Donohue Family Times

a duck tape boat & the house

2011-07-15T07:45:00.000-07:00

So Kyle is back in boys scouts and the other day he made a duck tape boat.

Rich and Jess were out and they didn't think it would float so we took it out for a test run and it totally works.

baby cache

Bailey was taking pictures

strike a pose!

Remember this...

well now it looks like this

the peas have been so yummy, but I planted way too many of them

Every time I eat them it takes me back to my childhood sitting on the front porch of my grandparents house... memories!

we updated the bathroom, here it is before

and here it is after

we painted the vanity

switched out the handles

cute towel holder

changed the faucet, love the new one

added a frame around the mirror

Wilson Family Reunion

2011-06-30T20:44:00.000-07:00

We recently had our Wilson Family Reunion. We went to Manti for the weekend and watched the Manti Pageant. It was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it. While we were there we decided to take some family pictures. The Temple grounds are so pretty. Some how Kyle talked me into getting on his shoulders then he started running around, just to freak me out, which he did. It was a fun day.

This is the first time we have taken pictures and Kyle has had facial hair.

such a cutie

Me and Sophie

Dax didn't really want to cooperate with the pictures but he was loving his daddy

Sophie and Grandma

We were playing peek a boo. I got some fun pictures.

So cute!

Baileys Preschool Graduation

2011-06-27T15:01:00.000-07:00

Bailey recently graduated from preschool. It crazy how big she is getting. She will be going into Kindergarten in the fall, I am so not old enough for that. Her class did a cute little program for all the parents. They sang all of their songs and displayed some of their artwork. The teacher made little scrapbooks for each kid.

Nana and Papa came

Kyle left work for a little bit to join us

Grandma Wilson came too

It was fun and Bailey did a really good job.

Bailey and her teacher, Miss Terry, we love her.

fishing and "camping"

2011-06-23T08:48:00.000-07:00

Bailey has been asking to go fishing for ever, so the other day Kyle decided it was time to take her. We live right by the lake and part of our HOA fees pays for access to a Marina.

The kids thought it was a lot of fun!

So cute.

my fair one

Bailey said the sun was too bright and this was the best picture I could get from her.

It was really pretty.

The fish were going crazy, there were a ton of them swimming right by the shore. It would actually freak the kids out a little, they would be right next to them then they would start flipping their fins and splashing water like crazy.

So Kyle decided that he would go all Bear Grills and "spear them." ....yeah it didn't really work.

The sad thing is that even though there were a ton of fish that you could reach out and touch, we didn't catch a single one... it could have something to do with the fact that my kids were throwing rocks in the water, or start screaming, or Bailey would reel in the line every two minutes to check it... if we would of had a fishing net we could of just reached out and caught a ton of them, but whats the fun in that?

We went home and decided to roast some marshmallows.

Bailey thought it was awesome and asks about every other day to do it again.

If you are wondering why Sophie hair is flat on one side, Dax dropped his marshmallow in her hair, he wasn't a big fan and decided he didn't want it any more and Sophie just happened to be in his line of fire.

We ended the day by camping out in our rooms. The kids have these fun pop up tents and little sleeping bags, they thought it was awesome!

It was a great day!

I just thought I would throw this cute picture in.

Easter

2011-06-20T09:33:00.001-07:00

For what ever reason it is not letting rearrange my picture, so this post is a little out of order. We had a great Easter this year. The kids were really excited.

They loved getting all the eggs. This year the "Easter bunny" left eggs that looked like cupcakes. Sophie thought it was pretty funny. She kept stopping and saying "hey, mom... look!"

the things that kids find fascinating.

We let Dax open his chocolate bunny, and that was all that he wanted. He didn't care about the eggs, he just wanted to eat his bunny.

A couple days before we got together with some of my family and had an Easter egg hunt.
Some how baby Cache knew right where all the eggs with the big money were.... strange....

After the hunt we let the kids decorate their own cupcakes, it got a little messy but it was a lot of fun.

This time Dax was totally into it. He was having a blast running around gathering eggs!

love these girls!

Living planet aquarium

2011-06-20T08:31:00.001-07:00

Baileys preschool class went on a Field trip to the living planet aquarium and we tagged along, it was a lot fun, the kids really enjoyed it.

I love my Sophie! She was having so much fun.

a cool frog they could climb on.

they have an open sting ray pool. I was they only one brave enough to touch one. Bailey would start to reach and then pull her arm back at the last second. I had Sophie sitting on the edge and one of the sting rays flipped up at her and she started screaming, it was great.

Dax was totally fascinated by all the the fish he loved it.

these are two random girls that decided Sophie should be in their picture.

fun pics !

2011-06-20T08:18:00.000-07:00

I have really been slacking when it has come to our blog, sorry. These are just some fun random pics of the kids. Above is Bailey with baby Cache.
Oh Sophie, you've gotta love that hair!

one smoothie later...

my girls

Such a cute little boy!

Our new house!

2011-03-30T09:32:00.000-07:00

So Kyle and I bought our first house!! Here she is... we love it and it has an unfinished basement, so we have room to grow as needed. Right now its kind of a mess, with boxes everywhere, I've decided that we have waaayyy too much stuff. This is our back yard, one of the reasons we chose this house was because the yard is huge! almost a 1/2 acre, we will see if we still like it after we have to mow it a few times... Another picture of our backyard. the first one was straight out our door, this is to the right and the next is to the left. This is my garden... hopefully something grows. I do not have the best track record for keeping plants alive. Kyle keeps teasing me about "growing a garden" but I am determined. Right now I have peas planted... wish me luck! Notice the netting, a neighborhood cat was trying to use it as his litter box, so I covered it but it also works well for keeping my kids out of too, although they still managed to get some rocks in and they are constantly trying to put sticks in it...

We have been doing lots of projects around the house just trying to make it feel like ours. We replaced an old gold fan with this chandelier, that I love and we have been painting, painting, painting. Did I mention we've been painting!

So when we decided to paint the ENTIRE house we thought "no big deal just paint," well its a little more involved then I realized and while I love the new colors, if I ever see a paint brush again it will be too soon! Once I get more organized I will post more pics of all of our projects!

Richards Baby Blessing

2011-03-22T06:24:00.000-07:00

For those of you who know my little brother, him and his wife just had their first baby, they named him Cache. All the little kids call him Cache Baby. He is the cutest thing, and he loves me the most (no matter what "others" may say). They had his blessing this past week and most of the family was able to make it. We were just missing part of the Walker crew, so add about four more people to the top picture and you would have the whole Wilson family! Did I mention that their Sacrament meeting started at 8:30!
I think Cache makes grand baby #25 for my Mom and Dad.

Such a cute little family!

Kyle + my brothers and brother in law =

well... this!

They just fuel each others fire and they are always up to some kind of mischief. We went to dinner the night before with all the family and they had the waiter send a fake bill to my dad for about $900, you should have seen my dads reaction... those boys!

Such cute kids!

2011-02-20T09:53:00.000-08:00

Bailey's preschool pic!

2011-01-07T07:02:00.000-08:00

When we moved up to Utah I had a hard time finding a preschool class for Bailey, I had missed most of the deadlines. Luckily I happened upon this cute little class just in time. They took their class pictures the day she enrolled. She picked out what she wanted to ware, that is her favorite shirt these days. I thought they turned out pretty cute.

A Birthday Marathon !

2010-12-30T06:49:00.000-08:00

So in our family we have one birthday a month, except September, from July until December. Kyles is in July, then Bailey's in August, then mine is in October, Sophie's is November and Daxton's is December. So we are officially all birthday ed out.

Bailey turned four years old this year!! She is getting to be all grown up. Can you believe she is going to be in Kindergarten next year!? I cant, I am way too young for that...:) We had a little party at home with the family and then that weekend we took her to chuck-e-cheeses. Oh ya, for those of you who have not yet experienced the joy that is chuck e cheese, its a party! Our cousin Cassidys birthday is just a few days apart from Baileys so we met my sister there and had a double party. Uncle Chris and Aunt Kimber also came, Bailey loves them so much! Apon leaving Chris declared he would "never" take his kids to "that" place! I just have to smile, you'd be suprised what you will do for your children. It was all she wanted to do, and she still talks about when we went to Chuck E Cheeses.

Oh ya... I went all out on her cake this year.... Hey at least it was pink, which is all she really cared about. What you cant see is that the inside was like a heath cake... with the carmel and sweetened condenses milk melted into it. So at least it tasted good!

Blowing out her candles!

Such a cutie!

One fun thing about living up here is that we live about five minutes from IKEA. Which., if you have never been there, is such a fun store! Bailey loves to draw and paint so we got her an esle and art supplies so she could draw to her hearts content. I glad we got it, its been a really fun thing to have.

