Windsor World

M.I.C.K.E.Y M.O.U.S.E

2010-02-18T19:08:00.000-08:00

Disneyland here we come...we made our trip reservations Sunday to the magical kingdom...we've been on Thanksgiving (the park was decorated like Christmas!!) we've been on Halloween..(super fun) and this year we'll be there on Easter...we're super excited!!! This will be Kannon first time and I think he's the most excited..we'll see once we get there!!! YAY!

So sweet!

2010-02-17T09:02:00.000-08:00

So we have this habit/game at our house that Mike and I always tease each other with kannon..meaning I'll go over to Kannon in front of Mike and ask him "who's baby are you...your mommy's baby huh?" and eventually Mike will go over and ask him the same thing (of course he changes it to Daddy!!) and most of the time he's a mommy's baby..but anyways lately Kannon has grown attacted to a stuff elephant that he just loves..he has to sleep with him, take him everywhere and down right loves the thing...well the other day I walked past his room as he was playing and I heard him say to the elephant... "Are you daddy's baby...ah Daddy loves you baby!!" It was so dang cute!!! He is so sweet and I could not even imgaine my life without his sweetness!!!!

Just one of those days!!

2010-01-16T08:15:00.000-08:00

So you ever have one of those days where you go to look for fingernail polish remover and realize you don't have any so you have to deal with your ugly chipped black fingernail polish? Have you ever baked cookies and every batch comes out doughy and you can't figure out why, till you realize you didn't turn the oven up high enough? Have you ever promised your daughter since she's been so sick you'd take her to Mcdonalds just to get a chipmunk toy in her happy meal and you get there order and they say they just now gave away their LAST chipmunk toy! Went to Walmart lost your list down some random aisle...and last but probley my favorite!! Have you went out in the parking lot at Walmart and tryed so hard to get into your car only to realize....it's not your car at all, yours is in the next row over!! HAHA Well that was my day yesterday...hopefully today will be better!! ;)

48 years later!

2010-01-11T10:15:00.001-08:00

Today is my parents 48Th Anniversary, to me that is a long time! Just downloading this picture I thought wow look how old this looks but then again it is 48 years old! My mom looks so beautiful on this day and my dad is just absolutely handsome...the way they still are today even after 48 years...I am so thankful for such WONDERFUL parents they have taught me so much and are the BEST parents anyone could ask for..I am thankful for the example they have been to me and my family and I just hope that someday I can look back on my 48Th wedding anniversary and think wow, that picture looks so old! I love you mom and dad, thanks for being such great parents I could have never asked for anyone better!

Happy 2010!!

2010-01-01T09:34:00.000-08:00

Ok so obvious I haven't been to great at posting..and although my New years goal is to cut back on my soda habit, I'm also hoping I can keep my blog up better to!! So not even knowing where or what we've been up two since the last post I'll just do my best to update everyone...The kids along with my Bella have been as always keeping me busy, Kenzee had a great finish to her soccer season and we all enjoyed watching her weekly games. She was recently diagnosed with Asthma which is no surprise for Mike or I! But at least we're more aware of how to treat it now! They both recently had their latest dance recital and as usual they did an awesome job! I still continue to have issues with Kolbee crying she wants to quit dance oh every other week or so..so I had come to the conclusion I wasn't going to put her back in starting in January..but after the recital she had so much fun she promises to never complain again if I put her back in...the funny thing is she really enjoys her time there EVERY time whether she complains or not..she's a funny one. Kannon is growing like a weed and with him being potty trained I feel like I have no baby, which for me has been weird cause I've always had a baby...but life is so great with the kids and gets so much easier everyday! I'm still watching my niece Roxi poo and she's the best little thing.. although her and Kannon have a brother/sister relationship, which means one day they like each other and fight like crazy the next! Mike and I recently got called as primary teachers (Valiant 9) and although I wasn't sure how I felt about it in the beginning, we are both really enjoying it now. We all had a great Christmas and one again our kiddos probley got way to much! As we start this new year I could go into all my many goals that I probley won't even accomplish, but really all I want is for my family and friends to have a happy and mostly healthy New year! Here's to hoping I keep my blog up better this year ;)

Where does the time go..

2009-08-24T13:51:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-07-17T15:57:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-07-12T22:08:00.000-07:00

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..

2009-07-08T18:18:00.000-07:00

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...

2009-06-18T20:13:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-06-08T22:24:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-06-04T12:29:00.001-07:00

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!

The not so lazy last days of school!

2009-05-23T08:12:00.000-07:00

Wow, so these last few weeks have been crazy busy, and has went by so fast! Where do I begin!! Kenzee had her spring dance recital, which is always a treat for everyone that comes and watches..she has improved so much since her last recital in December and tells me she wants to be in dance for the rest of her life! So I guess she is still liking it! Then both the girls started their base ball practice, Kenzee is in coach pitch, while Kolbee started her first year of tee-ball! Once again Kenzee is super excited about every practice and seems to be catching on, Kolbee on the other hand isn't to sure she likes playing!! Her first day she went and was doing good, when all of a sudden her coach put the hitting helmet on and for some reason she freaked out and didn't want nothing more to do with it! So I convinced her to try again, which that practice she totally loved and had a super time (of course the coach who put the helmet on, Dave Lofgreen) wasn't there..so we went back a third time, which Dave was there and she wanted nothing to do with practicing..so I really don't know what to do with the kid, I think she is afraid of Dave (sorry Dave!!) So we'll see how she does at the 4th practice if we even make it! The kids have been enjoying the hotter weather and staying outside playing on the slip and slide as much as they can! Kenzee had her last day of Kindergarten yesterday! I cannot believe how fast this year how went for us..I am so proud of her and everything that she has learned her first year of school..But until she starts her first grade we are looking forward to a fun and busy summer..started with a trip to California which we are leaving for tomorrow morning, we're heading to Sea World, legoland and splurged a little with a hotel on the beach! So we're pretty excited for that, then when we get home, swim lessons, summer dance and the rest of Coach pitch continues..hopefully next time I blog I won't wait so long, so that it isn't such a long post!

