Our siding

Well, our house looks waaay better! I should have taken a before picture!

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Life in the fast lane

I cannot believe it is January already! We are keeping busy, very busy. We have been to several appointments for Kaebryn's helmet. She is now wearing it for 23 hours a day and has adjusted to it. It smells really bad though, so I have not gotten used to it 100%. She is sweet and doesn't seem to mind. We have seen changes already only having it 8 days.

Troy is back into school with a HUGE load. He has Anat and Phys, microbiology, inorganic chemistry, child development and labs. He dropped jogging and has decided to get use out of our treadmill instead. I am very proud of him. He has a lot going on right now.

Daeson is doing well in school. In fact he claims he needs to skip elementary and go to the 10th grade. He is so silly. He is growing tall and is quite handsome if I do say so. I had to have a talk with him the other day because he started a HOT GIRLS club. He told the cute girls in his class they could join if they wanted to. I told him it probably wasn't very nice to call girls "HOT" and that maybe he should use terms like pretty or cute. I also told him he could have just a friend club and he could let everyone in his club...I got shot down. I don't know what I'm gonna do with him when he is 16...I can barely contain him at 6!!

Tevan is funny. We were flipping through Netflix and he saw Puss and Boots. He exclaimed, "Poison Boots, Mom! I want to watch Poison Boots!" While at Kaebryn's last appointment, he saw a figurine of Mary Poppins and said, "I love Harry Poppers Mom!" He gets so excited about everything. I, however, have started getting anxiety over him starting first grade in September. It's gonna be an adjustment for his teacher, me and him! He is growing...slllooooowwwly. He did reach 33 lbs. He finally outgrew most of his 3T clothes. Finally. He will be five in June.

Me. I have had to adjust to being a single parent again. It has been hard but totally worth it...or will be in the end. I have tried to get some projects done. I got taxes ready to send, my sister in law's baby present done (one to go), I am helping in Daeson's class still and I have applied to be a substitute teacher for the school district. I think it would be fun to sub in elementary. I am still trying to get my cake business going, but that's been slow. Between all the errands, relief society stuff and just everything in general, life has certainly kept me busy and it doesn't seem like it is slowing down anytime soon. If I could burn 10 calories for every thought running through my mind, I would be a size 2.

Hittin the books

Tevan and I decided to pay Troy a visit in his office. He is hard at work with this sememster. I cannot say how proud I am of him enough!!

Kaebryn's helmet

I thought I had more pictures than this, but I do not. Here is Kaebryn in her helmet. I have a lot of people stop me to ask what it is...kinda funny. She is used to it now and hardly complains!

Look who sits up!

I cannot believe how fast time goes and how quickly Kaebryn grows! She is sitting up and has two teeth! I lobe her little smile and her blue eyes! What a doll! Tevan has fun playing with her while Daeson is at school. They are becoming quite the friends! I tried to get pics of her teeth, but she didn't like the camera in her face! You can kind of see it in one of the pics. Her first one cut over New Year's...the bottom left. Now that right one is popping up. She does not like teething!

Helmet therapy

Kaebryn got her helmet today. She hates it and I hate fighting her with it. We are going to take it in tomorrow to have it adjusted a little better. It digs into her collar bone. It will do well for her and she will not have to be crooked the rest of her life. It just pains me to hear her cry so hard and so long. She really does not like it. Today she had to have it on an hour off an hour...clear until she went to bed. Tomorrow it is on two hours, off an hour until she goes to bed. Day three is on for most of the day and by day five we should be up to 23 hours and off an hour. She will have it a few months and, if the plan works, she will have a beautiful head when we are all done. This I pray for.

She is such a sweet girl and I just love her. She will be 7 months Saturday. How quickly time flies. She is just so incredibly fun!

Rock em sock em

Daeson asked my Mom and Dad for this gift...and as hard as it was to find, they came through!! The kids love it! Thanks!

Christmas 2011

Christmas has come and gone. Just like that. We had a great day and the boys declared Christmas the best day ever. Kaebryn was tired and just wanted her bed, so I hope next year is better for her :). Daeson got up first, but since I have excellent hearing, I heard him creeping to have a little peak. I don't blame him! It was 6:30 a.m. so I had him lay in bed with Troy while I showered and got ready for the day. At 7:30 we woke everyone up and commenced the present opening ceremony...putting gifts into piles, opening one present at a time youngest to oldest and let's not forget writing everything down. We finished just in time to get ready for church...we were 5 minutes late...but not too shabby for Christmas morning. It was a nice meeting. We got home, cleaned things up and the boys voted to go to Grandma Grover's for breakfast. Every year Troy's Grandma Sarah makes breakfast for the entire family...all of us. There were approximately 35 of us who went. She had hashbrowns, eggs, waffles, ham, juice and orange rolls. We then headed to Troy's parents for more food and more presents. It was a nice day, but I was ready to return home after a huge dinner of veggie tray, fruit and dip, prime rib, twice baked potatoes, and rolls.

Our family was spoiled this year...we are so thankful for everything. The boys loved their Beyblades and Legos, Rock 'em Sock 'em robots and PS3 games. Troy and I were spoiled too with clothes, books, a saw, meat slicer, pizza stone, scrapbook stuff, gift cards and more.

We hope everyone had a merry Christmas. We hope everyone was safe. Now we get to look forward to a brand-new year full of hope and love.

Christmas Day!!

Finally, the day we have all been waiting for has arrived! The boys were sooo excited. They just could not believe everything they got! Kaebryn? She was happy with the wrapping paper! Troy loved his quilt and I was so glad I had spent so many late nights working on it. It is not easy trying to hide a project that big! His Great Grandma Grace made the top and gave it to Peggy. A few years ago, she gave it to me to finish. So, Merry Christmas, Troy...your Great Grandma's quilt all done. We all received very nice gifts. We had a nice morning. We went to church and then headed to Grover's. We ate brunch at Grandma Grover's and then headed to Richard and Peggy's. We opened gifts and ate prime rib and twice baked potatoes...and a ton of other yummy food. What a wonderful day!

Cookies for Santa

After the Harris party, we rushed home to get ready for Santa to come! We left chocolate chip cookies and milk for him. Daeson made this great gingerbread house, but it was sad it disappeared with Santa. It would have been fun to keep ahold of. The kids were very excited. We all opened jammies, read the Nativity story and headed to bed...sleep tight!

Harris Family Christmas Eve party

Another party, the last Pre-Christmas celebration. It was super fun and we saw a lot of family we only see once a year. This is Troy's mom's family. We ate and visited then did a gift exchange for the kids. This was the highlight of the night for them. Everyone brought twenty five 29cent presents and gave them to the kids. We gave note books, pencils and erasers. It was so fun to see their eyes light up with 25 presents! It was great. Then the adults do a gift game. It is fun, too. Troy got a ping-pong table net...we donated it to one of the cousins with a table...and I got one of those head massager things that looks like an octopus. I was thrilled! After the party, we headed home to get ready for SANTA!