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Kendyl's Two Year Old Pictures.

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I have not taken a formal photo shoot of Kendyl since she turned one. Even though I have a truck load of pictures of her, there all not really that planned. So I decided to take her around a few places by our house. All of the shots are taking a few blocks from my house. I love where we live. There is a lot of character in this little community.

I pass by this turquoise barn everyday when I take Andre to school, so finally I got permission from the owners to shoot there. It is my new favorite place. I love the unexpected color of it.

I know that I just posted about Kendyl on her birthday, but I realized I forgot a lot of funny things she says and does. I swear she is two going on 16. Here are just a few things that she does to make use laugh.

She loves to color. She is a little obsessed about it.

She calls castles in her princess books temples.

She calls her jacket her catch-it.

She loves to sing and would sing all day.

She is most recently obsessed with Tinker Bell and can repeat parts of the movie.

She LOVES to SHOP!!!! (That's a good one).

She is always telling me that things are "pretty"; clothes, her hair, my hair, her babies hair.

She is very polite. She is always saying thank you to everything.

She is very good at the word "Poreeese" (please).

She wants to know why you tell her no. When I say no she says, with her hands on her hips,

"why cause".

She loves to talk on the phone.

She loves her Daddy. All day she will say "daddy at work." And every night when I asked her what her favorite part of the day was she always says, "Daddy work home" (When daddy got home).

She loves the color pink and wants to eat and drink anything pink.

The Big Debut

Okay, it is finally here. Wesley's big acting debut. A while ago I did a post about Wes being in a commercial for Planet Fitness. One of Sports Academy's smaller fitness centers that they are expanding all over Utah and parts of Idaho. We finally have the copy of it, so, I thought you all might what to get a good laugh!!! I'm still in shock that Keith got Wes to do this. Wes has never loved the spot light. However, he has never had a problem taking one for the team. So I hope this commercial makes you laugh and entices you to go and join a planet fitness near you. Or, even better, the Sports Academy!!!

It is rather long, so if you just want to watch Wes, he is at the beginning and towards the middle and at the end. Look for the sweet head band. It is a little cheesy as you might expect.

Since I lost my pictures on all my old blog I thought I would put these pictures of Wes on here again. These were taking When he did the commercial.

Trick or treating in Flip flops!!!
I can not remember a time in my life that it has not been freezing on Halloween. Well, this was the first. I even had people trick-or-treating in flip flops. It was so warm like 70 degrees. It was so fun sitting on our porch with all the other neighbors on theirs, handing out the candy. It also was fun to see the kids costumes, instead of them covered up with coats. Ours kids had a great day too.

Andre was a very handsome Indiana Jones and Kendyl was the cutest cowgirl. Well, I guess Kendyl was a cowgirl who got bucked off her horse because she also sported a sling.

I just love the ham that Andre is. He is always willing to strike a pose
We could not forget the whip. What a great idea, send my kid out with a weapon!!! No kids are stealing his candy this year.

I wasn't sure if Kendyl would want to wear the horse because of her collar bone but she loved it. She would hug it and kiss it. Just like last year, this was a recycled costume of Andre's. I figured I had one more year before she would pick her own thing. Good thing she loves horses. Hey, check it out in the background, our grass is growing, yeah!

This is Andre wearing the Horse in 2005. He was three! He made a pretty cute cowboy too. None of my family remembered this costume because we lived in Michigan. I am not even sure if they have seen this picture. I stuffed the horse more this year and had to hem the legs up. They were still too long. Kendyl has the shortest legs.

Andre didn't have school this Halloween so during the day we went to main street and trick-or-treated. The historical part of main street every year lets the kids come and trick-or-treat. It was really fun. There were kids and grown ups everywhere all dressed up walking the side walks. For those of you who live by me, I suggest going. It starts when the stores open and goes I think all day. They got a lot of candy.

This year I think our pumpkin decorating turned out pretty good. Vote who you thinks is the cutest.

Andre's

Kendyl's

Mandy's

Wesley's
We had a great holiday. We got a lot of goodies and thanks to Andre's peanut allergy we get to eat all the treats with peanuts which, let's be honest, are the best ones anyway. Sorry Buddy you really are missing out.

Sticks and Stones do brake bones, and so does falling out of a shopping cart!!!

On Tuesday night Kendyl fell out of the shopping cart and broke her collar bone.