Happy 4th Birthday Kolbee

2009-05-10T08:04:00.001-07:00

So yesterday (May 9th!) was Kolbee 4th birthday and boy did we party!! We had sooo much fun, it started with a combined party at the park with her cousin Drivor who turns one today, (happy birthday Drivor!!) She had most of all her little friends come to the party (we missed you Avery, hope your feeling better today!) which turned out awesome with the jumping castle..they had lots of fun! After the party we went and ate/partied at Mcdonald..then we headed home when I totally thought everyone would pass out from the fun..wrong we got home and checked out all her loot! Played with a little bit and then got ready to go to her other cousin Kaden baptizism, yes Kolbee is honored to be able to share her birthdays with not just Kaden, but his sister Kamri too! (Happy birthday guys!) The baptizism was awesome and sweet..then we headed back to the park for a bbq in honor of Kaden and Kamri.. super fun! We came home played with more toys and then went to bed.. I'm pretty sure it was a great day for my sweet birthday girl.. on a side note just a little funny story.. when we woke up this morning and I was fixing her hair she looked up at me with all seriousness and said since she was now 4 she was going to start being good! I just laughed and said, so your telling me that your done with the whole terrible 3 thing..she is such a character that I love so much and could never imgaine my life without her! Happy Birthday Kolbee I love you so much!

She's here!

2009-05-07T10:57:00.000-07:00

I'm a little bit behind on my posting..but we got our little puppy Bella on Saturday.. she came a little earlier then we thought, but we have absolutely falling in love with her! The first few days it was an adjustment for the puppy and us..I think she was depressed the first few day trying to get use to life without her mommy..not to mention she came from Florida so she has had to adjust to different time zones along with different weather to! But she is starting to show her personality and is super cute! Kenzee likes her well enough, Kolbee LOVES her and Kannon I think just kinda puts up with her! Beings she is just a puppy she kinda bites/nips at Kannon and he is always telling everyone that she bites.. so cute! Here is a few pics of our new little cutie!

(Drum roll) Kannon going to finally be a big brother!

2009-04-30T21:52:00.000-07:00

I know what you were all thinking..nope we're not pregnant.. but we are expanding the family! We are getting a puppy! She is due to join our family May 7th! We have named her Bella (I wanted Baya but was out voted!) we've seen pictures of her and as soon as we get her I will post some pics! Everyone is so excited to meet her, even Kenzee who is afraid of dogs..I am hoping once Bella gets here and doesn't go anywhere Kenzee will get over her freight of dogs..(we'll see) So instead of giving them a new sibling, we're going to go the pet route..oh and we adopted some fish from our friends who were getting ready to take them back to walmart! We absolutely love them, there names are goldie and diamond.. Kannon could set all day long and watch them if I let him! I do have a pic of them! Anyways I will be updating soon on our puppy! Wish us all luck adjusting to the new little one (Puppy that is!) that will be at our house soon!! :D

Happy 2nd birthday Kannon

2009-04-28T11:56:00.000-07:00

So today is my baby boy 2nd birthday! I can hardly believe that he is 2 already, it literally seems like yesterday I was in the hospital having him! But now after two years I couldn't imgaine my life without him! He is such a sweet little man.. so different then the girls.. he loves snuggling up to me and at the same time wrestling around with his daddy. He defentiley loves being outside at any chance he gets and loves riding 4 wheelers, we got him a little power wheels 4 wheeler for his big day and he hardly gets off it, it's to cute! We love this little boy so much and we are so happy that he is part of our lives..Happy Birthday baby!!

We got grass!

2009-04-26T16:42:00.000-07:00

So on Friday my husband, his brother and dad all worked hard to get our grass in.. they did a good job and it didn't take them to long! The bad part of it was they did our whole area, then went to my brother in laws house and did about the same amount of lawn..what a day for them! Then after a night's sleep they went to my father in laws house and did his lawn...but we're all glad that it's done now we just get to wait till the sod all comes together and we have a beautiful green yard! Here are some pictures of the before and after!!

How sad is this...

2009-04-24T15:55:00.001-07:00

This is how my son looked yesterday..I pretty much cried most of the day cause he looked so sad and there was nothing I could do for him! Here's the story...it started Wednesday late morning, I saw what looked like an ant bite on his cheek no big deal, he probley scratched it with a toy or something, well later on in the day I was rushing to get Kenzee to dance and I went to change his diaper all around where the diaper rubs, it was totally red and had little welts on it.. I immediately thought heat rash..and then left to dance, by the time I got home around 5, it was all over his back, belly and a little bit on his arms..Mike and I then went into what do we do mode! So a few hours later (yes we stayed in that mode for a couple of hours) we finally took him to urgent care where they ask if he ate anything weird things that might have lead to an allergic reaction, which I didn't think of anything..so they said it was probley a viral infection from him being sick a week ago, they said it would lay dormant in his body for a while then come out as a rash..gave me a prescription for steroids and we left.. well by Thursday morning, his feet were so swollen he wouldn't walk his face had started to swell (and I didn't even give him the steroids) and the welts were ALL over, he had started puking and pooping by then and was trying to scratch at them so they obviously itched.. so off to his primary doctor we went! They basically said the same thing (I guess having two opionions made me believe it wasn't something worse) but they talked to me more about it being an allergy..they only thing new or different in our life is the swing set and all the sand that comes along..great what if he is allergic to something in the sand.. his doctor thought it was highly unlikely since he had been playing in it since Saturday, that would be a long time for it to actually show up (I hope they are right) So today he woke up and besides his eyes still being a little swollen he looks perfectly normal! They told me to keep him out of the sand until it is gone, then we'll go from there! But I'm just glad he is feeling better cause there is nothing worse then your kid being in pain and discomfort and there being absolutely nothing you can do for them!

Our Weekend!

2009-04-19T18:33:00.000-07:00

So this was a busy weekend, I guess mostly for Mike! With four Men and TWO full days they got the kids playhouse all put together!! Needless to say from the pictures you can tell they absolutely LOVE it... Next we got the crubbing done, now all we need is to wait for the grass, it has been two yellow for them to cut it, but it is suppose to come in next weekend..so I'll post some more pictures of the grass when we get it all in...so our backyard is coming along the way we want but not quite done yet!! At least the kids will be entertained until then!!

Don't tell Mike but...

2009-04-16T21:05:00.000-07:00

Kannon loves putting on Kolbee church shoes and taps away on the tile...it's so cute and at least he's color coordinated right!! :)

Disneyworld here we come!!

2009-04-10T13:58:00.000-07:00

So since my sister hasn't yet posted about this I will! My Nephew Braun got called to the Orlando Florida Mission!! He reports to the MTC July 8th! It was a fun day when he opened his call, we all got together as a family, had a great dinner of my moms home made Bean burros..(Yummy) and waited patiently for him to open his call (he opened it on Sunday the 5th, but it had come in the mail on the Friday before.. talk about a long weekend for Shari!) So finally he opened it and we all cheered when he said Orlando Florida! (Doug also went to Florida!) Some of us were relieved he was staying in the states! Well after all the fun ended we then began our planning! When Brodee went on his mission some of us went on a drive to Utah to drop him off at the MTC (super fun time!) and then Shari, Al, Cal, Braun and my mom went to Washington to pick him up! Well this time we are hoping that most of the family can start saving now and make it a vacation and all go to Florida to pick him up! What's funny is Mike and I had already talked about going that year cause our kids will be good ages.. So this just gives us more incentive to go! Most of all we are super proud of Braun and the great example he is to us and I know that he will be the best little missionary in Florida for 2 years! We love you bud and hopefully we'll be in Orlando when your ready to come home!

