Once upon a Time

It's a monster

2010-06-06T21:51:00.000-07:00

We are just 10 minutes away from Sinks Canyon in Lander. These last couple days the town has been in flash flood warnings, because of the massive amounts of run offs that are coming down the mountain. It's amazing to see how much water there is! Here are a few pictures that we took a while back at the beginning of May, and then the pictures below are what the water looks like now! This is the 2nd highest that the water has ever been. I don't have pictures of it, but there is a big cave that you can go down in, which is called the sink of sink's canyon, it's where the water runs through this cave, and comes out about 1/4 mile down the road, but they've done dye tests, and it takes about 2 1/2 hours for the water to make it's way to the rise. It's really neat, we've walked down in the cave, and it's about 25 feet high. With the spring run off at record heights, the cave is completely filled with water, you can't even tell there is a cave there. These pictures don't do the Popo Agie River justice...that thing is a monster right now! It's unbelieveable. There are so many houses that have so many sandbags around them. It's frightening to see the water and hear it too! We've never heard it from our house, and it's right behind our house, and all night, the water is slashing and throwing stuff! In all reality, it's gorgeous, and very scary too!

This is the start of the flooding pictures.

i've never seen such a fierce river! The town of Hudson (right between Lander and Riverton) is completely flooded right now! They all run off well water, and they are out of water, because it's now all contaminated! We drove through last night, and all the roads but the main one are blocked off..well..like there is a TON of streets in Hudson, but you get the idea! It's a little frightening when it hits a little closer to home, and you actually witness the damage that this monster of a river can do!

A post, Really?

2010-05-08T20:07:00.000-07:00

I think our lives have settled down finally, and it's time to get back to blogging. We moved away from Cheyenne 2 months ago to Lander. Why? Last June, Seth was promoted as a grocery market manager and so they moved us to Cheyenne, well at the end of January or so, the company came up with this BRIGHT plan to eliminate all market manager posiitions throughout the company (applause please). They paid us up until APril 9, when we had to make a decision to look else where for a job, or to find a position within walmart..we looked both places, and nothing outside of walmart was coming up, so he decided to apply for some within the company. He got hired to help manage the store in Riverton, so we decided it would be better to live in Lander instead! Not that I don't think dream catchers and all that stuff aren't cool Lander is just a safer place to live! I'm just sayin. Anyway..we loved every minute of Cheyenne, and would move back there in a second if we could.Seth can start applying for his own store now, so that means that we probably won't be here too much longer! That's just an update on our lives...anyway..before we moved my friend Julia took the girls' pictures for me. I made their skirts, and had so much fun..Poor girls were freezing, the wind was blowing so hard, and it was just down right Cold.

whats been goin on with us!

2009-09-24T18:19:00.000-07:00

ya I know I'm really draggin in the blogging department...anyway...lots been goin on here...these pics are backwards so here ya go. Look who's startin to get really mobile...can u believe it? Didnt I just have her last week? Shhe wasn't too happy in this picture. She is just getting over a bladder infection...she fevered for 6 days, had to swithch medicines, and has been very cuddly and miserable. Kaydree is now 7 months old and has her first two teeth. she is all over the place, is figuring out how to crawl, and is the master roller! She loves to yell at everything, and she loves loves food. her favorites are bananas and potatoes. but give her anything and she is pleased!
here is kennadee and an inside peak of our new house!

gettin so big, she loves cell phones

here is my living room, kinda messy, dont mind that, I have had a sick baby people. You can only clean so much with one hand

here is 1 of 3 new additions to our family. meet Louie

Assition number 2 of 3..meet his brother dewey.

3 of 3....dun dun dun Duke. He is a 10 month old redbone coon hound. Isnt he just cute? We love him.

here is an outside look of our house.all the land behind is ours!

side of house and more land!

more land and duke of earl

more land of couse, but I just thought these were some cool clouds!

picture explains itself

we also made a trip to the zoo.

spitting is her specialty

Kallue's first day of school

Kennadee sure misses her while she is it school and is constantly asking if its time to pick her up. Its kinda fun just having some mommy and Kennadee time! She is constantly making me laugh

I think this might have been on the way to the zoo..these are the kind of descent pictures I get!

2 months later, we're still kickin!

2009-08-20T20:40:00.000-07:00

okay for all my fellow blog followers..which equal O. I am finally getting around to updating this thing..I can't believe it's been two months since I've posted anything..Lots has been happening here. Here's some pics of my little cutie patootie.

We ended up going to green river for the 4th of July I think?? Anyway..seth's sister, Kim, brought her blow up water slide thingy, and all the cousins came over and the kids had a blast. Kennadee wouldn't get in at all though...and would scream if u would try and put her on the slide. I'm not quite sure how she even got wet.

Kallie loved it and would fly down the slide..I dunno why I don't have any pictures of her.

Kennadee was wet and cold...but yet, she never got in...HHMMMM....

Next, was Frontier days, I apologize right now for anyone that is from Cheyenne and are reading this and are a die hard Frontier days fan..let me tell u right now, it's over rated. Goodness..We went to the parade 2 times, once to see if for real, and the second time for something to do. 2 1/2 hours later it was done..seriously, no floats, nothing...lots of horses, and pioneer people..that's it. dunno what the fuss is about..then we went to the carnival. 5 rides, 80 bucks poorer, and 1/2 hour later, we were headed home! Oh how we love those carnies! The girls had fun while it lasted though.

They make all the rides soo sparkly, it just attracted the girls, left and right!

Kaydree enjoyed herself. Being carried around, and breakin my back.

We went to Culvers tonight to eat, everything 3rd Thursday from 5-8 is Family night there..so we decided to take the girls. They have crafts, activities and face painting there. It was pretty nice..the girls got to eat for 1.00,soo.....for 5 of us..it was 13.00...can't beat that! Kallie decided on a rainbow and a little butterfly.

Kennadee insisted on being a pink kitty. Cutest pink cat I've ever seen.

And all the girls together, Kaydree sadly didn't get her face painted. I don't think she would have sat still long enough to do anything. That brings me to my next point. Talk about a busy body.. Kaydree turned 6 months old at the beginning of August...she has learned to sit up all by herself, and is now slowly starting the process of crawling. She loves to get up on her hands and knees and rock like crazy...sometimes she rocks a little to crazy and face plants, but she gets right back up and continues. She rolls all over the place and she knows how to get what she wants by doing so. She wants to eat anything and everything u have. I feed her prob way to much big kid food, but she screams, so I obey. She loves french fries, and pizza, she is a fan of baby food also. She is such a happy girl, and loves to talk.

We are also moving again. We are staying in Cheyenne, but long story short. Our landlord is a not nice person, and decided he wasn't going to honor our 1 year lease and put the house up for sale. We started looking and found something that fits us more, and gives us a ton more room. I'm so excited to move. We have slowly been moving stuff this week and will have everything completly moved in on Saturday. We are out in the country and our house is 5 years old and sits on 5 acres. I love it , and couldn't be more pleased that our landlord is a jerk. That about sums up what has been happenin with us. More pictures to come of our house, and miss Kaydree!

Finally an update.

2009-06-20T20:30:00.000-07:00

Our lives have been going about 500 miles a minute it seems. We have been crazy busy with everything. First off we moved to Cheyenne, so far we really really like it here, we like our house, and our neighborhood so far. The neighbors have been really welcoming to our little family. I spent a week in green river with seth's family and then spent a week in lovell with mine. Grandma and Grandpa time is needed a lot around here. :) Before we left Evanston, we made one last trip to the Hogle Zoo. The girls love going there, and so do I actually. Here are a few pics of what's been happenin. Kallie on the way to the zoo.
High five for the blurry picture.

Enjoying the day.

Kennadee wouldn't come near this elephant, so just me, Kallie and Kaydree.

Lookin for crawdads at the bear ponds.

The girls love to come here and just play in the water.

And our cute little Kaydree..need I say more? I love those CHEEKS!

Hanging at Grandma's Owens' house.

The newest addition to our house..Meet Scratch.

She's a fiesty little thing, but the girls can't get enough of her, and I think she's had enough of the girls. Update on the girls as well.

Kallie is very excited because her new school is about 1 1/2 blocks away, and it looks very nice. She is trying to learn to ride her bike without training wheels, and is slowly making progress.

Kennadee is a wild woman, and is going 90 miles an hour. She is constantly playing in mud and dirt, and loves to find rocks, and also throw them. She got her first black eye a couple days ago and will not let me take a picture of it. She got smacked right in the face with the swing.

Kaydree is growing like a stinkin weed. She is 4 1/2 months old and loves to eat! I am prob not supposed to give her all the food I do, but she loves pizza, and rice cereal, all the vegetables of baby food, french fries, and icecream, just to name a few! She'll eat anything you give her. She is rolling over constantly, and loves to laugh. She also loves ice water. She's willing to take a sip of anyones, but she doesn't like to get it taken away from her. She is getting into the stage where if she sees me leave, she cries and cries!!

I am so glad I have such sweet girls, that are full of life and energy. Hopefully I won't slack so much in the blogging department anymore...my house is almost unpacked, but I no longer have any motivation to get anymore done. Maybe next week!

Kallie says and our new Pet!!

2009-05-16T20:30:00.000-07:00

I figured I need to write these down some place before I forget. I thought they were pretty cute.
There is a little carnival in town and Kallie calls it the Lagoon. Everything with rides is referred to as Lagoon. Well, she was telling me "look mom, they are setting up the Lagoon here. Can we go can we go?" On and on and on, you know how that goes. Well, it was kinda cold on Thursday night so I promised her we would go the the "Carnival" on Friday night.
Me: "Kallie, if you are really good tomorrow we'll go to the carnival."
Kallie: " Mom, I don't wanna go to the Carnival, I want to go to the Lagoon, Carnival is stuff you dip your apples in." (she was talking about Caramel."