I feel so bad. I have just started letting Kendyl stand in the back part of the cart. As many of you moms know, trying to keep a two year old in the seat is next to impossible. It is either have her in the back or running around the store. Well, I choose letting her stand in the back. I had just told her to sit down and hold on when she started doing the arm waving on the brink of falling thing that you do. I jump to catch her, as did an nice guy standing next to us. Both of us missed and Kendly slammed her shoulder onto the ground. She stopped crying pretty soon after and even started telling all the strangers in the store that she fell out of the cart. She also mumbled something about a guy trying to catch her. It was very cute. I thought that everything was fine. She was able to move her arm. Then I picked her up (under her arm pits) to put her in the car. She started to scream and then didn't stop for an hour. Kendyl is a very tough chick. She doesn't even cry when she gets her shots, so I knew something had to be wrong. Sure enough, a broken collar bone.

There is nothing they can do for the brake. We just have to keep it in a sling. Ironically I broke my collar bone when I was three.

I am just throwing this picture up because I feel that Kendyl has got all the attention lately. Here is Andre with a sweet jump on his scooter. You can't really tell but he is in the air. He is so funny. I love the face!

The wait is over.......The best damn sleep center is here!!!

Well, all the planing and waiting has paid off. Wes' sleep center if finally open and ready for all the sleep deprived patients they can get.

Wes and his business partner, Nick.
Sleep Dx has been in the works for unofficially two years. Wes has wanted to do this for some time. So he was talking to his friend and Co-worker, Nick, about it one day and they thought we should do this. Well, many, many, many, months and hours of work later here they are.


Before

After
They really wanted this sleep center to feel like home and less like a hospital! So natural they they handed the decorating over to Tashi (Nick's Girlfriend) and me. I am excited about how it all came together. With a small budget and one long marathon shopping day, we were able to get it done. We seriously got almost everything we needed in one day...from bedding and hand towels, to entry way furniture and recliners. Seriously, we impressed ourselves. We started at 9 A.M. and finished somewhere around 11 P.M. Tashi and I make a great team and, honestly, who wouldn't have fun doing this. Well, maybe Wes and Nick, who by the end just stayed in the car so we could make a one last dash into Kohles before they closed. You can get a lot done in 10 mins. to closing.

Here is the "DREAM" team. Wes, Nick and Troy. They hired Troy to be the manager. Troy is also a Respiratory Therapist.

Their open house was two weeks ago. It was catered by Hamilton's Restaurant.

Okay, this was a joke that Tashi and I thought was hilarious. We found it when we were looking for art for the lab. We feel it just might be their good luck charm. "Hope it works" wink, wink.

Honestly, I am so proud of Wes and what he has accomplished. If Wes has a dream he does everything he can to reach it. He is very inspirational to me. Okay that sounds cheesy but really he is. He has made one of his dreams come true and that is something to be proud of. I love you Wes and your drive.

Kendyl's Birthday Weekend

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We started out the weekend on Saturday going down to SLC to go to the Aquarium. We invited the Rich's for our night out! It was so good to see them. After the Aquarium we headed to Red Lobster. It was a fishy themed evening!!! Just kidding, but it was ironic.

Kendyl's birthday party was on Sunday. It was a "Cowgirl in a Tutu Party." We just made it up as we went along. Everyone was to dress in there favorite cowboy hat or tutu, or both.

We played the classic, pin the tail on the donkey.

There was no conventional cake and ice cream. Kendyl does not like cake (along with bread, pancakes, donuts). So we decided to get the birthday girl what she likes. COOKIES!!! We had a cookie cake and mint chocolate smoothies. (look for recipe on my recipe blog).

Going, going, gone! Nothing like a good old game of doggie pile on Grandpa!

We gave Kendyl this big Minnie Mouse Balloon. She loves Mickey Mouse, and even though this was Minnnie Mouse she still keeps calling it Mickey Mouse. She loves it, as you can see.

"Hey Grandpa Rhodes, I thought you gave birthday spankings not kisses!!!"

Thanks to all of you who made Kendyl's second birthday great!!!

New Blog

Hey everyone,

Wes here...just wanted to inform you of a new blog. http://sharemyrecipes.blogspot.com/

Yes, I created it...
Yes, it was my idea...
Yes, I expect you all to look at it...
Yes, I expect you all to add to it...
No, I will not try all of the foods...(I am wicked picky, remember)
No, I do not cook and will not be adding my own recipes
Yes, we will make a better template...

Thanks everyone

Wes