Landscaping is hard work!

2009-04-03T18:23:00.000-07:00

For Mike that is!! So we have decided that the weather is perfect to start the fun of landscaping (I guess for some people it would be fun!) for us we just wished it was done already!! When we lived in Phoenix we paid someone to landscape our backyard, although it turned out wonderful it was pretty costly..so this time we decided that we/Mike with the help of his brothers and dad would do the landscaping themselves! So far Mike has figured out how he wants to do it, finished the sprinkler system and is getting the curbing ready to be done next week before our sod comes in April 10th! The girls will be so excited to finally get the grass so they can actually play on something other then in the dirt!! Here are some pictures of the sprinkler system before they were finished!!

Happy Birthday Kenzee!

2009-03-30T10:59:00.000-07:00

So my baby girl Kenzee turned 6 today! It really just seems like yesterday that she was born..( I know that sounds so clinche!) but it true. Kenzee was a good girl from the start she was a easy baby and hardly ever fussed, and has grown into such a wonderful little girl that we enjoy so much! It's so exciting to see the new things she is learning this first year in school and hearing about all the new friends she has made. We had a birthday party for her Saturday at the park (and it turned out to be such a nice day for the weather, thank goodness) it was so much fun and she really enjoyed it, then last night we had a party with my family at our house which means more partying for her so it was alot of fun, and then lastly tonight we are taking her out to El Charro with Mike family to celebrate her actual bday! It's been a crazy but fun weekend and Mike and I were just happy to see her happy! I put some of her bday pictures in an album below if anyone wants to check them out!

A box of nerds and Scooby-Doo!

2009-03-27T13:05:00.001-07:00

So I figured out yesterday that a little box of nerds and Scooby-doo will occupy Kolbee for at least 30 mins! I usually don't let her watch Scooby-doo even though it's one of my favorite cartoons, but every time my girls watch it they have nightmares (I guess it could be scary for small minds :) But I was desperate yesterday and needed a break.. she ate the nerds one by one (there were a lot of nerds in that little box!) The reason I wanted her occupied was yes ladies I'm about to say this, but I had yet watched Twilight!! I had borrowed it from my sis in law a few days back and wanted so much to watch it while the babies were down for their naps! I guess I'm not as big as fan as I thought I was..but the thing was, I think I was afraid that the movie was going to ruin it for me, to be honest I really don't think Robert Patterson is the best Edward.. and after the movie got all done I really don't like how Kristen Stewart (Bella) is with the fans, press, etc; she seems to be a snot in real life! Anyways I watched it and wasn't disappointed at all, Kristen did a good Bella and Robert grew on me (still wished it was someone cuter!) I actually ended up watching it twice yesterday, I had told Mike I watched it and he said he had wanted to watch it to.. so we watched it again last night.. I warned him that it was low budget and there could be a few scenes that he might think were "cheesy" so for him not to give me a hard time about liking it! When it was all done I asked him what he thought and surprisingly he said he liked it.. (he likes vampire movies) so I had him agree that he would start reading the books, cause they have so much more detail then the movie! I'm sure he'll love them, and I am just disappointed it took me this long to see the movie!!

The days of the missing deodorant!

2009-03-17T22:11:00.000-07:00

So anything that my sweet baby boy can get his hands on usually goes away for a few days or even never returns (for example; I have been looking for a sippy cup for a couple of weeks now, hopefully it has water and not milk in it if I should ever find it!) Did I mention he is obsessed with the trash I usually keep it up out of his reach but if it isn't, he loves to find things to put in it! So Sunday during my hectic time of getting ready for our 9 am church, I go in my bathroom cabinet to put my deodorant on...it's not where it usually is, so of course I ask both the girls plus Mike if they had seen my missing deodorant, I wasn't at all surprised by there replies of "No".. I then look at my dear sweet baby (already knowing he took it) and asked him if he has seen it, he shakes his head "yes" I tell him to show me where it is..on our very random search I give up and use a "back-up" one, after all I didn't want to be late for church! So the next morning when I go for my deodorant and remember it isn't there I once again ask Kannon to go get it for me..he leaves to never return..so this morning I'm in the bathroom fixing Kolbee hair for preschool and Kannon walks in with my deodorant and cheerfully says "here"... of course when I ask him where he got it, he doesn't reply to me! But hey I can't complain I got my deodorant back, with all intent to keep in up higher in the cabinet, but man I sure wish I knew where his hiding place was, I wonder at all the "treasures" I would find :)

Kenzee big day

2009-03-11T12:40:00.000-07:00

So my little Kenzee has learned how to ride her bike without the training wheels..She has been asking for some time now to do it, but as parents Mike and I just wasn't ready! So finally yesterday Mike had some time off from work and decided to work with her..off the training wheels went. Mike and I looked at each other as the training began and Mike said something like "man this is going to take her some time!" boy was he ever WRONG! After just one trip down the road with Mike holding on to her she was off on her own and was doing a very good job! She rode around for about 15-20 mins before she had her first wreck.! After that she was done for the day :) Although she needs practice starting and stopping she is pretty good at actually riding it, we were so proud of her and can't believe how *big she is getting..*-see below

*On a side note: Kenzee 6th Birthday is the 30th of this month, last year we had her party at McDonald which was super fun, we decided to do it there again this year. Well I went to McDonald's to reserve her party and they told me that they didn't do parties anymore..bummer.. so now we are thinking about having a jumping castle at the park, but I have no idea who or where to rent those jumping castle from. So if anyone has any suggestions, or knows of anyone that rents them out, please let me know! Thanks

Sleeping Beauty

2009-03-06T18:03:00.000-08:00

My own real life beautiful Sleeping Beauty!! (I really don't know why her dress is half on and half off, I think she feel asleep trying to get it off!) I can't believe how innocent she looks when she's asleep! :)

My weird moment!

