Kolt's Graduation!

Wow! Time has been flying by! Two weeks ago I spent a week training to fill in for a girl that is going out of town in the office. I've been training since December but it was my little practice run. This week was my first week filling in and I have one more week. Thankfully Kolt hasn't had to work, so he is home with the kids. He also has a few sore horses so he hasn't been able to work with them either. I'm working 9-5 every weekday. It had been hard for me to work so much but thanks to Kolt for being so supportive, we are getting through!!

Here's the latest with the kids:

Kolay is 5 months old! She is a little over 16 pounds and on the tail end of 3-6 month clothes and size 2 diapers. She is getting so much personality. She is not my little newborn anymore. She wants to be with us and sitting or standing up watching, smiling, and squealing. She is quite attracted to the tv right now too! She loves to kick and play on the floor, in her bouncer, and in her jumpers. She loves to eat and is ready for solids. She started reaching for bowls, spoons, and food.  She pulls everything to her mouth, toys and hands and faces. She gnaws and gnaws on my fingers and her binky. She is working on getting some teeth! She loves her brother and is quite patient with his rough love. She is a mommy's girl but will always smile at her daddy. She rolls from belly to back and is close to rolling over the other way. She also found her toes and loves to pull her socks off now!

Kason is a talking kid right now!!! Everyday he says a new word on his own and we have more and more conversations. It is so fun for us to see his learn! Here are some of the things he does: He copies his dad with his play phone--walking in a circle saying "ya, ya, no, no goodbye!" He also likes to make Siri say hi on the iPhone and will say "call Susan". He is always aware of Kolay and asks where she is. He had started with some 2-3 word phrases. He says things like "cow fall off", "I did it", "oh man" (when he missed a shot), "be back", "I found it", "shoot it", "Kolay dance", "not working" or "flowers pretty". He knows where houses are now and when we are close to them, including Nathan's, grandma and grandpa piquet's, his friend Quentin packs house on the corner, and Eli's house (Lin Lee longhursts big black dog). He repeats their names as soon as he figures it out! Just today he picked up on a new manner: he said "toot! 'Cuse me!" It was too cute!! He loves temples right now and points out any pictured in the house as well as anything outside that look pointy on top, windmills and churches. We sing I love to see the temples free our scripture study and we caught him singing it in the car the other day "temple going day". He picks up on everything. Yesterday I picked up Kolay when she was crying under her jungle mat and next thing I knew Kason laid under the mat and faked cried until I picked him up. His favorite toys are trucks and trailer and thinks every car needs a trailer attached to it. His favorite food right now is yogurt and "ranch" (his new word). He always asks to watch "nemo" but watches a few others now too. He jumps really well on the tramp and can stay on his feet with his older cousins pretty well. His favorite horse is Clyde and his favorite body part are his cheeks (or at least those are the words his likes to say). His all time favorite word to say is "no" although it often means yes! We are trying to teach him to say yes and he's getting better at it and it is usually accompanied by a newly learning head nod! He is turning into quite the character and makes us laugh every day with his new connections!

Here's the highlights of our week:

Last Monday Kolt watched paisley for a few hours in the morning. In the evening, we were going to swim in the hot tub but decided to go on a bike ride instead. We buckled up the kids and tried to position Kolay with blankets so she could lay back and sleep. The ride went so great that we rode all the way to the Iona stake center on the highway. Up until the point, Kason had been great with Kolay. He had put her binky in and left her alone when I told him too as I rode alongside the trailer. Right about at the stake center, Kolay got really fussy. The ride ended pretty painfully. I parked my bike and started walking with Kolay in my arms while Kolt hurried home with Kason and brought back the truck to pick up Kolay and I and then back to my bike. We learned to take a bike ride and involves many trips past the house in case we need to stop!

Last Tuesday night was Kolt's last final in organic evolution. There was a little miscommunication with the professor and the testing center, but they were able to take it and he did well, finalizing a 4.0 in his last semester. Wahoo!!

 Early Wednesday morning I had a dentist appointment. I once again got reminded about flossing, but didn't have any cavities. In the evening, we went to dinner at sizzler with the lindleys to celebrate Kolt's graduation. Kolay and Kason both sat in high chairs and Kason ate really well! Thanks for dinner Mom and Dad!

Early Thursday morning Kolt had his dentist appointment. The prior evening Kolt and I sat in the hot

tub and quickly found out Kolt had gotten in with his phone. The phone sat in rice over night and then he took it to an irepair shop in walmart on Thursday and they fixed it! The young boy who fixed it is this wife's hero! The screen had some water damage but has since dried out and isn't noticeable. In the evening Kason had grandmas day. He and grandma went on a long 4-wheeler ride which is kasons favorite thing to do!!! I kept Kolay to feed her that evening since I had been working all day.

