Where does the time go..

So its been awhile since I've last posted...I guess the longer I let it go...the longer I know I'll to write! So bear with me cause this might turn into a super long post! A little bit about what's been going on with us. Kenzee started First grade and is loving it so far (but it is only week 2) but she does good at school so I'm sure she's continue to like it! She's also started her first year of soccer and is loving it.. I have to admit I am liking it to..it is so dang cute to see all those little girls out there chasing a ball! She had her first game this past Saturday and it was her turn to bring snacks..so about 30 mins into the game it starts pouring rain... I then run to the car (I had to stay pretty cause I was going straight to a funeral after that :) so I kinda threw the snacks at Mike and tell him to run them over to the girls cause they just had blow the whistle and I thought they stopped the game because of the rain..he runs over to the field (still pouring) and tells the coach he has the snacks...she looks at him and says...it's only half time! So my poor baby played the last half of her first soccer game in the rain and I made her daddy stand right there on the sidelines to continue to cheer her on.. it only poured for about 15 mins so it wasn't so bad..but the mud was a mess (my van still needs cleaning!) Both girls have started back to dance, Kolbee insist that she won't quit this year and that's she's going to love it! One week down and so far she hasn't giving my any problems about wanting to quit. Kolbee also started her second year of preschool..this year she is going to Susan Norton and is loving every min of it and enjoying all her new friends, the only problem there is..she wants to go everyday! Every since we got back from Vegas Kannon has been giving me potty problems..he is still doing really well, just having way to many accidents! (I guess he still making me pay for the Vegas trip!) so our days are still feeled with the stresses of potty training! Our puppy Bella is still a little mess, if she wasn't so dang cute! Other then that we are doing good and hanging in there! Here's a few pic from Kenzee/Kolbee first days of school and some soccer picture and just a pic of Kannon cause he's to cute :)

Kannon posing before Church

Kenzee right before school time

Kenzee at her desk on the first day! Kolbee before School!

Kolbee at her desk on the first day!

Running after the ball!

Where did the ball go (jk it was break time)

Happy 8th Anniversary!

We had a great time in Vegas, although we didn't win any money (and yes we tried real hard) hard enough that I could have actually bought a really cute coach purse which I would love to have with the money we actually lost..but moving on! It was a fun time just to hang out with each other and have some quality time together! The weather was super hot, but I guess we should be use to that by now right?!! My parents stayed with the kids and they said they were super good while we were gone! (I can hardly believe that!) It's always fun to go off and have a fun time (although this was really the first time Mike and I have left our kids longer then a day in 6 years!) we made a pack that every year we would try to have a little getaway like this at least once a year! But man I sure paid for being gone, yesterday was a tough day.. I don't know if Kannon was mad at us for leaving him, or if he was just really that good for my parents he needed to be bad for a day, I was tired from the trip so I was definitely off my game and he took totally advantage of it... starting with finding my make-up and totally getting mascara EVERYWHERE... guess it could have been worse...(think lipstick!) so after that mishap he definitely needed a bath..afterwards he somehow manages to dump half the bottle of lotion all over the carpet (pretty much in the same spot I had scrubbed the crap out of it cuz of the mascara..) then an hour or so later I had made the kids some popcorn..I'm yelling at Kannon if he wants to come and get some (who is quietly playing in his room) he keeps yelling yes..after a few times of him just yelling yes I am wondering why he isn't coming yet.. which I then go into his room to see why...he had climbed on his dresser and was peeling off the border on his wall...ok enough was enough...so needless to say he didn't get any popcorn but instead got a nap! So thinking we would start fresh after his nap, he had other thoughts managed to get into a full bottle of desitin and learned how to unlock the front door thus escaping outside every few mins... so even though we had a great fun time.. I wondered many times yesterday if it was worth it :) gotta love that little boy! Anyways here's some pics of our trip, except for the wedding picture of Mike and I, that of course was 8 years ago..before bills, stress, kids, stress... lol

Ahhh starting our new life together!

Mike being crazy with the m&m...she was hot! lol

Mike and I entering the castle (Excalibur!)

So happy after 8 years..

Surprise!

So Mike and I will be celebrating our 8Th anniversary on Tuesday (July 14Th) usually we don't do to much the normal dinner movie date night! Well since it's on a Tuesday this year we talked about going and celebrating the weekend before (which is this weekend!) Well we got busy and all of us weren't feeling to well with stuffy noses etc etc..so we ended up not doing nothing..so Saturday night we were laying in bed and Mike says "I'm sorry we didn't get to do anything this weekend for our anniversary" which I replied it really wasn't a big deal after all it's just 8 years!! Then he says.."well I have something planned and I wasn't going to tell you, but I think you might get mad if I don't" well by then my curiosity was running high and I say what...he says "well I planned a trip to Las Vegas and we're flying out on Tuesday for two nights, and your parents are watching the kids.." I laughed, that's so funny..I was reading so I just go back to my book! He say no really... I say babe come on whatever..he gets up goes out to his truck and shows me an in ternary for our trip...WHAT I was totally shocked...he says he was going to wait until Tuesday morning and when I asked him why he wasn't going to work, he was going to tell me I had one hour to pack we're heading to Vegas,... well every since the shock wore off I am have been stressing on what to wear etc etc..I am so glad that he decided to tell me two days in advance rather then one hour, I don't know if I could have handled that! So the day after tomorrow we'll be flying off to Vegas, I was a little shocked at first but now that I'm getting over it, I'm pretty excited it's been a while since we've been to Vegas...so be looking for pictures soon!

