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.