The new and improved A. Whidden~

So from my last post we were able to travel to Edmonton, Canada for Ben's 2nd to youngest brother Gary's wedding to Alison, or Allie as some of us call her.

Well since there is already a list of A. Whidden's in the family, I would personally like to welcome her to the A. Whidden club. And mostly wish them congrats and hope all is well getting there new life organized.

Gary is one lucky guy to meet and marry a girl like her and she is lucky the same.

The wedding was great, they do wedding's a little different in Canada, than they do in the states.

It is more a program than a 'reception' line' etc........

Cooper refers to Allie as 'Princess Allie' and anytime he sees a girl in a pretty dress, he asks me if her 'dreams are going to come true' and every time I say 'yes Cooper her dreams came true'

How long it takes us to take a good photo;)

This weekend we were able to travel up to Edmonton, Canada.

We went there for Allie Cole and Gary Whidden's wedding at the Edmonton Temple.

It was a great weekend we had a blast, we were able to go the the West Ed mall and to the indoor water park, unfortunately I didn't bring my camera inside, so I can't post any photos, but the mall is amazing. We stayed at a hotel with all of Ben's family and all of our rooms were fairly close so the kids ran from room to room.

The flight was good, my mom came with us to help us for that reason and to get away for a weekend, she has never been to Edmonton.

We went to go to this bridge to take the after wedding photos and we were taking some family pics as well, and this is how many it takes to get a good one;)

Tis the season...for soccer

So the kids both were signed up for soccer and it is quite the excitement around here.

Mostly for Livi she loves to put the shin guards, socks and pink and black cleats on.

Cooper wasn't really too sure of soccer and getting knocked over a few times. He is a pretty mild kid who likes a lot of structure. So it really isn't his thing, running around like crazy people without a definite job to do.

Bauer was beside himself having to sit on the side lines.

It was really fun to see how good some of the little kids are, there are some 5 year olds that are awesome!!!

Oh another funny thing about Cooper. His pre-school teacher was there with her kids and we were playing there team. She was sitting on the side lines and Cooper every time he ran past "Hi Ms. Nicole" and would wave until she acknowledged him, hence the reason he was knocked down sometimes.

Good thing for a big sister!!

So Alivia has really liked her dress up kit that we got her for Christmas. By 8:00 am she had Bauer dressed up as you can see and unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of what she put Cooper in and no it wasn't a princess dress. She had him in black, hanes, sweat pants and a button down white shirt, his black sport coat and a tie. He was the prince. Bauer on the other hand, I don't think had much choice or the knowledge to choose otherwise. I do have to say that Bauer would be a really cute little girl.
The latest pics of Kessler, he is one month old today. We got his pics taken at Target tonight and I was really impressed how well they turned out, and I am not just saying that. They changed to digital and it works much better. It is the same company that JC Penney switched too.
Anyway life is sailing along. We will be going on our first family trip of four kids next weekend a trip to Canada for wedding and we are really excited. Not so much for the plane ride, but we are taking Grandma to help out. Much appreciated.

Hair die??

So I was at my mom's house tonight and was enjoying the sunshine on the swing and my sister was sitting next to me. She told me to sit still and pulled a GREY or SILVER hair out of my head and then 2,3,4, more.
It really it silver or white and it is very thick and course.......so driving home thinking.....man I am going to have to start dying my hair....yes I do know friends that dye their hair, but I mean really 30 years old on the cusp of 31 and I will have to invest in hair dye.......as Cooper would say....OH MAN.........

beauty is in the eye of the beholder....

Most of you know Alivia does not have much hair and we really have only trimmed her hair through her 5 years.

Sadly my childhood years my hair looked very similar, it wasn't until I was older that my hair got dark and became thick.

This is what what we get to comb every day;)

Sadly she often asked when she will have long hair and loves to put wigs or little hair pieces in her hair.

Cooper this is his idea of it being too hot outside and altering his shirt, so he could cool down

Kessler and a few other things..

So here are some of the latest pics of Kessler, he went to the Doctor today he is 9 pounds 5 oz, and a really good baby. Just the usual wakes up a lot at night. I am not sure if my milk can keep up with him.

The kids have been loving him a lot. Livi is my little helper all day long, she asked to hold him all the time and loves it when he wakes up and looks at her.

Cooper does not call him by his name, he is referd to as 'my baby brother' and if you ask Cooper what Kessler's name is, sometimes he doesn't remember.

And Bauer he has definitely gotten used to him, but has had a hard time adjusting to not being mom's baby anymore. Bauer now feels like a giant to me. He is still so funny, I posted the pic of Bauer casting a spell on us.

His latest saying is "crazy" everything is "crazy" it is so cute.

And the other pics, Ben's latest project. A deck, keeping him busy on his days off. It will be nice to have some where to sit once it is done.

Ben at work has been finding my great deals, he got 3 boxes of huggies that are normally 25.00 each for 7.00 each, they were clearance, pushed back on the shelf, and when he pulled them forward and looked at the price, marched right up there and bought them, way to go Ben.

We have been busy with school, field trips, some shopping, I have only gone a few places with FOUR kids, (what the heck, I still can't believe it)

and it was okay, not great or awesome. We managed, I have spiffed up my game though, with snacks and drinks, stuff to keep little people occupied.

We are looking forward to going to Canada the first weekend of May for Gary and Allie's Wedding in Edmonton, we had to get Kessler his passport, his poor picture you can't have your hands in the picture so his head was a little crazy.

Thanks to Ben's parent who came down to Utah and enjoyed the sunshine but not the warmth. They did quite the trip from Canada, to Oregon, Utah, back up to Alberta and through south-east B.C and then home.