Spring? Winter?

We've had a car track stuffed underneath Kolton's train table since right after Christmas. I finally pulled it out on Friday and thew it away (it was completely broken--I don't know why I was keeping it). No more than 2 minutes after I did that Kade had gone completely under the table and was playing with some cars. Kolton quickly joined him under there. It was great! :)
Saturday morning we woke up to this. It snowed off and on all day on Saturday. Weather can be so random! Friday was almost 70 outside and then Saturday it snows?? Random! I think we got like 2 inches or something like that--not the 8-14" they predicted, but still, 2" on the first day of Spring?! But, come Monday it was warm again and yesterday was really nice, so luckily it didn't last very long!

On Sunday we went over to Brady's parent's house. We haven't been there in forever! Kolton had fun making everyone play with him! Everyone had a turn making him fly!
Here's Maddi's version of flying:

And Daddy's:

Daddy and Grandpa's combined effort:

And Grandpa's:

We ate dinner over there and then Dylen opened his mission call. Its going to be so exciting for each of us to have brothers on their missions! He had some friends there and then Jeff and Vanessa and Jaycee and Adam were on the phone.

Yesterday Kolton and I spent a good hour and a half outside playing. He played basketball, walked his puppy, ran around chasing me with a stick, and ate some chips. I tried to read a book while still acknowledging each of his made baskets and laughing at the puppy etc. :) I'm reading the book "Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. My friend Shana recommended it and let me borrow her copy. Its actually really good! I'm excited to finish it and then read the other two books in the series.


After playing outside we came in and Kolton asked for a popsicle. He loved it and I loved watching him eat it. I'm so excited for spring and summer (if they'd just come!). Its nice to get outside and play! He just told my mom on the phone that we're going outside again today to play basketball with his basketball hoop and goal. Hopefully we can and aren't rained out! ;)

Look at him going to town with that thing!
I'm also really excited for Easter! I'm excited for the Easter Bunny to come and bring Kolton lots of fun treats and toys! I'm curious, though, do any of you guys have any cool traditions for Easter?

Leaf Tickle

The other day Kolton found his pumpkin in his room and asked me to put candy in it. I put like 5 pieces in it and then he told me he wanted to take a picture with his candy and pumpkin. For some reason, randomly, he remembered Halloween, dumping out his candy, and taking a picture. ;)
On Thursday Kade came over to play while his sister had a doctor's appointment. Kolton and Kade had fun playing trucks together.

On Thursday Brady took Kolton outside to play. They chased each other around with branches from one of our bushes and tickled each other. They had such a blast doing it together!


When Kolton went and got a branch, he said to Brady, "Daddy-go run!" and then started chasing him. Having a toddler is so much fun! Its great to see him learn and say new things!


Just chilling with daddy. He came inside and asked for his and daddy's sunglasses because the "sun is too bright." I love it! (I know I say that a lot, but I do!)


Brady also brought the basketball goal outside and sat and watched him play basketball while I did some cleaning.


Kolton loves to pose for the camera and is often found doing something silly and then saying "take a picture!"



Another one of the things Kolton will say now, is "Thanks for playing with me" when he gives his friends hugs good-bye as they leave. In his little voice it is so stinking cute!
Well, Brady got a new job for the next little bit! He starts on Monday at Reynolds Ford selling cars! We are really excited for this opportunity and hope he loves his new job! It will be weird not being with him almost every day all day--he'll now have to work at least 45 hours a week--but we know the sacrifice will be worth it.

Oh my gosh!

Today is the first day Kolton has been heard saying this phrase:

OH MY GOSH!

Basketball

Twice now Kolton has done this at the Foys house:It makes me laugh. He just stands there and has Kade put the balls in for him. I don't know why he thinks it is so cool, but he loves to do it. He'll even tell Brittney to take his picture. ;) He's just such a cutie! He's such a good little boy too! I mean, he has his moments-you can tell he's 2 now--but overall he's pretty good.
On Sunday I had a sucker in my bag. During sacrament meeting he found it in my bag and sat up with this cute excited face and showed me the sucker. I told him he could have it after church and to put it in his shirt pocket. This sweet little boy didn't even argue or whine or anything--he just put it in his pocket and went on to do something else. I didn't think much of it, I mean I was happy he listened and we didn't have a scene in church, but I didn't realize how lucky I am to have such an obedient boy until my friend who was sitting behind me pointed it out after sacrament meeting. I really need to be more grateful for all the times Kolton is so obedient and sweet instead of focusing on the times he isn't. Everyone knows 2 year olds have attitude. We are lucky though to have the sweet little boy that we do. He even still asks to go to bed!! We are so blessed!

