Woolf Family

Exhausted

2011-09-20T16:03:00.000-07:00

I have been HORRIBLE about blogging. I am horrible about even getting on the computer.

I thought that when school started and we were back in a routine that maybe,

just maybe I'd have time to get on here. I haven't!

We are busier than ever!! The kids keep me so busy. By the time I get up in the morning, run, scriptures, prayer, get the big kids out the door, get the two "littles" up and ready, clean, get lunch, get Kooper on the bus, run errands, do laundry, clean some more, play with Kali Jett, get Koop off the bus, clean some more, 2 different soccer practices (which I coach one), 2 different football practices, do homework, baths, dinner and prayers our day is pretty much over. Our weekends are completely book full with games as well. As busy as we are I LOVE every single minute of it.

One night we had just got home and it was late and I was in the kitchen trying to clean up a few things when Kooper came in and said "I need you to snuggle me Mom." (whenever he is tired he just asks me to snuggle him....I can sit/lay by him for 2 seconds and he crashes). Well I told him, "hold on just a few minutes." When I turned around this is how I found him. He was completely OUT!!!!

I just thought it was pretty stinkin' cute.

I think this is how we all feel at the end of the day (like we could crash anywhere).

Our life is CRAZY busy most of the time but that's how we roll.........and we wouldn't change a thing:)

P.S. I don't know why it did all this weird spacing. Blogger wouldn't let me change it. Oh well.

Four eyes

2011-04-27T11:42:00.001-07:00

Kenzi failed her eye exam at school :(

So we got her right into the eye Dr.

She got all set up in these super cute little glasses.

She can now see 5x's better.

I can't believe that it took us this long to figure out that she needed glasses.

She never complained a single bit.

Looking back I notice how she only will sit in one spot in the car (so she can see the TV).

She stands right in front of things so she can see better (and not because she is so tiny).

She gets headaches. We had thought it was because of having long hair or wearing her hair in pony tails or because she was tired.

(Which I still believe all of that combined can cause your head to ache a little)

Picking your very first pair of glasses isn't easy.

It was a super hard decision for her.

She finally agreed on these ones and I think she looks adorable.

We love our little four eyed girl!
I especially love that she can now see better.

2011-04-24T16:41:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter!

Rip, Ride and Shred

2011-03-17T18:36:00.000-07:00

This last Saturday the boys entered a ski/snowboard competition.

I actually got away for a few hours to go cheer them on.

It was so much fun.

I loved every minute of it.

These pictures are all out of order but here they are....

Luke and his boys.

Very proud.

The boys after the competiton.

Kyron took 1st place.

He got a medal, poles and a beanie.

Kason took 2nd place.

He won a medal, new goggles and 3 beanies.

They got two runs each.

We could only see the bottom half of the course.

They did some pretty cool tricks and it was a blast to watch.

We are so proud of you boys!

Skiing

2011-02-11T06:58:00.000-08:00

This time of year is so much fun for our kids.

They love going to Sunrise.

(good thing it's free)

Koop is our little skier!

He LOVES it!
He can't wait for Saturday's to roll around.
When he is skiing he doesn't ever want to stop, not even for lunch.
He can go all the way to the top.
He says, "I have twintwips (twin tips) and I can ski backwards."
He is constantly practicing his 360 off my couch just like "his boys" do.
I think he is so cute!

Kyron gets to go skiing every Monday with the school, plus Saturday's with Luke.
Last week he got braces.
Talk about a dent in the bank account!
He has been getting the expected name calling, by us!
Brace face, train tracks, metal mouth...you name it.
Kooper is the one who thinks it is so funny to call him brace face.
I doubt if I will ever get a picture of him with his teeth showing.
I think Kason may be our only one who won't have to get braces!
His teeth are perfect!
I hope they stay that way!
I think that Kyron and Kason look more like brothers now than they ever have.
It is totally the hair.
Kyron is giving longer hair a try.

Kyron and Kason have both been trying to master the 360 while skiing.
Kyron said he did a 540 this last Monday but didn't land it.
It is so fun to watch.
Thank goodness for video cameras!
I make Luke take my bloggie every time so that I can watch them all ski when they get home.
Maybe next year will be Kali's turn to learn and then we can all go.
I don't have a picture of Kenz but she is awesome!
She can totally hang, although she would love a girl to go with her.
She has been patiently waiting for Kooper to be able to go with her.
So now that he can go to the top she is happy!
She loves to go with Luke.
She is even starting to catch a little bit of air on some of the jumps.
She is very careful though and isn't a big risk taker.
She is perfectly fine just taking her time and watching everyone else do the crazy tricks.

Wow!

2011-01-17T13:30:00.000-08:00

It took me almost a week to get this "washable" marker off her cute little face.

This girl kills me!

Memories

2010-12-21T18:38:00.000-08:00

My Mom came across this picture the other day.

It's me and my older brother Nate.

If I would have been looking at the camera you would have seen my 5 chins!

Nate has twin boys and I think he looks just like Trex.

Wow....that was a LONG time ago!

Letter to Santa

2010-12-06T13:15:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago I mentioned to Koop that he needed to write a letter to Santa.

So a few minutes later he came back with this.

His letter (or number) to Santa.
He makes my day, EVERYDAY!

Family pictures 2010

2010-11-09T11:34:00.000-08:00

Here's some of our family pictures from this year.

I ALWAYS love to get pictures of my kids and this year was no exception.

I had been preparing them for months that we would be driving

3 hours this year for our pictures.

Only Kyron really complained and even he wasn't too bad.

Even Luke didn't complain.

He knows that pictures are so super important to me and so he just deals.

He is amazing like that.

Anyway we are driving along and from out of nowhere a turkey hits my car!

I say the turkey hit us and not the other way around because it DESTROYED my car!

We didn't even know what hit us at first.

So after driving 3 hours we stopped at a gas station to go

to the bathroom to check out the damage.

It broke my windshield, bumper, fender, and headlight and the piece under me light.

The kids loved all the blood, guts and feathers everywhere. Gross!

I was more focused on getting Kali's hair, after riding in the car for 3 hours with bedhead, fixed!

I plugged in my curling iron in the bathroom!

I got quiet a few strange looks for that.

Oh well, she was going to have cute hair for these pictures!

So my picture trip ended up costing us our $500 deductible.

I was pretty bummed about that part.

Stupid turkey!

The kids all cooperated so perfectly!

Even the boys who are too cool for school were awesome!

I think Koop was a little car sick.

It took him awhile before he smiled.

He said his tummy hurt.

Kali, of course was hard.

She thought running around was a lot more fun!

She was all smiles just on the run!

Kenzi of course loved it!

She is so quiet you almost forget she is around.

She is just too good!

I was more excited to Wendy than anything.

She is one of my very best friends and I miss her daily.

She always takes the best pictures and I love them!

Halloween

2010-11-04T06:48:00.000-07:00

Kali went from a carebear to a poodle and then finally decide at the

LAST MINUTE

that she wanted to be a punk rocker just like Kenzi!

Her outfit matches her attitude perfectly!

She sure was cute!

Kooper changed from a bat to spider-man at the last minute too!

I thought he was the perfect spider-man.

You can't see one inch of his skin but the way he walked around in it

without saying a word was so stinkin' cute!

Kyron got invited to a Halloween party and DID NOT want to go (RUDE)!

He didn't really want to go trick-or-treating or anything.

I guess he is feeling his age.

I don't know.

Anyway,

We told him he had to go stack wood if he wasn't going to go.

So he said, "fine, I don't care. I'll stack wood."

After about 45 min of stacking wood he came in and put a mask on and

said, "fine, I'll go!"

So he went and of course he had a total blast.

He didn't stay for the whole thing but just long enough to be supportive.

So here he is in the exact same mask as last year.

Kason was just fine not going also but didn't say a whole lot.

He put the SAME mask on as last year too!

He was happy to help the little kids though.

We had a good day!

The little kids LOVED it!

So with Halloween out of the way, it's almost time for Thanksgiving.

Then it will be Christmas before we know it!

It's is always something

2010-10-29T08:19:00.000-07:00

Last week after Kenzi's baptism we were all over at my parents having dinner and just hanging out. Kooper was running from the dinning room into the kitchen and hit his head right on the side of my Mom's hutch. It knocked him to the ground. He came up jumping and screaming and crying. I picked him up, gave him a love and checked out the damage. His head had a major goose egg on it and it was bleeding. It was a weird looking bump. I hadn't quiet seen a bump like this one. Believe me I have seen about a million of them and most of them on him. He is one tough kid too. I know he is really hurt when he cries because half the time he doesn't cry and I think he should be. So I knew this one hurt him. After a little ice he was up and running again. This happened about 2 hours before bed. He went to bed easy this night because he hadn't had a nap. About 4 in the morning he comes into my room and says that his neck hurts really bad. I was in a dead sleep when he woke me up. I crawled out of bed with my eyes still closed and got him a drink of water. I asked him if that was better and he said yes. Then he snuggled right down next to me. He never said another word about it. The next morning I was in my bathroom brushing my teeth and I turned around to see Kooper standing there. He looked awful. He said, "Mom, my neck hurts." Oh my goodness it looked awful. His ear, neck, in front of and behind his ear was all swollen. It was red behind his ear too. Anyway of course I kinda freak out... but not out loud. I hurry and take him to Luke and show him. We decided that because it was on his face and head that we didn't want to chance anything. For those of you who know me I usually wait out going to the Dr. office unless it is an Emergency. Which Kooper's seemed to be. I was really torn though because it was our ward's primary program. It was going to be Kooper's first program and Kyron's last. I was really looking forward to seeing all my kids sing and perform their parts. Oh well. So I take him to the ER. We got right in. After the Dr. checked him all out he said that Koop had hit his head so hard that it had caused a hemotoma. Because it was on his head and has nowhere else for the bruising and swelling to go it tend to go toward gravity. Which explained the all the swelling and redness on his neck, face and ear. So they sent us home. Well I was relieved to know that it was nothing too major.

The Dr. asked him, "Did you just walk into the cabinet?" Kooper says, "no, I just wunned (runned) into it!"

I took these pictures on Tuesday morning.

It looks WAY better in these pictures but it still looked a little yucky and a little swollen to me.

Look at those beautiful blue eyes.

They just look like they don't feel very good.

It has almost been a week and he still looks about the same.

He woke up in the middle of the night saying that it still hurt him.

Then again when he woke up this morning.

He was crying saying that his neck hurts!

I can't even run water over it without it hurting him.

What do I do?

Should it take this long to heal?

Poor little guy.

I just feel so bad for him.

I hate it when my kids are sick or hurt.

I hope it gets better soon.

The big day

2010-10-25T19:00:00.000-07:00

After almost a month after her 8th birthday Kenzi was finally baptized!

She was counting down the days.

(The date of her baptism was not our choice. It was the wards, so we just waited!)

She had been preparing for this special day.

She couldn't wait to have her Daddy baptize her.

I can't even explain how excited that she was.

She talked about it for weeks.

She practiced everything over and over.

She had a smile on all day!

5:30 couldn't come fast enough.

She wanted invitations so bad!

So we made these little ones up and she delivered them around.

She didn't want anyone to forget.

This day was SO important to her.

Isn't she so sweet!

We are so proud of her and her decision to be baptized.
She is such a special daughter of our Heavenly Father and he loves her so much.
As her parents we couldn't be prouder.
We got lucky with this sweet little girl.

We sure missed those that couldn't make it and we really appreciate those that did.
She felt so special and so loved.
She got so many special gifts and she cherishes each and everyone of them.
THANK YOU!
I will post pictures of her in her pretty dress later....

Football

2010-10-19T08:43:00.000-07:00

All year I have tried to get a picture of these two but they refuse! So I did get this one but they have their "pre-season" jersey's on so they don't like it because it isn't their "real numbers". But hey, it's all I've got.

I must say that I am completely obsessed with watching these guys.

I LOVE it!

It is so much fun and they are SO good!

(hey it's my blog so I can brag, right?)

I have over 300 pictures of them ...making touchdowns, helmet smashing, smashing kids, tackling, running, getting hit, missing tackles, Kyron catching a punt return and then losing his shoe as he almost runs it all the way back, Kason hitting a kid so hard that the ambulance had to come get the poor kid (he was proud of that), Kyron being told by a ref not to hit so hard ?? Isn't this football? (he was pretty proud of that one too), high 5's, bumps, and jumps with each other, interceptions, almost interceptions, 2 point conversions and lots and lots of smiles.

(I think I will make another book of just football season.

I have too many fun pictures)

This has been such a good year and they have enjoyed every minute of it. This will be the last year for awhile that they will be on the same team. Which is good and sad for me. They have had such good coaches. They have really encouraged and helped my boys. I am thankful for all the long hours that they put into all these boys.

(notice the shoe)

You can always hear Kooper yelling, "Come on Kason get the ball or Kyron, come on run faster than that or hit that guy harder or GO ELKS!

He sounds like he is screaming into a megaphone but it is all him.

(Can almost drive me crazy he is so loud)

Well they have one game day (double header) left.

We are all a little sad except that we will have our Saturday's back to maybe getting a few things around the house done.

This fall

2010-10-14T16:12:00.000-07:00

Kenzi decided to play soccer.

She was so shy and hesitant at first.

But she got a little more aggressive with every game.

I had to post this one because I thought it was hilarious.

She was about to get hit in the face with the ball.

haha

Taken a little break.

We loved watching her.

We especially loved seeing her come out of her little shy shell a little bit.

It helped to have her good little friend Drew on her team.

We'll see if she does it again next year.

