Our Life As We Know It

Hayden's first Pinewood derby

2009-09-01T20:26:00.005-06:00

This was Hayden's very first pinewood derby.
Hayden placing his car on the track.

Do you see the black blur! That is Hayden's car. This was the only picture that I caught it in. Most of the time it zipped through so fast that I missed it.

Hayden waiting anxiously at the finish line. He was so excited. He and the other boys had so much fun tonight.

Hayden being awarded 1st place. He received a black hat with a racing flag on it also.

Congratulations Hayden!

Hayden's Baptism

2009-06-26T20:25:00.005-06:00

My boy turned 8 on May 23rd and was Baptized on May 30th. He was so excited for his special day. He just grinned from ear to ear. After the baptism we went to my favorite, chik-fil-a for lunch and ice cream with the Lenz family. Hayden had fun playing in the kid zone while the parents watched from the glass window. It was a great day.

He was a little nervous to get in the water because his sisters teased him about not coming back up. I had to convince him that there was no way his Dad was going to drown him! Silly girls!

Look at that face!

Hayden shaking the Bishop's hand. I wonder what is going through that mind?

How Cute!

I love you my Hayden boy!

This is the Family. Left to right; Jasmine, Pat, Me, Jesika and on the bottom Kassidy and Hayden. Thank you Salina for all of these great pictures.

New floor and furniture

2009-04-26T17:52:00.003-06:00

This is the new couch. Finally after having the old one for 15 years. It was great while it lasted but long overdue for something new. We are getting 2 Chairs that match but they won't be in for another week or so. This is the new floor. Kassidy has fun riding her little bike around on it. I have fun sliding across it in my socks. Kassidy and I play a game doing that. I am trying to pick out some rugs and that will end the sock sliding. Darn! We absolutely love this floor. It goes from the entry way through the kitchen to this little family room and then down the hall to the 3 bedrooms.

Halloween 2008

2009-04-26T17:37:00.003-06:00

Here are the kids on the front steps. It was warm for Halloween this year which allowed us to trick or treat longer. It was a lot of fun. Some of the people in the neighborhood had hot chocolate they were serving out of their garages. It was awesome! Hayden was in Star Wars Heaven when this Storm Trooper came walking down the street. How awesome is this costume? He looks like he was in the movie. He said that he ordered it and it was quite pricey. I bet, but it was so cool!

These are a couple friends from work. Laci is a Vampire (Twilight fan), Carlen had this shirt on that the heart blinked. She thought it was funny because she has a pace maker. She had me write on the heart and it said, "Carlen's pace maker." Then there is me and I was supposed to be Pippy Longstocking.

Another one got sTiTcHeS!

2009-04-25T22:13:00.003-06:00

Apparently Jesika felt left out that Kassidy had gotten stitches back in September and wanted to be just like her little sis. Jesika was trying to bring 2 scooters home from her friends house and ended up face planting it in the street. Pat and I were gone to pick up a couch so Jesika ran to another friend's house and asked them to help her. That Mom called my cell phone to let me know what had happened and that it looked like she would need stitches. Thankfully we were only about 5 min away from being home. Pat took her to get stitched up and didn't get home until almost midnight. This happened back on the 13th. Jesika has had a rough year so far. She had strep back in March. That cause a major flare up in her psoriasis. She had gone to the dermatologist earlier that day and she has just recovered from being very ill all this past week. It seems like it was just a bad virus that caused her to run 104 temperature for about 4 days, cough and runny nose. So far no one else has caught it (knock on wood). Hopefully she will have it a little easier the rest of the year. By the way she ended up with a total of 6 stiches and her Dad took them out with my assistance.

EEEK!!! SPIDER!