Friday morning Kolt took Clyde to the vet. He and his dad put shoes on him a week or two ago that made him sore and he hasn't really fully recovered. Our trailblazer was used for the first time as a pickup truck as my mom had the truck and trailer on a horse ride. We are sure thankful to have that vehicle as it fills several purposes for our family. Kolt found out that Clyde had an abscess that had been exposed when he was trimmed. They blocked the nerve in his leg and drained it. He is doing much better now but Kolt

is giving him some extra time while I work so that he will be ready to go 100% in a couple weeks. Friday evening we went over to Brady and Natalie's house. Brady and Kolt worked on the trailblazers DVD player and Natalie and I had a good visit while the kids played. I'm sure grateful for my great sister and the example she sets for me. I learn a lot about being a mom from her.

Saturday was graduation day!! We got down to Holt arena a little late but just in time for Kolt. I took about 500 pictures, all of which I have yet to edit. The commencement was really nice. My dad and mom came to support Kolt and help me with the kids. My dad took Kason on a walk until it was Kolt's turn. Kolt graduated with high honors and has worked really hard to get accepted to PA school and do well in his classes. I am so proud of him! It was a long ceremony but we were sure glad Kolt could walk this year as he will probably not walk after he finishes PA school.  After dinner my parents took Kason home so Kolt and I could go on a date. We went to Red Lobster for our first time. We both went all out, trying some seafood we had never had before and it was delicious!    After dinner we went to The Transformers: Age of Ultron. It was actually alright for a guy movie and the 3-D was really cool! I think Kolt liked it too as he finally got to go to a movie that wasn't one that I picked! Kolay did good in the movie and slept most of the afternoon. On our date, Kolt got his graduation surprise from me. Okay, not really a surprise, just a present! We are going to go back to his mission in July! We have been talking about it for months and after lots and lots of planning, we finally felt good about it. We are both getting so excited as he has dart a schedule for our 6 day trip and showed me some of the places we are going to stay. It's going to be a fun summer!

Sunday was a great Mother's Day! Kolt got me a pair of flip flops and a new comb. We made handprint hot pads for the kids' grandmas and put them in a bucket full of summertime things. It was a combination of Pinterest ideas that turned out great I thought! They loved them! In the morning, we had a Skype call with Tyler. It was a little later than it was supposed to be and we couldn't see him but he could see us. Kason was great about it! He said "hi Ty Ty!" a couple of times even though he couldn't see him. We had a great block of meetings. Kristi and Bryant brought Kamrie and Kylen to play with Kason in nursery. I subbed for my mom so we got to play lots. Kolt taught the 17-year old Sunday school class and then came and traded me for the end of relief society.  After church, we went out to visit grandma piquet and take her her gift.

This Monday we had a year end club volleyball coaches dinner. We are at pizza pie cafe. Kason loved the pasta and was excited to see Tate!

Tuesday evening we end to church ball with Kolt and Rope since the kids had had late naps. Kason was dying to shoot during he game, but started to figure out that he could only shoot in between games.

Wednesday evening was the working ranch meeting at the arena. Kolt helped teach in one of the stations then he showed the kids how to make it easier for your horse to be caught. He showed them some cool things in the round pen and had the horse Jack doing some impressive things. It sounded like the kids learned a few things! The kids and I stayed out with grandma Landon paisley and Hesston until it was too cold and then we went inside and played. We did a little planning for the wagon train in June and then helped Grandpa Piquet drive a truck home.

Thursday evening was a pretty mellow evening. I had a tough day at work, enough that the people who made it tough brought me a big bag of Swedish fish on Friday morning. We walked to the park with the kids and played for a while.

Friday was a slower day at work, finally. I was pretty excited to have made it a week! Kolt took the kids grocery shopping all by himself and lived to tell about it! A couple of days this week he brought Kolay over for me to run out to the car and feed and I was thankful he came Friday. In the evening we had dinner at the Tandoori Oven, an Indian restaurant in town. It was really good and Kason even enjoyed some of it!

Saturday we had a relaxing family day! We cleaned the church in the morning with the kids and then went I cabelas and on a few other errands. Kason loved the animals in cabelas. In the evening, Kolt worked 7-11. My mom and I watched The Best of Me while my dad took Kason to town and on a walk. Thanks grandpa! The kids were good and laid down almost by themselves. They are getting on a pretty good schedule. Kason is asleep around 9 and Kolay is asleep by 10. Kolay sleeps until 5ish and Kason sleeps until 7ish. That's a typical day anyways. Of course, there are several atypical days too!

Today we had a good Sunday! Kason was great during sacrament meeting and Kolt taught the gospel doctrine class that went well. The kids are at a really good stage for church now, Kolay sleeps a lot and Kason is learning to whisper and understands when I get up to play the organ. In the evening, we went out to Grandpa & Grandma Piquet’s house. Everyone surprised Kolt with a graduation cake and a stethoscope for PA school! It even has his name engraved on it. He loves it! Thank you!