Leishman Family

Disneyland!!!

2011-04-29T08:53:00.000-07:00

Day 1

Ok so we made it to Disneyland and we parked at our hotel because we couldn't check in for a few hours so we decided to go play at California Adventure for a while. We went to the Bugs Life where we rode some rides. Kinley has a love/hate relationship with rides she loves to get on them and when they start, but when they really get going she starts to get her scared face then when the ride is over she is smiling and says "that fun?"...lol it was really fun watching her. They also have this little train, thats the caterpiler from bugs life, and you go through different foods like watermelon and animal cookies and Kyler and Kinley loved this one. So while Josh and the older kids were on other rides Jill and I took them on that a few times.

We were also able to ride the Tower of Terror with the older 2 and I think BrynLee is the one that passed this love/hate with rides to Kinley...lol BrynLee loved the idea of riding the big rides but when the time came she would get really nervous and then scream bloody murder through the ride and then when we were finished you could tell she was very proud of herself for doing it...lol After going on a few rides and eating lunch and going to the Bugs Life 3-D Movie (Fyi Kyler hated it it was way to loud and scary for him) We went on Monsters Inc. this one Kyler loved. Everyone else wanted to go to the Muppets 3-D movie next door so I decided that I'd stay back with Kyler and Kinley while they all went to the movie and the two little ones and I went on Monsters Inc. 2 more times. It was really funny everytime we were getting close to getting on the ride they would both get so excited Kyler would sign "my turn" and yell "Yeah!" and Kinley would say "My turn, my turn?" When we came out the last time the others weren't finished yet but there was a live show going on outside and Kyler just started dancing,
and Kinley just wanted me to pick her up so she could see "Ah Mickey an a Mouse"...lol She loved all of the characters from a distance...lol By now we decided it was a good time to go check in to our hotel. It was really nice we were able to have a shuttle pass so we rode a bus everytime we went to or from Disneyland. P.S. this was Kinleys favorite ride. She always wanted to be the 1st one on and wanted to sit by herself and no one could help her...lol She would also always say "Bus where are you?" while we were waiting at the bus stop. Or she would say "Bye bus!" and wave when we were getting dropped off...lol Anyway our room was really nice we got a 2 room kid suite. There were 2 queen beds and a bathroom and t.v., then there were bunkbeds and their own bathroom and t.v. in their room.

Day 2

We got up and got ready and went to spend our day at Disneyland. We were able to ride alot of rides it was really nice too because we were able to get a wheelchair pass for Kyler, so we could keep him in his stroller to wait in lines for the rides, so we didn't have to fight him when the wait got to be to much, and in Disneyland they let us go in the exit so we didn't have to wait to long to get on the rides. I think we were able to ride almost all the rides (about 11 rides) in Fantacy Land in about 2 hrs. It made Disneyland a whole lot more fun when you don't have to wait in line for 1hr. for every ride ;) One of the rides Kyler loved was the Buzzlightyear one. We went on the Haunted Mancine and I forgot about the lighting in the room and all the lights going off. So I didn't warn BrynLee that was going to be happening and she about jumped a mile high, and I didn't have Kylers eyes and ears covered so he'd miss that part so the whole ride he kept signing Scary to me I felt so bad. But we did get to have alot of fun. When it we about time for dinner Jill and I went on the bus back to the hotel so we could go get some food. We took Kinley with us, because after all the bus is her favorite ride....lol and Kyler was asleep so Josh kept him and the older two. By the time we were able to get back to Disneyland it was almost time for the firework show, so we just sat on a bench by the front train station and ate our dinner and watched the fireworks. The problem is that I found out that Kyler is getting more and more scared of loud noises so I had to take him into the bathroom until the fire works were over or plug his ears the whole time. I really need to find something for him before the 4th of July. :) We were going to go ride a few more rides but as we were on our way to the rides Kyler and Kinley fell asleep so Jill and I took the two little ones back to the hotel while Josh and the other two stayed and rode a few more rides. Can I just tell you when you have to fold up 2 strollers, try and hold a sleeping 5 year old, keep ahold of a 2 year old (She woke up when we got to the bus), get on a bus and slide your bus pass it's not easy...lol (We're braking Jill in early to be a mom...lol) But we made it back and the kids to sleep. Josh and the older kids were able to ride a few rides and were back at the Hotel soon after us.

Day 3 and Last day at Disneyland

Rain?!!? What we didn't have an Umbrella on Sweatshirts just soak up the constant mist they call rain. But it was still warm! So Jill, BrynLee and I went to go see if we could find ponchos or umbrellas and we couldn't fine any ponchos but we did find 2umbrellas for $26 are you kidding me I just want a dollar store umbrella...lol So we went to Disneyland and decided to ride the Monarail hoping we could maybe wait out the rain. After that we went to wait for about 20 min. and the Finding Nemo ride which wasn't too bad because the whole line was covered. This was one of the coolest rides! It was worth the wait. By the time we were finished with the ride it wasn't raining to much and the rest of the day was great. We took the kids on the Autotopia "where they get to drive the cars" It was really funny because I had Kyler with me and he loved driving the car and took it so seriouse when driving you have to look at his picture. He was so cute. Braxten was pretty excited that he got to be in his own car all by himself...lol We finished up with all of the rides that we didn't get to in the 1st two days. After we had rode everything once we now had time to ride what the kids wanted to ride for the 2nd time. And of course that was the Screamin over at California Adventure. Luckly the line was only 15 min. wait and the merry go round is right by it so thats where the 2 little ones were while Josh and I took turns with the older two, to ride the Screamin. And last but not least we had to go on the Toy Story one again. So by the time we made it through that line it was almost time for a light water show. It was so cool they had the water turning all different colors and shooting into the air all going along with the music. They also would make the water mist going into the air and would poject different parts to Disney movies to go along with the music. One of the really cool ones that they did is when they had fire blowing up out of the water, for Pirates of the Caribian, we could feel the heat where we were standing. That was just the best ending for our last day. We now hurried to get to the bus because now the whining started to come because the kids were so tired and hungry. We left at about 10:30 the next day to come home and the ride home was so awsume....NOT!! Everyone was whining "He's laying on my ribs" "She just elbowed me in the eye" "I can't take it anymore" "Nobody loves me" I think you get the picture...lol I can laugh now. But finally after about the 1st hour being like that those two fell asleep. It was nice and quiet until Las Vegus and we stopped and found a McDonalds so they could run off some energy. The rest of the way was just "please let us get home soon!" And we finally made it to our drveway at about 1:30 am and yes I still made my kids go to school that morning because I figured they slep almost the whole way so they would be fine....I know I'm mean but if they would have stayed home they would have woke up about 10 min. after school started and been bored and driving me crazy until school was out and they could play with their friends...lol So over all yes we had a great time and alot of fun!!! But I want it to be a long time before I'm in the car with all of my kids for over 12 hrs. straight, twice in less than a week...lol

Surprising the kids and going to Disneyland!

2011-04-21T21:56:00.000-07:00

We were going to be driving to Hollywood to go to the Ellen Show, and we decided to make it a family vacation and take the kids to Disneyland. But we wanted to make it a surprise for the kids. So for the last week we have been trying to get everything ready. So I called their teachers and let them know that we were going to be picking up the kids Wed. after lunch and that they were not going to be back until Tues. So we loaded the van Tues. night after they all went to bed and finished getting ready Wed. morning after the kids went to school I finished with all the last minute stuff like loading the cooler and what not. Josh got off work early and we went and got the kids from school at about 12:30. When I showed up at the school the kids were really surprised and asked me where we were going. I told them that we were going to Salt Lake to a hotel just for fun. They were so excited that they were going to be able to stay in a hotel. After we drove past Salt Lake Braxten started asking why we had passed Salt Lake and what hotel we were going to be staying in so I then told them that we were going to be going to St. George instead because we wanted to go to where it was warm. So now they were excited to be able to go swimming and be where it was warm and not rainy. So now we were able to buy ourselves some time. Can I just tell you that this is about the best way to start a vacation because my kids were so good in the car. And then when we got to Cedar City we decided to stop and eat and let the kids run off some energy and let them know where we were really going.

So now we were in for a really long ride, only about 8 1/2 hrs., because you know when you are on a road trip with 4 kids you have to stop to go to the bathroom about a hundred times. We didn't get to our hotel until about 2:30 am and by this time all the kids had had a pretty good cat nap, and were ready to play, but can I just say the adults were ready for bed! Kyler didn't go to sleep until about 5:00 am.

But... Jill and I got to go the Ellen Show and had an awesome time we got to sit in the 2nd row from the front. Our show we were at will air Mon. April 25th. We also got to see Mario Lopez. Yeah!! Josh was awesome and stayed with the kids in the hotel and played games and watched movies with them, what a good dad. We are still in Hollywood tonight but we're going to Anaheim and going to Disneyland for the next 3 days. So stay tuned :)

Lots going on these last 2 weeks!

2011-03-16T08:14:00.000-07:00

Will was teasing Kinley. And she loved it. Well lets start with my brother Will came home for his 2 week leave from Afganistan. He surprised us by breaking into our house Sat.(the 5th) night and coming out of his room while we were all getting ready for church Sun. morning. We were all excited and had alot of fun being able to see some of his pictures and the kids really liked getting some gifts from Uncle Will. I thought it was really funny that Kinley wasn't scared of him and has been stuck to him like glue since he got here. She always wants to go with Will and Jill in their car...lol Well I guess all the kids do...lol

The kids also wanted Will to come in uniform to their classes. Because they as a class have wrote him letters. So he went and did that on Thurs. the 10th. The kids had a blast looking at pictures and asking questions. Will did a great job and my kids were so proud of their Uncle Will.

Here are some of the pictures that Will showed the kids.

We also went to a Special Needs Mutual Talent Show and it was so fun Kyler loved holding up my brother Jakes phone when the kids were singing and Kinley just had fun dancing and going from one chair to the other. Braxten and BrynLee are old enough now that they look at the older kids with Down syndrome and try to picture Kyler when he's older. They each asked me if I thought Kyler would be in this talent show when he's older and how much fun that would be....lol

One of the meals we had while Will was here
Kinley wanted hot sauce so Jill put some on her plate and she loved it..lol .

The last day Will was here we celebrated Kylers birthday early and had everyone get together. We had alot of fun. On Mon. morning Jill and I took Will down to the airport. We made it down there in good time and said our good byes (that were not easy might I add) but on our way home we got a flat tire so it took us quite a while to get back home

Lots of things going on!!

2011-03-07T06:56:00.000-08:00

Well I know it's been a long time but I'm going to try and give you a little bit of what has happened in the last few months. Let's see Will (my brother) and Jill got married, Josh and I had our 10th wedding aniversary, Will left for Afganistan, BrynLee turned 7, Thanksgiving, Jill moved in with us, Jake (my brother) and Crissy are going to be having a baby, Braxten turned 9, Christmas, my mom turned 50, Kinley turned 2 and started potty training, Kyler is kinda potty training (when he wants that is), got new furniture for the 1st time(and not just new to us furniture..lol), Kyler had eye surgery so now his eyes are not crossed any more, Will came home for his 2 week leave. I think that has been our life in a nutshell for the last 6 months...lol I really need to get better at posting I really love being able to go back and look at my old posts you forget so much. Well here are a few pictures.

Some cute videos of the kids!

2010-09-22T09:21:00.001-07:00

Time to catch up again

2010-09-20T08:19:00.000-07:00

So we had our 4th Buddy Walk for Cache County on Sept. 11th, 2010.