Greased pig

2010-10-07T10:39:00.000-07:00

So I finally put my memory card in my computer, knowing that there was hundreds of pictures on it. As I was editing them I realized just how much happens in our lives in just a month or two. Events that we'd forget about if I didn't take so many pictures. I have my camera just about everywhere I go and for that my kids will someday thank me. I love all of our memories.

My parents ward was having a ward party and asked if we wanted to come. Kason immediately was in because he said, "they always have BEST ward parties. They are always fun." Which they really are. So I took Kason, Kooper and Kenzi (which later Kyron was wishing he had gone).

Here's Kooper taking care of business.

What really convinced Kason to go was the greased pig chase.

Whoever could catch the greased pig would get to take home the ham!

They released the little or not so little pig onto a softball field and it ran

wild as all the kids chased after it.

For some bizarre reason blogger is being dumb and I can't rearrange these pictures,

so here they are backwards.

After a few attempts Kason finally caught the greased pig.

He was determined.

If you look closely he is in the red shirt on the ground holding the pig.

Kooper and Kenzi even got in on the action.

Kooper got real close a few times

but when it came right down to it he just kept running.

Since the pig was all greasy, Kason got all greasy!

Then his name was called for the pie eating contest.

He was excited about that because this kid loves to eat anything,

but especially a yummy dessert.

My Dad got in on the pie eating contest also but in the middle of it he got

a pie thrown in his face:)

Kason ended up winning the pie eating contest too!

He went home with a yummy ham and a full stomach!

It was a riot and we had a blast.

Glad that my parents invited us.

Not again!

2010-10-04T17:39:00.000-07:00

Last night Kason comes out to the kitchen and says, "If Kyron comes out here with a big huge bump above his eye, "IT WAS NOT MY FAULT!"

Yeah sure!

Kyron got a pretty nasty bumb again,...didn't this happen a few years ago

in the exact same spot?

Kyron didn't even complain.

He said, "it didn't even hurt at all."

He looks a little weird in this picture:)

Physical Health

2010-09-20T14:37:00.000-07:00

Kyron gave his first talk ever yesterday in Sacrament Meeting.

It was on Physical Health.

He gave his talk like an ol' pro.

I was so proud of him.

He wasn't even nervous.

He was my hero yesterday.

He sounded so confident and sure of what he was saying.

He has Luke in him for sure when it comes to speaking in front of others.

I was nervous for him all week, cause that's what I do.

Grandpa, Daniel, Chelsee and their girls came to listen.

(Grammie is in Vermont)

He was so excited to have their support.

First, I watched him pass the sacrament

and then as he was giving his talk,

I almost just started crying because he is mine and he is such a good kid.

It was for sure one of my proudest moments.

He did such a fantastic job and I am so proud of him.

I love him so much!

My babies

2010-09-10T10:28:00.000-07:00

Kooper has got to be the sweetest little boy ever. He doesn't have a mean bone in his body and never gets in trouble for being mean. He can get a little rowdy but come on he is a boy, right? He can't make it through the day without a HUG and KISS from Kyron, Kason and Kenzi before they head off to school. The same goes for Luke. But Luke usually gets a couple. If for some reason he doesn't get one, it is the end of his little world. He is just a little love bug. He loves babies. When I had Kali, Kooper was 20 months old. Not one time ever did I even have to worry about leaving her alone in the same room as him. He would have never even tried to hold her without help. She would swing and he would just watch her. He didn't even try to pull her out. She could lay on the bed and he would just lay by her. Never ever has he been mean to her. Still to this day, when she has done her share of naughty things to him, has he ever been mean to her.

Kali on the other hand is NAUGHTY! She is sweet naughty if that makes sense. She does naughty things with a smile on her face the whole time. I would never leave her alone with a baby, not even for a few seconds. She loves them to pieces but she is not nice about it. We always say that she had to be ridiculously cute to get any kind of attention being the 5th child. But I guess being cute wasn't enough. She has to be naughty too. She does give the best bear hugs in the whole wide world though.

Kooper is really good at convincing others that he is 7. He wants so badly to be older. What a little liar he is! He says it so much that I think he has convinced himself that he is 7. I have some really funny stories that go along with it but they will have to be for another day. He is so funny about it.

Kooper's newest little saying is, "Mom, I want to snuggle bug you." Ohhhh he melts my heart. I always tell him that he is such a snuggle bug because he snuggles more than any kid we've had and I love every second of it.

One thing that doesn't melt my heart is that Kali just learned how to crawl out of her crib. I was planning on her staying in there until she was like 5. So this is not in my plan. I went and laid her down in her bed for her nap just like every other day, when all of a sudden she comes around the corner and says, "heeelllllloooooo!" I was like what the crap are you doing? No way! So I tried it 2 more times and every time she came walking down the stairs so very proud of herself. I turned her crib around because the back side is higher than the front and so far so good. It will probably just be a matter of time before she figures out how to crawl over the sides but we are praying it last for a long long time. She has always been the best sleeper. She sleeps from 9pm to 8am every night and at least a 3 hour nap every day. I NEED her to keep sleeping!

She does this ridiculously funny dance. We can't get enough of her doing it. She puts her hands on her hips and moves her whole body. It is hysterical. She has got some moves. Her head, neck, shoulders, little booty and legs all move in different directions at the same time.

I don't know what I would do without my two little babies. More importantly, I don't know what they would do without each other. They are the best of friends. They play and play all day. Koop will play whatever Kali Jett wants too. She is always worried about where "Pooper" is. It is so much fun to watch them grow up together. It is such a great reminder to me that everything happens for a reason. I can't imagine our life without Kali in it. She is so meant to be here, with Kooper.

Oh yeah, one more funny thing. Kali thinks her name is YOU! We figured out why. Every time I give her a snack, I say, "this is for you and this is for Kooper." Kali loves to look at pictures and every time we see one of her we say, "that's you." You get the point.... so the other day we were looking at pictures on our wall and every time she saw one of herself she'd say, "YOU." So we started asking her who everyone was and when she would get to herself she would say, "YOU" She even points to herself and says YOU! Oh the joys! We laughed hard on this one. We have been working on teaching her that her name isn't YOU. So now she is starting to say, ME and YOU! hahaha

Seriously???

2010-08-30T15:59:00.000-07:00

About a month ago the kids and Daniel found a pretty big bull snake. I told them they could go ahead and put it in Pac-man's (our deceased frog) tank. I still do not know why I told them they could do that. So we had it for about a week and then while I was on the trek it escaped! Poor Shana was here keeping the kids when it got out. He had pushed the top off the tank and just slithered away. They tore the house apart and looked everywhere. They couldn't find it. When I got home from the trek they told me it was out somewhere in the house. So I started in one end of the house and began looking for this stupid snake. I looked in every toy bin, every drawer, under every bed, behind every dresser, every single little space possible, I looked. I could not find it. So I was hoping that it had somehow gotten out. But in the back of my mind I knew it was somewhere in my house. It was hungry too because it had not eaten since the boys caught him. So I went to bed every night just knowing that it was in my house somewhere. Everyday when I was cleaning I was on the look out for that stupid stupid snake. At the time Luke was in Pennsylvania and he told me, "they come out at night when it is dark and quiet so some night when you are caring Kooper up to bed you are going to step on him." Well that about freaked me out so guess what? Kooper slept with me for the next 3 weeks. But in the middle of the night I did turn on all the lights and sneak in to check on all my other kids to make sure that it hadn't curled up to one of them. This went on for sometime. Then one day I needed to go to the grocery store and Kali was asleep so Kyron stayed with her and I took the other 3 with me. I was just about home when I got a phone call from Kyron.

Him: Mom, I see the snake!!!!

Me: Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Are you kidding me? WHERE!!!!!!!

Him: I am sitting on the couch watching TV and he is by the back door.

Me: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh well get him, hurry Kyron catch him. You can't let him get away, hurry just grab him and throw him outside!!!!!!

Him: Ok Mom, where are you?

Me: I will be there in like 3 minutes. Do not let him get away. OMGOSH!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

In my mind I was thinking, who can I call? Who can I call to help me? Luke is gone, Dad is out of town, my mind was blank. I couldn't think of anyone to help me. Plus most guys are probably just as scared as I am of snakes. I didn't think I was too scared of snakes until one was loose in my house! So I called my little brother Tim in California. He gave me a few instructions but he wanted to stay on the phone and hear everything. So I walked in the house to find Kyron standing in front of the fridge. He had tried to catch it but it slithered to the kitchen and went under the fridge. So for about 2 hours we sat there and waited for it to come out. We had flash lights looking at him under the fridge watching his every move. The boys had pokers and sticks trying to push him out. We had moved the fridge as much as we could. We could see him for sure though. I was on the counter filming it with my video camera and screaming everytime he made a move. I was so afraid that he would get out and that he would be lost in my house again! Obviously he was comfy here. Tim was on speaker listening to the whole thing. Then all of a sudden he started coming out. We waited until he was all the way our and then Kyron made his move. He threw a towel on it but it didn't do any good. I was standing on my island screaming at poor Kyron. It was huge! It was striking at him. He was not happy!! He was going all over my kitchen floor trying to find a place to go. Kyron kept trying to throw a towel over it but it did not matter the snake was too fast. Kyron opened one of the drawers and grabbed tongs. Really tongs??? He was trying to get a hold of him with some tongs. This whole time Kason was outside trying to make some sort of concoction to catch him with. Well it was a little too late for that. I was still on the counter just screaming. There was no way I was going to catch it or even try it catch it. That was the boys job. I was yelling at Kyron, "just catch it. Put the tongs down and just grab him with your hands! Come on Kyron, get him hurry!" The snake suddenly disappeared under my dishwasher. I was so frustrated! Kyron looked at me after I had been screaming at him to get the snake and said, " Why are you yelling at me? I tried my best Mom, so you do it now." Oh I felt so bad!!!! I said, "I am not yelling at you, I am just yelling cause I am kinda scared. I am so sorry!" Then he looked at me and started laughing. He said, "I think you said a bad word Mom!" I said, "I am so sorry, I am freaked out. Now we are never going to get this stupid snake out." So we laughed for awhile then we were like, crap what do we do??

Oh yea, remember Tim is on speaker phone listening to the whole thing. He later said it was the funniest thing he had ever heard. He hadn't been that entertained ever. He was loving it. We were all screaming and yelling. WOW!

All of a sudden a thought came to me! Duh, call Daniel! He is the one who caught this stupid snake for them in the first place. Why I hadn't thought about him before I don't know. So he ran over and pulled the dishwasher out. NO SNAKE! What the crap!! There was a little hole that went down into our crawl space and so that was the only place he could have gone. We got our flash lights and went under the house trying to find him. We couldn't find him. So there was nothing else we could do. How was I ever going to get this snake out?? So for the next 2 weeks I worried and worried that he had found his way back into our nice cozy house. We searched and searched. No sign. The kids would try and scare me all the time and say they had found the snake, when they never had. They just got a reaction out of me so they loved scaring me.

Then one day I was cleaning out our closet under the stairs and Kason comes in with a serious look on his face and says, "Mom, you have to believe me when I tell you this, I am telling the truth, I am NOT kidding! I found the snake!" Of course I screamed and ran to get up high on a counter. I just said, "hurry get me the phone!" So I called my Dad..

Him: Hello

Me: Hurry Dad, get over here right now. We found the snake!!

Him: I think I could probably make it later today or tomorrow bahhhhhaaaahhhh

Me: No, I am not kidding Dad get over here.

Him: Ok I'll be right there. hahahahahahah

So he walks in to find me on my bathroom counter. He of course is dying laughing. Kyron and Kason have got a bucket and a pillow case for him. The snake was in my closet up on a shelf. How in the heck did he get in there. My Dad took one look at him and said, " you know last night he slithered through your bedroom, got in all your dresser drawers, climbed up on your bed, licked your face a few times, came into your closet and then sat here and watched you get dressed this morning." Seriously, how sick is that!! It just gave me the heebee geebees. So my Dad reached right up and grabbed him. He couldn't get him in the bucket or the pillow case because he was wrapped too tight around his arm. I was running around the house screaming. My Dad thought it was all so funny and he took his time taking him outside. Yes!!! FINALLY the stupid snake was gone! I could rest easy again.

Then it was time to pack to head off to California for our family vacation. It was late and we were trying to pack and get things together. Luke comes out of our bedroom into the living room and said, "Lin, come here." I said, "what?" He said, "just come here." I said, "what is it? Is it a mouse? Because I am not kidding I don't want to see it!" He just smiled and said,"just come on." So I walk in our bedroom and in his top drawer where all his swim shorts were, is the skin that the snake had shed. He had shed his skin in Luke's drawer!! I just about died right then and there. I crawled up on our bed and just freaked out a little. Seriously! He HAD been in all our drawers and ALL over our house! Who knows what he really did in our house. So lesson learned. We will never have a snake again in our house. I don't know what I was thinking when I told them they could keep it in the cage. I really didn't think he'd get out. Boy was I wrong!

101 things about me

2010-08-25T17:05:00.000-07:00

A few years agoI was tagged with this and I never did it. So I just decided to give it a shot!
Here it goes...

