THE KENNARD KLAN

Friday, June 24, 2011

Lawni's Visit

We were so excited for Lawni, Brielle, and Bryce to come visit. I talked Lawni into staying at our house and I'm so glad she did because it was so fun much fun. We were so busy while she was here, it ended up being non-stop fun!

Brielle and Taeya had fun having lots of sleepovers.

One afternoon Lawni, Alyson, and Mary took the kids to the Alpline Splash Park.

I got to read to Bryce and Anastyn each night.

Bryce and Anastyn got to play together all day long - they did great sharing and being together (for the most part!)

We put the water slide up and had a great time with all the neighbors - Jared, Taeya, Brielle, Brynn, and Kira

Hailey, Brielle, and Taeya

Lawni had Bryce do swim lessons for a week straight, so we tried to coordinate lessons together when we could.

Lots of jumping on the tramp.

We went to Jump on It one after noon - me and Taeya

Brynn, Kira, Brooke, and Autumm

The girls loved the little Merry Go Round (not a great picture of Anastyn).

Me, Anastyn, Taeya, Bryce and Lawni

We did Lawni's hair earlier in the trip, Brielle and Bryce also got haircuts.

They played in the backyard a lot - I worked a couple of days and Alyson and Lawni were so great to watch my kids. These girls had so much fun just playing in the water. Rachel, Taeya, Kira, Brynn, and Brielle

Taeya and Brielle loved having breakfast together each morning also.

So did Anastyn and Bryce

So a few things that we did that weren't documented through pictures: We went to strawberry days (earlier post), Lawni and I went to the gym, Lawni deep cleaned her house, we ran a lot of errands together, went shopping in Salt Lake, went swimming at the Lindon Pool, and ate lots of ice cream. (I'm sure there were some other things we did but that is all I can think of right now!) We left for Lake Powell and Lawni ended up staying at our house with her sick kids. While I was gone she organized many cupboards, bought me groceries, cleaned my house and even cleaned out my fridge! She is the best. We love you guys and miss you so much. Thanks for staying with us, come back soon!

Friday, June 17, 2011

Motorcycle

These have got to be some of my favorite pictures - I can't get over how cute Bryce and Anastyn are!

Strawberry Days

We had a great time at Strawberry Days this year. Lawni and Heather were in town so we thought we would make a day out of it. We opted for the wrist band for the kids and I think we made a good decision. The kids loved all the rides and the weather wasn't blazing hot, and who can resist the yummy strawberries and cream? We had to drag the kids out at the end of the day but us moms were sure ready to go! Here are a ton of pictures from the day:

The girls loves this slide, they went on it over and over and over........cute Livvy, Taeya, and Brielle

After a bazillion times on the slide we had to let the babies have some fun. Anastyn sure enjoyed this airplane, it was the longest ride ever - I think Alyson finally asked the driver to stop the ride!

These girls squished into the plane and seemed to enjoy it too!

Bryce man needed a little nap apparently!

Anastyn enjoyed every last drop of her strawberries and cream!

Except for the cream that she wore!

Heather and I enjoying our cup!


Remember how little these 4 babies used to be? They are so darn cute - waiting for their ride on the train. Anastyn, Bryce, McCoy, and Alayna

After all the thrills from the plane and the slide and the roller coaster, the train was a little boring, at least for the big kids!

This was another ride that the girls went on over and over and over.......They were all afraid of it when we first got to the fair but then when little Coco had a blast they all had to try it. The first time was a little frightening but after a potty break they went on it over and over again - at least until I told them we had to go! (I was done!)

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Markers

Anastyn and Alayna were a little too quite while Alyson and I were chatting at her house, I guess we should've known better! They had gotten into the markers in Brynn's room and written all over themselves - Thank goodness for Washable Markers! (The pictures don't do it justice!)

Friday, June 10, 2011

Fathers Day 2011

I tried to make Father's Day a nice day because I kindof dropped the ball a little bit and didn't really get a very nice gift. But, Gordon did get breakfast in bed - after he slept in! I am so grateful that I have such an awesome husband and father. The girls adore him and he is such a great dad.

We were also able to visit my dad and Gordon's dad - we are blessed with great dads. I was happy I got to celebrate the day with them!

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Thanksgiving Point

After Kimberly did a week of recording, she stuck around for another week of fun. One of the fun things we did was go to Thanksgiving Point to the petting zoo. The kids had a great time. Anastyn would just giggle when the animals would eat the corn out of her hand. It was a nice, quiet day at the farm! The girls also loved the donkey rides - but I didn't get any pictures of it. :(

Anastyn, Taeya, and Kierra

Kierra, Kimball and Karsten

Brynn, Kira, and Alayna (Alyson came with us too)

Taeya checking out the cute little bunnies.

Kimberly, Me, and Alyson

Friday, June 3, 2011

The Zoo

Heather was here for the week so we decided we better head to the zoo! Between the 5 of us adults we had 19 kids - Alyson, Mary, Heather (plus 2), Becca, and Me (plus 2)! It was a little crazy but it turned out fun.

Taeya and Kierra - ready to see the animals

Anastyn, Alayna and Karsten - these little kiddos did great - I kept Anastyn and Karsten in the stroller as much as possible!

Taeya, Livvy, Kira, Kierra, Brynn, Holly, Jeffrey, and Luke

Kierra, Kira, Brynn, and Alayna

Taeya loves the Merry Go Round - Anastyn loved it too I just didn't get a good picture of her!

Kierra and Taeya on the train

Karsten and Kierra - Kimberly was in town for the week doing recording for the choir she is involved with in Arizona so we had Karsten and Kierra for the day.

Taeya on the Rhino - Livvy and Anastyn trailing behind.

Livvy, Kira, and Taeya looking at the giraffe's - they were definitely a highlight for the day. They were all out and roaming - such amazing animals.

11 kids from our group - not sure where the other 8 were! It was impossible to get a picture all together so I didn't even try!

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!