2009-02-19T18:33:00.000-08:00

So Tuesday morning I woke up and felt like something was in my eye.. (what an irritating feeling!) Well all day long I tried and tried everything to get it out, I even got some good advice from a friend that if I pulled my upper eye lid over my lower eyelid and then blew my nose it would come out.. (well Julie that trick didn't work :) As I was looking in my eye to see if I could see anything I did notice a small brown something on my lower eyelid (it actually looked like a small pebble) and I thought to myself man I should really go get this checked out.. so after all day of flushing it out I went to bed (didn't sleep well cause it felt like I was sleeping with a small rock in my eye!) I woke up Wednesday morning..it was still there! It didn't seem as bad as the day before so I let it ride thinking whatever it was it would eventually fall out! Well later in the day I took the kids to the park and I don't know if it was the sunshine or the light breeze but man when I got home my eye once again was bothering me really bad..so I had decided that no matter what I was going to call the eye dr the next day (today Thursday) and get an appt..I had come to the conclusion that the little brown spot on my lid was what was bothering me..good thing I had made that decision cause when I go see the Dr. he says that doesn't look good, after ruling out it wasn't a cyst he starts to scrap it a bit with his tools (quite uncomfortably!) a few more mins of scraping my lid he pulls out a piece of plastic WHAT?? he said it looked like a piece of plastic got embedded in my lid and the skin was starting to grow over it.. one: that's weird and Two: I never knew that somehow a piece of plastic got in my eye the first time, (why was I barley even noticing some discomfort now?) and third: I am not dropping antibiotics and steroid drops in my eye 4 times a day to heal it up..I'm just glad it doesn't feel like I have a small pebble in my eye anymore!! Oh well I guess better me then one of my kids..

Kids say the darnest things..

2009-02-05T09:12:00.000-08:00

So Kannon has been going thur a stage where all he mostly wants to eat is Mac N Cheese, so I have been trying new and different things to get him to eat, the other day it was Chef Boyardee Raviolis (which turns out he liked that!) but as I was feeding him Kolbee comes in and asks what he is eating so I tell her, which she replys "Yum is that the kind with Rich meaty sauce" (I was pretty sure I have heard that on a commerical somewhere...)sure enough she told me that's where she heard it!! I guess I should limit her TV time!! It was so cute though I had to laugh!

Cracked tooth and a bloody lip

2009-02-01T20:01:00.000-08:00

I know the title sounds pretty dramatic (made you read on right!!) But I guess with to little girls life sometimes is dramatic and I'm sure it will only get worse as time passes.. anyways starting with the cracked tooth..the girls got a trampoline for Christmas and have been enjoying it tremendously! Most of the time their neighbor friends come over and enjoy it with them, well yesterday they were all jumping when I hear Kolbee crying so I go out to see what's wrong with her and all I get out of it was Kolbee bite Avery, well what happened was they were jumping and I guess Kolbee fell and her teeth hit Averys head (which is why they thought she bit her!) so I tell them maybe it's time to take a rest which Kolbee immediately stops crying and they say it's ok...well I go inside and let them jump, well later that night Mike was brushing Kolbee teeth when she starts to complain about her front tooth..Mike looks closer and sees that one of her front teeth has a chip on it.. poor little thing, so I get to call the dentist tomorrow and see what we can do about it.. I just hope she doesn't have to get a silver tooth (no offense to people with silver teeth!) I mean she can't keep it cracked for another 3 or so years when it falls out.. so we'll see! Now about the bloody lip, if any of you know, really know Kenzee you'll know just how dramatic she can be, well last night I guess she bite her lip and immediately comes over to me and asks if it's bleeding, I decided to play well I"ll just say probley not the nicest joke on her by telling her very dramatically "oh my gosh Kenzee your bleeding all over, we better take you to the ER" she runs to the bathroom screaming (but the sad thing is by the time she gets there she really does have a bleeding lip!) So I go into the bathroom where she spitting her blood in the sink YELLING "Mom, you have to help me I could die.." I mean she is seriously freaking out to where Kolbee starts to freak out, "help her mom"..I'm dying laughing (yes another cruel thing, I just couldn't help it) I finally calm down and get her calmed down, when I think she realizes she overdid it just a bit..talk about loosing teeth I am definitely not looking forward to her losing her teeth..gotta love little girls..my life never has a dull moment!

The Broken Egg!?!

2009-01-26T07:09:00.000-08:00

So last night we decided to make a Sunday night treat which turned out to be brownies.. Well when we decided the girls were outside playing with their friend Andie which of course they told Andie all about the brownies, they then come running in asking if they could share their brownies with Andie, "of course" I say "when they are done we'll take some over" (by then it was getting dark and time for them to come inside!) So I start making the brownies and realize I was short one egg, in the mist of cooking supper, making brownies and trying to please a ticked off Kannon I decided to let Kenzee walk over to Andie house to see if we could borrow the one egg I needed.. Of course Kenzee was so excited to perform this task and in her excitement she asks Kolbee to come along! So they leave, Mike looks at me and says "how much do you want to bet she doesn't come home with the egg", I then say with all faith in Kenzee "I'll bet you a back rub she does come with the egg"! After about 3 Min's of Kenzee being gone I'm thinking she's going to drop the egg! So she finally comes in with the egg and is so excited she didn't drop it! I then look at Mike and say "see, you owe me a back rub!" So I continue to make the brownies when all of a sudden Kolbee says "Mommy Kenzee dropped the egg" I reply "no baby she got it and now I'm making the brownies with it" "No mom, there were TWO eggs and she dropped one" I turned to Kenzee which she says "Kolbee hit me with her bike and I dropped the egg, it was an accident, but I still had one!" By then Mike is back in the room and we just smile at each other and call the bet even! So after making the brownies we walk over to Andie house (and sure enough there was a broken egg on the sidewalk) give them the brownies and I was thanking Lucas (Andie dad) for the TWO eggs, I kinda told him the story which he starts to laugh and says yeah when she came over Erica (Andie mom) decided to give Kenzee two eggs just in case! Well it worked! I love Kenzee excitement at the littlest things I mean after all she did make it home with the egg, and it's great that we have awesome neighbors that know enough to give two eggs!

The long awaited Christmas gift!

2009-01-23T15:08:00.000-08:00

Well things have calmed down with all the sicknesses around our house (for now anyways!) I never did get Strep Throat, but did end up with a Sinus infection (I think I would have rather gotten the Strep!) I took Kannon back to the Dr. to check his oxygen levels and they were all back to normal so it just must have been from the sickness! So a couple of post back I wrote about the TV/DVD I got Kenzee for Christmas thru the Disney reward points program.. well what I didn't mention was on Christmas day she was so excited to get it, so we went to hook it up and it wouldn't turn on.. how disappointing for her.. so Mike and I explained that we would contact Santa and ask him to get her a new one! So I contacted Disney and they were very nice and after a few weeks we got her replacement TV! (of course I had to ship the old one back) but we got the new one and hooked it and it works great! Kenzee has been so excited about it! Even though this happened to us, the rewards program is still a hit around here!!

Strep Throat anyone??

