THE MILLWARD FAMILY

Happy Birthday Mailey!

2011-10-07T20:51:00.000-07:00

This girl was eleven years old on OCT. 1ST, Wowza! Look how beautiful she is. We love you sooo much May, May! Happy Birthday!

My favorite season, and a girls weekend.

2011-10-07T20:45:00.000-07:00

So this was our annual Girls weekend in September. We went to my sisters cabin again, and we had so much fun. This year we made wreaths from real leaves, and they were beautiful. Unfortunatly they didn't last long, even though we sprayed them. Look at that view from the cabin porch! I wish it could be fall all year round.

Lil' buddies.

2011-10-07T20:41:00.000-07:00

Kieryn's best friend, lives down the street from us. Camry, is a year older but they get along great. Here they are playing Angry Birds on my nook. Look at that little arm around Camry's neck. How adorable is that?

Frame it out.

2011-10-07T20:32:00.000-07:00

My Mom and Dad came for a visit to install a cabinet in our kitchen. I will post that sometime soon. Anyway while they were here I put my dad to work. I had some moulding in the garage that I had him cut to frame our bathroom mirror. I just glued it on with liquid nails. I think it makes it look a lot better.

Football Season

2011-10-07T20:28:00.000-07:00

So here is Jackson as a team Captian, going out for the coin toss. This year has been challenging for Jackson, but he's pulled through and is enjoying the rest of the season. We have loved seeing him learn football dynamics and grow mentally and physically.

First day of School

2011-10-07T20:23:00.000-07:00

So It's only about two months late, but oh-well. All the kids pose for thier fist day at school pic. Notice Kieryn with her "Pack-Pack" on. Silly girl, wanted so bad to go to school with the older kids.

So many pictures

2011-07-29T07:54:00.000-07:00

Well as usual I haven't posted for a while. Many things have happened since the begining of this year, however they are not all fun. I posted before how, our computer, oven, garage door, and dryer all broke down. Since that, our basment flooded, central air broke, Scott's car brakes and rotars needed fixing and I am waiting for our washer to kill off any day now. Oh, the joys of life. It's been a endless string of yuckiness here. Because of it all, we haven't had much money to do anything. We managed to do a few fun things with the kids that haven't cost to much.
We went to St. George to visit my sister, and also stayed in a condo with Scott's Aunts, Uncles and Mom. We swam in the condo pool, Scott golfed, went to a trampoline jump house, saw a show at the Tuacan, visited, and had a great time. I didn't take pictures though. Somtimes I'm just not in the mood.
We Hiked Waterfall canyon. If we look haggard in the pic's, that because we are. That is the second time we've done it, and it didn't get any easier.
The Fourth of July we went to Grantsville for the parade. It's just a small town thing full of Horses and cars. Not very exciting, but the kids love it and we get to see family.
We visited my Sister who lives in Pleasant Grove. She lives just down from a Canyon called Battle Creek. Because of the heavy rain and snow, they bulldozed the river to make the banks wider, and the river shallower. We let the kids play for about two hours, they had a blast. Who knew water could be so much fun.
And lastly, our second born turned nine in June. I can't believe how big he is getting. Jackson, is a good kid, full of energy, and loves to play with his Legos. He brings so much joy into our family. We would not be the same without him.
Well, it's been quite a ride the last six months. Though it's been hard at times, we know it could always be worse and we are blessed many ways. We have wonderfull healthy kids, a house, job, and family that loves us. We have all we need.

She's two Already?

2011-04-05T20:34:00.000-07:00

My baby is two. We stayed at home and had a family party for her because the little stink refused to take a nap today. She was exhausted, and started to cry when we sang Happy Birthday to her. She just wanted to eat the cake, not be sung to. Her favorite thing was the balloons. I am kinda bummed she's getting sooo big. She is saying so many things. Some of my favorites are.....
carfool. (careful)
I scary. (I'm scared.)
Tankoo mom. (Thank you Mom)
Bye, bye, mom.
You hear it, pain. (You hear the plane?)
Where daddy go?- Where Mailey go?- Where Jackson go?- Where Coley go?.
Wake up brodur/sista.
guys! (when she want's our attention.)
Side. (outside) When she wants to play outside.
Mouse. When she wants to watch The Mickey Mouse club house.
I do it.
My hunry.- (I'm hungry.)
A sorcee. (a horsey.)
Boon. (Balloon.)
Puppy.
kitty.
fwog-(frog)
tweet-tweet (bird)
Well these are the only one's I can think of right now, but she really is a talker. She makes the funniest expressions with her eye brows too.
She loves her siblings, and they love her right back. We are pretty smitten with our little girl.
Happy Birthday Kiri, We love you sooo much.

Kieryn and her daddy.

2011-04-02T20:26:00.000-07:00

I finally figured out how to transfer my old pictures to my new computer. So I thought I would put some up on the old blog. How cute are these?

Life Happens........Again.