Also, today the girls were outside playing in the backyard, and Kallie and Kennadee start screaming, Mom Mom, come here quick come look. I kept thinking they were just freakin out over a little bug, and Kallie came running in to the house, Mom come look at this, there is some sort of creature living in our garden. hurry, come look at this creature. Well, I went running out there, and there's a little horny toad. Kallie wants him as a pet, so today, we got a rubbermade tub thing, and put some dirt, and a little cup of water, and some grass and a few rocks in there, and some ants for him or her to eat. Is there such things as a female horny toad? I dunno..I can't see them having babies. i"m sure they are out there though. I can see a male horny toad though. :) anyway...Kallie named the little thing flower. What a manly name for the little guy! I think he's gonna be let go though sometime tonight, cuz I ants can crawl out of his new little home, and I don't want the dang thing to die on us!! anyway..that's it..my computer is still gay, and I don't know how to fix it..any suggestions? How do I get it to pull up the internet without being in safe mode? It brings up MSN messanger and stuff like that, but no web pages..I have tried everything..and suggestions people? I need um!!!

Kaydree's blessing and 3 months!

2009-05-06T15:18:00.000-07:00

So something is still going on with my computer and I had to go through a lot of stupid steps just to post these pictures..goodness..so ya'll better appreciate this post.jk..anyway..on April 19 we blessed Kaydree, It was so nice to have family here. My parents came over, and Seth's parents, grandparents, one of his brothers, his wife and their 2 kids. I'm glad everyone could make it. Here are a few pictures from her blessing. My mom bought her dress in Billings, and I think it was absolutely adorable in it, and of course I'd say that cuz i'm her mom so there! here are a few pictures, Kaydree turned 3 months old yesterday, seriously the time has flown, I think she was born a toddler, do they not stay newborns anymore at all? She loves to smile and thinks her sisters are so funny, I love it when she laughs. So of course we are constantly tryin to get her to laugh ,and are successful most of the time. She loves to play in her exersaucer(spelling). She goes after that little monkey on there. I put a blanket up around her to support her, but she doesn't even need it. I can't believe how strong she is, she is constantly wanting to stand up also, so we hold onto her hands and she gets so excited that she is standing. I dunno what i would do without all these girls! I am so blessed to have such sweet (75% of the time) girls!

I love her expression.

And Kallie had to be in this one. They just love their little sister.

Kallie and Kennadee are getting so big as well, There are so many summer things going on here and Kallie can't do any of them because she has to be 5. I tell ya stupid stubborn people. She could kick a ball into the net! WHY CAN'T She play soccer? She can hit a dang ball off of a pole. Why can't she play T-ball, cuz she's NOT 5! Kallie loves going to Sunbeans (her saying) and Kennadee HATES nursery. She will not stay in there, this is rude, but I don't blame her, teachers. that's all I'm gonna say. Kennadee has all the sudden taken on a growth spurt and she has gotten pretty tall and extremely skinny...she has chicken legs! :) They didn't get that from me I dont' think. Other than that, nothing has been going on. I have a ton more pictures to post, I just hate going through all the hassle to do so, but I promise I'll be a better blogger, Until then tah tah!

Just a few things!

2009-04-30T20:20:00.000-07:00

I have lots of things to blog about and lots of picture to put on here, but something is majorly wrong with my computer, I have talked to about everybody I can, and nobody can find out what is wrong, so I am running in safe mode. I have pictures of Kaydree's blessing and just things going on with us. Before I forget it we were in Utah yesterday for dentists appointments and while we were driving, my girls always think it's fun to spit, and if they get mad they spit at each other, (attractive I know, they are always in trouble for it) well back to the story, We were driving and the sun was shining just right in the car and Kennadee starting spitting (not like Lugies(spelling), grose i know) anyway, I told said to her "Kennadee you better not be spitting or you're gonna be in trouble." She replies in a very fascinated voice "Mom, I'm not spitting I'm making sun bugs!!!" It was so cute, she thought her spit was bugs, cuz she could see it through the sun!!
And one last thing bout Kallie. We were visiting my parents and they have a ton of dandelions in their yard, Kallie kept forgetting what they were called, and she kept telling me to get her some more sun fuzzies. I couldn't figure out what she was meaning, and then she showed me the beautiful boquet of sun fuzzies in a paper cup out on the deck!
I also found this on one of my sister-in-laws sister in-laws blog (does that make sense) It's pretty funny, sometime you need something to make you laugh or lighten your day a bit.
AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES
1. If you are choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat and presto, the blockage will be almost instantly removed.
2. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away.
3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by simply using the sink.
4. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.
5. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives. Then you will be afraid to cough.
7. Have a bad toothache? Smash your thumb with a hammer and you will forget about the toothache.
Sometimes, we just need to remember what the rules of life really are:- You only need two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.-
Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.-
Never pass up an opportunity to go to the bathroom.-
If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You get another chance.-
And finally, be really nice to your family and friends, you never know when you might need them to empty your bedpan.

I'm a big kid now!

2009-04-16T19:09:00.000-07:00

None of my other babies have ever wanted to sit up as much as Kaydree...she is always wanting to sit up and thats what makes her happy. We prop her up in the middle of the couch and she would probably sit there all day. I just thought these pictures were cute. I think I need to invest in a Bumbo chair a lot quicker than planned.

Whats been going on with us!

2009-04-14T18:13:00.000-07:00

This year for Easter we headed to Green River to spend it with his family. I cant believe the Easter bunny found us there. I was a tad worried. The girls had so much fun playing with their cousins, dying Easter eggs, Easter egg hunts, screaming and running wild, and a very yummy Easter dinner. Here are some pictures of what we've been up to.excuse the fatty McVicker(sp) Kallie looks a little stunned too.

Kennadee worked very hard on coloring her eggs for a long time, then dip them in the dye for literally 2 seconds and pull them out and reach for another. We had probably 15 eggs with a slight yellow tint.

of course Kaydree had to join in the fun.

Their Easter baskets.

Kaydree's basket. I know a 2 month old doesn't need a coloring book, but apparently the Easter bunny thought it looked cool.

Kallie's Easter basket. Full of a ton of candy, toothbrush and toothpaste, crayons(that are already broken and have bites taken out of them, and most of the missing), coloring books, diving sticks and gobbles(goggles) as Kallie says, and some more loot.

Kennadee's basket full of everything that Kallie got.

Checking out their Easter loot.

okay, here is a picture of Kallie in her gobbles. haha, everytime I look at these next two picture I bust out laughing, they look pretty goofy, I think that's why it's so cute!!

These gobbles are not ONE SIZE FITS all, Kennadee can't even see out of one side! hahaha, I am laughing my head off as I'm typing this.

Easter dress

Kennadee's dress

Don't know what exactly Kennadee was thinking. Cute little stink.

Kaydree

Attractive, I know.

Lookin for Easter eggs.

Kallie and Kennadee with two of their cousins, Drake and Kaleb.

I started painting Kaydree's fingers and toes, and she fell asleep, I must give ONE mean manicure and pedicure.

So , went to Walmart today and they were having a HUGE sale, of 75% off sale prices of toys,, and of course my girls are in Dying need of toys. Kennadee modeling her new sunglasses and extremely cool Barbie dress. Very immodest and way too big, I think it'll find it's way to the garbage soon enough, it was only 1.00, sunglasses .25

Kallie and Kennadee modeling their dresses, not a big fan of Kallie's belly showing, this one will also find it's way to the trash, by magically "disappearing"

Don't know why the coloring on the picture is weird, but I still think its cute.

she loves her swing.

the end

2 months

2009-04-10T14:27:00.000-07:00

I just barely got around to posting this. Kaydree was two months old on the 5th (this last Sunday). She loves to look at lights and talks and smiles a ton, it is so cute. She talks to the toy on her car seat and gets so excited when it makes noises. She absolutely loves her binkie. The other two girls would never take one so its quite different having a binkie baby! She continues to love her bouncy seat and sitting up. She weighs 10 lbs 15 oz and 22 inches long, Shes finally over her RSV and is a happy healthy baby.

I justhad to throw this picture of Kennadee in. What a cheeser.

practice

2009-04-04T12:48:00.000-07:00

i got a new camera and so i was playing with the editing software,and I just cant get enough of my baby, she's dang cute!! here's another picture of all my girls!

nothing much

2009-04-02T18:23:00.000-07:00

Not much has been going on here lately. Kaydree is getting over her RSV and you can tell she's feeling a lot better. Kallie and Kennadee play with barbies almost every single day and love to dress up in forty million outfits a day. Here are just a few pictures of the girls. This little sleeper reminds of a giraffe..she's a cute giraffe what do you think? someone is always not looking

there we go but no smile. I finally got one of them all together and I noticed Kennadee took her underwear off..enough sdaid...a little exposure.

i dunno if this is Kallie's ganster pose but thats what she came up with.cute I tell ya cute.

Little Miss K

2009-03-28T19:13:00.000-07:00

I cant believe how fast time flies. Kaydree is almost 8 weeks old and is starting to get those cute little fat rolls everywhere. I think this is the ONLY time where the fat rolls are cute. chubby babies. i know she doesnt look real big, but she is gettin there. she weighs 10lbs 10 oz now, she is such a joy to have around and her sisters absolutely adore her. She is currently sick with RSV but shes a little fighter and I know that she'll be ok. She is smiling now and loves to be in her boucy seat that kennadee so caringly decorated it with pen and marker.

heading to church

gettin big

smiling. high five for my cell phone for taking 5 minutes to get a dang picture, so this was the end of the smile and she was wiggling.

her favorite thing to do is sit up..she hates laying down unless it's in her bouncer. so we are constantly holding her up soshe can look around.

One month

2009-03-06T09:09:00.000-08:00

Bottle of Fingernail polish: $1.49

4 bags of diapers: $80.00

Box of wet wipes:$10.00

Baby Wash:$4.50

Laundry Detergent:$9.00

Outfit:$12.00

The Whole Package: PRICELESS

I can't believe our little Kaydree is a month old (yesterday) it has gone by so quickly!! She's getting bigger everyday. She loves to be awake and has taken after her sisters and does not like to sleep much! LUCKY MEEEEEEEEEEE!! It's been so much fun having her around, and having 3 little girls is something I'd never imagined, and am loving every bit of it!

HELP

2009-03-02T21:28:00.000-08:00

pkay gonna make this short and to the point....I NEED NEW IDEAS FOR DINNER, gettin burned out on regulars.

Picture time!

