It has been awhile since I made a post so I thought I better get going. I am not sure many people read these but it keeps me up to date on what's going on! Anyway, I have been busy with going back to work and with my new calling in Primary. It is still going well and I am enjoying it. The kids are great. Kaydra had her final singing performance with TAVACI a couple of weeks ago.
She really enjoys singing but I think that we will not be doing it next year. The practices each week are on the other side of town and its just one extra thing we have to plan for and do. Plus, Kaydra wants to take dance or gymnastics ... so we will be moving on. These are a couple of pics of her performance. They sang a cute song about grandpas who snore so they are all wearing sleeping hats.
Kaydra is on the second row, third girl from the left in the red hat. She did really well and she has a great voice. She now uses her singing voice to quiet or entertain Miranda which is really helpful and Miranda really likes it.
The kids also sang for mother's day at an assisted living facility for our Primary activity.
We passed out roses to the women there and they sang a few mother's day songs. Kanyon is in the middle on the front row in the blue shirt with orange sleeves and Kaydra is two over from his left. (She is wearing purple with her new short hair!) The ladies seemed to enjoy it and it was short and sweet! One quarterly activity down, two to go -- for this year anyway!
Leonard took the kids to Coeur d'Alene for a week to go turkey hunting and work on the farm. I stayed home with Miranda because I had to work but he took Kaydra and Kanyon. We took Kaydra out of school for five days but Leonard said it was all worth it for how much she helped to entertain and watch Kanyon while they were there. He said the kids were GREAT. I told him to take lots of pictures while he was there and today I downloaded the camera to the computer and ended up with about 6 pictures of the turkey he shot and nothing else! So here is a pic of the turkey since its all I have to show for the week they were gone!!
I am grateful that he feels comfortable enough to take the kids with him. They said they caught frogs and fish in the pond, rode the four-wheeler, played all over the farm, and roasted marshmellows in the fire. They also went to the park, fed the animals, picked up pinecones for Grandma and went to the dollar store to spend their money they earned from picking up pinecones --Grandma's house is a party all the time!! :) They had a great time.
Miranda is finally doing really well with the bottle. Courtney and Markell watched her while I worked when the kids were gone and she did great. She is now taking one bottle every day of formula and we rotate around who gets to feed her.
This is a picture of Kanyon feeding her for his first time. Doesn't he look so happy to be helping his sister? She doesn't look too sure ... but he loves it!
We took the kids to Leo's Place on Saturday. It is sorta like Chucky Cheese but the food is actually really good. It was raining outside so we thought we would let them play. I was sitting at the table with Courtney and Miranda was fussy so I pulled her out of her carseat and held her in my lap. She promptly fell asleep and Courtney thought it was funny so she took a picture.
I am helping her hold her pacifier in her mouth -- not sufficating her as it may look!! :) She is now three months old and starting to be a lot of fun. She is starting to laugh and smiles very easily. She LOVES to go for stroller rides and LOVES it when her brother and sister sing and dance in front of her. She is a good baby and sleeping pretty dang well. She had a rough week last week (three month growth spurt?) but last night slept from 8:30pm to 5:30pm. I did have to give her pacifier to her a couple of times but overall I can't complain. We feel so blessed to have her in our home. Hopefully by now you have all recieved a birth announcement. If you didn't, then I probably don't have your address. Here is a picture of what it looked like.
My cousin Lisa did an awesome job on it. We took tons of pictures of Miranda and then Lisa used Photoshop to create the final project. Here are a couple other alternatives that were considered as well. Thank you to Lisa for all your hard work. Enjoy the random pictures of this entry!
She actually did it!
This past weekend we blessed Miranda. It was a beautiful blessing and I feel so blessed that my husband was able to bless her and use his priesthood. Len's family came from Coeur d'Alene and the Stephan's came from Boise and we had some other family members there that lived in town. We blessed her at my mom's house and we had homemade ice cream afterward, YUM! We feel so blessed to have such an extended family. I hope we remembered to let everyone know that could make it. I am SO sorry if we missed you.
