{Lately...}

Ethans reflections entry got an Award of Merit in the regional division this last week.  We are so proud of him!  He is so extremely talented and I know he will go far with his art.

Kylie had dance team photos last week.  It took me over an hour to curl her hair!  That girl has a TON of hair!  Can't wait for her dance competition in St. George next week!!!!

The weather has been so awesome lately!  We are all loving it, especially this little Lily Pearl.  Her favorite thing to do right now is dig in the dirt and get filthy.  She is such a little tomboy like her big sister.  She fits right in with Derek and Jett when they are finding bugs and worms.  LOVE her!

{Celebrating Ky}

Kylies birthday is at such a crazy time every year!  Dance competitions are starting so there are a ton of extra practices.  So, it is always hard to do a big party for my Ky.  I decided kind of last minute to let her have a fun evening with some of her very best friends to celebrate.

Ky with Tayzhia, Aspen, Kortney and Avarie.

We went to Brickoven and had yummy pizza.  It was so much fun, I love being with these  adorable girls!



Kylie wanted a Yo Gabba Gabba! cake.  She is so funny!  It was such a cute cake!

The girls were being so silly with the frosting and we were all being a little loud but we were having a blast! 

After dinner, we went bowling.  Adrian and I had so much fun watching them enjoy themselves and cheer each other on.  I was a very good birthday celebration, Ky is so lucky to have such wonderful and sweet friends! :)



The next day was Kys real birthday.  We had family over for cupcakes.  It was really laid back and fun.

Kylie and her Grandpa Walt.  Oh, how she loves him so so much!

{Night Night Dinos}

My Jett really loves his dinos. 

While I was upstairs putting Lily P to bed, he put them all 'night night'.  He had ripped up pieces of toilet paper to cover them.  Cute little guy!  And, notice the mamoth in the middle.  He must be pretty darn special because he is laying in one of Lilys most fancy necklaces.  ;)

Love my Jett!

{My Ky is 9!}

My beautiful and wonderful Kylie turned 9 yesterday.  She is the kindest girl that I have ever known and I am so proud of her.  I have no idea what I did to deserve such an amazing child. :)

Here are some fun things about Ky....

She has always had a really great sense of style. ;)  And, she looked so much like her little sister, Lily P.

She has danced since she was three and done competitive dance since she was four.  Kylie needs to dance like she needs to breathe.  She would rather do it than any other thing in the world and she is an awesome dancer!!!

Kylies most prized possesions.  Her dance tropheys and awards.  This is not even all of them, we are going to need a seperate room for them soon. :)

Ky has always loved having her photo taken since she was really small.  Her posing would just come so natural.  I miss this age, she was four.

Ky is an awesome big sister!  She adores her little siblings and is so motherly with them.  She is so kind and patient.  I could learn a few things from her.

Kylie is a wonderful friend.  She has SO many friends and is friends with anybody and everybody!  She is definitely my social child and I am always trying to keep up with her plans.

Ky adores Sydnie, her dance solo coach and dance teacher.  I'm so glad that she has such a great example and someone so fabulous to look up to.

Ky loves to draw and she is really good.  She is always drawing me pictures and writing me special notes.  It is my favorite thing ever, she is so thoughtful.  :)

Happy birthday Ky Ky!!!  We love you so so much!

{Kylie - 9 Year Photos}

Here are some of the photos I did of my Ky Ky, who will be 9 tomorrow.

This girl is absolutely beautiful inside and out!!!

{A Rough Week}

This last week was the craps deluxe!  The weather was yucky and depressing all week long. :(

On Wednesday, I had to take Derek and Lily in to get their eyes checked at the eye doctor.  I have never had to take any of my kids to the eye doctor because they have all had good eye sight and no problems.  At Dereks Kindergarten check-up, the nurse thought that maybe he was having trouble seeing out of one of his eyes after he read the chart.  So, the pediatrician wanted me to go in to get his eyes checked to make sure nothing was wrong.  I decided to take Lily P in to get hers checked because her right eye had occasionally been lazy since she was born.  It is wierd though, because it is only lazy when she is trying to focus on things far away.

Well, Dereks exam went great.  His eyes are perfect. :)  But, after doing an exam on Punk, he said he was concerned and wanted to dilate her eyes and get a really good look behind her eyes to make sure there was nothing there like a tumor or something putting pressure on it.  I was ready to lose it when he said that!  They had to put drops in her eyes that stung to dilate them.  Because she has brown eyes, it took 40 minutes for them to fully dilate.  All this time I was trying to keep Jett and Derek happy and busy.  They were really good, thank goodness!  Finally, he did the exam and didn't see anything strange behind her eye or anything.  I was so relieved.  But, they want to check her in 4 months again to make sure everything is still okay.

Little miss Punk P in her special glasses she had to wear after her exam.  She loved wearing them! :)

On Thursday night, Lily P woke up at 11pm and was making awful sounds and struggling to breathe.  We ran into her room and grabbed her out of her crib.  She was so pale and around her lips it was a little blue.  Her eyes were glazed over and she looked really scared.  She wasn't breathing good at all and I was freaking out.  I haven't been that scared since she had RSV at 7 weeks old.  I threw on my hoodie and jeans and we left for the Drs.  It was pretty much a blizzard outside, so that was really fun driving and trying to get there quickly.  The nurse took her back immediately and the dr said that he thought maybe she had croup and that her airway was so swelled up that she wasn't getting very much oxygen.  They gave her a shot of steroids and we waited for it to take down the swelling.  We kept her up for a little bit when we got home to make sure she could breathe better.  She slept good that night, but I was so not prepared for the orneryness  of the next day.  Oh, it was SO SO bad!  The steroids made little Punk absolutely nutso!  She cried in my arms and was completely irrational all day Friday.  Saturday was a little better and today she is almost back to normal.  I never want to have to have any of my children need steroids again.  I am thankful that it helped her breathe, but it was so rough!!!

On top of all the Lily drama, Derek and Jett decided to be super naughty.  I have to say that it was probably all my fault because I was so wrapped up in trying to survive and keep Lily sane that they were ignored alot.  Jett dumped nail polish on Lily & Kys carpet.  New, expensive carpet.  Hot pink nail polish! 

It was such a crappy week, but my sweet husband made it so much better by suprising me with beautiful flowers and a nice note.  Love him!

Hopefully, this week will be lots better.  :)

{Preschool Fieldtrip to the Dino Park}

This morning we went on a fieldtrip to the Dinosaur Park with Derek and Jetts preschool classes.  It was very cold outside and a little snowy but we bundled up and went anyway! 

We were only outside for a few minutes.  It was way too cold to walk around outside, but we can't wait to go back and explore when it warms up.:)

The kids got to go into the educational center and learn a little bit about dinosaurs.  The lady teaching them was older and wearing leather pants on a little scooter.  She was so hilarious when she was talking to the kids!

They got to make dinosaur masks after the little lesson.  Derek picked a Utah Raptor mask.

Jett picked a Triceratops mask.  He definitely prefers the 'nice dinos'.:)

The boys with their cute masks.

Lily is such a little trooper.  She is always so good when she is being toted around to all of the older kids' activities.  She loved doing the 'no no finger' to the dinos and saying "No No Dinosaur".

It was a fun morning.  Now spring and warm weather need to come so we can play outside!!!