"Cash Cab" Cheney Style

My kids are so funny!! We watch a TV show "Cash Cab", which is a trivia game show in a cab in New York. Anyways, Jared and I watch it occasionally, what I didn't realize was that Lexi and Spence paid attention to the show. (It is not a bad show by any means it is just a trivia show). So the other day while I was making dinner I hear Lexi and Spence in the other room on the stairs, playing like they were in the "Cash Cab" and saying the things that the driver says and then making up questions. Lexi was the driver who asked the questions and Spence was the passenger. If I had thought about it I would have taken a picture. It was so funny I didn't even think they paid attention to that show when we watched it. So last night I played it with them I asked them questions and they could earn candy for after dinner. It was a great game to play while I was making dinner. The kids absolutely loved it and then played it again with Jared when he got home. I will have to remember this game in the future. It was also great because we asked them all sorts of questions from school stuff, TV shows they watch, and church questions also. Helps you to realize what they know and what they don't know. Just thought I would share.

First Day of 1st Grade

Lexi had her first day of 1st grade on Tuesday. She was so excited. Last year she went all day every other day, but this year she is there everyday all day. I wasn't sure how I felt about this at first, but after her first day I realized that is wasn't so bad. Especially because I only have two kids at home to take care of. Here is a picture of her right before she headed off to school.
Jared took this picture of us all right before we walked Lexi to school. It is sort of nice having the school right across the street. We decided we would all walk her to school her first day. Lexi liked us all being there to see her room and teacher for the first time.
While Lexi was at school Spence wanted to be the big helper for mom. I set her in the bouncer while I went in the other room to do something and when I came back Spence and Bella were watching cartoons and Spence was bouncing her and talking to her. It was so cute.
I had to put this picture in here. This is a look Bella gives sometimes when she is wondering what you are doing. I just love that I got a picture of it. Something to look back on and laugh about.

Now that Lexi is almost done with her first week of school, she has had a pretty good week. We will keep you updated on her 1st grade year.

Ward Campout/Labor Day Weekend

This last weekend was a pretty busy weekend! First off on Friday we headed out to our ward camp out for the night at Cape Lookout State Park. Jared was able to get off work a little early, so when he got home we packed the car and off we went. We got there at dinner time and quickly fed the kids. We let the kids play for awhile until it was time for the ward campfire. They had a big bonfire on the beach, it was a gorgeous day and night, so being on the beach wasn't bad at all. Though Bella didn't like the dark and we ended up heading back to our campsite early. Above is a picture of Lexi in her bed in Jared's parents camp trailer. The kids loved the trailer and it was a lot nicer then sleeping on the ground.
Here is Spence in his feety pj's. He doesn't wear these at home because when he sleeps he sleeps real hot. So this was the first time in a long time that he had worn them.
This is Bella on Saturday in the car. I sat her in there for a minute to help the kids with something and she was just so cute sitting there that I had to take a picture. When we woke up Saturday morning we went over to have a ward breakfast with he rest of the ward. This was nice, with pancakes, bacon and hash browns. Then we packed up camp and headed down to the beach for a little while before we had to head back to town. We only had a little time to play at the beach, because we had to be back in Beaverton for a baptism/blessing. The weather was so wonderful we really didn't want to head back, but didn't want to miss out on the baptism and blessing.
Here is a picture of the kids and Jared playing on the beach.
Here is Bella and I on the beach, she practically lived in this carrier the whole time we were camping.

So we headed back to Beaverton for Delia's baptism and Lela's baby blessing. Which we barely made it to. It started at 2:30pm and we had to hurry to get there. After the baptism and blessing was over we went to Craig and Pam's house for dinner.

On Sunday Lexi gave her very first talk in Primary!! She had always given prayers and scriptures, but this was the first time she was able to do a talk. She did such a great job. We were so proud of her.

Then on Monday in the afternoon we went to my brother Jon's, Graduation party. He just graduated from college and got a real good job. We are so proud of him and that he stuck it out.

That is how our weekend went and I am glad to get back to the routine of school and regular life.

Some other stuff

So we went to the Water park at Blue Lake Park a couple times this August here is a picture of Billy (my nephew), Spence and Lexi drying off after playing so hard. Both times after we left the park the kids fell asleep almost immediately afterwards.

