Back In Arizona-Blog on Hold

Hi Everyone,
As you can see I haven't updated in a while. We have moved back to Arizona but are still in the process of finding a home and finding Daryl a job here. House hunting is going slower than expected. It is a little depressing at times. Anyway I am on my inlaws computer and we don't have ours hooked up yet to be able to download pictures so it will be a while before I can update. I am praying for sooner than later. Wish us luck and hope to post again soon!!!

Kylyn's 1st Birthday and Memorial Day Celebration

My baby turned 1 year old on Memorial day this year!. We had a BBQ and invited some friends, neighbors and we were fortunate to have Daryl's sister and her family here to share with us, although we missed our family and friends from home. We had a cake just for Kylyn and one for everyone else of course. She had a fun time with that cake although it came back to haunt us that night because it made her sick, but as you'll see in the slide show it was worth it. I still can't believe a year has gone by. It makes me a little sad to see her growing so fast. We will have to celebrate again when we get back to Arizona. Sorry the slide show is a little long but worth it.

More May Day Pictures

May Day Celebration May 8, 2009

On May 8th the kids school put on a May Day celebration. Each of the different grades learned a different cultural dance. I got it on video but I can't figure out how to get the dance from my video camera to my computer so I will have to show it to everyone later. Anyway they did a great job. Bransen kind of forgot his dance a bit but he was really cute. They all did a great job on their dances. I told Jordyn she will have to show everyone how to use poi balls and dance the hula when we get home.

Best Ranger Competition

This past weekend both of my brothers competed in the 2009 Best Ranger Competiton at Fort Benning, GA. It was 3 days of nonstop grueling activities that they had to do. Running, shooting, swimming, land navigation at night, tri tower challenge, helocast, and tons of other things. My brother Dan won the 2002 competition and I believe this was his 4th time competing. It was Troy's first. Anyway they both did awesome. Dan and his teammate placed 2nd and Troy's team placed 8th. My mom and dad were there watching and waiting. They said it was a pretty good nail biting competition. One of these days I will actually get to go watch, but I am really proud of both of them.

Easter Sunday

Easter was small but busy this year. Of course the Easter Bunny came and brought the kids a few things. We got up, I started preparing a few things for dinner and then we went to church. Our neighbors 3 houses down are kind of investigating the church. Mckenna is the one that has been going to Scouts with Austen. His older sister Jorin has gone to YW for the last couple of weeks and Malachi has been going with us to church on Sundays. They all came to church with us Easter Sunday. They all seemed to enjoy it and we are hoping that maybe they will start the discussions soon. The sisters have been holding FHE with them. Anyway, when we got home we had them, the Garcia's and the Gentry's from our ward come over for dinner. We had tons of food of course and the kids had fun hiding eggs...finally. I am still overloaded with candy. Not good when trying to diet. It was a nice Easter even though I miss our big Easter Egg hunts with everyone back home.

Our Vacations to the Big Island

There is actually two--the first is when my parents came which was kind of a vacation and the second we went over for Spring Break and stayed at the Hilton Waikaloa where Daryl is staying over there. It was fun, but with so many pictures I thought it best to do a slide show....

Jordyn's Birthday March 15, 2009

For Jordyn's birthday she had a sleepover with 8 girls and all but 1 stayed the night. It was pretty crazy but they had fun. We had little party foods like bagel bites, chips and dip, etc.. then I made cupcakes that looked like they had popcorn on top and Shirley Temples. The girls played a celebrity guessing game, watched Beverly Hills Chihauhau(?) and stayed up late giggling. They also made sleep mask to take home. I made the mistake of buying them all feather boas and I am still finding feathers around!!

Baby's 1st steps

Kylyn is getting bigger everyday. In the same week she took a couple of small steps and learned to drink from a straw and learned to clap. At her 9 month appointment the beginning of March she weighed 19 lbs 4 oz and was 28 and 3/4 inches. Her hair is finally starting to grow, but she doesn't like anything on her head. I have to distract her to keep her barretts in. She still has no teeth, but seems to be teething all the time. She cruises everywhere but still isn't walking which is ok by me. She likes to dance too. Poor baby had her first ear infection last week.
She obviously likes to get into things too. Time to put locks on the cabinets!!!

Bransen Turns 6!

February 26th, 2009
Hard to believe he is 6. He was just so cute. Still is but has got onery written all over that cute! Gotta love that smile!
On his birthday we went the Big Island and went to Bubba Gumps for his birthday dinner. A few weekends later we had a birthday party for him at home. It was a race car theme kind of. He only had 4 boys, but that was enough for me!!

Grandpa and Grandma Jenkins Visit

February 23-March 3

My mom and dad got to come visit again. This time was more fun because Kylyn wasn't brand new and we were able to go more places. On the 26th we flew over to the Big Island. That day was Bransen's 6th birthday so we told him that is what we are doing for his birthday. It was a long but short weekend. We had fun but we did a LOT of driving which Kylyn didn't enjoy too much. It was pretty windy and rainy but it was still fun. We tried to see the lava flowing from the volcano but you could only see it when it was dark and it was too windy to stay out there that long. We didn't go to beach much either because of the wind. But we saw lots of different parts of the island.
I think my parents enjoyed their stay this time around even though my dad still wound up sick again, but not as bad as last time.

The Edge Family comes for the Pro Bowl

February 2009
Stephenie and Devon, Deonte and Daylen got tickets to the Pro Bowl so they came and stayed with us. It took them a few days to get here because they went on stand by but they finally did. We did as much as we could in the few days they were here. Austen and Jordyn got to go to the Pro Bowl with them because they got a couple extra tickets. We had a lot of fun with them here. Hopefully they had fun too. Romie didn't get to come but maybe next time. Thanks for coming guys and for the memories.

Baby Mess!!!

This is Kylyn's first biter biscuit!!.. It was all over the floor, all of the carpet, all over her. But she enjoyed it. Why is that babies are soooo messy when they eat???