Super Busy

Wow have we been BUSY! I will share the highlights and hopfully I can get some pictures up soon.
* Tried to stay up for New Years, but fell asleep
* Ryan had oral surgery and had a bone graft- he does not do pain well
* Celebrated Ryan's Birthday- his mouth was still sore so we didn't do much
* Ryan started back to school and did an externship at the local VA
* Kiya had a dentist appointment at the rocket dentist (she actually likes the dentist- Yeah!!)
* Karlee has kept busy doing projects for New Beginnings- (yeah like that is the only thing that keeps me busy)
* We celebrated Kiya's Birthday twice- 1 with us and a party with friends
* Celebrated Karlee's magic birthday!! I got a great present! 27 roses from my husband and an ice storm that closed everything down. It was great ryan and kiya both had school canceled and our appointment that day got canceled so we just were able to hang out.
* We worked on getting the house ready to sell
* Put the house up for sell
* Had a nice Valentines Day. I got my hair done and a super cute skinny outfit.
*Reached lifetime member at weight watchers which is really just cool because I am the weight that I want to be and I have kept it off for almost 2 months now.
* Celebrated Brekken's 1st Birthday!
* Had a double dr's appointment for the kid's well child check up and apparently I spaced the kids out just right so that I had the two worst well child checks that there could be. Thank goodness that ryan was able to come with me. Both kids had to get shots (6 for Brekken, 4 for Kiya) we had to have hearing tests for both, urine tests for both (that was easy for Kiya but we had to put a bag on Brekken and if any of you have had experience with that you know that they don't work very well), and oh yeah had to get blood work on both. WOW! The kids are good though. Healthy and strong.

The Last of 2008

Grandma and Grandpa (oops Santa) gave this to Brekken. He really likes it and can make it move on his own.

We has so much fun playing in the Snow. We don't see much so we had to make do on our equipment but we had a blast.

Brekken even enjoyed exploring this crazy cold white stuff.

He liked it so much he tried to crawl in it. It was quite difficult for him and after a couple of face plants we were done. But still, we had fun.

Christmas 2008

We had such a great Christmas. We received some wonderful presents but most importantly we were with family. Brekken was a little unsure of what to do, this being his first Christmas and all. Kiya was an old pro and thoroughly enjoyed opening presents. Thanks to all for the wonderful thoughtfulness. Kiya got a cheetah from her uncle. He chose a cheetah because they are fast and fierce, just like Kiya.

Christmas Eve 2008

Christmas Eve was kind of crazy and fun for us. We were at Ryan's parents house and all but one sibling and his family were able to come. It was a full house. I was able to me my new sister in law. (Only 9 months after she joined the family) She is super nice and sweet. It was fun getting to know her. We daughter in laws got a lot of bonding time on the 24th. (We sure missed you Ashlee) Ryan's mom had to work and Ryan's dad, all the boys and Danielle went lion hunting. The were gone all day, but they did get Danielle a lion. It was huge. Oh but I digress. So it was us three ladies and four kids. We had lots of fun. Cooking dinner was especially fun (LOL). We got the kids fed and to bed early. Well sort of. They were in bed but were having trouble falling asleep. Go figure?!!
Before bed the kids all "wrote" notes to Santa. They were really enjoying this, I think Santa got 25 notes or so. Anyway they had fun doing it. Then we read the christmas story and sang some christmas songs. We also put Hot Chocolate and Cookies out for Santa to eat.

Update: Early December 2008

Poppy had to fly back to Germany. We were so sad to have him go. We had so much fun with him.

We were able to go to Temple Square and see all the lights. Kiya was so bummed that we didn't put any lights on the house so I hope that seeing all the lights at Temple Square made up for that. There were a lot of ohhs and aws!

It was pretty cold that night, but we were bundled up so we could enjoy the fun. That is one thing that I miss. I loved seeing all of the lights. Temple Square was so beautiful.

We also got to have a very fun day with some close friends of ours. We have kids the same age and we took them to Classic Skating. It is so nice having great friends and the kids play so good with each other. I also love that they seem to remember each other even though we live so far apart. We sure miss them. A special thanks to them for being such awesome friends.

Update for November 2008

Only on babies can snot like this be so cute! I mean really!
My dad was in town for a couple of days in November. It was so fun to have him here. He had never been to our house. We had so much fun showing him some of our favorite places and things to do. We had lots of good things to eat. We also visited the OKC Memorial and of course we had to take him to the Bass Pro Shop. Thanks for all the fun Dad!!!
The kids and I were also able to go and visit family in Utah for Thanksgiving! I got great prices on non-stop flights for Kiya and I. Brekken was free which was nice. I don't think I would have gone had I had to fly by myself with the kids and make a connection. The kids did great on the flights. I am so bummed because I didn't get a picture of Brekken on his first flight. Oh well, I didn't have enough arms. While in Utah we were also able to spend time with my grandparents who flew in from Oregon. We had a blast, went to lots of stores I don't get to go to here, had fun with family and had good food!

"We Are Here, We Are Here, We are Here"

Wow it has been a little bit since I last posted. Okay who am I kidding it has been a long bit! We just watched Horton hears a who, thus the title but I think it fits. I have been sooooo busy and I have lots of pictures. Don't worry I am not going to post them all but I have to take some time to go thru them and select just a few which will be the hard part. So hopefully I will get some updating done soon.