May Pictures

Future Cowgirl
We tried to get pictures in her beautiful blessing dress, this was the best that we could do.

But mom, let me play with the dishwasher

Kassidy made me a wonderful Mothers day dinner

Kennedy tackling the gate

Kody smiling for mommy

He's so handsome

Too cool for you

Talking and talking

This is how I spend my days

Too cute, just look at me

Snoozing

Kass loves to play dress up and now Kennedy is getting into the game

Kassidy graduated from her Musikgarten piano lessons, don't worry, she starts again in September

Princess Kennedy

your not supposed to call boys pretty but he is such a beautiful boy

Great news

My Cholesterol is only 196, it has to be 200 to go on medication- dodged that bullet!!!

May Fun

Happy Mother's Day

His blessing bumps have shown up, we will bless him June 28th.
Kass and her Kody

Kennedy is up to something!!!!

Grandpa Mike and Kody

A little daddy son time

Kody's first ride on the "inside horse"

My angels

Grandpa and his little princess

A family self portrait

My angels and grandmas lilac bush after Kody's first trip to church

Kass and Kennedy playing the Wii

Kody and Papa

Deep in thought

Ye Haaaa

Yep, He is smitten

He loves his mom, just read his shirt!

Nana likes him too

Daddy, Kennedy and the Cheeto

Kennedy in the edited picture version
Kassidy's edited picture version. its amazing how digital photos have improved in 8 years!

Kassidy made me a great dinner, she made mom wraps and mom

twists (wontons), mom salad and momchos (nachos). It was a great

dinner from my little chef. Travis and the kids gave me a beautiful necklace and earrings. Kass made me several cards,

gave me flowers and made me a necklace. She is so thoughtful and loving, I am very blessed. Travis is putting in a sprinkler system so that we can finally have some nice grass, we are very excited.

Tornado

Did you hear that there was a tornado? We watched it form over the bay and it hit us with its full force. We had a tree loose a bunch of limbs, we lost a ton of shingles, A big tree limb missed Travis' car by about 6 inches and there was a lot of hail. We were chastising ourselves for watching the twister come our way while in front of the living room window- we are tornado rookies I guess. There were tree limbs down on the road but no one was injured, just a big mess to clean up!!!

Have fun and welcome to spring in Utah!!!

(This is the story from KSL)

Tornado touches down in Willard

May 4th, 2009 @ 3:48pm
WILLARD -- A tornado touched down Sunday, May 3 in the city of Willard in Box Elder County uprooting trees and tearing off siding on homes.
The magnitude EF0 tornado touched down just before 8 p.m.
A magnitude EFO is the lowest category. An EF5 is the highest.
The tornado's path was one mile starting at 75 E. 300 South and ending at 300 E. 230 South.
The winds snapped and uprooted trees, ripped off the siding on several homes and tossed an empty snowmobile trailer.
No one was injured.
Annually, there are on average 2-3 tornado's in Utah.

Internet is great - when it works

Kody sporting a lot of hair

Kennedy opening her present her sister made

Kennedy's First ice cream cone, it was a hit

Kennedy and Kody

Sorry for the lack of pictures, our internet has been spotty lately

Kennedy is growing like a weed- 22 pounds and 30 1/2 inches,

Kass was start student of the week. A student asked what she would do if she was president, she said she would lower taxes, another asked what she would lower them too, she said 10%. If its good enough for the Lord, it should be good enough for the government. (her daddy is having an influence obviously)

Kody is doing great. He is very alert and likes to look around. He is a very sweet baby and he loves his mommy. (yeah)

April 28th, 2009

One year ago today, we were in Michigan spending our first night with our Kennedy. She was so little and perfect. She was 6 ponds 14 ounces and 20 1/2 inches. She is now 22 pounds and 30 1/2 inches. She slept 6 hours straight that night. We are almost back to that. Kassidy was so happy to finally have a sister. We were in a strangers home, in a strange place with a miracle in our arms. It was so hard to believe how lucky we were and how stressed we were. It was an experience we will be forever thankful for and one that we will never forget.

I am in awe of her, she has such a love for life and she is so fun to watch. She can (and does) make anyone smile. She has got such a fun personality. She is exploring everything. She is walking when she wants to now and she gets into everything and is developing a touch of a temper. She loves to watch the animals and she is determined to do everything that her sister does. She follows Kass everywhere. Kass is so patient with her, she sings to her and plays the piano with her and reads her stories. Kennedy loves to give her brother loves and kisses. She even tried to help me burp him today.

Kennedy is one of our greatest blessings. Our family would not be complete without her. We are so grateful for the miracle of adoption and for our brave birthmother and the sacrifice that she made. The Lord has truly blessed us, we are so grateful to Him.

Kennedy turns 1

Kody dressed up for Kennedy's BirthdayShe wouldn't dig into the cake, she just ate some frosting

Kass helped her blow out the candle

Her first piggy tale, don't laugh, it was cute

really, its there

Birthday presents

NEVER, in a million years, did I ever think I would need one of these
It is handy, thanks Des

This is how I spend my days, sometimes I have a free arm, sometimes not so much, so if I don't answer the phone, sorry

Kass is such a good big sis, she is teaching Kennedy how to play with her toys, I am not sure who was having more fun...

Kody

Kody had his 2 week check up this week. He was 22 inches and 8 pounds 10 ounces. He was supposed to be back to his birthweight by the 2 week check up and he is almost a pound over it!! I told you, he is getting pure cream. Kennedy is adjusting better, she loves to kiss and love on him. She is walking a few steps at a time, when she wants too. Her birthday is on Sunday. Its hard to believe that she is a year already. Time sure flies when your overwhelmed!!! Kassidy is doing great. SHe has been riding her scooter and her horse a bit. She loves to play tag and follow the leader with her dad.

more pictures

Kassidy teaching Kody about Disney channel
I think that's a bird on her head

I told you he would chunk up!!

Kennedy is crawling on Kassy's hair

He has a dimple

This is how I spend my days. One baby per side. Its a good thing Kass is in school

Fat Boys

Kassidy's school is doing their fundraiser. 1 box of 36 Fat boys or 36 nut subday bars for $25. They cannot be mixed. Let me know by Aprill 21st if you are interested in buying a box.

Warning- these may increase your waist line because they are really yummy.