The Boretsky's

Our 6th Anniversary celebrated in VEGAS!!!

2011-08-25T14:18:00.000-07:00

Just a small portion of a brunch buffet we enjoyed! It was so delicious!

Yep, just me in a shoe!

We were lucky to go with our friends Paige and Jeff. We all had so much fun together! Here we are standing next to the world's largest chandelier. It has a bar built inside of it! Haha! Crazy! It was beautiful!

We also met up with our friends Brooke and Mike.

We love the fountain show at the Bellagio!

HaPpY 2nd BiRtHdAy KaMbRi!!!

2011-08-25T14:03:00.000-07:00

Kambri was not a fan of the birthday ribbon she was supposed to wear so she removed it immediately!

Dora Pinata! There's something so wrong about beating a little pinata girl with a bat! Haha! But the kids seemed to love it!

Thanks for all the wonderful gifts everyone!

I made Kambri's cake myself! I'm so proud! It took a very long time though. I think I will make my kid's birthday cakes from now on so hopefully I will get faster and better with experience.

Happy Birthday to my sweet princess!

Grandpa Halls Funeral

2011-08-16T21:25:00.000-07:00

Less than one month after our annual trip to Colorado, we got the heartbreaking news that Grandpa Halls passed away. How truly blessed we are to have been able to see him one last time. It is a very sad, bizarre feeling to be at his house without him there. We already miss him so much. The kids had a good time getting to know some of their cousins they have never met.

Such an honor for all the men and boys in the family to wear Grandpa Halls ties from his HUGE tie collection!

Kambri DID NOT want to put this sombrero on! Haha!

Pretty Kambri!

2011-08-16T20:39:00.000-07:00

I just had to post this picture I took of Kambri right before church. What an angel she is! I am so blessed to have this sweet, quiet, happy little girl in my life that I can dress up like the doll that she is! Haha! I am so glad I'm her Momma! I love her!

Happy 30th Birthday to MEEEEEE!!!

2011-08-16T20:32:00.000-07:00

YOWZA!!! Hahaha!

This is one totally rad bunch of girls!

My sweet, thoughtful, friend Kari threw this surprise "Back to the 80's" birthday party for me! We ate LOTS of junk food, took fun pictures, danced our booties off to the Just Dance video game, and went to the gas station looking mighty fine in our 80's outfits! We had a blast! Kari also had a delicious cake made for me! How cute is that! Thanks again Kari for the fun party!

Colorado!

2011-08-16T18:57:00.000-07:00

Non-stop game playing! Fun!

Grandpa Halls wanted to give Kambri an ice cream cone just so he could have one also! He's so cute! We sure do miss him so much.

Root beer snowcones!

Icicles longer than the kids! Haha!


Swordfight!

This was the absolute worst snowboard trip EVER! Blizzard like conditions made for a very miserable time!

And this is what happens when you forget the waterproof mascara!

Shanda is so much fun!

And of course more game playing! I'm pretty sure one of these ladies probably peed in their pants from laughing so hard!

Christmas with The Boretsky's!

2011-08-16T18:29:00.000-07:00

Helping make the delicious Christmas feast!

Great Grandma Powers being so playful with Kambri and Cale!

Apparently this present was so great that it needed a hug!

Christmas with The Curtis Clan!

2011-08-16T18:16:00.000-07:00

Grandma and Grandpa Curtis love to spoil their grandchildren!

Kambri is all decked out in princess Barbie gear.

Cale's preschool Christmas program

2011-08-16T17:44:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately my camera was not working very that night so this was all I got. Cale was very nervous to perform in front of so many people but he did so great!

Someone slipped Kambri a giant donut!

Such cute ornaments were made for each child.

SANTAAAAA!

Family Photos 2010

2011-08-16T16:56:00.000-07:00

Thanks once again to our most talented photographer and friend Kendyl, for our family photos which we love!

Fall Leaves!

2011-04-17T19:11:00.000-07:00

It's so much fun raking up all the beautiful, fallen, Fall leaves and jumping into the pile!

Ready...set...JUMP!!!

I love the joy on Cale's face!
It's raining leaves!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

2010-11-09T10:17:00.001-08:00

Making funny sticker pumpkins with Emery! I love Emery's face in this pic! So silly!Nice job guys!The cutest little pirates EVER all dressed up to go to Grandma Curtis' annual ward party! They had lots of fun playing games and winning candy prizes!Cale and Daisy all dressed up to go to their preschool party! How adorable is this little Batgirl?! Haha! Love it!Just enjoying some yummy Halloween treats! We loved frosting, decorating and gobbling up some sugar cookies! Darn! I should've gotten an after pic of Kambri eating her sticky caramel apple! It was meeeeessyyyyyy!!!Our ward Halloween party is always really fun! Too bad Cale wasn't feeling well :( You wouldn't know it though from this cute guys face!Kambri throwing rings on bottles! She did great!ARCHERY!!!Carving pumpkins at the fire station with Daddy!TRICK-or-TREAT!!!Checkin the loot! YUMMY!
We had a fun Halloween night with our yummy dinner of pumpkin bread bowls with broccoli cheddar soup, mummy dogs, chili and other great food! Then we enjoyed trick or treating with Grandparents. After that we watched a scary movie and then gathered around the fire pit in the backyard and visited for the rest of the night! We love this fun Halloween tradition!

An Adults Halloween!

2010-11-09T09:53:00.000-08:00

We had such a fun time at the Stewarts annual Halloween party! Cody and I dressed up as "Snooki" and "The situation" from Jersey Shore! Haha! I'm glad Cody was a good sport and decided to let me dress him up(slightly!) since he is soooooo not into dressing up for Halloween! Love you babe and especially love your hot bod! Woowee!Kari and I participating in the donut relay! Even though Kari tried to cheat by stuffing a donut down her shirt, she was not the winner in the end! Jill thought it was only fair to smash it in her shirt! Haha!Cody's valiant effort in the donut relay! Too bad he got beat by a girl!

My sexy roller derby girl, Jill!!! Loved her costume!

Holly and I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE haunted houses! This year Kelley joined us and we had such a blast!

My first ride ever on a mechanical bull! Very fun!

I seriously crack up so hard whenever I see the looks on these girls faces! Hahaha!

.....And another great face from Holly! She makes me laugh!

Random Cuteness!!!(mobile pics)

2010-10-22T12:55:00.000-07:00

And in random order...Here is little Kambri modeling the cute necklace I made for her at a bead party I went to recently. I really enjoyed making it and she LOVES wearing it! YAY! Fun on the merry-go-round! Cale carefully chose this horse and he also chose to ride on the second story!

Kambri decided that I should pack her up!

I woke up one morning to Cale saying "Mom, I need to check your heart."

Driving a car through Grandma's hair! Haha!

I caught this lovely image while Kimber and Cale enjoyed the beautiful weather outside!

Ahahahahaha!!! I was playing on the computer when I heard some heavy breathing. I glanced over and found Cale fast asleep in this funny position! He looks quite comfy!

San Tan Mall!

Oh gosh! I crack up every time I look at these photos! Cale is showing off his puppet he made! I cannot get over the funny look on his face!

Hahahaha!!!

Riding the bull at Walmart!

Kambri's not so sure about Kermit but she enjoyed the fun ride!

These kids light up my life! Countless times a day, I find myself watching them in awe! Sometimes a tear even comes to my eye! They are funny and cute and just amazing little creatures!

HaPpY 4tH BiRtHdAy CaLe!!!

