We're half way there!

My sister, Lisa, told me that I should take pictures of myself when I'm pregnant. I did it with Jadon but only because I was pregnant with him at the same time Lisa was pregnant with Taylor. I decided that since this is the last time I will be pregnant, I would do it. So here I am at 20 weeks. I am just going in to the best time of the pregnancy. I'm not sick very often anymore, no more allergies and not too fat yet. I haven't felt her move yet but it should be soon. I'm so relieved that I am in the best part of the pregnancy when it's so hot. We're so excited to have a little girl again!

It's NOT a boy!

Well, we had our ultra sound today and like the title of this post says...it's NOT a boy!!! The utlraound technician asked us if we wanted to know the sex of the baby. Dale said "only if it's a girl". She looked around for a few minutes and said "oh, it's for sure a girl." I told her that was very strange to hear. I'm so use to them telling me it's a boy. When we got home to tell the kids we wanted to trick them. We bought a pink stuffed elephant but put it in a blue bag. Everyone asked us if it was a boy or girl as soon as we walked in the door. I told them to look at the bag. Then they said "Oh, it's a boy". I asked Kierra if she was Ok having 5 brothers. She didn't answer me, she just stared at me. So I asked her again. She still didn't answer so I showed her what was in the bag. As soon as she saw the pink she said "I'm having a sister!" It was cute to see how excited she was. She wanted to leave immediately to tell her friends. It's very strange to think we'll have a baby girl in our home again. It's been over 9 years since that has happened. We're all pretty excited but now we have the stress of finding a name. If anyone has any suggestions, I would love to hear them. It has to start with a K and go with the middle name "Emma".

Happy 4th of July!

We were at the cabin for the 4th of July this year. It is a tradition for our family to go to the 4th of July breakfast at Brighton and then be in the parade after breakfast. We got there early this year so we didn't have to stand in much of a line. After breakfast, we went back to the cabin to decorate bikes and Granddad's truck for the parade. When we got back to the ski resort for the parade, we noticed that there weren't the usual amount of cars and trucks lining up for the parade. We found out from someone that it was in the paper that there wasn't going to be a parade this year due to no parade permit. That was a little heartbreaking for us since we have been doing the parade for as long as I can remember. We decided to have an unofficial parade and everyone that showed up did our own little parade. There was still tons of people there to watch so I think this no permit thing won't last. The kids love riding in the back of the truck and throwing candy to the people watching the parade. After the parade it is over we like to go back to the cabin and visit with whatever family shows up. That night we went to the Bees game. Jaxon's baseball team got to go out on the field with the players and go on a tour of the dugout and the players clubhouse. We had a great time! What an awesome way to celebrate the 4th. What's more american than a baseball game with fireworks after?

A wonderful weekend of scrapbooking!

For Mother's Day and my Birthday, Dale gave me a weekend of scrapbooking at my cabin by myself (well with Lisa). I've done this for several years and I love it. It's a perfect way to get a lot of pages done. When we got there we unpacked all our stuff and the cabin seriously looked like a scrapbook store. We had little stations set up. The counter (where we usually eat) had all the paper on it. The big eating table was used for our computers, printers and my cricut machine. Then we set up a table to work at. Oh, and we had a card table for all of our embelishments. We had a great time and we are both now in the scrapbooking mood. I got 46 pages done. I would have liked to do more. I got a lot done on Kyson and Jake's books. I was feeling bad that they didn't have very much in their books. It was worth it when I came home and showed Kyson his book. He loved it. I also came home to a clean house. Thanks Dale!

Summer means...boys with buzzes

I never thought I would like my boys having buzzes. Before I had kids I didn't like kids with buzzes. I always thought they were trouble makers. Ever since Jadon got his first buzz when he was 3, I love them! They make my life so much easier and the boys are happier too because they don't get so hot. So all the boys lined up on the porch and we buzzed and buzzed and buzzed. I was very nervous to do Jake and Kyson because they are so blonde but I think they look cute. I love their little ears sticking out. No more combing the boys hair...at least until the fall!

It's finally summer!!!

We are so excited that it is finally summer and we can go swimming. We go to the Kearns pool on Fridays since it's early day and stay and play for hours. The kids have had such a blast! Kyson and Jake didn't have to get use to the water again. They have been very brave and I always have to make them get out when it's time to go home. They never want to leave. It's so nice to sit in the water and watch them have fun! I don't see Jadon and Kierra much because they swim in the pool with deep water most of the time.

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