Another Kennedy Dream

Me: Did you sleep well?
Kennedy: Ya, but in my dreams there was a lot of animals
Me: Animals are fun!
Kennedy: Grandpa was the lion... and there was a monkey


(so random! she cracks me up every morning telling me about the dreams she had)

Good dreams?

This morning...
Kennedy: Mommy I dreamed about babies last night
Me: Was it a good dream?
Kennedy: Ya. And guess what the babies were doing?
Me: What?
Kennedy: They were farting at me (giggle, giggle)
Me: That sure is interesting
Kennedy: AND they were spraying diapers at me!

I'm not sure that would be considered a 'good' dream for me.. haha
Oh, the life and imagination of Kennedy... She keeps us laughing, that's for sure

Amelie WALKING 10-10-10

Amelie has been taking little steps here and there for about a week now. I FINALLY caught her on video! YAY! 

Yes, there are quite a few videos of Amelie walking in this post. I uploaded so many for Kodi's benefit - He's out of town right now. And of course that's when Amelie would decide to start walking. The last one is the longest of her walking, but each one has a little bit of Amelie-ness in it that is so freaking adorable!

She totally recovers, from almost falling on this one. SO big

Just making some noise!

She has the cutest laugh at 00:14

I thought her fall here was pretty funny. Talk about 'graceful' haha

The GRAND finale!!!

Umbrella Beauty

Very rarely am I proud of something I've created.

This photo (& more importantly the subject in this photo) are some exceptions

 Isn't Kennedy such a doll? It was her idea to carry her umbrella while we walked from a parking garage  to 'Star of India' to eat dinner tonight.

 I took this photo with my cell phone.

I dream frequently about what I could create with a Canon Dslr

Giggles, Cuts, & Dancing, oh my!

17 June 2010

Giggles

With some of Kennedy's Birthday money, she bought a 'Dora The Explorer' fold away tent. It's a perfect little hideaway for her to pretend in & it folds up flat for easy/small storage.

On Thursday, Amelie joined in the tent fun. Amelie absolutely ADORES Kennedy & can't wait to be big enough to run around & play like a big girl with her big sister.

Cuts

I took Kennedy for a long bike ride later in the day. I experienced some lovely cuts & chunks taken out of my skin, thanks to an invisible rope near some construction on our bike ride [gotta love construction..EVERYWHERE in the valley it seems]

Colin also experienced a beating from the very same rope while riding his bike on the same day within an hour or so of when I did. Can you say 'idiot construction worker that didn't think that planning through very well!' ?

It was kind of funny though when Colin & I realized that we had both gotten attacked by the same rope while riding our bikes separately. Comparing our battle wounds:

this is what my left arm looks like today (2 days later,19 June 2010)

Dancing

My sister, Rachael's little girl, Jordi had a dance performance that night:

(Jordi is in the front, farthest to the left, with the tan skirt and purple tank top)

Receiving her Certificate of Excellence:

Rachael's adorable Zaven:

Amelie chewing Domanik's face off. She sometimes gives other people 'kisses' & 'loves' by sucking on their face a little, but only Domanik ever gets such intense 'loves' from Amelie. It's hilarious. Whenever she sees him she gets all excited & leans for him til she can suck & chew on his face.

My gorgeous sista pullin a cheeser:

Jordi coming to say hi to all of us that watched her perform:

Besties:

glued to each other all the time

They really didn't want to have to say goodbye when we were leaving. Jordi was spinning Kennedy around. How cute is that!?:

check back for videos of Jordi's performance.. as soon as I can figure out where the video uploader on here went...?

Rewind to 5-8 June 2010

Fact: I'm not much of a 'blogger'. I've never really been good with words in any form, speaking or otherwise. I pretty much just use this blog to share photos, with a touch of comments. So, here's some more photos...