2010-10-21T17:21:00.000-07:00

Our big, special boy turned 4 on the 4th! He had such a great birthday this year and he deserved it! Cale has such a cute, unique personality and he is always keeping us on our toes! We love him to pieces and we are so eternally grateful to have him in our family! Cale started off his birthday week, a whole week early! Haha! Grandma and Grandpa Curtis and Adam took Cale to Chuck E. Cheese and they had a great time! They had pizza and played lots of fun games and won lots of prizes! When they came back home, they had a little party for him with presents, and yummy ice cream cake! Mmmmmmmm!Thanks for the great gifts Grandma and Grandpa! Love you!Ice Cream Cake!!!!!!! I'm pretty sure he enjoyed it!Kambri certainly did! Haha!On Cale's actual birthday, we had a little party at the park with family and our wonderful neighbor friends! YUMMY PIZZA!I'm 4!!!Thanks friends for the presents!One of Cale's birthday presents was going to see Storytime Live! This was Cale's first play ever so of course he just loved it! It had some favorite characters and stories from Nick Jr. including: Moose and Zee, Kai-lan and friends, The Wonder Pets, Backyardagains, and best of all: Dora!How cute is this picture of Cale and Lynlee! Cool fountains!DORA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cale loved his spinning souvenir!
Mommy and Cale! I think I enjoyed the play as much or more than Cale! Haha! I loved seeing his face light up and the oohs and ahhs from him all night! I love this kid!

Happy 95th Birthday Grandpa Halls!

2010-10-21T16:04:00.000-07:00

And here is the birthday boy himself! What a wonderful, kind, hardworking, man he is! We love him so much! We enjoyed spending a few days in beautiful Colorado to celebrate with friends and family. We had a lovely garden luncheon on a beautiful sunny day!

Cousin Steve played hard with Cale and Gus before crashing on the grass and taking a nice little break! We love Steve! On the first morning we were there, I stepped on a rusty nail while exploring the old house next door with the kids :( OUCHIE! I got a tetanus shot and then I pretty much sat around the rest of our time there. It was a bummer to have to sit out when I had planned on exploring and playing on the ranch the whole time with the kids. This is one of my favorite pictures ever of Grandma Boretsky and Kambri. So sweet!(not sure why it turned out so small and can't figure out how to fix it)

Cale and Gus had a blast playing together!

BEE HIVE!!! AWWWWWWWW!!!

Here is just part of the gang, chatting and relaxing.

Awe! Some of my favorite people EVER! Ephraim, Laura, Kambri, Shanda, Gus, Brian, and Cale. I was so very grateful for Brian and everyone else who entertained my children since I wasn't able to due to my foot injury. Thanks guys!

Pretty girl!

I'm grateful that I found my true love and married him! Cody is my perfect match! I am also so blessed to have married into such a wonderful family! I'm grateful to be with them for eternity!

All ready for church!

2010-10-21T16:02:00.001-07:00

Cutest kiddos EVER in thier Sunday best!!!

Water Park!!!

2010-10-21T15:17:00.000-07:00

We loved going to the public pool this summer! Kambri was super brave and enjoyed jumping off the side to Daddy!Cale practiced his stroke! Both kids loved playing motorboat with Dad!

They couldn't get enough of the slides!

Cody is looking mighty sexy with his farmers tan! Haha!

Cale's First Day of Preschool!!!

2010-09-07T13:20:00.001-07:00

Cale had such a great first day of preschool at Ms. Amy's Lil' Academy! We know Ms. Amy from church so he was completely comfortable with her. She is very sweet. We love her!

This is Ms. Amy's assistant, Ms. Shanon. Cale doesn't know her very well yet, but I'm sure he will soon love her as well!
For the first 15 min. of school as kids are being dropped off, it's play time! Cale remembered the train set he played with when we signed him up a few months ago, so of course that's what he wanted to play with! Then it's circle time where the kids sing a welcome song, say the pledge, go over the calendar, talk about the weather, have sharing time/group discussion, and they review what they learned from last class time.
After that they have a lesson about the new letter/number/theme that they will be learning about. And then....SNACK TIME! The kids take turns bringing a snack and for that day they become the special snack helper! Then they have a structural group activity which includes a craft project, music and movement, singing and rhyming, and a physical activity! The day ends with more free play time! How awesome does that sound?!
This is a picture of Kambri while brother was at school. She seemed to appreciate kicking back and relaxing and not worrying about Cale bothering her....either that or she was totally bored without him!
I know Kambri enjoyed some time alone her with Mommy and Daddy! Here she is saying CHEEEESE!
After school, Mom and Cale had a fun first day of school lunch! He melted my heart when he said "We went on a special date"!

ICE CREAM CONE!!! YUM!!!

Cale was so excited to dump out his entire school bag and show us all the cool stuff he got! He even got a scholastic book order form in which he said "This is my newspaper and I'm going to put it next to my toilet"! Hahaha! Where did he get that from?! ;) We are so thrilled to be having this new, exciting, adventure with our big boy! We sure do love our preschooler!

WELCOME HOME BROTHERS!!!

2010-07-27T15:55:00.001-07:00

On July 1st, Sheldon came home for a 1 month leave from Japan before returning back to duty to Cuba. We hadn't seen him for 2 years so it was very exciting to see him again! Plus it was the very first time he met Kambri! We are so proud of him for the decisions he has made and for the work he has done and for his willingness to serve our country! We love you Sheldon! Anxiously awaiting Sheldon's arrival!

Kambri wasn't too sure about Sheldon when he first held her! I'm pretty sure he was in love!

Awe! Father and son reunited!

Mommy's little boy! Well, not quite so little anymore!

Sheldon loves being an Uncle and playing with the kids!

He even taught Cale a lot of pretty violent wrestling moves that unfortunately I get to spend the next month teaching him not to!
Delicious grapes right off the vine! YUMMY!Then 2 weeks later, Adam returned home from the Milwaukee, Wisconsin mission! Actually my parents and Holly and Sheldon got to go pick him up and hang out with him there for a week! We were so excited to see him at the airport because it had been 2 years since we last saw him also! We are very proud of Adam for always being such a great kid and for making the best decision of his life and serving a mission for the Lord. We love you Adam! He also got to meet Kambri for the first time!

I love how Adam is holding his own banner! Haha!

Miranda and Juliette just LOVE Kambri to pieces! Juliette even called dibs on Kambri on the way to airport! How cute!

The tired travelers!

How sweet is this picture?! Love it!

Sunrise Camping Trip!

2010-07-27T15:07:00.000-07:00

We had yet another great camping trip at Sunrise this year! We can't seem to get enough hiking, archery, fishing, and just plain relaxation! WE LOVE IT!Kambri found herself the perfect walking stick!Cale did a really good job on the first few targets and then when he lost interest in that, he had fun playing on the trail!Awe! Lovers!Silly Diane and goofy Cale! These two had a great time playing together!There goes Kambri eating sticks again!What a great family photo! I love this bunch to pieces!Instead of blowing the dandelions, Kambri decided to taste them(no big surprise there)!Best Buds!My babes!Takin' a break!Watching fireworks! Cale was so excited to see fireworks and we kept talking about it the whole day. I'm pretty sure he enjoyed them even though about half way through he fell asleep! Kambri loved the fireworks, of course!Fishing at sunrise Lake! Always a good time!Cute little fisherman!I got the first catch! I'm so proud! I always say as long as I get at least one fish, I am perfectly happy!Kambri was NOT a huge fan of the stinky, slimy fish! She kept turning away from them in disgust!Cale on the other hand loved holding and playing with them!

The biggest dandelion we ever saw!

Sweetness!

Girls Trip!

2010-07-27T14:50:00.000-07:00

Holly, Kari, and I decided to go on a much needed girls get-away to California! We first arrived in LA where we went a little crazy shopping at the fashion district. The next day we had a blast riding all the rides and eating plenty of junk food at Disneyland! The day after that we went to Huntington Beach to lay out and relax. After a little more shopping the next day, we finally went back home to Arizona. Holly and Kari goofing off on The Pirates Of The Caribbean ride!The princesses at their castle! Ha ha!

AHHH! Delicious fruity drinks while soaking up some rays!

Clints Wells Archery Tournament!!!

