Sunny Arizona!

I actually got a week off from school for Thanksgiving break so we decided to go to Arizona and visit Jayson's brother Mike. We drove for an exciting 13 hours to get there and about 14 to get back, but we had fun anyways. We left on Wed and came back on Sat. While we were there we had an interesting Thanksgiving dinner made by Mike and his roommates, we went to the Phoenix zoo, and visited one of Jayson's friends for dinner. On the way back home, we decided to stop and see the Grand Canyon cause who knows if we'll ever have that chance again. It was really beautiful for the ten minutes that we spent there. Maybe we can take a real trip there and go backpacking or something, oh well, it was fun to see it anyways.

Caiden loves his uncle Mike!
This is what a 14 hour road trip does to a kid! He was a great traveler with us!

Halloween

Ok all you bloggers who are dying for an update, here is a new pictures for you. Caiden liked Halloween this year, but he still did not like dressing up for it. This farmer/scarecrow/hillbilly costume was the best thing I could come up with. I told him he had to leave the hat on or he wouldn't get any candy! He sure did like all the free candy!

First Snow!

So we had our first snow storm of the season last Sunday! Caiden was very excited and wanted to play in it as soon as he saw it. Jayson was not a happy camper. I can appreciate his view that October is too soon for snow, but today it is sunny and 70 again, go figure. Crazy Utah weather!

I am officially halfway through the semester and let me say, it's not getting easier! I sometimes feel very overwhelmed and unintelligent, but I have to remind myself that I'll get there. We had mid-term evaluations last week and I am getting straight B's and for me, that is great! I just need to maintain them for the next 8 weeks. Crazy! I can't beleive sometimes that this is my reality. I am blessed, but very overwhelmed with what I've gotten myself into. I try to keep my chin up and I am blessed to have a lot of support.

Crazy busy!

I have been crazy busy since starting back to school on Aug 25. I am enjoying a quiet night alone thanks to my loving husband who took Caiden and went camping so I could get some major studying done. I know I should be studying instead of blogging, but I seriously don't think I can cram anything else into my brain today. I have not even looked at blogs for a whole month! I am so glad I don't have a job to add to my stress! (Thank you Jayson for letting me stay home!)
So far I am staying at the mandatory "B" average that we have to have in order to move on the our RN year, so that is something to be proud of. I am in no way an "A" student, but that's ok. Everytime I take a test and it's above 80% I give a little sigh of relief. Caiden misses me being home with him, but he does like his friends to play with. Sometimes he asks if I can come too, but I always have to tell him no. :(
We have a new roommate living with us in our basement bedroom. She loves Caiden and always spoils him with candy. She is a little girl from Vietnam who sends money home to her family. She is such a blessing for us right now because we so badly need the money for the babysitters.
I just keep having to remind myself that it will all be worth it! Only 15 months to go!!

Happy Anniversary!

Wow, I can't believe we've been married for seven years already! Time flies when you're having fun!! Jayson and I usually like to do something really fun for our anniversary, but because we are trying to save money for when I start school, we decided to just go on a real date- which we don't do too often. We went to the cheap theater in Kaysville and watched Prince Caspian and then we went to Jayson's favorite restaurant Famous Dave's. We had a good time together and we still love each other very much.

Camping

This summer we have done a lot of camping. On our most recent trip, we went to Bear Lake for a swim. Caiden loved it last year when we took him and he loved it again this year. He loves to play in the sand and get covered from head to toe then run in the water and get all cleaned off.

Discovery Center

We went to the Discovery Center in SLC today. There were so many things for kids to do! We got to go with Grandma Wadsworth, Aunt Kimmy and Joshua. We stayed for about two hours and then I had to drag Caiden out kicking and screaming while I looked like some abusive mother. After eating a sack lunch, we let the kids play in the fountains at the Gateway. What a fun day! The pictures below are of the real Lifeflight Helecopter they have on the roof of the museum! The kids liked it except for when they pushed the button that made it sound like they were taking off! Scared them half to death!

Aerospace Museum

We went to the Aerospace museum this week and got to see yet another of Caiden's favorite things, airplanes! There were so many airplanes, I could not belive it! Funny to admit, but I had never been the the museum and it is in my hometown of Roy. Oh well, I know Caiden enjoyed it more than I did anyway.

With his two friends Kenya and Avonlee.

Fireworks!

We had Grandpa and Grandma Wadsworth over for some fourth of July fun. We went to the West Point dinner and ate some yummy chicken. Caiden played in the bounce house with Grandma while we waited our turn in line ( long line for free dinner!)

Caiden loved the fireworks! We kept him awake this year so he could watch them for the first time and he absolutely loved them. In fact, everytime he meets a new person he has to tell them, " I watch fireworks, they go BAM up in the sky!" It was like the highlight of the summer for him!