5 June 2010

Every June, we get together with Kodi's Stepdad's family to have a yummy breakfast & hang out. This year we enjoyed Eggs, pancakes, sausage, tons of delicious fruit & fruit dip, donuts, orange juice & milk. Can you say YUM!? After breakfast everyone hung out and chatted and the kids played and enjoyed being outside on such a pretty, sunny day. I didn't get a chance to take many pics, but I did get a couple cute ones of Angelita & Kennedy together playing with bubbles:

6 June 2010

I hadn't been able to go swimming when we went to Kodi's cousin's little boy Braxton's Birthday pool party because I didn't have a swimming suit that fit. I had a worn out old suit that had seen better days & was very loose & unattractive [NOT gonna happen!] and my maternity suit (no explanation necessary). Then, the day after the party, while cleaning & de-junking, I found a suit I bought last spring in celebration of (FINALLY) losing all my baby weight. I never got a chance to wear it on account of gaining 50+ lbs being pregnant with Amelie. I didn't think there was any way it was going to fit. To my surprise, it fit just right (all but the cups being a little small for my Breastfeeding boobs ;) 

I had to, of course, immediately take the girls swimming at our pool:

Nice hair, Kennedy!

8 June 2010

My mom had been reading Kennedy stories before bed.. Kodi (while laughing) brought this to my attention:

I'd say they were both a little tired, wouldn't you?

phone pics 11-16 June 2010

Today -16 June 2010

I have been taking Kennedy for bike rides on my bike with the child bike seat I bought last summer (which was super cheap off of craigslist.. BRAND NEW!! woohoo). Amelie wanted to take a test ride. How cute is that helmet on her?!? I just went up and down the sidewalk by our apartment building once & she seemed to really enjoy it. Unfortunately, she's still too young to go for a real ride in the bike seat, but next summer we'll have a blast =)

This afternoon we played at Nana's apartment with her awesome Hot Wheels car track

Yesterday we let Kennedy pick out a kiddie swimming pool with some of her Birthday money. She picked out a small princess pool (that fits just right on our deck =)

Amelie REALLY wanted to join her in the pool.. Maybe next time.. but she still had fun trying to throw the Curious George bath toy in the pool

Kennedy LOVES her new pool

I told her to smile...

yesterday -15 June 2010

I thought these clouds looked kind of neat with the light shining on them

Groupon had a deal going for 'Top It Frozen Yogurt'. I couldn't resist indulging in that yummy deal. It's a pretty cute little shop near Cottonwood. You fill your own cup with the flavor(s) of frozen yogurt you want & add your own toppings & then it is weighed and costs 38 cents an oz. They have quite the selection of yogurt & toppings, including mango, vanilla, peach, cookies n cream, & chocolate frozen yogurt, to name a few. Fresh kiwi, raspberries, strawberries, cookie dough, snickers, and brownie bites are just a few of the many toppings.Yum! It's normally a little pricey, but with my sweet Groupon it was perfectly priced for me.

Enjoying the yumminess

looks funky, but oh my, it was delicious!

melted cookies n cream frozen yogurt with cookie dough & reese's pieces resembles sewage?

some of the cute decorations on the walls

14 June 2010

Kennedy made her silly putty into an ice cream cone. It looked amazingly close to a delicious swirled ice cream come.

This is what my counter looks like on a not so good day for me. When I'm down, I bake...

Banana bread, white bread, rolls, & (not pictured) homemade pizza.

12 June 2010

My sister's little guy Zaven turned 1 on Saturday & she had a little party for him. Kodi & Amelie were not feeling very well.. They took a little snooze on the futon in Zaven's bedroom.

Zaven really enjoyed his cute little cake

Friday -11 June 2010

I'm absolutely in love with Indian food the past couple months. I've found a couple great little restaurants in the valley. I happened to find a GREAT discount for a little Indian place last Friday...

MMM.. my mouth is salivating. I want more. right now.

earlier in the day Kennedy & Amelie were having fun playing this little baby computer game I bought at the library.

PIQUO!!!

my fun new hobby

Dr. Bates - Ep. 06: Image Reformation

Check out this video! I was laughing out loud really hard while watching it. Enjoy =)

Lagoon!