2011-01-25T14:20:00.000-08:00

Well, I know I haven't been great at blogging regularly, but I have an excuse. I originally started this blog for my family, because I live about a hour or more away from all of them. Turns out, my mom, is probably the only one who ever looks at it, so I haven't really made it a priority to blog. In addition to that my STUPID, RETARDED, RIDICULOUS, computer decided to burn up the Mother drive again. This is the second time in the last two years that has happened. So now I have a new computer but can't figure out how to get my old photo's to switch over from the old hard drive. I'm no computer whiz. Then about a week after we got the computer working again, my stove died...... um yeah. Then then a week after that our garage door broke. Someone hates me right now, or thinks I am made of money. AAARG!
Okay, I am done venting now. Thanks for listening.... to whoever reads this blog.

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-22T11:38:00.000-08:00

For all of you who I normally send out a card to on Christmas, I am sorry. I am a total slacker this year. But, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's too, from the Millwards.

Halloween 2010

2010-11-17T15:58:00.000-08:00

Okay, so it is a little late but, better late than never huh?

Our Gypsy girl

Scariest Zombie ever!

Speed the race car driver.

The Little Witch. No pun intended.

Kieryn again.

2010-10-22T19:49:00.000-07:00

Action Shots of Kieryn learning to jump. She loves the trampoline.

This is Kieryn's Halloween costume. I found the hat, and leggings a Target for a buck. The hat fit her little head perfectly. I made the tutu. And yes she'll have a top for the big night. I just haven't found one I like yet.

Look at that outtie belly button! Sooooo Cute!

She looks so big here. Just like a real toddler. You'd think that binkie was another apendage. She doesn't go anywhere without it. I really picked a fight letting her have it all the time. What can I say, I am weak.

Pinned dad in five seconds flat.

Mailey's Birthday pics.

2010-10-22T19:37:00.000-07:00

So these aren't all of them but I am tired and the pictures are taking forever to load. Mailey turned ten and she now informes me that she is a pre-teen. As long as it's not a "teen" I say. Do they all turn into smart mouths at this age? It seems every conversation we have anymore is laced with under the breath bratty comments. For now, at least she is still pretty sweet, and helps out when I ask her to. And hopefully she will never out grow giving me morning (before she leaves), and night (before she goes to bed)-hugs.

IT'S THIS GIRLS BIRTHDAY TODAY!

2010-10-01T07:27:00.001-07:00

Mailey is ten years old today, and I can't believe it. Has it really been that long? Mailey is such a good girl. She is by biggest helper, and a great big sister to her brothers and sister. I couldn't imagine life without her beautiful face and smile. We love you May-May.

Playing around with my camera.

2010-09-03T20:15:00.001-07:00

I have had my camera for four years. It's not a great camera, but this is the first time I've actually read the instructions. These were fun, just after sunset, just playing around with the settings. Kieryn is the only one with enough tolerance for me taking her picture. Plus, she's just so darn cute.

First day of Kindergarten.

2010-09-01T19:02:00.000-07:00

Cole was so excited to go to kindergarten, but not as excited as I was to send him. This is the third kid, I shed no tears. I know, I know, I'm terrible.

Early Potty trainer?

2010-09-01T18:56:00.001-07:00

It really looks like she knows what she's doing doesn't it? She's just pretending, but a mom can hope right? I figure if i get her used to sitting on it, she'll want to use it sooner. Hmmmmm.

Football season.

2010-09-01T18:49:00.000-07:00

Jackson has started football, and so far is liking it. They have had two games and lost both. It's not all about winning, but whether or not he's having fun. We still have about six games left so i guess we'll see how it go's for the rest of the season.

Raptors Game.

2010-09-01T18:35:00.001-07:00

Every year the Insurance Center has a customer appreciation night at a Ogden Raptors game. We usually don't stay the whole game because we have had some little monkeys that won't sit still every year so far. This time it was Kieryn of course. We tried to corral her in. She found some random family next to us with a 18 month old. She tried to take over his roll as the baby in the family, and sat with the dad the entire time we were there. Stinker.

Hill Air Force Museum

2010-08-02T09:54:00.000-07:00

The kids have been bugging me to take them here. I didn't want to but gave in one day because we were all bored. Right next to it is the Roy historical Museum. It was a snore-fest for me, but the kids loved it. They got to make rockets and shoot them off. And they got to dress up in pilot/astronaut suits. It was also very hot and muggy in the museum. There was no air conditioner and it stunk like an old gym locker. The things we do for our kids.

2010-08-02T09:42:00.000-07:00

On the 24th we went on a hike with the kids. It was hot and we went somewhere we haven't been before. The trail was downhill to begin, and that is never a good thing. We used up all our energy on the way out and had none on the way back, going up hill. Kieryn was a trooper and hardly cried at all. I made sure that she was well hydrated and gave her little snacks along the way. When we finally got back to the car we were all spent. Kieryn got cranky, and five minuets after we started home she upchucked everything. Blec. It must have been an entire gallon of urp. Lets just say it wasn't a pleasant ride home. She was fine the rest of the day although. It must have been motion sickness from being in the back pack I guess.

2010-08-02T09:38:00.000-07:00

Kieryn loves books. Mailey is a great big sister. She is always playing with Kieryn or entertaining her.

Jackson's Baptism

2010-07-14T18:51:00.001-07:00

I can't believe my second born is eight. That makes me feel old. It was good day for all of us. Jackson said afterward that "Getting baptized is fun!" I think it may have been because he got a lot of cards and presents more than the baptism itself. Who doesn't like presents? We love you Jackson, and are so proud of you.

