Saturday, November 28, 2015

Thanksgiving

We drove to Burley Thanksgiving day. We enjoyed visiting with all my family. I pulled all the kids around on the sled with the four-wheeler while the guys were shooting clay pigeons. Jayli and Kynli loved playing with all the cousins. Friday morning we asked my dad if he would take us to one of his dairy barns and show us the cows and "how they get milked" Jayli and Kynli were in heaven. Kyn kept yelling "MOO!" Then he took us into this little room where all the newborn calves were staying. They were so cute! We sang happy birthday. :)
On the way home Saturday afternoon we stopped to say hi to Chris. Then we decided to drive home through Preston so we could cut down our Christmas tree. I picked a really skinny tree this year. We love it. We stopped back in Preston to grab some dinner and they were having a big celebration. We saw a parade and fireworks! We just happened to be in town right when it all started. We loved our spontaneous adventure.
















Saturday, November 14, 2015

18 Months

Kynli's personality is so similar to Jayli's. She is so busy and silly. She always running around and playing. 18 months feels like a big milestone. Kynli started going to nursery. Which she is getting used to. It's strange to play without big sis Jayli. Kynli is right on track for everything she's supposed to be doing at this age. She runs, plays, climbs, jumps, dances. She loves to do anything Jayli is doing. She feeds herself with a spoon or fork. She usually out eats Jayli. She doesn't like broccoli or carrots. She likes to dip everything. She likes gold fish and cheese and chicken and hot dogs and juice. She LOVES sugar, or any sweet treat. She drinks with a cup without help. She can communicate really well too. Here are the words she can say: paci, please, more, no, baba, mom, dad, G (Jayli), Nelli, thank you, yes, ball, baby, fishy, bum, poop, hide, shoes, night night, eyes, nose, soft, duck, truck, cheese, bye, Elsa, papa.
Kynli loves animals. She makes the duck, cow, bird, horse and goose sounds. So funny to hear. Kynli does NOT like to watch any movies or shows. She does love to play outside. Especially to swing and jump on the tramp. She like to push climb on the kitchen stools and "help" me while I'm cooking. Kynli likes to help put her dishes away when we're unloading the dishwasher. She can blow her nose when we ask her to blow into a tissue. She loves babies and baby dolls. Lately she gives strangers the stink eye, but warms up quick. She usually throws a fit when we put her in her car seat. Kynli will come tell me when she has a stinky diaper. I think that's a really good sign that potty training will go well. Kynli has very little hair. It's very thin and snarls easily in the back. She loves to brush her teeth or suck on anyone's toothbrush. Kynli loves shoes and wearing them around the house. She loves when dad comes home and to hide. Kynli can go up and down the stairs great on her own. She like to mumble through the prayer like she's saying it too. She's a really good copy cat. She's pretty fearless like Jayli. She'll go down a slide or jump off high things or hang from a rope or bar, or ride her bike down the driveway. Kynli is great about naps and bed time. We ask her if she wants night night and she runs to her room for her paci and blanket and lays down to go right to sleep.










































18 month stats:
weighs 23 lbs (52%)
32.5" tall (64%)
18.5" circumference (69%)

takes one 2 hour nap around 1pm
sleeps from 8-7:30
drinks one bottle of milk when she wakes up most mornings
still loves her pacifier

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Primary Program

Jayli's first primary program was so fun. She was so adorable. "God is the Father of my spirit and yours. We are all part of one big family." She had her part memorized for a month. She stood up to the pulpit so confident and proud. She said her part perfectly, and sang beautifully. I loved every second. Mindy came to see Jayli program too.



Wednesday, November 4, 2015

29 Amazing Race

I had a fabulous 29 birthday. I'm ready for my last year of youth. Jake surprised me with a life size poster of Thor to let all the neighbors know it was my birthday. Robin and I had lunch. Jake and the girls got my favorite cake from Lees. Later in the week, Jake and I had an "amazing race" with our friends. Jake's family put together the race and all the clues for us. We ran around the valley, following clues (that all correlated with my birth date) and completed fun tasks. Jake swallowed a gold fish, we ice-blocked down Old Main, searched through pennies to find 1986 and solved a puzzle on the wall of a tunnel. We laughed so had and had a blast. Afterward we had cupcakes and ice cream. Then we went to the church field and played kickball and had wings at Buffalo Wild Winds.