2009-02-26T19:17:00.000-08:00

its picture time again at our house, our friend that took our family pictures took these ones as well...dont think they can get much cuter. Kallie was a little poser and wanted lots of pictures taken. Kennadee threw a fit and wouldnt take any pictures without a bribe and Kaydree was kind of sleepy and then starving. Kennadee finally cooperated when she found a big pink stuffed horse she could sit on, but it didnt last long.

backfired

2009-02-25T18:32:00.000-08:00

My girls are always screaming at the top of their lungs, usually in the house right as I get Kaydree to sleep or in the car, where we are all able to hear a little to well, they scream and scream, not mad screams just play screams, but I am always telling them to use inside voices, but when we are outside they can scream as loud as they want, but not to do it when they are indoors or in the car! So...the other day the girls were out of control, like more than usual, everything they were doing was naughty, I couldn't believe it, and I had had it, so I started screaming at them, telling them to knock it off and so on so forth, I gave them a bit of a lecture on how they needed to act and what things were naughty and what were not. Well, Kallie in a soft voice says "Mom, are you outside? You need to use your inside voice, you can scream really loud at us when we are outside playing, but you need to yell quietly now because we are in the house." BACK FIRE! Why can't they listen when I want them to? I guess they do hear everything I tell them!

Kallie turns 4!

2009-02-23T19:01:00.000-08:00

Kallie turned four today, I am amazed at how fast time goes! She had a good birthday. She got more presents than what is shown here, but they have been divided! We had to give her a couple to open when it was Kennadee's birthday, and then my parents came down last week and we had a party with them, and she got to open some then, and this is the last of her presents on her actual birthday, we figured with lots of new changes in our house, that we would just let them open presents on each other's birthdays, it's not going to be a tradition though. Today we decided to go to Utah for her birthday, she wanted to go to chucky cheese and then we ended up going to the living aquarium. It was a lot of fun, and the aquarium was pretty cool! She loves flowers so we got her some to play with that are her very own, and can do whatever she wants with them, as long as their not strung all over the house.

One of the little sharks.

Here's Kallie hiding in a little tunnel thing in a playground they had for the kids! I guess they want them to act like Fish?

these are jelly fish, i think they look more like blood cells or clots or something, but they really are fish.

can't see these real well, but they are jelly fish also

these are sting rays that you could pet and stuff, I don't know why anyone would want to, that's not my ideal pet! but they were pretty cool to look at that close up

this little seahorse i thought was so dang cute! he almost needs a trumpet thing, like they do on Little Mermaid and anouncing King Tritan

and last...how can you resist the tempatation to smooch those cheeks?

Bragging rights!

2009-02-22T19:00:00.000-08:00

Okay so this past Saturday the drill team here put on a little fundraiser where they have the little girls come and they teach them a dance and then they perform it at half time of the basketball game here that night! Kallie really wanted to do it, so of course we let her!! She was so cute, and wanted her hair done and all curled and she wanted to look perfect..it was senior night and there were a ton of people there, I thought she was gonna get scared and not do it, but she got right out there and had so much fun!! It was so cute to watch her, and sad to realize that she is going to be 4 tomorrow! Time flies, anyway here is a video of her dancing!! She's in the front row and has black sleeves and red hair just incase you couldn't spot her! :) It doesn't last very long, but I still thought it was so cute! ENJOY!

Doctor visits.

2009-02-19T19:11:00.000-08:00

I had to take Kennadee and Kaydree to the doctor today..Kaydree to get her PKU and Kennadee for a well child check up and 2 yucky shots! Kennadee was a wild woman there...we had to wait a while because our doctor was dealing with an awful situation, a little 6 or 7 year old girl was in there getting an exam because she was just molested by her dad, how sickning is that? It makes me sick to even think about it, and I was the next one to have an appointment so my doc was a little shaken up over it, I don't blame her, it's just sick!! anyway...Kennadee wouldn't get on the scale to be weighed, wouldn't let the doctor see how tall she was, there was no go of her looking in her ears, and the shots were a whole different story!!! I finally got her to get all of the stuff done, she weighs 26 pounds, 3 feet tall and in her terrible two's. She did come out of the office with a lot of stuff, probably 10 stickers, 2 braclets, 2 suckers, a book, and a bib to play with for her babies. She is getting so big and is such fun to have around!! We sure love her!!

Kaydree did good at the doctors office! :) She did cry quite a bit because she was hungry cuz we had to wait there so long before going in! She is growing like a weed already, she is two weeks old today..She has gained almost a pound and now weighs 7 lbs and .04 oz, she has grown a whole inch too making her 20 inches long!! I know two weeks isn't a very long time, but when you have a new baby it seems to fly by!! She is starting to be awake a lot during the day, and is eating like crazy! She is very alert to voices and of course just so darn cute!!! It's so fun having 3 little girls!! Wouldn't change it for the world!!!

Happy Birthday Kennadee and more Kaydree

2009-02-15T18:55:00.000-08:00

Well since we can't manage to have a baby in any other month but February, it's been kind of a busy month so far! Kennadee had her birthday on the 8th. She turned two and she knows it! She's such a sweet girl, and sassy too! She loves to dress up and do everything her sister does, whether it's naughty or not! She got a new dress to wear and couldn't wait to put it on. Making sure that her new dress was summersault (spelling) worthy!With her new dress on and opening another present! Very excited to blow out candles and eat her cupcake!Blowing out her candle, I think she spit it out instead! Since no one could make it to her birthday we decided to just buy some cupcakes for her to eat on her birthday, and my parents came down this weekend and had a party for her and for Kallie, and of course Kaydree! So here are the girls blowing out their candles on their princess cake. And lighting them again so Kennadee could have a second go around!

We also bought little princess crowns that we could all decorate and wear to their party. Seth and Grandpa looked pretty manly in theirs!

Decorating Kallie's and Seth's crowns

What's a party if you can't lick the candles!

It was a fun little party and we are having another one next weekend for them again with the other side of the family! Kallie's birthday is on the 23rd so she needs her day to shine as well!!

Pictures of Kaydree!

2009-02-07T17:08:00.000-08:00

okay, here are some pictures of our little Kaydree! They aren't in any order because I don't really feel like taking the time to put them that way! Anyway...we are all doing great! her big sisters are loving every minute of her and are always wanting to hold her! It's cute when she starts to cry because Kennadee runs over and says "Baby Taydree want me mom." She is a very good baby and just loves to be held! And the question of the hour....does she have red hair? We thought she did, and she just might later on, but as of right now, it's pretty blonde looking instead, so we'll just have to wait it out and see!! I can tell ya one thing, we just love her to death!
I am so excited she was born on February 5. Kallie was born on my Grandpa's Birthday and Kennadee then ended up being born on Seth's Grandpa's birthday, so it was only appropriate that Kaydree be born on my Dad's birthday (feb 5.). I told everyone that is the day I wanted to have her, and around 4:30 I started having contractions that were 5 minutes apart...we got the girls settled down at our house with dinner, and called someone over to watch them, and it was off to the hospital we went to see if there were any changes and if it was true labor or not, after being there 15 minutes they told me they were keeping me, and at 9:50 Kaydree was born! Everything went smoothly and we are both doing good!

INTRODUCING....

2009-02-06T22:12:00.000-08:00

just to let everyone know, we have a new addition to our family! YAY! Kaydree Madelyn Owens was born February 5 at 9:50. She weighed 6 lbs 2 oz and 19 ish inches long! Everyone is doing great! I'll post some pictures and stuff tomorrow! I need to get some sleep!

Toddler Rules

2009-01-21T21:05:00.000-08:00

It seems like I don't have much to blog about lately, I dunno why, we've been plenty busy I guess I just haven't been in the blogging mood! Things are going good with us, hopefully only 3 weeks left till we have a new baby in our house, Kallie and Kennadee's birthdays are coming up in February also,next month will be bringing us a lot of blogging things but anyway...I saw this on someone's blog and just thought it was cute and oh so true!!
TODDLER RULES.
If it is on, I must turn it off.

If it is off, I must turn it on.

If it is folded, I must unfold it.

If it is a liquid, it must be shaken, then spilled.

If it is solid, it must be crumbled, chewed or smeared.

If it is high, it must be reached.

If it is shelved, it must be removed.

If it is pointed, it must be run with at top speed .

If it has leaves, they must be picked.

If it is plugged, it must be unplugged.

If it is not trash, it must be thrown away.

If it is in the trash, it must be removed, inspected, and thrown on the floor .

If it is closed, it must be opened.

If it does not open, it must be screamed at.

If it has drawers, they must be rifled.

If it is a pencil, it must write on the refrigerator, monitor, or table .

If it is full, it will be more interesting emptied.

If it is empty, it will be more interesting full.

If it is a pile of dirt, it must be laid upon.

If it is stroller, it must under no circumstances be ridden in without protest. It must be pushed by me instead.

If it has a flat surface, it must be banged upon.

If Mommy's hands are full, I must be carried.

If Mommy is in a hurry and wants to carry me, I must walk alone.

If it is paper, it must be torn.

If it has buttons, they must be pressed.

If the volume is low, it must go high.

If it is toilet paper, it must be unrolled on the floor .

If it is a drawer, it must be pulled open.

If it is a tooth brush, it must be inserted into my mouth.

If it has a faucet, it must be turned on at full force.

If it is a phone , I must talk to it.

If it is a bug, it must be swallowed.

If it doesn't stay on my spoon, it must be dropped on the floor.

If it is not food, it must be tasted.

If it IS food, it must not be tasted.

If it is dry, it must be made wet with drool , milk, or toile t water .

If it is a car seat, it must be protested with arched back.

If it is Mommy, it must be hugged.

2009-01-04T14:02:00.000-08:00

Isn't it funny how the MOST annoying toys can hold their battery power for years on end but the minute you need something important it is always low or has dead batteries?

Christmas

2009-01-02T14:13:00.000-08:00

I figured I better get around to posting some pictures of Christmas this year, I've been too lazy to do anything! Christmas was a lot of fun this year, we stayed home and my parents came down and my little brother drove from California! The girls both made a haul and had so much fun!! Here are some pictures of our day! These pictures are in no particular order

Huge barbie that Kallie got .I keep mistaking it for a kid

Grandma and Grandpa Allred got the girls a trampoline for indoors....maybe they'll stop jumping on their beds!

Kennadee opening some markers! They both got matching leotards from grandma, they will not take them off! I wash them probably everyother day, they love them and it's hard to get them to take them off

Kallie in her leotard
more barbie stuff...imagine that

showing off more barbie stuff

this is a quilt that my mom made for the girls, it's a princess quilt and it so dang cute!!

dancing with her new barbies

Kallie got a carriage that holds barbies

havin fun with the barbies

more barbies

the girls also got a huge Barbie Diamond Castle from Grandma and Grandpa Owens, They made a haul with all their barbie stuff!

