It's Great to be Eight!

Today was Cole's special day! He was baptized and confirmed a member of the church by his dad today. Grandma and Grandpa Monsen along with his cousin Taylor were able to come too. Tyler and Cole both looked so handsome! Tyler did a great job. The confirmation was very beautiful. He is such a good speaker and really has a way with words. I on the other hand was asked at the spur of the moment to bear my testimony and words do not flow as eloquently, but I lived through it = thankfully. I can hardly believe this day has now come and gone. I feel so honored to be the mother of such a wonderful son. Cole is such a great example to all of us in our family. He is my lover lover. Ever since he was a baby, he has been such a cuddly and loving boy. He continues to tell me he loves me as he hops out of the car for school everyday and I will dread the day if he ever becomes too embarrassed to tell me. Cole is a great student in school and loves to read and be with his friends. He is having fun playing golf and baseball and is excited to now be in scouts. We love you Cole!

First Stitches!

Well - it's happened! The Monsen household has now had its first, and I'm sure not our last, visit to the ER. We were having such a nice Sunday watching conference and enjoying the beautiful weather when Cole and Brady decided they wanted to practice their baseball hitting with this zip line thing that Cole got for his birthday. Cole had hit a few and was stepping away to let Brady have a turn and didn't get far enough away when Brady took a practice swing and just cracked Cole right in the head. Tyler knew instantly that it was too deep to just bandage up so we were off to the ER. Right after it happened Cole's biggest worry was if it hurt his brain. It was so cute and offered a little relief from the scariness of the moment. Brady was so sad and felt really bad, but Cole was brave and told Brady he wasn't mad at him. So in the end it was a lesson learned about forgiveness and there is no hitting without a helmet!

MAX!!!!

Last weekend we celebrated Max's 2nd birthday! We kind of had a crazy March and honestly I was a bit worn out so Max got the short end of the stick. We ended up just celebrating with a night of swimming with a few neighbor kids. He is only two - and probably won't remember so he won't care, but I felt kind of bad. We still had fun though and he loved staying up late and eating cupcakes. Max is obviously our third boy. He definitely tries very hard to keep up with the older kids and thinks he can just run around the street by himself. He is already motoring around on a two wheel scooter and zippping around the yard on the harley and playing games on moms phone. He loves to be outside, to wear his hat backwards, and has endless energy. He has entered the terrible twos and is now so nicely throwing fits and doing whatever it takes to get his way. Just when you are taken to the point of strangling him he comes to give you a kiss or asks for something followed by "peeez" and that is why he often times gets what he wants and we continue to just love him!

Brady Brady Brady!

These are pictures of Brady from his first couple of golf tournaments and his birthday. We have another golf superstar on our hands. He loves to play. He is the kid that can go out and hit golf balls on the range for two hours and still not want to go home. Brady turned 5 this year. He decided he wanted yet another birthday bash at Chuck E Cheese. He can't get enough of that place. I have to say I like it too since I don't really have to provide the entertainment. Brady is our crazy kid. He is very well behaved at school and at church, but at home is the total opposite. He definitely inherited some of the Lunt loudness. We're glad he's in our family to add some excitement and a little drama.

Football Finals

I don't ever brag enough about the stud of a husband I have so here goes. Tyler played on a flag football team at work. They played in a tournament and made it all the way to the finals. There team name was Uncle Rico (from Napoleon Dynamite). They grew out their stash's for the week to really look the part. The University of Phoenix went all out and made it a big deal; they even rented out a local college football stadium for it. They had concession stands, cheerleaders, drum lines, and even the Phoenix Cardinals Mascot. It was a fun afternoon - we were really proud to cheer on Tyler!

Christmas 2010

So this post is a little behind the times, ok a lotta behind, I have no good excuse except to say that I am a procrastinator, thus this will be short and sweet! Anyway! Christmas this year was really fun!! We got to have a few extra visitors, Katherine, Paul, and Dillon! We were so excited to have some extended family around even though we didn't make the trip to Utah. We didn't do a whole lot except hang out, visit, and let the kids run wild.

Temple Lights Xmas 2010

This was our night out to see the Mesa Temple Lights. There isn't quite as many lights as Temple Square, but hey, you don't have to freeze while you are walking around either;)