1. I am the 2nd oldest out of 5
2. I have 5 kids
3. Not what I had planned
4. I got pregnant once on the pill once with an iud
5. I feel so blessed...now
6. I hate when people make comments about how many kids we have
7. I love candy (especially sprees)
8. If I drink soda, I drink rootbeer (laugh all you want)
9. I love to watch sports
10. I love seeing my siblings and their families
11. I love being with my friends too
12. I still watch soap operas, well just one (what?)
13. I actually have alot of trashy shows that I love to watch (when my kids area all in bed)
14. I am a sucker for romance
15. I love color (my house shows it)
16. I love to decorate (just wished I had more money to do it all the time)
17. I love being a stay at home Mamma
18. I love music
19. Wish I could sing
20. I love to go to concerts
21. I am a clean FREAK
22. Yep just a little obsessed
23. I love the sun
24. Not crazy about the snow or being cold
25. I have driven from AZ to Maine numerous times
26. I think I am pretty spiritual
27. I am a forgiver
28. I am a peacemaker
29. I love to go shopping
30. Without my kids
31. I love a new pair of pants
32. I am claustrophobic
33. I love surprises
34. I love going on dates with Luke
35. I love a girls night out too
36. I don't check my voicemail very often
37. So text me! I am a texter
38. I love to watch movies
39. I love a fire when it's cold outside
40. I love Christmas
41. I love naps on Sunday afternoon
42. I am always up for anything
43. I love playing games
44. I love to laugh
45. I do 2 loads of laundry a day
46. I tan easily
47. I love to be outside
48. I want to go to a Red Sox game at Fenway
49. I love to curl up on the couch with a book and a blanket
50. I love to be barefoot
51. But not pregnant
52. I am organized
53. I am a happy person
54. I love to work out
55. I love going out to dinner
56. I am not much of an animal lover
57. But I do love our dog, Roxy
58. I am a great french braider
59. I am responsible
60. I love to take pictures
61. Especially of my cute kiddies
62. I wish I had a pool
63. I am so proud of my husband
64. He works so hard for our family
65. He makes me laugh..alot
66. He is my best friend
67. I love having a big family
68. I have the greatest parents on earth
69. I am thankful....Everyday
70. I love to play slug bug in the car
71. I love hot dogs
72. I love outback steakhouse
73. I love going to the temple
74. I love hanging with my kids
75. I wish I could cut hair
76. I love Disneyland
77. I don't like being in charge
78. I hate speaking in front of others
79. I don't like big crowds
80. I am a caretaker
81. I worry about my kids
82. I don't like being alone
83. I wish I could walk around naked
(but having kids doesn't allow that often)
84. I am a hard worker
85. I love campfires
86. I don't wash my hair everyday
87. I love to take a super hot bath
88. I hate going to the grocery store
89. I love magazines
90. I love to dance
91. I love that my kids all have really long eyelashes
92. I am the greatest secret keeper
93. I am obessed with flossing
94. I hated my hair short
95. I love my Mom's carmel popcorn
96. I admire other people
97. Wish I could have a job in a hosptial just taking care of new babies (I LOVE babies)
98. Wish I could relive each of my kids.
99. I love rollercoasters
100. I get carsick on a straight road
101. I L.O.V.E. Ocean Spray Crangrape

Phewww done! I was on a roll, once I got started!
Give it a try....

Two peas in a sink

2010-08-17T14:34:00.000-07:00

These two filled my bathroom sink up with water and lots and lots of bubbles!

How they ever fit in there together I'll never know!
Little stinkers.

They were all smiles and giggles.
Seriously cute though:)

12

2010-08-16T08:55:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Kyron!

12 things I love about Kyron!

1. He LOVES babies.

2. He gives the best hugs.

3. He is a hard worker.

4. I never have to ask him to do his homework.

5. He loves to listen to music.

6. He's a little bit shy.

7. He was just ordained a deacon yesterday.

8. He is so sweet!

9. He's SO responsible.

10. He has never asked for a cell phone.

11. He is a bit of a Mama's boy.

12. For his birthday he just wanted to hang with his family.

Gotta love that:)

And they're off.....

2010-08-12T08:38:00.001-07:00

For the first day of school! They have only been gone gone about an hour and I am already feeling a little lonely, as are Kooper and Kali. I have enjoyed them being home with me. I feel like summer break went by way to fast this year. Although I am a little excited to have my house a little cleaner while they are at school.

Kenzi was up before anyone else, just like always. We made blueberry muffins and had her all ready before anyone else was even stirring. She had her clothes picked out last night and her backpack ready for a week. She was so excited and was smiling all morning.

Kyron wanted me to walk him in to his classroom. He is starting his first year at the middle school. He is so nervous. He told me a few months ago that he is so sad because this will be the first time in his life that he and Kason will be seperated. Kason on the other hand could pretty much care less. He is fine by himself. I thought that was so sweet of Kyron, and not a bit surprising. When we went to open house yesterday he reminded me that he was nervous but a little excited. He got a locker and thought that was pretty cool.

Before school started this morning we had to run by Grammie's because she wanted pictures and hugs from the kids before they were off to their first day. Grammie and Amanda told the boys not to let the girls chase them. In the truck after we pulled off Kyron said very seriously, "I would never let them. I don't even like girls." I was thinking, please be true and keep it that way for a VERY long time. It was funny how serious he was about it:)

I told the boys to kiss Kenzi on the cheek in this picture and this is what they did. It was so funny! They wouldn't kiss her but they did hug her.

They are all in a different school this year. No big deal except the fact that they are alone. I still can't believe my kids are getting this big. I love them going to school and I love it when they walk through our door in the afternoon.

Double time

2010-08-09T16:50:00.000-07:00

Kenzi has been dying to loose her two front teeth. She was the only girl in her class last year that hadn't. They finally started getting a little loose so she worked on them for quiet some time. On our way to California we stopped in the valley to get a few last minute things and stay the night with Nate. We were at Target and I was checking out when she said in a whisper, "Mom I just lost my tooth." I started jumping with excitement. I was so excited for her. It had been so loose that it didn't even bleed. She couldn't quit smiling. We got in the car and I snapped this cute little picture of her.Then, not even two hours later we were sitting in my brother, Nate's hot tub and I said to her, "let me just feel that other tooth. It looks like it is about to fall out." Right when I touched it it fell out. Again, I was screaming with excitement for her. Two in one day. It was so cute. I just kept telling her to smile because she looks so cute without her two front teeth. She couldn't wait to show Kyron and Kason. They were already in California so she had to wait a whole day to show them. When she finally saw them she just smiled and they noticed immediately. She was so happy to have finally lost her teeth before she started 2nd grade and before she turned 8. I just love this girl to pieces.

Southfork

2010-06-23T13:43:00.000-07:00

I took the kids and a few of their friends (Bryson, Drew, and Kinnly) along with Cassidi and Braxton to Southfork. The kids had a little picnic, played in the feezing cold water, had pine cone and a grape fight and totally enjoyed thier time in the beautiful weather. The boys don't like to get their pictures and they complain everytime they see me coming with my camera. So I got waaayyy to many of the little kids but lets face it, they are way cuter at that age anyway:)

Kason and Kali

The boys definetley have a soft spot for Kali, especially Kyron. She would rather hang out with him than anyone and I love the pictures I got of the two of them. Here is just one of them.

Kooper thought he needed his goggles...humm I guess because their was water.

It was so cute though.

Little Jett was turning red from the water being so cold but I couldn't get her out of it.

She loved every minute of it!

Kenzi and Drew

Kinnly

Kyron and Bryson

Cassidi and Braxton

Kali and Cassidi

As we were leaving Kooper said, "Mom, this was the best day of my life!
Ahhh, I love days like that.

Baseball and Softball 2010

2010-06-15T17:14:00.001-07:00

The baseball/softball season is winding down.

We love to watch our kids play even when we have up to 8 games a week at times.

Kenzi loved playing (mostly because all her friends were on her team).

She didn't complain one time about going to practice.

In fact she couldn't wait for her practices or games.

It was so much fun to watch her.

We kept busy every game trying to keep track of Kali and Koop!

Busy, busy!

Kenzi just looks so little out there. But she reminds me all the time that she is almost 8!
She always has a smile on her face!

I love it:)

This year Kyron and Kason were in different leagues. Which made for alot more games but we love when they get to do their own thing. Kason was in the minors. He was the pitcher for his team. He has such a good stance and can throw some heat. When he wasn't pitching he was playing short stop. He loves to play and it shows.

Kyron plays in the majors and is also a pitcher for his team. He plays short stop as well. The older kids are really exciting to watch because they actually know what they are doing. It is more competitive which is exactly how Kyron is. He is a little hard on himself and wants to be the best. He has the best coach who has helped Kyron tremendously. He is so positive and hard on them all at the same time. We couldn't ask for a better coach.

Kali sits and screams, "go Yaya!" His whole team heard her cheering for Yaya and so now they all call him that. They do cheers for him and everything. He gets a little embarrassed but secretly he loves that she calls him that. He lights up whenever he sees her. It is so sweet!

All stars has began....Kyron and Kason will be on different teams which will be a little challenging during their games. They will be playing in Showlow which is an hour away. I just hope that they play at different times since it is just me. Luke is still in PA for another 4 weeks. That's what family is for though. They always support the kids and the kids love it when they have a crowd cheering for them.

Trek 2010

2010-06-08T21:18:00.000-07:00

This very LoNg post is especially for my trek family. I really wanted to take my big camera but I didn't think it would be too appropriate to have a camera around my neck and push a cart at the same time. So I found my 12 year old camera that fit in my apron pocket and took that one with me. So keep in mind the quality of these pictures as you look at them. They are really not so good. But I thought that it was better to have the memories than not. So here we go.....

I got asked to go on the trek a few months ago and I was seriously so excited. Luke was going to come also but then we found out the dates of the trek were the same time that he had to head back to Pennsylvania for the "rainbow gathering." He will be gone for 5 weeks. Anyway, I was sad that he wasn't going with me but I was still excited to go on the trek and for the experience that I knew I was going to have. I was a little nervous to be gone and not even have a phone to check on my kids, even one time. But to tell you the truth I knew that they were in good hands with my sister Amanda and sis-in -law Shana. I knew they were loved and very well taken care of. My kids love them and so I didn't worry at all. Anyway, back to the trek...

This is Ma and Pa Tenney.

I was so excited to be in their family.

They were so great.

We seriously had the very best family!

I learned so much from them.
They were just great examples and so fun to be around.

Plus aren't they so cute???This is our AWESOME family!

A few of my favorite people that weren't in my family!

Justin and Alisha

Me and Angie

Brian, Me and Daniel

Ashley and Brian

Me and Daniel

It was so cool to be able to walk around camp and go see my

brother Daniel and my favorite cousin ever, Brian.

It was seriously fun!

I loved it that they were there with me.

Words can't even express the tender feelings that I have for the this trek. Most of my thoughts and feelings are to personal to share but I can tell you that I loved my family. This is up there as one of the hardest things I have ever done. I know that so much time, thought and inspiration goes into the placing of each person in every family and I can tell you that I was right where I was suppose to be. It was so fun and amazing to see the different personalities and qualities that each one of my family members had. I grew to love each one of them. It is amazing to see how when times got tough we grew even closer as a family. I know that Heavenly Father loves each one of us and he answers prayers. He carried me when I was absolutely exhausted! I will forever cherish the friendships and relationships that I now have with my trek family. I loved every member of my family and grew especially close to a couple of them (you know who you are). I loved all of our long talks and the time that we got to spend with each other. We laughed alot. I know that I was sent to this family just for you guys. I love you! We had the best family and I am so thankful I was apart of it. The trek is a life changing experience and I will forever remember how I feel and will forever be thankful for the family I was in. You guys are the best! My testimony has grown and has left me a better person.

Haircuts and little piggies

2010-05-14T16:40:00.000-07:00

Kooper was due for a haircut. I had made an appointment for him to get a trim. The day of his appointment he decided to get a head start on his haircut. He buzzed right down the side of his head. I actually was laughing because he was shocked at what he had just done. I also wasn't too upset because he was in need of a change. Before he had even took charge with the clippers I knew I was going to cut it because a few days before I was at the park with the kids when a lady there said, "your two little girls are adorable!" Really? He totally looks like a boy...and dresses like a boy! This isn't the first time that he has been called a cute little girl. So this is my sweet little BOY before his haircut.

And this is my handsome big looking BOY after his haircut.

(I don't like that he looks older)

I love that I can see his big blue eyes better now.

His hair is no longer in his eyes:) Both pictures he is in the car watching a movie. He thinks his sunglasses are on the right way. I have tried to tell him to flip them around but I think he looks cute so I quit telling him they were on upside down.

Then this is Kali Jett with here first little piggies. I knew her hair was long enough for them because Kenzi is always trying to put it in a pony tail but I LOVE her curly hair so I leave it down alot. I finally decided to "really" do her hair in little piggies. I think she looks so stinkin' cute and so does she. She walks around saying, "pretty." Kyron walked in the door from school and took one look at her and said, "Mom, take her hair out now, I hate it!" I said, "why?" Then he goes on to tell me how she looks big with her hair done like that and he wants her to stay little forever. I thought that was so cute. We all want her to stay our baby forever, but she is almost 2! So for now I leave her hair down as much as possible with her little curls in the back, so we can prolong her being out little baby.

10

2010-04-27T16:49:00.000-07:00

Kason woke up and said, "yes I am finally in double digits!"

He wanted to have a family bbq and open presents on his birthday. Then for his friends we took a few of them to the movie (Alice and Wonderland) and had a slumber party. He had a total blast but I hope next year I can pay him to NOT have a party.

He was pretty sure he'd get a 22 for his birthday because Kyron did when he turned 10 but he was extra shocked that he got a case to hold it.

Kason is probably the sweetest kid I know. He is so lovable and loves to gives hugs. I could go on and on about how great I think he is but I will just list 10 simple things about him.