2010-06-02T13:21:00.001-07:00

We had so much fun at the Clints Wells Archery Tournament this year! We love camping, quading, eating lots of delicious food, playing games, and spending good quality time with family and friends! We were so glad that our friends, the Stewarts, were able to join us this year! Get ready for lots of pictures in very random order:Dirty camping faces! Gavin and CaleThis might be one of my all time favorite pics of Kambri! I laugh every time I see it!

Playing dominos with Grandma Boretsky!

Cody loves this picture of Kambri walking away from the fire carrying a gas can!

Cale did so great on the course except at first he kept crying when his arrow wouldn't stick in the foam. ): After lots of explaining and cheering for him, he was finally happy to just hit the target even if it did just bounce off. In a few years from now we will for sure get him a stronger bow that will make the arrows stick.

I love these boys!

Dad teaching Cale the proper techniques.

Mommy and Kambri hanging out by the campfire.

AWWW! Sibling love!

Payton, Cale, Gavin & Hunter playing on a cool tree trunk they found along the course!

Payton and Cale on top of a mountain of rocks!

A break with licorice along the course!

Cale and his moth friend.

We got to spend a whole day together as just our small family before everyone else arrived. It was fun riding the quad to all the ponds nearby. This is Cody's hunting spot where he's been hunting for YEARS so he pretty much knows these woods like the back of his hand! Here they are sitting in a hunting blind that all the hunters use.

Cale had so much fun kicking over the rotted tree stumps! He might get that from his mother. ;)

YUMMMMM!!!

One little pooped out camper!

Fire Station!

2010-06-01T17:18:00.000-07:00

We love to visit Daddy at the Fire Station! We have so much fun just running around the station and playing in all the fire trucks and going on rides around the block! Everyone treats us so well and they always fix the yummiest food for dinner! Future Firefighter! What a little cutie!Daddy took us on a ride around the station! Weeeeeeee! Cale loves to help Dad take down the flags at night.

Squishy face!

Daddy took Grandpa's quad to the station to do some landscape work so we had to take a ride.

Pat's Run 2010

2010-04-19T13:08:00.001-07:00

Cody, Kari and I had the opportunity to run in the 6th annual Pat's Run in honor of Pat Tillman. Pat played 3 years with ASU and 2 years for the Arizona Cardinals. Following the September 11 attacks, he turned down a contract offer of $3.6 million over three years with the Cardinals in order to enlist in the U.S Army. Pat served in Iraq and Afghanistan earning the Silver Star and the Purple Heart. On April 22, 2004 he was killed in a friendly fire incident while on patrol.At the finish line after running 4.2 miles!The race ended on the 42 yard line in honor of Pat's number at ASU. The ASU football players were standing along the finish line cheering and high fiving everyone! It was cool!We decided that this will be an annual tradition for us since we had so much fun! Next year though the kids will come with us so they can participate in the .42 mile kids run! They will love it!

Our "Eggs"traordinary Easter!

2010-04-06T22:20:00.000-07:00

The classic "kids in Easter church clothes" shot!Pretty princess!What a fun day this was! First we were invited by the Stocks to go see the movie "How to train your dragon" for Daisy's 3rd birthday! Such a great movie! It will definitely be in our collection eventually! Then we had some dinner and a little Easter FHE and for dessert we dipped Oreo's in pastel colored, candy coating and covered in sprinkles! They sure were yummy and the kids enjoyed it!Messy, messy boys...and girl!Cale licked the candy off the top, then opened his Oreo and licked the frosting out and of course left the rest of the cookie! Funny kid! Every year we attend a HUGE Easter egg hunt that my parents ward and 2 others are involved in! This was the first year Cody was able to attend and I tried to warn him of the THOUSANDS of eggs covering the entire park and 3 front yards of ward members. He didn't quite know what to expect and was completely blown away when he saw the eggs! It was funny! Kambri caught on real quick as to how to play the game! She loved it and would NOT let go of her basket or blue egg when I tried to take them!!Cale did great! He got so many eggs before the other kids that I made him put some back on the ground!HaHa! Cale looks like he's picking a wedgie although he is actually posing very proudly with his loot!We just had to play at the park some while we were there!Daddy and Cale are following the clues around the house to find the Easter baskets that the Easter Bunny left!Kambri started right away opening her fruit snack filled eggs and shoveling them in! She knew exactly what to do!

CHEESY!

Fishing At Saguaro Lake!

2010-04-06T22:12:00.000-07:00

Cody and our friend Cameron took the boys out fishing one Saturday afternoon and of course they had a great time! They came back tired and very sunburned! Slade and Cale did such a good job driving the boat!The very proud fishermen showing off their catches! Nice!

It's A Great Day For The Zoo!

2010-04-06T21:56:00.001-07:00

The weather has been wonderful lately, so we just had to go to the Zoo...plus we wanted to use our membership before it was up at the end of the month! We were so lucky to have Grandpa Boretsky join us at the Zoo! We had such a blast! Gotta have a giraffe shot! Cale and Grandpa have so much fun together!

Cutest little farmers EVER! I love how Cale is so serious in this picture, like he is very busy plowin the field!

This goat loved nuzzling right up to Kambri! She was so funny with them! She kept squatting down right in front of their faces and tried talking to them! It was adorable!

Beautiful!

Peek-a-boo!

Playing At The Park With Our Friends!

2010-04-06T21:42:00.000-07:00

It was such a nice day out so we drove a little ways to a park nearby for a picnic dinner! Friends...food...fun...what more can you ask for?!Cute Kambri and Maylee playing on the bells! This is a favorite game with Daddy!

Kambri is doing what she does best in the sandbox, throwing sand all over herself and..........
eating it, of course!

Slade wanted to take Kambri down the slide! Sweet boy!

Baby BFF'S! Haha!

WHEEEEEEEEE!

Schnepf Farms

2010-04-06T21:23:00.001-07:00

We were pretty bored one Saturday afternoon so we decided to go to Schnepf Farms for some "FREE" fun! We all had fun petting the animals!Hey! Need a shave? Maybe?

Farm girl Kambri!

What a freakin stud! HaHa!

After some fun play around the farm we went to the little diner and had a giant peach cinnamon roll! YUMMY! We turned our backs for a second and Cale decided to pick up a tomato and take a huge bite out of it! So we also bought one tomato!

Fun At The Park!

2010-03-09T20:44:00.001-08:00

We were very cranky and couped up in the house the other day and we just needed to GET OUT! So we went to the park nearby and we had a blast! Kambri went down the slides by herself for the first time and she loved it! She giggled and squealed with delight all the way down! Cale enjoyed hanging on the bars for as long as he could and then he would let go and drop to the ground below!

Renaissance Festival!!

2010-02-22T15:09:00.001-08:00

We always enjoy going to the Renaissance Festival every year! From the shows to the shops to the food! We love it all! Here we have the cutest little jesters EVER! ...and one lovely, voluptuous Mama!...and best of all...a little fairy boy! HaHaHa!This was a brand new act at the festival! An acrobat/comedy show! They were absolutely amazing and it's now one of our new favorites! Later on that day they changed up their show and included lighted torches! That chick's gotta have some killer abs!The Wildman show! Yummy treats!Part of our group: Scott & Jessica & baby Aspen in stroller along with a couple of kids they babysit: Blake & BlainThe jousting competition was so great!

Kambri was very apprehensive about touching Mother Goose!

Cale on the other hand went in for the hug! It was so cute but it kinda freaked me out! I was afraid the goose would peck his eyes out!

Stick balancing/juggling! They did so good together! It's actually pretty hard!

This was simply incredible!

The amazing fire whip guy!

Cale kept asking for a giant chicken leg! So we finally bought one and of course he insisted on holding it all by himself! He got lots of laughs from strangers!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-22T14:29:00.000-08:00

We had lots of fun making Valentine's cards and brownies for all of the people we love the most! Hard at work! This kid LOVES arts and crafts!
Our finished designs! Cale is so proud!
Mmmmmm!

Part of our yummy Valentine's breakfast! Cale thought this was pretty fun!