Then I had my birthday, no pictures necessary... yea, I got older...

Then Sophie had her birthday!

Ok so it is obvious that I am not a cake decorator... That was susposed to be purple lettering, but it came out more greyish....

Oh my Sophie.. she is so much fun! She loves to tackle daddy, paly hide and seek (you put a blanket over her and then you have to find her) and she loves to do what ever her big sister does! We had a fun party for her at the house and Uncle Chris, Aunt Kimber, Uncle Richard and Aunt Jessica all came! It was fun.

Later we took her to feed the fish at Cabellas, which is one of her favorite things to do.

So the cake wasnt that pretty on the outside, but the inside was pretty pimp, if I do say so myself! I found this recipe on line and Kyle helped me make it. It was pretty tastey too.

Sophie is quite the dadys girl! Whenever she gets upset at me she will start crying, "I want daddy!" To which I can only reply me too!

So at least I thought the cake was yummy!

Last but not least...

Look who just turn ONE!

Thats right, this handsome little devil is now one years old, and he is running around like crazy!

Here he is with the traditional "ice cream cone cupcake"

Considering I just handed it to him and let him go to town he really didnt get that messy...

Actully now that I think about it....

My cute little Sophie!

He got to have two little partys. His Aunt Kimber and Uncle Chis came to this one... they must really love my kids!

His sisters helped him open his present.

We got him this cute little rocking horse! I thought it would be a little bigger then it was. It turned out to be a good thing though, cause he tends to get "bucked off" quiet often.

I love my boy!

How did I get so lucky!?

October

2010-12-28T07:15:00.000-08:00

October is always a fun month. We went to a pumpkin patch with aunt Kimber.

This is Baileys favorite pose.

Look at those chubby checks!

Its so funny to see him with long hair. It almost looks like a hair piece, it was shortly after this that he got his first real hair cut.

Sophie picking out her pumpkin

My kiddos!

This is Baileys little preschool class on their Halloween Party

Bailey was a beautiful princess fairy!

You probably cant really tell but that is a really cool spider hair clip that I made for her, in purple of course....

My cute little lady bug! She wasn't so happy about me dressing her up!Although I was able to catch a smile or two.

Such a cute pooh bear! Sadly his head was too big for the costume and I couldn't zip it all the way up in the back, but he still looks cute.

Oh yes he did....

Good thing Dax had "options", for the actual Halloween night he was a jester. He was also a "doctor in training" at one point, but I didn't get a picture, of course.

We went to Farmington for Halloween and trick or treated in pouring rain, but we did go around the block before we called it done and then we had a party at my sisters house and we all got to make yummy Carmel apples that we dipped in oreos, snickers, sprinkles and or butterfingers... so good!

and this would be my crazy brother and his wife, who happened to be pregnant, not that you can tell... She scared Sophie so bad. She went and got changed and walked out of the bathroom and around the corner and who was the first person she ran into, Sophie, and she (Sophie) screamed at the top and her lungs and ran to the first person she found, by bro in law (who she usually avoids) and clung on for dear life.

More fun times...

2010-12-14T08:56:00.000-08:00

Just a couple more posts and I should be all caught up... for now anyways.

My Kids love their dad! Once he walks through the door they are all demanding his attention, and they wrestle and they play, they have so much fun together. Kyle you are such a good dad, we are lucky to have you!

Oh my Sophie... How I love her spunk! I think her new nick name should be "me too" that is the story of her life right now. What ever Bailey has or is doing, then Sophie wants to do it too. Shes a good little girl and is very loving. I just wish I had more one on one time to give to her.

Bailey has always been a sweet heart, and she is so good with her little sister, they are starting to play pretend more and more together and it is so fun to watch .

These are some picture of a day we decided to play in the leaves.

Dax was a little unsure what to think about it all at first...

Bailey took these pictures! She loves to take pictures and has asked Santa for a camera for Christmas this year, I think he might be bringing one for her... She also asked for a BIG bean bag, but unfortunately Santa called and told me that he just doesn't have room in his sleigh this year... She took the news okay and has asked for a unicorn pillow pet instead...

Dax is so much fun! He just had his 1st birthday (pictures to follow) it goes by so fast. He is now walking all over, its still a little shaky but he is getting really good at it.

He is also getting into everything! I put my bucket of flour (with out the lid of course) on the floor for a minute not thinking about it and 2 seconds later this is what I found.

So I promptly put the lid back on the bucket but left it down on the floor because I wasn't done using it yet. So one might ask how he went from some flour to....

well this....

need I say more?

We put Bailey in an indoor soccer league this year. Its the first time she has played. She is the only girl on her team, but that doesn't seem to bother her too much. She does... OK.... most of the time she just runs around blowing kisses to Kyle and I. There will be a pack of kids running after the ball and then here comes Bailey kind of dancing her way over waving and blowing kisses... its so funny. I have to remind Kyle that she is only 4 and its okay if she doesn't win (not that they even keep score) He keeps yelling, kick the ball Bailey, focus... Eventually she will run by and put her finger to her mouth and say dad shh.... little does she know this is just the beginning. Poor thing she totally got my attention span, I'm so sorry! Its quite entertaining to watch her play. Although I do have to admit that this last game she did pretty good and she even ran "with the pack" and kicked the ball a couple of times. In an effort to help her be more aggressive Kyle was telling her she just needs to Karate (we had just watched karate kid) her way into the pack of kids and get the ball. Well the next thing we knew she was running around pretending to karate chop everyone... lol... I told Kyle, he needs to be careful what he says...

this is her cute little team

my cute little soccer player...

Honestly I really don't know much about the rules to soccer, other then the obvious ones, I guess we will learn as we go.

We took the kids to see Santa, one of Kyles favorite things to do... not really. We thought for sure that Sophie would freak out, but she did really well and she even told him what she wanted for Christmas... nany! otherwise known as candy. She still only asks for candy. Smarties are her favorite, she takes after her Nana on that one. We only had to wait about an hour in line this year.

The first 15 min or so of the line was outside, and it was freezing cold.

Dax was not about to wait in line for that long so we took turns playing on the side with him.

He kept trying to crawl under the ropes and get to Santa.

And when we got closer he was waving to him... it was so cute

I swear I left the room for 2 seconds to grab something, I came back and this is what I found (that's Oreo by the way) again I ask how did this happen....

need I say more?

For Thanksgiving we took the kids to build a bear. Sophie always tries to steal Baileys dog so now she has her own, she loves it.

and Bailey got this rabbit, which she has named "little baby unicorn!"

what we have been up to

2010-12-10T13:37:00.000-08:00

Well its been so long since I posted something that I didn't know where to begin, so be prepared for a few post trying to catch back up.

Here are some pictures of us while we were in Pioche for Labor Day.

all the grand kids
The Donohue Crew

We bought a pass to the Zoo for the year. The kids love all the animals but their favorites are the train...which lasts like .2seconds...

the bird show

Its pretty amazing what the birds can do....

oh those were the days when Dax would take a pacifier... all three of my kids have never really loved the pacifier and by six months they refuse to take it any more.

They LOVE the carousel!

Luckily Kyle is awesome and likes to ride with the kids, sadly the older I get the more I struggle with motion sickness. Mom I am sorry I was such a selfish child. I begged and begged you to go on the roller coaster with me in Disney land until you finally went and then you where soo sick... I get it now. Pretty much I would be so sick from this sad little ride. So frustrating because I love roller coasters.

Kyle was getting so frustrated with me because I couldn't time the picture right, in my defense he chose horses that where in the inside so I had to dodge all the other people, but I managed to get a few good ones in.

these are just some silly pictures of my silly kids!

Rub a dub dub, my three kids in the tub!

new family photos

2010-08-11T18:23:00.000-07:00

My sister and I got together and took family pics. I took hers then she took mine and then I took the kid pictures! Not too bad... One day I am going to learn more about Photography... one day

Heber Valley Train

2010-08-09T07:00:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics to go along with the post below.

The Crew

I love him in this hat!

Lovin' on the grandparents!

so cute

Check out those eyes!

Why is it impossible to get them both to look and smile at the same time?

One year older...

2010-08-03T13:27:00.000-07:00

Well amongst all the craziness my husband turned a year older, we are now officially the same age, for the next three months anyways. Happy Birthday Kyle!! Your still sexy as ever!!

