May 2018

Paxton's school field trip

Paxton has a school field trip to the farm. They went around to several stations and learned all about animals and crops and how they go from the farm to the store. 

Graham got to go early birthday shopping with Grandma! He was so excited and came back with tons of toys!! She spends a certain amount on the kids and because they went shopping at toys r us (the store was closing) everything was discounted so he got a lot!

Las Vegas

Rem had a work conference in Vegas for a week over Graham’s birthday so we decided to join him. We had an awesome room with a great view at the Palazzo. 

Because Rem was there for work, the boys and I had to find things to do during the day. One of the days I took them to see the Hoover Dam.  They didn’t seem too interested, but it still was a good day and it was impressive, I had never seen it before. 

Happy birthday to Graham! He turned 5 while we were in Vegas. I took the kids to the Springs Preserve. The best part was getting a geode to bust open. It was a hot day so we tried staying inside the museums. 

This brownie was served to him with his breakfast, haha!

 Then for dinner we met up with dad and Graham wanted to eat by the pirate ships (Treasure Island was across the street).  

We ate at Senor Frogs and Graham and Paxton got some fun Star Wars balloons. 

The next day we went and picked up some lunch and headed to a splash pad park. We had it to ourselves most of the time we were there. We brought some of Graham’s presents with us to play with. The kids had a blast and could’ve lasted a lot longer, but I was done with the 100 degree heat so we went back to the hotel to relax. 

Paxton’s special day

It was a bit crazy getting back from Vegas on a Friday and the next day Paxton was baptized. I can’t believe this kid is already 8! I’m so proud of him for making the decision to wanting to be baptized. And he was baptized on his Grandma’s birthday with two of his cousins!  I would say, a very memorable day!

We had a pretty large group of people, but we all fit in one room to watch all three boys be baptized.  The spirit was strong and I was so grateful to see my husband baptize Pax.  He looked so handsome in his suit and I love the pictures we got of the three boys at This is the Place taken by my sister of course. 

Afterwards we served some light refreshments and enjoyed chatting with family and friends.  The kids sure loved running around and hanging out with their cousins.  I sure was grateful to plan this baptism with my sister in laws who have done this before, it made it much easier to plan!

Happy Mother’s Day
I sure love these boys of mine and am so lucky to be their mom!  They were very good to me today and gave me flowers and helped serve me.  I always love the papers they fill out in primary about me!

I'm also very lucky to have such an amazing mom!  I look up to her in so many ways, she is such a great example of being an amazing mom and I hope I can follow in her footsteps in raising these boys.

Graham's last soccer game

Graham loves soccer and got to play this spring. He actually improved from last year and was one of the better ones on the team. Although he was a little too polite on the field sometimes, but he did make one goal!!Go team Triceratops!

Harley!

We got to go help grandma Moss go pick up her new puppy, which meant we got to play with about 8 puppies while we waited for her to get the 411 on raising a puppy. They were crazy and kept biting my toes and climbing all over me, but it sure was a lot of fun! 

Meet Harley!

Graham’s Preschool Graduation 
Graham loved his dance preschool, even though there was only one other boy in his class.  I don't think he even really noticed though.  Graham is such a good friend to all.  He did so much better at his Graduation than I thought he would.  I could actually hear him singing the songs (probably because he was about a half a second behind everyone else).  He did such a great job and I am so proud of him!  He also looked very cute in that red cap and gown!

Park City and the Cabin

We went to the Olympic Park in Park City and Paxton did the ropes coarse with Paxton. He seemed pretty confident starting out, but quickly got nervous and then soon broke down. But there was no way down than you just had to finish. They had a worker that came and helped him through some of it. I’m so proud of him for finishing it and conquering his fear!

Then we headed to the cabin for dinner and games. Rem and Graham were not with us because graham was sick. So Paxton stayed and slept over and then the next day graham was doing better so we all went up for a yummy BBQ. 

We love being with family!

End of the school year activities. 

I joined Paxton for his fit and fun run. I can’t decide if I slow him down or if he needs the motivation to keep going. 

Pax did mall day twice this year. This time I helped Paxton put together these decorative blocks. He sold out pretty quick!

April 2018

Happy Easter!

Easter was on conference Sunday this year so things were a little different. We always do an Easter egg activity with the boys that talks about the Resurrection. And then the boys got to get their Easter baskets and go on a hunt. 

Later that day we went to grandpa and grandma Moss’ for Easter dinner and another Easter egg hunt!  These kids have way too much candy!

It was the perfect weather!

Progress on the Kitchen/Laundry room

We are mostly done!  I love how the paint turned out and it brightened up our whole kitchen! We still have backsplash to put in the laundry room and some other finishing touches, but at least I get to enjoy it now!

The kids love going to Home Depot for their monthly projects! This time it was a bird house. 