2009-04-25T21:54:00.003-06:00

I need to play a little catch up. I am going to try and start posting some old stuff along with the new. I am trying to be a better blogger. You never know I might even tackle facebook. Whoa! Anyway, this is a picture of the spider we found in one of the window wells. This one is actually the small one. A couple days before I found one just like this but a lot bigger IN MY GARAGE!!!! I swear the abdomen on it was at least a good 2 inches. The leg spread had to of been 5-6 inches. It was scary! That's what you get when you live close to a field. Needless to say that they are dead and I had nightmares about them. A few of the neighbors told me they were hobo spiders which are very poisonous. I researched this online and found that people mistake regular Wolfe spiders for Hobo all the time. Granted that a Hobo is in the Wolfe family, but here in the U.S.A the regular Wolfe spider can get this big. Also, the bigger they are the less poisonous they are. I hope to not get a visit from one of these again this summer! Everyone has also reported that they only find them outside. That is comforting given that my nightmares were about them being in my home an crawling on me. I think I would have a serious panic attack at that point. Lucky for me Brandon Ellis was visiting and the spider in the garage was right by his foot, so he killed it! (CRUNCH!!!) and this small on my brave husband took care of with the neighbors 5 iron that they leave on the side of their house very conveniently.

Disney on Ice

2009-04-19T14:35:00.009-06:00

Kassidy and I were invited by her friend to got the Disney on Ice show. Unfortunately her friend ended up getting sick and wasn't able to go. They gave me the tickets and I took My 3 girls and Jasmine's friend Nikelle. It was a lot of fun. Thanks for the tickets! We got to see several of the Disney stories such as, Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Lilo and Stitch and Peter Pan.

This was Kassidy's first Disney on Ice show. She had fun, but she kept saying that she didn't get to see enough Princess's

The girls were salivating over Lilo's sister's boyfriend. He skated around in nothing but swim trunks. I guess all the guys at school need to start painting their abs on as well.

Churros!!!

2009-04-08T11:17:00.004-06:00

Jasmine loves to cook and bake. Seems like she must take after someone that I know. She is in a foods class at school and she is keeping her own cookbook. Her assignment was to make churros and then present pictures to her class. She is going to be a great cook.

This is the finished product. They were so yummy!

I am a ReTaRd!!!

2009-04-01T21:56:00.002-06:00

Okay, so I decided that I would review the comments made to my blog just in case someone I didn't know tried to post something weird. I thought they would go to my email to review. I have been checking my email all of these months thinking that no one was posting comments. I have even logged into my blog and NEVER have noticed that it said I had comments to review! What a dip I am. I am so sorry to all of my faithful fans who have commented many months ago and that I obviously don't know how to blog. Thank you for all of the cute comments.

P.S. You have to be faithful fan because I am a slow blogger. I love you all!

Ace Hole in front of the Temple

2008-12-21T16:25:00.004-07:00

Pat always has to give a crazy pose for a picture. Rocker and tounge hanging out like the rolling stones. Hayden just looks like he is trying to stay warm. I like the tax train in the background. I think that looks really cool. They also got to witness a bunch of cops with their guns drawn out yelling at someone to get out of the car and walk slowly backwards. That's a lot of excitment for one night.

Last night Pat took the well children downtown to Temple Square to see the lights and take a carriage ride. We were all dressed and ready to go when I kissed Kassidy's head and she was burning hot. Dabnabit! Everytime we have planned to go someone is sick. Back on the 8th Kassidy threw up, then a week later Jesika puked and then this last Thursday Hayden threw up. Kassidy is running a high fever with no other obvious symptoms. This must be something new that has nothing to do with what we have already had. I ended up staying home with Kassidy and watching movies.

The horses name is "Ace". Pat had told the kids that it was nice to have an ace in the hole then he said, "Did I just say Acehole in front of the Temple." What a funny Dad!

Jazz & Jesi during the carriage ride with ace. They had to stay warm with blankets and a little snuggling. They also said that ace had gas and unfortunatley you are always behind the horse on a carriage ride. Maybe he was just trying to keep them warm too. STINKY!

Hush little Kassidy...don't say a word

2008-12-20T19:22:00.005-07:00

One night I told Kassidy to go to bed and when I went to go to bed myself, I found her in my bed and she climbed into Pat's pajama pants and fell asleep. Although it is no surprise that she went to my bed instead of her own.