It went really well. We had it at a new park and we had food donated from Texas Roadhouse and Olive Garden which was great. We also had Creamies donated. We had Big Blue come! Which is new. And we had our first 5K. We also did a flag ceremony and moment of silence for all of the people who lost their lives in 9-11 and for all of the Military who have and are fighting for our freedom. It was alot of fun but boy am I glad it's over...lol

Big surprise I'm on the phone!

Buddy Walk!!!

2010-08-27T11:58:00.001-07:00

5K 10:00 am
Buddy Walk 11:00 am
September 11, 2010
450 North 100 East Millville, Utah

*Lunch catered by Texas Road house!
*Dessert by Casper’s Malt Shoppe
*Star Wars characters
*Princesses
*Big Blue is coming!!!
*Bounce Houses
*Kids Games
*Raffle (hundreds of dollars worth of prizes)
*All proceeds benefit our “Buddies”

Come support the local Cache County Down syndrome group! Bring your friends and family!

Registration fee includes a Buddy Walk bag for kids, an event T-shirt for adults, lunch, games, and activities.

Questions? Call Maria 753-1357 or 512-3625

Look who's in the News!!!

2010-05-26T11:58:00.000-07:00

The Herald Journal: Features - Cache Valley parents use signs, multiple languages to communicate with children
The Herald Journal: Features - Cache Valley parents use signs, multiple languages to communicate with children

A Mother's Day I'll never forget!

2010-05-10T08:29:00.000-07:00

I had a great Mother's Day.

The kids (And dad) made me breakfast in bed. They came in and woke me up and I hear Josh say "K what do you say" and BrynLee says so proud "Happy Thanksgiving" Then I hear Braxten say "No it's Mother's Day", BrynLee "Oh, Yea Happy Mother's Day". I said to Josh "Did you plan that?", he said "No". We all got a good laugh out of that. So after I sat up they handed me my tray and a rose in a vase and a card. As I was sitting there getting ready to eat my Hashbrowns, bacon, and muffins, oh and my pineapple/o.j. in a fancy glass. BrynLee starts telling me "your food might be a little soggy because we spilled a little bit of the water from the flower on your plate but we used a paper towel to get it off!" It was so funny because Braxten looks at her and said "BrynLee stop talking you are going to make mom lose her appetite". Let's just say I'm not going to forget this Mother's Day. Thanks Braxten and BrynLee I love you very much. I'm so proud to be able to be called your "Mom" And thanks Josh for helping them get all the water off with the paper towel...lol I'm just kidding thank you for being such a great husband and dad I love you and everything you do for us.

A couple Family Nights

2010-05-10T07:41:00.000-07:00

About 2 weeks ago we decided to go take some pics. of the kids for Mother's Day Gifts for family home evening. After we finished with the pics. we went to Pretzel Maker for free pretzels (It was national pretzel day) The kids had a blast and we got some pretty good pictures if I do say so myself..lol

I wish Kyler would have quite running towards me so I could have gotten the top of his head...lol He is starting to be so good with his little sis.

See they like each other. (Some times)

Braxten wanted a pic. in this tree so bad and Kyler wants to do everything Braxten does...lol

I loved these pis. of my girls they are so dang cute!

Josh set the timer on the camera and I think it turned out pretty well.

I really liked this one of Braxten.

BrynLee really got into the whole posing thing...lol

And about 3 weeks ago we decided to go to Angie's and eat Ice cream for dinner. We tried to "Clean the sink" at Angie's. I think the kids thought we had lost it when we asked them if they wanted to eat Ice cream for dinner. But I think they all had a lot of fun.

UDSF Egg Hunt 2010

2010-04-21T09:56:00.000-07:00

On Sat. April 17th we had our Egg Hunt. We had a great turn out. We had about 10 families and 2 new families to add to the family. We all love being able to get our baby fix by holding these cute little babies. Thank you to everyone that came I know my family had a great time. I love being able to talk with all of you.

Spring Break

2010-04-21T08:05:00.000-07:00

Braxten ran his 1st 5k April 3rd. He did great he ran it in 28 min. with grandma and Karli. The poor kid when he was coming over the finish line looked like he was going to die...lol He comes up to me and said "mom my legs feel like noodles, can I go in the building and sit down?" So he went inside and after a few min. I went to go find him and there were 2 people sitting insidethat had just ran the 5K, and they asked Braxten "Did you just run the 1 mile?" Braxten looked at me and smiled and I told them "No he just ran the 5K." They looked at him in surprise "Oh so how long as he been training?" so I told them "Well the other day he asked his grandma if he could go running with her and they ran 2.7 miles so she asked him if he wanted to run the 5K with her. That's about it." After we got home Braxten rode his bike, scooter, walked around the block twice, jumped on the trap. and just played. Man I wish I had half of that energy...lol Good job Braxten we are very proud of you!

That next was Spring Break so we went to Baby Animal Days with Shelley and her family and the kids had a great time. While we were looking at th ducks the Valley Channel was there and they had the kids hold the ducks for the camera.

Playing at the Park

2010-04-15T07:26:00.000-07:00

The other day we got a little spring fever and learned that just because the sun is out doesn't mean that it's going to be all that warm outside...lol it wouldn't have been to bad if the wind would have quit blowing. Oh well the kids still had fun. We took the kids scooters and Kyler and Braxten rode theirs almost the whole time we were there and Kinley and BrynLee played.
Here is a little video of Kyler on his scooter.

Kyler rode his scooter all the way up this hill I can't help but be so darn proud of him. He loves his new scooter.

Braxten Loved this thing.

Yes that is a rock in her mouth. I guess it helps with the teething process...lol

BrynLee is such a good big sister this is Kinleys first time up the playground to go down the slide and she loved it.

This park had a really fun see-saw thing it was kinda fun one really good thing I liked about it is when it's your turn to go down you don't get that big bang on your bum...lol Oh the good old days when your body could take what ever came your way...lol

Kinley climbed to the tallest part of the playgroud by herself but then didn't know what to do when she got there.

Cheese!!

Crazy Week

2010-04-05T11:53:00.000-07:00

Well it's been a crazy week 1st on Friday and Saturday, March 26 & 27, I was in Salt Lake for a (UDSF) Utah Down Syndrome Foundation President meeting. We met for dinner Fri. night and had the meeting from 8-3 Sat.. My mom and my aunt went with me so I didn't have to stay in a hotel in Salt Lake by my self. So after dinner Fri. we went to a few stores and at about 11 we went and checked into the hotel. The crazy thing was though was that my mom and my aunt were so tiered that they had quite the case of the giggles and were being crazy. We were getting all sorts of looks from people trying to figure out what was going on..lol

Then after my UDSF meeting I had to get home so I could make it to the Youg Womens Conference at our Stake Center. So I made it with about 5 min. to spare. Mean while, while I was down at my meetings Josh was home trying to get my kitchen floor done, with Kinley helping him...lol

On Sunday we were suppost to be going to Joshs Parents for Kevins Birthday before church (Seeing how church is from 2:30 - 5:30 now) And Braxten also had a talk we all forgot about. So we helped Braxten with his talk, ran to Kevin and Launas, came home and changed went to church, helped Braxten with his talk, ran to Young Womens and finally home.

On Mon. my sister-in-law came and helped me finish painting my walls. We painted all day, but we got done. Yeah!! And yes we had 4 kids and 3 dogs running around.

On Tuesday I ran down to SLC with some of the other leaders for the Young Womens training. It was so good. It was so neat to hear from those great Women. While we were walking back to the car the wind was blowing like crazy. We ended up hiding by the Key bank building because the wind was blowing sand and dirt and we were all in dresses and it hurt. I do wish we would have gotten pictures of all of us with our hair straight up in the air from the wind..lol The meeting was from 12-3:30 and we had Young Womens at 7 so I had time to run home and be home for about an hour and had to leave again. I finally got home at about 8:45 just in time to help Josh get the kids in bed and sit for a while.

On Wed. was Kylers 4th Birthday so I was trying to get everything all cleaned, run to the store to get treat bags for Kylers class, run them up to the school before school was over, run back to the store with Kyler and Kinley to finish getting stuff for the party, and get a cake made all before 5:30 when everyone was coming. It was really fun going to Kylers school and see all the other kids sing Kyler Happy Birthday in Sign Language and watch him hand out all of his little gift bags with his Birthday hat, that was way to big...lol

And to hear all of these little kids ask their teacher if they could give Kyler a hug to tell him Thankyou. I also thought

Kylers cake turned out really cute.

We had the whole family come over and Kyler had so much fun. He loved opening his presents he got a vaccum that he loves,a Spongebob Blanket that he loves, a Spongebob hoppy ball that he loves, a Spongebob singing birthday card that he loves.

Did I say he loves Spongebob..lol Lets just say he got alot and over half of it was Spongebob.

On Thursday and Friday Josh stayed home sick. I was trying to get everthing finished and ready for the neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt that I put on and I was able to get our Church so we could have it in there not out in the snow. I have been doing this Easter Egg hunt for about 6 years and we have never had to deal with snow...lol

The kids also had fun coloring Easter Eggs.

Sat. we had our Hunt at the Church at 9:30, to go around conferance, and we had a pretty good turn out. Kinley was having so much fun and Kyler just wanted to run the halls.

Sunday started very early for me and BrynLee. She woke up at "4:30" and I do have to say she was trying to be quiet but she started caughing and couldn't stop. But she always wakes up really early on Christmas and Easter, and by early I mean early, she woke up at 2 in the morning for Christmas this last year. But all of the kids were excited and had alot of fun hunting for eggs.

We watched conferance as much as I could with kids yelling for mom and Kinley crying and so on. We went to Josh's parents at noon and had lunch and they got to hunt even more eggs. We even made it to my parents for a while. Mom gave the kids kites so they went and flew them for a while. After we got home at 9:00 I took the kids over to my neighbor, Shelley, so they could sleep over, because we had to get up and have Kyler and Kinley at the hospital by 6:30 to get tubes in their ears.

Now today we woke up Kinley and Kyler and took them right out to the van. Josh drove his car so he could go to work when we were done. When I got into the van I said "good morning" to Kyler and he was way to happy for that early in the morning, he was clapping with the radio on our way to the hospital. They were both pretty happy for getting woke up when we got up into the waiting room. They took Kyler back 1st and cleaned his ears out, put tubes in "This is his 4th set" and did a hearing test. When Kyler was in the recovery room they came and got Kinley and she didn't, even cry when they took her it was quite nice.

About 15 min. later they brought Kyler in and he was acting really well he wasn't crying and drank 2 whole sippy cups of juice. About 10 mins. after we got Kyler they brought Kinley out with her new tubes and she was really happy also, she also drank 2 sippys of juice. So we where good to go. So far everything has gone great they took a nap and everything.
So sorry it was so long but it was one crazy week and as I have said before this is my way of journaling.

Videos of Kyler

2010-03-15T08:23:00.000-07:00

Can I just tell you this kid cracks me up at least a few times a day.

Sunday

2010-03-15T08:14:00.001-07:00

It was so sad but Kinley woke up with one eye sealed shut. But as you can see it didn't even bother her. I told Josh I was going to go get the cammera and he said "your so mean" I just said "I just think its so funny that she is so happy".
So here is the before.

And the after.

Tinkerbell W/ Disney On Ice

2010-03-15T07:59:00.000-07:00

Disney on ice

2010-03-15T07:36:00.000-07:00

On Sat. we took Braxten and BrynLee to Disney On Ice. They had a lot of fun, but I think us going to Dineyland last summer trained our kids to not ask for us to buy anything, "it's to much $ dang it". Well while we were there Josh wanted to see how much a bag of popcorn was so he asked the guy, and Braxten told Josh "Mom said we aren't buying anything"...lol and just for the record the popcorn was $4.50. Anyway we had alot of fun I kinda wish we would have taken Kyler though I thought he might get board but it was so fast paced and lots of music I think he would have been just fine and would have loved it.. oh well it was nice to spend time with just the older 2. There was no diaper bag, no bottles, no harness, and no crying...lol Here are a few pictures of Disney On Ice.