Happy 5 Years To Us!!!

2010-02-13T20:21:00.000-08:00

For our anniversary this year we decided to celebrate by going on a cruise! It was a 5 day/4 night cruise that left from Long Beach and stopped at Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico. Our daily routine was basically sleep in, have a late breakfast, get off ship at port for a few hours, get back on ship and eat lunch, 2 hour nap, watch movie, play on ship, fancy dinner, late night shows, and back to room to crash! Oh and about 5 trips a day to the 24 hr. self serve ice cream machines!!! It was a much needed, relaxing break and we had such a blast!We took a small ferry from our cruise ship to Catalina Island. We just walked around and shopped a little. We enjoyed coming back to our room to find cute towel animals left by our room steward!Ah...now let me tell you about this little piece of heaven! It's called melting chocolate cake! A half baked, rich, delicious dessert that every single person at our table got every single night. The only conversation during dessert was ohhh's and mmm's and ahhhh's! This is just one of the delicious appetizers. Marinated mozzarella cheese and tomatoes and pesto. YUM!And just one of my favorite meals at dinner. We each would order 2 appetizers, 2 entrees, and 2 desserts every night just to try everything out, plus... ALL-INCLUSIVE BABY!! Which also means we've gotten a little...um...soft! So time for diets and exercise!Ensenada, MexicoWe were basically forced into riding horses on the beach by the locals! We were so glad we did it! It was cheap and it was a beautiful day and it's something I've always wanted to do!Our awesome dinner friends: Ilene, John, Vandy & Kaysawna. We had such a blast with these guys! After our amazing meal we would all go to the broadway shows or a magic show, comedy shows, karaoke, or we'd laugh at each other while taking corny pictures at all the MANY photo sets onboard! Cody enjoying his melting chocolate cake! He asked for a side of strawberries to dip into the chocolate! GENIUS!Trying my luck at the onboard casino! Let's just say it was NOT my night! On our "day at sea" we enjoyed laying out on the deck at the back of the boat for half of the day! It was so wonderful and peaceful and relaxing that I actually fell asleep under an umbrella and woke to half of my body exposed to sun! I definitely now have a tan on one arm and not the other!!! Ha! Ha!Before we left I asked Cale what he wanted us to bring to him as a souvenir and he said a big lollipop like the lollipop boys have on the Wizard of OZ! LOL! Luckily we found one and he was ecstatic!For Kambri, we found some really cheap, cute sandals in Ensenada! She giggled and kept tripping on them as she walked! They're a little big but I think she loves them!We had such a wonderful time away and we loved getting a chance to be completely attentive to each other! We were reminded of life as newly-weds and kept mentioning how much life has changed in the last five years and how we not only have remained connected in every way but that we love each other soooo much more than the day we were married! And even then we thought there was no way a love could be stronger! We are so grateful for our eternal marriage!

Happy 1st Birthday Kambri!

2010-02-02T11:44:00.000-08:00

Our sweet girl turns 1 today! We celebrated yesterday with a small party at our home. We had lots of fun! This picture was taken right after Kambri woke up from her nap and got dressed up in her GIANT tutu! I think she felt a little overwhelmed! We ate pizza, wings and caesar salad and had some delicious sherbet, berry punch to drink! YUMMMMMM!

Kambri got hooked up with lots of nice presents! She especially loved her cute new shoes! She's gunna need them now since she's been walking all over the place!

Kambri got lots of cute clothes that will be great for summertime!

Swimsuit from Auntie Holly!

Yay for new toys!

BIRTHDAY CAKE FUN!

We love this little girl so much! Our lives are so much brighter and happier since she joined our family and it has been an absolute joy watching her learn and grow this past year! We look forward to all the good times in the future with our sweet Kambri!

Snowy Colorado!

2010-01-19T09:53:00.000-08:00

We love visiting beautiful Colorado after Christmas every year! This year it snowed...A LOT! It was lovely! We just relaxed and ate lots, stayed up way too late playing games(Cody and I remain the Pictionary champs!), shopped, I did some hair, Cody made yet another t-shirt quilt, and we of course enjoyed visiting with family! We had a great time! These kids absolutely love their Great Grandpa Halls! He is such a kind, gentle, loving man!

Cale found a piece of wood on the balcony and said "Mom, look! I'm running on the treadmill!"

Gus smothering Kambri with kisses! He loves her!Cute kids!
So sweet!

Kambri's first time in the snow! She did NOT like to touch it!

Cale plopped right down in the snow and made a snow angel all on his own! We wondered where he got that idea and he said from "Max and Ruby"!

We love bonfires in the snow!

Cody poured Mtn Dew on a snowball for Cale to have a snow cone! He loved it!

Christmas Time!

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We had a good time at our ward Christmas Party at Bishop's barn. We ate yummy barbecue and other goodies, played in the cotton trailer, listened to the primary sing, and enjoyed good company! The best part was when Santa showed up in a tractor and Cale cut everyone in line to sit on Santa's lap! Kambri especially loved munching on hay!

We visited with Santa again at Bass Pro Shop. Kambri seemed to like Santa but was a little apprehensive at first!

The kids enjoyed playing with all the toys they had set out to lure people to buy!

I love Daisy's face in this picture! It's definitely her signature sweet & innocent look!

Here Cale is proudly holding his Polar Express ticket and bell he got from our friends, the Stewarts. These guys love to host lots of parties throughout the year and we finally got a chance to make it to one. Thanks Stewarts for the good time!

All dressed in jammies ready to watch the movie!

Everyone enjoyed yummy hot chocolate and other treats while the kids watched the movie and the ladies gathered in the next room and chatted and the boys stayed outside around the fire pit! Fun! Fun!

Temple lights! They were beautiful as always!

Cale loved his Rudolf balloon hat from On The Border!

We celebrated Christmas Eve with Grandma and Grandpa Boretsky with lots of presents and yummy finger foods to eat! On Christmas day we slept in and then headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Curtis' house for the traditional presents and feast! We had the opportunity to talk with my little brother Adam who is on his mission. It was so great to hear from him! We love our families so much!

Thanks families for spoiling us! Thanks to everyone who sent lovely Christmas cards and delicious homemade goodies which we enjoyed so much! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

P.S. Hopefully if I'm on top of things, I'll report back next week about our fun and snowy Colorado trip!

Happy Halloween!

2009-11-03T14:07:00.001-08:00

Kambri's cute Halloween outfit from Grandma Curtis!We're busy baking yummy pumpkin cookies for our Halloween feast!I have to point out Cody's pumpkin with a Fire Fighter Maltese carving! What talent!Cody also carved Kambri's pumpkin complete with two bottom teeth and a snotty nose!

The prettiest ladybug I ever saw! I hand made most of Kambri's costume, except the tutu which was made by Ashley Fuller. I altered it by gluing pom pom's onto it!

The whole bunch! Kleven, Slade, Maylee, Cale, Kambri, Daisy, and Ezra.

I love Cale peeking through the door! They had such a blast trick or treating!

Cale and Daisy kept saying "Happy Halloween" to everyone and everything we passed by!

The kids' entourage! (minus three people!)

I love this pic of Kari! What a goofball!

While the kids were trick or treating, Kambri enjoyed waving at people and chewing on her glow bracelet!

The loot!
What a cute face as Kambri tastes the nasty pre-packaged popcorn ball!

Holly and I all dressed up for Heather's halloween party! Um...what's with my face? I don't know!

Halloween Fun!

2009-10-28T23:02:00.001-07:00

Every year we go to my parent's Halloween block party which is always such a blast! Kambri isn't wearing her ladybug costume because it's not quit finished plus it was too cold outside to wear it. Cale played lots of fun games and won lots of candy!We enjoyed some yummy food!
There was no way Cale was gunna take his eyes off the prize for a picture!

There were some fun activities including face painting, balloon twisting, a haunted house(which Cale loved!), and a projector screen playing Monster's Inc.