Cute Baby

2010-07-14T18:33:00.000-07:00

I just thought that these were cute pic's of Kieryn. She won't keep headbands in anymore, so I snapped these before she could get it out.

Kieryns first time at a splash pad

2010-07-14T18:21:00.000-07:00

On our trip to St. George we had to visit the splash pad, it was sooo hot. Kieryn loves water. Anytime she gets in the tub or anywhere near water she washes her hair with it. It's really cute, until she finds that water from out of the toilet. Hey, at least she's not drinking it though. I know most of these pictures are of Kieryn, but she is just so fun to see experiencing everything for the first time.

Graduation for Cole

2010-07-14T18:14:00.000-07:00

So it has been a while since I updated. Cole graduated from preschool. Here he is in his graduation hat. What a cutie.

A bad night and then some.

2010-06-11T20:32:00.000-07:00

So we went to St.George last Sunday. It. Was. Hot. I got a cold, Cole got a cold, Mailey got a cold, and so did Scott. How is that possible? It seems backwards-no? We stayed at the Ramada, for the first night. I have a sister who lives there but my parents were staying with her. I don't sleep well away from home. Kieryn does not sleep well away from home. We all shared a room. Kieryn cried from about ten until eleven p.m. Then when I thought she'd finally fallen asleep, I closed my eyes and drifted into almost a slumber. Every fifteen minuets she'd scream like a bottle rocket and send us all into the ceilling. Man, where do my kids get that genetic anomaly? It's not really even human the way they scream. Anyway after about ten times of that torture, I couldn't sleep at all. I tossed, I turned, I sweat, and couldn't breath out of my nose. Some members of my family started a harmony of heavy breathing. That was helpful too. At about four a.m. I zonked. About an hour later, I was roused with a tickling up my arm. I brushed it away, still groggy, and went back to sleep. Five minuets later, that tickle was back only on my neck. This time I shot up grabbing the impostor and tossing the unknown creature across the room. It felt big,I screamed. Now I know where my offspring get it. So now I had the hebbies, and there was no way I was going back to sleep. I made Scott get up and help me search for the offender. We found it, it was a cockroach. It still makes me shutter, I am all itchy just writing about it. Now I know your thinking that the Hotel was a dive, but it wasn't I assure you. Just F.Y.I though, don't stay there. When I complained to the Manager, this is what she told me. "Just so you know, cockroaches are all over St. George." Not, I'm sorry we'll give you a discount or we will comp your room, or give you a free night. Really!? Have they never heard of pest control? I don't care if they have a whole nest of roaches living in the yard they should not be crawling all over me in my hotel room. Jeez people, when did the rule the customer is always right die? I am severely disappointed, and totally grossed out. Let's just say I am tramatized and am not sure I can ever stay in a hotel again.

Yay, pictures!

2010-05-14T13:35:00.000-07:00

I've been waiting forever for these pictures. I love this first one, with the cute leg warmers. The last one is the panel that they gave me of all her pictures from 3 months to twelve. At Kieryns 12 Month check up she weighed 19 pounds, so I was close to what I thought she would be. She can say Kitty, Hi, ball, daddy, and mamma. She loves animals and thinks that they all say what the doggy says. She can point to what she want's and screams like a champ too. She can walk about five to ten steps but prefers to hold our hands to walk. If I am sitting down, she will grab my hand and try to pull me up so I can walk her around. My sweet baby girl, is getting so big.

Curly hair.

2010-04-30T08:09:00.000-07:00

I had to get a picture of Kieryns hair before her nap. I dont know why I do her hair before she goes to sleep, it always destroys it. Oh-well, it is still sooo cute.

Eating Out.

2010-04-27T09:05:00.001-07:00

My mom and sister in law Tara
Kynda my sister, Leah my sister, and Cory my sister in law.
Me and my sister in law Lindsay.
Teresa my sister and her daughter Maycee.
Kieryn and Mom.
Maycee My Niece.
Maycee, Kynda my sister, Leah my sister, and Cory my sister in law.
Lindsay my sister in law, me and Kieryn, Tara my sister in law, and my mom.

Take a Hike!

2010-04-27T08:51:00.001-07:00

Us Krukiewicz- sounds like (Kruk-a-vich) girls had a day for just us. We went hiking, Played volyball and went out to eat at the Texas Road House.

Pony tails and eating ice.

2010-04-27T08:44:00.000-07:00

Kieryns hair is getting long enough for ponies. Yay! It takes forever to get them in though. She is a wiggler, so I don't put them in very often. It's not worth the fight. She also loves to eat ice. Whenever I have a drink with ice in it, she puts her hand in my drink to fish out the ice. I now just give her a cup of crushed ice (to limit choking) and she's content for up to thirty minuets. Wierdo.

Happy Birthday Kieryn baby!!

