Jessica . Kodi .Kennedy . Amelie

Saturday, April 25, 2009

-Castle Park-

My favorite parks in the Salt Lake Valley are Liberty Park & The 'Castle Park'. I have no idea what the real name of the 'Castle Park' is, (It's located just to the west of Redwood Road & barely south of 7800 South) we just like to call it the Castle Park because there is this huge wooden castle, (seems to be the main attraction of the park) that you can climb inside of & go down a couple slides coming out of it.

17 April 2009

We took Kennedy to the 'Castle Park' on this beautiful sunny day.. I wish I would have had more space on my camera.. This is only a few of the shots I wanted to take. I kept having to delete pics that weren't 'very good' so I could even take as many as I did. (Im photo happy! so, some may think this is a lot of pics, but for me, it's very little.)

Kennedy was having so much fun on this bouncy horse! She was so proud of herself for being able to get on & off all by herself (she's definately constantly working more on thinking skills than climbing & body coordination skills. She can tell you her ABC's, sign anything you ask, have a real conversation with you, but anything having to do with body coordination, is going to take her a little practice ;)

She was being so cute, playing in 'her house' & kept poking her head up through this little window in the 'play house'.

I really like the look on her face in this pic

having a hard time climbing on the train.. I'm not sure that it was really meant to be sat on, more just to ride 'inside'.

Climbing the steps to get to the slide

She's always pulling these adorable faces

One of the reasons I love Liberty Park & the Castle Park so much is because of their wide variety of play equipment & easy access for handicapped children & younger toddlers. This swing Kennedy is on, is just one example of that.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Murray Park 19 April 2009

With such good weather on Sunday, we decided to take Kennedy to Murray Park to enjoy the sunshine while it lasts & feed the ducks.

We saw about 10 ducks overall, but none stuck around long enough to eat our yummy bread..
Instead, we ended up feeding all the seagulls that were begging us for food.

Kennedy didn't really care that we were feeding seagulls & not ducks. She was just excited to be feeding any sort of bird!

She had so much fun throwing the bread for the birdies. At first, she wasn't throwing it far enough to reach the water, so we showed her that she needed to throw it harder. Little did we know that she has an incredible throw; baseball pitcher here we come!

After all our bread was gone, we walked to the playground to let Kennedy play for a while. On our way walking back to the car, Kennedy got really excited & started running.. Poor thing stumbled & scraped her knees up pretty bad.

We scooped her up & Daddy carried Kennedy the rest of the way to the car (so much for bringing our stroller, only used it for a few minutes when we first got to the park)..
Daddy was Kennedy's HERO

Worst Blog Slacker of ALL TIME!

My last blog was the 13th of February! WOW! Seriously? Well, I obviously can't promise that I'm going to be a better blogger, because we've all seen how well I follow through ;) So, instead, I guess I'm just going to have to TRY with everything in me to not slack so much, & post atleast once a month. Seems like an easy goal to some... Hopefully it really will be an easy goal for me, & I can go even further with it & post way more frequently.. Anyway.. Enough random thinking.. Time to start working on a real post! I will be starting with the most recent events & working backwards til I eventually get caught up (someday, years away ;) But, just so everyone knows, I didn't fall off the edge of the earth, just got lazy about blogging ;)

Friday, February 13, 2009

5 - 9 February 2009

I'm getting better about blogging within a week of when something actually happened. I always feel like I have so much to blog about, but for some reason I have a hard time putting words down by themselves & so I like to take photos to help me out a little with what's been going on in my life.

5 February early evening - waiting for Kodi & Colin to get back with Travis from the airport

Kennedy was having a good time putting lots of washcloths on her Little Mermaid Doll (ariel) to help her 'keep warm.' By the time she was done, she had placed over 10 washcloths on top of Ariel. I guess Ariel must have been really cold after swimming in the sea with Eric or something?

5 February Late at night - while the guys rocked out on guitar

For Christmas, My Grandma crocheted a couple doll dresses for Kennedy. For some reason, Kennedy believes her dolls need to be naked most of the time & so they don't get to enjoy their beautiful dresses as much as I myself would like. Sure enough though, Kennedy finds many other uses for her doll dresses. Here, you will see Kennedy sporting a hip new style called the 'dress hat', usually worn for special occaisons since it's a little 'dressier' than most hats.

It can also be worn as an extra sleeve layer apparently. Who knew you could be so creative with a dress & still make it look good?

Kennedy asks every day if we can go swimming. I like to swim, but it's kind of a hassle in the winter, so we don't go as much as I or Kennedy would like. However, we do go atleast once a week. Kennedy loves her new floaty suit! She almost has the hang of swimming by herself with her floaty suit on. She's still pretty cautious about it though, so she mostly just wants me to hold her hands while she kicks.

6 February Morning - while the guys were snowboarding

She was super excited to finally go swimming, after it took me forever to get ready & feed us both (I know what you're thinking, You shouldn't swim for atleast an hour after eating, psh, hour, ten minutes, whatever)

When we got back to our apartment after swimming, Kennedy was in a Signing Time mood. She insisted on sitting in her carseat while she watched it! (Kodi took the carseat out that morning so He, Colin, & Travis would have room to take all their snowboards & gear snowboarding)

While we all went to Wise Guys, Kennedy played with Grandpa Kent & Great Grandma Torgerson. She always has so much fun with them! Kent was trying to take a picture of Kennedy with his cell phone & Kennedy was super cheeser posing! She kept getting really close so it was hard to get a good pic.
6 February Late at night - picking up Kennedy from Great Grandma Torg's

I'm not sure what noise they were making, but they sure are cute with their matching O shaped mouths!

