Kairi is 5!!!!!!!!

Lucky girl that Kairi..... She got two birthday parties. We did one the night of her birthday, and then she had a friend one. The pictures from her friend party are on another card, and so I will have to get them on another time. Her birthday party with family was a lot of quiet fun and so things went well. She got a beautiful jewelry box that sang, a great book about Heavenly Father, and a bike. This lasted until her friend birthday party when she was innundated with gifts. The Barbie Mariposa Birthday cake is what I made for her for her friend birthday party, everything else is from the family birthday party.

Traditions.......

The little guy Hanging in the "J"


The annual Butterfly watch has come and gone in our household, but we do have a few pictures. This year's caterpillar was within days of changing when we got him, so we had to work fast. I didn't take as many pictures, and there are none of the finished product, but we did receive a finished product which was wonderful. Kesslynn was so excited for all the changes that took place. I know she didn't understand the whole "change" thing, but she did enjoy it.

Kokanee Salmon Run

Every year it is always fun to go up the mountain and go see the Kokanee Salmon as they prepare to spawn. This year was no exception and it was fun to see the fall colors. Top it all off with a family picnic in the mountains and my girls were in heaven......

Kairi Got Her Cast OFF!!!!!!

BEFORE






AFTER




Kairi finally got her cast off on September 4. She has been sooooo happy to have it off. I tried to get a video of her actually getting it off, but Kesslynn screamed through the whole thing, and so I skipped the video and dealt with the child who had NOTHING HAPPENING TO HER. Anyhow, she was very concerned about her sister and it was sweet. Kairi is now busy exercising her arm so that it will be back to as strong as it was before. I have noticed no residual effects and she is doing well.

First Day of Preschool

In the Uintah Basin, children have to be 5 by September 1 in order to attend Kindergarten. This is especially frustrating when your child's birthday is, oh say, SEPTEMBER 23. She was so ready too. Anyhow, I anticipated that this would be happening for her and for me, so my friend Peggy, (big thanks to you) told me about a Preschool group she was doing and asked if I wanted to join. Long story short-- I did, and Kairi started Preschool and has had a wonderful time doing so. She has made friends doing so and intricately knows everyone's relationship to each other and how they ended up in the group. I just love that she has something going that allows her to have fun, be social, and be creative without me feeling like I need to be there. How refreshing!!!!

Funny Kessie.....

Hope you all have fun tilting your heads as you look at these lovely pictures, but whatever.... Awhile back, Cameron bought a camelpack to take with him, when he went biking. Well when he gets home the girls love to play with it. As you can see, Kesslynn has figured out how to work it and will drink SO much water from it. It is cute to see her wear it all over the house and sucking water from it. Especially when the pack is as big as she is!!!!!






















Another favorite pastime she has is to wear her dad's socks on her arms!!!! Funny girl!!!! Funniest part about it is that I have a similar picture of Kairi doing the exact same thing, I wonder if it is genetic?

Cameron is 30!!!!!!

Okay people, I am going to post a picture at the end of this post of the birthday cake I got Cameron for his 30th birthday...... However, I will warn you..... some may not approve!!!! I am not worried about that so much as he enjoyed getting it and it made him happy. He has struggled a bit to turn thirty, but I think he wears it well. And since I am his wife I can brag him up as to the accomplishments he has in his thirty years...

1. He married ME (of course this is number 1 :-)
2. Two beautiful girls
3. A House he built with his own two hands
4. College education.... with no debt incurred
5. He is still wearing clothes he wore in high school (not financial necessity, so much as
bragging rights)
6. A great job that takes care of us
7. Temple Marriage
8. Eagle Scout


These aren't all, but I feel these are things to be proud of that not everyone can accomplish.
Anyhow, his day was very low key (especially with the number 30 attached) I planned a little surprise party, but only one person was here on time and Cameron got home early from work, so I knew it was ruined. It didn't matter though, I think he was still surprised and he enjoyed it. Happy Birthday, Cameron!!!!! (Aug 28)