So Kyles sister just bought a new home and the yard still has to be put in so there are a few weeds to pull and Kimber asked Bailey if she would come and pull the weeds with her but Bailey said I don't have my Dora gloves and shovel they are at Nana and Papas house so I just cant help you. So Kimber went to Pioche for the 24th and she got Baileys gloves and shovel and Bailey was sooo excited to go help her Aunt pull weeds she couldn't wait so Kimber picked Bailey up and they had a sleep over so they could pull weeds and pull weeds they did... for about a half hour :) and then they played! Kimber is an awesome aunt! Her and Chris brought Bailey back home and we all had a birthday Dinner for Kyle! It was actually the day before his birthday. Then my sister Paula happened to be in town the next day and was nice enough to watch our kids while I took Kyle out to dinner, my kids also love her... All of our aunts are pretty awesome. It was nice to have a little time together! It doesn't happen too often.

Then I ditched Kyle and met my family in Midway (its by Park City) Okay I didn't mean to ditch him but he had to work. Each year the boys back pack into the mountains for the week and the girls meet up and go shopping and what not. This year Kyle couldn't get the time off so he missed some of the fun... Like on Thursday we all went on a train ride. It was in Heber and was about an hour and a half ride on this old train that took your around the Valley and then stopped and had "robbers" high jack the train for a minute... which to be honest mostly just freaked out all the kids but they gave them chocolate candy so they were okay in the end. It was a really fun ride. My mom bought all the kids conductor hats and Daxton looks SO darn cute in his, I loved it. I am trying to figure out how I could do a photo shoot with him in his hat. Kyle felt bad he missed that day but the next day we went back to school shopping for my neices and he didnt feel so bad about missing that one... We ended the week with a day on the lake on Saturday... Kyle did get to join us for that one of course we didn't bring my camera for that one, I always forget. My sis and bro in law just bought a boat so we helped them break it in. It was lots of fun, all the kids got to ride on the tube they all wanted to ride with Uncle Kyle, even Bailey rode on it which she liked until the water started splashing in her face. ( If you don't know she hates water in her eyes, its a battle every time she takes a bath, you would think it was toxic poison and not water the way she yells "my eyes, your getting it in my eyes" which I usually reply with "really, you'll be okay and then I hand her a wash clothe to hold over eyes and then the world is right again.) Sophie loved it, she loves to get dirty and she is quite good at it too. She ran around the beach and played in the water then ate some snacks which eventually ended up with dirt on, but it didnt bother her too much, shes so much fun, her personality is just blooming. shes going to be a headstrong little one, but thats okay, I can be the same way on occasion. I thought I would let Dax sit in the sand and let the water slash on him which he was cool with but then he reached down and grabbed a huge handful of dirt and tried to eat it... silly boy. Speaking of Dax he said "mama" for the first time yesterday!! which is his first word! Weather or not Kyle will admit it he heard it too. Bailey and Sophie said "Dada" first so its nice to win this one.. although its pretty funny now that my girls say mom all the time sometimes I wish they couldn't! lol So much fun!

phew...

2010-08-01T14:12:00.000-07:00

Wow life has been busy as of late... busy but good. We are pretty much all moved in now, thanks to all those who helped out! For now we are just renting an apt. until we get to know the area a little better. We have been having lots of adventures. I have to say I have been spoiled for the past few years, we had a two car garage in Vegas and now we have one covered parking spot and of course we are on the second floor. It makes it a little hard to get all the kids in and out of the car and then even harder if I go grocery shopping or anything like that. I pretty much limit our outings to about one a day, its pretty exhausting toting my three kidos around. The other day I got brave and decided I would run to Wal Mart all by myself (me and the kids) things started out okay but then Dax started crying and Sophie was pulling everything off the shelves and Bailey was having a hard time staying close to me and we were about half done shopping... So I pulled Dax out of his car seat and put Sophie in it and threatened Baileys life... ha ha... more like I bribed her with the promise of a new cartoon. Of coarse we had to have the huge shopping cart with the two seats in the back, which doesn't have the kid seat in the cart. So Sophie quickly falls asleep so now I have no where to put Dax who is no light weight mind you. So we finish our shopping and go to the checkout. The cashier lady looks at me like I was crazy then she asked me if I had twins, I told her no... so then we head out to the parking lot. For some reason that day I had chosen to park in the north forty .... Bailey is trying to help me push the cart, but shes three... I am still carrying Daxton and pushing the cart. By the time I finally make it to the car my arms are shaking and I am out of breath! and once home I have to figure out how to get all the kids up stairs and the groceries and get them put away with my now screaming children... Funny thing is, I still really love being a mom.

One of the many nice things about being up hear is we get to be around more family. My sister lives about 45min from us and has three little ones that my kids love to play with. We are lucky that we get to spend time together. The other day we went to a "parade preview" thing in Draper. They had all the floats in this big expo center and they had marching bands "marching" around and stage and treats and as you'll see by the pic's below face painting. It was lots of fun. Sophie even held still and let them paint her face.

we love our cousins !!

Oh ya for those who are wondering Bluffdale is on the west side of the I-15 right at the point of the mountain between Lehi and Salt Lake, basically...

We have been having lots of fun more posts to come.

Utah here we come!!!

2010-07-16T09:14:00.000-07:00

Well life has been a little crazy the last little bit! Kyle graduated from UNLV in December with a bachelors in Electrical Engineering! I am soo proud of him! He has done something I don't think I ever could! He had his last final on Thursday and we had Daxton on that Friday, and we moved out a month later... needless to say that month was a little crazy! Kyle has been interning with Lincoln County Power Co. out in Pioche and his parents have been good enough to let us bunk with them while we are out here and while we are looking for a permanent position. Luckily they love our kids... Well we have been doing the resume, interview thing and we have been offered and accepted a position with a company located in Bluffdale Ut. He starts on Monday! For some reason life is never as easy as it should be. I have been looking for a place to live for 3 weeks now and we have drivin up to the area 3 times now looking and I just found out this morning that our place is all set for us to move into tomorrow! Nothing like waiting until the last minute! Between packing, sick kids, and trying to secure a place to live, life has been a little crazy, but we are excited for this next chapter of our lives! Sadly this means we will be missing our ten year class reunion... but its for a good cause! Any whooo, wish us luck!!

my crazy kids!

2010-04-15T13:50:00.000-07:00

Family Pics

2010-04-03T12:17:00.000-07:00

These are some family pictures we took back in December, Dax was a week or so old.
Sophie, aka "the tornado" was not wanting to cooperate with us, Bailey was more then willing to and Dax was just kinda chillin. I am trying to get caught up, its amazing how much the kids have grown since then. Dax cant even fit into the outfit he was wearing in these pictures anymore!

photo shoot!

2010-03-04T08:05:00.000-08:00

So I have been having so much fun with my new camera the only problem is finding the time to edit the pics. These are some of the kids before we left Vegas.

These were Daxtons one month pictures.

He is totally GQ in these pics, it cracks me up!

Such a cutie!

OK, so this picture didn't totally work out but I loved the look on his face.

These are some of the girls I took before church one day. They weren't totally cooperative, but we managed to get a few good ones. Getting ones of them together is almost impossible!

She reminds me of a little mini model!

In retrospect, using a white vignette my not have been the best choice for her skin tone! :)

sometimes she is such a ham!

I LOVE this picture!

I thought this was a fun way to color the pic.

So silly!

For those of you who have seen Madagascar 2 you will appreciate the next two pictures.

Not too bad for not really knowing what I am doing!

christmas...

2010-02-27T09:16:00.000-08:00

We had a really fun Christmas this year!

These first two are pictures that I took with my new camera Kyle got me for Christmas. It has been a lot of fun, I have been going a little crazy with the picture taking, but why not right?

Bailey totally scored this year! This is her sporting some of her new dress ups!

She got a really fun princess vanity, which Sophie thinks is hers too.

We ... I mean Santa, got her this really fun Dora scooter, sadly it broke about the 2nd time she used it so Santa gave us the recite to exchange it for a new one and all they had left were princess ones, but Bailey wasn't too bugged. Its fun the watch her ride the scooter, she is still getting comfortable with it, she goes REALLY slow.

Sophie got this fun Elmo kitchen. Funny thing is it will just randomly start talking or singing a song and I think by the time everyone went home they had enough of Elmo. Sophie likes it though.

This was the night before Christmas, Bailey helped Nana make some cookies for Santa. It was really cute, they put them on a plate with a glass of milk. The first thing Bailey did when she woke up was check the plate and she was so excited to see that Santa had eaten it all and he had even left her a note!

Here are all the grand babies on Kyles side! I have decided its just as hard to get a good picture with the four of them on Kyles side as it is to take a picture with the 26 grand babies on my side!

This was the night before we each got to open up one present, which were all P.J.s you cant really tell but Daxton's jamies say "naughty" on the bum, they were way cute!

This was pretty much what Dax did the whole time, I cant believe how little he is in these pictures, he has grown so much since then!