Kason loves to dance and loves music.
He loves to make people laugh.
Loves HOT food. The hotter the better.
All HEART!
Sensitive...biggest crocodile tears ever.
Athletic. He will play any sport. Competitive.
Loves to wear his cowboy boots.
Loyal.
Loooong eyelashes.
Friendly.

Happy 10th birthday Kason! We love you to pieces!

Chocolate

2010-04-21T17:23:00.000-07:00

These two are just crazy little funny kiddos.

She just laughs at whatever he does...good or bad!

The first thing she says when she wakes up is, "where's Pooper?"

and the last thing before she says before she goes to bed is, "where's Pooper."

She is always looking out for him.

She is a little copy cat.

She will play whatever he is.

She laughs at his every move.

She thinks he walks on water.....but

the first thing Kooper says when he wakes up in the morning is

"where's Kals?"

He is constantly taking care of her.

He makes sure she always has a snack.

He will get her a capri sun whenever she asks him.

He makes sure that she is happy.

He hugs her constantly.

He always asks her,"Kals do you love me?"

It is so sweet!

I am so glad these two have each other.

What would they do without one another.

They truly are the best of friends.

(We were making cupcakes for Kason's class....pictures from his birthday still to come)

A very long post

2010-04-12T14:33:00.000-07:00

For Spring break this year we were all excited to just get out of town and be together as a family. The kids really wanted to go to the zoo. It has been years since we've been so that's what we did. The weather was perfect and the kids were happy! Kali wanted in every cage and wanted to hold every animal.

We rented a double stroller and it was a good thing. Walking that much gets ya tired after awhile. I think everyone took a turn except Kyron.

Kyron was more excited than ANYONE! He was our tour guide. He had his map and we didn't miss a single animal or bug for that matter. We just followed him around. He has always been very into animals, any kind. He was the only one who wasn't ready to go. He would have gone all day. There were a few animals that were in hiding and that just wasn't a good thing for Kyron. He wanted to go back to those ones and see if they were out yet.

Kooper couldn't believe we were really at a zoo. We'd been talking about going for a long time and he couldn't believe they were real animals. He loved it!

The day before we headed to Phx. my brother Tim and his wife Tori had their sweet baby girl.

It was perfect timing for us, since we were already coming down. This is Mylin. She is the cutest little thing. She has tons of dark hair, beautiful skin, a perfect little face and big dimple. She is perfect. We can't wait to see her again. They just moved to California so we are a little sad:(

Also while we were there....My brother Nate had us meet him at one of his job sights and took us all up in one of the buckets. He works for SRP. The boys were so excited to go. It was really high and a little scary. He just gave us a taste of what he does. He goes 3 times as high as he let us. We were up like 90 feet.

Nate and Kali really like each other. She loves to give him big lip kisses on his mouth and rub his head. We had such a great time. He showed the boys how to do a few things on his work truck and Kason said, "I could totally go work with Uncle Nate now, cuz I know exactly what to do." I have some more pictures of being at Nate's house while we were down for spring break. They will have to be for my next post becasuse this one in on the verge of a book.

I FINALLY got myself a new computer!
I am in Heaven.

I have been busy finishing my family book from 2009.

I'm caught up on 2010.

Feels good.

We had a great weekend.

Cleaned the garage.

We have a big D.I. pile.

Went to the park.

The weather was beautiful.

The boys went horn hunting.

Came up empty handed.

Trying to design our backyard.

Time to landscape.

Very excited about that.

Kenzi had her first softball practice.

Was so nervous.

She loved it.

Kyron starts practice today. Mon-Friday. (yuk)

Kason hasn't been called by his coach yet.

Kason is still doing track though.

Fixing to be busy with lots of games every week.

Luke is out of town again.

I will be glad when this case is over.

He has been super busy.

Kooper discovered his privates.

Our convo went like this,

Him: I think there is something wrong with my pee pee,

Can you take me to take me to the Dr.?

Me: Oh really, well what happened?

Him: I found two balls right here.

Me: Well they are suppose to be there.

Him: Why would there be balls in my pee pee?

Me: There just is. Stop pulling on them so hard.

Him: I am trying to get them out. There are two of them.

Me: Rolling on the ground laughing my head off.

Him: What is wrong with me? Why does it look like this?

Me: Just laughing so hard I couldn't talk.

It has been interesting every time one of my boys has discovered themselves. But it is always funny. Oh little boys!

Kali is as busy as ever.

Every time she hears the door open she yells, "Daddy!"

She always has someone shoes on.

She loves to try and put lids on everything.

She loves to be outside whether it is hot or cold.

Jabbers all day!

She is at the best age ever.

I love my family more everyday.

I love being a Mom!

I get a little sad when they do things that prove they are getting older

Like.....

Kason going on out of town track trips all by himself.

Kyron figuring out that the Easter bunny and everything else is isn't real.

(I almost cried on that one)

Kenzi asking where babies REALLY come from?

Kooper saying he NEEDS to go to school.

Kali going down the biggest slides at the park all by herself.

Yummy in the morning

2010-03-15T10:54:00.000-07:00

Every morning after the older kids go to school Kooper LoVes to have hot chocolate and whip cream. Or should I say some hot chocolate with his whip cream. He tells me this whip cream is so "yummy in the morning." He just makes me smile. He climbs up on the counter grabs his favorite mug, a packet of hot chocolate and the whip cream. He sits at the bar waiting so patiently while I get it ready. " Not too super hot Mom," he says.

Also, over the last few years we have learned that on Sunday before church Koop isn't allowed to have his white shirt on until everyone is loaded in the car and we are all ready to go. If we put it on before it ALWAYS gets dirty. Somehow it always gets dirty, so we've learned. So right before we walk out the door we slip his shirt and tie on and head out. He usually gets dirty at church, somehow, but I at least I feel good that he was clean when he got there. Well this week we were driving to church and almost there when I turned around and almost died when I saw the whole left side of his shirt. It looked like his shirt had the chickenpox. Kyron had given him a little red gum ball to put in his pocket. Well he held it in his sweaty little hand for only a minute and by the time he put it in his pocket his gum ball was loosing the red color all over his hand. So as he tried and tried to get it his pocket it just got worse and worse. His shirt looked awful. I said, "what are you doing? Just eat it!" He started to cry his huge crocodile tears and he said, "I was saving it for after the sacrament like Kyron." I had to just stop myself and for a minute (only a minute)I didn't care about how red his shirt was. He actually knew what the sacrament was? I thought he knew but to actually hear him say it. Wow, what a sweet little mess. I just had to hug him and tell him it was alright. But for now on NO MORE gumballs at church....(kyron)! It actually was Kyron's fault but I couldn't get mad at him for sharing. I am sure that his teacher and everyone else that saw him probably thought I forgot to do laundry, (I do 2 loads a day) but believe me it doesn't matter. He always finds a way to get dirty. That's what I love most about him.

Tree climber

2010-02-22T07:01:00.000-08:00

Kyron loves to climb! It doesn't matter the object or the weather. He is a monkey and will climb anything anytime! He got clear to the top and missed a branch and slid all the way down on his little rear. It only stopped him for a minute though. He actually got clear to the very very top but I had already put my camera away.

Being the oldest he gets cheated on pictures. He doesn't like me to take them of him anyway. But when I do, I usually get a hand over the face or a look of "why?" He is such a good kid and I am so very proud of him. He has such a soft spot for little babies and kids. He just makes me smile. For Valentines day he once again told everyone that asked him to be their Valentine (I don't ever remember doing anything like that at this age, what the crap) that he was his Mom's Valentine. I just loved that and I hope that it last for a very very long time.

Last one

2010-02-08T07:42:00.000-08:00

to Potty train! YAY (for me)! She is so ready for this. For the last 3 weeks she hasn't even pooped in her diaper. She always tells me and she goes on the potty! So a week ago I decided that I needed to take advantage of her wanting to do this all by herself. So we started really doing this a week ago. My Mom got her a little princess potty and some little undies. She was excited about that! The only problem is, she is so stinkin' little that her little panties won't stay on her little butt!! I think we are going to have to take them in. I don't see her growing into them anytime soon! She obviously loves the attention she gets from all of us every time she goes. Yes, we do a potty dance and she just stares at us like we are crazy. But she expects it after every time she goes. If we don't do it then she starts it for us. Pretty funny! Last week was hit and miss. She'd have a great day and then a not so good day. Then Sunday was hard because at church I wasn't going to take her to the bathroom every 10 minutes so I put a diaper on her. Usually I would never do that but with her it is different. I don't know if it is because she is the 5th child or if it is because she is my very last BABY ever, but I just didn't think this day would come so soon. I almost didn't want it to. Now this will mean that I no longer have a baby around:( But I am very excited to not have diapers around and to not change another poopy diaper again.

Before I started doing the whole potty training thing she would come out of Kenzi's room like this! Do you think it was a hint or what? Mom, potty train me already!

Right after she got her potty seat she was sitting on it on the toilet and she was goofing around and tried to stand up. Her little seat flipped her right over and she hit her whole face and head on the bath tub! I never knew it could be so dangerous. So lets just say that there is no more standing up on the potty! I am hoping that by the end of next week she will be completely done! We'll see if it really happens like that. I would like to think that it will:) But, I am already getting a little stir crazy not being able to leave the house.....but it will be worth it!

Poor Kason

2010-02-04T10:12:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago Kason was standing in the kitchen and I saw blood coming through his white shirt on his back. I asked, "why he was bleeding?" He said, "he didn't know that he was." So when I lifted up his shirt I was surprised to see that he had some sort of rash all over his body. From his head to his calves. He had been itching so bad that he was now bleeding. I gave him benadryl and he was was fine in no time. Well the same thing just kept happening. It was really strange though because he never had it in the morning or during the day at school. It just happened every night around 5 oclock. So every night I would be so saddened by it that I wanted to take him to the Dr. but during business hours he didn't have a sign of a thing on his whole entire body. So I took pictures and after about 8 days of this I finally took him in to the Dr. The Dr. had many questions for Kason. It went something like this....

Dr: Are you stressed about about anything?

Kason: No

Dr: Do you have good friends?

Kason: Yes

Dr: Have you eaten anything different?

Kason: No

Dr: Is anything bothering you at home?

Kason: No

Dr: Is anything bothering you at school?

Kason: No

Dr: Does it ever bother you during the day?

Kason: No

Dr: Do you get good grades?

Kason: Yup just got straight A's on my report card yesterday

Dr: Can I see your back right now?

Kason: Yes, but there is nothing there.

Dr: Are you allergic to anything?

Kason: Yes, bees

So it kind of went on like that for a little bit. It was kinda funny. Kason didn't really even look up. He was a little embarrassed. The Dr. and I talked about foods, laundry soap, bath soap, shampoo and anything else we could think of. I had already thought of EVERYTHING there was to think of. Nothing has changed in our lives or in our family. Kason has always been my kids to eat anything you put in front of him, and I mean ANYTHING! I hadn't changed detergent or soaps. I wash his sheets. He has a lunch from home everyday and then once a week at the school. He has done this since his has been in school. We have a wood fireplace and have had for over a year. So he had been living on bendaryl every night. The Dr. said it was a mystery but from the pictures it definitely looked like a food allergy. He wanted to test him the following Monday. It was a Thursday and he couldn't have bendaryl again until after he was tested. It sometimes messes with the results. It was a miserable weekend for him but like clock work every night he would be covered with a rash that itched him like crazy. I would just rub lotion all over him and that seemed to help.

(these pictures don't even show how bad they really were, this was one of the milder days)

So Monday morning we were in the Dr's office for 3 hours. First they numbed his arms and wrapped them up for an hour. Then the shots began. He got 40 of them. Good thing he had his DS.

After all the testing it came back that he wasn't allergic to one single food. Just as I had thought! So now we can either go do some more intense testing or just try and figure it out on our own. I think that I will just try and figure it out on my own. It is funny though, lately he hasn't hardly had any problems with it. A little, but nothing like it was. We will just keep our fingers crossed that it doesn't flare up again. What a mystery though.

Snow days...and other

2010-01-29T11:36:00.000-08:00

In October the kids went up and got free ski passes at the ski resort here and so for Christmas all they wanted were new skis. So now they go for free anytime they go up. They live for it. Especially Kyron and Kason. We wouldn't turn Kenzi loose like we do the boys. She loves it but only if Luke or I are with her. She especially loves it when her very favorite cousin Harlee gets to go with her. So they went every day during Christmas break and have gone every Saturday since. They love it when it snows because that means good snow at Sunrise. This last week it snowed so much that they had to shut down Sunrise. It finally opened back up Wednesday. My brother Nate brought his kids up and he took Shelbi and Harlee skiing today. Our kids begged to get out of school to go with them. They only had half day of school anyway so Luke took them up. They love when they have someone to ski with.

(my sister in law Jen with her girls Shelbi and Harlee...Jen snowboards like a rock star:))

I took Koop and Kali up just to take a few pictures and Koop just complained about how bright it was outside and that it wasn't fair that he couldn't ski yet. Poor little dude, next year though!
Jett loved every second of it until her toes got cold....not so fun to have cold feet!

Kooper eventually just laid down and then played in the snow for like 2 hours without moving!

Kenzi is getting really good and loves to go clear to the top!

Kyron and Kason love to go down blacks and hit big jumps! They are getting so big! It makes me a little sad. Sometimes we just take them up and drop them off (with a cell phone) and then pick them up at the end of the day.

Last month Kason came home from school and informed us that he would be break dancing at the school program in front of the town! He apparently told his music teacher that he thought it would be a good idea if they added some break dancing at the end of one of the songs they were singing. She agreed! I have to say that I have never laughed so hard. I love that he isn't shy about getting up in front of people and doing crazy things. He just loves to make people laugh!

