Chidester Family

Saturday, July 5, 2008

And we are....

going to be BYU Cougars. I thought that we ought to update you all now that we have finally made a decision. We are moving north and Cam will be attending BYU starting in January. So we won't be moving for a few months, which will be good and give us some time to get things ready and get settled up there. (and to find somewhere to live) We are really excited! We love Provo. We didn't think that it was an option, but it turns out that it is, and so it will be another fun adventure. BYU here we come!

4th of July fun

We really love the 4th of July at our house! Koosharem has a great hometown party. This year was a little stressful for Cam and I. The fire department was in charge of both the town lunch and dinner, so we spent the day running around not really able to sit and enjoy the festivities. We kicked of the morning with the town breakfast, then I had to run Cameron and Caeli to their respective parade stations. Cam was having a blast on the fire truck. They had big water guns on there which got them into a little trouble with the bystanders, and Cameron had a few firecrackers that he kept throwing off of the back of the truck. He's lighting another round right here. Caeli was on the back of the float that her dance group did. she had so much fun throwing candy at us.

After the parade everyone heads over to the town square for games and water fights. Caeli discovered water balloons. She would fight for the pink ones. They had bouncy slides and pools for the kids and lots of fun games including a chicken chase. Thank goodness Caeli isn't fast enough to score a chicken. But she did have fun chasing it with all of the kids. It was a big high school reunion for me. I got to see lots of old friends I had a lot of fun talking to everyone, we had a good time. Then the work began so my picture taking came to a halt.

All of my siblings were able to come home for the weekend, it's fun to have them all home. The kids just get really spoiled. (like they aren't anyway) Teri and Tyson made it home, so did Steven and Jazmin and Tim. Actually, every one of my cousins were home this weekend too. This is the Hatch crew sitting on Grandma's steps waiting for the parade. There were actually a few really cute floats this year. However, the parade still isn't long enough, so they turn around and come back by again... good times.

I can't let the 4th go by without giving a little shout out to all of our military friends, current members and veterans, we have such a HUGE appreciation for this great country that we live in and recognize and truely appreciate those who help preserve those freedoms. Thanks all.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Changes coming up...

For people who hate change we sure do it a lot. Cam was having some stress at work and so he decided that he needs to go back to school. YEA!! I completely agree with that. However, he found out that he can't do what he needs to do through snow in Richfield sooo.... It looks like we are moving. We are weighing our options and we have narrowed it down to either SUU or Utah State. I honestly don't care which so we will see what Cam decides. Cam is going to get his degree in Electrical Engineering. It looks like he will have it done in about 5 semesters. I think that is a great thing. We are just both really sad about moving. Cam especially. He just got his EMT certificate and was really enjoying being on the Fire department. He loves his calling in the ward, he is having a much harder time then me. We'll keep you posted when we decide what we are doing. You never know where we will end up.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Kiddie Tag...

Cambree tagged Caeli and Cohen so I asked Caeli some of her favorite things and this is what she came up with...

1 Caeli's favorite color is pink, but says "sometimes I like Purple too" that is new.
2 Her favorite Animal is Prince, Prince is her cute little white pony. Now I feel a little guilty for trying to get rid of it. But just a little
3 She says her favorite food to eat is Oranges. That is news to me. This morning she came and asked me if she could have Cheesesteak, I was a little surprised but I had some roast beef in the fridge and so I told her ok. well, turns out she said Cheesecake. I came in and found her with a fork and a pan of cheesecake. What a healthy breakfast.
4 She says her best friend is Kayla, That is my 11 year old cousin Makayla. She babysits for me a lot. Usually her best friend is Aunt Ter.
5 She says her favorite princess is Cinderellie, Basically she just likes all of the princesses. I think that if she saw sleeping beauty she would like that one best, after all she does wear a pink dress.
6 Caeli has a really great memory, she remembers a lot of things that I can't believe she remembers. When we drive by places she will tell us who lives there, we hadn't driven by our old house in Richfield for a long time and when we drove by the other day she said, "look mom there is a new fence at my old house".
7 she is the BEST big sister. She loves Cohen and helps out so much. She keeps wanting to pick him up and carry him around with her. We have to watch carefully so she doesn't. She carries on conversations with Cohen, she will ask him questions and then answer them for him always ending his answers in "yes, big sister"
8 I don't really know what else to tell you about her, she is full of life, just full of it in general. She keeps our life interesting. Just don't tell her that she isn't 12!

Ok a few things about Cohen, he is the happiest baby! Such a good little guy. He is now almost 10 months old, wow time flies. He is finally just starting to crawl. He likes something soft to sleep with. He waves bye bye and his babbles have now turned into real sounds like Mama and Dada. He loves to be outside and the only place that he will sleep other then his own crib and his carseat is on Grandma Great's floor in her bedroom.

We are really blessed to have 2 happy and healthy kids!

Ok, Caeli and Cohen tag... Makell and Titan, Keanna, Kade and Allayna, and Shaylie and Avery :)

Thursday, June 19, 2008

OK all of you Private bloggers...

Hey everyone, I am using a new e-mail account so will you private people add the account to your lists so that I don't have to switch back and forth. That would be awesome. It is crystalchidester@live.com Thanks everyone!! Oh and wordpress users... username crystalchidester is that all you guys need?

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Family Night

On Monday we went on a little 4-wheeler ride with the kids. For future reference, it's not that easy to take a 9 month old on a 4-wheeler. He loved every second of it but it's hard to drive with just one arm. I forgot to take the camera up on the mountain with us so these are some pictures just as we got home. We had a lot of fun. We took the kids to a the place where we went on our date for my prom and showed Caeli where we had put our names on a tree. She thought that it was pretty cool. She told me that when her and Cohen go on a date that she will put their names on a tree too.

Yes I need a tan and some makeup, but Cohen looks so cute!! It is so fun to live where we do, I love to be able to just run up in the hills for a little while. We went up and roasted hotdogs and made s'mores (Cohen loves s'mores) It was a perfect beautiful evening. I am glad that the weather will finally cooperate so we can get out and do a few fun things!

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Tagged...

OK so here are the rules. Take pictures of the following things without straightening things of prepping anything in order to get an idea of how things really are around my house. Then choose 5 people to do the same thing. It is frightening to see how things are around here.

1- What my kids are doing right now...