2009-01-13T11:00:00.000-08:00

So Friday evening Kenzee started to run a temp and was coughing like crazy, I though great she's getting sick..Saturday morning Kolbee started to run a temp and she too started to cough like crazy.. Well by Sunday they were both running 102-103 temps as soon as the Mortin would get out of their system..I thought about the ER but it would have been expensive, so I called the Urgent care in town and they were closed on Sunday, so I just decieded that they would have to wait it out for another night and I would take them to see the dr on Monday, by then Kannon to started to cough, but thank goodness didn't have any temp, YET.. So on Monday after a 3 hour doctor visit, Kenzee, Kolbee and Mike were postive for Strep Throat, they didn't test Kannon but since he did by then have a fever and his throat was looking somewhat red they just decieded to treat him for it to! I was the only lucky one (so far) to not have it! All the kids also had high pulse rates (from the coughing) and were all low on Oxegen levels.. great, last time this happened it was just Kannon and he ended up in the hospital for 3 days, needless to say at that time my aniexty level was extremely high! After all of them having breathing treatments the girls levels came up (somewhat) but Kannon actually went down lower. They let me take them all home with antobotics and having to give all of them the breathing treatments every 4-6 hours, Kannon is supposed to go back later this week so they can check his levels again and if they are still low were going to talk about him being referred to a Lung specialist.. (because of the fact that his levels everytime it has been checked are low, so they just want to make sure his lungs are working like they should be). After a crazy morning of giving the treatments, trying to make sure Kenzee keeps her medicine down (She gages on everything and usually more then likely throws it up from the gaging) I am most defentiley ready for a nap!..

Kolbee is a Sunbeam!

2009-01-04T16:16:00.001-08:00

Today at Church Kolbee had her first class as a "Sunbeam", we had been talking about it all week and she was so excited to be able to go into Primary especially since Kenzee was in Primary.. Today was also the day we started our new time at 9am (so last night we went to bed pretty early!) Well during church she wasn't having a very good time and I wondered if she has gotten enough sleep.. church got over and she was still excited to go and meet her new teacher! Once we got into the room she started to cry saying she didn't want to be a sunbeam (which really isn't like her) so we went and got introduced to her new teachers (she still was crying) I told her that I would sit with her for a while, she started to feel a little better, I showed her where Kenzee was sitting (two chairs behind her)..so Primary started with a song (she loves to sing) and she started to loosen up a little by then! A few mins later she looks at me and says it's ok for me to leave she's ready to be a Sunbeam! I left and later when I went and got her she said she had the best time at her new class! Thank goodness, hopefully she'll remember that next week!

Last post of 2008!

2008-12-31T21:45:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everyone! It is eleven pm on the last night of 2008 and I am heading to bed..yes I know I'm a lameo!!! But my old bones can't take staying up late much anymore (or it could be the crying baby at night and the fact that no matter what time they go to bed at night, the girls are like clock work, up right at 7!) Anyways we had a fun night going to Casey and Chrissy house for some good food and better company! But along with me being tired, it was time to get the kids home and into bed! So I just wanted to wish everyone a great NEW YEAR, and I guess I'll be seeing you next year ;)

I can't believe Christmas is already over!!

2008-12-28T18:58:00.000-08:00

So this year was another successful Christmas at the Windsor house... the kids had a wonderful time along with Mike and I.. We woke up around 6:30, Kolbee was actually the first one awake and went into Kenzee room to wake her up and it was kinda funny cause neither Kenzee nor Kannon were to excited to wake up!! But once they realized it was Christmas they were wide awake of course...We started opening presents (unfortualey I didn't get one picture cause I was busy with my video camera, dang it!) the girls ripped thur theirs like a tornado..It was cute cause this year Kannon was very much aware what presents were, he started to rip his open too and when he couldn't get it with his fingers he would start to use his teeth..it was the cutest thing!! After all the presents were opened we all took the trash outside and wow what a surprise their was a trampoline for the kids.. they were all excited but after a min Kolbee looked up at Mike and told him he ruined Christmas for her, so he asks why, and she said cause he had told her that it might snow on Christmas and their wasn't any snow out there!! It was so cute how she was so serious!! So the next day when it actually did snow, she was so excited...but because their wasn't all that much snow we took a trip up to the mountains to play! Kolbee must have been tired cause she would go play, even made a few snow angels then would get SO upset that she was cold!.. needless to say we didn't stay long up there!! We are so grateful for this time of year and hope all of you family and friends have a wonderful and safe New Years!!!

Hanging our Christmas lights (finally)

2008-12-18T06:44:00.000-08:00

So this is a little bit late, but on Sunday Mike finally figured out how to hang our lights...beings we were pratically the only ones on the street that didn't have lights hanging.. It was funny cause he called his dad over to help and it took them an hour or more to figure out how to rigg them up there..well that evening we turned them on and a few lights at the highest point weren't working..Mike was a little upset, but said he would get back up there tomorrow to see what happened! We had went to his parents house that evening for supper and when we got home, NONE of the lights were working.. it was kinda funny (although I knew Mike would be mad, so I didn't laugh out loud!) On Monday he wasn't able to check it out, so finally on Tuesday he found a blown fuses and was able to replace it, plus he had a friend tell him that you aren't supposed to connect more then 2 sets of lights to the same outlet or you will get blown fuses ( I think he had 4 sets of lights on one outlet) so he fixed it to where there were less lights per outlights and we now have a pretty lit up house! Only 7 more days till Christmas!!! Merry Christmas!!

My little dancing princess

2008-12-16T11:21:00.000-08:00

So Saturday night was my sweet baby Kenzee Christmas dance recital! She is just the cutiest little thing, everytime she has something like this, my heart always swells and I always become so emotional.. I really just can't get over how big she is getting! I guess she's not a baby anymore.. It was so cute to see how excited she gets over these recitals, all day she kept asking me if it was time to get ready, and finally it was so of course we fixed her hair all pretty and she was able to put some makeup on! It was pretty funny cause I always buy her some flowers to give her when she's all done, well this year she happen to come across the flowers and was like "oh mom, you got me some flowers!! Thank you", so this year she got her flowers early, even though we still took them with us! She did so good, I love her so much..

Husband tag!

2008-12-11T11:34:00.000-08:00

Husband Tag...
1. How long did you date before you got married? 4 1/2 years.. long time huh!

2. How long have you been married? 71/2 years, almost as long as we dated!! LOL

3. What does he do that surprises you? It's really hard to surprise me, but sometimes he will clean up the kitchen, bath the kids and get them ready for bed just so I can relax for a little while!