Wednesday - 9 June 2010

Wednesday was our Stake's 'Lagoon Day'

Kodi, Colin, My mom, Kennedy, Amelie & I all went. My mom helped out with the girls soo much. THANKS MOM! 

Kennedy chose the water airplanes as her very FIRST ride at Lagoon

Colin & Amelie watching Kennedy ride the water airplanes

Kennedy's 2nd ride choice

Kennedy & I riding the merry-go-round. I had to convince her to try the spinning seat. She had a blast once she figured out she could make it spin all by herself =) She kept saying 'We're spinning AND the merry-go-round is spinning!!!'

Time for lunch.. Kennedy fell asleep on the walk from the First Aid office to our reserved canopy (to eat lunch under)

WHY were we at the First Aid office???...

This is why...

While Kodi & my mom were getting the cooler & snacks out of the car, Kennedy sat herself in the stroller. Kodi said he heard a 'crash' & saw Kennedy face first on the ground. She must have leaned forward too far in the (non-moving) stroller & fell out (makes me wonder how people can feel okay about not strapping a child in a MOVING stroller. go figure). 

Poor little thing. Her forehead has a little goose egg & some scrapes too (hiding under her bangs)

Amelie enjoying a drink of Kennedy's water (before she played dropsy with it over & over & over...) while we got lunch ready. I packed stuff for yummy wheat roll sandwiches and lots of fruits & veggies (& a few unhealthy snacks too ;)

Our crew (minus me) after lunch

[I was very proud of & got lots of compliments on my makeshift double stroller. I already had the blue stroller (which folds up really small). I bought a connector (Babies R Us -$10), & the tan stroller (which is the same model as the blue stroller I already had, just different pattern/color, off KSL classifieds -$12). All together my makeshift double stroller cost under $60 & it folds up so so small to fit in ANY trunk. Definitely a keeper.]

Amelie falling asleep 

(she was soo good all day. She LOVED being out & about at Lagoon)

Kennedy & I riding the Kiddie swing ride. 

I had to convince her that this ride would ALSO be fun, & NOT scary. After the 1st time, she wanted to go back again & again =) She's such a little cautious kid sometimes. Pretty sure she gets that from me.. but together we're breaking out of it slowly =)

 

Kennedy was thrilled that she could 'drive' her very own car

Waiting for her turn to 'drive' her own car again. She's so funny sometimes when I tell her to smile. She pulls silly faces, just like Daddy - so cute

Trying to climb in (very ladylike, lol)

cruisin' on the bridge

Later, she kept telling me that she wanted to go inside this little house (you can see the edge of it to the right). She told me that Goldi-locks & the 3 bears lived in there. How cute is that? I love her imagination.

Water plane ride again

While we were waiting to ride the train it started to sprinkle a little rain. Kennedy LOVES the rain (just like Daddy). She was catching the drops with her tongue, which I couldn't get a pic of- my photography 'skills' just aren't fast enough sometimes. But I thought these little poses while dancing in the rain sure were cute.

Chillin in the sling, waiting to ride the train

Amelie LOVES being in the sling

view from the train of the baby swan in the water

pretty water fountains

All of us riding the train (couldn't seem to get Colin's face in any pics..) 

Tiger

how about that view? haha

Amelie was so excited to be on the train & see all the animals

(my very favorite pic all day!)

I'm pretty sure my mom rode the merry-go-round with Amelie & Kennedy atleast 10 times. I'm also pretty sure Amelie would have stayed on it the whole day if it were up to her.

It was sprinkling rain again a little, and within seconds it went from sprinkling to DOWNPOUR! Luckily, when it started to sprinkle, I took Amelie to wait in line for the (covered) merry-go-round. My mom & Kennedy were not so lucky.. They were both soaking wet when they finally made it to the merry go round. Kennedy had been riding the water planes (again) & the downpour happened while she was still on the ride. My mom said the ride attendant was trying her best to get the kids off the ride as quickly as possible, but all the wee ones were still crying & upset that they were soaking wet, stuck on a water airplane (that probably had more water in it than underneath by the time the rain stopped).

