THE KENNARD KLAN

Monday, November 9, 2009

Couples Halloween Party

Gordon and I went to the Purles Halloween Party again this year. Gordon is the halloween lover in the family but I actually had fun dressing up. I recycled a costume I used several years ago, Aunt Jamaima, and Gordon was a Ghostly Gentleman. Anastyn tagged along as a skeleton. Halloween parties really are fun, maybe we will throw one next year?

Taeya helped us get ready - she is wearing Gordons wig and Alyson's flower headband.

Gordon and I won the award for the "most original."

Heather (greek goddess), Brandalyn, Lawni (Witch), and Alyson (Flower)

Seth (Dirt, Alyson was the flower and he was the dirt), Scott (Captain Jack Sparrow), Gordon, and Jeremy (cowboy)

Us girls with our babies.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Raggedy Ann

A few weeks ago my sister-in-law, Kelly, saw a posting on the photographer Nicole Hill Gerulat's blog looking for a red-headed girl at the last minute for a photo shoot. Kelly, unknown to me, emailed some pictures of Taeya and Nicole called me back and asked if she could use her. Of course I was flattered and more than happy to have her be a model. The bad thing was that we had just finished swim lessons and we were at McDonald's having lunch, it was about 1:10 pm and she had to wrap up the photo shoot at about 2:00 pm. So they ran to Target to buy her an outfit and I ran to the salon and blow-dried her hair (thank goodness the salon was right next to McDonald's) and we met in Orem at about 1:30 pm. It was such an adorable shoot. One of Nicoles clients is starting a party planning business for kids and they were shooting a "Raggedy Ann" birthday party. Apparently at the last minute decided they wanted a red-headed girl for the shoot. Taeya had fun and did a great job, at least I think so. Here is a little preview of some of the pictures she took, I will post more when I get the disk.

They let Taeya keep the big red ballon, and the sparkly red shoes. Taeya thinks that is payment enough, and if she's happy, then I'm happy!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

St. George Week-end

We went to St. George the weekend of October 16th. Friday night we went and saw "Annie" at the Tuacahn. I thought Taeya would enjoy it a little more that she did, but it didn't help that we got there late because we left our house later than planned!

Taeya was a little shy meeting Annie.

Cousin Daylen loved holding the baby. He sat and held her for a long time. It was so cute.

Anastyn did so great on the drive to and from St. George. We stayed with Ryan and Kristy, they have a sweet set-up in the basement that accomadated our family nicely. Anastyn slept in a crib for the first time during the weekend.

I just love this girl - 1 month old.

On Saturday Gordon went on a 100 mile bike ride. Kristy and I took our time getting ready in the morning, went shopping at Christensen's, then let the kids play at the splash park while we cheered Gordon on as he made it to the finish line. That night we went and saw the movie "Where the Wild Things Are," (much to our disappointment), after the movie we ordered Pizza and ate it at our friends, Kip and Amy's, house. Sunday we ate lunch and drove home. It was such a nice weekend. We really enjoyed ourselves, thanks Ryan and Kristy for letting us enjoy the weekend with you.

Cornbelly's

During fall break we went to Cornbelly's with the Connelly's, Kelly and Jayne. Each time I go I am amazed at how much there is to do, that place is great. We were there from about 11:30 to 4:30. I was way past ready to leave, but the kids were still going strong! We had to bribe them to leave with a snow cone (it was a really warm day).

Mariel, Skyler, Zach, Asilia, and Taeya waiting for the hay ride.

Asilia and Taeya on the hay ride.

Taeya riding in the train.

Jayne and Kelly jumping on the tramp.

Taeya and Asilia getting a little air!

Jayne trying to climb her way up.

This isn't a very good picture, but we had to get a shot with the huge chair - Asilia, Me, Anastyn, and Taeya.

Princess Asilia and Princess Taeya - Taeya was so glad that she was able to dress up this year (last year you were supposed to dress the scarecrow but I couldn't keep her from trying on the dress herself).

Taeya on the swings.

Asilia burrying Taeya in the corn.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Skeletons

Aren't these 2 the cutest skeletons? I sure think so!

