I HAVE A NEW COUSIN!!!

~Jade Williams~

4.29.08

1:05 p.m.

6 lbs. 13 oz.

Congrats Uncle Bridger, Aunt Brinley, & Cash! I love my new cousin!

After 9 long months, Jade is finally here! Bridger, Brinley, and Cash are so excited about the addition to their family. She really is so SWEET!! I am so excited for them this time around. When they had Cash I was too overwhelmed with being a new mom myself that I didnt get to enjoy him. Jade is so fun to hold and Bostyn just loves her. We have all been sick so we have tried to keep our distance. None of us can really decide who she looks like. I didnt think she looked like Cash at all the first day, but yesterday I thought she looked just like him.

I guess Bostyn isnt quite ready for a baby. Last night when we were over I held the baby alot and when we were getting ready to leave I asked Bostyn (and remember she loves babies) if we should take her with us. She looked at me and crinkled her nose and shook her head no. She informed me if we took her she would throw in her the garbage. For some reason, Bridger and Brinley dont want me to babysit, I dont understand! :) Welcome to our family cute little Jade McKinley. We love you and cant wait to watch you grow up.

A Bike Ride To The Lake

On Monday night 4-28, Brinley came over so that she wasnt alone being that she was past her due date and then Bostyn and Cash got to play together. Brinley, Arlee, Bostyn, Cash, and I all took a walk to the lake. Bostyn rode her bike and Cash attempted to ride this little scooter of Bostyns. He popped more wheelies and was really holding up our walk so we decided to let him ride on the back of Bostyns bike. He was in heaven and Bostyn was sure working to get there. She kept saying, "Mom, I cant do it." I felt bad, but they were having so much fun. Once we got up to the lake we saw this goose and all of these kids gathered around it. We of course walked over and there was a huge cage, which made it apparent that someone had brought the goose. I was so curious so I was trying to find its owner to get my questions answered. I finally found him and what a nice guy. He is a Kindergarten teacher at Daybreak elementary and every year he and his class raise a goose to then let go at the lake. He pointed out the others that he had brought. It was so tame, and he would let all the kids pet him. I was so sad when its owner and his family had to leave. He wasnt too sad because he said they are messy. What a nice guy to do a nice thing for the community and also let his class participate. It was fun because there was a student there from a prior year and they were pointing out the duck from last year and calling it Lucy, that is what they had named it. I hope Bostyn gets a cool teacher like that. That goose must have had a feel for what would happen if it let Cash too close, cause when he pet it, the goose nipped at his arm. He of course jumped back and now when we see it Bostyn will point her finger at it and say, "no, no dont bite Cash!" So cute, and what a fun night!

A Night Out with Dierks :)

My Wonderful sister, Arlee and I got to spend Saturday night out together. It was so much fun and I wish we could do it more often. I am sure that she thinks I am an old woman because I am tired at like 10pm. She bought these tickets to Dierks and I was so excited that she invited me to go. We were going to go to dinner before but instead we decided to go to my moms and eat sandwiches with the fam. I am so glad we did b/c they were great and we got to visit with my Grandma Marge. I dont get to see her very often. Anyway, the concert was great. His opening acts were kind of lame but Dierks was great. Arlee and I are both people watchers so it is always fun to point out the girl who is wearing what she shouldnt, the guy who has had one too many beers, or the most awkward looking couple. It was seriously so much fun. Dierks sang a song that I just loved. He talked about how his dad didnt have much to give him growing up but what he did give him meant everything and it was his last name. Then, he goes onto talk about his life and how his last name meant so much to him. Then at the very end, he tells about the woman he is going to marry and how he doesnt have much to give her but what he does have means everything and it is his last name. I am a little emotional anyways, but it made me cry. Thanks Ar for such a fun night! I cant wait for concert season at Usana.

Kung Foo Fighting & a Lost Tooth!!!

We had some wrestling matches at our house today. We had Drew and Payton over and they were the main event. Then Brad decided to join in and knocked Drews tooth out. You can imagine the laughter when Drew stand up and yells that his dad knocked his tooth out. Apparently his knee knocked Drew in the mouth and knocked out his already loose tooth. We are excited to be "toothfairies" tonight. I am so glad all of those fun things end when you are a kid. Can you imagine losing teeth as an adult?

Disney's The Little Mermaid - Ariel

Bostyn is so into princesses right now. This is a cover from her princess chair so that could be the reason that she instantly turns into a princess when she puts this chair cover around her. She puts the cover around her and then waves her arms around like she is swimming. She likes "Adiel" (Ariel), but obviously her mermaid dress-up isnt enough. It is the cutest! She is such a prissy little girl-which I love! Any chance to put on a tutu and heels she will take. This makes it easy on Sunday getting ready for church because she thinks that it is great dressing like a princess and having everyone tell her how cute she looks. I am going to see if I can make her a little more high maintenance this weekend and introduce her (for a second time) to painting her fingers and toes.

Bostyn's Seeing Double :)

No, No, No, No, Bostyn really doesnt need glasses! These are her best pals glasses, AKA Aunt "Ardy". If Arlee is feeling like being extra nice she will keep Bostyn in the mornings when I leave to work. Bostyn usually likes to keep a pretty good hand on where everyone is in the house and where the action is so she makes sure she isnt missing out on any of the fun. This particular morning, Arlee was in getting ready and every 10 minutes or so Bostyn would come in and say hi or ask Arlee what she was doing or any other random question that a 2 year old can think of. After Arlee hadnt seen her for about 15 minutes she reached down to get her glasses so that she could go see what she was up to. She noticed they were gone and figured the curious 2 year old had done something with them. She came downstairs and found Bostyn sitting on the couch with them on watching Dora. I am sure she loved seeing double of her favorite cartoon in the world. Lets just hope she didnt have them on long enough to cause harm in the future. :)

The wait is over...and WE are SO EXCITED!!!

Well not so much me, but Brad is so excited! Dont get me wrong, I like to watch it but I think that Brads whole week depends on this show. He really likes it and I love hearing him not only laugh but laugh hysterically week after week. Lots of the jokes form the show become jokes in our household for a while after. Brad did say that the first episode of this season wasnt as funny as they normally are (I havent seen it yet, so I cant say). We did watch it last night (4-24) and it was quite hilarious. I LOVED when they went to the club and just to see how awkward he is and that it is blatantly obvious to everyone. I also love all of the HR nightmares that go on and just relate them to things that happen at work and how people would react if this really happened. Brads favorite most recent segment is when Micheal falls in "love" with the chair model, and then finds out she dies in a car accident. They visit her gravside to get "closure" and sing their rendition of Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie. Well, thats all for now..... I will have to bring some Office jokes to the blog- to encourage all of you non-watchers to start.