Baby Chase ~ 4 months old today!

Warning - cutest baby EVER!!!!!

My Beautiful Babies ;)

I have wanted to do this since Chase was born but that was a bit of a hectic time for us. I told them they would all always be my babies, I can't believe some of my babies are so big!

This is my sweet baby Chase @ 10 weeks old - I am so in love with him.

Kenzie and Nolan came up to visit us for a couple of days last week. These are a couple of shots she took while we were playing in my studio. This is the first documentation of all 4 of my kids together - why is Tatum always a pirate? Mystery indeed. Yes, I will dress them up and take some more but I think this crazy one is pretty cute too. ;)

New Baby!

Okay, for some reason my blog is being very strange and posted those pics below individually? Weird. Anywho, here he is our baby boy Chase Coleman Secretan - entering the world 6 weeks early at a whopping 3lbs. 14oz. As you can see from these pics he is way beyond that now and I couldn't be happier. It was quite a rough go there in the beginning, he spent a month in the NICU and we were able to finally bring him home the end of September. Happy Day. He is very healthy and strong now and doing fantastic adjusting to this crazy life at the Secretan house! The other kids love him to death and constantly want to hold him - maybe because they weren't allowed to touch him for 6 weeks!! SO, I haven't disappeared just too busy to spend alot of time on the computer. ;)

I took these pics tonight while Charlie took the other 3 to A Christmas Carol at the mall! Sweet FHE idea by him. :)

So, that's what's been happening here in a nutshell. We're busy and adjusting and doing really well. I'm so thankful for this tiny boy and he is blessing our lives everyday.

See Ya Later!

Chase Coleman

BIG SCOOP!

Those of you who know Waterton know exactly what's goin on here! :) This is from one of our several stops at the Big Scoop while we were camping in Waterton this year. 2 weeks there and we know exactly which flavors are our faves.

Summertime!

My kids LOVED having Nolie here to visit for a couple weeks. Before he came I bought a little pool which ended up being a total waste - I thought he would be afraid of the sprinkler. I was wrong. He love love loves the sprinkler!!! He kept trying to lean into it to get it on his face, it was awesome.
Notice no crying, just happy Nolan. See Greisen's expression in the background - that's what we were all thinking, but OH NO, loves it.

Following Mason through doing his "crazy russian dance"?!

Nolan just left yesterday and my kids are already looking forward to our family get together in Waterton in a couple weeks so they can see Nolie again - but seriously who doesn't absolutely love that smiley face. :)

DQ Goodness.....

I had a job in Twin Brooks last week where I was able to bring Sam along so afterwards we hit up DQ for some delicious lunch goodness. :)
Sam is all about the chicken fingers with sweet & sour sauce.



I love my crazy boy, he's definitely the comedian of our family. Reminds me alot of Jon actually. I love his funny little accents and random one liners.

Back up, Back up!!!!

As I'm cruising through the files it appears that you all missed out on Tatum's birthday party extravaganza!! Here are a couple shots from the party!

Kinsley was really looking forward to the face painting, she told me for days that she was going to be a tiger - no sissy princessy stuff for this girly!!
What a good dad holding the pinata on a broom stick while trying to avoid getting smashed with the wooden bat! Oh my I cringed everytime they swung and prayed they didn't have a down swing towards my hardwood....

Kaitlyn enjoying her self decorated bug cake - they definately turned out.... interesting anyway. Not quite how I envisioned them but the girls had fun and that's what matters, so what if they each put a pound of icing on their fist sized cakes.

Tatum had cupcakes this year instead of a cake so here she is digging into the goods. :)

Okay, so I upload backwards big deal - here she is BEFORE she was digging into the goods!!

Sam - classic.

All the party girls - ugh, why do I ever use my point and shoot camera?! I always think, it's easier, more convenient for situations like this where I'm running the party and trying to capture some memories. Then I'm always mad at the results after - using the big guns next time.

Decorating action shot - doesn't that look scrumptious.... or something. They actually ate them like that, oh my.

Mmmmmm.....

Here is Aunt Shellie painting Tatum's face like a butterfly. Tatum was so happy she came just to do faces for the party - what a super aunt! This was Shellie's little girl party fix for the year since she only parties with little boys at her house. :)

It was a fun party, not to crazy, but never a dull moment! Here is Tatum showing off ONE of the many necklaces they made at that day. She was really lucky to have 3 of her little cousins travel to come to the party and some of her little buddies from kindergarten too.

I cannot believe my tiny girl is 6 - time is flying by!!