That is supposed to be a sword!

For activity days, we made candy corn, candy dishes and this is what Cale came up with! He did such a great job!

Stick em up! This is a robbery!

WE LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!

Spider Cupcakes!

2009-10-26T11:33:00.003-07:00

This is what our spider cupcakes were SUPPOSED to look like..... And this is all I salvaged from the flattened and dried up cookie legs and heads! I'm no Betty Crocker but my guess was the sugar cookies were no longer "chilled" when put them into the oven! Oh well! The kids had fun anyways with their SIX legged spiders! I made this spider for Cale and had him pose with it!

Cale's creation!

Dainty Daisy working on her spider face!

Slade showed off his mad frosting skills! He did a great job!

So proud!

Kambri and Maylee are loving their first tastes of sweets!

This girl munched away so loudly! It was adorable!

Funny frosting faces!

Favorite Things!!

2009-10-13T08:06:00.000-07:00

I LOVE catching these two playing together! One of my favorite things in the world is the sound of their giggling and their squeals of delight!

Happy 3rd Birthday Cale!

2009-10-08T13:20:00.001-07:00

We had a great time celebrating Cale's birthday with friends, family, and yummy food! I'm glad Cale decided on the "Go, Diego, Go" theme since lately he's been so into Dora! Diego is so much cooler than Dora anyways, right?! The girl can't stand an adorable headband on her head, but doesn't seem to mind her Diego party hat! Cale wanted to play with every gift instead of opening the rest! I had to pry them out of his hands and shove another gift at him so he would open more! Thanks to everyone for all the wonderful gifts! We're so fortunate to have such great family and friends! Ha! Ha! Notice the ghetto, garbage bag, wrapped present! Well, looks can be deceiving! It was scooter from Grandma and Grandpa Curtis and Cale loves it!Confetti cupcakes! YUM! We also had "Better than sex" cake for the adults! I've been making this cake for years and until recently called it "Heath bar crunch" cake. Thank you Ashley for bringing it to my attention! You perv!Kambri LOVED her first taste of frosting! My Dad decided that the party was getting a bit boring, so he busted out the silly string! Then it was WAR! Everyone seemed to enjoy it...............
Except this guy!After our guests left, we had fun opening and playing with all of Cale's new toys!

Water Babies!!!

2009-09-14T21:40:00.001-07:00

Kambri had her first bath in the tub!! The kitchen sink is always so easy but the bath tub is obviously way more fun!!Kambri loved splashing Cale! He really liked having a playmate in the tub with him!If you look close enough, you can see Kambri's two little pearly whites that popped through these past 2 weeks! We had fun at the splash pad at Pecos Park near Cody's station. It was great spending time with Dad before he had to go back to work for another 48 hr. shift. Superman!!!

It always takes some time getting Cale used to the fountains!While Cale has always been very timid, Kambri couldn't wait to get down and crawl out into the water and play in the fountains!

All the little girls LOVED Kambri! They all started playing a game where Kambri would charge them and they would all run away screaming! It was hilarious!

Sweet girl!

Cutie Kambri!

2009-08-22T14:22:00.000-07:00

We wanted to get some pictures done to capture our sweet Kambri at such a fun age! She's a very happy girl, a cuddle bunny, a great sleeper, a wrestling buddy for Cale, and she is just a joy to have around. We love her to pieces! Thank you so much Aimee www.pyperjanedesigns.blogspot.com for the beautiful photos and for sharing your talent with us!

OUR LATEST ADVENTURES!

2009-08-17T21:24:00.000-07:00

*SUNRISE CAMPING TRIP*

Over 4th of July weekend, we went on our annual Sunrise camping trip. As always, we had a great time! It was nice to have my parents join us for a day.Ahh! Sleeping by the campfire! Oops! We forgot Cale's life jacket back at camp!

Camping face!

Dancing baby!

Hiking on the trail during the archery tournament.

Happy 4th of July!!
After dinner at Charlie Clarks, we headed out back for some music by the band "Old Bones". Cody's Uncle Reed is the drummer.
Some drunk woman tryin to steel my man!Fireworks over Sunrise Lake were BEAUTIFUL! This was Cale's very first fireworks experience! He loved it of course!

Kambri fell asleep while we hiked the trail...in the rain!

Cale fell asleep during our VERY rough quad ride! I had to ride all the way back to camp with one arm holding him and the other arm driving! He then woke up when we arrived back to camp!

*KAMBRI'S FIRST FOODS*

Ummm...Yum?

*FIREFIGHTER FUNERALS*

Cody attended a funeral and drove in the precession for a fallen firefighter. About a week later Cody took Cale and Slade to a funeral precession for another fallen firefighter.

*DIAMONDBACKS GAME*

This was the kids very first diamondbacks game! Our neighbor friends gave us their tickets that they weren't able to use. Cale loved it for about half an inning! Cale and I left for a potty break and we ran into a family who gave us their Diamond Club tickets! It was awesome although we felt a little out of place! We got free food and drinks and they handed out free baseballs as well! We got hooked up!

Cale feeling completely at home!

"The Sandlot" playground.

*KAMBRI CAN CRAWL!!!*

She started crawling a couple of weeks ago and it is the cutest thing ever! She loves her new freedom and mobility! Way to go girlfriend!

311 Baby!! Yea!!

2009-07-11T12:03:00.001-07:00

Last night Cody, Holly, and I went to see 311 in concert along with Ziggy Marley, and some other band. It was so great! It was fun rockin out and feeling young again! We left the show stinky, with headaches and blown eardrums, and no voice left but it was worth it! 311 was awesome! Wooohooooooo!!

What a funny kid!!

2009-06-22T22:59:00.000-07:00

Tonight when I was putting Cale to bed, we had just finished reading books and singing some songs and I asked him to say his prayers. He folded his arms and very seriously sang "Heavenly Father had a farm, e-i-e-i-o!" We both laughed hysterically!

Reading Ducky a story!

COLORADO!!

2009-06-14T21:02:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of Grandpa's ranch in Mancos, Colorado. You can see his house beyond the sprinklers in the background. We love taking trips there during the summer for the cool weather and beautiful scenery. There's always lots of fun things to do on the ranch! We like riding quads down into the hay fields at dusk to try to spot deer. On this ride we came across a herd of about 17 deer! They're accustomed to quads on the ranch and let us get pretty close.Cale and Grandpa had fun playing together in the front yard. They threw rocks in the stream, had sword fights with long grass, and did yard work. One time Cale stripped off all his clothes and ran through the irrigation!

OUR KAYAKING ADVENTURE!!!!

We decided on a whim to go on a 2 hour kayaking trip down the Animas river in Durango. Oh my goodness- it was such a blast!

We did up to class 3 rapids and we loved it so much that we decided to make it a new hobby of ours!

I was a little nervous about the 42 degree water but it didn't really seem that cold because your working your muscles the whole time plus we had wet suits! So I was well protected when I got thrown out of my kayak after hitting a rock!! It was really hard getting back in my kayak because the current was so strong and the rocks below were really slippery! After a bit of a struggle I finally managed to jump back into my kayak! It was pretty funny!

We went to the Ute Mountain Rodeo at the Montezuma County fairgrounds. This was my first rodeo experience and I had a blast!

How cute is this little 4 year old mutton busters champion!

We met up with a few of Cody's firefighter buddies who were in Durango on their own rafting trip on the upper Animas. We went to Steamworks Brewing Co. and enjoyed our very first Cajun seafood boil! It was so delicious and fun!

Here I am sucking on crawfish brains! Cody told me it would make me smarter! Der!

Aw!

Cale had fun playing in the old ranch house that Cody's Mom grew up in as a child.

Most of it still stands!

We celebrated Cody's birthday at the Bar D Chuckwagon. They have a yummy BBQ dinner while we listen to old time western music with a bit of comedy! Happy birthday baby!!

Cale and Kambri loved the train ride!

