New family pics!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THESE! and am SO excited to share them!!

1st day of school....

The kids started school on August 25th and talk about your mixed reactions! MaShayla was soooo excited to get back but can't reach her top locker! lol Keaton just wanted to go to school with out his mommy! :( And Kyler was ok until we got there! He started screaming mommy mommy and wouldn't let me leave. I ran our of the school as fast as I could so he wouldn't see me crying. Finally after 5 days he made a friend and now he runs to the playground telling me goodbye! So that makes me a lil sad because now he really doesn't need me! :( I am going to send him with MaShayla tomorrow and see if we still have goo luck. It could be hard because we've had such a long break. I am just praying that he still does well! So here are a few pics of the 1st day of school!

Busy, Busy Summer!

Man I am having a hard time keeping this updated! Don't know if anyone will even be around to read this anymore. So if you are checking it, please leave me a comment so I know if it is worth still updating. :)

Fair time: Keaton's first year this year and he decided to make a bird house. I can't wait to hang it in the yard!

MaShayla had a good year this year and won grand champion jr. photography, with this picture,
grand champion jr. ready to wear model, and reserve champion jr. constructed model. She also won the chance to go to state fair and compete in modeling!

MaShayla and Keaton both decided to try and catch rabbits in the catch and show competition and they were the 1st 2 to catch so I guess next year we will have rabbits to take to fair! Oh the fun begins. They will both have to write letters to their donors each month and will receive their rabbits next June to get ready for fair and then they will show them and sell them at fair.

Gina had her baby! Marci Rae decided to join us! 6 lbs 8 oz and 18.5 incges long. She's soooo dinky!

Kyler got glasses! Ain't he cute?? He failed his eye check at kindergarten screening so I decided I'd get him to the eye doc! Dr. Wortham said he has a VERY bad astigmatism in his left eye and a lazy eye....which we have never noticed because he told us in a very small percentage of kids with lazy eyes, both eyes track normal so you'd never know it. He didn't want them and he cried for 1.5 hours while we tried to pick glasses out. He kept saying, "I don't want glasses!" To which I kept saying, "you don't have a choice. We have to get them." He has to wear the glasses for 30 days and then go back and if his left eye hasn't improved at all, he will have to wear a patch! :(


Happy 4th of July!



The gorge 2009:


Kamdyn's first birthday:
Can you believe my baby boy is 1 already?? Where did that year go? I think that has been the fastest year EVER and one of the hardest! But I could care less how fussy he was for that first year or that he still doesn't sleep at night! I know the pain of losing a child and I wouldn't change it for ANYTHING!! He is so dang cute and funny! I don't know what I'd do without him! I love him so much!


Tim and Lori went through the temple! It was soooo absolutely WONDERFUL! I love you guys! :)


Keaton's birthday:

Baseball: This year was Kyler's first year in t-ball and Keaton's 2nd year in minors. Here are a few pics:

Playing Catch-Up!!

We have been majorly busy and have missed posting a BUNCH of things! So I am just going to put them in 1 big post so.....bare with me! :)

Kamdyn's 11 month page, stats, and accident:

Can you believe it? My baby boy is almost a year old! It makes me soooo sad! :( Next month I will be posting pics of his 1st birthday party! Where in the holy heck did time go? He is now 19 lbs 2 oz and is 28" long. We also found out that he will FOR SURE need his tonsils out but we are TRYING to wait until he gets a little bit older. At least for 4 months. I would like to make it to age 2 because if they are younger than age 2, they have to stay in the hospital over night. He is so close to walking! He could, if he would quit being a chicken! He'll take 4 or 5 steps and then just sit down! He jumps in mid air, with both feet OFF the ground and then he will look and me and giggle! He is such a sweet, sweet boy! On the 13th we had a BIG OWIE happen! He grabbed grandma C's wood burning stove. He screamed for 2 hours until he finally wore himself out. I felt so bad! It made me so upset! Poor baby boy! :(

Here is a pic of his 11 month page:


And here is some pics of his hand:


Kyler's Preschool Recognition Day:

Kyler had a little graduation at his preschool and it was so fun to go to! He got a little certificate and got to show us the books and songs he liked and we got to make and eat ice cream sundaes! Then I got to go outside and play with him! In the one picture he is swinging next to a little girl that was in his class and she always says she is going to grow up and marry that "red headed Kyler!" She is such a cute, special little girl!



Moose:

We had a visitor in our yard and this was just something fun to post!



Branding in Wyoming:

We went up to help dad brand a couple of weekends ago and it had been awhile! I don't think I have ever gotten pictures of dad branding so this year I decided to take some.


Mother's Day:

Mother's Day this year was kind of a bummer because Ry worked graves and I got to see him about 45 min. But that's ok! I got awesome cards from my kids and 2 carnations from KyLeigh and an awesome purse! I also realized I didn't have any pics with my mom so we started having fun and taking snapshots! It was also Tom's missionary farewell and MaShayla wanted a pic of her and him to put in the time capsule they are doing for school this year and they will open it when they are seniors. So here is just a bunch of random snapshots from mother's day!


