Little Miss Betty Crocker...

At Kennedi (and Brayden's) Preschool/Daycare they had a party the Friday before Valentine's Day. Since I'm not working Friday's they asked if I could bring Kennedi so she could come to the party. I decided that we would make cookies for her Valentine's to all of her friends and teachers. Kennedi and I had so much fun making them together! I'm not much of a Betty Crocker myself but I do think they turned out great!! Kennedi was so excited and called it her 'Cookie Party'. She keeps asking to have another one!


You've gotta lover her apron!

Bugaboo

I finally did it! I got a picture of Brayden smiling. He is trying so hard to crawl now, I imagine he'll be cruisin' along any day now. He's still growing like a weed. 2 weeks ago he weighed 20 lbs. 3 oz. Believe me...I'm strong!!!

My kids are the best. What more could I ask for?

Not a better way to celebrate...

I have to admit. I was NOT looking forward to Valentine's Day. But honestly, I cannot say that there was a better way to celebrate it than I did. I had a fabulous day!

I started my day off by heading down to the Bountiful Temple to do a session with my good friend Sasha. The drive down was AWFUL. The roads were terrible and there were cars sliding off the road everywhere! But I was determined to get there and I did, I made it and even on time! Thanks so much Sasha for inviting me and letting me share such a special day with you and Ben!! And thanks to my family as well for watching my kids so I was able to go.

Fortunately the weather on the way home was much much better! Thank goodness because I do NOT like driving in the snow. When I got back home my parents wanted to take us out to dinner for Valentine's Day so they took me and the rest of my family (those who were available) to one of my favorite Mexican restaurants, Ell Parrel. It was so yummy! Here are a few pictures from our fun time.

Mommy and Kennedi


Aunt Mandy and Ethan


Mommy and Brayden


Kennedi and Aunt Natalie

Grandma and Grandpa


Ethan and Brayden

A little of my work...

I absolutely LOVE making collages. If you or know of anyone who needs something made, I would be happy to see what I could come up with and help them out. I can do anything from wedding and baby announcements, shower and birthday invites, Christmas cards, a collage of children and families, or whatever else you can think of. Here are a few that I have created. If you want to see a larger version of each one, just click which one you want and it will load up a larger size.

Kalamazoo and Bugaboo...

I love calling me kids that. But Kennedi always tries to correct me and says, "No mommy, I'm Kennedi (Kalamazoo) and that's Brayden (Bugaboo)." My dad also tries calling Brayden "George", but Kennedi always corrects Grandpa on that one too.

I don't have much to update on other than my kids are fantastic. I love them so much. Kennedi always seems to find a way to make me laugh. She's been on a kick lately with some of her phrases. Some of my favorites are:

"Mom, will you do me a favorite?" So then I have to tell her it's "favor" and not "favorite". She just giggles, it's the best.

If I get hurt, she's always right there to tell me that "It's ok, it will be just fine. It will get better soon." Does anyone know where she got that from?

"Can I have my sikky pup please?" You can try and guess what a sikky pup is. Yes, her sippy cup. The reason why this one is so funny is I catch myself saying the exact same thing. I've gone over and over it with her on the correct way to say it, but in the end we both end up laughing because she can NEVER get it right. Oh well. I'm not going to lose sleep over it.

Brayden is a HAM! He is getting so big. I'm a little bit late on getting his four month stats up, but here they are. He weighed 18 pounds 6 ounces (97%) and his height was 25.5" (74%). I can't believe how fast he is growing up. And I found last night...he is getting a tooth! You're probably saying, "WHAT?" Yep, that's exactly what I said. A TOOTH. A little bit early, but I certainly have no way of stopping it. I'm not going to lose sleep over that either. He is smiling so much, but unfortunately I can't catch it on camera. I WILL lose sleep over that.

Christmas at Disneyland

...Well sort of. We didn't exactly spend Christmas Day there, but a few days before. Kennedi, Brayden and I were able to go with my sister Natalie, and my other sister Mandy and her two boys, Dylan & Ethan, to California to spend a day at Legoland and three days at Disneyland. Thanks to my sister Mandy who invited us to come with! Wow! What can I say? We had a BLAST! It was super super busy, and we were constantly on the go, but we still found ways to be happy and to have a good time. Why wouldn't you at Disneyland, right?

Here are some of the pictures of our fun time. Please know that in some of the pictures it had been raining, so I look AWFUL. Kennedi also was a little nervous about the characters but I bribed her to be in the pictures with me. She was so brave. Brayden wasn't in too many pictures, but boy was he a trooper! He was sleeping a lot of the time or if he wasn't he was in his stroller snuggly warm.

Princess Castle
Mommy & Kennedi

Mainstreet, Disneyland

A HUGE Christmas Tree
Mommy, Kennedi & Dylan


Santa, Mommy & Kennedi

Pictures with the Characters & Princesses
(We had dinner with the princesses, the other characters thanks to my sister Natalie. The other chracters we saw around Dinseyland)


Sleeping Beauty

Snow White


Belle


Cinderella


Ariel


Mickey Mouse


Goofy


Donald Duck


Silvermist


Tinkerbell


Pixie Hollow
Where we met Silvermist & Tinkerbell

Fun Pictures
Here are just a few random pictures of our trip that I though I'd share...

Kennedi & Dylan with their 3D glasses on to watch "It's Tought to Be a Bug"

We met Guy Fierri from The Food Network and he was kind enough to let us take a picture with him. He said he was at Disneyland to film a show.

Kennedi & Dylan posing for the camera (and cheesing it!)

If he was awake, he was happy!!

Kennedi & Aunt Mandy on the Disneyland Railroad Train


Kennedi & Aunt Natalie in front of Mickey's House


Brayden & Mommy by Mickey's mailbox


Our Trooper, Brayden

Kennedi & Dumbo



Even after an exhuasting 4 days (LONG days, and SHORT nights) and a messy face, Kennedi was able to find the energy to smile for me!!

Thanks to Natalie, Mandy, Dylan, Ethan, Kennedi & Brayden for such an AMAZING time at Disneyland. It wouldn't have been the same without any of you!!! I love you ALL!!!!!!!!!!

Never a dull moment...

Do I really need to explain...

She loves to look at the good ads in the newspaper!!
But never did I imagine that she'd tear it apart this bad!


Notice that Brayden's diaper, pants and socks are sitting to the side of her. She was attempting to take off his onesie. Isn't she a good helper? I only had said that Brayden needed his diaper changed, and left to go get a diaper.


I guess she wanted to do the dishes so she pushed a stool over and started washing away!


Brayden obviously didn't want to share his crib with her. Don't ask me how she got in there!! As far as I knew Brayden was sound asleep just 30 seconds before I found her in there!!

Yes, it's dental floss!!

How can I help but to laugh
at my cute little Kennedi?