Rasmussen Reunion

We had a fun family reunion this weekend up in Idaho with my side of the family. Caiden was in heaven because Grandpa let him ride on the tractor, which was my Grandpa's old tractor that I rode on as a kid! We saw lots of fun cousins and relatives and played some fun games! The theme was Christmas in June so we played the game where you decorate one person to look like Rudolph and I got to be the lucky one for our team! Lots of fun!

Fathers Day

We had a great Father's Day this year with Jayson's Dad, brother Mike, and sisters Kim and Kaylynn. Everyone came to our house for a barbecue and we actually went to a park because we didn't have any outside tables. The kids played on the play ground and we ate and visited and met Mike's new girlfriend, Melissa.

Kaylynn, Kim, Melissa, and Caiden enjoying smoothies that Mike made us! Yummy!!

Dinosaur Park

We went to the Ogden Dinosaur Park with our fun neighborhood playgroup this week. caiden wasn't scared, which really made it a fun day. His favorite thing was to play at the park there, so basically I paid five dollars for him to play at the park-go figure.

LAGOON!!

Jayson is working a fun summer job at Lagoon as an EMT. We got to go on family day for only 10 bucks per person. We took Caiden and Grandma and Grandpa Wadsworth with us, but unfortunately Caiden didn't have as much fun as we hoped he would. The kids have to ride solo for most of the kids rides which was going really well until the ride started moving. He cried the whole time and was screaming, "Mommy, help me!" Talk about making me feel like a bad mom. After that (which was only the second ride) he didn't want to go on any rides. Now when we talk about Lagoon he says, "Scary goon". Maybe next year...

This is the first ride we went on and it was ok for Caiden because we were there to make it safe.

This is the one he started crying on. We thought he would be ok cause he picked a seat by the little boy, but once it started moving, he got freaked out! Poor little guy.

We convinced him that the cars were safe so he did try that one by himself! Yay!

Memorial Day

We had a good camping trip this past weekend up Blacksmith Fork. We are renting some property up there for the summer so we don't have to spend a lot on gas to go camping when we want to. The weather was a little cool, but Caiden played outside all day and didn't want to come in the trailer to go to sleep. We did have some trouble with ticks, but we found them before they got under the skin so no worries-we hope.
I found out last week that I start school on August 25th. We are going to get all the fun in we can this summer so I can hit the books this fall. People keep asking if I'm excited, and I am for the most part. I am just nervous to be working in people's close, personal space. It's just such a big challenge to go to school with a toddler at home. I really wish I had decided my career path sooner. Oh well, it will all be over in December of 2009!!!

Tennessee Trip

We got back this week from our trip to Tennessee/Myrtle Beach and we are glad to be home, but we miss Tennessee very much. I cried when I had to leave my Becky again. She is an awesome friend who I miss dearly.

Most of our time was spent visiting friends and eating lots of great food. Becky and I went to the Grand Ole Opry one night and watched Trace Adkins and some other country stars perform. I had lunch with my former co-workers at MTSU and Jayson caught up with some of his fire fighter buddies. We also took a side trip to Myrtle Beach for the weekend and had an awesome time! The kids loved the ocean and the beach and they definitely didn't want to leave (we really didn't either for that matter).

Caiden was a great little traveler and did well in the car to Myrtle Beach and on the airplane. He keeps asking everyday if we can fly in the sky on the airplane!

Here are some pictures of the trip!

"I'm all wet."

We are here in Tennessee visiting our friends this week. Today we decided to go for a walk around the block, but the kids thought it would be more fun to play in this puddle. Apparently Caiden didn't like being wet and decided to shred his pants right there on the spot. Funny kids!

Funny kid!

Yesterday, while I was in the shower, Caiden decided to help himself to a little snack! When I got out of the shower I could hear a little clinking sound-like dishes clinking together-and I wondered, "Now what could that be?" I threw a towel on and went to investigate only to find Caiden standing by the couch with a glass bowl of jello and a spoon having a little treat. There was little bits of jello on him, the floor, and the couch. What is most funny to me is that he went to the fridge and pulled out the jello and then went to the utensil drawer and got a spoon, all without breaking the glass bowl! Who needs Mom anymore? Not Caiden.

Nursing School!

Yay! Yay! Selina got into Nursing school!! She will start in August and end in December 2009! Sounds far away, but the time will go by before you know it. So we get to enjoy the summer and then hit the books this fall! It will totally be worth it in the end!!

Our little Caiden

My little Caiden is two and, yes, sometimes terrible! He is 100% boy and loves to get into everything! He loves to sing songs and play with friends. He doesn't think anyone is a stranger and will talk to any person whether big or small. His favorite TV shows are Super Why and Word World on PBS. He is a very smart little kid and we love him to death!