I love this picture, daddy and his girls! Overall it was a great Christmas!

little by little

2010-02-20T09:51:00.000-08:00

Well I am so far behind I am not sure if I will ever get caught back up but I am going to try! These are some fun pictures of just after Daxton was born.

Sophie loves to kiss Dax, she will come kiss him every once in a while and then shes good to go again. She has never shown anything but love towards him, if only that would last...

Bailey loves her baby brother! She like to talk to him, and kiss him and hold him. She loves it when he looks at her and smiles! (yes he's smiling now, and will be puting those pics up).

who is that sexy guy!?!

Catching up!!

2009-12-29T15:05:00.000-08:00

Well we have had a busy month. First of all here are a few more pictures of our little guy. (For some reason it is not letting me rearrange my pictures so they are going backwards.) Daxton joined our family on the 10th and he has been a joy to have. He is a really good baby and his sisters love him... maybe too much. This is a picture of him getting ready to leave the hospital.

A couple days later, chillin at the house.

Kyles parents came to watch the girls and Sophie really attached to Papa.

Sophie loves the baby, she gets excited every time she sees him. She just wants give him a kiss and then she is good. It was just recently that she has decided to pull out his Binky every time she can.

Bailey of course LOVES her baby brother! She is the one who named him. We were driving home one day and I asked her what we should name him and she said, "Daxton." or that is what I interpreted it as. At first we just brushed it off, but the closer it got the more we liked it. It really came down to three names and so we put them all in a hat and believe it or not Daxton is the name I drew out. So between that and his sister coming up with it we decided it must be a sign and decided to go with it.

Everyone thinks that he looks like my dad, I have to agree they are similar, they have the same hair line... they also say he looks like Richard, who looks like my dad as well, they have the same hair line... :) Just kidding.

Disclaimer: You are not allowed to pass judgement on my appearance since this is right after he was born.

This is us leaving for the hospital, its so crazy how one day you have a belly and the next day its gone.

We have had some other fun things going on and since we got rid of our Internet and I have been a little busy lately I am a little behind so here is a bit of a catch up. Bailey has been in a dance class and they had there little dance review this month. They were puppy dogs and they danced to how much is that dogie in the window.

They turn and shake their tails in their dance, Bailey loves to shake her booty, it was so cute.

One of our Christmas traditions has been to visit the Ethel M chocolate factory, they have a big cactus garden which they decorate with a ton of lights and they have Santa and you can tour the factory and you get a piece chocolate at the end of it and the best part is that its all free. We went before thanksgiving so there were no lines, it was awesome.

This is Sophie at the end of the tour, I gave her her piece of chocolate and then got distracted and by the time a realized what I had done, well this was the result!

Out enjoying the lights.

That was as close as Sophie would get to Santa. Bailey however loves Santa and he is all she has talked about this whole month, more on that when I get my Christmas post up.

kyle's error in blogging

2009-12-18T09:42:00.000-08:00

So i have to say sorry, i put in the last blog that the baby was 9 lbs 7 ozs, when in reality he was 7 lbs 9 ozs...
so eva told me to let everyone know that he wasn't that big.
sorry for the mix up.
we still love you DAXTON

Daxton Paul Donohue

2009-12-15T06:52:00.001-08:00

On December 10th, Eva and I walked into the hospital at 5pm, by time she was all set up and ready to go it was about 6:30. Then @ 11:40 pm we welcomed the newest member of our family.

.................Daxton Paul Donohue...........

Daxton was 7 lbs & 9 ozs, he was also 19 inches long. He is healthy and already has more hair than his dad.
Both of Daxtons older sisters are just in love with him. They are constantly wanting to hold him and kiss him. And with those good looks he better get use to it.
Eva is doing very well. She to is healthy and trying to recover from the whole labor thing. She is one great mom.
I am, as people have told me, walking a little taller now that I have my boy. I love my girls so much, but I it is fun to have a little man in the house.
We could not be any more happy.

Due to me getting rid of the internet in our home, Eva will post more pics and blog more when she gets a chance.

Welcome to our Home Daxton we love you !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sophie's First Birthday

2009-11-11T11:56:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Sophie... I can't believe that she is finally one year old....

We celebrated sophies birthday when we went out to pioche for halloween. We had Grandma and Grandpa Donohue up for some cupcakes and ice cream.
Sophie really enjoyed her birthday cupcake....

She was so funny. After we sang happy birthday to her and she blow out the candle. She just face planted right into the cupcake... She loved every bite of it.

After cupcakes and ice cream we had her open up a couple of presents. she found this to be very enjoyable also... the picture below of her smiling, just makes my day..

For being such a small party, we sure did have alot of fun.. I think Sophie really enjoyed it too. Her sister bailey got a bit jealous of all of sophies birthday presents. But bailey was a really good big sister and showed her how to use all of her new toys.

No greater thing than a good mother

2009-11-04T14:26:00.000-08:00

The other day I was sitting at my desk thinking about how much of a wonderful mother EVA is. The more that I started to think about it, the more that I was in awe of here many wonderful talents and abilities. But mostly I was overwhelmed by her unselfish love.
She is every minute of everyday watching and caring for her kids. Not only that but she has to put up with her biggest kid... me.
I wish that there were words to express my love and thanks to her. There is no diamond in the word big enough to repay her for her unselfish acts of kindness and love. There is truly no greater love than that of a mother.

Eva I love you more than anything in this world. Thank you for being such a wonderful mother and an even better wife. I hope that one day when I grow up I can be half of the person you are.

Happy Halloween!

2009-11-03T20:08:00.000-08:00

We ended up going to Pioche for the weekend, it was really nice. Bailey got to go to the school carnival, which I forgot to take any pictures of, and then we took her and Sophie around to trick or treat.

I have to laugh because all the little girls were either princesses or a fairy of some sort... and
Bailey was a frog, and Sophie was a Cow. Oh well, they ended up working out really well though, it kept them warm all night.

Of course we had to do a little pumpkin carving. Bailey was not going to touch the inside of the pumpkin at all.

Enjoying the loot, Sophie pulled out all the suckers and put the rest back, and yes that bowl is just Sophie's candy and Bailey had her own. They totally scored!

Memory Lane

2009-11-03T11:53:00.000-08:00

Whenever I see this...
I cant help but think of this!

(Me and my little bro!)

my cute girls!

2009-10-28T19:00:00.000-07:00

I know they look totally different but you can still tell they are sisters.... right?

Check out those blue eyes!

The other morning Bailey woke up way too early and I convinced her to lay back down with me, she eventually feel asleep but then sat straight up, eyes open and everything, and started saying, 2,9,6,7,8,14,2,7,9,5,6,7... rolled over and went back to sleep! I am glad that it was an educational outburst, preschool is totally paying off.

I can't believe how much hair Bailey has, it still bounces up to her shoulders if we let it go curly.

Oh, Sophie, what a sweetie! She is like the energizer bunny, she just keeps going and going and climbing and falling and climbing again and on and on.... She has been doing some fun stuff lately. First of all gotta love all those teeth, don't worry we are saving for the braces already!

You will notice in this picture that she is standing up all by herself!! She is such a big girl. She has been pulling her self up and standing for a while, about a month ago she started grabbing onto the doll stroller and walking with it and about two days ago she just stood up and took a couple steps!! Kyle and I were having her go back and forth between us and she was taking two or three steps, it wont be long now and she is going to be on the move!! I haven't decided yet if that is a good thing or not, you can totally see the mischieve in her eyes...

You are probably wondering what is up with this picture but it is Sophie's first ponytail! She has just enough to stick in a hair band, its so cute! and of course we have to accessorize with a flower!

She is SO much fun! I love her personality!

October fun.

2009-10-28T18:49:00.000-07:00

My friend Kara and I took the kids to a little "pumpkin patch" thingy just down the road. I think the kids enjoyed it. They got to do a little fishing.

I think their favorite was the bounce house/slide. The tried to go down the slide as many times as they could in their allotted time. Luckily it wasn't too big and Bailey could do it on her own.

Poor Sophie and Jackson were stuck in the strollers the whole time. They just are not quite big enough yet.

Pre-School

2009-10-15T15:11:00.001-07:00

Bailey is now in pre-school! Can you believe it! She has been going for 2 weeks now and seems to really enjoy it. It is only twice a week for two hours, which is plenty for now. I was sooo shy, or maybe just indifferent, as a kid I don't ever want that for my kids. I think this is good for her social skills!
Here are the girls waiting to go in the room the first day. The hard part is that it is right during Sophie's nap time so I usually have to wake her up to pick Bailey up.

All I wanted was one picture of her but she want to go play, so I told her just smile and let me take a picture then you can go play and this is what she gave me... technically it is a smile!

