The big day

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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