpack the house. All the sister were finally together for a few hours. Thanks so much to my sisters for a BLAST of a weekend. Love you all!!! (below is a slide show my sister put together and I posted it on my blog as well as hers.)

We got to San Diego around 4 on Saturday. We checked into our hotel cleaned up the kids and headed out for a night on the town and some good dinner. We decided to head to the beach so that the kids could see the ocean. (We really should know better by now) The kids promised only to get their feet wet. (yeah right) After about 10 minutes of being there all the kids were soaked and having a blast. Kai ended up running from the waves and fell right on his head. He was done after that and wouldn't let anyone touch him. So he walked back to the car covered in sand and scream from being all sandy. Then to try and get him to sit in his car seat while wet and sandy was a whole other issue. The poor kid is a little OCD and this was killing him. After grandma promised to wash out his car seat when we got back to the hotel he finally gave in.

Kamden is working on potty training. The pee thing he got down right away. As for the poop thing well....let's just say he's only made it in the toilet once. He takes off his underwear and finds random places to go and then comes and tells me " MOM YUCKY POOP" then we get to go on a treasure hunt to find the "yucky poop". This time my foot found it before my eyes did. After a month some may say give up go back to the diaper but I am bound and determined to get this kid to poop in the toilet none of my other kids took this long. As for now I'm so glad we don't have a dog because we have Kammers. Although Riley wanted to clean up his poop one day to prove to us that if we got a dog she would clean up after it. This is a big deal because Riely has quite a gag reflex and it was all she could do to hold it in.

We weren't planning on having a big party for Kamden this year until Riley guilt ed us into it. The kids only get party's on their even birthday's and this was Kam's year. We through together a party at the last minute and I think it turned out pretty fun. We borrowed and water slide and order a sub. All the kids had a good time. I don't even have a cake picture because we just had ice cream sandwiches (such a good idea Tonya!) And I think he was to busy to even eat one.

It was brought to my attention today that I have been slacking on blogging. So here are a couple posts. This is my new temple picture I've been waiting for for my entry. I LOVE IT!! (it's much better in person)

Kai got this police man dress up for his birthday in March. He is just warming up to the idea of wearing it. This is the first time he would even try it on. Now he wears it all the time. It suits him as he is the "property police" around our house. If you are caught with something in your hands that doesn't belong to you watch out because your in for it.

Riley came down the other night after being put to bed and she was sooo not tired. (her words) This is her after about 2 minutes of laying on the chair. Just and I both looked over and we just can't believe how big our little girl is getting. Where does the time go? I have a picture of her in this same pose when she was about 2 1/2 with a blanket over her head trying to hide the binkie she was sneaking.

It has been so awsome having Justin home ALOT more!! After two years of working a second job he was able to quit this summer. Although I am so grateful for such a hard working husband it is nice to be back to "normal". His favorite thing to do is come home and play ball with the kids in the backyard. While I sit my fat butt on the swing and enjoy being outside with them! Just always talks me into hitting a few balls or pitching for him so he can hit a few balls though.