They have a fun play area, its the kitchen that first caught her eye.

and this was my attempt at taking a picture of the two of us...ya....

apple juice and a pony!

2009-10-07T08:18:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to post this for a while but I have been waiting on pictures. We were able to go to Pioche for labor day weekend and we had so much fun with all of our family! Of course we had to have a birthday party for Bailey with the Donohue clan! Kyles parents were asking Bailey what she wanted for her birthday and she told them she wanted apple juice and a pony. They asked her if she wanted a little toy pony to play with and she told them "no, one that you can ride!" Not too demanding.... Kyle tried to tell them they had plenty of room for a pony in their yard, but they weren't really going for it. One thing about Kyles parents is that they LOVE Bailey (and there other grand kids too.) Kyles dad especially, Bailey and Papa are best buds! She was the first and only one for a long time and they would do anything for her. I don't think they have ever told her no before. So Shonna said I'll take care of the apple juice and Paul you get to take care of the pony.

I don't know how well you can see Baileys face but she got her pony! Not your traditional pony granted, but some major "horse" power non the less! There are also pony's on the car! They were so excited to give it to her it was the first thing they did when we got there. I wish we had our video camera out because it was classic! Her reaction was awesome, they opened the garage door and it was sitting there with a flashing light on the hood, balloons tied to the back, and a big card with Baileys name on it. Bailey did the quick intake of air while throwing her hands over her mouth and then she threw her hands out and started laughing. I thought she was heading for the car but she ran right to Nana and gave her a big hug and then ran back to Papa the whole time saying, "oh thank you Nana, thank you Papa!" Then she ran to the car. They definitely made her day!

Kyle and his dad took her for her first "drive" and when they came back in the house Kyle declared that I would be in charge of all the driving lessons from now on! The whole turning and stopping concepts... well lets just say they are a work in progress!

Sophie is not going to let you leave her out of anything... she likes to go for rides with Bailey!

Kyles parents were able to come and visit this weekend and they brought the car with them, Bailey has been loving it, riding it at least once a day. Its so cute, she will say, "mom I want to ride my pony car." Sophie is right there with her everytime, she is incharge of the radio and horn. Its so cute.

We got to do some fun stuff while we were out there here are a few of them.

At the parade, we also did the night parade, both were pretty good this year, I was impressed, last year... well...

Sophie and mommy

Bailey's partner in crime... if you ever at a parade you want Kimber to be on your side. She made sure that Bailey got plenty of candy.

Bailey loves to pal around with Chris.

Just chillin' waiting for the parade to start.

Bailey slept outside with the girls, that is all she talks about!
They set off dynamite on monday morning to get everyone up and going I guess and it truely sounded like they were in the back yard setting it off, and it wasnt just once it was like ten times. By the time they were done everyone was awake. Bailey will always tell me about when they slept outside and then she will say "boom, boom, boom!" remember mom?

She had a lot of fun with all of the cousins.

The boys played in the golf tournament! I told them I would be their forth person, but they didnt go for it. Even though I am a girl and pregnant, I think they totally could have won if they had me on their team... :)

Baileys Pioche party!

Here are a few pictures from her birthday party.

Aunt Kimber gave her the princess tea set, which Bailey loves! She has been wanting one forever!
Shonna helped me with the cake, by helped I mean pretty much made it, it turned out really cute!

I cant believe she is three years old!

The Loot!
While we were out there Vince and Jordan blessed their baby girl.
Kyle is lucky enough to have five generations on his dads side of the family.

so cute!

Cute Girls!

2009-09-14T09:17:00.000-07:00

We decided to make cookies yesterday and these were my special helpers!

Bailey and Sophie love to play together!

Dance Class

2009-09-11T21:31:00.000-07:00

For Baileys birthday we put her in dance class. She has been so excited and finally she had her first class. I have decided it is impossible to get a picture of Bailey, she either refuses to hold still, or pulls faces. Ah well, luckily she is a cutie.

Here are a few of my many attempts trying to get just the right picture.

Here she is at dance class, its a ballet/tap class. It was so cute. We walked in and it was a sea of pink leotards. There are quite a few girls in her class so I was unsure of how the teacher would handle it all, but it all went really well.

Action shot... oh ya!

She did really well, I think she really liked it, there were a few girls that started crying and wouldn't go back into class I was glad that wasn't an issue. You know how one little girl needs to go potty then they all do, well I was kind of dreading the potty. I would basically have to strip her down due to the Leo, but she didn't feel the need to join the herd... this time anyways. So that was good.

Every so often she would hike her skirt up to her armpits and twirl in the mirror, but I was never fast enough with the camera, it was funny. There was also the occasional sprawling on the floor, but over all not too bad.

Little girls are so cute!

This is when we moved into the "tap" portion. :)

We were just borrowing some tap shoes for the first class, until I could get to the store. I don't know if you can tell but they are about 3 sizes too big. It was a little silly looking but it got the job done. Lets just say there tap portion isn't really that involved... We took her to get some tap shoes and she was so excited she was telling everyone that would listen to her about her dance class. Okay can you tell I am really excited about this, I have been waiting forever to put her in something like this, that's the whole reason you have girls! Like I told Kyle and his dad, don't worry I will put her in basketball or soccer or whatever else she wants, it doesn't have to be all girly but she needs to get a little bit bigger first, so for now, dance class it is!

Family Times

2009-09-01T12:23:00.001-07:00

Every year we have a Wilson family reunion and this year Kyle and I were in charge of it. It rotates to each sibling each year, the nice part is that we will not be in charge again for another seven years! So Nice!! So we thought what should we do... so we headed off to Pioche for a fun filled weekend! While I brought my camera I failed to take any pictures... honestly I know! Here are a couple of the family pictures we took while we were all together, don't mind the writing its the proof, I have yet to order... I know I am terrible. So ya, here is the whole clan! Keep in mind this is just siblings and there children. Needless to say it can get a little crazy at times, but we managed to go the whole weekend with only ticking off one grumpy old man... considering there are 23 kids 13 and under, that's not too bad!

Here are all the grandchildren, my parents have had at least one a year since they started coming, pretty crazy huh? My mom thought this would be the first year without a grand baby... ha, little did she know... we couldn't let her down! Next year though its all on Richard...
We did a lot of fun things including painting t-shirts, a big hit with the kids, playing golf, more for the boys, swimming, which was kind of a bust, it was soo cold, playing at the park, kite flying, craft time, movie night, 23 kids with popcorn, not pretty! We had also planned on paint balling but the weather didn't cooperate, so we had rousing game of kickball instead, the kids dug it!

I was also able to go spend some time with my sisters and my mom, this is why I was gone for Kyles b-day. We all met up at Bernices house while the boys went hiking, Kyle didn't get to go, poor guy, but someones got to make the money! So it was four adults with nine kids in one house and surprisingly it wasn't that crazy... only when we had the brilliant idea to go to target... ya it wasn't pretty! While we were up there we went to the Hill Air force Museum, it was fun and even better, free!Here is the crew, my niece Kelsie loves babies and nothing made her more happy then to take care of Sophie, which I was cool with!:)

My cute Bailey! They have a really fun activity center for the kids where they get to go and dress up and play in an airplane and take pictures, its lots of fun. Here is Bailey doing a little moon walking, notice the "silly face" she loves to make!

Here she is in the plane getting ready for take off! That's my nephew Andrew and my Niece Marissa in back!

The kids had a blast they love spending time together! I think we all had fun, my favorite part is when we got a couple babysitters and ditched the kids to go out to lunch... did I say that out loud?

Mt. Charleston

2009-09-01T08:44:00.000-07:00

Our ward had a dutch oven cook out on Mt. Charleston this past weekend. It was so nice! Bailey loved it. There was a huge pile of dirt right in front of the cabin that entertained all the kids, I even let Sophie get in the dirt for a while until she started trying to eat it... silly girl!

Did I mention Bailey loves rocks!? I don't get the obsession, but we came home with a couple pocket fulls. Bailey kept Kyle busy!

This is where Sophie and I spent most our time.

It was so nice to get out of the city, the weather was perfect (about 20 degrees cooler!), the food was good, the company was fantastic, it made for a great Saturday.

Blueberries!

2009-09-01T08:30:00.000-07:00

Sophie loves blueberries!!

You know a bib probably would have been a good idea... but ah well!

Bailey was helping me get Sophie to smile, with a little peekaboo!

Bailey

2009-08-27T11:24:00.000-07:00

I cant believe how fast they grow up. I thought it would be fun to look back and see how my
Bailey has grown in the past three years. I don't realize it until I start looking back at pictures how much she really has grown! I know I am her mother but she was such a cute baby and is such a cute little girl. We love you Bailey! Happy birthday!
3 weeks old

I think this was like 6 months old.This is when she was a year old.