Amelie & I on the rocking seats on the merry-go-round. Amelie & I were some of the very few dry people at Lagoon at this point.We'll pretend I did NOT take the opportunity to change her diaper while on the only dry ride in the whole park. 

such a doll

Amelie's hand stamp (a little bumblebee).

While My mom, myself, Kennedy, & Amelie were on the merry-go-round, Kodi & Colin were on their way to the car so Kodi could leave for his basketball game & for Colin to transfer some things from my car to my mom's car. Colin said as soon as they got to the gate to leave they were immediately soaked. Poor guys. 

The rain slowed a little so we (minus Kodi on his way to his game, & Colin sitting in my mom's car waiting for the rain to stop) headed over to the covered stage for the next performance of the night. While lots of Lagoon guests were running for their cars to go home, we were enjoying this...

I'd say we got the better deal ;)

(I kid you not, the middle 'cowboy' looked JUST like Taylor Lautner. I'm a die-hard Edward Cullen fan, but Jacob's still pretty good lookin... just sayin)

Here, we have 'Lady Gaga', 'Prince', & 'Elton John'! hahaha!!! quite the show

The lady impersonating Lady Gaga actually did a really good job. I was impressed. & yes, I DO like Lady Gaga.

This was supposed to be the Jackson 5.. How many do you count? Yup, that would be 4, not 5. Man, what a rip off ;)

And this was a Michael Jackson number. The guy in front ('Michael Jackson' of course) did a really nice job. Good moon walk and all. Overall, Lagoon's entertainment wasn't too shabby. I got some good kicks & giggles out of it. AND I stayed dry - BONUS!

This was Kennedy's 3rd time watching the show & she LOVED every bit of it. My mom & the girls watched the show 2 other times earlier in the day, while I was with Colin & Kodi riding roller coasters.

(notice Kennedy's wet hair?)

Amelie also really enjoyed the show. She especially had fun jabbering & staring at this cute little (even more bald than Amelie) baby boy.

My mom and the girls riding the merry-go-round (for the umpteenth time). I got some pics real quick before Colin & I went to ride the Wild Mouse & the white roller coaster.

We met my mom & the girls back at the merry-go-round in plans of my mom, Colin, & I riding the Tilt-a-Whirl (taking turns watching the girls on the side). And then it started pouring rain again. It was about 9 p.m. at this point & we decided we had gotten enough of Lagoon & should run to the car, before we would have to swim to it instead.

I really like this 'art' just inside the Entrance to Lagoon. I told My mom & Colin to go ahead, while I took a pic (in the rain) & I would catch up

A couple side notes from the day:

Colin & I flipped our 'Rock-O-Plane' car 75 times. We were very proud of (& VERY sore from) our success. This is a pic & explanation from the Lagoon website of what the Rock-O-Plane is: 'The Rock-O-Plane is circular and upright much like a Ferris wheel, but with enclosed seating that allows the cars to be flipped. Riders can lock the coach in place to allow rocking, rolling and upside-down riding.'

Kodi, Colin, & I decided the single rider line was way better & well worth the shortened wait time to ride 'Wicked'. I'd say it's probably my favorite ride at Lagoon. 

Lagoon website explanation & pic of Wicked: 'It’s big. It’s fast. It’s Wicked — Lagoon’s most thrilling coaster, ever! Riders launch to the top of the 110-foot tower at speeds close to 41 mph by means of a linear synchronous motor (LSM) drive system, essentially rocketing riders up and over the top of the first hill.

The 8-rider vehicles travel individually and achieve speeds of up to 55 mph, passing though steep valleys, high-banked turns, a half-pipe, a heart-roll inversion and more. The lap/leg restraints will provide an exhilarating upper body freedom for riders.'