Progress

Olivia had her two month appointment today. She's growing so quickly. Her weight at her 2 week appt went from 7lb to 10lb 15.5 oz today! And, her length from 19.25 inches (yeah, the hospital measured wrong when she was born. They said 20.5 inches) to 22.5 inches today. I am amazed at how fast they grow! She did really well with her immunizations and she's happy and healthy. It's so much fun to have her!

Lucy came along for her 2 year check up (yeah, only 6 mos late!). She's also healthy a tad crabby these days, but she was so pleased that she only needed one shot - her flu shot! Didn't even shed a tear! So nice! I'm taking the other 3 in later today to get theirs...we'll see if it goes as smoothly..

Kaycee loves going to (pre) school. She is a fountain of information and has such a good time. She's never really been too trilled about writing - especially her name, but she's making progress. She cracks me up. Just this morning, after a conversation about nursing and why mom's have milk, she says "yeah, you need to feed her from both sides, or you might run out of juice." I started to laugh, which prompted her to laugh. "I mean milk." You can't not laugh when you hear Kaycee laugh.

Clay. I will never need to worry about this kid making friends - he is SO social. He brought home is first report and did great. He's "meeting learner objectives" in all his classes, and "exceeds learner objectives" in one class. Any guesses? PE. Of course he would! He's got so much energy. I saw that and laughed. This was his kindergarten teacher's comment: "Clay is very friendly and enthusiastic. He is very social as well, but he is able to control his energy when asked to." Oh good. He's starting to read now and does really well - when he's up for it! Below is his latest artwork. I love it! You may have to click on it to see all the detail. Who knew he knew that bat's were nocturnal. He received a Webkinz bat from Gma L. for his birthday and knew that it hung upside down to sleep. I love this kid!



Rylee is as amazing as ever. She also brought home a great report card. She really excels in reading - which I appreciate when I can ask her to read the other kids a story. She is such a sweetheart. She's far more considerate and compassionate than I ever was as a 2nd grader. I was impressed the other day when I asked her about a birthday party she had been invited to. She responded that she couldn't ask this boy a question about his party because one of her good friends that she always plays with hadn't been invited and didn't want to hurt her feelings. How sweet is that?! Rylee continues with her violin lessons and although she doesn't practice near as much as she should :) she still does amazingly well. What would I do without Rylee? (I certainly wouldn't have 5 kids!) :) Here is a picture of her in her play last week - The Elves and the Shoe Maker. She tended to be more shy and let everyone else stand infront of her onstage, but when it came time for her part, she was awesome!

Blessing Day

Olivia was blessed yesterday. Here she is in all her cuteness.

We were grateful to have my parents, Ryan's parents, (brother) Aaron & Angela and (cousin) Paul Carlos and Mandy here with us. It was a wonderful time. Thank you to all who came out and participated!

Olivia with Gpa H the evening before.
(She's not sad with Gpa, she was just very hungry - but mom had to get some shots!)

Olivia with Gpa L.

Of course, whenever Mom and Dad L come into town we have to tackle a project. Here is what Ryan and Dad tackled Saturday (AFTER fixing a toilet downstairs!)

I should have taken a before picture of the banister, but it was a dark walnut stain with only one post and wooden balisters (spindles). Not too sturdy either! Each hole for the balisters had to be drilled and then square shaped with the jig saw. These boys worked long and hard.

And doesn't it look great?! We still have some more balisters to put in, and stain the wood (to match the floors), but it's certainly more sturdy than the other one. Nice job, gentlemen!

And here's a little project me and my mom did (while waiting for dinner to cook before our guests arrived). It's on the wall in the dining room as you're heading out the front door. We thought it would be cute to add a little dingle berry thing, maybe a branch or leaf thing to it...we'll see if I get around to doing it.

What's for Dinner?

Thanks to my friend Lorianne, one of our enrichment groups is a email recipe exchange - "what's for dinner?" So great! If any of you out there are like me, I dread dinner time. Maybe it's because I'm dead tired as 4pm rolls around, or that I don't plan ahead or have a menu, or maybe because I have the pickiest son ever! It drives me nuts to make him dinner just to have him snuff his nose at it, whine, and claim he doesn't like it. Dinner time is such a struggle for me. I won't go as far as to say I hate it, but if I could get some more ideas and perhaps plan a menu for the week or even the month, I think it could be a lot better. So here's my question to you:

What's for dinner? What are you eating tonight, or this week?

One Year

Honey Mary Hunt

Born Still November 7, 2007
Parker, Colorado

Buried November 10, 2007
Sandy, Utah

"And Honey, I miss you, and I'm being good. I'd love to be with you, if only I could."
~Bobby Goldsboro, "Honey"

This is what we printed on little mementos for those that attended our family graveside service.
It's hard to believe it's been a year already- it's gone by so quickly. Our hearts have come a long way and we're so grateful for the Lord's tender mercies to our young family. I must admit, there isn't a day that goes by that my thoughts aren't turned to Baby Honey in one way or another. I'm so grateful for those little reminders. It's difficult to express what I've felt over this past year and I get a lump in my throat just thinking about all the blessings we have received. I didn't want to let this day go by without remembering her. Remembering our little baby, Honey.

A Happy Birthday to Aunt Carla, who shares her birthday today with Honey Mary. We love you.

All Halloween-ed Out!

You know you've done too much trick or treating when your child says on Halloween: "Mom, is this the last day of Halloween?"

Nice. Poor Kaycee is going to think Halloween is a three day affair. This could be the reason: we had our trunk or treat on Wed, went to Mom & Dad H's on Thursday, and the kids wanted to "officially" go out trick or treating on Friday! It wasn't much for the candy either (although a great perk!) they loved their costumes. Here they are:

Kaycee doing her best witches cackle.

Here I thought I was a lame mom for doing such a simple costume - curlers and a robe, but she got the most comments about it.

Here is our Storm Tropper and Asian princess. This was actually right before a costume birthday party.

A fun picture of Rylee.

I love this picture!

Now the kids each have a gallon size ziplock bag full of candy. I think we'll tithe 50% to the Bishop for his candy jar and then tax another 40% to yours truly. Not a bad idea, right? Nonetheless, we are All Halloween-ed out!