Alivia's 8th Birthday

Ethan's Fifth Birthday

First Day Of School

Both kids started school on Aug 25th. Alivia is now in second grade and her teacher is Miss Maurin. She was pretty excited and nervous to go back to school, but was happy about it when I picked her up in the afternoon. Ethan was super excited to go to preschool. He is attending Learning Dynamics with Landon and Carter. He asked me every day for a week if it was time for school. Thank goodness Aug 25th came quickly. He had no problems saying goodbye to mom when I dropped him off.

Summer So Far. . .

We haven't done much this summer but be lazy and take care of Baby Kate. The kids have been keeping busy with their own imaginations! We had a birthday party for Elle who is Alivia's stuffed elephant. We went to the zoo one afternoon when the weather was actually cool. The kids took swimming lessons with Melissa and learned to use their goggles. And pretty much that's it so far. Kate has been a hard baby with reflux and such. She doesn't sleep unless I hold her upright so my recliner is now my best friend. Having three is hard, but not as hard as I thought it would be. Liv is a great helper especially in the car. We have a family reunion, more swim lessons, and more fireworks in the near future as well as our 10 year anniversary.

Katelyn Marie Devey

This is little Katelyn Marie born on May 29th 2010 at 1:45pm. She weighed 7 lbs 5 oz and was 19.5 inches long. It started at 4:45am with my water breaking at home. We got to the hospital at about 5:30am and decided we would try to labor instead of doing the c-section we had planned on. We are so glad we did since she ended up not being 9 lbs like we thought she was! The labor went really quickly and I only had to push through 2 contractions and she was out. I was so surprised at how easy it was compared to Ethan's delivery. When she was born I remember saying "Well that was a piece of cake!" She is very healthy except for a little jaundice and we are happy to have her here and part of our family. Enjoy the slideshow!

Alivia Rose Devey

I can't believe my little girl is now 7 years old! Wow how time really does fly. I remember the day she was born and how little I thought she was. When she was 6 months old we moved into our new house. This is where she learned to crawl, walk, talk, and everything else. We have loved having her in our family and the wonderful spirit she brings to our home. She is such a great helper to her mom and a wonderful big sister. She is bossy and stubborn and usually gets what she wants, but who can blame her? It's genetics! She is doing well in school and loves to do artsy things. She is very left-brained and loves doing puzzles and figuring things out. She is not into dolls or barbies, but would rather draw or color. Her favorite things to do now are play Mario, jump on the tramp, and play pretend with Ethan. For her birthday we went swimming at the Legacy Center then came back home and had lunch, ate cake, and opened presents. She had a great day. We love you Alivia and are glad you are a part of our family!

Updates

I apparently do not update my blog very often. So to recap what we have been up to lately:

January: We did our ultrasound and found out we have another girl to add to the family
February: We took a trip to California. We went to Disneyland for a couple days then drove down to Camp Pendelton to meet my family. We spent a day or two on the beach and then came home.
March: We went to St George for a weekend. It just so happens the Johnsons were there too! We had a great time just chillin at the condo and swimming.

That about sums up our adventures for this year. The rest of the days have been filled with nothingness and me being miserable. Today, however, marks the 30 week point!! I am counting down the days til this little girl is out of me! I should me more grateful for the fact that I am even pregnant. But this pregnancy has been such a challenge. I don't recall even one day that I have felt well. Oh well, soon it will be over and she will be here!

Christmas 2009

Yep it's True

That's all I have to say is Yep it's True!

New House

Here are a few pics of our new house. Will put more on later when we move in and it's not a mess!

Ethan's First Day

Ethan started preschool finally! I have been very excited for this day to come! Even Alivia was excited for him to go. We got all dressed and ready to go, then went and got Landon and Carter. Christy and I drove them to Ms. Nicole's house. Ethan jumped out of the car and was ready to go. I walked him down to his classroom and hung up his backpack. He sat in his chair and started to color. Then he looked at me and asked "Are you staying with me mom?" and I said "No I will be right back to pick you up" then he started to cry. To get him to stop, I found a pirate coloring book. He was excited when I picked him up. Hopefully tomorrow won't be worse. Now I just have to figure out what to do while he is gone. Hmmm maybe read a book, scrapbook, catch up of Lost. So many possibilities! It has been so quite at my house I don't know what to do with myself! Thank heaven for school!

