THE KENNARD KLAN: February 2013

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

1st Day of Gymnastics Preschool

Anastyn has a late birthday so she will miss the Kindergarten cut off for next year which means she could have 3 years of preschool. Back in August I debated about sending her to school but she was pretty attached to me at the time and so I didn't sign her up. At the beginning of the year I called All American to see if they had an opening in the preschool and they didn't but they called while I was in Idaho and said they had an opening. I decided it would be nice to go to work while Anastyn was at school and she was so excited to go to "gynastic preschool." The school is Tuesday's and Thursday's from 9am - noon. She will have 2 hours of school, a 15 minute break and then gymnastics for 45 minutes.

Monday, February 25, 2013

Snow White Girls

Anastyn and Annie have had dance together every Monday. Luci and I have been alternating driving then having the girls play afterwards. They play so well together and love it. We always have cute Alayna join us too! Today we just happen to have a snow white dress for all the girls. Aren't they adorable??!

Alayna, Anastyn, and Annie

Silly Girls!

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

My Birthday

Happy Birthday to Me! Alyson and I have been celebrating for a few days now! We went to dinner and a movie over the weekend then for Alyson's birthday we went and got pedicures, and for my birthday we went to lunch at Pizza Factory with Mindi and Kelly. Alyson went and got me a yummy baskin robbins ice cream cake and balloons. Gordon still isn't driving so he is feeling a little bad that he didn't do much but it's just another day right??

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Valentines Day

While I was in Idaho i got the stuff to make girls cute Valentine skirts but of course I'm a big procrastinator and eneded up making them the night of the 13th! But the girls looked super cute and we had a fun day. I helped at Taeya's Valentine party at school then we stayed and ate lunch and played at recess with Taeya. I had to take Gordon to physical therapy and in between the driving we made sugar cookies to decorate later. After picking up Gordon we decorated sugar cookies, delivered them to my young women and ate a late dinner. We had a fun day!

Anastyn was a little naughty during the Valentine party. Thank goodness she's so cute!

Trying to get a picture of there cute skirts during recess - I didn't do very good!

Still playing at recess.

Decorating sugar cookies.

Cute Taeya enjoying herself!

Yummy frosting.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Knee Surgery

A week after being home from Idaho we headed back up for Gordon to have knee surgery! He tore his ACL and his Meniscus back in May of 2012 while wakeboarding in Lake Powell. He kept hoping it would get better.... after Gordon's job change to Xango Casey was actually an in-network Orthopedic Surgeon so we figured it was meant to be! Gordon finally agreed to have the surgery. Casey performed the surgery

Friday morning and Chantel was great to watch the girls all day for me! They surgery was much more intensive than I actually thought. Casey told us all went well with the surgery but he was surprised at the softness of Gordon's bone so he had to use screws to reinforce the new ACL. We spend a few hours post surgery in the recovery part of the hospital because Gordon was having a hard time keeping his oxygen level up while he was sleeping. Saturday Gordon was sleeping on and off and generally feeling pretty good. We obviously just hung out at the house. We originally considered leaving Saturday afternoon but due to snow in Utah county we decided to just stay put and recover another day. We watched a movie that night. Sunday we just hung out while the Huntsman's went to church. After church we ate lunch, Gordon had Casey change his bandages and then I drove us all home. Gordon is doing great so far....I feel kind of like I have another child since I have to do everything for him. :) He will have to have a few months of physical therapy. Wish him luck!

An after school visit from the kids. The girls were anxious to come see dad and the kids all loved all the snacks!

Recovery room - Gordon is looking a little pale but he's doing great.

Look how beautiful his leg looks! We should've taken more pictures from the beginning but this was taken at Gordon's first day of Physical Therapy. He hates his crutches and work has been a little tricky this first week. He spent several hours on the couches in the cafeteria at work so he could elevate his leg! He's a trooper!

Sunday, February 3, 2013

10 Days Away

I watched Chantel's kids while she and Casey went to Palau for almost 2 weeks. We had a great time and really enjoyed spending time with the boys. Gordon drove Anastyn and I to Idaho because he actually needed to go for work. He pretty much dropped us off and left. We didn't want Taeya to miss school so she and Gordon had a great time all week at home. She had a lot of play dates after school. Taeya and Gordon ate out a lot, had sleepovers every night, celebrated Taeya's half birthday by going sledding, and Gordon's birthday at "Melting Pot." They had a lot of fun and I think secretly Taeya loved it and didn't want us to come home. :) Anastyn and I had a great time too. We went sledding a few times with the boys, we went to I-jump twice, we went to the movies, and just really enjoyed our "vaction." Gordon and Taeya joined us after Gordon's birthday and we celebrated Cael's birthday by going to I-jump and Arctic Circle! Chantel and Casey were home after celebrating Cael's birthday so we packed up and headed to Logan. Paul (Wendy's son) was getting ordained an Elder so the girls swam that night at the motel, and we went to church Sunday morning then we were definitely ready to be home.

School was cancelled one day because of high winds and snow in Idaho Falls. Shelley was super windy but not snowy. We celebrated the day off of school by going sledding. The boys had a great time.

Anastyn had a good time too but got a little cold so we spent the end of the time in the car getting warm.

Anastyn and I spent a lot of time shopping in between dropping Cael off at Kindergarten and picking up in the afternoon. We just had to buy this dress-up at one of the stops. She needed some "girl" things apparently!

Cael, Cameron and Taeya playing at Arctic Circle. This was celebrating Cael's birthday. we were so happy to have Taeya with us! We missed her.

Anastyn, Taeya, and Cameron

I-jump was next on the birthday fun agenda. Of course all the kids loved it. I think Anastyn and Taeya were super happy to be reunited!

Silly Girls!

Playing dodge ball - Anastyn would just go after the purple ball everytime. It was pretty funny!

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!

THE KENNARD KLAN

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

1st Day of Gymnastics Preschool

Monday, February 25, 2013

Snow White Girls

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

My Birthday

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Valentines Day

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Knee Surgery

Sunday, February 3, 2013

10 Days Away

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