2010-04-05T19:37:00.000-07:00

This free scrapbooking design made with Smilebox

I can't believe that it has been a whole year already. I knew it would go fast, but it seems the older I get the faster time fly's. Kieryn has become such a fun little girl. Just the last month her personality has come out. She is a sweet baby, and gives us Lot's of Love's and kisses all the time. She can sure belt out a scream if she doesn't like something- (Just like the rest of our babies. It is genetically ingrained in the womb.) She loves being in new places, and seeing new people. When I am at a store and someone is by us she grunts or screams until they look at her. It can be a bit embarrassing sometimes, but still pretty funny and cute. She still does not sleep through the night unfortunately, and I am suffering from a year of sleep deprivation. It is a good thing she's my last one. Kieryn is also my smallest baby. She only weighed eighteen pounds about a month ago when i took her in for a sick visit. I haven't taken her in for her year appointment yet, but I think she'll be around the twenty pound mark. That may not sound so small for some of you, but for us it is puny. All my other kids were around twenty pounds at about six to seven months. I will post her stats when I get them. Until then,enjoy the slide show!

Easter 2010

2010-04-05T19:13:00.000-07:00

This slideshow design generated with Smilebox

So we had two different Easter egg hunt's, but of course I forgot to take my camera to both. That's what happens when I have to get four kids, all the extra stuff and myself out the door, and then drive and hour to our destination. Hopefully someone will e-mail me some pics of them. Hint, hint, guys. These pictures are all on Easter morning. We just stayed home that day and watched conference. It was pretty nice.

It's Cole Monsters Birthday!!!!

2010-02-19T15:24:00.001-08:00

Cole is turning five on Sunday. Cole is a energetic boy, who knows what he wants, and will stop at nothing to get it. I am hoping that in the future this attribute will be a positive one instead of something that makes me want to pull my hair out. He is also a very loving, smart, and sometimes silly kid. We wouldn't want him any other way. We love you to the very core and can't wait for the years to come. Hope you have a wonderful Birthday.

Long explaination, then a question.

2010-02-12T18:40:00.000-08:00

So today the kids celebrated Valentines Day at school. I had to make sugar cookies for Jackson's class. The teacher only wanted one dozen. So what do you do with the other three dozen? Well, I ate about one dozen all by myself. I can't help myself, I Loooooove sugar cookies. Is it bad that I had three of those for breakfast? The rest I have given away to my visiting teaching gals. But I ate so many that I didn't have enough for the third person i visit teach. Now I have to make more. This could be a really bad for my waist line. I also had to get cupcakes for Jackson's pretend birthday yesterday. It's pretend because his birthday is in the summer. They celebrate all the summer birthdays on some random day during the school year. Jackson, however decided to tell me the night before. I paid about twelve fifty at the local Winegars for two dozen. I have to buy them because they don't want any unwrapped candy or treats just in case, you know, I wanted to poison my own son and his class mates. So my question is...why is it okay to make sugar cookies for his class but not make his birthday cupcakes? Hmmmm, it's a mystery.
I was going to post a picture of my delicious cookies but my memory card is being temperamental and won't read in my printer for some reason. You'll just have to ask my V.T. peeps how they were.

Nine month pictures of Kieryn

2010-01-20T18:15:00.000-08:00

Just a few pics from Kieryn's last photo session. Again, they are the one's that the photographer put on her blog. I don't have a scanner, so I can't put the all the ones that I picked of her. The second one is however, one of my picks. I prefer the full facial photos usually.

Sledding at the Trax station.

2010-01-06T17:32:00.000-08:00

We decided to go sledding over the weekend, before the kids went back to school. We don't really have any hills near our house, but they recently put a trax station about two miles from us. It has the perfect man made hills for kids. We weren't the only ones with the idea. There were a lot of people there that day. These are just a few pics of the kids. They had a blast. Now every time we pass the station they ask if we can go again. It is a great activity for the kids, (tires them out) and it's free too.

Our Girls

2009-12-20T18:55:00.000-08:00

Mailey asked if she could use some of my makeup. I opted to do it for her, since I didn't want to find broken eyeshadow or my eyeliner gone. We had a lot of fun, and even did her hair curly. I let her wear my red high heals just for fun. I got a glimpse of her as a teenager. I think I'm scared. She asked me when she could start wearing make-up for real. I told her the twelfth of never. Alright maybe when she's twelve. Ah, they grow up so fast.

2009-12-20T18:49:00.000-08:00

This first picture is Kieryns evil smile, it just oozes stinker-in-the-making. The second one is Scott stealing kisses from her, she hates that. You can tell she's working up a scream by the look on her face. She will only give kisses if it's her idea. Scott loves to torment her. Kieryn in the tub, isn't she cute? I love it when they start to play and have fun in the tub. When she was smaller, she'd scream her head off. She has the funniest expressions.

Happy Birthday to the best dad and Hubby ever!

2009-12-03T08:04:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was Scotts thirty fifth Birthday! Thanks Hon, for all you do for us you are the best. We love you!

Bah humbug!!

2009-11-28T19:52:00.000-08:00

We got our Christmas tree up finally. I usually put it up the day after Thanksgiving at the latest. most of the time it is the week before. This year I just didn't feel like doing it. This year has gone by so fast that it doesn't even seem like Christmas time. Christmas isn't my favorite time of year, but it is my kids favorite time. Scott told them all that I was going to put it up today, and they wouldn't stop bugging me until I did. I am very particular about how I want it decorated, and usually do it without the kids.(I'm a control freak, I know.) This time I didn't care, and let them just put anything up they wanted. It turned out pretty good and they are all very proud of their decorating abilities. Just ignore their goofy faces.

Girls night out.

