THE KENNARD KLAN: November 2012

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Dress-up Love

These two princesses LOVE to dress up lately. It's usually the first thing the do when they get together. Alayna really likes this red cowboy hat for some reason. Anastyn loves backpacks and purses. These girls have so much fun together and they are so adorable!

Saturday, November 24, 2012

After Thanksgiving Thanksgiving

This year kindof felt like the Thanksgiving that never ended! The Sunday before Thanksgiving we had a dinner at Gordon's dad house. It was a yummy preview, my favorite was the pecan pie! The girls had fun playing after the meal, and the adults had fun eating dessert and visiting. On Thanksgiving day I went for a long run then prepared a veggie tray for the meal. Gordon went for a long bike ride then met us at my mom and dad's right after the prayer! The rest of the day was visiting, and helping my mom with some Christmas decorations. After my moms we came home and put up our Christmas Tree. The Saturday after Thanksgiving we had another yummy meal with Gordon's mom at our house this time. It's such a great time of year to think about all the things that I am thankful for. The top of my list is definitely family.

Elaine, Sean, Frank, Cheryl, Lee, Wendy and Gordon

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Sisterly Love

These two wanted to have a sleep over tonight. This is how they fell asleep - I love it when the love each other!

Monday, November 19, 2012

Thanksgiving Tree

For Family Home Evening the Monday before Thanksgiving we made a Thankful Tree. It was fun to try to think of all the things that we were thankful for. We missed several, but we had a lot of leaves on our tree. I have so much to be thankful for. My list doesn't end.

Anastyn's are the cute ones with scribbles, I tried to translate a few of them. Taeya was awesome and wrote her own. My girls are getting so big.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Breaking Dawn Part 2

Heather came into town a few days after her birthday. We had to celebrate with a girls night out. We went to dinner at Brick Oven and to see Breaking Dawn Part 2. I wasn't expecting much from this movie so I had a great time and enjoyed myself. It was so fun to be with great friends. Wish we could do it more often.

Heather, Noelle, Me, Becca, Mary, and Alyson

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Early Snowfall

Last winter was so mild and nice in so many ways. Do you think it means we will have a bad winter if we get a snow storm on October 25th? Enough snow to build a snowman? I'm a little worried. The girls are enjoying it!

October 25th - Taeya leaving for school. Dad was out of town so we thought we better send him a picture of what he was missing!

Another storm November 10th. Anastyn was having a great time playing in the snow.

We built a snowman, but we couldn't get it to stay up. :)

The girls decided to make a laying down snowman!

Friday, November 9, 2012

New Jewelry

With both of my girls I have let them decide when to get their ears pierced. Now I have probably put the idea in their heads, but I wanted them to decide. So from time to time I have asked Anastyn if she wants to get hers pierced and she has always said, "no,later." Which was great. Well, we went to the southtown mall to do a return and we walked by the Ear Piercing place and I asked her if she wanted to get her ears pierced and she said no. So we did our return and on the way out Anastyn told me that she wanted to get her ears pierced after she went on the escalator. (She loves going up and down so I told her if she was good at the store she could go on the escalator). I tried to talk her out of it, I tried to tell her lets wait so dad and Taeya could be with us but she was so insistent. I called Gordon and he gave me the okay so we went for it. She was so excited and calm at first. They did the first ear and she of course starting crying but they quickly did the second ear, I thought she was just in pain initially, but she was mad. She didn't want to look in the mirror, she didn't want a sucker, she didn't want to go see Santa. The only thing that cheered her up was a train ride. I was so glad that she finally piped and she was fine from then on. Happy to show off her new purple earings.

Before - look at that smile on her face, she was so excited.

After - not so happy anymore.:(

Finally happy again - Thank you train!

Friday, November 2, 2012

Cornbelly's

We didn't make it to Cornbelly's before Halloween this year, but the girls got lucky and they were open the weekend after Halloween. The day was beautiful so we thought it would be perfect at Thanksgiving Point. We were wrong, it was colder than we thought because there was a cold wind blowing. We still had fun, we were just a little colder than we wished! Gordon ditched us this year - and Seth made an appearance than they went to the movie, kind of rude. :) I think it's safe to say everyone had a great time. We just needed about 10 more hours!

