Paul, Kristin, and McKenzie

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Dance Recital

Saturday was the last dance recital for the year. Kenzie did such a great job. Grandma & Grandpa were able to come up from St. George and spend the day with us and go to lunch. We had a great day.

Monday, May 7, 2012

Kenzie danced at the Utah Valley Dance Competition on Saturday. She's been practicing since January on the Puppy Love dance. It was adorable as usual and she did a wonderful job. We had some technical difficulties with our video camera so we'll be sure to capture her last dance recital on May 19th. Kenzie has been looking forward to getting her trophy at this competition and she's been telling and showing it to everyone.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Tulips

I love this time of year and can't wait to plant some flowers in pots. I love how our tulips turned out this year.

Trampoline Fun

The weather finally warmed up enough that we were able to put the trampoline up that Kenzie got from Easter. Paul's cousin and their family and our neighbor were over to help set it up. We didn't get it up till late Friday night but we still let the kids jump for a bit since she was so excited. We are looking forward to summer camp outs in the backyard on the trampoline and spending hours outside.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Easter

The Easter Bunny made its way to our house and left Kenzie lots of candy, chalk, bubbles and 2 Spring dresses with sandals. She had 2 Easter egg hunts one at our house and one at the church.

Easter Egg Hunt

Our ward had it's annual Easter egg hunt and Paul was in charge of collecting all the eggs from ward members and getting a few guys together to go hide the eggs early that morning. It was freezing so we stayed in the car until the egg hunt began. Kenzie found tons of eggs and had a great time with her friends. Later that night we colored and put stickers on the eggs.

Valentines

Kenzie woke up to hearts all over her bedroom door and little chocolate candies, a book, paints, and her very own Temple picture which she absolutely loves. She often talks about going to the Temple and how she will go there again soon when she has a new baby in the family. She doesn't remember the day she was sealed to us since she was only 6 months old but we have lots of pictures of that day and talk about it often. It will be exciting the next time Kenzie goes to the Temple since she will be old enough to remember the experience and the feeling she has there.

My Little Sunbeam

I can't believe Kenzie is now in Sunbeams. Yes I shed a tear or two. She was so excited to go to the bigger classroom and has been talking about it for a couple months. Her nursery class has been taking the older kids into primary for a little bit to get them used to being in there so the transition wouldn't be as difficult. Kenzie also got to go up in front of church and sing with the primary. She was so excited to be up there singing her little heart out. She often asks when she can go on stage again. This girl has no fear of being in front of people unlike her mom. She has been such a joy to have in our family and brightens up each day. I've seen her grow up a lot in the last year and become more and more independent. Sometimes it's hard for me to see that she doesn't need my help with certain things anymore but I always get so much joy in seeing her accomplish things by herself and the joy she gets from knowing she did it!

January Snow Storm

We haven't had much snow this winter so Kenzie was super excited when she woke up one morning to lots of snow that was perfect for building a snowman. We got a snowman kit for Christmas and I think it turned out really cute. Last year when it snowed Kenzie always wanted to go outside and help daddy shovel so this year Santa got her a shovel just her size so that she could help shovel the driveway. She loves putting on her snow outfit, boots, hat, gloves and heading outside to shovel, go sledding, make snowmen and snow angels.

A Forever Friend

My brother Brandon brought home a puppy from one of the adoption centers in Cali several years ago and she has become a huge part of our family. She lives with my parents in St. George which has been great for the weather as she loves to lay out in the sunshine on the grass. She has lots of hip problems and is getting old so she mostly lays around and goes on walks with my parents but when we come down to visit she loves to play tug of war with her toys and loves to chase Paul and Kenzie. Nitus loves being around Kenzie and they have become very good friends. Kenzie likes to lay right by her on her pillow, loves to feed her treats and yogurt, poor the water in her bowl and help hold the leash when she goes for walks. They are so cute together. Kenzie has a stuffed puppy on her bed that she has nicknamed Nitus.

St. George Temple

We went to the St. George Temple while we were down for Christmas and walked around. It was a bit chilly but the lights were beautiful and we loved listening to the nativity. It was great to be able to be at the Temple especially during this time of year.

Christmas in St. George

Kenzie got this cute apron and was excited to wear it and help with the holiday baking. She loves to help out in the kitchen.

Uncle Mike and Aunt Monica got Kenzie Princess Tangled Jammies. They are her favorite. She loves to wear dress jammies and dance around like a princess.

Kenzie spent a lot of time outside playing in the sandbox.

Kenzie loves to play golf in the backyard on the putting green.

My Grandpa spent Christmas with our family this year. He spent a lot of time doing what he loves....golfing.

More Chrismtas Pictures

My dad with Kenzie at the piano. This is such a great picture of the two of them. My dad is an amazing piano player and plays songs by ear. Kenzie loves playing on the baby grand she plays each key now instead of pounding like she did when she was younger.