Cale said "I'm hiding in the dass!!"

We went to the movies and saw UP in 3D. It was such a great movie! We highly recommend it!

Cale completely staged this picture by himself and made us take his picture by Dampa Halls!

The men were hard at work clearing 5 acres of land in three days! Cody's parents are preparing the land to eventually build a house and move there.

Cale had his very own pair of work gloves and thought he was the biggest help!

FATHERS AND SONS OUTING!
A week before our Colorado trip the boys had a great time camping together! The original plan was to camp with our ward but they couldn't fit their camper in the designated spot. They brought the camper because they decided to extend the trip to four days. They ended up camping by Wood's Canyon Lake so they could take the boys fishing.

Slade and Cale enjoyed playing together all weekend!

"Look Dad, a tadapillar!"

Well I guess we have another hunter in the family!

After 5 minutes of casting, the boys got tired of fishing and decided it would be way more fun rock climbing!

Memorial Day Weekend!

2009-05-28T15:34:00.000-07:00

This past weekend, we went to Clints Wells for an archery tournament and some camping. We were prepared for cold, wet weather but we had no idea it would be raining the ENTIRE time! We basically spent most of our time inside the campers and still managed to have lots of fun!

There was no possible way to keep Cale out of the mud! It's every little boys dream!
What the hail?! This picture doesn't really do it justice!

I'm pretty sure Cale was the first to finish his corn!

Quad riding through all the mud was a blast!

Good morning Kambri! We bundled her up in three layers of jammies, socks, and a beanie but since she sucks her thumb and fingers, her little hands were ice cold when she woke up! So Cody set her in front of the heater to warm up!

I asked Cale what he was doing and he said "Riding a horse!"

The boys had fun fishing at the Blue Ridge Reservoir while the girls played cards back at camp! There wasn't a whole lot of action though- they only caught three trout while Grandma Boretsky kicked my hiney in ghetto rummy!

Kambri's thinking "Ew, gross! Get that slimy thing away from me!"

Before wash:

After wash:
Actually the before picture was after alot of the mud slipped off while driving home and after Cody cleaned off the windows at the gas station, so it was much worse than it looks!

Summer Lovin!!

2009-05-17T08:25:00.000-07:00

Well, it's definitely starting to get hot now and since we don't have a kiddie pool yet, we decided to go out and play in the sprinklers to cool off a bit!

Sun-bathing beauty!

Here is what we've been up to lately...

2009-05-06T14:24:00.000-07:00

*Easter* Cale had two fun Easter egg hunts! The first one was very wet and rainy and the second one was at the fire station! Of course Grandma Curtis gave the kiddos some cute buckets full of goodies! Here is Cale and Kambri all dressed up in their Easter Sunday attire!

*Kambri's Baby Blessing* Cody gave a very special blessing to our lovely little girl in our home. It was so nice to have our family and close friends there to celebrate Kambri's big day!

*A Day On The Lake* We went with our friends, the Stocks, to Saguaro Lake for some fishing! The kids had a really fun time! You may notice Cale's enormous bruise on his noggin, well that would be from an accidental front flip over the side of a grocery cart!

*School Carnival* There was plenty of fun and games and yummy food at Grandma Boretsky's school carnival. Cale's favorite thing though was the little quad up for raffle- he refused to get off the thing! Grandpa Boretsky keeps promising to get him one some day!

*The Phoenix Zoo* It was really cute how chilled out the animals(and Kambri) were on this trip. We tried out the splash pad again and Cale still was not a big fan. He mostly just hung out in the gutter which is so strange because he is normally so obsessed with anything water related! I think he is just a chicken when it's cold water and I don't blame him- I am too!

Big Girl!!

2009-04-08T21:26:00.000-07:00

Kambri had her 2 month Dr. appointment today and she did great! She now weighs 11 lbs. 10 oz. and she's 23 in. long!! I can't believe how much she's grown! Kambri is a very healthy, happy baby! This is our kids' pediatrician Dr. Carroll. He makes me feel soooo old! I'm pretty sure he's younger than me! Cale's first pediatrician(who we were so in love with) retired so we figured a young guy would be good so the kid's will outgrow him!

Ouchie! Battle wounds!

How could you not LOVE waking up to this every morning! We place Kambri towards the bottom, center of her crib and she manages to wiggle herself to the top corner while shimmying out of her jammies and blanket! Silly girl! All of her moving around was pretty noisy so we put Kambri in her own room and I've gotten much better sleep at night ever sinse. She's even slept through the night a couple times!

Ya, I'm afraid we might have a thumb-sucker! She refuses to take a pacifyer just like Cale did, so does anyone have any ideas on how to discourage this at such a young age?! She's so darn cute though, huh?!

Kambri's first words!

Boy's Day!!

2009-04-05T18:25:00.000-07:00

Cody, Cale & Grandpa Boretsky recently went to the Arrowhead Harley Davidson pre-bike week rally & chili cook-off. Needless to say, these boys were in HEAVEN!! While Grandpa was test driving motorcycles, Cale and Daddy went on over to the RV and camper show at the University of Phoenix Stadium parking lot. Cale loved checking out all the campers and even got to eat lunch inside one of them! He thought that was awesome! Since they happened to be in the neighborhood, they just had to go to Cabella's!! WOW!!

When they got back to Grandma and Grandpa's house, he got to dangle his feet in the jacuzzi and he decided to jump right in with his clothes on!! That surprised Grandpa!

Our Little Beauty!

2009-03-13T18:30:00.000-07:00

We are very happy with how Kambri's 2 week photos turned out! Thank you so much Kendyl, for capturing these sweet moments of our Kambri!

Renaissance Festival!!

2009-03-05T13:55:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun at the Renaissance Festival this year! Mother Goose! Cale was a little hesitant to touch her at first but then he realized she was very gentle.

Scary tree guy!! He had a very creepy voice! Cale did NOT want to go near him!

This little fairy girl is so cute! She played Cale a song on her little flute and gave him a clear stone and then blew scented glitter on it!

Cale loved riding the elephant!
This girl is sooooo talented! We sat and listened to her for a long time! It was beautiful!

Yum! Giant turkey leg! All three of us shared this thing and we still didn't finish it!

Three guys and a bunch of drums. Here they are drumming away on some 2x4's! It sounded awesome!

Carefully watching the amazing fire whip show.

This was our favorite show of the day! He was pretty funny too!

YUMMY!

Gift Basket from Fire Dept.

2009-02-26T08:37:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was Cody's first day back to work since Kambri was born and today he came home with this! A lovely basket filled with goodies such as: a onesie, a hat, a blanket, a stuffed bunny, and a fire truck filled with flowers! So cute, right?! Here is the little baby model herself showing off her loot! I think she loves it!

Tinto, Tinto, Yitto Star!!

2009-02-17T06:36:00.000-08:00

I've been meaning to post this for a while now. Cale loves to sing songs! My favorite is when he starts singing super LOUD!!

I was completely exhausted the other day and I guess Cody could tell. So when he got out of the shower he said "Hey I made you something to cheer you up!" Umm- I didn't know what to think! So I looked at the shower wall and started laughing hysterically!

Ya- that would be my hair that I shed in the shower- sculpted into a fine masterpiece! I love my silly, silly boys!

Our Special Delivery!

2009-02-08T10:01:00.000-08:00

We'd like to introduce...

Kambri Elle Boretsky

Born: February 2, 2009

Weight: 6 lbs. 15 oz.