2009-10-27T08:16:00.000-07:00

Last weekend my mom, and sister's and I had a girls night out. We left all the kiddos home with the dad's and just took the babies. My youngest sister's, inlaws let us barrow thier cabin. This is a view from inside looking out. It was snowing.

We hiked a little bit, and took rides on the mule.

We watched chick flicks, ate junk food, played games, and talked all night. We had a blast. My oldest sister couldn't make it. We missed you Lynea.

Kieryn and her cousin Maycee had so much fun playing together. They are only a month apart.

Kieryn's 6 month pictures

2009-10-21T20:01:00.000-07:00

My cute baby girl. I got these done yesterday, and copied them off the blog of the lady who took them. These ones aren't the one's I picked out but they are still sooo adorable. Of course I am biased. The only thing that I am not so fond of, are the funky hats she sometimes puts on her. The one's I picked are of her smiling, and without the big hats. Kieryn makes the funniest expressions. I wish she'd have put the one with her big frown. Oh-well. Would you look at those chunky legs, so stinkin cute!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAILEY!

2009-10-02T20:08:00.000-07:00

My first born turned nine! It is crazy that I have a nine year old, I feel so old. I am so glad that she was my fist child. Although I didn't know it at the time, she was an easy baby and a all around good kid. I had nobody to compare her to, and so she seemed harder than she really was. Now looking back, and having three kids after her, I realize how good she is and always was. She is a sweet girl with a great personality. She is friendly, and always a help. This is the cutest picture of her and Kieryn. Kieryn is giving her baby kisses. She adores her older sister, and Mailey was so glad to get a little sister. Happy Birthday, May-May, we love you.

Silly Cole

2009-09-29T07:45:00.000-07:00

last night Cole, being the stinker that her is, got into the cereal right before bed. I came down stairs to him munching away on a bowl of cereal. I said, "Cole, you better finish every bite of that cereal. Your know you aren't supposed to get into anything without asking." Cole is famous for wasting cereal, it usually ends up in the pantry for a week, still sitting in his bowl. (He doesn't like milk, so it is dry cereal.) For some reason, this time he put milk in it. So I thought that after I went down stairs to check, and didn't see it anywhere, that he had finished it all. This morning when I opened up the fridge to get out something there his cereal was. Complete with plastic wrap and all. At least he was trying not to waste it. Sorry about the picture being sideways, it wouldnt work.

Blessings

2009-09-26T08:44:00.000-07:00

I have been so stressed, for no apparent reason other than life in general.
Sometimes you just have to step back and really look at things to get perspective on you own life. Being a mom, for me is really hard. I know, I know, it is such a blessing, and there are some that would scourge me for saying so. But it is true nontheless. I have been given children easily, I don't have a problem getting prego or even keeping pregnancies. In fact it has been quite the opposite. I have often thought, why is it so easy for me and so hard for others that would do practcally anything for a baby? Let me tell you the reason. It isn't that I don't appreciate my little blessings, I love them more than life. I just seem to not tollerate the little blessings own agency. In short I have a problem with not being able to controll the temper tantrums, disobedience, or the baby who won't eat or sleep. So my friends it is patience that I am to learn. I haven't learned all I need to, and doubt that in this life I ever will. But today, I have to say, I couldn't ask for a better trial, it sounds stupid but all in all I know that it is a small thing compared to many others trials. And to my little blessings, "I love you more than you will ever know!"

Three and a half hours later.......

2009-09-11T19:09:00.000-07:00

No I didn't let her cry for three and a half hours. She cried for 20 min. then fell asleep, woke up thirty min. later, and cried again for 20 min. After that I just got her up. She was very happy when I finally went into her room, the little stinker. So after we played for a couple of hours, I feed her a bottle and she went right to sleep. Why is it they look like little angels when they are sleeping? Just a few hours earlier I could have swore she was somehow switched at birth with someone else's little monster. I love when I can look at her sweet little face, and say it's all worth it.

2009-09-11T16:38:00.000-07:00

So I love my little Kieryn. She is a doll, and is mostly happy now days.
Right at this second I am listening to her scream her head off because she is so tired she can't see straight. I hate it when she screams. And let me tell you, she can sure belt it out. I have tried without success to get her on a schedule, but with three other kids it can be kind of hectic to say the least. I had her sleeping for about nine hours a night when she was about three and a half months old, and then she got sick. That has all changed now, and she can get up at night three to four times. I have tried every trick in the book, letting her cry, not picking her up, saying shh, shh, shh till I am blue in the face. I've come the the conclusion that all these so called doctors are all full of hot air when it comes to getting babies to sleep through the night. Kids just come with thier own personalities, some are hard and some are easy. What a bummer, that mine decided to be difficult. Its a good thing I love her to death, and that she's soooo darn cute!

What we did for Labor Day.

2009-09-08T20:41:00.001-07:00

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

The last hike of the summer.

2009-08-23T14:56:00.001-07:00

This was the last thing that we did for summer break. Another Hike. The Kids were really excited to go. We went to someplace in Ogden, (sorry I don't know the name of it.) Anyway, it was a hike to a waterfall. We looked it up and it said that it was two point five miles. We thought that was both ways. We thought wrong. It turned out to be about five miles up and back, and the last mile was strait up hill. Jackson was a champ, he stayed in front the whole time and never tired. I don't know where he was pulling the calories from to do it but he did. He is soooo skinny. Cole did great going up, but was a little tired comming down. Mailey was the slowest, right back there with me.