I got to meet 2 stars last night

2010-03-05T07:04:00.000-08:00

I was able to meet with 2 of the stars from this short video last night #7 and #8. I was lucky enough to have been asked to go pick up Emily (#8) on my way to a meeting last night and spend about 1hr. with her just getting to know her and telling her about my family. I was really touched by this video and wanted to share it. I also noticed that #5 was in High School Musical 3.

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2010-03-05T06:59:00.000-08:00

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Kinley walking and talking

2010-03-02T12:52:00.000-08:00

Here's a few little videos of Kinley

Kinleys 1st Birthday

2010-03-02T10:34:00.000-08:00

Now for Kinleys 1st B-day We weren't able to really do anything big. BrynLee had been sick for a few days and Josh's mom had to suddenly fly out to Wisconsin, Josh's sister was in labor 5 weeks early, the baby missed being born on Kinleys B-day by less then 10 mins...lol But Braxten and BrynLee really wanted us to do something for her birthday so I just bought Little Debbie heart shaped cakes and we did that. Then on Wills B-day that Sunday we gave her another cake this one was Chocolate...lol So she got that really 1st B-day mess..I forgot my cammera but I took some with my moms I just need to get the pictures. It was great we put Kyler and Kinley next to each other after because they both looked like it was their 1st time eating cake, they were covered.

Good bye wall

2010-03-02T10:00:00.000-08:00

So now to other things we have been up to. 1st we decided to take the wall that seperated our dining area and living room out. We started that on my B-day Jan.9th and we are still not all the way finished with everything. We still need to paint. But I just think it is pretty funny how eaisy it is to get alot of guys to help when there is distrution involved...lol We started bye Josh and the kids breaking a little bit of the wall with a hammer but that took way to long so we tod Braxten he could karate kick the wall out and thats just what he did one sheet of sheet rock at a time and in no time there was just the 2x4's left. When we started putting Braxten and BrynLee to work hauling stuff out to the truck they disapeard to their friend Alex's house. Funny how that works...lol We locked Kyler in our room to watch Signing Time and put Kinley in her high chair to keep them all out of the way. I just thought it was so funny that Kinley would sit in the chair for hrs. just watching what was going on. The only time she wasn't in her chair was nap time and then rigt back into her chair but she loved it. Will came over and helped fill all the holes with sheet rock and mud. Will doesn't need a later to reach the ceiling like the rest of us, so he could get it done alot quicker. It is so nice having the wall out now there is so much more room. Now if we can just get the walls painted and the kitchen floor re-done everything will be great.

Oh and Kyler got glasses. He will wear them great at school and when he is home if we are busy doing something like puzzels or coloring. But other than that he will take them off and either hand them o me or throw them at me. Hey at least he leaves them alone when he needs them.

Here are all the pics

2010-03-02T09:58:00.000-08:00

Lots to catch up on

2010-03-02T09:57:00.001-08:00

I don't know why I have had such a hard time updating but here we go. Well we have been really busy since my last post. Kyler and I got to go meet Sarah Palin, Kinley's 1st Christmas, went Iceskating as a family for the 1st time, Ripped a wall out of our house, Kinley had her 1st B-day and she also started walking. So I'll fill you in on some details and I'll have a few slide shows that captured our lives for the past few months.

Ok lets start with meeting Sarah Palin. So I got a call from a guy that is putting together a camp for families with kids with Down syndrome. He told me that they got VIP passes to go see Sarah Palin at her book signing and wanted to know if I wanted to come with Kyler. Of course I said yes. I didn't follow all the political stuff, for me it was to be able to meet another mother that has a big platform to be able to advocate for our kids and alot of people listen. So 1st thing I did was call "Cookie Cutters" in Ogden, this is the only place I can get Kylers haircut and he doesn't freak out. (Kyler had a little Donald Trump hair going on...lol) So we were able to get his haircut before we went and saw Sarah. When we got down there Kyler had fallen asleep, which could be a good or bad thing because I had a 50/50 chance of him waking up happy. So I let him sleep until they took us back to the curtain behind where Sarah would be signing her books. We met up with about 4 other families, but Kyler was the youngest one. While we are waiting I start hearing people cheering and I knew Sarah was coming so I started waking Kyler up and "He woke up happy" Yeah! So they asked us to come out to meet Sarah. As we walked out Sarah was sitting at the table and had started signing books for the people that had been waiting in line. As soon as she saw all of us with our kids she stood up and told her husband to get Trig, her little boy with DS. She went to everyone of us to shake our hands and talk for a min. But when she came to Kyler and I she just stopped. You could tell we were just a little more alike she could related with me because Kyler was a lot closer to Triggs age.

Sarah -"How old is he?"
Me -"3 1/2"
Sarah -"Is he walking yet?"
Me -"No, he's running...lol"
Sarah -"Really? Can he say any words yet?"
Me -"Yes he can say a few words but he mostly signs. He can sign over 200 words." Sarah -"Really? Trig can sign about 8 and he is 18 month."
Me -"Well Kyler didn't even start signing until he was 18 months."
Sarah -"Really?" (With Hope in her voice)
Then Kyler grabed my face with his hands on my cheeks and turned my face to his, like he always does when he wants my attention and said "Mum". Sarah started laughing and said "Trig does the same thing to me". Then one of the people from the book signing table came and said "Sarah you have to come and start signing people have been standing in line for 15 hrs. She told me she was sorry and told us all thanks for coming. Right after she walked away Kyler grabbed my face again and said "Mum" I said "What?" and he pointed to the big poster of the front of Sarahs book and looked at me confused. So I said "Yeah that's Sarah" and Kyler looked at me and said "Darah!" I just started laughing, see he can talk when he wants too. After we were all done with Sarah a mom and daughter from our group were being interviewed by Ch 4. After they were done with the interveiw the reporter came over to us and was asking how old Kyler was and as I was telling her Kyler dove to her for a hug. She was so excited and Kyler was snugling with her for a few mins. she said my youngest is 10 he wont let me do this anymore. When the reporter went to hand Kyler back to me Kyler dove to the camera man with the big camera on his shoulder. He hurry and set the camera on the floor and said "Oh, I get one too? Sweet!" So Kyler loved on him for a while then it was my turn...lol
This whole thing was so cool. It's just so much fun to meet with other parents and even better when you can give hope to parents that are still trying to figure this whole thing out. We were just very lucky to have all the positive support we have had so far with Kyler joining our family. It has been a journey don't get me wrong but I wouldn't change anything about it so far.

OK sorry so long but this is my Journal too..lol
Ok so next came Christmas 2009.

So it was Kinleys 1st Christmas and we had plenty of Christmas parties as we always do, the week of Christmas. But we love them and the kids have a blast. Oh and right before we went to Josh's parents for their party Christmas Eve Kinley pulled the rubbermaid that holds all the wrapping paper on top of her. Which she has done about 20 times in the month of Dec. and never got hurt. But this time it ripped the top of her nose up. Just in time to take Christmas morning pictures...lol
But Christmas morning BrynLee was the first one up at 2:30 am yes that is right 2:30 AM. So She came and woke me up to tell me everything she got and I just told her "Bryn I don't care if you look at your stuff for a little while but nothing noisy (yeah right) and when your done go back to bed or your going to be tired when everyone else gets up for the day" She told me ok as she ran out of my room. I fell back to sleep and then I hear "Mom" in that loud whisper kids love to wake you up with. I looked at the clock and now it was 3:00 and now it was Braxten with BrynLee behind him wide eyed. I said "What Brax?" "Santa came and brought...." So I just told them "I know you are both excited but me and dad are really tired and we will see everything after we wake up. But for right now you can go and look at your stuff if your quiet. But if you wake up Kyler or Kinley you will both be in big trouble." (I know all of you parents have had to have been there and if you haven't you will be...lol) So I fell back to sleep again just to be woke up at 4:00 to them playing 'not quietly'. So I finally got up and told them it was time to go back to bed. So they wouldn't be tired when we went to grandma Barbara's house. I went back to bed. When I finally was able to wake up on my own I went to check on the kids and I couldn't find BrynLee anywhere so I looked to see if Braxten was in his bed and there they were. They really do like each other when no one is looking...lol We had a lot of fun opening presents at home. A little later we went to my parents and snuck my dads gun cabinet in my parents house, that we re-finished for him (my grandpa made it over 25 yrs. ago) We had a really fun Christmas but man was I glad when it was over.

OK next Iceskating

So we went Iceskating a few days after Christmas. I was really suprised with how well Kyler could stand in his skates. Braxten did pretty well until he started getting a little to confident and going to fast. The faster you go the harder you crash...lol He found that out the hard way. BrynLee was a chicken but after we rented a walker type thing for the ice, she was doing alot better. I took Kyler out and held him in front of me like you would when your teaching them to walk and just held his hands and he did pretty well and loved it. Josh was doing ok, him and BrynLee were in the same boat for a while. But then BrynLee got the walker thing and took off...lol And Josh just wanted to make it around without killing himself, he told me. But over all we had fun, we didn't have any broken bones just a few bruises.

Here are all the pics.

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UDSF Christmas Party

2009-12-15T10:54:00.000-08:00

We had a great time at our Christmas Party we met alot of new people and had a great turn out. We had about 13 families and we have only every had 8 at anything. Yeah!! I love being able to meet all of these wonderful famillies.

We ate dinner, had a visit from Santa, and after all that we were able to go play! The Sports Academy was so great! We were able to choose from, racquetball, wallyball, basketball, or swimming. There was even someone that helped with pictures setting up and just helped with everything. I told her that I wanted to take her home with me and take her to all of our activities, she was so great.
Thanks again to everyone that came I had a blast.

Braxten's Birthday and Baptism

2009-12-05T21:14:00.000-08:00

Halloween 2009

2009-11-02T09:51:00.001-08:00

Josh and BrynLees B-days

2009-11-02T08:53:00.001-08:00

Buddy walk 2009

2009-11-02T07:37:00.001-08:00

Pictures of Kinley

2009-09-21T11:23:00.000-07:00

We noticed that when ever we look at pictures we have taken there are not many of Kinley. I think it's because for one we aren't taking as many pictures, now that our hands are a little fuller, and the one taking pictures is also the one holding Kinley. So I thought I would do a little slide show with some old and new pictures of Kinley so you all know we haven't forgotten about her. Notice how her dark hair dissapears as she is getting older. And how cute and chubby she is. She is my biggest baby and I am loving every min. of it. She is a very happy baby unless it's time to eat then watch out unless you have her food ready...lol She is a little jabber box and keeps thinking that she needs to start getting mobile and isn't letting me talk her out of it. I love being able to have my few hours in the morning when all the other kids are in school to be with just her. Well enjoy the pictures.

UDSF Lagoon Day

2009-09-21T09:33:00.001-07:00

Early Hedstart last visit

2009-09-21T08:25:00.000-07:00

1st day of school

2009-09-21T07:58:00.000-07:00

Braxten started 2nd grade and is doing great.
BrynLee started Kindergarten and she said it is her "most favorite thing to do" so she likes it..lol
Kyler is still in Preschool and is doing really well this year. Kyler is liking the bus alot more this year!!!Yea. And yes I know his backpack is the same size as he is.

Sea World and Disneyland

2009-07-22T10:42:00.001-07:00

This kid cracks me up!!

