Family Photos

The fabulous Catie, took our photos a couple of weeks ago. We always love to have her do it, and it was nice to finally get some photos with Finn in them. 

Here are some of my favorite.

Gavin's Baptism Weekend

We had a great weekend for Gavin's baptism. He was so excited for the big event and had done lots of thinking and planning about who he wanted to speak and help out. Everyone did such a great job. I can hardly believe that he is 8 years old and such a little grown up. He amazes me with his knowledge and understanding of things that are spiritual as well as the intellectual. I am sure he will continue to amaze me in these next few busy years.

He and Caleb looked so nice in their white before the baptism.

Though they also looked very handsome together in their suits.

He loved his gift from the Petersens. 

It was a towel that was embroidered with his special date and a picture.

We had such a great weekend with all of the family that came into town and showed support for Gavin. He was also feeling the love from all of those that couldn't be here that day as well.

 These guys really love to strut their stuff in their suits. Even when someone is sneaking in the photo to give them bunny ears.

Handsome Man Preview

We are getting ready for Gavin's baptism day this weekend. I got to take him out for a little photo shoot in honor of the big day. I can't believe how grown up he already is. It never ceases to surprise me.

Our Happy Easter

The boys had spring break the week before Easter. He had a fun staycation and as a result of all of our fun I didn't take many pictures. We did get to spend a little time getting ready for Easter. We even got the eggs decorated more than 12 hours in advance.

All of the boys loved it, and Finn was eager to get his hands on some egg dye for his first Easter.

Gavin spent a lot of time designing his very specific eggs. He is an art perfectionist.

 Caleb's mustache egg.

Finn even helped me with a few polka dots.

 Every year the boys have to search the house for their Easter baskets. They really seem to love it. Henry especially enjoys the suspense of it. He had a great time helping everyone find theirs before he finally looked for his. 

So excited for a chance to jump behind the couch for the basket.

 Gavin and Wyatt were very amused that his basket was in the recycling bin.

Finn was still pretty sleepy through all of this egg business.

 Sunday afternoon we had a great time hanging out with these other Cardons. The kids had a super fun egg hunt and score lots of candy.

 Wyatt and Jaren were pretty content to find a couple eggs and call it done. The other kids were on a much larger quest.

 After the egg hunt we all sat in the yard and enjoyed the sun. I really love this picture where it looks like Caleb and Finn are having hilarious conversations in opposite directions.

Gavin Turned 8!

We had a great birthday party for Gavin's 8th birthday. Being in the new neighborhood he wanted to invite a bunch of old friends as well as new ones. I quickly realized that having a group of 8 year olds running around in my house was going to be nuts, so we reserved the gym at the church. This helped him decide to have a sports themed party. It turned out great. The kids could run around and play and be as crazy as they wanted. We also got a very random mix of sports stuff for our decor.

We started out with some stations for throwing the football, kicking soccer goals and shooting hoops.

We then had pizza and an awesome soccer ball cupcake cake.

 Then we spent almost an hour on the kids very favorite thing to do- Dodgeball. It is so funny how they would come up with different versions or how to play and go on for hours if they had the time to do it.

Gavin was even smiling as he was waiting for someone to catch a ball so he could go back in.

 At one point, there was only one girl left on one side and 4 kids on the other and she was super fast at dodging, but wasn't able to throw anyone out... So Caleb jumped in to start pegging kids out. It was hilarious and go all of the kids fired up to get him.

We also had a soccer ball pinata. We tried letting the kids hit it and then tried letting them kick it blindfolded. Both methods were very entertaining for all of the kids waiting in line and watching.

 One of my favorite things was listening to all of the kids sitting around telling Laffy Taffy jokes to each other, and sometimes even having to explain the jokes that weren't as funny. It was great. It is so nice to know these great kids and for Gavin to get to have contact with them all. He loves it.