Sunday, December 12, 2010

Still here

We are still here
Just enjoying the Holidays
Taking in the simple pleasures

My favorite thing about having 2 kids thus far
is watching how MUCH they love Adore each other
Of course they have their moments
But
 Nobody can make Kappers laugh like Miss Dempsey can.
His smile lights up as soon as she walks into the room
SO CUTE!!

It seems like everyone ends up in MY bed in the mornings
and I alwasy thought I'd have to protect K from D
she's kinda a crazy sleeper
Contrary,
No matter how much space I put between them
She snuggles her way over
RIGHT next to him
And he CUDDLES right back

Nothing like sleeping babes

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Mr. Squishy

We seriously can't resist this 18 (and growing) pounds of pure Squishy-ness
it's almost too much to handle




Mr. Kissy Squishy

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

A Lil Bit of Country

We spent a few days up in the Rural Country Idaho Land in July. Usually when you think of the country, you think of lazy days, relaxing in the wheat fields, sipping homemade lemonaide, etc. etc....  Unfortunately we did none of this.  We packed something into every second of the day, and it ended up being a blast!

        First things first:   Mr Ed
        Okay, its not the real Mr. Ed, but a trip to Idaho woudn't be complete, for Dempsey,without feeding Grandpa's Horses
                               
This picture is so typical
Kapp-  Mr. Happy Go Lucky
Dempsey- Miss Sad, Forlorn, Woa is me
{ I think she gets that from her father}

I was alittle freaked out because the horses mouth was right by my Rear and I just knew he was waiting to take a big bite out of it
I'm not paranoid
Horses do that all the time, Okay

Grandpa and the Horses=Dempsey's Heaven
The Riot Zone
We love this place, they have bumper boats, go carts, mini golf inflatables, and
THE BUCKAROO
It doesn't get any better than the buckaroo.
A giant teetertotter that goes up in the air and you try to ring a bell
Me and Lacie have a vicious rivalry going over this, so I was pretty pumped to put her in her place
 {Me gettin saddled in}

{Lacie gettin saddled}
It was a good fight but I lost 1:2
I really wanted Lacie to feel what it was like to win, so I gave her the extra point
But I probably won't be so generous next time
Chris tied Jeremy 1:1
Here he is going for a victory bell
Good Game, Good Game
Inflatables
Dempsey loved playing on these with Kaycia.
It's sad we live so far away because these two play so well together.

The Bumper Boats
Dempsey was less than ecstatic about these

but on the bright side she ended up with a shoeful of gasolean all over her leg due to our leaky engine. That was super fun to clean off

Kapplan was super excited for his ride, and kept telling Chris to go faster. He's a little daredevil.

We also rode the gocart, {no pic,tear} and we have no pictures because I was strapping Dempsey, who was kicking and screaming, into the car. Yes I was that mother, She screamed and fought while the man made sure I had the dumb seatbelt right, and everyone else stared at me and thought me an idiot mother who should just let the poor little girl out of the car. However, I knew, that once we got going she would LOVE it. And I was right, of course. She did love it! So I am glad to say that I didn't
scar her too much!

                                                                     HIESE
   These are some awesome Hot Springs with a big pool and a slide called "The Dragon"  I've wanted to go here for awhile because we have pics of Chris as a little boy swimming here and the water looks so blue.  
                             I love this pic of them coming out of the slide, Chris is a Pro.  Everytime I take                                     Dempsey down a slide, we both totally faceplant it.  Poor Girl

                                                     And she loved it!!
 Kapp didnt really get in on the action too much, the water was a tad bit to cold for him.
 So he laid out, worked on his tan, under Uncle Taylors Hat
Birch Creek Fishing
As with most days in our life, Dempsey started the day with clothes on and then ended like this....

for some reason she likes to be nakey

The cute girl, {and cute dad} with her fish
she "reeled it in"
And I just love how she likes to touch fish
and isn't afraid
We had a picnic
Nothing like a relaxing day with family in the beautiful countryside
even Kapp agreed.

I always say we get the best of both worlds visiting up there and living down here
Can't wait till next summer...

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

The Fourth

This years Forth Of July was an Extravaganza
Not only was it a 3 day Event, since we blessed Kapp and had family in town it seemed like we tried to fit as many activites as we could into a 72 hour period
But it was great!
I Love the Fourth
It is a great opportunity to celebrate our freedom and the beautiful country that we live in!
We are PROUD to be Americans!

The 3rd
This year we stared off early, 5:30 am to be exact, and headed down to the Balloon Festival in Provo
I haven't been to this since I was little, so I wasn't sure what it would be like

Our poor kids, drug out of thier beds before the sun comes out, and stuck in a one person stroller
 (sad they don't fit like this anymore)
I was wearing a hat, Chris was wearing a hat, so Dempsey wanted a hat

I am so glad we went, it was definately worth the early rise
Even though  it was too windy so only  a couple of the balloons were able to launch, it was so neat to be so close to all these balloons. You could literally touch them
While we were waiting for the balloons to go up, they had this nice all you can eat pancake breakfast, put on by the Kiwanis Club, I think this was Chris' favorite part ~wink 

Gotta Love her bed head!
It was a site to behold. 
We will definately be doing this next year and years to come
Dempseys favorite- the pig

We spent that day at the zoo with the Nukaya's. I didn't take my camera -dumb- so no pics there,
but we all went to eat at MiMi's Cafe for dinner
Then we went with my family to watch the fireworks,
and make homemade ice cream
Brent came along for the ride

The Whole Shabang
Chris working on his Ice Cream
Here is one picture of me to prove that I was there ~wink


The 4th
After Kapps wonderful blessing, we came home and set off a few fireworks.
My Favorite- Snakes
Dempseys Favorite- Sparklers
Chris Favorite- Dodging the malfunctioning fountains
Can't get enough of this girl


The 5th
We started out with the Freedom Run
Celeste was my running partner in the 5K. I have to say she is a fabulous running partner, she kept me laughing and kept me running, just trying to keep up with those never-ending long legs~wink
She totally could have done the 10K, but she was nice enough to stay behind with me!

Chris, Rashelle, Camille
The 10K Runners
The Grand Parade
Kapps Freedom Outfit-
Especially notice his amazing tee shirt that Rashelle and I sewed!!
Yes you know you all wish you could make shirts as cool as ours, you should have seen Gavins shirt- that was one for the books~ wink  

Come on do they come any cuter than these two?
I think not
Our Family
My beautiful Mother
I didn't get any pics with Kapp and my mom at the blessing so we took some the next day
I just love this picture
And a perfect day couldn't have ended any other way than with  Sparkers!
You might be asking yourself, What are the perfect shoes to do Sparklers in?
Red Polka Dot Galoshes
 
She's our little Firework!