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Happy Birthday Ade.

2010-05-23T17:45:00.000-07:00

Dance Night.

2010-05-23T17:40:00.000-07:00

Too Much Fun.

2010-05-18T20:43:00.001-07:00

Proof

2009-08-22T21:56:00.001-07:00

For all those out there that think our house is always spotless, here is proof that isn't true! This wasn't just a one day mess. Our playroom has looked like this for a couple of weeks now and it really is a lot worse than it looks in the picture. There are several reasons...the number one is sitting on the right and number two is actually my fault. The room needs serious organizing/de-junking and I have been putting it off. Lily fell and got hurt on Friday, so the pressure is on to get to it done. I have to do it before Kevin does or there won't be anything left!

School

2009-08-18T17:02:00.001-07:00

Lauren and Morgan started school last week. I walked Lauren to class first. I asked if I could take a picture of her by her desk. She gave me a look and said my name like I was asking something so horribly embarrassing. It hit me...she isn't little anymore. I started getting choked up, gave her a quick hug, and left. She didn't even care. Morgan was next. She let me take her picture by her desk. Apparently, it is still okay for third graders! We unloaded all of her school supplies and got her settled. She let me hug her several times! As I left, we were both a little teary eyed. My tears were for my girls. However, I don't think any of Morgan's tears were for me. Her best little friend moved and she is lost at school without her. I miss my girls while they are at school. I wouldn't mind at all having a much longer summer vacation!

She's 2!

2009-07-23T21:10:00.000-07:00

2009-05-25T10:39:00.000-07:00

Here is Lily with messy hair and all. She loves dresses because you are instantly a princess when you put on a dress. She loves the dress Aunt Jodi made for her, especially the pockets!

Lauren is just about to the end of her softball season. She has learned a lot and Kevin has too. He started out just being a cheerleader and now is the assistant coach. They both have had a great time.

Morgan is enjoying softball too. She has an amazing coach. He has really worked with her and is very patient. Kevin helps with her team too, but isn't very patient! Morgan invited her awesome school teacher to a game, she came and made Morgan's night even though she had a rough game.

Lauren had her tap performance. She got up on the stage in front of 900 people and performed the entire dance with a smile on her face. She has come a long way!!!

The next night Morgan had her ballet performance. She is one that never has been afraid of performing on stage, but she was pretty nervous that night. She still did great!

Adelyn had her first ballet performance. The stage was lined with little 3 and 4 year olds in pink tutus. It was very cute!

It is tradition that the dads go up and get the little ballerinas off of the stage and give them flowers. Adelyn was thrilled with the flowers!

Our girls had a special audience. Two of their aunts and some cousins came down to visit. The girls enjoyed having them come to their dance performances and had fun swimming and playing with them. It was so much fun to have them visit and we had a great time!

Adelyn turned four on Friday. She helped plan out the day and one of her first requests was to go to work with her dad. Being the last day of school, it worked out great. She spent time with her dad, watched a basketball game with some students, and signed yearbooks. She loved it!

She wanted to go to lunch at McDonalds and eat inside. Kevin was done with school so he was able to go with us.

At first, she wanted a Chad cake(from High School Musical), then a Care Bear cake, but her final request was a rainbow. She is afraid of fire, but did a lot better this year when we lit the candles. She enjoyed blowing them out!

Her Nana & Papa came up from New Mexico for the weekend and surprised her. She was very excited, especially when she found out that they were going to stay for a couple of days. We all went to Pirate Island Pizza for dinner. By this time, she was exhausted and was afraid of the pretend fire, but still had a great time. She played with balloons, opened her cards and presents, played a few games, talked with family on the phone, had visits from a couple of her friends, and just had a wonderful day!

The girls had a great weekend with their Nana & Papa (or if you ask Lily...Papa & Papa). We went over to Dixie rock and explored for awhile. The girls really enjoyed having their grandparents with them.

Lauren loves Dixie rock. Papa and Lauren went on higher than the rest of us. Lauren was all smiles!

Adelyn loved the lizards and really enjoyed crawling through this hole! The girls loved the extra attention. Hopefully, grandpa and grandma had as much fun as we did!

Pfamily Update

2009-04-04T17:30:00.000-07:00

Here goes...

Lauren has started her visits to the orthodontist. We got a phone call saying she had to have a tooth extracted. That night she came down about half an hour after I tucked her in bed. She had a tooth in her hand. It had been loose and so she pulled it out hoping that it was the one that they were going to have to extract. Unfortunately, it wasn't and she was very disappointed. She did survive and is ready now for the next step. The orthodontist said the two of them were going to become good friends over the next few years!

