tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-363204882024-03-05T06:19:03.182-07:00The GraffsMatthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.comBlogger287125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-9053107017176700212016-01-13T20:44:00.003-07:002016-01-13T20:44:55.875-07:00Christmas 2015We stayed local for Christmas this year and had a great but soo busy holiday season. Christmas morning is so fun with kids!! Kensley has had her eye on these red shoes for weeks and talked about them every day and was so happy when Santa brought them.<br />
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Gavin didn't know what was going on Christmas morning but our little jolly guy turned 6 months during the holidays.</div>
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Austin really watched Toy Story and has been asking for a Buzz Lightyear ever since. Santa found one for him!</div>
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Our city has a tradition where they turn a park into a park of lights. Every tree is fully lighted in a different color. In the middle of the park is this huge tree that they cover with white lights and it is nicknamed The Tree of Life. It's pretty cool and the kids remembered it from last year so we had to make a stop again this year.<br />
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Other festivities included a ward breakfast, letters to Santa (since we didn't get to visit him in person this year) and decorating gingerbread houses with our neighbors. </div>
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<br />Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-82694656551158435512016-01-08T14:29:00.002-07:002016-01-08T14:29:53.530-07:00Kensley's Dance Recital Kensley had her first dance recital! She started dance for the first time this fall and it's been so good for her. Since she's not doing preschool this year she is mostly at home all day and really needed something to call her own. She has loved it and is really good at it! She definitely goes to class to dance and not to socialize. She carefully watches the teacher and tries to do exactly the same thing. I love going to watch her class. <br />
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She was really nervous about her recital on a big stage. But she was super excited to wear her costume and makeup! I was so impressed with how she did! She totally rocked it and was very proud of herself.</div>
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Showing us one of her plies </div>
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Cutest little dancer!</div>
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<br />Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-69906447315192379232015-12-15T21:39:00.004-07:002015-12-15T21:39:57.125-07:00Thanksgiving 2015We had to stay super local this year as Matthew was on-call Thanksgiving Day. So we had my sister Kayla and her husband Josh with us as well as Matthew's brother Ben. It was a small group but it was so perfect! We started cooking pies in the morning while we watched the parade. It was a perfect Thanksgiving and Matthew never got called in.<br />
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Gavin tried out solid food for the first time on Thanksgiving. He was a champ and loved it!<br />
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<br />Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-67713590694221352352015-12-15T21:03:00.001-07:002015-12-15T21:07:18.494-07:00Halloween Oh my, I am so behind!! But I am determined to catch up!<br />
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A couple weeks before Halloween we decided to make a last minute trip to Idaho to visit Jenna's family. Matthew was out of town that weekend and Jenna's husband was also out of town so we were glad to keep each other company. The kids sure had a blast. They just eat up cousin time whenever they can. <br />
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We went to this cute little pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins</div>
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We decided to do a family batman theme this year. It was so fun! We dressed up to go to the Allens annual Halloween party. It was complete with a chili dinner and decorating sugar cookies. </div>
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Gavin is three months old now! Time just goes so fast. His first few months of life have actually been a very hard adjustment for us all. Gavin has been nothing like my other two. We definitely have had more challenges with him. He had nursing issues which really stressed me out combined with lack of sleep and Matthew working until 11pm for the first month of his life = survival mode. He also was a very colicy baby which I have never experienced before. So needless to say I was just living hour to hour for the first few weeks.</div>
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He also had jaundice pretty bad and had to lay under these lights for three days straight. It's so hard not being able to hold and snuggle your newborn and to have to get his heel pricked every day for a week to check his bilirubin levels. So not fun!<br />
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The kids really have done a stellar job of adjusting. They were totally neglected some as I was busy with the new baby, or pumping, or trying to take a quick nap while they were watching a movie. But they love their new little brother so much. Kensley has had some moments of tantrums and acting out but that is totally to be expected when you aren't the youngest anymore. They are also pretty good about not being too rough with him. I've been impressed!<br />
