Time flies when you are having fun!!

One of Denzil's favorite places is the Children's Museum. He asks to go there all the time. Thank goodness we have a friend that invites us along often when she goes so we can get in free with her.

This is McKinley trying her first strawberry. She loved it! Denzil never wanted to use this contraption but she thinks it's great.
Denzil was so excited to do the valentines this year. He couldn't resist placing stickers all over them. When we were picking them out I asked him if he wanted dinosaur ones but he quickly saw Mickey and Minnie and said no to the dinos.
No explanation necessary.
Miss McKinley is now 7 months old. She is such a fun little girl. Since her 7 month birthday she has been sitting up (I still have to put her in the position but she can hold it...as long as there isn't something she wants within eye sight), she eats great, is starting to army crawl with one arm pulling her forward and the other outstretched to reach her target, she loves to smile and laugh, I think she is teething because the last few days she has been sleeping terribly at night and been cranky during the day but she is so sweet it is hard to get mad.
This was our late Valentine's party. The kids had a great time decorating cookies, decorating bags, and of course giving and receiving their valentines.

The other day at the park I saw a little boy jumping in a huge puddle with his socks on and getting soaked. My initial thought was about how mad I would be if Denzil did it but then I saw his mom coming over with the camera and catching the great moment. So, after the rainstorm and Denzil's nap I decided that he should go play in the puddle that he loves to try to jump in whenever there is water in it. He had a great time and I even joined in on the fun.

6 months old! Sahady!

We made a trip to SciWorks and Denzil was in love. It was awesome too because there were hardly any people there once the school kids left.

McKinley is now 6 months old. She loves to talk and laugh and play with her toys. She gets excited when I dangle a toy for her to play with. She has such a sweet disposition. We love having her in our family. She weighs 15 lbs 5.5 oz (38%), 25.75 inches tall (52%), and 17 inch head circumference (70%). She isn't sitting up on her own yet but we are working on it. She still enjoys rolling all over the floor and she loves to suck on her toes. She sleeps usually from about 8pm til 5 or so and then I feed her and she goes back to bed until 7:30 or 8am. I fed her rice cereal for the first time and she loved it! She is still figuring out how it all works but her first time of green beans was a success too.

My friend said she thought McKinley looks a bit like my mom. I was thinking the same thing. I'll have to do a comparison when I see my mom's baby pictures again.

Christmas vacation, Utah and Washington style

So McKinley is growing up so fast. I can't believe it! She is a professional roller now and has such sweet personality. She loves to laugh and loves Denzil. In her 5 months of life she has travelled a ton. I need to write down all of the states she and Denzil have been to in their short little lives.

For Christmas we went to Utah for a few days before Christmas and had some fun with my family and we got to hang out some with Sam and Kate and meet little Nathan. Denzil loves all of his cousins and talks about them all the time. We went to Temple Square to check out the lights and me being the bad mom, I didn't want to take the full body snow suit because well, there just wasn't any snow so it couldn't possibly be necessary. Well, Denzil was cold from the get go and wanted to go back to Grandma's almost as soon as we got out of the car.
McKinley loved rolling around the room and she ended up in the presents under the tree a few times. Isn't my little reindeer cute!
I was able to see my old best buddy and meet her little girl (2 now) for the first time. It's rough when we both live outside of Utah. Maddy made a great reindeer too.
McKinley and Nathan are about 5 weeks apart.
Denzil had a great time opening presents and the other kids had fun watching and helping him out too. He got a lot of train stuff this year and he has had a great time with them so far.
McKinley got quite a few new outfits and a couple fun toys. She was happy just to be there.
Her master rolling skills at work. Good thing she likes to get herself caught in places so I don't have to worry about her rolling down the stairs or anything!
We did a lot of geocaching and earth caching while we were on our vacation. We didn't find this one but we looked and looked. Too bad it was raining and wet or maybe we would have been able to get down and really look in the hard to reach places.
McKinley doesn't usually sleep on her tummy but I caught this one on camera.
We went to a couple different museums. They are one of Denzil's favorite places to go. He asks to go quite often.
McKinley likes them too I think.
But, this is what happens when we get back in the car with a tired boy who hasn't had a nap. He was so tired he didn't know what he wanted.

He learned how to wink. He does pretty good I think.
He had a great time wrestling with his cousin Madeleine. She was a good sport for sure.
Denz has gotten really good at getting his haircut by Uncle Bruce. He looks so handsome when he is finished. Such a big boy.
We got to go out on a little ice skating date at the olympic oval. My dad was a great chaperone. He is the executive secretary for the singles ward and they were having an activity there so he invited us to come along. It was actually quite fun because there was such a large area to skate around. Now they just need to sharpen up their skates a little bit and it would be just right.
I gave Denzil a bath and had him sit by Grandpa while I gave McKinley a bath. He was totally out before I was done with her. I don't think he has ever fallen asleep on the couch and especially when the tv is on.
We went to Mars with my sister and her kids.
And made a stop at the moon.
Celebrated Paul's 24th birthday with delicious donuts.
Kris and my dad were able to go for a horse/mule ride.
And we took the Ranger (side-by-side) out for a long ride up Maple Canyon and around the mountains there. Since there wasn't a whole lot of snow we opted for the ride instead of snowmobiling because it was easier to keep the kids warm.
Denzil was so warm that he even took a bit of a nap.
We had an awesome trip but it is nice to be back home with our own space and things. Thank you for having us and we can't wait until we come again.

Orlando

This doesn't have anything to do with Orlando but I just wanted to put it here. The dress McKinley is wearing is one that I wore at about her age for a family picture. It is cute on her.

After driving all day we stopped at Flagler Beach about an hour and some away from our destination but a much needed break from the car and time to play. McKinley was happy in this thing for a little while and then she lost it and wouldn't calm down for a while. I think she was just tired.

Denzil was happy to play in the sand and he might have liked the water more if it didn't splash him right in the face the first time out. He ran from the water after that.
We got to see some gators and even eat some gator nuggets. They have a few feisty gators there with a rough reputation. One, Chester, bit the hand off of a park employee. You can youtube the video.
The play area and pool were a hit at the hotel. We had a great time everyday!
We went to Midevil Times for dinner and a show which was lots of fun. I like eating with my hands.
Denz covered his ears for a while at first but then he got into it even booing the knights that weren't our colors and cheering our knight on.
What would a trip to Orlando be like without a trip to SeaWorld. The dolphin show was the best and it was fun to see the other animals too.


Thanks Mom for the awesome place to stay! I can't wait to go back!

Thanksgiving, Boston style

With the uncertainty of where we will be next year we decided that it would be the perfect time to visit our friends who recently moved to the Boston area. We had Thanksgiving dinner with the Sears family and it was fabulous! Steve's sister made the little turkey place settings and they were just sitting on the dining room table all morning while the food was being prepared. Steve's mom saw that Denzil was chewing on something so she went in an found that he had been munching on the candy corns on the turkeys. Good thing that was all and they were easily replaced but it was sure funny to see the wounded turkeys.

McKinley had a wet diaper that leaked on me and then she had a blow out so I went to change her clothes only to find that there were no spare clothes in my diaper bag so Steve's mom found some little boy clothes that we could borrow.
Denzil and Chase at the USS Constitution. We walked the Freedom Trail and this was at the end.
We went to Walden Pond.
And the monument for the shot heard around the world.
Thanks to the Sears for having us! We had a great time.