Lauren ran the 50 and 100 meter at her school's field day and loved it. She complained about last year's field day for months, so it was a relief that she had so much fun this year.

Lauren loves science. She did a science project on weather predictions and won 1st place in the 4th grade division. She had fun posing for the picture!

Morgan had her 2nd grade program on life cycles. She played the part of a biologist and was a very cute one. Her teacher has set the goal for each student to read 3,000 minutes by the end of the school year. However, if you read 5,000 minutes you get to join the elite "High Flyers Club." (Her classroom has an airplane theme.) Morgan needs about 800 more minutes and is very determined to get there.

Adelyn has been spending a lot of her time jumping on the trampoline, drawing pictures with markers, and practicing her ABC's. She likes to pick out her clothes, wear ribbons in her hair, and put on lip gloss. She is a very happy loving little girl. And the penny is out! After many weeks, Kevin called off the search. We had another x-ray today and it is out.

This picture describes Lily well. She enjoys dressing up, playing with dolls, and most of all she loves playing outside. Even more than playing outside though, she loves Dora. We have Dora books, puzzles, dishes, toys, pajamas, and a few movies all left over from Morgan's Dora years. Lily has been happy to take over and loves every minute.

Then there was the MS Walk. Every year the girls ask if Max can come too. We gave in and yes he even wore a Pfunder Pfighters shirt.

Kevin has been swamped with work and life. It has been a chaotic few weeks as usual, just like everyone else I assume. It has been one of those times I wished we lived closer to family for support and for a little help too. All of you out there that have family close by, enjoy it!

We Are Family

2009-03-17T21:37:00.000-07:00

There is nothing like a bunch of cousins spending the weekend together: Jumping on the trampoline, having picnics, going to the park, coloring with sidewalk chalk, eating good food, celebrating a birthday, playing Guitar Hero, and one of Adelyn's favorites...having her picture taken.

I asked Kevin what the highlight of the weekend was for him. He said it was between giving Elliot a haircut (just because) or "The Guitar Hero Showdown" (if only Aidan could dance like his Aunt Juli) or being snapped at when he offered to hold Jodi's camera!

It was a fun weekend! We just hope we don't have to wait too long to get together again.

P.S. Still no penny!

Not famous yet.

2009-03-09T19:43:00.000-07:00

This summer Tuacahn is performing the musical Annie. The beginning of February, Morgan auditioned for a part. She got a call back and was thrilled to go for a second audition. She loves to perform. I think it is obvious what parent she gets that from! She has been patiently waiting for the last month to hear if she got a part. This evening we got an email saying that she didn’t get a part. Needless to say, she went to bed with red swollen eyes tonight.

Chalk art

2009-03-07T19:35:00.000-08:00

We were admiring the girls sidewalk art today and noticed Adelyn had written her name all over the patio. We don't know who is more proud her or us!

She did take a break for a minute to draw this bus. Oh, I mean bis.

We had to laugh when we noticed the warning by the ladder to the trampoline. The girls love to jump, but every spring they refuse...when the bees (and pollen) come out! Funny girls!

PENNY UPDATE: Still no penny. That is right, every time she has pooped in the last two and a half weeks we have looked for the penny without success. It is great. According to her it is already out. A couple days ago, we were checking out at the grocery store and she looked down on the ground by her feet and there was a penny. She was so excited and told us that her penny came out. If only it were true!

I don't know the number...

2009-02-17T19:34:00.000-08:00

Today while Lily was taking a nap, Adelyn and I were sitting at the kitchen counter together. Ade was drawing a picture of her and "her ladies." She was being cute. She drew a little person and said, "Look a lower case person." I had some change out and she asked if she could have the pennies. She loves to collect change and put it in her piggy bank, so I let her have the pennies. She asked me to help her count the pennies. I looked and there were only four, so I told her I knew she could count them without help. She said she couldn't. I moved one toward her and asked her how to start. She said, "Five." I laughed and asked again. This time she said, "W." I laughed again and then she looked at me and smiled a great big smile. It was just a nice afternoon. Lily woke up and colored with us for a few minutes. Kevin called and said he was going to come home for a few minutes because he had a meeting at 4:00 and another at 6:00. I was excited. Ade and Lily were running around playing together being silly. The next thing I knew Ade was coughing and choking. I ran to her just as a penny flew out of her mouth. I could tell there were more. I was frantically asking her if she could breathe and yelling to Kevin on the phone. She calmed down and told me she needed to throw up. She threw up and the strawberries she had for lunch had me scared to death for a minute. Anyway, the x-ray shows just one penny. The doctor asked her how many she swallowed and she told him the same thing she told me, "I don't know the number." She had four to start with...one she coughed out and one is in her stomach. We can't find the other two anywhere! I just want to find them before Lily does. She used to be the only one that I would worry about putting money in her mouth!