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They are helping to bounce Gavin while I made dinner. They are such great helpers!</div>
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Three burrito babies! They always see me swaddle Gavin so they grabbed their blankets and wanted me to swaddle them as well. </div>
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He kept saying things all day like "I'm stronger now that I'm 6." So he felt like he should be able to spread his own sprinkles on his cake... good job dude!<br />
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Austin is such a great older brother. He is so very helpful and if he sees a need he is the first one just jump up and help. He still loves to play with cars and trucks and also loves building with legos. He will be starting 1st grade this fall!</div>
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Provo puts on a great Freedom Festival for the 4th of July. So I voluntarily woke my kids up at 5:30 in the morning on a holiday so we could drive down to Provo to catch the all the hot air balloons as they were being filled. It was so cool! So glad we did it! The kids thought it was it was pretty awesome. </div>
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<br />Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-8502461930445036112015-07-11T13:40:00.000-07:002015-07-11T13:40:02.655-07:00Baby Gavin is Here!Our little boy came on May 29th. He was 7lbs 5 oz and 20 1/2 inches long. He is perfect and we love him!<br />
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Here is his birth story:<br />
I woke up at 4:00 in the morning to my water breaking. I woke up Matthew and we debated waiting until the morning to go to the hospital but I wanted to go right then. I'm so glad we didn't wait! I called a neighbor and she came right over to be with Austin and Kensley.<br />
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By the time we were driving to the hospital, I was having really bad contractions. They were worse than I have ever had before. When we got to the hospital they were coming about every 3 or 4 minutes. The nurse took one look at me and said "You clearly look like you are in pain, let's get you admitted." Once I was gowned up and in a hospital bed I asked if I could get my epidural as quickly as possible. The nurse checked me and told me I was dilated to an 8! She gently explained that an epidural wasn't going to happen. What?! I am in so much pain at this point and asked them what else they can give me for the pain. The nurse replies that I am progressing so fast that any medication probably won't work in time. My only choice is to go all natural.<br />
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I have never wanted a natural birth so I was totally not prepared for this. The nurse calls in a couple extra nurses in to help prepare for delivery since things were happening so fast. Another 10 minutes of severe contractions and I am ready to get this over with and get this baby out! The doctor finally gets there and with one push, Gavin was here! But my goodness, that push was the most pain I have ever felt. It literally felt like my body was being ripped apart, because it was! I don't even think the doctor was in the room for a whole five minutes total. <br />
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As far as natural childbirth goes, it was an ideal situation because it happened so fast and I didn't tear at all. I had a total of 1 1/2 hours of labor with no warning whatsoever. But I still can't believe that I could have had this baby anywhere ( in my house, in the car, etc) and my pain would have been the exact same yet I was in a hospital surrounded by nurses! I would have never chosen to go naturally but I will say it made my recovery so much smoother which was nice.<br />
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Here are the kids coming to see baby Gavin for the first time.</div>
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They were amazed at how small he was and they were both so happy and gentle with him. Let's hope they continue that!</div>
<br />Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-52142944668442005772015-04-30T21:34:00.001-07:002015-04-30T21:37:05.146-07:00Easter and Spring BreakEaster this year was pretty low key considering that Matthew missed all of it. He had to work all day Saturday and Sunday. So no family picture but we still were able to get some good ones of the kids and their cousins.<br />
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Love these kids!</div>
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We went to the Salt Lake Discovery Children's Museum. I had a coupon to use and we loved it! </div>
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I found Kensley and Rylee dressed in princess dresses and reading books together. So cute!</div>
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Austin and Cade were collecting "nature" in their bags.</div>
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Since the beginning of the year Matthew has been slammed with work. He has had a couple of rough months in residency. He has been working about 70 hour weeks since the beginning of January. He has been on-call a few different weekends and has spent a few nights sleeping at the hospital. We knew it was going to be a rough couple of months but man, it sure hit hard. March is a little lighter month for him but April, May and June will also be quite rough. Oh, perfect timing to have a baby! </div>
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I have also never seen Matthew so sick before. Usually he never gets sick but with the intense schedule and stress at work his body hasn't been about to keep up. One morning when he was home sick, Kensley decided that if she read him some books, he might feel better!</div>