2009-07-22T07:15:00.000-07:00

Can anyone guess what this is?

If you guessed a ladder from his Little People Fire Truck then your right and...know can you guess what he's going to do with it?

Yep thats right Kyler is trying to climb the wall with it...lol

For those of you wondering, no it didn't work...lol

Easter 2009

2009-05-26T08:04:00.000-07:00

Kinleys Blessing day April 5th 2009

2009-05-26T07:16:00.000-07:00

Kylers 1st day of school

2009-04-06T09:59:00.000-07:00

So now that Kyler is 3 he goes to the Preschool at River Heights Elementry. So he rides the bus (Yeah I' not his bus any more!!!) He was really excided to ride the bus until he saw that wasn't getting on the bus to. He decided to sit down in indian style so I had to just had him to the aid to pt him on. But he is having alot of fun at school it's just taking him a little while to like the bus, but I don't think it will take to long before he is running out saying "bye" and wanting to do it all by himself.

Happy Birthday Kyler

2009-04-06T08:11:00.000-07:00

Kyler turned 3 on March 31st. So we went to my moms and we just had a little party for him. It was the 1st day that he felt better after being really sick for 5 days. I made Kyler a Spongebob cake.

Kyler had 2 peices of cake he loved it.

Kyler loves to open his presents and give the paper to different people. Kyler would keep tipping the cat on it's face and then copy it by putting his face on the floor and wiggling his bum in the air.

Kyler playing the electric guitar while listening to music

UDSF March Activity

2009-04-06T07:04:00.000-07:00

For our March activity we went to the Fun Park and played at the Soft Play and had pizza. The kids had a great time and we had a pretty good turn out.
Bennet's family enjoying some pizza.

James's family taking a break for some pizza.

Kendricks family. Mom chasing her boys they really wanted to go roller skating..lol

This is Sherry (with up-to-3) she is the one who helps us with all of our activities.

Josh and the kids having some pizza.

Here are the 2 big brothers taking care of Kyler and James.

Brian being a good big brother taking James down the slide

This is James mom Maria (But we all Know her as Rosie)

Boy can James, hop this kid was hopping every time I saw him. He is so cute.

Kylers 1st ice cream cone

2009-03-09T10:46:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Kyler was trying to go to sleep at 7 and if you don't know if he goes to bed that early, when he isn't sick, that means I will be up all night. So to keep him awake I gave him his own Ice cream cone. Lets just say he loved it, what kid wouldn't...lol

Of course he had to put down his ice cream so he could say "Cheese"...lol

He kept saying "MMMMMM, MMMMMMM"

Family night bowling

2009-03-09T10:09:00.000-07:00

On Friday Braxten said he wanted to go bowling and I thought that sounded like a really good idea. We haven't gone and done anything as a family for quite a while. So we went to the Fun Park, and it was cosmic bowling, can I just tell you how excided Braxten was to see everything glowing. Well the order of everyone was Braxten 1st, Josh 2nd, BrynLee and Kyler 3rd (they took turns) and then me.

Well Braxtens 1st frame he got a strike. Through out the night Braxten just kept getting spares I think he got 4 spares.

Josh was having a hard time until the very last frame then he got his strike.

BrynLee was having so much fun she wanted to carry her own ball up and do everything her self.

Kyler as soon as we got there got away and went running down the alley he made it almost to the pins.

But he did have a great time, when it was his turn that is. He would carry his ball up there and try to kick the ball, I had to keep telling him "no you need to roll it", then he woould sit down and roll it.

I didn't do to bad but braxten still kicked all of our butts. Braxten- 110, Josh- 72, BrynLee & Kyler- 73, and I got- 99.

Kinley slept quite well the whole time.

Kyler just kicking back

2009-03-09T09:42:00.000-07:00

I walked into the frontroom the other day to see this. I guess Kyler figured if no one would get him some crackers he was going to go get it himself.

Every time there is a camera Kyler has to sign "cheese"

The real funny thing is that he had gone into the kitchen, then into the laundryroom and got into a cupboard, to get those crackers. He's a smart little boy I tell you!

Kinley has started smiling :)

2009-03-09T09:30:00.000-07:00

On Thursday March 5th, Kinley started to smile she is still working on being able to do it all the time though. (It takes alot to get a smile ot of her.) This is one of my favorite milestones. I also just can't beleive how big she is getting last time we weighed her she was 9 lbs. 3 oz.

Want a gift?

2009-02-28T15:41:00.000-08:00

I got this cute idea from Whitney! This is what you do: The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise. There's a small catch though...Post this same thing on your own blog and then come back and leave a comment telling me you're in. But only the first three people to comment get the gift! Good luck!

Kylers sleep study

2009-02-22T18:00:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Kyler and I were down in Salt Lake for Kyler to have a sleep study done. And oh was that fun can I just tell you. At the very begining it wasn't to bad Kyler was just watching Signing Time but then he was done with being good. He started yelling and getting in all his weird possions, you know like the splits and pushing your hand off his head with his feet.

It took us a while but we finally got everything on and got him in his carseat to fall asleep. He was happy now that we were leaving him alone. But that is nothing like the rest of the night, he was not so happy. I don't really blame him, did you see how many wires there were? And if you know Kyler doesn't ever hold still, not even when he is sleeping. After Kyler was asleep we took him out of his carseat and put him in the bed, and lucky me got to sleep, or should I say not sleep, next to him. So he kept twisting up in the wires and they kept coming off so the Tech. would come in and we would have to put them all on again, and no he was 'not happy about this at all!!' and he let us know. This happened about 4 to 5 times from 10 pm - 6 am. Kyler would just go right back to sleep but ofcourse it wasn't that easy for me so lets just say I didn't get much sleep. So when 6am came around the tech came and woke us up to get ready to go. So while I was filling out papers she was in the next room trying to un tangle the big ball of wires that we just took off Kyler....lol

I think he was secretly laughing, "that's what you get for putting those stupid wires on me."

He looked like a little science project after we were all done. It was so funny when we got home Braxten looked at Kyler and looked at me and started laughing "Are you sure that is Kyler?". So after I got everything situated I told Josh I was going to go take a bath and go to bed. I finally went to bed at 11am and didn't wake up until 5pm. I am pretty sure I'll still be able to sleep tonight also.

Kyler taking care of his baby

2009-02-22T17:42:00.000-08:00

On Friday Kyler came out of BrynLee's room with this baby up on his shoulder patting it's back. It was so cute. He came in the livingroom and sat on the couch and was rocking his baby. Then when he was done doing that he got off the couch and put the baby in his carseat. After he got done there he took it down the hall, an hour later I went back to the changing table to change Kinley and there was Kylers baby waiting to be changed. I just love seeing how grown up he is getting.

Kinley is 4 weeks old

2009-02-16T20:50:00.000-08:00

Today Kinley is 4 weeks old. It has gone by so fast. She is already getting so big so fast. Last she was weighed she weighed 7 lb. 11 oz.
In the last 4 weeks Kinley has gone through alot. 1st she had to go through the whole getting here part, then the getting used to being here.

On day 2 she had lots and lots of new people to meet, including her brothers and sister.

And in the first week of coming home she got pulled out of her swing (Thanks to Kyler). BrynLee tried to get her out of her cradle and dropped her and BrynLee also put an elastic bracelet on Kinleys wrist and made sure it was so tight that it wouldn't come off (or let blood flow) and I didn't find it until it had been on for at least 2 hrs.

She also has been fought over by her brothers and sister.

Her 1st real bath, that she hated if you couldn't tell...lol I also had alot of help.

She has gone and met some of her great-grandparents.
On Sunday we went and saw grandpa Farrell.

Lets just say we were chasing Kyler the whole time, telling him "don't touch that come here". He kept throwing things down the stairs and running and yelling "RAHH" at everyone. I think he was wearing grandpa out just from watching him.

Kyler thought he need to help grandpa with Kinley...lol

Sadie (Grandpas dog) wanted in on the fun too.

Kinley Grace Leishman

2009-01-22T14:02:00.000-08:00

On Jan. 19th 2009 Kinley Grace was born at 8:20 pm. She was 7 lbs. 1 oz. and 19 inches long. She is very healthy and has lots of hair. (Yeah I finally got a gene in there...lol This is our 1st one with lots of dark hair) She also eats really really well. (This is a huge thing for us.)

On Tues. the 20th the kids came up to see her and can I just tell you how happy they are to finally be able to hold their little sister.
First was Braxten - He had to undress her from head to toe and look at everything. He took off her socks so he could see her toes and he wanted to see her belly and her ears and her "tiny hands"..lol It was so funny to see how interested in every detail he was and still is, I have to keep telling him to leave her clothes on, whenever he holds her...lol

Next was BrynLee - She is so excited to have a little sister. She couldn't quit smiling. She has to keep telling and showing us what she can do by herself. Like picking her up all by herself with us yelling "wait you need help". We have to keep reminding her that she is a baby not a doll...lol She also wants to know why I get to hold her and feed her more then she gets to, so I had to inform her that I'm the mom and she is the sister and that's why...lol Let's just say we have lot's of "helping hands" at our house...lol

Now it was Kylers turn - He has really suprised me I thought that he would hold her for min. and then be done. But he has been more interested then I thought that he wouls be. He has also been really careful (most of the time that is..lol).
When he came to the hospital he signed "want baby" so we sat him in the chair and he held her really soft, but when other people were holding her he would try to grab her to hold her so we have to watch him. He is still pretty interested at home when someone is holding her.

Christmas morning 2008

2008-12-27T10:26:00.000-08:00

Well Jake and Crissy slept over so they could see the kids Christmas morning. And the part that I think is the funniest is that it was BrynLee this year that was the most excited. She woke up at 2:30 a.m. and I guess she woke up Braxten and big surprise Braxten wasn't happy with what he got he said "I hardly got anything I'm going to go back to bed" So help me if this kid survives this Christmas....lol But BrynLee on the other hand she loved everything. The kids said that they were going to go back to bed and BrynLee was going to sleep in Braxtens room but at 4:30 she comes in to my room and wakes me up to tell me "Mom Kyler is so lucky he got chips in his stocking" I said "well that's because he doesn't eat candy. Did you ever go to sleep?" And she said that she didn't so she was up all by herself for 2 hours doing I don't know what. So I started a movie and Jake came out and layed by her for a while. I finally got up at 6:30 and got everyone up at 7 so we could get going. We opened presents and got all ready and went over to mom and dads for breakfast and to open the rest of the presents.

Here is what BrynLee got from Santa. She carries that tiger everywhere. She keeps reorganizing everything in her cupboard over and over....lol

This is what Braxten "hardly got anything" from Santa...lol He got a magic kit and a scooter that he really likes now. Everything isn't just crap...lol

This is some of what Kyler got, if you can't tell I didn't realize I didn't get pictures until today so everything is a little scattered all over the house.

Something that is really cool is on the night of the 23rd. Kyler slept in a big boy bed and stayed there all night and has every night since, all but Christmas eve. Yeah!!!

Now for Christmas 2008

2008-12-27T10:01:00.000-08:00

We started out with Grandma Lou's Christmas party on Friday and the kids had alot of fun.

BrynLee finally felt good enough to open her presents.

Kyler has really liked opening presents this year it has been really fun to watch.

