Friday, May 15, 2015

Mother's Day Weekend

 Mother's Day weekend was filled with family and soccer.  Ironically everyone choose to come to the same soccer game, which made it lots of fun!  Grandma Jane, Grandma JoAnn, Grandma Sally and Grandpa Gary all came to watch Kabree and Justice play.  Grandma JoAnn bought a big bag of kettle corn and Keagan snatched it right up and was being a stinker about sharing.  So Grandma Jane went and got her own bag, when Keagan saw that Grandma Jane's bag was full she was hot on her tail trying to switch bags with her!
Keagan, Justice, Kabree and Libby
Matt and Libby helped the kids warm up



 Heather, JoAnn and Jane
 We sure love this soccer player
 Keke and "her" kettle corn, poor Grandma JoAnn might have got one handful, but that's it!

    After the game everyone headed to Mandarin House for lunch.  We decided since the "real" last game of the season not everyone could come and Heather will be out of town for Libby's soccer tournaments we would celebrate this game.

Love these ladies
 Sally, Gary, Kabree and Keagan
 Justice, Libby, Kabree, Grandma JoAnn, Hanna and Keagan

  This year; with some positive peer pressure from Whitney, I decided for Mother's day to make a craft I have been wanting to do for months.  It turned out pretty well and I have finally completed one of my hundreds of Pinterest pins.  
  I also had the kiddos make each Grandma a paper flower, the kids LOVED it!  They thought it was the greatest thing ever and were so excited to give their Grandma's their flowers!  Keagan of coarse had to make pink ones and Kabree rainbow!

So excited to put them in my Bathroom : ), yes I made myself some ; )
 The hard working kiddos making their flowers

  I have been so blessed in my life to be surrounded by amazing women.  I have thee most talented, hard working, creative....ok I could go on and on about how amazing my Mom is, but seriously she is amazing!!!  My Mom has literally helped me with hundreds of school projects, stayed up all night to wash a certain pair of pants I wanted for the next day, went on way more school field trips then she wanted (yes middle school and high school ones ; ), taken me to the Zoo more times than either one of us could count (yes even as an adult ; ), she has made me/brought me custard when I'm sick (which no one can make like her), slept in my bed with me after Kevin died and I couldn't bare to sleep alone, , but most importantly she taught me how to stand on my own two feet, she taught me that life isn't fair, life is hard, but I'm stronger than I know and I can do hard things.  
  I was blessed with two Grandma's who both made me feel loved unconditionally and taught me so many things.  My Grandma Harriosn taught me how to keep a prayer in my heart and to never give up on having a family.  She also taught me that sometimes the best way to show love is through food : ).  My Grandma Ward taught me that putting those you love before you is HARD but it's it's the right thing to do.  She also taught me that marriage is never 50/50 it's usually 80/20 and it depends on the day who gives the 80
  I have a pretty amazing sister who is always teaching/showing me what it means to be a good Mom.  She always remembers that it's just as important to play together as a family as it is to work together as a family.  She is the most unselfish person I know and always puts everyone elses needs before her own.
  There are so many more amazing women in my life, Mother in-laws, sister in-laws, friends and neighbors that have all taught me so many things.  But the two most important women in my life are my beautiful, smart, funny, amazing little girls!!! So to all the women, young and old we love you and appreciate you!

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Kabree Lee is 6






  Kabree Lee is 6!!!  It brings a tear to my eye every time I think about how this beautiful, blue eyed girl came into our lives, she was everything I had hoped and prayed for.  She truly was the answer to our prayers!  We love this smart, athletic, sassy, sweet girl to heaven and back!!!  We of coarse could write a novel about Kabree's favorite things and our favorite things about her but here are just a few:
  • Kabree LOVES to be active and on the go and!
  • Kabree wants to be outside as much as possible.
  • Kabree LOVES dance, her friends and her teacher Ms. Rachel.
  • Kabree's favorite color is the rainbow!
  • Kabree LOVES that she can officially read a book to herself!
  • Kabree's favorite place to be is Arbon on the farm!  She loves the animals, the cousins and all the fun activities they can do out there.
  • Kabree LOVES soccer and thinks her coach is pretty "awesome"
  • We love Kabree's big blue eyes!
  • Kabree LOVES to listen to music, country and pop!  She loves to have the radio or Pandora on and sing along.
  • Her nick names are Kab, Kabs and Kaby Baby.
  • Kabree LOVES swimming and said that's the sport she wants to do now!
  • Kabree is our little Mother hen and always watching out and concerned with others and sometimes likes to tell them what they "should" be doing ; ).
  • Kabree loves to tell jokes and tease people! Jumping out and scaring them or she will tell us she didn't do something when she did.
  • Kabree LOVES breakfast for dinner!!!
  • We love that Kabree is our spunky little spit fire!  She is a very sweet, caring little girl but she can say the sassiest things! i.e. she told her dance teacher "you need to earn my trust before I will dance for you!"