Now she'll be famous...

2009-02-01T13:30:00.000-08:00

In November, Morgan entered the Reflections Contest at school. She made an elephant out of clay and wrote a play, “The Cool Dancer.” Both of her entries won and she was very proud of her two blue ribbons.

Her projects then went on to compete at the district level. Her theatre piece won again and she got her first trophy ever!

This past week we found out that she won at the regional competition and her project advances to compete at State. She is so excited. Mostly because this is one step closer to what she really wants…to be famous!

Thank You . Thank You . Thank You .

2008-12-14T20:52:00.000-08:00

2008-12-12T11:40:00.000-08:00

Ward Christmas Party

2008-12-12T10:42:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago, we asked Morgan if she could sing at the Ward Christmas Party. Without hesitation, she agreed. Well...last night was the dinner and she did great. We are so lucky to have such beautiful girls.

2008-12-10T21:28:00.000-08:00

Morgan turned seven yesterday. She loves Reeses peanut butter cups so I found a yummy recipe and made my first cake from scratch. She loved it! We had such a fun day with her. I had several "mom-moments" (I cried) as I paid closer attention to her throughout the day. She amazes me with her tenderness, her intelligence, her happiness, her humor, and her confidence.

The Cool Dancer

2008-11-17T07:24:00.000-08:00

Morgan wanted to enter the reflections contest this year. Of course, she didn't want to do something simple. Rather, she wanted to write and star in a play. Follow closely, she plays both main parts. We had to bribe Lauren (at first), but she started getting excited as things came together. She told us she didn't care if she won or not, because she has a "pretty cool movie" and now she's famous. We are very proud of her. She wrote the story, analyzed the characters, created the play, re-wrote for the screenplay, and told her dad what to do while filming. Hope you enjoy watching as much as we enjoyed making it.

Lily

2008-11-13T13:25:00.000-08:00

Does bad hair run in the family?

2008-11-02T20:54:00.000-08:00

About a year ago Adelyn woke up with an amazing hair-do.(Left) I had to take a picture! Yesterday, Lily woke up and again...we had to take a picture.(Right) Kevin said we should buy stock in detangler and other things, but we don't need to talk about that yet...

What?

2008-11-02T20:48:00.000-08:00

We were getting ready to go on a little walk when all of a sudden Adelyn disappeared. She was pretty excited about taking Max on our walk....can you tell?

Halloween

2008-11-01T21:01:00.001-07:00

TAG...YOU'RE IT!

2008-10-18T13:15:00.001-07:00

1. Where is your cell phone? ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER
2. Where is your significant other? RIGHT NEXT TO ME
3. Your hair color? BROWN
4. Your mother? FAR AWAY
5. Your father? WITH MY MOTHER
6. Your favorite thing? KIDS AND HUSBAND
7. Your dream last night? BEING POOR
8. Your dream/goal? HAPPY FAMILY
9. The room you're in? KITCHEN
10. Your hobby? TRYING TO GET IN SHAPE
11. Your fear? BEING A BAD MOM
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? OUT OF MILLCREEK
13. Where were you last night? HOME
14. What you're not? TALENTED
15. One of your wish-list items? NEW CLOTHES FOR MY KIDS
16. Where you grew up? IDAHO FALLS
17. The last thing you ate? PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE
18. What are you wearing? MS WALK T-SHIRT--KEVIN'S FAVORITE!
19. Your TV? 15 YEARS OLD...BUT STILL WORKS
20. Your pet? MAX THE DOG
21. Your computer? KEVIN'S HAND ME DOWN
22. Your mood? OVERWHELMED
23. Missing someone? FAMILY
24. Your car? MINIVAN WITH A CASSETTE PLAYER
25. Something you're not wearing? SHOES
26. Favorite store? TARGET
27. Your summer? THE BEST EVER!
28. Love someone? NOT ANYONE WITH A BEARD
29. Your favorite color? YELLOW
30. When is the last time you laughed? TWO QUESTIONS AGO
31. Last time you cried? I'M NOT ALLOWED TO CRY

I award the following people with the "I love your blog award" and in so doing tag them to complete the above questions: Loraine, Cinthia, Juli, Michelle, and Hayley.