These girls are like sisters - Anastyn, Brynn, Taeya, Kira, and Alayna

Classic picture in the rocking chair.

Cute little farmers.

Face painting was a must!

A hayride.

The girls and I on the hayride - it was a little bright!

So much fun playing in the corn.

Anastyn and Alayna loved the corn too.

Anastyn's favorite stop was the fairy tale part. She was all smiles riding in Cinderella's carriage,

Taeya on the phone - does she even know what a pay phone is?:)

Anastyn had to try the phone too!

A beautiful princess dancing on the stage - I made her keep her clothes on under the dress-up!

Another beautiful princess riding her sparkly horse.

The matching Cinderellas and the matching pink princesses!

So cute!

The girls and I on our way out.

Alyson and her girls. What a fun evening!

Moments to Remember...

10/31/12 Anastyn did not want to go to sleep tonight, probably a result of too much trick or treating candy. As I'm trying to get her to stay in bed she says to me "I need to tell you somethin," I say "what" and she proceeds to tell me nothing really. Than she says "I need to tell dad somethin." I said that she could tell me and I would tell him. She says "dad, is a good worker!" Than she says "I love him this much," and she spreads her arms out as wide as they can go!" Love this girl even if she won't go to sleep at night!

04/03/11 We were talking to Taeya about Noah's Ark and the flood, and she said "that was good cause the whole Earth had a big drink of water!"

03/29/11 Taeya: "Mom, dad thinks sandwiches are made out of sand, but I think their made out of whitches."

02/19/11 Taeya was giving her penguin a little checkup with her doctor kit. She took the blood pressure and then said "just what I suspected." Gordon laughed and said, "you're going to be a great doctor someday." Taeya looked at him and said "I don't want to be a doctor, I want to be a paper maker."

12/10/10 Taeya: "I know why we do karate, it shows Jesus that we love him."

12/2/10 Taeya and Brielle were playing and Taeya didn't want to share her princess castle. I was trying to help her share and she said to me "mom you're ruining a princesses dreams."

11/28/10 Taeya: "You're ruining my life!"

11/01/10 Anastyn: this is what she says pointing to what she wants, "a, a, a, a, a, a..........." she knows how to sign a few words but this is what I hear all day long from her!

10/21/10 Taeya was down stairs watching a halloween movie with Gordon. I went to get her to take her to bed and this is what she said to me: Taeya: "That girl turned itno a girafica (Dracula) but it was just pretend."

10/09/10 This has been one of Taeya's common phrases lately, she says is bratty like: Taeya: "I don't even care."

10/07/10 Taeya: "This is the worstest day of my life."

09/26/10 Taeya: "This is the best day of my whold life, cause I catched a lady bug!"

09/23/10 Random conversation Taeya and I had: Taeya: "She has a great body." Mom: "Who does?" Taeya: "Ursala" Mom: "What does it mean to have a great body?" Taeya: "Infesterating - is that right?"

08/20/10 Taeya: "Mom you're the best mom in the whole world cause you do puzzles with me."

07/26/10 Anastyn took her first steps

05/24/10 Gordon and Taeya were watching princess and the frog. She was watching the part where she kisses the frog and he is supposed to turn into a prince. Taeya looks at Gordon and says, "I'd kiss a frog if I turned into a frog!" Funny how she didn't want to become a princess, just a frog!

05/23/10 Anastyn's top tooth came popping through!

05/09/10 Anastyn officially started crawling on Mother's day.

05/03/10 Sunday was Stake Conference and the theme for the conference was Temple Attendance. For FHE we were talking about the temple and we told Taeya that one of the speakers said that Heavenly Father walks the halls of the temple. Gordon: "What would you do if you saw Heavenly Father?" Taeya: "Heavenly Father can I have a kiss? Now can I have a hug?"

