Sensitive Nose

The other night Mackenzie was sitting on her dad's lap watching t.v. I hear Mackenzie yell "Who stinks?" She always demands to know who was the culprit when she smells a stink toot.
Then she ran down the hall shouting "I don't love you. I'm running away."
Geez

Bandwagon

Everybody is blogging about Valentine's Day so I thought I would jump on the bandwagon. We went to St. George for the weekend. My parents had a wedding to attend so it was the perfect excuse to meet them down there. So on Valentine's the whole fam checked out some Parade of Homes homes, Robert and the kids and I went swimming, and then we all went to Cafe Rio.

It was a great day but not exactly Valentine-ish. I do believe there were vocal "Happy Valentine's Days" exchanged so that's pretty good I think. I may not be the most romantical person around but I sure do have a great honey!

How Can It Be Possible?

Today my baby- oh excuse me, my Mackenzie- turned 3 years old.

She has been quite a trooper so far in her life. She was born in Des Moines, Iowa. Robert took a job with the Iowa Events Center right after we finished school at BYU. We were living in an apartment until she was 3 months old and then we bought a house. We lived there until Mackenzie was about 17 months old. Robert then got a promotion and we moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This was a short 4 month stint because we were able to find a job back home in Salt Lake. So we shacked up with Grandma Carol for a while, then rented a house in Bluffdale for a while and finally got settled into our home right after Kenzie turned 2. Boy, good work Kenzie!

Picture above- coloring at the party with Brookie in the background on a seek and destroy mission
Speaking of when Kenzie turned 2...it seems like yesterday. But it wasn't- it was a year ago and she has changed and grown and learned so much since then. She is a bright fun little girl now. We get such a kick out of her. Robert and I often look at each other and smile trying not to laugh at the things she says (usually because we don't want her to think it's ok). She has been telling us she wants to stay 2 this week and I think it is because we've been telling her all the things 3 year olds can do by themselves. She is torn between wanting independence and wanting someone by her side at all times. But when it came down to it, it was worth turning 3 for all the loot she got! (Thank you to our families who helped us celebrate such a fun milestone!) (Let me tell you she fell asleep right on the couch after all that excitement!)

A New Post

This picture is from Fourth of July 2008 but my cousin just sent it to me and I LOVE it. Mackenzie is with Grandma Jean and cousin Alanna. She wore Alanna's silver flip flops the whole trip and when it came time for Alanna and her shoes to go bye-bye, it was not a happy day.

MMMMMMM!

Christmas Favorites

We had a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. We had lots of family time over Christmas and were able to celebrate the New Year in St. George.


Mackenzie's favorite thing on Christmas morning was a recorder that she thinks is a flute. Annie on Little Einsteins also plays the flute you know.

I'm pretty sure Brookie's favorite thing about Christmas morning was the freeze dried yogurt treats Santa put in her stocking.

Privatization

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