4. What is his best feature? I love his facial hair,but of course everything about him is perfect to me!

5. What is his best quality? He is a great dad, the list could go on and on..

6. Does he have a nickname for you? Usually Babe.

7. What is his favorite color? I would have to say blue, but I'm really not sure

8. What is his favorite animal? Dog, but for some reason we aren't ready for the responablity of one

9. What is his favorite food? his moms chicken enchalidas.. they are pretty yummy

10. What is his favorite sport? This guy is a sport maniac, drives me crazy, but football is his favorite to watch, baseball is his favorite to play and UFC is his favorite dream sport.. but he pretty much will watch any sports..

11. When and where did you first kiss? New years day 1997 at his friends house

12. Favorite thing to do as a couple? Anything that doesn't involve our kids! Usually Movie and dinner

13. Do you have any children? 3-Kenzee, Kolbee and Kannon

14. Does he have a hidden talent? If he does it's still hidden from me!

15. How old is he? 31

16. Who said 'I love you' first? He did! I thought I heard him wrong..that was a month after we kissed, it took me a few months longer to tell him I loved him back

17. What is his favorite music? He listens to country usually, but likes rock too and just to please me he'll listen to my favorite pop music when i'm around!

18. Do you think he will read this? I'm sure one day. He doesn't look at it very often, but when he does he looks at everything I have posted since last time he looked.

Christmas time in Quail Ridge!

2008-12-08T19:12:00.000-08:00

When we were looking into buying a home we kept leaning toward this house mostly because of it's location..It has a great view of the mountains and it's so peaceful up here on the hill. I have also come to the conculsion that it's also a great place to live during this hoilday season! Almost every house is decorated up and some have really put alot of work into it.. It's fun to hear the kids ohh and ahh over all the lights anytime we leave at night! I really suggest that if anybody has time before Christmas to drive out this way to check out all the lights, it will defentiley be worth it.. I took some pictures of the two best houses, (we think anyways!) they came up a little blurry but you should get the point!!

Why I love Disney!!

2008-12-04T11:54:00.000-08:00

I love everything about Disney, I don't remember always loving them so I think it is because of my kids that I do or maybe it is really vice versa! But anyways, I kinda have this problem of buying every single Disney movie that comes out.. (come on I know lots of people like me :) My husband even tells me that I have a problem!! :) But I love them, I think every Disney movie has a great story line.. Well last year Disney came out with this program called Disney movie rewards, everytime you buy a movie you put in your movie code and you get free stuff! Well last week I redeemed my points.. and got a Princess TV, Dvd combo all for just buying the movies. I kinda think of it as being free since I am going to buy the movies anyways! The awesome thing is I can now use that TV for a much wanted Christmas gift!! Gotta love Disney!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2008-11-27T08:04:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope all my wonderful Friends and Family have a great day! I love this time of year and it's actually raining today so it seems more like Winter.. Yea! I have been sick the last couple of days so I wasn't able to walk the Turkey Trot this morning, dangit! Next year for sure! So since today is the day of Thanks I thought I would list a few things that I am thankful for in my life.. started with my wonderful Husband, I am thankful for how hard he works to take care of me and the kids and what a wonderful dad he is to our children, I'm thankful for my kids and the joy and pain they bring me, I'm thankful for thier health (most of the time) and the way they look when they are happy and excited and the way they tell me with such innocents how much they love me! I am thankful for my wonderful parents and siblings(and of course all the inlaws and neices and nephews), I couldn't imgaine life without them. I am thankful for Mike wonderful parents and his brothers (once again the sister in laws are awesome and the neices are great!). I am thankful to be living back in Thatcher so that we can be closer to both families and our kids can grow up in the same enviroment that we did. I am thankful for my church and the knowledge we have that families can be together forever. I am thankful for the freedom we have living in this country. I'm Thankful for my wonderful friends that are always there when I need them! I'm thankful for not having to ever cook a Thanksgiving meal since we either go to mine or Mikes mom house:) Those ladies are the best cooks! Of course I could go on and on, but these were just a few of them! I do hope everyone has a great day and eats and sleeps alot! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Pima Turket trot run!

2008-11-11T09:42:00.000-08:00

So lately I have been on a exercise/ eat better and NO soda kick !! In hopes of losing some much needed weight :) I've kinda throw around the idea of running a marathon.. it seems to work for all the stars right?? But of course I would have to get in much better running/walking shape.. So the other day I went to my sis in laws Tye house and she was passing out flyers for the Pima Turket trot run that happens every year on Thanksgiving morning.. it's a 1 mile fun run/walk or a 5 mile run that starts at 7am! (I haven't quit figured out which one I want to do :) What a better way to get started though right? So Tye and I are trying to get a team together, it's a $10 entry fee, .. you can get more information at pimaturkeytrot.blogspot.com. If your interesting in joining our team let me know, I think it will be super fun!

Crazy boy

2008-11-06T18:27:00.000-08:00

So lately Kannon has been testing his limit on what he can do! Or maybe he is just testing my limits.. I haven't figured it out! It's funny cause he has gotten himself in some pretty sticky places that he can't seem to figure out how to get out of, and everytime he yells out loud, DADDY (that's the name he uses towards me lately, use to be mommy, but not anymore!) I then have to go get him, even funnier is everytime if Kenzee is around she freaks out "Mommy go get him, he is hurt, go get him.. like it's the end of the world :) To cute! Maybe one day he'll figure out that he can't always just get into everything.. or maybe he can..as long as I'm there to help him out.. isn't that what moms are for!

Vote 2008

2008-11-04T09:03:00.000-08:00

Yea I voted!!! I was a little worried about the lines, so when I dropped Kolbee off at preschool me and the babies went to vote ( I thought it would be easier with just 2 kids compared to 4!) But when I got to the polls they weren't to bad and I was done within 10 mins.. I called Mike about that time and told him if there was anyway to take an early lunch and drive down there he should since it wasn't to busy!! Anyways I'm just glad it's over and it wasn't to bad so now the waiting of who will be our new president begins... finger crossed :)

Halloween...

2008-11-02T19:28:00.000-08:00

So this might sound sad, but I'm a little relieved that Halloween is over this year!!! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Halloween and everything about it, but for some reason this was a very busy year for me! I think I volunteered myself to much, life seems so much more hectic when you have kids in school, and I only have one! I started the day by baking 2 dozens cupcakes for the festival at the school, went and got a veggie tray for Kenzee classroom party (I almost voluteered some other baked goods, but thought buying some veggies would be easier!) took them down to the school in time to get Kenzee in her costume for the parade at school, after it was over rushed home to decorate the cupcakes when I finished it was pretty much time for me to take them down to the festival, which I voluteered for the cake walk when I got there.. did my time and took the girls threw the haunted hallway (bad ides for both girls!! ) then we left there early to go visit family.. was able to grab a bit at burger king (YUCK!) and made it to my nephews first state playoff game by 7 (I was a little late, but it was a easy win for the kids!! GO RIDERS..) I'm sure other people had busy a day too (thanks Thatcher PTO for the festival!!) This year I was excited though cause Kannon wasn't so little and was able to hold his pail (even though he threw it more then he held it!) I didn't know how it would be since I put his costume on and he threw the biggest fit trying to get it off.. he didn't like it at all, but with a few bites of some candy he forgot he didn't like it! Kenzee wanted to be Tinkerbell and Kolbee was snow white! (they were the cutest princesses out there..) but over all the kids had a good day and it really wasn't so bad for me!

