Kyson Update

Sorry, I have so many posts, but we've been busy. I thought I would let you all know that Ky went to the doctor on Friday and weighs 14 lbs. 1 oz. and is 24 inches long!!! I love this picture because he looks totally like a bulldog with jowels (however you spell it). He also had to get 3 shots and a syrup vaccine, but did great! He is such a great baby and is happy 95% of the time.

Our Family Pics

So, Sunday after church, we headed back up Middle Canyon to do family pictures in the fall leaves. If you read my former post, this is after I discovered the red crayon on Gavin's pants. I made him wear the one with the least amount of red showing, and decided not to focus in too much on his pants. Anyway, we didn't take anyone with us to take the family pic, so as you can imagine, that was hilliarious. I would hit the timer and start running. We had to balance the camera on a stack of rocks. I'm so glad we didn't take the dog. Also, many of you can sympathize with me, when I mention the just kids pic. We have all been there trying to get everyone looking the same way, smiling, not blinking and trying to get the baby to remotely look in the direction of the camera. If ya get a smile, extra bonus. Phil and I were laughing and being complete idiots trying to get Kyson to look in our direction. The whole thing was quite comical. Including allowing Gavin to take a nice picture of just Phil and me. (No, I didn't post a pic) He would just start snapping away before Phil and I were even ready. Thank goodness for digital cameras that you can erase!!!!!!!!!!

The Red Crayon

So, I know what most of you are thinking. Yes, these are Phil's scrubs, and No, that is not blood, although it looks just like it. I was washing darks, including all of Gavin's jeans without holes and the washing part went great. Then came the dryer. Unbeknown to me, the famous red crayon that has marked my walls and furniture by my lovely daughter, was in her jeans pocket. Sunday, I pulled the pants out of the dryer to find everything covered in red crayon!! So this morning, I started to see what I could do to get the crayon out, hoping it was a "washable" crayon. Well, an hour and a half later, plus an entire bottle of Spray 'N Wash, the clothes are red crayon free. I think I will check pockets better when I wash clothes.

Our Date

Phillip and I got the opportunity to go to Library Square in Salt Lake and see the Body Worlds 3 Exhibit on Saturday. IT WAS FASCINATING!!!!! They won't let you take pics inside, so I had to borrow one from the web. It may look all gory and so forth, but it is not. These are real bodies donated to science that have been encased in plastic. They look totally fake, but WOW. Besides having bodies shown, they also have individual body parts. They show different diseases, and medical problems. They also have a whole section on fetus'. You can look in tubes and see the babies starting at 51/2 weeks clear up to 32 weeks. It was great and one of the best dates we have been on. Plus, we went with no children!!!! They told us it would take about 90 minutes to do the tour, but not Phil and I. We were there 3 hours!!!! This exhibit is going to be in SLC until Jan, and I highly recommend that if any of you get the chance to see this exhibit, spend the money and go. You won't regret it!!! FYI, it is all anatomically correct, so forewarning you will see the sexual organs on the people still intact.

MIddle Canyon

Last night, Phillip actually had a day off and we decided to go to the canyon to roast hot dogs and do smores. We took the

4-wheeler and the dog and headed up the canyon. We had just started up when we say this entire herd of turkeys! The kids thought it was really cool. Then we took a pic of the leaves changing. Our canyon is beautiful in the fall. I told Phil that we are coming to do family pics soon, so we can have the colorful leaves. The kids had a ball riding the 4-wheeler and we had 2 deer come right into our camp! We wouldn't have seen them if Maggie hadn't barked. Someone put a swing up in the campsite and once we got past the fighting for it, the kids had fun pushing each other. Kyson wasn't that fond of being bundled up, but he was still smiling, so it couldn't have been that bad. It was great to have a little mini-get-away, even if it was only for 3 hours!

Tiny Dancer

So, Jaycee started dance with Pam Giles and Chantel McInnes at Dance Attitude. She takes jazz and ballet. She LOVES Wednesdays because it is dance day. She gets up and puts her dance outfit on and wears it all day. I inherited some ballet slippers from my sister and Jaycee refused to take them off, that now I have to get new slippers because she has already worn them out and we have only done 3 dance classes! She is very excited to learn her first dance because the music is "The Backyardigans." Trouble is, she is too busy singing the song to dance. We'll have to work on that. She couldn't wait to so me 1st position. She told me, "Mom, our heels kiss, but our toes don't like each other." I hope she contiunes to have love it.

Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed

Tuesday night Kyson slept from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. YEAH!!!!! Then, last night he slept that long again!!!!! I'm hoping this is a trend, because it is sooooooo nice to sleep for 8 hours straight!!! But that first night, like all mothers, I kept getting up and checking on him. I have a humidifier in his room and it's kinda loud and I kept thinking, "Oh my gosh, what if he isn't breathing?!" I'm sure most of you know how that is.

Also, my little baby is also, not so little anymore. Here are some pics of him at 2 weeks, with his little birdie legs, and here is him at 2 months, with lots and lots of rolls! He is also getting to the stage that he coos back to you when you talk to him. It's funny, he wasn't my smiley baby when he was first born, and now he is soooo smiley! You say his name and the smile appears. I think he is really cute, but then again I am his mom.

Cheap Entertainment

I don't know how many of you have ceiling fans, but every room in our house, minus the bathrooms, has a ceiling fan. Well, Kyson LOVES them! He will sit and watch them spin for hours. Well, not really hours, but long enough for me to get some things done.

Kids say AND do the darndest things.

I've decided that I need to post the funny things my children say and do, kinda of like a journal and years from now, I can look back and laugh.
Today Jaycee was changing her shirt and said to me "Mom, I have little ones (pointing to her boobs), and you have big ones." I said "Yep." Then she said, "One day will I get big ones like you?" I smiled and said "Yes." I just hope she is ok with big ones only being an A or small B!

