First Day Of Kindergarten!!

Well, the day finally came. I thought I was ready for it, but boy was I wrong. It is harder than I thought to send your first one to school! She was definetely ready though. She catches the bus down the street from my house, so I I loaded up the kids and drove her down there. We got there 10 minutes early because I wasn't sure the exact time the bus was coming. It was freezing outside so I was planning on just sitting in the car until we could see it coming, but that wasn't Kenadee's plan at all. She was way to excited and wanted to get right out and wait. When we could finally see the bus coming, she said "Mom, I'm all jiggly I am so excited!" I laughed pretty hard....and then might have shed a tear or two. She was happy to see a couple of her friends already on the bus and jumped right on. She did turn around though so I could get a picture. She is getting so big and I am so proud of her!!

Morgan Is gonna miss her

big sister!

Saying goodbye....

Waiting patiently for the bus.


Finally, it came!!

It was sad to watch it drive away.

When I got back in the car, Morgan wanted to know when her bus was coming so she could go to school. I told her she wasn't allowed to grow up and ride the bus, which didn't make her happy at all! I love my kids. They grow up way too fast!!

The BEST weekend Ever!

My cute little family.

We had the best weekend. It was stressful, but it turned out awesome! We blessed Tenlee on Sunday. We were lucky to be able to have Chet's brother in town from Arizona to participate. It meant so much to Chet to have him there. We missed his wife though, who was in St. George with her sisters. So many came to support us. We are truely blessed to have so many people in our lives that love and care about us. Thanks to everyone who came!

Shake Your Groove Thing

Kenadee recently had her dance recital. I was so proud of her, she did such a good job. I have a feeling there will be many more years of this!!

Getting ready to leave.

With her cousins

She had so much fun! Next year Morgan will be up there too. Should be interesting...

Tenlee Marie Thomas

She is FINALLY here! Well, it has already been 2 weeks. (I am a little slow) She was born May 26th at 3:59 pm, weighed 6lbs 9oz and 19 inches long. She is perfect and we couldn't have asked for things to go better. So many people warned me of the dreaded 3rd child and how much harder it is. I guess I am lucky, but it hasn't been too bad yet. Maybe because my other 2 are angels (most of the time). They are the biggest helpers. Ask me again in a couple months...things might be different!

(more pics and info to come)

Happy Birthday!

Kenadee recently had a birthday. She turned 5!! I can't believe I seriously have a 5 year old. It makes me feel so old. She is getting so big. I thought I would list a few things she is up to and will be doing in the next few months:

takes dance and LOVES it

recently sang a song for a talent show(she has an awesome voice!!)

learning to read

finishing up preschool

waiting patiently to be another big sister

getting excited to start kindergarten (I'm not though)

loves riding her new bike outside (if the weather would just be warm!)

Here are a few pictures from her party at the building. She had a blast!

Happy Birthday Kenadee! I love you so much!!

Vegas Baby!!

We decided to take a little family vacation before the baby comes. Luckily my dad was able to trade in his time share so we were able to stay in the AWESOME Tahiti Village in Vegas. It is a huge resort with an amazing pool. Let me just say that if you love to swim or just lay out and catch some sun, this is the place to go. It is far enough from the strip that we didn't even have to cover the girls eyes too many times. We did go there one day to explore the M&M Factory. The girls thought that was pretty cool. They wanted to get some cool colored M&M's but Chet refused to pay $14 per pound. What a joke!! After that we decided to stop and eat at the Rainforest Cafe. The girls LOVED it. They sat and admired all the animals. Other than that, we swam the entire time. There was an awesome lazy river that was huge. Kenadee could have spent all day in the pool, and Morgan wanted to play in the sand the entire time. Needless to say, we had a blast and our 5 days there went by way too fast!!

At the Rainforest Cafe

Outside the Resort



1/4 of the pool (it was HUGE)

The Lazy River

Playing in the sand
Part of the pool was made like a beach.

Going under the waterfall at the Lazy River

We had so much fun and hope to make it a yearly tradition to go down there. Next time I will enjoy it more because I won't be pregnant!! I still had fun, but lets be honest...how pretty can you feel in a swimming suit when you're 8 months pregnant!!

Shiner

So those of you that know Morgan, you would know how gracefully clumsy she is. Ok most of the time it isn't very graceful. She struggles running, jumping, skipping, and just plain old walking. The thing that kills me is that most of the time she runs into things while walking just because she is looking the other way. She forgets she is supposed to watch where she is going. And then there are the times she is just clumsy. Last night we were enjoying the nice weather on our back porch. I was cutting Chet's hair (which turned out great as usual) and the girls were playing. Morgan was WALKING and tripped on the crack in the cement. She fell face first, her head hitting the first step on the porch. This is the result of her carelessness....

Poor thing! The picture doesn't do it justice. Her eyelid is black and blue as well as underneath her eye. And then you have the huge bump that sticks out at least 1/4 inch from her face. Hopefully she learns to watch where she is going or else we are going to have some broken bones before the summer is over!