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"Look Mom, my cheese is a race car!" Everything he eats somehow turns into a plane, car or boat. </div>
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When Matthew does get home, he is immediately tackled.</div>
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We've done lots of painting this winter. I can't believe how grown-up Austin looks here!</div>
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If I can't see or hear Kensley playing, then she is usually sitting with a pile of books reading. This day she was reading to the bear. </div>
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I got a new straighter for Christmas this year and Kensley really wanted me to try it on her hair one Sunday. It's so long when it's straight!</div>
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Austin took this picture for me to document that I am indeed getting bigger. I am 26 weeks along. When I looked at the picture after he took it I had the immediate thought that I definitely feel a lot bigger than I am! I guess everyone feels that way when pregnant. But everything is going pretty good besides heartburn and getting more and more uncomfortable but just normal things. </div>
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On the few days that it's been warm enough to be outside we have gotten together with cousins to jump on the trampoline or play at the park. Check out Kensley's awesome trampoline hair.</div>
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I love coming to Austin's school to volunteer or help. (When I was teaching I always appreciated parents that came in to help so I want to be one of those parents as well!) I also LOVE spying on Austin and seeing him in the classroom environment. It's a win-win. :) This time I was helping with the 100th Day of School party. Kensley is in the background participating in one of the activities. </div>
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In January I joined a mommy preschool group for Kensley. We rotate whose house it's at and it's been so great for Kensley. It's nice to have something for her to participate in and to make new friends.<br />
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That's a little bit of what we have been doing this winter.</div>
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<br />Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-8445808366838171832015-03-08T21:59:00.000-07:002015-03-08T21:59:28.286-07:00Valentine's Day 2015Matthew gets mega bonus points for this Valentine's Day!! Even though the holiday fell on a Saturday, Matthew told me were were going on our date Wednesday night. He arranged a babysitter and planned everything but wouldn't tell me where we were going. As we drove closer to where we were eating dinner I figured it out! We happened to get engaged on February, 11th at the Roof restaurant in downtown Salt Lake. Wednesday night was the 11th and we were going to the exact spot were we got engaged 9 years ago! So sweet of him to remember that! It definitely made the night so much for fun to remember our last time we ate there. <br />
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Here is the night we got engaged!</div>
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On Valentine's Day Saturday, we decided to make roll out sugar cookies. I make them about once a year and they are the best sugar cookies ever. The kids helped me this year and absolutely loved the process. They were really good at cutting out shapes and putting them on the cookie sheets. Then we decorated them and decided to deliver them to grandparents.</div>
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Everyone helped frost and decorate cookies.</div>
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First we delivered to Grandma Black. It was such a nice visit! She fed us a wonderful Valentine-themed lunch and the kids played with vintage blocks and trucks that she has kept. </div>
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Then we stopped by Matthew grandparents. We helped them with a huge puzzle they were working on. Austin loves puzzles and was so excited to be helping them and Granny read books to the kids.<br />
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It was so nice to spend our day with grandparents that we don't see too often. Especially on Valentine's Day!</div>
<br />Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-38932921184458591412015-02-02T21:32:00.002-07:002015-02-02T21:33:27.913-07:00Kensley's BirthdayKensley's birthday was at the end of January and she is now 3! She was very excited to have a princess party this year. So we invited a few little girls over and instructed them to wear their princess dresses. They were all so cute. We had a very simple party that included decorating wands and crowns, coloring princess pages. princess stamps, cupcakes and time to play. Austin didn't want to be left out so he joined in on everything and loved being a part of it!<br />
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Kensley is a girly- girl to the max! She always wants to have her nails painted and I can't pull out my lip gloss without her begging for some too. She always wants to dance to music and has to be wearing a skirt when she dances. She loves to draw princesses, especially Rapunzel with really long hair. She is very sweet but can also be very stubborn. We love her so much!</div>
<br />Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-14135087774675590772015-01-19T20:23:00.002-07:002015-01-19T20:23:34.812-07:00Announcement!<div style="text-align: center;">
