A 2015 Conversation

    

Katelyn:

Favorite Cereal: Fruity Pebbles

Veggie: Cucumbers

Drink: Strawberry Milk

Toy: Stuffed Animals

TV Show: Pokemon

Things to do: Go swimming

Book: The Box Car Children
Place to Go: Treehouse Museum

What do you want to be when you grow up: A doctor

What is something Mom says to you: Clean your room

What is something Dad says to you: Little Princess

What did you love about last year? Swimming Lessons

What are you going to do this year? Swimming Lessons

Who are your friends? Esme, Adrie, Omar, Mele, Mona, Emily

What do you love about…

Mommy? She's nice

Daddy? He's nice
Josh? He's playful

Luke? I don't know, he's always so annoying

Ben? He's cute

 

 

Josh

Favorite Cereal: Frosted Flakes

Veggie:Corn

Drink: Apple Juice

Toy: Legos

TV Show: Newsies

Things to do: Hug

Book: Curious George rides a bike

Place to Go: Water Park

What do you want to be when you grow up: I haven’t decided yet

What is something Mom says to you: Come upstairs

What is something Dad says to you: It’s time for dinner

What did you love about last year? Starting school

What are you going to do this year? Trade up to first grade

Who are your friends? Marcus, Jack, Ryann, Auklin, Kanyin, Greysin, Jenson, Connor, Connor, The Plaiziers, The Hydes

What do you love about…

Mommy? That she likes hugs

Daddy? That he likes hugs

Katelyn? That she is fun

Luke? He likes hugs just like I do

Ben? He’s cute

 

  

Luke:

Favorite Cereal: Every kind mixed, not oatmeal

Veggie: Potatoes

Drink: Drinks with sugar in it

Toy: All toys

TV Show: Pokemon

Things to do: Play wrestle

Book: Curious George books

Place to Go: Grandmas

What do you want to be when you grow up: I haven’t decided that yet

What is something Mom says to you: Yes

What is something Dad says to you: No

What did you love about last year?  Eating Ice Cream

What are you going to do this year? Lots of things

Who are your friends? Benson, Naomi, Lynny, Keira, Brandon, Josh, Katelyn, The Plaiziers, The Hydes, Kanyin

What do you love about…

Mommy? That you always say yes

Daddy? That he always plays wrestle

Katelyn? That she plays with me

Josh? That he lets me sit by him

Ben? That he gives me stuff when I’m hurt and can’t reach them.

 

Ben:

Favorite Cereal:  Frosted Mini Wheats

Veggie: All

Drink: Water

Toy: Play phones

TV Show: Whatever his brothers are watching

Things to do: Destroy things

Book: Push Here

Place to Go: Outside

What do you want to be when you grow up: ?

What is something Mom says to you:  You drive me crazy!

What is something Dad says to you: If we leave a brother or sister in heaven, it will be your fault.

What did you love about last year? Learning to walk

What are you going to do this year? Learn to talk!

Who are your friends? Josh, Luke, and Katelyn. Michael.

What do you love about…

Mommy? Snuggles

Daddy? Snuggles

Katelyn? Chasing

Luke? Chasing

Josh? Wresting

Happy New Year

2015 is looking to be a great year.  Big plans for big changes...!!  We made it through a sick Christmas, a sick first trimester, the actual flu (it was awful--three full weeks I was pretty much dead. I never want to repeat that!), an a truck total (Mike was plowed into by an uninsured, unlicensed driver--this was a fun hassle, let me assure you!).  On to brighter, healthier, and snazzier futures!

Enjoy a quick recap of January, in pictures. The weather was warm, the purchases were big, big plans were laid, and fun was had by all! :)

Katelyn went through 8 of these bottles during her recovery from strep. Wowzers! 

Out with the old...

In with the new!

Josh is in afternoon Kindergarten--poor Katelyn is gone all day. These three boys get to spend a lot of time together!

100 days of school!!  Made a lego house out of 100 bricks to take to school to celebrate!

Almost too big to fit all the boys in the tub!

Paid our taxes--even Josh (who made just enough in his clinical eczema study to get the privilege!)

Bye-Bye Strep!

Katelyn has been getting strep a lot--like every 6 weeks a lot.  It was getting a bit ridiculous, so we decided to take the plunge and remove those tonsils and adenoids.  We had to schedule the surgery for the day after Christmas, which made Christmas break a bit of a bust, but at least it is done! The surgery went great--but recovery was just as bad as people warned me about. We made it, but it was a full 2 weeks of misery for our sweet Katelyn-girl.  But...tonsil free now, so all is well! :)

Before the surgery--a bit nervous, but not too bad.  Thanks to my parents for watching the boys so both Mike and I could be there.

The next two weeks were pretty much spent like this...

But then we made it to real food, Grandma brought fresh watermelon, and we could finally stop the pain medicine! Hooray!

Christmas 2014

Who doesn't love Christmas?  This year was pretty much a bust thanks to all the germs at our house, but we survived and still had a good day. It is so sad to be sick on Christmas--poor Katelyn-girl.  The boys had a great day! :)

We enjoyed our traditional Mexican feast with Becky and Chris on Christmas Eve. We've got a good system figured out--and the food is oh-so-yummy!  The kids had fun playing and we enjoyed some adult game-age.  Katelyn had strep, so she enjoyed sleeping. ;)

We went to Mom and Dad's for Christmas Eve dinner.  It was fun to spend the evening there.  Tylenol and Ibprofen were working their magic so Katelyn even had a good night.

We spent Christmas morning here at our house.  We really tried to cut back on presents and such this year, and I don't think anybody felt gyped. The big exciting present was out in the carport--our very own camping pop-up trailer! We are SO excited to us it this summer!  Mike and I spent weeks prepping the trailer for Christmas morning (paint, new cushions, cleaning, repairs, etc.)  Since Christmas morning was a bit lame, we left it up for a few weeks in the carport and the kids had fun playing in it.  We had planned to pull it with our van, but who would have guessed Mike's truck would end up totaled the end of December and we would upgrade trucks to one that could fit us all and pull the trailer. Sweet.

I think every person in Utah was praying for a white Christmas--and Heavenly Father certainly answered! The week of Christmas was the only snow we got all month, but we used it to our advantage! Mom and Dad  (Grandma and Grandpa) gave the kids sleds for Christmas and so Christmas afternoon we all headed to the Institute for hot chocolate and sledding. We had SO. MUCH. FUN. Antibiotics were all kicked in by Christmas day and Katelyn was back to herself.  Whew.  What a great day!

We hope your Christmas as good as better than ours.  How grateful we are the the birth of our Savior and his endless love this holiday season!

December 2014 Photo Re-Cap

It was a pregnancy year, so our December was a bit lame--but full of happy smiling faces and a few of our favorite traditions...plus lots of TV and quiet time. ;)

Josh-o sporting his new PJ's.

Walking through the Layton City Holiday lights with Davis and Holly and Fam.

Josh and Katelyn had their school choir Christmas concert. It was awesome!

We got tickets to see the Muppets and the Mo-Tab.  It was...good. ;)

Decorating our Nativity Gingerbread houses.

Crazy Ben!

We spent the evening with friends enjoying a yummy dinner and cookie decorating.

The traditional Craven Family Christmas Party. It was fabulous, as always.

Crazy Ben, again.

Brielle came to town--we tried to get Grandkid pictures. It was cold. :)

Happy New Sunday Clothes!  Love Christmas Church clothes!