My Mom was cleaning out her pantry one day and when I didn't hear Kali for a few, this is what I found! She was taking corn starch a just throwing it everywhere and giggling! What I loved the most is that when my Mom saw her all she said was, "wait I need to get my camera to take a picture!" My Mom is the best! She reminds me everyday that things like this are what life is all about. Not a clean house but happy kids that know that they are loved! They definitely know that my Mom loves them (they never get in trouble).

My sister Amanda had her sweet little baby, Jordin Linde. Yes I am very proud that she is named after me! Kali Jett is obsessed with her. She is so sweet and gentle with her...until we try to take Jordin away from her. Then she gets a little rough. She is the cutest little baby!

Kooper loves to pull Kali in this cool little sled. My Dad brought it over and we pulled and pulled them in it!

Kyron has this hat on just about 24 hours a day! It is about to drive me crazy! As soon as he wakes up he puts it on and it doesn't leave his head till his head hits his pillow at night. I will be glad when the weather gets warmer so that he doesn't think he has to have it on all the time.

18 months

2010-01-21T19:18:00.000-08:00

(look at her little shiner here)

Kali Jett is 18 months old today! It is so hard to believe that our baby is already this big! She is seriously fun! We hate that she is growing up. It makes us sad, well it makes me and Kyron sad. He doesn't like it when her hair has a braid in it or 2 piggies on the top of her head. He says it makes her look big and he wants her to stay little (aawww). Well here are a few little things about her that we all love.

She is obsessed with shoes and jackets. She cries and cries when she has to take them off. She clamps her hands together and won't let us take her jackets off. The first thing she notices on anyone are their shoes. They make her smile so big. She giggles and giggles when she gets to put her shoes on everyday. Sometimes she comes out with a high heel and a boot on or one of Kyron's shoes on and a slipper. She doesn't care what they look like or who's it is. She loves them.

She freaks out when she sees little fuzzies on the ground or anywhere. She just screams until you pick it up.
She is starting to talk alot. She has such a quiet voice though, it is so sweet.

She doesn't think she needs her high chair anymore. She wants to sit at the bar just like the other kids.

She loves to take baths and showers.

She loves babies. She has learned from Kenzi just how to play with them. She is always wrapping them up in blankets, feeding them bottles and patting their backs.
She likes to say pretty and put lip stuff on.
She loves to be wherever the kids are.
She says Cheese everytime she sees a camera

She is a total copy cat.
She reads books ALL day!

She loves animals and knows every sound of every animal.

She already tells me when she poops. I guess it is time to potty train.

She is the best sleeper. She sleeps about 12 hours a night and a 3 hour nap everyday.

She loves to sing and dance.

She gives the best kisses.

She loves Pooper (Kooper) Zenzi (Kenzi) Yaya (Kyron) and Zasa (Kason).

She only has 6 teeth and weighs 18 pounds.
She loves to floss and brush her teeth.

She has super cute curly hair (not sure where it all came from).

Only movie she will sit and watch (for a few minutes) at all is Shrek. She loves donkey!
She loves it when Luke gets home from work. She runs as fast as she can to get to him. She is such a snuggler.
She says tickle tickle tickle

We love love love our little bug!

"The Boys"

2010-01-14T17:00:00.000-08:00

Kooper loves "his boys."
Most of you have heard this story but it is still a good one. So about 6 months ago we heard Kason picking on Kooper. Kooper comes and tells Luke and I that "the boys is picking on him." We had just watched the whole conversation between the two so we looked at each other like who? He pointed to Kason and said, "the boys." We about died! We started realizing that he didn't know "the boys" names. So we started really watching him and asking him their names and he had no idea. He just called them both "the boys." Since Kyron and Kason were both little we have always referred to them as "the boys." Go get the boys, go play with the boys, tell the boys it's time for dinner, see what the boys are doing etc." We had taught Kooper this. So it took us awhile to teach him that they had real names, but he finally got it. For awhile he would say, "the boys Kyron is home, or the boys Kason is outside." It was seriously hilarious! He finally got it but he loves his boys so much. He waits and waits for them to get home everyday. Kyron is constantly listening to his ipod and so Koop loves to just sit and be just like him. Kason lets him play his DS whenever. Even though he seems to loose his pens all the time. They are just so sweet with him. I am glad that he has Kyron and Kason to look up to because they are such good boys. Let's hope it is always like that. He always tells us, "I love my boys." Koop fell asleep playing Kason's DS. Santa would have brought him his own if he'd known he was obsessed with it! He wakes up saying, "where is my DS?"

He fell asleep on Kyron jammin' to the Black eyed peas. Yes they are his favorite...right now.

Kali has started yellin' "boys" and it is so cute. But we have made sure that she knows the difference between them. I actually think that she knew which one was who before Kooper did. So funny!

Well...

2010-01-11T12:11:00.000-08:00

I am not sure where to start. I have been so out of touch for way too long. I still don't have my computer working correctly and I still can't me upload a single photo but I wanted to at least give a little up date. I like to show photos because it isn't fun to look at a blog without photos but no such luck for me today. We have been busy with

school back in session
Kyron's guitar lessons
Kenzi's piano lessons
homework and reports
scouts
skiing every chance we get (well Luke, Kyron, Kason and Kenzi)
enjoying our new house
trying to keep up with the busy little Jett
enjoying my sweet new niece Jordin
talking in church

and all the

laundry
cooking
cleaning
and the million errands

that go on everyday

I know we have been a lot busier than it sounds. We had a wonderful holiday and we enjoyed seeing lots of family. So until I can share my pictures there really is no point. Hey, at least I was able to update our pictures on my blog.

I will be happy when I either get a new computer or an external hard drive.

Pictures anyone?

2009-10-06T16:50:00.001-07:00

If anyone is needing or wanting family pictures, my friend Wendy will be here in Eagar next weekend, the 16th and 17th. She is coming to take our family pictures and we absolutely LoVe her! She is amazing. So if you are interested leave me a comment or email her.

Random picture overload

2009-09-17T12:45:00.000-07:00

A bunch of the cousins at our family reunion.

Kenzi's very favorite comfy pants finally bit the dust. She was so sad. She literally wore those things every spare second she could. Kenzi finally lost her first tooth. She has been wanting to, she is almost 7. She had to have a little help from the best tooth puller, Papa. She cried a little but afterwards she was thrilled.

We have been SO busy these past few months. I have 600 pictures on my camera to prove it! So when I get in my house (all the way) I will have ALOT to blog about. For some reason my Mom's computer won't let me download them. It did download these few random pictures though. We have had lots and lots of fun. We celebrated both Luke's and Kyron's birthday, our 12th wedding anniversary, haircuts, playing with cousins, the first day of school, first steps, first teeth, first missing teeth, family reunion, football practices and games and of course the process of building our new beautiful house. It is finally finished and I promise to post pictures as soon as I can. We couldn't be happier with it. Luke has been gone to Texas this whole week so we haven't got much moved in. So we are still here at my parents house for the rest of this week. The kids have been so helpful. It is so much fun to see the joy on their little faces when they see all of our stuff that has been in storage for so long. It is like Christmas at our house. I just haven't had the time to sit down and write about it. Plus not having pictures to go along with it isn't any fun! So here are a few pictures that really don't make any sense but it's all I've got.

Kooper of course did this too the poor little Jett. She didn't seem to mind too much. I could just hear him laughing hysterically and when I went to see why, this is the mess that I found.I must say this is a first for me. Out of all 5 kids she is the only one who got her teeth in this order. She is the cutest little thing ever. Looks like she could be either a bat or vampire for Halloween? We all laugh and laugh at her when she crinkles her nose and shows off her teeth. It is too funny!Kooper walked up to me and said, "look Mom, I have a mustache! It was pretty clever, I'd say! He reminds me a little bit of Kyron in these pictures. What a monster though!
Kyron got an electric guitar for his 11th birthday! He was so excited. He will be starting lessons soon and he can't wait. I still can't believe that he is 11. Makes me a little sad to think about it. He is such a sweet kid and I am so lucky to have this handsome little guy as mine. Plus he is a total mama's boy and isn't afraid to show it. I love it! I wish that I had more to share, well I do but they will just have to wait!

My baby is one

2009-07-27T20:48:00.000-07:00

Bare with this post because for some reason my pictures won't arrange and so they are so random. Of course I didn't get to many pictures of her because I was too busy filming it instead. She wasn't too sure about all the attention but she liked it. We had been singing happy birthday to her all day and that part she loved. She would do a little head bobbin' to it. It didn't take her too long to figure out her cake. She loved every bite. I noticed that because she is #5 that it wasn't too exciting for anyone else except Luke and I. I think that is probably the only thing about being the last baby that stinks. Everything has already been done 4 times before so it just isn't that exciting to anyone. I think the best thing about being the baby (besides being spoiled rotten) is that she gets 4 times the love and attention than the others did. She gets laughed at four times as much, she gets four times the kisses, four times the playing, she gets pushed in the swing four times more, she gets four times the treats. She gets four times everything! She never has to cry because she gets whatever she wants from any of the other four. I would say we are all lucky to have this bonus in our family.

Kali turned one on Tues. July 21st! I honestly can't believe how fast this past year has gone by. It seems like it was yesterday when the Dr. told me I was 3 months pregnant. I was in shock and couldn't believe that I was going to have another baby! I WAS DONE! It took some time getting use to the idea. As soon as it sank in, which took awhile, we were all SO excited. We are so blessed to have this sweet little girl in our family. We are thankful that Kenzi secretly prayed her here. She has got to be the best and easiest baby ever (next to Kason). She just hangs out and loves more than anything to be with her brothers and sisters. A few things about our little Jett.

she walks all over the place
she clicks her tongue
she waves to everyone
she loves to take baths
she sucks her two little fingers
she is the best sleeper
she loves the stairs
she crinkles her nose when she smiles big
weighs almost 15 lbs.
almost wears a size 1 shoe
loves to eat and eat
dances whenver she hears any kind of music
gives huge open mouth kisses to anyone
she is so cute

I can't imagine our lives without her. I can't get enough of her. She is always so excited to see me, even if I just left the room for 5 seconds. The kids always want her and she is so entertained with all of them. She especially loves her crazy brother Kooper. I am so glad that they are so close. He needs her as much as she needs him. I love that she is the tiniest little thing. It makes her being my baby last that much longer. She can't get close enough to me for a snuggle. I am thankful everyday of my life for her. She is one of the greatest 6 blessings in my life!

Happy Birthday little bug!

What we've been doing

2009-06-25T21:27:00.000-07:00

A few of our family picturesAll the grandkidsIt was so hot outside!

It is Summer and we are definitely busy! We went to Phoenix for a few days with Luke's family and we had a blast. We missed our yearly trip to San Diego but we are already planning for next summer. So instead we went and stayed at a really nice water resort and had a wonderful time. It was fun to go and relax and enjoy each other. We got family pictures, ate good food and got lots of sun. The kids loved the huge water slides (so did Luke and I) and the little ones loved the water. Then this past week we went to the lake with my family. My brother Nate has an awesome boat and he gets these really nice houses right on the lake. So we all went and had more fun. The kids fished and fished and fished. They even went night fishing until 1 in the morning. Then got up the next morning at 5 to do it again. I am glad my brothers let them tag along because I am not crazy about fishing. We all had a great time on the boat (especially Kenzi). It is so fun to see everyone and have a good time together. I just wanted to give a little update on everyone since I am such a slacker and too busy to sit down and write about the things we have been doing.

Luke has been gone since June 6th. He was asked to go help with the rainbow people. Anyone who knows about the rainbows know that he is in for quiet a time. They gathered in New Mexico this year. By the 4th of July there should be 20,000+ of them there. He has been busy non-stop since he got there. He won't be home until the 10th of July. We miss him terribly but we don't have to much time left. We missed him when we went to Roosevelt too! He is so smart and good at what he does. They need him there. Chasing hippies is alot of work:) They do some pretty crazy things. He loves his job though.

I have just been busy doing the normal things that you do with 5 kids and no husband. I turned the big 30! Luke got me an amazing camera and I couldn't be happier with it. I love watching my house go up (pictures to come later). It is going to be absolutely beautiful. All I can say is my Dad is amazing (he's building it) and I love him! It is so fun to see my kids so excited about it too. I just love summer! It is my favorite time of year. After 1 1/2 years I finally changed my cell phone number from Nevada to Arizona. I still haven't changed my license, and it just expired (sshhhh) so I now have to.

Kyron made the baseball all-star team and is loving it! He is an amazing little pitcher and is learning all kinds of new things. The games start next week so we'll see how it goes. He is super competitive and loves to play. He is such a homebody and he has friends calling him all the time to go play but he rather hang out with me. He screens his calls (teeheehee). He is such a good brother. He loves Kali. He is very sweet with the little ones. He teases Kenzi relentlessly but I guess that is normal, right? He also has started the braces process. His teeth are super crowded so it is going to take awhile before he even gets braces but they are doing all kinds of work on his mouth. He has to have 4 teeth pulled and a bridge put in on the top of his mouth. The dentist said, "It is a good thing he is already cute but he is going to be a lady killer when he is all done!"

Kason loves hats and is trying to earn a new Boston Red Sox hat. He doesn't like the cheap ones, he likes the $40 ones. So he has been trying to earn money for this certain one. It is kinda funny. Everytime I ask him to help out he says, "can I earn money for that?" So he has been working all month to earn money for this hat. He is usually really helpful anyway but lately he has been extra helpful. He loves one on one time and he is really tenderhearted. He misses Luke terribly and has to talk to him everyday. He also loves Kali and has been paying extra attention to her lately. He is always worried about Kooper because he is always into something. He is an amazing little babysitter. He is Kyron's biggest fan and is excited for all-stars next year. Kason loves to watch Wipeout! He laughs and laughs. That show is a family favorite.

