CPA test and Date #1

Luke is amazing! He passed all four CPA tests on his first try (which if you are not familiar with the CPA tests, most people have to take at least one of the sections more than once to pass). So Mr. Smart Pants did an incredible job. To celebrate I planned 4 dates that correlate with the exam titles. We went on the first one today.

Exam: Tax

Date: Body Worlds Vital exhibit at the Tech Museum in downtown San Jose to see "tax"-idermy bodies.

It was amazing to see and reminded me of how intricate and wonderful our bodies are. I loved my anatomy lab at BYU and this was really neat to see this exhibit.

Here is Luke posing like the man on the banner outside the museum :)

Fun with cousins!

Luke's mom and Shawnelle and the kids came out to spend some time with us last week since Luke has been working long and late hours. We went to a kids zoo/park (which is so great!) and to a museum in San Jose while they were here as well as lots of playing at our house. I'm glad that Kaden and Cache have been able to see their cousins a lot lately!

Kade and a little pony.

All the cousins (except little Hunter who will arrive in July!)

We rented a book from the library about a zoo and there is a train there, so when Kade found our we were going to the zoo he was really excited to ride the train. Luckily there was this dragon train so we went on a ride. His face was so darling and excited when the train went through a tunnel. What more could a little boy ask for?

I was going to sit with Kaden and Grandma in this car but Kade kicked me out and just wanted to ride with Grandma.

Shawnelle, Ryder, Sharlee and Kaia

Cache and Mommy. He had his four month check-up and is a solid 17 pounds and 26.75 inches. Kade was almost 19 pounds and 26.5 inches at 4 months. We love our chubby baby boys!

New double stroller

We sold our single stroller and have a new Sit N Stand double stroller. To say I love it is an understatement. It is awesome and has all sorts of options for using the carseat, sitting in the stroller or letting Kade stand with one of the seats removed. This is our first walk--an outing to the park.

Kaden also loves the box which is his house! He told me it was too dark but we solved that problem with a flashlight and he has spent lots of time in there since then. He is saying "Ta-da" in this picture :)

Sick Days

There is no "R" "S" or "V" in Langton, so how did the two cute Langton boys end up with RSV this week? I guess we don't officially know that it was rsv but they were wheezing, coughing and just miserable. Luckily my mother-in-law came to help me out since Luke has been working crazy long hours (and will be until the end of March).

Happy that it is Saturday night, both boys are now sleeping peacefully, Luke has Sunday off, my parents and sis have Verizon so I can talk to them when I'm going crazy, and happy that we now are the proud owners of our very own nebulizer to treat the sick little rascals.

Should I get some honorary nursing hours for this week? I did breathing treatments, charted what time I gave all the different meds to my two patients, and stayed up through the night just like when I worked at the hospital.

The smiles, hugs and returning health are great wages for the work of this week!

K and C

An ultra close-up of the thigh rolls--can you get enough of a chunky baby?

He's got big ol' blue eyes!

Kade is looking like he is going to be a south paw. I even asked him if he wanted to switch the hand that his pen was in and he looked at me like it was a crazy question.

The king in his throne.

Kade now wears glasses all the time to correct for his far sightedness. His little left eye kept crossing in and so after seeing a pediatric opthomologist he was diagnosed and we got him the awesome specs you see here. The opthomologist said it is quite common for kids who are far sighted to have their eyes cross in when they try to focus on close things and that many kids grow out of it, but for now isn't he cute?

The close ups of Cache are just for you Aubs!

A Wedding and A Tow Truck

Char and Michael are now married! It was so fun to be there with them at the Sacramento Temple on the 31st and then they had a reception on the 1st. They are darling!

My cute boys in their matching pink wedding ties.

The cousins minus Cache.

They had another reception on the 8th in LA and so I headed down with the two boys to attend that. Luke had work and then took his 4th section of the CPA exam and so he couldn't come down with us. I was cruising along in our good old Jeep Ruby in Santa Barbara and was almost to LA and to the end of a long day in the car when all of a sudden the Jeep lost power and I was lucky to make it to the shoulder. I ended up having to get towed in to town to get repaired and was thinking that we were in for a few hundred dollars worth of repairs.

Instead, I had happened upon the nicest mechanics ever. They immediately checked under the hood, found "a wire" that had broken, fixed it, and sent me on my way free of charge. I buckled both boys back in and away we went. I don't know what broke, but I do know that I was taken care of in a situation where I was totally vulnerable. Thank heavens for wonderful people!

Kade thought the tow truck ride was so cool!

Christmas Fun

Cache's darling little sweater suit for Christmas Sunday today. I couldn't get enough of him wearing it :) He is getting so chunky and we love it!

Kade met Santa Claus at our ward Christmas party and just marched right up and sat on his lap.

We are finishing sending out Christmas cards and I thought it would be fun to see where they are all going:

Utah: 20

California: 11

Alberta, Canada: 4

Virgina: 2

Alabama: 1

Ohio: 1

Indiana: 1

Washington: 1

Idaho: 1

Arizona: 1

Merry Christmas to friends and family all over the map!