Again Kassidy in my bed. She looks so peaceful and sweet. There was no whinning, demmanding, or tugging on my sleeves. I savor these moments. I usually end up moving her to her bed and she usually wakes up sometime in the middle of the night and sneaks back into my bed. It is very funny because she never does this on the nights that her Dad is home. I have to place a pillow between her and me otherwise I get little toes in my back all night and I wake up the next morning very sore.

Peeping....JAZZ

2008-12-20T19:10:00.007-07:00

Pat needed some help putting up the Christmas lights. Jasmine was the lucky one elected to help. (Benefit of being the oldest). I will post a picture of the house all lighted up later. We have finally been slammed with snow and the last picture taken you can see green grass and the fall wreath was still on the front door. These windows look into our living room were we now have a 9 ft. pre-lit Christmas tree. We posted our old tree on KSL classifieds for $30. Not a single call. We might be giving it away. The new tree was way easier to set up. I LOVE IT!!!! It is a Georgous tree.

It's Jasmine's Birthday!!!

2008-11-10T21:25:00.007-07:00

Today is Jasmine's birthday. 14 years ago at 12:10 pm my first baby and my first little girl came into my life. How I anticipated her arrival and dreamed of what she would be and look like. She is everything I dreamed of and more. She is growing up to be such an amazing young woman. I am her Mom but we are also friends.

I took her to school this morning and wished her a happy birthday and told her that I love her. I asked her what cake she wanted for her big day and she requested chocolate applesauce cake. It is way yummy!!!

Jesika had this great idea to trash Jasmine's room for her birthday! She stringed it with yarn and toilet paper. We heart attacked it. Jesika also hung up before 14 and after 14 photos of Jasmine. It was funny because the after 14 picture was of an old woman with huge over sized glasses on. Jazz's first reaction when she walked into her room was, " WHAT THE HECK!"

This is the Old woman Picture. Isn't it funny

This is a better shot of her room.

I took Jazz shopping after school and she picked out an outfit. This was also stalling time while Jesika put the finishing touches on the room.

Happy Birthday Jasmine!!!

Some of Jasmine's Likes;

Friends call her Jazz

Favorite color is blue

She loves all the girly things like nail polish, clothes and shoes

She loves Frogs

She loves hanging out with her friends

Loves TV shows like Heroes, Ghost whisperer, CSI, NCIS, Without a Trace, Numbers

It's Kassidy's Birthday!!!

2008-11-09T21:14:00.008-07:00

4 years ago today at a little after 6pm, Kassidy Mae Knight was brought into our lives. She has been such a blessing and joy to our family ever since. We LOVE her and thank her for making our lives brighter. Pat asked her what she wanted for breakfast and she said, "cakes" (pancakes). He made her pancakes and sausage.

Present time was a hit. She got some furniture sets for her Loving Family Doll house. She also got a horse playset with a jeep and trailer. She has been playing all day.

We had cupcakes with creamy melted chocolate center and of course, CHOCOLATE FROSTING!!!

Some of Kassidy's likes are:

She absolutely LOVES HORSES!

Loves playing with Hayden

Loves to sleep with Mom every night

She loves to snuggle

Loves any movie that has a horse in it

She loves almost any kind of fruit

She introduces herself as Kassidy with a "K"

When you say smile she gives a big cheesy grin! I love it!!!

Happy birthday baby girl!!!

CrAzY KiDs

2008-10-17T18:51:00.004-06:00

The other night Hayden decided to play guestures. I had to grab the video camera to show everyone my funny little Kassidy. She cracks me up! She has such a fun and zanny personality. Hayden is quite the crack up also. He is every bit as funny as she is. They play together so well. Everyday Kassidy can't wait for Hayden to get home from school.

STITCHES!!!!!!!

