Wednesday, May 9, 2012
What's going on?
So I haven't really been keeping up on the blog lately, but despite that we are doing well!
Koby finished wrestling for the season and I have loved having more free time on the weekends and the evenings. We actually get to eat dinner together and even hang out now. Koby did really well this year and he learned a lot. He really loves wrestling and plans to keep wrestling for years to come. He is doing great in school-lots of A's. They are starting the end of year tests now but tests (like pretty much any subject) tend to be pretty easy for him. The other day he got the results of his reading level test-5 means he is at grade level, he scored an 8! I guess it helps to make your kids read the scriptures out loud as a family, even when they are really young. I can't believe he is going to be a freshman next year-thankfully here freshman are in the jr high still so I don't have to feel quite so old. He is such a great big brother-he loves to play with Maylee-someone was joking the other day that he must have taught her some wrestling moves because she body slammed a stuffed animal. Koby also takes care of Morgan after school for us-what a good boy!
Morgan is planning to participate in a talent show tomorrow so she has been practicing. She is planning to sing a Taylor Swift song, she seems to know all of the words really well. Morgan is doing really well in school and still enjoys it. She has a great teacher, which is always a blessing! Morgan is a great reader and lately we have been reading a book together at night and then she reads chapter books on her own-her favorite books are a series about fairies. Recently she has started hanging out more in her room-she loves to watch movies in there, especially "Parent trap", which she has memorized. She took out a bunch of toys, and added a bean bag. It's pretty cool. Morgan and I decided that we are going to walk/jog in a 5k with Steve in June-so Morgan has decided that she is now my trainer. I didn't really jump on board with her idea of doing pull ups, I am too wimpy!
Maylee is learning to do so many new things. Today she is 14 months old. She loves to help clean out the dishwasher and walk Morgan to school. Her favorite toys are dolls or the little people doll house that we bought last year at a yard sale. She carries a doll around a lot which is so cute. On the other hand, she dunked a couple dolls in the toilet the other day-not so cute! She just got her fourth tooth, which makes eating a bit easier for her. Morgan got her hooked on lucky charms cereal-she already knows how to pick out the mallows!
Steve & I are both doing well. Steve has started working on our yard, I am so glad that he is willing to handle it all. I tried to plant flowers but it was too early and then it snowed and they all died, I will probably go out and buy some more but I was so sad that the last ones died so quickly. Dang snow! Steve and Koby are planning several summer camping trips for scouts. I am reading lots of books-nothing new about that! Steve and I have almost been married for 9 years-our anniversary is coming up pretty soon-I can't believe how fast it has gone by!
Oh I recently set a goal to lower my blood pressure. I was brave and had a bunch of tests done the other day-my blood sugar and cholesterol are good-nice and low, it's just the blood pressure that needs work. Wish me luck! (I had to put that info in here-it's supposed to help me achieve my goal.)
Monday, April 23, 2012
FHE-Morgan style
The other night Morgan was in charge of the lesson for FHE. When I got home from work she told me that she had already prepared everything. She began by showing us pictures out of an old church manual-they were pictures of couples, temples, holding hands, rings. Then she showed pictures out of Steve & my wedding book. She then told us that there are two options when you get married. You can either get married at a church or at the temple. She said that the temple is the better choice because that way it is forever. Here is part of the conversation.
Morgan: So what choice are you going to make?
Me: Ummm...I'm already married.
Morgan: I know but WHAT would you choose?
Me: Well I got married in the temple.
Morgan: Ok, but which choice would you make?
Me: Uh, the temple?
Morgan: Good!
Later she decided it was time to wrap it up so she bore her testimony, saying that she knows that temples are true and she hopes that she will get married in the temple, and you too KOBY and you too MAYLEE! (talk about being challenged!)
She did an amazing job as always! We learned a lot!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Easter, Spring break & the kitchen sink
It's been so long that since I posted anything so in order to catch up I will have to talk about everything AND the kitchen sink! So here we go with the marathon post.
