Happy Fourth of July

Happy Fourth of July from our little family to yours

We survived yet another annual family tradition of going camping for the fourth. This is our 3rd year going to Cascade for their Thunder Mountain days. I always look forward to our camping trips with my family. We really rough it in the camp trailer, especially on this trip (hahahaha). We had to run everything off the generator there were not hook ups...but we seemed to make it through it.

On Saturday, we went to the Thunder Mountain Days parade, which is completely insane! For such a small town they put on a really good parade and every little kid is in the middle of the road. Thanks to Cheyenne this year. She really helped out with Cayden and Cailey. She was a lifesaver!

After the National Athem is sung two jets fly over everybody. Probably one of the best things about the parade. It always sends shivers down my spine! Cayden loved it!

Waiting for candy...which we got way too much of!

My beautiful sister and me...

After the parade is over we always head down to the flea market. It is a flea market...there really is nothing you need, but always fun to go to. This year we kind of lost Cailey. Worst feeling I have ever had!!!! We were looking at the sunglasses and she was by my side. Cody was leaning on the fence with Cadyen and keeping an eye on everything. My mom left and I was still looking at the glasses. When I was done, I assumed that my mom had Cailey. I asked Cody and he was not sure. I went down and found my mom with no Cailey! Instant panic!!!!! I couldn't even ask people if they had seen her without crying. Everybody in my family instantly started calling for her name and looking. We had stranger looking for her. Of course, when you ask people if they have seen a little blonde hair, blue eye girl about this high (using your hand), wearing a 4th of July shirt... she fits the description of every little girl there! After panic and about 4 mintues or so...it really felt like an hour. Tawnya called Tanner and his friend on his cell phone and Cailey was with them. Cailey saw Tanner and wanted to hang out with him and just left my side. However, Tanner did not even know she was them until he turned around and saw her. When he asked her if I knew where she was..She told him that I told her that she could go with him. Ugh! When Cheyenne brought her to me I was in tears and so was Cailey. I told her how somebody could have took her and she would never see any of us again! I think she learned her lesson becasue she asked from then on if she could go with somebody else. I am telling you that was the worst thing I have ever gone through!  But a good lesson for her to learn. Not to mention I was done with the flea market and ready to go back to camp!!!!

Got back to camp...Cailey went fishing with Cody. I so wish I was there! Cailey caught the first fish, reeled it in, touched it, held worms and everything. Of course, if I was there she probably would not have touched any of it! Cayden and I stayed at camp and took a nap.

That evening we made ice cream, in the ice cream ball,  had a great dinner and then watched the fireworks.

waiting for the fireworks to start. See how cold it was? Look at my mom!

This year, we froze our butts off! During the day it was nice enough to wear shorts and t-shirts, but in the evening boy, you needed your snow gear on! But we made the best out of it and had a lot of fun. Of course on our last day there, it was the nicest and we were able to go down to the lake for a little play in the sand and water. Oh well, maybe next year.

We came home Sunday, July 4th, just in time to go watch the fireworks that Emmett puts on which for a small town is really good!

Still here!

Of course I did not fall off the side of the earth. However, it almost felt like it! I lost my charger to my camera so I was not able to download any pictures onto the computer or take any pictures with that camera. RRRR. on the bright side though, I found it and my house is super clean because I tore it up looking for the stupid charger. And like always it was where it was supposed to be in its case! Anyways....a lot has happened.

Cody and I celebrated our 6th year anniversary and went out for a nice dinner with Matt & Becky Brown at Olive Garden and then went and saw the dumbest movie ever...Take him to Greek (or some stupid title like that!)

This is a picture of us right before we left. Thanks to Papa Fred, he babysat the kids for us.

I bought the kids season passes to the City Pool, so we are officially now pool rats because we go almost every day. The poor kids have to wear the nerdy swim shoes because the cement is eating up there toes. Even through the blistered and cut feet they love to go swimming and I love going to get a good tan (even though it is only on the top of my legs).

Poor Cailey spend some of her day looking out onto the big kid pool.
Dreaming of the day she gets to enter it. Me on the other hand, very content having her small!

Cailey loves her swim goggles! When we first got them she wore them all the time. She even told me that her breakfast tasted better with them on! She will go underwater only if she wears her goggles. She wears thems so loose that water fills them up, but it is the idea I guess.

Here we are getting ready to eat breakfast. Notice the goggles??

We had the Cherry Festival during this time too. I was very hard headed this year and did not allow the kids to ride the rides. The wrist braclets were $25.00 each. I thought this was just an outrages price to pay for this small of kids, and I was a little nervous about the weather staying okay to ride, and even if the kids would enjoy it. However, we did got down almost everynight and did a little something. I love how in small towns everything goes...We have two parades. One for the little kids and then a big parade. Of course we hit  both of them. I love parades! I love how the kids can sit on the curb, and be enterained the whole time by getting candy. I love the crap food, even though I really don't eat any of it. I just kind of pick off the kids' plates.