On Christmas Day we announced that we are pregnant again! Round 3!</div>
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The kids were pretty excited when we told them and the first thing they mentioned was "Mom, you are going to get really big and fat." Yes, thank you kids, yes I am. I was 17 weeks along in that picture and am due June 2, 2015</div>
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Now I am currently 21 weeks along and we found out what we are having. It's a BOY! Austin was so thrilled. Kensley was in denial for a little bit but has now embraced it and tells everyone we are having a baby boy. </div>
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Minus the month of November in which I was so sick the entire month I have been feeling fine. Just a little overly tired but nothing too bad or extreme, very similar to my other pregnancies. Let's hope it stays that way. So excited to add another little guy to our family!</div>
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We had a great Christmas season this year. We stayed home this year and did lots of festive things. Christmas gets more and more fun as my kids get older and older. Austin was very diligent about moving the snowflake on our advent calendar every day as soon as he woke up. </div>
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Christmas Eve we went to Matthew's parents' house to act out the nativity. Kensley was very excited to be Mary. She loved the nativity story this year and would always put a blanket on her head and pretend to be Mary. Austin enjoyed being a wiseman and giving baby Jesus a present. </div>
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Christmas morning came and Matthew and I woke up early expecting to hear kids up and ready to open presents. However, Austin didn't wake up until 8:15 and Kensley slept until 9:00! They had had a couple late nights that week so we totally let them sleep and started Christmas when they both were up.</div>
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It was also a fun surprise to wake up to a white Christmas! We have hardly had any snow this season and then Christmas morning comes and we got dumped on. Austin loved going sledding and playing in it until his fingers were numb. Kensley had a runny nose and a lingering cough so she stayed inside with me.</div>
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Then we went back to Matthew's parents house to open more gifts. Austin got this race car that he can drive and it was for sure his favorite gift. He has gotten so good at driving it around and going in reverse. It doesn't have a good turning radius so he has also gotten really good at making 3 point turn arounds. </div>
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Kensley loved her new dress- ups, Elsa doll and Olaf and wanted me to take a picture of all them sitting together. </div>
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Before Christmas we decorated gingerbread cookies with cousins. Austin concentrated so hard to make it perfect and symmetrical. </div>
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Kensley was more interested in eating as much candy as she could instead of decorating anything.<br />
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Austin and I went on a Mommy/Son date to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert. The Seseme Street muppets were there as a special guest and my sister Kayla was dancing in it. It was such a fun night with him. We took the train up to Salt Lake to avoid the terrible parking and Austin loved that too. He was a little young to sit through a whole concert without talking or wiggling too much but some M&M's helped with that. It was an amazing performance!<br />
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The Saturday night before Christmas we took the whole family on the train back up to Salt Lake to look at the Temple Square lights. Such a fun family Christmas activity!</div>
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<br />Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-79721566439716409512015-01-01T18:45:00.001-07:002015-01-01T18:46:34.936-07:00Thanksgiving 2014I know.. I am so behind in blogging But, I am determined to catch up!<br />
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This year for Thanksgiving we drove up to Rexburg, Idaho. Jenna and Cole just bought their first house and were excited to host. So the whole Black clan came up. It was so awesome to be with everyone. The kids especially had fun playing with cousins. I think my favorite thing we did was sit around and play games with everyone. We even did a couple that the kids could be involved in and had such a blast.<br />
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Our Thanksgiving dinner was so yummy. Between Jenna, my mom and I, we made homemade everything including turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, cooked carrots, green bean casserole, rolls, pumpkin pie, apple pie and pecan pie. It was a lot of work but so very worth it!<br />
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Jenna's beautiful table setting:</div>
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Since we were all together family pictures were a must:<br />
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<br />Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-13247675142308384952014-11-05T18:33:00.001-07:002014-11-05T18:47:58.204-07:00Halloween 2014We had a great Halloween season this year. The kids wanted to be superheros this year. Austin wanted to be Flash and Kensley just wanted to be a "girl super hero". So I introduced her to Wonder Woman and she loved it. Costumes were easy to make this year too and that is always a plus!<br />