Playin in the snow!

2008-12-20T20:15:00.000-08:00

The other morning it was snowing like crazy, and then all the sudden it got pretty warm and sunny and the snow was all melting away, so the girls and I decided to go outside and play in it for a while before it was completely gone, and we couldn't pass up such a nice day! here are just a few pictures of them! needless to say though, it has now snowed non stop since yesterday morning about nine, we have between 12 and 18 inches and it's COLD!!!!

Getting ready to go outsideKennadee obviously wasn't liking this!Kallie pulling Kennadee on the sled!

trying to make snow castles

Kennadee was having more fun putting snow on the sled I think!

Kallie was happy that it had SNOWED!!!!

Kennadee was still a little unsure of the snow, we had just barely gotten outside

Kallie was excited to make a snow angel!

Supporting our Troops

2008-12-16T15:14:00.001-08:00

If you go to the website www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services. I think it's such a good idea...it lets them know that they are being thought of this Christmas Season, and that we appreciate what they are doing!

* don't forget if you haven't left your email on here to do so, my blog is going private on Sunday.

Last Chance

2008-12-16T14:25:00.001-08:00

Okay since I am so important in everyone's lives, if anyone else wants me to be added to the blog list before I turn it private just email me or leave your email on here..it'll be going private sunday! thanks guys!

Going Private

2008-12-07T12:04:00.000-08:00

hey guys...I've decided to turn my blog private, i'll probably do it in a week or so, it's gettin kinda scary out there, and there are too many stories of freaks taking pictures off of people's blogs so if you still wanna look at our blog just email me at krist2002@yahoo.com, or leave me your email addresss on here and i'll add ya!! thanks guys!

Twelve Days of Christmas TAG

2008-12-05T14:44:00.001-08:00

The Twelve days of christmas tag! Thanks linz!

1 Embarassing moment: I actually can't think of one right now!
2 Best Friends: hub and kids
3 Things I buy regularly: milk, snacks, gas.
4 Places I want to go: Vegas (sad i know, i've never been), Disneyland, Alaska, Carribean
5 goals for the upcoming year: have a baby (ha ha) lose baby weight, grow my hair out (is that a goal), be a good mom, keep exercising.
6 things people don't know about me: I love cheesecake, I could drink milk all day long, I cannot make rolls for the life of me, I can play the saxophone (oh i'm real good, ha ha), I can't keep plants alive, I hate being bare foot!
7things i would never say: I'm not naming seven, blah..next question.
8things i love about christmas: lights, songs, christmas trees, SNOW, shopping, watching the girls open presents, Christmas Scents.
9things i say to my kids: I love you, do you need to go potty?, do you want to go to time out?, I'm gonna count to three, stop please, wanna read a book?, let's see if your TV shows are on, what do you want for a snack?,tell her sorry please. (why was this the easiest question)
10 things i do a lot: laundry, dishes, clean, give the girls a snack, blog, go to walmart, work, fill my car with gas, stop the girls from fighting, play games with my kids.
11 things i would rather not live without: Kallie, Kennadee, seth, electricity, water, phone, computer, church, milk, lotion, new baby.
12 people i tag: Teri, Kara, Kenna, Angela, Shannon, Nina, Sarah, Lauren, Kim L, Kim W., Shawnee, Ranee'.

it's SNOWING

2008-12-04T09:24:00.000-08:00

I LOVE LOVE LOVE SNOW!!!! CHRISTMAS IS COMING!
*As long as the snow is COMPLETELY gone by March!

Decorating and cutting! YIKES!

2008-11-30T18:18:00.000-08:00

I have a couple things to blog about, first things first..we decorated our gingerbread house last night! it was a lot of fun, the girls loved eating the candy...I would put frosting on something and Kennadee would lick it off, YUMMY! :) but we finally got it accomplished! I should take a picture of what it looks like today though, 24 hours later! The girls keep getting up on the counter and taking all the candy off! oh well, it still looks cute! Here are a few pictures!

Okay, now I have to blog about our little incident today, I know i'm gonna look back at this and laugh and I'm kinda laughing about it now, but I wasn't too happy at the moment! I just have to tell the whole story, cuz....I guess I'm gonna need to remember this! We got home from church and the girls were hungry, so I was making them some mac and cheese to hold them over till dinner (couple hours away). I had just poured the macaroni in the pan and Kallie climbed on the counter and got the scissors. I told her no to put them back, but she took off, just then the water started boiling over the pan so I was taking care of that for a second! I walked into the living room and Kallie took one look at me and started bookin it up the stairs with her scissors..I made her give me the scissors and that was kind of the end of the story, I thought maybe she had been cutting pieces off of the Christmas tree..I figured since i had the scissors i wasn't gonna do much about it, just finish making their lunch! so, it was like 1/2 hour later and we were watching a Christmas show on TV, and I looked over by the tree and there was a whole bunch of little piles of something on the floor, they looked black and I couldn't figure it out, I asked Kallie what they were, after explaining to her what I was talking about, she said oh that? That's kennadee's hair!

WHAT????!!???? I picked Kennadee up and sure enough, Kallie had cut her hair! are you kidding me? She had a pony tail on top of her head, and kallie had cut half of it clear down to the hair thing! NICE, REAL NICE. I took Kennadee in the bathroom, and took her hair thing out, half of the side of her head is like 2 1/2 inches long, while the other side, is like 5 inches! NICE again! so I tried evening it out a bit, and it looks better, I immediately tried to put the top in pig tails and it was a success, so I'm not too burned about it now, it doesn't look too bad! I have a few pics on my phone, but they don't do it really justice! I'm just glad she didn't touch the back of her hair, because it is really tight curls, and i'm afraid if we cut them off, they won't grow back curly! that was my adventure for the day! Kennadee is sure proud of her new haircut though! She tells me kallie cut it and it looks pretty! Oh yes, it is darling! ha ha....I'm afraid now that Kennadee is gonna attempt it by herself, because she thinks that's a pretty fun thing to do! I'm throwing away every pair of scissors in our house!

Poop

2008-11-26T09:01:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I know every kid sometime go through "bathroom talk" stage (I dunno what else to call it) where they think anything to do with poop or bums, or anything like that is funny. To make a long story short, I didn't think Kennadee would go through it before she was two. kallie really never had a problem with it, but thanks to Kennadee that's all I hear...examples? Sure.
Kennadee what do you want for dinner?
her reply.."poop soup", are you serious? where does someone come up with that (unless it's really what my cooking tastes like)
I ask her...Kennadee what is that?
"Poopy" (spelling)
ok..honestly,
She picks up a barbie doll, takes the clothes off, and tells me that she is poopy.
If she is being too quiet, I ask her where she is, her reply of course is she's pooping...on the toilet? She says so, but can be found in the toy room...hmmmm...no toilet in there...When does this end? I'm not kidding, everything has to do with poop, and that is her answer to everything!
More examples? Sure I have a ton
"Kennadee, where is Tank (our dog)?"
"He's poopin"
I wouldn't put it past him on that one, I've never seen anyone poop so much in my life! (that's awhole nother story)
and last one, if she sees something on the bottom of her shoe, on the wet wipe box (half the time it's marker) or anything else, she replies with "EEEWWWW POOP"
We even mention the word poop and they laugh hysterically! Goodness KIDS!! :)

more family pics

2008-11-20T12:49:00.000-08:00

I finally had some patience to wait for my computer to download a couple pictures from our family pics that we had taken! My husband's boss's daughter took them for us! I think they turned out pretty well, she is only a freshman in High school and wants all the practice she can get, she loves photography, and I am very pleased at the pictures we got! Here are just a few of them! I'm not a real big fan of this picture but I had to put it in here so everybody can see our "sweet little innocent" Kennadee! :)

*this is just a side note, but have you ever gone to eat at a Mexican restaurant, and come out smelling like a freakin Chalupa and salsa? we ate at one today for lunch, that is what I smell like right now. BLAH!

What to wish for

2008-11-19T17:49:00.001-08:00

We were riding in the car tonight and Kallie was looking out the window trying to find the first couple stars, she finally spotted one and said "Mom, I finally see a star, what are you gonna wish for?"
"I'm gonna wish for my two little girls to be really really nice and kind to each other, so they can get presents for Christmas."
"Mom, you have to wish for toys, you can't wish for nice kids, cuz that's just not gonna happen."

Kallie says

2008-11-11T17:36:00.000-08:00

I have been explaining to Kallie the real meaning of Christmas, the whole....Baby Jesus was born, about Bethlehem, and the Star of Bethlehem, and about the wise men coming to bring him gifts and yada yada yada! Anyway....tonight at dinner we sat down to eat, Kallie had helped me make Hot potato salad, ham and rolls...We were eating and just talking and Kallie turns to me and said....
"Mom, Kennadee isn't being a very big girl"
I said to her "Yes she is, why do you say that?"
She replies "Because she hasn't eaten ANY of her Bethlehem."

HELP!!!

2008-11-11T15:06:00.000-08:00

Okay, i have to do sharing time on Sunday, and my topic is my body is a temple!! Does anybody have any ideas that I can do for an activity and stuff for my sharing time!?!?! HELP!

Who you callin COLORED Folks??

2008-11-08T10:57:00.000-08:00

Okay, i had to post this, because I think it is just so funny...This was written by a black guy in Texas. How do people come up with these things? Talk about creativity!!!!

When I was born, I was BLACK

When I grew up, I was BLACK ,

When I went in the sun, I stayed BLACK,

When I got cold, I was BLACK ,

When I was scared, I was BLACK ,

When I was sick, I was BLACK ,

And when I die, I'll still be BLACK .

NOW, You 'white' folks....

When you're born, you're PINK,

When you grow-up, you're WHITE ,

When you go in the sun, you get RED,

When you're cold, you turn BLUE,

When you're scared, you're YELLOW,

When you get sick, you're GREEN,

When you bruise, you turn PURPLE ,

And when you die, you look GRAY.

So who y'all callin' COLORED folks?

Just Wondering

2008-11-07T16:24:00.000-08:00

I was just wondering, does anybody else's house get outta control messy, but it seems like it is everyday? The kids won't hardly help you pick up, unless there is somthing good in return or a pretty major threat? I think i'm the only one...like I said..just wondering!