2009-08-18T12:00:00.000-07:00

WELCOME TO THE WORLD HADLEY!

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This is my sister-in-law Lindsay, baby Hadley, and thier other daughter Brinlee.

Cute baby Hadley

2009-08-18T11:54:00.001-07:00

My Cute little brother Shane and his wife had thier baby on Friday at midnight. Poor little thing got caught in the birth canal and broke her arm in two places and her clavical bone. You can see the sling that she has to wear now, it is so sad. She is a cute little thing though, look at all that hair!

Is it genetic?

2009-08-18T07:48:00.000-07:00

This morning Mailey wanted to pick up Kieryn. She was in her portable swing, it sits about six inches from the ground maybe less. Lately, Kieryn has become pretty wiggly and when you pick her up sometimes she gets really excited. So Mailey picks her up and promptly drops her. Yikes! Luckily it wasn't to far from the ground. She fell on her forehead. Anyway she starts to scream, mostly cause she's scared. Of course I rushed over and took her from Mailey, and tried to console her. Mailey then started to cry because she felt so bad. I told her that when she was three months old I accidently dropped her. I was on my back holding her up in the air, like supper man, when I lost my grip on her and she came down head first on top of me instead of the floor although. It was Christmas Eve morning and I cried most of the day, because I felt so bad. Mailey stopped crying and said, "So you dropped me?" And I said,"Yep, sorry about that." Then she said "I guess it runs in my blood then." I had a good laugh. When all else fails, blame it on your gene pool. Maybe, my mom dropped me on my head too. I'll have to ask her about that.

My last baby brother, got married

2009-08-09T14:10:00.001-07:00

So I had a busy weekend. My youngest brother got married, and we had his fiance's bridal shower the day before they got married. Everyone had so much going on this month that it was the only day available. I can't believe that all eight of us are all married now. Pretty crazy how time flys. They got married at a reception center up the Provo canyon, just past Vivian Park. I had never knew there was so much up that way. It was really pretty, and the weather was great. Well, congrats bro, we love you.

St. George

2009-08-03T09:50:00.000-07:00

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We went to St. George this weekend to visit my sister and for a mini vacation. We had a lot of fun. The car ride wasn't even that bad. Keiryn was pretty good for her first long car trip. Scott went golfing with my bro-in-law Jared, while my sister and I took the kids to do other stuff. We fed the ducks, went to the splash pad, went shopping at the outlets, and to Jumping Jacks. Our kids dont get to see thier cousins very much, so they had fun just playing at the house too. My sister and I had fun just visiting, without worrying about the cost of the phone bill we usually have. Sorry about the video at the end, It is sideways.

The 24th

2009-07-26T19:44:00.000-07:00

On the 24th Scott and I didn't want to travel to either of our family's places. We have been in the car way to much lately, and Kieryn hates the car. The parade in Ogden was to early in the morning, and Kieryn has to have a morning nap or she's cranky. It is amazing how much a baby changes what you are and are not willing to do. Any way, we decided to go on a hike with our kids up Ogden canyon. As you can see Kieryn was very excited about the whole thing. The other Kids complained about how far it was, then asked if they could do it again another time. I had fun, even if Kieryn cried fifty percent of the time. I think we will do it again sometime.

The Splash pad in South Ogden

2009-07-17T14:19:00.000-07:00

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So I am sure most of you have heard about the splash pad in South Ogden. It's free and it isn't a pool, so you dont have to worry about your kids drowning. My Sister, lives in St. George and says these are all over the place there. Hopefully they will catch on here and start doing them all over too.

Kieryn's three month pictures

2009-07-14T07:34:00.000-07:00

So I Finally got Kieryn's Pictures taken, and of course she wouldn't smile at all. The closest we could get to a smile was this grimace. It's still cute of course, and it is so Kieryn, It's hard to get her to smile anytime.

Krukiewicz Campout 2009

2009-07-11T18:32:00.000-07:00

Mailey was the only one of our family to go to my family's campout this year because I didn't want to take a three month old camping. Call me crazy, I didn't think it would be much fun. Any who, Maily had fun and she got to spend some time with her cousins that she doesn't see much anymore. These are the picture's of her there.

Jackson turned seven!

2009-06-27T20:33:00.000-07:00

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My baby is getting so big! Today we celebrated Jackson's Birthday, by having a Birthday Breakfast with candles in his muffin. Jackson was so nice to share his day, by letting Cole have candles in his muffin and his cake later that night. Jackson got to decide what to do on his birthday, and choose to go to the Zoo. I forgot to bring the camera with us, and I also cut the cake before we sang Happy Birthday to Jackson. You will notice in the pictures that his candles are in a single piece of cake and not a whole cake. I turn into such a moron when I am sleep deprived. Anyway, we had fun and Jackson got a lot of fun things for his Birthday. He got a bike, two guns, some Lego's, some clothes, and some action figures called "Gorme's". I had never herd of them until he showed me what they were at the store.

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And my favorite Dad of all, my hubby! Although he's not my dad, I think he is a pretty great dad to our kids, and our kids think so to!