Liv's First Day

Here are a few pics of Liv's first day of first grade! She was very nervous to go. So nervous she made herself sick in the morning. She can thank her dad for inheriting the nerves. I walked her into her class and sat her at her desk so she knew where to go. The next few days I had to walk her to the back of the school where the entire school lines up. She was pretty intimidated by all the big kids. She has been enjoying school lunch for the most part. Or at least I think she is, who knows she could not be eating any of it. Ethan starts preschool next week and he got into a special speech class called Talking Time. We are very excited about that. Other than that, we have been busy packing and trying to find a new house. We will update when we know more about the house situation. We did put in an offer and now are just waiting to hear back from the bank. Hopefully all will go well and we can close quickly. Our buyers want to close sooner than expected, but we need to make sure we have a place to live before we push the date up. I didn't realize how much stuff we have accumulated in 6 years at this house. Well maybe I do, but didn't want to admit it. Oh well.

Changes

Well we officially accepted an offer on our home yesterday! We are scared, excited, and a little sad. We have lived here for 6 years and have decided we need to expand. We are hoping to stay in Saratoga or maybe Eagle Mtn. It is just central since I work in Murray and Trent works in Orem. The hard part is leaving the friends/neighbors. Hopefully they won't forget us and come visit from time to time. Now the search begins to find a new, bigger home. I sure hope our marriage survives this hurdle because we all know how different our opinions are!! Wish us luck!

Our Summer so far. . .

Well we haven't been up to too much this summer. We bought a new swimming pool for the kids so everyone could fit in it. They have loved it so far, but sometimes still prefer the slip and slide. We went to the cabin one day just for fun with the friends: Dusty and Tiff, and Kelly and Christy. Even though we weren't there very long, we still had a great time. We made kabobs that were really tasty! One day I took the kids to the park and it was funny to see the big wheel parade going down the street. Lucky for me, the fun of the park didn't last long and they decided we should go home. On Father's Day weekend, we went to the cabin again. Trent decided to try out his new repelling skills and repel down the mountain side. It was pretty fun to watch. I wish I would have done it, but I was wearing white pants and flip flops. Ethan is obsessed with pirates and wanted it to be his birthday so he could have a pirate cake. Since his birthday isn't until November, I decided I would make him his own pirate cake. Definately not a pro and making cakes! We went to farm country at Thanksgiving Point the other day with the Johnsons and Tolboes. The kids had a great time until Ethan needed a drink. Being my child, he didn't want water he wanted a drink from the "drink store". So far summer has been really fun!

What we have been up to

This spring we have been a little busy. Not too busy though. We went to the zoo, had Liv's kindergarten graduation, and went to the lodge a few times. We are looking forward to a lazy summer!

Mother's Day Weekend

We decided on the spur of the moment to go to the lodge for the night. So we packed up Friday afternoon and went down. It was nice and relaxing to just hang out. We went for a long four wheeler ride on Saturday and then came home. For Mother's Day, I had to teach my primary class which was kind of a bummer. Then I came home and got to enjoy a nice migraine. So I slept for about three hours! At least I didn't have to cook or deal with the kids. My mother's day present (by my request) is to have my garden area tilled and weeded so I can plant my garden.

Woot Woot!

This is Christy and I at our Salt Lake City Marathon 5K on April 18th. Go us!!! Before and after shots. We are so awesome aren't we!?!

Easter Weekend

This year for Easter, we decided to go to St George. Trent's parents have a condo down there that we get every 8 weeks and it just so happened to fall on Easter weekend. We couldn't pass up the chance to go down. So we left on Wednesday afternoon/evening. When we got there it was about 9pm and both kids were hungry. We had brought some food from home, so Ethan had pancakes and Alivia had Ramen noodles. (The things we do for our kids!) We spent the next two days going swimming and hiking around. We found this great new restaurant called Pirate Island and for anyone who knows my son, he was in heaven. Ryan and Teri came down Friday night with Lauren and we had a great time with them celebrating Easter. Saturday Trent and Ryan went golfing while Teri and I went shopping. Sunday we woke up and had an Easter egg hunt for the kids. Then we cleaned up and came home. Unfortunately, I got called in to work that night so that was a bummer and I was really tired. We had a great weekend while it lasted though!

So much Fun!

So this week has been so much FUN! Not really. Alivia got sick on Tuesday evening while I was at the Blue October concert. Trent called me from his mom's and said she had thrown up 3 times. I said ok, try to get home. Then he called and said she threw up 2 more times. So I had to leave the concert early (I only got to see the opening band) and come home. She then threw up until 4am. The next day she only threw up once and the following night once. I took her to the doctor yesterday and he said it was probably rotovirus. I had my mom take Ethan yesterday so I could take care of Liv. Then she called and said Ethan was throwing up. So last night was a great night of throwing up. Today they seem to be doing better. Hopefully the worst is behind us!