Halloween time

2008-11-04T14:22:00.000-08:00

I have no idea what order these pictures are in, cuz I can't see them when I download them, but anyway...here is our halloween pictures! I've been kinda lazy and decided it was about time I'd post them, or it's gonna be Thanksgiving, and then it'd be kinda gay to post them then...anyway...the girls were set on being princesses and I wasn't going to argue. We decided to go to Green River and did the stake trunk-or-treat with his family! the girls had a lot of fun, and Kennadee was busy snacking on candy, once she was done with one peice she kept walking with us, but once someone put another piece in her bag she would sit down and try and find the piece of candy they had put in there. I finally ended up carrying her and gave her a big sucker that I know would last until we were done! Kallie had a lot of fun, most the time she remembered to say trick-or-treat, and Kennadee never forgot, and always ended it with a Tank-chew (thank you). It was so cute. It turned out really well, and it was so nice outside..I was glad the girls didn't have to trudge around in High heels in a ton of snow!!

my turn for the award

2008-10-24T09:37:00.000-07:00

Teri has bestowed this award on me. I am soooooooooooooo flattered!!!!
This award comes with a requirement; I need to post 6 things I value & 6 things I do not, then pass it on to 6 other awesome bloggers!
Here we go.

6 things I value
Family
The Gospel
nausea medicine (continuing for the next 3 ish months)
Friends
unconditional love
Support

6 things I DO NOT
pregnacy nausea
dishonesty
messy house
Spiders
rude people
dog hair

The people I am turning this award over to
Heidi Smith
Lindsay Harmon
Brooke Smith
Shannon Baker
Erin Perry
Andrea Whitaker

Short Story

2008-10-14T17:34:00.000-07:00

WE had a boring day
Went to walmart got rinky dinky (spelling) ceramic puppies to paint
Kallie Loved it
Kennadee loved it too
Kennadee didn't paint her dog
She is more fun to paint
Turned out to be fun
Big mess to clean up
The End

I LOVE PINk

2008-10-11T14:21:00.001-07:00

So..I just remembered that i haven't blogged about what the baby is! We are having another girl! I am so excited...It was weird, cuz...I was really feeling the "boy" vibes, (well....I guess not cuz...I don't know what those feel like yet) and we have been told 3 different times 100 percent, it's another girl!! The girls are so excited to have another sister, we have been trying to think of some names, but nothing has been agreed on yet, and well, I still have fourish months to go still, but with the holidays coming i"m sure it's gonna go by fast! So..for now, we are still thinkin pink! Which is wonderful cuz I LOVE PINK!!!!!!!!

For the record

2008-09-28T17:30:00.001-07:00

I am just gonna jot this down for the record....the church situation isn't getting any better. I think my only choice is going inactive till they are married, then I'll willingly join again.

Not fit for a princess

2008-09-26T18:45:00.000-07:00

Kallie lately has been telling me, if I ask her to help pick up the toys or help clean something up, she replies.."Mom, I am just not very good at that." Well..today I was cleaning up the girls bedroom and asked Kallie to put a few shirts in her drawer and throw the shoes in the closet and her reply was "Mom, that job is not fit for a princess." It was so cute and I had to laugh, but the little stink....she knows how to try and get out of things! She is very into princesses and barbies lately, so we are back to changing our outfit 18 times a day into different dresses! and for the record...she never did do what I asked her to, I asked a few more times and nothing became of it, and I figured it wasn't a battle that I choose to have that day

What a day..what a day

2008-09-14T19:46:00.000-07:00

Okay...So my decision is final.. my mind was made up today after our day in church, I am going to find something extremely naughty but church appropriate to take to keep the girls settled down in Sacrament meeting! Usually they are half way descent, but not today...picture a zoo with the animals running crazy, that was us today at church! I am not even kidding, we made it through the sacrament and had to get out of there to prevent anymore distruptive behavior! To start off, Kallie decided she was hungry, (They were still playing prelude and we still had at least five minutes to go) I had brough some Cheez-its...well..Kennadee thought she would be funny, grabbed a handful of crackers and threw them all over the floor, well Kallie got down and ended up stepping on half of them before I could get them picked up! I got them cleaned up and finally the meeting started, We started singing the opening song and Kennadee grabbed the book from me and threw it on the floor, reached for another one it dropped and made a loud noise,Kallie was kicking the bench in front of us and I know the elderly couple in front of us didn't appreciate it one bit, I tried to tell her to stop but she wasn't listening. Then kallie decides that she needs a drink, I tell her no and before I get the "O" out of my mouth she is half way there, of course Kennadee follows, Seth went and grabbed them and brought them back in...let me just make a point clear, this is nothing yet (the whole congregation is full also they even opened up the back because it was a missionary homecoming...EEEEK!!!!) It starts to get closer to the sacrament, Kennadee keeps crawling under the bench and running into the foyer (we are on the back row) We keep going to grab her, finally I get her to sit on my lap and eat some fruit snacks, The bread comes and she has a whole mouth full of fruit snacks and decides to put the bread in at the same time..well..of course we all know how wonderful this would taste so she spits it out all over, I seriously had had it up to here with her and beyond...so..then I am trying to wrestle her down and keep her quiet until at least the water comes...we finally make it to the water, just when the boy is about to pass to us, Kennadee is nowhere to be found, she had crawled under neath the bench again and was running around, the kid was standing in front of our bench so we couldn't get out to get her, and he was clueless, so finally she realizes that she's not getting any water, and runs after the kid yelling Wah Wah (water) so he bends down and lets her help herself to the water, she ends up spilling it all over, and luckily we got to her in time before anymore damage is done, so we bring her back to the bench and she gets away again, (I can control my kids seriously, usually anyway...I dunno what was going on today) so then..we look back and she was taking hr diaper off, in front of all these people, Kallie of course thinks this is hilarious so she's laughing out of control, and saying Kennadee is taking her diaper off..Hahahahahahahahaha...this wasn't quiet at all...I couldn't take anymore, i swear all eyes were on us, so I looked at seth and said let's get out of here...he took her into the foyer, and the girls thought they could run around..I don't want them thinking that they can just run around if we have to take them out because they are being naughty so we just left! I swear anymore days like this...i'll be inactive!! It was seriously nuts...I think I still have a headache!lets hope next sunday is a bit better!

And I'm having a.......................

2008-09-04T16:47:00.001-07:00

Jk...I still don't know...went to find out last week, the cord was between the legs, the legs were crossed, blah blah blah...wouldn't cooperate AT ALL!! I walked and paced trying to get the little bugger to move and show us something half way interesting, but nothing..dang it! Should be finding out in the next couple weeks! I'll do a for real post when I do find out, right now i'm just pretty bored and didn't really have anything real real cool to blog about, so this is just a lame ol' post...BOOO!

Another Tag

2008-08-19T18:03:00.000-07:00

What are the last 3 things you purchased?
1. Groceries at Walmart
2. Groceries at Smiths
3. Probably Gas

What are the last 3 songs you downloaded?
I can't remember, I don't do it very often

What were the last 3 places you visited?
1. Green River, Wy
2. Mountains- Big Piney
3. Lovell, Wy

What are your 3 favorite movies?
1. The Holiday
2. Sweet Home Alabama
3. The Little Mermaid

What are your 3 favorite possessions?
1. Kallie and Kennadee
2. Bobby Pins (Lame?? VERY)
3. Phone

What are your 3 wishes?

1. That this pregnancy will hurry up! :)
2. I won't be sick anymore
3. I can get new hair, I hate mine

What are 3 things you haven’t done yet?
1. Gone to Vegas
2. Had a professional Pedicure
3. Gotten Hair extensions

What are your 3 favorite dishes?
1. Cherry Chicken- Wonderful House
2. Olive Gardens' Salad and Breadsticks
3. Blue Bacon Burger- Training table (I dunno if it's a favorite, but I'm craving it like crazy)
4. I'm adding another...orange chicken from Panda Express

What are 3 things that freak you out?
1. That something will happen to my girls
2. Spiders
3. Heights

Name 3 things you are good at?
1. Drinking milk
2. Throwing up (not by choice)
3. this one is too hard...PASS

Name 3 things you are currently coveting
1. ObGYN's money. ha ha.
2. All these big ol' houses being built around my little one
3. All the girls with cute short haircuts that always look good, or the girls with the long hair that is gorgeous no matter what!

3 bloggers I tag
1. Lindsay
2. Angela R
3. Brittany

Things I've learned from pregnancies

2008-08-19T13:08:00.000-07:00

* No such thing as morning sickness, it's an all day thing

* Forget about it stopping after the first trimester...that's overrated

* Scooting your bottom to the end of the table NEVER gets easier

* Don't buy new clothes, they'll never fit

* I hate hate hate maternity clothes, but this pregnancy they are a MUST so far

* Bladder is VERY sensitive

* Nothing is as good coming up and it is going down

* No matter the price of medicine for nausea..it doesn't really work

* I live for toothpaste and mouth wash

* I got pregnant and I swear my hair is becoming a mullet! (not by choice)

* Hormones really can catch ya off guard

* OB/GYNs make lots and lots and lots of money

2008-08-14T19:57:00.001-07:00

What the crap is with the new dashboard? Does anyone else have it?! I hate it! Seriously..I had a hard enough time trying to figure this dumb site out and then they go and change it!!! GGGRRRR

Heber Creeper!

2008-08-10T21:16:00.000-07:00

My parents came down on Thursday for my birthday, yes..i know..YAY for me, happy birhtday to me..la la la..anyway...they came down and since the girls love trains they took us on the Heber Valley Railroad *Heber creeper*..we went on the ride called the sunset BBQ special! We have done this ride for several years now and we love it! They take you on these old trains on a ride up the canyon, and they have fiddle players and banjo players that play music during the ride and then they stop at this little pavillion and have a huge BBQ..the food was so good! They usually have bbq chicken and ribs, and potato salads and desserts, rolls, the works! it is so good and the girls had such a fun time going! They were quite scared of the whistle for a while since we were the third open car next to the engine, but on the way back Kallie decided that she wasn't afraid anymore, and Kennadee was too busy trying to take her clothes off! She is our streaker for some reason, she loves to have her clothes off! anyway....we had a lot of fun on the train and I can't wait to do it agian! Thank you mom and dad for taking us!! It was a lot of fun!