Easter: we spent Easter weekend at my parents house in Monroe, we spent several hours helping my brother Rick with yard work, it was cold and snowy, the bunny found us and he wasn't mad that we ran out of time and didn't color the eggs, all 3 kids had a great time playing with plastic eggs. Koby throws them, Morgan organizes and Maylee dumps them everywhere.
Morgan wanted us to take some pictures of her so I gave Koby the camera and asked him to do it since I was trying to put Maylee down for a nap. He sure got some random shots-but I think it was fun for them. This is one I took a bit later. 
Spring Break: Koby and Morgan spent half of the week helping on the farm-which they love. Then Koby went camping with the scouts to San Rafael.
I took a couple of days off so that Morgan, Maylee and I could spend some time together. We got to help Grandma Sharon make wedding decorations, play with cousins, go to our first yard sale of the year and deep clean the girls room. Morgan was in a huge remodeling funk so we changed a few things around in the play room and her room and got rid of a lot. The hardest part is that it went so fast!
Kitchen sink (AKA-everything else): A couple of weeks ago, Koby got a concussion during wrestling-a little scary but he is fine. He got a knee to his head and blacked out for a few seconds.I finally got to do some sleep training with Maylee. I am so happy that after 13 very long months-Maylee is finally sleeping through the night. I am finished breast feeding! I am so proud that I went a whole year with Maylee-we didn't have to buy any formula. I got flowers planted in front of my house. I painted an old dresser and converted it into a place to store toys. I read a lot of books. Steve has decided to transfer stores at work and will be working out of the Orem store starting on Monday. I think he is excited for the new challenge they really need his help there and they let him know that. I started indexing files recently and it's been kinda fun. Oh and Koby and I got to go and see the Hunger games finally. We had fun together and the movie was great!
I think that is most of the highlights. Hope that everyone is having a great spring!
Easter: we spent Easter weekend at my parents house in Monroe, we spent several hours helping my brother Rick with yard work, it was cold and snowy, the bunny found us and he wasn't mad that we ran out of time and didn't color the eggs, all 3 kids had a great time playing with plastic eggs. Koby throws them, Morgan organizes and Maylee dumps them everywhere.
Morgan wanted us to take some pictures of her so I gave Koby the camera and asked him to do it since I was trying to put Maylee down for a nap. He sure got some random shots-but I think it was fun for them. This is one I took a bit later. 
Spring Break: Koby and Morgan spent half of the week helping on the farm-which they love. Then Koby went camping with the scouts to San Rafael.
I took a couple of days off so that Morgan, Maylee and I could spend some time together. We got to help Grandma Sharon make wedding decorations, play with cousins, go to our first yard sale of the year and deep clean the girls room. Morgan was in a huge remodeling funk so we changed a few things around in the play room and her room and got rid of a lot. The hardest part is that it went so fast! Kitchen sink (AKA-everything else): A couple of weeks ago, Koby got a concussion during wrestling-a little scary but he is fine. He got a knee to his head and blacked out for a few seconds.I finally got to do some sleep training with Maylee. I am so happy that after 13 very long months-Maylee is finally sleeping through the night. I am finished breast feeding! I am so proud that I went a whole year with Maylee-we didn't have to buy any formula. I got flowers planted in front of my house. I painted an old dresser and converted it into a place to store toys. I read a lot of books. Steve has decided to transfer stores at work and will be working out of the Orem store starting on Monday. I think he is excited for the new challenge they really need his help there and they let him know that. I started indexing files recently and it's been kinda fun. Oh and Koby and I got to go and see the Hunger games finally. We had fun together and the movie was great!
I think that is most of the highlights. Hope that everyone is having a great spring!
Friday, March 30, 2012
Gotta love service!
