MY DAD

I have a lot I want to post today, so sorry if there ends up being a ton of posts!!!!
I have been reflecting a ton about my dad today... he is in Utah having surgery, and it is KILLING me to not be there! Generally if there is something going on, I get there... but this time was just not possible. I am so thankful for my brother Dallas, that he is there with my mom and dad and helping them today! I absolutely have the BEST family ever!!! I can't ever say that enough. And it is so due to my mom and dad! They are amazing people, My Heros, My mentors, everything I want to be when I grow up and more! They have always lived their life for each of us kids and now the grandkids! My dad is such a giving person, he is always doing things for others... sometimes at a cost to him. He loves my mom and has always shown us kids that by respecting and honoring her in all he does! He never complains! He loves my kids to death! He is always checking in with me! He loves the gospel and Heavenly Father! He has a strong Testimony! He is very smart and talented! He loves his cars!!!! He is a very hard worker and taught me the importance of working hard! He is a fighter... and that is what I am counting on today... I know it is a routine surgery for the doctor, but it is not a routine surgery for us as a family. This is our dad going under and we love him so much!!! So here's to you dad!! I am sending you good thoughts and many, many prayers... I LOVE YOU!!! Good Luck!!

WYATT

As promised!!! I needed to post about Wyatt and I am so glad it was right when I had something to brag about him!!! Wyatt is my quiet child... always been funny that his name rhymes with quiet... wasn't ever intended to be that way! Anyhow... in my mind he and Kyndall are a complete person split into two people. They are completely the opposite sides of each other. Kyndall is the one who has to be noticed and in the spotlight.... things come easy to her, so she doesn't have to apply herself too much, because good enough is enough to be noticed (can you tell that bothers her anal mother:)).
Wyatt on the other hand is quite happy to just be! He is always happy, loves to enjoy EVERYTHING, and is most happy when he isn't being noticed or acknowledged. He seems to be very aware of things around him and loves to help others or do kind things as long as no one catches him doing so. Wyatt is BRILLIANT!!! He is surprising sometimes!! But because he doesn't care what people think of him, if it doesn't interest him, he could care less about applying himself or even trying to do it for that matter. Especially anything school related, but mostly SPELLING! This year has been a tough spelling year for the kid. He could care less about practicing, or learning how to spell. So, because of the attitude, he has been missing A LOT of spelling words.... Then blames it on, "I'm just not as smart as Kyndall, but that's OK." So Andy (why do dads motivate so well) issued a challenge to get 100 percent. Of course Wyatt said he couldn't so why try... So Andy upped the challenge, and offered a WEBKINZ if he got it! Well that caught his attention! And guess what? He did it!!!! He did have to work hard, but he did it!!! We are so proud of him... the bummer thing was, they are not doing spelling words for the next 2 weeks, because of swimming lessons, but hopefully he will do it one more time, just because he knows he can!!! Way to go QUIET WYATT!!!! We love you!!!

BLUE MONDAY

Kyndall danced tonight downtown at La Grandes Blue Monday rally. It is a rally for Child Abuse Prevention! There were so many things to do for kids and then Dance Arts had 5 teams perform for the crowd! We had a ton of fun and got to see Kyndalls new Hip Hop dance... I didn't get any real great pictures due to the woman sitting directly in front of me with the poofy hair, but what I got was cute! I love to watch Kyndall dance, the sun was in her eyes, which created some odd faces, but it's fun to see her enjoy what she is doing!





This is just a funny one of Grace messing around... she had a blast there... she got a balloon, what else can a 5 year old girl ask for:)





After the dance we went with some friends for Pizza! Good times!! Too bad my kids just can't be decent in a public place... Thanks for being understanding:)

I have decided the next post must be about Wyatt.... he is starting to get a complex:)

WE'RE BACK!!!

We are back from our whirlwind trip to Boise and we had a BLAST!!! The girls danced so well! What a fun experience for the both of them! Kyndalls team sure danced the best they had danced that dance! Very proud of them! It was a long day of sitting! But the girls all have such a good time watching the other dancers and performing! I can't believe how much Kyndall is improving! We then had the evening to swim, eat, talk, laugh, and finally sleep!! Then today we had a great day shopping and eating some more!!! Kyndall and I had a great time with Becky and Natalia! Thanks so much you guys! We love you to peices!!! We'll have to do it again soon (maybe next time just adults huh?:))
Becky took some great shots of the girls, I only got a quick one at the hotel!!



I didn't take my camera with me everywhere... Becky is great to remember the things I forgot... hopefully she will put some of the pics on her blog to share... but,

Here's a shot of how much the two of us can party together!!!! :) It was great!
Thanks Andy for taking care of the home front while we had a little girl time!!! Now that I know how fun it is, we might have to do this more often!

I'M GOING ON A TRIP!!

Woo Hoo!!!! I am sooooo excited! We are doing a girls weekend this weekend in Boise and I CAN'T wait to get there:) Kyndall has a dance competition in Nampa tomorrow and because of scheduling conflicts with Spencers soccer (Holy cow the juggling has already started I thought we had a couple more years) the whole family couldn't go! So!!! That means GIRLS WEEKEND!! My girlfriend Becky and her daughter and Kyndall and I are going to go together! I can't wait for a weekend of Dance, Eating, Shopping and laughing!!! It's so fun to watch the girls dance, they have a GREAT teacher... and then the added bonus of staying over and playing! It's been too long since a fun girls only weekend! I am soooo excited! Becky, rev up the Honda... we are going to PARTY!!! I Can't wait!!!

ANDY'S PROJECT

I don't say enough on here that I have THE BEST husband in the world!!! Andy has been spending ALL of his free time in the evenings (which there is not a lot of anymore) working upstairs in our unfinished area getting it finished!!! It is looking SOO good! He is so talented and has GREAT ideas! This is the vanity that he MADE for the bathroom upstairs. I still can't believe that he made it himself. The picture doesn't do it justice, and of course, it will have a sink in it eventually... But it is BEAUTIFUL!!! Spencer is so excited about the bedroom with a bathroom! He can't wait for it to be finished.... we are getting closer! Maybe by June when I'm in Utah with the kids:) We'll see!!

TWO MINUTES!!

I got to spend a couple of minutes talking to my sister for her Birthday Tonight. It was WAY fun, and of course I went into a room by myself so that I could hear. When I came out of the room, I see Grace cleaning the floor with a wet rag. Not a good sign! So I find Dallin and he looks like this! Just what I wanted to do tonight, clean up a marker mess. So here are the mug shots of our Hulk!





So here we are AFTER the bubble bath! I LOVE CLEAN KIDS!!! (Not a great picture, but I figure I need to be in the pictures once in a while, so someday years from now, the kids will know I lived here too:))