Kellen's September Interview

What is your favorite color? "gold, like at the end of the rainbow"

What do you like to do outside? "play soccer, shoot baskets, and play football"

What is your favorite food? "apples and grapes"

What is your favorite toy to play? "cars"

Do you have any brothers or sisters? "just 1 sister, her name is Bailey"

What is 2+2? "two plus two equals one, two, three, four(while counting his fingers)"

Who is your favorite prophet? "President Monson"

Who is your best friend? "Bailey...wait there's more. Afton."

What is your favorite animals to see at the zoo? "Lion and giraffe"

What is your favorite movie? "Despicable Me, Megamind, and Cat in the hat

There is never a dull moment with him around. Such a little ball of energy, laughter, love, and he is quite the drama king at times. We love this little guy so much!

Backyard Improvements!!!

We finally got the backyard done!! It was a disaster when we moved in. Weeds thicker than grass, rocks everywhere, dirt, mud, prickly things, trash...etc. The list goes on. But now it's actually functional. I tried to find some before pictures but didn't have much luck. Try to ignore the rest of the picture and just look at the backyard(it was worse than these pictures when we first moved in).

Before

Before

Before

After!!!

After!!!

Stop or Go...?

Some of you readers of our blog may have noticed that I haven't updated it for about 5 MONTHS. I had a thought...most of the things I blog about or rather post pictures of, end up on facebook also. I am pretty sure that most everyone who bothers to look at my blog is friends with me on facebook. So, when they look at my blog they are probably like, "uhh, I just saw this on facebook". What's the use of doing it twice. I realized I'm not a good blogger too. ANYWAYS if anyone for some reason still wants me to keep updating this blog I will or I can just add you to my facebook. I am not against blogging(and I like to read other peoples) so just let me know if ya'll want me to keep going.

Quick update since November...

Kellen turned 3. Loved his mickey mouse cake.

We LOVE our house and Arizona. We've been doing lots of yard work and playing outside.

We have awesome amazing friends here and an incredible church ward.

We now teach the 3 and 4 year olds in church!

Bailey's now 18 months and is only 3 pounds lighter than her brother.

Eric's been playing softball.

I've been running. Hoping to find a 5k to compete in soon.

Eric starts school in July.

Here are some photos for old times sake(I'll try not to duplicate):

Crazy, Silly, New, Fun

Just a little bit about our week...

My silly little girl!

Yesterday morning we woke up to a helicopter in the

field across the street from our house. Pretty crazy,

it was bad accident.

Eric got this Grapefruit tree a couple months ago

and had to put lights on it and a towel to keep it warm

incase it freezes at night. Oh boy! It better bring me some

delicious grapefruit!

I made Bailey a hat...

Bailey is in a big girl bed. It is actually the top of a bunk bed

and works perfectly with the side rails going all the way around the bed.

She is doing great in it!

My VERY messy eater...

and loving it!

peek-a-boo

I made my first homemade pie(blueberry)

pretty in pink

So much about Bailey! Now here is some about Kellen...

Kellen has been saying some funny things lately and I wanted to start writing them down. I decided to give him a little interview and hopefully I can keep up with giving him one often.

Q: What is your name?

A: Tennen(Kellen)

Q: What is your favorite color?

A: Yeddow(yellow)

Q: What is your favorite food?

A: nanwich(sandwich)

Q: What is your favorite toy?

A: Daddy

Q: What do you want for Christmas?

A: Lightning McQueen

Q: What do you like to do outside?

A: Balls...no, maybe...not in new house or with neighbors just play Tennen and Bailey.

Q: What is your favorite movie?

A: I like Christmas movie

Q: What is your favorite animal at the zoo?

A: hippo, no maybe...turtle

Q: What are you doing right now?

A: Tennen is being a lion, rooaaar!

Favorite Thanksgiving Dish...

My favorite is Sister Clark's Sweet potato casserole! For those of you who have had this know that it is amazing!! Since I tried it a few years ago, we haven't had a Thanksgiving or Christmas without it. Here's the recipe if you'd like to try...

SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

3 cups mashed sweet potatoes

1 cup milk

1/2 cube butter

1 cup sugar

3 eggs

mix, put in a 8 x 10 casserole pan

bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes

top:

1 cup crushed cornflakes

1 cup coconut

1/2 cup chopped pecans

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cube butter

mix, crumble on top casserole, bake for 15 more minutes

What is your favorite Thanksgiving day dish!??

Christmas is Here!!!

I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet but we just couldn't wait to put up the Christmas decorations! We got a 12' tree this year to fit nicely into our vaulted ceilings(thanks Eric's dad for helping us put it up). Kellen loves it and says, "wow, christmas tree" every time he comes down stairs.

my little helper

decorating wasn't the easiest

tada!

wooooah...

1 Year Old!!

Bailey is 1 today! I can hardly believe it! I remember the day she was born so vividly and now a whole year has gone by! She is such a sweet baby and she is VERY independent, I haven't been able to even feed her with a spoon for months, she will flash you that sweet innocent smile one minute and the next she is into the pantry pulling everything off the shelf, she was walking at 9 months, has 8 teeth, loves to chase her brother, loves to climb, read books, elmo, dance, baby dolls, eating, she is a great sleeper, very easy going and a very curious girl. We love her so much! It has been such a treat to watch her grow this past year. Here's a small look at the past year...

1 minute

1 day

2 weeks

1 month

2 months

3 months

4 months

5 months

6 months

7 months

8 months

9 months

10 months

11 months

12 months

Some more pictures