Aiden is 5

Here is Aiden today, all geared up and ready to try out his new skate board. How do they go from cute and cuddly to tough and resilient? Aiden has always amazed us with his strength. He never lets anything get in his way. He is one of the toughest kids I know. He'll hurt himself, but as long as its not bleeding, its all good. And he'll just keep on playing.

We started out today by eating homemade waffles. That was Aiden's request for his Birthday breakfast. Then we got ready for his party. It was originally supposed to be at a park. But with the crappy weather, we moved it to our house. The kids (which by the way there were 14!) started by eating pizza, playing pin the tail on the donkey, then hitting a pinata. Next came presents, then cake n ice cream. It was a very busy day, but Aiden had a blast all day long. Then after everyone had left and he and Daddy played with all his toys, we went to Chili's for dinner. Yummy!

I have had a really hard time this week, thinking that he was going to turn 5. To me it is a big step in childhood. Soon he will start Kindergarten and have this whole life separate from me. And it scares me. But obviously there is not much I can do about, so I'll get over it. I hope.

Happy Birthday Buddy! We love you!
And because of his 5th Birthday, I wanted to write 5 reasons why we love Aiden. Even though there are many, many more.
1. He is intelligent
2. He can always make us laugh
3. His smile can brighten any day
4. He is just like me (Andrea), it's scary but cool
5. He is his dad's best friend

Here he is the day of his birth. April 25, 2004.

OMG! OMG! OMG!

There are no words to describe how awesome this is!

KITTY!

This is a member of our household that I've never introduced. This is Thomas. Jon likes to refer to him as our 1st child since we got him 1 month after we were married. He is now 7 and 1/2 years old. We love our kitty. His hobbies are hiding from the kids (he doesn't like to be bugged), pissing off the dog, eating, sleeping, and sleeping some more.

Mike Nigh

His name has brought fear to many in the grocery business. But to me he's just Dad. I realized I don't have many current pictures of my father, so I took this one on Easter. He was not to thrilled, but I like it. My dad may look like a stern man, but he is in fact a very loving guy. His grandchildren love him to death, and he adores them just as much. My life was never going in the right direction until I moved in with him and Sarah. I'd like to think that they set me on the right path. So thank you dad for everything. You are a great man, and I love you.

Easter!!!

Here are the boys' loot from the Easter bunny. Owen got a new Thomas the Train and other little toys. Aiden got Fire Swamp from Ben 10, and some Iron Man pencils and tattoos. Aiden woke up Easter morning and very sneaky like, ran downstairs and went through his basket before Jon and I even woke up. Little terd! Then Aiden had us hide and re-hide the eggs 3 times before Owen even woke up. Then later in the afternoon we went to my parents house for an Easter hunt and dinner.



Here are our 2 boys along with my 2 nephews, after the egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa's. Owen didn't really know or care about the egg hunt. So when Aiden's basket was full, he took Owen's and started filling his up. It was a lot of fun for everyone.

My Birthday

My bday was a few weeks ago and I turned 29. I know, gasp. Anyway it was kind of like a week long celebration, which I was totally fine with. The Saturday before my bday my friends came over and we ate pizza and played games. My friend Aprill got me these flowers. Then Monday my actual bday, my awesome co-workers got me a gift card to Striders! Then J.J. one of my pharmacists made me Better than Sex Cake, it was delicious! Then to my surprise later that day Jon shows up at my work with these books and an Ice Cream Cake. It was awesome!! My mom-in-law got me a gift card to Old Navy, which was much needed! Then the Saturday after my bday, Twilight came out on DVD. So my bf Lois and I had a sleepover at her house and watched the movie and painted our toenails, and ate a ton of junk. It was a great week, thank you to everyone who made it so special!

Am I a Bad Mom?

Or is this what all kids clothing looks like after only a few months? Or is it just boys clothing? These are Aiden's pants. Eventually he would grow out of them anyway, but I would've figured they would have lasted a bit longer. I don't plan on buying him new clothes until just before he starts kindergarten. So he will just have to wear these rags, I guess. Is that mean?

Go Wildcats!

Here is Aiden before his first soccer game. He plays for the Clinton City Wildcats. It was really fun to watch him play. I don't think all the kids know what is going on during the game. But it was a lot of fun. Aiden was upset after the game though because he came close to scoring a goal, but missed. I think he is going to be really competitive as he gets older.

Train Museum

Owen was in hog heaven. He was so excited, he would scream every time he saw a new train. There were senior citizens covering their ears, because he was so loud. I found it very cute and entertaining.









Here are a couple pics of the boys at the Train Museum in San Diego. They both had a wonderful time. Mom and Dad were quite deaf afterwards.

This is NO Joke!!!

Jon has been accepted into the University of Utah School of Pharmacy!!! We don't have to move!!! Holy cow!!! This is sooooooooo exciting!!!


I have many other things to post, i.e. my birthday, more San Diego photos, etc. Life has been chaotic, but I will get to posting more hopefully very soon. Ta ta for now! Yay!!!!!