Just more house work

Since September still finds us in a constant state of working on the house, we haven't done much extraordinary so far this month. Somehow we still manage to have some fun and take more and more pictures of these cute and growing boys. Just had a few funny ones that I thought I should share.

When I went in one night to check on Gavin, I found the he had tucked Woody into bed next to him on the extra pillow. I was able to get a shot of it without waking him. Super cute. He likes to make sure that his toys are "cozy" with him.

When I was getting Henry dressed on Monday I was talking to him about wearing his cute overalls, Gavin was playing in the room and decided that he needed to wear cute overalls that day as well. Lucky for me, he had some overalls handed down to him from his cousin, Josh, so we had them on hand. I thought that Vatti and Nana would appreciate this shot, it reminded me of being 10 years old on the farm and them making all of us get dressed up in overalls and take family pictures in the barn. I think Nana had better find some of those and put them on her blog.
Being "cozy" on the couch in the morning. Caleb took this picture while I was getting dressed, and a few minutes later Henry took a dive off the couch onto his head. Good thing our boys have hard heads, he is fine. From the smile you can tell that this is before the fall.
Just a cute Henry smile during dinner.

Life before kids... I have been tagged

So- I have been tagged for the first time ever. If it wasn't by McCall then I am not sure if I would have done it, but here goes. I really had to think about this, since some people may be shocked to see that we had a life before children.

My Husband...
What is his name? Caleb Michael Cardon
How long have you been together? 6 years... married 5 years this month
How long did you date? Just over a year... though we have known each other about 13 years at the time
How old is he? 27
Who eats more? depending on the day, it could be me, but usually it is Caleb
Who said I love you first? Me, but I got the answer that I wanted
Who is taller? Caleb
Who sings better? hehe... Me... though I wouldn't say that I am good by any means
Who is smarter? Caleb for sure... though he is attractively humble about it
Whose temper is worse? Mine
Who does the laundry? Me
Who does the dishes? Me
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? your right, or my right? I think I am currently on the right
Who pays the bills? Well... Caleb makes the money, but he has no idea where it goes, that part is up to me
Who mows the lawn? It is more of a praire right now, but we have both mowed at some point
Who cooks dinner? Usually me, although Caleb is a better cook
Who drives when you are together? Whoever doesn't feel like dealing with the boys
Who is more stubborn? Me... though Caleb is catching on to this trait the longer we are together Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Caleb- though he doesn't have to much since he is a better person than I am, I need to learn to just try to be right all the time
Whose parents do you see the most? Caleb would say mine, he is probably right
Who kissed who first? Caleb kissed me first, so sweet
Who asked who out? Me- just to hang out with friends
Who proposed? a very nervous Caleb, in the Celestial room at the Portland Temple, what a romantic
Who is more sensitive? Me, for sure
Who has more friends? We really only have the same friends
Who has more siblings? We each have 4... 2 older and 2 younger... both middle children
Who wears the pants in the family? Both of us, though mine are usually tighter ;-)

I tag... Michi, Misty and Jamie...

A few photos to take you back to those fabulous times
(September 2002- Nauvoo Temple)

Funny brothers

Well, this is my first attempt at loading video. This is one of a series where we were trying to get Henry laughing on camera. Luckily, Gavin is super silly and loves to hear Henry laugh as much as we do. We just use our camera to take short videos, so you will all have to let me know how the quality is. Enjoy!

6 MONTHS!

Henry is now 6 months old. He is practically an old man by now, and he has the hair style to prove it. He sits up like a champ... atleast until he tips over, and smiles up a storm. We can not really believe that we have had him for so long, it seems to go by extra fast the second time. We are hoping to cut out the one overnight bottle that he is still trying to hang on to, so that some day soon we will all sleep through the entire night... I guess we will see how it goes. As the trend continues, he was 27 and a half inches long and a whopping 22 lbs 10 ounces. What a great guy.