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They were so looking forward to trick or treating this year. Luckily the weather was so nice and not that chilly. Kensley was pretty shy at the doors but Austin knew what to say. We got quite the load of candy! During trick or treating, Kensley got some candy that was in a wrapper with the Frozen characters on it. She would not put it in her bag bacause she wanted to hold it in her hand to make sure she could keep it. Cute girlie. </div>
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My sister Kayla and I ran the Haunted Half Marathon the week before Halloween. We dressed up at Bat Girls and it was so fun to run it together. It was a beautiful run down Provo Canyon. And to top it off we both beat our previous times. Woo hoo! Matthew and the kids came to watch us cross the finish line which was so nice to see at the end. The kids loved watching all the different people in costumes running. :)</div>
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Other festivities included pumpkin painting. Our kids don't really like to get involved in the carving process but they sure love to paint. So they each painted a few different pumpkins.</div>
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<br />Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-76571521893823358692014-09-22T14:09:00.002-07:002014-09-22T14:09:40.880-07:00MilestonesBoth my kids have reached a big milestone recently. <br />
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First, Austin started kindergarten! </div>
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He is a very young 5 year old and we debated holding him back another year but in the end decided to have him start this year. I still have mixed feelings about it but I'm sure that is partly due to it being my oldest going off to school. We were both a ball of nerves that first day but he walked right in. He did look back though and waved goodbye!<br />
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Everything went great that first day. Then the second day...<br />
On the first day I took him to school and picked him up from school but starting the second day he rides the bus. Putting my 5 year old on a big bus and watching it drive away was a little gut wrenching for me that first day but i knew it would be fine. Well I started walking to the bus stop from our house to pick him up and saw all the kids already walking home. I had missed the bus. It came 10 minutes early! So i asked the other kids if they had seen Austin and no one had. AHH! I didn't know if he was still on the bus, or maybe got on the wrong bus, or maybe got off at the wrong stop. No idea. <br />
I called the school and they said there were no students left at the school. I called the bus transportation and they got in contact with all the bus drivers and they said all the buses were now empty. WHAT?! Then where is my son?! I called the police and explained the situation. They told me to stay home and sent an officer to my house. They had to search the house first since 98% of the time a missing child is reported they are hiding in the house somewhere. I assured them he was not home. Then they got in contact with the school and the bus transportation and could confirm that he got on the right bus to come home. So they put a police officer at every stop the bus made and started searching. <br />
Finally an officer radioed in that they had him He apparently stayed on the bus the whole time and the driver didn't see him. The driver looked up his stop, drove back and dropped him off at the correct stop. An officer saw him get dropped off and drove him home. <br />
It was the scariest 40 minutes of my life not knowing where my son was. Austin just thought it was pretty cool that he got to drive home in a police car.<br />
Now I am at that bus stop every day super early!<br />
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Kensley's milestone is that she is now potty-trained!<br />
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I was not looking forward to this part of parenting. We were not sure how it was going to go but she has far exceeded my expectations. She has been doing great! The first two days she had no idea what was going on and was pretty upset that her whole world was just turned upside down. But with princess panties, a sticker chart and gummy bears we are doing pretty good. She looks so grown up in underwear! </div>
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Yay for kids doing awesome things!<br />
<br />Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-70413643027187272612014-09-15T19:49:00.002-07:002014-09-15T19:52:21.763-07:00CampingWe have been itching to go camping all summer and finally made it happen this Labor Day. Actually we went two different times!<br />
The first time we went with Matthew's parents. They had last minute plans to go up into the Uintas right on the border of Utah and Wyoming. It was a small campground with little cabins and real bathrooms (woohoo!) The cabins had heat too which was great since it was chilly the whole time we were there.<br />
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We went 4-wheeling up in the mountain trails. It was so pretty and super steep sometimes too. We also had to ride through several huge mud puddles so we were pretty covered when we got back.</div>
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The kids had so much fun playing with sticks and rocks and just exploring. It was so nice to be outside in nature.</div>
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Found this huge pile of branches. Austin and his cousin Aaron spend a good hour or so throwing sticks into the pile or pretending the pile was a bad guy/monster and fighting it with sticks :)</div>
