Friends & Family = F-U-N!!

We have been so busy lately! It's been a lot of fun, but most of the time I forget to take pictures. Here's a few (ok, several) pictures we did take of our fun times!!

BFFs!! cousin Rylee was born 4 days before Graysen

Kyri will never pass up an opportunity to hold a baby! Especially her cute cousins!!

Graysen and Kyri with their friend, Quinn, just before he moved to Michigan

Best Buds

Quinn is 2 months older than Graysen and SO stinkin cute!! We already miss him! I love this picture because Quinn was just leaning on Graysen...just chillin....and Graysen was happy to let him do it!!

Us with Quinn and his parents Ali and Jeff. We miss them SO much! We sat by the Jensen's in church every Sunday and did a lot of fun things with them. Kyri still talks about them and asks if Quinn and Ali can go on walks with us. Thanks for being such great friends and for loving our kids so much and for having such a CUTE little Quinn!! We can't wait to see you in December!

Graysen and cousin Alyssa squished in the stroller....too bad the sound sleeping didn't last long

After the lipstick incident we finally made it up to Snowbird. Kyri loved playing with the older girls, Isabelle and Sophie, but she especially loved feeding them "cheese turds"...and I think they were having just as good of a time!!

Kyri and Brody having fun in the sand at Bear Lake

It was overcast and cold, but that didn't stop us from enjoying a little time on the beach!

Grammy (as Kyri would say) and Graysen soaking up the....clouds

nothin beats a good dig in the sand!

Nichole tried to take Brody on the raft, but he didn't want to "go out to sea!!!"

Not happy to be squished in the stroller...once again...but still cute!

The Assistant

This was a long time ago, but I am WAY behind on blogging, so I'm just now getting around to updating it. Anyway, I finally got to the point where my hair needed to be cut or I was going to pull it all out!! I wanted to do it myself because I had this image in my head of how I wanted it to look and wasn't sure I could tell someone else exactly how to do it. However, we only have a small mirror and a very tiny hand held mirror, so the back was a bit tricky. Thanks to my lovely assistant, Gary, I was able to have a nice short cut!

I had already cut the back and asked Gary to just make sure it was even....but we got busy chatting.....

...and taking pictures....and I suddenly said (in a bit of a panic), "I think you better stop!! I think you've done enough...you keep cutting and cutting and I just wanted to make sure it was even!!!" Gary lets out a slight laugh and says, "oh, I thought you wanted me to cut it shorter." And cut it he did! About an inch shorter than planned!

But I must admit he did a pretty darn good job!!!

One of the best haircuts I've ever had!!

All Dogs Go To HEAVEN

One of Kyri's best friends is my sister's dog, Buddy. He's a HUGE boxer and when Kyri was younger she wasn't sure if she should laugh or cry when she saw him and he would jump up onto whoever was holding her. It didn't take her long, though, to realize that it was very cool to follow Buddy around and poke his tail, watch him drink water, and listen to him bark. Recently Kyri has been asking Gary and I to tell her stories about "Princess Buddy". And every time we finish she'll say, "Again!" She just LOVES him!! And I really think the feelings are mutual. When Kyri was a baby Buddy would just sit and watch her, as if to make sure she was always ok. And when she got bigger he loved following her around if she wasn't following him! That's why today was such a sad day! Tawn (my sister) had to "put Buddy down". So, we went to Logan to say our final goodbyes.

Best Friends

This morning I told Kyri we were going to say bye to Buddy. I told her that he was going to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus. She said, "Kyri come too!!"

Kisses

When I told her she couldn't go with Buddy and that she needed to stay with me, she gave me a look as if she were really mad about it! Then I asked her where Buddy was going. She said, "Temples. With Heavenly Father and Jesus. See Jesus, Buddy!" And although he's not going to the Temple, that sure is the closest thing to Heaven! How smart for her to know that's where Heavenly Father and Jesus "live"

Buddy kept licking Graysen all over. And while that would normally really gross me out, I couldn't help but let him do it since it was his last chance to give him "kisses"

This is what Kyri said at dinner tonight, I shall call it:

ODE TO BUDDY

"I miss Buddy

Mmm hmmm

Sing a song, Buddy.

I'm Child God

He sent me here.

I love Buddy

Bye Buddy"

Here Comes TROUBLE

Lat week I was getting ready to go meet my sister and friend up at Snowbird Resort for a day of FUN! I was just google mapping how to get there when Kyri came running into the room. And this is what I saw:

(at least she got SOME on her lips)

Boy, does she know how to make a MESS (I know it's not a big picture but it was on the floor all the way down the hall...and everywhere else in my house)

Really?

I could NOT get it washed off of her legs!

