Uncle Jason Comes to Visit

Uncle Jason came up from Arizona for a few days for a Tech Conference and was able to stay with us!! Well Jaylee was in HEAVEN to have a new person to con into playing Mario with her. He was still mostly asleep but he played with her!! Kynna was trying to get up to them as well but never made it!!! After he left, I had to answer the dreaded where is Uncle Jason question about 20 times and then have to hear the Why did he go home? after that!!! We had a good 5 full day visit with him and can't wait to see him along with everyone else in a few days!!! We're glad you stayed with us and we hope you had a good time in Utah!!!

Jaylee's Candyland

Since Jaylee loves the game Candyland, we thought it was only fitting to have a Candyland Birthday Party. I had seen it done for a friends birthday and loved the idea. We were able to find some plates, cups, napkins, etc from on online store and ordered a set of those. And I was able to find a Candyland Dress for Jaylee to wear!! It ended up being a little big and even with it safety-pinned it was still to big!! We had her party at the church since I knew we wouldn't have enough room at our home!! And since you can't have open flame inside the chapel, we waited until we got home for her to blow out her candles!!! The Cake wasn't done completely so don't look to close, it has many flaws!!!

Her party was on Saturday the 26th, and she had a BLAST!! She still talks about her birthday party and how she had so much fun!!! Oh and Thank you Melissa for taking pictures for me during the party!!!

The Candyland Birthday Girl!!

We set up a blanket for MaKynna to play on

Gideon with a Candyland ball

Would have been even cuter if Jaylee had her eyes open!!! Nanny and Poppa came and hung out!!

Mommy and Jaylee

The Invitation

So we started out at Chocolate Swamp where we had Chocolate Fondue with lots of yummy things to dip in it!!

Next we went over to Peanut Acres where they had to find as many of the kisses out of the box of peanuts.

At Peppermint Forest we played a little game of ring the candy canes using hoola-hoops!!

At the Ice Palace we made our own Snowflakes!!! It use to be called Snow Flake Lakes and has since been changed in the newest edition of Candyland!!

At Lollypop Woods they were looking for the lollipop that had a black mark on the bottom so they could win a big Lollipop

Ice Cream Slopes was next where we served up some White Ice Cream on a cone (Jaylee's favorite)

At Licorice Lagoon we played a little guess how many pieces of licorice are in the jar.

At Cupcake Commons the kids frosted and decorated their own Cupcakes

Gum Drop Mountains was entertaining!! They had to see how many gum drops they could get on a toothpick, the winner Miss Tenley with the help of her Daddy got like 30+ on her toothpick!!!

GingerBread House was were we left the gifts and where Jaylee was finally allowed to open them!! She had a little help from a couple of the kids and it was so fun to see them all be so excited for her!!! She got a few My Little Pony things, a game, some clothes, a bed for her dolls, some movies, a new wii game, a gardener set,a personalized pillow and a golf set(from Daddy of course)

And finally they all made it to the Candy Castle where they were able to fill a bag of goodies to take home with them!!!

Clean up was so fast thanks to my Sister-in-law and Brother-in-law for starting while we finished up the last few stations!! And to Courtney for helping me set-up!! A few things I would do differently next time, but we had such a blast!! It was so fun to hear Jaylee afterward go on and on about how much she liked her party and how she wanted to go back to her Candyland Party!! We only had about 17 kids show up, a few less then what we thought would be there, but it was a little crazy!! Brady has given me the hex on big parties from here on out!!! He informed me that we will set a limit on the number of kids invited!!! Oh well it was fun and I would do it again!!!!

Jaylee's Birthday

Jaylee's Birthday was rather fun this year!!! She is at such a fun age but also at such an "all about me" stage in her life!! She waited a whole 30 seconds after Daddy left for work to start in about wanting to open her presents!!! We let her open 1 while he listened over the phone!!!

A great BIG Tangled coloring book!!

Then she proceeded to beg me to make her Crepes for Breakfast!! She LOVES crepes and would eat them and bagels every day if we let her!!

Don't let the look on her face fool you-she was so happy that she finally got to use the cupcake plate since it was her birthday!!
The rest of the day the girls and I just hung out at home!! We had a good time!!! Then a little later we got ready to go out for J's Birthday dinner and activity!!! She wanted Pizza and to go to the place we went with Easton(her cousin). Well we didn't want to go to Mormon Casino (aka Nickelcade) since we didn't have a ton of time, so we convinced her to go to Chuck E Cheese instead. None of us like the pizza there, so we went to dinner at The Brick Oven before heading over to the very crowded Chuck E. Cheese.

Jaylee took this picture of MaKynna and I after we were ready and waiting on Daddy to get home!!

She did get to open her gifts from us before we left for dinner though!!!

Stars for her bedroom ceiling

A jewelry box like Mommy's

New Barbie and Ken dolls-they were going to be for Valentine's Day but we forgot about them so she got them for her birthday instead!!!

She loves her pepperoni pizza and Lemonade drink!! (at this place-even more then Dr. Pepper!!)

She loved being the center of attention and LOVED her lollipop ice cream!!!

Just like last year-the horse was her FAVORITE!!!!

Kynna was such a good sport and was even able to get a little nap in while at Chuck E Cheese

So our little J-Bug is getting so big and turning 4 was a big deal in her world since her cousins had already turned 4 a month earlier!!! Jaylee is so much fun and such a blessing in our family!!! She is full of life and so very independent and outspoken yet there is a quietness about her sometimes that only a few ever get to see!! She loves to give hugs and tell people she loves them, and will do so 50 times a day when she is totally comfortable with you!!! She LOVES movies and Mario and if we let her, would watch or play ALL day!!! She knows all of her letters with their sounds and numbers to 20. She can spell her name but isn't a huge fan of writing it all the time yet. She LOVES henicorns(unicorns) and horses and anything close to them!! And will often act like she is a horse!! She is 31 lbs and 39 1/2 inches tall now!! She had to have her Kindergarten shots at her 4 year check up and she proceeded to yell that she doesn't like "that girl"(the nurse that gave her the shots), however she was more sympathetic to her sister since they both had shots the same day!! Her favorite color this month is Red!! It changes often!! She tells us all the time what she wants and where she wants to be for future birthdays!! Like for her 9th Birthday she wants to go to Disneyland and for her 6th Birthday she wants a horse and her 10th birthday she wants a henicorn pillow. She is convinced that she is in love with her buddy Trent and when they get older they are going to get married. Her favorite board game is Candyland(hence the birthday party) and her favorite treat is White Ice Cream on a cone. Her favorite princess is Tangled(Rapunzel). Her favorite cartoon is Wonderpets and Strawberry Shortcake. She is all girl one moment and a total tom-boy the next!! We are so thrilled to have her in our family!!!!