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Kensley and Declan spend a good deal of time "fixing" the broken trees.</div>
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Our second camping experience was a little more rugged. Our ward was putting on the camp out. We showed up and it's just an empty space for tents. No facilities or anything. Which is fine, but I was grateful it was only for one night! We were also 1 of 4 families that came up to spend the night!</div>
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After roasting smores and exploring the campsite with flashlights Austin asked "When are we going to bed?" He thinks going to sleep in the tent is the best part about camping. So here we are reading books and putting kids to bed. Not sure why Kensley is giving that face!</div>
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<br />Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-91893141572599604712014-09-04T21:27:00.003-07:002014-09-04T21:31:52.936-07:00Boys vs GirlsLooking back at the things we have done this summer, it's so funny how different boys and girls play. These are a few examples:<br />
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"Mom, look how tall (and symmetrical) my tower is!" </div>
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"Mom, my tower is for a princess to live in."</div>
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We decide to paint one day. Austin drives his cars through the paint to make tracks, while Kensley paints her nails.</div>
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At the beach: Kensley splashes around with her floatie pretending to swim</div>
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Austin is scooping and playing with construction trucks in the sand.</div>
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But other times they play just the same. Like when we went hiking and they both tried to pick the biggest rock to keep to put in my backpack to carry home.</div>
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And when they play together at the park trying to climb up the slides together.</div>
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Both of these cute kids share a major sweet tooth. This summer's trend for us was popsicles.</div>
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And they are equally competitive when we race cars down our ridiculously steep sidewalks. </div>
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For the most part they play pretty well together and I am so grateful for that! And I love when they help each other or share or think about what the other one might want. It's also fun to look back at our summer at the things we have done. I think I am dreading winter a little since I have never lived in real winter condition since having kids (minus the winter when Austin was a baby) We were in AZ for three years and then in TX for last year's winter. So, I'm not really ready to be cooped up inside for months. So I'm just holding on to the warmth as long as possible!</div>
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<br />Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-51356352329623158172014-08-05T13:50:00.001-07:002014-08-05T13:50:56.358-07:00Austin's BirthdayAustin turned 5 last month! I can't believe I have a five year old. He was so excited for his birthday and kept asking for weeks when it was coming. We had such a great day celebrating.<br />
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He choose donuts for his birthday breakfast. </div>
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He opened a present from us in the morning to help hold him over since we were waiting to open presents later during his party. He loves to build things so these were perfect for him.</div>
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For his party we rented a bounce house. It was perfect! We were worried it wouldn't fit in our little backyard behind our townhome but it fit just fine and the kids loved it! It was definitely a hit. </div>
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Of course Austin loved opening presents and got a great assortment of toys.</div>
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I think his favorite was the remote control car. Just look at that face!</div>
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He picked rainbow chip birthday cake and blew out all the candles in one big blow</div>
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We also had water balloons and water guns to play with which worked out great. At the end of the day Austin said, "Mom, that was a good birthday." Thanks buddy, glad to know it was a success. :)</div>
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At age 5 Austin is still very obsessed with cars. He now has his favorites which include corvettes, mustangs, lamborghinis, and cameros. Typical boy! He also likes to find these cars driving when we are out and about. One day he asked me "Why don't we see any lamborghinis driving?" Haha. He is also really into airplanes and like to build airplanes with legos. </div>
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He also is becoming more independent and wants to do things by himself. It's great since my natural reaction is to try and help him with everything. It's good to see him want to do things all on his own. He is very curious and asks questions all the time. He loves to be silly and make people laugh. I can definitely see him as a future class clown. He also has become a really good helper with Kensley. He will make sure she has toys or help her reach something and is really sweet with her. I love to watch them play together. He really is a great big brother!</div>