Kenzi is doing hip hop dance right now. She is still so deathly shy. So I really like it when she does something and she likes it. She wouldn't do anything if I didn't make her. She has gotten alot better though. She is sweet and plays with Kooper ALL day! He will do anything she tells him to do. She likes to pretend that he is her dog and he does it! She has a tender spot for animals. She begs for a real dog everyday of her life. She likes to play house and school or anything where she can be the boss. She loves to swim and loves to ride the tube fast on Uncle Nate's boat. She is just a little mommy.

Kooper is wild! He is so entertaining and keeps us laughing all day everyday. 2 weeks ago we went to two emergency rooms trying to get a rock out of his ear. They had to eventually send us to a specialist and he had to go to a surgery center to have it removed (LONG story). Will he ever learn? Probably not, but I am okay with that. He is just going to be our child that we spend lots of time in the ER with. Good thing I have good insurance. He is such a good boy but super busy. He loves Kenzi. He plays so good with Kali too! Whenever he is tired he says, "I wanna hold you." He loves horses and would ride one all day if he could. He is going to be our little cowboy, but he doesn't like boots. He rather be barefoot. His feet look so sad. They feel like leather. Oh, well! Last night he walked up to me with his hand down his pants and said, "Mom, I have a hole in my butt!" Kason, Kenzi and I were literally on the floor laughing. I just hope he doesn't put anything in that hole! He has a thing for putting things in the holes of his body! Yuck!

Kali is 11 months and is sweet as can be. She is weighing in at 15 1/2 pounds. She is just teeny tiny and petite. She loves to jump and clap her hands. She tries to follow Kooper everywhere. She adores Kooper. She loves to be popped on the tramp. Yes, popped! She giggles so hard. She also likes to wrestle with the boys, mostly Kooper. There is just something about him that she loves. Whenever she sees him she is all smiles. She isn't walking yet but is very close. She is a great sleeper, as long as she has her bed. She loves to eat. Her favorite is oatmeal and waffles. Anytime she hears the bath water she crawls as fast as she can to the bathroom. She loves baths. She is a total mommy's girl. She just can't get close enough to me, and I love it. She loves to snuggle. She loves to suck her two little fingers when she is tired or sad. We are all crazy about her.

So that is about all that we have been doing. We are excited about the 4th of July. We miss Luke but he will be home soon. I am really going to try harder not to neglect my blog. We'll see how it goes:)

No More Secs

2009-06-07T08:51:00.000-07:00

A funny little story about Kooper that I just had to share.

Whenever Kooper needs something or needs me and I am busy I tell him just a second or in a sec and hold up one finger (so I guess this is what I do). So the other day he was asking me for something over and over and I just kept telling in a sec over and over. Finally he holds up one finger and says, "NO MORE SECS MOM! (say it and think about what you just said) LOL

That definitely got my attention.

Seriously he makes us laugh all the time. Look at his sweet little innocent face and those super duper blue eyes and long eyelashes. Don't let them fool you because he is the biggest little stinker ever.

Way too long

2009-05-24T15:25:00.000-07:00

It has been way to long since I have done a post. It isn't that I don't have anything to blog about because believe me when you have 5 kids there are plenty things that are blog worthy. I have at least kept up on my book so that is nice to know. Between the 4 baseball games a week, starting our new house (yippie), seeing family, saving our turtle, pushing Kooper in the swing ALL day, watching Kali try to walk (yes walk), laundry, cleaning, end of school programs, making 2 quilts, remodeling my parents bathrooms and so many other things that I can't think straight I just haven't had time to get on the computer. I know that if I do sit down at the computer I will check out all the blogs that I so love to read and then I won't even getting around to a post of my own. I still have been trying to check in on everyone, and even though I don't leave a comment I do love to see what you are all up to. Hopefully things will slow down soon but I actually don't see that happening for sometime. Did I mention we started out house!!! HUGE SMILE on my face right now!

This last week was a rough week but ended great and we have so much to be thankful for. First of all my WHOLE family was in town. Daniel and Chelsee blessed their sweet baby Layne and so everyone made the trip for it. My brother Daniel gave Layne and amazing blessing and I just love the feeling when a baby is being blessed. She is so sweet and I was dying to see her. I haven't seen everyone in...way to long so it was so much fun to see everyone. I just loved it! Amanda brought Kason's friend, Kyle from Vegas for the weekend and they had so much fun seeing each other. It is funny how they act like they just saw each other yesterday and they didn't even skip a beat. Good little buddies they are. We sure enjoyed having him.

Kali started feeling yucky last weekend. By Monday she was really not doing too good so I took her to the Dr. I honestly thought she probably had an ear infection or something that was just not making her feel good. She ended up being admitted to the hospital. We got there Monday and were released Wednesday. She was super lethargic and had absolutely NO energy. Was was really dehydrated. She was throwing up and had diarrhea really bad. The Dr. said he had never seen a baby so weak. She couldn't even lift her head up off the pillow. She couldn't even put up a fight when they put the IV in her teeny tiny little hand. She just looked at me and said Ma ma ma ma! So sad. They thought she would only need to be in there for 24 hrs. to get hydrated. She ended up having to stay for over 48 hrs. She just layed on me and slept for a good 23 hours a day for 3 days. They ran the IV and antibiotics and that got her feeling better by the time we left. I went crazy sitting in the hospital all day. But there was nowhere else I would have rather been. She is such a sweet little baby. She had all the nurses just loving her. I couldn't have done it without the help of my family. What lifesavers they are. My Mom kept all my laundry up and when there are so many of us that is alot of laundry. It is so nice not to worry about my kids because I knew they were in great hands. Mom, Dad, Shana, Sandy and Roger, I love you! Thanks for all your help! We are so happy that Kali is feeling more like herself. She is such a tough little thing. I snapped a few pictures with my cell phone of her in the hospital.

To top off our weekend Kenzi, Mom, Kali and I went to Phx. I wouldn't have gone (believe me I thought about not going)but Kenzi and I had tickets to Taylor Swift and she had been waiting for this concert for 3 months. We bought our tickets that long ago and she was so excited about having a girls weekend. So we went! I don't know what my favorite part of the night was so here is a list of things that Kenzi did that just stole my heart.

waking up at 5 am that morning with pure excitement
saying this is going to be the best night of my life a million times
looking in every store in the mall for the perfect dress to wear to the concert
getting her paper and pen ready for an autograph from Taylor
watching her get ready
putting lip gloss and blush on
watching her twirl in her dress
paint her fingers and toes
tell me she had butterflies in her tummy
fix her hair just perfect
practice singing loud like we were at the concert
fall asleep on the way to the concert
wake up ready to have a good time
run into the concert as fast as her feet would go...in the rain
tell me "hurry hurry Mom"
scream with excitement (she just doesn't do that, she is so quiet)
smile as big as her lips will smile
dance dance dance
sing every word and twirl her glow stick
scream this is the best night ever
tell me I am the best Mom ever
tell me she missed Kooper
fall asleep just before the concert was over (her eyes just needed a little rest)

2 tickets to Taylor Swift $100

+ 1 Taylor Swift shirt $25

+ 1 glow stick $5 +

1 cotton candy $5

+ 1 orange crush $5.75

+ time with Kenzi= PRICELESS

(she did her own make-up)

What a way to end a crazy week. Kenzi and I had a wonderful time and we are definitely going to go every year. I don't think I have honestly ever seen her so happy! She was one happy little girl. I loved every minute of it. Best of all Kali slept for my Mom the whole time we were there. I was worried because she had been so sick and clingy all week.

My pretty boy with a black eye

2009-04-17T10:21:00.000-07:00

Of course Kooper is the one child of mine that gets a black eye. Two days before this happened he fell and split his bottom lip open and underneath his upper lip.(might explain his why he has chipped teeth)
I didn't actually see how he hit his eye but he says he hit the ottoman (which is soft).
He must have hit the ottoman and bounced off and hit something else, because he really hit it hard!
I should have gotten pictures right after he did it because it is almost 2 weeks old here.

I have just came to the understanding that he is always going to get hurt and look like he got beat up! I must say though that he doesn't cry much and he is one tough little dude. Having older brothers has probably contributed to his crazy dare devilish little stunts. He can totally hang with them...if they let him:)

Kason's 9

2009-04-15T10:49:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Kason!

(yesterday)

How sweet is this boy!!! On the outside he looks like a little rowdy punk, long haired skater. His baggy shorts or pants and long hair is definitely deceiving and masking the ever so sweet personality that lies beneath. He has one of the biggest hearts I have ever seen. His emotions are real, his desires to be good are true. Anyone that knows him, knows how genuine he really is.

9 things about Kason that I love:

His big chicklet teeth (he is going to have the best smile when he grows into his teeth)
He loves to try and be just like his Dad
Loves to be tucked in every night and always gives the biggest hugs (no kisses though)
Competitive- Always tries his hardest in everything he does
SO sensitive (he has the biggest crocodile tears I've ever seen)
Nice to everyone- very loyal
Can be quite the stinker (to say the least)
He loves to eat
He loves life and all the new adventures it brings

I love everything about Kason. He is such a special part of our family. What would I do if I couldn't love on this boy everyday. I am the luckiest Mom in the world!

Finally

2009-04-01T09:58:00.000-07:00

I am doing a post!

We had such a FUN time in Mesa.

We hadn't been down there in a LoNg time!

The concert was great.

The kids were all so happy!

It was just a great weekend and so fun to spend time with family.

This is all of us that went to the concert.

We had PERFECT seats.

It was just held in a small little joint.

We had front row seats on the balcony and could see perfectly!

The kids went down closer to the stage a few times.

Their first concert was a hit!

Thriving Ivory
State of Shock

Company of ThievesLuke, Kason, Kyron, Shelbi, Jen and me

Tim and Tori

Amanda and Kevin

Me, Shelbi and Jen

Me and Amanda
Shelbi, Kyron and Kason

Not sure what happened

2009-03-18T07:55:00.000-07:00

to his front tooth! He is so tough and he is always getting hurt by doing things he just isn't quite big enough to do. I went to brush his teeth and found half of his front tooth missing. I asked him what happened and he re-enacted himself hitting his face on the floor. So who knows. I honestly haven't ever seen him cry very many times because he is hurt. He is so tough! Oh' well, I am just glad that it isn't a permanent tooth. He is still as cute as can be. He loves to help bake and it shows all over his sweet little face!

Daddy daughter

2009-03-12T09:55:00.000-07:00

Kenzi has been waiting for the daughter dance for 3 weeks. It was a cowboy theme so they got dressed up and went dancing. Although she wouldn't dance with him until the very last dance. She had so much fun seeing her friends and having some one on one with her dad. She was all smiles when she got home. I am the Activity Days leader now and so we did a fun and easy little project yesterday. They made these cute little lanterns. The girls thought it was so much fun. In case you ever need something fun for your kids to do here are the instructions.

(These pictures aren't very good. They are much cuter in person)

Start with a pint-size canning jar. Apply with a glue stick to the undersides of 3-4 11-by1/2 in. strips of cotton fabric. Wind 24-gauge wire three times around the neck of the jar, then twist together the wire ends and trim. Cut three 12-inch wire lengths, loop one end of each around the neck wire, and twist to secure them. Thread on beads. Holding the three wires together, slide on a large bead, then twist the wires into a single strand. Wrap the strand around a fat marker (I used my finger) to make a loop, twist the end around the strand and trim. Put flat glass marbles and a tea light in the inside of the jar.

Tip: use an uncooked spaghetti strand as a "match" to light the candle

Hang outside and enjoy!

It's official

2009-02-27T09:03:00.000-08:00

It is official, Kali loves these two fingers! For awhile she went back and forth between her thumb and these fingers. Then about a month ago she made a choice. She is such a good good baby. She can soothe herself and when she is really tired she just wants to lay on her belly and suck her little fingers. She takes after me because when I was a baby I sucked the same ones.

Here are a few other pictures of her just because

I think she is the cutest little thing!

Amanda's 22

2009-02-26T10:13:00.000-08:00

22 things about Amanda

She is the "baby" of the family and my only sister
She loves Disney movies
She gets picked on alot (and handles it great)
She has big dimples
She is funny
She always sticks her foot in her mouth...always
She is emotional (she misses us)
She is great with kids
She has great shoes
She is thoughtful
She loves to eat...sweets
She always is doing kind things for others
She loves to talk
She likes to fart and burp (sorry but you do)
She has big boobs
She has an amazing husband (we all love him because he married her)
She is a bit of an airhead
She tries hard
She laughs alot
She is so much fun
She is spoiled
She loves me!

What would I do without her.

She is the best little sister ever.

She always keeps us laughing and is just super sweet!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Only candy

2009-02-12T07:36:00.000-08:00

The kids went and picked out their cards and treats for the Valentine's party at school. Kyron informed us that he is ONLY going to give candy away. He will not even be writing his name on it either. He doesn't want anyone to know that they are from him. When I asked him why he only wanted to give candy and no cards he said, "because someone really might think that I want them to be mine, or that I think they are sweet or something like that. They might take it serious and I don't want anyone to think that I like them."

I had to just laugh.

I am so glad that he doesn't like girls....yet!

(at least I don't think he does)

He said, "Mom you can just be my Valentine!"

I love that he wants me to be his Valentine.

I know it won't last forever so I better enjoy it!

