Wow! Another 2 weeks have flown by! Here are the highlights:
Kason is almost 21 months old. He continues to explode with
his language. He even uses many words of his own now with us prompting him. He
can ask for many different snacks and a "dink" (drink). He loves to
throw everything and prefaces it with "tatch" (catch). He is really
good at the last consonant of words and not so great at the first consonant. Kason
is even learning little Spanish thanks to his Daddy. He knows that “Salta”
means jump and he says “Hola” when prompted for hello. He calls Kolay's diapers
"Elmo!" Because Elmo is on the front of hers. His favorite shows this
week are Caillou, Frozen, and Super Why, of course. His favorite foods of the
week ate "ogurt" (yogurt), "noodles" (pasta) and
"chicken" (chicken nuggets). He had a great bedtime routine going. We
get on our "jammies", read scriptures in the bed in his room, sing
songs (usually "popcorn" and "bubble"), say prayer, turn on
his "music", hug and "tickle" his teddy bear, hold his
sippy of water, and lay down with his blanket. And every night he asks for
"pancakes" or "toast" (French toast) in the morning. It's
pretty cute! Lately he has started yelling either "mom" or
"dad" after about 5 minutes and he usually just needs a little
reassurance and he'll lay back down. He always wants to be outside, either with
the horses, riding his bike, jumping on the tramp, playing on the swingset or
throwing a ball. He's all boy!
Kolay is the officially the happiest baby I've ever seen!
She is almost always content except for every 3 hours when she politely reminds
me with little fusses. We were excited to see her on the cover of the Post
Register’s Born in 2014 edition today! She was part of a birthday party theme
as well as entered in the baby entries in the paper. Proud Mom moment! She is
starting to like being involved in things and interacting. She like laying
under the play mat, and so does Kason! She is losing most all of her hair
except a nice patch in the back. She is weighed 12 pounds 13 ounces and
measured 22 1/2 inches long on the 18th for her 3 month appointment. She has
started to spit up more usually when I have too much dairy. She still sleeps
most nights about 8 hours although she has had a few 5 hour nights which is
nothing to complain about. She is starting to talk more and even had a little
giggle the other day at her mommy. She is a sweet girl!
Kolt and I have been doing most of the same old. I'm working
afternoons at the Post Register and Kolt is in class and working a few 7-11 pm
shifts at the BHC. It works out great so one of us is always home. Kolt got 2
horses in the past 2 weeks. He got a cute little sorrel mare that he has named
Bonnie and a bay half draft gelding named Clyde. We got the mare last Monday
and the half draft last Saturday. He is really excited to work with both this
summer. He is already busy away with both of them and kason loves to be with
him.
Last Tuesday was St. Patrick's day. I kinda outdid myself
with a bunch of activities for the day. We took St. Patrick's day pictures of
the kids in their green, had green pancakes, made a rainbow fruit platter, made
green treats and handouts for visiting teaching sisters, and finished the day
swimming in the hot tub with Nathan and going to get a orange Leaf frozen
yogurt. It was a great day! Kolt played a little football at the park with my
friends in the evening as his class was cancelled. It was a fun holiday! Thank
you Pinterest for the many fun ideas.
On Wednesday the 18th we got to visit Kasons newest cousin
Hesston Shane Harris. He was born a few weeks early so he is spending some time
in the nicu getting stronger. Kolt and kason picked up Paisley to play and then
we went to the hospital to let paisley see her mommy and visit Hesston in the
nicu. We are so excited that he is finally here and can't wait to have kason and
Kolay meet their new cousin!
Last Thursday evening I had volleyball practice getting
ready for our second tournament. We practiced a lot with the 14s. After
practice I went out to meet Kolt and the kids at grandpa and grandma piquet's
house roping. Kolt loves being outside!
Friday kason went to play with paisley in the afternoon
while Kolt went to help Landon on their house. Kolay and I went to work to do
checks.
Saturday morning we all got up early to go pick up Clyde
from soda springs. Of course, the kids sleep in on the day we have to leave at
7 when they usually are up before then! We drove straight there and the kids
slept almost all the way there and back. We dropped off the horse quickly and
went to volleyball in sugar. We are sure grateful for our neighbors for letting
us set up the round pen in their paddock!! Thanks so much! The volleyball was
good--the girls are learning that a 3 hit play get more reward than winning a
set. They got one 3 hit play to get ice cream at this weeks practice.