These where her two year old pictures.

She was 2 1/2 is this one.

These are just a few pictures of her that I like, I would have done a slide show but I can never get it to work for me.

Happy Birthday Bailey!!!

2009-08-23T21:11:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday Bailey!!!

My Bailey is now 3 years old! I cant believe how big she is getting! We ended up at my parents house for the weekend. We had a party at my Grandma Halls, it was a lot of fun.

Oh ya, I went all out on the cake...
We actually did cupcakes and let all of the kids decorate their own.

My cool cat talking on the phone!

Sophie also enjoyed the party, That was a cupcake at one point...

Just after blowing out the candles, I am not quite fast enough with my camera.

Here she is decorating her own cupcake!

Daddy and Bailey with all her loot!

We starting singing to her while she was opening her present and she told everyone to be quite cause she was opening her presents and they needed to wait to sing... it was cute.

She loved her presents!

My poor little nephew was subjected to all things pink and princess... he handled it pretty well though, he is the only boy with two sisters, I guess he is used to it.

My cute nieces!!

Just a little catch with Sophie, she is now 9 months heading towards 10 months old. She is getting big so fast. I love her personality. If anything is going on she wants to be right in the middle of it all, especially whatever Bailey is doing. Luckily Bailey is a sweetie and handles it well.

Her top two teeth just broke through.

If you look close you can kind of see them.

We had lots of fun at grandma and grandpa Wilsons house, we sure love them!!!

Its hard to get a picture of Bailey without her super cheesing it, but there are worse things...

At the last minute I realized I don't have any pictures of Sophie with my Grandma Hall. We were all in our PJ's cause we were getting ready for the trek back to Vegas, and my Grandma wasn't loving the idea of my taking her picture but who can say no to such cute little ones! So here we are four generations! I only hope I can be half the person my mom and grandma are, they are amazing women, and I hope my girls can follow their examples!

Welcome little one!

2009-08-10T08:18:00.000-07:00

Kyles brother Vince and his wife Jordan welcomed their first little one on July 28th, which just happens to be Kyles birthday, he was pretty excited about that one. They named her Kloe Ann Donohue. Such a cutie. I have been wanting to post pictures but have been unable to get them off my phone, so I snagged these from Kimbers blog, thanks Kimber. Can you believe all of that hair!?! She's a cutie! Cant wait until we get to see her in person! Congrats Vince and Jordan!

Happy Birthday Kyle!

2009-08-04T11:37:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday Kyle!!! Finally you are as old as I am, for a few months anyways! Unfortunately I was out of town for the actual day... I know I am horrible! Kyle reminded me that I have been gone for the last 4 out of 5 of his birthdays, I know I am REALLY horrible, but blame my sisters, they always seem to lure me away during the summer months! I was thinking about him the whole time though and totally made up for it with this rockin' party....

Happy Birthday Kyle we love you!!!

Make a Wish!!!

Oh ya, I went all out on the decor.

I promise that is a brownie!

Kyle is pretending to be surprised, he picked everything out for his birthday.

Sophie didn't get any brownies... poor thing but she seemed content with her rice cakes. Some how she managed to get a piece stuck on her head, silly girl!

We had our ultrasound...

2009-07-23T17:14:00.000-07:00

We are having a BOY!!!

We had our ultrasound today and we are having a boy... yeah!! Kyle said he has never been so nervous in his life!:) Needless to say he has been smiling all day! We are very excited, although I dont really know anything about boys... and everything we own is pink... bring it on! Oh and everything looks good so far, which is always a relief, so now it is just a waiting game. We asked Bailey what she wanted a boy or a girl before we went in and she said a baby brother... and the whole time we were waiting she kept talking about her baby brother and we tried to tell her that it could be a girl, but she asured us it was a baby brother... luckily we dont have to disapoint her. One more time... YEAH!

Sisters

2009-07-16T09:36:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th!

2009-07-06T09:15:00.000-07:00

Hope you all had a good holiday weekend. We ended up going to Pioche for a fun filled weekend which included, picking lots of cherries, eating lots of cherries, playing golf, which kyle and I won by the way :), and playing, playing, playing. It was a lot of fun. All of Kyles family ended up being there, which made it even better! I forgot my camera though, no surprise there, but Kimber has some fun pics on her blog. So here are just a few random ones that I thought were fun.

Why is she soo happy...

Need I say more?

Bathing beauties! The girls love to go swimming!

Okay so I just have to brag on Kyle a little bit, hope he doesn't mind. When we got home Kyle had a letter from the engineering department letting him know he had made the Deans list. He said it was no big deal but I think its pretty awesome! Honestly I am just proud of him in general.

Bailey loves to play dress up. I couldn't find her tiara so we improvised with a huge flower. It works... She is also really into making silly faces, this is one of her favorite ones to do.

Here she is talking on the phone with her pa pa. She loves to chat on the phone!

Time to come clean

2009-06-26T18:25:00.000-07:00

Well I guess it is time to come clean about something... at this point I don't know who I have told and who I have not, who knows and who doesn't, or who cares and who doesn't... so I am just going to throw it out there... Kyle and I are now expecting our third child!!! That's right, I am prego again. It all started about Easter weekend I had the cold/flu that was going around but was getting over it so we decided to travel to see family. I was sitting in my moms kitchen and just kind of thinking out loud said, "man this flu feels a lot like when I am pregnant." Everyone stopped and looked at me... (nervous laugh) "but I'm not!... at least I shouldn't be... Its just the flu right?" Famous last words. Kyle, bless his heart, was instantly nervous I tried to reassure him but I had my doubts. Just for the record Kyle has gotten all nervous and worried with each pregnancy, something about the overwhelming feeling that you now have another one to provide for... but it always works out and he always relaxes, eventually. So we went home, took the test and I came out of the bathroom laughing and then we just sat up all night in shock looking at each other... needless to say we were not expecting this one, but unexpected does not mean its unwanted! Now that the initial shock has worn off we are both really excited. Kyle is hoping that the third time is the charm and he will finally get his boy. His theory is that we are now off of the "girl cycle" and hopefully joined the "boy cycle" (they seem to come in groups around here) but I keep telling him not to get his hopes up I just have a feeling its another girl... but we shall see. I am fine with either, to be honest a boy kind off scares me I know girls but again either one is fine with me. I am due December 14th (poor kid December b-day) and we have an ultra sound set July 23rd, so the count down is officially on. You are probably thinking wow, Sophie and the new baby are going to be really close and you are right they will be 13months apart. I figure we just have to make it through the first year and then it will be smooth sailing, in theory... Its going to be a crazy month for us we will be having our third baby, Kyle will be graduating (wahoo!!!) which means a new job which could mean a new town, new house, packing, moving, unpacking, newborn... it could get a little crazy, but hey bring it on! I am ready!... will be ready... hopefully... Wish me luck!

Happy Fathers Day

2009-06-21T17:49:00.000-07:00

Can you tell who her daddy is? Happy fathers day Kyle! Thanks for all you do, we all sure love you!

Kyle is such a good dad. It doesn't matter how busy or tired, (between work, school, church calling... etc...) he is if his girls need attention he is there for them, and they love it! We couldn't ask for a better daddy!

This was Sophie's first time in the trailer she neither loved nor hated it.

I cant believe how big the girls are getting. We are having a lot of fun. I am having a hard time being motivated to blog because it takes SO long to to download my pics. but ah well! Bailey is so much fun. Its just the two of us for breakfast and lunch and so we will sit down to eat and she will look at me and smile and say, "so, how you doin'?" and I say good how are you and she'll say, "good" and then she will start giggling. She is obsessed with birthdays. She loves to sing the birthday song, we called our grandpas for fathers day and she was telling them happy fathers day but it turned into a version of happy birthday. Anytime she wants to get something she will say, "its for my birthday." I hope she is always spunky!

Sophie is now 7 months old and has one tooth, the other one is trying but just wont break through.

Can you see the tooth?

I love that Bailey is such a good sister. The other day we were just waking up and watching a little PBS and they were holding hands. It was so cute.

Sophie is such a squirmy worm... she totally wants to go but her body is not cooperating which leads to a lot of frustration for her, I just keep telling her is she would just learn to crawl she would be a lot happier. I don't remember Bailey being so social and wanting to be in the middle of everything, maybe she was... nap time is a challenge for Sophie. If there is anything going on she will refuse to hold still long enough to sleep, not that she is happy while she is doing it, which leads to a lot of frustration for me. Trying to get her to nap during church is a joke... WAY to much going on there, but we are having fun, she is a good natured baby and loves to laugh. So far she has been a mamma's girl but she is starting to figure out that daddy means fun. Bailey has been a daddy's girls for a long time.