Length: 20.5 in. We arrived at the hospital for a scheduled induction at 7:30 a.m. After getting hooked up to an i.v. and monitors, I received the first dose of pitosin and the waiting began. Around 9:30 the contractions became pretty painful. At 11:30 I was dilated to a 3 and since I'm such a big wuss, I received an epidural. Ah sweet relief!! The plan was to have my mother-in-law, mom, and sister Holly come to the hospital when I was dilated to a 6 or 7 so they could be there in plenty of time to witness the birth. Well little Kambri had a different plan. Around 12:45 Cody had gone to get some lunch to bring back to my room. Then I started feeling very intense pressure down below. When Cody got back I told him what was happening and just then my nurse walked in. So she checked me ever so calmly(I don't think she believed me). In a kind of frantic voice she said " Oh my goodness, you're ready, let's call the doctor!" So while I'm trying as hard as I can not to push my Dr. is traveling on over, the nurses are quickly getting everything ready, and Cody is on the phone trying to get everyone there. Within 15 min. my Dr. arrives, sets up and three pushes later our precious girl entered the world. It all happened so fast! It was actually very exciting but none of our families made it in time. Already Kambri has shown so much personality! We love to watch her sweet, gassy grins! She of course loves to be held and is very content lying by herself on the floor, checking everything out with her big curious eyes! She is also proving to be quite a dramatic little girl! She thinks she needs to eat every hour and when she gets her diaper changed or during a bath she enjoys exercising her lungs by SCREAMING the entire time!!!
We've been so surprised at Cales reaction to Kambri. He loves to give her kisses, hold her for a few seconds, and help us change her diaper but other than that he just leaves her alone. It's been so nice having Cody home to entertain Cale and hopefully we don't become too dependant on him when he goes back to work. Cale doesn't seem too jealous of Kambri yet.We're glad Cale loves his baby sister!

As you may have noticed, Kambri is the exact replica of Cale and Cale is an exact replica of Cody! The kids don't look very much like me and that's okay because they are so darn cute!!

We love Kambri to pieces and we are so thrilled to have such a sweetie join our family! We feel truely blessed and we look forward to all the fun times to come!

"Two Sisters- One Heart" Fundraising Event!

2009-01-18T20:47:00.000-08:00

On Valentine's Day, February 14, 2009, get ready to run for "Two Sisters- One Heart", a fundraising event for conjoined twins Emma & Taylor Bailey! It will be tons of fun with runs/walks, sponsored breakfast & lunch, vendors, & activities- perfect for the whole family! For more information please check out the links below.

www.twosisters-oneheart.blogspot.com

www.emmaandtaylorbailey.blogspot.com

Our Colorado Trip!

2009-01-04T20:42:00.000-08:00

Every year after Christmas, we go to Mancos, Colorado for a week to visit family. Cody's Grandpa has a nice, big ranch so there's always lots of fun things to do! This is the view outside, right above the kitchen sink. I might actually love doing the dishes if this is what I got to see!

Sledding fun!! Cale loved it but whenever he got knocked off the sled he would just start crying cause he didn't know what to do all covered in snow!

We went and saw The Tale Of Desperaux(sp?) while we were hangin out in Durango. This was Cale's very first movie theatre experience! The movie was cute and kinda weird but Cale seemed to love it and he behaved so well- most of the time!

Since Cale loves snowmen, we just had to build one!

Here we are in beautiful Telluride! Since there was no snow boarding for me this year, we just had fun riding the gondola over the mountain, shopping, and walking around.

Then we found this cool trampoline bungee thing and after watching some small kids do it, we just had to get Cale on it! If you've ever done this before, you know it is quite scary! So Cale was very apprehensive at first and clung onto Cody for dear life, but after a few bounces he seemed to like it! It was the cutest, most hilarious thing I ever saw seeing his little body fly up through the air! I was so proud of my brave boy!

This huge herd of cows were walking past the house one day as they were being moved to a different location so we of course had to check it out. I love Cale's face in this picture! I told him to look at me but he couldn't take his eyes off the cows!

Cody took us on some fun rides on the taboggon!

I love this picture cause it looks like Cody is right on top of the bonfire!

Cale really enjoyed playing and visiting with his Great Grandpa Halls! Here they are playing peek-a-boo!

When Grandpa asked Cale if he was ready to go home he told him "No- stay here!" Grandpa said that made his day!

Cale was so excited to drive this tractor! He thought he was super special!

Check out this 14 ft. icicle hanging off the balcony!

Cale always wants to be such a big helper so he was happy to be shoveling snow!

Cale was so in love with Maggie! They just got finished having a styrofoam snow fight!

They had a big snow storm the week before we arrived so while we were there it was perfect sunny weather! We were glad though that it snowed yesterday before we left so we could enjoy it for a little while!

Maternity Session!

2008-12-28T21:00:00.001-08:00

I just came home to these waiting on the doorstep and I'm kind of embarrassed to show them but I'm so happy with how they turned out! I'm excited to show these to my little girl some day! Poor Cale had the flu but he did so well and cooperated enough to get a few good shots. Thanks to my sweet husband who is always willing to get pictures done and never complains at all. Thanks again Kendyl for your amazing talent!! You're the best, girl!

Our Very Merry Christmas!

2008-12-26T20:40:00.001-08:00

Cale had a lot of fun playing with Ella and Carsen at the annual Curtis Christmas Party.

After much anticipation, Cale finally got a chance to sit and chat with "Santa Taus". He was so into Santa this year!
Since we were already there at the mall, we just had to ride on the carousel! Cale barely acknowledged me as I was standing taking pictures and waving and blowing kisses! He was way too cool to notice Mom!

We celebrated Christmas with my family on Tuesday and we had such a great time!

One of Cale's very favorite toys was this musical guitar from Holly.

Cale also loved his Samurai swords straight from Japan! Cody got a ninja statue and I got a cute, hand painted, pink, parasol. Thanks Uncle Sheldon for these awesome souvenirs!

Cale singing "We wish you a Merry Christmas" along with this cute barking puppy toy!

YUMMY!!!

Playing "Fact or Crap". This was a pretty fun game.

Gosh! I wuv Howwy! Always a goof ball!!

We spent Christmas day at our house with Cody's family. We felt so grown up having our first Christmas at our house! They made sure to show up before Cale woke up so they could see his reaction to all the presents.
After 4 days of opening lots and lots of presents I guess the kid actually got tired of it! Cale resorted to laying down and opening them! Towards the end we had to practically force him to open the rest of his presents!

Cody lovin' up on his giant present that turned out to be a desk chair!

And finally for Cale's very favorite present of all....a new bike! He was in love!! After only 30 min. of frustration, he completely mastered riding it! He loves riding in circles around the kitchen island. We even took it around the block today! He got pretty tired and slowed down quite a bit as we got back towards our house but all in all, he did so well! We're proud of our big boy!

After so much busy excitement over the last week, we can finally relax a bit! Cale enjoyed cuddling, all bundled up, with Uncle Shawn!

Happy Turkey Day!!

2008-11-29T13:50:00.000-08:00

We had another wonderful holiday, spending time with family and stuffing our bellies full of yummy food. Cody had to work on Thursday so while he had a great dinner at the station, Cale and I went to my parents house to have dinner with them. Cody had the next day off so we all headed to Payson to have a SECOND Thanksgiving dinner at Cody's Grandparents house! Boy- are we lucky....and now super fat! Cody and Cale kept busy outside raking leaves while dinner was being prepared inside.Always trying to be such a big helper, Cale peeled potatoes with Great Grandma.Ha! We caught Great Grandpa stealing turkey before dinner got started!Now that's the way to do it when we just can't shovel food in fast enough!This is another one of Cale's Great Grandpa's helping him do some pull ups.Cale really enjoyed licking out the mashed potato pot.Cale and Sophie being silly together.

Our Halloween Fun!!