Strangers

2009-02-09T11:58:00.000-08:00

This weekend the boys wanted to walk to the park, all by themselves. This is just one of the perks to living in a small town. While we were living in Las Vegas and Flagstaff this would have never happened. The park is probably a little over a mile. Anyway, before they left I was giving them the stranger talk. It went down something like this...

Me: Boys watch out for strangers.

Kyron: Mom, we know, we know (sigh).

Me: Okay, just checking.

Kason: Mom, we live in a small town now and we don't have to worry about strangers anymore.

Me: I know, but you never know. You still have to be so careful.

Kyron: We are careful Mom.

Kason: A stranger might pull up in a car and say, "so you want some candy?"

Kyron: And we'll say no way and just keep walking.

Me: That's right, never ever go near a strangers car.

Kyron: They might say we have a puppy, come see it and we'll say no way and run home.

Kason: No, I'd say, oh yeah show me your puppy first.

Me: KASON!

Kason: giggle giggle

I think Kason needs a little more work on stranger danger!

He gave me a good laugh that's for sure!

Little piggies and a turtle named Squirt

2009-02-02T09:15:00.000-08:00

Kenzi loves to get Kali all dressed up.

She even loves to paint her little piggies.

Aren't they SO cute?We have a new tiny pet.

His name is Squirt.

We bought him off the side of the road in New Mexico.

Not sure if he is legal or not but the kids are sure loving him.

We all hope he will survive Kooper!

Hurry RUN fast

2009-01-29T15:08:00.000-08:00

Kooper is potty trained and has been for about 2 months. It took him a full month to be completely potty trained (morning and night). Anyway, every time that he comes and tells me that he has to go potty I say, "ok, hurry run fast!" Well, he just takes off running...anywhere as fast as he can. His little arms get to pumping and his legs go as fast as they can possibly can go. He doesn't even know where he is running to but he just runs. We seriously laugh so hard over this. I guess I need to be more specific and say, "ok hurry run fast to the bathroom." Since he has been doing this for so long he now thinks that he is so funny and makes me chase him down every time.

Half a year

2009-01-26T10:54:00.001-08:00

I can't believe that our little Jett is 6 months old!

Time passes so quickly.

She is just the sweetest little girl.

She never makes a peep unless it is necessary.

I so deserve her after having Kooper:)

The kids love to sit around and watch her.

She gets more snuggles and kisses than anyone.

She makes our life just that much better!

Kali loves to sleep and play.

She loves her little saucer.

She loves attention from all her siblings.

She lights up when she sees them.

She rolls all over the place.

She sits up with help.

She loves books.

I love her hair.

Kali Jett at 6 months

24 in. (7th percentile)

11.2 lbs (3rd percentile)

I seriously love that she is staying so little for so long.

She is my baby and I love it!

Playing catch up

2009-01-19T11:58:00.000-08:00

I am playing catch up because I have just been totally slacking lately. I don't know what it is but I can not get myself to do a post. We haven't really had anything exciting happen but I do have lots of pictures.

For New Years we all decided to take the kids sledding. It ended up being quiet memorable. We took my Dad's Artic Cat out with us to pull the kids in sleds behind it. The kids were loving it until the Artic Cat got stuck. Then to top it off, Luke's Dad, Roger got his car Montero stuck trying to pull the Artci Cat out. It was really funny and we had a good laugh. Kooper was the most excited about it. He didn't even know what sledding was. He just knew that he got to wear his winter clothes, boots, hat and gloves. He was ready to go. He was just happy! He was standing in the backseat of the truck looking out the window just waiting to get there. I turned around to check on him and he was asleep standing up! I couldn't wake him up for anything. I took him out of the truck and walked him around and everything. He was out cold! When he did wake up he was on the couch and he never even knew he had missed a thing.

This picture is of Kooper sleeping, standing up in the backseat with his head against the door.

We moved him next to Kyron and he just snuggled right up.

I think this is my favorite picture of the day!

I love Kason's smile.

It is so real!

He was so happy to be sledding.
Kooper likes to lay on my parents bed and watch t.v.

He really wanted Kali to join him.

So here is the 2 of them hanging out in their pj's.

Another one of Kooper sleeping.

It is funny how I find him in such random sleeping positions.

Amanda and Kevin (and Kevin's Dad, Dennis) came to visit last weekend. Kevin is such a good sport. Kenzi bugs him to death. She loves to play with him.

Kali is growing so fast.

She is still so tiny!

Here she is eating carrots.

She didn't really know what to think.My boys in their Sunday best.

I love to see little boys in white shirts and ties.

I think they look so handsome.

Kooper loves to wear a tie like the boys too!

I've been busy

2008-12-31T13:06:00.000-08:00

This post is a little old, but I am going to post it anyway.

My computer was down for the last week and it is so sad that I feel so disconnected to the outside world. Luke finally got it up and running (thank you). This time of year is always busy crazy and so much fun. A little news some of you already know, we are moving. Yes, again. We are heading back to Eagar. This has really been a blessing to us in so many ways. We weren't too sure about it at first but the more the idea was talked about the more we knew it was what we were suppose to do. I won't go into much detail but things just work out the way they are suppose to. My kids are thrilled to be living close to their grandparents. The older my kids get, the more great influences in their lives they need. I am truly grateful for this chance. We will be building a house and that is super exciting to us. Luke's job remains exactly the same and so does mine:) So this Christmas has been crazy! We are moving the day after Christmas so you can imagine how busy we have been. We have pretty much everything packed up except Christmas.

Since this post lots has happened. We have moved and are trying to get situated. Finding a place for everything just takes time. We had a wonderful Christmas. The older 3 all got Nintendo DS'. Santa must have thought they were pretty good this year. They have all been such great helpers in this move. I haven't yet down loaded Christmas pictures, that will have to wait. But I had a few on here from before.

Lately Kooper has been giving Kali alot of extra attention.

He loves to hold her and she doesn't mind at all.

Kenzi continues playing in the snow.

She loves her new beanie that I made for her.

I just thought this picture was funny. Kali loves Luke and lights up whenever he walks in the room. She is totally chilled out on him. (Kenzi snapped this picture)I know I've said this before but Kyron is an amazing big brother. He will play and entertain Kooper anytime. Kooper was exhausted this day and had snuggled up to Kyron. They both fell fast asleep. Kyron is so great with little kids and is just a natural. It is fun to see him take care of Kooper and Kali. He just knows what to do with them. He is really sweet and gives up anything for Koop. Since I have totally been slacking I will finish with an entertaining story. Of course it is about Kooper. Since my last post about him sticking objects up his nose, he has managed to stick a few more up there. I have somehow gotten everything out. He even put a button up his nose Christmas morning but the day after Christmas he wasn't so lucky. He found a red button somewhere and stuck it waaaaay up his nose. We tried everything, and I mean everything to get it out. During his nap he snored SO loud. His nose was pretty stuffy anyway but he was having to walk around with his tongue stuck out just so he could breath. He didn't complain about it much. He told me right after he did it and was in the process of sticking another one up the other side. He obviously didn't learn from the other 5 times I had to fight to get the other objects out. After 9 hours of waiting and trying I finally had to take him to the Emergency Room. It was the saddest thing. It was so far up there that the Doctor couldn't see it. He said, "are you sure he stuck something up there"? I said, "yes, it is a big red button." They had to find a long awkward tool to fish out the HUGE red button. They wrapped him his a sheet and it took 3 of them to hold him down. It was really sad. They finally got it. It was so big! I don't know how he could even get it up there. The Dr. said, "it is as big as his nose!" It literally was. I am not sure what I am going to do with this little monster. He is such a bad boy! He had everyone in the ER just thinking he was the cutest thing. They all loved him. He was so friendly to everyone and told them Thank you! One nurse just kissed him and gave him 2 baggies full of toys! What in the world? Now he is going to think he gets a treat for sticking things up his nose. Well, lets hope not. It has been 5 days and he hasn't stuck anything up his nose, yet!

Even if he is a bad boy, he is a lovable one at that. We are constantly laughing at this child. He also loves his new hat that I made him. He would play outside in the snow all day if he could.

Snow days

2008-12-17T14:37:00.000-08:00

This is what we woke up to yesterday!
It snowed all day and all night.
The kids haven't had school the last two days because of it!
We are suppose to get even more tonight.
If we do then school will be canceled again tomorrow.
The sun hasn't been out at all, so it just keeps getting deeper and deeper!
The kids are loving it!

What better way to end the last few days of school before Christmas break but to not have any school at all! When I was little I remember listning to the radio in the mornings to see if school was going to be canceled after a big snow storm. It didn't happen to often, but when it did we loved it!

What in the world??

2008-12-15T11:04:00.000-08:00

Seriously. I can't catch a break with him! What was he thinking?

Random

2008-12-14T15:28:00.000-08:00

This last week Kyron and Kason both got Character Counts Awards during an assembly. I am very proud of both of them. It is so funny to me that they both got one on the same day. What are the chances? Their teachers both had great things to say about them. Makes me proud:)

Kali looks way too little to be in her bumbo, but she rather enjoys it...ALOT!All I have to say about this picture of Kooper's hair is WOW!

This is what it looks like every morning and after naps.

Pac-Man

2008-12-11T12:44:00.000-08:00

For Kyron's birthday back in August, Uncle Tim got him a frog! My kids love Uncle Tim because he gets them things that I won't. Pac-Man eats just about anything. When it was warm outside Kyron would just go get grasshoppers, crickets or worms for him. Now that it is cold outside and there are no living little creatures to be found anywhere, I have to buy him little creatures! I just think it is silly! But the kids all really enjoy him. Kooper gets Kyron's stool and pulls it over to where Pac-Man is and checks him out. We hardly ever see him move and he only eats when it is dark and quiet. Sometimes in the middle of the night Luke and i can hear him croaking...a little creepy, I know.
We are glad that he is still alive and that he is very low maintenance.

gingerbread house

2008-12-10T12:33:00.000-08:00

We attempted to make a gingerbread house for FHE. What a fun mess it was! The kids all took a side and went to town with the decorations. Kooper ate more than he put on the little thing. The kids had a great time and even helped clean up. We had a great lesson on the true meaning of Christmas. We talked about all the different symbols and what they all represent. I feel more and more blessed every year when Christmas comes around. I am so thankful for Jesus Christ and his sacrifice. Because of him, I have my beautiful family.

thankyouwelcome

2008-12-09T10:13:00.000-08:00

Luke and I tend to be pretty strict about our kids and their manners. I don't know how they always act in public, but we are trying to teach them at home. Hopefully it will rub off and they will continue using their best manners forever wherever they are. Anyway, Kooper might be the biggest monster we have had yet but he is a polite one. He always says thank you for everything. Even when it isn't necessary. Lately he has been giving us all a laugh. Whenever we give him food, a drink, a hug, a treat, turn on a movie for him or whatever it may be (you get the point) he says thankyouwelcome. I guess he has heard us say your welcome enough after each thank you. Now he thinks he needs to say it all at once and in one breath. It is so cute. I am glad he is at least a nice grateful stinker!

So short

2008-12-03T12:37:00.000-08:00

Kenzi has been dying to get her hair cut...short! I always hope that she is going to forget and not ask again but she never does. So finally over Thanksgiving she cut off ALOT! It might not look like too much but it was touching the top of her pants. So she thinks it is so short! She runs down the hall moving her head from side to side and she looks in the mirror every chance she gets to see how short it really is. I don't know why I don't want her to cut it off. I suppose it is because I would be sad. I just love her long hair and it is so easy for me to fix. I can't fix short hair very cute. I know it is still really long...but to her (and me) it is short! This morning before school I told her to turn around so I could get a picture of how short her hair was and Kooper had to copy her and get in the picture too! He was in the middle of one of his many baths that he will have today.

Lots of thanks

2008-12-02T08:12:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I guess I enjoyed it so much that I didn't take ONE picture. We spent Thanksgiving with my parents. It was such a quiet one. Daniel, Chelsee and Camdyn were there too. I am so thankful for lots of things. Where do I begin??
*Luke *sweet kids *health * siblings *roof over my head* a car that fits us all *Luke's great job *great parents and in-laws * a camera to catch priceless moments *messes *friends * laughter * testimony * books and scriptures
* school *clothes * yummy food *excitement *gospel * most importantly being a Mom to 5 little stinkers and a wife to a wonderful husband. That is what I am most thankful for. I am so thankful that I get to do what I love everyday!

But there is ONE thing that I am NOT so thankful for, and that is that Kooper can get IN and OUT of his crib all by himself. I have been planning on leaving him in there until I absolutely had to take him out. Him sleeping all night and taking good naps is one of the things I used to be SO grateful for! He used to take a 3 hour nap everyday and all though the only way to put him to bed at night was to lock him in his crib, he would fight it a little but eventually he would just crash. Well now he thinks it is so funny that he can get in and out by himself. It doesn't help that the other kids laugh at him when he does it. Last night he was up until 10:30! I just was not looking forward to this day. So on the bright side, I guess I should be grateful that he has two strong legs that allow him to get in and out of his crib. I am thankful for his laugh, as he thinks he is so clever. I am thankful for the pitter patter of his feet as he tries to run away from me! I am thankful that he is a healthy and happy 2 year old. I am thankful for his sweet little voice. I am thankful that he is all MINE!

