San Francisco Girls Trip

What a wonderful girls trip!!! We loaded a bus with 50 other people and headed to San Francisco to see WicKeD. I had seen Wicked before but no one else had, but Teisha. So we hopped on the bus. Not the funnest thing to ride in but we had fun anyways. Amanda lives in California and met us at the Pier for lunch. It was nice to see and visit with her.
We are at the Pier waiting to get our funnel cakes. Shawnee in her new styling glasses. A funny story that happened right here. We were sitting eating our funnel cakes when a pigeon started flying in front of me and Shawnee and then moved toward Teisha. The pigeon landed on her plate and Teisha threw her plate in the air. You can only guess where the cake landed? Now if you have never had a funnel cake before, it has powdered sugar, whip cream and chocolate topping if you want. We had powdered sugar. So back to the story.... When Teisha threw her plate she threw it in me and Shawnee's direction. We were covered in powdered sugar. We had it in our hair, down our pants. But we were laughing so hard. Thanks Teisha for a good laugh that made the whole trip.
Shawnee in front of the sea lions at the Pier.
Shawnee is in love with Johnny Depp. She had to have a picture of him.
Waiting to see WicKeD. We had great seats and everyone loved it.
Me and Shawnee all dressed up to go out on the town to see Wicked.

Shawnee looking out at Alcatraz through a view finder at the Golden Gate Bridge. Shelli, Me, Shawnee, Taunya, and Teisha at the Golden Gate Bridge to start off our trip. We had a lot of fun. We had the most yummy dinners Sour dough turkey sandwich and Margarita Pizza with a side of Gilroy garlic mashed potatoes and desserts Chocolate Lava Cake. Lots of treats ice cream, funnel cakes and donuts. I think we all gained a few pounds but it was worth it to me. Thanks ladies lets do it again.

{ This CHILD }

Not sure what I am going to do with this girl. She is into everything. Now let me explain. She has decided to go out for track this year in 8th grade. She wants to run the 100 meter sprint. Why I ask, because she is lazy and that is the only thing she wants to do. Ok I am fine with that. She needs a sports bra and shoes. Ok I can handle that. She then proceeds to tell me that she wants to tryout for cheerleading, dance company and drill team this year. WHoo horsey!! You can't do all those things at the same time.
1. You will be overloaded.
2. Money
3. I will have a breakdown
4. Did I mention money
5. You will never be home

So this week we are doing 2 out of the 3 tryouts this week. I know that she will make at least one of the 3. I wish her the best of luck this week. She is so excited to go to High School this year. There goes my little girl, bring on the fun times that come with being in High School. Love ya Shawnee

Walking

Kenzie is walking. She is only 10 1/2 months old but she is all over the place. I look at her and think you are too little to walk. And her tiny feet how can they hold you up. This girl has no fear whatsoever. She wants to be right next to the kids doing what they are doing. I am sad that she is getting bigger everyday but I am looking forward to the future to see what she will become. We love you Kenzie girl!!!!

Birthday #14

Just wanted to wish this girl a Happy 14th Birthday. Fourteen years have flown by so fast. You are a Gorgeous girl with a lot of spunk. Set your standards high and reach for your goals and you will accomplish anything you set your mind to. You will do places. We love you so much and are so happy you are in our family. Have the best day ever girl:) Can't wait for the trip to cali to see WicKeD.. Girls trip here we come.

2010 Word of the Year

I think this speaks for itself. So LOVE this Work!:)

Ty and Kenzie's check-ups

Kenzie at her 9 month check-up weights in at 18.9 lbs and is 28 inches long. She is in the 75% for her height and 50% in her weight. I am afraid that Kenzie is going to pass Ty up right her shortly. He just doesn't have the growth hormones that Kenzie does. She also got her shots and she cried for 5 seconds and then was done.

So I took Ty for his 3 year check-up. That sure was a fun time let me tell you. Ty weights in at a whopping 28 lbs and is 35 inches tall. He is in the 5-10% in height and weight. Poor guy. He makes it up in his huge smile. Ty got his shots and he cried the whole time he had his and while Kenzie was getting hers. He cried all the way home too. Poor kid. I think he is going to have a couple of little issues. Sorry for the pun. Didn't mean it like that. We sure do love these kids. They bring such a joy to our lives.

Going to be better this year!

We meet our cute little cousin Ty for the first time over the holiday weekend. He is 3 and full of smiles.Isn't he adorable!!! Brad's brother is adopting him in a couple of months. And let me tell you he fits right in to this family. We now have four 3 year old all with in a couple of months of each other. CAn you say MISCHEIF!!!
Here are the kids dropping the ball from the loft at the cabin for our New year celebration. Shawnee wraps a ball with tin foil and rigs some kind of something to lower the ball. We count down and everything. The kids love it.
WE love to go sledding. Even Ty loves to join in.
Shawnee and her goofy hat. She can still be a kid.
WE celebrated Ty's 3rd birthday at the cabin. He had a dinosaur cake from Costco. He got some new church clothes. A Car's coloring book, Toy Story projecter that he loves and a Handy Manny motorcycle tool set. He was in heaven.

We had a great Christmas and New Year. We got to spend time with Wade and Amanda and there family. We don't get to see them very often they live in California. It is amazing to me that the kids play so well together and don't fight when there are so many of them. Since there was 12 children at the cabin and 8 adults. They made a snowman, went sledding and ate and ate and ate some more. We had 2 birthdays while we were there. First was Ty's and then Noah's was on New Years Eve. SO we had lots of cake and let me tell you there was no cake left when we left. That most have been some good cake.