2008-08-10T20:51:00.000-07:00

okay...So I am the worst blogger ever, my computer takes so long sometimes to load pictures that I just hate waiting for it! anyway...we just got back from a week of camping and my girls had a blast! The camp site that we ended up getting so was dusty that it got kinda miserable at times with the kids and dogs running crazy, but Kallie and Kennadee loved every minute of playing in the dirt! Actually, all the kids loved every minute of that dirt! We did so many things! They girls got to ride horses, play with dirt, Kennadee ate a lot of dirt and tried to eat rocks, played in the creek, went four-wheeling, rode motorcycles, slept in a tent,went fishing, and Kallie even got brave enough to cross the creek in her underwear, don't worry we were all right there incase she fell, but she did great and was kinda cold when she got to the other side, we roasted marshmallows, and ate like royalty. Kallie and Kennadee had so much fun playing with all their cousins and played so well the entire time! Since there are so many pictures on here from camping i'm not gonna explain them all, I think the pictures say enough!! For the record, it took three baths to get the girls clean when we got home! they even got baths up there too every other day..They were covered from head to toe with dirt and dust!!! We had a lot of fun, but it sure is nice to be home in my own bed, my own house, a bath tub and shower.

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The little things in life

2008-07-23T20:12:00.000-07:00

I was trying to get my kids to sleep a while ago, and was getting a little bit irritated, because Kennadee finds every way possible not to lay down, so i was laying down with them, and my anger was starting to pile up...then all the sudden Kennadee put her little arms around my neck and says "Mommy...I WUB YOU!!" Something about her little voice and those words that just makes your heart melt, and just cancels out all the naughtiness and time outs during the day! I was looking at my girls and seeing how much they are growing! It was yesterday I swear that we were living in Rock Springs, and had just had Kallie, and now i turn around and she is starting pre-school in August! I dunno where the time went! She is slowly starting to be a little less naughty and a lot more independent, ok a lot more independent! I was thinking of her going to school and I remember going to pre-school when I was little! We would always be so excited to get there, and we would always line up at the door and wait for it to be unlocked and we would race in there, and it was a race to see who would get to play and ride in the big yellow dump truck! I think those were some of my first memories of school, I guess it's kinda sad that Kallie is old enough now to start remembering things and making those little memories of her own! Before, the things we have done I think were more for our memories, but now she is starting to make her own!
And then there's my little Kennadee who is close to two and she knows it! ha ha, She spends most of her day being threatened with time out! (it works very very well for her, until the next five minutes) but she is starting to grow so fast, and starting to become a little more independent as well! I certainly have my hands full with her right now! She is my little climber and climbs on anything and everything! a chair at the table, she is on the table, standing on the edge wanting me to catch her as she jumps off! A chair by the computer desk, she is on the desk, kissing our computer screen! A chair by the counter, she's on the counter exploring what on top! She loves drinks...ok she loves to pour drinks! If there is a glass left on the table with ice in it! The ice is on the floor within 5 seconds! If there are two cups on the table, she pours them into each other until I take them away or she ends up spilling so much there is nothing left in either of them! She has starting talking like crazy too, saying three and four words together. She has a lot of words down that we say on a regular basis... mommy, daddy, sissy, Tal (Kallie), Tant (Tank) babba (bottle) ippy (sippy) papa, mama (grandma) pepper, hello, bubbye, hi, NO!, Ya, uh oh, ball, backpack (Dora is her all time favorite thing EVER) blues clues, wow wow wubbzy, ilk (milk), puppy, Titty (kitty of course) Tat (cat) car, truck, airplane...I think the list would go on and on, but I don't have that much energy to list them all...I remember my mom telling me..."Kristin, when you have kids, you cherish every moment, because before you know it, you'll turn around and they'll be graduating from high school or getting married" I always use to think..ya ya...20 years kinda goes by slow, but I have my little girls now, and I am turning around and they are already getting big, I know some of you out there reading this are like..oh ya ya, you're oldest is only 3 I have kids way way older, but to me, 3 is a big deal at the moment! ha ha, Its fun to watch them grow up, but it is sad to let them grow up also! I am so just thankful that I have my two girls they bring me so much happiness, I dunno what I would do without them! I am excited to have another one on the way and to meet the new addition to our family!

I've been tagged!!!!!!

2008-07-19T17:53:00.000-07:00

What I was doing 5 years ago?
Lets see Five years ago...I was still going to college and not doing much i don't think I don't think I had much of a life.

What is on my to-do list...
study my primary lesson for sunday

What are 3 habits of mine
1. I bite my fingernails
2. forget to do things (really it's a habit) ha ha
3. Forgetting things in the dryer...it's horrible

Things you might not know about me
1. My natural hair color is brown but I've dyed it blonde since middle school, and it's gotten darker since i had kids
2. I can walk on the knuckles of my toes..well...i can curl my toes and walk that way. (Okay...that's weird)

4 TV shows/movies that I love
1. The Hills
2. The Bachelor
3. Sweet Home Alabama
4. So you THink you can dance

Jobs that I have had
1. Foster Gulch Golf Course
2. the golf course
3. the golf course
4. western wyoming admissions office
5. Jc Penney
6. Claires Boutiques
7. University of Wyoming Cooperative Extention offices
8. Evanston Recreation Center

4 Favorite books that I've read
1. Well..i'm gonna start reading the Twilight series, I'm sure I'll like them since I'm honestly the last person on this earth to read them
2. I love to read cook books (but that doesn't mean anything)
3. I have read so many books, and half of them I can't even remember the titles let alone the authors

5 Places that I've lived
1. Lovell, Wyoming
2. Rock Springs, Wyoming
3. Evanston, Wyoming

5 Favorite foods
1. Milk
2. Mashed Potatoes
3. Chinese FOOD......YUM!!!!!!!!!!
4. Broccoli (I know i'm a geek!)
5. Fresh Garden Tomatoes (again..a geek)

5 People I tag
1. Lindsay
2. Brittany (thermop)
3. Heidi
4. Renae
5. Brooke

Afternoon in the mountains

2008-07-16T18:18:00.000-07:00

On sunday after church we decided to take a drive up to the mountains! We hadn't been up there yet this year, so we packed a lunch and drove up there! We had a lot of fun and the girls absolutely love the mountains, I think they like the most that they get to water the flowers and grass with their pee. ha ha (So lady like I know) we weren't up there for fifteen minutes and they were already dirty, but what do you expect!? On the way up there also, some retard was hearding his sheep down the middle of the road and had no desire to move them, it took us at least 20 minutes to get through,the girls loved it though and I guess it was kinda fun so I had to take a few pictures! We got home and our car was loaded with sheep poop...yummy! Here are some pictures from our little afternoon in the mountain though!

Wyoming Traffic Jam

It happened again! :)

2008-07-11T13:36:00.000-07:00

okay, so I guess it's time I blog about this, I am pregnant! goodness! ha ha. I am due in February, which shouldn't be too much of a shocker because both my other girls are born in February also! crazy huh? Three birthdays in February, I'm gonna be broke! anyway...it's pretty exciting, but then again, three makes me nervous! This pregnancy so far has been completely different from my other two! I was sick non stop with my girls the whole nine months, usually there wasn't a day that passed that I wasn't throwing my guts up! now in the morning I am very very sick, and then again very very sick at night. During the day, I feel like my big guts are eating my little guts, I feel like I haven't eaten in years. So I eat, and usually eating would take away this weird feeling on any other normal (non pregnacy) day, but now it just makes it worse? So, does that mean anything? Leaning towards a boy or still another girl!? I would absolutely love to have another girl, because I'm partial to girls, and frankly I'm not so sure a little boy would survive in the house! jk, I think a boy would be a lot of fun too. I guess I'm not really too picky to what this new one will be. anyway...I find out in a couple weeks what the baby is,I am very excited to find out, because I don't even have a intuition of what it'll be!! any ideas? ha ha.

2008-07-09T18:26:00.000-07:00

These are just a few pictures that we took in our cemetary here in Evanston, I think it's so cool to live in a place where you can see this kinda stuff on a daily basis, there was a moose a couple years ago in our yard, and then usually there is one that hangs out in the walmart parking lot, well, there is some ponds right by them and the moose usually hung out there, but was in the parking lot from time to time! I dunno if these are the same ones or not, but I thought i'd go take some pictures..sorry if they aren't the best, they are from my cell phone, because again, my batteries died on my digital camera! Nothing makes me more angry, okay maybe there is some things, but that still ticks me off!

4th of July

2008-07-08T13:59:00.000-07:00

K...I apologize..i have absolutely no pictures of anything from this weekend..I could kick myself! anyway...we did have very fun! We had lots of family come over to watch the fireworks in Evanston! Evanston goes crazy for the fourth..it is legal to shoot fireworks here on the 3rd and 4th, and it is so fun! Seriously, all of our neighbors, actually the whole town usually puts on a better display than the city does, so its lots of fun. Then on saturday we went to green river, because we threw his parents an anniversary picnic, the food was so yummy, we fixed ribs, shrimp skewers, Kabobs (spelling), we had pasta salads, and fruit salads, and salad salads, and then cake! it was just so much fun to just kinda pig out! :) then on Sunday, my niece got blessed, she is so stinkin cute! it was a really good blessing! but that was our weekend, it was lots of fun, and again..sorry no pictures!

Shots shots and more shots

2008-07-02T20:02:00.000-07:00

I had to take Kennadee in to get her shots today, blah. She had to get three of them, and she wasn't too happy, but I think after the first poke, she got so mad she didn't even feel the other two, but needless to say, we survived! She got her whole well child check-up. She is off the charts in her heighth, she measured 2 ft 9.5 inches, and then she is in the bottom 25th percentile of her weight, I dunno how because she eats like crazy, and then her head is around the 60th- 75 percentile..I think she's gonna be tall!! Kallie absolutely loves going to the doctor now that she is past the shot stages (For a while). I think mostly because they always get a prize and a sucker for being so good (whether they really are or not) and if they are really really sick or get sent to the hospital, our pediatrician gives them a stuffed animal!! She is very very cool!! anyway..I didn't have much to post about today, that was about the high light of our day!!

