Kelsi's Pictures

A friend of mine, who is starting up a photography business, took some pictures of Kelsi and is going to be taking some pictures of our family on Saturday. If you want to check out the pictures of Kelsi here is her blog. Rachel Belle Photography I think they turned out great.

It's about time...

Okay so blogging and reading blogs hasn't been a strong point for me lately. So now I will do a little catching up. I have probably lost the few followers I had because of the lack of blogging. So here is a picture overview of the last few months.

July

4th of July fun!

Just relaxing

A bit of silliness.

24th in St. Johns. Watching the parade.

Loved this float. Abe actually stood up and sat down. It was neat to see a parade that actually had some real floats. Not just political and business ads.

August

Back to school

Kelsi is in 3rd

Shaylee is in 1st

Build a Bear Workshop

We has a trip to Tucson for the Gaslight theater and Build a Bear. We all had a blast. The girls each made a stuffed animal and we watched Space Wars at the Gaslight Theater. It was a farce on the movie Star Wars. It was so much fun. If you have never been to the Gaslight Theater in Tucson, I would highly recommend it. They do a great job of entertaining in a family friendly way.

September

Was a slow month for pictures. I don't think I took many at all. This month was full of school and more school for the girls.

Kelsi did get to make some eatable art at school that she really enjoyed.

October

Riding the Merry-Go-Round at the County Fair

Shaylee's art project her class did for the fair.

The amazing juggler at the fair.

Dress up fun with Courtney

Kelsi's school program about tall tales and heroes.

Halloween

Courtney as Super Girl.

Shaylee as a black cat.

Kelsi as a black cat.

The three of them.

November thus far hasn't been too bad. Courtney and I did have to make a trip this last weekend to Gilbert for dental work. Poor Courtney had cavities that needed to be filled. Being that she is still so young she had to have an IV sedation. She did very well and I am grateful she wasn't awake to deal with how many times she was poked to get the IV in. She has about 10 or 12 puncture wounds from them trying to find a vein that would work. All she remembers is the initial shot they gave her to put her to sleep.

The highlight thus far for November has been the official adoption of my nephew Samuel to his parents Jason and Kelly Edington followed by their sealing in the Gila Valley Temple as an eternal family. What a wonderful blessing that is.

November has a few more exciting and fun things yet for us and many things to be thankful for.

Summer Fun

So far our summer has been full of swimming, dancing and playing. Kelsi and Shaylee took swim lessons again this year. They did really well but have decided they don't want to do session two this summer. I guess we will just go to the pool and practice what they have learned and start again fresh next summer. Courtney spent her time playing and making friends at the kiddie pool. She would carry around a pair of goggles and call them her "giggles." She rarely wore them but had to have them. It is hard to see them in this picture because they are clear, but they are in her right hand.

Kelsi had to face some fears this summer by jumping in the deep end and swimming across without a lifeguard in the water. She did pretty well but would panic halfway across when she came up for air.

Shaylee had fun and just worked on perfecting some of the basics. She went off the diving board a couple times this sessions but was still very afraid of doing so on her own and refused to the day I brought the camera.

They all love to swim and play in the water so I guess we are going to have to do a lot of practicing during the rest of the summer.

They have also been taking dance. They have been wanting to do this for a while and we finally broke down and signed them up. The really seem to be enjoying it. I'll post a video of it soon. I tried tonight but it didn't work.

Hope you all are having a great summer!

Kelsi's Baptism

I have a little catching up to do but we will start with Kelsi's baptism. In February Kelsi got to go pick out a beautiful baptism dress with her Grandma CG. She tried on several but the one she liked the most in the beginning was the one she ended up picking in the end.

Here are a few of the ones she tried on.

Here is the one she ended up liking the most. I think she picked out a very pretty dress. She looked beautiful in it.

Here are some pictures we took for her baptism announcement in her beautiful dress.

Kelsi turned eight on March 24th and was baptized on the 27th.

Kelsi and her Dad(Jeremy)

Kelsi got to share her baptism with a friend Briley.

Kelsi got to have her hair done up special for the day by her Aunt Tamra. The flower was from her Aunt Jennie. Thanks to all of her wonderful family!

We are so proud of your choice to be baptized. You are growing up way too fast. We Love You Kelsi!

Watch for more updates soon. Hopefully! ;)

My New Life

Little Miss Runaway

What do you do when your child somehow escapes nursery and none of the leaders notice until my husband brings her back after finding her wondering the halls? Well that is what happen today. After Sunday school Jeremy had a feeling to go and check on Courtney in the nursery. When he looked in the window they have there for the parents to spy in he couldn't see Courtney. He at first thought maybe she was too close to the door for him to see, but he could hear her and couldn't figure it out so he started down the hall a little ways and there she was. He expected to see me come around the corner at anytime but I didn't. She was there all alone. He quickly went to the nursery room to ask if they had known what was going on and apparently they hadn't known she was gone and thought maybe she got out when one of the leaders had taken another child to their parent. They asked Jeremy if he wanted them to take her and he said no that he would hang on to her for the rest of the meeting. They got a little huffy and got Courtney's shoes for him.

It is hard to trust other people with your children especially when something like that happens. We are grateful nothing bad happened. I also can understand that having several little children in nursery it can be hard to keep track of them all. She doesn't know how to open the door so it isn't like she could have gotten out all on her own. I know that never sending her back is not necessarily reasonable but what do you do?

What's in your VCR?

I ask what is in you VCR because you might be a little surprised to find out what I found in ours today. (Or maybe not if you have or have ever had a 22 month old.) So here is the story. We have one of those VCR and DVD combos and I went to put a VHS in the VCR and it went half way in before it got stuck and wouldn't go in the rest of the way or come out. Because
of the jam the machine shut off and wouldn't stay on if I tried turning it back on. After unplugging everything I leaned it forward a bit and out slid a DVD. My first thought was okay that must have been what caused the problem. I still couldn't get the VHS out and was starting to think we were just going to have to replace the system. Well, with a little pushing and pulling I finally got the tape out. Everything seemed to be working fine now so I put the tape back in only to have it get stuck halfway in again. My first thought was that there was damage and that was causing the problem. Luckily I was able to get the tape out and Jeremy suggested that maybe there was something else stuck in there. Well, sure enough there was. Our little pack rat had been busy and we found her secret storage area. Along with the DVD she had stuck a pen cap, a pecan with the outer shell and some other thing that I was unsure what it was. It was hard and greasy and I think it may have been bologna at one time. Oh the joy of a toddler.