Notice the hot pink ring around the tub

Needless to say, we left about 1 1/2 hours later than planned. Not only that, but Kyri didn't really get that she was in trouble because I kept taking pictures, so of course she just thought she was funny. But I think it was actually better that way because I couldn't stay mad for very long. And I'm sure that some of you are wondering what I was doing with HOT pink lipstick since it's not really my color......it's Gary's. Just kidding, it was actually just for Halloween, which is why it was stashed away in the drawer full of things I never use. Maybe I should clean out my JUNK!!

Words

Our Kyri girl sure is a silly one. She talks SO much ALL the time! It's hard to keep up with all the funny things she says. Here's just a few that I can remember at the moment:

nopen = open

nelephant = elephant

airpark = airport

eckersaucer = exersaucer

"gonk a head"

"kiss it better"

"oh darn!!"

"more strawbs (strawberries) please"

samich = sandwich

mere = come here

monkey one = Tarzan

The other day Kyri was helping me do dishes. I was washing them and she was rinsing them and putting them into the dish drainer (our regular routine). Well, that's what she was supposed to be doing. She started dinkin' around: drinking water from the dishes, splashing, getting sopping wet, etc.....so the dishes were piling up on her side of the sink. I kept saying, "Kyri, quit messin' around you're getting behind." And every time she would stop what she was doing and look behind her. :)

stickers, stickers, and more stickers

The other day I heard this conversation from the other room:

Kyri: "Cheerios, Daddy. Please?"

Daddy: "Okay, go get one of your small bowls."

Kyri's feet: run, run, run, run ,run

Kyri: "Here a go Dada!"

Daddy: "That's not a bowl that's a plate. Go get a bowl."

Kyri: run, run, "Hehe. Silly. Silly Kyri!"

A Day In The Life Of A 3 Month Old

Hi. My name's Graysen. But my sister calls me "Man". My life is hard.....let me show you why.

I decided not to take a binky anymore

I get smothered by my sister....and why doesn't she have any clothes on?! Seriously...

I have to amuse my mom by wearing the silly blanket around me....doesn't she know I can sit up on my own?!?!

I slobber/drool......a LOT

I get to chill...

....with my silly sister too

I have to have tummy time

I get to sleep anywhere...

...and everywhere

I learned how to roll...

...over a few weeks ago

Yep, still sucking my thumb

but the best part is when I get to sleep with Daddy!

What a hard life!!

The Best 3 Years

Happy Anniversary!!

To the love of my life:

"Someone to hold you, and love you, and know that they're yours forever

Someone who wants you and needs you sharing your lives together

Love when it's true will make one out of two

and with all of my heart I want to be one with you

You are my sunrise, my blue skies, with plenty of sun to warm me

You are my shelter, my rainbow, whenever it's dark and stormy

All my dreams have come true since my love has found you

And when I look in your eyes, I know that you love me too

You're my best friend, and I want to spend the rest of our lives together

You're my best friend, my lover and there's nothing that could be better

than to

Hold you and love you, and give you all of of the joy you've lived for

When you're with me you lift me, you fill me, and you make me want to give more

And from inside of you so much beauty comes through

And it shines through your eyes, keeping our love oh so new

You're my best friend, and I want to spend the rest of our lives together

You're my best friend, my lover and there's nothing that could be better

You're my best friend, oh please can't we spend the rest of our lives together

'Cause when I hold you and look in your eyes

I know that there's nothing better...for me"

-Author Unknown...to me-

3 years ago I said that I wanted to be with you FOREVER!

3 years later and nothing has changed

The day we got married was the hottest day of the year....sweat running down from my armpits to my bellybutton....or was it to my toes?! Definitely a day I shall never forget

Good thing I made you wear your flip flops :)

Could we be any cuter?!

A favorite part of our favorite day

So Happy Together

3 years later, 2 kids later, and many memories later we are spending the day at the zoo. Looks as though Graysen is enjoying it far more than any other baby!

And the bear was tearing up a box....fascinating....to only you and me since Kyri was beyond tired...as always when we go anywhere!

We are both in dire need of a haircut and you can't see the animal in the cage behind us....what were we thinking taking a picture at such a time?!

We must have been thinking that it doesn't matter what we look like or what you can (or can't) see behind us, but that we are together...and that is truly the only thing that matters!!

Thank you for the sweetest gift: a message for me to open every day of the year from now until our next anniversary.

Gary, I LOVE LOVE LOVE you!!

I Kneel To Pray Every Day

Kyri used to always just sit when we would say prayers. Only recently has she started kneeling and we think it is just SO cute!

A Girl After My Own Heart

Tonight when Kyri was in the tub I heard, "need it...need it...I need that...chocolate...I need chocolate." Yep, that's my girl!!

Here she is, fast asleep with a toy on her arm

Kyri's pretty good at pronouncing most words. She even enunciates really well. But there's a few things she doesn't say quite right. One of my favorites recently is "stool". We have a couple of them and she loves standing on them so she can see anything and everything that's going on. Her pronunciation, "soofer". I have no clue where she came up with it, but it cracks me up every time!