2009-06-21T14:03:00.000-07:00

This is the only picture I had of my dad, pretty pathetic, but he never reads this anyway.

2009-06-21T13:56:00.000-07:00

It Has been two and a half year since Scotts dad passed away, and we miss him alot. I was thinking of him, being fathers day today and thought that I would post a picture of him with our kids.

2009-06-16T15:03:00.001-07:00

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So I got this e-mail about a new Disney Movie that was called, The Christmas Carol. They were coming to Ogden on a tour, traveling around the country, that was free. I thought that it would be a fun thing for the kids to do. They were having a sneak peak at the new movie, and bringing some of the costumes, artifacts from the movie, and other stuff. So I got some neighborhood friends together and we decided to go. Well, when we got there it was packed. I didn't think that it would be so busy, but apparently everyone else had the same idea. One of the workers there said it would be three hours, standing in line from where we were, until we got to the event. Three hours! We decided to bag it and went to McDonald's play place instead. We did get a few pictures of the kids on some of the trains although. I was a little bummed, but we ran into some others that had gone through with it, and they said it was definitely not worth the wait. I didn't feel so bad after that.

2009-05-29T18:07:00.000-07:00

Jackson,loves his little sister, but doesn't ask to hold her for some reason. A couple of weeks after she was born Jackson said, "I thought that my life would change when the baby was born, but it's just the same as before." It was kind of a funny thing to say out of the blue, but I guess he was worried. These are just a few of the pictures of our little baby, not so little anymore.

2009-05-29T18:06:00.001-07:00

My Little Helpers

2009-05-29T18:03:00.000-07:00

Mailey and Cole always want to hold or feed Kieryn, it is such a help when I need to get something done.

The walking dead.

2009-04-26T19:39:00.000-07:00

So we have officially hit the three week mark, and I am a walking zombie. At first Kieryn was sleeping pretty good, about six hours the first time I put her down for the night and then two to four after that. Well, that has all gone out the window. She has come out of that newborn fog, and now she thinks she has to be held or be nursed 24 hours a day. What happen to my amazing sleeping baby. All I can say is thank goodness for the invention of the sling. It is the only way I can get her to sleep without feeding her sometimes. My only comfort is knowing that this too will pass. The first year goes by so fast, but with luck, the sleeplessness will not last that long.

Easter Dress

2009-04-12T12:59:00.000-07:00

I didn't get a dress for the baby, because she is to little to take to church yet. But, I did get this cute picture of her, isn't she sweet?! I wanted to post a picture of the other kids in their Easter outfits, but I forgot to get one before they left for church. When they got back, they all had chocolate all over their faces and the boys had some on their shirts. Oh well, maybe next time they wear their outfits I can get a good picture. I thought that they weren't supposed to hand out treats in church anymore. Go figure.

She Is Finally Here!

2009-04-07T11:41:00.001-07:00

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Just a little note......

2009-04-04T18:33:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is the day! I can hardly stand it, and I just know I won't get any sleep tonight. That is one bad thing about being induced, when you know the day it's almost like Christmas. I am way to excited to sleep.

Six days left!

2009-03-27T20:07:00.000-07:00

The count down is on. I am about thirty eight weeks along. As always with my pregnancy's, I am hoping that I am doing something, that is progressing towards having this baby. I am not what you would call a very patient person, so by the time I get to this point I am very, very, very, cranky! With my last two babies I have been induced, and of course I will be with this one as well. I am scheduled to go in on April 5th, and to me, waiting another whole week is pure torture. Anyway, I have been thinking that since this is definitely my last baby, I need to be more positive about the situation. So, here it goes. I am grateful that my kids have all been healthy. I am grateful that I have pretty good pregnancy's and deliveries. My last delivery was only three hours, and my longest was only six hours. I will have two girls and two boys when this one is born. How lucky is that? I have a wonderful, and attentive hubby that will get me anything I am craving if I asked. He is good, I know. And, I will never have to be pregnant again, Yeehaw!!!! Having the last one is somewhat bittersweet although. I am sure one day I will miss having a sweet newborn in our home. But I am one hundred percent positive that I will never miss being prego.

Jacksons loose tooth.

2009-03-20T14:38:00.000-07:00

Jackson has been wiggling this tooth for six months, hoping it would come loose enough to pull out. Finally it came out the other night with a lot of persuasion. Scott tried with his finger and then tried some dental floss that he couldn't get wrapped around his tiny baby tooth. So I had to come to the rescue, and tie the dental floss on for Scott. His fingers were just to big. Anyway, it did the trick and came right out after that. Jackson, got his visit from the tooth fairy.

SPECIAL DELIVERY!!!!

2009-03-05T19:29:00.001-08:00

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So Here she is, my new niece Maycee Lindquist. Isn't she cute?! She was born on March 4th around eight in the morning. The pictures aren't the best because they were sent via camera phone. I hope to get some better one's soon.

NO FAIR!!!