We are the Champions!!!

2009-05-29T13:32:00.001-07:00

Okay so awhile back our stake had a basketball tournament for the men in the stake. Kyle played awesome and was definitely a key player on the team. I told Kyle he couldn't play if he was going to talk trash and cause issues, its not that he would do it to be rude but he finds it funny to irritate the other players but I just find it stressful. So he was really good and rarely said anything to the other team even so he still had people that wanted to "meet him in the parking lot" ... seriously its church ball, but whatever. In the end he "let his skills do the talking" and his team took the championship. I was so proud of him and had meant to post something but never got around to it so... Congrats babe!

But now on to the good stuff! So they followed the basketball with volleyball for the women in the stake. I was so happy, I totally miss playing organized sports even though I am not even close to what I once was it is still so fun. We have been playing for a few weeks and last night wrapped it up with a tournament. So this is how it played out. Our first game there was only three of us there and we played a team of six and just barely lost 20-25 it was a double elimination tournament so that put us into the losers bracket. Well after winning the next three games, two of them in a row, fighting our way back we found ourselves in the championship game facing the team we lost to on the first round. Because it was a double elimination if we were to win it all we had to beat them twice. At this point I was so tired, sadly my stamina is not what it once was. It looked like a huge task! We had five players now, a couple more had come. So we went to work, and some how we did it we beat them twice!! It was AWESOME! Go Laurelwood!! Thank goodness Kyle was there he was so motivating, I knew he really wanted us to win! He told me he hasn't been that nervous in a long time. I know I was totally nervous watching him pay his game! He was not only cheerleader but also babysitter, he was helping with all the babies while the moms played, Kyle you are amazing thank you so much for your love and support!. I am so sore today but it was totally worth it. Now I have a "Stake Championship" to add to my state championships. So just one more time... Go Laurelwood!!!

How time flies!

2009-05-13T07:24:00.000-07:00

So I have been meaning to post forever now and I just keep putting it off so I am a little behind. First off Sophie is getting so big! This was her five month picture! She is starting to get mobile. She is not quite crawling yet but she can scoot and roll to reach what she wants. She loves to play with paper and does not like it when you take it away from her.

She loves her sister! Bailey can make her laugh like no body else. Sometimes I will be holding them both on my lap and Bailey will do something Sophie finds funny and the next thing I know we are all laughing its so much fun.

Here is a special moment with her Daddy!

I love Bailey so much she so silly! She is always making me smile! This past weekend Kimber and Chris came to visit and Bailey had so much fun with them. Of course I didn't get any pictures but Kimber has some way cute ones on her blog. You can find a link to the right. Baileys new thing she likes to do is play hid and seek. She will start to count then say "ready me not here me come!" She was playing with Chris and it was his turn to find her and he was calling "Bailey where are you...?" and she would answer I'm in here! Then he would say are you on your bed? and she would yell no I'm in my closet! It was so cute.

We started Sophie on cereal, this was her first time. She did pretty good!

Such a good daddy!

Some play time!

Sophie is actually Six months old now... it goes so fast! These are her six month pictures! Bailey was dancing and making Sophie laugh for these pictures!

Such cute girls!

We had a good Easter too but I forgot my camera as usuall and so I have to get pictures from others, if I ever get them I will post some! And yes I know some pictures are sideways but oh well you get the idea!

Bailey

2009-04-08T10:30:00.000-07:00

Bailey has been doing so many fun things lately that I thought I would share a few with you. This last weekend Kyle's parents came down to stay with us and Sunday night Kyles dad was putting Bailey to bed and was telling her a story while she was laying there and she looked up at him and said,"Papa its time to be quite, its nigh nigh time!" Paul said OK good night and came out laughing. How cute is that!?! I have never thought Bailey to be in the "terrible twos" status but at times I would qualify her more as "sassy seconds." Her favorite thing to tell me when I am in her "bubble" is leave me alone mom! I know SO sassy! Luckily its not that often and usually when she is tired. I have been trying to teach her a better way to communicate her feelings when she is bugged. So now she says leave me alone mom please... well its a step in the right direction anyways! Really though she is usually a very fun and loving girl. She loves Sophie (so far) and has never been mean to her she is always trying to give Sophie her "B" (her blanket that she loves) and her toys. She is always looking out for her too. If Kyle has Sophie and I am in the other room and Sophie starts to cry she will run into the room and say, " Mom, Sophie needs you! Shes crying!" and then she runs back to Kyle and says, "its okay Mommy's coming!" I have to laugh a little but I am glad that she thinks mommy can fix anything. For some reason she calls me mom-mom. The other day I asked her a question and she said, "you betcha mom-mom!" She loves to sing her current favorites are the snowman song (that's what she was sing in the pictures below were she is dancing) the Itsy Bitsy spider and the ABC song which she sings ABC, LMNOP, ABC, LMNOP over and over again. She loves to count she was counting everything as 2,9,6 but now she usually counts to five and then adds her own style after that. She LOVES Dora and Diego which I don't know about you but I just can get enough of those shows... :) One thing that has always amazed me about little kids is how easily they become friends. We were at the park the other day and it was just us and another random little girl Baileys age and Bailey came up to me and said, mom she play with me? I said sure go tell you want to play so she went up to her and said "come on, I show you!" and they were best friends after that until it was time to go home. The other day Kyle was taking a nap with Bailey and he got a text message and his phone rang like a door bell and Bailey completely asleep said, "ding dong" and then went back to sleep. Okay so can you tell I love my daughter? She does something that makes me smile everyday and I am so lucky to have her!

New Pictures!

2009-03-28T17:09:00.000-07:00

All Better!

2009-03-21T08:59:00.000-07:00

We went to the Doctor on Thursday and she said everything looks good! Unfortunately this meant she got her immunization shots. Which if you don't know I have a slight fear of needles even after having two babies I still cant seem to get over it. I made Kyle take Bailey for all of her shots I was with them, well actually I was out in the hall, I was with them in spirit. This is the second time Sophie has had shots and I have had to go alone both times because of Kyles schedule. The first time I didn't even try I just told the guy sorry and stood across the room looking away while he did it. This time I told myself to be strong and that Sophie needs me and I was going to hold her and be there for her... until the nurse walked in with the needles. Just looking at them made me sick to my stomach and I got lightheaded and had to sit down. I know my 3 year old nephew can handle needles better then I can! I don't know what the deal is! One of these days she is going to be too big and need some one to hold her well lets just hope Kyle can be there that day!

Gean Luke who is the Lincoln county nurse gave Bailey a round of her shots while we were living out in Pioche for the summer Kyle had an internship out there. She coincidentally gave me my senior shots... lets just say it was a memorable day. When we walked in she smiled at me and said I remember you, maybe you should just wait out here! I guess we all have our kryptonite.

Okay so she has crazy eyes in this picture but I still think its cute! We are so blessed the girls are doing so well!

Catching up!

2009-03-10T07:51:00.000-07:00

Wow where to begin, I am soo far behind. First off Sophie is now officially 4 months old! Crazy I know she just grows and grows!

We went to Pioche for the weekend to trade cars, Kyle borrowed the truck for a scout camp out. The girls had a lot of fun and they love being spoiled by their papa and Nana!

Well while we were there Sophie starting coughing, no fever, she was still eating, sleeping and smiling. I was a little worried but was hoping for the best. Her four month appointment was on Monday so I took her in not knowing what to expect...and well she has RSV! Scary!!! I think we caught it soon enough that it hasn't been too bad. So far I have been able to keep her out of the hospital. My mom came down for a couple days to help me keep my sanity. Thank you soo much mom! Bailey has started getting sick too, plus she is cutting some molars, great timing but she is still pretty bubbly at least during the day at night is another story!

Sophie has to do breathing treatments, she handles it pretty well.

I have Bailey do a saline solution one to help and two so she doesn't feel neglected.
We love grandma!

We really are doing well and the girls are on the mend, I hope... we are so gratful.

Happy Valentines Day

2009-02-18T09:20:00.000-08:00

For Valentines Kyle took the girls to build a bear. It was a lot of fun! Bailey picked out a puppy, big surprise there she is obsessed with dogs right now! So we pick out a kitty cat for Sophie, in truth it was the one I liked the best.

Triumph!!! I finally got a picture of Sophie smiling, it took both Kyle and I to do it! SO cute!

The girls!

Bailey wasn't really cooperating, she has crazy eyes in this picture but it was the best I could get, she wouldn't look at the camera.

I love my sisters, they are so much fun and they are my best friends! I am so glad that Bailey and Sophie have each other and I hope they can always be good friends too!