CANDYopolis

Tuesday Brady, Kolton and I went to the mall. We walked around a little bit and looked at some things and then let Kolton play. He was so good that we told him he could go to Candyopolis and pick out some candy.
Letting him go through the store and pick out what candies he wanted was SO much fun! It was so worth the $100 we spent on it! ;) (Just kidding--it obviously wasn't $100 but it definitely was way more than the candy is worth!:)) He had so much fun walking through and telling us he wanted this candy and this candy. Its so much fun having this little guy!
We went home and him and daddy had fun eating all sorts of different candies!



Quick story (more for my benefit so I don't forget): On Monday we went shopping for a couple baby shower gifts and decided to buy a couple things for Kolton. We came home and tried them on him. He was in HEAVEN! He ran around in circles laughing and saying "new clothes! Kolton's new clothes!" Well, the next morning he woke up and the VERY first thing that came out of his mouth was "Kolton wear new clothes?" in a very excited voice. He's going to be like his dad. :)

Welcome Baby Emery!!

It is so nice to have Brady back! He got home on Thursday afternoon just in time for me to go to the hospital to see Emery be born! Kolton has loved hanging out with Brady ever since I got back from Utah. While Brady was gone every time he'd hear a car lock he'd think Brady was home and get all excited...every time we'd come home from an errand he'd think Brady was home waiting for us...it was sad. BUT we are glad he's home now! I even surprised him with a painted office when he came home! Its so great to have it painted and he's happy he didn't have to do it! ;)

Kade came over to our house on Thursday, the 4th at 5:00 in the morning so his parents could head to the hospital to have Emery! We had so much fun having him at our house! Brady came home at about noon and then I headed up to the hospital. Brady took the boys to his parents house to pick up the pack and play so Kade would have a place to sleep that night and to let the boys play outside because it was BEAUTIFUL out there!
Both mornings the boys took a bath together. They LOVED it! They had so much fun splashing around and playing with the cars and trucks. They were obviously naked so I had to do a little editing... :)

They found a pair of Kolton's floaties and both wanted to wear them. They just played and played all day!

I made it JUST in time to see Emery be born! I went up to the hospital when Brittney was a 5, was there for maybe 30 minutes and then Brittney was a 10! She's crazy fast! She only had to do a little half push and Emery was born! I've only seen one delivery but that is seriously the fastest thing I've seen! :) Emery was born at 1:23 and weighed 7 lbs 2 oz and was 22 inches long. I am so glad I was able to be there for her birth! I'm so glad Brittney invited me to be there! They are our bestest friends and I'm so happy for them to have this sweet little girl! It was such a happy experience--I was teary throughout the whole thing! ;)

Brady REALLY wanted to share his sucker with her...Brittney didn't think it would be a good idea. :)

Look at that bow! So cute! She is so beautiful! I love it!

Here's Kade meeting her for the first time. So sweet! He loves giving her kisses!

Kolton is pretty obsessed with Baby Emery too. He always wants to look at her and hug her and kiss her! He loves Brittney too!

Kade got one of those coloring books and markers that only work on the paper they are made for. Each of the boys got to color a picture. They are such good artists! ;)

I was changing Kolton's diaper one night and he started doing the "Little Piggies" to himself. He did it so cute I wanted to video him. I told him I was going to video him and asked him to do it again and he did a pretty good job the second time around--not as good as the first time but pretty good! That's how it always goes, though! ;)

Catch-Up

So, I'm sure everyone's been wondering where I've been...Right? :) I have been so busy lately! I can't believe its been almost a month since I've updated last! That is SO not me!
Brady was stretching one night and Kolton went over and starting stretching with him. Well, really, he thought Brady was trying to push that beam, but it was still cute!

Kolton loves going tubing! He will ride on that thing for forever! He's so cute in all his winter clothes!

