Thankful

We had a great Thanksgiving day! At Derek's moms the kids all said one thing that they were thankful for- Kasidee said the TV. It was a little embarassing, but at least she's honest. So I just wanted to post a few things that I am thankful for. It's been an emotional week for me-Cade's birthday was on Friday and of course it brings back such wonderful and very sad memories. I said to Dillon "Did you know that Cade would be 3 today?!!" And he said "Mom, I'm 3!!!" And we laughed at the fact that I have two 3 year olds, and also cried at the fact that only one is here. My sister in law had her baby on Monday and I really struggled with that. I am of course so happy for her, I just was having a pity party for me! Poor Derek has gotten an earful from me this week! He is so patient and loving. He might not run out and buy me flowers but doing a sinkful of dishes is exactly the remedy I need!
I am thankful for-
*Derek
*Kasi and Dill
*My friends (also comfort food :) )
*My Savior
*A puppy that's sleeps all night
*And, like Kasidee, I am thankful for TV :)
*My family
*My best friend, My Mom (who had also gotten an earful from me this week and every other day:) )

Eight is REALLY Great!

Kasidee's birthday is today! And we finally gave in -Kasidee is a pet owner.
Marley Cupcake Kuehne

This puppy is a cutie. So far NO accidents. (It might help that I take her out every 1/2 hour)

Me and Derek were very excited to give Kasidee this gift. She is such a good girl. We feel very blessed that she is part of our family. We love to see her happy and this puppy makes her very happy. I won't show the entire video, we started out with her finding her gifts around the house-she recieved a book "Bad Dog Marley", a puppy toy, and a feeding bowl. (Dill gave her a Sharpay barbie) So she pretty much had figured it out by the time Derek brought Marley in.

I still am in shock that we did it.

It's not fair!

Dillon is having the younger child syndrome. Kasidee is a little free bird and wants to play as soon as she gets home from school. So of course Dillon wants to play too. But if I'm working or if Ella is sleeping (his usual bad timing) I say no. And I get the "it's not fair" crap. My kids are having a hard time understanding that we don't call people and say "Can you play?"-"At YOUR house?" Believe me, this kid is not missing out. He usually gets to play 5 out of the 7 days. Just not 24/7. Here are some fun pictures when we had his best buddy, Luke, over. Dillon said he wanted to do something REALLY fun- so this is what we came up with- Fruit kabobs for a snack, making a car for a craft, and a cardboard sword to run around and play with. Ella joined in on the fun until they went outside but she kept a close eye on them still. It's so fun to watch my kids grow and develop their mostly cute personalities, and then watch them interact with other kids. These boys make me laugh. Whenever we say it's time to go home they both break out into tears. I'm glad they are buddies.

233rd Place

This past weekend my 2 friends and I ran in the Snow Canyon, St.George 1/2 marathon. The weather was so nice that while I ran my face got fried! I was SO nervous to run- but after taking 10 potty breaks before the race, I did it! My goal was 2 hours and 15 min. and I ran it in 2 hrs and 14 min. Taking 233rd place. I'm not sure I would have met my goal if my dad and Brooke hadn't met me at mile 11. Thanks so much mom, dad, Kev, Brooke and Ella for coming to cheer me on, it really meant a lot! My main goal was to keep in front of this 75 year old guy. And luckily I barely passed him at the finish:) My friend Teena ran like a mad woman and finished in 17th place. We didn't take our kids so I told my friend, Suzie, that our possibilities were endless- so we stayed in bed all day after the race until late Sunday morning. WE LOVED IT! Thanks for being such an inspiration to me Suzie and helping me accomplish something I wouldn't have done on my own! Now on to the full marathon.

Halloween-finally over!

Did Halloween last a week for anyone else? I am SO done with this particular holiday. Thursday was Kasidee's Halloween parade, usually we get quite a group out to cheer her on, I don't blame anyone because it started at 9:00 am. But one of Kasidee's biggest fans came- MY MOM. She's a gem. I love to people watch, and there were some goodies on Halloween- the freaks and the hookers make their debut.(Thanks to Kasidee's grandma Kuehne for making her costume nice and modest). There was a lady dressed up as a polygamist- Can we do that?
Anyways, on Friday night the gang came over for some cheap entertainment. My kids are pretty awesome when it comes to trick-or-treating. We walked down the street and Dillon said he had enough candy and Kasidee wanted to go home and pass the candy out.

Here was our cheap entertainment-
Everyone trying on Kasidee's wig.







And Dillon jumping out of a box a thousand times.