Kairi & The Very Scary Fall

On Friday, we had a very scary day.... I had a friend/family member over for lunch and she had brought her 3 boys. Kairi and the kids were all playing in her room. Peggy and I were both down in the kitchen making lunch when we heard a loud *BANG* and then the all-too-normal loud scream of Kairi. Peggy and I both took off running to go see what the matter was and found Kairi on the floor screaming! One look at her arm and I knew exactly what the matter was...... it was broken. Good thing Peggy was here, I swooped up Kairi, told Peggy Thanks and ran out the door to get Kairi to the hospital. Now mind you I am very calm writing this, and one might think that, being a nurse, I would have stayed calm. However, SHEER PANIC, only begins to describe how I felt. My mind was racing and at the time, all I could be was her MOM!!! I raced to the hospital doing 60 in a 35 ( no tickets thank you). Something about seeing your child in pain, and her arm in a very unnatural position tends to override any sense of logic I had. Anyhow... We only waited a moment before the doctor saw her and they too knew it was broken. Then the waiting game began. Because she is so young, they knew she would need to be sedated in order to set her arm. They like the Orthopaedic Surgeon to do this, and he was right in the middle of a case. And had another one lined up after that. So he told us that it would be about 6 more hours (and he was right) before we would get to leave. So we waited.....and waited.....and waited.. We watched Shrek, finished reading the Wizard of Oz, watched Dora, and Kairi took a short nap. She was amazing. She didn't have ANY pain medication all day, because if she needed it she would have had to have an IV. She didn't even need pain medication after they set the bone. I gave her some for insurance sake that night (I and She needed some sleep for sure). Anyhow she is well. She is not complaining of her arm and is being such a trooper about everything. I think she gets tired a little more easily, but that is to be expected. Sooooo... we got souvenirs while at the ER and got a copy of her x-rays and here they are in all their glory:

Our New Crib!!!!!!

Hahahaha!!!!! I am so gangsta now!!!! Or not. Anyway, by popular demand here are the pictures of our new house which is in disarray given the week we have had!!!!!! But that is another post!!!! We love the house and are so very happy with it. We are working to spend some money that we had left on the loan to use in the yard and a good majority of it we have spent. We have a few more items that we are working to upgrade, but that is about all at this point.


Front of the House: Do you like the Church Bench? It is a project in progress, I will show you pictures of it as it transforms.






Backyard: Interesting story as to why it is terraced. To keep it short, lets just say that in the beginning, the footers were showing, and this was the best idea I could come up with to keep the land usable, without a HUGE expense. I think the walls turned out great.





Family Room: Love this room!!!! Plus it lets us have fun without disturbing the sleeping baby!!!!!







Kitchen: I love cooking in here!!! There is so much room, and I have a ton of Cabinet space!!!










Spare Bedroom: Great for Company







Our Room: Where the Magic Happens, J/K Very Boring indeed!!!!











Kairi's Room: The infamous BunkBed...... (Refer to The Post) You'll know!!!!








Kesslynn's Room: Nothing Exciting happens here, except the Diaper Changing (if you consider that exciting)







Bathroom: I love the Shower curtain!!!!!











"Blacky's Home: Can you spot her latest "Gift?"






Upon moving in we adopted a new pet, however due to her nature, we very rarely see her. She is affectionately known as "Blacky" and shows her love to us for not squishing her by leaving us presents about once a week of offspring. Unfortunately, we don't like these presents, and so we kill them... but she is not detered. If anyone knows anything about me you would realize that since "Blacky" is a Black Widow she is indeed very lucky to still be alive since I HATE spiders. Crying, shivers, hair-standing-on-end etc normally accompany my encounters with any spider as does finding someone ASAP to kill the thing. Anyhow, she stays in her space, outside, and I stay away from her- and we lead a fairly decent existence in the same sphere.

Happy 4th of July!!!!

I hope everyone had a great 4th!!!!! I love the fireworks!!!!