I have a 4 Year old??

On January 10th my baby turned4 !! I cant believe I have a 4 year old, boy does time go by fast!!
For Madisons Birthday she really wanted to go to the movie. So we got both Shepherds and Christensen's together and went to the movie. We first met at my mother in laws house for Birthday cake and let Madison open presents! She got so many wonderful gifts, Zhu, Zhus.. that she really wanted, coloring books, a Princess tent, clothes, her own MP3 player.. and many more.. Its been a couple weeks i cant remember.. Anyway we love both families for joining and for the wonderful gifts!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADIE, WE LOVE YOU!

Kaidence's 1st Birthday Party!!

We had a fun 1st birthday Party at Somewhere Inn Time. We had both families get together to celebrate!! We had Pork sandwiches salad's and homemade beans.. The food was really Yummy.. Thank you to my mother and mother in law for helping me with the food. :)
We sang Happy Birthday and let her have her own Cake.. She had a lot of fun!! We then opened presents..
There were so many kids and they were so excited and Kaidence didn't really care, so i had all the cousins open the presents! We all had a lot of fun and are so lucky that both Families came to share that special day!! We love all of you! THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GIFTS AND SPENDING TIME WITH US!!

Kaidence's NICU donations.

Kaidence had a great 1st Birthday. For her birthday this year, because she was a preemie last year and spent a lot of time in the NICU, we thought we would make donation to the NICU this year. We had our Family and Friends donate blanket, socks, Hats, and scrap booking supplies to the hospital. We got about 75 blankets.. A lot better than i had hoped. We attached the following letter to each blanket. Thank you to everyone that had helped us make this success full. We dropped them off with a Goodie basket from Kneaders that my mom also donated. The nurses loved it!!

Christmas Day at the Shepherds

We met up at Somewhere Inn Time, where the family got together and Jennett made great food as usual... Then we exchanged gifts!! It was a lot of Fun, Jennett made ALL the girls really cute purses got them TUTU's and hats to match.. The girls loved them.. They all sat together and put on makeup that grandma put in the purses. She also got them Pianos.. Thank you Grandma!!!!! ( we love noisy toys!) Kaidence was so tired she slept most of the day, she did have fun opening the presents she did open, and had fun playing with Dezie! Thank you Shepherd family for a great day!

Chrstimas Morning

Madison has been in the Christmas Spirit more than anyone I know.. We have been watching Christmas movies all day long, listening to Christmas songs in the car.. talking about Santa.. Well... Christmas morning has come.. Santa has come.. she is soo excited!!! She got her walking Baby she wanted soo bad, a bed her dad made her, every Princess and the Frog thing Santa could find, the missing 3 Musketeer dolls she was missing, with the horse carriage and finally her Pink gun she has wanted for years!!! Kaidence really didn't care about anything.. just 1 little Tag blanket. She just played with the paper and was good! We Woke up to a great smelling breakfast my mother in law made... It was the perfect morning...

Chrsitmas Eve

Every Year my mom plans a special night, we have done this as long as i can remember... She makes a great Turkey and Ham dinner, and we have to eat in candle light. GREAT FOOD!! she then plans a few glames where we win prizes and then exchange gifts. We have a lot of fun, the kids run around and play, and were very, very good.
***Mom Thank you for your hard work and time that goes into Christmas Eve, we have so much fun and cant wait till next year!!**

Husbands Hard work

This year for Christmas my sis in law came up with a great idea to do for the girls. Make baby cribs for their dolls.
So i want to show off my husbands hard work. He worked on them every night for about a month. he also made a frame for my dad. Jeremy did all the wood work and him and Jeff (brother in law), and Earl(father in law) sanded them and painted them. Jennett (mother in law) made all the bedding. I think they turned out GREAT!! I wish i got better pictures, but everyone had to take them.. They are making them next year to sell so if your interested please let me know.
*****ANYWAY GREAT JOB JEREMY!! WE LOVE YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO MAKING CHRISTMAS SPECIAL FOR THE GIRLS!!***

Temple Light

Every year we go with the Shepherd Family to Temple Square to look at the lights... This Year Jeremy was able to come with us, which is great because he was always out of town in the past. And this was Kaidences 1st time! It was very cold but a lot of fun. We all met at Training table and ate then rode over to the lights. (LOVE the new close underground parking)I felt like we spent more time keeping track of the kids or re situating them between Niki's wagon and the stroller, but it still was a lot of fun! We love spending time with our family doing these fun activities.. Cant wait till next year!

Madison School Program

Madison had her school Program. Kids Village does such a great job with the Kids. Madison learned the lesson of giving, she wanted to bring a bear to give to kids that are hurt or lost. The school donates them to the Orem Police Dept. Madison was so cute and excited to give her bear. The kids sang Christmas Carols,(Madison wasnt so sure about all the people) Madison made her an ornament, we had a treat and saw Santa clause. Kaidence wanted nothing to do with him and Madison didn't dare look at him in the eye. Over all is was a fun night!! Sure gets you in the Christmas Spirit!!