Adelyn, Adelyn, Adelyn

2008-10-08T20:14:00.000-07:00

Adelyn loves to draw on post-its. It is common for me to reach into the drawer to write something down and not find a blank post-it. Recently, her drawings have started to take more shape. She loves to draw flowers. All of her pictures lately have been flowers until just a few days ago she brought me one and told me it was a picture of herself. I think she looks beautiful!

While I put Lily down for her nap today, I asked Adelyn to pick up all of the dress up clothes she had dumped out. She even had an incentive...Kevin rented the newest Dora movie for her. The deal was if she picked up the dress ups and accessories by the time I got Lily to sleep, she could watch Dora save the ice princess. As soon as Lily was asleep, I went into the playroom and the dress ups were still in a pile on the floor. I went downstairs, and then upstairs, and downstairs again. I couldn't find her anywhere! My heart started to race as I frantically ran through the house. I finally found her asleep under Morgan's bed. I was very relieved and surprised. I had to take a picture before I carefully scooted her out and put her on her bed. She just giggled later when I asked her why she was hiding under Morgan's bed!

Proud of Our Girls

2008-09-30T21:04:00.000-07:00

Morgan came bouncing out of tap class today. She was so excited because she was "crowned" Dancer of the Month in her class. An hour later, I walked into the studio to get Lauren and she was sitting down holding her crown in her hand. She was excited too...mostly because she got some candy! They both love dancing. Kevin and I were secretly hoping that they both would be crowned on the same day.

A Wonderful Night

2008-09-12T19:58:00.000-07:00

Wednesday night was wonderful! We were invited to the Dinner of Champions put on by the National MS Society. Kevin was given the Living With Hope award and was asked to speak as well. Kevin did amazing. He was able to tell his "story" as well as entertain everyone with a few laughs.

The night was also made magical by the days leading up to it. Finding out that this was a black tie event was nerve-wrecking because neither Kevin or I had something to wear. Luckily we are very blessed and we were taken care of. A special thank you to my sisters, sister-in-law, and mom for dressing me! It is hard for me to accept the help, but I am overwhelmed by the thoughtfulness. What an amazing feeling it is to know you have family willing to go out of their way just for you. Kevin was dressed by an anonymous someone out there. We got a phone call from the local suit shop that someone wanted to buy Kevin a suit. WOW! A very humbling and unexpected phone call. How do you thank anonymous?

Our kids got in on the fun too. They were dispersed between family and good friends. What a relief to know your most cherished possessions are well taken care of. Thank you! They all had a lot of fun.

We were able to share the night with Kevin's grandma, parents, and brother and his wife. Kevin was on cloud nine to have the support of his family. It meant a lot to him. Thank you for being there.

Put everything together and how could it have ended up any different. How could all of this good come from something that started so bad. Kevin was diagnosed four and a half years ago. I still remember the moment Kevin told me he got the results from the doctor. I remember sitting on Kevin's lap in our living room and both of us just sobbing. This "trial" ended up trickling off into many other parts of our lives resulting in various other trials. We have endured many frustrating, difficult, and sad times. I hear people say that they are thankful for their trials and I just can't...but I can't believe how many times and how many ways we have been blessed because of them. What a wonderful night we had! What wonderful friends and family we have! Thank you!!!

SURVEY SAYS!

2008-09-05T10:56:00.000-07:00

So, Marolyn and I were called as the "Activities Committee" for our ward. After the pain-staking process of 100 surveys and hours of heavy construction...we came up with something that may just be the coolest thing ever for a ward party. ETERNAL FAMILY FEUD.

I left her for 2 hours...

2008-08-24T20:00:00.000-07:00

Lily was under the watchful eye of her Dad for a short time and has the proof all over her face! I think he did it on purpose so he doesn't have to watch her by himself again!

First day of school

2008-08-18T20:52:00.000-07:00

So, I am a week late...but here is the first day of school. Lauren and Morgan were so excited and a little nervous. Ade wanted so badly to go too.

This is it...

2008-04-12T22:21:00.001-07:00

Life as a blog has finally begun. After much peer pressure and nagging, we have decided to join the race of the blogging world. More to come...