2008-11-01T14:08:00.001-07:00

Wow- we had so much fun with all of our many Halloween festivities this year! Cale was finally old enough to understand and be excited about it all which made it that much better!! He really enjoyed carving pumpkins. He ended up stabbing his poor pumpkin to death and then when we washed them off, he made a water/pumpkin soup complete with the lid, guts, and carving tools all inside of his pumpkin!Here we are all dressed up for an adult only Halloween party that some friends in the ward had. For the scavenger hunt we paired up with our friends Kari and Skylar and we actually won!! The prize was a bowl full of Hot Tamales and a $10 gift card to Blockbusters! It was cute because both of our hubbys made so much fun of the game but then they got totally into it! Then it came time to count votes for the costume contest and Jill kept pulling out votes for "The pregnant stripper and prisoner" Ya that was funny and embarrassing! We came in second place though to the wonderful McCain and Palin costumes. Thanks Jill and Cameron for the great party! We had fun at our ward party. Cale especially loved playing games and getting candy prizes! Grandma Curtis always has a cute little bag or basket full of toys and goodies for Cale on every holiday. All dresses up for ANOTHER party. We just can't get enough!Oh yea!! More fun games means more yummy candy!! Cale played every game like a pro!This picture cracks me up!! While Cale patiently waited for the girl to hand him balls to throw at the dunk tank, the guy inside taunted him and then splashed a little water on him sending him running away in tears!! I jokingly gave the guy a hard time for it but he felt soooo bad!Cale was thrilled to win this adorable matching cheetah at a toss game!Fishing games are always a blast!! Cale loved trick or treating! We didn't have many kids trick or treating on our street so every house we went to gave out about 5 pieces of candy each! Unfortunately most of it will get thrown out! He would even admire all the cute decorations on the doorsteps! Between every single house Cale would ask "More candy?" and every time we would answer "Yes Cale!"

The funniest thing Cale did was walk right on in to peoples houses when they answered the door! He was also very polite and said thank you to everyone. A few people even got a "Bye-bye, peace out, see yayer!"

It was so nice for Grandma and Grandpa Boretsky to join us for trick or treating! I'm pretty sure they had even more fun than Cale!! We were bummed that Cody had to work but we of course ended up having a blast!!

Tonight I'm feeling very sad:(

2008-10-24T22:35:00.000-07:00

It's getting late, I'm really tired and I should go to bed but instead I'm sitting here with Drexie sleeping, peacefully, cuddled by my side. I guess I'm trying to enjoy spending this last moment I have with her before she leaves. This is Drexie at 12 wks old when we first brought her home. She is a Silver Dapple Dachshund and we fell in love with her pretty blue eyes! We named her after the street we lived on (Drexel) to remind us of our first house as newly weds. This picture shows how cute and tiny she was when we first got her. She weighed 4 lbs. then and now she weighs 8 lbs.Drexie absolutely loved Cale when he was a newborn. She was always trying to lay on him and give him kisses and seemed to guard him and watch over him. THEN HE GREW UP!!! As many times as we've tried to teach him to be gentle with her, he is just constantly bothering her! She has snapped at him several times but we knew it was time to find her a new home when she bit him in the eye lid. She is too little to know how to handle a such rambunctious little boy. We feel that she is acting on instincts and cant be taught otherwise and since we will have more babies in our house in the future, plus since there are always other children here while I am doing hair, we just can't risk it any longer.

These are a couple of cute pics we took while living at Cody's parents house while we waited for our new house to be built. She loved playing with all the many animals there and having a whole acre to run free on!

We'll miss Drexie very much! She has always been such a great dog. She's well trained, she loves to go on walks, and she loves more than anything playing fetch 24/7. We're glad that she will be living with Cody's cousin Elise who lives in Mesa, so we can go visit anytime we want. We love you Drexie!!

And "The saggiest diaper in the world" award goes to...

2008-10-15T16:10:00.000-07:00

Ya, I did know Cale's diaper was pretty wet but when he started running around in circles and it started to slip off, I knew this diaper had had enough! After I took the picture he continued running around till it dropped to his ankles!!

Happy Birthday Cale!!

2008-10-07T17:11:00.000-07:00

On Saturday October 4, our little boy turned 2!! Wow where did the last year go?! We have really enjoyed watching Cale grow up and discover new things. Its fun to see him learn more and expand his vocabulary every day. We love you so much birthday boy!! Cale was very happy to wake up to a house full of birthday decorations! He insisted that everyone admire his decorations by grabbing them by the hand and showing them! He had a yummy birthday breakfast of piggy pancakes, cheesy eggs, and hash browns!Later that evening we had both of our families and the Stock family over for a party! We kicked it off with a delicious dinner and then Cale opened his birthday presents. He got lots of great stuff! We were happy that he finally had new toys to play with because he was getting so bored of his old ones. He decided that he had to try on all of his new clothes and shoes to show everyone! It was so cute!!He also had to try out every single new toy after he opened them!
Throughout the day I would sing the Happy Birthday song to Cale and when I was done I would say, now blow out the candle, so when it came time for the real thing he knew exactly what to do!

These are Cale's 2 year pictures. We love how they turned out!! Thanks again Kendyl for your amazing talent!! What a handsome man!

Cody's Skydive!

2008-09-26T13:49:00.001-07:00

One night last week Cody called to tell me he had big plans for the next day. Right as I started to say "Um, no you have to help me clean all day for our little get-together we're having." he says "I'm going skydiving!!" Of coarse I was so excited for him to do it sinse I had such a blast doing it a few years ago, and oh well, I ended up cleaning by myself. So Cody and Mike Campasano (his old captain from work) traveled to Eloy, AZ to jump 13,000 ft. from an airplane. He had so much fun and was never scared! It's such an amazing experience that we both agree everyone should take a chance to do. So for all those who are interested, we're going in a year from now!!

2008-09-12T13:25:00.000-07:00

It's a.........GIRL!!
We just came home from our ultrasound appointment and we are ecstatic!! What an amazing experience it is to see our little baby girl moving around and doing so well. It makes it so much more real to both of us to finally know what we're having. She looks to be developing fine and all of her measurements are just right. She's a healthy girl! So now it's time to make all the fun preparations like new pink room, cute girly clothes, and a baby book. Cale certainly likes the girlies so we are hoping he loves his new sister. We actually worried that we may not get a girl because boys run in both of our families. We know she'll be a great addition to our family. We feel so blessed!

Hall Of Flame Museum

2008-09-12T12:54:00.000-07:00

Cody had an assignment from school to go to this museum to help him write a paper on the evolution of fire trucks. Darrel and Beth Ray came along with us and we all had a pretty good time.We kept wondering how in the world these old trucks even worked!Cale had fun dressing up in the turnouts and playing on the trucks.

Cale spotted this horse from clear across the room and ran over to check it out.

Cody said this fire truck looked like Cinderella's stagecoach!

Cody's Deer Hunt

2008-08-31T20:39:00.000-07:00

This year Cody drew an archery deer tag in the Kaibab National Forest. He and his dad made the six hour drive to their favorite hunting spot near the north rim of the Grand Canyon. Cody was lucky enough to get his deer on opening day. While setting up one of the tree stands, they saw a large herd of deer. Cody quickly grabbed his bow and snuck up to them on foot. The deer were in a thicket of small pines and out of the five bucks in the herd he only had a shot at this one. He had to drop to one knee to get a shot through the branches and was able to hit the deer in the chest from 40 yards. The deer ran 150 yards and left a good blood trail to follow. Cody and his Dad loaded the deer onto the quad and took it back to camp.At camp they hung the deer up in the tree to gut it and skin it.This is the smallest buck Cody has shot so far but the younger deer are much more tender. We look forward to some yummy venison barbecue. Cody had a great time hunting and camping with his Dad. They saw a lot of different Arizona wildlife including bobcats, coyotes and a mountain lion. He looks forward to his next hunting adventure.

Just a bit of random cuteness!

2008-08-14T20:12:00.000-07:00

Cucumber doughnut anyone? Cale loves reading his books! Right now he especially likes Goodnight Moon, Busy Bugz pop-up books, and any alphabet books.
He is so fascinated by the tractors working on the house next door. He stood there watching for a half hour straight! Anyone who knows Cale well, knows he does not stay still for very long! Nice pose!
What a goof! We are constantly cracking up over this kid!
Yep, any lawn mower, quad, or other big piece of riding machinery is a tractor in Cale's eyes. He is obsessed!!