Happy Birthday Kenidee

Kenidee is Three! It seem like not that long ago my little girl was my little baby. Now she thinks she can do everything herself. I can't imagine life without her. She keeps us busy and laughing.

Before Kenidee's birthday I asked her what kind of cake she wanted. She told me she wanted a monster cake. I asked her if she was sure, and made other suggestions of what kind of cake I thought she would like. nope every time it was I want a pink monster cake with sharp teeth and two eyes. It was so fun to let her pick out her own cake mix, and pick help me pick out candy for the monsters face. From some help from my boss and her cake decorating tools I think her cake turned out really good. It took me forever but she loved it. I made the cake the night before her party in the morning she asked to see it and she told me it was PERFECT!

Kenidee got so many fun things a sprinkler from grandma a new blanket from grandma shauna and a doll with magnetic cloths a helmet, princess books and a puzzle littlest pet shop from a neighborhood friend and a bike from her mom and dad. She really likes everything. the bike is a bit big this year but by next summer she will be riding it like a pro.

The monster cake was a big hit! I made her blue pancakes for her birthday breakfast and she thought that was really neat.

My dad loves to take the grand kids for some nice cowboy boots. Kenidee was so into it. She loves to try things on. She was so at home. My dad pick out her pink boots and kenidee wouldn't take them off. She wore them around the store until my dad was done trying on some boots for himself.

Kenidee found this pink stick horse and I found her the pink cowgirl hat. She told me many times while watching parades this summer that she wanted to be a cowgirl princess. Happy birthday kenidee! you have so many people around you who love you too.

Random fun!

I finally made it to town to get Bennett a swing for the swing set and can you tell by his face that he LOVES it.! He giggles the whole time, and he stays in it forever. I just have Kenidee give him little pushes once in awhile. While I weed.

Kenidee found these goggles in a box in the garage. Her and Robin sported them for awhile. What a good dad she has to play with her in goggles and to let me take his picture with them on.

Nothing better then nephews in Tutu's that he had to have on, nieces exfoliating their grandmas feet, chickens at a neighbors house and good friends chad cronin who loved his brownie more then the rest of us.

Kenidee is such a girl she loves to do all sorts of girly things. Aunt Rachelle was such a sport to let
Kenidee paint her nails. Oh yes and look how talented my little girls feet are!

Kenidee was decorating this box then she wanted to get in it after a few min. She wanted her brother in with her. So here they are playing together in the box. My favorite part is that is says made in China under them.

A new toy!

Papa Skip and Ju ju bought Kenidee and Bennett this swing set Kenidee loves it! Any kid who comes over to play loves it too. Bennett well we have helped him down the slide a few times and he thinks it is okay. We need to get him an infant swing then I think he will love it too. Emily and Kolby call my backyard Markham park! Thanks so much Skip and Judy!

Surprise guest!

We love the Heimuli family. We were in the same ward in Tacoma. They were one of the families that became our family while we lived in Washington. This is all of them but Rachael who they dropped off in utah for school. Anyway Morgan called me one day and asked if they could come visit. I told them yes they better! They then called me again at eight at night and told me they were leaving utah then they were going to come up and stop in for a visit. I told them it would be late and they had better stay the night. So they did! I loved having them all in our house. that night we had 13 people in my little house. It was so fun. In the morning I woke up and make them wheat muffins and homemade strawberry jam. Kenidee loved having so many little friends. The youngest and Kenidee are only 3 months apart. Before they left the swing set came so James helped unload it off the truck. Thanks so much James I would have never been able to do that. I hope they will stop by again but maybe for longer.

Fourth of July

Fourth of July weekend was so much fun. Robin’s parents came from Washington to visit. We spent our time crazy busy running around. We went to the Titanic display at the museum in Idaho Falls. It was great! I want to go again and leave the kids home with a baby sitter. On the fourth we went to a little breakfast in Rigby, and then headed to Rexburg for the parade. I am not a very good parade goer. I didn’t bring blankets or chairs and we didn’t get there early enough to get a good spot. Rachelle came with her roommates and brought a few blankets so we had somewhere to sit. I kind of scooted my way through the crowds of people so Kenidee could see the parade and get a few pieces of candy. We were so done with the parade before it was over. So we missed the crowds and hit the booths at Porter Park.
We couldn’t hid the splash park from Kenidee so we let her play around in the water for a few min. Bennett loved the water. Robin sat him right down in the water and he was just content to sit and splash in the water. After the splash park Robin’s mom and dad took the kids on the carousal. I was afraid that Kenidee would freak out, seeing how she liked the rides so much at lagoon. She did well and grandma stayed right by her. She didn’t want to get off. So that was fun. This was Bennett’s first carousal ride. He seemed to like it he didn’t complain at all. Papa even started to do some trick ridding with Bennett.
We came home and had well needed naps then had a little bbq at our house, and more resting. Then we headed out to the Menan fireworks. It was great as always. You can get there late and not have to be saving a spot for days. The kids love it and you see everyone you know. Kenidee loved it! She stayed awake until we got in the car to go home. Bennett fell asleep but woke up when the fireworks started. My mom was holding him and she said that when the fireworks were all over he kept looking for them.
Sunday Kenidee wanted to have a nick-nick (picnic) with papa on her new tramp. So after church on Sunday we pack a wonderful little picnic of otter pops juice and other junk food. Then papa and Kenidee had a little nick nick on the tramp.
We were sad to see Skip and Judy go back home, even more sad that they had to leave before the swing set came. Thank you so much Skip and Judy for coming and seeing us. We miss you and Kenidee won’t stop talking about coming to see papa and ju ju. See you in a few months!

Garbage Dumping

One advantage to the whole building your neighbors house thing, is being able to move in and have insta-friends. ( I know there are some of us that still like each other, gasp) I would like to introduce you to my friend Desiree, she is so funny. We go on midnight runs to wal-mart together, borrow things from each other like milk, eggs, and garlic... well the list goes on and on. This night Des called me to see if she could barrow my garbage can. I told her yeah we have room, so she came over dragging a huge garbage can. they had not gotten garbage service, so they had a lot of garbage. The can had a few odds and ends in the top that we knew wouldn't fit in my can so we took it across the street and dumped it into another persons can. (thanks Michelle she didn't know till later)
Now it was time to lift this huge can up and put all the garbage in my can. Well.... I was standing down wind first and I started to gag, then laugh then gag. So being the good friend that she is Des switched me spots, and I no longer gaged but we sure did laugh. We did get all the garbage in our can, and we thought it was so funny. So we had to take pictures. I am so grateful for such a good friend.

Pictures of our house... finally!

Well here is our house. We love it. It is so nice to be in our own house and to have our own things. I love that we have grass and a few nice play toys in the back yard. (pics of that in the next few posts) Yes, Bennett does have a room I didn't take pictures because it it still white and we just got him bedding. So when his room is all finished I will post pictures. We love our home and we love our ward. There is no other way to explain it but it just feels like home.