May 2010

We took a fun trip to Utah recently. It was our goal not to have to go shopping the whole time, but to do fun things with the girls. We went to Temple Square on Friday night. Macy loved the escalators, which she has never seen (there are none that we know of in the whole state of WY!) and she loved the statue of Jesus. A huge highlight for her was to stay in a motel. She thought it was so cool. Emry didn't like it so much and had a hard time going to sleep.


On Saturday we went to a bounce house which was so fun for the girls! Macy was a big kid and went on all of the slides and obstacle courses by herself. (Macy has a big black eye in all of these pics because she ran full speed into a table at Clay's work). Emry loved it too. They were both so worn out by time we went to Eric's wedding at the temple that they both slept through it. After the wedding we went to Star Valley for our newest nephew's baby blessing. Trayson is such a sweet baby. It was a fun weekend. We enjoyed time together not working for once.

Emry's 1st Birthday!

Our baby turned one on April 11. This year has flown by. I'm a little sad to see Emry grow up...she has been such a great baby. We have really enjoyed this stage. We had a monkey birthday party for her because she is interested in monkeys. She likes to do the sign for monkey and make monkey noises. Grandma and Grandpa Pokorny got to come to our house to celebrate her birthday. Jeanene and Curt came too. Grandma and Grandpa Kennington came through later in the weekend. It was special to have all of the grandparents in one weekend! Emry loved her party. I made her a jungle house out of a big cardboard box. It has provided lots of entertainment since the party too. Macy was a good helper at unwrapping gifts. It was exciting for both of them. My parents brought this cute monkey outfit. It was perfect for the birthday girl. This is the monkey cake I made. Emry knew just what to do! She blew out the candle right on cue! It was so perfect. She is such a doll. We feel so blessed to have this sweet girl in our lives and have loved every minute of this first year with her!

Puppies!

Our golden retriever had 10 puppies born on Feb. 15. They are AKC registered and they are all male! They are getting so cute. Macy loves them and could spend hours out in the shed playing with them. She loves to cradle them and sing lullibys. I just had to post some pictures!

Macy is 3!

Happy Birthday to Macy! We had a fun party celebrating Macy's 3rd birthday. She wanted a "Pink Moose" party. I had fun making this pink moose cake. We had the kid party on Friday. Musical chairs with 3-year-olds is a little tricky. They liked the sensory station. I made "moose snot" with this green slime of Macy's and "moose fur" with a stuffed animal, "moose brains" with cold spaghetti and "moose poop" with whoppers. They also made moose from marshmallows, pretzels and chocolate chips. Then they followed the moose tracks around the house to find the treasure which were bags of goodies. It was a fun time.




On Saturday we had a family party w/ grandparents and all. It was special. She loved the gifts and all the attention. We got Macy some pet fish because we thought it would be fun for her. Well, only one of the 3 have survived. She kept sticking her hands in the water. One we found decapitated and the other one...well, we never found it. I don't think she caught it and fed it to her little sister, but she claims she did. Maybe we should have waited a few years for the fish thing. Oh, well.

Macy's First Dance Recital

Macy had her first dance recital over the weekend. She is a little young, but she loves this dancing business! I get to help teach dance so I have Macy in hip hop and ballet. I love teaching and choreographing. Macy looked so grown up. These videos will make you laugh. Like I said, she's a little young. Clay says these videos will work as blackmail when she is older. It was a fun time! This is her "sassy" pose! . Okay, to back up a little...before Christmas the girls and I spent a few days in Nebraska at my parent's house. Jamie and her two boys were there. We all had a blast. It was sooo fun to let the cousins play. I think Macy and Ike have always had a special connection. They play so well together. They loved Grandma and Grandpa's house. It was also fun to see how adorable little Zach has changed too. The trip was worth it to spend time with all of them. Here are some pics I just had to blog. We had a great Christmas. It was so nice to be home for awhile. We got the girls a kitchen set which is all Macy could talk about. She plays with it non-stop. We enjoyed being in Star Valley for a few days. We loved spending time w/ the Kenningtons. Grandma "Honey" made a special nightgown for Macy. She loved it sooo much she never wanted to take it off. She even woke up and asked grandma if she would cut it off so she could wear it w/ pants. :) Here is a pic I got of the sunrise. Star Valley is such a beautiful place!

Christmas Card 09

Make a Smilebox greeting

Hunting, Halloween, and Happy Girls

It has been too long since I've updated this! We have been so busy this fall. I shot the elk this year. I got a cow on Clay's birthday (Oct. 15). It was on the big hunt up Grey's River and it was a lot of fun.
We have been working on getting a wood stove installed. Of course we are doing it ourselves and it is taking an extra long time. At least we have all our firewood cut and stacked.





Halloween was fun this year. Macy was so excited to be a ladybug! She got this trick-or-treating figured out and thought it was so cool. She kept asking why we go to people's house and get candy. I know...kind of a strange tradition. But she loved it and especially loved the candy!

Emry is six months old now. She is such a joy and is happy all the time! She is eating baby food, rolling all around and sitting up. She loves her big sister and is so entertained by her. Emry was a bumblebee for Halloween and she loved the excitement of it all. She will have to wait on the candy until next year. I was a flower (with the bumble bee on me) and Clay was the bee keeper.