After Grandma Lou's Party it was Grandma Marleens on Saturday. But I for got our Camera so I don't have pictures. But Kyler was really having fun showing off his signs and dancing for eveyone...lol
After that was had a party at Kevin and Launa's on Sunday. We had pizza and watched Christmas Vacation and then later that night we hooked up the web cam and Ashley and Riley joined the party from Wissconsin. The kids had alot of fun seeing each other on the T.V. We all opened our gifts and can I just say Braxten needs a swift kick in the butt. He got "Clothes" and "Junnie B. Jones Books" and was he mad. He was so mad and I just told him to tell grandma and grandpa thanks and he just kept pouting and and saying little shoty things but then Grandma haded us our family gift witch was a Wii. Now he was happy but do you think he could show it no way he said "Oh wow a Wii" I was so mad I told him "ok than just give it back". He looked at me and said "no way" so I told him "then go tell grandma and grandpa thanks for all of your gifts". I swear somedays it makes you wonder why they say the things they do. And the really funny thing is is that he is really happy that he got the books, he keeps looking at them.

Jake and Crissy got married and Poor BrynLee was sick

2008-12-27T08:54:00.000-08:00

On the 17th Jake and Crissy got married in the Salt Lake Temple. We all stayed at a Hotel Tuesday the 16th because they were getting married early Wednsday. It was kinda funny though the sealler messed up 2 times and finally on the 3rd time got everything right. So I'm sure thats one thing they will remember forever.

After the wedding we all went outside for picures, and big surprise I was having contrations all day so I couldn't chase Kyler so my aunt Karen said "oh don't worry about it I'll watch him." I laughed and said "ok but do you have your running shoes." She didn't beleive me untill about 2 seconds later....lol While we were waiting for Jake and Crissy Kyler took Karen all the way around the Salt Lake Temple and climbed up the stairs and Karen had a hay day taking pictures of Kyler (I think she filled up the memory on her cell phone...lol)

While we were there BrynLee was starting to not feel good at all so after a few pictures Josh and I and the kids all left to go to Harriman for the lunchen. So by the time we got there BrynLee was really not feeling good she had a fever and just slept in a corner at the Church though the whole lunch. After everything was done with the Lunchen we all went to Sandy for the reception.
I loved this picture of my dad it just shows everyone that this is just who my dad is...lol

BrynLee slept the whole way there and all throught the recepion I felt so bad for her she was so excided for the wedding and she didn't get to enjoy any of it.Poor BrynLee you can just tell she feels like crap.
After the recepion we started on out way home and on the way we pulled off at Target in Layton to gab something for the kids to eat. Well let's just say it was a dang good thing we pulled off right as we got in the Parking lot BrynLee started throwing up. This poor girl, I knew it was the start of another UTI this is what always happens she quits eating doesn't feel good and get's a high Temp. and then starts throwing up. BrynLee hadn't eaten anything since Tuesday at noon. So we finally made it home so I could see how high her temp was and it was 103 so we did the tylenol and motin thing all night until we could take her in to the Urinaligist and have her checked. Well it took us 45 min to finally get a sample and they told me "well there is something going on, but I don't think that's what is making here so sick so just take her to her regular Dr. tomorrow and have her checked." I was so mad like I don't know my kid, we have only done this 3 or 4 times and everything is the same I know that it was a UTI and now we have to wait a whole day before we can start her on anything to start taking care of it.....GGGGRR So I called first thing in the morning and got in to Dr. McKenna and big surprise BrynLee had lossed 1 1/2 lb. in 3 days. Dr. McKenna said "well I guess we will just start her on some meds." (The Urinaligist wanted me to wait until Mon. before we did anything....GGGRR) So the really sad thing is that the only thing that makes her start feeling a little better right away is a Rosefin shot. Ok now BrynLee is a little girl but when she sees you are going to give her a shot it takes at least 2 nurses and me to hold her down. And then the really sad thing is that it didn't work right away this time so we had to go in on Sat. and do it again because she threw up her Meds. But by Sunday she was fianlly feeling better. So at least she wasn't sick for Christmas. And now she is making up for lost time she has been eating like a horse, thank goodness.

UDSF Christmas Party

2008-12-27T08:30:00.001-08:00

On the 11th we had our UDSF Christmas party. We had a pretty good turn out. We had Pals come and preform, and can I just tell you how much Kyler loved it. Than we all ate and Santa!!! came Kyler was up dancing and singing with him it was really funny.

Lidia she is so dang cute.

Pal's

Kyler watching Pal's ( He might have helped a few times by singing along...lol)

We had alot of fun. There are more pictures but I can't get them on right now so stay tuned.

Now for the sad news.

2008-12-27T08:04:00.000-08:00

The day after Braxtens Birthday we found out that our neighbors (Curtis and Tami Andersen) that live 2 houses down were in a car accident in the canyon and were both killed and so was a little 9 year old friend (Hanna Roach). Both of their kids some how survived, the little girl Kylee (who is BrynLee's age and they always play together) was life fighted to Primay Childrens with a broken ankle, broken femer, broken wrist, bruised ribs and a small crack in her skull. She had surgery that night and is in a body cast from the waist down. Her little brother Jaxon was taken to Brigham City Hospital but came away with just scrapes and bruises. It was really hard because we found out about all of this right after Alex's Baptism and by the time we got home it seemed like everyone already knew about it.
After we were home for an hour or so we saw the Channel 2 News truck outside Curtis and Tami's house. I was so mad I didn't want them taping their house and then going and bugging their family with questions "hello they just lost their kids the day before and just became parents of a 5 and 2 year old over night). But Ty Perry (the reporter) came down and said we just want people to know what kind of people they were and we don't want to bother the family at this time so Josh and our neighbor Shelly talked to him and were on the 10 news.
It has been really weird trying to grasp this whole thing of, you can be here one minute and gone the next. It's not like we didn't already know that but when it happens so close to home it makes you look at things a little differtly, and hold your kids a little tighter.

Ok I am really behind so here we go.....Braxten's B-day

2008-12-27T07:53:00.000-08:00

On Dec. 5th it was Braxtens 7th Birthday and we had Josh's family over for cake and ice cream. The only thing Braxten would tell me that he wanted was a Webkins, so that is what we gave him and he was soooo excided. And of course he got really spoiled with all the presents he got.

Braxten and Alex, his best friend next door, have the same Birthday Alex is just a year older. So we got to go to Alex's Baptism on the 6th and Braxten got to get a little preview for what's to come next year.

What a Tuesday

2008-11-23T07:50:00.000-08:00

This is a little late but this is the first time I have had time to post it. So we started the day with me having contractions that would not go away, yes I am only 29 weeks. Then I had to have Braxten to the Dentist by 7:30 am to get a tooth pulled. So I got all the kids up around 6:45, yeah they were all very happy about that..not! After we got Braxtens tooth pulled we went to Lee's and got donuts for breakfast.
Yes I was having contrations this whole time. I then took Braxten to school and then came home for a couple hours.
I then had to be to my Dr. apointment at 11:15 am. So I talked to the Dr. about my contrations, (that put me in Labor and dilivery Sat. because they wouldn't stop and they were getting more frequent and hard), and she told me that because they did a test that is 98% acurate if it is neg. that you won't have the baby in the next 2 weeks and it was neg. that she wasn't really worried. So she put me on some meds. to help stop that contrations.
We then had a Dr. apointment for BrynLee at 12:30 pm. She had been coughing though any cough med I would give her and it was waking her up at night. So we went to that and BrynLee was so good I told her that if she was really good and would let the dr. look in her ears and her thoat then she could have some gum. Now you need to understand the poor girl has had 2 UTI's in the last 2 months that have been so bad that she has had to get a shot so that they wouldn't go into her kiddneys. So she has not been the eaisiest kid to have at the dr. lately. So when the dr. came in and she didn't even make a fuss, and she opened her mouth and said AAAHHHH the dr. just looked at me and said "Wow". I just told him "well if we act good then we get gum". She even gave him high five. So after we were finished at the dr. we finally went home to rest. And yes I have still been having hard contrations this whole time. So after we get home I took the med. to help stop the contrations and put Kyler down for a nap and BrynLee watched a movie. The meds. seemed to help a little. By this time Josh and Braxten had come home.
BrynLee and Braxten wanted to go outside and play @ 4:30 pm, but within about 10 mins. Braxten came running in the front door screamming "mom, mom BrynLee!!!" We all know that is never good, BrynLee was screaming with blood dripping from her head and Braxten just kept saying "I didn't mean to". So I hurried and called the dr. office at 4:40 pm and they close at 5:00 to see if they could now see BrynLee for stitches. They said if we came right now then they could. So before we left I asked Braxten what happened and he said it was a rock, so I told him to go get the rock. He came back with a rock the size of a softball, I couldn't beleive it. I asked him what happened and he said that he was holding it and was spinning in a circle and let go and then it hit BrynLee. So Braxten and Kyler went to the neighbors and we went to the Dr. for 14 stitches. The poor dr. said she "was so good today I hate to have to do this. It is like going 50 steps backwards".
But we made it though it and by this time my meds. were suppost to be wearing off but instead I was getting really light headded and dizzy. I knew it would most likely make my blood preasure low, but not when it was almost time to take another one. So as the night went on the worse I felt and the contrations started coming. but I didn't dare take another one because I didn't know how low it was making my blood preasure. So after the kids were all in bed I went to bed and I couldn't sleep well at all because I just felt so bad from the med. so I was up at 3:00 am. It took until 11:00 am Wed. before the med. finally wore off and I took it at 1:30 pm on Tues. So that was our crazy Tuesday.

Family Movie Night!!

2008-11-09T07:26:00.000-08:00

Friday we decided to have a family movie night. So after dinner Braxten went and got I swear about a 1000 blankets and spread them on the floor to make a nice and cozy bed for BrynLee, Kyler and himself. He had it all nice and then the little tornado came and he wanted in on the action of course...lol So after everyone was settled (for a min. anyway) we started the movie "Cars". Kyler loved at the beginning listening to the cars going around the track, he kept saying "vvwweeee!!" over and over. But after that he was done with the show and he came over and signed Signing Time, I know big surprise...lol But over all it was fun Josh, Braxten and BrynLee had fun watching the show, and I had fun falling asleep.

The kids watching Cars.

As you can see Kyler didn't last long....lol

Happy Halloween!!!

2008-11-02T06:56:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday I took BrynLee and Kyler to the Pumpkin Walk.
BrynLee posing for the 2nd time because the 1st time she did this I looked up to take her picture and she wasn't there, she had fallen while leaning on the sign. And yes I am a bad parent and I laughed...lol

This is how Kyler spent the whole time at the Pumpkin Walk.

BrynLee loved the princess cut outs and wanted her picture with all of them.

We are starting our Trick or Treating at 1:30. On our way to see grandma Sharon.

I guess Grandma decided since it was Halloween she didn't need to get dressed. Well what can I say that is just my grandma.

Kyler kept running up and down the halls he thought that it was sooo funny. Then he started going into different rooms and making himself comfortable with his new friends.

Kyler started filling up his bucket. Let's just say Kyler got the most candy at grandmas.

Kyler kept trying to climb in this guys wheel chair.

Dad with his Little Devil.

Everyone at Grandpa and grandma Pitchers.

The kids posing at grandma Lou's.

They even have some crazy red eyes...lol

BrynLee has to mother Kyler wether he likes it or not...lol

Kevin and Launas house.

The Little devil has to copy his big brother.

This is how Kyler ended Halloween. I think we wore Kyler out.

