Click, Take a Pic

In Cali. a year ago J bought this disposable camera that we of course never turned in. Which is nice because the boys love to play with it. Any time a camera is pulled out Hudson starts saying "Cheese"

Gen. Conference & Rolls

For General Conference during the break we decided to try Cinnamon Rolls for the first time ever, at least for me. Not only was it my First time making Cinnamon Rolls but also the first time using YEAST! I gotta say I was pretty proud of myself. I have decided this will be a new tradition for General Conference. It was a great day being able to sit with my family and listen to the Prophet and all the others that spoke. It is amazing how it seems like they are talking right to you and answering all your questions. They are truly men of God who are led by the Spirit.

My Boy is 5

Well my first baby has turned 5! For his actual day of birth he woke up to Crepes and Chocolate Milk for Breakfast ( his choice of course) on the Special Red Plate.

Next he headed off on a Scavenger Hunt for his presents (his new fav. thing to do). I thought he would open them along the way but he decided to save them all for the end. ( which really didn't work too well since I placed the presents in order of fun clothes first toys last) He of course loved all the presents but asked how come he didn't have a FUN present last, he had opened the clothes last. His fav. present was of course the book I made( more to come on that later) the JACKSON BOOK he calls it. He has only been asking for it for 8 mo. He also loved his tent, ever since he watched the episode of Jon & Kate plus 8 where they go camping in their backyard he has been wanting to do that. So I gave him a tent pack thing that comes with a chair, sleeping bag, flashlight and compass that I bought like 4 yrs. ago.



After that we got ready to go in town. When we got there my mom took J out to lunch at McD's and to go shopping for a present. They went to Toy's R Us, as soon as they walked in he spotted a Ben 10 Dvd and wanted it. My mom tried to talk him out of it and told him that we could just tape it on tv. but he wouldn't budge. He has been wanting a Metal Detector so my mom found one and asked him if he wanted that instead he of course said "How about you buy me that for Christmas"!

After shopping with my mom. Stephen and I took him Bowling. The first game he was having such a good time until he spotted a Birthday Bowling Pin and from then on it was downhill he kept asking for one but I told him that they are only for birthday pkgs and he decided he didn't want to bowl anymore.


After bowling we went to RA for dinner ( Yes his choice) for some Yummy sushi, he was so excited to try all the different rolls ( the other night when we went out for dinner J ordered the California Rolls and we all had some diff. ones so when they came J wanted to try some but my brother told him he had to wait for his, so when he saw that my brother was coming to dinner he got all sad thinking he wouldn't get to eat all the rolls. I assured him he could have whatever he wanted for his birthday.

After Dinner we headed back to my moms where Heather threw Colin a little birthday shindig with Homemade Oreo Ice Cream and Better Than Love Cake, and boy was it Yummy! 

For b-day presents this year with the Cummards Stephen has been doing the money grab. We thought Colin would really enjoy that since he loves MONEY just like those Cummard boys! His first go around he only got $15 so Stephen let him try again and luckily his number went UP! 
Questionaire 

How old? 5

How big? 5 big

Best Friend? Brother

Fav. Tv. Show? Pokemon

Movie? Star Wars

Toy? Cars

Thing to do? Dig Holes

Place to Eat? Ah-So

Food? Sushi

Game? Candy Land

Color? Orange

Animal? Zebra

Shape? Circle

Book? Jackson Book

Thing to Draw? Spaceships

Thing about Church? Lesson in Class

Really Good at? wrestling (Talbot)

Be when you grow up? Chef

Special about You? I clean up

Funniest Person? Dad

Who's the Boss? Mom & Dad

Girlfriend? No

Fav. Place to Go? Grandma Cheryl's to play with cousins and the Mall with Brody

Color are your eyes? Brown

How old is mom- 13 dad-45

love about mom-helping her clean up, she loves me

   dad-  when he throws me on the bed

Night with the Cummards

The other night we went to the Temple with the Cummards to see the Book of Mormon pictures at the temple. It was so nice to listen to all the cousins tell the Book of Mormon stories from the pictures. Afterward we went to the DQ and ate some yummy ice cream. Hudson sure went to town, and we let him.

The other night my dad took our family out for dinner for Heather and Colin's B-days. He took us to the Superstition Mountain Clubhouse, now this place is really nice, cozy and always empty but the food is really slow and not the best( but it is good). But their DESSERT is FANTASTIC, we got a Pizookie- Best I ever had and Smores- which was so cool ( see pic.)

TuTu's

The other day Jill's sister-in-law Kate taught a bunch of us how to make TuTu's and man were they easy and fun. I am not a very crafty person, but if someone shows me step by step how to do something I can usually pick it up. So I tried and conquered and am so excited about my new talent, tying knots! Thanks Kate, and Jill for having all of us over and letting our kids run a muk.

Mr. Sneaky

Huddy is often found hiding under this little end table with a bag of stickers that he then puts everywhere.

The other day I saw Hudson go into my room and about 5 min. later I realized he hadn't come out and he was being awfully quiet so I went to check on him. This is what I found.

His diaper
And him hiding in our closet behind Stephen's pants, with no shorts on of course. ( which he actually had put in the correct colored hamper)

J's Speed Racer Party

J's 5th Birthday Party!

Not surprisingly J wanted another Birthday Sleep over. So we threw a Speed Racer Party.  We started off by having all the boys burn our saved up Trash in the big fire. After that we roasted hot dogs for dinner. Then we had egg races. First a relay and then each child for themself. Then we roasted m-mallows and played the Candy Bar Game a Cummard family Birthday Tradition. Stephen was refereeing it and close to the end he realized J didn't have anything and everyone else did, so he was just waited till he rolled a 1 or a 5 to end the game and of course it took like 5 more rolls we thought it would never happen. He of course chose the Dollar Bill and kept it. Luckily I thought he was going to cry everytime he didn't roll anything but he was a trooper. Normally we don't cheat but for the Birthday Boy we made an exception. Everyone ended up with something though I think Sadie girl made out with the most. Then it was cake and presents which J loved. Then the boys settled in on the couches and floor for Speed Racer. Bot was the first one out and J and Brody were the last ones up. It was a great night.

Making their own little fire pit next to the big one.Stephen demonstrating the egg relay
the race is on


The handoff
The Race
More fire with Marshmallows
The Candy Bar Game
Everyones a Winner