Our trip to Lovell

2008-06-30T20:18:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted a lot lately, I just haven't been in the mood to blog at all, then we went to lovell for a week and a half! We had a lot of fun while we were up there, since i'm still not in a real bloggin mood at the moment I just decided to post some pics..there is some of the girls in the car on the way there, and then we ended up stopping in the canyon for like an hour or so because a dumb semi tipped over, and dumped blue pipes all over the road, they were actually on their way to lovell also to help put in the new water lines or whatever they are doing on the street. i also put up a some pics of the girls in their new dresses that my mom made for them..i couldn't get a descent picture of both of them together, but I got a half way descent one of them in the swing before church. We went to the kiddie pool, but not too many pictures cuz my camera died...I probably would have taken more pictures but when something was happening inside, my camera was in the car, and if we were on our way somewhere I either left it in the house or the stupid thing ran out of batteries..I dunno what's wrong with it, I go through batteries like no other! anyway...I'm kinda grumpy so I'll just leave ya to look at the pictures...we had a lot of fun, and sometimes it's nice to get away for a bit!

Our trip to the zoo

2008-06-14T19:34:00.000-07:00

We decided to take a trip to the zoo..we hadn't been in so long, and it was finally a nice day...just thought I'd post some pictures of our fun day.

The girls getting ready to go see animals after we grabbed a quick, expensive bite to eat.Kallie and dad by the big elephant..it kept spraying water at everyone!
Kallie sittin on the lion thing...we tried to put Kennadee on, but she went hysterical, but after we took her away she kept waving and saying Hi kitty

Kallie riding the carousel, we all rode..made us sick!! blah..we're too old to go spinning around in circles all day long!

Cool Rhinos...you should see how much those suckers poop!
This little penguin kept coming right up to us..i think he wanted us to bring him home!!
Bear hugs and kisses...I think they're in love
here Kitty Kitty Kitty..this cat looks scary
Tall Giraffe...she had a baby too...so cute!

Elephant..can't remember her name, but her birthday is today!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELEPHANT!!

Cute little alligator babies.

Ghost of the Bayou...a while alligator..he was the coolest thing ever..Kallie thought so too!A cute hair cut...seth kept makin fun of me, because he was worried about taking pictures of all the animals, and I was worried about getting pictures of cute haircuts.! ha ha ha..I got quite a few but I thought maybe I'd just post one..let's hope this girl, doesn't some how come across my blog, and be like....what the? that's me!! ha ha ha...it was such a fun and very warm day!!!!

RIP little tomato plants

2008-06-05T20:39:00.000-07:00

So..I'm just gonna vent for a bit..it seems like I haven't had much to blog about lately..all it's done is rain, and be cold, and blah blah blah..ya know those kinda weeks so far...anyway...the girls and I haven't really done anything out of the ordinary..we go on walks, go to walmart, have picnics, clean up toys, play...well..the other day we walked to walmart and I wanted to get some tomato plants, I was very excited to finally plant them, so we got all our tools out and started diggin holes..i was so proud of the cute little plants..Kallie was so excited about them also and asked me "Mom should we get some water to water these little fellas?" ha ha it was the cutest thing ever, but anyway..we got done planting and watering, and came inside to get our hands washed and to start making dinner...in that short amount of time, i looked out our window from the kitchen and couldn't see our tomato plants...MY DANG DOG ATE THEM, and the ones he didn't get to TRAMPLED THEM TO DEATH. I was so ticked, I still am, as lame as it sounds I was so mad I was almost in tears, by almost I mean I had to suck it up and hold them in! ha ha..I am still pretty grumpy about it now, but Tank (our dog) didn't get by without bein in trouble, I dunno if i'll get anymore plants cuz it's getting a little late to plant them now, and its supposed to snow too (GGGRRRR...if it happens it'll be a WHOLE nother post") so needless to say we're going tomato-less for this year, at least from our garden!! Dumb Dog sometimes!! UGH!!!

Blah...sick kids

2008-05-23T17:30:00.000-07:00

So....ugh...we have gone this entire winter without hardly being sick well...thanksgiving Kennadee was in the hospital with pnemonia, but other than that, my kids have been so healthy! Well...man..in the middle of stinkin May, it all breaks loose! We all have sore throats, the kids are getting kind of a cough, and to top it off, Kennadee got an ear infection (and she even has tubes in her ears and if she gets one it shouldn't bother her, but it has) and Kallie has a bladder infection! It hit us all at once! I guess it's making up for nothing during the winter. Last winter, my kids switched back and forth...if it wasn't RSV they had Pnemonia, and if it wasn't pnemonia they had RSV or ear infections..it was nuts, i didn't think they'd ever make it through, but they did! but man...i thought we were gonnna have a non sick year! blah!!!!

Scavenger hunt

2008-05-19T17:55:00.000-07:00

For FHE tonight I decided to have the girls to a scavenger hunt. I made a list for them and we went in the back yard and out front and looked for the items...I had them find a leaf, a small rock, a big rock, some dirt, grass, a bug, a flower, a tree branch, a cloud and a bird...I gave them a plastic bag and had them put the stuff that they had found inside their bags! (except for the cloud, bug, ya know that kinda stuff) We came back inside and I had them find a picture of Jesus also, then I had them sit down and told them that Jesus created all the stuff that they had found for us to have a beautiful earth! It was so cute! The girls were so interested in the lesson! When I showed Kennadee a picture of Jesus, she looked at it and said plain as day "JESUS". I am so amazed at little children! What a testimony.He lives, he loves the children, and they were truly with him before this earth! I am so amazed that the littlest children know him at such a very very young age! I maybe have showed Kennadee a picture of him once and told her it was Jesus, but if I showed her a picture of some stranger and told her their name she wouldn't remember it in two minutes! Later on after our family home evening, the girls were playing out in the back, and Kallie kept asking me, "Mom can you talk about Jesus again?" They were just so interested in my lesson. Kennadee had found an ant, and was trying to step on it, and Kallie screamed at her and said "NO, JESUS Made that ant for us." ha ha ha. I think finally one time she actually listened to my lesson and remembered it! I am so bless

ed to have such a fun little girls!

here are some of the things, that I let them keep in their bag

Kallie so happy she found somethingKallie showing me her stick she foundKennadee eating her chips.

2008-05-18T14:25:00.000-07:00

Since it has been so nice I decided that my car was in DESPERATE need of a clean! I would be embarrassed if anybody saw the inside of it! What can ya do though? I have kids! Expect it right? Well, i do expect it and it's no surprise to me, but I guess I could do my part and take stuff outta the car...ya know? My kids think that if we go anywhere they have to bring a toy, so I let them to spare myself a fight or a temper tantrum, but as soon as we return home I usually have groceries or some other stuff to bring in the house, sometimes it's even sleeping kids, so I don't usually have enough arms to bring them all in, so I think " oh I'll get them later or tomorrow" well, I don't get them later or tomorrow! So back to the point, I cleaned my car out! Kennadee likes to sit in the car and drive or push every button possible and turn every knob that is turn able, I usually let her, cuz it doesn't hurt much! I was cleaning the back out, and Kennadee had been in the passenger side, well i started vacuuming it out and I couldn't see or hear her, so I went and looked in the front and she was sound asleep eating her Popsicle! I'm guessing the loud vacuum was what did the trick! She looked so cute i just had to grab my camera!

2008-05-18T13:56:00.000-07:00

Ican't belive how nice it has been these past four days! It has been so much fun playing outside and going on walks. Kennadee loves being outside, but lately in our backyard she'll go wherever Tank (our dog of course) is, this time they were in one of my little flower gardens in the corner of our yard, it was so cute, she way laying on him but i couldn't get my camera in time, but she is just so cute out there.

Here's some pictures of the girls the first one is just Kennadee playing the piano but as you can see...Kallie's legs are in the background and a fight is about to escalate! Kallie decided to wrestle the piano away from Kennadee and then I'm not quite sure how but she got Kennadee in some sorta headlock by her legs! The fight quit for a bit,they forgot about the piano and they were laughing, but I dunno if Kallie started squeezing harder with her legs or something, but now Kennadee was getting a little fed up,because she wanted out, but couldn't get out!also, as you can see Kallie has one of her many outfits on that she wore for that day!

2008-05-14T19:11:00.000-07:00

okay, so I didn't know that my oldest little girl would get in the stage where she changes her clothes and shoes like every two seconds, but it has came and started a few days ago. It's getting outta control already though, i'm not even exaggerating, she put on 18 different outfits between 1:30 and 7:00 today, sometimes I am lucky enough though that she'll put an outfit on and then go back to the previous outfit that was like three outfits ago and put it back on, and ask me if she looks pretty in this one or if her shoes match. Sometimes though she wants her hair done a different way for each outfit...YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN. She is so creative sometimes, she is keeping me up on laundry, she usually puts the outfits that she's worn for about 4.89 seconds in the laundry, because of course they are "So dirty!" So, when does this little stage end? She wants to go into public wearing a purple polka dotted dress, jeans underneath and these really cool unmatched cinderella shoes (usually one is blue and one is pink or maybe she'll decide to wear one purple). Her hair is usually completly full of static electricity from pulling so many things over her head. She tops it off with a beautiful princess crown too, I think with that outfit she might make it in New York or Hollywood with absolutely no looks but not quite sure in Evanston. I will try and get some pictures of all the outfits she wears, at least tomorrow because I have a feeling that this is not going to end any time soon!!!

Drivin along in my automobile, my baby beside me at the wheel!!!!!

