Tyler the Wrestling Champ

Last month Tyler got to participate in a week long wrestling event. He got to train after school each day learning some crucial techniques and at the end of the week there was a wrestling match. Tyler was thrilled to put it midly. He loves wrestling around at home and talking about being a wrestler in school when he is old enough. He loves all sports for that matter and we are excited about that and hope he maintains his love for them so we can watch him have a good time when he's older. Anyway it was a great night, everyone went home a winner with a medal and a t-shirt. I took WAY TOO many pictures of this event as usual, but I'm just posting a couple for you to check out. The first picture is Tyler with his best friend Fisher and another good friend and cousin Braxton.

Just the regular happy Miss Kennedy


A cookout one night...yes she loves soda!


I'm sure Kylie was asleep still or spent the night at Aunt Brookes..


Sisterly Bath Time


Aunt Brooke telling the kids goodbye..


Lotsa love for Kennedy


We looked like twins..not on purpose either lol

Playing Catch Up

I was getting good at keeping my blog up to date, but looks like I have fallen behind! I guess it has been just over a month since my last post so I'll try my best to give a small recap of the events that have taken place in our home.

First off our beloved Aunt Brooke moved up to UT to start her school at Dixie. Talk about seperation anxiety...lol!! Kylie misses her like no other, as do all of us, but it's so good for her to be on her own and getting an education. Good luck Brooke, we love you!

I started back to school on August 24th, taking the first of a few required bio classes, and it's hard! I can do pretty well when it comes to English, grammar, Psyc classes, even basic math, but science is just not my thing! I'm about 4 weeks in now and if it keeps up like this I am betting I'll need to retake it! It's really kind of a downer since I whizzed through the other classes, but oh well!

The last weekend in August I went to Las Vegas with my sister and some of her friends for a mini bachelorette party. We had a great time! We spend the majority of the weekend at the fabulous pool at the Monte Carlo and of course another bunch of time we spent eating the yummy food!

Aug 31...Matt and I both start jobs! Yes, both of us! He got a job at Renegy and I got a job at the hospital in Show Low. I'm working in the OB department as a health unit coordinator and patient care tech. I'm still doing the orientation, but so far I really really like it! Aside from the fact that everytime a baby is born I get a little misty eyed! LOL Matt's job involves a lot of labor work, and getting really dirty! He doesn't care so much for that, but is grateful to have a job! We are still working on a routine with schedules, school and our kiddos! It has been working out pretty well for the most part since we are fortunate to have help from both of our parents! Thanks Moms and Dads! :-)

Labor Day weekend we took the kids to the valley so they could enjoy the pool while we had a bridal shower for Nicole. We had a tea party theme which turned out to be pretty cute! The kids had a blast with daddy in the pool while I did shower stuff.

Sept 11, my elk hunt starts! If you don't know, I enjoy archery and put in for some hunts. I was drawn for a cow tag which was pretty exciting to get the first real opportunity at using some of the skills my wonderful hubby has taught me. However, I've only had 1 real chance to go out so far! Blake took me and it was fun, we got close, but didn't get a shot!

Sept 13- Matt turns 32 and Blake has his farewell! I hope Matt had a decent birthday, although he had to sleep most of the day due to his work schedule. I love my hubby so very much and I am so fortunate to have him. He's so wonderful in so many ways!!

Sept 16- Blake leaves for Brazil! I was sad when Matt's other brothers left for their missions, just sad to think two years would pass that they would be away from their family, but when Blake left I was really really sad! I guess it's probably because I am closer with him, have known him longer since he used to come play with my little brother before I even knew Matt! I think having all our kids so attached to him also made it harder to watch him leave. Anyway we know he will serve a great mission and be a great missionary!

I think that pretty much brings us current! I'll try to post a few pictures from recently a little later!

The First Day

Wednesday marked the first day back to school for our kids. Kylie of course being in 2nd grade feels like a seasoned little school goer already, but Tyler had his very first day! You saw how the night before went in my post below so I'll tell you the the morning of the 1st day went!

It started with waking up at about 6:15 and getting the kids up by 6:30. Kylie is always hard to get from her bed so I have to raise my voice as loud as possible without waking everyone else up..haha! Tyler rolled right out of bed with that excited anticipated look on his face. I gave them both every choice under the sun for their breakfast and Tyler chose Lucky Charms which was really no surprise to me, Kylie went with waffles!

