Fun in the Snow

We have been wanting to go out and play in the snow all winter but since the poor girlies have been sick most of the winter we hadn't made it out til this last storm. Kenlee has been talking about building a snowman since the first snow storm and I was starting to get nervous that she wouldn't be healthy enough to make it out but luckily both girls are doing lots better. Kenlee spent most of her time rolling her snowman, she did it all by herself. I only helped her stack her snowballs. She was so excited about him and proud of herself. Jordyn spent most of her time being pulled up and down the drive way in the sled and yelling "run mommy!" It was a great afternoon. Soon we had to go in and get ready to leave but of course we first warmed up with hot chocolate with little marshmallows. Kenlee and I had planned on picking up the snowman kit from my parents house and giving frosty a face and buttons but when we got back upstairs to load up in the car the poor girl discovered her smashed snowman. He wasn't built all that even so between that and the warmer temperatures frosty had fallen over and smashed across the driveway.  It broke Kenlee's heart and she cried the whole way to my parents house.  I promised her that we would build a new snowman with the kit pieces the next time it snows so we r hoping for another good storm soon.

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Hearts & Crafts

Tonight the girls and I had one of our traditional girls nights.  The girlies get to pick their dinner and what movie we are going to watch.  We get out the picnic blanket and spread it out in the living room, then settle in for dinner and a movie.  Tonights selections were alfredo pasta and fruit cocktail while watching Sleeping Beauty.  After dinner was cleaned up we got our crafty stuff out and made a bunch of paper hearts to put all over the girls bedroom door.  This was Kenlee's idea and she had been wanting to do it for a week or so. Crafting is a big thing for her right now and she just loves any opportunity to use her skills. This was super easy but both girls loved it and decorated with stickers and crayons to their hearts content.  Then we all went and taped them to the door together. Kenlee and Jordyn were so excited and proud of their decorations.  We are going to have to continue doing this every Valentines season. I hope over the years we can get more creative and use this project to better express our family love.

Jordyn putting stickers on...

Project central....

They are just so excited about their door.....

Family Pictures 2013

18 Months

18 Months

18 Months

18 Months

18 Months

4 Years

4 Years

4 Years

4 Years

4 Years

New Classes for the New Year

With the beginning of the year came a new class for Kenlee at church.  She is now in CTR 4! Wow, so crazy to think that she is that old.  Her teachers are Brother & Sister Ashcroft. She says they are really nice but the funniest observation she had was that her teachers are married..... apparently this is a big deal to her where her sunbeam teachers were two women.  She always pinpoints the funniest things.

1st Day in CTR 4 Class

1st Day in CTR 4 Class

 Jordyn is still in Nursery but it is still kind of new to her because of how little she has been able to go between visiting family and being sick.  She is starting to really enjoy going and loves her leaders.  Today when I started singing Once there was a Snowman to Kenlee to distract her from the knots in her hair, Jordyn jumped right in and started doing the actions..... I almost cried it was so cute.

Nursery

Nursery

Of course sisterly love!

It's A Boy!!!

That's right, we are having a sweet baby boy!  We could not be happier! We had our ultrasound yesterday and everything looks really good.  He is growing on schedule and everything looks healthy.  He was a lot calmer during the ultrasound then Kenlee or Jordyn ever were so we got some great pictures of his sweet little face.

For some reason Blake and I decided to kind of wait to make any big announcements til we knew the gender of this baby.  We told our families and those that we would run into because I started showing around 12 weeks but decided not to blog it or anything like that til now.  I have been doing pretty good, normal aches & pains & fatigue but feeling good.  My cravings have been jalapenos and chocolate (but don't worry, I don't eat them together.)  Kenlee and Jordyn are both very excited for the baby.  We took them with us to our second appointment so they could hear the heart beat (our first appointment was at 10 weeks and we didn't want anyone to spill the beans early).  We really feel like this is what connected Kenlee & Jordyn while I was pregnant with Jordyn and made Kenlee's transition relatively smooth. Jordyn loves to point at my tummy and tell people about baby's heart beat and then talk to baby.  Kenlee is already protective of baby and makes sure nothing is hurting him.

18 1/2 weeks

We are so excited about this new addition to our little family and can not wait to meet him!

Winter Time Cuties!

Had to snap a few pictures of how cute these two are in their warm winter clothes.  I can't get enough! Thanks Grandma Tuke for their new scarfs! So incredibly adorable!

Ringing in 2014!

New Years Eve is always full of family and fun.  We started out the evening by running over to Blake's parents house to tell his dad happy birthday.  Kenlee was very excited to deliver the gift and she even practiced saying Happy Birthday.  Of course as soon as we got there she found out where Papa was and made sure he got his gift.  Kenlee has always loved giving gifts and celebrating with everyone.  So sweet! We stayed and visited for a little while until we all got hungry and then headed back to our house to start our New Year's Eve party.  This year Karlee and Colton were able to come party with us and it was great!  We started off with a yummy dinner of double decker tacos.... always a family favorite. Once the girlies were bathed and hair dried we all bundled back up and went to play with some pop it fireworks.  Both Kenlee and Jordyn thought that this was an amazing idea.... thanks Daddy for the surprise!  I think everyone had a great time, adults and children alike. Kenlee sang jingle bells while she played with her box of pop its while Jordyn found joy in throwing the pop its at our feet and making us jump and squeal.

Blake's stand against wearing pants.... I freeze for him.

After we had used up all the pop its we headed back down stairs to play the Logo Game.  Blake and I had only played one other time and were excited to give it another shot. I told the girls that they could stay up as long as they wanted to but by 10:00 both girls were asking to go to bed.  We paused the game and did the last of our fireworks which were some streamer pops.  Kenlee loved to pull the strings and Jordyn just wanted to watch the streamers pop out all over the kitchen. We put the cuties to bed and played the game til about 11:30.  Once the game was over we turned on the New Years count down and waited for the ball to drop. The ball dropped and we celebrated with some sparkling cider and then hung out talking til around 1:30. We were party animals.....

 New Years day was spent in Liberty, Idaho with all my mom's side of the family.  We had so many different yummy soups, it was more of a contest to see if you could taste test all the soups. After lunch was cleaned up some people played volleyball while some of us went and played board games. Jordyn thought that the echo of the gym was the perfect opportunity to sing at the top of her lungs, she certainly loves to perform.

Around 4 we all packed up and headed back to Cache Valley.  Both the girls were so wore out from running around with all their little friends that Jordyn only stayed awake til we got out of the canyon and Kenlee (who never sleeps in the car anymore) slept the last part of our trip. They had so much fun!

 

Happy New Years from Our Family!  Here is to keeping our goals and making more memories! Can't wait to see what 2014 brings!