On Thursday, February 18, Kolton and I left to go to Utah to see my family. My brother Shawn was entering in to the MTC the next Wednesday so we wanted to spend some time with him before he left and listen to his farewell talk.
We had a luncheon/dinner for all the family and Shawn's friends on Sunday. Kolton was sitting next to me on a chair watching a movie literally about to fall off while coming in and out of sleep. I picked up him and he fell asleep no more than 5 seconds after he got on my lap. He was OUT!

Jaycee and Adam came up from Provo to listen to Shawn's talk and see Kolton and I. It was so great to see them and so nice of them to come. Kolton was a little shy around them, but before it was time for them to leave he'd give them hi-5s and knuckles. ;) It just takes him a little bit to warm up to people and remember who they are.

Here are some pictures of Shawn and some of his closest friends and also a picture of him and my mom at the luncheon. There were so many people there! Easily 65-70! It was a lot of fun! We had sandwiches, fruit, vegetables, chips and salsa, cookies and cheesecake, yummy candy and desserts--it was GOOD food!

Derek and his wife Lizzie have a little Yorkie named Cookie. Kolton loved playing with her! He would chase her around the house over and over and over. He also loved holding her and would just giggle and crack up the whole time. I think he liked that she was so small. He's so used to being around GINORMOUS dogs, that Cookie was a nice little change.

We celebrated Tyler's birthday while we were there on Monday, the 22nd. He turned 17! He got lots of cool things and we had a great time with lots of joking around and playing games! ;)

His friend, Daysha, came and decorated his room after school. It was my job to make sure he didn't go downstairs while she was doing it and then to somehow lure him down there without telling him so she could surprise him.

We went to the Salt Lake Temple on Tuesday. Shawn wanted to go to the Salt Lake Temple to experience a live session and be able to go with me. It was a lot of fun! Cambrea, Tyler, and my cousin Jessica stayed at home and watched Kolton for us! They did great and Kolton had a great time with them! Our uncle Raleigh came to the temple with us, as well as our Grandma and Grandpa Ames and uncle Ben and aunt Gina and their son Nathan, who were down from Washington because Nathan was entering the MTC the same day as Shawn just 15 minutes before him! It was great!


I took the liberty of helping Shawn go through ALL of his stuff and help him pack for 2 years! He needed lots of guidance! ;)

Tuesday night Shawn got set apart to be a missionary. It was such a fun and sad night all at the same time. The member of the stake presidency that was setting him apart happened to be one of Shawn's best friend's dad who just left to go on his mission in October. President Steele let each of say something to Shawn to wish him luck and give him advice and let him know how much we care about him. Kolton was not prepared for such an event, so my mom had to dig through her purse to find things for him to play with. ;) Shawn's going to be such a great missionary though! I'm so excited for him to be able to have the experiences he's going to have!


Shawn's friend Taylor was being set apart after Shawn so we saw him as we were leaving. Shawn was pretty excited to rub it in Taylor's face that he was set apart before him so that made Taylor the last missionary of the group. ;) Those boys are such a crack-up!

We left Wednesday morning to drive to the MTC. Shawn was supposed to report at 1:00. Kolton had fun riding next to him in the car and playing games with him.

We stopped by Subway before dropping the boys off at the MTC.

We also made a pit-stop at the Provo Temple to take some pictures.

Here's our family together one last time before Shawn left to go on his mission (minus Brady)!

Shawn was so excited to go to the MTC I barely got a hug from him! ;) Just kidding! He was sure to give everyone a hug but he was VERY excited to go start his mission! After 3 weeks in the MTC he'll be going to the Tampa, Florida mission! Which, in case you didn't know--we actually lived there for 3 years before we moved to Oklahoma! ;) I'm sure he'll never serve in the actual ward we were in, but its still funny! We are going to miss him but are so excited and proud of him!


Brady got me roses to welcome me home! He's so sweet! Kolton and I had a blast in Utah! It was nice, though, to come home and see Brady! Even if it was only for 3 days...He just left on a work trip and won't be back until Thursday. :( Hopefully he makes it back in time to watch the boys (Kolton and Kade) so I can be up at the hospital for the Foy's baby girl to come!