2008-09-17T22:18:00.010-06:00

I have four kids and it ends up that our first visit to get stitches is my baby Kassidy!
Her and I were riding around the block on scooters having a great time. Kassidy kept telling me to go faster. I kept telling her to be careful. On our third trip around she wiped out. She hit the sidewalk and kind of slid a little forward. My heart sunk because I knew there was going to be damage I just didn't know what kind. I wasn't expecting this. I thought maybe a broken tooth (I hope not), or bit lip or tongue. After comforting her I looked at her mouth and when I didn't see any blood there I looked lower. There was a deep red line on her chin and then I saw the gash! I picked her up, left the scooters of course and ran for my house.
Her neck was covered in blood and so was I by the time I got to the house. My sweet neighbor Amber drove us to the Dr where Kassidy ended up with 5 stitches. She was so brave. She hardly cried and she laid so still while the Dr stitched her. She got an Oreo sundae for being so brave and the Dr praised her for being so good and gave her 3 prizes. The Dr said the last 3 year old she stitched up kicked and screamed the entire time. Kassidy said ouch and whimpered a little when they stuck the shot in to numb the area. That is it! Today she has had Motrin twice for pain. If you ask her if her chin is better she will say, "not yet." I have had to remind her a couple times not to pick at the stitches. What a trooper. She is fascinated with the pictures because it is the only way she can see what it looks like.

My Hayden Boy!

2008-09-17T22:18:00.007-06:00

I took Hayden to see the eye DR. and found out that he can't see all that well. I think he could only read about the 2nd or 3rd line down from the big E. He's still a handsome little guy in his glasses.
Pat and I went on Hayden's class field trip to the zoo the end of last year. It was raining that day. Kassidy was excited to see all the animals also. There favorite thing was this big metal elephant that makes these noises when you touch it. Hayden said it was farting and then he'd laugh so hard I thought he was going to fall over. Typical Boy!
For Hayden's birthday back in May he went bowling at Fat Cats. The boys were very silly and did so crazy bowling that got the ball stuck in places that it shouldn't have been. From left to right is Garreth, Wyatt, Connor and of course Hayden.

Hayden's first grade teacher Mrs. Anstadt who is the best ever! She was a true wonder for my little boy. She loved him and he knew it. Even tonight he was crying telling me how much he misses her. Thank you Mrs. Anstadt! The picture to the right is Mrs. Ashton she was Hayden's reading teacher. She also loved him and kept him in the program a little longer than he needed because she didn't want to let him go. She shared with me how unique and how much he stood out and what a sweet boy he is. Thank you to such wonderful educators that blessed Hayden's life. I will forever be grateful. The world needs more teachers like these!

SO COOL!

2008-09-17T22:18:00.004-06:00

The Kids and I went to a free concert in Park city. The music was okay. It was free after all. You can't expect much. We had fun making silly faces. We had to ride this tram type thing from the parking lot to were this area is. The kids thought that was fun and Jesika and jasmine kept trying to get me to let ride it down and back up. Of course the answer was NO!
Kassidy and Hayden were entertainment at my finger tips! It was so funny to watch. Hayden kept throwing his hat. This one lady asked me if I had Kassidy in dance. She was shocked when I told her no, just a crazy Mom in the kitchen and a radio.

4th of July AKA Street of Fire

2008-07-05T12:22:00.008-06:00

Kassidy just couldn't wait to get her sparkler lit when the neighbors on the next street over set off an illegal firework that shot 50 feet in the air and made a big BOOM!!! Kassidy doesn't like the loud noise as you can see. All night long she kept trying to run back into our house.

Jasmine & Jesika lighting thier sparklers with Hayden in the background. They were dancing in the street.

Hayden running around with his sparkler. He is no longer afraid of the fireworks noise. We used to have to put ear muffs on him every 4th of July.

We partnered our fireworks with one of our new neighbors and had a great display. We were trying to see how many we could get lit at once. At one point we had about 4 going at once.

Disneyland

2008-06-29T21:31:00.002-06:00

In March we went to Disneyland for the very first time. We had so much fun. Kassidy still asks everyday if we are going to Disneyland. We can't wait to go again.

The Family

2008-06-29T21:26:00.003-06:00

This is my family. We had our pictures taken last summer at Memory Grove. Kassidy is the one riding Pat's shoulders. Hayden is laughing his head off. I am giggling with Jasmine and Jesika. We had fun although Kassidy lost her patience with the whole process after the first pose.