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A few other things that we have been up to.... (that I happen to catch on camera)

being a mermaid...

Building towers...

Playing with Rapunzel hair...


basketball. Again. ...

Going to a turtle derby. Dylan is now a cub scout and loves it! I'll have to get a better picture of him in his uniform...

Enjoying a relaxing new chair from aunt Tanya...

And playing with a cute baby...

8 is great!

I can't believe Dylan is 8! Crazy, I tell ya. What a good kid he is. A good brother, student, friend, helper, and son. He sure took us for a ride in his first few years of life, but seriously, he grew into such a great kid. Love him!!!




And a handsome little boy at that. We are so happy he chose to be baptized.

And he was lucky enough to be baptized on his birthday. That doesn't happen to too many people. And lucky for me, we didn't have to do a friend party because so many cousins came to town for his baptism.

Dylan really wanted to eat at the Pizza Pie Cafe for his birthday. So...... me being the lazy person that I am, decided to have everyone go out to eat after the baptism. That meant no cooking a huge baptism dinner and no huge mess at my house. Except that it didn't. Because my family was all still in town and we still partied hard at our house. But I didn't have to cook a big meal for a million people. Just a few. That was a big thing. Especially with a 9 day old in the house.

And to make things even easier, Dylan didn't want a cake. He only wanted donuts. Sweet. I even had to talk him into having ice cream with it. This kid is very easy to please.

Baby Kash is here!

I love this picture! I think Kash looks like a little man. And he looks a lot like Nate here.

He was born February 22 at 12:03 a.m. I could have had him on the 21st, but I waited until midnight so that he could be born on his grandpa's birthday. Kash's middle name is Hugh, after his Grandpa Whittaker, and now they share the same birthday. Neat.

So ya, I have to say that this was the fastest and easiest delivery I've had. I was very skeptical about being induced, but once I finally got into the hospital things went very smooth and I had him within 5 hours. That is fast for me. And I didn't feel a thing. It was awesome. I've always had the epidural, but this time it actually worked!!

And things have been going really well too. Kash is such a good baby, he mostly just sleeps and eats all day long. We've all been enjoying him a lot. We just have to really watch him when Claire is around. She may or may not have at some time or another, kicked him in the face, tried bending his little limbs as far as they can go, and even thrown him across the room. Yup, that's my sweet little 3 1/2 year old. I guess spacing these last 2 kids as far as we did may not have benefited us like we thought it would.

Oh ya, he weighed 7 lbs 12 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. A small baby to me!

Cassie's birthday from December

Finally Christmas pictures

I am finally putting a few pictures up from Christmas. Only for my sake, since I hope to print this blog sometime in the future. And if you read my sister's blog, then you have seen all these.

Dylan really really wanted a cotton candy machine. Nate bought one for the kids. And I got to make it and clean up all the little sugar crystals that flew everywhere.


Claire and Morgan made a huge mess with bubbles up in the girls bathroom. I was babysitting them. Oops.

Candace and I (but mostly Candace) made some cute pants for the girls...

Dylan and Henry chasing some deer with their cap guns...

I love puzzles...

Beyblades were a hit...

The kids brought this sign down from the hill. Lovely. Just what we needed. Since then, Nate made Dylan take it all the way back up...