2nd BrynLee's 5th Brithday

2008-11-01T09:05:00.000-07:00

On Sat. the 25th we went to the corn maze as a family and had a great time the kids loved the straw maze, it was all built up and there were tunnels under it. After letting the kids play for a while we went threw the maze a couple times and were out in less than 5 mins. So we went one more time, well that was a "Great idea" NOT!! we were lost and I mean we were lost for a while. BrynLee was board so she picked up a piece of corn and picked out the kernels as we walked. Kyler was just trying to not fall down. Braxten was the leader for quite a while then he was done with that and just kept saying "I just want to get out of here", I'm glad we all had the same goal in mind...lol Well we finally cheated and followed a dich out. We let the kids play a little while longer in the straw then we went home for a couple hours. At about 5 we went to my moms for BrynLee's Birthday. We had a house full and big surprise she got spoiled with all of her presents. We (our family and my parents) gave her a new doll set and a new baby and she loved it. She got alot of coloring and crafty things "which she loves, she could sit and color, cut and glue forever". She also got clothes and if anyone knows BrynLee she is quite the girly girl and she loves new clothes...lol

These are some of those proud parent moments. I love how Kylers big brother and sister will just take care of him without even being asked. And he completely trusts them.

BrynLee loves her big brother and Braxten loves his little sister, don't let his face fool you...lol

Aahh, look at Josh with his two boys.

Braxten had a little straw in his pants from playing on the straw maze....lol

By the end on the maze Kyler wanted to walk by himself.

BrynLee didn't think it was very funny when she started opening a box of diapers so we had to tell her that there was something else in it so she would keep opening this present. I love the look on her face, like are you kiding me...lol

BrynLee showing off her new clothes.

BrynLee loved getting her new baby set.

Kyler climbed in BrynLees doll playpen and was pretending to go to sleep...lol

On Monday the 27th we celebrated with Josh's family and had everyone come over to our house and had dinner and cake and Ice cream. And of course BrynLee got spoiled and got tons of gifts. I really love how close we are with all of our family not many people can say that. We had both of Josh's parents, Josh's grandma Lou and Grandma and grandpa Pitcher come. (That is 4 generations) I am just so glad that our kids get to know their great-grandparents so well. Josh's sister Karli and her little girl Lily were there also. (BrynLee and Karli share their Birthday, BrynLee was born on Karli's 17th Birthday)

BrynLee blowing out her candles.

Karli blowing out her candle....lol

"Catching up" 1st - Kylers new tube

2008-11-01T08:25:00.000-07:00

*Before surgery*

On Oct. 20th Kyler went in to get his 3rd tube for his left ear put in. Yes he just got them put in in July and his left one fell out. But we were lucky enough to get a room with a t.v. and I just happened to have Kylers Signing Time DVD in the diaper bag. So Kyler was quite happy as you can see. It was the "Going outside" one so we now know grass, worm, caterpillar, flower, sky, wind, cold, butterfly, outside, and more that I can't even think of right now. Anyway the movie was just long enough as soon as it was over they came in to take him back, and of course Kyler went right to them with no problem. About 15 mins. later the Dr. came in to tell me everything went great, that was fast. Then about 10 mins. after that the nurse came in to tell me that Kyler would be coming soon and that he was back there happy. I was really surprised because usually when Kyler wakes up from surgery he is trying to head-butt anyone and everyone that is with in reach. But sure enough when they brought him in he was happy and signing "signing time" and looking at the t.v.. So as you can see from these pictures he was happy and watching signing time as soon as he came out and he was happy all day.
*After surgery*

UDSF October activity 2008

2008-10-19T11:01:00.000-07:00

Braxten and BrynLee making an art project.

Yes that is Kyler almost getting jumped on by some kid.

Thanks again Sherry for everything that you do to help us out.

BrynLee as the Bossy Kangaroo (Not that anyone could believe that...lol"

Last Saturday we went to the "Boo at the Zoo" at Willow Park Zoo, for our UDSF Activity for October. It was alot of fun the kids had a blast. They got to get all dressed up in their Halloween Costumes and they had alot of games and things for the kids to do. The theme was Horton hears a who, so they had a storytime reading that book, Braxten and BrynLee loved it, they also brought out a parrot for the kids to see. Bennet Rossers family (or should I say the 3 bears and Goldylocs) and Nathan Reeders family came. Sherry Joy (she works with the up-to-3 program and helps us out with our activities) came and walked around with our family it was nice to be able to visit with her while the kids were having fun doing the activities. There was one activity that my kids really liked, it was digging in the leaves and getting a stuffed animal. There were also alot of Halloween Decorations and Braxten being Braxten kept calling them his brother or aunt...It was really funny. Anyway over all we had a really great time.

Braxten said "Mom take a picture of me with my brother, please!!"

Then with this one he said "Mom take my picture with my mom and dad" Little turd

And sorry Ashley. At this one he went running up and yelled "Hi, aunt Ashley. Mom take my picture with my aunt." I know he is a brat...lol

Here are the 3 bears aka Bennet Rossers family.

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I thought this picture was really funny. Lets just say we wore the kids out. I really liked this picture of Kyler sleeping.

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month

2008-10-14T08:35:00.000-07:00

As most of you might already know October is Down Syndrome Awareness month and alot of people are writing 21 (Trisomy 21) things they love about Down Syndrome, so I thought this would be something fun to do also.

21. I have learned that Kyler will do everything just in his own time.

20. He loves everyone unconditionaly.

19. As a family he has helped us become stronger and closer together.

18. We have made some life long friends that we would have never met if it wasn't for Down Syndrome.

17. We get to watch Signing Time about every day (If we want to of not..lol)

16. As a family we have started to learn a new laungage (Signing) *Kyler knows about 100 signs*

15. My kids are very loveing and they understand that everyone doesn't have to be the same. That some people have glasses, dark hair, brown eyes, take a little longer to walk or talk and that is ok.

14. I really love seeing Kylers smile when I've had a bad day.

13. I love how much he loves music. (He is sing the DOOO,OOO,OOO,OOO to Sugarland-All I want to do....lol)

12. I love how he loves to dance.

11. That he is not afraid of anything (It's a good and bad thing...lol)

10. How he is so much like my other kids.

9. How cute he is when he's sleeping.

8. I think it is so funny that he will yell at the dogs to shut up, if the dogs are barking he will yell "aaaahhh" with his finger pointing at them.

7. He get's that little devil look when he sees you get a diaper, and runs down the hall as fast as he can while laughing waiting for you to come and chase him.

6. I asked BrynLee what she loves about Kyler and she said "Playing with him".

5. I really love how he can make a big and tough man melt in his hands. (Kyler will go up to any man and sign grandpa and try and climb up for them to hold him and give them a great big hug.)

4. What a fighter he is when he is sick.

3. Just how dang cute he is.

2. What a big boy he is becoming.

1. What's not to love. We Love Everything About Him Especially His "Little Extra Chromosome".

More pictures from the Buddy Walk

2008-10-10T14:57:00.000-07:00

I just found out that there are more pictures from the Buddy walk at www.alpinegarrison.com then go to gallery, then Alpine 2008, finally Logan Buddy Walk. There are some really fun pictures that they took there.

New Buddy Walk Pics.

2008-10-08T07:18:00.000-07:00

Go to the bottom of my blog page for new pics. of the Buddy Walk. I finally got a good slide show to work.

Fire truck tour

2008-10-07T07:52:00.000-07:00

Last week we went to a Early Headstart dinner and they had a Firefighter and a Fire truck there. If you don't already know Kyler isn't afraid of much and can I just tell you I had to keep holding him back so the other kids could see. What I think is really funny though is as soon as the guy was all dressed up in his fire suit Kyler went right up to him and wanted him to hold him. All the other kids his age and older wanted nothing to do with him. Braxten and BrynLee had alot of fun seeing all the different tools they use and climbing on the truck. When we were finished Kyler got mad and was having a fit he wasn't finished looking yet I guess....lol

Baby is looking great!!!

2008-09-30T06:05:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went in for our 21 week ultrasound. And before you ask, I let Josh have his way we didn't find out what we are having. So let me know what your guesses are. One thing that is really great though is the baby looks great. It is the right size!!! Most of you know my last 2 kids measured small at this time, and Braxten was the only one that measured right on and he was the only one who didn't spend any time in the NICU, so I am really hoping we get to avoid the exra days in the hospital this go around. But everything looks really good. We had BrynLee (The Baby story fanatic) and Kyler (he was straped in his sroller) with us. They were really good, BrynLee loved seeing the baby on the T.V. and she just smiled when we heard the heart beat. And as for Kyler he just wanted out of the stroller so he could help the tech. with the ultrasound, Kyler was sure he wasn't doing it right...lol Well I hope you like the pictures.
This is my favorite picture.

I'll clean it up, I'll clean it up!!

2008-09-23T07:31:00.000-07:00

So I walked outside and Josh was in the house with Kyler and I come in to Josh showing me these pictures. So I told Josh that he had to re-fold the clothes, I know it shocks everyone, I ended up doing it...lol Men...lol

Ok, ok I'll clean it up.

Fall Festival @ River Heights

2008-09-23T07:02:00.000-07:00

Yes those little feet you see under that kid are Kylers. I had to keep yelling at other peoples kids because they kept jumping on him.

Josh waiting in line for 20 min. waiting for the pizza to come.

BrynLee with her train of "mothers". They are the neighbor kids they always take her under their wing....lol

Kyler was having a great time.

Yes that is Braxten trying to get this little girl to go with him, he really reminds me of his father....lol

On Friday we went to River Heights for a festival, it is their only fundraiser for the year. They had alot of things for the kids to do, almost to much, we couldn't get the kids to leave. But they had alot of fun.

I got Tagged

2008-09-16T06:35:00.000-07:00

10 years ago:
1. I was 16
2. I had just moved from Perry UT to Wellsville
3. I started at Mt. Crest High school
4. I had met Josh for the first time at the Wellsville Founders day dance (Who whould have guessed how far that would have gone...lol)
5. Trying to meet new friends

5 things on today's "to do" list:
1. Take a shower before Kyler wakes up
2. Laundry
3. Go to the bank
4. Help Braxten with his homework
5. Get kids to bed by 8 with no arguing...Nice wish isn't it...lol

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. Chips and salsa
2. Chocolate
3. Goldfish Crackers
4. Ice Cream
5. Veggies and ranch

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. Buy a new car for me and Josh
2. Bigger house with land
3. Have no debt...that's kinda a given I think
4. Donate alot to alot of charities
5. Josh and I have always wanted to just be able to drive a new car, all paid for, and give it to someone we know is needing help so it's just one thing that they don't have to worry about.

5 places I have lived:
1. Utah - Perry
2. Montana
3. Utah - Perry
4. Oregon - Mc Ranch
5. Utah - Wellsville

5 jobs I have had:
1. Kathy's Cafe
2. Lots of babysitting
3. Pizza Plus
4. Bridgerland Animal Hospital
5. Mores

I tag Kenna, Tiffany

RULES: Each player answers the question themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags others and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person that tagged you know when you've answered the questions on your blog.

Buddy Walk 2008

2008-09-14T15:39:00.000-07:00

We had our UDSF Cache County Buddy Walk yesterday and it was so much fun. We ended up having about 100 people there all together and we got to meet a few people that we have never met before. It started a little late because we needed to have walkers to do the walk so we started our walk at 11:45 instead of 11 as planed but other than that I think everything went great. (I don't really think that was even that big of a deal) While we were on our walk Kyler loved it, he wasn't in a stroller. He got to walk or should I say run!! We had the Sky View Cheerleaders all around the walk cheering the kids on and giving them high 5. After we went on our walk we had lunch, hamburgers and hot dogs (Thanks Chache Valley Womens Center). After lunch the kids all went and played games (fish pond, pick a duck, sawdust dig,and bean bag toss),face painting, decorated crowns (Thanks Burger King), and decorated sugar cookies. One of the things that a lot of the kids "and adults" thought were cool was we had a few Star Wars characters come and pose for pictures. I know Kyler loved them and so did Benett. Kyler wouldn't leave them alone he wanted to give them 5 and kept signing grandpa to them. We also had a raffle with almost to many prizes. We were there for quite a while trying to get everything given away. I thought everything went great and all of our volunteers, Sky View Cheerleaders, Kim (who works with Jonnie, sorry I can't remember her last name), and all of my family and friends. And for sure all of the people who came we had a great time. I would also like to thank Suzie Smith and her family for coming up and for the Teddy Bears the UDSF donated for the raffle.
P.S. If you didn't see I tried to do a slide show of all the pics but it didn't work very well it is cutting the right side of the picture. But I will try to get that fixed.