Just a couple more...

2009-02-10T15:14:00.000-08:00

Okay I just had to add a couple more. I just took them and I thought they were cute.

Sophie is three months old!

2009-02-10T08:50:00.000-08:00

Can you believe that she is three months old already. I tried and tried to get a picture of her smiling and every time the camera would flash she would stop smiling and just stare at it. She really smiles a lot on a regular basis though, she is a really happy baby.

All grown up

2009-01-21T14:41:00.000-08:00

I cant believe how fast time goes by. Bailey is getting to be such a big girl. She crashed on the way to mutual the other night. Kyle works with the scouts and they were rock climbing so he couldn't take either of the girls so they stayed with me for young women's. So for lack of a place to put her, I had to put her in Sophie's car seat. Its crazy to think that she once fit in it!

My cute little Sophie!

St. Thomas

2009-01-21T13:51:00.000-08:00

On Monday we went to St. Thomas. I don't know all the details but basically its a town that was flooded when they built Hoover Dam. With Lake Mead getting lower and lower it has been uncovered. We went to check it out with some friends from the ward. The weather was so nice and Bailey loved it. It was 2.5 miles round trip and Bailey walked 90% of the time, She loved the freedom. Above we are sitting on the steps of the store, I think.

Sophies 2 Months Old!

2009-01-07T21:16:00.000-08:00

This is almost a smile

Don't worry she can breath!

we love our Sophie
Sophie wasnt really cooperating

Who needs a sled?

2009-01-02T08:42:00.000-08:00

It was a white Christmas in Veyo this year but can you believe that my parents have no sleds... not to worry Kyle took care of it. He found an old pallet and hooked it up to the four wheeler and away they went. I guess Pioche people are pretty creative when it comes to playing in the snow. The kids loved it and I even took a ride, I offered to drive and let Kyle ride, but for some reason he was uncomfortable with the idea... something about not trusting my driving skills.... huh.... Anyways it was a lot of fun.

Kimbrie, Bailey and Emily

Bailey and Evan eventually got tired and so they just rode on the four wheeler with Kyle while he pulled the girls. This is all in front of my parents house.

Christmas Day

2008-12-31T08:17:00.000-08:00

Well we had a fun Christmas. This year we were with my family in Veyo. It was a little crazy trying to fit in our car with two kids and all of Christmas, but we made it and it was so nice to be with family!

My sister and her family were there also and her kids were up and ready to go at about 6 am but Bailey was still asleep and she usually doesn't do well if you wake her up and I wanted her to enjoy Christmas so we were waiting for her wake up. The rule is that no one is allowed to see what Santa brought until everyone is ready so we waited until about 7:30 by then Paula's kids were going crazy so I woke Bailey up and she did surprisingly well.
Sophie had been up for a while but she was cool with just waiting. My mom "took one for the team" and held Sophie while we all opened up presents. I was helping Bailey and Kyle had the camera(thus no pictures of Kyle) My Dad had just had surgery on the 23rd, they replaced his shoulder (all those years of football finally caught up to him) So if you were wondering were his arm was, its in a sling secured to him.
Baileys main gift was a stroller, cradle, car seat set that had a matching baby, its so cute, you can kind of see it and a "poochy pup" shes holding it, its a purse with a dog in it. She really likes dogs these days. Santa treated her well this year!

This is her giving Santa a kiss!

And here is my cute little Sophie!

This is her first Christmas outfit, note the reindeer slippers. Kyle said the outfit looked kind of boyish so we threw on the headband and flower. She totally pulled off the look!
Hope you all had a great Christmas too.

Christmas Card

2008-12-30T09:07:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!

I had every intention of making and sending out Christmas cards this year, but it didn't happen... So Better late then never right? These are just some I made playing with a program and I couldn't decide which one I liked the best so I decided to post them all, why not right? Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Wish you the best in the new year!

Sophies Blessing Day

2008-12-18T09:33:00.000-08:00

We blessed Sophie over thanksgiving weekend up in Pioche. I forgot to take pictures that day so these are a little bit late. Kyle's Grandma Donohue, Sophie's great-grandma made (crocheted) Sophie's dress for her. I love it, Sophie is so lucky to have such a beautiful dress that was made by her great grandma just for her, what an heirloom. Grandma Donohue is a very talented lady and Sophie was lucky enough to get a blanket too, its the one in the picture, it is way pretty. We had a lot of family there, thanks to all our family for making the trip, it made it a very special day for Sophie.

( This isn't the best picture but it shows her hair)

So I couldn't resist getting Bailey a white dress too, she looks so cute in it. Did I mention that I was taking these picture by my self, Kyle was at work. I took about 50 of them and managed to get a few goods ones out of the bunch, Bailey was so tired she didn't really want to cooperate.

This is Great Grandpa and Grandma Donohue (the one who made the dress). We got to spend some time with them while we were there. We always enjoy there company, they are great people. Thanks again for the beautiful dress!

New Family Photos

2008-12-13T09:20:00.000-08:00

Santa

2008-12-08T15:39:00.000-08:00

We took Bailey to see Santa last weekend. I really hadn't talked to her about Santa before we got there and so we weren't sure how she would react. I tried to explain Santa to her and I asked her if she would sit on his lap and take a picture and she said "O-Tay." So we headed up there and she did really well. She didn't cry, scream or even squirm and she even kind of smiled. She was so brave!

So Tired!

2008-12-08T15:30:00.000-08:00

So the other night/morning Bailey decided to wake up WAY too early! She insisted on watching a carcoe (cartoon) and so I turned one on with the sound off. Well this is what Kyle found when he got up. Both of us crashed, I think there should be a rule against two year olds waking up before eight, let alone before five!

Sophie is a month old!

2008-12-08T14:31:00.001-08:00

It is amazing to me how fast time goes by! I cant believe my little Sophie is a month old already! We went to the doctor today and she is now 9 lbs 4 oz, shes getting big! By the way I am glad that I don't have to give birth to 9lb babies. She is a good baby, and she may turn out to be a red head, maybe. We love her. The girls and I are having fun, enjoying life and have even made it out of the house by ourselves a few times! Poor Bailey is SO sick of the house and even though I intend to go out during the day it really doesn't happen too often, but we will get to that point eventually, maybe! :)

Tu-Tu Cute!

2008-11-29T23:12:00.000-08:00

Well we had a really fun weekend out in Pioche. Aunt Kimber made the girls some Tu-Tu's and they turned out sooo cute! Here is Sophie sporting hers. Bailey loved hers so much, she wore it everyday all day, during her nap, at meal time, playtime and she tried to wear it while she took her bath, but that's where I drew the line. We also blessed Sophie while we were out there but I was so frazzled that I forgot to take any pictures, so I am in the process of gathering them from other sources. I will post them when I get them. Her dress was soo pretty and she was way cute. I also added just some fun pictures.

Bailey loves her Uncle Chris, the poor guy was bossed around by her all weekend... he handled it well.

My cute little Sophie!

I cant believe how big Bailey is getting!

This is Kiesha (the dog) and Bailey loves her.

Sophie and Grandma took a break together!

Happy Turkey Day!

2008-11-28T21:36:00.000-08:00

Happy thanksgiving! It has been a good holiday for us. We headed out to Pioche for the weekend. Its nice to get out of the city every once in a while. Hope you all enjoy your holiday!

So I have been really into making hair things lately. I mainly do flower clips but I found a picture of this turkey clip (if you couldn't tell what it was) in a magazine and I just couldn't resist I had to make it. I thought it turned out cute and even though it can really only be worn once a year it was totally worth it.

Sophie pimping it in her Thanksgiving outfit that her Papa bought her.

So it is quite a bit colder in Pioche then Vegas and Bailey wanted to go for a four wheeler ride so we bundled up and Kyle took her out. Due to the for layers of clothing she couldn't really move, it was pretty funny. This is her trying to wave, that was the most she could move her arms.

Kyle and Bailey having fun in the leaves!

A funny story

2008-11-20T14:25:00.000-08:00

So I think that the lack of sleep that comes with a new born has finally caught up with Kyle. Last night he took the first shift and I took the next one. I had just put Sophie down and was getting into bed when Kyle rolled over and asked me if I wanted the garbage cans turned off. I just kind of looked at him and asked "the garbage cans?" just to make sure I heard him right and he was like "ya the garbage cans do you want them turned off?" I didn't really know what to say to him so I just kind of stood there and he rolled over and turned off Baileys monitor and went back to sleep. It made me laugh and I still smile just thinking about it. No matter what Kyle says it really did happen!

One week old!

2008-11-14T19:58:00.000-08:00

Time goes by so fast! I cant believe that Sophie is a week old aready!