A Nightly Ritual

Emilee's favorite movie is Barbie's Princess and the Pauper. Almost every night she has to do her own performance and dance around singing the song. She is such a delight and of course we think she is adorable! She is also wearing her favorite nightgown with the princesses on it. She goes through times when she wants to wear it every night and so I have to sneak it to wash it. If it's not dry by bedtime I get in big trouble. She is definitely our little princess.

Welcoming Kenzee

Kenzee Jo Wardle was born on November 5, 2009 @ 11:50 a.m. She weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. and was 20 inches long. She is beautiful and we love having such a special little addition to our family!

Filling in the Blank....

IT'S A...

Octomom

The other day Jaxon came and found me yelling, "Mom, Jordan is pregnant!" I replied, "Oh really, how did that happen?" Jaxon said, "He drank out of your water bottle." Laughing I said, "Oh great, I'm going to be Octomom by proxy because everyone in this house drinks out of my water bottle! Everyone must be pregnant so we'll have eight more babies." He thought that was pretty crazy!

And Then There Were Seven

Troy: What are you doing taking this still?
It won't ever happen if you're taking the pill.
Jackee: What the heck are you talking about?
A question of baby to you was out!
Troy: I'm "ok", I guess, to have one now.
Jackee: "Ok's" not enough, no way no how!

TWO WEEKS LATER

Troy: Have you quit the pill are we ready to try?
Jackee: For two years you've said no, why now why?
Troy: I just decided one more would be good.
Jackee: Think hard for a bit, maybe we could.

TWO WEEKS LATER (after a trip to the temple)

Troy: I feel really good about having one more.
Jackee: I do, too. But are you really sure?
Troy: YES!

EIGHT WEEKS LATER

Troy: I think with the kids we should share our news.
Jackee: I keep dropping hints and giving them clues.

TWO WEEKS LATER

I guess we're ready to share with the world.
Even though we're not sure whether boy or girl.
In November we will have our number seven.
Each one brings us a little more heaven.

The A&W Bear

Ashlee's class earns parties for good behavior. The kids make suggestions for parties and vote on them. Ashlee suggested a Rootbeer Float Party and it won. She really wanted her dad to take the rootbeer so when he suggested that he bring the "A&W Bear", I knew I was going to get to wear it! It was horrible. Even though it was winter, it was so hot in that thing I about died. I literally had sweat running down my face and there was nothing I could do, I couldn't even wipe my brow. Troy wanted me to go to Derek and Jaxon's classes too and pass out free rootbeer coins. It about killed me to walk all over the school in that thing. The kids loved it, though, so I guess it was worth it.





Ashlee and Emilee




Ashlee's class.




Jaxon's class.
Jordan and Emilee.

Jordan Bike Riding

I just plain forgot how old Jordan was getting, Jackee told me I needed to get some training wheeels on so Jordan could learn how to ride a bike. He is already five and has just been riding a scooter and a big trike. When the training wheels that I had would not fit on the bike I just told Jordan I would help him. One push and off he went. Anybody elses Dad forgot to teach them how to ride a bike?

Easter Egg

Derek (Duct Tape) to the Rescue

I took Jaxon shopping one Saturday for his birthday party stuff. When we got home, I put his pinata and other party stuff on the table and went in the other room. I came back within 5 minutes to see that Emilee had completely destroyed his pinata. She had pulled off most of the paper and it was almost bare cardboard. Thank goodness for Derek, he said he could fix it with duct tape and went to work. He did a great job and Jaxon was very happy to have his pinata back!

Happy Birthday Jaxon!

Ok, so I know it was two months ago, but I am not very good at getting pictures off of my camera! So anyway, Jaxon had a wonderful birthday in January when he turned 7. He wanted a football party again which is what he had when he was five and Jordan had two months earlier when he turned five. It's a pretty easy cake, so I don't mind, I guess.










First he had a party with the Wardle cousins. They gave him money so he could buy his own video game and Dad and Mom gave him a bike!









He also had a friend party that was lots of fun. He has lots of friends his age in the neighborhood so we had a full house.
Money is always a hit! Playing "Heavy Heavy Hangover" adds to the fun!












The boys had lots of fun throwing darts and whacking the pinata!

Grandpa's Truck

Since it is the last day of February, I decided I should post our last real "winter" activity. Besides normal sledding over the holidays, we also got to have fun being pulled behind Grandpa's truck which is always a lot of fun.
Grandpa pulling the kids out to the pasture for some tubing fun!
Ashlee riding with her cousin, JaCee.











Derek and Jaxon riding a tube together.

Ashlee took her little cousin, Abi for a ride.
Derek sharing a tube with his cousin, David!











Derek looking cool and relaxed on his tube.

The truck pulling tubes full of cold but excited children.
When Derek was tired of riding the tubes behind the truck, I let him practice driving. It was a big open field of snow and he did great! He had lots of fun and can't wait to get back to Grandpa's big open fields to do it again.


It was lots of fun and ended with a beautiful sunset.

Holiday Sledding

Sorry about all the pics, but I have lots of cute sledding pictures I've been meaning to post. We went sledding over the holidays with the Lovell family and it was so much fun (at least until Troy made me go with him and he landed on me and smashed my head into the snow). All of my kids really had a great time. I left Emilee napping at Grandma's and Adam was with Jen, so unfortunately, they weren't in on all the fun!
Derek had a lot of fun on the sleds. Isn't he a handsome boy?





Ashlee was our little trooper. She crashed a lot and didn't care a bit. She laughed and giggled the entire time. She even climbed the mountain carrying two tubes, one for her and one for Jordan.


Jaxon had lots of fun, too. Isn't he cute all bundled up? His hands got cold a couple of times and he had to fix his sleeves to keep the snow out, but he didn't let it get him down. He had a great time anyway.


Jordan had a good time, too. He didn't even want to wear his coat. He thought his sweatshirt was good enough. He loved taking the tube up the hill a ways and then jumping on and going down a little. He is always fun to watch.

I think Troy had the best time of all. He doesn't get to play much, so when he does, he plays hard. Troy and Ashlee spent more time sledding than anyone else. They were the first ones to start and the last ones to quit. He is such a fun daddy!









These are a couple of shots of the people who did trains. I had to include the shot of them cheating, too. Sure, they climbed the hill a few times, but they also got some help from the truck:)!





These last two are shots of Easton and Kadee. They were all bundled up and John pulled them around on the sled. It was so cute and funny! I was proud of everyone, especially the kids. It was a really cold day, but everyone was in good spirits and no one really complained. It was lots of fun!