04/30/10 Taeya: "When I growed-up, i'll never be mad to my kids and if they want candy i'll listen to them and give them candy." (This came totally out of the blue while we were driving, it made me wonder if I wasn't being nice to her that morning?!)

03/22/10 While we were at the salon fixing Taeya's hair that she and Brielle cut, I noticed that Anastyn had her first tooth. A cute little bottom tooth. She hardly complained, she seemed a little more mellow than usual, but not fussy at all. The second bottom one appeared a week or so later.

03/18/10 Taeya was talking to Gordon on the phone, she had all sorts of things to talk about, but this comment made me laugh out loud. She said "Dad, Kimball's leg is all better, that's good, for heavens sake!" (Kimball broke his femer on New Years Eve and Taeya was amazed that it was all better).

02/19/10 On my birthday: Taeya: mom, how old are you? Brandalyn: I'm 31 Taeya: (In a quite voice, almost like she's thinking) wow, that's old.

02/17/09 We are driving in the car and I am trying to put Anastyn's binki in her mouth. Brandalyn to Anastyn: Where is your mouth? Taeya: Right in the middle. (She said this in a very serious tone!)

01/25/10 We were driving home - on canyon road: Gordon: Taeya, help me watch out for deer. We don't want to hit one. Taeya: But we could take it home and it could be our pet, we don't have any pets.

01/14/10 Anastyn rolled from her belly to her back for the first time.

01/12/10 Anastyn rolled from her back to her tummy for the first time.

01/06/10 Taeya: "I want to be a lady when I growed up, uh, actually I want to be a gymnastic girl."

12/23/09 Anastyn laughed for the first time. She was watching Taeya jump on the tramp and obviously thought it was quite funny!

11/15/09 Taeya: "Dad, do yous bracelets hurt?" (Does his braces hurt!) She is always so concerned about them, she says she wants some "bracelets" on her teeth.

11/1/09 Taeya: "Mom, where's my computer? I'm going to send and e-mail."

10/31/09 We were trick-or-treating and decided it would be fun to visit Brother and Sister Anderson's house (Tayea's nursery teachers) but we didn't know where they live, Taeya said to me "maybe they live at the church!"

10/17/09 Taeya: "Mom, I is freezing cold." (This is a common statement around the house, apparently she is always cold)!

10/12/09 Anastyn had her first taste of candy today when Taeya so nicely offered her a taste of her ring pop! I think Anastyn liked it!

10/11/09 After Gordon blessed Anastyn in sacrament meeting Taeya said, "I want a big girl blessing!"

10/11/09 We are frantically getting ready for church on Sunday and Taeya was playing in the room while we were putting the blessing dress on Anastyn. Gordon says to the baby "now don't poop in your pretty new dress," and Taeya responds "okay!"

10/10/09 Gordon and Taeya were driving in the car and a man came on the radio, Taeya commented that the man was the prophet. Gordon asked her what the prophets name is, and she told him, a minute later she said "we should name our baby President Monson, that's a pretty name."

10/1/09 "My names not Taeya, it's Emily."

09/30/09 I took Anastyn to her 2 week checkup and thought Taeya should come and get a flu shot while we were there. I prepped her all morning long for getting a shot, she told me "she wouldn't even say ow!" (Which is the only thing she said when she got her shot at her 3 year check-up). They didn't have enough flu shots at the doctors office to give her one and she was so upset. The nurse offered to give her a shot of saline and Taeya would have let her, but I didn't think it was a good idea. She finally settled for a sparkly star bandaid instead.

09/26/09 Gordon took Taeya swimming at the Lehi pool. She went on the big tube slide several times with Gordon. One of the times the turned a corner and Taeya bonked her head on the side of the slide. When they got done Gordon asked Taeya if she wanted to go again and she said, "Yes, but don't drive crazy!"

09/17/09 The day we brought Anastyn home from the hospital I said to Taeya, "what do you think of your new baby?" She enthusiastically answered, "I think it's great!"

