Sunday, August 24, 2008

Hello Blue Eyes

kenzie got this dress from my mom for her birthday and she looks so cute in it!! Good choice mom and of course she looks adorable in it!! It makes her eyes look crystal blue!! Notice the frog arm at the bottom of the picture? She has some animal no matter where we go!!

Happy #2 Kenzie- Mom and Dad love you!

So for her special day we took her to Chucky Cheese to ride some fun kiddie rides and eat some pizza. Besides the fact that the pizza was gross and ridiculously expensive, she had a fun time on all the rides and games. Here are some of them!!





Kenzie was attempting to throw the ball, sometimes they didn't quite make it!! But she definately had her game face on!
She loved this ride! There were buttons that made a honk and a dog barking and music played, so needless to say, she spent the majority of her tokens on the doggie ride!
My parents came to celerate in her special day! We love having them come!




After the pizza place we headed back to our house for cake and presents. Garrett and I wanted to get her something really cool so we bought her a small powerwheels that we thought she would love. Well, it scared her more than anything so instead of the big gift, she loved the books, baby stroller, and play horses instead. She loved all of her great gifts! Thanks to everyone for your thoughtfulness!




Here is Kenzie opening her gifts!!




I was reading to Kenzie some of the Great books she got! FYI- Sandra Boynton has some of the cutest books and she makes each page rhyme. They are so fun to read with kids. Kenzie loves them! Some of her favorites are- Pajama time, The Going to Bed Book, Snuggle Puppy and Barnyard Dance! Go check them out from the library.





My new job

So, I changed schools this year for those who don't know, and I am LOVING It!! I work in Scottsdale teaching P.E only part-time. I love it cause I get to spend more time at home with Kenzie, but still get out and make some money! It was definately a positive change in my life!! Just thought you'd like to know!

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Where have we been...

The question should be where haven't we been? This summer has been such a fun one! Garrett and I were both able to be home to enjoy Kenzie and the freedom to leave whenever we wanted to! Here is the break down of the last 3 weeks:

Stop #1: Camping in Payson- Here we met up with my parents as well as Garrett's parents, sister,and brother. We enjoyed the beautiful weather, trees, and visited a fish farm. Kenzie was in heaven as she had her cousin Rhyan, which she now calls "Ri", to play with the whole time. They took off a time or two on their own nature walk showing eachother rocks and sticks. They were really cute

Stop #2- Salt Lake City, UT- Here we stopped in for a night to visit my sister and her husband. We hung out, had "Weathersbys"(it is Leatherby but I thought and said weathersbyS) shakes, installed a cieling fan, and ate some good mexican food. It was an overnighter and then on the way to...

Stop #3: Idaho Falls, ID- We came up to visit our friends who moved here from Flagstaff. We got lost and circled Idaho Falls, which was super fun,but finally got there. We hung out and talked lots, went and saw the new Batman movie, and just visited. We drove up to St. Anthony where Kenzie got to ride a horse, which she LOVED! She freaked out when we took her off!! She is such an animal lover. There we also went bowling, rode quads, and made some killer tin foil dinners- I cannot divuldge the secret yet! We were out two days later on the way to...

Stop#4: Yellowstone National Park- Obviously we went to go see some of the cool sites. We saw some animals including a black bear, bison, elk and some birds. We were hoping for a moose but no luck. So we enjoyed the endless geysers and water falls. Definately a fun trip but heck, by this point I was just about tired of the car.

Then on the way home we hit each stop again saying goodbye to everyone. And now, back to the grind. I started my orientation for my new school. I think that it is going to be a good year!Garrett doesn't start school for another 2 weeks so he is home being with Kenzie. Hope all is well with everyone!