Things that's been happening..

So the summer has been full of fun, I seem to be busier now then I was during the school year, busing the kids to swim lessons, dance lesson, gym lessons, coach pitch games, etc...but it has been good to keep the girls busy! Life also tends to be sad sometimes to..my grandma Douglas passed away Thursday (July 2nd) I am very thankful to be blessed to know that she is no longer in pain and is enjoying her life with her two little boys that she lost at such young ages to such terrible accidents, she is enjoying the love of my sweet Grandpa not to mention a lot of other family members that are celebrating with her in heaven..she was an awesome grandma and I will miss her dearly and I am happy to know she is happy again! Also my nephew Braun checked himself into the MTC(missionary training center, for Mormon missionaries) just today...I said my goodbyes to him on Monday and boy do I already miss him! I for one am so grateful for the Mormon missionaries (my husband is a convert!) I know Braun is going to make a awesome missionary and will change the lives of many out in Florida! Lastly a little story: yesterday Kolbee comes running in the house after playing out in the yard for a little bit and says "mom there's a snake out in the yard" so I go outside to look and sure enough curled up on the side of my house was what I thought was 99% a rattlesnake..I grab Kolbee and my dog and run into my house to call Mike.. he was to far out of town for work to come home and kill it so he called his little brother Casey who came over and killed it..sure enough it was a rattlesnake...now I feel like I've lost a little freedom, I usually let the kids go outside to play without a bit of worry..now I make sure I go to check the yard out before they can play (if I know Kannon he would try to play/touch one of those things) but even after checking I am still worried the whole time they are out there playing..dang snakes..! I am grateful that Kolbee noticed and came and told me before someone or my puppy got hurt ( who I might add never even barked at the thing!) anyways I hope I don't turn out like my friend Jennifer who has found a crazy number of rattlesnakes in her yard...3 in one day is to many for me!

A long six years...

So for 6 and some years now I have consistently changed my kids diapers...when I had Kolbee I double diapered her and Kenzee for a few months and the same thing with when Kannon was born...well my time is finely closing in on a end to that! I had been putting off and putting off getting serious about potty training with Kannon, but when the kid constantly takes his diaper off and can tell you that he went to the bathroom or my very least favorite, would actually play in the poop when he goes..you know it time to get serious! So for the last 2 weeks we have been getting serious and he has made me so proud..he is pretty much going to the potty every time.. of course he has had some accidents along the way..but for the most part he is doing awesome... this morning he actually woke up dry and also this afternoon he woke up from his nap dry.. he refuses to wear a diaper (even though I pretty much still make him for the most part) but even after all the excitement.. it a bitter sweet feeling cause that means my baby boy isn't going to be a baby much longer!

Bumpit Fun!

So the other day at Walmart I couldn't resist myself and bought the oh so popular "Bumpits" Now for some of you who don't know what Bumpits are, they are clips that you stick in your hair that is literally a bump and it forms body in the crown of your head! Although I really didn't like the feel or the look of them in my head, the girls absolutely love them! I just had to take a picture of my cute little Bumpit girls..

Caught in the act!

As if my life wasn't hetic enough.. it just got worse! :) So while we were on vacation the girls slept in the same bed and we just put Kannon in bed with us.. bad idea.. he no longer wants to sleep in his crib and this is what I caught him doing the other night.. yep he has figured out how to climb out! Of course both the girls did this, Kenzee still has sleeping issues, Kolbee adjusted to a big girl bed right away! So last night instead of fighting with him I just put him in Kolbee bed (the girls have been sleeping together in Kenzee bed, good for me cause I don't have to!) Well of course he wouldn't stay put and constantly got out of bed... oh so the fun begins on training him to stay in his bed at night all night long, by himself! Wish me luck..today I am going to take his crib apart and make it a toddler bed, I know he'll get out all night but at least I won't have to worry about him getting hurt while trying to climb out at night.. the wierd thing is at nap time he still just lays down in his crib and falls right to sleep! I know that they can't sleep in cribs the rest of thier lives.. dang it, but I really wasn't ready for the fight of getting him to sleep in his own bed, so if anyone has any suggestions on how they made the transition from crib to bed easier on themselves and the kids I am open to any ideas...:)




PS on a side note, our Vacation was a blast I am going to try and put up an album with pictures pretty soon!