So different..

2008-10-30T20:34:00.001-07:00

So today I was watching a little girl who is Kolbee age and one of her friends. I decide to take them to the park to get out of the house for a little bit.. while at the park Kolbee and Avery are under the slide being really quiet, well I venture over to see what was up... Kolbee has both of her hand shut tight, which makes me ask "Kolbee what's in your hands and why are you squeezing them so tight?" "Nothing Mom, I don't have nothing in my hands," was her reply.. after a few mins of coaxing her into telling me what she has in her hands she fianlly opens them and has about 4 little black bugs which she says they were tickle bugs. (I'm not a bug expert, but these bugs really didn't look like tickle bugs..more like baby stink bugs! ) I tell her that she is probley killing them by squeezing her hand so tight... so she throws them all down and runs off to play.. at that point I ponder how different my girls are from each other, Kenzee would NEVER play with a bug or get anywhere near one! When I was pregnant with Kolbee and found out I was having another girl I was so excited! I thought they would be so much alike, even look alike...but man not only do my girls not look anything alike, they sure act different to, here are some example just have different..

Like I said Kenzee would never have anything to do with bugs, she doesn't even like dogs, Kolbee plays with bugs and loves anything about dogs...

Kenzee is the pickiest eater, if she thinks it might be even alittle bit healthy NO WAY..Kolbee eats pretty much anything and loves healthy stuff for that matter!!

Kenzee is very sensitive, if you look at her wrong sometimes she gets upset, and if you try to tell her your sorry for anything you have to kiss and hug her... Kolbee doesn't know what I'm sorry is..

Kenzee takes care of Kannon, Kolbee beats him up!

Kenzee loves her hair fix and will hardly do anything without it fixed.. Kolbee gets mad when its time for her hair to get fixed! (not all the time, I do have to admit, my girls are really trained well when it's time to fix hairs..but I have to always do Kenzee first according to Kolbee)

These are just a few examples I could probley go on and on about their differences.. it just really amazes me how different they are! But when I think it about it, these two little girls with such different personalities (and Kannon is really different then both of them!) is what keeps my life interesting and I wouldn't change them for the world!!

Bedtime!!

2008-10-24T08:53:00.000-07:00

So lately I have come to the conclusion that we have the wierdest sleeping arrangements... it started back when Kenzee was born, Mike was working nights so me being the first time mom living in Phoenix put the cute little baby in bed with us! She's now 5 1/2 and STILL sleeps with me! No matter how hard I try, or what idea I might have to get her to sleep in her own bed she just won't..When we moved into our house she wanted a Princess room which we gave her and she still won't sleep there alone! So Mike started to complain (the bigger she gets, there is less room for him!) I wondered if she would sleep with Kolbee, which that worked out a few nights then here she comes back in our bed.. so now I sleep with her in her room in her bed!! Which then leaves Mike sleeping by himself in our bed.. Then came Kolbee, she slept thur the night the day we brought her home from the hospital and has ever since... until a few weeks ago she started to get up in the early morning and ends up getting in bed with Mike! How funny he just can't get away with sleeping by himself! And let me tell you that boy can snore so why Kolbee wants to sleep with him, beats me! Kannon has been mutual.. when he was a baby he slept with me (Kolbee was still in the crib!) You would have thought I learned my lesson with Kenzee sleeping with me! (at least that's what Mike would tell me!) But when we moved into our house and everyone had thier own rooms, he actually did good transitioning into his crib! He does tend to take naps in some odd places (see pic below!).. Anyways I am hoping in time that Mike and I can get back to sleeping with each other without little feet kicking us in the back!

Disneyland!!!

2008-10-14T15:16:00.000-07:00

Ok, so we made it back from our AWESOME trip, but really when isn't disneyland fun!! This might be a long blog just so I can tell you all how much fun we had :) Of course when we started out we explained to the girls that we were in for a long drive (they really didn't remember how long it was!) and once again we left Kannon with my family, but he had a wonderful time camping with them! Needless to say we left here about 10:30am and got to our motel around 8 pm.. what a day! But of course we were all excited to be there so we got settled and walked over to downtown disney just to check things out..we didn't want to stay to long though cause we knew we would be up early to go to the park! We had talked about where we wanted to head first and we were all in agreement we would head to splash mountain!! (we had early entry thurs and Sat morning!) but once we actually got in they only had a few rides open and splash mountain wasn't one of them!! Dangit.. so we settle for fantasyland for the first part of the day! We talked about some of the best and worst things about Disneyland and this is what we thought!! Just to kinda shorten my blog you can get a understanding of how much fun we had and maybe not so much fun at times!! Here's the best things about our Disneyland trip

1.. of course the food, mostly the junk!
2.. Splash mountain
3..Everything is great about Disneyland
4..Captain Jack Sparrow!! ( ladies see pic below!)
5..every princess
6..pretty much all the charcters..
7..The breakfast with the characters, and the princess dinner
8..Halloween time\trick or treat party!!
9..The shows
10.Kolbee was able to ride all the rides this year!!

The worst things we thought about Disneyland were:
1..The crowds.. (it was alot more crowded then when we went at Thanksgiving time!
2..Kenzee very weak bladder (we spent alot of time in the bathrooms!)
3. The weather (it was kinda wierd, hot during the day and chilly at night!)
4..our aching feet from walking all day!
5..the fact that I had a belly ache all day Friday and Saturday
6..remember to not ever let the grandparents take the kids without us!! Just kidding, but I say this cause at one time I say a grandma totally forget her granddaughter in the stroller while she and another grandkid were getting in line, I was about to remind her when she suddenly remembered..too funny!!
7..Leaving Kannon, next time he's coming with us!
8..Kolbee staying on her strict bedtime and falling asleep around 10 everynight, therefore missing out on quite a bit, for example she loves Captain Jack Sparrow and she was asleep when we got his picture!! next time babe
9..we love the parades, but the rude people trying to steal our save seats suck!!
10.the drive...although it seems like forever to get there, coming home wasn't to bad!