The kids waiting for the parade to start

I don't know what it is about balloons, but my kids love them!

Cailey waiting for the big parade to start

Cayden feeding the goats. Seriously, that is all Cailey wanted to do at the carival. She didn't even care about the rides. She just wanted to go to the petting zoo. Cayden loved it too.

6 years of marriage...14 years together ...and going as strong as ever

As of today Cody and I have been officially married for 6 years. However, we have been together for a total of 14 years. Crazy! I am sure nobody thought that two highschool sweethearts would make it this long. But look at us now! Happy as the day we met my sophmore year his junior year!

This day was one of  my happiest days. The weather was perfect. The man I was marrying was perfect. The location...the dress...the flowers...the cake....everything was PERFECT.

Everybody says that once they have gone  through the whole wedding thing, they would never do it again. Not me! I loved the whole experience and would do it all over again.

I love Cody more than words or actions could ever explain. He is a great provider, a great daddy, a great husband, and he a great bar-b-quer!  He is PERFECT (most of the time)!!!!

I look forward to many, many, many more days and years with Cody. Happy anniversary babe..

I LOVE YOU!!!

Just the begining....

I am so glad that I have only one boy! I really don't know how other mothers survive! I hate seeing blood and cuts. Cailey is very easy going and does not test her limits. Cayden on the other hand pushes himself to the extreme.  He loves to see how high he can jump of something or how much further he can jump. He is going to be my dare devil, heck he already is! I need to start preparing for it now, but ugh!
Yesterday he was outside with his Grandpa and here he comes in crying. No big deal, I just thought it was his time to come in and he was crying because  he did not want to. Oh no, he scraped his arm on a big metal thing as he was jumping on and off of it. Well it was just not a little scrape it went from his elbow down to his hand with a puddle of blood at the bottom. Thank God Cody was home or I would have taken him to the doctor to have a stich in it. Cody used a butterfly bandage and tightened the skin with it. Yuck! I am so not made out to do this stuff.

It has started!!!

Summer break has officially started in the Cronquist house. First item on the agenda...Cayden and potty training. I don't even know if he is ready, but we sure are. I have a hard time with this issue because Cailey was using the potty and had very few accidents by 2 1/2. The other night I overheard Cailey coaching Cadyen on the right way of peeing for a boy...I think she is even ready for him to be using the toilet!

Cayden is refussing to wear underwear or even a pull-up. So we will see how it goes...

Day 1: Refused to wear underwear. Wore only his shorts, peed them right away and then wanted to wear his underwear. I don't think he liked the feeling of pee going down his leg and the big pond he left on the floor.

Wish me luck...I am going to need it!!!

Memorial Day weekend

We joined the thousands of other people taking pleasure of having a three day weekend and headed up to Cascade. We really did not have any plans other than just getting away. I was also trying to get a feel for what it may be like for me to live in a 30 foot trailer all summer long, with two kids. It could be a really long summer!!! After one day, I was ready to put myself into mommy time out. A trailer just really is not made for little kids to live in. They go completely stir crazy as I do too! The weather was not the most pleasant either so we were cooped up more than I would like to say...So what did we do in our spare time???

checked my e-mail (yes, we roughed it really hard). We had Wi-Fi

Made a fort out of all the couch cushions

Cailey played with her press on nails

Made some really yummy smores (Watch out for Cayden. He likes to run around with the marshmallow stick and put it into your hair when you are not looking!)

Went fishing (did not even get a bite)

Even though I wanted to kill the kids half the time. Cayden screamed a lot! Cody came down with the flu. We did make some good memories for the kids to remember. I guess that is what everything is about!

Preschool Graduation

THE BIG NIGHT!!!

Preschool Graduation

2010

Cailey just finished her first year of preschool (sigh). It breaks my heart how fast she is growing up! She has made some huge growth of the year and I am very proud of her. She started the year off crying everyday she had to go to school. She started the year off not knowing how to spell her name to being able to spell it. She started the year off not know any of her letter to where she now can actually make out letters and loves to make letters out of her food. She started the year off from drawing nothing to drawing her whole family (not sure why, but she left out Cody in her family picture but included Tanner and Shelby). Next year is going to be a huge growth for her.

She was a bear in the circus for her graduation ceremony...She was supposed to be SCARY...I would have to say adorable!

I so wish I could freeze time. Cailey and me...the very proud mommy

Cailey and Mrs. Riggins

Each student got a diploma and got to be the spotlight while Mrs. Riggins shared something about each kid. Cailey is the queen of the puzzles and if they were not put out when she got to school she was quick to remember the teachers to get them out. (poor kids in the background, they had to be so patient!)

Cailey and her best friend from school, Tessa Farnsworth

The start of the program..Cailey was so good up there and did everything her teacher asked of her.