Someone is listening...

Yesterday as I was leaving Albertsons, Kenzie was holding my hand in the parking lot walking to the van when a car started to pull out of it's space. She quickly held up her hand and said, "No, don't get me. Don't get me." It was so cute. After I reassured here that the car wouldn't get her she put her hand down, and was fine. We are always telling her that we have to be careful in parking lots, so a car won't hit her. It is always good to know that she is listening to us.

Kenzie's 2nd Birthday

Kenzie celebrated her 2nd birthday on Easter. So we got to listen to General conference, celebrate Easter, and party with Kenzie all in one day.

She wanted to make the most of the day and woke up at 5:40 am. I was able to get her to stay in her room until 6:20 but that was it. She then wanted to open her presents, and wasn't at all happy that she had to wait for Dad and Cameron to wake up.

She loved opening all of her presents. She loved pushing her new baby around in the stroller.

She got a stroller, doll, blankets, and Little People from Grandma and Grampa Palmer.

Grandma and Grandpa Reed gave her this cute tea sets. It is great because she loves to have a "party".

"DORA!"
We got her a Dora van, blocks with a Cinderella figure, Dora bowls, and two new outfits.

She loves her presents. Her favorite things right now are Dora, playing with dolls, having "parties", and playing Little People.

This is the cake that I made for her.

We went to the Johnson's for Easter dinner (which was wonderful) and then had cake and ice cream.

Kenzie loved opening this book. It is a Dora book that has different sounds.

Thanks, everyone, for helping Kenzie have such a great day.
We love her so much. She is such a sweet girl and brings so much happiness into our home.

Easter

We had a great Easter this year. The kids got to do a neighborhood Easter egg hunt put on by the HOA, and go to a store to do an egg hunt. They all had lots of fun. We haven't had them wear their new Easter clothes, so I will try to remember to put a picture on at a later date.

Kenzie loved finding the eggs, but when she opened them and found candy inside she was so surprised and excited.

Such cute kids. I wish we could have gotten Kenzie in but she wanted nothing to do with "a bunny". Cory was so cute, at first he took the bunny's carrot instead of a cookie.

After the store egg hunt the kids went home and looked for their Easter baskets. The Easter Bunny didn't do a good enough job of hiding the boy's, but it took them a little while to find Kayley's.

Still looking.

She finally found it.

Kayley's 10th Birthday

Kayley celebrated her 10th birthday last week. After school she had her last choir meeting. They had a fun party. She got lots of fun presents (thanks Grandmas and Grandpas) and then we went to eat at Peter Piper Pizza for her birthday dinner. Unfortunately the camera was left out of the diaper bag and so I didn't get any pictures there, but everyone had so much fun. After we came home and had cake and ice cream and then her cousin Ellie and Ethan came over and sang Happy Birthday, gave her another present and then they got to play for a while. She also got some yummy cookies (from Paradise Bakery and Cafe) from our neighbors.

She had a great day!!

We got her an MP3 player. She thought that was great. Now we need to get some music so she can listen to something besides the radio.

She got this towel and beach bag from her Grandpa and Grandma Reed.
Her Grampa and Grandma Palmer gave her the Primary song CDs, a pair of shorts, and a gift card to Deseret Book. She got to go with Grandma while we were in Utah over spring break and use her gift card. She then "forgot" what she had gotten and got to open it up on her birthday.
As soon as we got home from dinner, Kenzie ran to the couch and sat day and kept saying "birfday". We decided to let her open one of her presents a few days early from Grandma and Grampa Palmer so she would be happy.

Kayley wanted a jello cake for her birthday cake. But I learned the hard way not to try and be fancy and do it in a bundt pan. It didn't turn out as well as I was thinking, but at least it tasted good.

We love Kayley so much. She is such a great helper. She does whatever we ask, plus usually more. She is a great example to her younger brothers and sister.