Happy Birthday Kennedy

We now have a two year old.  We celebrated with a Dora birthday party.  I think every single gift was Dora.  Kennedy loves to watch Dora and Diego.  The "cake" was a craft project that Carter and I worked on.  I can't believe my little girl is already two years old.  She is such a wonderful addition to our family.  She is snuggly, jumps, imitates her brother and is a master pouter, crossed arms included.  She is tall and thin for her age, weighing in the 20% and 90% in height.  Let's hope she can keep up those stats for several years to come :). We love you Kennedy!

Our little graduate.  Carter finished up preschool a couple weeks ago.  He had his ups and downs about wanting to be there but in the end I think it was great for him.  His teacher informed me that he was not only doing great, but was actually a little bored and ready for Kindergarten.  I sure hope he likes his new school in the fall.  I've already had tears about missing Ms. Cathy and wanting to go to Kindergarten at Bluebird.  I guess that means he liked it.

Special Day

We had a very special day Saturday.  We took our little family to the Louisville temple and had Kennedy sealed to us.  She was so precious in her little white dress and stole the show during the ceremony.  We are so grateful for all the friends and family that came to support us on such an important day.

We feel so blessed to have Kennedy in our family and are so grateful to her birth family for entrusting us with her.  She is a little ray of sunshine in our lives and we love her so much.

Our little girl

 Our little girl is growing up so fast.  She is such a joy to have in our lives.  She is very happy and silly and constantly makes us laugh.  Currently she likes to make silly faces, put socks on her hands, take off all her clothes (including dirty diapers), and put diapers on her stuffed animals.  She is a little nurturer and loves to give kisses and hugs.  Here are some flowers she picked at grandma's house.

 Here she is putting diapers on her bear.

This last pic is of the day after we returned from our visit to Cali.  At about 7:30pm she conked out on the couch.  She has never fallen asleep like this before.  Nate had to catch her before she fell off.  He was able to get her in her pj's and put to bed all while staying asleep.  I have a bunch of pics to post of our trip in the next few days.  We had a great time.

Severe Weather

As many of you may know we had some major severe weather last week.  There were five confirmed tornado's in our viewing area.  The damage and loss of life has been extensive but we were lucky close to the city not to have been affected much.  

The map shows the beginning and end of the tornado's in our area.  If you blow up the map you can see the star where Nate's parents and extended family live in Grant's Lick.  Eyewitness reports show that the funnel cloud lifted off the ground for the few miles right over Grant's Lick.  Boy was Nate's family lucky.  If it had stayed on the ground there is no doubt that their homes would have been in the thick of things.  We feel very blessed that they are all safe and our hearts and prayers go out to those in our area who were not so lucky.  Here's hoping we do not see anything like this again in our area for a very long time.   

Carter's Birthday

 Carter had a great birthday this year.  He got to take treats into preschool and go out to dinner with Mom and Dad.   Then a couple days later he had his party with a few friends.  It was a Wild Kratts party and I made the vests they are wearing (Creature Power Suits).  It was a big hit.  We then headed to Chuck E. Cheese for cupcakes and games.  I think everyone had a great time.  Carter makes sure he has his vest on everyday at five o'clock when Wild Kratts comes on PBS.

This ended up being a Nano bug birthday.  Carter had asked for some "bug tracks", for his nano bugs and ended up getting a ton!  Thanks Me-maw and Uncle Ben.  Both of the kids love playing with these bugs.

Here is a close up of the vests.  Way too much craftiness for me.  I'll have to remind myself that next year.  Thanks to everyone who made Carter's birthday special!

Carter's Prayer

quote from Carter's prayer tonight: 

"Dear HF, thank you for this day............Please bless that if something happens to Daddy or Jeremy that me and Brayden can use the guns when we grow up..........Amen"

Seriously, where do these kids come up with this stuff?  I'm sure that Nate and Jeremy(Nate's friend) can be assured that their assets will be in good hands since our five year old is so concerned about them. Remind me why I decided to stay in Kentucky again?