Makenzie is a Kindergarten Graduate !

Makenzie made it through her first year at Finley Farms.  I was able to come in several times throughout the year and do special projects with her class.  It was so much fun watching her grow this year.  She had a great teacher, Mrs. Beck, who she will miss as she moves on to 1st grade. 

Dancing Divas

The girls had the opportunity to take dance this year with Jeff's cousin Laura. They had a fantastic time and were so cute in the recital.

Logan loves Cub Scouts

We were able to attend an arrow of light pack meeting.  Logan’s wolf den made their own instruments and played a number for us.

 

He also received some belt loops for art, music, and flag football.  Yeah Logan.

Makenzie’s Birthday Kid Party

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Kenzie wanted to take some friends and cousins to see The Princess and the Pea for her birthday for her party.  The girls had a great time.  Her cake was the princess’ bed. 

Easter 2010

 

Dyeing Easter Eggs

 

 

I read in a magazine to use a whisk so the kids don’t make a mess.  It didn’t tell you that the parents hands are messy from getting the egg in and out. Cute girls.

 

 

After finding Easter Baskets.  Kenyon ate so much chocolate

We had some family over for dinner.  Here the kids are in their Easter outfits. 

Outside Fun

One of the two littles favorite pastimes - swings.  Kenyon has  started swinging on the big swings.  Makes mom a nervous nelly.

Yes pants are optional in our backyard .

 

Where naps happen when mom fails to put him down.

Flag Football Fun

Most Saturdays you can find us on the sidelines cheering Logan on.  We signed Logan up for flag football. this year.  He’s on an NFL League so he plays for the Chicago Bears.We had to remind him that he needs to be more aggressive, less passive.  He asked Jeff what aggressive meant.  Jeff replied, be more like your little brother Kenyon.

You can see him on the right running a play.  He’s gotten better over the last couple of week averaging three or four tackles in a game.

 

Jeff and kids on sideline. 

Makenzie and Kenyon playing catch.

Down & Derby

Logan participated in his first derby.  He had a lot of fun.  So did Jeff.  He won first place in his den.  Way to go Logan!

Spring Garden

Guess what we’ve been busy doing?

Yes.  It’s a spring garden.  I’ve always wanted one and with the help of my dad my wish has finally come true.  He single handedly built 4 beautiful garden boxes, moved rock & sprinklers, and put a fun bench around our tree.  Thanks dad.  He lets me pay him in homemade bread.  Kenyon of course helped.  He loves helping grandpa.  We planted tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini, carrots, green onions, and peas.  Yum I can’t wait.

Had to add this picture just because it was so cute.

 

Ashleigh’s 3

Our little girl is 3.  It’s hard to believe.  She decided she wanted an Ariel Cake.

We had family and friends over.  She got clothes, princess dress-ups, art supplies, and lots of other fun things.

Our little princess

Christmas '09 Pics

We had a great Christmas this year. Grandparents Tracy stayed the night and opened presents with us. We had a great breakfast, French toast casserole and oh yea... the presents.

Oh Christmas Tree!

 
It was Ash's turn to put the star on the tree. She kept thinking that Jeff was going to drop her. We had fun decorating the tree. All the kids helped, even Kenyon. We'll wait to see tomorrow how many of the ornaments Kenyon pulls off.

Jeff's 35!

Jeff's birthday was fun cause he actually let me make a little bit of a fuss over him. We went to a friend's daughters birthday and she had a topsy turvy cake. Jeff said I want one of those. So one of those is what he got. It was a lot of fun to make.


We celebrated by having family and friends over. Jeff got the Star Trek movie and an electric razor from us, a bag of chocolate chips from Jill and family, a book on cd from mom, and $$ to buy a new tool from several family members. Happy Birthday Babe.

Gilbert Days Fun Run

The two oldest and I had the opportunity to run in the Gilbert Days Fun Run. Logan is in the running club at school and really enjoys it. I think next year we will have to get Jeff to run too. Here we are before the race.
This is Logan and a friend from school.


Me and Kenzie "running".

The kids' favorite part of the race, afterward when they got to eat Chik-fila and drink Jamba Juice. Thanks mom and dad for coming and watching the littles so we could enjoy!

A 5 year old Google Search result

Your search - nikgyonr - did not match any documents.

Any guesses on what Kenzie was searching for?

Weekend Fun

Jeff found out about a small balloon festival they were having at Anthem in Florence. We decided to take the kids for free food, balloons, and fun. We first rode the shuttle, a double decker bus, to the event and decided to enjoy a free BBQ meal for lunch first before doing any of the other things. Soon after we finished eating It started pouring so our fun ended before it really started. Did you know that they can get a free Krispy Kreme doughnut for every A. I happened to have the kid's report cards in the car so we headed there.
As you can see the older kids were very tired.

After we enjoyed our sweet treats we took the kids to Toys R Us to have a look around. We ended up having a good day minus a few balloons.

Week in Review

Monday - Started potty training Ashleigh. Not much success.
Tuesday - Continued training. Wondering why I thought I could do this. Talked with a friend who gave me some advise. Seems to be working.
Wednesday - Only 1 accident all day! And she is coming to me and telling me when she has to go.
Thursday - Again only 1 accident. Went #2 on the potty!
Friday - Made it through a whole day accident free. What a girl. Cranky in the evening goes to bed without dinner.
Saturday - Wakes up at 2:30 the next morning to go potty, decides she's hungry, eats, too awake to sleep, stays up till 5:00. Then Kenyon wakes at 5:30. Not much sleep for mom. Souper Saturday for mom. Dad home with kids and Ashleigh did great. 6pm she ended up with fever of 102.9.
Sunday - Still feverish. All day can't get it to come down 10:30pm it hits 104.6. I call the doctor who says as long as it stays below 105 we are ok but get her into the doctor in the morning. Jeff rides the couch, Ashleigh sleeps in bed with mom. Neither of us get much sleep.
Monday - 8:15 go to the doctor. He takes a swab to run test = swine flu. Get prescription, cancel preschool for the week, keep her away from others for 5-7 days. Pray and hope that it ends with her and doesn't go through the rest of the kids.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

This year we had a Rubik's cube, a princess, 2 mermaids, and a fish.

 

We went to Scnepfs farms.

Kenyon was too little to ride most of the rides so he hung out.

Logan and Kenzie loved the roller coaster.

Ashleigh not so much.

  

The kids had a costume parade at the school.

On Halloween night we went to some friends house for dinner and trick or treating. Ashleigh was in a mood and wouldn’t let me get a picture of her.

One of the cul-de-sacs set up a haunted house. 

Logan had fun but not Kenzie.