MaShayla's Dance and Piano Recital:

MaShayla had her spring dance recital and her very first piano recital. I am so bummed I didn't have camcorder to record her 1 clogging dance! :( It was soooo AWESOME!!! Her piano sounded wonderful for just starting lessons 6 months ago. I am so proud of her! I can't get my piano video to upload so I guess pics will have to do! :(





Kyler's preschool's field trip to Grandma and Grandpa's ranch:

Every year one of the preschools here goes to my mom and dad's ranch for a field trip. This year Kyler got to go to because he goes to that school. He was so excited to take the kids to Grandma's and show them all of the neat stuff there! I hope the kids had a lot of fun!!

Before I was a mom....

I got this poem from my sister today and loved it! So, In light of Mother's day I though I'd post it and say Thank you to my mom for all she does for me!

Before I was a Mom,�
I never tripped over toys�
or knew the words to a lullaby.�
I didn't worry whether or not�
my plants were poisonous.�
I never thought about immunizations.�


Before I was a Mom,�
I had never been puked on.�
Pooped on.�
Chewed on.�
Peed on.�
I had complete control of my mind�
and my thoughts.�
I slept all night.�

Before I was a Mom,�
I never held down a screaming child�
so doctors could do tests.�
Or give shots.�
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.�
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.�
I never sat up late hours at night�
watching a baby sleep..�

Before I was a Mom,�
I never held a sleeping baby just because�
I didn't want to put her down.�
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces�
when I couldn't stop the hurt.!�
I never knew that something so small�
could affect my life so much.�
I never knew that I could love someone so much.�
I never knew I would love being a Mom.�

Before I was a Mom,�
I didn't know the feeling of�
having my heart outside my body..�
I didn't know how special it could feel�
to feed a hungry baby.�
I didn't know that bond�
between a mother and her child.�
I didn't know that something so small�
could make me feel so important and happy.�

Before I was a Mom,�
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night�
every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.�
I had never known the warmth,�
the joy,�
the love,�
the heartache,�
the wonderment�
or the satisfaction of being a Mom.�
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,�
before I was a Mom .�

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL OF YOU WONDERFUL MOTHER'S OUT THERE!!!

Pine Wood Derby

Last Thursday was Keaton's first pine wood derby. When you run a pine wood derby they have a series of 4 races and then they total the time and those with the best time win. He got 2nd place, 3rd place, 2nd place, and then another 2nd place. He ended up taking 2nd place in his troop and gets to go to districts on the 21st! YAY!!!

My kids ROCK!

This past week was pretty awesome! MaShayla got citizen of the month, Keaton got a managing me award for reading and Kyler had his me day at preschool. I thought it was so cool that it all landed on the same week and they each got a little bit of the spotlight. MaShayla tried her hardest to be everyone's friend and Keaton has read so much more lately and has passed all of the required reading. And Kyler had his special day at preschool and got to share his favorite things. He took his hospital scrapbook, from when he was born, his blanket, horse and dragon. And then he took the teeacher's favorite treats.....Reeses peanut butter cups and reeses pieces. I am so proud of all of them!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLER!!

I am so sad you are growing so fast and getting so big but I am excited to see the man you will become! It seems like just yesterday that they put you in my arms for the first time. I remember looking at you and saying. "Ryan, look! He has red hair!" And since then I don't know how many times I have heard women say, "Do you know how much women pay for hair that color" or "if only we could bottle that color!" LOL You have said so many funny things over the years and you just make me giggle! Like the time you got the bubble wrap and you told me you were going to take a bubble bath. Or the time you told me hippies were extinct. Oh! You have quite the "make believe" bone in your little body! I love how you still need your mommy and cling to me as long as you can, til the very last second, when I take you to preschool or primary. I will miss you so much when you start kindergarten in the fall! I love how you have always been my boy and hope you always will be! I love you sweetie! I hope you have a WONDERFUL birthday!

Kyler's 5th birthday and cake...

Kyler's birthday isn't actually til the 28th but his party was tonight so here are all the pics of his cake, presents and him! :) The cake was a pain to make, especially when I couldn't get one the cakes out of the pan. I ended up baking 4 cakes and 24 cupcakes. I made the cupcakes to resemble the clover that Horton hold in his trunk. Horton, himself, consists of 3 cakes to start out with. Then you have to trim and shape him and so I have a lot of pieces of cake laying around! It seems like an awful lot of work (4 hours) for it to just be destroyed and served! But I know Kyler appreciated it and loved it! This will probably be his last big family party since he starts school this fall. We will be moving on to a family party with just us and then a friend party. So, Thanks to all who came and for the presents.