2009-02-27T18:19:00.000-08:00

I am so jealous, my sister who is pregnant also gets to have her baby on the 4th of March. She has to have a C-section, so I am not jealous of that, but at least she gets to be done being prego. Today I had a doctors appointment, and my doctor told me that my baby is breech. She was also breech at my last appointment and I am a little nervous. I still have five weeks left so there is time for her to turn, but this is the first baby that I have had that's been breech. All of my other kids have been head down the entire time. If I end up having to have a C-section with my last one, I'll be so mad. I know I'm just being paranoid, but I'm going to cross my fingers anyway, it would be just my luck. Anyway good luck Teresa, and you better send pictures of your new little one, I can't wait to see her!

2009-02-21T16:45:00.000-08:00

Happy 4th Birthday to the Cole Man! I can't believe it but it is true. Cole got to open a present this morning and blow out candles on a poppy seed muffin for breakfast. Later, we went to Fat Cats and went miniature golfing and played video games. We had spaghetti for dinner, a favorite of Cole's, and cake and ice cream for dessert. We had a lot of fun. We love you Cole.

Happy Valentines Day!

2009-02-14T07:59:00.000-08:00

To my awesome hubby, and my three wonderful kids. Scott, I love you sooooo much. You are the best dad, and the best thing that ever happened to me. I always think how lucky I am to have you as my spouse. Mailey you are such a good girl and such a big help to me. I don't know what I would do without you. Jackson, you are the best six year old artist I know, and you make me laugh all the time. Cole, you have more energy than any almost four year old has a need for and you are such a lovey boy. I love you all, and I wouldn't want my life any other way. Happy Valentine's Day.

Calgon take me away!

2009-02-11T20:38:00.000-08:00

About three weeks ago Cole came down with something. (Big surprise-that kid gets everything under the sun.) Anyway, its always a vomit fest when he gets sick even if it is just a cold. He has the weakest gag reflex. So, I was relieved to say the least, when he got better. The very next week Mailey got sick. Then Jackson the week after, and I thought that it was all over with. That's what I get for thinking. Today Cole came down with another fever, and it will now be a full month that I will have had sick kids. On top of it all, I am feeling like a whale and can hardly make it up and down the stairs. Yes, I am having a pity party for myself. Oh-well that's life right? I just have to make it through the next couple months, spring is just around the corner, yippee!!

2009-01-30T08:33:00.000-08:00

So this morning I told Cole he needed a bath. I started the water and got him undressed. He wanted to play with a toy in the tub, so I told him to go find one and left to get something in the other room. When I came back, he was in the tub with his toy football helmet on. I asked him why he was wearing it and he said, "Because I don't want you to wash my hair." Like most little kids they don't like getting water in the eye's. I thought it was pretty funny, I just had to take a picture.

2009-01-23T17:41:00.000-08:00

Road trips are so much fun!

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Jackson is the picture of ease.

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Teresa's boy Jennings.

2009-01-23T17:35:00.000-08:00

Everyone say Cheese Pizza!!!

2009-01-23T17:31:00.000-08:00

Last week we decided to go to my sisters to visit in St. George. We Had a lot of fun golfing, feeding the ducks at the golf course and going out to dinner at the Pizza Factory. These are the pictures from dinner and on the ride home. Thanks Teresa, for letting us stay at your house and for feeding us too. You're the best.

2008-12-28T18:49:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! So we had a wonderful Christmas morning and our kids were pretty satisfied with their presents, as you can see, they are all smiles on Christmas morning. I am just glad that it is over, and that everything went well. I am not a scrooge, but the stress of the holidays can get a bit overwhelming. For now, although, I will look back on this Christmas with fondest memories until next year.

My computer bit the dust!

2008-12-23T13:19:00.000-08:00

I just had to apologise to all of you that didn't receive a Christmas card from us this year. Our computer died after doing an update, and the pictures that I was going to send with our cards was lost along with all of our software. Because I am a procrastinator, I waited till the last minuet to send cards. I decided to just bag it when I couldn't include a picture. Any who, it's all good cause the picture I was going to send is the same one on this blog, so you've already seen it. Lucky and unlucky for us we did manage to save the pictures after all, but it cost us way to much, and a whole lot of waiting for the computer repair people to fix it. We should have just bought another computer. Oh well live and learn. So to all of you that should have received a card, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

2008-11-28T17:48:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving was a sucess! You can tell by the roundness of our tummies! Ok, just kidding, this is my prego big sis and me. She is about a month ahead of me, though you would never know it, you would think I'm having twins. We are both very excited to be having girls, and so is Mailey and her daughter Thialer. Mailey has wanted a sister for a long time.

2008-11-15T20:59:00.000-08:00

Since this is our first post, we thought that it would be nice to add some pictures of the last year. We included family vacations, birthdays, holidays, ect.

2008-11-15T18:23:00.000-08:00

Trick or Treat!

The kids were so excited for Halloween. Jackson always knows what he wants to be a year before, he is obsessed. It always has to be something gruesome, or scary, no cute costumes for him (sigh). Mailey is out of the princess stage now but still wants to look cute. Cole on the other hand doesn't have a choice..... yet. This is a hand-me-down costume from Jackson last year.

2008-11-15T18:20:00.000-08:00

Mailey was baptized on October 11th. We are so proud of her! I can't believe that we have an eight year old!

2008-11-15T15:47:00.000-08:00

This is the latest photo taken of our family. It was taken in the fall of 2006, it is pretty old, but we haven't changed all that much. I will be sure to update it as soon as we get a new pic.