Then she went to preschool today. They had a UHP come today to talk about safety. He lets them get into his car and talk over the mic. Well, I guess she got a hold of the mic and sang "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" for the entire neighborhood. She wouldn't give up the mic, they finally had to pry it away from her. Sounds like I've got a performer on my hands.

I've been Tagged!!!

Thanks to Allison....

3 Joys
1.My wonderful, hilarious husband who keeps me laughing everyday, and just like the song on my blog IS my best friend.
2. My 3 crazy kids, who say and do the funniest things, I just love them to death and wouldn't trade them for the world.
3. The gospel in my life. That is corny to some, but I can't imagine life without it.

3 Fears
1. Dying of cancer. Listen to my song "Stand Up." I pray my husband doesn't have to see me die from the disease that took his mom.
2. Any of my children dying before me. NO mom should have to bury their children.
3. Having multiple births. I would just shoot myself.

3 Obsessions/Collections
1. I collect Nutcrackers. I think they are so cute.
2. I'm obsessed with my blog, but I think my husband is more obsessed with it than me.
3. Even though I don't like it, I collect dust. Very well might I add, and I hate it.

3 Surprising Facts
1. I beat a state champion boy runner in the 20 meter dash at 9 months pregnant.
2. I had an accident on a date with my now husband, who didn't know until after we were married. (No, it wasn't #1)
3. I have made woopie with my parents in the room.

Mohawk vs. Fauxhawk

We are taking a poll on what hairstyle looks best on Mister Gavin. Mohawk or Fauxhawk? Vote in the comments box and let us know. His teacher says the fauxhawk is better and more classy. I like the fauxhawk better myself, but what does the rest of the world think?

Thanksgiving came EARLY this year!

Yes, that is a dead turkey. I found it last week, in the evening, on my front door step. I was helping Gavin with his homework, when we heard a light knock on the front door. I went to take a peek and to my amusement there was Tommy the Turkey, bald and dead on my front door. No one was around, so I thought, "Now who would do this to me?" I closed the door, leaving the turkey on the porch, and hid. Sure enough, about a minute later I saw a blonde Japanese girl peek her head around the corner of the house, and I knew that I would bust them. I ran out the garage to find half the neighborhood in the neighbors yard waiting to see what "Aunt Karen" would do. My sisters 4 kids, who live the next street over had been out to Grantsville with Grant Petersen slaughtering turkeys for the FFA. As they cleaned up the mess, I thought, this is perfect for my blog, and made them put it back until I took a picture. Majority of the kids on the street were in the front yard and thought it was SOOOOOO cool. When I said I would put it on the blog, they all wanted the website so they could see it too. We have such easy entertainment here.

State Fair

We took the kids to the State Fair on Saturday. Jaycee couldn't get enough of the animals. She wanted to stop and pet every cow, goat, sheep and pig. Gavin, not so much. He really like the gigantic boar that weighed in a 865 lbs! We ran into Matt Warner from Grantsville who had some cows in the show, and he let them pet his cows. The best part about the animals was when we were in the sheep barn. We were standing there looking at Pitt's Colombia's when Gavin turns to me and says, "Mom what the heck is that huge sack hanging from the sheep belly?" Of course, he stated this loudly and sent many parents laughing. One guy turned to me and said, "What are you going to say to that, Mom?" I thought carefully before I spook and then remembering the magic zipper story, said to Gavin, "That's what makes him a boy." He was good with that and I felt I had dodge a bullet. We also got to ride the big yellow slide. If you have ever been to the fair, you know what that is all about. However, the highlight of the entire fair was going to a 4-wheeler tent and riding on camo 150 4-wheelers and the mini dune buggys. Gavin informed Phil and I that we could easily afford 2 new bikes for him and Jaycee. Oh, how we would love to, but I'm just a tad bit nervous that the medical bills would far out weigh the price tag when all was said and done. Maybe someday.... Kyson was great at the fair. He was smiling for everyone and was happy as pie.

I'm an official domestic housekeeper!!!!!

Yep, you guessed it, I now babysit 2 children a few days a week. Shoot me in the head, I was thinking I would have more time with Jaycee and Gavin in school and only Kyson at home, but.... I have a little boy who is 16 months old, Franklin. He is a doll and a really great kid. He eats ANYTHING, even zucchini and broccoli!!!! I have him on Mon, Tues, and Wed. from 7-3. It is really easy. Then I started watching Phillip's step-brother Josh's little girl, Elizabeth who is 18 month old. She is really shy and I only have her on Tues from 7:30-4. She doesn't eat ANYTHING, except crackers and easy cheese! They are both really fun, and even though we have some crazy days, it is really not that bad. Plus, it gives me some extra money to hopefully pay off some loans faster! The lovely picture of Franklin is a crash and burn at my house off the last step in the back and on to the concrete. It really didn't look that bad when it happened, but I guess the next morning, this is what it had amounted to. I felt horrible! I told his dad I totally understood if they never wanted me to watch him again. They just laughed.

Jaycee's 1st Day of school

So, I finally decided to let Jaycee go to preschool, even though she still struggles with speech and she has 2 more years before she can go to kindergarten. She goes to Ms. Berta's preschool and absolutely LOVES it. She told me the other day that she liked Ms. Berta better than me and wanted to live at her house! I'm feeling the love! Ms. Berta use to help with speech at the Early Learning Center here in town, and says she understands her just fine. I'm glad someone can! I do have to admit she is getting easier to understand, so there is hope! Jaycee was very excited for school and wakes up every morning and asks if she gets to go to school today. I hope she continues to love school and this isn't something that will wear off in time.