Farm Fun

We went out to the farm last Saturday to help celebrate Alisons birthday. That was the reason we went and I don't even have one picture of the birthday girl. I did, I took some pictures of Rylee opening her birthday present from her Grandma and Grandpa with my phone and I made sure to include Alison in the picture. I emailed the photos to my gmail and before I checked to make sure they arrived safe and sound I deleted the photos from my phone. I was in the cleaning photos from my phone mood. Sure enough when I went to check my email I opened it up and it was blank. For whatever reason it did not send the photos and I am out of luck forever in regards to those particular photos. Not cool of me at all! So no photos of Grandma Alison but I do have a ton of photos that Kenedy took of her cousins to share. I did not realize how many photos I had of the same two little girls until I uploaded them onto this blog and started resizing them. It is a lot but I am glad that Kenedy loves her cousins so much!

When we got to the Farm initially, Alison was holding the newest baby Xander and she passed him off to me. I sat down for a while to enjoy some baby time and had a good time cuddling. After a bit I realized that Sadie was asleep on the chair next to me and had been the entire time I have been sitting there. I could not pass up the opportunity for some sweet pictures so I put Xander next to Sadie and took a couple of shots. Such cute babies!

Tayvia was interested in my camera so I took a picture of her to show her.

The next thousands of pictures are the ones Kenedy took of Madison and Tayvia playing in the sandbox. :)

Trista was in the "Wizard of Oz" play that the High School was putting on and since Brit and I asked Trista to save us seats we didn't feel right about ditching her, Even though her play started right in the middle of Alisons "surpriseish party" and we didn't really want to leave the party but we did want to see her perform so off we went. It did not start until 7 and it was a long play so when the intermission came at 8:30 we made a mutual decision to head out so we could get back home. It was fun to watch and our kids did really good and enjoyed what they saw.

More Cousin Time

Ryker really wanted Bailey to spend the night and so this last friday we were able to make it happen. They planned on watching Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back seeing as how Bailey has only ever seen the one before that. When Bailey asked for popcorn I told him only if he would wear the pin of me  when I was a soccer player. He agreed surprisingly and I had Kenedy make the popcorn and take pictures since I was on my way to bed. I was not up for a late night showing of Star Wars.

Nifty Nails

Kenedy decided she wanted to use a stick on nail polish type thing she has had for a long time but has never used on Rylee. Rylee was all for it and sat very patiently waiting while her nails were done. Since her nails are so small Kenedy was able to use half a sticker on each nail thus saving the rest to use again later. I took one picture during the process and then two pictures of them once done. Rylee thought they were pretty cool and they did look great unfortunately by the next morning only three nails still had the sticker on. I guess they looked awesome while they lasted!

Ice Hockey!

While Kenedy was at her first stake dance Ryker and Kefford were off enjoying an ice hockey game. Ryker had earned two free tickets at school through a reading program and he was really keen to participate since it meant getting free tickets. He was also really excited about going with his Dad. They said that they had a lot of fun and Ryker even bought his own little Hockey Puck as a souvenir. Ryker said that there were a lot of fights on the ice which was crazy to him but in my opinion that is what really makes the game exciting! I am happy that they got to go together to make this great memory and I am even more happy that Kefford indulges me and takes pictures!

First Stake Dance!

Now that she is 14 Kenedy gets to start going to the Stake Dances. I remember Stake Dances were a big part of my teenage years and always having so much fun with my friends. I was really excited for Kenedy to be able to start going. She has been planning to attend her first dance with her Bestie Hannah but the day before Hannah, who has moved to a new ward, told her that she was instead going with her new Young Womens group. I was disappointed for Kenedy at being ditched but I encouraged her to think of some other girls she could go with and she ended up going with Hannah Brugger from our ward and a couple of other kids from the ward. Nice for me because even though I said I would drive I didn't have to, Hannahs Dad did the driving. I did take some pictures of Kenedy getting ready and since she knows I will take pictures, even if it is not appreciated, to smile for the camera. A couple of days before this dance Kenedy told me that she wasn't sure on how she was supposed to dance at these things. I gave her some advice and then Avynlea and I turned on my ipod and tried to get Kenedy to dance with us but she would not. So Avy and I danced and showed Kenedy it was not a big deal. I told her to dance however she felt and when in doubt just copy the other kids.

I was in bed when Kenedy got home so I didn't get a chance to ask her about the dance until the next morning. While getting ready for church I asked her how her night went and she said she had a lot of fun. I did tell her the night before that if a guy asked her to dance she had to say yes. If she got asked more then once by the same boy she had to give him 2 dances and then she was free to tell him no thank you. She did have boys asking her to dance but none more then once so that was good. I am glad she had a good time and hope that her experiences are always good!