Kyler in the News Paper

2008-09-05T06:51:00.000-07:00

On Wed. Sept. 3, 2008 The Herold Journal came and interviewed Josh and I, Jonnie and Ashley Rosser, Jodi Lundberg and Naydean Park. They wanted to interview us about beening a parent of a child with Down Syndrome and what our lives are like now. It was also to help promote the upcoming Buddy walk. The one thing I didn't like though is that they wouldn't send the photographer to the interview to take pics. of all the kids playing together the didn't want it "staged". Which I don't get how that is staged they were just playing with eachother. Hello have you ever tried to pose two 5 year olds and a 2 year old, expecially with Down Syndrome, yeah right, if they don't want to do it it isn't happening...lol But what do I know..lol I just really wanted pics of more than 1 kid with Down Syndrome for this story. Well oh well I guess I don't run the news paper. You can go to www.hjnews.com and see Kyler today at least. I don't know how long they will have him on there. Well here's the article.

By Devin Felix
Published:
Friday, September 5, 2008 1:19 AM CDT
Five years ago, Johnnie Rosser was excited about the birth of his first son — he expected a vibrant, healthy, athletic young boy.

When Bennett was born with Down syndrome, Rosser’s heart sank.

“I felt pretty sorry for myself at first,” he said. “My initial reaction was, I thought I was going to be raising a vegetable.”

But as he learned more about Down syndrome, his spirits lifted. He knew he and his wife, Ashley, would face different challenges in raising their son, but that they would love him just the same.

Looking for help and support, the Rossers joined the Cache County chapter of the Utah Down Syndrome Foundation, encouraged that Bennett would be able to grow and learn as well, Ashley Rosser said.

Now, five years later, Bennett is an active kindergarten student and his parents participate in the Down Syndrome Foundation for the sake of other parents as much as for themselves. They’ve become friends with parents such as Maria and Josh Leishman, with their 2-year-old, Kyler, and Jodi Lundberg and her 5-year-old son, Kendrick.

Johnnie Rosser said he hopes the group will be there to support the parents of newborns with Down syndrome. Becoming new parents under any circumstances can be difficult, and the situation can be even more overwhelming when a child has a disability.

The group helps people know what to expect as their children grow and cope with medical problems — a high percentage of children born with Down syndrome have heart or respiratory problems.

“When they’re first born you have no idea what to expect,” Johnnie Rosser said.

Leishman, the president of the

Cache County chapter said she sends out about 50 newsletters each month and about 10 families participate in activities for the group.

The purposes of the foundation are provide each other support and increase awareness and acceptance of Down syndrome. To accomplish that, the group will have a buddy walk Sept. 13. Buddy walks were started by the National Down Syndrome Society in 1995 to promote acceptance and understanding of the condition.

The buddy walk will be at 11 a.m. at Ryan’s Place Park, 500 South and 600 East in River Heights. After walking around the block, participants will take part in volleyball, fishing ponds, games and other crafts. More than $1,500 in prizes donated by merchants will be given out in a raffle. Leishman said everyone is invited to take part.

NayDean Park, whose 30-year-old daughter, Kathleen Daily, has Down syndrome, said she commends parents like the Leishmans and Rossers for working to promote understanding.

When Kathleen was born, Park said few people understood Down syndrome. She had to fight to get her daughter included at school and she worked to get legislation approved that would benefit disabled people, she said.

Park advised the young parents to enjoy raising their children.

“There’s a journey ahead that is so exciting,” she said. “It’s challenging, it’s frustrating, but it is so rewarding.”

Down syndrome is a disorder that affects one in every 733 babies, according to the National Down Syndrome Society Web site. It occurs when a baby has three, rather than the normal two, copies of the 21st chromosome. It causes cognitive delays, decreased muscle stature and other problems. The life expectancy of people with Down syndrome has increased from 25 years in 1983 to 56 today.

If you go...

What: Utah Down Syndrome Foundation Buddy Walk.

When: 11 a.m. Sept. 13 at Ryan’s Place Park, 500 S. 600 East in River Heights.

Cost: $10 for adults, $5 for children 16 and under. $25 for a family.

To register: Call Maria Leishman at 753-1357.

BrynLee's First day of school!!

2008-09-03T12:35:00.000-07:00

One of these days she will grow into her backpack....lol

BrynLee has been asking me when she gets to go to school ever since Braxten started, so it has been a long couple of weeks. But the day is finally here she got to wear her new school clothes and shoes today and she was very excided. She didn't have school until 12:30 and, of course, today she got up early. She had asked me every 10 min from 8:30 am until I told her to get ready, if it was time for her to go to school yet. She would say "2 more minutes?", "Now is it in 2 more minutes?"...lol She makes me laugh because we all know that she won't talk to her teacher even though she is so excided to go. Finally it was time to go and she was out the door so excided telling Kyler we were taking her to school. And sure enough she was fine all the way to the door and then she started to hide and be shy, rubbing her eyes and hiding behide me, so I had to just pick her up and set her in the house and leave. So I guess we will see how she was at 2:30 when I go pick her up....lol Oh and the best part is that it is just Kyler and I for 2 whole hours, and he takes a nap from 1:30-2:15...Yeah!!! Don't get me wrong I love my kids but I really like the quiet too...lol

The Hale Family Reunion 2008

2008-08-31T15:00:00.001-07:00

We went to the Hale family reunion this weekend, and it was so much fun the kids and adults all had a blast. We went to a sod farm in Wellsville that has 2 water slip and slides that go down a big hill. The kids were up and down the slides all day Sat. and then by that afternoon it was all the adults turn to show the kids how it was really done...lol So the first adult to go down was Uncle Danny. He came down like a pro....ok...ok.. He might have screamed like a little girl but that was only the first couple that he did that on....lol Then it was Kevins turn and no he didn't scream like a girl he just might have said a few choice words on the way down. But what I thought was really funny is that Dannys granddaughter Brooklyn said to Kevin, "After the first couple times you don't scream any more"....lol I think she is 10 I just thought that was really funny. OH and then it was Liz's turn she was so funny on her way down she fell back and couldn't sit back up so when she made it to the bottom she needed a little help up. But hey, she went I think 3 more times. She was also able to talk Aunt Jill into going down, and I don't know what she was thinking to go up with Danny and Kevin because Danny ended up pushing her down the slide. Aren't husbands great?...lol Well then we got everyone else going down and they were all trying to see who could go the farthest. Then they started making trains. Let's just say we all had a lot of fun watching everyone flying down the slide. After everyone was finished with the slides we had our pot luck dinner and then Kristi's Boyfriend (who is a DJ) Brought all of his stuff and we had a dance. Kevin and Launa got out there and were dancing and BrynLee and Brookel (Mindys little girl) were dancing together. ofcourse Kyler was out there shaking his thing, And busting some moves, showing them all how it's done. Everyone got out there eventully. It was really fun untill the rain started, than everyone ran for cover and most of the kids went to bed even though the rain only lasted for 10 mins. This morning we all packed up and went home. But we had a blast and I think we might be going back next year.

Hale Reunion Aug. 2008

2008-08-31T14:10:00.000-07:00

All the kids going up to go down the slide again

Braxten I swear went on that slide 100 times he was up and down all day long.

Braxten and BrynLee were having alot of fun on the slide.

Braxten and Kyler right after they went down the slide together

Now it's the "Big" kids turn.
Uncle Danny coming down on his belly because he said "you go so much farther on your belly!!"

Grandpa Kevin coming down the slide, Uncle Danny talked him into going on his belly

Liz decided she couldn't let Danny show her up so she went down the slide

Liz trying to talk Jill into going. "It was really fun Jill come on"

Danny pushing Jill down the hill (What are husbands for?)

Jill had to have her turn down the slide wether she wanted it or not...lol

"Babe" Watch here I come....lol Becky was in her swim suit more then she was anything else.

Becky and Jackie

Becky and Tina flying down!!

Becky, Teresa, Mindy and Danny (Danny was trying to hold them all and slipped and came flying down behind them)

Josh and Braxten coming down the slide

Grandpa Kevin took Kyler down the slide and Kyler wasn't sure what to think but he didn't "cry".

Kyler wanted to play on the slide just not go down the slide again...lol

Braxten wanted a nap...lol

2008-08-25T07:45:00.000-07:00

On the day before school things didn't happen as I had hoped. We went to my mom and dads for my dads 50th Birthday party and so we didn't get Braxten to bed as early as I had hoped. So I new the 1st day after school was going to be a melt down because Braxten didn't get the sleep he needed. So Braxten had his little "BIG" Meltdown when it was almost bed time you know the usual, "I never get to do anything, you're mean, I'm hungry I never get to eat anything." But after he got that all out of his system we were able to go in his room and he said his prayers and I read him a story. When I was giving him his kiss goodnight he said "I am so tired, school is all day did you know that 'ALL DAY'". I told him "yeah I know that is why you have to go to bed early." Then he told me "Yeah I was so tired at school that I almost said to my teacher 'excuse me but can we have nap time?" I couldn't do anything but laugh what other 6 year old would be asking for a nap on their first day of school, they all might want it but how many would admit it?...lol I just thought that was really funny. He just says some of the funniest things. He is quite the clown. But the next day he did finally start telling me how much fun he was having at school.

First day of school!!

2008-08-21T07:12:00.000-07:00

Today is Braxten's first day of 1st Grade and boy is he excided. We went to Back To School Night last night and he met his teacher, Mrs. Whittier. She seems really nice and another really good thing is he has Gorgia (she lives in our subdivision) in his class again this year so he already knows someone. It has been a really crazy first of the year though, because our kids all have to go to a new school this year. Instead of going to Nibley they are getting bussed to River Heights. We didn't get anything from the school until this Tuesday, which was the day before Back To School Night, I have felt quite in the dark. But I hope the rest of the year goes great. Braxten is so excited to be able to stay all day and eat lunch at school. This morning he got ready so fast he still had 20 min. before it was time to catch the bus so he wanted to practice his reading, I can only hope he will stay this excited about homework...lol

UDSF Talent Show @ Lagoon

2008-08-19T10:05:00.001-07:00

At about 5:30 that night we all met back at the pavillion and got to watch the kid in a talent show, it was so much fun to watch. Lets just say there was alot of dancing with music from Hanna Montana and High School Musical. We saw Hanna Montana a couple times and some of the boys were really busting a move. Kyler was trying to get out there to show them his moves so I had to hold him back. But thank goodness they decided at the end to let anyone who wanted to go out and dance, dance. So as most of you know Kyler went out and danced and so did our friend Bennet. Kyler also found a friend that was getting really crazy it kinda made me a little nervous when he picked him up, but I think Kyler was cramping his style because he couldn't jump around while he was holding him so he handed him back not long after he picked him up. Kyler loved it though. I would really have to say we had so much fun at Lagoon.