Monday, October 26, 2009

4 weeks old

4 Weeks old and still as cute as ever (at least in my opinion)! Not too much has changed from 3-4 weeks. She is just getting more and more alert, and getting bigger and bigger. She still snacks, still wants to be held alot and sleeps great while she is being held, but other than that she really is a great baby.

October 13, 2009 - 4 weeks old

Much cuter with a bow!

Some tummy time October 9, 2009 - 3 weeks 3 days old

October 8, 2009 - 3 weeks 2 days old

Witches

On Monday, October 12th, my friends and I took our kids to Gardner Village to see the witches. We picked a nice, warm evening to go. It's safe to say that we all had a great time.

Kira, Taeya, Cohen, Olivia, Brynn, and Brielle

Taeya and Brynn

Brielle and Taeya

Brielle, Cohen, Taeya, Brynn, Olivia, and Kira (This was the one sad moment for Taeya, she threw a fit in the doll store because Kira started playing with "her" dollhouse, so she was being stubborn and wouldn't look at the camera).

Taeya and Anastyn. I had to post this picture because the look in Anastyn's eyes says, "don't let my sister hurt me!" Taeya is holding her hand. She always grabs her hand and then says, "look mom, she loves me!"

Me and my girls.

The kids dancing to "Monster Mash." Taeya was obsessed with the cute little girl dressed like a lady bug. She wouldn't leave her alone.

Anastyn did great in the Baby Bjorn as always!

Taeya enjoying the pony ride.

All the kids had fun in the little petting zoo. The funny thing was that they wouldn't let an adult in without paying, so we let the kids run wild. Thank goodness for Brynn who kept the kids under control, except when Taeya climbed under the fence to pet one of the animals and the employee had to go and get her out. That's what they get for not letting us in to supervise I guess!

Lawni, Brandalyn, Alyson, and Heather

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Blessing Day

It was an important week-end for these 2 beautiful girls. Asilia, my neice, got baptized on Saturday and Anastyn was blessed on Sunday, October 11, 2009. What a great weekend. The baptism was Saturday morning and Saturday afternoon we went to a condo in Heber and ate lunch and swam in the pool. Everyone had a blast. (I forgot my camera so I don't have any photos from Saturday). We love Asilia so much and we were glad we were able to come see her be baptized. (Now when Taeya is in the bathtub she asks me if she can be pretend to be baptized as she rinses her hair!)

Gordon gave Anastyn such a sweet blessing on Sunday and she looked so pretty in her new white dress that my mom and I made (mostly my mom). We ate taco salads at our house afterwards. It was a pleasant day and we really enojoyed spending time with our family and friends. It's amazing how sweet and innocent these little babies are. I feel so blessed to have a healthy, happy baby, and I am honered to be her mother.

Our Little Family

As we were making Anastyn's dress, Taeya kept asking me where her new dress was, so we bought her a new dress also. She loved it and wore it all day long!

Taeya and all her cousins (or her "friends" as she calls them) enjoyed playing in the playroom, her bedroom, and jumping on the tramp.

Collin building a marble tower.

Kierra, Kenzly, and Asilia playing with the Poly Pockets.

Anastyn and Grandma Elaine (Gordon's mom), who Anastyn is named after. In the blessing Gordon mentioned that his mom is one of the most generous people we know and he blessed Anastyn that she would follow her example. It was really sweet and brought us all to tears.

The Kennard's

Lee, Gordon, Anastyn, Cheryl, Sean, Elaine, and Brandalyn

My Sweet Anastyn in her pretty dress.

My brother Ryan and his son, Daylen.

The Andrews Family

Garrick, Mariel, Ryan, Chantel, Kimberly, Brandalyn, Dad and Mom

Papa and Nana with Anastyn (my mom and dad).

Garrick, Jayne, Anastyn, and Kelly

Skyler, Zach, Matt, Mariel, Anastyn, and Asilia

Jeanine and Howard Andrews (my aunt and uncle).

Kenzly, Karsten, Anastyn, Kimberly, Kimball, Kierra

Collin, Cael, Chantel, Anastyn, Cynthia, and Cameron

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!