Today my friend Liz and I took this last warm day of the year to go on a photo shoot. We had a lot of fun. I don't know if the kids would say the same. Here are some of the pictures. Thanks Liz for all of your great pictures.

Princess Scarlet

My kids love my friend's little girl Scarlet. Tyler and Tate love to give her kisses.

A Warm Day Out Picking Flowers...

and Taking a Walk.

Tate

` Tyler

Princess Jill

Jaden

These smiles are all facades.

He did not enjoy getting his picture taken at all.

I did alot of bribing and threatening..... How else does it work.

Who is this Masked man in the get away car?

It's Tate.... and he's here to save the Day!

We love our little guy! He always keeps us laughing!

I am in denial that he is almost two, and that I will have no more babies.

Autumn and Applesauce

The kids were so excited to make applesauce! They love helping, and look how focused they are in getting the job done. It was fun to work with the kids.

I have not done any canning since moving to Illinois. I was excited to put more jars on my self as we had just finished our last jar from our move four years ago. As I got into it however, it was not so much fun, as the apples had so many worms in them to cut out. I will never do that again! I will buy them next time.

Date to Chicago...

No we really are not tourists.... Just documenting our date night....

Keeping the picture on the downlow, as some guy is wathching us in the car behind us.

Mike and I finally made it to Chicago without kids! This is only the second time since we moved here four years ago. We went to the Temple, then downtown to Comedy Sportz and to dinner. This was so fun and we laughed so hard. We then drove by Wrigley Field and there was a concert going on. Luckily we did not get caught in all the traffic. I really like Chicago. I wish we were a little closer. 9 hours and lots of $$$$ later we came home.
When we woke up in the morning Tyler came into our room and then left crying. I got up to see if he was hurt and he said.... "Where's the babysitter?" I want the babysitter. Who needs mom and dad. I guess we don't have to worry the next time we leave for a long date.

Happy Happy 9th Birthday Jaden!

We started off the morning with the tradition of having Jaden's favorite breakfast!

Boxed, Sugar Ceral!

Star Wars is the talk in our home.... So Jaden... May the force be with you this year.

I had great plans for his cake.. to make these cool Light Savers. However, the ended up not being so cool, since I can not use eggs in the cake (due to Jaden's allergies) the cake was another disaster!.. It crumbled so much I could not even frost the sides!. I did, however not get mad this time. Yea for me... the mom.

Jaden said... it's ok mom. It's just cake. Your right Jaden and it does still taste yummy!
Legos and Star Wars.... Heaven in Jaden's World!

To celebrate we went as a family downtown and had Slurpee's and to the movie Toy Story3. We enjoyed the beautiful warm day and walked around town. We loved being with Jaden. He is so much fun and helpful in our family.

Slurpee's... Yummy...

My kids first Slurpee. Some liked them, some didn't.

Happy Birthday Jaden! We love You! You are the Best!