Happy Birthday my Kayla Sue... My how you have grown...
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Happy Birthday to my LITTLE MISS PERFECT!!! Kayla is 3 years old today. She came into my bed last night and I woke up to her poking my eye saying, "mom wake up, mom wake up." So when I did wake up I woke up to a huge smile saying, "it's my birthday can I open my presents." I looked at the time and saw that it was 4:00am and told Kayla that it wasn't time to wake up yet. She sighed "ahhhhhhh, can I please sleep in your bed." Of course I said yes. I have the hardest time saying no to her. She has her dad and I wrapped around her little finger. Well, the clock quickly changed to 7:00am and Kayla was so excited to see all her presents on the fireplace and to see balloons on her breakfast chair. I had been asking for the last two weeks what she wanted for her birthday and I got the same response every time. Stickers and balloons. Needless to say it was easy birthday shopping for her. Well it is weird to think that now my youngest is three. I still look at her as if she were one. It is hard to see all my precious kids grow up so fast. Where does the time go. Kayla sure has blessed our family and made her parents softies. She has such an innocence about her and is the cutest thing ever. Everything she does brings a smile or a laugh. Well, almost everything. I am so blessed to be her mom. I love you Kayla...
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007
Not your typical Monday
First of all when does this happen. It is the end of April and it is snowing. I am beginning to wonder if the weather is ever going to warm up.
Second, I got hit by a car this morning. We were all okay but now we have to go through the headache of a rental car and getting our car fixed.
What a Monday this has been...
My two little chefs
Mikelle and Kayla are good little helpers in the kitchen. The other day they helped me dip strawberries and other things in chocolate. They each got to pick something they wanted to dip and Mikelle picked graham crackers and Kayla chose cheerios. I would recommend the graham crackers but the cheerios not so much.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Easter Egg Fights
We celebrated Easter Sunday at the Jarvis's. My mom cooked a wonderful, very fancy dinner. She even made a gingerbread Easter house for the centerpiece. What can I say my mom is amazing and she goes all out for family holidays. We colored eggs and sent the kids on an easter egg hunt. We then had our Easter egg fights. The object is to get an egg (hard boiled of course) and you fight with someone else by hitting their egg. Whosever egg cracks is out and the winner moves on to the next round. It probably sounds weird and crazy but it is really funny and a really fun tradition. This year however was different because after the egg fights we truly had an egg fight. We started to throw eggs at each other and eventually everyone ganged up on my brother Josh. I don't know why it all turned on Josh but it was so much fun. You should have seen my parents backyard. There were eggs everywhere and on everyone. It was an Easter event I will never forget. I really love my family. There is nothing like it. We have such a good time together and I am so grateful for every single one of them. So if you read this Dad, Mom, Kristy, Jason, Brady, Conner, Casey, Alexis, Nacole, Chad, Taylor, Kassidy, Baylee, Cody, Josh, JD, and Jodi know that I Love you and miss you. I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. We sure did...
Coloring easter eggs
We colored easter eggs at the Jarvis's. It is a fun but also messy activity. It kinda makes you wonder if it is worth it. Although I guess I couldn't imagine an Easter without coloring eggs. So I guess we will carry on the tradition no matter what the cost. Tip: If you cover your kids head to toe it will be less likely that they will spill dye all over themselves and ruin the brand new easter outfit you bought them. HA HA
Yet another cousin picture
This picture is more of tradition. We have always taken a picture like this with the cousins all together and it is fun to compare them and see how much they have changed in a year. The only sad part is that we are missing 4 cousins. Taylor, Kassidy, Baylee, and Cody Bradley. We all sure do miss them.
Easter at the Kemptons
We had a ton of fun celebrating Easter with Stevens family on Saturday. The Easter Bunny came and brought some goodie baskets for the kids and to my surprise the Easter Bunny even got me one. I swear I can remember having a visit with the Easter Bunny about only bringing the kids a basket but I guess he forgot that conversation. We of course had the traditional Easter egg hunt and Kayla came up on a basket full. Probably because she had mom and dads help. We sure enjoyed the party and the company. We always enjoy our stay at the Kempton home.
Easter Pagent
We went to the Easter Pageant while we were down Easter Weekend. I absolutely love this picture. Even though it is blurry and my camera ran out of battery right at the wrong moment that I couldn't get another one, I still think it is priceless. Who wouldn't want a picture of their children gathered around Jesus. I think he did an amazing job portraying Christ. The Easter Pageant was so amazing. I kept thinking how could anyone sitting here not feel the spirit. The ending captures it all. It was kinda overwhelming that I got teary eyed. I can't help but think that is how it will be when Christs comes again. I was grateful we were able to go to the pageant and remember why we celebrate Easter.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Sedona Getaway
Steven and I went on our annual anniversary getaway and this year we went to Sedona. We went for 3 days and enjoyed every minute of it. We stayed in a beautiful resort and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. It was cloudy and raining basically the whole time we were there but despite the weather conditions we were determined to go hiking. It was really cloudy one day but it hadn't rained yet so we decided to give hiking a try. We should have known it probably wasn't a good idea when we noticed that there was no one else hiking but we were up for the adventure. After a while it started to sprinkle and we thought no big deal. Then the rain started to fall. We started to head back making sprints here and there taking cover under trees until we were ready to move again. We finally got close enough to run as fast as we could back to the car. We made it back wet and muddy but it was an adventure we'll never forget. So after that we opted for shopping. That was fine by me. We had a wonderful time just relaxing, taking naps in the middle of the day and meeting some interesting people in the hot tub. We really had a wonderful anniversary getaway and we are so grateful for Stevens parents for watching our kids.
Family Fun at Makutus Island
We took the kids to this place called Makutus Island while we were in the valley for spring break. It is a giant tree house playground. The kids were in heaven. It was a lot of fun. The cool thing about it was that Steven and I could climb in the tree house with the kids and go down the slides and stuff. Steven and I had just as much fun as the kids did. We had a wonderful spring break full of family time.
More Makutus Island
There was this one huge slide that was seriously so fast. Not only did the kids have fun going down it but Steven and I did too. It was a blast.
Grandparents Mission Farewell
My grandparents were called to serve as medical missionaries in Japan. They recently left about a week ago and we were fortunate to be able to attend their farewell and tell them goodbye. They are going to be wonderful missionaries. I am so happy that they have the opportunity to serve. They will be missed. Love you grandpa and grandma Jarvis
More play time
I came down with the kids on March 8th for my cousins wedding. It was fun to stay at my mom and dads and spend a lot of family time. The kids had a blast playing with their Uncles and Aunts and of course their cousins. Here they all are playing at the park. 
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
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