09/01/09 Taeya and I went to meet her preschool teacher today. After we walked out of the classroom, she said "hey, I didn't learn my letters!" I guess she knows what she is going to learn at school this year!

09/09 When Taeya refers to herself she will say things like, "do you want I to...." (instead of do you want me to..)

08/22/09 Gordon and Taeya were singing ABBA in the car and Taeya said, "I sing so good cause I'm a big sister!"

08/19/09 Taeya asked me, "Mom, are you going to be a baby when you grown down?" I just kind of laughed, then she said, "but if you're a baby, who's going to be my mom?"

08/19/09 On the way to my doctors appointment Taeya was talking to Gordon on the phone telling him we had a lot of doctors. (She has gone to a lot of OB appointments with me and she had recently gone to her 3 year check-up). Gordon asked her if she wanted to be a doctor when she grew up and she said, "No, I want to be a lady!"

08/13/09 Taeya and I drove by a man holding a sign advertising for 99 cent tacos. He was wearing a large cowboy/somberero. Taeya said "mom, there's a cowboy!" I didn't really want to argue with her about whether is was a cowboy or not so I just agreed. I minute later she said to me, "hey, cowboy's don't hold signs, they ride horses!"

08/9/09 On the way to church I was getting mad at Gordon for driving too slow, and he said a little sarcastically, "I love church," and Taeya said "Me Too!" (Although she wasn't being sarcastic)

06/10/09 It was a cooler day and Taeya told me she was cold and wanted her witch costume on. We put the costume on but not 5 minutes later, she came to me and said, "I need to change, it's freakin' hot!" Of course she quickly found a swimsuit to put on instead.

05/29/09 Whenever Gordon or I get home from work she will say "how was yous work?" Most of the time if she was in bed before we got home she will ask us the next day! 05/29/09 After we get mad at Taeya, or if she thinks we might be sad, she will say to us, "Are you happy?" If you say "no", she will wait a minute or so and ask you again, until the answer is "yes!"

05/24/09 I told Taeya that we were going to go run errands, so we get to the first store, I think it was Cooks Nursery, and she said, "Is this errands?"

04/7/09 Gordon's sister, Angie, is in town from Washington. When Taeya was born she made her a Winnie the Pooh blanket that she loves recently. We told Taeya to tell her thankyou for the blanket. When she did Angie said, "you're welcome sweatheart." Today she said to me "I not a sweatheart, I a Taeya!"

03/15/09 Once again in the middle of the night, I put Taeya in bed with me, this time she said to me "thank yous for sharing yous bed with me!"

03/14/09 Taeya and I were in Idaho visiting my sister. Taeya woke up in the middle of the night and I put her in bed with me. I had my watch on and when I put my arm around her back I scratched her a little bit (she insisted on wearing a sleeveless dress to bed). She said to me "owe that hurt, I a special, special girl."

03/13/09 "Princesses don't wear pants, they wear tights."

02/24/09 On the way out of the Disneyland park Gordon was holding Taeya and she said "I need a nap at night time." She quickly fell asleep on his shoulder after that.

01/18/09 I asked Taeya to help me clean up the hair things after I did her hair and she said, "No, I'm too dizzy." ( I am not sure if she meant that she was too busy, or if she just needed an excuse!)

12/08 Anytime Taeya does anything she thinks you will like she look at you and says, "Whatchu Think?" (What do you think?)

11/13/08 Taeya had on a pair of leggings that got a little hole in them. She looked at the hole and said "daddy fix it?" She thinks he can fix anything!

10/5/08 We were driving in the car and Taeya was playing with a toy phone. She had it up to her ear but didn't say anything for at least 10 minutes. I finally asked her who she was talking to, and she said "Grandpa," I asked her what Grandpa was saying and she said, "trick or treat!"

08/18/08 Last night Taeya found out how to climb out of her crib! She was talking to herself (hm, I wonder where she got that?) I could hear her through the door saying, "Careful Tae-ya" over and over. Curious I opened the door and she was teadering the bar of her crib avoiding a disaster!

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