Tavin's 4th Birthday

Tavin had such a great birthday this year. He got is green cast off his arm the day before which was nice, but we still had to be careful the party didn't get to crazy! He woke up to a shark chair and presents out in the living room. Then we got ready for his "surprise" birthday party. He requested a surprise birthday party where all his friends would pop out and say surprise, even though he new about the party. So cute. We had a outdoorsman theme with camo and orange vest attire and hunting and fishing games. We did whatever he wanted which included ending the party with a story read by gramps. He thoroughly enjoyed each gift he opened exclaiming  "it's just what I wanted!" And thank you. Four is definitely a fun age, I loved every minute of this day with him. 

Bridger's Baptism

Trajen, Tavin and Mom traveled to Provo for Bridger Allen's baptism. We had so much fun. Mom had a good time being toddler free and the boys had a blast with their best buds. The baptism was so nice and I am glad trajen was able to attend one before his own coming up this year. They had an awesome dinner after, of course, since the Beasley ladies are such great cooks. We stayed the night at Bridger and Roper's grandmas house "G". (The Allen's currently live in Lubbock)  Jen and I got to chat while the boys pretended to be ninjas, played Go Fish, the iPad and the Wii, and just had an all around crazy good time. They had a sleep over in the basement and gave big hugs when it was time to go in the morning. We love our Allen "cousins"!

Tenley Turns Two

Tenley had a big turn out to her 2nd birthday party! G&G Glazier, G&G Brown, Nate, Em & Jake, Dane & his girlfriend Marissa, Ash & Peyton and Kade's family. Tenny had just woke up at 3:00 when the party was starting. She was being super shy and wasn't sure she wanted to come out and see everyone. We opened gifts, which was a mad house with all the kids. We then watched the "What Does a Fox Say" video which is a current favorite of hers. She begs for it everyday!  Then we blew out the candles, or tried! I had accidentally used relightable candles, so as soon as they blew out they lit again! It was pretty smoky! I just put the candles in an ice cream cone since the party was ice cream themed and she loves ice cream cones. Then the kids played outside for a while. Thankfully it was a nice day. 

Earlier that morning I had her gifts from us set out for when she woke up. The boys were so excited to get her out of bed! I gave her an A-frame tent, birthday cabbage patch, stroller and some little baby animals. She loved it. Then she blew out a candle in a Cinnimon roll. Fun morning!

Some fun facts about Tenny:

She loves olives and tomatoes. She also loves to eat my Jimmy Johns sandwhiches. She takes a sippy when she goes to bed. And she usually doesn't want to go to bed, but once you lay her on her special pink blankie (Mankie) she just giggles and snuggles and is so happy. Every time. It is so fun. I tell her goodnight princess. See you when you wake up. I love you!

She likes to hold her brothers hands which is adorable. She likes her friend "Eeeeve", haha. She likes to put on her shoes socks and coat and go somewhere. She hates getting her hair done. But I'm in love with her curly hair anyway. She likes to jump on the tramp, play in the sandbox, help mom cook, watch shows, slide and swing and climb up the most dangerous things at the park. She also is quite sassy. You should just see the look she gets on her face when she gets after you! Oh and she's become quite the artist lately always wanting to draw. Usually on a little notepad she carries around but sometimes on walls and things. She draws mom dad and baby. Which are scribbles, but adorable scribbles. Most everything she sees daily she identifies as a mom and a baby. I love it. And we sure love having our little Tenny Girl!

Fall Soccer

Wow, what a fun soccer season! Trajen was on the same team as his friends Owen, Dawson and Porter. He was super excited to play, which was much different than past years. He had an awesome coach who was great with the kids and taught them so much, Coach Steve Neilsen. Traj cheered and gave high fives for every single goal made by his team, and he even made a few goals himself. They won every game (not that we were counting) except the last one, and on that one Trajen made the only goal of the game for our team and the very last goal of the season. It was so exciting! I'm really proud of Trajen's hard work and team spirit this season. I'm glad he had so much fun playing to. Go Green Scorpions!

Sad Dream

I was out watching TV late tonight when Trajen came walking out. Told me he had a dream. Not a scary one, a sad one. Tavin had fallen out of a tree and knocked all his teeth out. He said it was a lot of teeth. (I imagine him laying there with 200 teeth surrounding him). He was so sincerely sad about it, it was precious. I reassured him Tavin was okay and it was only a dream. I held him on the couch like I did when he was a baby and it brought back those memories. I love my boy so much. It's beyond comprehension how much I love him. We got a drink and helped each other find our way back to bed in the dark. (He and tav are sleeping with me while jer is away.) We laid down and he said "hold hands?" I said "of course." We held hands (across Tavin in the middle) and he fell asleep. 

Prayers

Each time my children say a prayer I wish I could have it recorded. They are so sweet and I want to be able to listen to them forever.

Tonight I had already put Tenley in her bed, then remembered to say a prayer with her. She laid there on her "mankie" folding her arms and squinting her eyes. She is always so good to be reverent through a whole prayer. She's been participating with us in prayer for quite some time. I love it. 

Tavin has been saying the sweetest prayers this past year. He will volunteer to say the prayer each time with excitement.  He always talks in a quiet voice, squinting his eyes and squeezing his body with his arms. His prayers are just the best. 

And then there's Trajen who doesn't like to volunteer for prayer and sometimes needs to be prodded. He usually just talks about all the fun stuff he wants to do the next day. But sometimes he will give the sweetest, most thoughtful prayer that brings a tear to my eye. 

Once in a while prayer time is pull my hair out time and sometimes we just skip it all together. But it is usually a special time and I love getting to listen to my little one's thoughts. 

Cousin Cabin Trip

Tonight the boys left with granny and gramps for two nights up to the cabin at Panguitch Lake. They were so excited. They can't wait to go fishing and catch horny toads. Trajen said it was going to be the best day of his life, then added "well Legoland was the best day if my life, but this is going to be the second best day!" When I hugged and kissed Tavin's chubby cheeks goodbye I said I'll see you in two nights. He replied "I'll see you in five nights!!!" Emmitt is going along, too. The rules are no parents and all cousins as long as they are potty trained!! I can't wait to hear all about it...

So since Jerron is still in Colorado, that leaves me and Tenley Jane to hold down the fort. We went over to Angie's to have dinner and play with Aspen. They are pretty good friends. They like to play, dance, and bug each other. 

I'm looking forward to the one on one time with my baby girl. I get to see what it's like to have just one kid again. Also excited to get things done and the house cleaned. Very nice of G and G to take them!