Sisters

With Hayes at school all day and Kamri not having preschool for a few weeks after we moved, Kamri and Lyla have had a lot of time to spend together and have become such good friends. 

 Lyla was sick a few weeks ago and we had to take her to the doctor. She had to get a steroid shot to help her croup and Kamri was so worried about her crying. She hid in the corner and covered her ears. It was almost like Lyla knew because she didn't even cry from the shot.

Kamri told me her drawing was of Lyla and we'll just say that Lyla was reciprocating with a picture of Kamri.

Kamri comments often to me, "I love Lylie!" From the amount of times Lyla copies Kamri I know she loves her too! It's so much fun having Lyla old enough for them to play together!

Did you notice Lyla's scrunched up nose in every picture, she squints and yells "Cheese!" whenever I bring the camera out.

Farewell 2012!

It has been a big year for our family! The end of a stage in life we entered into three years ago. Which makes it hard not to compare 2012 with 2009. Bracken and I like to refer to 2012 as the anti-2009.
2009 we got robbed in Costa Rica, we left a home we loved, Bracken stopped having an income, he started law school, and our son Dane was born early and was only here with us for four short days.
2012- We didn't get robbed on our trip to a foreign country, Bracken graduated from law school(!!!!), he started having an income again, we moved into a home we love and I made it past 26 weeks being pregnant!

There were great times in 2009 just like there have been stressful times for us this year...but you get the idea!

I look forward to 2013! I have a few general ideals I want to achieve next year but haven't narrowed them down to specific goals yet. Healthier eating, more fun mom, enjoy moments, precision instead of eh, good enough....that kind of thing...

I'm glad I made it the year blogging and even though I wasn't perfect at it, I still feel like I achieved the goal and now I realized I CAN do something everyday if I set my mind to it...no excuses. This year it will studying scriptures daily.

I'm for sure taking the day off blogging tomorrow, but I'll still try and keep the good ole' blog updated at times. Thanks to those who commented, it made blogging much more fun for me!

Today at church during combined Relief Society and Priesthood we Watched a talk by Brad Wilcox called "His Grace is Sufficient" It is a great talk and I also think the perfect time to listen to it as we think about changes we want to make for the new year. I know the video is a bit long but I promise it will be worth your time. (His talk starts at 1:45)



 You can find the full printed text here

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Afraid of the dark...

but didn't want to sleep with light in his eyes...of course Hayes comes up with a solution!

Lyla and I had a fun day together. Going from three kids back to one for a day makes doing things a lot easier. I took her to the park and library, organized the laundry room and toy room and went through my filing cabinet while she was taking a nap. She was jabbering a ton, I think still trying to figure out where everyone else went. She got a book for Christmas that makes animal noises. She loves when the bear growls. She had me read it over and over and would giggle whenever it got to the bear. It was fun to have so much one-on-one time with her today. Now I want to have some one-on-one time with all the members of our family.
Bracken had a great time skiing! He got home with the kids at 9:30 tonight. The kids were awake enough to walk up the stairs and once they got in their beds they were asleep again.

All the snow in Utah had Bracken itching for a ski day so on a whim, he took off tonight to Salt Lake to go skiing with his brother, Kade.  Hayes & Kamri have been begging to go to Utah to play in the snow. I realized this might be their chance to go (plus then I wouldn't have all three alone!)  I tried calling all my family in Cedar and no one answered, thankfully Brooke called back right as Bracken was about to leave. She's nice to let Bracken drop them off at her house for the night/day while Braen goes skiing. Hayes & Kamri were so excited when they heard Brooke said Yes, they rushed to get in the pajamas and get in the car.  The fastest I've ever seen them get ready for bed!  Lyla and I had a quiet night, she had a long bath and stories before bedtime. Now I'm going to go read in bed.  I think it's working out well for all of us! Let's hope there is as much fresh snow up in the mountains as reported and Bracken can have an awesome ski day!

Today I went in for my glucose test. I was drinking the orange drink and Lyla was begging for some. I kept telling her it was yucky and she couldn't drink it.  Kamri corrected me saying Yes! She can drink it when she's older and she's pregnant!  The glucsose test is a big milestone for me, I didn't get to take it with Dane and when I got home from the hospital the drink was in the fridge. It was a rough moment throwing it away. When I was pregnant with Lyla, Bracken hid the drink until I had to go in for my labs so I wouldn't have to see it if anything were to happen. I'm grateful he takes care of me and is thoughtful of things like that. 

27 weeks tomorrow!

Christmas Day

Can you tell who is excited and who stayed up way past her bedtime?!

and me running to get in the picture before the timer went off....the kids could only wait for one picture.

Hayes-telescope, headlamp, legos

Kamri- Our Generation doll, dollhouse, hairstyling kit

Lyla-shopping cart, ball, doll, puzzles

They loved the spin art.

Bracken surprised me with a beautiful chest to hold all of Baby Dane's stuff in.  I had mentioned before that I wanted to get something nicer than the plastic tote that I have had it in and found something that was perfect.  It has a second compartment inside and will hold everything perfectly.  

I on the other hand, got him some candy, a pan for his popcorn and told him I would order him a watch...definitely need to up my game next year.

After opening presents we went to Rod & Cindy's for breakfast, came home and got to conference call in on EJ's, excuse me, Elder Leavitt's phone call (my little brother)  and then spent the day lounging around while the kids played with toys.  My grandma started writing her history and gave us all the beginning parts of it. I loved reading it and hope she gets the rest of her life written down. I look up to her so much and love reading about her life.  

Bracken was back at work today, a bit of a let down, I have to get used to him working again instead of getting a whole bunch of time off during Christmas when he was in school!  I thought he would have today off so I scheduled my injection appointment at 8:30 a.m. which meant I had to leave with all the kids by 8.  It turned out to be a pretty good thing since it got us up and going, the kids were pretty good sports about it.....I was the one getting the shot after all, not them!

One of my favorite lines from sometime in this Christmas season was Hayes & Kamri were talking about the Wisemen and the presents they brought to Jesus.  Kamri said Gold, Frankenstein and Hayes added, and Murmur!!  Now that would be a sight!