Sunday was busy! I subbed in the CTR 4 class which was a
handful! I'm so grateful for sister king for teaching the lesson. I had the
easy job! Kolt subbed in the library with Kolay and thought it was a pretty
cool job. Kason had a "hair-pulling" incident at nursery and spent
the last hour with grandpa. It wasn't our best nursery day! After church, we
went out to grandpa and grandma piquet's to watch the roping and enjoy the warm
weather! It was a nice evening with family! Kason loves riding the 4-wheeler!
Monday was the start of Kolt's spring break! I spent the day
finishing a photo book of Kolay's birth. It is quite the ordeal with so many
pictures although I am glad I am getting better at photography. The book turned
out great! While Kolay and I were at work, Kolt and kason built some shelves in
the bottom of our closet. It looks so good! Thanks sweetheart! He also picked
up a new swingset for grandma Lindleys house which kason loves.
On Tuesday, we left for Utah with rope, brand, and grandpa
and grandma Lindley. We drove 2 cars to fit everyone. We met at Pocatello for
lunch and then drove to cousin Brady's tennis match. He lost in a close 3-set
match. Kason loves playing on the tall swingset and throwing the football with
the boys. After tennis, we went to see Blue and Cooper at the stables! The boys
had a blast riding and we all ended up taking a turn. They looked great and
were fun to ride. Kolay even got to sit on blue with rope for her first little
ride ever! We had a great evening. After riding, we ate dinner at Corey and
Janis' home in Orem and visited with Brady and Devin before Janis took us out
to stay at the beautiful Hobble Creek home. We are so thankful for Janis and
her hospitality. We always have a great time visiting them.
On Wednesday morning, we had pancakes and eggs. The boys
played more basketball and Kason played on the swingset by the creek. We went
on a big bike ride while Janis watched Kason and Kolay. It was a tough ride for
us out of shape people! Janis made us sandwiches for lunch and then we did a
little shopping in Orem. We went to watch Kelsi run the mile run at her track
meet. She ran great! It was fun to visit with my cousin Robyn and meet her new
little Kennidee who is just one month older than Kolay. After her race, Kolt
and I and the kids went to visit a family from Kolt's mission the Villaneuva's.
It was so nice to visit with them and feel of their love. I even caught a few
words in Spanish! Sister Villaneuva fed us while we were there as well! It was
so good! We always life visiting the Villanueva's! After our visit, we met my
parents and rope and brand and Kristi and her family in salt lake at the Jazz
game. We got a free bag at the entrance and a free pizza with our tickets! We
were up really high but we were both amazed at how closely kason watched the
game. He watched for a basket and would clap and yell "yay!" Kolay
even made it on the big screen with daddy and rope and brand! It was fun to
watch a game and visit with old friends Devin King and Shelby Rudd, who were
also at the game. We drove home that night and fought to stay awake!
We have had several projects over Thursday Friday and
Saturday. Kolt built a shelf in our bathroom for extra storage, worked on
fence, worked with his horses, and cleaned the tack shed. It has been some
productive days! Saturday we treated ourselves to the movie to watch insurgent
with my mom and Kolay. Kason stayed home with grandpa Lindley. We really
enjoyed the movie and then got Orange Leaf afterwards. We have been trying to
use some gift cards that expire March 31st. Kolt worked Saturday evening for 4 hours,
and I watched the General Women’s Broadcast with the kids.
Today was a beautiful Sunday day! Kason didn't feel so well
during sacrament meeting, so we stayed for Kolt to substitute in a Sunday
school class and then went home. My poor little Camry did not drive home well
so we drove straight to the mechanic and walked home. Thankfully it is in Iona
and we had a stroller in the car. We are not so confident in the future of my
little Camry since it had 243,000 miles. We are anxious to hear the verdict
this next week. We had a nice dinner with the Lindley family and then Kolt
picked up a 4-hour shift tonight for a one to one. We are so grateful for good
family and feel like life is flying by!
