I Am Thankful For...(#10)

...our new friends Deb and Dean Weldert. You've heard my post before about Deb, and the great friend that she's been. I finally had Landon get a shot of them at the soccer game yesterday. That's their little boy Travin in the middle. He's Kennedy's age.
Deb has been such a great example of a friend to me. She is Colton's primary teacher, and Whitley's friend Jalin's mom. We met them at church, and she invited us to their house for dinner for the next weekend. She called me twice that next week to see if I needed any help. She's helped me find my piano teacher, soccer leagues, dentists, doctors, orthodontists, you name it. The transition here has been hard, but I can't even imagine what it would have been like without Deb and Dean!

Whitley's first soccer tournament

Can I just say that Whitley is AWESOME. She had her first soccer tournament with her new team in Spokane today. She just has a natural talent with soccer. She just got it, from the very first time she ever played. She understands where she should be, and when it's better to pass or shoot. She an awesome goalie, and played that for the first half of her game today! They won their game 2 to 0. Guess who scored the 2 goals for her team??? Yep, Whitley! I'm so proud of her, and love watching her kick bootie on the soccer field!
This last picture is Whitley with her new best friend Jalin. They met at church the first week we moved here and have been best little friends ever since!

Sleepless in Seattle (or Moses Lake)

Okay, so we've been a little out of sorts lately, with me being down with the surgery. Last night, around 6:30 Colton remembers that he has a report on Ben Franklin due this morning! Now, he has started on it, but is not finished. He hadn't studied his spelling words at all. I don't think he'd even looked at them. Oh, and his math homework wasn't quite done either! These are things that I'm usually on top of. So, I knew we were in for ANOTHER late night! We got the girls to bed, and Colton finished math, and went over his spelling. Around 8:30 I layed down, and fell asleep! I missed Survivor, and The Apprentice. Thank heavens for my DVR!

Sometime in the middle of the night, Kennedy came in with a bad dream. Now, I haven't been upstairs since my surgery because it KILLS my back. So, Landon takes her back to bed. A few minutes later, she's back and just sort of wandering around our room. I hear her leave, and then she's just whimpering on the stairs! Landon is out like a light. So, I get out of bed, and SLOWLY make my way up the stairs to her. I get her in bed, and she asks me if I'll stay for a little bit. How do I not??

I get her to sleep, and start back down the stairs, where I find Colton sleeping on the landing! It's like 5:30ish, and he had gotten up for the day, and only made it half way down the stairs. So I get him up and back to bed, slither back downstairs and crawl in bed just as Landon's alarm goes off. He informs me that they'd been up until 10:30 finishing Colton's report! Let's just hope that Colton learned his lesson on procrastination, and know that we'll all be in bed by 7pm tonight

Kennedy's Birthday Bash

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

So, after a long day of driving, I was pretty trashed and really sore last night. We had some dinner, and then Landon and Colton were off to Scouts. (Poor Landon takes Colton to scouts, and then just kills an hour and a half around town, before he goes back to pick him up-it's easier than coming all the way back home, and then turning right around to go back for him) ANYWAY-Kennedy kept asking me when we were gonna do her presents. I was trying to talk her into doing them tonight, since the boys wouldn't be home until almost 9pm, and the girls go to bed by 8pm and I didn't think I could even get up off the couch. She went to pieces! So, I let her open the presents from her aunts and uncles, thinking that would pacify her until today! She loved them, and I sent her upstairs to shower. However, she still kept telling me that she should be having her presents that day since that was her "real" birthday. While she was showering, Landon called and I was telling him how upset she was, and he had already been to buy the pinata she was after, and was headed to Walmart for the skateboard and guitar (I thought we were done with what we already had for her). He tells me to keep the girls up and we'll party when they get home! So when Landon and Colton came home, they brought the cake and pinata and all the presents, and we partied until almost 10pm. We did talk her into eating the cake and hitting the pinata tonight, so that they didn't fill up on sugar right before bed. Kennedy had a great time, and hopefully it will be an EXPERIENCE she won't forget!

So Sad

My mom went home today. I have been feeling VERY homesick for the last couple of days, and I think it's because I knew this day was coming. She was going home, and I wasn't! It was so nice to have my mom here. She helped me out so much! I think she has a whole new respect for my and my laundry! Anyway, I had a follow up appt. in Seattle, and I cried off and on all the way there. Just when I thought I had it together, I'd start up again. I sure hope this year goes fast-

My BABY is 6!

We have been on the countdown to Kennedy's birthday for several weeks now, and it's finally here! She woke me up this morning at 5:30am to make sure that I was getting up to make pancakes, and that she got sprinkles in hers! Kennedy is the light of my life! She makes me laugh, and scream every day! She is such a strong spirit, and has no problem getting heard! She has the quickest wit of any child I've ever been around. She definately keeps up on our toes with the things she asks and says! (I'm sure you've seen the random stuff she says on my blog) She's very independent (I wonder where she gets that) and is very determined to do the same things that the "big kids" can do. She tries my patience every day, and I have learned so much from being her mother. Happy Birthday Kennedy! I love you

Ten things I love about Kennedy

1. Her adventurous spirit

2. Her quick wit

3. She loves to sit and have me read to her. Now that she's starting to read, it's really fun

4. I love that she wants so bad to do what's right. She's the first person to tell you if you've said a bad word!

5. I love her innocence. She hasn't been out in the world to much to loose it yet

6. I love that she's playing soccer now. She tries so hard to run as fast as she can. Most of the time, she's checking out her uniform!

7. I love that she sleeps on her stomach with her bum up in the air

8. I love her red hair. I think it's the most beautiful color of red. It makes her even more unique

9. The fact that she's old enough to be "real". No more strollers, diapers, up in the night. She's just one of the kids

10. I'm so thankful for her healthy body. When she was born, she had some complications, and we didn't know what the results of that would, or could be. She's never had one problem. She's as strong and healthy as she should be. I love to hear her Dr.'s tell me that she's a miracle baby. I love my little miracle!

I Am Thankful For...(#9)

...Landon. He's the best. He has been so great this week helping me. In and out of bed, pain killers in the middle of the night, you name it. Taking care of all of the "yucky" stuff that is involved with surgery. Even with his weak stomache, he's done it all.

Whitley got this pricess cookbook for Christmas, and she loves to "cook" from it. So Friday night she sits down with Landon to plan out a menu for the weekend. Before I'm even awake Saturday morning, they've gone to the grocery store to their needed supplies. When he gets back, he takes Colton right over to the batting cages to get a little practice in before baseball tryouts this week. Then it's right back outside to a game of tag.

Today, he and Whitley made quite the spread for all of us to eat, and most of it was pretty good. He's such an awesome dad, and has picked up so much of the slack while I've been down this week. He is my best friend, and I feel blessed every day because he's a part of my life.