This is one of the water play things. Billy and Spence enjoyed squirting water at each other though Spence didn't like it when it got in his eyes.
Here is a picture of Lexi having fun with a couple of her presents that she got for her birthday. (check earlier post for info on Birthday). I painted her nails and she is showing that off while wearing some dress up stuff.
Lexi being silly for the camera
Bella wanted to be in on the fun so we put the sunglasses on her and she loved it. She gave us the cutest smile!! She is growing up so fast and loves to smile at people.

I guess that is all for now!!

Happy Birthday Lexi!!!

First off I have to say sorry for not posting at all this month so far. I guess having three children is making me busier than I thought I would be. We have been doing stuff and I have taken pictures, but I never seem to find the time to get them on my blog. So I decided to skip to the end of the month. We just had Lexi's birthday not to long back. She turned 6 years old and I can't believe how much she has grown. For her birthday we took her out to her favorite place to eat, Red Robin. Where they sang to her and she got to take two balloons home instead of one. She really liked when everyone gathered around to sing to her.
Then on her birthday she really wanted to have breakfast in bed. A while back she had asked me when she could have breakfast in bed, since Jared and I got breakfast in bed on Father's and Mother's day. I told her on her birthday she could and she remembered. So I took her order the night before to make sure I had everything. She wanted pancakes, sausage and OJ. Most of the time Lexi is a pretty clean eater so I wasn't too afraid of her having a sticky bed.
Then she was able to have another friend party this year. Last year I did it at Papa's Pizza and it wasn't too much trouble, but this year we didn't. She wanted to have a PRINCESS Party!! So I had her help me plan everything that she wanted to do at her princess party. She said that princess's have crown and jewelry. So we decided to decorate crowns with every ones names on them and they made beaded necklaces and bracelets. Then instead of decorating the cupcakes beforehand, we had the girls each decorate their own Princess cakes. They loved choosing their own color frosting and decorations. Then to top off the party we had Lexi's first Pinata!! She has been really wanting one for awhile, but I always thought she was too young to truly enjoy it, so I told her this year we could. Lexi said that the Pinata was the best part of the party. Above is a group picture of all the Princesses at the party after they decorated their crowns and had their jewelry on.
Singing, "Happy Birthday to Lexi"! (notice only two candles, after she had decorated her cupcake only two would fit)

Here is a picture of all the girls getting ready to hit the pinata.

Overall planning the party wasn't too hard and the girls were really easy. I also had some help from Gavyn's mom, it was so great to have her help. And Jared also helped with the Pinata. Lexi said, "It's a good thing daddy is tall and put the pinata up or else we might not have been able to do it!" I am grateful that he came home to help with that.

Random Things

Bella is now smiling like crazy here is a picture of one of her smiles! She smiles a lot bigger than this, but I always seem not to have the camera out when she does.
Here is proof that my kids do LOVE each other most of the time. I just love it when they snuggle and get along
This picture of Bella and her Uncle Brent is great! Brent loves to hold Bella when he comes over on Sundays and Bella loves to just stare at him. This is a picture of her doing just that.

This picture also makes me think of the surprise baby shower that my sister Michelle threw for me a couple weeks back. I thought that we were getting together for a girls night and when I showed up they were having a baby shower for me. Mostly my sisters and some close friends. The outfit that Bella is wearing is one of the ones that she got from the shower. I don't have pictures of the shower, because I didn't know it was going to happen. Thanks, Michelle for the party!!My sister Vicki surprised me with a visit yesterday with her baby Abby. Bella and Abby are only a week apart (Abby being older). We put the two girls down on the play mat and they sat there for the longest time content, though not really looking at each other.
Here is a closer picture of Abby and Bella. They were both wearing pink onies and we didn't plan that.

Drive-in!!

So I am a little late blogging this, but I wanted to share the pictures and how much fun we had.

We decided one night that we were going to go to the drive-in in Newberg. I actually got the idea from Pricilla's blog when they had went to the drive-in with their kids. I thought it was a great idea to be able to go see a movie with young kids. "Shrek the Third" and Transformers" is what we saw. The kids watched the first movie and then we put them in the back to sleep, while we enjoyed the second movie. I remember going to Drive-in's as a child I forgot how fun it can be especially when you don't have to worry about your kids being too loud. The part that wasn't fun was how long we had to wait for the movie to start Spence was getting restless, so I will have to remember games or something next time. Bella on the other hand was great she pretty much slept the whole time. Lexi was great too she was so excited to be there and seeing a movie. Above is a picture of the kids in the back seat before we moved them to the front so they would be able to see the movie (I sat in the back with Bella for the first movie, so I could feed her).
Bella being a complete angel in her car seat
Jared and Spence snuggling in the front seat before the movie started