It Was One of Those Days...

That phrase is usually used to denote a day we would rather not relive, but this was one of those days I wish could last forever!
Today was Kylie’s first day of Kindergarten and Tessa’s birthday, so we had to make it special. The morning started with cinnamon rolls (no, not homemade…I’m no Betty Crocker but does it really matter as long as it has cream cheese icing on top?!).
Next it was the tub time, because no one wants to go through their first day of school with sticky hands and face.
Then of course we were long overdue for some finger and toenail painting…in our favorite color…bubble gum pink.
To pass the time before AFTERNOON kindergarten we played with friends at Mommy Monday.

Finally it was happy meals from MacDonalds. As luck would have it the toy was little American Girl Felicity paperdolls. Well the toy gods must have been smiling down on us because we had just rented the Felicity movie weeks before. Kylie kept saying, “How did they know that we wanted these?!!”

We finished just in time to snap a few pictures and get Kylie off to school. She was so excited. She already knew 6 of the kids in her class and was glad to see them in front of the school.


As a novice school mom (Kylie being my first to go to school) I had forgotten to tell her how we would find each other after school. So I somehow missed her and couldn’t find her, but then I heard a little girl sobbing to the crossing lady…I felt so bad!

In the evening we celebrated Tessa’s 2nd Birthday. She loved her toys especially her baby!



We ended our day dancing to Taylor Swift singing at the CMA awards!

After days of fighting and grumpiness both girls were so kind and happy that I wish every day could be like this!

2 Months Old

We took Mallory in for her 2 month check up today to find that she is growing like a weed...I guess I shouldn't compare my daughter to a weed...but anyway, she is 10 lbs 5 oz and 23 inches long. She's in the 75th percentile for height and weight; she is getting her parents tall genes. So blessed to have such a happy and healthy baby!


I have taken a lot of pictures but can't find the time to download them, but here is one of my growing girl ...


I love her little nose and her big eyes!

No Growing Up!

The sign were all there the whistling and snapping....no it wasn't a problem with my car...I should add there was some pumping, holding of breath underwater, but I tried to pretend that my Baby wasn't turning 5.

Kylie turned 5 this week and is so excited to be growing up and turning five. Monday we made a cake and opened some presents. She is such a nice girl for the rest of the evening and the next day she kept telling me "Thanks mom, that was the best birthday ever!"








Here are a few things about my Five Year Old:
She loves stuffed animals, especially dogs, and gives them all names
She can't say her "k's" or "d's" and I love it...it produces cute sayings like "Hello Titty" and "Here We Do (go) Adain (again)"
She is a great colorer and drawer
She is very kind hearted and is the first to give sympathy for illnesses and owies
She has a great memory...she ran remember places we've been and lines from movies
She is great at pretend and is starting to like dancing

I Know You Are But What Am I !

Ever since I broke the news of the Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer Tour I've felt a certain responsibility to the readers of this blog to keep them abreast of the important breaking news in my area and around the globe.

So without further ado I am pleased to present you with some new that is bigger than Leno leaving the Tonight Show, the declining economy, or health care reform....

PEE WEE is back!

That's right the man who brought us Pee Wee's Playhouse; a show with a genie head, word of the day, big blue and dog chair, a puppet that resembled a deformed Chucky, talking flowers, a flying bike, talking terradactyl...okay that show was a little creepy and borderline pedophilia-ish...
Seriously were the writers and producers drunk? I can just see them sitting around in a inebriated state
Bob: "You know what the show should have? A red pleather door?"
Joe: "That's cut ziz zag on one side"
Dave: "Yeah! "And cat puppets playing instruments"
Joe: "And a map of the United States Clock..."
Dave: "that talks....heck let's make everything talk"

but I digress...

Pee Wee will be preforming in a stage show this coming November at the Music Box at The Fonda in Hollywood.
Paul Reubens (Pee Wee)confessed he has reservations about bringing back the iconic character after such a long absence.“I have some fear that he won’t be funny after all this time,” he continued. “I don’t want to ruin it.”

So that begs the question, Was Pee Wee ever really funny to anyone over the age of 8 with something else to watch on Saturday mornings? Or was it merely a train wreck of show that you just couldn't pull yourself away from...somewhere on the order of I Survived a Japanese Game Show or Fox's latest reality show "More to Love?"
I'm thinking we all had undiagnosed ADD!

Daughters

I finally got the girls pictures taken and I am so in love with how they turned out. I am so blessed to have three beautiful, healthy little girls. They are so good and Kody and I lay in bed in night and just talk about how cute they are and how much they make us laugh!

A Big thanks to Kacee Preston for taking them. You can check out more of her photos at www.childhoodexpressions.blogspot.com. She is located here in Davis County.

Pioneer Day...Hurray!

As long as I can remember my family has spent the morning of July 24th at the Ogden Pioneer Day Parade and Kody and I have continued that tradition with our girls. Grandpa Mark goes down the night before to save about a third city block for family and friends to have the perfect(shaded) view of the parade.
We woke the girls up early and headed up to Ogden.
The girls loved sitting with their cousins and watching the horses, beauty queens, and floats pass by while consuming doughnuts, Popsicles, and candy!



Kylie’s favorite thing was when Uncle Jeremy dressed as the fireman clown “Bunkers” drove by and threw Frisbees to all the kids. He also threw out bracelets which she didn’t get but luckily our favorite clown brought one to us after.It's nice to have connections!


Tessa loved watching the horses poop while consuming chocolate licorice. She kept pointing at the horses and saying “horses bum.”

After we went to the Hansen Reunion at the Golden Spike Park in Riverdale. It was fun to let the kids go play and catch up with family.

P.S. I did not include any pictures of the floats because after years of attendance I and my parents have hundred of pictures of floats. So if you would like to see some simply name your year and I will send them to you!

Bear Lake Baby

To top of our week of fun we decided to take a trip up to Bear Lake. I hadn’t see the cabin in person since we bought the lot and I thought it was about time. We made the two hour trip up and the cabin is awesome. It is so big and I can tell we are going to make some great memories. The kids loved playing around in the unfinished cabin. We ate lunch in the basement and then headed to the Lake. It was overcast and threatening rain but the kids had a great time playing in the water and sand. The lake’s best feature is that the beach doesn’t drop off sharply instead kids can walk out for a ways and still be able to touch.
Jon and Brittany stayed the night before with their boys in a tent in the basement and Grandma, Grandpa, Laura and her girls came up on Saturday (the 25th) like our family.






After the swimming the kids took turns getting little rides with Kody and Jon on the 4 wheelers.

Garden City was really crowded with people but we didn’t seem to mind and had a great time!
Can’t wait until the cabin is built and we can spend more time up there!