Museum Field Trip :)

I finally got picked to attend the field trip this time around - it's tough competition!! We went to the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton, I'd never been inside but have taken several wedding pics outside of it, so it was fun to see what was in there! ;)

This picture of Tatum is actually at the end of the field trip thus the crabby face.
Likin the Grizzlies!

The whole class actually sitting in one spot for a moment!

This was when Miss Dane was asking them what they learned and rewarding them with candy - I'm totally okay with that because she shared with me too!

Hey look it's me and Tatum together at the field trip, I had her little friend take this and she said she was so happy because that was the first picture she has ever taken! Funny girl.

Tatum next to the giant moth - UGH! The girls were all very concerned that so many moths and butterflies had to be killed to be in the museum. I told them they weren't killed but were already dead when they were found and brought here - that's how it works right?

Good times on the school bus! It was a really good field trip and I enjoyed spending the one on one time with Tatum. Sometimes that's hard to do and I need to schedule in more dates with my kids cause they really enjoy it too.

Superman

This is Sam today when I went to take his picture. This is classic Sam pose, when the camera comes out so do the thumbs - awesome. ;) We're putting this one on the wall for sure.

Tatum & Hattie

Tatum was so happy to have Hattie & Molly up for the weekend for her birthday party! They were seriously lacking in the sleep department but they survived like everyone does after sleepover parties!! Yes, there are party pictures and I will post them later, just wanted to get this one up cuz it's pretty cute. ;)

Spring Break!!

In January Charlie & I planned a surpise trip to Disneyland for our family and amazingly we held it in until the day we left - super self control! I wanted to say something so many times but then I didn't want to have a countdown to Disney, and I wanted them to be totally surprised and they WERE! It was so fun telling them on Sunday morning that the reason we had bought so many treats and coloring books the day before was not actually for sacrament meeting, but for the airplane ride to DISNEYLAND!!!! Sam just started clapping, Tatum looked shocked but happy and Mase teared up he was so happy, it was awesome. We headed to the airport an hour later and took off! This was Sam's first flight so I didn't know how he would be but everyone was just fine for both flights down there. I won't give you the details of our flight home - but it was a little more exciting to say the least. :P

Climbing the White Rabbit by the Alice In Wonderland ride.
They put the princess together in a new attraction called Fantasy Faire, I guess they were getting mobbed if they walked around the park. SO, you wait in line for 2 hours to meet them and get autographs so of course I'm posting these pics. Just for the reason that I had to stand there for 2 hours to meet them - they're lovely.

I'd have to say that Snow White was the sweetest.

This is in front of the Lego store in Downtown Disney, we had to make a couple of trips to the Lego store while we were there!

One of the mornings we decided to do the Character Dining Breakfast and it was SO VERY worth every penny. They had a HUGE, DELICIOUS, buffet with every kind of breakfast food imaginable......mmmm pretty much the best french toast I've had in my life - can't describe it really, just go try it! The different characters would wander around the restaurant and each one came to the table to sign autographs, take pictures and interact with the kids. They LOVED it! Here's Captain Hook massaging Sam's head.

Sam's signature thumbs up pose - classic.

Sam? Not sure.

We would leave our hotel room around 9am and get home around 10 or 10:30 everynight - this is how Sam ended up on the walk back to the hotel (it was 2 blocks away and the longest 2 blocks for Charlie carrying the sleeping sack of potatoes!).

Minnie of course, then we toured through her house. We have a picture like this of Tatum & I with Minnie when Tatum was 1yr. and she's ready to freak out - she kept saying Minnie Mouse, Minnie Mouse, so we waited in line to see her then she wanted NOTHING to do with her. I'm glad the kids still wanted to stand next to her after waiting to see her!

Charlie & Tatum with Mason & Sam in the car behind them on the Gadget Coaster! I had to sit this one out of course.

Heading into Toontown! Isn't it magical? I love Disneyland this was my 5th time and I still LOVE it!

Me & Tatum on the Alice in Wonderland ride - trying to lift her spirits after she got off the Matterhorn for the first time. Last time we came she was too small to ride it and the abominable snowman monster inside was a bit too much of a surprise in the dark!! Another one I got to sit out. :(

Oh and there she is while Charlie is laughin his head off - nice Char! She was temporarily tramautized, she ended up doing that same ride about 6 more times or so!

It was so much fun and I'm SO glad we ended up going, it was pretty much down to the wire getting travel insurance for me in my preggo state but we did and it was FABULOUS!!

This was our first morning heading to the main gates - they are ready with their autograph books!! Oh so nice and sunny - and look palm trees!

This was our Spring Break Adventure!