2008-05-14T18:54:00.000-07:00

The girl's finally got their way, they got a new powerwheels! I kept putting it off and putting it off, because some are so stinkin expensive and I guess I have a hard time thinking my girls are driving a nice vehicle than I am! ha ha! But we found on at Walmart that was on clearance because it was last years model! I had no idea that power wheels could lose their value also, crazy that they can while sittin in a box for a year, but needless to say, the girls got their powerwheels and absolutely love it! Actually when it was being built, Kennadee threw a complete bloody fit, like an outta control one, kickin and screaming, holding her breath, then she would throw things, arch her back if I tried to pick her up. It was nuts, and this whole fit throwing thing was because we had to turn the car upside down for a bit to assemble it, and screw in some more screws, she would hardly let us put it together because she just wanted to sit in it! It was so cute, they spent a lot of the day today outside driving it around and around. Kallie is slowly learning how to handle it, it's so cute, she'll crank the wheel one way, and then she catches herself driving right for the main street, so she'll crank it the other way and heads straight for the house! It's so cute. I took a few pictures of them when it was being built and then the test drive! At first I didn't know if Kennadee was scared of riding in it, or if she was just so tired and upset that she didn't get to sit in it the whole time when it was being put together, so some of the pictures she's mighty grumpy maybe it's because she can't drive it, but now absolutely love it! (my kids don't always look this dirty either ha ha, just a wild and crazy day :)

Twister

2008-05-13T19:43:00.000-07:00

It was snowing yesterday (Yes YESTERDAY) and so I decided to get the game of Twister out, I thought maybe Kallie would be old enough now to kind of understand it, I was pretty wrong, it wasn't turning out the way that I wanted it to, but it was even funner that way. Kallie was so cute, I would spin the spinny thing (don't know what it's called) and tell Kallie right hand on red, left foot on green, left hand on yellow, and right food on blue kinda thing. She was so confused at first, and then when I would start calling out which hand or foot to put on which color, she would just hop right over and do it, finally she looked up at me and said "Mom this game is not very fun at all." I kept trying to explain to her that you have to leave all your hands and feet on the colors, even if I call out another color, you have to keep them all on the colors. I said it was trying to make her into a pretzel. She still didn't understand anything about it, but we still had so much fun playing. This picture is about as twisted up as she got, but I think some of her problem was that her legs and arms aren't near long enough to stretch from one side to the other ha ha, but here are some other pictures that I took of her playing Twister, and of course Kennadee had to join in the fun, and she just thought it was fun to bounce back and forth onto the different dots.

2008-05-11T19:55:00.000-07:00

I ordered some books from a lady I work with a while back, and when I finally got them, a book mark was in one of the books, I just thought I would share it. It's called

"If I Had My Child To Raise Over Again."

If I had my child to raise all over again, I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later

I'd finger-paint more, and point the finger less.

I'd do less correcting and more connecting.

I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.

I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.

I would run through more fields, and gaze and more stores.

I'd do more hugging and less tugging.

I'd see the oak tree in the acorn more often.

I'd firm less often, and affirm much more.

I'd model less about the love of power, and more about the power of love.

(Diane Loomans)

I don't know why this poem touched me, I think sometimes I can get caught up in the chores of everyday always want a spotless house, making sure the dishes and laundry are always done, just things like that, and I think sometimes i neglect the girls. When I came across this it made me stop and think, because I know when they are gone, I don't ever want to look back and think What If? I am just so grateful Heavenly Father gave me two gorgeous girls, I am trying to be the best mother that I am capable of being, I do catch myself sometimes wondering if I'm prepared and worthy to take on such a big and important task of raising children, but I know that Heavenly Father gave me these two precious, big spirited children, because he knows that I can do it! I'm amazed how big their spirits and testimonies. I'm glad they came to me to teach me lessons of love, forgiving and patience.

I'd Rather Be A Cat

2008-05-11T19:36:00.000-07:00

The girls and I got to take a trip to lovell for a week, my parents have new baby kittens and this was definitely the highlight of going there...the girls were so cute with the kittens! the one in most of the pictures is Kallie's, she named her Simba! She is such a cute kitten, as you can tell in the pictures though Tank wasn't too sure what in the world this this was! It was so fun to watch him with them though, he tried to be a mother to them, which is weird, Kallie made up a song for him though, she sang to "farmer in the dale" but the words went "i'd rather be a cat, i'd rather be a cat, i'm tired of bein a dumb ol' dog, i'd rather be a cat." it is the cutest song ever, i think may be right too! jk, but here are a few pictures of the girls playing with their kittens, there is one of Kennadee that is side ways but it was so cute i couldn't just not put it on here, she didn't get to hold them very much and when you look at the picture it will explain why!

2008-05-02T19:48:00.000-07:00

Kallie decided lately that she loves to take pictures of herself. Kennadee was sleeping one afternoon so Kallie crawled up on my lap and we took some pictures!! She is so fun!

All smiles

Pucker up (these are all her ideas)
I love my mommy!

and again all her idea!

Mmmmm Mmmmm good!

2008-05-02T19:18:00.000-07:00

I know everybody has a picture of their little ones eating spaghetti, i just thought i'd post some of Kennadee eating it! She goes a little extreme by making her hair a little thicker with spaghetti noodles and adds some highlights with spaghetti sauce!

Finally

2008-05-01T12:49:00.000-07:00

So late last night i was finishing up some laundry, and was getting to the worst part of it all, folding socks! I hate folding socks most of the time because i can do all the laundry in the house and i still have at least fifteen socks that do not have any matches. I go through the questions in my head after every load..do i throw this sock away? am i gonna find that match to it soon? should i just keep it for a while and see what happens? I have an entire drawer of socks missing their match! Last night was the first time ever i finished all the laundry and i had absolutely NO missing socks! This has never happened! I know this is a really stupid post to write, but i was just so excited that my dryer didn't eat any socks, well if it did at least it ate a pair of socks instead of individual ones of different pairs, that i had to share it with everyone! If your a person who has this same problem then you will probably enjoy this post!

Ice Cream is good no matter where it comes from!

2008-04-30T19:26:00.000-07:00

So my girls had eaten their dinner pretty good for the first time EVER i think, so i told them after a little bit they could have some ice cream, it was about an hour later and Kallie asked if she could have some ice cream now so i told her yes! I started scooping some out and asked Kennadee if she wanted some ice cream, she is into this thing if i ask her anything she shakes her head no and says NA! (no) so i figured she didn't really want any at all. i finished scooping the rest of the

ice cream out of the carton for Kallie and threw the mostly empty carton in the garbage, well our garbage is full as it always is (actually i swear we go through at least one bag if not two a day) so it was just sittin on top.i gave kallie her bowl of ice cream and she went and sat at the table, all the sudden i heard "Mmmmmmmmmmmm" I looked down and Kennadee had gotten the carton out of the garbage and was eating it, she wasn't getting very much outta it, but enough to make a pretty big mess, i couldn't just clean her up, so i let her sit and eat a bit more, i just had to grab my camera, because when you're that little it doesn't matter where it comes from as long as its good!!!

2008-04-26T10:17:00.000-07:00

I'm taking this look as don't invade my privacy!!!!

Doing the duty

2008-04-26T10:13:00.000-07:00

So Kennadee is trying so hard to be just like her big sister, she watches Kallie go to the bathroom and sit on the potty, so now Kennadee is trying it! She goes everytime i put her on, but this one day she wouldn't get off, i asked her what she wanted and she said a book! So i got her a little book and she sat and read that book while she was just hanging out in the bathroom, she was in there for a good 1/2 hour i think, i finally had to go in there, take her off and shut the door! Being just like big sister is so much fun, actually i think she takes after grandpa!!!

enchiladas or poachyladas?

2008-04-19T08:36:00.000-07:00

So, i was making cheese enchiladas the other night for dinner, kallie had been running around throwing a fit because she wanted macaroni and cheese for dinner, that seems to be the answer for every meal! I told her no we weren't going to have macaroni and cheese we could have that for lunch the next day instead! She threw a complete fit, and starting screaming "MOM I DON"T WANT TO HAVE POACHYLADAS!!!" Needless to say, we continued making them, and i had her help me finish them up and put them in the oven. When it was time to eat she was still a little reluctant to them, but i brought out some salad too, and told her she had to eat at least three bites because she was three years old! She finally gave in and i looked over a bit later and her whole poachylada was almost all gone! This has become one of her favorite meals now!

Update

2008-04-13T20:06:00.000-07:00

Okay so here's an update on my phone problem! That solution WORKS!! Seriously...my screen is a little cloudy but other than that my phone is in perfect condition again..I just drenched it with rubbing alcohol and let it sit for a minute then i shook the livin day lights outta it and put it in a bowl of uncooked rice over nite..i got up the next morning and turned it on and it is working just fine!! So for all of you losing phones to toilets of any sorta water..try it..it really works! THANK GOODNESS!

Just my luck!

2008-04-11T19:48:00.001-07:00

Okay..I'm not sure if anyone has had worse cellphone luck than me. Three of four months ago i upgraded my cellphone to what i thought was a pretty cool one! a pink chocolate..well after i had gotten it i found out that they have had nothing but bad luck with them..they sent me four pink chocolate replacement ones to see if each would work better than the last! they have a deal if they give you three replacements within 90 days then they automatically send you a brand new phone just upgraded from the one i previously had! I was very excited..i got my new phone probably three weeks ago! This one is extremely nice and i was very excited to actually get a working phone! My luck with the phone changed today! i was laying on the couch with kennadee and kallie this afternoon watching a movie (their quiet time) i had gotten up to do something and apparently my phone fell out of my pocket of my shirt! I decided to go into the bathroom and put my hair in a pony tail! Kennadee soon after followed me in there, and i heard her behind me throw something into the TOILET! I looked to see what it was...MY BRAND NEW PHONE!!! I can't even get the dang thing to turn on! I have read every article possible to save a wet cell phone! They all told me...dry it! WELL DUH! I finally found a couple articles that said pour rubbing alcohol on it, cuz it will pull the water out and alcohol doesn't harm your phone! I have poured a ton of it on my phone and now it is hanging out in a bowl of uncooked rice! I tell ya I didn't have bad luck i would have no luck at all!! So if anyone drops their cell phone in water...save it with alcohol! That's the rumor anyway..i have to wait a day or so...i'll update whether it worked or not! I'm not to hopeful though, after all that's just my luck!!!!!!!!

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what a day

2008-04-09T17:29:00.000-07:00

So this morning my day started at 4:30 when kennadee woke me up to puking noises. there was no way i could go back to sleep after giving her a bath, changing her clothes, and making sure she didn't throw up agian, so we sat on the couch downstairs and watched TV and waited for Kallie to wake up! In the mean time as the sun was coming out i looked outside and realized that we had gotten four inches of snow that night! It has snowed all day today, and the news said it isn't looking to promising until saturday or sunday! When the ground hog sees his shadow and they say it means we have six more weeks of winter..in evanston that means there is still six months of winter! it quits just in time for it to snow again! Now that the day is ending things are going better, it's still snowing but it's warm enough now that it is melting on the deck outside and on the roads Kennadee is no longer throwing up but still just wants to lay around, but there is no napping involved! It's been kind of a day where you crawl back into bed and wait for the next hoping it will be better!

Trying to figure it out

2008-04-09T15:56:00.000-07:00

K i'm very new at this..so bare with me until i really figure this thing out.