4 months

2008-11-21T11:10:00.001-08:00

Look at that adorable little face. She loves to smile, so big! She is 4 months today. She is doing so good and getting too big too fast. She has turned into a great sleeper. Whenever she is fussy or tired I just lay her down on her belly, she finds her thumb and goes straight to sleep. I love it. She looks so much like Kenzi did when she was a baby. I still can't believe that she sucks her thumb, just like Kenzi! She loves to take baths and hates to get out of them. She talks alot and is on the verge of a belly laugh. She is just such a little peanut! She weighed in at 9 lbs. 2 oz. and is 223/4 in. long. She is still in the 5th percentile for her weight. She has dropped off the charts in height. She did pretty good with the shots and just cried for a second. Shots are never fun. Today she was so happy, smiling and talking and then all the sudden crocodile tears of pain were rolling down her checks. Her little bottom lip was out as far as she could get it. Poor little thing. I'm glad that part is over.

I AM SO BORED!! This is all I have heard from these 3 the last few days. They have had early release since Wednesday. I am sure I can find something for them to do.

Little update on us

2008-11-20T12:22:00.000-08:00

I haven't done very good blogging lately so I thought I'd do a little update on what we have been up to. A few weekends ago we had a visit from Papa, Nana, Aunt Shana and her new little baby Dallin. We had a fun day with them.

Here is Papa and Kenzi with the 2 new little ones,

Kali and Dallin.

Nana and Kason

Aunt Shana, Kenzi and Dallin

Papa and his two little grandbabies.

Luke and the Jett

Kooper doing his cute little smile in his big

boy underwear waiting to help me cook!

He can fall asleep in the funniest positions.

I love it!

Kooper is really into playing with ALL of his animals and building blocks.

He will play forever.

He gets so into it, and he is so serious about it.

Potty training with Kooper is going pretty well. Better than I thought it would. It started out that he was getting a piece of candy everytime he went and now he just goes. He doesn't initiate it himself yet, but he goes everytime I put him on there. It is such a nice thought that maybe just maybe he will be completely potty trained really soon. He loves to show everyone and everything that he can go potty. He gives high fives to whoever after each time. He is so funny about it. Obviously he loves to be naked but because we are potty training and we are just home all day I don't care if he is dressed or not. As long as he goes in the toilet!

Poor Kooper ran into the book shelf the other night.

He is one tough kiddo!

His whole forehead is just all bumps and bruises.

We found out that Kyron and Kason's teams both won on Sunday. They were super excited about it. I guess they were both really intense games. Kyron's team won with a minute and a half to go. Kason's team won the Championship game with 45 seconds to go! We are happy it ended good and that the season is over!

Hard lesson to learn

2008-11-13T08:01:00.000-08:00

As most of you know the boys have been playing football. They started in July and this weekend is the final game. They have worked super hard this season. They have been talking about this game all season! It is THE game. The games will be played in the NAU sky dome. It is a pretty big deal for these little guys. Anyway, they were at practice last night and they found out that both of their games will be played on Sunday. Kyron's coach has known that we would not be there if it was on a Sunday. So he put in a request weeks ago to play on Saturday. Obviously that request was not met. So he was great about understanding that Kyron would not play in the last game. Also Luke takes stats for Kyron's team so they are losing Luke too. Kason's coach on the other hand had no idea of our reasons for not being there on Sunday. So this was Kason's conversation with his coach.

Coach: Our game will be Sunday at 11 am so you need to be there at 10 am!
Kason: Coach, I won't be there :(
Coach: Why not?
Kason: Because it is on a Sunday. I go to church on Sunday.
Coach: What time?
Kason: I'm not sure.
Coach: Well dang it Kason!

We go to church at 1 pm but Kason told me that he didn't want to tell him what time we went at because than his coach would have said, "our game is before church". I thought that was funny. He just didn't want to have to explain anymore. We go to church and that is that!

They were definitely bummed last night. I was super proud of them for not asking questions or asking to go. They just knew that Sunday is out of the question. I can only imagine how their little hearts must feel because it broke mine. To have worked so hard on something for 4 months and then not be there for the final game. Not only the final game but Kason is playing for the championship game. They are undefeated! He stood up for what we believe and that makes me prouder than anything he could do on the football field. I know it isn't easy but it is worth it.

By the way, Kyron's team is no longer winless. They won one game, 31-0! It was very exciting!

We just had to tell them that there will be a next time. We are so proud of them and Heavenly Father is even prouder! But what a tough lesson to learn.

TWO

2008-11-05T10:24:00.000-08:00

(better late than never...his birthday was sunday)

Kooper is....

scared of spiders and bees
the worst sleeper of all
loves cha cha (chocolate milk)
cars and finding nemo (at the moment)
has to give each kid a hug and kiss before they leave for school and at bedtime
loves when Dad comes home
drags a kitchen chair all over the house to get whatever it is he is after that is higher than him
loves Kali and has never one time been mean to her (knock on wood)
he's FUNNY
loves baths
loves to play outside
oves sports
loves to do whatever the other kids are doing
loves to snuggle, he puts his feet in between our legs
rubs his feet together to put himself to sleep
hates to have me brush his teeth, he wants to do it all by himself
happiest kid ever (he says i happy)
isn't shy...at allhe tells everyone he loves them, blows them kisses and says Rock On (with a funny little hand gesture)
loves chips and gum
is always into something
is tough as nails...he hardly ever cries
loves to play with animals, trains and cars
loves the kids little pottery barn chairs..I think he needs his own
ALL boy
a mess
loves to wrestle and is kind of a bully

What would we do without him.

He is definitely the busiest kid I have ever had.

We just started the potty training and so far so good (sort of).

He didn't ahve any idea what a birthday was.

So it was funny when he finally realized the presents were for him.

His favorite part was blowing out the candle.

We love you!

Happy birthday Koop!

Time in Vegas

2008-11-02T11:55:00.001-08:00

I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked, but we had a blast in Vegas.

We stayed with Daniel and Chelsee.

Kooper and Camdyn had so much fun together!

Sunee ended up having her baby the day of her shower!

I am so happy for her and her little family!

My kids were in heaven seeing their friends.

I kept hearing the whole trip how it just wasn't enough time!

I felt the same.

I really needed one more day to see her and everyone else that I didn't get to see.

I will be making another trip just for that!

I am so glad that Heather, Amanda and I went to dinner.

It was SO great to see them!

So next time we will have to have a big get together.

Halloween update

2008-11-01T22:09:00.000-07:00

The kids had fun carving THE pumpkin this year.

Yes we only did one because we were going to be gone for Halloween and besides that it was fast and easy. They pretty much did it on their own.

We are so glad that the Shepherds join in on the fun with us.

Kooper wasn't having it though.

He would just gag everytime he went near it!

So he just played the whole time. Kyron and Kason just dug right in!

Even Kenzi loved it!

We headed to Vegas Wednesday!

The kids had SO much fun seeing friends.

We sure are glad that we all got to trick-or-treat together!

Isn't Kenzi the cutest little witch ever!

Here's the crew...minus a few!
For weeks before Halloween we tried a number of costumes on Kooper.

He didn't like any part of that even a little bit.

So I brought this reversabile giraffe/lion jacket.

I figured if he ever did put something on it would more likely be a jacket

than a real costume.

He STILL didn't want to put it on...until he figured out that there was more to just wearing the costume.

There was candy that came along with it.

So he wore it and proudly held his trick-or-treat pumpkin and went door to door.

Here's Kali and Uncle Kevin

Happy Halloween!

Family Pictures 2008

2008-10-28T13:33:00.000-07:00

here are just a few of our family pictures

pictures via wendy shepherd

Little special agent Kyron

2008-10-27T13:11:00.001-07:00

I am always saying how much Kyron is like Luke in alot of ways,
well here's the proof!

We just finally got our car registered here in Arizona.
We did it while the kids were at school.
Luke changed the plates.
There only has to be one plate on the cars here.
As for Nevada there is one on the front and one on the back.
I never thought another thing about it, anyway...
We were at football practice the other day and practice was about done.
I went ahead and was getting the little kids loaded.
It was getting a little dark.
I was standing in the door buckling Kooper when I looked up and saw Kyron just standing across the street staring at me.
I said, come on dude let's go!"
He just stood there and he said, "is that our car?"
Ummm yes.... I am in it....
He says, "are you sure?"
Yup, pretty sure!
So he looks over the car for a few more seconds then he says, "where is the front license plate?"
He was seriously doubting me for being in the car!
If I were little I would have just ran to the car that looked JUST like mine and got in,
Especially if I saw MY Mom in it!
Maybe only I can appreciate it, but it was pretty funny!
If only I could show you all what his face looked like!
Luke is all about details.
He has a semi photographic memory (so I think).
We can walk into a restaurant (or anywhere) and later he can tell me who was wearing what, sitting where and what cars are parked where.
This is why he is such a GREAT special agent!
When Kyron did this, he reminded me of Luke.

Also Kenzi received the Trustworthy Award today at school! yay for the bear!

One more thing!
We are on our way to Las Vegas Wednesday!
We are super excited to go see our family and friends.
The kids are counting down the minutes!

Little ears

2008-10-24T11:17:00.000-07:00

Tuesday was the awful but exciting day!

I took Kali to get her ears pierced!

She only cried for a second.

She was so good.

It took the kids awhile to notice.

Kenzi was of course the first to spot the earrings in her ears.

She is super smiley and finally growing out of her colic stage!

(yay for me)

Glad that we got her ear piercing done!

Let's just all hope that Kooper doesn't try to pull them out!

Football season

2008-10-22T15:30:00.000-07:00

is almost over!

Since the end of July these boys have been going at it.

Before school started they had practice 5 days a week for 2-3 hours a day.

Then when school started they went to 4 days a week.

Then after the games started they went to 3 days a week.

They have had games every Saturday since August.

Our Saturdays are filled with 6 hours of watching football games.

The regular season is over and now it is time for the playoffs.

With Kasons team being undefeated and Kyron's team being winless, it has been a super fun season.

Kason's team is automatically in the championship game, which will be played in the NAU dome.

They are SO excited about that!

Kenzi also will be performing.

Although Kason's team is awesome, I can't really say the same for the little cheerleading squad that Kenzi is on. Let's just say that she won't be doing that again! At least not with the coach she has!

So let's all pray that Kyron's team can maybe win at least one game during the playoffs.

Although it has made for lots of long nights and busy weekends, Luke and I have loved every minute! It has been so good for these boys! They have great coaches and they have learned alot. Especially Kyron. He is way more competitive than Kason and he has learned that winning isn't everything...It's the ONLY thing! Just kidding. He has learned that as long as you are having fun and trying your best that is all you can do. They have both had a blast and they can't wait until they are on the same team. I can't wait for that either:)

pictures via wendy

If you need pictures of your family you should check her out!

She is amazing and she has given me so many priceless pictures of all my kids!

Obsession

2008-10-20T10:07:00.000-07:00

Most of you know of the love that Kooper has for his nose and ears. He just simply cannot helpbut to put whatever he can in them. If he doesn't have anything to put in them he just puts his finger in them. Especially his nose. It drives me SO crazy because he looks like he picks his nose ALL the time! Every time he puts anything in his nose he tells me. We have dug many things out of his ears and nose but thankfully it has never taken too much effort until...Saturday night! He came and told me he put something up his nose. We could tell just by looking at him. One side of his nose was totally sticking out! We tried asking him what it was and of course we couldn't understand a word he said. It was so far up his nose that I had to get a flashlight out to see it. He would run around and play and then he would stop and say ouch! Well duh of course it hurts! So with the help of Luke holding him down I tired and tried to get it out with tweezers. I couldn't get a good hold on it, it was too far up! So we tried every trick there was. We tried to get him to blow, but getting an almost 2 year old to blow is impossible. He can make the sound with his mouth but doesn't get the whole blowing part. He even sneezed alot of times but as soon as he was done he sniffed everything back up! Luke and Kason are both pretty big wimps when it comes to anything like this. Although Luke helped hold him down once he was not about to do that again. It hurts him to bad to watch! Kooper was pretty good about holding still until the tweezers touched the object in his nose and then he just would freak! I got the baby nose syringe (aka the booger sucker) and tried to get it with that. It didn't work, except for getting all the boogers out that he had from crying! So finally I just got the tweezers one more time and just dug until I finally got it! OUCH! I know it had to hurt but maybe just maybe he will not do it again! We are still not sure what exactly it was. It was about the size of a dime and about 3 times as thick. How he ever got that up his nose is beyond me. It almost looked and felt like and eraser but it wasn't one. Who knows, but at least it is out! So we told the older kids that every time they see him put anything up his nose to slap his hand and tell him NO! mean I know but this may just save him from having to go through that again.

By the way if I wouldn't have been able to get it out I would have just waited until today to take him to the doctor. I wouldn't have went on a Saturday night and waited forever in the ER! Mean again I know, but he could breath fine. It wasn't up both sides!

Pretty in Pink

2008-10-10T13:25:00.000-07:00

I am SO in love with this girl!

She just makes me smile SO big!

We had so much fun this day!

She loves to pose..who wouldn't in this skirt.

I am dying to hang these on my wall.

So cute!

Kali's Blessing

2008-10-08T12:49:00.000-07:00

I couldn't pick a favorite picture of her.

They are all just way too cute!

Our families joined us in blessing Kali this past weekend at my parents house.

It was so beautiful and the spirit was so strong.

I love to hear the blessings Luke gives our kids.

It just shows a side to him that makes my heart melt.

She is such a special little blessing in our family.

Everyday I look at her and think how blessed I am to be her Mom.

She was just meant to be a part of our family.

She is so innocent and so pure.

What a sweet baby girl.

I love to watch and see how much my other kids love her.

We just love her to pieces and we couldn't be happier!

p.s. i'm not sure how wendy got such beautiful pictures of kali because she honestly cried and screamed her head off the whole time. i LOVE everyone of them.