UDSF Lagoon Day

2008-08-19T09:38:00.000-07:00

Well we had a really great time yesterday we went to UDSF Lagoon day and the kids had a blast and so did I. We got there at 11:30 am and we were there until 10:30 pm, it was a really long and fun day. I didn't see much of Braxten because he doesn't ride the "Baby rides" so he went off with Drew and some friends to ride the "BIG" rides. I took Kyler and BrynLee on their rides and it was so much fun they both loved everything, but Kyler did not like when the rides were over. I got head butted all day long I would have to tell Kyler do you want to go on more and then he would stop flipping out. BrynLee was so good with Kyler making sure he didn't climb out and that he was having fun it made me really proud to see that I didn't even have to ask her to watch him she just did it. The really crazy thing was that my kids were good the whole day we didn't have any major melt downs like I was expecting. But once we hit the car they were all asleep before we left the parking lot.

Hogle Zoo

2008-08-17T14:38:00.000-07:00

The kids and I went to the zoo yesterday with our neighbors Shelley and Warren and their family. The kids had alot of fun and it was even nice and cool so the animals were out and playing. First we went and ate lunch over where the black bears are and they were out playing and wrestling with each other everyone thought that was cool. We also got to see the cougar jumping around. Kyler was signing up a storm: Zebra, Bear, Lion, Penguin, Monkey, Gorilla, Bird, Elephant, Lepard, Fish, Alagator, Sheep and Giraff. He loved it When we were over by the Elephants we met a family with a little boy who is 5 with Down Syndrome, from West Jordan. It's always nice to meet new friends. Their kids are so cute. They also told me about a "Camp Magic" that they are trying to get together for kids 12 and older with Down Syndrome. It sounds like it will be alot of fun. After we made it about half way around the zoo we let the kids all play at the park while us parents sat and rested a while. Then continued on and went and saw the rest of the zoo. The last animals we saw were the Giraffs, they have a baby and it is so cute. Now that we were all tired and Braxten was hungery, again. The kids and I went to McDonalds and ate and they played for a while before we came home and we all crashed.

We're having a baby!!!

2008-08-04T07:22:00.000-07:00

BrynLee is very excited that we are having another baby. When I was tucking her in bed the other day she said "mom, I am so happy that you have a baby in your belly" I said "Yeah it's really exciting isn't it." And she said "Yeah it's really exciten'" I thought it was so cute because she just keeps lifting my shirt waiting for the baby to kick or something and just loves to touch it. I think she is going to help make this even more fun this time. So we are due Feb. 4th but as we all know we will most likely have a January baby. If you dodn't want to try and figure it out we are 3 months right now.

Here let me help you

2008-08-02T08:11:00.000-07:00

Fun Day

2008-07-31T20:35:00.000-07:00

Fun day with friends

2008-07-31T19:02:00.000-07:00

Today we went down to Ogden and met up with some of my best friends Kenna and Tiffany. I have been friends with Tiffany ever since Kindergarten and I have been friends with Kenna since 6th grade when she moved to Perry. I am finally not the only one with kids so we now have more in common again, I think it will be great to get together more and let our kids play. Tiffany has a little boy, James, who is 1 and Kenna has a little girl, Tallia, who is 4 months old.
We went to a park and had lunch and let the kids play for a while, and there were ducks and they didn't even chase the kids they had alot more fun feeding the ducks today then yesterday...lol I think one of the funniest things was when BrynLee was trying to help Braxten climb a tree. And then when Josh went and finally helped them get into the tree BrynLee started crying because she was scared. After that we got ready to leave because it was sooooo HOT! So Tiffany took james home, he was so ready to take a nap and she said he was asleep after about 5 mins. in the car. And we were taking Kenna and Tallia home and desided to stop and get ice cream, then we went to her apt. to eat it and I guess the kids went so they could play on their stairs...lol The kids also had a really fun time holding Tallia yes even Kyler, it was so cute.

A fun day with the animals

2008-07-31T06:34:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went to look at the animals for Kylers early Headstart activity. We have been working on Kyler saying his animal sounds for about 5 months now and last week when I said "Holy Cow!!" Kyler piped up and said "OOOOOO" while holding his ear, trying to sign cow. If you look close he is doing it in the picture.

Kyler on "Bullet", Drews horse, Kyler loves the horses as soon as we get to Grandpa and Grandmas he signs horse and grandpa.

I think all the kids had a fun time even though we see them all the time this time we took the time to talk about all the animals.

We went over to the Wellsville Pond and the ducks are crazy as soon as we got the bread out of the bag they started atacking us. Kyler kept throwing the bread right by my feet so I had to help him give the bread a little more distance, the ducks were biting my feet.

Poor Braxten couldn't throw his bread fast enough he was running backwards and they were right there untill his bread was gone.

Now BrynLee was a differant story as soon as we got there the ducks atacked her she was screaming and one really hungry duck got her fingers. So she spent the rest of the time at a safe distance, on the table.

I thought this was a nice picture of the kids with the duck. The kids had alot of fun even though the ducks were so agresive they were mad when the bread was gone.

These ducks were crazy they would not quit fighting.

Kids playing in the backyard

2008-07-29T18:55:00.000-07:00

This is how Kyler starts.....

....and this is how it usually ends

Braxten loves jumping out of the swing like a "Karate kid"

BrynLee dancing around at the top of the swing set.

Kyler got his Tonsils out today.

2008-07-10T16:05:00.001-07:00

Kyler got his Tonsils out today.

2008-07-10T12:55:00.000-07:00

Well Kyler got his tonsils out this morning and got his 2nd set of tubes put in. Well when we got there he was really happy he was running around and escaping from his room with me running right behind him. Josh didn't even have to ask which room we were in because Kyler went running out of his room and down the hall right when he got there. Well while we were waiting for our turn Kyler was just playing with his book and car, and spinning round and round. When it was finally time, the guy came to tell us what all was going to go on and to take Kyler back. Kyler ran right up to him signing grandpa and climbed right up and gave him a big hug. Kyler was only gone for 45 min. and when they brought him back it was not the little boy I sent he was so mad (Not that I blame him) and flipping around. It took a few min. of me holding him and he calmed down and went to sleep. But they wanted him to drink some water or suck on a popsicle and he was having none of that. As soon as we would try to put the bottle of water in his mouth he was throwing himself back and crying and pushing the bottle away. After about a half an hour we tried a popsicle and all we had to do was touch the popsicle stick and he would cry, as soon as we took our hand off he would stop. Well they ended up sending us home without him drinking at all.
After we left the hospital Kyler fell asleep so Josh and I desided to get some lunch and go to his grandmas house and eat, before he had to go back to work. So we let Kyler sleep while we ate and when Kyler woke up he desided he wanted to eat. He had some ice cream and he drank a little milk he also had a little bit of mashed potatoes. He was running around and playing like nothing even happened so I was hoping this was going to last. But ofcourse after we came home and he watched 20 min. of Signing time the mad Kyler came back and so we rocked for a while until he finally went to sleep. And this is where he is right now so I guess that was our day so far. Let's just hope we have a good night.

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2008-07-08T21:09:00.001-07:00

Nibley Heritage Days

2008-07-08T20:27:00.000-07:00

I forgot that I had Pics. of when we were in the Nibley Heritage Days Parade and we also did a booth on the 21st of June. We had alot of fun in that parade also the kids still love throwing the candy and we met alot of people at the booth after the parade. It took Kyler a while but he finally fell asleep in a camping chair for an hour or so. Braxten found himself a little girl friend, and BrynLee just helped with the games. Sherry Joy (From the up-to-3 program) came and helped at the booth and was in the parade with us also. It was alot of fun but really HOTT!!!!!

Braxten for 2 weeks also practiced to be in the Nibley Childrens Play "Pirate of Penzance". He was a pirate and had alot of fun. They got to perform it on the 19th and the 20th of June.

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2008-07-08T20:23:00.001-07:00

4th of July 2008!!!

2008-07-08T19:37:00.000-07:00

Well on the 4th the UDSF Cache Valley Chapter was in the Hyrum Parade and we had a great time thie kids were having alot of fun throwing candy at everyone. All the people were just cheering as we came by.

As a family later that night we drove down to Brigham for their firework show and these were the loudest fire works we had been to in the last 3 days (on the 2nd we went to the Hyrum Fireworks, on the 3rd we went to the Logan Fireworks so we had our share of fireworks this week...lol) and these were the ones Kyler liked the most he yelled and was laughing the whole time. Then on the 5th we went to the Cache Valley Crusie-In Parade and I could not believe how much Kyler loved the really loud cars as they went by, he was yelling and clapping the whole time. Braxten and BrynLee just wanted to know when we were leaving as soon as we got there. For some reason a 4 year old girl and a 6 year old boy don't think sitting in the sun and watching old cars go by is very fun...lol Well I hope everyone had a great 4th of July.

Welcome Home Elder Hunsaker

2008-05-16T08:35:00.000-07:00

Well we went and got Will I...I.. Mean Elder Hunsaker, from the airport yesterday. It took us a while to find out where we needed to be to find him but we finally found it and then we got to wait for an hour because his plane was late. But everyone was really excited to see him. Oh yeah and he came back taller (He's the one on the right if you couldn't guess). After we left the airport we went to Chuck O Rama and got a bite to eat. It was funny this little boy (that was 15 mos. and twice the size of Kyler) wanted out of his highchair to come and see Kyler (who is 25 mos.) and he came over and said "Hi baby" and Kyler being Kyler signed 'baby' and then poked him in the eye. I told Kyler to be nice and then he signed 'Baby' again and said "Bye Bye" and signed 'Thank you' and the little boy ran back to his parents. I thought it was funny that Kyler is signing 'Baby to someone twice his size but anyway back to Will...lol After we got done eating we went and saw my Grandma Sharon for a while and visited. On our way back to mom and dads Will rode with us. We had a lot of fun talking about things that had happened and all the way home Elder Hunsaker kept looking out the window and saying Mountains with snow, blue skis and he would just say no really you don't understand how nice it is to see Mountains. (Will was in New Jersey) When we finally got to mom and dads it was 6 pm and Will of course had to hurry and get on a horse (I'm talking before he even went in the house) and yes before he got released from his mission. At 7pm he got released and then we just we hanging out and looking at his pictures. It was really fun it was really nice to catch up and have him home.

Family Day @ the Zoo 2007

2008-05-14T11:55:00.001-07:00

UDSF April Activity

2008-05-14T11:44:00.001-07:00

In April we all went down to the Treehouse Museum and had a picnic at a park. We had a lot of fun The Treehouse Museum treated us very well, they even read us a story and let the kids play instruments for parts of the story. There is so many things for the kids to do I don't think we held still the entire 2 hours we were there. After our story we all met at a park and ate lunch. It was really fun being able to talk with friends that we haven't seen for a while. James has been really sick this winter so we haven't see them for quite a while. This was their first real getting out for a while.

UDSF April Activity 2008

2008-05-14T11:38:00.001-07:00

UDSF Christmas Party 2007

2008-05-14T11:12:00.001-07:00

Buddy Walk 2007

2008-05-14T07:54:00.003-07:00

BrynLee and her first real riding lesson

2008-05-08T13:37:00.000-07:00

BrynLee had her first riding lesson on May 6th at grandpa's house. She wanted to help me (mom) with everything she wanted to help me catch the horse "Bullet". She helped me brush him and she even helped saddle him, that's right she had me lift her up while she was holding her saddle and she threw it up on him. "It was so cute." Then she even wanted to get up on him all by herself, so I let her try until she finally asked for help. Well when she got on she decided she was in charge and she didn't care how big he was, so she kicked as hard as she could and he didn't care and just stood there. So grandpa got in there and started teaching her what to do and she did very well on her 1st riding lesson. She even had to carry her saddle to put it away. She might look small but she doesn't think so.