HAPPY THOUGHTS

Uncle Russell & Aunt Steph gave Kendra this butterfly dress up for her birthday. That same night, around ten o'clock, we let her try it on. As we admired our beautiful little butterfly, she clunked around in her fancy high heels, showing off to anyone who would watch. She kept checking out her wings and telling us "I FLY", which we thought was even cuter but she wasn't kidding. She ran to the door & begged us to let er go outside so she could fly. As she walked out the front door, she continued to watch her wings but nothing was happening. It was like we were watching Curious George. Just as she was about to give up, Grandma came to the rescue. She flew K all around the yard until they were both dizzy. Kendra wanted "MORE, MORE" & she knew exactly what to do. She ran back into the house & called for PAPA. Of course he came running & out they went, PRINCESS MARLE & her KNIGHT IN SHINING.....ummm.....CAMO?? As you can tell from the pictures, Kendra was on cloud 9 & I'm pretty sure Grandpa was too!


That next morning, Kendra slept in until 10:15. I was a little worried but I think my dad got it right when he said, "well, flying is exhausting!"

Kendra turns 2

Kendra is 2, can you believe it? We celebrated ELMO style with family & friends. The gourmet menu included mac-n-cheese, chicken nuggets & pizza. We played a game of ring-a-round the rosie, did a bit of fishing & finished with a piniata. She opened her presents & got oodles of toys. We ended the party with an ELMO cake made by Aunt Nettie (send me some pics sis) & some extra playtime with the cousins. If Kendra could talk, she would probably say, "this was the best day of my life."

The Birthday Girl

My newest little nephew, Weston!

Panguitch Lake

July 2009

While Nick was in Casper Wyoming, K & me stayed in Milford. We haden't seen him for a month or more so I planned a surpise weekend to Panguitch Lake, one of our favorite places to go. To make a complicated story short, we knew these awesome people I called Grandma & Grandpa but weren't really blood relation. They've both passed away now but their children are so sweet & generous to let us stay at their family cabin still. As a little girl we spent almost every summer there for at least a week or so & then when I married Nick we had our honeymoon there (well not officially but that's a whole different post). Anyway, our 7th year anniversary was coming up so, like I said, I planned a weekend for us. I packed all our fishing stuff, planned out a menu & rented a pontoon boat. It seemed perfect......but then we ran out of firewood in the middle of the night, our pontoon boat was a piece of crap, rain & wind ruined our fishing day & Kendra cried for an hour cuz she wanted to go swimming & even tried to jump off the boat. It didn't turn out perfect like I had planned but we still had fun.

1st tantrum of many

Vintage Aluminum Cups: these things keep your drink ice cold & everything tastes better in them.....not even joking!

2nd tantrum & counting

Check out the seats.....yikes!

Mrs. Multi-Tasking enjoying a tantrum free moment

What a Trophy

Something I'd rather not forget.

Conversation between me & my little LOVEY.....

3am Kendra wakes up a little fussy so I put her in bed with us. I was just about asleep again when I hear............
Kendra - "mama?"
Me - "whaty"
Kendra - "I wanna cookie"
Me - "umm....no"
Kendra - "mama?"
Me - "whaty"
Kendra - "I wanna cookie"
Me - "no, close your eyes and go to sleep"
Kendra with her eyes closed - "mama, peas?"

I thought about getting her one especially since she asked so nicely BUT I was sooooo tired. She finally went to sleep......cookieless & all!

Popsicle Socks

we LOVE otter pops. Kendra eats them three at a time.
Papa created POPSICLE SOCKS. They keep your hands from freezing. GENIUS!!