Kennedy kept climbing on the coffee table & I would remind her that she should get off so she didn't get hurt. This blank stare is her thinking over what mommy kept telling her.

The people at Q4U gave this cute blue hippo to Kennedy as She, Kent, & Great Gma Torg were leaving after eating there.

We were all pretty bummed about Travis leaving , so we didn't have a whole lot of energy to do more than just sit around watching movies.
8 February Early Evening

Monday, February 9, 2009

T - Time

February 5 - 9, 2009

We were lucky enough to have Kodi's cousin, Travis come visit us from Virginia this past weekend. Hopefully Travis had as good of a time as we did!

Travis flew in to SLC, UT Thursday night (February 5).

Didn't do anything too extreme Thursday night, but we definately had some fun! Colin, Kennedy, & I had a great time listening to Kodi & Travis Sing & Play music on the guitar! I especially enjoyed when Travis played 'Bubbly Toes' by Jack Johnson, while Kodi sung along! What a pair!

Kodi had to work Friday til 2 so Travis, Colin, Kennedy & I hung out at our apartment in the morning, just taken it easy. Around noon we headed to Jani & Tiff's house to hang out. I picked Kodi up from work at 2 & we headed back to Jani & Tiff's to spend more time with Travis.

Kennedy was weary of Travis at first (as she is with all new people), & she just kept her head down & wouldn't look at him. By Friday morning, Travis & Kennedy were having a good time, playing together with her hair clippies (so random!) A couple times, while Travis was here, we got Kennedy to call him 'Uncy T' & it was so cute! Definately started a special friendship there!

Unfortunately, these are the only pics I got while Travis was out here. Guess that just means he'll have to come out again real soon!

Friday Night, Kodi & I had a Valentine's Dinner Party to go to & felt bad about ditching out on everybody, but it sounded like they all had a good time, so that was good to hear.
Colin, Kodi, & Travis went snowboarding Saturday from 10 - 4 & from what they were telling me when they got back, it was a blast! Apparently Colin is a natural snowboarder & dare devil!
Saturday Night, Kodi, Travis, Myself, Colin, Tiff, Enoc, Matt & Kristen (Tiff's friends), all went to 'Wise Guys Comedy Club'. It was fun, but not nearly as funny as other times I've been. One of my favorite comedians there is Bengt Washburn, & he was the headliner that night &we were all excited to see him. I was pretty dissapointed with his routine & don't know if I can really say I like him as much anymore. Poundcake is still up there #1 for sure, lol (probably don't know who I'm talking about, unless you've seen him.)
After the Comedy Club, Tiff & Travis went to hang out with some of Tiff's friends & Kodi, Colin, & I picked Kennedy up from Grandpa Kent's house. She had a great time with Grandpa Kent & Great Grandma Torg, but I'll get more into that in another post!
Sunday, after church, we all hung out at Jani & Tiff's place again. We chatted a lot, ate yummy spaghetti, & played 'apples to apples'. Towards the end of the night, we convinced Travis to do some 'readings'. He's really good at Hypnosis & did readings for Myself, Kodi, Colin, Enoc, & Jani (he had done a little with Tiff & Enoc way earlier in the day). He really helped me out with some things & I'm so grateful. Thanks Trav!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

New Years Day!

1 January 2009

A New Year, A New Day!

Kennedy started the New Year off by playing in her crib with her new Curious George monkey.

She was having so much fun tickling him!

What a cute monkey!

We went to Target to look for sleds again (which they of course didn't have!)
While we were there, Kennedy had a fun time playing with these stylish hats!

Where'd she go?

She's magic! She made her binky disappear!

Kennedy had lots of energy for the new year! (Kind of a long video, but there's some way cute moments!)

Monday, January 26, 2009

Other Camera

Okay, so this is kind of a long/random post, but I just couldn't skip all these fun happenings!

Explanation: We have 2 cameras. One is our 'diaper bag' camera (a wonderful NIKON camera) which is most used. The other is our 'at home' camera (a Canon camera) which doesn't get used nearly as much, since we usually just pull the NIKON out of the diaper bag when we are home. All of these photos are from the Canon...

24 November 2008

I absolutely love this Lady Bug outfit. I already bought Kennedy a cute horse costume for Halloween, but we had this cute LadyBug Costume/outfit that was a hand me down from my sister's kids & I really wanted to get some use out of it, so I started using it as a bundle up layer for going outside! It worked really well & kept Kennedy really warm!

I bought this bike trailer used off of Craigslist at the end of the summer & Kennedy really enjoys riding in it. Unfortunately, we didn't use it much before it was cold. It didn't help that it's a pain in the butt to carry it off of our deck, through our apartment, & down the stairs & then set it up & hook it up to the bike! But, when we do use it, it's a real treat for Kennedy!

4 December 2008
I watch my sister's 4 year old twins, Jordin & Domanik atleast once a month if not more & am always trying to find fun things for them to do outside of our tiny apartment. It was kinda cold, but we all bundled up warm & headed outside to ride bikes! Theyhad such a blast riding in the bike trailer & each took a turn riding the bike with my help!