My fabulous mother in law is quite the celebrity these days. Not only was she in an ad in the Salt Lake Tribune but she has also published a Christmas Book. Looking for a Christmas Gift?http://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Christmas-Janice-Leavitt-Voorhies/dp/144953550X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259072990&sr=8-2
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Bonding
The girls and I have spent A LOT of quality time together in the last year and a half while Mike has been going to school. In total we have been alone for three months while Mike has done clinicals in Louisiana and Kentucky and it has been exhausting. I am so excited to have him working somewhat normal hours and to be in the same state that we live in. I cannot wait to travel as a family!!! I also can't wait to have MY time back to shop ALONE, workout ALONE, to go to movies and dinner with Mike and to go on a LONG trip with JUST ADULTS. Don't get me wrong, I love my little girls more than I can even express and I can't imagine my life without them BUT I can imagine a week without them, on a cruise, reading books and talking about things other than poopy diapers and dress up. I am so grateful for Kennedy's hilarious comments and entertaining dancing and for Sophie's enormous smile and adorable laugh. They have made our lives so much fun and have been great little companions for me while Mike has been busy, busy, busy. Love you girls!
Last day of preschool
Life is winding down for us here in Colorado- as far as we know. Kennedy had her last day of preschool today since we will be leaving for Utah soon for Thanksgiving and most of December. It was sad to say goodbye to her WONDERFUL teachers and all her cute little friends. Sophie always runs into her classroom and tries to terrorize the class fish or do "centers" with the kids.
Here's Ken doing one of the centers that they can choose to do in the morning. They have areas for math, art, letters, dramatic play and reading. They have been learning about farms this week and even got to make butter today.
Kennedy made little bags with pilgrims on them for each of her SIX teachers. The bags had cookies inside. Here she is showing Ms. Deana her treat.
The AMAZING Ms. Amy! Kennedy looks like she belongs to her don't ya think?
I am starting to get incredibly sad that we are leaving the amazing ward, friends and area that we have been living in for the last year and a half. This Sunday will be our last in our ward and I am so sad to leave the great friends I have made here. I am packing up our house and getting ready to move on to wherever we are headed next. We'll keep you posted as soon as we hear news of a job (hopefully sooner rather than later).Saturday, November 7, 2009
Thanksgiving books and crafts
Here are a few Thanksgiving books we like and below are links to some crafts to do with your kiddos. Enjoy!
Light at the end of the tunnel
In case you haven't noticed on our ticker we are down to less than a month before Mike becomes an official CRNA (Nurse Anesthetist). A lot of people have asked questions about post graduation so I thought I would answer them here:
1. Do you have a job or know where you are living after school? Not yet. We will be hearing back from jobs next week.
2. Where are you hoping to end up? We would love to stay in Colorado but there may not be a job. North Carolina is looking promising and exciting (I have always wanted to live back east). Other possibilities are Texas, Virginia Beach or Washington.
3. Do you want to go back to Utah? We are okay with not being in Utah for now- we figure when will we ever get to have an adventure like this and live somewhere fun and new? We will hopefully end up in Utah eventually since both of our families are there and our wonderful friends but honestly jobs just aren't as great there.
4. What are you most excited for when you graduate? TRAVEL! I miss going on trips with and without our kids. Having my husband back- no more wacky hours and endless studying. Buying and decorating a house. New clothes =)
1. Do you have a job or know where you are living after school? Not yet. We will be hearing back from jobs next week.
2. Where are you hoping to end up? We would love to stay in Colorado but there may not be a job. North Carolina is looking promising and exciting (I have always wanted to live back east). Other possibilities are Texas, Virginia Beach or Washington.
3. Do you want to go back to Utah? We are okay with not being in Utah for now- we figure when will we ever get to have an adventure like this and live somewhere fun and new? We will hopefully end up in Utah eventually since both of our families are there and our wonderful friends but honestly jobs just aren't as great there.
4. What are you most excited for when you graduate? TRAVEL! I miss going on trips with and without our kids. Having my husband back- no more wacky hours and endless studying. Buying and decorating a house. New clothes =)
A good mommy
Sophie has recently really gotten into dolls and it is so dang cute! Kennedy keeps telling me that Sophie is "really becoming quite a good little mommy", and she is. She loves to pretend to feed dolls and us. She is also FINALLY starting to talk. So far she says; out, ma ma, da da, more and uh oh. I'm not too worried because she does have an older sister who loves to speak for her or anyone really. Kennedy has always been a talker but lately she is really into words and their definitions. For example this week she has been trying to incorporate the words collapsed, basically, prefer and applause into her conversations. 
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Halloween Extravaganza
My pictures are out of order but the first two are of kids from our Halloween Party. I had to post this picture of Little Bo Peep because I told my mom how cute this costume was.
What a darling little chick.
Is it just me or did Halloween seem to last FOREVER this year? We had a great Halloween but it seemed to last a week long with our kids because they were over-sugared and so ornery by the end of the week that we had all had it. 
We decided to have a little Halloween Party this year and it was a lot of fun. We wished that we could have invited more of our friends but our house is fairly small and it was packed as it was so it was probably best that we kept it somewhat small. One of our activities was bobbing for apples, the men got pretty into it. One of our friends actually put about half his body in the water all for the sake of an apple.
Here are some of our darling neighbors and friends from the party. The kids participated in a Halloween Parade to show off their costumes and we gave out awards for the funniest, scariest, most original and first place overall. The kids also decorated pumpkin cookies and cupcakes.
Kennedy went as Alice In Wonderland (my mom made the costume), Sophie was the white rabbit (her costume was Ken's old one and was VERY small but it worked), Mike was a doctor (nothing like a free costume) and I was a witch. Surprisingly after the entire night I realized I hadn't gotten a picture of me, darn.
What a darling little chick.
Is it just me or did Halloween seem to last FOREVER this year? We had a great Halloween but it seemed to last a week long with our kids because they were over-sugared and so ornery by the end of the week that we had all had it. 
We decided to have a little Halloween Party this year and it was a lot of fun. We wished that we could have invited more of our friends but our house is fairly small and it was packed as it was so it was probably best that we kept it somewhat small. One of our activities was bobbing for apples, the men got pretty into it. One of our friends actually put about half his body in the water all for the sake of an apple.
Here are some of our darling neighbors and friends from the party. The kids participated in a Halloween Parade to show off their costumes and we gave out awards for the funniest, scariest, most original and first place overall. The kids also decorated pumpkin cookies and cupcakes.
Kennedy went as Alice In Wonderland (my mom made the costume), Sophie was the white rabbit (her costume was Ken's old one and was VERY small but it worked), Mike was a doctor (nothing like a free costume) and I was a witch. Surprisingly after the entire night I realized I hadn't gotten a picture of me, darn.
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