A while back for Relief society we had a service auction. I looked at all the "services" that were offered and knew immediately what I wanted. So I stock piled all of my points and I outbid everyone and won a photo shoot from my talented neighbor. She is amazing! Because our schedule is pretty crazy it took a little while to coordinate but two weeks ago we were able to get the pictures taken. And then just a couple of days ago Marci gave me a cd with all of the pictures. They turned out so great. She ended up giving us over 440 pictures! She was so patient with my kids too. I know how hard it is to get all three of them looking the same directions and smiling. She edited over 30 for us and there are even more that I love that are unedited. I feel kinda guilty for getting it all for free and the only service I offered was free babysitting and I still haven't done it yet! (although I have offered multiple times!) So I am going to share several of my favorite pictures here but just know there are way more that I couldn't share. 
My kids are gorgeous!
If you are in need of an amazing photographer check out this website-http://www.wix.com/marcipreece/photography
My kids are gorgeous!
If you are in need of an amazing photographer check out this website-http://www.wix.com/marcipreece/photography
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Birthday girl
On Friday our little Miss. Maylee turned 1! 
Yes, it has already been a year and it has definitely gone fast.
We had a fun little celebration at home with our own little family. We have a family tradition that when our baby turns one we do handmade gifts, at that age the baby usually doesn't need anything and they are too young to tell you what they want. So we each created our own little gift for Maylee. Steve painted this cute little stool for her. Sorry that you can't see the picture very well, she loves to sit on it.
Koby painted this letter M for us to hang up in her room (since she shares a room with Morgan it works well that the girls have the same initials!),
Morgan made a picture frame 
and I made her a little photo album. 
She was really loving all of the attention, the balloons, presents, and cake. She was so cute opening her presents-she would rip a little piece of paper off and give it to Morgan. I also loved seeing her little tongue stick out while she concentrates so hard on opening the gifts.
She had a great time eating her cake too!
Yesterday I took Maylee to the doctor for her 1 yr check up. She is 27 3/4 inches long, weighs 19 lbs 8 oz. Her weight is in the 20% and her height is in the 10th percentile. She got 2 new teeth over the weekend so in two weeks she got her first three teeth. She is such a sweet fun girl. We adore her!
PS-this is what we get when we tell her to say cheese.
Yes, it has already been a year and it has definitely gone fast.
We had a fun little celebration at home with our own little family. We have a family tradition that when our baby turns one we do handmade gifts, at that age the baby usually doesn't need anything and they are too young to tell you what they want. So we each created our own little gift for Maylee. Steve painted this cute little stool for her. Sorry that you can't see the picture very well, she loves to sit on it.
Koby painted this letter M for us to hang up in her room (since she shares a room with Morgan it works well that the girls have the same initials!),
Morgan made a picture frame 
and I made her a little photo album. 
She was really loving all of the attention, the balloons, presents, and cake. She was so cute opening her presents-she would rip a little piece of paper off and give it to Morgan. I also loved seeing her little tongue stick out while she concentrates so hard on opening the gifts.
She had a great time eating her cake too!
Yesterday I took Maylee to the doctor for her 1 yr check up. She is 27 3/4 inches long, weighs 19 lbs 8 oz. Her weight is in the 20% and her height is in the 10th percentile. She got 2 new teeth over the weekend so in two weeks she got her first three teeth. She is such a sweet fun girl. We adore her!
PS-this is what we get when we tell her to say cheese.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Koby wrestling
Koby is in blue:
Now Koby is in red:
Koby is now wrestling every weekend (again!) and he got 3rd place at the last two tournaments. He sure loves this sport!
Now Koby is in red:
Koby is now wrestling every weekend (again!) and he got 3rd place at the last two tournaments. He sure loves this sport!
M&M party
Last night we went out to dinner to celebrate the girls birthday-we invited family and had a great time. 
Maylee was kind of cranky-tired and maybe teething but she was still really good and enjoyed the presents. Morgan loved the attention, the presents and the cake.
Maylee was kind of cranky-tired and maybe teething but she was still really good and enjoyed the presents. Morgan loved the attention, the presents and the cake.
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