They finished the breakfast and went off to make their beds, brush their teeth, wash up, get dressed and get their hair all ready. Tyler wanted to spike his hair, but it's a tad too short for this yet, however he managed, yes he managed, didn't really want my help, to get the front flipped up a bit at least! Kylie is difficult with her hair, never knowing what she wants and always changing her mind! However, she finally decided and they were ready to go!

To my surprise Tyler wanted to ride the bus to school on his first day and he got on with no hesitation! They were excited though because before they got on, Papa got to stop by and wish them good luck on their first day. I of course met them at school to get some pictures, mainly of Tyler being his first day of school. He seemed to be right at home!

After school was out I did go pick them up, just in case they had a bad first day. I think I was more nervous then anyone! However they both had a great first day, loved their classmates, their teachers, and everything!

I got misty eyed watching them get on the bus, and once they were off I actually full on cried. I will probably do that every year! I was sad thinking that Kylie is in the 2nd grade already, and sad thinking that Tyler was starting school now. I got even more sad thinking ahead to when my other two start school and Kylie and Tyler are that MUCH older! My how time flies! I just want to cherish it now and sometimes wish I could freeze it!

Here they are eating their breakfast...

Ready to leave

Tyler's 1st Day Outfit

Kylie's...

Off to the bus

Tyler's First Bus Ride

Tyler in his class

and I popped in for a quick picture of Miss Kylie too

School Year's Eve

It's officially School Year's Eve!! The new school year kicks off tomorrow for Kylie and Tyler. I decided it would be fun to make tonight a special little night, like their last night of freedom, ha ha! I just quickly made a few little decorations for them along with a yummy dinner and some brownies for dessert! The kids really enjoyed it and thought it was fun. After dinner they picked out their outfits for their first day and I gave Kylie a quick touch up on her toes. I'll have pictures from tomorrow to post soon so check back!
Everyone eating their dinner..

Kylie the 2nd Grader

Tyler the Kindergarten Kid

Kylie Picking Out her Outfit

Tyler even tried his outfit on

Letting her toes dry

Karissa's Pedicure..sort of!

If you know Miss Karissa, you know she only needs a split second of time to get into anything! She is so quick and knows when you aren't paying attention or probably won't be paying attention for at least a little while!

So she hears me get on a phone call the other day and decides she needs to give herself a little relaxation. Her feet must have been feeling awfully tired! I finished up the phone call and of course my first thought is wheer is the QUIET Karissa? I walk from my bedroom to where I can see our front door propped open about 10 yards away and find her relaxing in a nice foot soak she has created for herself!



..... yes thats a gallon of milk to her left! Somehow she managed to get herself a little tub, open the fridge and grab the milk and go sit down to make her little foot bath all while Im running my yap on the phone paying no attention to her! :-} It wasn't anything you could get upset over, just laugh and take the pictures. She was enjoying herself afterall and she really only dumped a couple cups worth of milk in there..haha!

My How The Garden Grows!

So in May we decided to plan ourselves a little garden, well let me back up! We bought ourselves some seeds in April and started trying to do in indoor germination. Ha..this turned out to be a nightmare! We did finally get some to sprout, but after we placed them outside in the little mini green house we lost ALL of them to the WIND! I suppose that comes with our lack of gardening and paying attention to all the elements mother nature has to offer us. Anyway early May we made ourselves a small little garden space outside and bough some mini plants to pop in the ground. We planted strawberries, 2 different kinds of tomatos, anaheim peppers, bell peppers, watermelon and cantaloupe. There was a late freeze and we lost both cantaloupe and 1 of our 2 watermelon plants. In early June, we popped a few pumpkin seeds in the ground in place of those lost plants. To date, the strawberries have pretty much been laid to rest although the rest of the plants are thriving. Our one remaining watermelon is growing finally after that little freeze we nursed it through, no fruit has sprouted but the plant itself looks good. The pumpkins are amazing, the leaves are HUGE! We love our anaheim pepper plants and will grow these yearly! They taste so good and each plant produces numerous peppers so well worth it! We were pretty disappointed with the bell peppers as each plant has only produced one pepper and small peppers at that. The early girl tomatoes which are like a cherry tomatoe plant are doing great! They taste so good! The big beef tomatoes have a lot of big green tomatoes growing and we can't wait until these are ripe for the eating! We have had fun trying out our green thumbs and at least now we know we have the ability to grow things! I got a few pictures this morning when I was in the garden...
Here is a shot of the entire garden, it's small, but great! The weeds on the outside of the bed are crazy, but the garden itself has none!

Here are the crazy pumpkin leaves..

And the first sprouted pumpkin!

Anaheim Pepper

Our thriving tomatoe plants

Some of the yummy cherry tomatoes