So overall we loved it, we went with Mikes brother Casey his wife Chrissy and thier daughter Zaylie who is 2 and the girls all had a blast and for the most part was on thier best behavior..for Windsor girls anyways!! Another cool thing about this year was we were able to see alot of chacters we had never seen before, for example: Mulan, Pochantas, Prince John, the hag, Handy Manny, and I'm sure some that I can't think of at the moment.. We also went to Mickeys trick or treat party! Which the girls all loved, they liked the fact that they now get to go again on actual Halloween day! Anyways were back home to our normal routine life and already can't wait to go again!! It was a blast!! I made an album at the bottom of the page so that you can see just some of the pictures I took and how fun it was for everyone!!

Finished

2008-10-06T08:16:00.001-07:00

So I finished up Breaking dawn last night, it took me some time to read the last book, not because it wasn't good, but because I wasn't ready for it to end.. And now that I am done, I'm sad... I know I have tons of stuff to do but at the same time I feel bored cause I know that when I am done with my daily "chores" I have nothing to look forward too :( Anyways I really loved these books and of course would recommend them to anyone!! It's funny cause I now have my mother in law and sister in law reading them... but hey I don't want anyone to miss out!!

Kenzee the Beautican!!

2008-09-29T20:23:00.000-07:00

It's so cute almost every night Kenzee asks if she can play with my hair, of course I say yes cause I think it feels good! We can sit for what seems like hours with her changing the styles over and over! She actually is pretty good at thinking up different styles ( for being only 5!) My mom, my sister and Myself among many cousins all went and finished beauty school, so I guess it's just natural for Kenzee to want to do hair! As long as it isn't like when I was growing up and wanted to do hair, me and my best friend Juile were constantly going into my moms beauty shop (didn't help that it was connected to the house and very easy access!!) but we would cut our hair to the scalp almost, it amazes still to this day that my mom actually has some decent pictures of me with my hair NOT cut all crazy :) So my motto at my house is: All scissors are kept WAY out of reach of little girls hand!! So far it has worked! Here's just one picture of the style that Kenzee did to my hair!!

You get what you get!

2008-09-26T15:11:00.000-07:00

So this year Kenzee started Kindergarten and Kolbee started preschool with Gayle Bryce and Kim Crockett! Both the girls are having a wonderful time going to school, Kolbee espically since this is her first year! She loves her class, not to mention there are 3 kids named Dillion out of 7 students (maybe 8??) ... so it's pretty easy for her to remember names :) I love to watch the new things that my girls are learning while away at school, I occasional hear Kolbee state "parts" of the pledge, and Kenzee is attempting the whole reading thing! Yea, what fun!! Well the funniest thing happened this morning, my girls are constantley fighting over which one is thiers almost with everything, well this morning it was over which color of cup of milk they were getting... Kenzee wanted the Yellow, Kolbee wanted the blue... after about 30 seconds of complaining all of a sudden Kolbee shouts "you get what you get, and you don't throw a fit!" and took the blue one without complant! Wow fight over, that wasn't to bad.. I then ask her if she learned that at school (since I have never heard it) she then says yes.. Thanks Mrs. Bryce and Mrs. Crockett she really is learning something while at school with you!

Countdown to Disneyland!!

2008-09-26T10:53:00.000-07:00

Ok, so it is less then two weeks before we are heading to Disneyland, and we are getting so excited!! The girls have pulled out all the pictures from our trip last year and its so cute cause that is all they can think about!! Last year we went on Thanksgiving and it was fun to be there during the Christmas atopmshere.. So this year we wanted to check it out during the Halloween season... So we got tickets to Mickey trick or treat party (should be a blast) last year we had dinner with the princesses but this year we are going to do a Minnie Mouse breakfast!! (Kolbee loves Minnie Mouse!) We also talked Mikes brother Casey his wife Chrissy and thier daughter Zaylie to come with us!! Yea!! Zaylie is 2 and I think her and the girls are going to have a blast together!! But I'm sure in a few weeks, I'll blog all about it!! PS.... I am still reading the Twlight series.. I just started Breaking Dawn, I am sad it's almost over!!

Addicated..

2008-09-19T08:00:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I know I am a little behind..and EVERYONE will probley know what I'm talking about when I say I am now addicted to the Twilight book series!! I love to read, but hardly ever find the time to do so.. I have heard about this book, but it wasn't until I was talking to a friend (that has about as much time as I have to read)and she was telling me how good it was and that she read it on the drive to Disneyland, and coming home she stopped at a Target and bought the rest of the series..after that my curisotsy got the best of me.. So I call up my SIL Tye (who is kinda like her own library!!) and borrow the book...OH MY GOSH.. my house didn't get cleaned, my kids I think ate and I hardly left the house.. I finished the first one in 2 days..Twilight was such a great book, and now that I have read it, I see it everywhere and realize how popular it actually is.. (what the heck took me so long!!) So yesterday I made sure my house was clean and the kids were occupied for a while and I started New moon! I have a feeling this is what my life is going to be about until I read the last page (of the series!!) Gotta go I'm wasting good reading time!!! :)

My son is obsessed with the dust buster!!

2008-09-11T16:06:00.000-07:00

So I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing..but Kannon loves the dust buster (almost more then I do!!) Any time that he is fussy I just get it out and he vaccums the whole kitchen.. it works for him and I!! Good thing for rechargable batteries!!

No longer a dancing queen!

2008-09-11T14:11:00.000-07:00

Ok, first off I have to say I am getting the hang of this new site..somewhat!! So both Kenzee and Kolbee have been in the Prescion Dance class the last year and they both have done great!! As much as I thought they both liked it, I was totally taken back, when a few weeks ago Kolbee said she didn't want to be in dance anymore!!! Of course I couldn't force her to be in it, but oh how it made me so sad..so one week I totally tried to brab her..didn't work, so finally yesterday (dance day!) I told her that if she didn't want to be in dance, she was going to have to go and tell her teacher why she didn't want to be in it anymore (the best excuse she could come up with was it made her tried..) and also she needed to tell her friends bye! (the whole time I'm thinking, hoping that if we got back down there, she will remember how fun it was and just want to stay!!) So we drive up to the studio and she sees all her friends, we walk in she tells Ashlee (her dance teacher) she didn't want to be in dance, tells her friends bye and walks off... oh my stubborn little girl.. obviously my plan didn't work and she is no longer going to be the little dancing queen she was last year!

New at Blog spot!

2008-09-10T12:47:00.000-07:00

Well for the last year I have been blogging at malyssawindsor.spaces.live.com, but it seems like blogspot is alot more popular so here I am...after many frustrastions I might add!! It's going to take me a while to get use to the change. So anyways if you want to know what's been going on the last year with the Windsor Family feel free to look but going forward, here I am!!