Family Pictures
It was about time to update the Sorenson family pictures and we got it done just in time before Rem's brother and his family moved back to Australia.  It was quite the task with 19 grandchildren, but my sister Jamie did an awesome job!

Look at all those boy cousins and there's even 2 missing from the picture.  What handsome boys!

Jordan River Temple Open House

We first went out to dinner with Ben and Erika and then headed over to the temple open house.  It was a Friday night so it was pretty crowded.  But it was awesome to be able to take our kids through the temple and have to opportunity to talk about spiritual things there.  I'm pretty sure they thought it was boring, but hopefully they got something from it.

Graham's preschool is so fun and does some great activities with the kids.  They got to invite their dads to read books and eat donuts one morning.  Graham was so happy his dad came to school with him!

Graham is so excited to start soccer. I just had bought him some shin guards and socks and he instantly wanted to wear them. So we went to the park to practice. 

Cousin Parker's Birthday Party
Parker had an Angry Bird birthday party and Graham had the perfect shirt to wear!  The kids had a great time eating lunch, throwing pigs at towers and hanging out with their cousins.

The kids love the tradition of eating dinner and watching a new movie together in the basement. This time it was Coco. It was a really cute movie, but Paxton did not like it!  We were confused at first when towards the end of the movie he disappeared and then he was crying.  He didn't like the part where the *spoiler alert* singer gave his best friend poison to steal his songs.  That was pretty heavy to put in a kids movie, but I like that he was sensitive to that although it was sad to see him so upset over it.

Paxton is in scouts! Here he is at his first den meeting.  He loves going to scouts each week!

Soccer begins for this one! He is soooo excited!!

Dragon Lights
We got some free tickets to go see the Dragon Lights at the fair grounds.  It pretty lame at first because it wasn't dark yet.  So we ate some dinner, walked around and saw a show which the kids loved!  Then it finally started getting dark so we walked around one last time.  

March 2018

Gateway Children’s museum with cousins

We went to the museum with my sister Jamie and her kids. The kids had a blast at the museum, we got there after lunch and we stayed until they closed.  There were so many things to do and it was hard to get them to switch from area to area, but knew they’d be upset if the didn’t get to do everything.  Afterwards we went to dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen where I accidentally left my credit card. But even worse was when we made our way back to our cars, my sisters car window was smashed in and her laptop was stolen. It ended up being a really late night, I felt so bad for her. But in the end, everyone was safe and that’s what mattered most. 

Graham had dress up like a “Who” day for Dr. Suess week at school. 

One day we showed up to the library and they had tons of legos dumped out so we stopped to build for a while before we got our books. 

Celebrating birthdays with the Sorensons

Celebrating Paxton and Keaton this month. Tyson will be in May.  Can’t wait to see these three get baptized on the same day!

Paxton got Minecraft Lego's and Pokemon cards, some of his favorite things!

I love to watch this kid do his taekwondo.  He has gotten awesome at his rope climbing!

Happy Birthday Paxton!

First we got to celebrate Paxton at school the day before his birthday.  He chose rootbeer floats to pass out to his whole class.

After school Grandma and Grandpa picked him up and took him shopping.  Grandpa surprised him with golf clubs and they went to go pick out a basketball together since that is what he had been asking for. I think he got just a little spoiled! 

On the morning of his birthday he got to open his presents.  We don't usually buy him too much on the year he has a big party because he gets soooo many presents from family and friends.

Turning 8 is a big deal so we threw a big party for this awesome kid!  He wanted to do a dance party.  So we reserved the church and hired a neighbor who teaches dance at a junior high to come teach a dance at the party to Paxton's favorite song.  He chose "Monster" by Imagine Dragons.

So we started out by feeding them lunch and donuts instead of cake, Paxton's choice.  Then instead of goody bags I made them all t-shirts, so we handed those out.  Then we did a photo shoot with props, they had fun being silly.  Next, Paxton opened his presents and got lots of lego's, another basketball and more.  Then finally, for the last hour they learned an awesome dance which they performed to the parents at the very end when they came to pick up their kids.  Paxton loved his party!  I loved it too, because it was so easy and it was so fun to watch them dance.

Pine Valley
For Spring Break our friends invited us and a few other families from the neighborhood to their huge cabin in Pine Valley, which is near St. George.  It was cold the first few days, so we drove into St. George to do some hikes and mess around.  It was so fun staying at the same place as everyone because we all just got to hang out.  The kids all had friends to play with and they all got along really well.  There was lots of video games, ping pong and pool, running around outside, mini golf in the cabin, basketball, card games, face painting, crafts, fishing, shooting, utv rides and more!  We even celebrated Easter a little early up there and did egg decorating and a hunt.  We had so much fun and hope they plan this trip again!

Paxton usually is pretty nervous to try new things and did not want to go on the rope swing.  We finally talked him into trying it and of course he loved it and kept doing it over and over again!