FUN AT THE PARK!!!

This afternoon we went to the park to play!

One of Kyle's favorite things to do at the park thees days is to climb up the slide. He says he is climbing the mountain!

Kenzie climbs up the jungle gym now too!

She made it all the way to the top without any help at all!!!

Kyle is such a sweet boy! All of a sudden he stopped playing for a minute, walked over to where I was standing, and gave me a kiss!

This is Aaron's friend Steve from our ward. Kyle had lots of fun playing with his new friend!!! He had Kyle laughing hysterically!!!

Kenzie loved going down the slide!

They also had lots of fun when Kyle decided that he wanted to push Kenzie in the swing. Unfortunately for him he kept getting too close to the swing and getting knocked down. He's a tough guy though, and he kept getting right back up!

Then Daddy helped Kyle climb on the ladder between the rock walls. Kyle was a little scared, but he was a brave boy!

Meanwhile, Kenzie tried to climb up a slide.

Apparently Kyle has gotten braver than we thought because the next thing we knew, he was climbing the ladder all by himself!

Then to our disbelief, and horror, he jumped off of the very top!

Once he landed on the ground, he sat there for a second and then remembered, "Oh yeah, I am supposed to cry now" So thats what he did.

We checked him over, and he seamed to be just fine, and we knew that he was when he ran right back off to go start playing again.

Here are Aaron and Steve just hanging out.

Unfortunately, Steve's wife wasn't feeling well, so she wasn't able to come to the park with us. So, while the guys hung around and mostly talked about video games, I took the kids over to play with the little rocking toys.

We had lots of fun at the park, and the kids DID NOT want to leave, but it was getting cold, and he hadn't eaten dinner yet, so he had to go. We will go back again very soon though!!!

BRUSH, BRUSH, BRUSH

Our kids think that brushing their teeth is the funnest thing in the world!

They were in desperate need of new tooth brushes, so this past week we got them some new ones. They are so cute! They are Crayola crayons, Kyles is blue, and Kenzie's is pink. They are my favorite little kid toothbrushes that we have gotten them so far because they have little suction cups on the bottom, so they will just stand up on the counter all by themselves!

Well, Kyle went into the bathroom after brushing his teeth, and I told him that I would be right there to help him clean his toothbrush as soon as I got Kenzie out of her highchair.

When I got in there, he had already decided to clean it by himself......... in the toilet.

I guess we will be buying another new toothbrush now. (sigh)

LI'LL CHEFF

Yesterday, Daddy brought some M&M's home from work for the kids! Kyle decided that he wanted to cook his first!

He had lots of fun!

When he took them out of the oven, and started to eat them, he said "I have to be very careful,l it is very hot!"

DRESS UP

This morning Kyle was cold so he wrapped himself in a blanket. He then came up to me, held out his hand to shake mine, and said "Hi Mom, my name is JESUS, what is your name?" It was adorable! But to be quite honest with you, it kind of took me by surprise. I wonder if they looked at pictures of JESUS in Sunbeems yesterday. At least I know that is is listening and that he does know who JESUS is!

Oh, and I almost forgot to say that he calls the blanket his "JESUS clothes" :)

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HOW WE SPENT OUR VALENTINES DAY!

We had a fun Valentines Day!

Here are some pictures of the kids that I took while they were looking at their Valentines presents.

Kyle got a stuffed dog with a heart in it's mouth, and a chocolate frog with a gummy bug inside, and Mackenzie got a red teddy bear, and a chocolate apple with a gummy worm inside. They loved them!

After Kyle finished his candy this is the conversation that we had (more than once)

Kyle: Mom can I have some more presents?

Me: I'm sorry Kyle but thats all the presents for today.

Kyle: Oh Come on Mom!

A little while later, Aaron came home from work and he had a teddy bear, a big chocolate heart, and two chocolate roses for me! It was so sweet.

My mom and sister then came to pick me us so that I could go and get a gift for Aaron. They came to out door with a small bag of cheeto's and Veggietales fruit snacks for each of the kids! They loved them! They also brought a box of Whoppers for Aaron and I to share!

We then headed off to CVS Pharmacy where I picked out a stuffed animal and a heart shaped box of chocolates for my sweet husband!

I do have to admit one thing though. For the past several months I have been doing really well as far as not eating too many sweets goes. Well today I ruined all of that. I have had A TON OF SUGAR (mainly chocolate) and I still want more! It will all be okay again soon enough though. I am allowed one day to splurge right?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALICIA!!!

Today is Aaron's younger sister Alicia's birthday! Normally, the whole family gets together for Sunday dinner whenever someone has a birthday, however, Aaron's current work schedule doesn't allow us to be there for that, so we went over tonight to share cake and ice cream and wish her a happy birthday!

Here are Kyle & Kenzie playing with Grandma!

Kenzie and Aunt Alicia! She turned 22 today!!!
Uncle Jacob, Kyle, Kenzie, & Aunt Alicia!

Grandpa & Grandma recently got a new chair. It is super comfy, and Kyle had lots of fun sitting in it!

Kenzie having fun with Uncle Ryan! It was funny though because right after this picture was taken, she got mad at him, and covered his eyes with her hands as hard as she could, and she would not let go!

Blowing out the birthday candles!

Grandpa & Grandma got a bowl of cake and ice cream for Kyle, but after just one bite, he was no longer interested in eating it. So, the bowl just sat there while Alicia and I talked about pregnancy and all that fun stuff because she and Ryan are expecting their first baby at the end of April. Well, anyway, after a while, she asked "Is Kyle gona eat that?" I told her that I didn't think he would, Nd offered it to her. She ate it happily, and she enjoyed every bite of it!!!

After cake and ice cream, Aaron and his brother Jacob got into a little wrestling match.

Then Kenzie sat down in a little plastic box that usually holds a bunch of toys, and Uncle Ryan and Grandma pushed her back and forth across the kitchen floor.

Then Kyle wanted to try too. Unfortunately he was a little too tall for the size of the box, but he still had lots of fun!

Soon after that we headed home. We are sad that we will not be able to make it to Sunday dinner, but we are very glad that we were able to help Alicia celebrate her birthday!!!

LILL' POTOGRAPHER

Yesterday while I was working on the songs for the upcoming month in Relief Society, Kyle got ahold of my camera. The next thing I knew, he said "Mom, say cheese!" It was so cute! After a little while, he brought me the camera to show me the pictures that he had taken. There were about a million pictures of me. Here are a couple of the pictures that he took!

YUMMY CAKE!

Yesterday Aaron was asked to work some overtime on his day off. As a thank you from his boss, he received some play money that is valid in the hospital cafeteria. So, he bought 3 pieces of chocolate cake. One for me, and one for each of the kids.

After dinner, we gave the kids their cake, and they loved it! As you can tell for m the pictures above, Kyle ended up much cleaner than Kenzie did.

WOW!

FAMILY PICTURES DECEMBER 13, 2008

Today we all got together with my mom, and we took family pictures. A big THANK YOU goes out to my aunt Jeri Lyn who took them for us :)

Here are just a few of my favorites!

Here is the whole family

All of the siblings, spouces, and kids
Mom and the boys

Mom & the girls

Our Little Family

Clint & Alicia

Kimber & David

Kyler & Mom

Since Kyler is still too young to have a spouce, he took a picture by himself. I guess he was trying to swim. When he was walking over to get this picture taken, he was singing the song "All By Myself" lol

This is Kyler's Senior picture