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<br />Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-83930964775517503382014-07-28T15:10:00.000-07:002014-07-28T15:10:16.104-07:004th of JulyThis year we went up to Idaho with my whole family to Island Park. We had a couple cabins that we stayed in and had such a great weekend. We went 4-wheeling, hiking, played games in the cabins, and played and went rafting on the river. Jenna was also blessing baby James that Sunday in Rexburg so it was the perfect weekend to plan a family get together. <br />
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The first morning we went on a little hike up to Mesa Falls. So pretty!</div>
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Sunday we all met back at Jenna's house and went to her church for James' blessing. </div>
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A great holiday weekend!</div>
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In June we headed to Texas for Kayla's wedding at the Dallas Temple! We love Josh and are excited for him to join our family! </div>
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They are just the most adorable couple</div>
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Josh and Kayla with all of their nieces and nephews from both sides of their families!</div>
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Matthew and Kensley dancing. Once they turned on the music Kensley didn't want to stop dancing.</div>
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It was such a fun event for all of us to get together for!Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-29749756289807343912014-07-14T21:53:00.002-07:002014-07-14T21:53:41.404-07:00Half MarathonAfter months of training, I ran my first half marathon last month! It was a lot of work and trying to train with Matthew being so busy with rotations and traveling but I did it and am so happy about it. I also couldn't have done it without the support of my dad and my sister Kayla-both of which are runners and went on runs with me and totally gave me the support and motivation I needed! <br />
I did the American Fork Canyon Half Marathon and it was great. Mostly because the first half was entirely down hill in the canyon. I ran the fastest I ever had and finished with at time of 1 hour 43 minutes.<br />
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Matthew and the kids woke up early to come see me at the finish line but I was a little faster than either of us expected and they missed me by a minute! But I'm glad they were supportive anyway.Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-63305785074246159792014-06-27T13:19:00.000-07:002014-06-27T13:19:10.262-07:00Matthew's GraduationAt the end of May we traveled down to Arizona for Matthew to graduate! Woohoo! 4 years of medical school are behind us! I am so proud of Matthew and all of his hard work to get to this point. Matthew is officially a DPM which stands for Doctor of Podiatric Medicine. It was so fun to get together with friends that we haven't seen in a year. Both my parents and Matthew's parents were able to come to the graduation ceremony too. It was so nice to have them there to support us. It was a nice trip to close to our great time in Arizona.<br />
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Our wonderful apartment complex pool!</div>
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San Lagos friends!</div>
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All of Matthew's classmates who are also podiatry graduates. Matthew is in the top right corner.</div>
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Getting dressed up for Matthew's podiatry banquet.</div>
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So now we start our 3 year residency in Salt Lake City. We just moved to a little town-home and are doing great adjusting to our new routine of things. Time to go unpack more boxes...Matthew and Shannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678645638220365914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36320488.post-29997880704448177372014-05-22T07:14:00.002-07:002014-05-22T07:14:42.518-07:00Meeting Baby JamesThe kids and I decided to drive up to Idaho and visit new baby James. Matthew has had the night shift at the hospital all month and usually the kids will accidentally wake him up during the day while he is sleeping so it was a great win-win for all of us. <br />
We are all in love with sweet baby James! He is still so tiny! He is about 6 weeks old. Kensley was especially smitten. She constantly wanted to hold him and rub his head. :)<br />
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It was great for Jenna's kids to have a distraction from their mom being occupied by a new baby. The cousins had soo much fun together.<br />
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On Saturday Cole took Cade and Austin on a hike. I love the pictures they took! </div>
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On Sunday we took a walk around the Rexburg, ID temple. It was such a beautiful day and so windy. We nearly got blown away. It actually scared Kensley so I had to take her back to the car. But we got some cute pictures of the kids.</div>
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Boys!</div>
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Holding baby James</div>
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It was such a fun trip! Living only 4 hours away from each other is so perfect! Many more trips to come.</div>
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