My KaeLynn

KaeLynn got a tutu for Christmas from Nana and Papa. She was wearing the tutu around the house and dancing. This girl loves to dance! I am so glad because I love to dance too! Daily she ask for the "music on" so we can boogie together. She really has great rhythm. I hope she will want to dance in the future in ballet or whatever she chooses. She also got this really adorable Adidas outfit from my dad. We went out to lunch today and she was standing by the window posing for us. I swear she could have been a model for Adidas in this outfit! She was so CUTE! KaeLynn is so much happier now that she is feeling better. It is fantastic! I know I am gloating about my daughter, but I can't help it. Every parent will say this, but I have the cutest kid in the world!! What do you think? Do we have a young star on our hands?

Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas! This year we spent Christmas at the coast again with my family. Santa brought all of KaeLynn's gifts to my dads house so she got to open a lot! KaeLynn had so much fun opening presents this year. She was so excited and eager to open each one. She got a few baby dolls with a lot of accessories. She ADORES them! She also got a little baby crib to put them in. She is such a good little mommy! She also got a bumble bee pillow pet. Instantly she was in love. Every morning now she asks for it. This is in addition to her two blankies. So she comes out of her room with her hands full! Her exact words are "Pillow pet please". It is very sweet. We then drove to Gresham to be with Cavan's side of the family. A lot more presents were there and KaeLynn's cousins to run crazy around the house. We had a lot of fun eating, watching movies, and playing games. It was a very good Christmas. No one sick this time. Well, Cavan had a slight soar throat, but no sinus infections or ear infections! Yipee!!!

My Sweet Angel Girl

My poor baby has been through a lot this last two weeks. She first started with a cold. Then she told me that her ears hurt. This was horrible timing because we are in the process to adding her to our health insurance. The application process has taken weeks and she is still in "Admission". So I was treating her ear infection at home. She seem to get back to her happy self real quick. But then on our anniversary she woke up and puked. She has never puked before and handled it very well. The poor thing puked 7 times that day so our reservation for the Melting Pot had to go. After the flu passed she woke up with pink eye! So I was treating that at home as well. But then she starting becoming a Real monster. I mean way more than a toddler does and she was not sleeping or eating well. So we decided that we will have to just pay for this doctors visit out of pocket. Turns out that she still has an ear infection, an irritated throat and her eye is still not completely better. I felt HORRIBLE! I am so happy to have some antibiotics for her now, and look forward to sleeping again.

Three Birthdays In One Night

Happy Birthday to Cathy, Eddi, Adam and ME! December is a huge Birthday month for our family. We decided to celebrate all of our Birthdays tonight, since the rest of the month is very busy for all of us. There are Relief Society dinners, Ward Christmas dinners, The Dover Family Christmas party, and our anniversary just to name a few. Man I was born in a crazy month! Michelle made this awesome cake for us that I found on a blog that my sister in law Brooke told me about. Adam lives in Utah so he was not here for the celebration, but he was definitely in our hearts! We had a yummy baked potato bar and played Uno while the kids ran around and destroyed the house. Wow I will be 24 this year! I am grateful for everyday that I have and look forward to so many more!

Holiday Feast

This year my sister Kea and I decided to do a Holiday feast between Thanksgiving and Christmas to celebrate both holidays. This way we could be with the other side of our family on the actually Holiday. We had an amazing meal and did a gift exchange between us. We had a really good time. They have a really sweet dog that KaeLynn adores, and Hailey and KaeLynn also get along really well. I hope this can be a new tradition that we will do every year!

Holiday Fun Run

Last Night Roy'l and I did our first 5K Fun Run! We have been running since mid summer and finally reached our goal of being able to run 3 miles in 30 minutes. When we heared of this run and that it was free, we were really eager to run with a group of people. We had such an adventure trying to arrive on time. The run was in the Pearl Disctict and if you really know Roy'l and me you know that we do not have a good sense of direction. We are also not comfortable driving in downtown Portland. We decided to drive to the Loyd Center, hop onto the max, walk about 5 blocks, hop on to the trolley, walk another 5 blocks and then we were there! We made it at exactly 6:00 when the race started. It was so neat to run in the city like that. I am so thankful to have a runing buddy! It makes it so much fun to share this with someone! I am excited to do another one again soon!

U-Cut Farm

This was the first year we actually went to a tree farm and cut our own tree. We went to a place in Sandy. It was a nice winter day, chilly with a little bit of sunshine. KaeLynn really enjoyed walking around in the rows of all the trees. She got bored really fast though and was asking to go home. When we got home we decorated the tree. The missionaries also came over and helped Cavan put up lights around our property. The residents really like what we have done. I finally feel ready for the Christmas season, Now if only I had all my Christmas shopping done...