  We can't get enough our blue eyed girl and the world is definitely better with her in it!!!  We love you Kabs!

Keagan Ann is 3






  Keagan Ann is 3!!!  This little browned eyed beauty melted our hearts the moment we saw her.  We love this busy, curious, spunky, sweet, little girl to heaven and back!!! Again we could write a novel of Keagan's favorite things and our favorite things about her so here are just a few:
  • Keagan LOVES Barbie!!!  Barbie toys, Barbie movies, Barbie pj's or Barbie shirts she loves it all!
  • Keagan is our snuggle bug and loves to "hold you"
  • Keagan LOVES the color pink!!!  She wants to wear pink, eat off a pink plate, have pink lip gloss on, if it's pink she wants it!
  • We love her giggle and it's not hard to get one either!
  • Keagan LOVES her "puppy" Cleo!  She likes to lay on Cleo, play with her and "oves her"
  • We cannot get enough of Keagan's dimples!!!
  • Her nick names are Keagers or Keke
  • Keagan LOVES the songs "All About That Bass" and "She Don't Know She's Beautiful", she sings them very intently at the top of her lungs!!
  • Keagan is a touch shy but very mischievous once she warms up!
  • Keagan LOVES to hide under her blanket and yell "guys come here" and then jumps out and yells "surprise!"
  • Keagan likes to tell Mommy when the light is green and she should "go Mom, go!"
  • Keagan LOVES her aromatherapy Giraffe and sleeps with it every night!
  • Keagan is a bear hugger!!!  She LOVES to wrap her arms around hour neck and squeeze as hard as she can!!
  • Keagan LOVES chicken nuggets but with no dipping sauce!!!
  • Let's face it everyone is jealous of her hair!!!
  We can't get enough of this little browned eyed girl and the world is definitely better with her in it!!!  We love you Keke!!!


Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Sisters

  There is truly nothing better than sisters!!!!  





Friday, May 8, 2015

Kindergarten Field Trip

  Keagan and I got to tag along on Kabree's field trip and we had so much fun!!!!  Kabree was so excited for a field trip and that they got to ride on the school bus.  She was most excited for the bus because "you don't have to have booster seats or seat belts on a school bus!" : )
Ross Park
  First stop was the Poatello Zoo!  They thought all the animals were great but especially loved watching the bear play in the water and the skunk that was on a leash!


Keagan decided she wanted to walk and push her stroller 
 Digging for fossils
 London, Kabree, Izabella and Ashlyn
 The kids favorite part of the zoo was watching the bear play in the water
 Gabe, Kabree, London, Payten, Kinsley (behind), Keyton (in front), Baylee and Ridge
 


 Brooklyn's Playground
  After the Zoo we headed to Brooklyn's playground for lunch and fun on the toys.  It was a bit cold during lunch but once we were in the sun playing on the toys everyone warmed up quick!  The kids had a blast and ran non stop the entire time!
 Eating lunch
 Is there any other way to play on a tire swing than with as many kids as can fit?!?
 Keagan thought the rope ladders were pretty great
Fire Station
  Last stop on our field trip was the fire station.  They got to see where the fire fighters get dressed, race to get dressed in fire fighter clothes, check out the trucks and "put out a fire".
 Learning how to dress for a fire
 Our first group of racers
Trey
 They let Keagan take a turn!
All of Kabree's little friends cheered for Keagan and that made her super shy!!!


Kabree got to have Mrs. Boyer help her 


 Those are some pretty cute fire fighters!!!
 Keagan got to sit in the front seat!!!
The kids thought it was pretty great to do the lights and sirens!
Kabree got a little silly with the hose and tried to hose down Mrs. Rowe!
Anyone who knows Kabree is not at all surprised at this!!!
Mrs. Rowe decided she better stand behind Kab after that! 
Ended the day with juice boxes!!!
  Keagan and I had such a fun day tagging along on Kabree's field trip!!!  Kabree has some pretty amazing teachers who put a lot of time and work into all they do everyday not just field trip days.  We feel so lucky to have Mrs. Rowe as Kabree's teacher and Mrs. Boyer as the assistant, Kabree has had a great first year of school and learned so much because of all they do!!!

Fun Run

  Kabree got to participate in her first Fun Run!!!  Kabree's school held it's 3rd annual Fun Run and Zach, Keagan and I were all able to go and cheer Kabree on.  It was a great day for a run, the sun was out and shinning and the kids were SUPER EXCITED!!!  Kabree did great and ran the whole mile!!!  That might night seem like much but considering these kiddos had to walk 3/4 a mile to the track, run the mile then walk the 3/4 mile back to the school I would say they did pretty great!!!
 Just getting to the track
 And their off...Kabree is the far right
 Just a few yards from the finish line
 Enjoying her oranges and water
Heading back to school