This is a bonnette that the Petersons sent to Mom, but all the boys had to model it. So cute.

Cardon Cousins

A large highlight of this month was of course, getting some pictures taken of all of the Cardon cousins. Henry rounded out the count at 8 (until the next one comes in January... no it will not be mine), so it was a fun adventure for all, especially since small children really love to have strange jumpy women taking their picture. They turned out quite cute.

The super cute group.

Caden, Henry and Gavin

Mallory, Macy, Mia, Libbie and Keblie

A Happy Birthday

Thursday marked Caleb's 27th birthday. He commented that when you get older it just seems like another day, so we tried to make it as fun for him as we could. I think the thing he enjoyed the most was Gavin telling him the night before what we had bought for him. So far that is Fathers Day and his birthday, I guess I better stop letting Gavin help wrap presents.

The Cardons were still in town, so they came over for a birthday dinner and cake.

Grandma and Libbie had a great game of baseball in the yard... Libbie hit it over the fence a few times.

Grandma reading The Three Little Pigs to Mia, Libbie and Gavin.

Then they decided to pretend to be the pigs behind the old front door that is in the yard. Here they are waiting for the wolf to come and blow the door down.

The boys have been messing around and making each other laugh a lot lately. Here are just a few shots of their cute selves.

Cardon Reunion

Last weekend we got together for the annual Cardon reunion with Caleb's parents and siblings. The exotic location this year was Nathan and Stacy's house in Saratoga Springs. We found plenty of ways to stay busy around the valley.

We hike to Cecret Lake near Albion Basin. The kids enjoyed the lake, though the hike was a bit steeper than expected.

We also spent at day at Boondocks family fun center. Luckily we got there early enough in the day that the workers didn't enforce the height restrictions for the go-carts and most of the kids got to take a ride.
Rachel and Caleb racing.

Gavin and Macy also enjoyed an intense game of miniature golf.
Rachel and Caleb got funky on Dance Dance Revolution.

July family fun

We had a great time with my niece, Alaina, staying with us for most of the month. She was a blast to have around, and seemed to make us realize how old we really are. We tried to keep her busy and find some fun. Here are a few shots from a hike in the rain at Guardsman's Pass. Pretty cute.

These are from the trip that we took to Temple Square- it is always amazing how the flowers can look so nice there all the time.Nana, Vatti and Bridgett came to visit two different times, on their way to and from Oregon. It was nice to get the see them more over the extended period of time. While they were here we took a tour of the conference center and were able to go on the top floor to the gardens for the first time. It was pretty amazing up there. Here is Gavin and Dad in front of one of the fountains, the top of the temple is behind them.
Bridgett, Gavin, Vatti and Nana at Temple Square.We also went on a hike and went to the zoo.

Henry was trying to soothe his poor gums in the giraffe house.

Vatti with Henry on the Lake Blanche hike.

Bridgett and Gavin hugging the gorilla.
Nana and Gavin, aren't they cute.
Just a few shots of us this month. What cute silly boys we have.

Zions National Park

While in Saint George, Caleb made a trip to Zions National Park to do a risky hike. We decided that it would be better not to take the boys on it, so I stayed in Saint George with them. The hike is to a point called "Angel's Landing". You can see it to the left side of the picture below... pretty high, and apparently fairly treachorous.

This is a shot of Caleb leaning back against the wall on the trail that is cut into the face of the cliff... Not much room... no room for being afraid of heights here.

This is a portion of the hike... the chain that you see if for holding on... and where exactly you are supposed to walk, I am not sure. Not long after this he decided to turn back and skip the summit, since several people die on this hike every year, and I had given him specific instructions not to come back dead. I am glad that he listened to me this time.
Even without making it all the way up, he got some fabulous shots of the scenery.We did go back for the morning on the day that we headed home and hiked around a bit before it got too hot.

My neice, Alaina, came home with us for the month of July and this was the first thing that we did together.
What cute boys. Henry was ready to be done and go to sleep.