My better half:)

So as I'm trying to be better about keeping things up to date and this is the closest thing to a Journal I'm ever going to get!! I need to express to my kids how blessed I am to have their daddy in my life!  He is so special to me our story is a crazy one, and I'm grateful for our many crazy adventures it sure helped us to grow closer to our Heavenly Father. He is definitely my better half, and I'm grateful he is so patient with me! Your dad has so many amazing quality's!! He is very hard working, and has so much to offer others. He has a very contagious laugh and once he starts there is no stopping it to the point were he is doubled over in tears ( one of my favorites), He loves his Heavenly Father and honors his priesthood which is a huge blessing in our life's, He loves his kids more than life itself and would do anything for them!! I love the way he takes me in his arms and tells me how much he loves me and how he is so lucky:), He served his misson and loved the people he served, He loves to wrestle with you boys, his favorite thing about Branson is when he wakes in the morning crawls into bed with us and gets right up in his face and says, "Good morning Dad!" with a great big smile, his favorite thing with Kayson is when I bring him in our room in the morning and Kayson goes crazy seeing his daddy is home he crawls on the bed and snuggles right in with him. He tells me often that those are the things that makes his day!! I love how he supports his family and mine, he as been to more basketball games in the six years we have been married then his whole life time:) I'm truly grateful for that wonderful quality. I love how he plays with his boys, I will come home from work and Matt, Branson, and Kayson will be laying in the middle of the floor playing trucks all making truck noise's!  He loves to sing especially when we are cooking dinner it is concert live at the Mortensen house hold and he loves nothing better then when you boys start singing and dancing along, I love your daddy's smile there is nothing better than coming home from a really bad day and seeing that smile that I fell in Love with!!!  I could go on for days of the things that I love most about your daddy but I want him to know that there is no greater blessing in my life than having him by my side through all of our many adventures we have experienced together thus far! Matt I love you more than you'll ever know and I'm so grateful for our two soon to be three boys we have the privilege of raising together!! Thank you for all you do for us to make our lives easier!! I LOVE YOU:)

Halloween Costumes:)

 Branson loves being a Dinosaur for Halloween he stomps really slowly around the house and growls it is so funny to watch him use his imagination!!

 What a Charmer:)

 Our little Jaws!

 Kayson doesn't know what to think about his costume all he does is pull on it trying to take it off, oh well he still makes one cute shark!

I'm one lucky mom to have these handsome boys in my life, they are so fun and full of energy!! Mommy sure loves you two munchkins!!

Grandma's Pumpkin Party

The boys loved going to grandma Dixie's Pumpkin party! they get to pick a pumpkin have a fun lunch with pumpkin juice and swamp water:) They played with their cousins and made haunted houses we are so lucky to have such a creative great grandma! Thanks for the fun memories:)

 Me and the boys with their pumpkins they picked!!

 Tuffy with his pumpkin he picked:)

Tuffy and Shelby:)

Green Thumb

So despite our wonderful summer I have managed to steel some of my mothers green thumb!:) I love the look of a million flowers all over her yard, where we are just starting out I was pretty happy how they turned out this year I love the canalily's they are my favorite they bring the hummingbirds, the boys and I have loved watching them out the window!!

 My inpatients had a rocky start this year but have turned out to be so pretty!!

This area was my favorite!! It turned out to be so pretty, I have been teased because unknowingly I planted Lehi colors all over my yard:) I just thought they looked really pretty together at the store!!

 Along the front of the house they filled in so pretty!

Brotherly Love

So this is were Branson spends most of his days lately and his little brother just doesn't understand. So yesterday I was watching from the other room and Kayson kept trying to get him to come with him to play. Branson would simply tell him he was on his time out chair, so the next thing I know Kayson gives him a great big hug, it was so cute he was so worried about his brother!!

 Kayson hugging Branson cause he couldn't get off his chair:)

The timer went off and Branson gets up and says, "I'm all done Kase!!" and gives him a big hug! It was so funny to watch these two and the ironic thing was Branson was in time out for pushing Kayson to the ground, go figure:)

Park City

We made our annual Park City trip that just went by way way to fast!! We were able to do so many fun things!! Swimming, fishing, zip lines, shopping, going for walks, swimming, playing at the park, card games, swimming, and hiking:) It is always fun going up and watching the boys have a blast! I'm so lucky to have amazing in laws, that just adore those sweet little boys!!

 when we weren't in the pool they were in the big bath tub!

 Had the pool all to ourselves one morning it was so nice!!

 Tyler and Grandma getting ready to go on the zip lines, the one hung over a 250ft. canyon!

 Kayson chillin just waiting for Tyler and Grandma

 Branson waiting for Tyler and Grandma

 Up at the lake fishing, he was one tired little boy!

 Just got done fishing, time for a snack:)

 Trying really hard to get a picture, and of course I say picture and my kids automatically go into melt down mode!! Gotta love it:)

 Tyler playing catch with the boys:)

 Kayson trying to swim to daddy by himself!!

 Branson loved having Matt around he misses him so much, he couldn't get enough of his dad this trip!! Poor Matt had a shadow the whole time:)

 Kayson waiting patiently for the rest of us to get ready:)

 Tyler playing in the trucks with Branson

Needless to say we could not get this one out of the truck!! The ride would stop then he would yell at us " Need fifteen five more to make it go" Lets just say we all ran out of quarter's!!

Picnic up the canyon!!

So after a very long summer we are doing much better and the boys are healed:) So trying to make up for the loss we have been swimming and spending a lot of time outside!! One night we decided to go up the canyon and have a picnic! There is nothing better than a Cafe Rio salad and sitting up the canyon:) The boys had so much fun getting out of the house, its just amazing how the simple things can turn out to be so much fun!!

 Kayson chasing his ball!

 Matt's family climbing this huge rock that was at our picnic site.

 Even Grandma climbed the rock:)

 Sure loves his aunt Becca:)

Kayson even joined in the rock climbimg, of course he thought it was a lot more fun to jump off them!